ebelow).
Aconitehelpswithwoundsthatarebleedingexcess-
ivelywherethecharacteristicshockispresent.
Insomnia
SymptomsRestlesssleep.Anxiousdreams.
Measles
SymptomsOnsetsudden.Skinrash:itches;burns.
Withfever;cough.
Suddenonsetwithrestlessness, fever,coughand
thirst.
NBSEEALSOPAGES203-26FORGENERALADVICE,DOSANDDON'TS.
40•Agaricusmuscarius(Agar) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Mumps
SymptomsOnsetsudden.Withfever.
Periodproblems
SymptomsPeriodlate.
Causesfright;shock;gettingchilled;pregnancy.
Shock
Causesinjuries;surgery;childbirth.
ThisisaccompaniedbytheextremeAconite-typefear
andanxiety.Itisusefulduringorfollowingoper-
ations,andforshockedmothersand/orbabieseither
duringorafterlabour,especiallyafastlabour.The
mothermayexperiencesomeshakingwiththeshock,
whereasthebabymayjustbeverystill,withan
anxiousorfearfullookinitseyes.
Sorethroat
SymptomsPains:burning;stitching.
Causesgettingchilled.
Teething
SymptomsCheekshotandred.Withsymptomsof
fever(seeabove).Painfulinchildrenwithrestless
sleep.
Childrentossandturnintheirsleepandbitetheirfists
andscream.Theteethingmaywellbeaccompaniedby
fever.
Toothache
SymptomsPains:tearing;ingoodteeth.
Causescold,drywind.
Retentionofurine
SymptomsInnewbornbabies;inchildrenwho
catchcold.
Thisisespeciallyusefulfornewbornbabieswhodon't
pee,whohavebeenshockedbythebirth(especiallya
fastlabour).
AGARICUSMUSCARIUS (Agar.)
Naturalorder:fungi
Commonnames:flyagaric;bugagaric;toadstoolThispoisonoustoadstoolgrowsindryplaces,es-
peciallyindrypinewoods,inEurope,Asiaandthe
USA.ItisuncommoninEnglandbutabundantin
somepartsofScotland.
Agaricusisthoughttobetheoldestofhallucinogens
usedforritualisticpurposes.Medicinemenatethis
toadstooltoachieveecstaticstates(althoughthese
periodsofgreatanimation,whichwereoftenaccom-
paniedbydancing,singingandtalkingtoimagined
persons,alternatedwithtimesofdeepdepression). It
wasalsoemployedatonetimeinthemakingof
alcoholicbeveragesbutthispracticewasbesetwith
dangersinviewoftheterribledeathsthatsometimes
occurredfromthepoisonings.
Forthehomeopathicpreparation,themushroom is
wellwashed,mashedinamortar,thenequalpartsof
alcoholareaddedtoit.Thisislefttostandforthree
daysbeforebeingstrainedandsuccussed.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Clumsy:tripseasilywhilewalking.Trembling.
Twitchy.
Worseforcold.
Thisremedyisaspecificcureforchilblains,especially
ofthefeetandtoes,and,usedwithTamusointment,
willcuremostcasesofstraightforward chilblains
wherenootherstrongsymptomswouldleadyouto
prescribeamore'important'remedy.
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Alliumcepa(All-c.)•41
GeneralsymptomsofpeopleneedingAgaricusare
tremblingandtwitchiness,whichmaybesobadthat
theydropthingsorstumblewhenwalking.Theyare
generallyverysensitivetocold,dampweather.
Therearenomarkedemotional/mentalsymptoms.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Chilblains
SymptomsChilblains:burning;itching;red.
Worseforcold.
Chilblainsareonthehandsandfeet,orveryoc-
casionallyontheears,butwhichareworseonthefeet.
Theyareterriblypainfulwhenthehandsorfeetbe-
comecold.
Headache
SymptomsEyes/eyelidstwitching.
Worseinthemorning.
Causesalcohol;nerves.
Alliumcepa(aii-c.)
Familyname:Liliaceae
Commonname:commonredonion
Thisplantisuniversallycultivatedasagardenveg-
etable,andithasbeenrenownedforhundredsofyearsamongcountryfolkandherbalistsforitshealing
properties. Ithasbeenusedinavarietyofways:
externallyasapoulticeforacne,chilblainsandarthri-
tis(todrawoutinflammation),andinternallyasa
bloodpurifierandtocleartheintestinesofworms.The
juicehasbeensniffedupthenostrils,droppedintothe
earsorappliedto'blemished'skin;onionwinehas
beenbrewedforthosewithweakchests;andthe
wholeonionhasbeenroastedwithhoneyorsugarfor
stubborncoughs.
TheancientEgyptianssworebytheonion,and
consumedvastquantities.Theyhaveevenwor-
shipped it.Inittheysawsymbolisedtheuniverse,
sincetheybelievedthevariousspheresofheaven,
earthandhellwereconcentric,liketheonion'slayers;
andthereforeEgyptianpriestswereforbiddentoeat
it.
Forthehomeopathicpreparationthefreshbulbis
gatheredinJuly/Augustandchopped,thenpounded
toapulpbeforeitismixedwithalcoholandsuccussed.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Homeopathically, thecommonredonionisusedonly
forthosesymptomsthatitiscapableofproducingina
healthyindividual,thatis,streamingeyesandnose.
Anyillnessthatproducesthesesymptoms-beita
coldorhayfever-canbecuredbyAlliumcepa.
Euphrasiaisverysimilarinthatittooproduces
streamingheadcoldsorhayfever,butthereisan
importantdifference:inAlliumcepathenasalcatarrh
burnsandtheeyedischargedoesn't.Thereverseis
trueofEuphrasia,wherethenasalcatarrhdoesn'tburn
andthedischargefromtheeyesdoes.
Therearenomarkedemotional/mental symptoms.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Commoncold
SymptomsNasalcatarrh:burning;onesided;pro-
fuse;watery.Witheyeinflammation;headache;
sneezing;sorethroat.
Betterforfreshair.
Worseinastuffyroom.
Causescoldwind;gettingwetfeet.
Thenasaldischargemaybeonesided,thatis,onlyone
nostrilmaystream.Thecoldsymptoms,especiallythe
sneezing,willbegenerallyworseinawarmroom.
Cough
SymptomsCouch:hacking;irritating;painful.Tick-
linginlarynx.Voicehoarse.
Worseforcoldair.
