2017 Journal of Yoga and Physical Therapy
(exploring the subject of reduc ed blood carbon dioxide and vagus nerve
stimulation), U. P. Singh talks about the connection between the body and
breath and its importance to properly aligned posture and a well-balanced
outlook. Describing the concep t of “grounding” as a sure sense of reality
and self, with an openness and responsiveness to new ideas and input, he
argues that this “sense of self” is achieved by restoring appropriate patterns
of posture and breathing.20
This concept is integral to conte mplative practices the world over. Even
the word yoga, from the Sansk rit root “yuj (
),” means union—between
body and breath  and, in spiritu al terms, between the self and the higherconsciousness or divine. At the heart of this body-breath connection is the
ability to perform a full, relaxed exhalation, allowing the diaphragm to
achieve a natural domed position, in contact with the internal rib cage. Singh points out that, when it comes to functional movement, “We are
always under the influence of gravity.” Holding the breath after exhaling is
an excellent exercise to rehabilitate and strengthen the core muscles. Once
this skill is perfected, “it becomes a natural self-care; an invisible, but vital
skill.”20
Athletes also need to consider the role of normal breathing mechanics in
posture and spinal stabilization. Studies have shown that breathing pattern
disorders can lead to increased pain and contribute to problems  with motor
control, causing or contributing to dysfunctional patterns of movement.21
The diaphragm performs the dual functions of respiration and postural
support, but when all the body’ s systems are challenged, breathing always
takes precedence and wins.22
BREA THING AND EXERCISE: FUNCTIONAL
MOVEMENT AND INJUR Y
When athletes are physically active, dysfunctional breathing can manifest
as premature breathlessness or muscle fatigue, inevitably resulting in
suboptimal performance23. A combinatio n of upper chest breathing and
overbreathing can cause significant changes in respiratory chemistry. In
particular, dysfunctional breathing can decrease carbon dioxide (CO 2)
levels in the blood. When CO2 is depleted, blood pH increases, triggering
respiratory alkal osis—the blood becomes too alkaline. Respiratory alkalosis
can trigg er chan ges in the nervo us system and in physical and mental states
that can have a detrimental effect on the musculoskeletal syste m21 as well
as on general levels of health and performance. Respiratory alkalosis produces an array of symptoms, such as
exhaustion, headaches, dizzines s, light sensitivity, trouble sleeping, chest
pain, cramps, and feelings of breathlessness. The common maxim, “no pain,
no gain,” impli es that stressing the body to let it recover is a helpful
strategy, when in fact, forcing yourself past the point of discomfort canaffect mind-body coordination24 and create a negative experience that does
little to boost health and fitness. Studies by Dr. John Douillard  into an exercise technique that uses
5,000-year -old Vedic concepts of integrating mind, body, and environment
to achieve flow and requires the athlete to practice a form of deep nasal
breathing called ujjayi  (the same form of breathing used in yoga practices
like Ashtanga), found that the technique produced less feelings  of exertion
and greater comfort during high-intensity training than did normal aerobic
exercise.24 This breathing  practice contributes to a feeling of deep calm
during exercise and to increased respiratory sinus arrhythmia, helping
promote fitness, endurance, strength, and better mind-body coordination
with less ef fort, strain, and fatigue.24
Exercise increases demands on the respiratory, cardiovascular, and
muscular system s and requires the body to adapt to biomechanical,
biochemical, and psychological changes through the breath. Even top-level
athletes can succumb to injury if their breathing is dysfunction al. Rates of
musculoskeletal injury are relatively high among physically active people. One review in the Journal of Athletic Training  cites an average of 13.79
injuries per 1,000 athletic “exposures” during competition.25 Outside of
sport, across a variety of professions, the breath may be at the root of
repetitive strain injury (RSI).26
Since breathing pattern disorders are common in the general population
—one study states that “norm al patterns of breathing are the exception
rather than the rule”27—prevalence will be similar in the athletic
population. However, the effects of dysfunctional breathing may be
amplified due to the extra physiological and biomechanical demands of
exercise. Whatev er the task, if the body is not able to recruit the appropriate
muscles, the result will be compensatory patterns of movement. In 2014,  sport scientists Helen Bradley and Dr. Joseph Esformes studied
the relationship  between breathing pattern disorders and functional
movement. Functional movement was defined as the “ability to produce and
maintain sufficient mobility and stability along the kinetic chain while
accurately and efficiently completing fundamental movement patterns.”
More simply, that just means all systems work in harmony to ensure healthy
movement of the limbs. Thirty- four healthy men and women participated.The results showed that the most sensitive measures of breathing pattern
disorders were resting end-tidal carbon dioxide  (ETCO 2) and resting
respiratory rate. In total, 70% of subjects were identified as having
disordered breathing.21
In addition to end-tidal CO2, they used the Nijmegen Questionnair e
(NQ) and the Functional Movement Screening ™ test (both also used in
Kiesel’ s study discussed later in this chapter). Participants  with poor
breathing pattern s scored lower on the FMS test, while 87.5% of those who
passed were classified as diaphragmatic breathers. Functional breathing and
functional move ment were found to go hand in hand. The FMS test was
also shown to accurately predict injury in people with suboptimal patterns
of movement. Participants who returned a higher NQ score had a higher respiratory
rate and a lower ETCO 2 during the FMS  test. In other words, those with a
fast breathing rate had lower ETCO 2. In contrast, ETCO 2 reading s at rest
were significantly higher in diaphragm breathers than they were in chest
breathers. The research also revealed a clear link between a high ETCO 2
and a better FMS score. Thes e results unequivocally demonstrated the
importance of functional breathing patterns for functional movement.21
According to a 2016 paper published in the International Journal of
Sports Physical Therapy, it is possible to correct or reeducate disorderedbreathing.23 Fresh neural connections can restore the central nervous
system’ s normal motor control patterns. The paper suggests that breathing
pattern disorde rs should be the starting point for all orthopedic
investigations, stating, “If breat hing is not normalized, no other movement
pattern can be.”
The adequate oxygenation of muscles during exercise is also worth
looking at. Exercise, by its nature, is associated with a variety of
corresponding cardiovascular and respiratory responses.28 These generate
the effort necessary for the orderly recruitment of motor units that cause the
muscles to contract. A motor unit is the motor neuron (or messenger cell)
and the muscle fibers activated by that neuron. The muscles of most
mammals, inclu ding humans, store very little oxygen. In contrast, diving
mammals like whales, seals, and otters have an oxygen-binding protein
called myoglobin in their muscles.29
In Chapter One, we discussed how the extra resistance created by nasal
breathing signifi cantly increases  the oxygenation of the blood. Oxygen gets
from the air to the exercising muscles via the cardiovascular system. At
rest, a young, healthy person weighing between 50 and 100 kilograms
consumes between 0.15 and 0.4 liters of oxygen per minute. Around 80% of
this oxygen is used by the brain, heart, liver, and kidneys.28 Skeletal muscle
does not generally use much oxygen unless those muscles are contracting. During exercise, a young, untrained person can consume 10 or 15 times
as much oxygen. In elite endurance athletes, it can be 20 times more,
provided that they train with sufficient duration and intensity. According to
a 2015 paper, this maximal oxygen uptake, or VO 2 max (first observed in
the 1930 s in Donald Lash, the first man to break nine minutes for two
miles), is similar to that estimated for male hunter -gatherers and sheep or
cattle farmers in nonmechanize d societies. Values for women are around
10% or 15% lower due to lesser muscle mass, hematocrit, and
hemoglobin.28 Hemato crit is the volume percentage of red blood cells in the
blood. Hemoglobin is the protein in the red blood cells that carries oxygen
to the body’ s organs and tissues and transports CO2 back to the lungs to be
expelled during exhalation. Oxygen consumption is driven by cardiac output, which increases from
four to eight times during exerc ise, due to the faster heart rate and greaterstroke volume. Cardiac output is the amount of blood the heart pumps
through the circulatory system in one minute. Stroke volume is the amount
of blood pumped from the left ventricle


