 -or, perhaps, the hope-of
science that all aspects of Nature arc open to examination by the
experimental method. It is true that, for centuries, this method
has been limited to certain aspects of Nature. But it has been so
successful that science sees no reason why, eventually, it should
not be extended to all aspects. Curiously enough, the scientific method is not confined to
science but is something by which most of us live all the time. First of all we find out all we can about a problem as a basis for
its solution; and, in the process somewhere along the line, we
see some unsuspected relationships between the facts we have un
covered. Then we have a hunch, a guess, a dream or, to use a
technical term, a hypothesis, though nobody knows how these
crea tive ideas arise. This hunch or hypothesis suggests some logical deductions,
which we can check in various ways to see if they offer a solu
tion to our problem. In a physics laboratory it is not too hard to check a hypothesis
by rigidly controlled experiments and, if these support it, it is
generally assumed that it is correct. But when it comes to human
problems or the problems of other living organisms it is usually
much more difficult to check an hypothesis. In any event we should not make the mistake of assuming that
because experiments support the hypothesis the latter is the
only one those experiments could support. This makes it difficult
to achieve any final, conclusive answer, which is probably just
as well because if it were easy to get unequivocal, demonstrated
answers to everything we would lose a lot of the fun of living. This process-fa ct-finding, hypothesis, deduction and experi
ment-is one in which most of us engage all the time. For ex
ample, on the basis of our knowledge of the performance of the
horses running at Louisville, we make the logical deduction that
Northern Dancer will win the stakes and place our bet that this
will happen. If the horse wins we assume that our guess, hunch
or hypothesis was valid. If he loses, we have to accept that it was
not. This is true not only of horse-races and ball-games but also of
almost every other aspect of the activity of the mind of man. An
24 AN ADVEN TURE IN SC IENCE
artist sees in the beauty of the world around him something
which he thinks is important and at once begins to depict it. An
author has an idea which he expresses in writing. The musician
conceives a piece of music and composes it. We all do the same
thing in our various forms of activity. But it is often difficult to
know if our original idea was a good one. 1£ the picture is purchased, if the book becomes a best-seller
and if the music is played all over the country, the creators of
these things can assume-within limits-that their original flight
of imagination was worthwhile. But such confirmation is not
always available and, if it is not, that does not necessarily prove
that the flight of imagination was worthless because many im
portant ideas have lain dormant or unrecognized for many years. There is nothing mysterious, then, about the way in which
scientists attempt to discover natural laws. We all use the same
method but scientists enjoy an advantage over non-scientists : it
is usually easier for them to check their hunches by experiments. For both scientists and non-scientists, problem-solving must al
ways be a developing, growing process, subject to change as
knowledge and understanding increase. To say, therefore, that
something has been proven is often questionable, except in a few
cases, such as the law of gravity, which we can say have been
proven beyond question. To increase the number of things which
can be regarded as proven is, of course, the ultimate desire of all
students of the Universe, but that desire is not often achieved. To some this may seem a pessimistic approach, depriving man
of his essential dignity. This is, of course, far from the truth be
cause the complexity of the Universe and its component parts is
so great that the mind of any individual can only analyse a few
of the complexities and interpret them in the light of such in
formation as may be available. A modest approach to an under
standing of the Universe does not impair human dignity-it
enhances it. Moreover, it is the only approach likely to succeed
because Nature seems reluctant to reveal her secrets to the in
tellectually arrogant. These, then, are the methods and the approach which have
been adopted in the present adventure in science. CHAP TER TWO
The Course and the Compass
1
In the previous chapter we outlined some of the results of this
adventure in science. But it should be emphasized that when we
set out we knew what we hoped to find but had no certainty of
finding it. For science is a trip across unchart ed seas to a goal which lies
beyond the horizon. We do not know the ultimate goal. All we
can hope for is that there is some goal which we ourselves can
reach or, if we cannot find it, that we can get near enough to it
to learn some more about it and to pave the way for others to
follow us. Though he already knows some of the things we found, the
reader may be interested to know how we found them, as an
illustration of the scientific method, just as many are interested
to read an account of some expedition, of which they already
know the result. However uncertain the ultimate goal, we could not, of course,
set sail at random. Like all explorers we had to have some idea
of what we were looking for, even though we realized that we
might not find it or might come upon something we never
thought of, like an early explorer who thought he was on the
way to China and found what today is Montreal. As explained in the last chapter we had to assemble all the
facts we could, to seek some connection between them and then
to formulate a hunch or hypothesis which we hoped to prove by
our voyage of discovery. Before we could set out, however, we had to look for the best
navigational instruments we could find to keep us on our pro
jected course. 26 THE CO URSE AND THE COMPASS
2
Since the time of Galvani there have been innumerable studies
of living organisms, all of which make it abundant ly clear that
all living organisms possess electrical properties. In our own day
and generation, brain waves, heart waves, concomitants of ner
vous impulses, of muscle contraction and of glandular activity
have filled the literature with a great deal of exceedingly import
ant information. The meaning of all these phenomena has been
worked out almost entirely on an empirical basis. Relations of
electrical phenomena with many biological functions in health
and in disease have been observed. There has been no general underlying theory, however, of
the nature and the meaning of the recorded electrical changes,
except in so far as they can be explained by their consequences. The reason for this is fairly obvious: Modern emphasis on en
tities, on fluid forms, atomicity and discontinuity, has dominated
biological thought. Galileo had no sooner developed his physical and mechanical
theory of the inorganic universe, than Harvey proceeded to apply
physical and mechanical conceptions to living creatures in the
discovery of the circulation of the blood. Levoisier revealed the
chemical character of respiration in metabolism in living things
at the same time that he placed chemistry upon a secure founda
tion with the discovery of the principle of the conservation of
mass. Gradually, with Liebig and a vast army of physiological
chemists, the chemical nature of living creatures became more
and more evident. It is to be noted that this is a distinctly modern emphasis. Chemistry rests upon a discontinuous, atomic conception of
nature. Atomism, in its traditional interpretation, involved an
emphasis on entities, rather than upon structure, and on con
stituent elements, rather than on the whole. This attitude of
mind has gone all through biology even where no thought has
been given to the chemical nature of the processes or factors con
sidered. Practically a century ago, Schleiden and Schwann dis-
27 THE COURS E AND THE COMP ASS
covered the cellular nature of plants and animals. Here, sup
posedly, was the ultimate biological atom. More recently, em
phasis has shifted from the cell to the gene, and from that to the
highly complex protein molecule capable of replication. But even
so, the emphasis is still on entities. It is to be noted that this entire development involved the
carrying over into biology of a philosophical standpoint which
was discovered and clearly formulated first in physics and
chemistry. There can be no doubt of its success or its validity. There is nothing to date to indicate that biologists should hesitate
to follow the lead which the mature and exact science of physics
gives them. But, if they are faithfully to follow this lead, it is
clear that a slight change of emphasis should corne into biological
theory. For in physics the former emphasis on entities rather than
on organization, upon discontinuity, rather than upon contin
uity, upon local systems, rather than upon their status in the
total field of nature as a whole, has been found to need a radical
and thoroughgoing supplementation. The word supplementation is to be emphasized, for modern
standpoints have not


