  for which  he or she
calls. If the reader  will  still  all feeling  of discord  within
himself  or herself,  and  notice  the condition  of his or
her emotional  body  after  reading  one  of these  Dis-
courses,  trying  just  to accept  and  cooperate  with  the
Help  offered,  the  feeling  within  the individual  will  be
proof  enough  of the Power  in the Words  and  the Help
this Great  Divine  Director  wants  to give. If the reader  will  place  himself  or herself  in the po-
sition  of the Student,  every  possible  Help  will  be re-
leased,  according  to the requirements  of the individ-
ual at the  time. The Great  Ascended  Masters  and  Cosmic  Beings
never  cease  to try to awaken  mankind  to the  use  of
this Law,  so the people  can  help  themselves;  but  the
Great  Law  of the Universe  does  not permit  Them  to
just pick  humanity  up—after  centuries  of disobedience
and misuse  of Life's  Energy  and  Gifts—and  take  them
into Perfection  without  any  self-effort  of obedience
to the constructive  way  of Life  and  the Great  Divine
Law  of Balance  in the  Universe. Each  Discourse  carries  a powerful  Radiation,  and
if the reader,  or Student  will  accept,  give  obedience,
and expand  the  Blessing  offered  by this  Mighty  Be-
ing, greater  and  greater  Miracles,  Marvels,  Wonders FOREWORD xv
and Blessings  will  come  forth  to enfold  all. Only  those  who  live and  work  now  for the Protection
of all mankind  who  are constructive  will  be protected,
for everyone  must  now  give  the Assistance  which  saves
all. The Cosmic  Light  is the Ascended  Masters'  concen-
trated  Power  of Light  to assist  every  constructive  per-
son and  activity  in the World  at this  time. It also  is
binding  destructive  forces  so they  cannot  keep  expand-
ing any  farther. This  Ascended  Master  Activity  of the "I AM"  is the
balance  between  religion  and  education  —therefore,
It is the best  part  of all that  is constructive  in both;
and when  one  is educated  in the Ascended  Masters'
Truth  of the "I AM,"  he knows  that  to worship  Perfec-
tion is the Highest  Education  of Life. Since  Perfection
can only  come  from  the "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence"  and  the  Ascended  Masters'  Octave  of Life,
which  is God's  Realm  of Light,  he attains  Spiritual
Culture  by the  True  Worship  of God  —and  it can
never  come  any  other  way. The Great  Ascended  Master  Saint  Germain  has told
us, that  the Books  of the Saint  Germain  Series  in the
Ascended  Masters'  Octave  of Light  are bound  in covers
of jewels. So let us all accept  and  use  the  Power  and  Light
which  the Great  Divine  Director  offers;  and  draw  to
ourselves  our own  from  within  the Light. The  Cosmic xvi FOREWORD
Light  is the activity  of Perfection. Let us all draw  and  call  forth  the  Ascended  Mas-
ters'  Power  and  Victory  of Light  without  limit,  until
mankind,  the  Earth  and  its atmosphere  are  purified
and Free;  and  mankind  no longer  remembers  how  to
destroy. Be an Ambassador  of Light,  to carry  the Light  from
the Ascended  Masters'  Octave  of Light,  until  all un-
like Its Perfection  is dissolved  forever  from  the  Uni-
verse. Lovingly,  "I AM"
Lotus  Ray  King "THE  GREAT  GREAT  SILENCE"
By CHANERA
EPISODE  IV
To the  Heart  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
I now  send  my  Heart's  deepest  Calll
From  the  Heart  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
I draw  Light  to bless  and  free  all. All the  Power  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
I feel  and  direct  in my Love. The Secrets  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
I draw  forth  —Their  Miracles  prove. The Victory  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
I command  with  every  Heartbeat. The Wisdom  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
Can  never  on Earth  know  defeat. The Peace  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
I hold  now  —for  Eternity. The Legions  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
I call  to protect  you  and  me. The Blest  Lords  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
Reign  on Earth  now  forevermore. All Beings  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
With  our  every  breath,  we  adore. xvii xviii THE  GREAT  GREAT  SILENCE
The Scepter  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
I wield  to give  Earth  Cosmic  Lightl
Each  ones  Sword  from  the Great  Great  Silence,
Is Crystal  and  Pure  Dazzling  Whitel
Life's  "Crystal  Cup"  — the Great  Great  Silence,
Gives  us Strength  and  God's  Liquid  Lightl
The  Jewels  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
Reveal  each  one's  Power  and  Height. The Substance  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
Around  us forevermore  flows. The Presence  of the  Great  Great  Silence,
Each  Heart  craves  and  in Silence  knows. The  Angels  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
Hold  the  hands  of all upon  Earth. The Freedom  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
Gives  mankind  Its Great  Cosmic  Birth. Obedience  to the  Great  Great  Silence,
Brings  God's  Justice  and  Joy  to man. Our Heart's  Call  to the  Great  Great  Silence,
Brings  to all the  Answer—  "you  can"\
To abide  in the  Great  Great  Silence,
Gives  such  Glory,  no words  can  tell. So join  us in the  Great  Great  Silence,
And  in Peace  There,  let us all dwell. THE  GREAT  GREAT  SILENCE  xix
Lo. the  Voice  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
Is now  heard  in Life's  Full  Command  —
44 'Cosmic  Light'  is the Great  Great  Silence,
And  wherever  Light  is—7  AM'  "I
Remember  all God  is the Silence,
Remember  all Power  at hand. Remember  all comes  from  the  Silence,
Whenever  you  know  the  "I AM". Now  feel all  the  Light  in the  Silence,
Feel  all of God's  Peace  — in It stand. Now  feel Great  God  Harmony  ruling,
Now  feel all  His  Love  take  command. Now  feel Saint  Germain  and  Our  Godfre,
Now  feel Blessed  Jesus  there  too. Now  feel all  the  Great  Host  of Masters,
Ascended  —the  Silence  come  thru. Feel  Their  Arms  reach  out  and  enfold  us,
Our Freedom  Eternal  bestow. They  are  real\  They  are  True. Almighty. And  all can  Their  True  Presence  know. They  are  all Perfection—Transcendent,
The Silence  is Their  Realm  of Light. O'er  all upon  Earth,  They  are  Master,
Man's  only  protection,  God's  Might. THE  GREAT  GREAT  SILENCE
So we call  to the  Great  Great  Silence,
To open  Its Heart  to us now,
Pour  thru  our  Hearts  all Its Great  Victory,
The Light  to which  all Earth  must  bow. Lo. A Friend  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
Answers


