 of everyone.
Restoring Y our Life Energy
When a doctor w ants to check the status of a specific biochem ical in your
body, he  draws blood for analysis. The results obtained from scrutinizing a
minute samplin g are accepted as being true for the entire body. For
example, if we want to check your blood sugar level, we need  to examine
only a minuscu le amount that can be collected from a tiny p inprick. W e
assume that what is true for one drop of blood is true for every drop in your
body. This assumption is a result of the recognition that the body is
holographic. This means that  the whole is contained in every part;
whenever one aspect changes, everything changes.
Applying this principle to the reversal of aging, you can see that making
a he althy shift in any one com ponent of your life will have a positive
influence on your entire state of well-being. The more you are able to
replace life-damaging choices with life-af firming ones, the more profoundthe benefits you will experience physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
When you reverse one biological marker of aging, you will reverse almost
all the others. For example, improving your muscle strength leads to an
increase in bone density. Improving your aerobic capacity enhances your
immune function. Our ten-steps-to-reverse-aging program is therefore a
practical holistic approach to creating a profoundly better quality of life.
These approache s are simple ye t powerful and we are enthusias tic to share
them with you.
The body is holographic; ther efor e,
when you change one biomarker
you influence them all.

The conditioning of our society leads us to believe that as we grow older,
we dete riorate physically and  mentally. When you break out of this
conditioning, you will learn from your own experience that every day in
every way you can increase your physical and mental capacity. That is the
promise of this book. If you practice the ten steps you will reverse your
biological age, and biological age is the only age that really matters.2
Y ou Can Reverse Y our
Biological Age by Changing
Y our Perceptions

ACTION STEP #1
I am  r ev ersing m y biological age by changing my per ceptions  of my body,
its aging, and of time.
I put this into practice by:
Changing my per ception of aging by r esetting my Biostat  and
practicing on a daily basis the rituals that r emind me of  my biological
set point.
Changing my per ception of time by the practice of self-
r eferraltechniques, bringing my attention to the nonchanging factor in
the midst of change.
Changing my per ception of my body by learning to experienceit as a
field of ener gy, transformation, and intelligence,  practicing the Ener gy,
T ransformation, and Intelligence  technique.
Per ceptions cr eate r eality.
By changing your per ceptions
you change your r eality.
By changing the per ception
of your body, its aging, and of time,
you can r everse your biological age.

A basic principl e of A yurveda is stated as: What you see you become. What
you see is a selective act of attention and interpretation. Although you are
inundated by billions of bits of sensory impulses every moment, you
selectively filter out the vast majority, allowing only a very small fraction
into your awareness. What you allow into your awareness is de termined by
your habitual patterns of seeing and interpreting the world.
T o make this point clear, consider a situation in which you and your
friend are sitting on a park bench. Across the street a woman is walking her
beagle. Y our friend, the manage r of a woman’ s apparel store, hones in on
what the  woman  is wearing, scr utinizing her outfit. Deciding that she does
not like what the woman is wea ring, your friend feels mildly a nnoyed. As
an a nimal lover, you barely notice the woman but instead focus on her dog,
which re minds you of a puppy you had as a child, and as a result, you feel alittle wistful. What is the reality? It is clearly dif ferent for both  of you as a
result of your selective acts of attention and interpr etation.
Reality is flexible and subject to r evision.
Reality is the r esult of per ception,
which is a selective act of attention and interpr etation.

There are many visual examples of this principle. Each of the four
pictures that follow demonstrates how your attention and interpretation
determine your reality. The sensory data does not change whe n you make
the leap from o ne interpretatio n to another. What you see changes as a
result of a change in your consciousness.
Can you see the chalice? Can you see the faces?Can you see the old woman? Can you see the young woman?
Do you see the face? Do you see the word?Do you see the bird? Do you see the rabbit?
Y our attention and interpretatio ns create what you see and ultimately
determine what you believe. A belief is simply an interpretation that you
hold to be true. For example, due to habits of perception, most people half a
millennium ago believed that the sun revolved around Earth. When
Copernicus sugg ested that our planet was not the center of th e universe,
people were upset because challenging prevailing beliefs inevitably
generates resistance. However, new ideas that expand awareness, enhance
life, and take us closer to truth are contagious. Before long, a c ritical mass
of p eople embrace the new idea, and their beliefs about themselves and the
world are forever changed.
As w e enter the new millenni um, the insights of our most advanced
scientists are just beginning to influence our collective views. Our ideas
about the human body, its aging, and even time itself are un der going a
dramatic shift, opening the possibility for unprecedented health, vitality,
and longevity. Let’ s look at how we may begin to embrace these more
expanded and empowering beliefs.
Y our habits of attention and interpr etation cr eate deeply
ingrained beliefs,which ar e the interpr etations you hold to be true.
Beliefs cr eate biology.

Change Y our Per ception of Aging
The only true way to measure the aging process is through the biomarkers
of a ging. By n ow you know that the biological markers of aging are
reversible (see page 18 to review the biomarkers of aging). Now it is time to
use the or ganiz ing power of y our intention to set a clear expectation to
reverse your aging. Y our intentions establish your expectation s, and your
expectations influence outcome.
W e know from many scientifi c studies that whatever you anticipate
happening with  your health is much more likely to occ ur. Doctors
sometimes ridicule this as the placebo ef fect, but the placebo ef fect is a
testimony to the power of intent ion. When a doctor and a patient believe in
a tre atment, the positive results can be as high as 100 percent,  even if the
treatment is later found to have  no pharmacological ef fect. If p atients with
asthma are given salt water and  told it will help their breathing, they will
breathe more easily due to the placebo ef fect. Given the same salt water
with the  suggestion that their b reathing will worsen, they experience the
expected deterio ration. This is called the nocebo ef fect. In ever y condition
imaginable—from high blood pressure to cancer, from stomach ulcers to
anginal heart pain—your expectations can make the dif ference between
health a nd illnes s, life and deat h. W e can summarize this prin ciple in one
line: What you believe you become.
W e can use this principle to great ef fect. Set the intention to grow
younger and live longer. Y our intention is a powerful activator of your inner
pharmacy. Y our expectation of g rowing younger will lead to the  reversal of
your aging.SETTING YOUR BIOST A T
Close your eyes. Become aware of your breath, releasing any tension you
may be holding in your body. Now, choose an age within the  last fifteen
years that you would like to be in biological terms. This means  you would
like to have the physical and me ntal capacity of a healthy person  at that age,
that you would like your biomarkers to reflect that particular age, that you
would li ke to feel and look that particular age. As an example, let’ s assume
you are sixty years old. Choose an age between forty-five and sixty. Let’ s
say you choose the age of fort y-nine years. This becomes your Biostat—
your set point in consciousness. Just as a thermostat adjusts the temperature
in a room to a particular set point, so, too, your Biostat will orchestrate your
psychology and biology around the biological age you have chosen.
This will happen through the following mechanisms: (1) Y our intention
to stay at a part icular Biostat will directly influence your body of ener gy,
transformation, and intelligence. This is because intention influences your
biochemistry through its infinite  or ganizing power. This is the principle of
teleology, which states that intended