 grew up. So I read Plato in
the meantime while I waited to grow up. You weren’ t grown up until you
were this high, and I was only this high, so I just had to sit in a chair and
read Plato by myself. I thought childhood was quite boring. There wasn’ t
anything particular in childhood I needed to undo. The disasters didn’ t start
until later in life. So you can see you may get a dif ferent position about your physical life
this time. It might give you a dif ferent way to maybe respect yourself
instead of kicking yourself. Instead of kicking yourself for errors, you might
say to yourself, you can recontextualize it; that this was a dif ferent way of
looking at it, a dif ferent way of learning, a dif ferent choice. And I turned it
down this time. This time you turn down great wealth, let’ s say. You lostyour shirt in the stock market. Oh, gee, high-tech stocks are just not the way
to financial heaven, I guess, right? All of us live and learn. We try to gain
what we can from this lifetime. We can turn this lifetime, no matter what,
into a plus, to extract that which is spiritually valuable out of every iota of
it. A lot of times, you can surprise yourself. A guy stole a lot of money from you, let’ s say. You discovered that
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        If you realize it is just
the persistence of the animal, you can get of f moralizing about it. And if
you can get of f moralizing about it, you can avoid spiritual guilt. If you’ve
listened to enough confessions, you’ll realize that everybody’ s ego is the
same. The next penitent in the booth is just going to tell you the same thing
the last 10 thousand told you. “I lied to my mother. ” “I cheated on my
wife. ” “I’m lusting after my secretary. ” “I took pens home from the of fice. ”
“I stole paper clips. ” I mean, what does the ego do. It’ s acquisitive, huh. And it’ s carnal. And it’ s lascivious and libidinous, and it gets hooked on
those things. So the dif ficulty with addiction is, it gets hooked on it. So, the first thing we do is try to grasp the totality of the ego, and the best
way is to contextualize how it evolved throughout all of history, which is
what I’m doing in this current book. The reason I disagree with the textbook
—I like A Course in Miracles ; I think it’ s a great thing. I mean, it just blows
you out when you read the sentence, “My thoughts don’ t mean anything. ”
Whoa. Somebody with a college education—“ my thoughts don’ t mean
anything. ” I drove a cab all those years to polish up my thoughts, and now
you tell me they don’ t mean anything. Well, because spiritually motivated
people are generally in the 400s, I like A Course in Miracles  because it
tends to disassemble the ego as the great thing at which we genuflect. I
mean, “My thoughts don’ t mean anything”; that’ s my favorite from A
Course in Miracles. But I don’ t like the textbook, because the textbook, I
think, was sourced from a somewhat dif ferent source than the workbook. It
tends to polarize one with the ego and pictures the ego as one’ s enemy, an
evil enemy. The animal isn’ t evil; it’ s just animal. The willingness to surrender the lesser for the greater is all that’ s
required: the willingness to question the validity of anything below 200. Let’s say you hate somebody, and that hate is “justified. ” In fact, as a matter
of fact, you don’ t have to go over and over the fact that it’ s justified; you
should grant the ego its wish right in the beginning and say, “Yes, it is
justified. ” It is justified. He ran of f with your wife, ruined your business,
burned down your house, and you’re pissed at him, right. That’ s that oldjoke: The guy standing on the street corner, and his wife has run of f, his
house has burned down, he’ s been fired, and he says, “I don’ t know, God,
why me. ” And he hears this voice coming out of the heavens: “I don’ t
know, Geor ge, there’ s just something about you pisses me of f. ” Nothing
like bad karma to turn a guy into an atheist, huh. So, how can the ego be surrendered to God. First is to become
acquainted with what is the ego. It’ s a persistence of the animal instinct, but
now elaborated through mind, the intellect, and given authenticity by the
mutual agreement of society. For many years I ignored current events. I
didn’ t read a newspaper or listen to radio for years and years. Somebody did
a make-wrong about it, and I bought it. I let go of the make-wrong about
paying attention to the world. That make-wrong is a misinterpretation of the
calibrated level of 700, where, let’ s say, Ramana Maharshi says, “There is
no point in trying to change the world, because the world that you see
doesn’ t exist,” which is true within a certain context. Within another
context, the world is the drama of the ego. I find it fascinating, because
what you see is every ego mechanism played out on a grand stage. So if you
want to understand your ego, what you try to do is comprehend what goes
on in the world and see it in terms of the ego, and you then understand
yourself. And you understand the fallacy of the many positions that pertain
and are popularized in society—you see right through the fallacy in a way
that is expressible through languaging. From the nonlinear domain, you see
the idiocy of it. You don’ t see it as idiocy, but you see beyond it; but you
can’t explain it. It takes years to learn how to relanguage things in a fluent
way to explain that which is obvious so that it makes sense to the intellect. Being a student of the world, then, you’re really a student of the ego. Letting go wanting to change it in the world comes about as a willingness to
letting it go within yourself and vice versa. For giving the world and
forgiving yourself are one and the same thing because the world is just a
projection of the ego. You might say, “Well, it’ s not my ego. ” Well, it’ s the
collective ego. So you might as well take on the collective ego and do
everybody a favor, you know. All the people who haven’ t gotten around to
surrendering their ego, you surrender it for them, and they get jacks for
openers—they get into heaven right of f the bat. You did it for them. Well,
we say that in a jocular fashion, but that’ s a fact: that every step you take
forward spiritually benefits all of mankind. One person that you for give already af fects the consciousness level of all
of mankind. “That’ s so: resist” (T rue). “Therefore, everyone is a savior,
potential savior: resist” (T rue). Everyone is a potential savior. Each and
every one of us, as we for give that one person that we hated—we could
chop them in small pieces and flush them, because they deserve it. You
can’t pretend they didn’ t deserve it, and you can’ t pretend they didn’ t do it. It’s a fact they did, and they probably do deserve it. But despite that, you
still for give them. That’ s where the jump is. All right. That comes out of the
willingness. The intention, then, to make these moves comes about from—first of all,
it comes about through the heart. I usually don’ t talk about the heart,
because it makes things very short. When you bring up the heart—good-
bye. I sit on the heart. I also have to sit on the mind, but the mind is easier
to sit on than the heart. To keep the mind functioning in languaging
comprehensible to the world took a great deal of ef fort; it took me many
years. The willingness to make these steps comes from the heart. It’ s
because of the innate Love of God you’re willing to surrender the hatred. You understand. You don’ t do it because you intellectually understand that
it’s a necessary step to reach Enlightenment. The willingness to surrender
everything to God, including one’ s justified hatreds, is strong enough that it
brings you to the willingness to surrender them. The willingness to
surrender all to God is the all-fire in the middle of it all. It allows you to
walk into a hail of bullets—literally to walk into a hail of bullets. “For
Thee, O God, I do die with


 I’ve	never
seen	a	relationship	that	was	all	one	person’s	issues,	so	I’m	making	no
judgment	here	on	either	person’s	behavior. But	I	can	say	from	having	walked
alongside	her	that	her	path	was	the	path	of	forgiveness	…	and	it	paid	off. Did
she	go	through	a	year	of	hell. Yes,	she	did. But	her	consistent	efforts	to	bless
and	forgive	her	ex-husband—a	man	whom	she	refused	to	cast	out	of	her
heart,	although	he	seemed	to	have	cast	her	out	of	his—was	not	only	inspiring
to	witness,	but	demonstrative	of	the	way	that	forgiveness	works	miracles. She
continued	to	lay	claim	to	the	love	between	them,	regardless	of	the	fact	that	the
form	of	the	relationship	was	being	torn	apart. She	was	hurt,	but	not	bitter. She
continued	to	have	faith. He	could	leave	the	marriage,	but	she	would	not	give
up	on	the	love	between	them. And	within	18	months,	they’d	swung	full	circle. They	were	no	longer	married,	but	the	friendship	survived. That	was	important	for	Gina,	not	just	so	she	could	be	at	peace	with	her	past
marriage	but	so	she	could	be	at	peace	with	any	man	she	met	afterward. If
bitterness	in	our	past	is	brought	into	the	present,	it	then	sabotages	our	future. Even	in	the	midst	of	her	divorce,	my	daughter	and	I	would	joke	that	Gina	was
a	man	magnet. And	we	could	understand	why. Allowing	herself	to	feel	her
pain	without	defending	against	it,	she	grew	suppler	instead	of	tougher. She
didn’t	harden	at	the	loss	of	love,	the	way	some	people	do. I	watched	her
mature,	but	I	never	saw	her	harden. And	love	kept	rushing	in. You	can	live	the	rest	of	your	life	reacting	to	and	replaying	what	went
before,	but	that	won’t	serve	you	or	deliver	you	to	the	shining	place. And
everyone	you	meet	will	subconsciously	know	how	you’ve	responded	to	your
past. They	will	know	whether	you’re	stuck	there	or	better	for	having	been
there. “Forgive	and	forget”	is	not	mere	platitude. Many	say,	“Yes,	I	do
forgive,	but	I	will	never	forget. ”	Beware	that	sentiment,	for	it	leaves	you
subtly	in	the	thrall	of	suffering. Do	forget	what	was	done	to	you;	just
remember	the	lessons	you	learned	from	it. Drop	the	cross. Embrace	the	sky. Dear	God,
Please	teach	me
how	to	forgive. Show	me	the	innocence	in	others,
and	the	innocence	in	myself. I	surrender	to	You
my	judgmental	thoughts. May	see	beyond	them
to	the	gentle	peace
that	only	forgiveness	brings. Amen
T
HE	FEAR-BASED	EGO	GATHERS	EVIDENCE	AT	EVERY	TURN
,	making	forgiveness	hard. The
ego	is	obsessed	with	two	big	cases:	one	against	everybody	else,	and	one
against	you. Sometimes	the	face	at	the	center	of	your	bull’seye	doesn’t	belong	to	anyoneelse. Yours	is	the	name	on	the	docket	of	the	case	you	feel	compelled	to
prosecute—you,	for	your	past	errors;	you,	for	your	past	stupidity;	you,	for
your	past	immaturity;	you,	for	your	past	irresponsibility;	you,	for	just	being
you. Prosecutorial	witnesses	are	everywhere,	and	the	courtroom	is	in	your	head. The	ego	is	not	on	a	search	for	justice	but	for	guilt,	for	that	is	what	it	feeds	on. Its	case	against	you	is	not	just	based	on	the	notion	that	you	did	something
wrong,	but	that	in	some	fundamental	way	you
are
	wrong. That’s	a	hard	rap	to
beat. Who	could	ever	sleep	well	if	convinced	that	everything	about	them	is
just
wrong. You	feel	you’ve	blown	it	on	so	many	levels,	in	so	many	ways,	and	on	some
nights	for	whatever	reason	it	all	comes	back	so	clearly. …	What	a	lovely	life,
having	20-year-old	bad	memories	shooting	through	your	brain	like	bazookas
from	hell—which,	in	a	way,	they	are. And	you	have	nowhere	to	put	them
except	in	that	big	fat	file	called	“All	the	Ways	I	Screwed	Up. ”	How	can	you
feel	that	there’s	goodness	ahead	when	you	feel	that	in	the	past	you	have	been
so	bad. How	can	you	have	much	hope	for	the	future	when	your	take	on	the
past	is	so	relentlessly	vicious. And	how	can	you	really	defend	yourself
against	a	ruthless	prosecutor	who	is	an	aspect	of	yourself. You	know	the	religious	image	of	“burning	in	hell	forever”. Well,	now	you
know	what	it	means:	anxiety	and	guilt	and	self-hatred	without	end. It	wasn’t
God	who	sent	you	there,	but	rather	the	enemy	in	your	own	mind. The	ego,	the
fear-based	self,	the	shadow—whatever	name	you	choose	to	call	it—is	on
active	patrol	to	burn	down	your	peace	of	mind. The	reason	for	faith	that	you	can	and	will	escape	those	flames	is	that	God
guarantees	your	fundamental	innocence. He	created	you	innocent,	and	what
He	creates	is	changeless	and	indestructible. Have	you	made	mistakes. Who
hasn’t. But	God’s	will	is	to	correct	our	mistakes,	not	punish	us	for	them. We
are	punished
by
	our	sins,	not	for	them. It’s	the	ego	that	both	sets	us	up	to	do
the	wrong	thing	and	then	punishes	us	savagely	for	having	done	so. An	all-merciful	God	has	already	dismissed	every	case	against	you	before
the	ego	has	a	chance	to	mount	it. Your	mistakes,	no	matter	how	bad	you
might	think	they	were,	did	not	emanate	from	your	self	as	He	created	you. That’s	why	remembering	who	you	truly	are	is	the	key	to	deliverance	from	the
flames	of	self-condemnation. You’re	no	better	or	worse	than	anyone	else. No	matter	how	much	you
might	regret	your	past,	there’s	someone	out	there	who	regrets	his	or	hersmore. The	path	to	happiness	is	not	determined	by	whether	or	not	we	made
mistakes	in	the	past. What	paves	the	way	to	happiness	is	whether	or	not	we
turn	our	mistakes	into	catalysts	for	personal	growth	and	illumination. Think	of	everything	you’ve	ever	been	through,	and	try	to	reinterpret	it
gently. All	the	love	you	ever	gave	was	real. All	the	love	anyone	ever	gave	you
was	real. Everything	else	was	simply	an	illusion,	no	matter	how	bitter	or	cruel
it	might	have	been	in	your	experience. I’m	not	going	to	insult	you	by	saying,	“Just	forgive	yourself. ”	God	forgives
you,	because	He	never	saw	you	as	anything	but	innocent. Your	mistakes	did
not	change	the	ultimate	truth	about	you	or	alter	the	permanent	nature	of	God’s
universe. Your


