 are favorable. The
process is empowered by intention, as well as by the innate impersonal
quality of consciousness itself.
In the nonduali ty of awareness, even sequence no longer occurs, and
awareness replaces experiencing. There is no longer the experience of
“moments,” as there is only a continuous Now. Movement appe ars as slow
motion, as though suspended outside of time. Nothing is imperfect. Nothing
actually moves or changes; no events actually take place. Instead of
sequence, there is the observation that everything is in a stage of
unfoldment, and that all form is only a transitional epiphenomenon created
by perception and the observational habits of mental activity.
In Reality, all comes into being as an expression of the infinite
potentiality of the universe. Evolving states are the consequences of
conditions but are not caused by them. Conditions account for appearances,
and the phenom enon as change is really the result of an arbitr ary point of
observation.In the Reality of nonduality, there is neither privilege nor gain nor loss
nor rank. Just like a cork in the sea, each spirit rises or falls in the sea of
consciousness to its own level by virtue of its own choices—not by any
external force or favor. Some are attracted by the light and some seek the
darkness, but it all occurs of its own nature by virtue of Divine freedom and
equality.
Inasmuch as the entire universe and everything in it is a karmic unity, the
Allness of Reality is the realization of enlightenment. If all is a karmic unity
that originates from the same source, then to see any separation is an
artifact of perception. In Reality, the one and the many are the same.
The small self is dissolved by the Self. The healing attitude of the Self to
the self is compassion; it is through forgiveness that one is forgiven. This
willingness to surrender, arising out of the Grace of God, permit s the power
of God expressed as the Holy Spirit to recontextualize understan ding—and,
by this device, to undo the reign of perception and its attendant duality,
which is the source of all suffering. The dissolution of duality is the
ultimate gift of God, for it dissolves the very source and capacity for
suffering. In nonduality, suffering is not possible.
On the level of nonduality, there is observing but no observer, as subject
and object are one. You-and-I becomes the One Self experie ncing all as
Divine.Within nonduality, positionality is not possible; thus, dualistic
perceptions stemming from positionalities are the source of the
misunderstandings about God for which, unfortunately, mankind has paid a
great price.
To trans cend the linear to the nonlinear is the way of the mystic—the
pathway of nonduality—to realize the inner light of consciousness itself, the
True Immortal Self. Everyone trusts the inner sense of reality or capacity to
“know” that underlies all experiencing and witnessing, no matter what the
content. The content of mind thinks, but only the nonlinear field “knows,”
or how else would it be possible to know what is being thought?
Because everyon e actually lives in the experiential at every moment, the
Source of the capacity to know or experience is close at hand and is itself
pristine. All human beings experience that they are continuously
“experiencing,” no matter what the ever -changing content might be.
All humans are already mystics  and innately attracted to enlightenment,
whether they are aware of it or not. It is an extension of the qualities of
learning and curiosity, which are innate to the mind. Thus, the pathway of
“Devotional Nonduality” is open to everyone and has no requirements,
other than the capacity for inner honesty and the willingness to align with
verifiable truth and follow it to its Source.
The knowingness that arises from within is innate, accessible, and
experiential. Such knowingness is also beyond definition or description as
the primary, confirmable, unive rsal substrate of power and energy—out ofwhich arises the possibility as well as actualization of existence. This
Ultimate Reality  is revealed via the search into the substrate and source of
consciousness itself, which is the ultimate nonlinear context beyond all
definition. Thus, via the pathway of enlightenment, there is no separate
relationship of “you-God” vis-à-vis “me-human.”
In Devo tional Nonduality, the likelihood of error is bypassed by devotion
to the essential nonlinear qualit ies of Divinity itself, such as compassion,
oneness, love, truth, omniscience, eternal, infinite, omnipresence, and
omnipotence—beyond form, place, time, human instincts, or emotions.
While the primary prerequisite  for adherence to religion is faith, the
essential required qualities needed for following the pathway of nonduality
are humility, surrender, and devotional dedication to the pathway.
It is readily observable that followers of religions are characterized by the
presumption of “I know” via scriptural authority, ecclesiastical doctrine,
historical prece dent, and so on. In contrast, the spiritual devotee for
nonduality starts from the basic, more truthful position that “I, of myself,
don’t know.”
To adopt the pathway of Devotional Nonduality recontextualizes the
obligation to the pursuit of Truth rather than worldly involvement and
action. How best to serve the world is concordant with comprehension.Commitment is to the core of Truth itself, and it is free of seduction by
proselytization or secrecies. All that is necessary is a curiosity and
attraction to T ruth—which is complete, total, and self-suf ficient.
Even the simplest action, such as peeling a potato, can be accompanied
by resen tment or by devotion to life out of joy, knowing that one is
supporting life through life. In gratitude for the gift of life, one dedicates
that life back as a gift to God through selfless service to His creation as all
of life. With this dedication, one validates the sacredness of all life and
treats it with respect.
The universe responds to love by revealing its prevalence. It is hidden to
ordinary perception, but the awareness is finessed by lovingness itself.
Awareness is a capacity that is beyond the senses or emotions. If one ceases
anthropomorphic projections and limitations, it is revealed that all that
exists is innately conscious and emanates love as a consequence of the
divinity of Creation.
It is important to know that consciousness has no particular space, no
physical area, and no limitatio n. The common fantasy is “I experience
things in my head.” Actually, we do not experience them in the head. Where
do we experience a thought? We experience a thought nowhere ; there is no
specific location or space in which we experience a thought. The nature of
consciousness is that it has no particular form; it is without form. Its content
is with form, but the field of consciousness itself is like space, having no
particular locality.Ultimate Truth is realized as pure, radical subjectivity. It is self-revealing
and beyond ar gument.
The great teachers taught the Truth about Divinity, not religion, which
came centuries later. While the veneration of religion and scriptures is
understandable, it is their truth and God that are meant to be worshipped
and sought.
A religion primarily addresses the realm of duality, whereas
enlightenment addresses nonduality. This strict path to enlightenment says
that inasmuch as duality is illusion, there is no point in trying to perfect it.
Therefore, the ego is to be transcended and seen for the illusion that it is.
“Good personhood” is laudable, but it does not of itself result in
enlightenment. The possibility of reaching enlightenment is based on
advanced understanding of the nature of consciousness itself.
To even hear of enlightenment is already the rarest of gifts. Anyone who
has ever heard of enlightenment will never be satisfied with anything else.
Humor is an expression of freedom and joyfulness, and laughter is
biologically healing.... Faith, love, and joy are the high road; doom and
gloom merely lead to sadness and despondency. Self-hatred blinds
awareness of the Self as a reflection of Divine Creation.That which I am is Allness. To realize that one already is and always has
been All That Is leaves nothing to be added.
The “Infinite I” is that subjective reality that underlies the individual “I”
and allows for the experience  of “I-ness” as one’s existenc e. It is the
absolute “I” that enables the statement, “I.” Consciousness, or the capacity
for awareness, is formless and is the backdrop from which form can be
identified.
The source of the highest Spiritual Truth is non-mental. The intellect has
difficulty compr ehending this critical fact because the mind is intrinsically
dualistic and limited, expecting a “this” to come from a “that.” In the
advanced spiritual Reality, duality dissolves because the “this” is the “that.”
The seeker and the Sought become One with the transcendence of the
limitation of duality; that is, Realization of the Self, Illumination, and
Enlightenment.
When the condi tions—including mindset, intention, and dedica tion—are
favorable, a decision may arise to drop everything in the world. One might