 is to
get sun in frequent moderate doses and build a tan. Unless you do something foolish,
the sun will not cause disease in healthy people who have adequate amounts of
nutrients like carotenes, lycopene, essential fatty acids, and vitamins A, C, E, and
zinc and selenium. Our need for the sun is exemplified by the fact that nature
intended us to get most of our vitamin D from the sun. Vitamin D is almost totallyabsent in vegetable foods. If you must have a sunscreen skin product, I recommend
looking for those that do not contain any toxic, synthetic chemicals. My personal
choices are any of the several sunscreen products by Aubrey Organics, or merely
sticking to the ancient Mediterranean custom of rubbing high quality olive oil (such
as Bariani) on the skin.
Synthetic chemical sunscreens may indeed help prevent a sunburn, but they do not
prevent skin cancer—in fact, they may even promote it. Researchers at the M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston cite: “There is no substantial evidence that
sunscreen protects against any of the three forms of skin cancer.” Robin Marks,
M.B., M.P.H., a dermatologist and a professor at the University of Melbourne said:
“Relying on synthetic chemicals to prevent cancer is laughable.” Arthur Rhodes, a
University of Pittsburgh dermatologist, told a 1994 meeting of the American Cancer
Society that sunscreens “appear weakly effective or ineffective.”
Toothpaste
Because almost all toothpaste is toxic, I looked for a toothpaste that would clean
teeth without adding to toxic overload. The mucus membranes in the mouth are
highly permeable and chemicals in toothpaste pass right through the membranes into
the blood stream where they can bioaccumulate in the body to toxic levels. Toxins
such as sodium lauryl sulfate, fluoride, artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, and
artificial flavors are common contaminants in toothpaste. The brand I selected after
eighteen months of research is Weleda. While there may be other acceptable brands,
I did not find any in my search that were superior to Weleda. If you decide to look
for one on your own, the objective is to find a brand that is made from only natural
and exceptionally pure raw materials.
For additional information about these products, go to
www.beyondhealth.com
 or
call 800-250-3063.A
PENDIX
D
A
LTERNATIVE
 C
ANCER
T
REATMENTS
C
ancer may be the most feared of all diseases, but like all so-called diseases, it is
nothing more than malfunctioning cells. Restore those cells to normal function and
the cancer will disappear. Modern medicine’s dangerous treatments have failed to
put a dent in our cancer epidemic. Meanwhile, alternative methods have been
clinically proven to reverse cancer.
Good resources include the
Definitive Guide to Cancer
by Diamond, Cowden, and
Goldberg, published by Future Medicine Publishing. Another resource is
Beating
Cancer with Nutrition
by Patrick Quillin. For specific suggestions regarding
alternative treatment options, consult with People Against Cancer. By becoming a
paid member, they will provide information about treatment options through an
International Physicians Network that reviews your medical records and provides
specific recommendations. In addition, People Against Cancer provides a wide range
of educational materials of interest to people with cancer.
For more information go to
www.beyondhealth.com
 and click on the links page or
call 800-250-3063.A
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I
MPROVING
V
ISION
E
yesight can be improved using natural vision improvement exercises. By
regularly performing a series of simple exercises, most people can throw their
eyeglasses away. Meir Schneider’s
Yoga for Your Eyes
offers a complete program
including a 62-page booklet, eye exercise chart, and an 82-minute videotape
teaching you how to improve your vision naturally. Meir Schneider was born
without sight. He developed his own total approach to self-healing and used it to
reverse his own blindness.
Yoga for Your Eyes
is available through Beyond Health at
www.beyondhealth.com
 or 800-250-3063.A
PPENDIX
F:
H
EALTH-E-
A
MERICA
F
OUNDATION
D
ramatic increases in disease-care costs and rates of disease are threatening to
overwhelm the economic and social structures of the United States.
An aging
population and an unprecedented epidemic of chronic and degenerative disease are
making costs spin out of control. With the percentage of young taxpayers shrinking,
providing health benefits to the elderly will overwhelm the national budget within
thirty years. The United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Yet
the incidence of almost every chronic disease continues to increase, the health of our
people continues to deteriorate, and costs are soaring to unsustainable levels.
According to the Medicare Board of Trustees, Medicare spending will double over
the next ten years. Medicare costs will exceed those of Social Security, and by 2030,
75 percent of the federal budget will be allocated to Medicare, Medicaid, and social
security. The promised benefits under Medicare and social security are projected to
exceed scheduled income by $465 trillion over the next 75 years. The combined
economic and social disruption from supporting such a large, diseased population
could be catastrophic.
A program to prevent this crisis must become a national
priority.
The solution to this crisis is to arrest and reverse the epidemic, thereby lowering
health costs to a fraction of today’s expenditures. Aging is inevitable, but health is a
choice. The variable over which we have control is whether people remain healthy as
they age. We must teach them how to do this. Since this epidemic is man-made, we
can choose to unmake it through a dramatical and new scientifically based education
model.
The mission of Health-e-America Foundation (HeAF) is to arrest and reverse our
chronic-disease epidemic through education—by teaching schoolchildren and their
families the basics of good health and empowering them to achieve it. With
childhood disease rates increasing, teaching children how to improve health and
avoid disease will produce an almost immediate reduction in costs, with the savings
compounded each year.
Health-e-America Foundation will provide health education using a new model of
health and disease based on the revolutionary concept of maintaining and improving
cellular health. In essence, there is only one disease—malfunctioning cells. It is
malfunctioning cells that become susceptible to infection and which manifest ascancer or other so-called diseases. Teaching children how to prevent and repair
cellular malfunction will begin to immediately arrest and reverse America’s chronic
disease epidemic. This epidemic took generations to create, but we must reverse it
much faster. This can only be accomplished by teaching an entire generation of
children.
Existing health education is disjointed and incomplete. It has not been effective in
curtailing this epidemic because it fails to provide a coherent understanding of
health. Worse, most of the existing educational materials have been supplied by
industries promoting unhealthful or outmoded solutions. The
one-disease concept
is
a vastly more effective way to teach health. This concept is easy to understand and it
is a comprehensive system incorporating all aspects of health. Using advanced E-
learning technology, HeAF will provide,
free of charge
and in CD ROM format or
online, educational materials that are stimulating to students and available to
teachers in grades kindergarten through high school. HeAF will produce these
unique educational materials as well as launch a national educational campaign for
parents, teachers, and school administrators to facilitate the introduction and use of
these materials in the schools. This program will benefit the existing generation, but
most important, it will improve the health of each succeeding generation, which we
all have a responsibility to ensure—to ensure the future of America.
For more information on HeAF go to
www.healtheamerica.org
.
To support this
important work, tax-deductible donations can be sent to:
Health-e-America Foundation
P.O. Box 150578
San Rafael, CA 94915
“Never doubt the power of small groups to change the world; indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead,
Anthropologist 1901–1978Table of Contents
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. I ALMOST DIED
2. YOUR POTENTIAL FOR HEALTH
3. THE NEW THEORY OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
4. CHOOSING HEALTHY CELLS
5. THE NUTRITION PATHWAY
6. THE TOXIN PATHWAY
7. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PATHWAY
8. THE PHYSICAL PATHWAY
9. THE GENETIC PATHWAY
10. THE MEDICAL PATHWAY
11. A SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE
REFERENCES
AUTHOR’S NOTE: GOING BEYOND HEALTH
APPENDIX A: HEALTH INFORMATION
APPENDIX B: VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS
APPENDIX C: FOODS AND PERSONAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX D: ALTERNATIVE CANCER TREATMENTS
APPENDIX E: IMPROVING VISION
APPENDIX F: HEALTH-E-AMERICA FOUNDATION<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Other Bantam New Age Books of interest to readers of THE PATHWORK OF SELF-
TRANSFORMATION:
BEYOND SUPERNATURE by Lyall Watson
CHANNELING: HOW  TO REACH OUT TO YOUR


 "a morbid condition  of the kidneys "; the
term is "generic,"  and  includes several forms of acute and  chronic
disease of the kidney, usually asscciated  with albumen  in the urine, and
frequently  with dropsy, and  with various secondary  symptoms.  Its
causes are said to be "the effects of fever, especially  scarlet fever,
exposure to wet and  cold, as a contributory  cause only, the action  of
irritating drugs, alcohol, etc. Dr. G. Johnson  found, by an analysis  of 200
cases, that intoxicating  drinks  cause 29 per cent. of all cases, and 12 per
cent arise from scarlet fever." (Dr. E. Harris Ruddock,  M.D., Vade
Mecum).
According  to The Biochemic  System of Medicine  (G. W. Carey, M.D., of
U.S.A.) Bright's disease is primarily caused by a lack of phosphate  of
calcium in the body.  He writes:  “When  the phosphate  of lime molecules
fall below the standard  of quantity, the albumen with which  they  are
associated  is, of course, thrown out of circulation,  and if this albumen
reaches the outer  world  by the kidney  route,  a case of albuminuria  is
developed.”
According  to the  practitioners  of this System, the  chief remedy
therefore  is phosphate  of lime, administered  in infinitesimal  doses as
Nature  would supply it in such foods  as are not de‐natured  by refining
processes.  In other words, Bright's disease is caused by deficiency  diet,
viz., a diet lacking in the essential mineral  salts  to keep the blood  and
tissues healthy. To quote Dr. Carey  again, " Biochemists  have  clearly 50
 demonstrated  the fact that when a deficiency  of the cell‐salts  of the
blood  occurs, the organic matter with which  those salts  have  been
associated  is thrown out of the vital circulation."  It is worthy of note
that although  the Biochemic  System of Medicine  claims  to be able to
cure  deficiency  diseases, it stresses the fact that it cannot cure  the
effects of gourmandising.
The incidence  of Bright's disease dates back to early times, but  it
considerably  increased  during last century  and  onwards,  and  in its
worst forms has been the cause of many untimely deaths.
It is a singular  fact that during the first three years of my career as a
urine‐therapist,  although I had  contacted  many cases of cancer,
diabetes, consumption  and valvular  disease of the heart, not once  until
1920 was I confronted  with a genuine case  of the disease, of which
dropsy is but a symptom.  (Dropsy occurs in diseases other  than Bright's
disease.)
My first  case  was one of the most  testing I have since experienced.
Here are the particulars:
Mrs.  C. Age, in the early  forties. Given two days to live by the doctors.
Breathing  somewhat  difficult. Urine very scanty, thick and looking like a
mixture of blood  and  pus. She had  been a very fine specimen  of
womanhood,  judging from photographs  'taken a year or so previously.
Her normal  weight for a woman of her height had  been 144lbs., but
when I was first called  in to see her she weighed roughly 2801bs. (20
stone). In spite of the doctor's verdict, however,  I did not think that she
looked like a dying woman, though, to say the least her condition  was a
very serious  and  painful one. Fortunately  for the case,  she had  two 51
 elderly and  humane nurses who had little faith, notwithstanding  their
profession,  in drug and  medical treatment.  Of these  two women I can
never speak highly enough and  of the broadminded  manner  in which
they  gave me their full co‐operation.  Judging from the contents  of the
medicine table, it was hardly to be wondered  at that they  had lost faith
in drugs, for there  was such an array of bottles that my indignation  was
aroused by the way the unfortunate  patient had  been " experimented
on. " Nevertheless  on the strength of what I had seen in far worse local
conditions  of heart affections,  breathing  difficulties,  stasis, etc., I
promised  her speedy  relief from her most distressing  symptoms,  and
predicted  that she would find her ability to void urine increase at least a
hundredfold  within one week; so powerful is the effect of drinking
one's own urine, which  serves to break up congestions  in every part of
the body.
My prediction  came  true. Within four days the flow of urine had
increased  from a bare  2oz. (it was very high  in aroma, hot, thick, cloudy
and  full of casts) to about 200ozs. in twenty‐four hours. Moreover  it
began to change into a much clearer and  far more  freely  expressed
liquid, gradually approaching  the appearance  of rainwater.  By the
fourth day after drinking every drop she passed, it was practically
tasteless,  free from odour, and in no sense of the word objectionable.
In addition to the urine, Mrs.  C. was permitted  to take, by sipping it, as
much tap‐water as she desiredthis  amounted  to about 108ozs. in the
twenty‐four hours;  although  I should add that after the third day,  thirst
had become well‐ nigh  absent.