Courage, the arrows are at neutraL They then go
upwards as they move into areas oflovingness, indicat
229 230 HEALING AND RECOVERY
ing that these energy fields nurture and support life
and are aligned with truth. In the time of acute catastrophic experiences, life
abruptly becomes a nightmare, and one is suddenly
overwhelmed by an emotional storm. However, tech
niques are available to handle these acute events; to
shorten their duration, to relieve the pain and suffer
ing, and to diminish the stress to the minimum. All these major life experiences have something in
common in that they all represent an acute catastroph
ic loss to the mind and a threat to survival.They indi
cate a major change and have in common the feeling of
powerlessness due to their fmality and permanency. The mind perceives that it is stopped and cannot do
anything about them. It is this phenomenon of the per
manence of being stopped and that one is powerless
and cannot change the event that contributes to the
intensity of the acute upset. How to handle it will
depend on one's orientation to the subject and one's
knowledge of the whole field of consciousness. All these experiences unleash a storm of negative
feelings, such as shock, disbelief, denial, anger, guilt,
tenseness, self-blame, resentment, being undone or
abandoned, rage at God and oneself, self-pity, rage at the
world, and rage at the family. All these negative emo
tions surface and come on at once, sometimes in
sequence and sometimes in combination, but in gener
al, there is the massive overwhelm of the negative emo
tions of separation, loss, and intensity that all the expe
riences share in common. First, there is the sequencing of shock and then
resentment, disbelief, and anger. The sequencing of 231 HANDLIN G MAJaR C RI SES
these emotions varies from experience to experience
and from person to person; the exact sequencing is
immaterial. The significance is that they unleash every
thing at the bottom of the Map of Consciousness. The energy fields at the bottom of the Map are in
a negative direction, and when one of these energy
fields becomes strong, it tends to pull the rest below
level 200 down with it.The grief over loss then seems
to bring guilt with it, along with a sense of hopeless
ness, a fear of the future, a desire to change the whole
event, and anger. The whole negative energy field is
unleashed in one giant emergency. The problem is
really that of being disorganized by the massive
unleashing of energies. The mind tries to use reason to handle these ener
gies. It tries to think: its way out of the dilemma and
looks for explanations and reasons. The mind cannot
succeed in this because the energy-field overwhelm is
so massive that the thoughts really become a reflection
of the negativity of the field; therefore, the thoughts
themselves become negative. Another characteristic common to all these experi
ences is that they are all at the top of life-stress rating
scaleS, which numerically rate the degree of stress of
certain life events from zero to 100. The ones men
tioned earlier are at the top of the list. The death of a
spouse, a child, or family member, along with divorce,
are at the top of that scale, so they are all the maximal
catastrophes that we can face in our overall experience
of life.The problem to explore is how to convert them
into acute gains, how to maximize them, and how to use
them as springboards for major leaps in consciousness. 232 HEALING AND RECOVERY
It is necessary to again review consciousness itself
and the relationship between body, mind, and spirit. What is the exact nature of that relationship and how
can it help us to learn how to handle major crises? As
mentioned previously, the body is unable to experi
ence itself.The body just is, and it is actually insentient. We know where the body is because of sensations. We
don't experience the body; instead, we experience the
sensations of the body. Sensations themselves have no
way of being experienced but are experienced in
something greater than themselves, which is in the
mind. Our awareness of what is going on in the body
occurs because it is being reported and experienced
within mind.'Mind has no capacity to experience itself. That
seems like a shocking thought, but a memory cannot
experience its own memoryness, a thought cannot
experience its own thoughtness, and feelings cannot
experience their own feelingness. This is because they
are experienced in something greater than mind,
which is consciousness itself. Because of conscious
ness, one is aware of what is going on in the mind. Mind then reports what is going on with sensations,
and sensations report what is going on with the body. Therefore, the experiencing is several levels removed·
from the body itself. In line with this, consciousness
itself is unable to actually experience itself. It is
because of the energy field of awareness that we are
able to know what is going on within consciousness. It
reports what is going on in sensations and then reports
what is going on with the body. Therefore, where we
experience experiences is considerably removed from HAN D LIN G MAJ OR eRr SES 233
the physical body itself. ~ecause experiencing is going on within con
sciousness, we can address the solution for human
problems directly within the field of consciousness,
thereby effectively shortening and relieving the
amount of pain and suffering and bringing about a far
more effective result.The results of this technique and
approach were demonstrated in the handling of physi
cal pain, sickness, suffering, depression, anxiety, and
fear. The same technique will work in meeting these
acute emotional catastrophic emergencies since where
one actually lives is in the experiencing of one's own
experiencing. A person thinks,"Well, I live in the world. I'm expe
riencing the world," but what is really being registered
is one's experience of that experience (e.g., the 'expe
riencer'). We can handle anything if we address this
exact focus. Ifwe focus on where we are experiencing
experience, we can handle things with precision. In
moments and minutes, we can handle things that
would take weeks, months, years, and, in fact, even life
times. We can handle within an hour something that
others have been unable to handle over an entire life
time. We know people who have experienced these
catastrophic events in early life, and when we see them
at an older age, it is still not over for them.The resent
ment, bitterness, anger, disillusionment, rage, and the
major decisions that come out of those negative feel
ings are still with the person fifty years later. It is as
though the event happened yesterday; it is still
unhealed and undone, and the knowledge of how to
handle the overwhelm has not been available to them. 234 HEALING AND RECOVERY
We will relate how to handle the overwhelm at the
level where it is being experienced.We look at the field
of experiencing to be aware of where experiencing is
happening. It is not happening out in the world, in
one's foot, or in one's stomach. It is happening within
consciousness. As one examines where one experi
ences experience, one will fmd that it is everywhere. One does not experience things in a focal point; that is
a belief system ofthe mind. For: example, I ask someone
who is not aware of this, "Where do you experience
your thoughts?" Out of habit the person points to their
head and says, "Here." That is a belief system-one's
thoughts about thoughts. One thinks their thoughts are
in their head, but that is only a thought. Where does
one actually think the thought that one believes is
thought in the head? As one really considers this with
a little contemplation and reflection, one will see that
the actual experiencing is diffuse and going on every
where. One could not put their fmger on any particu
lar place where experience is happening. It is simulta
neously everywhere and nowhere. Working with that point will reveal something sur
prising which makes this kind of work precise. I know
this because I have worked with it clinically for over
fifty years, and because I have been through most of
the major life crises. In fact, a few years ago, I went
through a half dozen and will share my experience of
the truth of these things because one can experience
all of them within oneself. It is surprising that the only thing to be handled in
these acute catastrophic events is the energy of the
emotions themselves. Ifwe look at the experience, we HANDLING MAJOR CRISES 235
see it is not the event that happened or we think hap
pened in the world that is the problem but the way we
feel about it.Who cares about facts? They do not mean
anything in and of themselves. It is one's emotional
reaction to the fact. The fact is only a fact, a 'nothing'. How we feel about the fact is therefore the only thing
we really ever have to handle about the events in life.