 results.23 In 1999, another research paper
explored the effects of hyperventilation on the brain’ s sensory responses
and concluded thatIncreased neuro nal excitability caused by hyperventilation-ind uced
hypocapnia leads to spontaneo us and/or asynchronous firing  of
cortical neurons.24
In simple terms. this means that the low levels of blood CO2 that occur
as a result of hyperventilation create abnormal activity in the nerve cells of
the brain. The conclusions of a 2005 pape r are even more comprehensive, stating
that, as well as altering respirati on and vascular tone, abnormal CO2 levels
affect blood pH, consciousness, and seizure threshold.25 Outside of the
brainstem, the mechanisms by which CO2 levels influence the function of
neurons are unknown, but research suggests that CO2-induced changes in
nerve cell function are pH-dependent. The authors conclude that their
findings demons trate a mechanism for the bidirectional effects of CO2 on
neuronal excitability in the forebrain. Sometimes, seizures may be triggered, worsened, and prolonged by low
blood sugar levels. These are called “hypoglycemic” seizures.26 It is known
that chronic overbreathing resul ts in poor blood sugar control, exacerbating
the symptoms of hypoglycemia.27. Because one of the roles of CO2 is as a vasodilator, hypocapnia (low
CO2) can lead to vasoconstriction, or narrowing of the blood vessels, which
in turn can cause the carotid arteries to go into spasm, another key trigger
for seizu res. The carotid arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich
blood to the brain, neck, and face. At the same time, overbreat hing from the upper chest reduces
oxygenation of the organs, including the brain. This can lead to respiratory
alkalosis, in which the blood pH is too high. This compounds the abnormal
electrical activity, further lowering the seizure threshold.9 A 2006  study
from researchers in Finland reported that the suppression of alkalosis with
5% ambient CO 2 “abolished” seizures in juvenile rats within 20 seconds.28
This link with CO2 forms the basis for the exchange breathing method
(EBM) protocol, an emer gency seizure-recovery method in which the first-
aider administers an outward breath into the subject’ s nose during seizure. In a 2019 study, EBM was administered 28 times during different seizuresin one subject. The least numbe r of breaths given to stop a seizure was 1,
and the most 10. Typically, 3 breaths were needed. In this case, this
breathing method stopped the seizures at least three times faster than
diazepam, without the postseizu re side effects, such as drowsiness and bad
moods. Research ers concluded that, since this simple technique can be used
any time, it can be easily incorporated into existing treatment protocols,
even applying it as soon as a seizure begins.29
CHRONIC HYPER VENTILA TION AS A SEIZURE TRIGGER
As we’ve already discussed, hyperventilation is a respiratory behavior
where an irregular increase in the speed and depth of the breath results in
abnormal excha nge of gases in the lungs and low blood CO2 levels.30
Clinical and research evidence demonstrates a strong link between this
habitual overbreathing and epilepsy. In early studies investigating the
relationship between hyperventilation and seizures, scientists described the
objective and subjective experiences accompanying low blood CO2,
commenting that, “there are few drugs the effects of whic h upon the
neuromuscular system are so rapid and so striking as the effect of voluntary
hyperpnea”31 (deliberately increased rate and depth of breathing)32. It was
found that seizure sufferers have an unusually high sensitivity to changes
within a fairly narrow range of blood CO 2 concentrations. According to Robert Fried’ s book Breathe Well, Be Well,33
hyperventilation is a major cause of fits in epilepsy. The author refers to
numerous studies dating back to the 1930s that have made the connection
between overbr eathing and seizures. In 1954, scientists stated that, “In
persons who are predisposed to epileptic fits, simply overbreathing, often
results in an attack.”34 A resea rch paper from 1975, Hyperventilation: The
Tip and the Iceber g, explain ed how low blood CO2 causes constric tion of
the blood vessels, leading to a reduction in the amount of oxygen reaching
the brain.35 These effects are immediate, which is why hypocapnia can
quickly result in feelings of faintness, dizziness, and visual disturbance. The
paper also states that grand mal seizures may be triggered by
hyperventilation.Although research has clearly identified the role of CO2 in cerebral
circulation, many studies still conclude that the cause of seizures is
neurological. The rationale behind this idea is that CO2-driven changes to
the blood acid-base balance create an unstable environment for the nerve
cells of the brain. Further studies have suggested that anxiety can act as a
seizure trigger because it leads to hyperventilation, lowering blood CO2
levels.36 Patient s were prone to hyperventilating when they felt anxio us,
and while they did not display  any obvious signs of overbre athing, they
experienced a 50% drop in CO2 and an increase in both EEG and clinical
seizure activity. Separate research into cerebral blood flow and metabolism
acknowledges the role of CO2 as a vasodilator. A 2008 study  examining
sexual dysfunction in men with epilepsy points out that sex can itself prove
problematic because of hyperventilation,37 which is commonly associated
with orgasm, can trigger seizu res. In Freedom from Asthma, Alexander
Stalmatski argues that epileptics, like asthmatics and people with a variety
of other related conditions, always hyperventilate, suggesting that, “With
reconditioning of their breathin g patterns... the establishment of proper
levels of CO 2, it is possible to prevent seizures without drugs.”38
In clinical settings, hyperventi lation is used to activate seizures for
monitoring. I asked a friend who is a brain doctor about the connection
between epilepsy and hype rventilation. My friend explained that
hyperventilation is used
especially by the child neurolo gists as a bedside tool to diagnose
absence seizure s (petit mal seizures) in children. Hyperventilation
causes blood to be alkaline by driving out CO2.... This low blood
pH causes constriction of the blood vessels, hence low oxygena tion
triggers the seizures. Even though children are more sensitive, in
adults with chronic hyperventilation due to anxiety attacks, for
example, the brain can suffer the metabolic and oxygenation
changes. I am increasingly surprised that breathing retraining to reverse
hyperventilation is not widely considered in the treatment of seizures. Especially, since  it is also widely recognized that common seizure triggersincluding alcohol, low blood sugar, and stress produce an increase in
breathing volume that may deplete blood CO 2 to the seizure threshold. According to an exhaustive 1990 review by Robert Fried and Mary
Claire Fox, research has proven that the dramatic effect of inhaled CO2 on
EEG activity can be replicated by limiting the rate of respiration.30 While,
at the time of publication, no evidence existed to indicate that CO2 could be
controlled by self-regulation, the researchers believed that there would be
broad clinical application for such a technique, commenting that
“physiological equilibrium” could be restored by increasing oxygenation of
the cells and tissues or by enhan cing blood flow and metabolism. As Fried
and Fox explain, studies have demonstrated that the cause of seizures is
metabolic and vascular, and that the connection between hyperventilation
and seizures is so strong as to indicate that one causes the other. Alongside the Fried/Fox review, a significant body of research
demonstrates a connection between hyperventilation and epilepsy
symptoms. In 1981, a study compared the effect of 15 minutes of moderate
exercise against  3 minutes of hyperventilation in 43 young patients with
epilepsy.39 Results were measured in terms of EEG dischar ges—
abnormalities in EEG readings consisting of repetitive sharp waves or
spikes. The epileptic subjects were compared to a control group of 20
young people who had either no organic brain injury or in whom brain
injury had not caused epilepsy. Researchers found that the number of EEG
dischar ges decreased in nearly all participants during exercise but increased
during hyperventilation. The paper concluded that modera te exercise
inhibits seizure activity, while hyperventilation exacerbates it.39
A 1984 study found that the concentration of blood CO2 had a direct
impact on the duration of seizures.40 The researchers induced hypocapnia
by hyperventilation to the point where concentration of CO2 in the alveoli
was only 2%. The duration of seizures increased significantl y compared
with the normal CO2 level of 5%, even though oxygen concentration
remained consta nt at 92%. Whil e different


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nervous system, but she has roots within your soul. As the memory of the
real you, she is a creation of the divine. And what is divinely created cannot
be uncreated. The true you, free of all torment related to food, lives already
in the realm of Divine Mind and is waiting for your permission to be born
into the world. I join with you in absolute conviction that she will be born. And she
embodies something far more glorious than merely a healthy relationship to
food. She delivers a peace that only love can bestow. During this time of gestation, have faith in what is happening inside you. Do not let appearances fool you. Do not look at your flesh and wince. Do
not look at it and give in to self-loathing. Y es, old flesh undoubtedly
remains, but its cause is fading even as you read this. Looking at your body,
realize that it is a changeable condition. Y our flesh has merely responded to
your mind. Now celebrate that you are changing  your mind. The womb of your consciousness has been impregnated with a divine
idea: the thought that a permanently freer, more perfect you is possible. This impregnation is a mystery into which your soul must enter, as you
allow to occur within you a miraculous process of death and rebirth. The
old you, the obsessive you—the one who carries all the patterns of your
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to be will now shine forth. She is taking form inside a sacred place—the
realm of infinite possibility that lives inside your heart. T urn there and you
will find her. She is waiting for you. And she will appear in the twinkling of
an eye. Reflection and Prayer
Close your eyes and relax into a meditative space. On the left side of your mind, see yourself as you manifest addictively. See yourself behaving compulsively. Now, on the right side of your mind,
see the real you, the free you, the sober you, the radiant you. See cords of
darkness and dysfunction, thick and ugly, which connect the real you to
your addictive self. Now see an angel, sent by God, walk up to the cords with a scissors of
light. W atch carefully as the angel cuts the cor ds. The cords are dark and
gnarly, yet the divine scissors cuts right through them. See them drop to the
floor and sink below the surface of the ground, disappearing for all time. Hear angels singing in the background. Bear witness to whatever happens
now, and give thanks that you are free. Dear God,
I am r eady to die to whom I used to be,
and be born to whom I wish to be. But of myself I can do neither. Transform me at the deepest levels,
that I might suffer no mor e
the pain of unr eality. Impr egnate my soul with the seed
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home, you are agitated on a soul level, and you are likely to do something
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and, at the deepest level, you won’ t really want to. For when you look in the
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misery; and a power to your personality that one only encounters insomeone who has stared down the devil in his or her own soul. Congratulations. This is not the end; it is your new beginning. You are not who you were yesterday, you are not who you’ve been taught
to think you are, and you are not your body. You are a spirit who lives
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before your body was born, and it will live beyond its dying. It is not a
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brilliant. And everything you’ve ever been through, including the horrible
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knowing, and to this peace. Feel not only the physical; feel the body brilliant. When sitting, feel your
body … then sense the spiritual body that sits within you. Simply feel its
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your body … then sense the spiritual body that stands within you. Simply
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your body … then sense the spiritual body that walks within you. Simply
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is what you will feed. The fact that this will diminish your weight is almost
incidental. Y ou’ve given birth to a new sense of self. Y ou are leaving
behind a merely material sense of who you are, and identifying instead with
the spirit within you. In the spiritual realm, you carry no excess substance,
because you are love and love only. This journey ends a personal nightmare and initiates a more awakened
way of walking through life. Y ou have turned to God for help with your
weight, and you have felt Him respond; be sure now that you yourself do
not abandon the relationship. W eight has been a wounding in your spirit,
but it is a wounding that has brought you to your knees—and in that way, it
has become a blessing. It has taught you humility, it has brought you to a
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mysteries, do not allow yourself to for get what they taught you. You know now that miracles occur naturally in the presence of love, and


 troubled, that each has the same number of problems,
perhaps on dif ferent levels, but equally important, nonetheless. The most psychologically sound philosophy is a religious philosophy
because it recognizes that life is aspiration, seeking to grow beyond its
present understanding toward a goal that is as limitless as space. No one
stands alone on the top of their mountain, no matter how small that
mountain be. W e are sustained and ener gized by a power beyond us, which
in the end we must surrender to, which we must seek to express and
effectuate upon the earth. What is going on in the universe stretches far
beyond the imagination of the individual. W e are in the grip of a power that
knows exactly where it is going, that uses us as instruments to execute its
will in the world. But the ennobling and heartening fact is this, that each
individual may become anything they desire, may fit into any conception
they are capable of conceiving, for no one is limited to what they appear to
be but they have innate within them a quality that enables them to become
anything they are capable of envisaging. They may reach out and touch the
stars, for their creator can, and they are their own creator, part and parcel,
lacking only in understanding. Destiny and Understanding