imatel y two inches  into the vaginal  orifice,  there by
touching  the G- Spot. W hen you become sti mulated,  start  to am plify
the orgas m to a higher  more intense  sensation.  Use the  Ovarian
Breathing  technique,  gently  open  and close  the vagina,  and slightl y
pull the  Chi M uscle  up to bring  the orgasm higher.  When you reach
the point  of orgasm, rest  with the glans  of your partner’s  penis
touching  the G- Spot. If  it is in the  proper  spot,  it will feel as  though
fitting  in a slot.  Rest here  and exchange  the sexual ener gy.
G-Spot
Fig. 8.36  The woman holds tightly  the he ad of the penis in the ares of
  the G-Spot.  Through  muscular  pres sure she ma ssages the penis.
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    You must take care  that your partn er does  not reach  the point  of
no return.  When he is near  of ejaculation,  pull his  penis  out to the
point  of your G-Spot w here the energy  can be exchanged. Rest at
this point.  If you are good  at helping  your partne r to stop or control
the ejaculation.  you can squeeze  the base,  not the head,  of the
glans  of the  penis,  and this will block  the urge  to ejaculate.  (Fig.
8.36)  There  is dange r in bad timing; therefor e, if you do not master
this firm  gripping  technique, your partne r can lose  his sem en. This
means that  you must use  this grip  before  the urge  to ejaculate
occurs,  and not right  at the  moment of  ejaculation.  A firm grip
accounts  for the success  of this  technique.  Important  to developing
this grip  are the Orgasmic Draw  and the Egg and Vaginal  Weight
Lifting  exercises.  Dela ying ejaculation  will also help  your partner  to
maintain his erection,  enabling  you both  to procee d to the next
exchange  faster  (Fig.  8.37)  For additional  infor mation  on delay ing
ejaculation  in m en, please  read the section  entitled  “The  Secrets
of Sem en Retention”  in the  book  Taoist Secrets  of Love: Cultivating
Male Se xual Energy.
Fig. 8.37 The woman presse s on the penis to  prevent loss of  erection.
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Fig. 8.38  Exhale and let cool  woman’ s Yin energy  flow into your  partner.
    Relax and exchange  the ener gy. At this point,  it wo uld be good
for your partner  to practice  the hard  contractio ns of the Big Draw
first until  he is able  to mo ve his  Yang sexual ener gy upward and
gain control  of it. Once  he learns  and masters this,  you will not
have  to grip  the glans  of his penis  to assist hi m in this control.  Feel
his hot,  male, Yang energ y begin  to pass to  you. This hot  energ y is
unlike  your energy. Once y ou feel it, inhale  and take  your turn to
practice  the Orgasm ic Draw, drawing your Yin sexual  energy  plus
his Y ang sexual  energy  up to  the higher  center.  First  permit the
energy  to flo w into your Microc osmic Orbit.  Then exhale,  and let
the cool, fema le Yin energ y flow into your partner .(Fig.  8.38)  At this
point  your partne r can use the gentle ness  of Testicle Breathing  (as
- 260  -Chapter  VIII
described  later  in this  chapter)  to absorb  the cold Yin testicle ener gy
into his syst em.
   Rem ember you cannot  receive  his po wer without giving  freely
of your own. The exchang e heals  both  partn ers. Man needs  the
soft receptiv e energi es a woman  provides  to achieve  perfect
balance.  Similarly, woman  needs  the expanding  male energies  to
attain  her own higher  harmony. This is natur e’s underl ying reason
for attraction  betw een the sexes.
   If the  man has  been  inactive,  he w ill now  perform the  thrusting.
When he appr oach es the point  of orgas m, again  he should  withdraw
the penis  to the  area  of the G-Spot  and execute  the hard  contracti ons
of the  Big Dra w until he  gains  control  again,  exhaling  his excess
Yang energy  to you. You will follow  with the Orgasmic Draw  to
draw your energy  plus his upward, and send  him your excess  Yin
energy.
(2) Embracing after Lovemaking
    When you cease  active lovemaking,  begin  your embrace  in any
pleasing  position.  If the  man is heav y, the woman  is usuall y on top.
If the  woma n is stronge r than  the ma n, she is usuall y on the botto m
so that  he can draw  the po wer more readil y. If the woman  is we ak,
she may be on top where she can dra w easil y. In any case,  make
sure it is a position  you can rest in for  a long  while. You should  keep
two extra  pillows hand y for this purpos e.
(3) Co ordinate your Breathing  with  your  Lover’s.
    Rem ember that “Chi” means “air”  or “breat h” in Chinese.  Life is
breath.  All living  activity  has the quality  of inhalatio n, exhalatio n, or
some Co mbination  of the two. This is wh y Chinese  philosop hy
classifies ever ything as Yin (exhalatio n) or Yang (inhalatio n) to a
greater  or lesser  degree.  The act of love  is essentially  an act of
respiratio n. You breathe  your Ching  into your lover’s  body  and soul.
You inhale  this life energ y by drawing it up  to the  head,  and exhale
it by venting  it to y our partn er.
    It follo ws that after  both  of you have  exchanged  the sexual ener gy
and embraced,  you will coordinat e your breat hing.  In a chest  to
chest  position,  each  partne r places  an ear near  the other’s  nose.
In this  position  you can easily  feel the other’s  breathi ng. In the  act
of love  the breathin g cycles  stimulate and harmonize all of life’s
- 261  -Dual Cultivation
processes.  Physicall y breathin g togeth er unifies the two partners
and focuses  the rhythm of  all of  their  energies  so that  togethe r they
may contact  the source  of their  own life current.  You should  become
so sensitive  to the presence  of your partne r’s breat hing that each
deep,  strong  breath  is as po werful as the  feeling  of your partner
pushing  his penis  into your vagina.
   To coordinat e your breat hing you will exhale  deepl y first and  feel
the Yin essence  of breath  penet rate into your partner. Wait for your
partner  to inhale  and absorb  this Yi n essence,  and then  exhale,
sending  the Yang essence  of his breat h to you. (Fig. 8-39)  Continu e
to coordin ate the breathing  until  both  of you feel in balance.
Fig. 8.39  Absorb  Yin and Yang after Lovema king.
(4) Inhale  Power up the Spine to the  Head:
Exhale out the G-Sp ot an d Penis
   After  you breat he together  for a tim e, gradu ally draw the pow er
up to the  crow n of the  head.  Upon  inhalation  the ma n mentally
conceives  the Yin power moving from the  vagina  into the penis:  the
woma n uses  her mind to bring  the Yang power from the  penis  into
the G-Spot  and clitoris. Both  draw the pow er back  to the  perineum,
or Hui-Y in, and the cocc yx, or Chang- Chiang,  and bring  it up to  T-
11, C-7, C- 1, the  Jade  Pillow  and up to


They claimed that estrogen was beneficial for women with
osteoporosis, and yet no study has shown estrogen to reverse thiscondition. We know that estrogen can help delay the onset ofosteoporosis, but only temporarily. In 1999, the FDA finally elim-inated osteoporosis as an indication for using estrogen.81 MENOP AUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE  They also claimed that estrogen is good for the heart.
However, every long-term study of estrogen has indicated thatit causes an increase in the incidence of heart attacks andstrokes. It is contra-indicated in coronary artery disease andcerebrovascular disease, so I fail to see the claimed benefit ofestrogen in these conditions.
In order to determine once and for all the benefits of
long-term treatment with estrogen, the largest study ever ofhormone replacement therapy was conducted, beginning in1997. Called the Women’s Health Initiative, it involved track-ing the health of about 162,000 women. It was proposed asan eight-year study to monitor women on Premarin/Proveratherapy. There was a side study of Premarin by itself amongwomen who did not have a uterus.
T wo years into the study they started getting some alarming
statistics, but they continued with the research. However, after5
½years it was decided to stop the study for ethical reasons.
The data was showing a significantly higher number of aggres-sive-type breast cancers along with a higher incidence ofcardiovascular complications in those women on thePremarin/Provera combination.
When the Premarin/Provera arm of the study was halted in
the summer of 2002, it was front page news in every paper inAmerica; it was the cover story of all the news magazines andbecame fodder for TV news programs and talk shows. For thefirst time in history, women were made aware of a truth thathad been known in some circles for 30 years: that estrogenreplacement therapy might not be safe.
The consistent recommendation put forth in the media
was: go talk to your health care practitioner. However, ifdoctors had been aware of the similar results found by priorstudies done in the 1990s, they might not have started theirpatients on these drugs in the first place or continued them.82 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  Their responses to their patients’ concerns about the study’s
findings ran along the lines of: “Don’t worry about it” or “Thebenefits outweigh the risks” (they don’t) or “It’s your decision.”
The other arm of the study, Premarin by itself, was stopped
in March of 2004 because, once again, the risks proved tooutweigh the potential benefits.
SUZANNE SOMERS—THE PROS AND CONS
Into this morass of contradictory information about hormones
walked celebrity/author Suzanne Somers. With her book
The Sexy Years, published in 2004, and a follow-up book
called Ageless, published in 2006, Ms. Somers propelled
herself into position as the new advocate for hormonereplacement therapy.
Her books demonstrated some amazingly positive attrib-
utes. For the first time in history, women at large were madeaware of bio-identical hormones—natural hormones that areidentical to their own hormones and can be obtained fromcompounding pharmacies. No longer did they have to subjectthemselves to synthetic drugs that mimic hormones, nor didthey have to take hormones appropriate for horses ratherthan humans.
Another tremendous benefit of Ms. Somers’ books was
their insistence that women have to become pro-active abouttheir health; they cannot rely on the traditional medical systemto keep them healthy.
However, Ms. Somers makes some points in her books that
I feel require clarification.
First off, just because a hormone is bio-identical does not
necessarily mean that it is safe. Hormones are extremely potentsubstances and must be used judiciously. Some of the doctorswho Ms. Somers interviewed are very strong proponents of83 MENOP AUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE  estrogen. She quotes one doctor as stating that the only time a
woman is healthy is when she is having her periods. T o achievethis aim, this doctor provides her post-menopausal patientswith exceptionally high levels of estrogen in order to have themre-start menstruation. She has patients in their 80s and 90sbleeding every month and bent over with menstrual cramps.These women, needless to say, are intentionally put into thedangerous condition of estrogen dominance.
/Wswashomen never stop making estrogen.
/Wswashomen do stop making progesterone.
In my own practice, the sickest women I have ever seen are
those who had been estrogen dominant, or were estrogendominant when I first met them.
Let me remind you that anytime you utilize either a
hormone or a drug, you have to weigh the benefits versus therisks. I look at estrogen as primarily a toxic hormone. It isknown to cause six different cancers in women: breast, uterine,ovarian, cervical, vaginal, and colon cancers. It may causeAlzheimer’s disease, strokes, heart attacks, and phlebitis withfatal pulmonary emboli. It may cause fibroids, endometriosis,adhesions, fibrocystic disease, asthma, migraine headaches,and gallbladder disease. It can lead to auto-immune diseases,such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis,and others.
Estrogen is the hormone that causes women to experience
menstrual cramps, PMS, breast tenderness, and nausea whenthey are pregnant. T o add insult to injury, estrogen is lipogenic.It creates fat around the hips, thighs, and buttocks, and it is thecause of cellulite. T ry telling women with a number of theseproblems that they are healthy because they are having periodsand you might find yourself in an argument.84 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  It is surprising to me that Suzanne Somers, who already
had estrogen-induced breast cancer (she used to call estrogenher “happy pills”), is proposing that women take what Iconsider exceedingly high levels of estrogen. Not a week goesby when I do not see a patient who had an estrogen-inducedcancer while they were still having their periods. In otherwords, their own estrogen caused these cancers—it does notget more “bio-identical” than your own hormones.
Interestingly, every problem, every complication, every
downside to estrogen is eliminated by progesterone (not to beconfused with Provera, or medroxyprogesterone, a syntheticchemical having no relationship to natural progesterone). Anytime high levels of estrogen, such as those proposed bySuzanne Somers’ books, are prescribed, a sufficient amount ofprogesterone must be prescribed to be protective. I believe thelevels of progesterone recommended in her books are woefullyinadequate and inappropriately administered.
My advice on the proper dosing is available in chapter 11.
T wo basic principles on which I base my approach are:
1. Women never stop making estrogen—it is prob-
ably the only hormone that hardly ever has to bereplaced. It continues to be made by fat cells,skin cells, and the adrenal glands.
2. Women do stop making progesterone. Because
of this, they are always at risk for developingbreast cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer,colon cancer, and other cancers from estrogen. 85 MENOP AUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE  MY APPROACH
When certain hormone levels decrease, for either natural or
surgical reasons, the pituitary responds by putting out certainhormones of its own to stimulate the ovaries to make morehormones. (The pituitary and hypothalamus glands are thestructures of the brain that control other glands throughoutthe body.) In this case, the pituitary puts out a hormone calledluteinizing hormone (LH) to stimulate the ovaries to makemore hormones. LH may be the primary cause of the vascularsymptoms women experience when they are going throughmenopause—the hot flashes and night sweats.
It is my feeling that the pituitary’s primary reason for
trying to raise ovarian hormone levels is so the woman can getpregnant. Once the pituitary is convinced a woman no longerneeds to procreate, it stops sending out the signals and the hotflashes and related symptoms disappear. However, if thewoman is placed on high levels of replacement hormones, thepituitary gets confused. It becomes convinced again that thewoman is trying to get pregnant, and so whenever there is asignificant drop (e.g., from stopping Premarin), it puts outLH and the symptoms recur.
The ovaries put out four different hormones—estrogen,
progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA. Replacement of anyor all of these hormones can alleviate perimenopausal andmenopausal symptoms. The primary aim of the replacementof hormones is to keep the woman healthy and to prevent thebody from deteriorating.
Since I look at estrogen as a potentially toxic and fat-
creating hormone, and since the body never stops makingestrogen, I take a relatively sparing approach to its use. Iprimarily prescribe estrogen for several reasons—to help86 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  alleviate hot flashes or night sweats, to help with “brain fog,”
and to relieve vaginal dryness. I will be discussing dosages,along with the various types of natural bio-identical estrogenavailable, in chapter 11. About two years prior to menopausewomen stop ovulating, which means they stop producingprogesterone. This