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


 singing can even
increase vagal tone. However, the impact of singing on HRV was found to
be dependent on whether the singer experienced the task as stressful or not. A greater heart rate variable was found in professional singers after a
singing lesson, while amateurs showed lower HRV. Heart rate increased
after solo singing but decreased  after choral singing, indicating that when a
person is perform ing music, rather than just listening to it, the perception of
the task as safe or scary influe nces the resultant physical reaction. It has
also been found that trained musicians have a lower baseline breathing rate
than nonmusicians.69
One study into the physiological responses to music found that even a
short listening session could bring about measurable cardiovascular and
respiratory effects.69 The level of arousal or focused attention was largely
determined by the tempo (speed) of the music. Regardless of taste in music
or whether the listener was previously familiar with the piece, slow music
from a variety of genres reduced cardiorespiratory response. A pause or
period of silence in the music produced a higher level of relaxat ion than the
music itself, suggesting that music may give pleasure and potential health
benefits as a result of the controlled alternation of arousal and relaxation. It
was concluded that music can be used to induce relaxation and reduce SNS
activity and that it may be useful in the management of cardiovascular
disease.In a therapeutic setting, music has been used to enhance
parasympathetic activity and decrease congestive heart failure by reducing
levels of inflammatory cytokines.70 Patients under going a 14-day  music
therapy course exhibited change s in HRV patterns that indicated enhanced
activity of the cardiovascular system.71 One experiment into the impact of
music on the autonomic response compared healthy participants with
patients in a vegetative state or with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. Those participa nts with disorders of consciousness showed  replicable
changes in the balance between the SNS and the vagal system after passive
listening to symphonic music.72
USING HR V IN THE REAL WORLD
As part of the training that I run for our Oxygen Advantage instructors, I
was fortunate enough to organize an online coaching webinar in August
2020 with Dr. Jay T. Wiles, a clinical health physiologist. Dr. Wiles
specializes in sports performance and holistic and integrative health, and he
is board certified in biofeedback and HR VB. Dr. Wiles came to HRV throu gh his clinical practice, working with
patients with clinical stress, PTSD, and anxiety. As he learned about HRV,
he becam e fasci nated by its implications not only for peak performance and
sporting excellence but also for its potential applications in a clinical
setting. He became determined to present information about HRV in a way
that is easy to access and practical in day-to-day life. The way you use HVR depends on your starting point and your goals. This is also true for the breathing exercises in this book. It’ s helpful to avoid
preconceptions about what is “good” or “bad.” For instance, it may surprise
you to know that elite athletes often have very poor vagal tone because they
have taxed their nervous systems through years of overtraining and
overreaching. These athletes often come to HRVB to find out what is
impeding their performance. If you want to understand how well your nervous system is functioning,
HRV provides the best inexpensive, noninvasive way to do this. It has a
wide-ranging and diverse clinic al utility, but as it increases in popularity
among fitness enthusiasts, its purpose and application are frequentlymisunderstood. In many cases, the readings that people get from their
consumer -based devices are useless because they lack the contextual
framework to understand or improve them. Dr. Wiles originally became interested in HRV through his work with
trauma patients. He wanted something that would allow him to objectively
quantify the stress response. In clinic, he found that most information came
from his patient s in the form of subjective, qualitative data about how they
were feeling. While this was valuable, HRV offered quantitative data that
helped him build a clearer pictu re of what was going on with those patients
so he could help them better. He began using HRVB with the chronic pain
population, with patients who often had a variety of conditions including
pain, depression, stress, and anxiety, all existing comorbidly. He began to
see improvemen ts in all these symptoms and syndromes as a direct result of
HRVB. Dr. Wiles explained to me that we have trillions of processes going on
in the body in any given second. As we go about our day, the heart has to
adjust to everything we encounter in our environment, and to all of the
processes in the body. For this reason, higher HRV, which signifies greater
adaptability, is normally preferable. The widely held belief that the processes of the ANS are entirely
involuntary is incorrect. We can control HRV very easily, but we lose
control due to stress. Dr. Wiles believes that, because HRV is data driven,
research-supported, and quantifiable, it is incredibly valuable in
breathwork. In a sense, it strengthens the scientific basis for the work
because results can be so clearly and accurately measured. As we already discovered, HRV is measured in time domains (the time
difference betw een each heartbeat). It is also measured in frequency
domains (the frequency or the individual components of each heartbeat). These two elements, time and frequency, are the two main aspects of HRV. While the time domain data gives an important baseline for our HR V at rest,
the frequ ency domain data gives us insight into our overall stress response. If you have high vagal tone and good HRV, you will see an increase in high
frequencies and a decrease in low frequencies. This is because the high
frequencies receive predominantly PNS contributions. Another common belief that confounds HRVB training is that “higher is
normally better”  in terms of HRV measurements. As we touche d on earlier,this is not always the case. For this reason, a self-comparison strategy is
always more valuable than a comparison against some imagined “norm.”
HRV may become too high because you are too much in a parasympathetic
state. The aim is not to be in a parasympathetic state all of the time; rather
to modulate the ANS and to learn to control HR V.
There is no “good” or “bad” in terms of short-term readings, and the
“normal” measu rement range changes as we age, so the idea of an ideal or
goal HRV is somewhat irrelevant. It’s important to remember that HRVB
devices measure two different things: time (RSMMD) and frequency
(SDNN). Be careful not to confuse the two. In frequency readings over 24
hours, 100 is considered a healthy reading, between 50 and 100 is
“compromised,” and, if your reading is below 50, you may be at risk of a
heart attack. However, even if your reading is just 20, don’t worry. The
focus should always be on self-comparison, your ability to modulate HRV,
and progress in an upward direction. Dr. Wiles stressed that the purpose of HRVB is not necessarily to raise
your baseline reading. “The primary thing,” he said, “is to be able to
modulate HRV in acute situation s, to get you out of the stress state and help
you perform at your highest level.”
One useful side effect of HRVB is that you will start to becom e more
aware of your own stress response, both physically and mentally, thereby
increasing your ability to self-re gulate. The human brain doesn’ t distinguish
stress caused by physical danger from the stress caused by less life-
threatening situations, such as relationship problems or financial worries. That is why it is so easy to become conditioned to being in a state of
permanently high SNS activation. HRVB gives you the tools to take back
control, to change gear when you need to. One of the techniques used for
this is breathwork. Dr. Wiles explained that while the HRVB studies discussed earlier got
many things right (focusing on low, slow breathing, the mind-body
connection, data tracking, and replication), they overlooked some things. For insta nce, they failed to focus on biochemistry, the depth of breath, light
and quiet breathing rather than heavy loud breathing, nose breathing instead
of mouth breathing, and the importance of hypercapnia (high blood CO2)
for vagal tone.You can influence HR V by engaging:
• Nasal breathing
• Light breathing
• Slow breathing
• Deep breathing
In fact, even without biofeedbac k, by using the exercises in this book, you
are already training your HRV. Biofeedback tools come in useful when you
want to see exactly what is happening from a physiological standpoint. Nasal breathing can have a significant impact on HRV due to the
influence of the baroreflex system and increased vasodilation. According to
Dr. Wiles, this vasodilatory response sends a cascade of biochemical
messages through the baroreflex to stimulate the vagus nerve. Simply
switching to nasal breathing will influence HRV, whether or not you engage
in diaphragm breathing or work to slow the cadence of your breath. To
illustrate this, Dr. Wiles described how free divers need