Thecoughisgenerallybetterforbeinginawarmroom
(thisistheoppositeofthecoldsymptoms).
42•Antimoniumcrudum(Ant-c.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Eyeinflammation
Symptomsofacommoncold(seeabove).Dis-
charge:bland,non-irritating;profuse.Eyeswatering.
Hayfever
Symptomsofacommoncold(seeabove)andeye
inflammation (seeabove).
Worseinthespring;inAugust.
Antimoniumcrudum(Ant-c.)
Othernames:antimoniisulphuratum;sulphuretof
antimony;nativesulphideofantimony
Blackantimonyoccursbothasachemicalcompound
andincrystallineformasthemineralstibnitewhichis
foundinmanypartsofEuropeandtheUnitedStates.
Ithasbeenusedasaveterinarymedicinetocure
horseswithsoreheelsandtofattenpigsandlean,
scabbycattle.TraditioninfactrelatesthataGerman
monkthrewsomeantimonytohispigsandobserved
that,afterpurgingthemviolently, itimmediately fat-
tenedthem.Thismadehimthinkthatbygivinghis
fellowmonksadosetheywouldlikewisebethebetter
forit.Theexperimentfailed,however;theyalldied
andthe'medicine'henceforthwascalledantimonyor
anti-monk.
Itisusedasanalloywithothermetalsforlining
brasses,inbellmetalstomaketheirsoundclearer,and
forpurifyingandheighteningthecolourofgold.
Stibnite(orkohl)wasusedintheMiddleEastasa
powdertodarkentheeyebrows,toprotecttheeyes
fromtheheatofthesunandmakethemmorebeauti-
ful.Nowadays,matchesaretippedwithstibnite,
whichcausesignitionwhenrubbedagainstthered
phosphorus.


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the apple in the tree, the outer in  the inner, the unseen in the
seen, and the Source essence that flows through all that is in this
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foundation of a rich inner life.  When we apply these truths, and
invest our talents, we win the lottery of life - each and every day.    Source energy is the ultimate  essence that indwells every
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Llewellyn Publications.
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Chouqette, Sonia.  (2006).  Ask Your Guides:  Connecting to Your
Divine Support System.  Carlsbad, California:  Hay House,
Inc.
Choquette, Sonia.  (2007).  Soul Lessons and Soul Purpose:  A
 Channeled Guide to Why You Are Here.  Carlsbad, CA:
 Hay House, Inc.
Farmer, Steven, Ph.D.  (2009).  Power animal website:
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Hay, Louise.  (2004).  You Can Heal Your Life.  Carlsbad, CA:
 Hay House, Inc.
Hicks, Esther, & Hicks, Jerry.  (2006).  The Amazing Power of
 Deliberate Intent:  Living the Art of Allowing.  Carlsbad,
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Hicks, Esther, & Hicks, Jerry.  (2004).  Ask and It is Given:
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 Hay House, Inc.
Hicks, Esther, & Hicks, Jerry.  (1995).  Sara, Book 1:  The
Foreverness of Friends of a Feather.  /G15/G12/G05/G0C/G16/G22/G12/G11/G09/G01/G15/G12/G0C/G02/G0A/G07/G05/G03/G02/G12/G1E/G01/G01
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ation and poor pancreatic digestion.
Maturating
 herbs that promote the maturation or ripening (bringing to a
head) of tumors, boils, ulcers, carbuncles, etc. (Bayberry Bark, Burdock
Root, Plantain, Yellow Dock).
Menorrhagia
 excessive bleeding during menstruation.
Meridians
 in Chinese medicine, the specific pathways of energy flow in the
body. The fourteen channels in the body through which
qi
 (universal energy
or God force) runs.
Metabolism
 the physical and chemical processes necessary to sustain life,
including the production of cellular energy, the synthesis of important
biological substances, and degradation of various compounds.
Minerals
 1. an inorganic element or compound (especially one that is solid)
occurring in nature. (Inorganic, not of animal or plant origin.); 2. an
inorganic substance required by the body in small quantities.
Molecule
 1. the smallest quantity into which a substance may be divided
without loss of its characteristics; 2. a chemical combination of two or more
atoms that form a specific chemical compound.
Monocytes
 white blood cells that are one of the first lines of defense in the
inflammatory process.
Monoplegia
 paralysis of a single limb.
Montmorillonite
 lake clays used in nutrition as a source of trace minerals.
Mucus
 a viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes and glands, consisting
of mucin, leukocytes, inorganic salts, water, and epithelial cells. This mucus
acts as a protectant and detoxificant.
Mucilages
 herbs having mucilaginous (soothing) properties on inflamed
mucous membranes and tissues (Bladderwrack, Comfrey, Evening Primrose,
Marshmallow).
Mydriatic
 dilates (enlarges) the pupil (Belladonna, Coca, Scopola).Myotics
 herbs that cause contraction of the ciliary muscles of the eye (makes
the pupil smaller) (Arena Nut, Jaborandi).
Narcotics
 depresses central nervous system, thus relieving pain and
promoting sleep (Belladonna, Coca, Grindelia).
Nauseants
 herbs that produce nausea or an urge to vomit when taken in large
doses (similar to emetics) (Lobelia, Quassia, Vervain).
Nephritis
 inflammation of the kidney (Bugleweed, Culver’s Root, Horse
Chestnut).
Nervine
 a tonic for the nerves. Helps to relieve pain and regulate the nervous
system. Also strengthens functional activity of nervous system. May be
stimulant or sedative. (Skullcap, Lobelia, Valerian).
Neurasthenia
 severe nerve weakness; nervous exhaustion.
Neuromuscular
 concerning both the nerves and muscles.
Neuropathy
 a complex of symptoms caused by abnormalities in motor or
sensory nerves. Symptoms may include tingling or numbness, especially in
the hands or feet, followed by gradual, progressive muscular weakness.
Neurotransmitter
 1. a chemical substance that transmits nerve impulses from
one nerve cell to another (includes acetylcholine, dopamine, gamma-
aminobutyric acid, epinephrine, nor-epinephrine, and serotonin); 2.
substances that transmit nerve impulses to the brain.
Neurotics
 acts upon the nervous system.
Neutrophils
 are responsible for much of the body’s protection against
infection. They play a primary roll in inflammation, are readily attracted to
foreign antigens (chemotaxis), and destroy them by phagocytosis.
NK Cells
 natural killer cells.