why Americans are willing to bear the crushing cost of health care in this
country, which has already passed $700 billion and is heading toward $1
trillion in the coming decade. We take it on faith that this enorm ous outlay
will buy extra life, just as investment in penicillin research and the Salk
vaccine did, but the overall contribution of medicine—past, present, and
future—may be greatly exaggerated.
Since 1900, the average American life span has increased by 50 percent,
yet much of that increase does not affect anyone who has already survived
infancy and early childhood. If you examine the chart on this page, it
reveals how little extra life recent generations have gained in adulthood.
Two graphs have been overlaid here. The lower one indicates life
expectancy as measured from birth; this is relevant when we speak of the
tremendous increase of twenty-six years in life expectancy between 1900
and 1990. The upper graph, however, indicates life expectancy measured
from age 50, and although it also rises steadily, the increase between 1900
and 1990 is modest. A 50-year -old man today can expect to live only eight
years longer than did his counterpart in 1900.
The fact is that medicine in this century has made remarkable strides in
eliminating infant and childhood mortality, chiefly by reducing childbirth
deaths and communicable disease such as polio, smallpox, measles,
pneumonia, and influenza. By contrast, the impact on adult mortality has
been much less dramatic, and there are persuasive facts to show that
medical researc h is still not returning the benefits society once hoped to
achieve:• Cancer. The age-adjust ed death rate from cancer has not changed in
fifty years. Earlier detection gives us the illusion that cancer patients are
living longer than they did in the past, but modern treatments apparently do
not prolong life overall. If they did, people would be dying of cancer at
older ages than in the past; but this is not the case. Cancer deaths occur at
about the same age as they did in our grandparents’ day, and the overall
mortality rate— about 20 percent of deaths are due to cancer—h as remained
constant since at least the late 1940s. In fact, the recent rise of lung cancer
among blacks and women, which is linked to more cigarette smoking in
these groups, has slightly increased the cancer death rate.
• Heart disease.  I have already discussed the ambiguous state of affairs
regarding heart attacks. Mortality rates are falling—at the slow pace of 1 or
2 percen t a year—but the underlying cause, coronary artery disease, is far
from being eradicated. Despite  massive prevention campaign s, damaged
arteries are showing up in children as early as age 10, with widespread
artery disease being common in half the population by age 20. The two
leading surgeries for heart patients, the bypass graft and balloon
angioplasty, are often effective in alleviating the pain of angina. However,
repeated studies have failed to prove that either of these expensive,
traumatic operations actually increases the patient’ s life expectancy.
• Degenerative disor ders.  We still lack effective treatm ents for many
chronic diseases such as arthritis, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and
osteoporosis. Modern medicine can sometimes assist through the use of
drugs to ease the pain or slow the progression of these disea ses, but we
cannot cure the patients or even explain why they got sick in the first place.• Medications.  Dependency on drugs, particularly sleeping pills and
tranquilizers, continues to rise. It has been estimated that the average
American over 70 who is healthy  takes 3.5 kinds of drugs, both over-the-
counter and prescription. Someone who is sick may take 10 drugs or more.
A 1988 study in California concluded that overmedication is the leading
health hazard among the elderly. Some of these drugs exist for no better
reason than to relieve the side ef fects of earlier drugs.
There is also a huge problem with compliance, since many patients either
don’t take the proper medication or misuse it. At least half of older patients
fail to comply with instructions  for medication for glaucoma, the leading
cause of blindness in this country; millions more fail to use antihypertensive
drugs correctly. They recklessly mix them with tranquilizers, alcohol,
cigarettes, and sleeping pills, and untold cases of needless illness and death
are the result.
• Addictions.  After focusing public attention on addictions for twenty
years, America is becoming more addicted every year rather than less. No
effective treatme nt has been found for alcoholism (“effective” means curing
at least 50 percent of patients). Drug taking has reached down to the grade-
school level; smoking is on the rise among blue-collar workers, young
women, and minorities. Twenty-five years after the Surgeon General’ s
report on the dangers of tobacco, 58 million adults—almost a third of us—
still smoke; 75 percent of them say they are trying to quit but can’ t.
• Medical costs.  The cost of health care continues to reach all-time highs,
making a long stay in the hospital catastrophically expensive for most
people. Hospital  beds range from  $500 to over $2,000 a day, depending on
whether intensi ve care is need ed, and bills in excess of $100,000 for
treating a single life-threatening  illness are common. About one-fourth of
all healt h care costs occur in the last year of life, when expensive efforts to
stave off life-threatening illness  are common. (Inevitably, the last illness—
the one the doctor can’t cure—is the most expensive.) Unless  there is an
unforeseen turnabout, the spiral ing cost of health insurance may wipe out
the profits of many Fortune 500 companies before the year 2000.
• Social awar eness.  Medical research has raced ahead of the average
person’ s comprehension. Most Americans cannot accurately describe the
role of cholesterol in the body, the function of genes, or the nature of theimmune system. Few people can list the major carcinogens in order of
danger (many think that any chemical can cause cancer).
Given these dismal trends, it is highly unlikely that we are entering a
golden age of longevity spurred by medicine. It has been estimated that
curing heart disease and cancer would net an increase in life expectancy of
fewer than ten years (the logic here is that since both disorders strike
primarily after age 65, people who die from heart attacks and cancer are
already near the end of their life expectancy; they are being deprived of
relatively few years of life).
However, there is a positive side to medicine’ s current crisis: It throws
into high relief the need for personal initiative. Longevity  is still an
individual achievement; it comes primarily to those whose expectations are
high enough to reach for it. America could become a land where no one
ever grows feeble and crippled by age, but for that to happen,  we need to
see the entire human life cycle as a rising curve. Today, fortunately, few
“normal” signs of aging have gone unchallenged, and major studies have
proved that we have expected far too little of the aging body, which holds
great potential for improvement at very advanced ages.
Not Older, Better
In 1958, a uniqu e project began in Baltimore, where eight hundred men and
women between the ages of 20 and 103 volunteered to be examined as they
aged. Each returned every year or two to go through an extensive battery of
tests. The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, as it is officially known,
grew to be the most famous of its kind. Its basic purpose was to determine
how different bodily organs change over time. Hundreds of separate
findings have emer ged, and in general they fully support the optimism of
the new old age.
Some key findings:
• As people age, their physical status varies widely from individual to
individual, and by the time they reach 80 and 90, the differences havegrown to be tremendous.
• While physical performance always declines over time as measured
in a group, this does not alwa ys hold true for each person. Some
people manage to retain lung capacity while everyone around them is
losing it; others actually improve in kidney function or the amount of
blood their hearts pump with each stroke. In most of these cases, the
person kept up the use of the organ in question; “use it or lose it” was
the key.
• Mental function is also mainta ined with use. For instance, someone
who earns his living solving problems tends to retain that ability as he
ages, even though that function declines for the group as a whole.
• The most comp lex organs, such as muscles, are the first to diminish.
Losing muscle tissue is the main reason why people are unable to
perform as much work as they age.
• Being moderately overweight in middle age apparently doesn’ t
shorten one’s life span (this depends, however, on avoiding the
harmful side effects of being overweight, such as diabetes,
hypertension, and congestive heart failure).
• Remaining sexually active throughout one’s early and middle years
gives one the best chance of remaining active into old age. Again
there was tremendous variance from person to person. Married men
between ages 60 and 80 might have sex as little as three times a year