ucing AEDs are also linked to altered bone health.61 We lookedat the link between bone mine ral loss and breathing pattern disorders in
Chapter Thirteen. In all cases, whether comorbidities are psychological or physiological,
understanding the relationship between epilepsy and its associated
conditions can have a signific ant positive impact on quality of life for
people living with the disease. Indeed, scientists consider this to be a
priority for future research. More to the point, many of the problems that
exist alongside epilepsy, including anxiety disorders, diabetes, heart
problems, and respiratory condi tions, can also be contributed by breathing
pattern disorders such as chronic hyperventilation. EPILEPSY AND BLOOD FLOW T O THE BRAIN
Cerebral blood flow is known to change during seizures, specif ically in the
epileptogenic zone, the area of the cortex that initiates the seizure.62 Blood
flow to the brain decreases between seizures and increases during them. Immediately after a seizure ends, cerebral blood flow becomes very low,
and it remains low for several minutes. Unfortunately, these changes in
blood flow prevent proper oxygenation of the brain. A 2017 study reported
that the most severe long-term result of repetitive epileptic seizures was
neuronal degeneration.63 Researchers state that while the primary cause of
this is overstimulation of the neurons, new findings indicate that hypoxia, or
lack of oxygen caused by abno rmal blood flow, “may be to blame for as
much as half the neuronal death caused by the condition.”
Research has found that cerebral blood flow can be improved with
breathing exerci ses. Again, CO2 plays a key role. One 2011 study tested the
potential for simple breathing exercises to increase cerebral oxygenation
and/or blood flow.64 Scientists examined 18 participants aged between 19
and 39 years and recorded levels of end-tidal CO2 and brain oxygenation. Subjects were asked to comple te paced breathing exercises that included
breath holds on both inhalation and exhalation. The exercise involved
walking slowly for three steps while inhaling, holding the breath for three
steps, exhaling for three steps, holding the breath for three steps and so on. The researchers found that the main parameter influencing cerebral
circulation is the level of CO2 in the blood, and that an increase in CO2concentration of around 70% may as much as double blood flow.65 When
more blood flows to the brain, the brain receives more nutrients and
oxygen, and this may have a significant influence on its physiology. People
trained in breathing exercises can increase their levels of blood CO2 by
learning to control tidal volume64 (the amount of air that moves in and out
of the lungs with each inhalation and exhalation). This mean s that it is
possible to improve cerebral blood flow simply by moderating the
breathing.66
A second study, also from 2011, explored cerebral oxygenation in
people who were experience d in yogic breathing techniques.67 Six
participants, who were each able to breathe at an extremely slow rate,
performed an identical periodic breathing exercise with a respiratory rate of
two breaths per minute. In all six subjects, the results showed  a periodic
change in cerebral blood flow and oxygenation. This result was repeated in
a 2016 paper by the same research team.68
Given that much of the neurona l damage caused by epilepsy is caused
by lack of oxyg en to the brain, it is promising to realize that breathing
exercises can so simply improve cerebral blood flow and therefore brain
oxygenation. SLEEP MA TTERS IN EPILEPSY
Epilepsy and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are both relatively common
conditions.69 However, they occur comorbidly more frequently than
expected, leading to considerations that a connection exists between the
two. It is under stood that epilepsy can aggravate obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) because it causes an increase in light sleep. Epileptic medications
can also produce side effects (such as weight gain) that increase the
likelihood of SDB, and epileptic seizures can trigger central apneas. It is also the case that SDB can impair epilepsy control due to repetitive
hypoxia and disrupted sleep. While this area lacks research, some evidence
suggests that, if SDB can be treated, seizure control will improve, as will
quality of life and general health and well-being. According to a 2018 article in Epilepsy Foundation, “there has never
been a prospec tive, multi-cen ter trial to evaluate the effect of OSAtreatment on seizures in people living with epilepsy.”70 More research is
needed, particularly in the field of pediatrics. Healthcare professionals who
may not be aware of the connection between sleep disorders and epilepsy
need to be educated. However, there is some limited research into the
relationship between the two disorders. A 2008 paper exploring sleep-study
abnormalities in epileptic children describes the relationship between SDB
and epilepsy as “complicated and reciprocal.”71 Researchers have looked in
detail at the link between epilepsy and sleep, and whether one affects the
other, but little has been done  to understand the mutual interaction of
epilepsy and sleep disorders, particularly in children. The 2008 paper
examined quest ionnaire-based survey responses from 486 patients with
partial seizures and 492 age- and gender -matched controls. It found that
sleep disturbances affected 39% of adults with epilepsy, compared to 18%
of the control group.71
A 2019 Austral ian study published in Neur ology  found that 26.5% of
participants had moderate to severe SDB, as defined by an apnea-hypopnea
(AHI) index of “greater than 15.”72,73 (We looked at the AHI in Chapter
Seven.) This study found that daytime sleepiness was an accurate indicator
of sleep  disorders in epileptics, but that age and body-mass index also
contributed to the condition. The small amount of research into this topic means that much evidence
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        Inspired by
his newfound energy, which seemed more stable and long-lasting than any
previous change, he also began applying the slow breathing and breath-hold
techniques from the Oxygen Advantage. After a few months, he noticed his
blood sugars were improving considerably and he needed 10% to 20% less
insulin. Nick’ s college major was meteorology, qualifying with a PhD. This
background as a research scientist made him eager to learn how the
breathing exercises were having  such a dramatic impact on his diabetes. He
spent several years exploring the impact of correct breathing techniques on
diabetes and chronic disease and found evidence to explain the positive
effects of slow breathing and breath-hold exercises on his blood sugars. Slow breathing has been shown to improve the function of the
autonomic nervous system by reducing activation of its stress-driving
sympathetic branch31. It reduces oxidative stress32—an imbalance of
antioxidants and free radicals that contributes to the aging process and can
lead to cell and tissue damage33. Lack of oxygen in fat cells has been
directly linked to the development of insulin resistance in mice. 34 Slow
breathing also lowers blood glucose35 and increases oxygenation of the
tissues. 31,36 This enhanced uptake of oxyge n into the blood and cells could
be crucial in understanding why slow breathing is so helpful for diabetics. Studies have shown that the root cause of autonomic dysfunction in
diabetes might be tissue hypoxia37—a condition in which part of the body is
deprived of adequate oxygen. Slow breathing practice supports optimum
gas exchange and better oxygenation, helping the body restore autonomicbalance. This, in turn, reduces stress38 and anxiety,39 helping control
fluctuations in blood glucose. As part of the fight-or -flight stress response,
the body releases stored glucose from the liver into the blood. If insulin
function is poor, that extra blood sugar cannot reach the cells and sugar
concentrations in the blood rise. 40 Research has also shown that slow
breathing can increase insulin sensitivity,41 particularly in type 2 diabetics. This means that insulin is more able to do its job and the body can
metabolize blood sugar better. Nick also discov ered the power of taping his mouth at night to reduce
sleep-disordered breathing. (This technique is described in detai l in Chapter
Seven. ) An intimate two-way link between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea
has been established. 42 One 2010 pilot study reported that 40% of its 37
long-term type 1 diabetic subjec ts had OSA. 43 While Nick didn’t believe he
had sleep apnea, when he taped his mouth to ensure nasal breathing at
night, he experienced much deeper, more restorative sleep. This resulted in
better morning blood sugars. As anyone living with type 1 diabetes will
know, managing the condition is a full-time job. The increased energy Nick
felt as a result of taping meant he felt better able to control his diabetes
throughout the day. Another reason for Nick’ s impro ved quality of sleep could be that better
breathing helped balance his autonomic nervous system, improving
autonomic funct ion. Diabetics tend to have lower parasympathetic