If we oppose our will to events, we are opposing only our mental blocks. That which seems to be opposition, when truly perceived, is not opposition
after all. Life is proceeding toward some great end. Nothing is small or
unimportant in the achievement of that end. The pinpoint of a diamond may
support a thousand revolving tons, and the individual is just such a support
for their creator. The will of the Supreme prevails, and we serve it, but we
are manifestations of the Supreme, and therefore can it alter our destiny. We
can change what we are by taking thought. W e can change what we will be
by determining the direction of our growth. The will of universal mind is a
will toward enlightenment. The Secret Self has incarnated in each being andseeks through that particular manifestation to add to its self-knowledge. Each of us does not exist to satisfy our senses or our ego but has been
created and put upon the earth to find ourselves, to grow into awareness and
self-knowledge. All the obstacles and events of life are for this purpose
alone. It is not money we serve or pleasure or vanity but an ur ge within us
to grow, to become more than we are, to find our true selves and to achieve
dominion over the circumstances around us. Fate assigns to each person a personal destiny based upon their
understanding. They may alter that destiny by altering their understanding,
but they cannot change it by fighting it with the vain weapons of ego-will. Oedipus, in Sophocles’ s tragedy, strives with all the ef fort of his ego-will to
escape his doom, and in so doing takes the very steps that eventually bring
it about. W e serve false gods when we serve the senses and ego-desires. Following these false masters eventually leads us into a blind alley, where
we either destroy ourselves or in some other manner court tragedy. The
Secret Self has placed the delusion of individual ego in us, but not so we
will tilt at windmills, like Don Quixote. The delusion of ego-self has been given us in order that we might grow
from the knowledge of a part to the knowledge of the whole and in so doing
aid the Secret Self in its ultimate ascension out of matter. Providence
combines predestination and human freedom for the reason that all things
are the Divine and the will of the Divine is free. Lost in ego-sense, however,
we are bound by the terms of a personal destiny based on sensual reaction. We can alter our lives only by altering ourselves, and as long as we cling to
the ego as knowledge of self, we serve the will of the Supreme as we serve
a master. We do not know this, of course. W e fight and rail against the
blows of fate. W e peer out from under suspicious brows at a world that
seems to be our enemy. We seek to conquer, to control, and failing to do so
are convinced that a conspiracy is afoot to thwart our desires. The T empering Pr ocess
 Even as Oedipus brings about his doom by struggling against it with his
ego-will, so Aeneas in V irgil’s Aeneid fulfills his destiny with honor and
rewar d by submitting to the will of God. Aeneas was divinely appointed to
bring the T rojan race to Italy and found the Roman Empir e, and in this
appointment was to be an instrument of the gods. He was tempted to evade
his mission, but finally accepted it, and with divine will as his guide br ought
a golden age of Roman law and peace to the world. These two classical
characters, Oedipus and Aeneas, illustrate the age-old dilemma of
humanity: whether to serve oneself and one’ s sensual natur e in the world or
to seek beyond oneself for a guiding principle that is infinite and eternal. The path of Oedipus is the path of pain and frustration. The path of Aeneas
is the path of enlightenment and ser enity. Yet the ego is so str ong in us that
nearly everyone chooses the path of pain and frustration. W e identify
ourselves falsely with a vanity that demands r ecognition. W e want applause,
fame, money, and we make gods of these instead of the Secr et Self in whose
purposeful hands all things lie. Still, no one escapes the tempering influence
of conflict and pain. No matter how far along the path of enlightenment we
have traveled, we still pursue occasional blind alleys at the behest of the
ego, still carry in the subterranean r ecesses of our psyches many delusions
and blind spots that pr ompt us to move in wr ong dir ections, to adopt
attitudes that ar e opposed to truth. Inevitably, we meet pain and frustration,
but if we have come far enough on the path of enlightenment to r ecognize
these symptoms for what they ar e, then we do not endlessly beat our fists
against walls that will not yield, and r ecognize as soon as we meet the pain
that a block has been encounter ed in our understanding. It is not learning, grace nor gear,
Nor easy meat and drink,
But bitter pinch of pain and fear
That makes creation think. — RUDY ARD KIPLING
The Psychological or Spiritual W orld

There is a power of extrasensory perception inherent in each of us which we
can call upon for enlightenment when opposition appears to have brought
us to a dead end. The enormous psychic self which our surface minds are
tied to permeates all things and all situations, so that we can penetrate the
true nature of our opposition by a kind of mystic and occult process. Dr. Rhine’ s parapsychology laboratory at Duke University has proved the
existence of the mind’ s extrasensory powers. Many thousands of
documented cases of Edgar Cayce’ s psychic ability also have proved that a
door occasionally opens in the opaque barrier between the individual and
universal mind and allows an inner perception of things beyond space and
time and limitation. Such a man was Peter Hurkos. Hurkos was a modest Hollander who
successfully predicted in 1959 that the Los Angeles Dodgers would win the
National League pennant, when all authoritative preseason predictions had
them destined for the second division after they had wound up next to last
the year before. Hurkos claimed to be 87 percent accurate in his predictions
and had the proof to substantiate his claims. “I have a gift of God,” he said. He was hired by police departments all over the world to track down
escaped criminals, and his record was astounding. He was employed by
business firms as a sort of security of ficer, checking the books simply by
handling them, able to pinpoint any discrepancy through his feelings. The
psychic ability of this amazing man opened a door into the unknown and
made more apparent than ever the coming ascendancy of mind over matter,
revealing that the most fascinating conquests ahead for humanity will be in
mental realms and the study of consciousness. The Scottish physician Dr. J. S. Haldane wr ote in The Sciences and
Philosophy:
 Natur e just mocks at us when we attempt to divor ce her fr om conscious
perception. Ther e is no such thing as a physical world existing apart fr om
consciousness. It is true that Berkeley and Hume showed by r easoning
which has never been shaken that if the physical world wer e real in the
sense assumed by Newton, we could never come to know of its existence. What we interpr et as physically determined is only what is imperfectly seen. It is thus only an imperfectly r evealed spiritual world that we had taken for
a material world. Ther e is no escape fr om the conclusion that behind the
appearances of a physical or biological world we ar e in pr esence of a
psychological or spiritual world. When we give first credence to the physical world, we give substantiality to
an illusion. When we sweat and fume at obstacles, it is because we are
unable to recognize that they are mental concepts and that they can only be
altered in our own minds. All the great mystics have realized this mistaken
focus of humanity’ s consciousness. Swedenbor g stated


 of the Christed Soul
HIERARCH
Lady Sophia
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Emerald Green Flame with Delicate Pink Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Maji Mengi - Terry Oldfield

THE TEMPLE OF ENTHUSIASM
In the Etheric Realm over all Iran (P ersia)
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: High above Iran (Persia), in the Etheric Realms, visualize an Island
of Deep Purple Fire, giving off a blazing Light in shades of varying from the deepest Purple to
the softest Volet Glow, with a Pink Radiance of Pure Divine Love
HIERARCH
Beloved Zarathustra
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Purple and Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony No 9 (The Great) 4th Move ment - Franz Schubert
3rd Symphony "Ilya Morometz" 2nd Mov ement - Gliere
THE TEMPLE OF COMFORT
Island of Sri Lanka
ELECTRONIC PATTERN:
• Altar of Grace - A Golden Sunburst with an Aureole of the Seven Rays. Each Circle
increasing its outpouring in great waves of Light until it covers the entire Planet
• A Dove of Soft Pink Iridescent Light surrounded with an aureole of the  Rainbow Rays
• A small revolving Pink Sphere of pulsating Flames of Comfort and Love with Gold
Wings of Peace - going out to all humankind; one pink sphere remains in your world and
as the month progresses its size increases until it is as large as your ind ividual aura

HIERARCH
Paul, the Maha Chohan
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink and Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
"At Dawning" - Cadman

THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN
The Ever Presence of Light Eternal
HIERARCH
Lady Vesta
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Brilliant Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
O Sole Mio (Traditional)
Hymn to the Sun - Rimsky -Korsakov

 THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING
Kashmir, India
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Spiraling Column of Gold Flame giving off Dazzling Rays (like
a sparkler) as it enfolds the chela's world - it is saturated with the Wisdom and Understanding of
the Holy Presence of God "I AM"
HIERARCH
Master Kuthumi
COLOR OF THE FLAM E
Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Kashmiri Song - (Pale Hands I loved) - A. Finden

THE TEMPLES OF THE SACRED HEART
In the Etheric Realms over Innsbruck, Austria and Lourdes, France
HIERARCH
Mother Mary
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink with a Crystalline White Radiance
QUALI TY
The Immaculate Concept of God's Perfection
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Ave Maria - Schubert

THE TEMPLE OF MIGHTY SIRIUS
Within the Complex of His Constellation connected to Shamballa by a Rainbow Bridge
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Rainbow of Light completely encircling the Planet, forming a
pathway over which the Light of God, the Will of God will hold the Earth in Her Perfect Orbit
HIERARCH
Mighty Sirius
 COLOR OF THE FLAME
Mighty Flame of Myriad Rainbow Hues - Iridescent Blue Radiance
QUALITY
The Will and P ower of God
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Theme from "Cosmos" - Vangelis

THE TEMPLE OF THE ALL -SEEING EYE OF GOD
The All -seeing Eye of God - All Pervading, Everywhere present
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Pyramid of Crystalline Light Substance - with the All -Seeing
Eye of God at its Apex - blazing like a mighty Searchlight into the Worlds of all humanity
HIERARCH
Elohim Vista
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
1st. Movement of Scheherazade - Rimsky -Korsakov

THE TEMPLE OF DIVINE ORDER
In the Heart of the Great Silence
HIERARCH
Lord Principa
COLOR OF THE FLAME
A steady pure White Flame with a gently spiraling Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Adagio in G Minor - Albinoni

THE TEMPLE OF PURITY
Within the belt around the sun, anchored to the Earth through the Focus of Lady Astrea in
Archangel Michael's Complex over Lake Louise, near Banff, Canada
HIERARCH
Elohim Claire
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Crystalline with a pure White Radiance
QUALITY
Holding the pattern of Perfection for all life everywhere
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Piano Concerto #2 Movemen t #1- Rachmaninov
HIERARCH
Lady Astrea
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Electric Blue with a Crystalline Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Romance Op. 26 - Johan Severin Sven dsen

THE TEMPLE OF THE HEART
Rhone River, Southern France
HIERARCH
Lady Rowena
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink, Gold and Blue with a Radiance of Pink
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
2nd Mov. (Romance) - Conc. No 1 in E minor, Op 11 - Chopin

 THE TEMPLE OF LIBERTY
In the Etheric Realm over the Rhone River, Southern France
HIERARCH
Lady Liberty
COLOR OF TH E FLAME
Pink, Gold and Blue with a Violet Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
'Fanfare to the Common Man' from Symphony No. 3  Movement No. 4 - Copland

THE TEMPLE OF PROTECTION AND POWER
In the Etheric Realm over Zurich, Switzerland
HIERARCH
Elohim Hercules
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Royal Blue
QUALITY
Strength and Power of the First Ray, energizing all Divine Qualities throughout the planet Earth
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op 67 - Beethoven

THE TEMPLE OF RESTORATION
Within the Temple of the Elohim Vista and Lady Crystal in the Electronic Belt around the Sun
of Alpha and Omega
HIERARCH
The Archangel of Restoration
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pure Crystalline White interpenetrated with constantly movi ng Blue Lasers
QUALITY
Restoration of Divine Perfection within the perfect Will of God
 MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Entends -tu les Chiens Aboyer - Vangelis

THE TEMPLE OF THE COSMIC HOLY SPIRIT
In the Etheric Realm over Fort Salonga L ong Island, New York
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Golden Sunburst with an Aureole of the Seven Rays. Each
Circle increasing its outpouring in great waves of Light until it covers the entire Planet
HIERARCH
Æolus, Cosmic Holy Spirit
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Soft Pink with a Crystalline Rad iance
QUALITY
All aspects of Pure Divine Love
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Temple: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra Op 39, G Sharp Major - Pierne
Æolus: Ninth (New World) Symphony 2nd. Movement - Dvorak
Paul the Venetian : Piano Concerto No. 2, Op 18, Mvmt 2, Adagio - Rachmaninov