ollenandfeelsasifthereisapluginit.STAPHYSAGRIA (Stap.)
Familyname:Ranunculaceae
Othernames:stavesacre;palmatedlarkspur;Del-
phiniumStaphysagria
Thisisabiennialplantthatflourishesinpoorsoilsin
southernEurope. Itgrowstoaheightofonetotwo
feet,haslargeleavesresemblingagrapevineand
producesblue-purpleflowersfromApriltoAugust.
Staphysagria isanancientremedyemployedinmedi-
cineasearlyasthetimeofHippocrates. Itwasusedto
causevomitingandpurging,eventhoughitwas
knownthatitsinternalusewasdangerous.Externally,
itwasusedforwarts,liceandforitches.Itwasalso
usedfortoothachesandotherpainfulconditionsof
thethroatandgums,astheseedsproducedastrong
salivationonbeingchewed.TheherbalistGerard
savs,Theseed...chewedinthemouthdraweth
forthmuchmoisturefromthehead,andcleanseththe
braine.'
Thepoisoningsproducesymptomsofexcite-
mentfollowedbydepressionandextremesensitivity
ofallthenerves,whichgivewaytoparalysis,a
slowingdownofthepulseandfinallydeathcausedby
asphyxia.
Thehomeopathicremedyismadefromtheseedsby
trituration.
NBSEEALSOPAGES203-26FORGENERALADVICE,DOSANDDON'TS.
154•Staphysagria(Stap.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Anaemia.Sweatfrommentalexertion.
Worseforexertion;forfasting;fortobacco;fortouch.
Theseindividualsareextremelysensitive,bothphysi-
callyandemotionally,andtheysufferpainmore
acutelythanothers.Woundsandcutsareunusually
painfulandsensitivetotouch,especially ifthereisa
feelingofhavingbeenassaulted,withresultant
indignation.
Theyfeelgenerallyworseforexercise,smokyrooms
andmissingmeals,andareespeciallyirritableafteran
afternoonnap.
EMOTIONAL/MENTAL SYMPTOMS
ViolentlyangryApathetic.Capricious.Complaints
from:disappointed love;grief;humiliation;
indignation;mentalstrain;reprimands;suppressed
anger/emotions. Forgetful.Irritable.Sensitive:to
pain;torudeness.
Thisisaremedyforsensitive,touchypeople-adults
andchildren-whoareveryeasilyoffended.They
cannottoleraterudenessinothersalthoughtheymay
wellberudethemselves.Theysuppresstheirfeelings,
broodingandlettinglittleout.Inparticular,angerwill
besuppressed;theywillfumeinsideandmayeven
appearsweetandcompliantonthesurface.-After-
wards,theyquicklybecomeexhaustedandwillsay
thattheyfeelshakyandcannotsleep,workorspeak;
andtheymaywellgetaheadache.
Thissuppressionofangryfeelingscanturnintoan
activeandacidresentment.Anycomplaintthathas
beencausedbyoraccompaniedbyasenseofviolation
withensuingindignationandresentmentwillcallfor
Staphysagria.Childrenmaybecome illaftertheyhave
beentoldofforyoumaynoticethemailingafter
havingbeenbulliedorhumiliated,eventhoughthey
appeartohavetakenitwell.Staphysagriawillbeindi-
catedforadultswhohavesufferedatthehandsofan
angrybossorspouse,orareinanysituationwhere
theyfeelviolatedwhileseethinginside.Theydonot
wanttobetouchedwhentheyarefeelingloworupset.
Thesepeoplecannotsayno.Theyareaccommodat-
ingandtheyallowthepressuretobuildupinside;this
endsinaviolentoutburstofrageorgettingsickor
both.Wheninthisstatetheywilloftenthrowthings
(asdoChamomillas).
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Bites/stings
Thebitesareverypainfulandsensitivetotouch.Colic
SymptomsPainscramping.
Worseafterdrinking.
Causesindignation;vexation.
Children(oradults!)whoaretoldoffanddonotstand
upforthemselvessometimesproducestomach-aches
asaresult.Theymaynotadmittothe'event'that
sparkedoffthepainsunlessquestionedclosely.
Cough
SymptomsCoughtickling.
Causessuppressedanger.
Thelarynxandairpassagesfeelirritatedwiththis
cough.
Cystitis
SymptomsDesiretourinatefrequent.Urination:
frequent;involuntary.Urinescanty.
Thiscystitisoftenfollowsasenseofbeingassaulted
eitherphysicallyoremotionally,wheretheperson's
ownfeelingsand/orneedswerenotexpressed.
Exhaustion
SymptomsExhaustionnervous.Trembling.
Thisisforpeoplewhobecomewornout,anaemic,
tremblyandexhaustedfromsuppressing their
feelings.
Eyeinjuries
SymptomsWoundpunctured;verysensitiveto
touch.
Headache
SymptomsPains:inbackofhead;inforehead;pull-
ing;pressing;sore,bruised.
Worsefortouch.
Causesemotions;excitement;grief;vexation.
Theseareheadachesofpeoplewhocannotcopewith
stressfulemotions.Theyusuallysuppresstheiranger,
andbecomeresentful.
Injuries
SymptomsCuts/wounds: painful;tonerve-richparts.
Painstearing.
Worsefortouch.
Causesaccident;childbirth;episiotomy;surgery.
Staphysagria isforwoundsorinjurieswherethereare
feelingsofhumiliation,indignationandanger.This
mightbecausedbyanoperationtoasphincter(anus,
urethra,stomach,etc.),afteranyoperation,especially
ifmorewasdonethanexpected,afteramechanical
childbirthwithpainafterwardsandpossiblystitches,
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Sulphur(Sul.)•155
oritmaysimplybepainfollowinganunpleasant
examination.
Staphysagriawoundsaretypicallycausedbysharp,
cuttinginstrumentssuchasglass;thepains(andthose
followingsurgery)arestinging,smarting.Injuriesto
theeyesoreyelidswherethereisinflammationcan
callforStaphysagriaaslongastheaccompanying
emotionalsymptomsarepresent.
Styes
Thesearesensitivetotouchandareoftenaccom-
paniedbyStaphysagnaemotionalsymptoms.
Toothache
SymptomsPains:spreadtotheears;gnawing;tear-
ing;indecayedteeth.Inchildren.
Worseaftereating;forcolddrinks;duringmenstrual
period.
Thisisforpeoplewhoseteethdecayedandturned
blackearly,andwhohavetoothacheinthedecayed
teeth,especiallywithdrinkingcolddrinks.
Travelsickness
Staphysagria istheremedytoprescribefortravel
sicknesswheretheindividual isextremelydifficult,
stroppyandindignantthatthisshouldbe'happening
tohimorher'.
Sulphur(Sui.)
Othernames:brimstone;flowersofsulphur
Sulphuroccursnaturallyandisanessentialchemical
constituentofalllivingtissue.Itisoneofthesub-
stancesthrownoutbyavolcaniceruption;thesulphur
driesroundtheedgeofthevolcano,andthisissimilar
toa'sulphureruption'wherethepusisaggravatedby
heat,oozesoutandthenformscrustsontheskin.
Itswidecommercialapplicationincludesitsusein
themanufactureofgunpowder,dyes,fungicidesand
insecticides,tohardenrubberandtomakesulphuric
acid.
Ithasalonghistoryinmedicine. Itwasconsidereda
preventiveforepidemicillnesses,and'Flowersof
sulphur'wereburnedtofumigateroomsoccupiedby
peoplesufferingfrominfectiousdiseases(theburning
sulphurproducessulphurdioxide,apowerfuldisin-
fectant).Itwastakenregularly,alongwithmolasses,
to'cleanse'thegut,andhasbeenusedformorethan
2000yearstotreatskindiseases,includingacneand
scabies;otherusesinorthodoxmedicineincludeits
useasalaxative,forchronicbronchialcatarrhandfor
rheumatism.Thehomeopathicpreparation ismadefrompure
sulphur(afineyellow-greenish, grittypowder)either
bytriturationorasatinctureinstrong