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        Outside the encircling warmth of that love, you are not at
home, you are agitated on a soul level, and you are likely to do something
to act out your agitation. This is not bad news, by the way. It means you’re
a mystic at heart. You will never for get what this issue in your life has put you through—
and, at the deepest level, you won’ t really want to. For when you look in the
mirror and see only the happy person whose body weight has become a
source of pleasure and not pain, you will know that you have seen a
miracle. Y ou will know that you have learned a spiritual secret that you
could have only found in the depths of your darkness and at the height of
your despair. Even though the tears you cried on the way to your miracle were the tears
of someone who wondered at times if life was even worth the pain, you will
know in your heart that it was. For ultimately it showed you something
about God and about yourself. The person you will be on the other side of
this problem, as you continue on your journey far past the station called
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powerful than weight loss itself could have given you. It will not just be
your body that is renewed, but also your heart and soul. And where you will go from there will be a dif ferent future than you
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themselves. And with often no more than a gentle smile, but sometimes a
more substantial reach, you will be there for others as you have felt the
invisible spirit of love reach out for you. You will be someone who, having received a miraculous healing, can
work a miracle in the lives of others. There will be a depth to your words,
reflecting the depth of your hard-earned wisdom; a kindness to your spirit,
reflecting the celestial touch that reached out to you in the depth of your
misery; and a power to your personality that one only encounters insomeone who has stared down the devil in his or her own soul. Congratulations. This is not the end; it is your new beginning. You are not who you were yesterday, you are not who you’ve been taught
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before your body was born, and it will live beyond its dying. It is not a
symbol; it is who you really are. Beyond your body, there is a body
brilliant. And everything you’ve ever been through, including the horrible
paths you have trod through the hell of dysfunctional eating, have
ultimately served but one purpose only: to get you here, to this point, to this
knowing, and to this peace. Feel not only the physical; feel the body brilliant. When sitting, feel your
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presence; that is all you need do.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author saying about the person who has overcome their struggle with weight loss?,
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Q: What is the author suggesting that people do to change their perspective and move forward?,
A: To reflect on their journey, acknowledging the struggles they've faced and the lessons they've learned, and to keep in mind the spiritual principles they've discovered.
Q: What is the author saying about the nature of the self?,
A: That the true self is a spiritual being, and that the physical body is just a suit of clothes that can be worn and discarded.
Q: What is the author emphasizing in the book?,
A: The importance of spiritual growth, self-awareness, and personal transformation, and the idea that the reader should not forget the lessons they've learned on their journey.
Q: What is the author suggesting that the reader should do to maintain their progress and continue their growth?,
A: To vigilantly monitor their thoughts, which will in turn help them to monitor their eating habits, and to continue to nurture their spiritual growth and self-awareness.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Intermittent drinking, oxytocin and human health
L. Pruimbooma,b,⇑, D. Reheisa
aNatura Foundation, Edisonstraat 66, 3281 NC Numansdorp, Netherlands
bDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherl ands
article info
Article history:
Received 25 February 2016Revised 26 April 2016Accepted 26 April 2016
Keywords:
Thirst
Addiction
CravingCollaborationHealthEvolutionOxytocinabstract
Looking at a waterhole, it is surprising that so many animals share the same space without visible signs of
anxiety or aggression. Although waterholes are the preferred feeding locations of large carnivores, water-
holes are shared by all type of herbivores of all sizes and shapes, including elephants. Recent researchshows that the homeostatic disturbances leading to the ‘‘thirst feeling” not only activate speciﬁc sub-stances regulating water and mineral household, but also the ‘‘trust and love” hormone oxytocin, while
decreasing the production of the typical stress hormone cortisol. People using drugs, seem to be in search
for oxytocin, as evidenced in studies with individuals on drugs such as ecstasy and gamma-hydroxybyturate. Hot environment, drought and increased sweating also activate speciﬁc oxytocin-
producing parts of the hypothalamus, just as breastfeeding does in mother andinfant. Water homeostasis
is the only allostatic system activating trust neuro-anatomy and we suggest that this is due to the factthat all animals depend on water, whereas food type is species speciﬁc. Our hypothesis; regulating drink-
ing behaviour through intermittent bulk drinking could increase oxytocin signalling, recover human trust
and increase health by down-regulation of stress axis activity and inﬂammatory activity of the immunesystem. Intermittent bulk drinking should


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

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

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


 THE FLAME
Lord Asclepius - A light crystalline green flame with a forcefield of deeper shades of cypress
green
Lady Hygeia - Peach Flame with a Silver Radiance
 MUSICAL KEYNOTES
Donizetti - Nemorino's Romanza - L'Elsir d'Amore
(Lord Asclepius)
Vangelis - Irlande - Opera Sauvage
(Lady Hygeia)
Trad.- Neratzoula - (Temple Music)

THE TEMPLE OF COSMIC LOVE
Mount Robson, in the Canadian Rockies
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: Jeweled Light Rays radiating out from a fiery pillar of deep
Crystalline Pink Light
HIERARCHS
Elohim Orion and Lady Angelica
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pure Crystalline Pink
THE PRESIDING MASTERS AND GUARDIANS OF THE COSMIC FLAME OF DIVINE
LOV E
Archangel Chamuel and Lady Charity
COLOR OF THE FLAMES
Chamuel: A Crystalline Flame with a brilliant Pink Radiance
Charity: A Brilliant Pink Flame with a Crystalline Radiance
QUALITY OF THEIR COMBINED FLAMES
To praise and the Sanctity of all life
MUSIC AL KEYNOTE
Symphony No. 2, 3rd Mvmt (Sibelius) - Orion
"In Trutina" from Carmina Burana (Orff) - Angelica
"The Lord Now Victorious" from Cavalleria Rusticana  (Mascagni) - Chamuel's Legions
Charity: Piano Sonata #8 in C minor 'Adagio Cantabile' - Beethoven

 THE TEMPLE OF ILLUMINATION
Mount Meru, Lake Titicaca, Bolivian Andes
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: Myriad pathways of golden Light all leading to the Flame of
Illumination at Meru
HIERARCH
God and Goddess Meru
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Gold and Pink
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Pictures at an Exhibition - Moussorgsky
Excerpts only: Promenade - Lirnoges - Catacombs - Kiev Gate

THE TEMPLE OF TRANSFIGURATION
Mount Meru, Tanzania, East Africa
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: Visualize a luminous Circle of Light with brilliant Rays o f Light
radiating from its Center and expanding ever outwards
HIERARCH
Lady Nada
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Ruby with a Violet Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
3rd. Movement (Adagio) Conc. in A Minor, Op. 16 - Grieg

THE PURE LAND OF BOUNDLESS SPLENDOR AND INFINITE LIGHT
ELECTRONIC PATTERN:
• A Crystalline Buddha revolving within a Lotus of Violet Fire resting on a Crystalline
Aquamarine Sea
• A crystalline Buddha, almost invisible in Its own full spectrum, radiant Aura of Light