THE TEMPLE OF SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT
In the Aura of the Great Central Sun
HIERARCH
Elohim Cassiopeia
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Brilliant Gold
QUALITY
Spiritual Enlightenment
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony N° 5, in E minor, the Andante Cantabile - Tchaikovsky
 THE TEMPLE OF INFINITE WISDOM
Overlooking Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mts. of Peru, South America
HIERARCH
Archangel Jophiel
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Golden Yellow with a Soft Pink Radiance
QUALITY
Illumination through Constancy and Love
MUSICAL K EYNOTE
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Vaughan -Williams

THE COPPER PALACE
The Glorious Copper -Colored Mountain over Sri Lanka
HIERARCH
Beloved Padma Sambhava
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Gold, Violet and Blue
QUALITY
Illumination through Freedom

LORD SHIVA’S RETREAT
Mount Kailash
HIERARCH
Beloved Shiva and Parvati
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Spiraling, Dancing Cosmic Rainbow Flames
QUALITY
The Cosmic Holy Spirit
 LANELLO’S RETREAT
Bingen on the Rhine
HIERARCH
Beloved Lanello
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Blue and White
QUALITY
The Ever -Present Guru
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Greensleeves

INNER RETREAT/RETREAT OF THE DIVINE MOTHER /WESTERN SHAMBALLA
Rocky Mountains on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park
HIERARCH
Gautama Buddha, Lord Maitreya and Lady Master Venus
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Threefold Flame
QUALITY
Eightfold Path and Maitreya’s Mystery School

 RAYS  & ACTIV


 o r a x  a s  f a r  a s  p o s s i b l e. B u t  n o t  e v e r y o n e  c a n  d o
t h a t. T h e  m o s t  i m p o r t a n t  t h i n g  i s  s t i l l  t o  d o  t h e  e x e r c i s e s  r e g u l a r l y. T h e
p o s i t i o n  y o u  s l e e p  i n  i s  j u s t  a  d e t a i l.C l e a n s i n g  R e a c t i o n s
S o m e t h i n g  t o  b e  a w a r e  o f
N o t e :  T h e  s t r e n g t h  o f  t h e  c l e a n s i n g  r e a c t i o n s,  a l l  d e p e n d s  o n  h o w
i n t e n s i v e l y  p e o p l e  p r a c t i s e  a n d  o n  t h e  s e v e r i t y  o f  t h e i r  c o n d i t i o n  ( U n i v e r s i t y
o f  C a l g a r y,  C a n a d a  2 0 0 8 :  R a n d o m i z e d  c o n t r o l l e d  t r i a l  o f  t h e  B u t e y k o
b r e a t h i n g  t e c h n i q u e. C o n c l u s i o n s :  B u t e y k o  s a f e,  e f f e c t i v e  a n d  n o  a d v e r s e
e f f e c t s ). E x c e r p t s  f r o m  V o l u m e  1  C h a p t e r  1 9
C l e a n s i n g  r e a c t i o n s  u s i n g  t h e  B u t e y k o  B r e a t h i n g  T e c h n i q u e... “ Y e s,  t h a t ’ s  r i g h t, ”  t h e  D o c t o r  c o n f i r m e d. “ I n  t h e  h a n d b o o k  w e  t o o k  t h e  l i n e
o f  c a u t i o n. W e  s a i d  t h a t  i n  s o m e  s e v e r e  c a s e s,  t h e  o v e r a l l  p i c t u r e  w i l l  b e  o n e
o f  g r a d u a l  i m p r o v e m e n t  b u t  s o m e  s y m p t o m s  m a y  t e m p o r a r i l y  r e c u r  i n  t h e
s e c o n d  t o  e i g h t h  w e e k  o r  l a t e r. S u c h  r e c u r r e n c e s  a r e  p a r t  o f  t h e  h e a l i n g
p r o c e s s. T h a t ’ s  w h a t  w e  s a i d  -  b u t  a c t u a l l y  t h e r e ’ s  n o  h a r d  a n d  f a s t  r u l e
a b o u t  i t. I n  t h e  L a b  -  a s  y o u  c a n  t e s t i f y  -  w e ’ v e  s e e n  c a s e s  w h e r e  c l e a n s i n g
r e a c t i o n s  h a v e  s t a r t e d  j u s t  a  f e w  h o u r s  a f t e r  b r e a t h  t r a i n i n g  g e t s  u n d e r w a y. I t  a l l  d e p e n d s  h o w  i n t e n s i v e l y  p e o p l e  p r a c t i s e  a n d  o n  t h e  s e v e r i t y  o f
t h e i r  c o n d i t i o n. ”  B u t e y k o  f o u n d  t h e  p a s s a g e  h e ’ d  b e e n  q u o t i n g  i n  t h e
h a n d b o o k  a n d  m a r k e d  i t  w i t h  h i s  f i n g e r n a i l. H e  l e a n t  b a c k  a  l i t t l e,  m a k i n g
h i m s e l f  m o r e  c o m f o r t a b l e. “ C l e a n s i n g  r e a c t i o n s  a r e  a n  i n t e r e s t i n g
p h e n o m e n o n. F o r  t e n  y e a r s  a f t e r  t h e  D i s c o v e r y  o f  t h e  d i s e a s e s  o f  d e e p
b r e a t h i n g  I  m y s e l f  k n e w  n o t h i n g  a b o u t  w h a t  w e  n o w  c a l l  t h e  c l e a n s i n g
p r o c e s s e s. S o  I  d i d n ’ t  m e n t i o n  t h e m  a n y w h e r e. O f  c o u r s e  p a t i e n t s  h a d  n o
k n o w l e d g e  o f  t h e m  e i t h e r  -  a n d  t h i n g s  g e n e r a l l y  w e n t  w i t h o u t  a  h i t c h. N o -
o n e  w a s  s c a r e d  o f  a n y t h i n g. P e o p l e  j u s t  t h o u g h t,  ‘ I ’ v e  g o  a  b i t  o f  a n  u p s e t
s t o m a c h ’. O r  m a y b e  a  p a t i e n t  h a d  t o  e m p t y  h i s  b o w e l s  a n  e x t r a  t i m e. M a y b e
s o m e o n e ’ s  u r i n e  w a s  a  d i f f e r e n t  c o l o u r. S o  w h a t? P e o p l e  m i g h t  h a v e  a  b i t
m o r e  s a l i v a. O r  a  p e r i o d  o f  d i s r u p t e d  s l e e p … "
“ T h e  c l e a n s i n g  r e a c t i o n s  a r e  a c t u a l l y  q u i t e  s i m p l e. D e e p  b r e a t h i n g  d i s r u p t s
t h e  m e t a b o l i c  p r o c e s s  i n  t h e  c e l l


joined	in	the	hosannas	and	hailed	the	new

Messiah	of	Medicine,	Jonas	Salk,	M.D.,	as	one	of	the	great	benefactors	of
	mankind,	etc.,	etc. And,	like	any	self-respecting	Hygienist	just	must,	when

confronted	with	such	a	stupendous	spectacle	of	studied	scientific	stupidity,	I

dealt	in	a	bit	of	prophecy—yes,	even	at	the	risk	of	being	labeled	a	Hygienic

crank. The	prophecy	was	to	the	effect	that	all	that	glitters	is	not	gold;	that	in	the	present

instance	there	wasn’t	enough	known	about	the	vaccine	to	warrant	or	justify	the

universal	inoculation	program	that	was	to	follow	the	announcement,	enthusiasm

to	the	contrary	notwithstanding;	that	in	my	humble	Hygienist	opinion	the	worst

was	yet	to	come. WELL,	the	prophecy	was	borne	out,	but	all	too	soon—and	with	a	directness	of

action,	or	should	I	say	reaction,	that	in	a	couple	of	weeks	the	fait	accompli	was

threatened	with	fiasco,	and	the	flexuous	mind	of	the	press	was	forced	to	turn	the

ferris	wheel	of	its	imagination	in	all	directions	to	stave	off	the	stench	that

threatened	to	wreck	the	whole	enterprise. The	unexpected	occurrence	of	a	high

percentage	of	afflictions	and	several	deaths	threw	the	whole	program	into	a

tailspin	of	chaos	and	confusion. Frankly	the	whole	country	was	scared	out	of	its

wits—and	with	good	reason. In	fact,	the	first	good	reason	it	had	shown. The

government	called	off	the	mass	inoculations. Towns,	cities	and	states	were	in	a

dither	of	indecision. The	parents	who	early	consented	and	whose	children	had

already	been	given	their	initial	shots	were	living	in	a	vacuum	of	panic	and	dread

anxiety. The	President	stepped	in,	Congressmen	and	Senators	started	calling	for

an	investigation. Salk,	his	colleagues	and	government	officials	were	locked	in

long	hours	of	conference	to	get	at	the	bottom	of	the	bottom	that	had	just	fallen

out	of	their	ill-founded	dreams. The	press	had	a	field	day	of	headlines	that	was	unprecedented	even	in	its	own

mottled	career. Reevaluation	became	the	theme	of	the	delay. One	of	the	vaccine

producing	laboratories	on	the	west	coast	was	made	the	face	saving	scapegoat. The	nobby	Mrs.	Hobby	was	run	through	the	grinder	for	being	asleep	at	the

switch	and	even	threatened	with	Luce-ing	her	job. Errors	in	production,	errors	in

government	control	of	testing,	errors	in	the	type	of	preservative	employed	were

screeched	across	the	nation’s	news	wires. All	kinds	of	errors	were	put	forth

except	the	basic	error	of	the	vaccine	itself. The	rest	is	all	history—the	kind	you	buy	at	the	newsstands	every	day—the	kind

the	public	has	been	educated	to	retain	only	until	the	next	edition	comes	out—the

kind	that	has	little	effect	on	the	public	consciousness	because	it	isn’t	allowed	to

set	long	enough	to	take	hold. It	is	now	a	month	and	millions	of	headlines	away. At	the	risk	of	being	called	a

boasting	"I-told-you-so"	I	could	very	well	use	my	first	article	and	thus	spare

myself	the	toil	of	the	present	one. But	in	the	light	of	subsequent	happenings,

another	attempt	to	expose	this	newest	affront	to	human	health	and	the	dignity	of

the	individual	is	justified—so	here	goes—I’ll	fire	away	again	and	let	the	shots

fall	where	they	will. First,	let	us	break	the	word	"Poliomyelitis"	down. Polio	is	a	prefix	meaning	gray. Myel	means	the	spinal	cord. And,	as	we	all	know	by	various	experiences	with	it,