 significance of the Immune System in the context of the Gerson Therapy?,
A: The Immune System is a vital component of the Gerson Therapy, as it is a crucial part of the body's defenses and plays a central role in the healing process.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>As mentioned before, the human organism evolved over millions of years as part of Nature,
alongside plants and animals. It was only exposed to natural substances: environment, food,
shelter contained nothing artificial or alien. Not that our remotest ancestors enjoyed a Golden
Age. Their lives were undoubtedly hard and short, but their slow evolution was totally natural,
well adapted to the world they lived in. Changes set in with civilization, but they only became drastic and rapid after the arrival of
the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century. A second wave of even more drastic innovations
followed in the developed world after World War II in the mid-20th century, changing people’s
daily lives, working routine, living conditions, and, above all, their diet, the most important factor
affecting us all. The huge development of commercial agriculture and the apparently limitless
expansion of the food industry changed our “daily bread” almost beyond recognition. However—
and this is the main point—the infinitely complex human organism hasn’t had time to adapt
and adjust to these fundamental changes and therefore its defenses can’t cope with the multiple
challenges facing them. They fight to keep functioning normally, but undermined by polluted air,
water and wrong food they break down sooner or later. Unfortunately for each new generation the
breakdown now comes sooner. In this chapter we shall examine the causes of the breakdown in more detail. Chemical Agriculture
 Artificial fertilizers have been in increasing use for well over 150 years, damaging and
impoverishing the soil and the micro-organisms on which the health of the soil and of all plant life
depends. Plants, in turn, are the food of animals and humans, and their reduced nutritional value
has far-reaching effects. Dr. Gerson was one of the few visionary scientists who realized early on
that there was a definite link between dietary deficiencies and diseases—and between diseases Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 3 2Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comand a sick, depleted soil. He wrote: “There is an external and an internal metabolism upon which
all life depends; both are closely and inextricably connected with each other; furthermore, the
reserves of both are not inexhaustible.”1
 Once the reserves of the soil were exhausted, the plants also began to sicken. Having become
deficient, they lost much of their defenses against pests, rust, fungi and a multitude of other
invaders. Hence fungicides, pesticides, and other toxic chemicals were developed to overcome
the attackers. Of course it was assumed that these agrochemicals were harmless if applied ‘as
directed.’ Unfortunately this was not the case. The heavy pesticides, specifically DDT, were first distributed halfway through World War II,
around 1943. As Dr. Gerson reports in his book, this and other toxic materials were found in meat,
butter, milk, and even mother’s milk within 18 months! Subsequently it became clear that the toxic agrochemicals were also penetrating into the soil
and the water table. What this meant can be seen today in several areas of California, heavily
treated with huge amounts of pesticides every year, where the water and the soil are so toxic that
an epidemic of primary liver cancer has hit children who played outdoors. But the situation has gone from bad to worse. After DDT had been used for some time, the
insect pests became resistant to it, so that heavier, even more toxic materials, such as Dieldrin,
had to be produced. At the same time it transpired that the human body was not able to develop
a resistance to those poisons. Their effect on adults is bad enough; tragically embryos, tiny babies
and small children with their delicate constitutions suffer more serious damage to their developing
bodies. That is one of the reasons why the cancer mortality of children has risen greatly, so that
cancer is now the No.1 Killer of children under 17 (some ten years ago it was accidents). It is
a sobering thought that cancer, formerly a degenerative disease of the elderly, is now afflicting
children. Needless to say, the cancer incidence among the general public is increasing at a much
faster rate. To illustrate the extent and speed of the increase, it is worth recalling that in 1937, when the
Gerson family had just settled in the U.S., posters at street corners proclaimed that one person in
14 died of cancer. In 1971, President Nixon declared “War on Cancer,” and assured the public that
if enough money were spent on research, a cancer cure would be found. In that year some 220,000
people died of cancer. 25 years later, in 1996, USA Today  published the result of the research. That year, after 39 billion dollars were spent, 560,000 people died of cancer. The research had
been done on chemicals, more and more toxic chemotherapy drugs, not nutrition. As a matter
of interest, today one in three people are expected to develop cancer and, according to British
estimates, that proportion is moving towards one in two. Over the years the harmful effects of agrochemicals in food have become better understood. A Swedish study2 produced evidence to show that non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is linked Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 3 3Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comto pesticides. (An earlier study in 1981 specified phenoxy herbicides as the culprit). Another
herbicide implicated in the increased incidence of NHL is glyphosate, marketed by Monsanto
under the trade name of Roundup. Rather alarmingly this poison is now incorporated in the
genetically altered seed produced by Monsanto, allegedly “to save the spreading of pesticides.” An
earlier study by the same Swedish group has implicated Roundup in causing hairy cell leukemia,
while animal studies have shown that Roundup can cause gene mutation and chromosomal
aberrations. The pesticide DDE, a breakdown by-product of DDT, is known to interfere with male sexual
development by de-activating the male sex hormone testosterone. Throughout Europe male
fertility, measured by sperm count, is in decline. (The highest sperm count was found among
Danish organic farmers who have no contact with toxic agrochemicals.) Equally alarming is the
spread of breast cancer among women of all age groups. In the UK alone, every week some 300
women die of the disease, and at least 750 are newly diagnosed with it. Although other factors
also contribute to this trend, the effects of agrochemicals cannot be discounted. As if dealing with the existing problems caused by agrochemicals were not enough, human
health is facing the further threat posed by Genetically Modified (GM) food. This is an area where
the conflict between powerful commercial interests and public health has come out into the open,
despite GM-producer Monsanto’s best efforts to suppress data casting serious doubts on the safety
of GM foods for human consumption3. This is in keeping with the normal routine of agrochemical
manufacturers who invariably set out to prove the safety of one or another of their products. But
anyone on an average modern diet is bound to consume the residues of several toxic substances
contained in fruits and vegetables, yet no-one has ever researched the cumulative effect of this
kind of toxic cocktail. The picture is gloomy. Yet all is not lost. From small beginnings the organic production of
fruits and vegetables has grown exponentially in recent years, allowing the enlightened consumer
to live on poison-free produce. Organic food, grown on traditionally fertilized soil, has the further
advantage of containing all the minerals, trace elements, enzymes and vitamins needed for good
health. This is why, in order to achieve healing, Gerson patients must use nothing but organic
produce. Enough has been said to show the vicious circle in which people on an average modern diet
are caught. Living on toxin-rich but nutrient-poor food, especially “fast food,” in due course
people begin to suffer from headaches, arthritis, insomnia, depression, frequent colds, infections,
digestive problems, and more. So they use more over-the-counter drugs, while doctors prescribe
more painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-depressants and other symptom-relieving drugs, which don’t
deal with the underlying problems. As all drugs are liver-toxic in the long run, the body’s defenses are weakened and eventually
break down. The link between the sick soil and the sick human being is painfully obvious. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 3 4Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comDrugs
One of the first duties of the physician is to educate
the masses not to take medicine. -Sir William Osler, 1849-1919
Medical Historian, called
“the most influential physician of his


 sulph., potassium sulphate
Found in these tissues:
 Found in all tissues, especially in brain and
nerve tissue, muscle and blood cells, metabolism. Antiseptic in
nature. Deficiency
: Diabetes, especially in low brain and nerve function, low
vitality and endurance, low metabolism syndromes, microbial
overgrowths (like Candida
albicans), intestinal, etc., putrefactive
conditions, poor memory, Alzheimer’s, low adrenal function
affecting neuro-transmitters. Sulphate of soda
Other names
:
Natrum sulphuricum,
 nat. sulph., sodium sulphate
Found in these tissues:
 Intercellular fluids, works with sodium chloride
in balancing the body’s intercellular and extracellular fluids, acts as a
stimulant to the nervous system, pancreas, liver, intestines, etc. Promotes digestion through pancreatic function. Deficiency
: Dehydration, malabsorption, starvation, constipation,
sluggish digestion, diabetes, sluggish liver and gallbladder (jaundice,
etc.) asthma, vertigo and nausea. MODULE 3.7
Phytochemicals
“Phyto” means “plant.” Phytochemicals refer to the thousands of compounds
naturally contained within plants and fruits. This module will list and explain
some of these, but keep in mind that this is only a partial list. New ones are
being found every day, as humans will forever be discovering God. The chemistry of food is somewhat complex when you realize that many
compounds work synergistically, while many biotransmute (change) into
other constituents and simpler compounds. Most people focus mainly on the
vitamin and mineral content of a food, ignoring this long list of other
properties and elements that are just as vital to the health of the body. Plant amino acids are more energetic and easy for your body to break
down and use, which is why raw foodists who eat a balanced variety of
fruits, vegetables and nuts are never deficient in amino acids necessary for
health. Meat, on the other hand, requires a more radical and energy-robbing
digestive process to obtain the amino acids that comprise it. The other
important factor here is that meat protein leaves an acid reaction in the body
creating more acidosis, whereas vegetables leave an alkaline reaction in your
body curing acidosis. Your body requires live foods, full of phytochemicals,
to make it alive. Some phytochemicals are noteworthy for their antioxidant properties,
other phytochemicals are valuable as astringents. Because of the importance
of these two properties in detoxification we will look at them a bit more
closely. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANTIOXIDANTS

Antioxidants include beta-carotene, lycopene, chlorogenic acid, gamma-
terpinenes, quercetin, lutein, proanthosyanidins, rutin, hesperidin, vitamin A
and vitamin E (tocopherols), to name a few. These agents protect cells from highly oxidative free radicals. Free
radicals are highly reactive and destructive compounds, which are by-
products of metabolism, radiation therapy, tissue infractions, chemicals and
foreign protein ingestion. Oxidative free radicals can damage cell membrane
walls, cellular mitochondria and cellular proteins. This affects energy
transport and the DNA itself, leading to cellular mutations. Free radicals also
destroy enzymes, the key to all chemistry changes. Many vitamins act ascoenzymes and antioxidants, attaching themselves
to, or absorbing, free
radicals. Proanthocyanidins are a popular form of antioxidant. They are
found in fruits, especially grapes and grape seeds. These antioxidants are now
sold in stores worldwide under the name of pycnogenol. Other antioxidants
are also available in supplemental form from health food stores. These
include vitamin A, vitamin E, CoQ10 and beta-carotene. After thirty years of clinical observation, it is my opinion that obtaining
your antioxidants from your raw, unprocessed foods is far superior to buying
extracted, nonsynergistic types. This is because antioxidants work with
astringent and other biochemical properties in a synergistic manner, which
increases their effectiveness. One needs many antioxidants to achieve vitality,
and each one plays a major role in the process. PHYTOCHEMICAL ASTRINGENTS

Astringents pull and constrict tissue, pulling toxicity and congestion (mucus)
out. At the same time these foods stimulate the lymphatic and blood flow
within the body, allowing the body to get rid of these toxins and mucus. Some astringents can release trapped, foreign proteins, bind them together
and then carry them away to be eliminated. The lemon is one of the best
examples of a highly astringent food. You can feel the membranes in your
mouth pucker or constrict when you eat them. This astringent action takes
place throughout the body. Grapes have a similar action. Both are excellent
tumor busters. In other words, foods high in astringents (namely fruits) begin
detoxification—the process of internal cleansing of the body. Tannic acid and various mineral salts, including zinc oxide, are the most
common astringent elements in foods. Eat your foods ripe, fresh and raw,
and you will not need to worry about their chemistry, only their power to
clean and heal. Eating foods that are biologically suited for our species keeps us clean
and healthy inside. Only then can we become vital and dynamic. Never
underestimate the power of fruits to clean and sustain you. (Remember, it all
started with the apple.) Food has always been one of the main focuses for
humans, as it is for all animals. I quote an old naturopath, Hippocrates, “Let
your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.”OTHER PHYTOCHEMICAL COM-POUNDS IN PLANTS

Acids
Acids are compounds that are low in pH, and corrosive and inflammatory to
your body. However, they serve a vital purpose in oxidation and ionization
of other nutrients and minerals within the body. They have a stimulating
effect upon cells and tissues. There are hundreds of acids. Many play a role in
protein, carbohydrate and fat synthesis. Acids react with metals to form salts,
which help to maintain body homeostasis. Acids liberate hydrogen ions
causing metabolic changes and utilization issues, much the same way that
ascorbic acid affects calcium and its utilization. Acids come in the form of
basic elements like nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur. When the root of a plant
takes in these basic elements, the plant transmutes these basic elements into
salts which then can be accepted by the human intestinal tract. Other plant
acids are found as alkaloids, ascorbic acid, and many other compounds. Some hormones, steroids and digestive enzymes act as acids in your body. Estrogen is an “acid-type” of a steroid, which dilates the capillaries and
creates bleeding in the uterus. As you can see, acids initiate change and
activity. They are also the byproducts of digestion and metabolism. An acid
we’re all familiar with is phosphoric acid, which is what makes soda pop
burn your mouth when you drink it. Alcohols (see Essential Oils)
Alkaloids
Alkaloids are alkaline substances that react with acids to form salts. Some
alkaloids include morphine and nicotine. However, there are many others,
each with a vital role within the physiological and metabolic functions of the
body. Some alkaloids suppress tissue functions while others stimulate it. Bitter Principles
These are compounds that are bitter to the taste. They are stimulating to
hepatic (liver), intestinal, as well as pancreatic tissue. They aid the secretion of
digestive enzymes as well as bile and bicarbonate for alkalization. They
include the terpenes, cotters and iridoids. Recent research has discovered that
many bitter principles have antibiotic, antifungal and anti-tumor activities.Gentian Root, Valerian Root and Golden Seal Root are examples of herbs
with high amounts of bitter principles. Coumarins
These constituents tend to fall under the aromatic category. They have anti-
clotting effects in low dosages and are used as a poison in high dosages. Coumarin glycosides are very fragrant and have shown to have antifungal,
anti-microbial, anti-tumor and hemorrhagic effects. Essential Oils
All foods and plant life have their essential oils, also called volatile oils or
essences. These are concentrated compounds comprised of organic
substances including alcohols, ketones, phenols, acids, ethers, esters,
aldehydes and oxides. Essential oils give the aroma to a plant, flower or food. They play a vital role in the health of your nervous system. Essential oil
therapy offers the individual tremendous power when used properly. There
are essential oils for just about everything, including lymph movement,
sweating, proliferaters (healers) and diuretics. Some essential oils include,
Rosewood, Lavender, Eucalyptus, Lemon, Rose, and Clary Sage. Flavones
Also known as flavonoids, flavonals, flavonones, isoflavones and xanthones. Many flavones such as flavonoid glycosides are vital to calcium and vitamin
C utilization. Bioflavonoids are co-factors in strengthening tissue, especially
cardio- and vascular tissue. They include rutin, hesperidin and vitamin P.
Fruits and vegetables have abundant flav