A young man of 25 had a snake-bite and was about to die. His blood-mixed urine was given to him constantly, and he was massaged with urine. His life was saved.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  SNAKE BITE  “Urine is an anti-poisonous substance and a good tonic. Snake-charmers keep a bowlful of urine handy while catching a snake, so they may be able to drink and apply it without loss of time in case of a snakebite. Jain monks say that one who drinks urine regular for six months becomes immune to snake-poison.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  SNAKE BITE  “A friend who lives in New York, told me that he was once bitten by a poisonous snake in the African bush. He knew that the bite of that snake was fatal and could kill him in a few minutes. He was so terror stricken that he could not control himself and started  urinating. In that instant he was inspired to collect the urine in his hands and drink it. A few minutes later he started to feel pain and his leg became numb. He slept a few hours, had fever for two days, but did not die and had no permanent damage to his limb.   ‘Drinking urine saved my leg and my life,’ he beamed.”  Uropathy by Martin J. Lara  SNAKE BITE, COPPERHEAD  In the thick jungle… “A snake, most probably a copperhead, pressed its teeth deep into my lower leg. Blood was streaming out - the distance to the next hospital was at least one hour. Certainly, I 173 remembered my mention on the front cover of my book and treated myself with the miracle juice [urine]. I went to the hospital and continued my treatment but had to give some of my urine to the doctor for analysis. The effect of the bite was to our surprise minimal. I left hospital without ‘modern’ treatment, on my own feet and not in a wooden box.”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  SNAKE BITE, COBRAS  “Following the first All India Conference in 1993, I met a man who had been bitten twice by cobras. I am sorry I didn’t get the exact details of his treatment. How did you handle your snakebite… in detail? I kind of vaguely recall he had a local doctor inject the region of the bite along with drinking his urine and applying it topically. Urea has a mild de-naturing effect on proteins. That may be one of the mechanisms of the antidote. Our house has always a lot of brown recluse spiders. I don’t worry much about them… maybe its because I know pee.”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  SPIDER BITE, FUNNEL WEB SPIDER  From B.J.K. “I would like to share from personal experience, an effective remedy for treatment of poisonous bites and stings.  Firstly about two years ago I was stung by a blue bottle jellyfish (Portuguese Man-O-War) while body surfing (unfortunately I had just relieved myself in the surf). I came straight home and rubbed some old urine into the site. (I always keep some 1-2 days old), the pain diminished to negligible in a matter of minutes, and with a second application half an hour later, the pain and the red welts caused by the sting completely disappeared.  Secondly, I was bitten on the back of my hand by a funnel web spider about a year ago: the pain was excruciating. My hand swelled up near twice the size in a matter of minutes. I went straight inside and filled a glass full of urine and drank it (fortunately, I had a full bladder) and rubbed some old urine (from same morning). The pain went instantly and I was able to work after lunch for the next four hours as a massage therapist, although the swelling remained for about 48 hours -- it didn’t move past my wrist and I had no systemic effect.”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  174 SNAKE POISON  "Lord Sushrut has mentioned auto-urine as an anti-poisonous substance and a good tonic. Snake-charmers keep a bowlful of urine handy while catching a snake so that he may be able to drink and apply it without loss of time in case of a urine regularly for six months becomes immune to snake poison. The same is the opinion of may Jain monks and other sadhus."  Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  SPEECH IMPEDIMENT  Juan Carlos G. Meza, Mexico. "Juan Carlos is 8 years old and suffers mental retardation. He has been taking urine for six weeks. He has improved so much in his speech. Already he can make sentences. He did not speak at all. In three years of the help from a specialized school, he began to speak, but in one month he began to make longer sentences. He is more wide-awake and mature mentally."  Testimonials of Patients Cured by Urine Therapy http://paraisodelasalud.org/testimonios.htm  SPLINTER  “A lady was suffering from a splinter of a wood-chip in one eye. The splinter had pierced the iris and was sticking out an inch or more. The splinter was removed she fasted for a few weeks on urine and water at the end of which time the trouble was completely cured and the patient had perfect sight.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  STAINS  “Over 50 years ago my (late) husband worked in the arrowroot industry, and later in the banana industry….all harvesting was done by hand. The sap of arrowroot blackened the hands and the men found this very difficult to remove, especially around the fingernails and any cracks in the skin. My husband was told by a work mate that urine would remove the stains - it did!”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  175 STOMACH ACHE  “ShrJ Mahendrit Pal, B. Com., is a young man of 26 years, His father is a rich factory owner. He was having serious stomachache. He stayed at Gorakhpur and Bareili Nature Cure Homes for several months but had no benefit. Then I made him undergo urine treatment for two months. Besides drinking and massage, I made him undertake fasts with urine also. Now he is completely cured and is happy.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel   STOMACH ACHE  “Shri Chaturbhai Bhailalbhai lives in the village Mogari near Anand. His wife was fat and often felt pairt in her stomach. As the daughter of Shri Chaturbhai was cured of her ear-trouble with urine therapy, he adopted it for the stomach-ache of his wife also and started with rubbing urine. Within a week of rubbing, there was considerable improvement. she felt some relief and a feeling of vitality and vigour in here body. After that she also fasted on urine. With the treatment of about a month, the stomach pain disappeared and she became healthy, active and strong.”  Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  STOMACH GASES  “Whenever I had dinner, I developed gases in the stomach. I could not have sufficient sleep. When occasionally I woke up in the night I would remain awake. A few days before Diwali I began auto-urine therapy. Initially I felt revulsion. But after a week I had no inhibition. Since then my old complaint disappeared. Appetite picked up. I began having normal motions and sound sleep. Earlier I drank taking it in the blender in the morning and evening. But now without any hesitation I take it in my bare palms. I wish everyone will benefit by this nectar.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  STOMACH HYPERACIDITY  “I had been suffering from acidity for two years. Whatever I consumed was thrown out. Not a drop of water would remain inside. The head ached 24 hours; body felt as if it was on fire. I could pass very little urine. There was considerable discharge of leucorrhoea and I became very weak. Doctors and Vaidyas proved unsuccessful. At last my 176 grandfather sent me in 1972 to Shri Bhojraj Sancheti to stay in his centre and undergo auto-urine therapy.  He put me on a four days’ fast. I began vomiting on the second day, thus ejecting all the settled phlegm and bile. On the fourth day the vomiting stopped. On the fifth day, I broke my fast with the juice of mosambi. Gradually I resumed normal food. during all this time auto-urine drink and massage were going on. Within three weeks I was my own normal self. Now I feel myself completely free from illness. I wish everyone should avail of this invaluable remedy.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  STOMACH HYPERACIDITY  “I am 42. I have been tilling land from my 15th year of age. due to overwork or operating the tractor in the hot sun gave me the ailment of acidity. I had to go twice or thrice for defecation as my digestion was impaired. I gave up allopathic medicine and began urine treatment on June 6, 1977. chillies and sugar were given up. Increased the intake of milk and reduced that of other food. I could not take massage regularly. Yet I gained 60% relief


ch
one or the other nostril. Repeat 10 times, (Fig 26).

Fig. 26

5. Retraction of the abdomen

Perform retracti on of the abdomen for 7.5 seconds, on a full breath. This is
followed by a maximum exhale for 7.5 seconds, then a 5-second pause.
This is all done so that the abdominal muscles are pulled in all the time.
Repeat 10 times in 3.5 minutes, Fig.27.
 Fig. 27

6. Maximum lung ventilation

It is necessary to perform 12 as quickly as possible inspi rations and
exhalations. This means that you inhale for 2.5 seconds, and exhale for 2.5
seconds. And so you do it in one minute. After that, you imme diately need
to perfo rm a maximum pause on the exhale. The exhalation should be
maximal. Perform once.

7. Rar e breath, or br eathing by level

First level
Within 5 seconds, inhale, within 5 seconds exhale, pause for 5 seconds.
This means that 4 breathing cycles should be done within minute. Performfor one minute, after which, without stopping breathing, you need to
perform the following levels.
Second level
Inhale within 5 seconds, then 5 seconds pause, 5 seconds exhale, 5 seconds
pause. This means that 3 breat hing cycles will be done per minute. You
need to complete it within 2 minutes.
Third level
An inhalation is performed for 7.5 seconds, then pause for 7.5 seconds, then
exhale for 7.5 seconds, after which pause for 5 seconds. That is, you
performed 2 cycles of breathing per minute. Perform 3 minutes.
Fourth level
An inhalation is performed for 10 seconds, a pause for 10 seconds, an
exhalation for 10 seconds, and a pause for 10 seconds. Only one and a half
breathing cycles  are obtained per minute. Perform within 4 minutes. It is
necessary to bring to 1 breath per minute over time.

8. Double br eathe holding

At the beginnin g, perform a maximum pause on the exhale, then on the
inhale, holding the breath as much as possible. Perform 1 time.

9. The maximum pause

Perform the maximum pause in sitting position. Perform 3-10 times.
Perform the maximum pause during walking. Perform 3 to 10 times.
Perform the maximum pause during squats. Perform 3 to 10 times.
 10. Superficial br eathing

Sit down and choose a comfortable position in order to relax as much as
possible. Perform chest breathing, gradually reducing the volume of
inhalation and exhalation until the breath becomes invisible, or becomes
breathing at the level of the nasopharynx.
Lack of air can serve as evidence that the exercise is performed correctly: at
the beginning of the exercise, it is light, then medium and at the end strong.
On this shallow breathing you need to stay from 3 to 10 minutes.

Note.  All these exercises according to the Buteyko method should be
performed only by breathing through the nose and without noise. Before
proceeding to the complex, as well as after the complex is completed,
control measurements of the maximum pause and pulse should be made.
Exercises should be performed on an empty stomach.
Exer cise "Br eathing on the go"

Fig. 28

You have to go with your head held high, with your chin slightly elongated,
keeping your shoulders back and making sure that the steps are equal in
length. Take a full breath, mentally counting to 8 and taking 8 steps at this
time so that the count corresponds to the steps and the breath was taken as if
in 8 stages, but without a break. Exhale slowly through the nostrils,
counting up to 8 in the same way and taking 8 steps at this time. Hold your
breath, continuing to walk and counting to 8. Repeat this exercise until you
feel tired. It should stop the exercise for a while, and after rest, continue.
Repeat the exercise several times a day. Some yogis vary this exercise,
holding their breath and counting to 4, then exhale and count to 8. Try this
option. If it turns out to be easier and more pleasant for you, do it. Chapter 12. Exercises to get rid of illnesses and
health problems

Bronchial asthma

Patients with bronchial asthma should exercise at least 2-3 hours a day. At
rest, and then in motion, it is necessary, by an effort of will, to reduce the
speed and depth  of inspiration and to produce a pause after a long, calm
exhalation. It is also necessary at least 3 times a day (morning, before lunch
and before bedtime) to spend 2-3 long (up to 60 seconds or more) breath
holdings after exhalation, acting in the following order:
1. Sit in a comfortable position, leaning slightly against the back of a chair;
2. After exhalation, hold the nose with two fingers and do not inhale until
the desire to inhale is extremely strong;
3. After a delay, take a slow and shallow breath.
After each breath holding, you need to rest for several minutes, and then
repeat the exercise. Regular breath holdings normalize the carbon dioxide
content in the blood and prevent asthma attacks.
Stress

1. In a stressfu l situation, hold the breath after exhalation for at least 3
seconds or more.
2. “Candle Blow” exercise is also helpful.
Take a full breath and hold your breath without tension. Fold lips and
exhale all the air for 3 sharp exhalations. W ith the first exhalation, air leaves
the abdomen, with a second - from the chest, with a third - from the apex of
the lungs. Keep the body and head straight; perform this exercise
vigorously, with enthusiasm. Repeat no more than 3 times.
Anxiety, fear, gloom, depr ession

Experts say that all the negative emotions of people accumulate  in the area
between the ribs and the upper abdomen.
1. If a person has given negative thoughts and attitudes a place in his mind
and wants to get rid of them, then you need to do a simple exercise. Inhale
and exhale deeply three times. You need to breathe calmly, without tension.
On the third exhalation, you should try to exhale all the air in the lungs.
After that - a short breath hold. Next is a breath. Thus, you can fill yourself
with new life-giving ener gy and free yourself from negativity.
2. Another exercise is called “Moon Breathing”.
Performed by the left nostril and left lung. It is recommended to clamp the
right nostril and to press the right lung with something. Performing the
exercise brings passivity, peace, a sense of constancy. The action is
creating, enhanc ing digestion, healing and soothing. It helps with anxiety,
sadness and nervous tension.
Fatigue

Fig. 29

Exercise “Stimulating breathing” will help you get rid of fatigue.
Take a full breath, hold your breath and perform a long exhale through your
mouth. The air should come out as slowly and completely as possible, with
a whistl ing sound, as when pronouncing the sound “c”. Resistance to the
outgoing sound creates a language. Repeat at least 3 times.
Headache

“You have a headache,” wrote Konstantin Buteyko. "Immediately reduce
your breathing. How? Start with a maximum pause between inspiration and
expiration. It most rapidly accumulates carbon dioxide. Exhale and make
maximum pause. If you want to breathe deeply, breathe normally
(superficially), then exhale again and again make a maximum pause. Hold
your breath after it. Y our head brightened, the pain was gone. "
Stuffy nose, flu

You woke up: one nostril is blocked, and in the other you feel certain
dryness. Then you need to plug this breathing nostril with a handkerchief,
or bury your nose in the pillow. Hold your breath, sequentially tensing the
muscles in any sequence. A blocked nostril will open. And you get up, and
all also consistently tighten your muscles and hold your breath.
But in another nostril there is some unusual dryness. The body needs help.
Take the onion head, cut across and bring to the nose. Inhale volatile
onions, sniff to tears and blow your nose. Onion volatile products kill the
influenza viruse s in a few minutes while they are on the mucou s membrane
in the nose. Do the same when you first sneeze.
Runny nose