it	is	mean	inflammation. Put	them	all	together	and	they	spell	"Poliomyelitis,"	an

inflammation	of	the	grey	matter	of	the	cord. Current	medical	belief	holds	that

this	inflammatory	condition	of	the	spine	is	brought	about	by	a	group	of	three

viruses	that	are	thought	to	invade	the	human	body	through	portal	openings	in	the

mouth	and	the	nose,	and	through	cuts	and	wounds. After	they	(the	viruses)	gain

entrance	to	the	body	they	spread	along	the	nerve	fibers	to	different	parts	of	the

central	nervous	system. Specifically,	the	paralyzing	type	of	polio	is	considered

an	acute	infection	of	the	anterior	horns	of	the	gray	matter	of	the	spinal	cord,

causing	such	damage	and	destruction	to	the	nerve	cells	that	early	paralysis

develops,	the	extent	and	character	of	which	is	determined	by	the	particular	site

of	involvement	and	the	number	of	cells	attacked. It	may	affect	a	single	muscle,	a

single	limb	or	the	entire	body. The	viruses	are	supposedly	spread	by	contact	with

discharges	from	the	nose,	throat	and	bowels	of	diseased	persons,	or	carriers	of

the	virus. The	incubation	period	is	said	to	range	from	4	to	18	days. It	strikes	in

the	summer	and	the	fall,	and	generally	hits	its	peak	between	August	and

September. The	respiratory	centers	are	often	affected	as	a	complication	of	the	earlier

symptoms,	rendering	the	breathing	mechanism	incapable	of	functional

movement. This	is	called	bulbar	polio	and	its	victims	are	kept	alive	only	by	the

use	of	the	iron	lung,	a	mechanical	device	that	substitutes	for	the	normal

diaphragmatic	movements. The	greatest	incidence	is	amongst	children,	hence	the

name	infantile	paralysis. But	it	also	attacks	adults	as	well. Pregnant	women	have

a	better	than	average	susceptibility	to	the	disease. The	symptoms	that	precede

the	onset	of	paralysis	are	fever,	sore	throat,	headache,	vomiting,	fatigue,	stiffness

of	the	neck,	constipation,	diarrhea	and,	in	some	cases,	pain	in	the	extremities,	(to

the	Hygienist,	as	vague	an	assortment	of	diagnostic	factors	as	one	could	ever

hope	to	meet	up	with.) The	inability	to	move	the	affected	parts	of	the	body	is	due	to	the	destruction	of

the	particular	nerve	cells	related	to	the	motor	activity	of	those	parts. The	virus	is

commonly	excreted	in	the	stools	for	six	to	eight	weeks	after	the	disease	has

struck. It	is	said,	too,	that	the	virus	may	be	found	in	the	throat	for	a	short	time	at

the	outset	of	the	illness. The	usual	procedure	followed	when	polio	struck	a	community	was	to	close	down

the	swimming	pools	and	the	playgrounds	and,	where	the	disease	became

widespread,	to	close	down	the	schools	as	well. Those	afflicted	were	isolated	for

two	to	four	weeks. There	was	no	drug	or	serum	considered	specifically	effective

until	the	advent	three	years	ago	of	gamma	globulin,	a	human	blood	fraction

containing	antibodies. There	wasn’t	much	in	the	way	of	treatment	until	Sister

Kenny	came	along	with	her	original	concept	of	water	cure	methods	for	the	relief

of	pain	and	specialized	physiotherapy	for	the	restoration	of	movement,	wherever

it	was	deemed	possible. It	is	believed	that	there	are	many	more	cases	unreported,	due	to	mildness	of

symptoms	and	wrong	diagnoses,	than	there	are	cases	reported. The	disease	is

rel


 baby's health.
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away feeling satisfied that you've really had a good, high-water-content,
140 • FIT FOR LIFE properly combined salad. First, before you take a plate, decide what you
are going to combine with what at this particular meal. Survey the entire
offering. In handling food combinations at salad bars, it's best to know
what's available rather than plunging in without a plan. Some salads or
salad items in the layout will be made from concentrated foods; for exam
ple, macaroni salad, croutons, and shrimp, crab, or chicken salad. There
may be cheeses available as garnishes. If you choose to have a protein
such as a meat or cheese, forgo all carbohydrates such as beans, bread,
and potato or macaroni salads. If you wish to have beans, potato salad,
bread, or a little of each, forgo all protein. A protein and a carbohydrate
consumed simultaneously will not digest properly, and a protein and a
protein won't, but more than one carbohydrate, such as beans and
croutons, although not ideal, can be consumed at the same time as long
as high-water-content food still predominates the meal. Whatever concen
trated foods you choose to include in the meal, make sure the bulk of
your salad still consists of high-water-content vegetables. By the way, if the salad bar has a fresh fruit salad or a fruit display, and
you have time, by all means feel free to have some before your vegetable
salad, as long as you have eaten no other food but fruit for three hours
and your stomach is empty. Then wait twenty minutes or so for the fruit
salad to pass out of your stomach, and you can then begin to prepare
your vegetable salad. We are very often asked, "What shall I do about the salad dressings at
salad bars? Aren't they full of sugar, chemicals, and vinegar?" Unfor
tunately at many salad bars this is the case; however, it really is not a
grave problem. There are plenty of ways around it. Many salad bars have
lemon wedges and oil available, so you can have a simple lemon or oil-
and-lemon dressing. Many offer a choice of several dressings, at least one
of which will be acceptable. I personally know many people who are so
dedicated to this life-style that when they go to a salad bar where they are
unsure of the dressings, they simply bring their own. On occasion we
have stopped at a natural food store on the way to an unfamiliar salad bar
to purchase a bottle of dressing without chemical additives or sugar, sim
ply to have it as a backup in case there were no dressings we were inter
ested in using. Several years ago we were working with a group of young,
dynamic salesmen who thought nothing of packing a flask of dressing in
their attache cases for their daily stop at the salad bar. Not that you
should become fanatical! If the worst thing you ever do dietetically is
have a slightly inferior salad dressing on your salad, we'll get together
when you're eighty for some tennis! The quality of dressings at salad bars
will improve as more and more people begin to demand it. Salad bars are a timely American innovation. It seems appropriate that
THE MAIN-COURSE SALAD • 141 the country that has led the world in junk food consumption now has the
opportunity to turn that trend toward salad bars—a far more positive di
rection. They are a great culinary concept, offering the opportunity for so
much individual creativity in the eating experience. With their abundant
displays of fresh live food they reinforce feelings of well-being, beauty,
and cleanliness that come automatically from the consumption of pre
dominantly live food meals. 142 • FIT FOR LIFE CHAPTER
Life-style Guidelines
• Remember that this program is merely an example of how to eat ac
cording to the principles. You may substitute ingredients you prefer in
the recipes or leave out what you don't like. Amounts arc not always
specified because our recommendation is that you eat as much as you
need to feel satisfied. The menus are as pure and ideal as we feel we
can make them and still be confident that you will enjoy your transition
as much as we enjoyed ours. Achieving all the great results we know
you will achieve—while enjoying your food—will insure that you will
not frequently wish to return to a less healthy life-style! • Use fresh fruit and vegetables whenever possible. Use frozen (without
sugar or sauces) when fresh are not available. • Recipes in the following section are geared for family consumption and
not intended just for those wishing to lose weight. Many are kid-tested. • ON ANY GIVEN DAY YOU MAY CHOOSE ONE OF THE MAIN-COURSE
SALADS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SUGGESTED DINNER MENU. • You may have fruit, if you are hungry, three hours after lunch. • You may have fruit, if you are hungry, three hours after dinner. • 143 • • Use dressings, condiments, and seasonings without chemical additives
and preservatives, sugar, or MSG. These only add toxins to your body. (See the shopping list in Chapter Four for alternatives.) • Avoid vinegar in salad dressings. It is a ferment that suspends salivary
digestion and retards the digestion of starches. Substitute lemon juice
for vinegar. • Avoid the excessive consumption of raw onions and garlic. They pervert
the taste buds and cause you to crave heavy foods. • Freeze any leftover soups. They can be used later in the program. • Use only whole-grain breads. • Use raw butter and raw dairy products if they are available. • Fresh fruit or a fresh fruit salad can be substituted for any lunch. • When cutting back on dairy products, take advantage of raw nuts as an
abundant source of calcium. Raw nuts are particularly useful for
women who wish to offset the normal drop in calcium at the onset of
the menstrual cycle. • Feel free to substitute produce that you prefer for what is indicated. Use
what is fresh in your region rather than resorting to frozen. The pro
gram is flexible to take into consideration availability due to geographic
differences, AS LONG AS THE PRINCIPLES ARE RESPECTED, IT WILL
WORK FOR YOU. • You can always go lighter than is indicated at any one meal, but try to
refrain from ever going heavier. If you do go lighter consistently, you
may speed up your detoxification and risk a little discomfort, so try to
stick to what is outlined as much as possible. • Any dish followed by an asterisk will be a new dish with the recipe
provided below the menu. • Approximate preparation times provided for each recipe include the ac
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 home in Heaven, we believe that
there could be some punishment or retribution, or some price  to pay.
This fear of retribution from God is unconscious. Because of this and of
being unaware of the truth that you can be hurt by nothing but your
thoughts, the mind is actually afraid of healing, and this is why it makes
itself sick. It is saying: “The body is real; it is my identity.” This fear
strengthens our belief in the body as our identity rather than the mind.
The perceptual world is the outer ring of the levels of the mind (as
shown in the illustration in chapter 2). This is where we find our
perception of sickness. If we perceive a symptom, a painfu l toe for
example, and we spend lots of money, effort, and resources addressing
this toe—there may have been a huge focus for years on this toe—we are
looking in the wrong place for healing. We are looking to the external
perceptual realm. What we really need to do, first of all, is to take the
focus off the toe. The toe and the pain in the toe is an effect. The mind is
misdirected when it’s so riveted  on what’ s just an effect. We have to pull
the attention off the toe and open to the awareness that the problem does
not have  anythi ng to do with the specifics—the pain or the toe. The
problem is a perceptual problem. We may need a lot of convincing to
realize this, and we will have to remind ourselves over and over and train
our mind to pull our attention off of effects. We do this by stepping away
from our current perception and training our mind to find and realize the
real cause of our problems: the belief in separation. This is the only real
and lasting option for relief. It’s reframing the problem from perception
and pulling it back to see that it’s much more profound than that. The toe
is just a tiny ef fect of the actual problem.
Sickness Is a Grievance
Sickness, in other words, is wrong-minded thinking. It is a grievance,
and only forgiveness heals a grievance. This grievance lies much, much
deeper than the surface symptoms that you are aware of. In fact, thegrievance probably doesn’ t even seem to have any overt or obvious
connection to the symptom. You may not understand it conscio usly, but
you will begin to feel an impetus to go much, much deeper and start to
welcome what’ s unconscious into awareness. And this is really a time of
rejoicing. It’s not a time of think ing you have failed to find a solution to
this specific symptom. It’s more like a time of rejoicing that you’re
getting to the point where you want to look much deeper inside. So
rather than looking for symptom relief, you start to look for perceptual
problem relief. It is a huge difference! It’s a relief to no longer try to heal
the toe, but rather to focus on the unconscious wrong-minded thinking
that has projected the painful toe: the story of how it happened, the life
situation in general, the body, and the whole universe.
We can see sickness as a call for help. It is a call for love.  By
exercising our willingness to expose and dispel our attack thoughts, we
can answer this call for help and experience healing—physically,
emotionally, and mentally. We start to clearly see that the ego is
constantly tryin g to play a major trick on us by covering the original
attack thought of separation with other surface attack thoughts that
generate the sickness: attack thoughts around the body, attack thoughts
around the toe, fear thoughts around any symptom that you seem to
have.
It can take a lot of convincing to accept that all illness is actually
mental illness, that it is all in the mind. The convincing will happen
through miracle s that will help us fully release the belief that events and
circumstances are the cause of sickness.
Feeling sick is a call for us to question our unconscious beliefs and
conclusions and to gently invite another perception. We do this step by
step, little by little, practicing with what’ s currently in front of us in our
awareness, in our life.
If somebody says they are ill, the immediate thoughts that follow
are usually questions about what is wrong with them, what is hurting
them, what are the symptoms, and what is the diagnosis. There is such a
focus and fixation on the body and physical symptoms, on the particulars
of the disease, and the form of the illness. The world has set up a
sophisticated medical model to treat and prevent physical and mentalhealth problems. As such, there is often a desire to try to find the
answers on the level of form. The attempts at solutions are endless: diet,
exercise, surgery, and a countless variety of different therapies and
practices.
Dismantle and Heal
Let’s take a look at a scenario that could have a transcending nature for
you if you yearn for healing. A patient typically goes to a doctor or
therapist becaus e they want a magical shift. They want a better life in
form. They want the doctor to magically take away their problems, their
difficulties, and their pains and symptoms. And herein lies the problem.
Getting a better life in form is just a temporary shift; it can never be
lasting. The true healer, the Holy Spirit, is the real therapist and doctor.
However, the patient thinks twice about accepting this healing, since
healing with the Holy Spirit requires a complete shift. It means that they
would have their self-concept, their entire world, dismantled. They might
think, I didn’t ask you to take my life away. I asked you to make it better!
Give me a better life; give me a better illusion instead of the dism antling.
Because of the fear of the loss of this life as they know it, the patient will
not trust the Holy Spirit, so the sickness and the temporary fixes churn
on and on like a treadmill.
But dism antling is what we are in for now. When we go for healing,
we are in for a journey of letting go of everything we believe and
everything we think we know, and this is how we discover the full power
and potential of our holy mind. Healing occurs the instant we no longer
see any value in sickness. It can be hard to understand what that even
means! First we have to admit that we must have some kind of attraction
to sickn ess—a sick attraction to wrong-mindedness, a sick attraction to
pain, a sick attraction to guilt, or an addiction to misery. People who
have gone throu gh a 12-steps program often feel that they had some kind
of sick attraction  to their addictions. And what we need to ackn owledge
is that deep down, we are choo sing our sickness. It comes from a bad
thinking habit. But you can change your habit. Whatever you made can
be unma de. Whatever you thought you did can be undone. No matter
how bad you think it has becom e, it is reversible because you can acceptthe correction in your mind. You just need to quit hiding. You must go
inside, face what’ s there, and for give it.
We are responsible for what we think, and if we hold on to ego
thoughts, fear will inevitably be the emotion that we experience.  There is
usually a resistance to completely letting go of these thoughts because
many of them are part of a defense mechanism that the mind uses to try
to keep things the way they are. We have to be convinced through
miracles that it is safe to let go of our habitual thinking—the judgments
and the attack thoughts—and trust that this is the only way we can heal
our mind. We are invited to join with the Holy Spirit to have our
unconscious issues flushed into awareness so we can transcend them
completely. When we rise above the battleground of our conflicts and
hurts, peace starts to settle in our mind. Then there’ s no longer a need to
act out the grievances and wrong-minded thinking in the form of
sickness.
Free from Grievances
There can be an enormous temp tation to be hard on yourself as you go
through your healing process. Don’ t give in to it. The ego wants to
sabotage the whole healing process by having you throw in the towel,
thinking it’s too difficult. Maybe you think you’re not doing it good
enough or that you’ll never get past the obstacles, the sickness, or the
darkness of your wrong-minde d thinking. The ego just wants you to
come up with some conclusion to shut down your willingness. But it is a
fact that the ego has no defense when your willingness is joined  with the
Holy Spirit. This ignites a huge powerful healing. The only thing that
you are really asked to do is offer your willingness, and if you stay
willing, it can be a pretty quick journey!
Here is a story that clearly shows how a little willingness to forgive
can bring about a powerful heali ng. I used to work at a hospice.  One day
I went for lunch with a colleagu e, who is also a minister, as he wanted to
talk. He looked at me and said, “I have been diagnosed with leukemia,
and it’s pretty far advanced, so I don’t know how many more  weeks I
can