Norepinephrine
 a neurotransmitter produced by the adrenal medulla, similar
in chemical and pharmacological properties to epinephrine, but it is chiefly a
vasoconstrictor and has little effect on cardiac output.
Nutraceutical
 1. a food- or nutrient-based product or supplement designed
or used for a specific clinical or therapeutic purpose; 2. using the active
principle from an herb; increasing its potency; then adding it back to form a
high potency formula.
Nutrients
 substances needed by the body to maintain life and health.
Nutritives
 increases weight and density; nourishes the body. Helps supplymaterial for tissue rebuilding.
Oestrogenic
 a substance affecting female sexual functions.
Opthalmic
 healing to disorders and diseases of the eyes (Bilberry, Eyebright,
Marshmallow).
Osteomyelitis
 inflammation of the bone, especially the marrow.
Osteoporosis
 a disorder in which minerals leach out of the bones, making
them progressively more porous and fragile. A result of acidosis and
hypothyroidism.
Ovaries
 1. located in the pelvic cavity of women; responsible for
development of sex characteristics; some effects on growth; 2. produces the
ovum (egg) and secretes the female hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Oxidation
 a chemical reaction in which oxygen reacts with another
substance, resulting in a chemical transformation. Many oxidation reactions
result in some type of deterioration or spoilage.
Oxytocin
 pituitary hormone that stimulates uterine contractions (to induce
and assist labor in childbirth) and the production of milk.
Oxyuris
 genus of nematode intestinal worms which includes pinworms (also
called threadworm and seatworm).
Pancreas
 Both an exocrine and endocrine organ, it secretes enzymes
(amylase, lipase) that aid in the digestion of food in the small intestine; it also
produces hormones (glucagon, insulin) which, when taken up by the
bloodstream, help regulate carbohydrate metabolism by controlling blood
sugar levels.
Parasite
 an organism that lives and feeds upon the weaknesses and toxicity
of another organism, known as the host, without contributing to survival of
the host. Within the human body parasites can invade weakened cells or live
in a toxic lymph system.
Parasiticides
 herbs that kill or destroy animal and vegetable parasites within
the body.
Parasympathetic Nervous System
 part of the autonomic nervous system
that normally acts as a balance for the sympathetic system once a crisis has
passed or in non-stressful situations. It brings about constriction of the pupils,
slowing of the heart rate, and constriction of the bronchial tubes. It also
stimulates the formation and release of urine and activity of the digestive
tract. For example, saliva flows more easily and its quantity and fluidityincrease.
Parathyroid
 gland located on the back side of the thyroid gland, it secretes a
hormone, parathormone, that regulates calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
Indirectly affects muscular irritability. Weaknesses include
hypoparathyroidism or hyperparathyroidism.
Pathogen
 a microorganism or substance (foreign protein) capable of
producing an immune
response; creating pathological changes.
Paturient
 stimulates uterine contractions that induce and assist labor
(Birthwort, Black and Blue Cohosh, Rue).
Pectoral
 healing to problems in the bronchopulmonary area.
Pepsin
 the chief enzyme of gastric (stomach) juice, which converts proteins
into proteoses and peptones. It is formed by the cells of gastric glands and
produces its maximum activity at a pH of 1.25 to 2.25.
Peristalsis
 a progressive wavelike contraction of the smooth muscles of the
digestive tract or the colon muscles that move food byproducts along and
expel waste matter.
Peristaltics
 herbs that stimulate and increase peristalsis, or muscular
contractions (as in the bowels) (Aloe, Cascara Sagrada, olive oil, Turkey
Rhubarb powder).
Petechiae
 bruising.
pH
 (potential of hydrogen) a scale used to measure the relative acidity or
alkalinity of substances. The scale goes from 0 to 14, with 7 being considered
neutral. Below 7 indicates more acidic, above 7 indicates more alkaline.
Phagocytosis
 the destruction of bacteria (microorganisms) and/or particles
through ingestion and digestion by a phagocyte (an immune cell).
Phenolic Compounds
 phenol or phenolic compounds make up many
important constituents of botanicals. These phenolic compounds are
antiseptic, anti-inflammatory anti-spasmodic, and pain-killing in their actions.
Phenolic compounds combined with a sugar can form glycosides.
Phytochemical
 any one of many substances present in fruits and vegetables
that have various health-promoting properties. Phytochemicals appear to
protect against certain types of cancer. Most plant constituents could be called
phytochemicals.
Pineal Gland
 an endocrine gland in the brain, shaped like a pinecone. Thepineal gland synthesizes melatonin. Melatonin is inhibited when light strikes
the retina. This small gland is considered by many to be the spiritual gland.
One of the seats or doorways for Spirit in the physical world.
Pituitary Gland
 a small, gray, rounded body attached to the base of the brain
secreting hormones that regulate the thyroid, adrenals, and other endocrine
organs. It is often referred to as the “Master Gland” of the body and secretes a
number of hormones that regulate many bodily processes including growth,
reproduction and various metabolic activities.
Plaque
 a fatty, fibrous,


 carrying  each  quality  thru DISCOURSE  XXII  299
the human  form  and out into  the Individual's  world.  Then,
you know  you  have  found  the Source  of Intelligence,  of
Power,  of Life,  of Action,  of All Supply  there  is in the
World.
Let us no longer  be limited  in the feeling  world,  by the
idea and  feeling  that  supply  depends  upon  human  Beings
in your  midst!  As long  as you continue  to accept  it, you will
find yourself  limited.  Cut it off and turn  to your  Presence—
the Treasure-House  of the  Universe—and  your  world.
Then,  remember  THIS,  Beloved  Ones,  Oh please  HOLD
THIS  firmly  before  yourself  forever!
When  you  call to your  Presence  for your  money  supply
or any  supply  you  require  for use,  Your  Presence,  is your
Treasure-House  actually,  practically  and  literally!  It prob-
ably would  not release  coined  money  in your  hands  just
yet; but It is the Power  of Intelligence  at your  Call,  which
sets Its Energy  into  action  in your  body.  All persons,  places
and conditions,  required  to bring  financial  money  supply
into your  hands—by  the Wisdom,  Power  and  Love  of the
Presence,  will  be set into  action  to bring  it to you.  You  will
be caused  to harmonize  yourself  and  do whatever  you  are
required  to do, to co-operate  with  the Activity  of Life  which
produces  that  result  for you.
Oh Dear  Hearts,  once  you would  only  understand  it, you
could  not be deprived  of anything  you  need  for your  use.