.
 In North America, native herbalists were particularly
adept at healing external wounds and bites—being superior in many respects to their European counterparts in this area of medicine. This is not surprising, given the range of highly Opium poppy, native to Asia, yields a resin that has long been smoked for its narcotic
effect. The main active constituent, morphine, was first isolated in the laboratory in  1803 and is used to relieve pain.
In the 18th century, the physician William Withering documented foxglove’s ability to restore a failing heart.
US_018-027_Early_Origins_To_The_19_Century.indd   26 26/02/16   4:42 pm27 Early Origins t O th E 19th C Enturyeffective medicinal plants Native Americans had
discovered—including well-known herbs such as echinacea
(Echinacea spp., p. 92), goldenseal ( Hydrastis canadensis,
p. 105), and lobelia ( Lobelia inflata, p. 110).
 European settlers learned much from observing native
practices. Over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries,
as pioneers moved west across the frontier territory, new
plants were constantly being added to the official record
of healing herbs. In addition to the three species mentioned
above, about 170 native plants were listed in The Pharmacopeia
of the United States.
Samuel Thomson & his Followers
Lobelia was one of the key herbs, along with cayenne
(Capsicum frutescens, p. 74), advocated by Samuel Thomson
(1769–1843), an unorthodox herbal practitioner who believed
that all illness resulted from cold. His simple approach was
entirely at odds with the conventional practices of his time
(see North America, p. 50). Thomson’s methods were often
very effective and were well suited to the needs of people
living in frontier territory. His system of medicine—in many
ways an early form of naturopathy, in which ill health is
treated with naturally grown food, sunlight, fresh air, and
natural medicines—became extraordinarily popular, with
millions of people across North America following his
methods. Thomson’s success waned as other
more sophisticated herbal approaches were
developed—those of the Eclectics and
Physiomedicalists, for example—in the
fertile medical world of 19th-century
America, which also saw the birth
of osteopathy (a system of healing
based upon the manipulation
of bones) and chiropractic
(a similar system primarily
involving manipulation of
the spine).
Western Influences on
Asian Medicine
Across the world in
China, Thomson’s
practices might have
been looked on with
a measure of surprise,
but they would have
been familiar. In Chinese
medicine, there has
always been a debate
as to what degree
illness arises from
cold, and to what
degree it arises from heat.  The Shanghanlun (On Cold-Induced Maladies), written in the 2nd
century ce, and revised and reinterpreted in commentaries
over the last 1,800 years, recommends the herb cinnamon
(Cinnamomum spp., p. 81) as a principal remedy when the
patient “shivers with fever, breathes heavily, and feels
nauseous.” In the 14th century, Wang Lu distinguished
between cold-induced illness and febrile illness, and treated
them in different ways, and this distinction was elaborated in
greater and greater detail by different Chinese herbalists right
up to the 19th century.
 During the early 19th century, the influence of Western
biomedicine was beginning to affect traditional practices in both
China and India. This was certainly beneficial in many respects.
The judicious incorporation of scientific principles and methods
into traditional herbal healing offers the possibility of greatly
refining the effectiveness of treatment.
 But in India under British rule, Western medicine eventually
became the only alternative. Ayurveda was seen as inferior to
biomedicine ( see India & the Middle East, p. 39). Western
practice was introduced not as a complement to traditional
medicine, but rather as a means to supplant it. According to
one authority, “before 1835 Western physicians and their
Indian counterparts exchanged knowledge; thereafter only
Western medicine was recognised as legitimate and the
Eastern systems were actively discouraged” (Robert
Svoboda, Ayurveda, Life, Health and Longevity, 1992).
 In China, the influx of Western ideas was less traumatic.
Increasing numbers of Chinese medical students studied
Western medicine, but this did not stop the continuing
development of traditional herbal practice. By and large,
each tradition was recognized as having both advantages
and disadvantages.
Herbalism Outlawed 1850–1900
In Europe, conventional medicine was seeking to establish
a monopoly for its own type of practice. In 1858, the British
Parliament was asked to impose legislation banning the
practice of medicine by anyone who had not been trained in
a conventional medical school. Fortunately, this proposal was
rejected, but in countries such as France, Spain, and Italy, and
in some states of the U.S., it became illegal to practice herbal
medicine without an orthodox qualification. Herbalists were
forced to risk fines or imprisonment simply for providing
herbal medicine to patients who had sought their help.
 In Britain, concerns such as these, combined with a desire
to establish Western herbal medicine as an alternative to
conventional practices, particularly in the industrial cities
of the North of England, led to the formation in 1864 of the
National Institute of Medical Herbalists, the first professional
body of herbal practitioners in the world. Its history is an
example of how tenacious herbal practitioners have had
to be simply to retain their right to give safe, gentle, and
effective herbal medicines to their patients.Ginseng  has been used
as a tonic remedy in
Chinese medicine for
at least 5,000 years.
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The developmen T of herbal medicine20th Century Onward
For most of us, modern medicine is exemplified by drugs such as antibiotics and highly technical
methods of diagnosis and treatment. However, many might be surprised to discover that,  for much of the last century, herbal medicines have been the primary form of treatment,  even in Western countries.
Even as late as the 1930s, around 90 percent of medicines
prescribed by doctors or sold over the counter were herbal in origin. It is only during the last 70 years that laboratory-produced medicines have become the norm. During the  First World War (1914–1918), for example, garlic (Allium sativum, p. 59) and sphagnum moss (Sphagnum spp.) were used by the ton in the battle trenches to dress wounds and
to treat infections. Garlic is an excellent natural antibiotic,
and was the most effective antiseptic available at the time,
and sphagnum moss, gathered from the moorlands, makes  a natural aseptic dressing.
Science & Medicine
The development of new medicines in the laboratory—either extracted from medicinal plants or synthesized—stretches back to the early 19th century, when chemists first isolated constituents such as morphine, from opium poppy (Papaver somniferum, p. 244), and cocaine,
from coca (Erythroxylum coca, p. 206). From that time onward, scientists made tremendous progress in understanding how isolated chemicals affect the body, as well as how the body works in health and disease. From the 1860s, scientists—most notably Louis Pasteur (1822–1895)—began to identify the microorganisms that were ultimately responsible for causing infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria. Naturally enough, the first aim of those engaged in medical
research was to seek out medicines that would act as “magic bullets,” directly attacking the microorganisms concerned and ridding the body of the threat. This eventually led to the
discovery, or, more accurately, the rediscovery of penicillin  by a number of medical researchers, most notably Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) in 1929. However, while 20th-century scientists were the first to scientifically evaluate antibiotics as medicines, they were not the first to employ them in healing. Antibiotic molds had been grown and used to combat infection in ancient Egypt, 14th-century Peru, and in recent European folk medicine. In the decades following the Second World War (1939– 1945), when antibiotics first came into use, it seemed as though a new era had dawned in which infection could  be conquered, and life-threatening diseases such as syphilis, pneumonia, and tuberculosis would cease to be major causes of death in the developed world. Modern medicine also provided other highly effective drugs such as steroid anti-inflammatories, and it seemed as if it was simply a question  of time until cures for most illnesses were found.
Ascendancy of Biomedicine
As Americans and Europeans became accustomed to medication that led to an almost instant short-term improvement in symptoms (if not in underlying health), herbal medicines came to be seen by the public as outmoded and ineffective. Increasingly, the practice of herbal medicine was outlawed in North America and most of Europe, while the


 & Folklore From the late Middle
Ages onward, masterwort was held in high regard by herbalists. Pierandrea Matteoli’s Materia
Medica  of 1548 explains: “Masterwort powerfully
resolves all flatulence in the body, stimulates
urine and menstruation, is an admirable remedy
for paralysis and cold conditions of the brain, and
helps against pestilence and the bites of rabid
dogs.” A century later, Nicholas Culpeper was
no less fulsome in recommending masterwort
for rheumatic conditions, shortness of breath,
kidney and bladder stones, water retention,
“falling sickness,” and wounds.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Masterwort
is little used today, but it may well be an herb that
bears further investigation. The root is aromatic,
warms central areas of the body, and is a bitter
tonic. It has a strong action within the stomach
and gut, settling indigestion and relieving gas
and cramping. Masterwort is also beneficial for
chest conditions, and is used for colds, asthma,
and bronchitis. It can also be helpful for
menstrual problems.
Caution If applied to the skin, masterwort
may cause an allergic reaction to sunlight.Dried star anise fruit is
a digestive, stimulant,
and diuretic remedy.
Blue flag was very widely used by Native Americans
to treat wounds and sores.Iris versicolor (Iridaceae)
Blue Flag,
Wild Iris
Description Perennial growing to about 3 ft
(1 m). Has erect stems and long sword-shaped
leaves. Each stem bears 3–5 resplendent blue
to violet flowers with white-veined areas on
the petals.
Habitat & Cultivation Blue flag is native to
North America. Preferring damp and marshy areas
in the wild, it is also widely cultivated as a garden
plant. The rhizome is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used Rhizome.
Constituents Blue flag contains triterpenoids,
salicylic, and isophthalic acids, a very small amount
of volatile oil, starch, resin, an oleoresin, and tannins.
History & Folklore Blue flag was one of the
medicinal plants most frequently used by Native
Americans. Different tribes made use of it variously
as an emetic, cathartic, and diuretic, to treat wounds,
and for colds, earache, and cholera. In the Anglo-
American Physiomedicalist tradition, blue flag was
used as a glandular and liver remedy. Blue flag is
Quebec’s provincial flower.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Blue flag is
currently used mainly to detoxify the body. It
increases urination and bile production, and has
a mild laxative effect. This combination of cleansing
actions makes it a useful herb for chronic skin
diseases such as acne and eczema, especially where
gallbladder problems or constipation contribute to
the condition. Blue flag is also given for biliousness
and indigestion. However, in large doses blue flag
will itself cause vomiting. The traditional use of blue
flag for gland problems persists. It is also believed
by some to aid weight loss.
Cautions Excessive doses cause vomiting.
Do not take this plant during pregnancy.Ipomoea purga syn. convolvulus
jalapa (Convolvulaceae)
Jalap
Description Evergreen vine reaching about
13 ft (4 m). Has heart-shaped leaves and trumpet-
like purple flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Mexico,
jalap is cultivated in Central America, the West
Indies, and Southeast Asia. The root is unearthed
in summer.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Jalap contains the resin
convolvulin.
History & Folklore Spanish colonizers
learned of jalap’s strong purgative effect from
Mexican native peoples. Introduced into Europe
in 1565, the herb was used for all types of
illnesses until the 19th century.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Jalap is such
a powerful cathartic that its medicinal value
is questionable. Even in moderate doses it
stimulates the elimination of profuse watery
stools, and in larger doses it causes vomiting.
Related Species  I. turpethum, native to Asia
and Australia, is also a drastic purgative. Other
Ipomoea  species, such as the sweet potato
(I. batatas, from South America), are important
food plants. The seeds of morning glory
(I. violacea ), native to Mexico, contain
compounds similar to LSD, and were taken
ritually by the Zapotecs and Aztecs.
 RCaution Do not take jalap under any
circumstances.
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Other medicinal plantsJasminum grandiflorum
Jasminum grandiflorum (Oleaceae)
Jasmine
Description  Slender evergreen rambler growing
to 20 ft (6 m). Has dark green compound leaves and
large, sweetly scented tubular white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to northern
India, Pakistan, and the northwestern Himalayas, jasmine is now cultivated as a garden plant and for its essential oil.
Parts Used  Flowers, essential oil.
Constituents  Jasmine’s volatile oil contains
benzyl alcohol, benzyl acetate, linalool, and
linalyl acetate.
History & Folklore  Jasmine was introduced
to Europe in the 16th century, and is mainly used  as a source of perfume.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Jasmine flowers
make a calming and sedative infusion, taken to
relieve tension. The oil is considered antidepressant and relaxing. It is used externally to soothe dry
or sensitive skin. Due to frequent adulteration,
the oil is rarely used in aromatherapy.
Related Species  Actually native to Southeast
Asia, Arabian jasmine (J. sambac) is used
as an eyewash, is added to tea (Camellia sinensis,  p. 181) to produce jasmine tea, and is used in Buddhist ceremonies.
Caution  Jasmine essential oil should not be
taken internally.
Jateorhiza palmata
(Menispermaceae)
Calumba
Description  Creeping vine with a perennial
rootstock, growing to a great height and often
reaching the tops of trees. Has large palm-shaped leaves, small greenish-white flowers, with male
and female flowers on separate plants, and  round, fleshy fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
rainforests of eastern Africa, especially Mozambique and Madagascar, calumba is also grown in other tropical regions. The roots are dug up in dry weather in March and dried.
Parts Used  Bark.
Constituents  Calumba contains isoquinoline
alkaloids (notably palmatine, columbamine, and jatrorrhizine), diterpene bitter principles, mucilage, and volatile oil (about 1%).
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Profoundly bitter,
calumba is an extremely good remedy for underactive or weakened digestion, stimulating stomach acid production and increasing appetite. It is a specific for loss of appetite and anorexia, and by making the stomach more acidic (and therefore hostile to pathogens) helps to prevent digestive infections and improve the breakdown and absorption of foods. It is a useful treatment for chronic intestinal infection such as dysentery.
Research  Calumba’s bitterness is due both to the
bitter principles and the alkaloids. Palmatine and jatrorrhizine reduce blood pressure, palmatine
is a uterine stimulant, and jatrorrhizine is sedative  and antifungal.
Other Species  Calumba has much in common
with gentian (Gentiana lutea, p. 99), although it owes its bitterness to a different range of constituents.
Caution  Avoid during pregnancy.was used to treat a variety of conditions, including rheumatic and arthritic joints, headaches, dysentery, constipation, and wounds.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Used to this
day as a laxative and tonic, butternut is a valuable remedy for chronic constipation, gently encouraging regular bowel movements. It is especially beneficial if combined with a carminative herb, such as ginger (Zingiber officinale, p. 155) or angelica (Angelica
archangelica, p. 168). Butternut also lowers cholesterol levels, and promotes the clearance  of waste products by the liver. It has a positive reputation in treating intestinal worms, and, being antimicrobial and astringent, it has been prescribed as a treatment for dysentery.
Related Species  Black walnut (J. nigra) is used
in the same way as butternut. The bark of the walnut tree (J. regia) is used as a gentle purgative, and is also applied to skin afflictions. The nut is used in Chinese herbal medicine as a kidney tonic. The nuts of both varieties are highly nutritious, lower cholesterol levels, and contain significant quantities of alpha-linolenic acid.
Jasmine flowers are the source of an essential oil that
is used to treat stress and depression.
Juglans cinerea (J