 red and mahogan y rice.
Look for gourmet blends in finer supermarkets or whole food markets.
Y ou can  use button, white or cre mini mushrooms, but I prefer to  use
a mix of shiitake, cremini and oyster mushrooms for a richer flavour.
Coconut Granola
Makes 6 cups
Give yourself a boost of energy  with this satisfying granola packed with
nuts, seeds, oils and nectar. The combination of pr otein,  fibr e and
healthy fat delivers mor e staying power than most commer cial
granolas, which  ar en’t as high in pr otein-dense ingr edients. Enjoy a
spoonful with yogurt, cooked c er eal or fruit or add to muffin mixes and
use as a loose topping for tarts and bars.
4 cups large-flake r olled oats
1/2 cup natural bran or bran flakes cer eal
2 cups dried shr edded or flaked coconut
1  cup chopped almonds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup softened coconut oil
1/3 cup coconut nectar or liquid honey
2  tsp gr ound cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried cherries
1.  Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly oil 2 rimmed baking sheets.
2.  On  1 prepared  baking sheet, evenly spread oats and bran. On the
remaining sheet, evenly spread dried coconut, almonds, sunflower seeds
and sesa me seed s. Stagger the sheets in preheated oven and toast for 8
minutes. Remov e sheet of nuts and seeds from oven and set asid e to cool.
Stir grains and continue toasti ng for another 6 to 8 minutes or until
lightly browned.3.  Meanw hile, in a small saucep an, heat oil, nectar and cinnamon over
medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes  or until simmering. T urn of f heat and let
stand on burner to keep warm.
4.  T ra nsfer toasted grains to a lar ge bowl. Stir in the toasted nuts and seeds.
Drizzle with warm nectar mixture. Add apricots, raisins and cherries and
lightly stir to coat evenly. Set aside to cool. Store granola in an airtight
container in the refrigerator fo r up to 3 months or freeze for up to 6
months.Blueberry Granola Muffins
Makes 12 muffins
Soft blu eberries and crunchy granola ar e a winning combination in
these muffins sweetened with coconut nectar and grated coconut—a
nice change fr om r egular muffins, which can be high in sugar.
3/4 cup coconut milk
1  large egg
1/2 cup coconut nectar or liquid honey
2  tbsp melted coconut oil
1/2 tsp pur e vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup Coconut Granola (page 37)
1/4 cup grated fr esh or dried coconut
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup blueberries, fr esh or fr ozen
(drained if fr ozen)
1.  Preheat  oven to 400°F. Line a 12-cup muf fin pan with paper liners or
grease the cups with coconut oil.
2.  In a bowl, whisk together milk, egg, nectar, oil and vanilla.
3.  I n a lar g e bowl,  combine all-purpose flour, coconut flour, granola, grated
coconut, baking powder and salt. Stir well.
4.  Make a well in the dry ingredients and stir the milk mixture into it,
mixing just until moistened. Fold in the blueberries.5.  Pour the mixture evenly into prepared muf fin cups and bake in preheated
oven for 15 minutes or until a t ester inserted into the centre of  a muf fin
comes out clean.Coconut Quinoa
Makes 4 to 6 servings
Pr otein and healthy fats ar e the key to a perfect br eakfast. N othing can
touch q uinoa for its high pr otein content and nutty flavour. Don’t
forget to rinse the quinoa befor e cooking to pr event it fr om being bitter.
For a quick br e akfast, make this dish ahead of time and wa rm it up in
the morning. (It also makes a  gr eat mid-afternoon snack or side dish
with fish or chicken.)
1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained
1 can (14 oz/398 mL) coconut milk
1/2 cup coconut water or plain water
1 tbsp softened coconut oil
1/4 cup shr edded coconut, fr esh or dried
1/4 cup chopped dried cherries or cranberries (optional)
1.  Using a fine-mesh sieve, rinse quinoa under cool running water.
2.  I n a saucepan, combine quinoa, milk, coconut water and oil. Bring to a
boil over high h eat. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes.
T urn of f heat and leave the covered saucepan on the burner for 6 minutes.
3.  Sti r in coconu t and cherries (if using). Store quinoa in a n airtight
container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
Y ou can omit th e coconut oil, bu t it is the ingredient that will give this
breakfast cereal  staying power. Add chopped nuts, seeds, berries and
tree fruit, as desired.Roasted V egetable Frittata
Makes 4 to 6 servings
If you’r e havin g company for the weekend, this is a gr eat brunch or
br eakfast dish that you can make the night befor e. Y ou can use almost
any veg etable you have in the fridge or fr eezer and it will turn out
fabulously. Coc onut milk gives the frittata an exotic taste and brings
out the flavours of the vegetables.
1 onion, cut into quarters
1 r ed bell pepper, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 small eggplant, cut into 1-inch cubes
1  leek, white and light gr een parts, cut into 1-inch pieces
2  tbsp melted coconut oil
6 large eggs
1/3 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup shr edded cheddar cheese
3  slices stale whole wheat br ead, cut into 1-inch cubes
1  tbsp chopped fr esh basil
2  tsp fr esh thyme leaves
Sea salt and fr eshly gr ound black pepper
1.  Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly oil a 9-inch square baking dish.
2.  In prepared bak ing dish, combine onion, red pepper, eggplant  and leek.
Add oil and toss to coat well. R oast in preheated oven for 25 minutes or
until vegetables are tender and slightly charred at the edges. Set baking
dish aside to cool. Do not turn of f oven.
3.  Me anwhile, in a bowl, beat tog ether eggs and milk. Add chee se, bread,
basil, th yme and salt and peppe r. Pour over roasted vegetables. (Mixturemay be prepared up to this point and refrigerated several hours ahead of
time or overnight. Return to room temperature before baking.)
4.  Bake in preheated oven for 25 t o 30 minutes or until lightly browned and
set. Set aside to  cool for 10 minutes before cutting. Serve warm or at
room temperature.
Fr ozen Br eakfast Smoothie
Makes 6 fr ozen pops
The fibr e fr om  the fruit and r olled oats combined with the coconut oil
in th is smoothie will keep yo u feeling full all morning, ca rrying you
thr ough to lunchtime or beyo nd. As a fr ozen tr eat, it makes a fast,
healthy snack—perfect morning, noon or night as a grab-and-go option
kids can easily get for themselves.
1 cup chilled pur e coconut water
1 cup vanilla-flavour ed Gr eek-style yogurt
1  cup fr ozen mango chunks
2  tbsp grated orange rind
2 oranges, separated into segments, seeds r emoved
1 tbsp large-flake r olled oats
1 to 3 tbsp softened coconut oil
1.  I n a ble nder, co mbine coconut water, yogurt, mango, orange rind, orange
segments, rolled oats and oil. Secure lid and blend until smooth. Spoon
into frozen pop containers and freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Frozen mango chunks make this smoothie or frozen pop very thick,
but you can use  fresh mango, i f desired. T ry 1 cup frozen berries in
place of the mango. Y ou can substitute instant oats for the lar g e-flake
rolled oats.
If you’r e new to using coconut  oil, you may wish to start wi th 1
teaspoon of coconut oil and gra dually increase to 2 tablespoons over
time.Gr een Energy Smoothie
Makes 1 to 2 servings
Coconut milk gives a touch of sweetness and takes the bitter edge off
the gr eens in this delicious smoothie. I pr efer to use fr ozen gr eens in
smoothies for their convenien ce.