“... a chronic runny nose is like a valve that protects the body  from deep
breathing,” Buteyko explained. “What does a person do? Instead of
reducing breathing, it opens its mouth and breathes even more.  And he/she
wonders why he cannot cure a runny nose for 20-30 years. Those, who
understands our theory, should shut his mouth, reduced his breath, and in a
minute the runny nose will end. ”
Cough, asthma, angina


	said	that	once	a	person	has	heard	of	enlightenment	and
receives	teachings,	the	end	is	certain,	and	they	will	never	be	satisfied	with
anything	less.	He	also	stated	that	this	might	proceed	through	a	number	of
lifetimes	but	that	eventually,	enlightenment	was	certain	as	one’s	destiny.	It
is	thus	implied	that	anyone	who	is	interested	in	material	such	as	this	is
likely	to	be	destined	for	enlightenment;	otherwise,	why	would	they	be
here?	Why	would	they	have	any	interest	in	the	subject	at	all?
Q:	What	can	you	say	about	meditation?
A:	It	is	both	a	large	subject	and	yet	a	very	simple	one.	The	simplest	practices
are	the	best	and	can	be	continuous	throughout	the	day’s	activities.
Formally,	if	we	sit	still,	close	our	eyes,	and	stay	aware	of	the	breathing,	we
can	look	at	the	patterns	that	appear	to	our	vision	behind	closed	eyelids.
One	simply	observes	the	procession	of	the	mind’s	activities	without
interference	or	comment.	From	there,	one	then	moves	on	and	focuses
attention	to	what	it	is	that	is	watching	this	procession.	Identifying	the
watcher	then	leads	into	the	witness,	which	in	turn	leads	to	the	awareness	of
the	experiencer	that	these	are	qualities	of	consciousness.	One	is	aware	of
the	witnessing,	experiencing,	and	watching,	and	that	these	are	happening
by	themselves.	These	are	impersonal	qualities	of	consciousness.	They
happen	automatically.	There	is	actually	no	personal	entity	that	is	‘doing’
the	watching,	witnessing,	or	observing.	It	is	also	important	to	notice	that
this	impersonal	quality	is	unaffected	by	the	content	of	that	which	is
observed.	The	real,	transcendent	‘I’	even	witnesses	sleep.
Q:	What	is
satori
?
A:	It	is	a	spiritual	state	of	advanced	awareness	most	often	occurring	during	a
course	of	meditation	and	which	may	remain	for	varying	points	of	time.	Itmay	appear,	disappear,	change	levels,	and	have	permanent	residuals	or
become	a	permanent	state	of	awareness.	Because	it	is	a	revelation,	it
cannot	be	controlled.	Even	if	the	state	disappears,	what	was	seen,	realized,
and	understood	remains	permanently.
					For	instance,	one	may	suddenly	‘transcend	the	opposites’	and	realize
that	the	source	of	all	experiencing	is	a	positionality	within.	This	may	then
lead	to	the	awareness	that	there	is	no	‘inner’	or	‘outer’	in	that	they	are	the
same,	and	that	there	is	no	possibility	other	than	subjectivity.
Q:	Does	not	spiritual	ambition	lead	to	having	a	spiritual	ego?
A:	Yes,	if	it	remains	only	as	ambition.	By	surrender	and	humility,	ambition	is
replaced	by	the	motivation	of	love,	inspiration,	and	devotion.
					What	is	usually	implied	by	the	term	‘spiritual	pride’	is	the	product	of
the	illusion	that	there	is	a	personal	self	that	is	doing	the	spiritual	work.
These	tendencies	are	countered	by	humility,	thankfulness,	and	gratitude,
and	it	is	merely	the	spiritual	inspiration	that	emanates	as	a	supportive
energy	from	the	Self.	Spiritual	intention	attracts	higher	energy	fields	that
are	experienced	as	grace.
Q:	How	can	meditation	persist	in	one’s	daily	existence?
A:	By	merely	constantly	posing	the	question	to	oneself	of	‘what’	is	doing	the
acting,	talking,	feeling,	thinking,	or	observing.	This	is	a	focus	of	attention,
with	no	languaging.	The	spiritual	teacher	Ramana	Maharshi	called	that
process	‘self-inquiry’,	which	he	recommended	as	a	technique	that	was
suitable	at	all	times	in	all	activities.	Continuous	meditation	could	be
likened	to	a	mudra,	or	posture	and	attitude,	in	which	every	act	is	sanctified
by	its	surrender	as	an	act	of	service	or	worship.	When	one’s	attitude
towards	everything	becomes	a	devotion,	Divinity	reveals	itself.
Q:	How	can	we	stop	judging	others?
A:	Through	compassion	arises	the	desire	to	understand	rather	than	condemn.
With	understanding,	we	see	that	people	cannot	actually	help	being	other
than	they	are	at	any	given	moment.	People	are	generally	unaware	that	they
are	run	by	programs	inherent	in	society	and	in	the	specific	energy	field	that
dominates	their	consciousness.	The	average	mind	is	unwittingly
brainwashed,	and	the	people	are	dominated	by	a	field	of	consciousness	to
which	they	are	attracted.
					As	a	typical	example,	although	anyone	who	is	relatively	spiritually
advanced	is	aware	that	the	end	does	not	justify	the	means,	in	our	society,
that	is	turned	around	as	an	operational	dictum	that	the	end	does	justify	themeans.	(The	proposition	that	the	end	justifies	the	means	makes	one	go
weak	with	muscle	testing.)
Q:	What	is	meant	by	the	Zen	teaching	of	‘no	mind’?
A:	Some	spiritual	teachings	from	the	East	use	the	term	‘mind’,	ordinary	mind,
or	ego,	or	in	contrast,	‘Mind’,	which	paradoxically	means	‘no	mind’	or
‘Self’.	To	complicate	terminology	further,	some	teachings	use	mind	to
mean	Universal	Mind,	which	is	the	same	as	Self,	Oneness,	or	Allness.	The
doctrine	of	‘no	mind’	merely	states	that	the	eternal	truth	is	self-awareness
and	is	to	be	found	in	the	silence	and	the	presence	beyond	ordinary	mind.
Awareness	of	Self	as	Mind	is	blocked	by	focusing	on	the	content-filled
mind	of	the	personal	self.
Q:	Why	did	Buddha	not	speak	of	God?
A:	Because	of	religions,	God	has	had	many	definitions	and	descriptions	so
that	concepts	about	God	would,	paradoxically,	actually	be	blocked	to	the
awareness	of	the	reality	of	God,	and	the	seeker	would	end	up	seeking	for	a
preconceived	concept	rather	than	surrendering	it	so	that	the	reality	could
present	itself.
Q:	What	is	the	state	of	‘no	mind’	like?
A:	Initially,	the	awakening	into	a	whole	new	realm	is	overwhelming.	What	is
left	of	the	former	self	is	stunned	by	the	massive	revelation	and	the
magnificence	of	the	condition.	Everything	is	brilliantly	alive,	and	all	is
One	and	startlingly,	massively	divine.	There	is,	however,	also	an	infinite
stillness	and	peace,	a	profound	sense	of	having	at	last	returned	to	one’s
real	home.	No	fear	is	possible.	What	one	really	is,	is	beyond	all	form	and
always	was	beyond	all	time	and	space.	These	realities	are	self-evident.	All
thoughts,	ideas,	and	mentations	stop,	and	the	stillness	is	everywhere
present,	all-pervading.
					The	Self	is	realized	to	be	now	everywhere	instead	of	localized.	All
human	activities	and	attitudes	have	ceased.	There	is	no	desire	for	anything.
All	is	known	and	equally	present	so	there	is	nothing	left	to	know	or	know
about.	All	questions	are	answered	so	there	are	none	to	ask.	There	is
nothing	to	think	about	nor	would	there	be	a	p