 tablespoonful of magnesium chloride or Epsom salt. If diarrhoea continues take a teaspoon of psyllium stirred into a small glass
of water.
With  ulcers  and inﬂammatory bowel diseases use a tablespoon of turmeric paste with most meals. Slippery elm powder or arrowroot
before meals  are soothing. Use plenty of lactic acid ferment and rub the abdomen with 70% DMSO. For stomach ulcers include raw
potato in a vegetable juice, and cabbage juice with duodenal ulcer. Stomach ulcers usually cause pain after a meal, duodenal ulcers
between or before meals. To reduce microbial problems in the colon try kerosene or high-level borax and other antimicrobial10/30/24, 4:15 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Summary of Speciﬁc Health problems
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Speciﬁc-Health-Problems.html 4/15remedies. Try several drops of tea tree or oregano oil in liquid before breakfast; start low and gradually increase up to 6 drops for 3
days.
With  constipation  use plenty of vegetable salads or blended raw vegetables in addition  to acidophilus ferments. Frequently take
magnesium (as chloride or sulphate) in a glass of water, also one or more tablespoons of ground linseed with meals, long walks,
squat for bowel movements. For bloating  or excess wind avoid any sweeteners with or after vegetables or ﬁbre-rich food; correct
food combining, low allergy diet. Frequently bloating is caused by Cand ida. Soak beans before cooking with the addition of 1 or 2
drops of SSKI or saturated solution of potassium iodide. Replace the water before cooking. This greatly reduces intestinal gas. SSKI
inactivates an enzyme inhibitor which interferes with starch digestion.
With  hiatus hernia  (symptoms of belching, heartburn, and indigestion), sit at one end of a massage table (or something similar), your
legs outstretched on the table. A helper lies across your legs or holds them down while you lean back over the edge as far as
possible. Tighten your abdominal muscles to pull yourself slowly back up to the sitting position. A  second helper may assist. In most
instances, this will pull the stomach back to its normal position.
Epilepsy
Focus on Candida treatment, intestinal sanitation and pyroluria.  Use a low-allergy diet. Initially avoid and later minimize consumption
of sweet food, wheat and gluten, cows’  milk products, and food additives, especially MSG. Avoid contamination from aluminium
(cooking), mercury (amalgam ﬁllings), and lead. Take vitamin B6 as P5P, B complex, vitamin E, borax, ascorbate/MSM, zinc and
magnesium (orally and transdermall y),  try sucking on a tablet of magnesium  orotate, alkalize with sodium bicarbonate; also useful
are marijuana, especially if high in cannabidiol/CBD, lecithin, glutamine, MSM, DMSO rubs, taurine, black cohosh, and copper
salicylate; explore a ketogenic diet with plenty of coconut oil. Have a chiropractic neck adjustment; do head and neck exercises;
sanitize your bedroom to minimise electro-pollution; reduce your exposure to ﬂuorescent or ﬂickering lights, television, and computer
games. Try south-pointing magnet poles placed at the temples. Avoid emotional stress.
Eye Problems
 Important are intestinal sanitation and a low-allergy diet with plenty of fresh grass and vegetable juices, salads or blended raw
vegetables. Avoid or minimize dairy products, hydrogenated fats, commercial oils, and sweet foods.
For all eye conditions try high-dose vitamins B2 and A (possibly halibut- oil capsules; with suspected fat malabsorption use vitamin A
emulsion) in addition to B complex, P5P, C, and grape seed extract; with wet macular degeneration use high doses of vitamin E.
Carotenoids, astaxanthin and espec ially lutein and zeaxanthin, are important for the macula; they are found in deep-green, yellow,
orange, and red fruits and vegetables, as in tomatoes, squash, corn, and spinach, but they need to be taken with oil or fat to be
absorbed. Have a high intake of a wide range of bioﬂavonoids; use the herbs eyebright and bilberry internally and as topical eye
rinse. Important minerals are magnesium, chromium, manganese, selenium, and zinc.
With myopia (near-sightedness) chromium, calcium, vitamin D3 (5000 IU), eye exposure to sunlight without glasses are important,
and also a diet low in sweet food, while magnesium is needed for farsightedness. A salty diet is beneﬁcial with glaucoma, as is
sodium ascorbate up to 30 g daily (in ﬁve divided doses), to drain excess ﬂuid from the eyes. To unblock congested capillaries and
drainage channels try intensive cleansing combined with energizing or stimulating the eyes, in addition high doses of Serrapeptase
and Nattokinase. Improve liver functions, e.g. pyroluria. For red eyes or conjunctivitis, rinse the eyes with a weak solution of boric
acid, possibly combined with strained eyebright and chamomile herbs as tea.
For viral infections of the eyes, make up a solution of 2500 IU of vitamin A emulsion, 250 mg of sodium ascorbate per ml of water and
a small amount of DMSO. Use one or two drops in each eye every three to four hours. If it stings too much, then dilute as needed.
Keep refrigerated and make a fresh  remedy every week. Combined with sufﬁcient vitamin B2 (up to 100 mg three times daily); this
also helps with allergy-induced eye problems.
For irritated eyes use a pack of raw grated potato in gauze, and for weak eyes warm castor-oil packs. For gradual strengthening you
can also put a drop of castor oil or diluted DMSO in each eye at bedtime. Be outside as much as possible without glasses or
sunglasses; look at the blue sky, avoid eyestrain. Minimize watching television, staring at computer screens, and reading by electric
light. While reading, frequently interrupt your vision, look around, and cover eyes with palms. Preferably use natural daylight when
reading. Press tender muscles in the back of the neck.
Cataracts have been improved with eye drops of diluted DMSO (30 to 50%), preferably add 1% of N-acetylcarnosine  and also a small
amount of glycerine; experiment to ﬁnd a concentration that does not sting much or only for a few seconds.
Do eye exercises: look up, down, sideways, diagonally in quick succession, circle, and alternate looking at a near and a far object. Do
head and neck exercises and reﬂexo logy. Sometimes palm the eyes for 10 to 20 minutes so that you see only black. Very relaxing for
the eyes: move head and upper body gently from side to side and let the eyes glide over walls or scenery without ﬁxing the gaze on
anything.  Frequently alternate looking at an orange or red light bulb of 25 watts and a blue light of 40 watts in a darkened room; then
look for several minutes at a green 40-watt light.
Headaches & Migraines
Basic Cleanse followed by allergy testing and low allergy diet. Minimize sweet food, dairy products, wheat and other gluten products,
additives, fatty food, aged cheeses, mushrooms, pickled herrings, pork and smoking. MSG often causes problem, it may be disguised
as hydrolysed vegetable or soy protein, chicken or beef stock or just as natural food ﬂavouring.
Try magnesium if blood pressure is elevated, calcium and salty food if it is low. Try a strong coffee at the onset of symptoms (if not
addicted to it). The herb feverfew may help. Correct any constipation or intestinal inﬂammation. Head and neck exercise, pressure
massage of neck and shoulder muscles and around base of big toes, possibly neck adjustment. Exercise scalp muscles, rest, fresh
air, walking, and deep breathing, avoid stress. Trace gall bladder meridian. During an attack imagine and feel arms becoming warm,
possibly soak in warm water. Riboﬂavin (vitamin B2), 4 x 100 mg, has been found to prevent 60% of migraines, use together with a B-
complex; in addition improve blood circulation.
Heart Problems  and High Blood Pressure
Helpful  are magnesium, selenium, zinc, taurine, P5P, coconut oil, cayenne and hawthorn berries. Also see  Cardiovascular Disease.10/30/24, 4:15 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Summary of Speciﬁc Health problems
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The main causes are Candida with intestinal dysbiosis, pyroluria and mercury toxicity from amalgam ﬁllings or vaccinations, avoid or
treat these. Do allergy testing and use a low-allergy diet. In several clinical trials, avoiding food and chemical allerg


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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
Nine Changes That Can Change Everything
Author’s Note
Part One
1. The Just -in-Time Book
2. The First Change
3. Once Upon a Time...
4. The Normal Response to Change
5. It’s Jump Time
6. The Second Change
7. The Third Change
8. The Fourth Change
9. There is Only One Emotion
10. All About the Aftereffect
11. Notice the Moment
12. Where Our Truth Comes From
13. Of Snakes and Lions and Humans, Too
14. And Now, a Life -Altering Question
15. The End of Part One
Part Two
16. The Answer to Everything
17. The Fifth Change
18. The Sixth Change
19. The Eternal Journey of the Soul
20. The Power of Perspective
21. The Seventh Change
22. The Eighth Change
23. Life’s Wonder
24. The Ninth Change
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Dedication
WHEN E VERYTHING CHANGES CHANGE
EVERYTHING
IN A TIME OF TURMOIL, A PATHWAY TO PEACE
NEALE DONALD WALSCH