It would  be impossible!  There  is not one human  Being  on
This  Earth,  who  owns  anything.  Oh,  if mankind  would
only understand  that!  You  don't  even  own  your  bodies!  If 300 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
you did,  you  would  keep  them!  Now  notice  how  practical
all this is! If you owned  those  bodies,  you would  keep  them,
wouldn't  you?  At least  as long  as you  wanted  to. Then,
somewhere  something  is missing!
Life is always  Omnipresent  and  acting!  It is your  Limit-
less Supply  of all you require  for use!  Your  Presence  is the
Individualized  Presence  of God,  who  holds  within  Its Radi-
ance  and  Power,  the Supply  of all things;  in substance,  in
energy,  in quality!  As It releases  the Intelligent  Substance  or
Energy,  into  action  in the human  octave,  the conditions  are
brought  about  for a Complete  and Full  Release  of what  you
require.  Don't  you  see how  It cannot  fail in a single  in-
stance ? It just cannot  do it.
Then,  what  you  need  to do is to watch,  and  if you  are
not having  a quick  and  Full  Response  to your  Call—don't
be discouraged,  but say:  "Hold  on here  now!  What  is the
matter  with  me? What  is acting  here  which  should  not?
What  am I not doing  that  I should?"  Then,  call the Pres-
ence  into  action  and  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Presence'!  let
me know  definitely  now  what  is the reason  here."  Be prac-
tical! Don't  be afraid  of anything,  but be so practical  and
say: "Here  let this  thing  stop  right  now!  I have  made  the
Call and  I know  it must  be answered!  Whatever  human
quality  is in me, take  it out"!  Be firm  about  it, and Oh,  how
quickly,  you will  find  your  Calls  being  answered  with  Great
Speed  and  Power!  It is Magnificent!
I want  to say just  a few  words  in regard  to the great
industries  of today.  A Great  Law  is entering  into  the in-DISCOURSE  XXII  301
dustrial  world—the  Power  of Light!  One  of your  blessed
citizens,  in his Heart  is responding  so wonderfully  to the
Great  Laws  of Life.  His Light  has held  Its Dominion  over
the most  destructive  of forces  which  would  have  destroyed
him.  He is your  beloved  Henry  Ford.  I am not trying  to
exploit  your  beloved  friend;  but I am stating  the Laws  of
Life.  Had  it not been  for him  and  his stand  against  the de-
structive  forces,  which  tried  at one time  to wipe  him  out of
existence;  the industrial  world  would  have  been  in such
chaos  today,  that  most  of mankind  would  not have  had
enough  to eat. He was the strength  and courage  to the other
industries  of the World  in his stand;  because  he knows  God,
the Presence  of all Life!
Notice—today,  the demand  of the Activities  of Life  in
the industrial  world  is imperative;  and  the heads  of great
industries  are coming  to realize,  the old methods  can  be
used  no more!  There  are still a few who  hold  on; still trying
at least  to hold  fast to the old ideas;  but they  cannot  survive
and do it! We believe  in giving  Justice  and when  We see an
Individual  who  has built  himself  into  the great,  almost  lim-
itless  success  which  Mr. Ford  has,  then  We believe  in giving
credit  where  it is due.  His only  support,  his only  protection,
his only  achievement,  has been  in his Power  of Conscious
Attention  to the Light.  No matter  what  the criticism  of
him may  have  been,  be careful  you do not accept  it! If there
were  now  and then  an Individual  in his service,  who  might
have  made  mistakes,  don't  forget,  he may  not have  been
responsible  for it. 302 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
So it is in all walks  of Life.  It is not always  the head  of
industries  or conditions  who  may  be responsible;  because
they are not always  able  to govern  the action  of those  in
their  employ.  Just  as a spy from  a foreign  country  might
enter  into  your  America;  and  gain  information  which
would  be your  destruction,  would  the government  be to
blame  for that ? Possibly  in a slight  degree  in lack  of alert-
ness,  but the penalty  would  be on the Individual  who  did it.
Now  remember,  Dear  Ones,  I am prompting  you  for a
Great  Definite  Reason.  In the childrens'  experiences  in
India,  when  Rex  discovered  a spy in the midst  of the Broth-
erhood—notice  the reason!  The  atmosphere  of the Brother-
hood  had  been  charged  by the spy,  so they  might  not feel,
see or detect  his presence!  Rex  coming  in from  an outside
atmosphere,  wholly  Free  from  it, was  enabled  to detect  it!
Notice  what  that  means  to the world,  when  you clear  your
atmosphere  of human  pressure.  By calling  your  Presence
into action,  you will  be alert,  to detect  the conditions  which
are about  to touch  your  world—which  would  affect,  limit
or harm  you.
Therefore,  as you sense  it, you can say to the wrong  con-
dition:  "You  have  no power!  Be thou  dissolved  and  con-
sumed  by the Power  of Light!"  and  it is done!  Instead  of it
finding  action  in your


 full and busy, t hen the mind doesn’t like to think.
– German Proverb
Every study in longevity shows that frugal eating promotes health and
prolongs life. – Steve Meyerowitz,  Juice Fasting and DetoxificationFasting Gives Mental & Physical Awareness
As the body cleanses and heals itself through fasting,
keener mental concentration and clearer spiritual
perception develop. Remember, the brain is the physical
instrument of the mind. As the mucus and toxic wastesare flushed from the brain cells, with it go the worries
and frustrations from your mind. It becomes free and
clear. You can then think intelligently and logically.Your memory becomes sharp and keen. Your creative
powers are soon expanded. You are able to face realityand yourself... and begin to view your problemsobjectively to find definite answers – and solutions!
The elimination of toxic wastes releases the mind
from physical bondage. The freedom from the bodilynecessity of procuring, preparing, eating, digesting and
assimilating food frees up and releases a tremendous
amount of nervous energy which invigorates themental and spiritual processes. You attain new levels
of great tranquillity, serenity and peace of mind. You
become spiritually perceptive and receptive and at onewith the Infinite. “Be still, and know that I am God.”
“Fasting does not change God, but man. A cleansing
process takes place. The awareness of the purificationof the heart builds faith, and faith in God meansauthority with God.” So stated Rev. Charles F. Stanley
in an article on fasting in the Moody Monthly.