 palms.
2. With your right hand, cup your testicles so that the palm of your
hand completely covers them. (This exercise is best done without
clothing.) Do not squeeze. Just a slight pressure should be felt, as well
as the heat from your hand.
3. Place the palm of your left hand on the area of your pubis, one inch
below your navel.
4. With a slight pressure so that a ge ntle wannth begins to build in the
area of your pubis, move your left hand in clockwise or counter
clockwise circles eighty-one times.
5. Rub your hands together vigorously again.
Figure 42. The Male Deer Exen;ise.
90 The Internal Exercises
6. Reverse the position of your hands so that your left hand cups your
testicles and your right hand is on your pubis. Repeat the circular
rubbing in the opposite direction another eighty-one times. Concen
trate on what you are doing, and feel the warmth grow. For all Taoist
exercises, it is very important-even necessary- that you concen
trate on the purpose of the physical motions, fordoing so will enhance
the results. It will unify the body and mind to bring full power to your
purpose. Never try to use the mind to force the natural processes by
ima gining fires growing in the pubic area. The use of imagination
does not apply to this exercise.
Second Stage:
I. Tighten the muscles around your anus and draw them up and in.
When done properly it will feel as if air is being drawn up your
rectum, or as if your entire anal area is being drawn in and upward.
Tighten as hard as you can and hold as long as you are able to do so
comfortably.
2. Stop and relax a moment.
3. Repeat the anal contraction s. Do this as many times as you can
without feeling discomfort. At first you may find that you are able to
hold the anal sphincter muscles tight for only a few seconds. Do not
be discouraged and please persist. After se veral weeks you will be
able to hold the muscles tight for quite a while without experien cing
weariness or strain.
NOTE A: As you do the second stage of the exercise, you should
concent rate on feeling a tingling sensation (similar to an electric
shock) ascend along the pathway of the seven glands. The sensation
lasts for fractions of a second and results naturally. Do not try to force
this with mental images.
Some teachings suggest that thoughts should be used to help or
guide energy flow. Those who make these suggestions misunder
stand the nature of energy.
There are six forms of energy: mechan ical energy, heat energy,
sound energy, radiant energy, atomic energy, and electrical energy.
We emit electrical energy. The electrical energy in man differs
drastically from that used to run a house. The electrical current in the
average home fluctuates at 60 cycles per second; in men, 49,000,000
91 The Internal Exe rcises
cycles per second. The latter figure is about half that of light, which
travels at 186,000 miles per second. So when a man starts to think,
breathe, or visualize to help the energy reach its destination, the
electrical energy will have already reached its destination. Our
thoughts, breaths, etc. are too slow to guide the flow of electrical
energy.
What occurs at the unconscious level was not meant to be subject to
the control of the conscious mind. If the conscious mind interferes
with someth ing it was not evolved to control-helping or guiding
electrical energy through visualization, thoughts, etc. -it can cause a
great deal of mental and physica l damage. Its interference with the
natural progress of energy can cause schizophrenia, brain damage,
and other pro blems. Taoists call these calamities ''Disintegration into
Evil''. I have personal ly seen many such disintegrations in the East
and West.
The Deer Exercise is extremely safe-provided, that is, it is not
supplement ed with techniques of other teachings. For show, various
incompatible techniques are often thrown together to create spectacu
lar techniques, but the results are often disastrous. Lao-Tse said,
''My way is simple and easy.'' And true Taoist method s are simple
and easy.
N01E B: To determine whether or not the Deer Exercise is having an
effect on the prostate gland, try this test: as you urinate, try to stop the
stream of urine entirely through anal muscle contractions. If you are
able to do so, then the exercise is effective.
NOTE C: If an erection occurs while practicing this exercise, then
place the thumb of the hand cupping the testicles at the base of the
penis next to the pubis and press down sharply, while massaging the
area of the pubis with the other hand. This will inhibit the flow of
blood into the penis and maximize the build-up of energy within the
sexual glands. (Tao of Sexology deals with the issue of proper orgasm
without ejaculation to control the loss of energy during masturbation
or sexual intercourse. The teachings stress that one does not wish to
experience ejaculation following this exercise, or at other times,
except for purposes of procreation, as this dissipates the energy which
has begun to build as a consequence of this exercis e. Taoism stresses
the use of this energy for elevating spirituality, so that mankind can
meet physical, mental, and spiritual aspirations at one time.)
NOTE D: Always concen trate on what you are doing.
92 The Internal Exercises
Proper hygiene must be prac ticed in conju nction with the exercise. We
need to take the time daily to wash our entire bodies, including all the
open ings to the body. Soc ial mores train us to wash the face, mouth, and
teeth thorou ghly. But we often neglect to wash the anal opening due to
social taboos surrounding this part icula r area of the body. Please, take the
time to clean the anal ope ning and the genitals so that germs and feces do
not have a chance to collect, which can lead to infections, cancers,
hemorrhoids or other weaknesses in this area of the body. Refer also to the
Sun Wo rship Exercise.
Pressure is being placed on the prostate gland as it is gently massaged by
the tightening action of the anal muscles. (The anus can be thought of as a
little motor which pumps the prostate gland.) Thus stimula ted, the prostate
begins to secrete hormone s such as endorph ins, which produce a natural
high. When the prostate goes into spasms, a small orgasm is experienced.
By alternate ly squeezing and relaxing the anus during the Deer Exercise, a
natural high is produced without having to jog ten or more miles or endure
its side-effects.
Among other things, this exercise cures and prevents hemonboids and cures
problems of the prostate, such as weaknes s, enlargement, and cancer. It
strengthens the nerve endings around the pubis and penis and may be used to
correct problems of impotence and premature ejaculation. Contraction of the
anal muscles will also help enlarge the head or bulb of the peni s, which will
give the man more pleasant sensations during sexual intercourse.
It is crucial to learn control over the anal muscles if one is to master the
later meditative and breathing Internal Exercises. These muscles may be
described as a door or a lock. When shut, they close off the upper body and
allow the energy to collect and build in the abdominal channel. Without this
build-up of energy, it will be impossible to properly stimulate the sexual
organs, and in tum, the other glands of the body. It is essential then to gain
mastery over this lock if one is to strengthen one's system sufficiently to
beg in to energize the spiritual centers in the body.
THE DEER EXERC ISE FOR WOMEN
The benefits women can deri ve from the Deer Exercise are numerous
and noteworthy.
93 The Internal Exe rcises
Taoism provides a way for a woman to elimina te the problems related to
the menstrual period, even in the middle of a period. These problems
include emotional ups and downs, water retention, hormone blockages,
cramps, and abnormal flow of blood. (A light menstrual flow indicates
blockage and body poisoning. If the period suddenly stops-without the
influence of the Deer Exercise -disease is indicated.)
The exercise strengthens the muscles of the rectum and prevents and/or
cures hemorrho ids. It cures and prevents vaginal problems such as infec
tions, discharges, colitis, and leucorrhea. It increases the circulation in the
sexual organs and energizes the pubic area.
The vagina greatly benefits from the Deer Exercise. It becomes tighter,
meatier, and more flexible. So a woman who has had children can greatly
benefit from the Deer, as the man's pleasure is increased during inter
course. (Childbirth can leave the vagina loose and enlarged, resulting in a
great loss of penile sensation for her partner during intercourse.) By
performing the exercise, a woman can energize and tighten her vagina.
In addition, the Deer stimulates natural estrogen production. The ex


	filtration	technology.

Quite	affordable,	yet	still	very	effective,	and	excellent	for	people	who	not	only	are
interested	in	proper	hydration	but	also	want	to	cleanse	the	body	from	toxins,	are	water
ionizers.	These	are	widely	available	on	the	Internet.

The	most	commonly	used	methods	to	remove	chlorine	and	numerous	other
contaminants	from	your	drinking	water	(and	possibly	shower	water)	are	filtration	and
reverse	osmosis.	Although	these	systems	can	also	be	pricey,	they	are	still	an	affordable
option	if	you	consider	the	cost	of	suffering	through	a	bout	of	cancer.	To	help	replenish
some	of	the	minerals	lost	when	using	these	two	types	of	systems,	add	a	few	grains	of
uncooked	basmati	rice	to	the	water	jug	or	bottle	(avoid	plastic	containers)	and	leave	the
rice	in	the	jar	for	up	to	a	month	at	a	time.	Adding	a	pinch	of	or	unrefined	sea	salt	to	a	glass
of	water	also	helps	to	give	you	the	lost	minerals	back.

Distilled	water,	which	is	the	closest	to	natural	rainwater,	is	excellent	for	hydrating	the
body	cells,	but,	unlike	rainwater,	it	is	lifeless.	Adding	a	few	grains	of	uncooked	basmati
rice	to	1	gallon	of	distilled	water	gives	it	minerals	and	vitamins	(or	else	use	the	sea	salt
option),	and	exposing	the	water	to	direct	sunlight	or	placing	a	clear	quartz	crystal	in	the
water	for	an	hour	helps	to	restore	its	vitality.	The	only	machine	I	know	of	that	produces
healthy,	energized	distilled	water	is	the	“Crystal	Clear	electron	water/air	machine™,”
developed	by	John	Ellis	(
johnellis.com
).	Its	water	even	eliminates	the	smell	in	waste
lagoons	and	septic	systems	(it	kills	only	harmful	bacteria).

Of	course,	the	old-fashioned	method	of	boiling	your	drinking	water	for	several	minutes
causes	any	chlorine	to	evaporate.

Another	inexpensive	way	to	get	rid	of	most	chlorine	in	water	is	to	use	vitamin	C.	One
gram	of	vitamin	C	will	neutralize	1	ppm	(part	per	million)	of	chlorine	in	100	gallons	of
water.	This	is	particularly	useful	if	you	want	to	lie	in	the	bathtub	without	suffering	the
irritating	effects	of	chlorine	on	your	skin	and	in	your	lungs.

Prill	beads	are	another,	far	less	expensive,	form	of	water	treatment.	Although	they
cannot	replace	a	water	filter,	they	still	cleanse	your	drinking	water	and	make	it	“thinner.”
This	has	a	positive	effect	on	the	blood,	lymph,	and	basic	cellular	processes.	Prill	beads	are
available	on	the	Internet	(see
Suppliers	Lists
	in	the	Appendix).	I	can	attest	to	the	good
taste	of	the	water,	its	“thinness,”	and	its	excellent	hydrating	and	cleansing	effects.

Yet	another	good	water	treatment	is	Molecular	Resonance	Effect	Technology	(MRET)—a	device	that	alters	the	molecular	organizational	state	of	water	and	other	liquid
substances.	MRET	water	has	many	special	properties	that	make	it	ideal	to	help	the	body	to
increase	its	quota	of	structured	water.	MRET-activated	water	closely	resembles	cellular
water	in	the	body	and	hence	is	bioavailable.	MRET	water	is	produced	by	a	nonchemical
biosafe	process	of	water	activation.	During	this	process,	a	subtle,	low-frequency
electromagnetic	field	is	imprinted	into	the	water.	It	is	similar	to	the	earth’s	geomagnetic
field	found	in	special	healing	springs.	I	have	tested	the	basic	MRET	and	found	it	to	be
very	beneficial,	although	it	requires	separate	filtering.	It	is	widely	available	on	the
Internet.	NIKKEN	also	makes	an	excellent	water	treatment	system.

7.	Cut	Down	on	Alcohol

Alcohol	is	liquefied,	refined	sugar	and	is	highly	acid-forming.	Therefore,	it	has	a	strong
mineral-depleting	effect	in	the	body.	The	organ	most	affected	by	alcohol	is	the	liver.	If	a
generally	healthy	person	drinks	two	glasses	of	wine	within	one	hour,	the	liver	is	not	able
to	detoxify	all	the	alcohol.	Much	of	it	is	converted	into	fatty	deposits	and,	eventually,
gallstones	in	the	liver.	If	the	liver	and	gallbladder	have	already	accumulated	a	number	of
gallstones,	alcohol	consumption	will	make	these	stones	grow	faster	and	cause	them	to
become	more	plentiful.

Like	coffee	or	tea,	alcohol	has	a	strongly	dehydrating	effect.	It	reduces	the	water
content	of	the	body’s	cells,	blood,	lymph,	and	bile,	thus	impairing	blood	circulation	and
the	elimination	of	waste	products.	The	effects	of	a	dehydrated	central	nervous	system	are
delirium,	blurred	vision,	a	loss	of	memory	and	orientation,	and	slow	reaction	time,	all	of
which	we	generally	refer	to	as	a	“hangover.”	Under	the	influence	of	alcohol	and	the
dehydration	it	causes,	the	nervous	and	immune	systems	go	into	depression.	This	leads	to	a
slowing	of	the	digestive,	metabolic,	and	hormonal	processes	in	the	body.	All	of	this
promotes	the	development	of	even	more	gallstones	in	the	liver	and	gallbladder.

It	is	best	for	those	who	have	had	a	history	of	gallstones	to	avoid	alcohol	altogether.
Many	of	my	clients	who	stopped	drinking	any	kind	of	alcohol,	including	beer	and	wine,
spontaneously	recovered	from	such	problems	as	panic	attacks,	arrhythmia,	respiratory
problems,	various	heart	conditions,	sleeping	disorders,	gallbladder	attacks,	pancreatic
infections,	prostate	enlargement,	colitis,	and	other	inflammatory	diseases.	If	you	suffer
from	any	disease	at	all,	it	is	best	to	stay	away	from	all	dehydrating	beverages,	such	as
alcohol,	coffee,	tea,	and	soda	(especially	diet	drinks).	This	allows	the	body	to	direct	all	its
energy	and	resources	toward	healing	the	affected	part	or	parts	of	the	body.