not mention the various kinds and how they could be used
in the upkeep of health. CHOICE OF VEGETABLES
But the vegetables that are bad for all men are garlic,
onions, cress, horse-radish, cabbage, and mad-apples. All
of these are poor food for one  who wants to be in good
health, but cucumbers and green melons are not so bad. As to the yellow melon, if one  will eat it early in the day,
when the stomach is empty and without a bad fluid, and
the person is the possessor of a disposition that is not bad,
it will be well digested, cool  off the body a little, increase the output of urine, purify the [blood] vessels and provide
some nourishment that is not bad. We mention it, because
it is extensively eaten by many people. Fresh fruits that grow on trees are bad nourishment for
men in general. Some of them are worse than others. Among those that are bad ar e carob, nespole and sorb
apple, and some are less ba d and almost good, like figs
and grapes. GALEN ACCEPTS FIGS AND GRAPES —
Galen said that figs and grap es are the princes of fruits
and are less injurious. But the blood that is formed from
those fruits is not good. And let people not mistake my
statement that "all that  grows on trees has poor
nourishment," for fruit honeys and their ripe wines, their
juices and candies made from them help in special
diseases, because their value as food is different from
their value as medicaments. This is clearly known to
those who are versed in pharmacology. Galen said that
from the viewpoint of morality  and divine tr uth, it was his
intention to warn people not to eat fruit. BUT DISFAVORS OTHER FRUITS —
He further said that it was his habit to be smitten by
fever once a year and when his father commanded him to
abstain from eating fruit, he was protected from fever that
year. From that time he made it a rule never to eat fruit
and he swore that he never ha d fever after that, except for
one day. And one can mention this as an item of truth
because the moisture of fru it contains materials from
which fevers are formed. And let it not seem strange to us
that many people eat fruit w ithout developing fevers, for
habits and regulations bri ng various results. If a Hindu
should eat refined bread and sheep's meat he would surely
get sick and if one of us s hould eat rice and fish, as the
Hindus do always, he would doubtless also get sick. It is
not the intention of this work to declare it a special cause
[of sickness], but it is the intention to declare that fruits
are generally not good to eat and one should eat little of
them. One must never combine them with a meal, but one
may eat pears, grapes and figs before meals as they soften
and moisten the stool. One may eat after them, provided
they have left the stomach. And the binding plants such
as quince and plums should be  eaten sparingly and after a
meal, in order that they should contract and close the
opening of the stomach. PARTICULARLY PEACHES AND APRICOTS
And just as grapes and figs are considered the best of
all fruits, so are peaches a nd apricots considered the
worst. And one should never come close to these two
species because they produce moistures that mix with the
blood and make it boil and this is the main cause for the
formation of putrefied fluids and fevers. But dried fruits
like raisins, dried figs, kernels of pistachio and hazelnuts
are not bad, but it is best to us e them only as relishes with
food, especially raisins and pi stachio nuts, because they
are very good for the liver. Gale n said also: The health of
the liver is our life. The part aking of some sweets after a
meal is very good, because it gives the stomach the power
to retain the food and to digest  it. This is all that I have
found proper to mention in this chapter and that is all we
intended. CHAPTER II

The Care of Patients in the Absence of a
Physician or in the Presence of a Physician Who
Is Not Adequate and Not Experienced in This
Science

According to the prominent medical authorities, medical
science is of extreme importance to man, because he is
disposed to become sick from  most of the foods he eats,
and sooner or later he will n eed the advice of a physician. Medical science is divi ded into three parts. THE HEALTHY, THE SICK AND THE CONVALESCENT
The first and most important part: the behavior of the
healthy, and that is the care of  health and its maintenance. The second part: the care of  the sick; ways and means
of regaining of health that ha s been lost. This is known as
medical advice. The third part: the care that Galen called "the
restoration." This is the care of health in persons who are neither very well nor very sic k, such as those who are in a
convalescent state or the aged. As has already been explained, a man needs the
services of a physician in ev ery item of health and at
every time, but his need of a physician during sickness is
especially great and avoiding him is dangerous. Fools
think that a man needs a physician during his sickness
only and at no other time, but it  very often happens that a
man gets sick while traveling or while in a small town
where there is no physician or  only a physician on whose
wisdom people do not rely. This is the place for the
advice of your servant, indi cating what to do on such an
occasion. THE ANCIENT GREEKS
Galen has already explained to us that the ancient
Greeks, when in doubt as to what to do in a certain
disease, did nothing but left the patient to nature, which
they considered suf ficient to cure all illnesses. And
Hippocrates sang the praises of nature in many places at
great length, considering natu re to be wise, clever and
capable of doing what is necessary for the sick without
resorting to medication. And it is true that the physician should help nature, support it and do nothing else but
follow it. RAZI'S RULE
And Razi said in one of hi s well-known chapters: If a
disease is stronger than the pa tient, there is no hope that
he will survive and no physician will help him; if the
strength of the patient is gr eater than the strength of the
disease, he will not need a physician, because nature will
cure him; but if the strength of the patient and that of the
disease are equal, then one needs a physician to increase
the patient's strength. Th is can be done only by the
perfect physician, who knows how to strengthen the
patient and take care of him, so that he may overcome the
hurdles of nature. However, most physicians commit
many errors and, while they think they increase the
patient's strength, they really  weaken him and interfere
with his progress. ARISTOTLE HARSH ON PHYSICIANS
And about this, Aristotle said, in his book De sensu et
sensibili,- that many die from medication because of the
ignorance of physicians in understanding nature. When the physicians say "nature," they mean the power that
rules all living creatures,  whose presence and true
function has been explained in the books of the ancient
sages. For these reasons kings  invite many physicians and
chose from them the most intelligent, wise and
experienced. Through their concilium they may be saved
from error. USE MILD REMEDIES
From all that I have mentioned in my introduction, it
becomes clear that it is proper to leave the patient to
nature when there is no good physician. And the
expression "leaving to nature" implies that one should not
take a medication which healthy people are not used to
taking and that one should not  forget to take the proper
amount of his food. One should drink when he is thirsty,
and one should eat when he is hungry, as one is
accustomed to do. And one should eat the lightest of the
foods that he is used to ea ting. And it is proper for a man
to know that even if he has with him one or many
prominent physicians, he should not permit himself to
employ drastic medication, unle ss it is upon the advice of
a very, very adequate and experienced physician whose
wisdom has been put to th e test and whose experience cannot be doubted. Otherwis e one should prefer during
illness light rather than strong medications. AND AVOID THE DRASTICS
I will now explain the ch aracter of the strong
medicaments and name them. They are: venesection with
the loss of much blood, strong and prolonged purgatives
such as colocynth, convolvulus scammonia and cleansing
by strong emetics, like the two types of hellebore and nux
vomica, and strong enemas that contain colocynth