In God’s Chosen Fast  (Christian Literature Crusade,
Ft. Washington, PA), author Arthur Wallis writes,“Without a doubt there is a very close connection
between the practice of fasting and the receiving ofspiritual revelation. Many non-Christian religions such
as Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and Islam also
practice fasting because they know its power to detachone’s mind from the world of sense, and to sharpen
one’s sensibility to the world of spirit.”211Great Spiritual Leaders Practiced Fasting
It was after fasting for  40 days and  40 nights that
Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount
Sinai. Jesus spent  40 days and 40 nights fasting in the
desert in preparation before starting His ministry.
The founders of the modern world’s four major
religions – Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Islam –
taught fasting as a means of communication with theDivine through purification of body, mind and spirit.
They instructed that fasting should be carried out with
dedication and in private. Similar teachings are foundin nearly all religions, ancient and tribal, as well as
influential philosophies and moral codes. Zoroaster, the
great Persian prophet, taught and practiced fasting. Sodid Plato, Socrates and Aristotle. Hippocrates, the Father
of Medicine, considered fasting to be the great natural
healer. The genius painter and sculptor Leonardo daVinci also practiced and advocated fasting.
China’s great philosopher and teacher, Confucius,
included fasting in his precepts. The Yogis of India andNative Americans practice fasting as a means of spiritualenlightenment. The greatest modern example of the
power of fasting is Mahatma Gandhi, who won India’s
freedom from the great British Empire in a completeand nonviolent victory of spiritual leadership.
My Unforgettable Experience with Gandhi
The date I met Gandhi was July 27,1946 in New Delhi,
which would become the capital of the new Republic of
India a year and a month later. (India’s independence
became official on August 15, 1947.) At Gandhi’s
headquarters there, I received permission to accompany
this amazing man on a 21 day fasting trip eastward
through India’s villages, where he would talk with the
people and help them with their problems. At that time,
the average Indian earned about 10 cents a day and
starvation was a way of life. To show he shared their
plight, this saintly and compassionate spiritual leader
was planning to travel the dusty roads from village tovillage on foot, without food, only water; for
3 weeks.212
Brisk walking is the king of exercise. With walking you discover the beauty
of nature and it awakens and softens your soul and life! –  Patricia BraggThere is truth in the saying that man becomes what he eats. – GandhiGandhi – A Spiritual Miracle
Gandhi was then 77 years of age and looked very frail
in appearance. But his looks were indeed deceiving! This
man was a tower of strength... physically, mentallyand spiritually. His stamina, endurance, energy andmental abilities were astounding to everyone!
The trek began at sunup. The heat and humidity were
the worst I have ever experienced. I have spent time insome of the hottest spots in the world, including DeathValley in California, the Sahara Desert and across North
Africa on an
800 mile bicycle trip in intense summer
heat. But never once did Gandhi seem to tire. Never oncedid he falter in his brisk pace of walking. The only timehe sat down was during talks with the villagers. He wouldspeak for
20 minutes, then answer questions for 20
minutes. Then we continued down the hot, dusty roadto the next village. Gandhi ate nothing and drank onlywater flavored with lemon and honey.
Many who tried to travel with him fell by the wayside,
suffering from heat and exhaustion. But Gandhi wasinexhaustible. I have been an athlete and hiker all mylife, but I have never seen anyone who had the physicalstamina and energy that Gandhi had. Each day he walkedand talked until sundown before stopping for a rest.During the
21 day fasting walk, I had many talks with
Gandhi on the power of fasting. Of all I learned fromhim, this statement seems to me the summation,
“All the vitality and energy I have comes to me
because my body is purified by fasting.” – Gandhi
Walking mile after mile from village to village, he gave
the people courage and hope that a better life was comingto them. His internal strength and beautiful pure soulwere so powerful that weak people felt strong after seeinghim and hearing his brilliant wisdom. He gave hisunlimited strength to the discouraged and the sick. Hebrought bright light and love where there was darkness.213“Fasting Brings Spiritual Rebirth to All
Who Cleanse and Purify Their Bodies.”
Gandhi told the people to fast and purify their bodies
and they would find peace and joy on earth. Gandhi said,
“The light of the world will illuminate within
you, when you fast and purify yourself.”
This trip with the great Gandhi is an experience I
will never forget! This physically small man was a
spiritual giant. He led millions of people to independence
from the mighty British Empire without striking a single
physical blow. Yet, with all his power and influence, hewas completely without arrogance. Characteristically, on
the day of India’s independence, Gandhi took no part
in the celebrations that went on all over India; insteadhe spent the day in fasting and prayer in his garden.
The Grotto Where Jesus Fasted
On one of my trips to the Holy Land, I was in the
area of Jericho. It was near the Mount of Temptation,where Jesus is said to have been tempted by the devil
after his fast of
40 days and  40 nights. I decided to climb
it. It was a long, easy ascent. From the top, which was
still 200 feet below sea level, I looked down upon the
hot, barren  Jordan Valley.
On my descent, halfway down, I came upon a
monastery built partly within the rock itself where 10
elderly Greek monks were living in poverty. Following
the ancient custom of greeting any stranger as if he mightbe the wandering Christ, these monks welcomed me
with beautiful courtesy. I was taken on a tour of the
monastery. It was a fantastic place; parts of it jutted outover deep, brutal chasms while other rooms were carved
out of the solid rock. One of these was a grotto which,
my guide told me, was “the very spot where Jesus fasted
40 days and 40 nights, and was tempted by the devil.”
He fasted 40 days and 40 nights and was filled with the Power
of the Spirit, and afterward He was hungry. – Matthew 4:2
A soft answer turns away wrath, but harsh words cause quarrels.214Fasting Keeps Monks Youthful
The monks told me that they fasted 2 days every week,
and once a year they fasted 40 days and nights in the
grotto. They felt that this fasting had not only given them
great spiritual enlightenment, but had also added
vigorous, healthy years to their lives. Their youthful
appearance bore out their belief. Although far along incalendar years, these men had great flexibility in their
bodies. It required a lot of physical stamina to keep the
monastery in good condition in this rugged, barrenwilderness and oven-like heat. All were healthy, lean and
muscular, with the glow of health to their skin and bright,
keen eyes – none of them wore glasses!
Their spiritual quality showed in the genuine brotherly
love which they bestowed on me, a stranger. At the end ofmy visit, one of the monks escorted me to the gate, kissedme on both cheeks and gave me a blessing in Greek.
Looking back, as I descended the long


ll our present real needs is the content of this
lecture.
Greetings to all of you, my friends. Blessings and strength are
pouring forth. If you open your hearts as well as your minds, you
can receive them.