HIERARCH
Amida Buddha  COLOR OF THE FLAME
Crystal Flame with a Full Spectrum Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Silk Road - Kitaro

THE TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING
Etheric realm over Delphi, Greece
ELECTRONIC PATTERN : A White Sun with a Golden Radiance
HIERARCH
Mighty Apollo
COLOR OF THE FLAME
White Flame with Sun Gold Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Largo from Xerxes - Handel

THE TEMPLE OF PROTECTION FROM THE WORLD OF ILLUSION
In the Etheric Realm over the Isle of Delos, Greece
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A perfectly balanced Threefold F lame within a circle of White
Light
HIERARCH
Lady Leto
COLOR OF THE FLAME
A White Flame with a Rose Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
The Night of the Soul - Robertson

 THE TEMPLE OF MERCY AND COMPASSION
In the Etheric Realm over the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Beijing, China
ELECTRONIC PATTERN:
• A Flaming Lotus of Cosmic Mercy - whose Purple Petals of Living Flame are the
greatest concentration of the Forgiving Love of the Cosmic Christ
• A Flaming Lotus of varying deep shades of Violet Fire ― enfolding t he Earth in its
Living Flame ― with a pulsating Aquamarine Radiance
• A Radiant Starburst of Crystalline Violet Light... Cosmic Rays of Mercy and Justice
freeing the Earth
• A Lavender -Violet Rose pulsating with a radiance of Aquamarine — representing the
healing of the emotional world through the Gifts of the Seventh Ray

HIERARCH
Lady Kwan Yin
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Deep Shade of Violet with a Crystalline Aquamarine Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
In a Monastery Garden - Ketelb ey
Sakura  (Traditional)

THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE AND MERCY
Etheric Realm over the International Court of  Justice
The Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
ELECTRONIC PATTERN:
• The Scales of Justice in blazing White and Violet Flame with a radiance of Green and
Pink - holding the Earth in the Balance, Mercy, Wisdom and Love of Almighty God "I
AM"
• The calm, serene, impersonal face of the Eternal Mother Principle, representing the
Power, Majesty and Mastery within the feminine feeling nature of the Seventh Ray
Dispensati on
• A Radiant Starburst of Crystalline Violet Light... Cosmic Rays of Mercy and Justice
freeing the Earth

 HIERARCH
Lady Portia
COLOR OF THE FLAME
White Flame with a Deep Shade of Violet Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Deliverance - Vangelis

THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GRAIL
In the Etheric Realm, Glastonbury, England
ELECTRONIC PATTERN:
• Brilliant Spiraling Action of Royal Blue and Crystal Flames like a Mighty Thrust of
God's Will into the worlds of humanity
• A Revolving Golden Grail - filled with the ever -expand ing God Consciousness of doing
God's Will

HIERARCH
Beloved El Morya
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Crystalline with a Royal Blue Radiance
QUALITY
The Holy Grail of I AM Consciousness
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
The Fairy Ring - Rowland

THE TEMPLE CITIES OF JOHN, THE BELOVED
Over Arizona, USA
ELECTRONIC PATTERN:
• A Crystal Vision of the Etheric Cities, with multi -colored Rays of Light interpenetrating
the realm of humanity
• The Hand of God as Living Fire, reaching into the outer world of humanity

 HIERARCH
John The Beloved
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink Flame with Pink Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
The Holy City - Weatherly -Maybrick

THE TEMPLE OF ILLUMINED WISDOM AND LOVE
In the Etheric Realms over Istanbul, Turkey
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Sunrise of Illumined Wisdom and Love, arising over the tranquil
waters of the Christed Soul
HIERARCH
Lady Sophia
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Emerald Green Flame with Delicate Pink Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Maji Mengi - Terry Oldfield

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

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

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

 THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING
Kashmir, India
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Spiraling Column of Gold Flame giving off Dazzling Rays (like
a sparkler) as it enfolds the


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a n d  c l a r i f i c a t i o n s. B u t  f o r  t h e  t i m e  b e i n g,  t h e  e x t r a - m u r a l  s t u d e n t  s h o u l d
g r a s p  o n e  t h i n g :  E x e r c i s e  N o  3  m e r e l y  s u p p l e m e n t s  E x e r c i s e s  1  a n d  2. E x e r c i s e  N o  3  w i l l  n e v e r  s u p p l a n t  t h e m! I t  w a s  t o  D r  B u t e y k o ’ s  e t e r n a l  r e g r e t  t h a t  e v e n  d u r i n g  h i s  l i f e  t i m e,  t r a i n e r s
g a v e  p r i d e  o f  p l a c e  t o  t h e  e x e r c i s e  i n  b l o c k i n g  t h e  n o s e  a n d,  n a t u r a l l y,  s o
d i d  t h e i r  t r a i n e e s  a n d  p a t i e n t s. W h y? B a s i c a l l y  b e c a u s e  i t  n e e d e d  l i t t l e
e x p l a n a t i o n. Y o u  j u s t  n e e d e d  t o  s a y  “ H o l d  y o u r  n o s e  a n d  d o n ’ t  b r e a t h e ”  a n d
t h e r e  y o u  h a d  t h e  w h o l e  t e c h n i q u e. P e r f e c t l y  u n d e r s t a n d a b l e  t o  e v e r y o n e :
y o u n g  a n d  o l d,  t h e  h a l t  a n d  t h e  l a m e. B u t  j u s t  t r y,  f o r  e x a m p l e,  e x p l a i n i n g
E x e r c i s e  N o  2  t o  a n  8 0 - y e a r - o l d  w h o  i s  h a r d  o f  h e a r i n g  a n d  c a n ’ t  s e e  v e r y
w e l l. T r y  s h o u t i n g  i n  t h e i r  e a r  t h a t  t h e y  s h o u l d  s h o r t e n  t h e i r  b r e a t h,  a s
t h o u g h  t h e y  w e r e  f i l l i n g  a  t u m b l e r  t o  t h e  l o w e r  e d g e  o f  i t s  r i m …
S o  t h a t  i s  h o w  i t  c a m e  a b o u t. T h e  n e e d  f o r  a  s i m p l e  e x p l a n a t i o n  d r o v e  t h e
m a j o r i t y  o f  t r a i n e r s  t o  s i m p l i f y  t h e i r  w o r k. A n d  t h e  r e s u l t? T h e  e x a c t
o p p o s i t e  o f  t h e i r  g o o d  i n t e n t i o n s. T h e  p a t i e n t s  u n d e r w e n t  t h e  c o u r s e  o f
e x e r c i s e s  w i t h o u t  d i s c o v e r i n g  t h e  a u t h e n t i c  B u t e y k o  t e c h n i q u e. T h e y  g o t
j u s t  t h e  s u p p l e m e n t a r y  p a r t  t h a t  v e r y  o f t e n  d o e s  n o t  g i v e  t h e m  r e l i e f.S o,  E x e r c i s e  N o  3 :
1 )  S t a n d  i n  t h e  m i d d l e  o f  t h e  r o o m
2 )  A d o p t  t h e  c o r r e c t  p o s t u r e,  n a m e l y :  s t r a i g h t e n  y o u r  s h o u l d e r s ;  d r o p
y o u r  h a n d s  d o w n  b y  y o u r  s i d e s ;  h o l d  y o u r  h e a d  u p  s t r a i g h t  w i t h  y o u r
m o u t h  c l o s e d,  a n d  b r e a t h e  t h r o u g h  y o u r  n o s e. 3 )  A f t e r  a n  o r d i n a r y  o u t - b r e a t h  s q u e e z e  t h e  t i p  o f  y o u r  n o s e  w i t h  y o u r
l e f t  h a n d,  a n d  g e n t l y  l o w e r  y o u r s e l f  i n t o  a  s e m i - s q u a t t i n g  p o s i t