8.	Avoid	Overeating
One	of	the	greatest	causes	of	gallstones	is
overindulging	in	food
.	Eating	more	than	the
stomach	can	process	without	suffering	indigestion	or	“fullness”	causes	the	liver	to	secrete
excessive	amounts	of	cholesterol	into	liver	bile.	This,	in	turn,	leads	to	the	development	of
gallstones	in	the	bile	ducts.	Therefore,	one	of	the	most	effective	methods	to	prevent
gallstones	is	“undereating.”

Eating	in	moderation	and	observing	an	occasional	day	of	“fasting”	on	just	liquids
(ideally	once	per	week)	both	help	the	digestive	system	to	remain	efficient	and	able	to	deal
with	most	existing	deposits	of	undigested	food.	Liquids	include	vegetable	soups,	fruit
juices,	vegetable	juices,	herbal	teas,	and	water.	Leaving	the	dining	table	while	still	a	little
hungry	maintains	a	healthy	desire	for	good,	nutritious	foods.	Overeating,	by	contrast,
leads	to	intestinal	congestion,	the	proliferation	of	destructive	bacteria	and	yeast,	and
cravings	for	“energizing”	(which	really	means	energy-depleting)	foods	and	beverages,
such	as	sugar,


“It’ s okay to f eel sad” and “Y ou can talk to me about it” —and you
encourage them to share their fe elings, the lines of communication will be
restored.
Y our Day 20 Meditation: W elcome the Child
(Day 20 of the audio download)
Place a hand ove r your heart. Close your eyes. Allow yourself not only to
see  y our inner chi ld but also to be  th at child. Ask  someone to re ad the
following paragraph to you. Imagine you are hearing your parents tell you:
W e’r e so glad you came. W e’ve been waiting for you. W e wanted you
so much to be part of our family. Y ou’r e so important to us. The family
wouldn’ t be the same without you. W e love you. W e want to hold you.
W e want to help you gr ow up to be all that you can be. Y ou don’ t have
to be like us. Y ou can be yourself. W e love your uniqueness. Y ou’r e so
beautiful. Y ou’r e so bright. Y ou’r e so cr eative. It gives us such pleasur e
to have you her e. W e thank you for choosing our family. W e know
you’r e blessed. Y ou have blessed us by coming. W e love you. W e r eally
love you.Let your  little child make these words true for you. Be aware that every
day you can look in the mirror and say these words. Y ou can tell yourself all
the thing s you wanted your pare nts to tell you. Y our little child n eeds to feel
wanted and loved. Give that to your child.
No m atter how old you are or h ow sick or scared the little child within
you is, it needs to be wanted a nd loved. Keep telling your inn er child, “I
want you, and I  love you.” It is the truth for you. The Universe wants you
here. And that’ s why you are here. Y ou’ve always been loved and will
always b e loved  throughout eternity. Y ou can live happily ever after. And so
it is.D A Y  2 1
L o v i n g  Y o u r s e l f  N o w
Thr ough mirr or work, you discover that you ar e perfect just as you ar e
and that loving yourself can heal every pr oblem.
Congratulations, dear ones! This  is the last day of your 21-day adventure
in mirror work. It has brought you closer to discovering one of  the biggest
treasures of your life—the gift of loving yourself.
This was not an easy journey, I know. There were a few bumps and
stumbling blocks along the way, but you stuck with it. I am so very proud of
you!
Throughout this journey, you have used your mirror work to help you
examine your self-talk, quiet your inner critic, for give those wh o have hurt
you, let go of past fears, and release old beliefs and negat ive thought
patterns. In doing so, you have opened a storehouse of treasure within you.
My wish for you  is to always remember that there is one thing that heals
every pr oblem, a nd that is to love yourself. When you start to love yourself
more each day, it’ s amazing how your life will get better. Y ou will feel
better. Y ou will get the job you  want. Y ou will have the money you need.
Y our rel ationships will improve, and the negative ones will dissolve and
new ones will appear.
Although you have completed th is course, your mirror work has  only just
begun. I t is something for you to practice every day. Y ou will most likely
encounter more bumps and even  a few detours as you continue the journey.
But you  will be ready. Y ou will be able to pick yourself up, look into your
mirror, and remind yourself that you are worth loving. Y ou are perfect justas y ou are. Y ou deserve all the goodies in life. Y ou are a magnet for
miracles.
Carry yo ur mirror with you. Kee p reminding the beautiful person looking
back at you that you love this person with all your heart.
Let’ s af firm: When I expr ess l ove towar d myself and everyone I meet, that
love comes right back to me!
In my Afterword, I will leave yo u with a list of 12 ways you can love
yourself now. Let them serve as reminders of the good work you have done
over the past three weeks. And remember: I love you!
Y our Day 21 Mirror Play Exercise
1. Go to the mirror and look at the beautiful person looking back at
you. Raise your arms and give yourself a big cheer for finishing
this course. Say these af firmations: I love you, darling. I r eally
love you. Y ou did it! Y ou completed this course. I am so pr oud of
you. Y ou can do anything you set your mind to.
2. T ake time to express your gratitude for all the work you have
done. Say these af firmations: Thank you for hanging in ther e.
Thank you for being open to learning something new. I r eally
love you.
3. Make a commitment to continue your mirror play. Say: I will see
you tomorr ow, gor geous. W e will discuss other ar eas that I’d like
to change. I love you. Y ou ar e worth loving. Y ou deserve only the
best.
The Power Is W ithin Y ou: Y our Day 21 Journaling
Exercise
1. Review your journal from the beginning of the course. Go
through each lesson and congratulate yourself for all the workyou have done.
2. W rite down the areas where you have progressed the most. W rite
down some of the problems areas where you could use more
work.
3. Go back and repeat the lessons in which you feel you need more
guidance from your mirror.
4. If you like, share your comments about this course on my
Facebook page, www.facebook.com/louiselhay.
5. Now go play with your inner child!
Y our Heart Thought for Day 21: W e Are All Part of the
Harmonious Whole
Remember: you are part of a community of people all over the g lobe who
are working to m ake this a bette r world. W e have come together at this time
because there is something we need to learn from one another. It is safe for
us to  work on loving ourselves so that we may benefit and gro w from this
experience. W e choose to work together to create harmony in our
relationships and in every area of our lives.
Divine r ight action is guiding us every moment of the day. W e say the
right words at t he right time a nd follow the right course of action at all
times. Each person is part of the harmonious whole.
There is a divine blending of ener gies as we work joyfully together,
supporting and encouraging on e another in ways that are fulfilling and
productive. W e are healthy, happy, loving, joyful, respectful, supportive,
and at peace with ourselves and with one another. So be it, and so it is.
Y our Day 21 Meditation: A W orld That Is Safe
(Day 21 of the audio download)W e’ve t ouched on many things in the past 21 days. W e’ve talk ed about
negative things and positive things. W e’ve talked about fears and
frustrations. Man y of us still do not trust ourselves to take care of ourselves,
and we feel lost and lonely. Y e t we have been working on ourselves for
some time and have noticed that our
lives are changing. Lots of problems in the past aren’ t problems anymore.
It doesn ’ t chang e overnight, but if we are persistent and consistent, positive
things do  happen. So let’ s share the ener gy we have, and the love we have,
with oth er people. Know that as we give from our hearts w e are also
receiving from other hearts.
Let’ s open our h earts so that we can take in everyone with love, support,
and caring. Let’ s move that love to people in the street who have no homes
and no place t o go. Let’ s sh are our love with those who are angry,
frightened, or in pain. Let’ s send love to the people who are in the process
of leaving the planet and those who have already left.
Let’ s share our love with everybody, whether they accept it or not. Let’ s
hold the  entire planet in our hearts: the animals, the vegetation, and all the
people. The people we are angr y at or frustrated with. Those who are not
doing things our way. And tho se who are expressing so-called evil—let’ s
take them into our hearts, too,  so that from a feeling of safe ty they can
begin to recognize who they really are.
See pea ce breaking out all over the planet. Know that you are
contributing to that peace right n ow. Rejoice that you have the ability to do
something positive to help. Acknowledge how wonderful you  are. Know
that it is the truth for you. And