Most human beings are not yet aware of the immense spiritual
potentials and powers they have. Now, what do I mean when I say
spiritual poten tials and powers? I mean that these powers  transcend
by far the human capacities  considered normal in your sphere of
being.
Awakening the Dormant Spiritual Potentials
These powers remain inaccessible or may even be dangerous if the
human being is not puried to a certain degree, or if the
consciousness is still in a state of half-sleep, which is alwaysconnected with destructive attitudes such as selfwill, pride, fear,
greed, envy, malice, cruelty, spite, and selshness. The majority of
human beings nd themselves in a state of being approximately
ninety percent  asleep and only ten percent awake to what exists in
the world around them, and within themselves. The process of
reawakening the self requires a great deal of eort, commitment,
work, and also the willingness to sacrice destructive patterns with
their short-live d, expensive satisfactions. Only then can awareness
gradually grow, perception sharpen, and new inner knowledge
become available as a manifestation of the awakening real self.
This growing intuitive perception, this inner knowled ge—rst
about the self, then about the innermost being of others, and
eventually also about cosmic truth and creation—extends into an
experience of eternal life. The certainty of it! Awakening the
spiritual potentials also involves access to the ever-presen t forces of
life, all of which exist within and around you. These powers can be
utilized for healing, for helping, and for increasing fulllment and
consciousness in the self and others. Needless to say that if the little
ego still predominates over the spiritual real self, abuse of these
powers will be inevitable. Love has to rst be awakened in the soul of
a person  so that the new powers will be safe to use. If the energy force
eld of a huma n being is geared to low frequencies due to the soul’s
undeveloped state, the much higher frequencies of spiritual powers
can destroy health and life and create tremendous hazards. This is
why it is so important for development to proceed in certain
rhythms. The safest way is always to emphasize, above all else,
purication.
When purica tion precedes  the development of spiritual and
psychic potent ial and power, bliss grows. Fearlessness  increases.
Solutions to all problems become increasingly more accessible: They
present themselves because the problems are faced and dealt with.
Healing of all the ills of the mind, the soul, and the body will then
be possible.
But this utopian state cannot be obtained unless you deal with
your needs, both real and false, both conscious and unconscious.
Any person not bringing his or her unconscious feeling experiencesinto consciousness must carry all the repressed material into the
next incarnatio n. The embedded material seeks out circumstances
and people for the next incarnation that will give an opportunity to
bring this dormant, unassimi lated material to the fore again, Thus a
set of parents or a certain environment will seem to be responsible
for painful experience in childhood. Actually, the undeveloped state
of the parents functions as a means to bring out images that would
otherwise remain dormant and inaccessible to consciousness,
thereby blocking total puric ation. Of course, it is possible to treat
painful experie nce in the old ways of avoidance and prolong the
cycle. But the day comes for every entity when it is no longer
possible to avoid confronting this experience openly.
You can follow this chain of events even within the present life
span. To the degree you have not experienced fully your past as a
child, you must attract similar experiences later in life. If you have
avoided your childhood and are unaware of what truly went on in
you, you tend to not recognize what you feel and experience now as
you repeat the experience. Conversely, as you become conscious of
your past feelings, you also become aware of how past experience
repeats itself. Your state of numbness about your past feelings
numbs you to similar prese nt experiences, unless and until you
make a real commitment and a real eort to awaken yourself, no
matter how painful this may seem at rst.
The Unfulllment of the Child’s Legitimate Needs
You can only be alert to and have full knowledge of what happens
to you now when the similar experiences of the past are out in the
open and fully dealt with. Then not only will the residual soul
matter of this life be cleared up, but also simultaneously the legacy
of previous existences. When  in your pathwork you experience more
of this residual matter, you encounter the fact that the most painful
element in it is the unfulllment of your legitimate needs as a child.
The negation of your real needs creates your false needs. This is
tremendously important to observe.What are real needs and what are false needs?  In the rst place,
whatever is real at one perio d of a person’s life may be utterly false
and unreal at a later period. What is a real need for a child is not at
all a real need for an adult.  When the growing person denies the
pain of an unfullled real need, this need does not disappear. On the
contrary, the denial of the pain of its unfulllment perpetuates the
need and projects it into a later time and onto other people, so that
it becomes a false need. Take the specic example of a child needing
solely to receive care, nursing, good feelings, attention, and
appreciation of his or her own uniqueness. If these needs are not
fullled, the child must suer. If this suering is accepted and
worked throug h on the conscious level, the person does not remain
crippled, in spite of what many would want to believe. What does
create a crippled state is the belief  that this pain can only be
eliminated when the person  is nally given all that was lacking,
even years later. This can never happen, of course. For even if it
were possible for an adult to nally nd substitute parents, ideal
and perfect according to the notions of the deprived child, for the
adult all this giving, coming from outside the self, could never bring
real fulllment.
The fulllment  so painfully longed for can be attained only when
you, as an adult, proceed to search within yourself for all that you
still look for outside of yourself. This must begin with self-
responsibility. If you remain  stuck by making your parents and life
responsible, you deprive yourself of the vital center of all good
within you. Only when you search to alter your own attitude and
discover that your suering is induced by your attitude  now, can
you begin to nd security—t he security you once looked for in the
sustenance given you by others. Anxiety will disappear to the exact
degree you search within yourself for the cause of your present
suering. And this suering is the denial of the original pain and the
consequent negative and destructive patterns of feeling and
thinking.
When people begin to assume true self-responsibility, they will
gradually also cease to wait for the good feelings to come from
outside. They will be less dependent on being praised and lovedbecause they will be able to give themselves the self-esteem they
could not feel when remaining demanding, resentful children. This
is yet another step toward being centered within the real self. This,
in turn, increases the ability to have a strong ow of good, warm
feelings, and nourishes the desire to share them rather than
spitefully withhold them. The ability to experience pleasure from
within the body and soul, and oer it to others, becomes a real
alternative to greedily insisting on receiving. All these increased
abilities will ll the emptiness created by the child’s unfullled
need.
How to Dissolve the Pain of the Unfullled Legitimate
Needs
The more the pain of the unfullled legitimate need remains
unfelt or only half experienced, the more false needs  will ll the
personality, which then is bound to make demands on others. When
these demands are not being fullled, the resentments—and often
the venom with which cases are being built against life and others—
increase one’s sense of deprivation, so that a continuous vicious
circle seems to entrap the person in a state of hopelessne ss. It is not
too dicult to rationalize a case and produce a blaming accusation.