joined	in	the	hosannas	and	hailed	the	new

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

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

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

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

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

universal	inoculation	program	that	was	to	follow	the	announcement,	enthusiasm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

symptoms,	rendering	the	breathing	mechanism	incapable	of	functional

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

rel


in center, and stack another hot tortilla on top. Place stack of tortillas in
covered casserole to keep them warm and soft; otherwise they dry out. To
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 167 eat, you can cut in wedges like a pie, or pick up individual tortillas and
roll them, which is the more traditional way of eating them. Serves 4. CARROT HASH BROWNS 30 Min. 2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon safflower oil
3 medium carrots, peeled and finely grated
3 medium all-purpose potatoes, peeled and finely grated
Vi small white onion, finely grated
'/: teaspoon sea salt (optional)
In large skillet, melt butter and oil. Add carrots, potatoes, and onions. Add seasoning. Saute until browned on one side. Flip over, and saute on
second side until browned. Break apart into small chunks, or serve in
wedges cut from the round. Serves 3. TERIYAKI BROCCOLI 15 Min. This is a delicious dish that gives you an opportunity to use up some of
your leftover broccoli stalks. 3 or 4 thick broccoli stalks without florets
1 tablespoon sesame or safflower oil
1—2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons tamari
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice (optional)
Use carrot peeler to remove thick skin from outside of stalks. Cut stalks
lengthwise in thin slices. In large skillet, heat oil. Add garlic, sauteing
briefly. Add broccoli. Saute" 3-5 minutes over medium-high heat, until
tender. Toss in tamari and lemon. Serves 3. 168 • FIT FOR LIFE TANGY GREEN COLESLAW ISMin. Vi small head cabbage
2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Vi cup sour cream
Juice of 1 small lemon
Vi teaspoon dulse flakes (optional)
Vi teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
Fresh ground black pepper
Grate cabbage, cut into thin strips, or chop finely. In large bowl, com
bine cabbage, dill, and parsley. Blend together sour cream and lemon
juice. Pour over cabbage. Add dulse, sea salt, and pepper to taste. Mix
well. Serves 3. (Save leftover coleslaw for Day Nine.) DAY SEVEN—SUNDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One, or fruit salad of your choice, or Strawberry-Kiwi
Salad* with Fruit Dip*
LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
Harvest Soup (see page 167) and salad of your choice with dressing of
your choice, or Cuke-a-tillas *
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice cocktail (see page 152)
Shepherd's Pie*
Sweet Basil Carrots *
Salade Parisienne with Asparagus *
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 169 STRAWBERRY-KIWI SALAD WMin. 2 oranges, peeled and sliced across the sections
2 cups strawberries, sliced
2 large kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
1 small banana, peeled and sliced
1 tablespoon currants (optional)
On small platter make a bed of orange wheels. In a large bowl, combine
strawberries, kiwi fruit, and bananas. Add currants. Mix gently and
mound on oranges. Make Fruit Dip (see below) and pour it over salad, or
serve separately. Serves 2. FRUIT DIP 3 Min. each
Here are five different fruit dip suggestions. There are many more
possibilities. Puree in blender or food processor:
1) Vi papaya, Vi cup fresh orange juice, and lA teaspoon nutmeg; or
2) 1 persimmon and 1 banana; or
3) 1 banana and Vi cup strawberries; or
4) Vz cup fresh orange or apple juice, and 6-8 pitted dates; or
5) Vi cup pineapple cubes and one banana
Serve on or with fruit salad. CUKE-A-TILLAS 5 Min. Corn Tortillas
Mayonnaise or butter
Cucumber spears
Alfalfa sprouts or lettuce, shredded
Spike, Vegesal, or Parsley Patch Mexican Seasoning (salt-free)
Peel cucumber and cut into thin spears 5—6 inches long. Heat one tor
tilla in hot dry skillet, turning from one side to the other until soft but not
170 • FIT FOR LIFE crisp. Spread hot tortilla with mayonnaise. Arrange a line of 2-3
cucumber spears down center of tortilla. Top with sprouts or lettuce and
seasoning. Roll tightly. Serving suggestion: 3 Cuke-a-tillas per person. SHEPHERD'S PIE 90Min. Stuffing:
Vz cup butter
1 medium white onion, finely chopped
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 cup celery, finely chopped
lA cup scallions, minced
8 cups whole-grain bread cubes ('/2-inch cubes), preferably stale
2 teaspoons ground sage
Vz teaspoon dried marjoram
Vz teaspoon dried thyme
Vz teaspoon celery seed
VA teaspoon paprika
Vz teaspoon sea salt
Fresh ground black pepper
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced
1 Morga or Hiigli vegetable bouillon
2 cups boiling water
Mashed Potato Crust:
8-10 small White Rose potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch cubes
(8-10 cups)
1 stalk celery with leaves
1 bay leaf
1 large clove garlic
3 tablespoons butter
VA cup raw or heavy cream
Vz teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
Fresh ground white pepper
Peel potatoes and place in large kettle of cold water. Add celery, bay leaf,
and garlic. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 20—30 minutes or until
potatoes are tender. While potatoes are cooking, prepare stuffing. In large heavy saucepan,
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFESTYLE • 171 melt butter. Add onion, shallot, celery, and stallions. Saute until vegeta
bles begin to soften. Add bread cubes, sage, marjoram, thyme, celery
seed, paprika, sea salt, and pepper. Mix well. Dissolve 1 vegetable bouil
lon in 2 cups boiling water. Add to stuffing, and mix well. Steam, cov
ered, over very low heat, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare mashed potatoes. In small skillet,
melt butter, and add cream. Heat until hot, but do not boil. Remove bay
leaf and garlic, and place potatoes in food processor or mash by hand,
mixing in butter-cream mixture. Add sea salt and pepper to taste and
whip thoroughly. Place stuffing in oven-proof casserole. Top with mashed potatoes. Bake
in oven for 30-45 minutes or until potatoes have formed a golden crust. Prepare Mushroom Cream Gravy (see below) while pie bakes. Serves
4-6. MUSHROOM CREAM GRA VY:
2 tablespoons butter
1 shallot, minced
1 pound mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
\Vz cups water
2 vegetable bouillon
2 tablespoons raw or heavy cream
¥z teaspoon sea salt
lA teaspoon garlic crystals or garlic salt
In large heavy skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add shallot and mush
rooms, and saute until mushrooms are soft and have released a dark
brown juice. Remove mushrooms from pan with slotted spoon. Pour
juice into measuring cup and reserve. In same skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add flour, and stir with
whisk to combine. Add mushroom liquid, and continue stirring with
whisk as gravy thickens. Slowly add water, whisking continuously, and
add bouillon. Whisk to dissolve bouillon. Add cream, salt, and garlic. At
this point mushrooms may be added to gravy, or you may serve it plain
over Shepherd's Pie. Serves 4-6 people. 172 • FIT FOR LIFE SWEET BASIL CARROTS 25Mi'n. 12 medium carrots, peeled
3 tablespoons sweet butter
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1-2 teaspoons fresh basil
lA teaspoon sea salt
Cut carrots into '/s-inch slices or run through sheer of food processor. Place them in vegetable steamer, covered, over boiling water for 10 min
utes until tender but not mushy. Remove from heat and set aside. Carrots
may be steamed well in advance and combined with other ingredients
immediately before serving. In large heavy saucepan, melt butter. Add
maple syrup, carrots, basil, and sea salt. Stir well to coat carrots thor
oughly with butter sauce. Serves 4-6. SALADE PARISIENNE WITH ASPARAGUS 15 Min. 1 head butter lettuce
Vi head red leaf lettuce
Vi pound fresh or frozen asparagus
Prepare the salad. Wash lettuce, dry thoroughly, and break into bite-size pieces, discarding
heavy center stalk. Break and discard heavy ends from asparagus, and
plunge, whole, into boiling water for 3-5 minutes or until bright green
and tender-crisp. Remove from water, drain well, and cut into 1'/2