 is simple agnosticism. For it is of che csscnce of  scientific honesty thnt
you do not prctcnd to know  whaL you do noL know,
and of thc csscncc of scicntific  methocl Ihat you do
not cmploy hypothcscs which  cannot  be tcsted. Thc immcdiatc rcsults  of this honesty  have bccn
deeply unscttling and depressing. Forman sccms
to be unablc  Lo live wiLhout  myth,  without  the
belicf
18  THE  AGE  OF ANXIETY
that the routine and drudgery, the pain and fear of
chis life have sorne  meaning and goal in the
future. Al once new myths come into being -
political an<l  economic myths with cxtravagant
promiscs  oE the  bcst oí fucurcs in the prcsenc
worl<l. These myths  give  the individual  a certain
sense  of meaning  by making him pan of a vasl
social effort, in which he  loses someching of his
own emptincss and loneliness. Yet the very
violence of these political rcligions be - trays  the
anxicty  bcncath  thcn1 -for  they  are  bul  mcn
huddli11g togcthcr  and shouting to give them -
selvcs  courage  in the dark. Once  therc  is the suspicion  th:n  a religion  is a
rnyth, its power has go11e. lt may be neccssary
for man to have a myth, but he cannot self-
consciously  prescribe onc as he can mix a pill for a
headache. A  myth can only "work" whcn it is
thought to be truth,  and man cannot for long
knowingly and imcntionally  "kid"  himsclf. Evc11 the best modern apologists for religion
seem  ro overlook this fact. For their most forceful
argu - ments for sorne  son of rcturn to onhodoxy
are those  which show the social and moral
advantages of be - lief in God. llut this <loes not
prove that  God is a  reality. lt pro\'eS, at mosl, that
bclicving in God is  usdul. "I EGorl dicl nol cxist,  it
woulcl be necessary  LO invem him. " Perhaps. Dut if
the public has any suspicion thac he does nol cxist,
the invemion is in  vain. THE  WISOOM  OF lNSECURITY
lt is for this reason that most oE the current
return  to onhodoxy in sorne intellcctual  circles
has a rather  hollow ring. So much of it is more a
belief in belicv - ing L11an a bclief in Cod. The
contrast bctween thc  insecurc,  ncurotic,  cducatcd
"modern"  and the quiet dignit}' and  inner pcace
of the old -fashioned  believer, makes the  latter a
man  ro be envied. But it  is a serious
misapplication  of psychology  to make  the
presence or absence of neurosis the touchsrone of
truth, and to argue that if a man's philosophy
makes  hirn neurotic, it 111ust be wrong. "l\fost
atheists and  agnostics are neurotic, whereas most
simple Catholics  are happy and at  peace with
themsel \'es. Therefore  the views of the  former are
false, and of the latter  true. " Even  if the observation  is correct,  the reasoning
bascd on it is absurcl. lt is as if to say, "You say
therc  is a firc in the base111cnt. You are upset
about ir. De - cause you are upset, therc is
obviously no fire. " The  agnostic, thc sceptic, is
ncurotic, but this <loes not  imply a false
philosophy; it implies thc discovery of  faets to
which he clocs not know how to adapt him - self. The intellectual who tries to escape from neu -
rosis by cscaping from thc facts is 1nerely acting
on the principie that  "whcrc ignorance is bliss, 'tis
folly  to be wise. " \Viten  belief  in 1he eternal  becomes
impossible,
and thcre  is only  thc poor su bstit me of bel ief  in be-
lieving,  mcn  seek  thcir  happincss  in the joys  of
time. O  THE   AGE   OF   ANXIETY
However much they may try to bury it in the depths
of their minds, they understand  these joys  are both
uncertain and brief. This has  two results. On the one
hand, there is the anxiety  that one may  be missing
something, so that the mind flits nervously  and
greedily from one pleasure to another, without
finding rest and satisfaction in any. On the other, che
frustration of having always to pursue a future good
in a tomorrow which never comes, and in a world
where everything must disintegrate, givcs  men an
attitude  of "v\That's  thc use anyhow. " Consequently, our age is one of frustration, anx -
iety,  agitation,  and addiction  to "dope. " Somehow,
we must grab what we can while we can, and drown
out the realization that the whole thing is futile and
meaningless. This "dope" we call our high standard
of living,  a violent and  complex stimulation  of thc
senses, which makes them progressively less sensitive
and thus in nccd of yet more violent stimulation. Wc
crave  distraction -a panorama  of sights,  sounds,
thrills, and titillations  into which as much as pos -
sible  must  be crowded  in the shortest  possible  time. To keep up this "standard" most of us are willing
to put up with lives that consist largcly in doing jobs
that are a bore, earning the means to seek relief from
the tedium by intervals of hectic and expensive pleas -
sure. These intervals are supposed to be the real liv-
ing, the real purpose served by thc necessary evil of
work. Or we imagine  that  the justification  of such
21 THE  WJSDOM  OF lNSECURlTY
work is the rearing of a family to go on doing the
same  kind  of thing,  in order  to rear  another
family. and so ad infinititm. This is no caricature. It is the simple reality of
mil- lions of lives, so commonplace that we need
hardly  dwell upon the details, savc to note the
anxiety and  frustration of those who put up with
it, not knowing  what  else  to do. But what are we to do. The alternatives seem
to be two. The first is, somehow or other, to
discover a  new myth, or convincingly resuscitate
an old one. If  sciencc cannot prove there is no God,
we can try to  live and act on the bare  chance  that
he may exist  after ali. There seems to be nothing
to lose in such a  gamble, fo r if death is the end, we
shall never know  that  we have  lost. But,  obviously,
this will never  amount  to a vital faith,  for it is
really no more  than  to say, "Since the wholc Lhing
is futile anyhow, let's  pretend it isn't. " The second
is to try grimly to face  the fact that life is "a tale
told by an idiot," and  make  of it what  we can,
letting science  and technology  serve us as well  as
they  may  in our journey  from  nothing  to nothing. Yet these are not the only solutions. We may
begin  by granting ali the agnosticism of a critica. science. We may admit,  frankly, that we have  no
scientific  grounds for belief in  God,  in personal
immortality,  or in any absolutes. We may refrain
altogether from  trying  to believe,  taking  life just
as it is, and no more. 22 THE  AGE  OF ANXIETY
From this point of departure there is yet another
way  of life that requires neither myth nor despair. But it  requires a complete revolution in our
ordinary, ha - bitual  ways  of thinking  and (celling. The extraorc. linary thing about this revolution is
t. hat ic reveals the truth behind rhe so -called myths of
traditional religion and  metaphysic. lt reveals, not
belicfs, but acrnal realities corresponding -in an un -


 the cloth got
sucked in and the bottom cor ner peeled fr om the painting,
enough for L upe to see that the painting of Jonathan’s
“wife” was of a man. Lupe stopped, and then a light went on in her head. When she’d ﬁrst come to San F rancisco, her grandmother
had e xplained about men lik e Jonathan af ter she and L upe
had sat behind a couple in the subway and watched the
younger man lean over and kiss the older one on the neck. “Love is love,” she told L upe. “This is how it is for some
people. W e cannot judge. They ar e hurting no one.”
“But, Grandma,” L upe said later, “they ar e the most
handsome ones!”
“It might seem lik e that,” her grandmother said. “ But
you’ll see. Ther e are plenty of handsome men of every kind. You’ll ﬁnd one someday.”
Lupe wasn’t so sur e about that now.She star ed at the painting a moment longer, then walk ed
back into the living r oom wher e Jonathan was at his desk,
signing prints. “Mr. Jonathan?”
“What?”
“Don’t be mad. But you know that painting of your wife?”
Jonathan stopped signing. “What about it?”
“The vacuum accidentally pulled the sheet oﬀ.”
Jonathan sat a moment longer and then stood. He
headed into the bedr oom with L upe following. He r emoved
the rest of the cover fr om the painting and sat on the bed. The painting was of a handsome young man in his 20s,
elegantly dr essed in a br ocade vest, his pale hair combed
back fr om a noble for ehead. He held a champagne ﬂute in
one hand, gesturing in a way similar to the man in The
Dancing V agabond. In the backgr ound stood the shadow of
an older man, partly tur ned away and looking out a window. The mood was enigmatic and br ooding. Lupe sat ne xt to Jonathan. “What was his name?”
“Geor ge. I called him Geor gie. He was my best friend,”
he said quietly. Lupe nodded. “ His face is nice. I lik e how he’s standing,
all fancy.”
“Well, he had a ﬂair, let’s say.”
“Do you have a ﬂair?”
Jonathan smiled. “Y es, I used to have a major ﬂair.”
“I think my uncle has a ﬂair, too.”
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“Works at a W illiams-Sonoma.”
There was a long pause befor e Lupe ask ed, “What
happened to Geor gie?”
“He got very sick. And then he died.”
“Oh, that’s so sad.” She waited for a moment. “What was
he lik e?”
Jonathan rubbed his eyes. “ Full of life and fun. Every day
was an adventur e with him. He’d be so surprised to ﬁnd outthat he’s dead.”
“Don’t you think he knows?”
Jonathan shrugged. “ Anyway, when the sickness came,
all that fun and adventur e wer e gone. It was a swif t and
terrible end.”
Lupe listened to him with a serious look on her face. “If a
house is ﬁlled with love and song, ther e isn’t r oom for
sickness. That’s what Grandma says; that’s why Grandpa
always puts on music.”
“If I’d known your little secr et, I would have hir ed a
mariachi band,” Jonathan said ar chly. “I’m sur e it would
have made a big diﬀer ence in the critical car e unit. Honestly, I pr obably would have tried anything.”
“Did you cry when he died?”
“Lupe, enough. Ar e you in training with Barbara W alters
or something?”
“Who’s Barbara W alters?”
“Yes, I cried. But I don’t anymor e. I try not to, anyway. I
loved him, and he loved me. The last thing he said to me
was ‘thank you.’”
“And what did you say?”
“I don’t r emember.”
“Maybe you said ‘you’r e welcome’?”
There was a call fr om ne xt door, “ Lupe, L upe...”
Jonathan, clearly upset, tur ned away as L upe’s
grandmother walk ed to Jonathan’s door. “Lupe,” her grandmother said, “time to go to the
hospital.”
“Already? I hate going ther e,” she said. Jonathan tur ned back to her. “Why does your grandfather
have to go?”
Lupe tur ned away. “See you tomor row.”
When L upe enter ed the apartment, her grandpar ents
were standing in the foyer, alr eady pr epared to leave. “ Put
on your jack et, Lupe. I know it’s har d. None of us lik es to
go.”
Lupe went into her r oom and put on a lightweight jack et. Then they all lef t the apartment in silence and moved
outside to the bus stop. Her grandfather was using a walk er. “Why ar en’t you in your wheelchair?” L upe ask ed him,
adjusting his collar. “It’s too much tr ouble, with the bus,” he said. When they r eached the hospital, they enter ed a long line
of exhausted-looking patients waiting for their appointment
paperwork. The air conditioner was br oken, as wer e the
water fountains. Everyone was complaining. Once they got their paperwork, they sat in another lar ge,
penlik e area that was even hotter than the ﬁrst. L upe and
her grandpar ents sat in straight-back chairs against the
wall. Ther e wer e dozens of families, many speaking Spanish,
others talking languages L upe couldn’t place. One man held his head in his hands; several childr en
moaned in a par ent’s ar ms, as if something inside of them
were broken. “When can we get in?” a young girl ask ed her mother,
but her mother shook her head and said wearily, “I don’t
know, honey. Please sit still.”
Lupe tur ned her gaze to the vending machine and tried
to imagine what she’d buy if she had all the money in the
world. But even the vending machines wer