 loss (despite norm al appetite)are also common. Symptoms due to acute insulin deficiency include the
above health dif ficulties as well as nausea, vomiting, and insulin shock.4
Type 2 diabetes, in contrast to type 1, is not primarily a result of insulin
deficiency, but rather the body’ s inability to properly use the insulin
produced. In such patients, the islet cells function adequately, but only a
small amount of insulin actually is used by the cells to produce energy.
Again, the cause of this problem is unclear; one theory that seems to be
supported by clinically observing the Gerson Therapy working  in diabetic
patients is that insulin receptors on individual cells can often become
obstructed by cholesterol. Other possible causes include genetic
predisposition. 5
Type 2 diabetic patients are quite frequently forty years of age or older
and overweight. Often accompanying this diabetic type are high blood
pressure and high blood cholesterol, symptoms found frequently with
obesity. The disease’ s symptoms are often more difficult to spot with type 2
patients, although increased thirst and urine output are sometimes noted.
Chronic skin infections and reduced circulation to the extremities can also
be present.6
Conventional T reatment and Potential Complications of Diabetes
Management depends on the type of diabetes affecting an individual.
Type 1 diabetes  is always managed by a combination of diet and insulin
injection. Insulin regimens, designed to supply a continuous though
fluctuating supply of insulin to the body, are self-administered by the
patient. Diet management, as recommended by the American Diabetes
Association, usually suggests that protein intake constitute 10 to 20 percent
of calori c intake, with fat no more than that same percentage for fats and
oils. The remaining percentage is to be balanced among complex
carbohydrates and other products, corresponding to the insulin intake of the
patient.
This same diet regimen applies for type 2 patients, although weight loss
also becomes a frequent goal. There are a series of noninsulin drugs on the
market as well. Their functions range from increasing insulin production in
the islet cells to slowing carbohydrate absorption. Type 2 patie nts will, on
some occasions, also self-administer insulin injections.Diabetes management is almost always geared toward long-term
symptom contro l. Frequently, diet control is a difficult balancin g act as the
patient has to factor activity levels, different food products, metabolic
needs, potential insulin needs,  and other health factors into day-to-day
treatment.
Despite conven tional medical treatment methods, a number of
complications still result, which  include eye and vision problems such as
cataract development, retinal damage, and glaucoma. Kidney problems also
strike diabetics frequently; the risk of kidney disease in some form is 15 to
20 percent in type 2 patients and is double that percentage in type 1
diabetics.7
Diabetes and the Gerson Therapy
Type 1 diabetic  patients, when treated with the Gerson Therapy, often
notice a great reduction in their insulin requirements, though many will
remain permane ntly dependent on insulin. When islet of Langerhans cells
are destroyed, the body, even in the best of health, cannot regen erate them.
If the cells are only damaged, there is some chance that the body, aided by
the Gerson protocol, can heal and restore their function.
Additionally, in patients presenting diabetes-associated degenerative
changes such as reduced vision, kidney damage, or circulation problems,
the therapy is often effective in reversing deterioration. Type 1 diabetes
patients do, however, need to indefinitely continue a menu plan very close
to the Gerson diet to maintain the best health.
Type 2 diabetes  is far more easily corrected. Patients treated  with the
Gerson protocol are often able to eliminate the need for insulin
management. As mentioned previously, one potential cause of type 2
diabetes is a clogging effect on the insulin receptors due to cholesterol
deposits. Becau se the Gerson diet is very low in fat and contains no
cholesterol, it is highly effectiv e in rapidly reducing cholesterol. We hold
that Dr. Gerson’ s diet is able to quickly reverse this cloggin g problem,
allowing cell receptors to use insulin. Many Gerson Insitute personnel have
observed patients that are able to reduce their insulin dependence almost
immediately when following the Gerson protocol.Diabetic patients pursuing the Gerson Therapy in an inpatient setting will
receive an altered version of the Gerson diet with a reduction in sugar
intake. Patients frequently work  their way back toward the standard Gerson
protocol as their bodies respond to the therapy and begin to heal. After
several weeks, we have observe d cases of type 2 diabetes that are able to
resume the full Gerson protocol, including full amounts of the apple/carrot
juices that would otherwise have caused severe problems in a diabetic.
Diabetes can be further complicated by many of the other problems it
brings to the body, most notably kidney damage. While the Gerson Therapy
is able to reverse a good deal of such damage, when the kidneys are past a
certain point—generally 20 percent or less of normal function—this
treatment progra m is no longer  effective. The same holds true for those
people who are under going or about to start dialysis, or for those who have
already under gone kidney transplant sur gery.
A Summary of the Gerson Therapy Application for Diabetics
Type 2 diabetes can often be dramatically improved, and in some cases
overcome, using the Gerson Therapy. Type 1 diabetes patients will often see
a stabilizing effect in some cases with reversal of kidney damage and retinal
damage. Hypert ension is often eliminated. Type 1 patients are sometimes
able to discontin ue insulin completely, but this is not a common outcome.
Glucose levels in the blood do require careful monitoring.
In consuming juices and follow ing the diet, certain modifications are
made to the Gerson program. Apple juice is eliminated; grapefruit juice
replaces orange;  the apple/carrot juice is partly replaced with green juice,
depending on insulin intake. Raw vegetables replace fruits for snacking. All
honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, and other sweeteners are eliminated. If
glucose can be stabilized, one or two pieces of fruit per day may be added
to the diet. Melons are preferred.
In takin g the Gerson-recommended medications, thyroid hormone is
reduced to 1 or 1 1/2 grains per day. Lugol is reduced to three drops daily.
Potassium (K) is limited to 1 tsp per glass, except in cases of severe edema
where K may be increased to 2 tsp per glass. During healing reactions, the
individual’ s need for insulin may temporarily increase. Over time, the
requirement for insulin supplementation is usually completely eliminated intype 2 diabet es. Type 1 patients often continue to need some
supplementation, but other degenerative processes are usually arrested.
GENETIC  DISORDERS
Genetic disorders generally do not respond to the Gerson Therapy, but
symptoms of genetic weakness can be improved. One case of cystic fibrosis
showed significant improvement while the patient followed the Gerson
program.
Emphysema
Positive responses by emphysema patients have been observed when they
faithfully adhered to the Gerson protocol. Lung capacity can be increased
and related symptoms controlled.
Heart Disease and V ascular Disease
High blood pressure responds exceptionally well to the Gerson Therapy.
In fact, improvements are so great that the companions accompanying a
heart patient should be screened for antihypertensive effects, since we have
observed hypo tension in both patients and companions following
administration of the Gerson diet alone. Antihypertensive drugs should be
slowly decreased starting the third to fifth day of treatment. Malignant high
blood pressure can take longer to respond to the treatment.
Heart disease does respond well to the Gerson program, and here is an
illustration: In October 1990, a man whom we’ll identify as Frank Winslow
checked into the Gerson Therapy hospital in Tijuana, Mexico, with a
multitude of health problems. He was extremely obese, weighing 303
pounds. Now forty-six years of age, Frank had already suffered a massive
heart attack at age thirty-eight, and it had left him not only with heart
damage, but with high blood pressure.
Frank Winslow also suffered from gout and was taking standard antigout
medication. If he stopped taking  it for only one day, he would have a severe
gouty attack. He also had intractable diabetes. Even with his takingmedication and insulin, his blood sugar ran between 240 and 400 mg/dL
(where normal is below 120).
So Frank was given the Gerson Therapy, modified somewhat because of
his high blood pressure and diabetes. Usually, as you may know by now, the
Gerson juicing program includ es thirteen glasses of fruit and vegetable
juices: one 8-ounce glass (225 grams) of orange juice, about five glasses
containing apples and carrots  in approximately a 35 to 65 percent
proportion, 1/3 apples to 2/3 carrots), three glasses of carrot juice given
with two capsules of liver powd er each, and four glasses of juice made with
various salad greens, also containing one small apple each. In order to
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 power over us. The art of living lies in
acknowledging the existence of the crucifixion—the ego, the fear, the
destructiveness it causes—yet denying its power over us. That is the
resurrection: not just the gentleness of love, but also the power of love.
The power of the resurrection is a power in each of us; the issue is not
that our power is weak, but that our faith is weak. We often have more faith
in the power of a problem than we have faith in the power of God to solve
it. That’s why faith matters; it is a power of the mind. And miracles arise
from conviction. Conviction is a force multiplier. Standing with conviction
that the power of love is great er than the power of fear creates a portal
through which miracles flow.
Jesus did not say he had fixed the world; he said he had overcome it.
His consciousness was lifted above attachment to the world, and therefore
its cruelty could not ultimately destroy him. We say to darkness : “Yes, I see
you, but I deny your power to defeat me. I claim the power of theovercoming. Jesus robbed you of your power; therefore you have no power
over me.”
Because all minds are joined, when anyone achieves anything, then
their achievement becomes an available option for everyone. Jesus having
broken the ego’s spell, it is now broken for anyone who chooses to place
their mind under his guidance.
The ego is literally a misunderst anding. Its biggest falsehood is that our
lives are limited to the life of the body. It is the illusion that we are
temporary beings when the life of the spirit is eternal. Overcoming that
illusion is the miracle that sets us free.
In fact, the body is like a suit of clothes. “Physical birth is not a
beginning; it is a continuing” (T-81). And physical death is not an ending; it
is a continuing as well.
Death, accordin g to the ego, is proof that we are locked into the body,
destined to suffer and doomed to die. But if death is in fact not the end of
our lives, then we are liberated from all manner of limited beliefs. We are
freed from the idea that we are separate, and we are freed from  the belief
that we are tied to the limitations of the mortal plane. The ego mind is
trapped within illusions of the material world in ways the mystic mind
transcends.
A mystical understanding of Easter is the furthest thing in the world
from a simplisti c, merely symbolic image of hope of better things to come.
It is a description of reality more advanced than our minds can yet
comprehend. As our actualized potential, Jesus is ahead of us. He’s showing
us what is possible. He’ s showing us what will yet be ours.
There’ s no reason to mimic his suffering when we can celebrate, and
share, his resurrection. He didn’ t come to deliver the bad news, after all. He
is not looking for us to reitera te the suffering that he came to earth to
eradicate. He is looking to us to reflect his teaching that a better way is
possible.
Demonstrating what he does through us is how we demonstrate what he
did for us. We teach miracles by working miracles, overcoming  in our own
way the wounds that have stricken us, the forces that would limit us, and
the fears that would stymie us. As we rise above our own crucifixions, he
continues to overcome through us.
OceanofPDF.comViolence Against God
Crucifixion is the ego’s violence against God, against love, again st you. It
takes many forms, often subtle and difficult to decipher. In a phrase used in
Alcoholics Anonymous, it is both “cunning and baffling.” It is your own
mind turned against you.
We all know that thievery, violence, murder, and so forth are evil and
wrong. What we don’t necessarily realize is that snarkiness, derision,
purposeful disrespect, arrogance, self-righteousness, selfis hness, and
condescension are nests in which such evils fester. The fact that the vast
majority of people would never steal, behave violently, or murder is
obviously not enough to create a world in which such things do not occur.
The only way to defeat evil is to stop it at its source. The ethers of the world
are saturated with the origins of the most horrible things imaginable.
We are living at a time when some of the most horrible things
imaginable have  now become commonplace. They appear to be distinct and
separate incidents, unrelated to each other, and on the material plane
perhaps they are. But tracing their cause goes back to underlying collective
issues. Cruelty leveled against a child can lead in time to cruelty on the part
of the adult they become. A traumatized child is likely to become a
traumatized adult. The crucified give pain because they are in pain* (T-
424).
Since all minds are joined, each of us in every moment has the chance
to purify  the ethers of the world. We ourselves, in our own lives, help
invoke the resurrection that helps uplift the world. There is no large or small
contribution to the purification of the collective. The macro matters, and the
micro matters too; spiritually they are all the same. Mirac les are not
quantifiable, for they emer ge from a realm beyond time and space. As such,
they affect situations we will never even know about* (T-6). When youforgive someone  in one part of the world, you could be affecting  a situation
thousands of miles away.
The closer we grow to God, the closer we grow to our natural desire to
help heal others. No serious spiritual path gives anyone a pass on
addressing the suffering of other  sentient beings. We don’t get to say, “Well,
the world is screwed, but all I can do is heal my one little life, and that’s
enough.” All of us are responsible for all of us, since all of us ar e all of us.
The crucifixion relates as much to the suffering of humanity today as it
related to the suffering of Jesus on the cross two thousand years ago. He
didn’ t resurrect just for you or for me; he resurrected for the world.
OceanofPDF.comThe Christ in You Cannot Be Crucified
Since only love is real and nothing else exists, the real you cannot be
crucified. The Christ in you is invulnerable to the machinations of the ego,
in others or even in yourself. Perfect love is unassailable.
The body can be destroyed, but the spirit cannot. Your ego can be
bruised, but your spirit cannot be touched. That is why clarity about who we
are is the key to our experience of life.
Several years ago, I went to see a one-woman play in which the writer
and actor made a rude remark about me as part of her perform ance. I was
shocked, because I’d had no idea such a thing was coming. I had actually
thought I was attending the play to be supportive. My feelings were hurt,
and I felt publicly humiliated.
As I walked out of the theater, a friend I was with said, “Please call me
this week if you want to process this. I know you must feel terribly hurt.” I
did, and it was important that I not deny that feeling—but as I began to
respond to my friend’ s offer, this quote from the Course  popped clearly into
my head: “It is not Christ that can be crucified”* (WB-451).
Yes, Marianne, your human personality can get all bent out of shape
about this. You can even milk it if you want to. Gee, you can even post
about it!
But my spirit literally could not have cared less, for the spirit is
untouched by lovelessness. I could drag this out or I could rise right now. I
could identify with victimhood, or I could identify with victory. My choice
was whether to identify with my Self or with my ego.
Remembering that the spirit can’t be crucified, I realized I had a choice
how to move through my hurt feelings. I had learned there’ s a difference
between feeling  our feelings and coddling them. I surrendered the
experience, including my hurt and humiliation, to God.I walked  back into the theater to head to the ladies’  room before we left,
and in the hallway I ran into a woman I hadn’ t seen in a while.
“Hi!” I said. “Good to see you!”
“Good to see you too!” she said. “I produced the play. Did you like it?”
“Well, actually, no,” I demurred. “That line about me really hurt my
feelings...” I didn’ t say it as an attack. I was just honestly answering her
question.
“I don’t blame you,” she said. “I had asked her to take out that line. I’m
sorry.”
I appreciated her understanding and asked what she thought I should do.
She told me she thought I should send an email to the writer/actor of the
play. I lived with the hurt for a bit, but also stayed prayerful and asked God
to help me see this differently. After a day or two I did feel moved to write
the email.
Everything we do is infused with the consciousness with which we do
it, and I knew