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expanded perspective of Source  energy’s infinite intelligence,
and simply trust it to guide the flow of our highest good.  It is a process of relaxing into that level of trust.  In listening to my urges to /G0C/G15/G0B/G0E/G0E/G09/G1A/G01/G24/G16/G13/G08/G13/G0F /G01/G02/G03/G01/G0F/G19/G01/G07/G1C/G03/G01/G27/G08/G04/G16/G10/G01/G0A/G07/G05/G01/G0B/G04/G12/G0C/G02/G03/G0E/G09/G01/G13/G07/G08/G0D/G0C/G04/G11/G01
with listening to my urges to /G17/G08/G13/G0F/G09  (without even knowing
what I /G14/G07/G12/G10/G11  write), I allowed the flow of Source energy to
guide me to my scribing purpose, without really knowing that was happening.  It is a kind of trust that I believe exists within all of us.  It begins with a willingness to try, and to listen An “Already Is” Twist on Living the Law of Attraction 51
at a deeper level within ourselve s.  Our willingness is a critical
bridge that closes the non-physical gap /G24/G06 /G1E/G09/G0F/G17/G09/G09/G0E/G01/G17/G15/G09/G08/G09/G01/G17/G09/G01/G0B/G08/G09/G01
and that which we /G05/G06/G03/G07/G05/G08/G04/G09/G05/G03/G07 /G01/G0F/G15/G0B/G0F/G01/G17/G09/G01/G0B/G08/G09/G01/G1E/G09/G0C/G10/G25/G13/G0E/G1F /G20/G01/G01/G17/G04/G01
already are what we are becomi ng, because we already are our
divine, infinite, limitless, creative, Source-filled selves.  We are simply moving toward expansion, to experience greater depths
of our divine perfection.  Ha ving the willingness builds the
bridge that brings into our lives the rich goodness that already is and that awaits us all, from the world of  the non-physical and
the world of the unseen.  I am still amazed at how I questioned
the content for these book chapters, and how most of the information was already waitin g within my notebooks,
smiling back at me, as if to say, “ /G27/G05/G2E/G13/G05/G06/G18/G05/G05/G0C/G06/G02/G05/G09/G05/G06/G01/G02/G05/G06/G14/G02/G07/G10/G05/G06
time. /G01/G01Everything already is.  Your purpose aligned with the simple
willingness to be led by the expansive broader perspective of Source
intelligence - which knows all things at all times, for highest good.
For your highest good.” /G01
/G01 /G2E/G07/G0F/G04/G10/G02/G0F/G04/G16/G09/G01/G02/G03/G01/G12/G01/G03/G08/G0F/G22/G04/G05/G01/G07/G0A/G01/G13/G12/G16/G04/G16/G09/G01/G04/G26/G12/G13/G10/G0C/G19/G01/G1C/G0B/G12/G10/G01/G1C/G04/G01/G03/G04/G04/G11/G01
to be doing is exactly what we /G0F/G09/G05 doing.  If we can turn to our
heart’s wisdom - of what we are being guided to do, and truly listen, Source can take us where we desire to go.  The Source-ful message about the law of attraction for this chapter came in the following channeling, which I ha ve transcribed for you.  This
message strung together many of their teachings about the “already is” state and how to manife st the rich life that we truly
want.  Here is a new twist, for perhaps a greater understanding
of, the law of the attraction.
You wonder about your intentio ns, your inner desires, and
your freedom.  Nothing /G06/G03/G04/G06/G05/G13/G05/G09/G06/G16/G05/G08/G01/G06/G17/G09/G07/G19/G06/G1A/G07/G12/G0A/G06/G06/G1C/G01/G06/G04/G03/G19/G08/G10/G1A/G06
waits to be called energetically /G0C/G01 /G06/G1A/G07/G12/G0A/G06/G06 /G27/G0D/G0A/G01/G1C/G10/G12/G28 /G06/G0D/G07/G0C/G01/G03/G0C/G12/G05/G06/G01/G07
call from a place of “still want ing,” that energy creates “still
wanting.”
I would say to myself:
The __(Name your desire here.)__
’s goodness flows within me
now.  The riches I have already won enable me to afford all that
I physically desire.  I feel wealth  in every part of my being,
and it serves me well. /G15/G07/G16/G0F/G02/G13/G01/G17/G04/G12/G0C/G10/G0B
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/G2Find the cleanest, clearest truth – that is /G04/G01/G02/G03 /G06/G01/G09/G12/G01/G02/G24/G06/G01/G07/G06
resonate with the desire you are dreaming, and you see how
easy it is to harmonize drea ms into physical existence.
Harmonize an “already is” truth /G27/G0F/G15/G0B/G0F/G01/G1C/G10/G12/G01/G0C/G15/G10/G10/G19/G09/G01 – that
you already know about yourself]  with your dream/desire
– and the desire is /G05/G06/G12/G05/G04/G0F/G09 /G14/G03/G01/G02/G03/G0C/G06/G09/G05/G0F/G0D/G02/G24/G06/G05/G0F/G04/G03/G10/G1A/G06/G0F/G0C/G11/G06/G05/G17/G17/G07/G09/G01/G10/G05/G04/G04/G10/G1A/G0A/G06/G06
Find the light of the “already is” state that attracts you in the
desire or dream, and feel that li ght within you as well.  Hone
that feeling of vibration – beca use you already knew it or you
wouldn’t have “wanted” it.  Then  let go of wanting and simply
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yourself into the feeling of the desire. /G27/G24/G0B/G1C/G28/G01 /G1C/G06experience my desire /G01again and again, because I
steadily choose the vibrat ion I wish to match.  I feel the
vibration in my desire that I relate to the most easily
and generously, and then I craft my inner feeling place
every day to simply feel and think about the easy generous vibration of that desire /G27/G0B/G01/G25/G0B/G0F/G0C/G15/G13/G0E/G1F/G01/G0F/G08/G12/G0F/G15/G01/G0F/G15/G0B/G0F/G01
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you return to the original /G27/G16/G08/G10/G19/G16/G09/G08/G13/G0F/G1C/G28  – the gift of your
divine self, in full flow of Source’s innate creative loving
power.
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  time.
One  day,  upon  coming  home,  I  found  father  scrub-
bing soot  off  his  hands  and  face — he  looked  like  a
chimney  sweep.  It  turns  out  that  while  cooking  the
kichadi,  he  had  misplaced  the  pressure  cooker  nozzle
and  spent  several  hours  looking  for  it  in  the  basement
incinerator.  I  reassured  him  that  nozzles  were  easy
things  to  replace  and  that  he  was  not.  The  kichadi
that  evening  was  superb.  Spoonful  after  spoonful,  I
reveled  in  my  father's  qualities — the  beauty  of  that
statesman,  that  erudite  pundit  who  was  so  loved  by
the  thousands  of  people  whose  lives  he  had  touched.
And  here  he  was  teaching  me  how  to  cook  and  scur-
rying about  in  an  incinerator  looking  for  a  nozzle!  My
very  next  spoonful  was  surprisingly  heavy.  The  nozzle
had  somehow  found  its  way  into  the  kichadi.
A  few  months  later  father  died.  In  retrospect,  I  see
that  he  had  come  to  help  me  onto  my  path.  Through
his  teachings  I  was  able  to  transform  my  life  com-
pletely. Today  I  still  feel  his  numinous  energy,  and  I
am  grateful.  Much  of  my  love  for  the  ancient  kitchen
and  cooking  methods  was  instilled  by  his  love.
The  Ancient  Kitchen
1.  Earth  or  a  clear  wood  floor
2.  A  wood-burning  cooking  stove  built  directly  on
the  earth,  facing  West
3.  Iron  holders  for  storage  of  such  things  as  bas-
kets and  utensils,  facing  South
4.  Racks  for  food  staples  and  spices,  facing  North
5.  A  nearby  stream  or  well  to  get  water  for  wash-
ing the  utensils,  facing  South
The  floor  was  the  work  table.  This  encouraged  the
optimum  posture  of  squatting,  sitting  in  the  thunder-
bolt pose  (Vajrasana),  or  the  lotus  or  half-lotus.
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FOOD    SADHANAS
Utensils  of  Ancient  Times
1.  A  stone  mortar  and  pestle  for  spices  (about  6" in  diameter)
2.  A  stone  mortar  and  pestle  for  seeds  and  nuts
(about  10"  in  diameter)
3.  A  large  mortar  and  pestle  (of  stone  or  wood)  for
grains  and  beans  (about  4  feet  in  diameter)
4.  A  flat  and  slightly  concave  grinding  stone  with
a  smaller  hand-held  stone
5.  Several  straw  baskets,  cloth  bags,  and  airtight
wooden  or  stone  barrels  for  storing  food  staples
6.  A  sifting  basket  for  separating  hulls,  stems,  and
stones  from  grains
7.  Sieves,  tea  strainers,  and  food  steamers,  all  made
from  bamboo
Pots  and  Pans
The  stomach  linings  of  animals  were  used  in  ancient
times  as  containers  for  heating  and  cooking  foods.
Later,  tightly  woven  grass  baskets  containing  hot  rocks
were  used  for  cooking  foods.  Pots  made  of  earthen-
ware came  afterward,  followed  by  cast-iron,  copper,
and  bronze  cookware.  Today,  our  utensils  are  made
primarily  of  stainless  steel,  enamel,  glass,  and  that
poisonous  material  which  was  welcomed  by  many
during  the  war  years  but  which  unfortunately  we
continue  to  use — aluminum.
Ancient  Eating  Utensils
In  ancient  times,  the  status  of  a  person  determined
what  utensils  he  or  she  used  during  a  meal.  The  wealthy
used  mainly  those  made  of  gold,  while  the  poor  and
the  sages  ate  from  earthenware,  leaves,  or  wooden
bowls,  which  are  said  to  enhance  simplicity.  Wooden
plates  aid  in  the  secretion  of  phlegm.  Food  served  on
gold  platters  is  more  nurturing  to  all  doshas.  The
element  gold  also  helps  reduce  disorders  of  the  eyes.
Silver  plates,  bowls,  and  pans  cool  the  bodily  fire,
regulate  the  digestive  fire,  promote  hepatic  function,
and  generally  soothe  aggravated  Pitta  conditions.  A
service  on  zinc  plates  improves  the  appetite  and  sharp-
ens the  intellect.  Brass  utensils  promote  heat  and  wind Two  Men  at  Potter's  Wheel
in  the  body.  Brass  is  also  a  vital  metal  for  curing
phlegmatic  disorders  and  alleviating  Kapha  disorders.
Copper  is  recommended  mainly  for  drinking  vessels;
it  awakens  the  tissues  and  assists  the  apana  prana  to
evacuate  boldily  waste.  Glass,  especially  crystal,  and
stainless  steel  help  heal  jaundice  and  chlorosis,  and
serve  also  to  purify  and  cool  the  system.  Fresh  lotus
leaves,  which  are  still  used  today  in  many  parts  of
India  as  plates,  serve  as  an  antidote  to  poison.  Stone
and  clay  receptacles,  used  mostly  by  the  poor,  are  said
to  induce  poverty.  The  best  containers  to  drink  from
are  those  made  of  copper,  earthenware,  and  glass.  The
best  containers  to  drink  from,  based  on  body  type,
are  gold  and  zinc  for  Vata;  silver,  crystal,  and  glass  for
Pitta;  brass,  copper,  and  wood  for  Kapha.  All  three
types  may  use  gold  or  lotus  leaves,  and  on  occasion
earthenware  or  wooden  plates  and  bowls.  We  ma)
continue  to  use  these  various  types  of  eating  and
drinking  utensils  to  enhance  the  desired  qualities  in
our  lives.
The  Shapes  of  Ancient  PottCI  \
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
Modern  Utensils
The  pressure  cooker  and  enamelware  pot  are  definite
improvements  over  the  stomach  lining  of  an  animal.
However,  our  modern  stand-up  work  tables  and  stoves
have  deprived  us  of  an  essential  sadhana — working  in
various  crouching  positions.  These  provided  excel-
lent stimulation  of  the  vital  organs  and  tissues  as  well
as  a  means  of  receiving  the  earth's  energies  through the  womb  and/or  hara.
Similarly,  a  gas  and  electric  stove  deprives  us  of  the
direct  exchange  with  the  fire  of  transformation  that
we  would  experience  with  a  wood-burning  stove.  Of
the  two,  a  gas  burning  stove  is  far  better  than  an
electric  stove  since  the  direct  flame  still