 to cl imb trees, and even to swim when necessary
in order to obtain food and warmth. The resulting fitness level would be consi derably higher than that of the average American, as
would the average calorie output. As more food would be consumed, so would a greate r number of nutrients be available. Good
nutrition literally hinges upon us being fit enough to be healthy. With the above in mind, I suggest that a healthy athletic person shoul d utilize at least as many calories in physical endeavors as
they use for their resting BMR. (Resting BMR is equivalent to 10 time s your ideal body weight). This means, for instance, that a
150-pound man who uses 1,500 calories as his baseline should also use at least another 1,500 calories in his activities for the day,
on average, for a total of 3,000 calories. Using the 80/10/10  diet, nutritional intake would be vastly better than the American av erage for all nutrients. Fitness levels
would need to be increased, of course, in order to achieve that level of activi ty, but this can be done gradually. Calorie Guidelines for Less-Active People
To be abundantly clear, I would like to reiterate: Good nutrition literally hinges upon us being fit enough to be healthy. By this
I mean to say that even the most “perfect” diet will never result i n true health unless it is accompanied by high-level fitness a nd all of
the other essential elements of healthful living (see sidebar e ntitled “Fundamental Elements of Health”). I cannot recommend high ly
enough that you exert at least as much attention and effort into uplev eling your level of fitness as you do into learning about and
achieving optimal nutrition. That said, if you are a less-active person wending your way toward fitne ss and health, here are some guidelines for caloric
intake. If your work and the rest of your day is relatively sedentary, add another 200 ca lories to the BMR estimate described above. Then add calories for exercise, perhaps 300–600 calories per session. It  could be more or less, depending upon the frequency,
intensity, and duration of your fitness sessions. If you also have a physi cally demanding job, you might require another 800 to 1,600
additional calories or more. Thus, a sedentary woman who weighs 130 pounds must eat about 1,300 calories simply t o maintain her body weight. Let us
suppose that she needs another 260 calories (an additional 20%) per day to meet he r physical needs such as puttering around the
house, going up stairs, or to the mailbox, etc. This hypothetical woman would ne ed to eat food that supplied about 1,560 calories
per day. A large man of 280 pounds, who is fit and not fat, who participates in sports and works i n construction, would require roughly
2,800 calories for basal metabolism. Add to that the 1,500 calories he expends at work ea ch day and the 2,000 he needs for his daily sports training. This active man needs to eat sufficient food to su pply him with approximately 6,250 calories per day. He has to
consume four times as many calories as the sedentary woman in our fir st example. Calorie Comparison: 8 Ounces of Selected Foods
This chart demonstrates the tremendous range of caloric density amon g high-water versus high-fat whole foods in the
80/10/10  program. In each case, the food item weighs eight ounces. (Note that you wou ld have to eat 42 servings of 8 ounces of
lettuce, or 21 large heads, to get the same number of calories as one 8-ounce por tion of macadamia nuts!) Lettuce:                   39 calories  (1 small head romaine)
Cucumber:            27 calories  (½ medium)
Tomato:                   41 calories  (2 medium)
Peach:                   89 calories  (2 medium)
Apple:                   109 calories  (2 small)
Mango:                   147 calories (1 medium)
Banana:                   202 calories (2 medium)
Avocado:             362 calories  (1 large)
Cashews:             1,254 calories  (1.7 cups)
Sunflower seeds:       1,293 calories  (1.5 + cups)
Almonds:             1,318 calories (1.7 cups or 200 nuts)
Walnuts:             1,483 calories (2 + cups, or 57 nuts)
Macadamias:       1,628 calories  (1.8 cups, or 88 nuts)

How Much to Eat
To give you an example of the volume of fruits and vegetables required, l et’s say you need about 2,000 calories per day. A
medium-sized banana has 105 calories; a large honeydew melon has 461 calorie s; a medium peach has 39 calories; and a large
simple salad may have 175 calories (a large 20-oz. head of lettuce runs about 96 c alories, and a pound of nonsweet fruits has about
75 calories). To consume 2,000 calories from raw foods, you would need to eat something like a large  honeydew melon for breakfast (461
calories), a 12-banana smoothie for lunch (1,260 calories), 4 peaches before dinne r (153), and a large salad for dinner (175). This
would provide 2,026 calories, with a 90/6/4 caloronutrient ratio (90% carbohydrate s, 6% protein, and 4% fat). If you didn’t have
any physical activity that day, you might eliminate two bananas and on e of the peaches. If it was a physical day, you could add half of a 6-oz. California avocado to the sal ad. It would provide about 145 more
calories, 111 of which would be from fat. The caloronutrient ratio for the day  would then be 86/6/9. Adding a whole avocado
would take the fat percentage for the day up to 13% … not a big deal, but it w ould be better to add a few pieces of fruit to meet the
extra caloric requirements of your exercise routine. The Diet for a Lifetime
Just like the rings on a tree, life is about growth, which often requires  change. The 80/10/10 diet may seem like a huge shift in your
lifestyle in the beginning, but as the rewards for taking care of your body  unfold, you will come to see that the benefits of living this
way far outweigh the cost. Developing 80/10/10 as a lifestyle will enhance every moment of your life to come. I applaud y ou for
taking the first step to the new you. Appendix A. Sample Menu Plans

This appendix contains four seasonal sample menus for the 80/10/10  lifestyle, broken into one-week sections (seven days of
meals for summer, autumn, winter, and spring). Each two-page spread i ncludes a day’s worth of recipes on the left-hand side and a
corresponding caloronutrient analysis chart on the right. Each day’s menu plan includes a breakfast, lunch, and three-cours e dinner, hand-selected for seasonal freshness and designed
to total approximately 2,000 calories. You can easily increase or decrease t he quantity of any ingredient, to adjust the recipes in the
direction of your desired caloric intake. The smoothies, fruit salads, soups, dressings, vegetable salads, and slaws  in this section demonstrate the abundance of whole
fruit and vegetable meals available on the 80/10/10  plan. This guide emphasizes fruits in season, when they are freshes t and least
expensive. The 80/10/10  motto is, “simplicity at mealtime, variety throughout the year.” A s you become accustomed to this lifestyle,
you will discover the joy of eating seasonally and anticipating the ta ste sensations each new bounty of fruits brings. Feel free to
experiment! Use this guide as an inspirational tool to help you discover y our own favorite combinations. Some recipes contain additional information, indicated by a dagger sym bol (†), to help answer your questions and smooth
your transition to this way of eating. These include helpful tidbits abou t fruit varieties and their availability, ideas for recipe variati ons,
and tips on buying, preparing, and eating the foods. Don’t worry about your caloronutrient ratio at each meal, or even each da y. The 80/10/10  guideline (at least 80% of calories
from carbohydrates and at most 10% fat and protein) is intended as an aver age—something to strive for over time. Thus, as you
page through the menu plan, you will see higher-fat days and lower- fat days … but by the end of the week, the numbers all come
out to 80/10/10, more or less. The best way to really understand the caloronutrient ratio and get a tr ue sense of the level of fat in your own diet, is to weigh
your food and enter numbers in an online diet-analysis program for about a we ek. We used Nutridiary.com as a basis for creating
this recipe guide. Note that no two fruits are nutritionally identical. Each crop of produce ( sometimes even each piece) differs in caloronutrient


 ies. Here we cover the generalities of the ego’ s attractions
and aver sions so  that the reader can begin to intuit how the process takes
place in the psy che. The pairs of attractions and aversions out lined below
are applicable to all the ego’ s programs and to all the levels of
consciousness. Attraction A version
Familiarity, security Change, uncertainty
Clinging Fear of new
Ease Ef fortThe attra ction o f the experiencer is always to that which is fam iliar. The
first thin g we do when we come into a crowd is look around for a familiar
face. The aversion is to uncertainty. W e worry, What if I go ther e and I don’ t
see anyb ody I know? T herefo re, we cling to that which is known and are
fearful of the fu ture. The past is certainty and the future is unce rtainty, and
the ego likes to be certain, so it clings to what it knows. W e would rather be
comfy e ven if we are wrong. Do  you ever try a new way home from work? Pretty so on you are back to the same old way. W e like the fami liar, we like
the habitual, and we do not like change unless we choose it out of the
experiencer ’ s attraction to novelty (see below). The ego wants to hang on to its illusion of homeostasis rather than to
make a shift and feel temporarily of f balance. Therefore, people  will stay in
negative and even des tructive pathways, relationships, and jobs just because
to change requires some ef fort. The experiencer is attracted to what is easy, and it has an aversion to
ef fort. It is easier just to go along with some old way than to put forth ef fort
for the sake of c hange. So how can you overcome this aversion to putting in
the ef fort to make a positive change? By seeing that not mu ch ef fort is
actually required, because atte ntion alone begins to diminish a habit
automatically. Let’ s say, for example, you wan t to reduce the number of cookies you eat
every day because you have been overeating cookies for 20 years. Y ou say,
“I’m going to quit cookies someday.” Y ou are lying to yourself. Y ou have
been eating 50-plus cookies a d ay for 20 years, so how are you suddenly
going to stop ea ting cookies? An exertion of willpower does nothing but
bring on guilt and feelings of failure. The secret is not in your ef fort but in
your attention. Merely start counting the cookies you eat every day, but do
not try to do  anything about it. Lay out the cookies and, at the end of the
day, count how many cookies you ate. “Monday, 68 cookies. T uesday, 64. Thursday, 72.” Now, the point is  not to try to do  anything about the cookies. Just pay attention. All you hav e to do is make a mental note and write it
down on a calen dar: “Monday, 63 cookies. T uesday, 18 cookie s. Oh, wow. W ednesday, back to usual, 58 cookies.”
What wi ll happen is that, by virtue of intention, ef fortlessly Hei senber g’ s
principle begins to apply, meaning that the observation of something
changes it. Thus your awareness itself begins to diminish the attraction to
cookies. By the end of the mont h, you will be down to 14 cooki es. The endof a nother month or two, you will be down to 6 cookies. All of a sudden
you will  say, “What th e heck, I don’ t need cookies.” It was all ef fortless! It
is not necessary to struggle or cut yourself down or manipulate yourself
with guilt. If y ou simply notice it, ef fortlessly, Heisenber g’ s principle
applies so that, by your intention, you finesse the power of the field instead
of relying on the ego’ s force. Change and letting go of the fam iliar is easy, but you avoid it because it
seems like ef fort to the ego. It only seems like ef fort if you go a t it the hard
way of forcing yourself, trying  to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Anything you do not like about yourself—getting annoyed with people,
swearing, or what have you—can be transcended by noting down how
many times a da y you do it. Y ou just start paying attention and  tracking it. Anyone can notice; it requires no exertion, only attention. Attraction A version
Pride Humility
Anger/“strength” Passivity/“weakness”
W in Lose
The attr action of pride is that you are better than others, top dog, and
invincible. Humility is seen as a  loss of position, so you cannot ever “back
down” o r you lose ground. W e have pride in all our positionalities, and the
aversion is humility, which is co nfused with humiliation. The truly humble
person cannot be humiliated. The humble and honest person owns their
downside already, so they cannot be hurt, insulted, or slighted. They do not
feel violated just because someone else disagrees with them. If your feelings get hurt easily, sit down and make a list of all the
downsides of yourself you can think of, and then picture the great
comedians of all time discussing your problem. The comedians are the great
therapists of humanity, because they get us to laugh at ourselv es. Where I
grew up  in W isconsin, we men called each other by our nickn ames. They
called m e Short y in the Navy, but nowadays a sensitive person  would say
this nick name violates their rights due to discrimination based on height! “Don’ t take yourself so seriously” is one of the great mottoes in 12-step
groups, which is about being lighthearted and easygoing.W e see the ego ’ s confusing of anger with strength and passivity with
weakness. Anger gives you an artificial char ge, like you are stronger than
you really are. A ctually, the angry person is much weaker, as is well known
in karate and various martial art s. Once the opponent gets mad, he locks up
with anger and you know you can take him easily with a single move. The anim al swel ls up with anger  to intimidate others, because fe ar is seen
as p assive or weak. In certain cultures, being seen as passive o r weak will
get you killed. In certain neighborhoods, allowing yourself to be dissed is
the last thing you remember. Therefore, the reality above 200 is totally dif ferent than the reality below
200. It is naïveté to presume that other people are the way you a re. They are
not; in fact, they are the opposite. Y ou think it is a good idea to pay your
bills, wh ereas th ey think you are an idiot for doing it. Y ou think telling the
truth or making an apology is integrous, and they think it is st upid. Under
200, it is important to return anger with anger, get revenge, and win. In a
dualistic world, one person wins and the other one lose s (“and it better not
be me”). It is a “win-lose” mentality, with no consciousness of “win-win.”
Over 200, a dif ferent view opens up. Y ou see that the ego’ s loss is usually
the spiri t’ s gain, and vice versa. Karmically, a loss may be the biggest gain
of y our life, be cause the world is actually the optimum place for the
undoing of negative karma and the gaining of positive karma. Therefore,
wanting to change the world does not make much sense. All the do-
gooderism may  sentence people to a continuation of bad ka rma. What
seems to be a loss or a tragedy is actually a tremendous gain in that it opens
the door to grace and ultimate freedom. Attraction A version
Importance A “nobody”
Gain Lose
Money Poverty
Excitement Boredom
The ego  wants to be important and dreads being a nobody. The e go has to
be notic ed and glamorizes being in the public eye. On a highe r level, youare r elieved to be a nobody, grateful to be ordinary and saved from all the
fanfare. The clutchingness of the ego is that it wants control. The minute the ego
thinks a thing is “mine,” it becomes inflated with specialness. That was just
“a” watch, but n ow if it becomes “my” watch, it is special and sentimental
as “o ld G randdad’ s watch.” The  minute you add “mine,” it becomes an ego
inflation and you are stuck. Th e truth is that nothing belongs to you. All
things b elong to  God. Y ou only  have temporary custody as the  steward of
those things, including the body. It is “the” body and it is “the” mind, and
when you stop referring to them as “my,” they lose their attractive ego
investment. “Surely,” you say, “the thoughts  in