 natural methods, or a
combination of both. Most individuals reading this will be inclined to use conventional as well as natural cancer therapies in various
combinations. However, the ef fect of natural therapies is dif ferent when used on its own than in combination with orthodox methods.
The German cancer researcher P.G. Seeger has experimentally demonstrated that the virulence or malignancy of cancers can be
reduced and even be removed with high-quality live food. Cancer cells can gradually be converted back to normal cells. However, the
more malignant the cancer cells are, the more difﬁcult is this conversion. Above a certain degree of malignancy this no longer works,
although even strongly malignant cancers may still become less malignant.
The degree of malignancy of a cancer depends mainly on the lifestyle, past and present, of the individual. With good nutrition and
balanced emotions malignancy tends to remain low, and vice versa, but the main impact on malignancy comes from any kind of
chronic stress and particularly medical treatment. Drugs, radiation, exposure to chemicals, and negative emotions, will all encourage
a tendency to malignancy. Therefore, most medical treatments work against the nutritional normalization of cancer cells.
Surgery can have a positive effect by removing a toxic load from the body and stimulating healing responses, but a strongly negative
effect comes from the chemicals used in general anaesthesia. They compromise the immune system for several weeks afterwards. If
the tumour has been cleanly remove d and there is good nutritional and emotional support, then this may not matter, the patient may
be cured. However, if there is metastatic spread or other tumours are already present, then these may start growing much more
strongly and become more malignant.
Surgery for a primary tumour is almost always “successful”. However, the real success becomes apparent only several years later. In
many cancers the appearance of secondary tumours or metastases has been convincingly traced to the surgical removal of an earlier
primary tumour. Orthodox medicine is aware of this danger and tries to minimize it with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, the
latest statistics demonstrate that the survival rate is minimal and the patient usually only consents to this treatment out of fear and/or
pressure from their practitioner and family. While it may slightly reduce the incidence of local recurrences and of patients dying of the
same type of cancer, more individuals die instead as a direct result of the treatment, or of a different cancer, and generally these
treatments lead to a much poorer quality of life.
Because radiotherapy and chemotherapy impose a considerable toxic load on the body and impair the immune system even more
than surgery, they tend to increase the malignancy of any metastases that might already be present, or promote the formation of new
tumours. Any perceived beneﬁt, such as shrinking of tumours, is usually  only temporary with much faster growth afterwards. In this
case nutritional therapy will not be able to normalize the metabolism of any cancer cells present, and the only option is their
destruction. At this stage nutritional therapy is still important to support the body, but it is no longer a primary therapy. The more toxic
therapies are used, the less the cancer will respond to nutritional therapy.
At this stage nutrition and other lifestyle improvements will only have a minor effect on the eventual outcome. However, non-toxic
tumour-destroying methods, in combination with nutrition and emotional therapy, may still be effective in destroying some tumours,
rendering others dormant, or reducing their rate of growth, while also minimizing pain and improving quality of life.
There have been warnings that antioxidants may interfere with chemotherapy. However, more recent studies have shown an
enhanced effect of chemotherapy when antioxidants were used in addition, and patients had less side-ef fects. To my knowledge the
only good evidence for the use of chemotherapy is with some blood and lymph cancers, especially with leukaemia in children.
However, even then there is a high price to pay.
A long-term follow-up study shows that such children develop 18 times more secondary malignant tumours later in life, and girls face
a 75 times (7,500%) higher risk of breast cancer by the time they are 40. Chemotherapy for solid tumours also can cause leukaemia,
a clear dose dependency has been shown whereby the incidence of induced leukaemia doubled between low dose and moderate
dose groups and then quadrupled between the moderate dose and the high dose groups. A study of ovarian cancer found that the
risk of developing leukaemia after treatment with chemotherapy increased 21 fold or 2100%. Also other tumours commonly develop
after treating malignancies with chemotherapy. Therefore, if you choose, or in the case of children, are compelled to use
chemotherapy, then it is essential to have high-quality nutrition not only before and during treatment, but continuing for many years
afterwards.
A Better Option
Now let’s look at a different scenario. You have found a suspicious lump or been told that cancer is suspected. The ﬁrst problem is to
decide whether you want a biopsy. While it is the medical consensus that these are harmless, there is a considerable amount of
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the John Wayne Cancer Institute in California reported a 50% increase of metastatic spread to nearby lymph glands after needle
biopsy of breast tumours as compared to lumpectomy.
If you intend to use only natural therapy, at least initially, there is no real need to know whether it is malignant. A suspected cancer is
hardly ever so urgent that something needs to be done immediately. On the contrary, regardless of whether you want to use only
natural therapies or eventually may have surgery, you can expect to beneﬁt greatly from an initial period of nutritional and emotional
preparation.
If you do opt for surgery, make sure by prior written agreement with your surgeon that only the minimum is cut out, or just the 'lump',
without making an effort to 'get it all' by removing all the surrounding lymph nodes. While removing lymph nodes may reduce the
likelihood of a local reappearance, there is no evidence that it increases the survival rate, and generally, the more is taken out, the
greater the traumatic after-ef fects. Lymph nodes are essential for healing the diseased area with subsequent holistic therapies;
commonly only one or two lymph nodes are affected, usually the sentinel node and related nodes, and these can now be identiﬁed
and selectively removed.
Another consideration is to have only local anaesthesia if at all possible. There is evidence that general anaesthesia causes
considerable damage because it knocks out the immune system for a considerable period. This is a major factor in the development
of metastases, or the later appeara nce of secondary tumours. With breast cancer, and probably all female cancers, any surgical
intervention is preferable between days seven and twenty of the normal  menstrual cycle. A study has shown that with surgery in the
ﬁrst and last week of the cycle, it was four times more likely that cancer recurred and patients died within ten years. Also avoid
surgery close to full moon. At this time there is a much higher rate of complications from excessive bleeding.
Furthermore the vitamin D status before and after surgery is important.  Recently, (April 2005) researchers from Harvard University
reported that patients with the highest vitamin D intake who had surgery  in the summer had a three-fold better disease-free survival
and a four-fold better overall survival than patients with the lowest vitamin D intake who had surgery during winter. While this study
was for lung cancer, similar results have been shown for most other cancers. Skin exposure to sunshine up to 20 minutes (producing
about 20,000 IU of vitamin D) is much more ef fective than food sources of this vitamin.
Follow an optimal nutritional and emotional program for 3 to 6 months and see what happens. If the tumour has remained dormant or
even regressed, then just continue what you are doing. If it has continued growing and you want to have it removed, then your body
is now in a much better condition to prevent any metastatic spread and later recurrence. Keep up a good program for several years
after surgery.
This article has been written for the newsletter of the Cancer Natural therapy Foundation of Australia (Melbourne).
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
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Introduction
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 name, or "numbers," will be called:
Daniel 7:10: "... the judgment was set, and the books were
opened."
Daniel 12:1-2: "And at that time  shall Michael stand up, the great
prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every
one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that 142 sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Revelation 2: 17: "... To him that overcometh will I give to eat of
the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
Revelation 20: 12 and 15:..And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.... And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Revelation 21 :27: "And there shall in no wise enter into it any-
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life."
There are times when I personally ha ve wished I had nothing to do
with the healing arts. I have had to watch my prayers go unanswered. I have had to watch people as they departed from this earth to the world beyond, and it is not a pleasant thing. It is the doctor's business to con-sole the parents or the loved ones. I've always tried to do this when I knew by their numbers even days before the person passed into eterni-ty that we were losing the case. I was there to tell the loved ones to think of the passing of this person as them making a trip to the Holy Land, like going to Jerusalem, or to the Sea of Galilee, and coming back and telling you all about it, telling you where Jesus walked and what He did. Only this time they are going to the New Jerusalem where Jesus really is instead of wh ere He was, and they are not com-
ing back. Some day you will meet  them and they will be waiting,
ready to greet you. When you look upon death as being a promotion, promoted to glory, it is very beautiful.
You might say, "That's very easy for you to tell someone else, but
when it actually comes to your own it will be a different thing."
I had a son killed by a drunken driver  and this is the way I took it:
God needed him in His Garden and He took him and I'm looking for-ward to the day in which I shall see my son. Also, when my mother and father passed away I took it the same way. 143 It is the easiest thing in the world to die. It is just like going to
sleep. No one really knows when they die, but they will awaken and
be looking in the face of Jesus, face-to-face! I have no fear of death. People that weep when they lose a loved one are selfish. They think they know more about life than God, and many times they become bit-ter and hate God. God is seeking to draw them a little closer to Him. Who am I to question the ways of God?
I have tried to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those
who weep. I have tried to live in a house by the side of the road and be
a friend to man.   144 CHAPTER 20
DIGESTING FOOD