One can always nd actual, imagined, or exaggerated and distorted
reasons for focusing the weight of responsibility outside of the self.
Since all this is subtle and concealed, it requires specic attention in
self-observation and self-honesty to see this process at work. Only
when you are capable of admitting your irrational dema nds and of
seeing how you want to deal out punishment to those you blame
can you


 would say to the perso n
involved. For the purpose of the exercise, don’t exclude
anything out of a belief that you need to be nice or hold up
a certain mask, for example.
6. Do you have any expectations about the other person’ s
response? Write them down. What responses do you fear?
What responses do you hope for?
7. Are you willing to let go of your expectations and open to a
new perspective? Know that releasing your expectations isthe means to peace. Take time to go into this inquiry and
journal about your observations.
8. Open your mind to the light behind your perception of the
other person and remember your healing purpose. Take a
deep breath, welcome a prayerful state of mind, and relax.
Ask the Spirit for guidance about what it is you are to do or
say to them and finally, give this relationship over to Him.
Sharing Freely Is Loving
When you make  it a priority to follow the Holy Spirit’ s inspiration in
your heart and stay in full open communication with others and with
God, doubt and fear will start to disappear and not be reflected by other
people anymore. When you have integrity—when what you think, say,
and do, are in alignment—you are at peace.
God created us in truth as love; therefore, this is the only thing that
we can truly share. Words of wisdom pour through you when you are in
communion with your Creator, whether that be with other people,
through the Internet, or anything that blesses.Chapter 13
Collaboration
Divine collaboration differs from  special relationships in every way, as it
holds the promise of a lived experience of relationship without
expectations at its core. It has a deep respect and an understan ding that
transcends the usual roles we play. It wants nothing from another, but
each person within a holy collaborative relationship is sharing something
that is deeply nurturing, leaving  each feeling full and grateful. These are
the relationship s that offer an experience of joining with something
much greater.
Collaborative Assignments for Deeper Alignment
with Spirit
Once you have made the decision to make healing the goal for your
relationships, the Holy Spirit provides the means for it to happen. There
is a divine plan available for our worldly interpersonal relationships,
though this plan is generally hidden until our minds have reached a
certain maturity. The purpose of a collaborative relationship, as well as
of every assignment, is to learn as deeply as you can about who you truly
are.
Healing through relationships comes in many forms. Some people
don’t feel intuitively guided or drawn in to an intimate or romantic
relationship since they have plenty of relationships in their daily life, at
work, and with friends and relatives. There are many different
assignments that we can use to align with the Holy Spirit, and couple
relationships can be major assignments. They are among the most potent
training grounds in this world.You need a sense of a shared purpose in relationship assignmen ts, a
commitment, that is always directed to the light and the healing. The
unconscious mind is filled with much darkness that has to be exposed.
You need to go through the darkness to arrive at the light. It can seem
like a long, dark tunnel; sometimes you may wonder if there is light at
the end. The shared purpose is what sustains you as you move  through
the darkness to reach the light.
It is not always  immediately obvious how a relationship can be
truly helpful. Sometimes two people are not even conscious of how
important it is that they be together. The relationships or assignments can
be very intense. If one or the other leaves the relationship, one should
not worry; the lesson will come back. It will be repeated, maybe with
another person. Because once readiness and willingness are in
alignment, we attract the mean s for what we need to heal until it’s
healed. It’s helpful to be aware that the ego, being scared of the end,
does not like this, so it’s going  to fight against the means, against the
relationships.
Relationships offer endless opportunities for collaboration. They
serve as a backdrop to come together. Collaborative relationships with a
healing purpose contain two qualities: they are undefined, and they are
guided. Those qualities aren’ t typically part of relationships in this
world.
The “undefined”  part is very scary to the ego, but it is an essential
entry point. Openness is one of the main doorways to a holy relationship
and thus to freed om. An undefined relationship is about being willing to
be open, to just show up. This is why collaborative relationsh ips don’t
have the rigidity, the expectations, and the demands that linear (time-
based) or special relationships have. When the relationship is undefined,
there isn’t a structure or an agenda already set in place. There isn’t a
standard that the relationship has to meet. There is no role to live up to.
You don’t ever have to put any thought into how to keep someone happy
or how to keep the relationship alive. Imagine what that would be like.
The “guided” part is very important because this is how it can be
used by the Holy Spirit for healing and the highest good. The
relationship is for a higher purpo se and doesn’ t have a form goal. In fact,you don’t know what outcome is best or how to achieve it. So, it’s
essential to leave space for the Spirit to make it obvious. A collaborative
relationship contains an inspirati on and an agreement to be used together
in some helpful way that benefits the healing of the mind and therefore
blesses the whole universe.
Opposing the idea of collaborati ve assignments for healing, the ego
basically says, “Distract yourself, use entertainment and fantasy, and
forget about commitment to a mind-training practice or collaboration.
Live it up because you’re going to die anyway.” The Holy Spirit is
saying there is much more than that. When you reach a certain stage of
maturity, you can be guided into shorter or longer assignments. You can
even have lifelong relationships or partnerships where the teaching-
learning balance  is perfect. And, if you decide to learn it, the perfect
lesson is laid before you and can be learned. This is very optimistic.
Spiritually, two are drawn together because of this teaching-learning
balance, and there will be countless opportunities to really get the lesson.
It is worth hanging in there when that happens!
The Power of Joining
An experience of collaborative joining is an experience of being
connected in mind. It’s an experience of being deeply joined in a shared
purpose: the healing and forgiveness of illusion. Being in colla borative
relationship can be a bit like the 12-step programs, where you have a
sponsor. A sponsor is a trusted brother or sister to join with on decisions,
a joining that shows you the way or guides you. When you link up in
mind with others to join in decision making, you are open to asking and
to be shown the direction. You are not operating from a place of thinking
you already know, where you believe you don’t need to join or listen.
Things that weren’t clear before always become clear through joining
and open communication. It’s not that others necessarily know better
than you. Nobod y really knows. It is the joining that is so powerful and
makes the direction clear. It’s a different focus than just trying to
accomplish things. After a while, the joining becomes internalized to a
point where you become really humble as you just ease into a state of
inner listening, flowing, and following.In the ego’s world, the personality and the personal perspective is
the baseline for everything. It is sticky, it is enmeshed, and it is
uncomfortable. There is an underlying low-level anxiety with it that can
increase with different things you do. But your holy companions, your
friends in this purpose, are showing up as symbols of love and support
and saying, “Let’s go on this journey together. Let’s remember  who we
truly are. Let’s be shown our wholeness. Let’s not be tempted to become
depressed.” There is much more that awaits beyond the dismantling of
the ego.