ensive reactions. From my own experience, we know that at
destroyed all toxins, poisons, even cancer cells - and they fully
suspending their livelihoods. This process speeds up the recovery. Responding to an increase
body temperature, the organism causes a slowdown
microorganisms. Immune system becomes easier to track down
and kill all the alien and change. If the body does not come
food and dead, heavy water, in fact, our blood is not
receives many harmful substances, and the blood is constantly cleaned
our bodies, that is actually one and the same blood composition
repeatedly will be purified through the filter elements, ie
blood will be almost perfectly clean. Blood in the SG is cleared
of all unnecessary, and blood plasma becomes transparent as
piece of glass, everything comes into harmony, including factors
coagulation. Dry starvation in this respect cleans up
blood more completely than by hemodialysis or hemosorption
- Hardware blood purification. Consequently, all processes in our
organisms associated with blood, will be carried out almost
perfect. Simple as that - that's why our immune system gets
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108Immune system
The human body has a powerful weapon against
disease - the immune system. The immune system is designed
to maintain our health through organ and tissue
programmed for the detection and removal of alien
substances and harmful micro-organisms such as viruses and bacteria,
diseased cells. in a healthy body with a strong immune system
virus is difficult to survive. The bacteria are destroyed before
since they can cause infection. Altered or
diseased cells are destroyed before they can cause cancer
or some other illness. But if the immune system is unhealthy, it will not work
properly. In this case, we can catch a cold,
influenza, infectious disease and even cancer. Maintaining a healthy
immune system - is the most important thing we can do for
maintain their health, because the system - our main
biological ally in the war against disease. Before
We consider the question of how the method can be improved to sew
resistance to disease, let's briefly
on what constitutes the immune system and what functions
it performs. What is the immune system? The immune system - this is not one of any authority, but a network of
many organs and tissues located in different parts of the
organism. Immune system covers the entire body and provides
its proper kind of protective weapons where microbes
and other biological enemies can easily penetrate. Main
organs of the immune system - the amygdala, adenoids, appendix,
spleen and thymus. Bone marrow, white blood cells
and lymphatic tissue - it is also important elements of the immune
system. All these elements work together and, when necessary,
cause the immune response. How does the immune system? The immune system begins to produce some very effective
complex chemical reactions when the organism invades a
or foreign body - be it a virus or a splinter. at this point it
starts to fulfill its mission - to find and destroy. Our body is an entire system amebopodobnyh cells
which is called a bit difficult for an outsider perception
system phagocytic mononukleirov. in each organ is
its specific only to this body a group of cells, which
has the form of amoebae, and migrate across the body by eating and digesting all
alien. These specific cells are also present in skin and liver,
and in the heart, and even in the brain. They are constantly migrating,
looking for prey. The only trouble is that when any, even the plant
food, it contains a small amount of fat. and phagocytes
(Phagocytizing mononukleiry) instead of performing their direct
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109responsibilities involved in that capture and digest these
fat droplets, as if to everything else they do not care. So:
during fasting, the phagocytes remain without food, I mean no fat. and they begin to carry out their direct duties: capture
and digest bacteria, viruses, cell remnants, old, dying
cells (thereby contributing to the renewal and rejuvenation, even
organism). Digested and cancer cells, which are always, even
normally present in the body. Destruction of patients rather than healthy cells in medical dry
fasting is associated more with the release of limfoepitelialnyh
cells of the digestive tract. Multi-day waiver of admission
food and water creates the conditions for withdrawing from the front of the gastrointestinal
intestinal position is very powerful army of B-lymphocytes. They
pulled together from all the lymph nodes of collectors and extended
digestive track. But especially a lot of them come from thin
intestine. Moved to a reserve army of B-lymphocytes using
for its intended purpose. It suppresses and eliminates all
existing pathogens and alien elements. Infection
which is in zakapsulirovannom (dormant) state,
virtually no yield of modern antibacterial
therapy (antibiotics, sulfonamides and other
drugs). On the contrary, in this period of micro-organisms,
while in the protective shells become more stable
to these drugs and other medicines. In the dry
starvation of these shells are destroyed by activated acidosis
phagocytes and enzymes. The immune system can even
improve their work! For example, through more complex
processes of intercellular communication immune system may
remember those viruses that have invaded the body before
and always retains the "high alert" in case
if the virus again tries to penetrate into the body. Thanks
this, the response is much faster and more efficiently. In the dry fasting achieved higher concentrations
biologically active substances, hormones, immune
cells and immunoglobulins in body fluids. Healthy if your immune system? If you ever catches a cold or the flu, when
they become epidemic, we can say for sure
that your immune system is working abnormally. At the same time
Our body begins to look reasonable recourse. One of them - cold. This discovery made famous naturopath
Alexander Chuprun and called it a programmed shutdown
immunity. Many violations of the organism may be a sign
that he was very intoxicated. It represents a
kind of a slop bucket inside which the particles are stored dead
cell and protein mass (it littered with intercellular spaces
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110and literally stuffed sometimes lymphatic vessels). This "garbage" interferes with the normal functioning of the organism,
barrier to communication cells with each other, reducing the effect of electric
signals transmitted by cells to each other. This category
primarily exposed to colds, flu and various other
Diseases. This happens because the body is not littered
resist disease, and vice versa, takes her with
open arms, seeing microbes as liberators, which can be
feed your trash. Such an organism - a wonderful banquet
table for all sorts of bacteria that have to come and "eat"
dead cells and dirt, turning them into liquid waste. A
they have, of course, can be removed from the body shock lymph
and blood through the kidneys and other ways to release waste and toxins. It turns out that the human body by signing the proper
unable to clear, is trying to improve themselves at the expense
colds, flu and other diseases. Exactly. Organism, while
occasionally disabling the immune system, forced to call for help
bacteria and viruses, especially ones that are always waiting in the wings
in small amounts present in the body. And sometimes you are lucky
and pick up something from outside - the flu or even some
more serious infection... But why the body is unable to independently
print their own waste? Yes, consoled with the thought that Mother Nature has taken care to provide us
adequate "sewer system" is not worth it. It is always possible
insufficient, especially in unhygienic behavior, particularly
all - because of the generally accepted practices in nutrition and, as I said,
sedentary lifestyles, energy depletion. The body of modern man has no time to withdraw their own
waste, and self-dissolution of dead cells and protein mass
under normal conditions is unbearably slow. Not for nothing because long contrived various means of assistance
the body in self-purification, from the Russian bath and Finnish sauna to
modern cleansing bowel or liver. All this is enough
meaningful measures for people who do not follow a healthy,
as close to a natural lifestyle. Disease - is not harmful, but good for the body. Most modern medical theories based on the fact
that the body actively resists illness, but their own
forces to defeat the disease, it is not enough. Therefore,
it should help doctors who are doing it in the first place,
using different drugs. Supplier of these
funds is the pharmaceutical industry, whose mission
- Release all the newer and more effective drugs-killers
purpose of which - the extermination of the initiators of the disease germs
and viruses. On the production of these drugs are spending huge
funds. Today we can hear complaints that a doctor soon
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helping her to sell new drugs. Patients, too, grumble
however, misled by the very concept of disease,
obediently swallow pills. More than fifty years ago a doctor
A. Zalmanov called this process occurring in our society,
Pharmaceutical orgy, but to this day he did not
slowed, but continues to gain momentum. Thus, the need to combat