able.
Blood pressure varies depending on the bodily
characteristics. There’s no need to be afraid of
any phenomena, since due to the adaptation of
the body to the new vital activity conditions, the
symptoms are somewhat exacerbated. Calm,
slow nature walks are the best choice during this
period.

Day 4.
The pressure may drop or rise, body tempera-
ture may rise. This is physiologically normal
during dry fasting. Chills or fever are possible
depending on the patient’s characteristics and
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gender and age.
By increasing bodily temperature, the body
causes a slowdown in the growth of microorgan-
isms. It becomes easier for the immune system
to track down and destroy everything that’s alien
or altered. Also, there is a decrease in the chilli-
ness threshold, normalization of thermoregula-
tion processes, expressed in hot flashes and re-
quiring the use of cold water, which stabilizes the
patient's condition. All colds are comp letely ex-
cluded, during this time, you can walk barefoot
in the snow or dew, pour cold, icy water on your-
self, walk naked in nature.
Day 5.
All chronic diseases begin to be exacerbated,
including the ones that we were not aware of.
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through pain, and we must be prepared for this.
We must thank our bodies for such wonderful
healing work. If nausea appears, abdominal
massage and cold compresses on the liver area
should help. If walking is difficult, it is best to lie
down in a calm, cool place and listen to good
classical music. As a result of the body's struggle
with ailments, body temperature rises, and a per-
son feels feverish.
Blood pressure may increase or decrease de-
pending on the individual bodily charact eristics.
You can take a cold shower, spend time outside
more often in light clothes or even without any
in any weather. If there is snow, you can walk on
it barefoot. You may experience insomnia, in-
creased thirst, blood pressure may fluctuate. The
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1 to 2 kg, depending on how much weight one
started with, and how much physical activity
there was.
Of course, each person is unique and individual
in their own way. Dry fasting can be completely
different, but I tried to describe the manifesta-
tions that I observed in most patients.

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for fasting?

I am often asked questions about what time and
which days are best for fasting. Every season has
its pros and cons. In May, it is very effective to
fast in order to heal the liver; in my practice,
many patients cured hepatitis in May. August
and September are perfect for withdrawal and
rapid, superior body renovation. Dry fasting is
easiest in October and November. January and
March are the most difficult months for dry fast-
ing. But, in fact, time or season do not play a
dominant role. The main thing - if you have se-
rious problems, then the sooner you fast, the bet-
ter, regardless of the time.
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the week according to the date of birth. This day
almost always coincides with a good day for dif-
ferent horoscopes.

Another important thing in fasting is taking the
phase of the moon into account. 1 to 3 -day
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the full moon. Moreover, it is easier for some
people to fast during the new moon, for others -
during the full moon.
The 11th day of the moon cycle is also particu-
larly emphasized, as it’s recommended for fast-
ing since the ancient t imes. It is usually harder to
fast during the waning moon (when the moon is
in decrement). Of course, you do not need to
take all these biorhythms into account, and fast,
let’s say, on Saturdays, as Porfiriy Ivanov advises.
However, Saturday was also a deliberately cho-
sen day.

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2-3-4- 5 days) properly?

13.1. Withdrawal from dry fasting. Recom-
mendations
• A fasting day is 24 hours, from 8am to 8am on
the next day. Many recommendations suggest
that withdrawal from fasting should be con-
ducted in the evening, but with dry fasting,
the main healing effect occurs at night (I de-
scribed this mechanism in the “Treatment of
Diseases” chapter).
• By date, the withdrawal should be twice the
length of the dry fast. If the dry fast i s five days
long, then the withdrawal is ten days.
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cause the withdrawal is much more important
than the dry fasting process itself.
• After dry fasting, the body becomes clean, so
you should only load it with cl ean, fresh, high -
quality products without pathogenic micro-
flora.

13.2. Withdrawal from a 1 -day fast
8.00 – drink good quality water, in the first
glass it is necessary to add bifidum or lactobac-
terin (1 sachet per glass of water), or now a new
drug “LINEX” has appeared.
11.00 – dried apricot, prune, raisin compote.
14.00 – kefir, bifidok or Bolotov whey.
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onions, potatoes, dill, parsley).
22.00 – compote, herbal tea, honey.

Withdrawal from a 36 -hour fa st: the same, but
starts in the evening.

13.3. Withdrawal from a 48 -hour fast
1st day is the same as withdrawal from 1 -day
fast.
Second day:
8am - herbal tea with honey, compote or kefir,
buckwheat porridge made with water, you can
add a little vegetable oil (you can choose other
cereals), you must drink one quail egg 3 times a
day from the second day of fasting (do not be
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empty stomach. This is required because quail
eggs contain the whole periodic table, a nd most
importantly, natural stem cells, which the body
needs so desperately after a dry fast. Women can
do facial masks: mix quail eggs with cedar oil,
apply overnight for 20 minutes.
14.00 – fish soup (preferably made from rock
trout, salmon, pink salmon ), you can add some
salt. Salad, any cereal. Tea, compote, kefir,
honey.
18.00 – boiled beets, cereals, tea, compote,
kefir.
22.00 – herbal tea, honey.

Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr13.4. Withdrawal from a 3 -day fast
The first two days have already been described
above.
Third day of withdrawal:
8.00 – fresh juice, salads, cereals
14.00 in – borsch or other soup, cereals, salads,
tea
18.00 – vinaigrette, fish baked in foil


the body, even if they are promoted as supplements, beauty or rejuvenation ai ds, or other types of health builders. Combine the
influence of these food additives with the extra work the body performs to proce ss high-fat meals, as well as the compromises in
blood function that plague people in the habit of eating heavy, fatty diets, a nd you have the perfect recipe for the early onset of aging
and health decline.