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www.hodder.co.uk  PLEASE SIT DOWN.
No, really.
Please.
Sit down.
There’s a better than even chance you’re reading these first few words standing up (in a
bookstore someplace, or maybe in someone’s home), scanning these lines to see if you
want to read any further.
If you are, please sit down. You’re not going to want to read the first few paragraphs and
then just walk away. You’re going to want more time with what’s written here. So “steal ” as
many moments as you can with this book before deciding whether to buy it —because I
want you to know what you’re getting yourself into.
This book is not just a book. It is meant to be a conversation during which we will
conduct an extraordinary investi gation into how life works at the mental and spiritual
level, out of which will emerge a surprising revelation about ways in which we can change
our experience of change itself —which means, of course, our experience of life.
The conversation we are about t o have will thus offer you a pathway to get help and to
find peace if you are struggling right now with changes  in your life. Why I wanted you to sit
down is that I wanted you to be in a better position to hear all of this, to really take it in.
What I’m g oing to share with you here is not something that you can just pick up “on the
run,” as it were, in little snippets and snatches and bits of reading grabbed here and there.
This is a book you’re going to want to sit down with.
I also wanted you to be seate d when you hear the news. So here it is. Sitting or standing,
ready or not, here it is:
The changes in your life are not going to stop.
If you’re thinking about riding things out for a while, waiting for things to settle down a
bit, you may be in for a sur prise. There’s going to be no “settling down.” Things are going to
be in a constant state of upheaval on this planet and in your own life for a good while now.
Actually... yes, well, I might as well tell you.... actually, forever.
Change is what is —and there is no way to change that....
What can be changed is the way you deal with change, and the way you’re changed by
change.
That’s what this book is about.
We are going to be talking here about how to deal with major change, not just minor
change. I mean change that emerges from collapse, calamity, and catastrophe —or at least
what we label as these. So if your life is collapsing right now, if you’re in the midst of a
calamity, if a catastrophe has occurred, what you’re going to find here could save your life. I
mean, emotionally. But heck, you know what? Maybe even physically.
Here you will be given Nine Changes That Can Change Everything. This little list will
alter all that appears in your reality. Unless it does not. The choice will be yours. But it is a
list that you may at least want to read. You may at least want to find out what it’s all about.  I hope that you will make these Nine Changes as quickly as possible. Not just because the
changes in life that you are experiencing (that we all are exp eriencing) are not going to
stop, but also because the pace  of change is only going to increase.
Someone noted a few years ago that it was possible for my great -grandfather to live an
entire lifetime without having anything come along that seriously challe nged his
worldview, because very little happened that he heard about that altered his understanding
of how things were.
My grandfather had a different experience. He was able to live thirty or forty years, but
not much longer, before some new piece of info rmation was unveiled that seriously
confronted his notion of the world. Perhaps half a dozen times during his life such a major
event or development occurred that he heard about.
In my father’s day that window of change dropped to only fifteen or twenty ye ars. That’s
about as long as my dad could hold on to his ideas about life and how it works and what is
true about everything. Sooner or later something would happen to disrupt his whole
mental construction and require him to alter his thoughts and concepts.
In my own life span that time has been reduced to just five to eight years.
In the lifetime of my children it will be reduced to something like two years —and
possibly less. And in the lifetime of their  children it could be reduced to thirty or forty
weeks.
This is no exaggeration. You can see the trend. Social scientists say that the rate of
change is increasing exponentially. In the time of my great -grandchildren the period of time
between changes will be reduced to days. And then, perhaps even hours.
In truth, we are already there —and have always  been there. For in actuality, not hing has
ever remained the


 AI to  godlike
status, Anthony Levandowski, known in Silicon Valley for his
contribution to  driverless cars and as a pioneering visionary in AI,
gained media attention in 2017 by founding the first AI church,
which he named the Way of the Future. Levandowski is searching
for adherents, and foresees an AI godhead as not ridiculous but
inevitable.
As he told an interviewer from Wired  magazine, “It’s not a god
in the sense th at it makes lightning or causes hurricane s. But if
there is something a billion  times smarter than the s martest
human, what else are you goi ng to call it?” What saves the Way of
the Future from being a lamp oon is the enormous impact that AI
is goin g to have everywhe re. The Wired  interviewer writes,
“Levandowski believes that a change is coming—a change that will
transform every aspect of human existence, disruptingemployment, l eisure, religion, the economy, and possibly decide
our very survival as a species.”
Everyone is free to worry about a hollow, dehumanized AI
future, populated by false gods, but other doomsday scenarios
might befall us first. A supe rcomputer with global reach almost
certainly will be weaponized (or will weaponize itself) into a super-
hacker, capable of doing immense harm, from disabling security
defenses to wrecking the  banking system. Such attacks,
unfortunately, are under way every day already.
Be that  as it m ay, the artificial  in AI keeps computers from
being alive and conscious—increased speed, memory, and
complexity only improve the imitation of thought. The imitation
isn’t th ought itself. A computer will never have a sense  of self,
which i s a primary trait of consciousness. After all, it was our
sense of self that led to computers in the first place. “I can think” is
part of being self-aware. Once you say to yourself, “I can think,”
you have a reason to build a machine that imitates thought.
The sense of se lf tells you tha t you are you. It tells you that you
are aliv e, thinking, feeling, wishing, dreaming, and so on. No
physical proce ss created your sense of self. You possess it as a
built-in trait. Imagine that y ou are sitting in the dark at a movie
that totally captivates you. Your eyes are glued to a chase scene,
perhaps; your ears are overwhelmed by gunfire, screeching tires,
and police sirens. At that moment, you don’t feel the weight of
your body or th e sensation of the seat you’re occupying. Y ou don’t
sense your breathing; the temperature in the theater isn’t
something you’re likely to notice. Engrossed in the movie, you’ve
surrendered to its spell. But with your body and your
surroundings out of mind, and probably with no thoughts running
through your mind, are you so captivated that you  disappear? No.
You are present no matter ho w exciting a movie becomes, and
the sam e is true of the ever yday movie you walk through like a
lucid dream. You can subtract everything from your experience
except your sense of self. In  a typical day, the experiences you
notice a re a tiny fraction of th e sensory input you receive. You will
remember a few things or not hing, but surely not everything. Most
experiences fli cker past and vanish, escaping all notice. But you
cannot abando n the sense of self. Putting it out of mind doesn’talter, d istort, o r destroy it. L ike a cork bobbing to the surface, it
will always return.
Unexpectedly, we are plopped back onto the direct path. Your
sense o f self is the thing that makes you whole already. Ev erything
that exi sts “out  there” or “in here” is glued together by your sense
of self, because  it is the common denominator in every exp erience.
Once yo u see this, you can identify with your sense of s elf, and
then the direct path has reached its goal.
P a s s i n g  t h e  “ S o  W h a t? ”  T e s t
As intriguing as this discus sion has been, “so what?” Why
should you and I go to the trouble of following the direct path?
Looking at their lives, most people feel happy, more or less, with
the cho ices they’ve already made. Or so they tell pollsters, who
find dec ade after decade that more than 70 percent of responders,
when a sked the simple question “Are you happy?” say yes. News
stories appear naming the happiest countries in the world—the
latest c andidate is Denma rk—and correspondingly there are
unhappy count ries, which turn out to be those that are ve ry poor,
afflicted with war and strife,  and where people must str uggle to
acquire the basic necessities of life.
The direct path and everything else we’ve been discussing—
waking up, enlightenment, wholeness, the true self, meta reality—
confronts the “So what?” test. We make choices based on whether
they ma tter enough in our liv es. This isn’t a trustworthy measure
of what is actually beneficial, however. Cosmetics and fashion
matter enough  to millions of people, just as fantasy foot ball and
adding more guns to their co llection matter enough to millions of
others. “So what?” is highly personal and unpredictable, but it is
also ruthless. Until something matters enough, we won’t change
our accustomed way of life.
Here’s m y answ er to “So wha t?” as it applies to the direct path.
In a very real  way, becoming metahuman is about elim inating
everything that is unnecessa ry for our species. Such a process isalready under way by bits and pieces. The modern world has
eradicated—or is in the process of eradicating—many things that
Homo sapiens  can do without. It would have seemed impossible
once to  do without religion, j udging by how a belief in God or the
gods lay at the heart of every ancient culture. But th ere are
millions of people who have adopted a secular worldview, placed
their faith in science, and live without a sense of loss in the
absence of religion.
We can  argue forever over whether religion is good or bad for
society, and over every other thing that is in flux. From the
viewpoint of metahuman, however, stripping away all the things
that Homo sapiens  d oesn’t need a nymore is essential. The illusion
is g etting thinner, so to spe ak. Mental constructs like war and
poverty are no longer cons idered facts of life humanity must
accept. Why not get rid of th e whole illusion, then? Why not do it
simply, completely, and with the least discomfort possible?
Once yo u elim inate everythin g that isn’t real, what’s left must
be r eal. The dir ect path accords with this notion. It holds t hat only
one thi ng is real if everything unreal is taken away: the sense of
self. Ev ery life has its own priorities. One person’s suffer ing may
be r ooted in po verty, while another person’s suffering is rooted in
sickness, a bad relationship, or lonely old age.
Nothing is more tangled and chaotic than virtual reality. The
process of dismantling every  cause of suffering is too complex to
figure o ut in advance. The only realistic answer is to allow the
illusion to dissolve as effortlessly as it developed in the first place.
This is what the direct path is all about; this is what sets  it apart
from every other scheme for the improvement of human existence.
It se ems too g ood to be true that mind-forged manacles will
simply drop away of their o wn accord. But that’s exactly what
Rumi m eant w hen he declared that the jail cell is open. S ince we
are alre ady fre e, there is no effort needed to get free. You are free
once you base your life on one thing, your sense of self.
But as things stand, the sense of self is almost t otally
overlooked. Woody Allen’s 1 983 movie, Zelig, depicted its title
character as a kind of historical phantom. Even though he was
totally insignificant, Leonard Zelig was a human chameleon. Hehad the ability to melt into his surroundings completely. The
movie t akes pla ce in the 1920 s and 1930s, and the novelist  F. Scott
Fitzgerald is the first to notic e Zelig’s amazing transformations. At
a Great Gatsby –like party, Zelig is in the liv ing room talking in a
refined Boston accent and upholding Republican values, while
later in the k itchen he comes off as a common man with
Democratic ideas.
Somehow Zelig is everybod y and nobody, everywhere  and
nowhere. That’s a parable for the sense of self. It is present in
every experience but melts invisibly into the backgroun d—until
you star t payin g attention to it. Then the