If you do not love your country enough to die for it that your chil-
dren might have liberty throughout their lives, you do not love your country. If you do not love your children and your grandchildren enough to die for them, you do not love them, neither do you love yourself. If you don't love yourself, you can't love God. This is what it means to be an adult saint.
We are to obey the laws of the land as far as it is within us without
disobeying the laws of God. But if th ere is a conflict between the laws
of God and the laws of man, then we are to obey God. This was the very reason that Paul was beheaded. He was told if he would renounce Christ, the Messiah, as his Lord and King, that his life would be spared. He refused and he was beheaded.
The kingdom of God is within you and you can't love anyone
more than you love the God within  you. Before you can hate anyone,
you must hate yourself. With the same hate that you hate yourself, you hate others. Hate is the finest cancer seed in the world.  No wonder
that 25 percent of the American people will die of cancer.
Do you know that it costs $40,000 to die from cancer with most
medical doctors, and that you can die for free with cancer without ra-diation, without any cobalt, without any chemotherapy, and without any false hopes, and with a lot less suffering? Ask anyone who has taken the chemotherapy treatment.
Do you know that it is possible to live to a ripe old age by obeying
the laws of God? The health message begins in the first chapter of Genesis and goes throughout the Bible. In First Timothy 4: 1-5 we read: "Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc-trines of devils; speaking lies and hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron' forbidding to marry, and commanding to ab-stain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanks-giving of them which believe and know the truth." (if you know the 145 truth then you will know the eleventh chapter of Leviticus where we
are told which are the clean and unclean meats). Paul, a Jew,  was writ-
ing to Timothy who would not thin k of eating any of the unclean
meats, and when he says "every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving," he was talking about the clean meats that were offered to idols. There was quite a discussion among Christians in that day whether or not they should eat things that were offered to idols, or whether they should eat the sacri-ficial meat that was given to them by the priests. This was not refer-ring to the hog, shrimp, oysters, lobster, catfish and etc., because in the verse before it says, "which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving." God did not create a hog, or any other unclean meat, to
be eaten with thanksgiving. If God is the same yesterday, today and forever, then God doesn't change either in the Old or the New Testa-ment. If God changed what it said in the Old Testament to what is said in the New, then God is a God of conflict and doesn't know what He is doing.
"For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer" (v. 5), this
speaks of the meat that was offered as a sacrificial offering. It was sanctified then by prayer, but there is no way to sanctify hog meat by prayer when either Jew  or Gentile eats it, for pork digests in three
hours and bums up in your system too quickly, bringing old age on too
rapidly, bringing you to an early deat h. This is true of all the unclean
meats. So there's a scientific reason that proves the explanation of these words to be accurate.
Where the Lord spoke to Peter about the "unclean meats" and told
him to eat thereof, Peter said, "But, Lord, am I to eat the unclean meats?" And God said for him to eat. God was telling Peter to take the message of salvation to the Gentiles. The Gentiles were looked upon then by the Jews  as the black people were by some Americans 40
years ago. Jews  felt that they were so much better than the Gentiles
and that the message of salvation was for the Jew only. This vision was to tell Peter to take the message of salvation to the Gentiles, and does not refer to food. 146 If you take Scripture out of context you can prove anything you
want to prove. But there is no way that you can eat the unclean meats
without reaping a premature grave, and also have a rather sickly jour-ney in so doing. A sick gentile in the New Testament is just as sick as Jew in the Old Testament.
In Isaiah 66: 17 we read: "They that sanctify themselves, and puri-
fy themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together saith the Lord." "For they that sanctify themselves," is like saying: "Many people do it and if they do it, I can too." In other
words, they justify themselves.
This also speaks of our leaders, they are spoken of as being a tree.
In Psalm One we are told "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers
of water that bring


 your repertoire of available thoughts: “If only
you wer e more like me, then I wouldn’ t have to be upset right  now.” Y ou
are the way you  are, and so are those around you. Most likel y, they will
never be  just like you. So stop e xpecting those who are dif ferent to be what
you think they should be. It’ s never going to happen.
It’ s your ego that demands that the world and all the people in it be as you
think th ey shou ld be. Y our hig her sacred self refuses to be anything but
peaceful, and sees the world as it is, not as your ego would like it to be.
When you respond with hatred to hate directed at you, you’ve become part
of the problem, which is hatred, rather than part of the solution, which is
love. Love is without resentment and readily of fers for giveness. Love andfor giveness will inspire you to work at what you are for  ra ther than what
you are against.  If you’re again st violence and hatred, you’ll f ight it with
your own brand of violence and  hatred. If you’re for  love and peace, you’ll
bring those ener gies to the prese nce of violence, and ultimately dissolve the
hatred.
When Mother T eresa was asked to march against the war in V ietnam, she
replied, “No, I won’ t, but when you have a march for peace, I’ll be there.”
A Final W ord about Forgiveness
and Resentment
At the root of virtually all spiritual practices is the notion of for giveness.
This was what came out of Jesus of Nazareth while he was be ing tortured
on a  cross by a Roman soldier throwing a spear into his side. It is perhaps
the most healing thing that yo u can do to remove the low ener gies of
resentment and revenge from your life completely.
Think about every single person who has ever harmed you, cheated you,
defrauded you, or said unkind things about you. Y our experienc e of them is
nothing more than a thought that you carry around with you. These thoughts
of resen tment, anger, and hatred represent slow, debilitating ener gies that
will disempower you. If you c ould release them, you would know more
peace.
Y ou practice for giveness for two reasons. One is to let others know that
you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with that person; and two, to
free you rself fro m the self-defeating ener gy of resentment. Resentment is
like veno m that continues to pour through your system, doing it’ s poisonous
damage long after being bitten b y the snake. It’ s not the bite th at kills you;
it’ s the venom. Y ou can remove  venom by making a decision to let go of
resentments. Sen d love in some  form to those you feel have w ronged you
and notice how much better yo u feel, how much more peace you have. It
was one act of profound for giveness toward my own father, whom I never
saw or talked to, that turned my life around from one of ordinary awareness,
to one of higher  consciousness, achievement, and success beyo nd anythingI h ad ever dared to imagine. In deed, there are no justified res entments if
you wish  to walk along the extra  mile and enjoy inner peace and success on
every step of the path.T h e  E i g h t h  S e c r e t
It is necessary to the happiness
of man that he be mentally
faithful to himself.
— Thomas Paine
First say to yourself
what you would be,
and then do what
you have to do.
— Epictetus
T r e a t  Y o u r s e l f
A s  I f  Y o u
A l r e a d y  A r e
W h a t  Y o u ’ d
L i k e  t o  B e8
T h e  E i g h t h  s e c r e t
T r eat Y ourself
As If Y ou Alr eady
Ar e What Y ou’d
Like to Be
Whatever it is that you envision for yourself—no matter ho w lofty or
impossible it may seem to you r ight now—I encourage you to b egin acting
as if what you would like to become is already your reality. This is a
wonderful way to set into motion the forces that will collaborate with you to
make your dreams come true. T o activate the creative forces that lie
dormant in your life, you must go to the unseen world, the w orld beyond
your for m. Here  is where what doesn’ t exist for you in your world of form
will be created. Y ou might think  of it in this way: In form, you receive in-
formation.  When you move to spirit, you receive inspiration.  It is this world
of inspiration that will guide yo u to access anything that you would like to
have in your life.
What It Means to
Become Inspired
Some of the most significant advice I’ve ever read was written more than
2,000 years ago by an ancient teacher named Patanjali. He in structed his
devotees to become inspired.  Y ou may recall that the word inspir e
originates from the words in  and spirit.  Patanjali suggested that inspiration
involves a mind that transcends  all limitations, thoughts that break all their
bonds, and a consciousness that expands in every direction. Here is how
you can become inspired.
Place your thoughts on what it is you’d like to become—an artist, a
musician, a computer programm er, a dentist, or whatever. In your thoughts,begin to  picture  yourself having the skills to do these things. No doubts.
Only a knowing. Then begin acting as if these things were already your
reality. A s an artist, your vision allows you to draw, to visit art museums, to
talk with famous artists, and to immerse yourself in the art world. In other
words, you begin to act  as an artist in all aspects of your life. In this way,
you’re getting out in front of yourself and taking char ge of your own
destiny at the same time that you’re cultivating inspiration.
The more you see yourself as what you’d like to become, the more
inspired you are. The dormant forces that Patanjali described come alive,
and you discover that you’re a greater person than you ever dreamed
yourself to be. Im agine that—dormant forces that were dead or nonexistent,
springing into being and collaborating with you as a result of your
becoming inspired and acting as if what you want is already here!
By havi ng the courage to decl are yourself as already being where you
want to be, you will almost force yourself to act in a new, exciting, and
spiritual fashion. Y ou can also apply this principle to areas other than your
chosen v ocation. If you’re living a life of scarcity, and all of the nice things
that many people have are not co ming your way, perhaps it’ s tim e to change
your thinking and act as if what you enjoy having is already here.
V isualize the beautiful automobile that’ s your dream car and paste it on
your bed room door, as well as on the refrigerator. While you’re at it, paste it
on t he dashboard of the car yo u’re now driving! V isit a showroom, sit in
your car, and note the beautiful new-car aroma. Run your hands over the
seats, and grip the steering whe el. W alk all around your car, a ppreciating
the lines of it. T ake your car for a test drive, and visualize that you’re
entitled to drive this car, that you’re inspired by it’ s beauty, and that it’ s
going to find a way into your life. In some way, somehow, this is your car.
T alk to others ab out your love fo r this car. Read about it. Bring up a picture
on your computer screen, and l eave it there to view each time you’re near
that computer.
All of this may seem silly to yo u, but when you become inspire d and act
as if what you want is already here, you’ll activate those dormant forces
that will collaborate to make this your reality.Extending Inspiration Everywhere
T reating yourself in the manner described above can become a habitual
way of life. This doesn’ t involve deception, arrogance, or hurting others.
This is a silent agreement between you and God in which yo u discreetly
work in harmony with the forces of the universe to make your dreams
become a reality. This involves a knowing on your part that success and
inner peace are your birthright; that you are a child of God; and as such,
you’re entitled to a life of joy, love, and happiness.
In your relationships with your lovers, coworkers, and family, act as if
what yo u would  like to material ize in these relationships is alre ady here. If
you want a sense of harmony in the workplace, maintain a clear vision and
expectation of this harmony. Th en, you’re out in front of your day, seeing
five o’cl ock