Oil Is Not Health Food
While we have learned and repeatedly demonstrated that whole foods are th e only source of balanced nutrition, many health
advisors tell us that refined, isolated fats and oils should be considere d “health foods.” They almost all sell some type of “food-
grade” oil, which seems like a fairly strong endorsement. Are we jus t supposed to ignore the obvious contradiction?
Some  vendors promote the consumption of oil as part of an internal “cleans e” program. I have even heard oil referred to as
“juice,” with the suggestion that we drink it as a daily health pra ctice. This is the stuff that draws ridicule from mainstream scie ntists
and nutritionists, and, at least according to many health experts, is wh y the raw movement is being laughed out of the scientific
community.

Oils … Empty Calories at Best, Carcinogenic Junk Fo od at Worst
Across the board, refined oils (including coconut, flax, olive, hemp, almon d, borage, and the like, which are touted as “pure”
or “special” because of their source or careful processing meth ods) are essentially empty calories, not fit for human consumption.
They are stripped of the fiber, protein, and carbohydrates that accompanied th e whole foods from which they were derived, leaving
an imbalanced fractional product that is 100% fat.
In contrast, whole-food  fats eaten sparingly  (fresh nuts, seeds, avocados, or young coconut flesh) provide some useful
nutrition and are not automatically detrimental to health. Using su ch intact sources of fat in salad dressings and other dishes with thei r
full complement of macro and micronutrients is by far preferable to usin g refined oils.
Although oil vendors tout a wide variety of health benefits to be gained fr om the phytochemicals contained within cold
expeller-pressed oils, there can be no doubt that these delicate micronut rients are more potent when left untouched within the whole
foods. Maximum nutrition occurs when our teeth  are the first thing to break Nature’s package … rather than a ma chine, an
appliance, or even a knife.
Further, the fiber contained in whole plant foods helps keep fats from going r ancid. Shortly after extracting any oil from its source and discarding the fiber, early-stage rancidity (and therefor e potential carcinogenicity) ensues, even if we cannot detect it. A s
rancidity begins to set in, micronutrients become deranged.
If calling refined oil “empty calories” doesn’t sit well with you, ch alk it up to good marketing—because oil (pure fat) fits the
description of empty calories perfectly, as do protein powder (pure protein) and t able sugar (pure carbohydrate). These include
commodities popular among raw fooders such as evaporated cane sugar (Rapadur a) and hemp protein. Empty calories invariably
provide less nutritional value than their whole-food counterparts.
If we think only in terms of symptoms, we may indeed perceive some benefits  from consuming oil. But when we extract the oil
from nuts and seeds in a vain attempt to maximize their anticancer pr operties and concentrate other nutrients, we create (often
undetectable) imbalances within the body that inevitably produce unin tended health problems. Adding oils into the diet to treat
symptoms such as dry skin, eczema, dandruff, candida, joint aches, etc., which  were not caused by a lack of oils (no known
symptom is actually caused by a lack of oil), is totally nonsensical.
Rather than treat or suppress the symptoms of any condition, it is always  a healthier strategy to remove the causes of the
condition. True health is created from the inside out, not through lotions, pot ions, or other aids. Increasing the amount of high-water-
content fruits and vegetables while reducing fat consumption to a hea lthful range is the foundation for creating a healthful life.
Eating for health requires a shift in thinking, from “is this good for me ” to “what am I designed for?” No matter how we look at
it, oil is simply not necessary in our diet and should never be considered a he alth food (or even a food, in my opinion).

10% Fat for Health
If you are relatively new to the idea of monitoring your caloronutrient  ratio, bringing your total fat consumption down to the
teens (under 20%) is an excellent initial goal. You can accomplish th is by just calculating the fat in your nuts/seeds/avocados/etc.,
without factoring in the covert fats in your low-fat fruits and vege tables. These foods add only a negligible amount of fat to the daily
intake—just a few percentage points total.
As eating a greater volume of fruits and vegetables gets easier, you  may decide that it is worth your effort to track the covert
as well as the overt fats for a short time, in order to get a more realisti c view of your total fat consumption. You may find that you
need to be vigilant in monitoring fat intake, at least at first, because  fat calories are more concentrated than carbohydrate or protein
calories and therefore, are easy to miss.

The Caloronutrient Seesaw
A truly healthy diet is well balanced in nutrients, but the balance i s not the one we have been taught. Eating 80% + of calories
from carbohydrates, with fat and protein in the upper single digits, a ctually balances what I term “the caloronutrient seesaw” quit e
nicely.

In the graphic above, protein is the fulcrum, and fat weighs so heavy on our  system that just a little bit goes a very long way. A
balanced caloronutrient seesaw would be 80% + carbs, with single-digit (less than 10%) protein and fats.  When this ratio comes from
whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic, plants, all the rest of your food-related nut rients will be consumed in the optimum quantities for
human health.

Chapter 8. The Big Surprise: Raw Fooders Average 60 %+ Fat!

As is true of new vegetarians or vegans, when people initially begin i ncorporating raw foods into their diets, they almost
automatically gravitate toward foods of similar composition to the ones th ey are used to, in order to feel satisfied. With delight and
abandon, they eat their fill of luscious raw concoctions that are treme ndously rich and difficult to digest, certain that they have
reached “nutrition nirvana.” In the back of their minds, they may re call someone having mentioned that these are “transitional” or
“celebration” foods, but today they are still celebrating their tr ansition … and what a party it is!
Can you make raw pizza? Sure, that’s easy. Y ou can find hundreds of pi zza recipes among the dozens of raw websites and
recipe books available today. Virtually any dish from any cuisine can be re plicated using only raw ingredients.
In some parts of the U.S. and abroad, it is becoming easier and easier to jump on th e raw food bandwagon. The raw-curious
can dip their toes into an ever-expanding array of potlucks, food-preparation w orkshops, chef trainings, and prepared food
offerings being presented by local raw chefs, speakers, and food ven dors. Prepackaged raw snacks, desserts, and entrées are
becoming popular in many health-food stores, sometimes meriting a secti on of their own with multiple rows of taste sensations. And
it seems a new raw restaurant, or at least a deli with a few raw options, opens every week in some area of the country.
For those with computer access, virtual communities and online discu ssion boards abound, and it doesn’t take much searching
to find plenty of helpful support (and confusing information) for your new en deavor. And if you can afford the luxury of travel, you
can find raw retreats, festivals, and educational events taking pl ace across the globe year ’round.
Unbeknownst to the new raw food enthusiast, however, virtually every spe aker they are likely to hear and every food they are
likely to taste will lead them down a garden path to a raw diet that at le ast equals—and often far surpasses—the fat content of
mainstream American fare, in terms of percentage of calories cons umed.
Yes, you read that correctly: Almost across the board, raw fooders rank righ t up there with the burgers-and-fries crowd when
it comes to ingesting fat, almost always consuming 50% of their calorie s as fat, usually far more. I see it all the time: raw fooders who
eat a chocolate-coconut-almond shake or a fruit-and-flax-oil smoothie f or breakfast, a nut pâté for lunch with an oil-drenched,
avocado-laden salad on the side, glorious granola bars or slices of fruit sla thered with nut butter as snacks, and tahini-dressed
greens and sprouts for