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dec ide t o t ak e it. If y ou dec ide it' s f or y ou, f ine; if y ou dec ide it is not
f or y ou, t hat’ s
f ine, t oo. M an y people c hoose t o k eep t his inf or mation hand y
unti l t he y f eel t he
moment is r ig ht.

E it her w a y, t he C andid a C leaner is a f ant astic piec e of hist or y and an
eff ec ti v e and
po w er f ul r emed y t hat w as used b y our g r andpar ent s and
g r eat-g r andpar ent s, and
is sti l l used in man y r ur al ar eas. I hope t hat y ou f ind
t his inf or mation usef ul and
helpf ul.

Y our s in g ood healt h,
D r. J ennif er D anielsI nformation on T urpentine
16
S o, what do w e kno w about tur pentine?

First of all, there is a company calle d Merck. It is a pharmaceutical company, and Merck
produces something calle d the Merck Manual. The Merck Manual discusses all diseases
that ha v e be en identifie d or the diseases it fe els are most important, and talks about
v arious types of ther apies that are appropriate and accepte d for them.

The Merck Manual w as first publishe d in 1899. If y ou look up
turpentine in the 1899 Merck
Manual, it will let y ou kno w that
turpentine ther ap y is effe ctiv e for the follo wing:b’fiT
b’Tf Gonorrheb’Tr
b’Tf Meningitib’na
b’Tf A rthritib’na
b’Tf Abdominal difficultieb’na
b’Tf Lung diseasb’Tk
b’Tf
The list goes on and on and on.
Fast forw ard to the 1999 e dition of the Merck Manual (a much thicker book), and look up
turpentine. All y ou will find is discussion of turpentine poisoning. It talks about the dire
effe cts of turpentine poisoning, and it talks about ho w such poisoning causes
destruction of the kidne ys and destruction of the lungs.

I can sa y that to my observ ation, I ha v e be en taking it no w for a good 20 y ears and ha v e
observ e d at least 100 pe ople taking it. I ha v e certainly not se en any of those effe cts, and
neither has any one I’m a w are of who has chosen to a v ail themselv es of turpentine. The
reason ma y be the dose. The dangerous dose of turpentine in me dical liter ature is 1
tablespoon. The dose I use d—with great results and minimal side effe cts—is 1 teaspoon.
Turpentine is out there. It has be en use d with great success certainly in the 1800s, and
someho w, in the 21st century, there is no kno wle dge of it.

There is another pharmaceutical company calle d Parke Da vis. Back in 1901, Parke Da vis
publishe d a similar compendium of a v ailable me dical ther apies and their uses, and y ou
se e turpentine liste d in the Parke Da vis compendium of me dical ther ap y. I am not a w are
that Parke Da vis is still in the publishing business in terms of a comprehensiv e me dical
manual.
Nonetheless, these are the areas where turpentine and sugar, as a treatment, has a
definite
tr ack re cord.So, w e ha v e quite a few publications with publishe d
information in the 1800s by the
pharmaceutical companies
themselv es, indicating that turpentine has be en use d to
benefit
in v arious afflictions.

N o w, what other inf ormation is a v ai l able about tur pentine?

Well, it se ems that turpentine w as in great use in the
v eterinary field, espe cially in the area
of horses. If y ou ga v e a
horse turpentine—and it w as gener ally turpentine and sugar—
then
the horse w ould be faster and w ould ha v e a shinier coat. If
y ou ha v e a sho w horse, for
e x ample, turpentine w ould be of
great adv antage to it—but again, I am not familiar with
turpentine dosing in horses.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Some of the Constituents Found in our Urine
Albumin  Renin
Colony Stimulating Factor  S. Factor
Growth Hormone  Urinary Trypsin Inhibitor
Gondatropin  Interferon
Kallikrien  Collagen
Pro Renin  Acid Phosphatase
Urokinase  Gamma Substances
Thrombopoietin  Insulin
Interleuken Group  Pepsinogen
Antineoplastic Agents (five)  Pro-Urokinase
Erythropoietin  Red Blood Cell Growth Factor
Gamma Globulin  White Blood Cell Growth Factor
Hyaluronidase  Endorphins
Lipase
Albumin!!! Found in URINE, the main protein produced in the liver, has numerous functions in the
body, the most important of which is maintaining intravascular colloid osmotic pressure (COP). COP
helps fluid stay within the vasculature instead of leaking into tissue.
Granulocyte -macrophage " colony -stimulating factor ", also known as GM -CSF and CSF2, is a cytokine
that controls the production, differentiation, and function of granulocytes and macrophages. GM -
CSF can be used as a medication to stimulate the production of white blood cells following
chem otherapy. FOUND IN URINE
Growth hormone, also known as somatotropin, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell
reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals. It is thus important in human
development. FOUND IN URINE
Gonadotropins  : Luteinizing and Follicle Stimulating Hormones. Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle -
stimulating hormone (FSH) are called gonadotropins because stimulate the gonads - in males, the
testes, and in females, the ovaries. They are not necessary for life, but  are essential for reproduction.
FOUND IN URINE
Kallikreins  are responsible for the coordination of various physiological functions including blood
pressure, semen liquefaction and skin desquamation. FOUND IN URINE
Clinical applications. An over -active ren in-angiotension system leads to vasoconstriction and
retention of sodium and water. These effects lead to hypertension. Therefore, renin inhibitors can
be used for the treatment of hypertension. PRO RENIN  FOUND IN URINE
Urokinase  is a man -made product deve loped using a protein that occurs naturally in the kidneys.
Urokinase is a thrombolytic agent that works by dissolving blood clots. Urokinase is used to treat
blood clots in the lungs. Urokinase may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medica tion
guide. FOUND IN URINE  Thrombopoietin  is a glycoprotein hormone produced by the liver and kidney which regulates the
production of platelets. It stimulates the production and differentiation of megakaryocytes, the bone
marrow cells that bud off large n umbers of platelets. FOUND IN URINE

Interleukins  are a group of cytokines that were first seen to be expressed by white blood cells
(leukocytes). The function of the immune system depends in a large part on interleukins, and rare
deficiencies of a number of them have been described, all featuring autoim mune diseases or
immune deficiency. ALSO FOUND IN URINE
An alkylating antineoplastic agent  is an alkylating agent used in cancer treatment that attaches an
alkyl group (CnH2n+1) to DNA. The alkyl group is attached to the guanine base of DNA, at the
number 7 nitrogen atom of the purine ring.... Alkylating agents are used to treat several cancers.
FOUND IN URINE
Erythropoietin, also known as hematopoietin or hemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted by
the kidney in response to cellular hypoxia; it st imulates red blood cell production in the bone
marrow. FOUND IN URINE
"Gamma globulin " injections are usually given in an attempt to temporarily boost a patient's
immunity against disease. Being a product derived from bone marrow and lymph gland cells, gam ma
globulin injections, along with blood transfusions and intravenous drug