There is an immense sense of freedom that comes with vibrational
connections and collaborations. Being connected to the Spirit, you feel
free. You don’t feel bound to the world. Your mind is not think ing, How
am I going to survive, what’ s going to happen tomorr ow, and how am I
going to deal with this and that?, the typical things that the egoic mind is
focusing on. In holy collaboratio n, your mind is lifted into a realm that’s
higher than those doubts, fears, and concerns, and your spirit emanates
from this higher place. It’ s divine!Exercise: Clearing the W ay for Collaboration
Sit quietly and allow a current relationship to come into
awareness. Any relationship  that comes to your mind can be
used. You can repeat this exercise as many times as you’d like
and with any of your relationships. Use your journal to answer the
following questions.
1. How do you define the role you play in the relationship?
Examples could be girlfriend, husband, friend, mothe r,
grandparent, or boss. Includ e what expectations you have
of yourself in that role.
2. How important is it that you define yourself as this role?
Write down any thoughts that cross your mind, such as It is
my identity. I would be lost without this. I worked hard to get
to here


, vegetables,
fruits and nuts are composed, more or less, of carbohydrates.
Many of these also contain nitrogen to a sufficient degree to
class them under the head of protein.
Mineral salts are found in a ll vegetables and fruits in
sufficient quantities to supply the needs of the body if it is fed
upon these articles. The salts of sodium, potassium, chlorides,
calcium, magnesium, phosphates and iron are the principal mineral or organic salts and are the most important elements
in forming the bony structure of the human body.
These salts are found in abundance in all fruits, nuts and
vegetables, and when taken into the body in their natural or
organic state they contribute to  the body all of their value as
building material, but in cooked foods these elements are
rendered inorganic and become so changed and dissipated as
to be in many cases totally worthless. For instance, iron is one
of the principal properties of ca bbage. Eaten naturally it is an
excellent food, easy of digestion and assimilation; but
cooked, the iron is set free and is as indigestible as saw
filings.
In digesting starch and sugar, and all carbohydrates, an
alkaline solution or digestive fluid is required, a large amount
of which is furnished by the saliva. Hence, all cereals, fruits
and vegetables should be thoroughly masticated, insalivated
and pulverized before entering the stomach. And as the saliva
is an alkaline substance, the digestion of these foods,
therefore, begins in the mouth.
All foods composed largely of starch, such as cereals,
potatoes, and nearly all legumes, should not be eaten at the
same meal with sweets, especially cane sugar.
All foods, whether fluids or solids, that contain starch or
sugar, such as rice, potatoes, corn, oats, in fact, all the cereal
class, may be eaten with safety at the same meal. Milk can
also be taken with all the car bohydrate family of foods.
All foods containing gluten, albumen or gelatine, such as
meat, eggs, and a few kinds of nuts, are classed as protein,
and require an acid solvent to be digested; therefore can be
eaten with safety with all kinds of fruits.
The digestive fluid secreted by the stomach is an acid
substance; therefore, the last-named foods are digested
mainly in the stomach.
Milk, one of the best foods known, can be taken with all
kinds of fruits, provided no cereal starch be eaten at the same
meal. All foods that contain both carbohydrates and proteins
compose healthful combinations.
Starch, sugar and fats may be  properly termed the "fuel
of the body." They supply all the force, energy, heat and brain
power of the system, while proteids produce the structure in
which this energy is reposed.
The few fundamental rules given here apply to a normal
or healthy stomach. Where any abnormal condition is present,
selections of food must be made to counteract and overcome
them.
The study of food combinations, however, in its last
analysis, is the science of trying to ascertain the best way to
do the wrong thing. The less foods are mixed and combined
at the same meal, the healthier and higher that form of life
will be which they build.
The system requires daily so much water, proteids,
carbohydrates, fat and salts. The foods necessary to supply
these elements can be eaten at different meals, instead of
combining them all at the same time. It is this most interesting and important problem that the use of uncooked
foods will solve.
The ultimate and most scientific end that can be attained
in the study of the food question is, to find in foods the exact
requirements of a normal body; in other words, a perfectly
balanced bill of fare. This is rendered extremely difficult
when we subsist upon foods which have been changed by any
process from their elemental condition; but in subsisting upon
natural or elementary foods it is but a matter of time when the
taste will dictate the quality, and hunger the quantity, and the
perfectly balanced bill of fare becomes possible.
THE PREPARATION OF FOOD.

MANY good women have spent the best part of their lives,
and volume after volume has been written in the endeavor to
tell the world how to prepare foods. The very words, "prepare
foods," suggest to the mind that they are not right; that nature
has not finished her work; that something must be done to
them before they are fit to convert into human energy.
It suggests that they must be fixed, mixed, mashed,
smashed, bruised, ground, shredded, heated, steamed, baked,
boiled, oiled, roasted, toast ed, greased, sweetened, soured,
fermented, raised, mushed up, wet up, dried out, or in some
way changed from the way in wh ich they were handed to us
by the provident hand of nature.
The securing of food is the chief business of every living
thing on this globe. The necessity, of doing this has shaped to
a very large degree both the body and the mind. It made for
man hands suitable for plucking fruit, nuts, and things that
grew above his head high up in the air and sunshine. It gave
to the lion claws and tusks to catch and tear his food. It gave
to the hog a snout with which to root in the ground. It gave to
the stork and the crane long legs and bills. It gave to the
giraffe a long neck with which to reach buds and leaves. It
gave to the honey bee an organ to collect honey, a sack in his
own body to carry it, and intelligence enough to make his cell
in which to deposit it for future use.
In the process of ages, want creates all that is necessary.
Food taken as nature made it will produce a natural being.
When it is changed, mixed, distilled and concentrated, it is
unnatural, and it will necessarily produce an unnatural being.
For, as man is the net product of his food, as is his food, so he
must be. There is no problem in philosophy more obvious
than this.
It may be argued that our present methods of feeding are
the product of heredity, and with the long ages we have
changed the artificial into the natural. This is not true,
because the ultimate end of artificialism, that is, the violation
of natural law, is extermination. There is no such thing as
getting used to the wrong thing.
A human being can never get used to whiskey and
tobacco. They will stimulate the nervous system above par,
only to drop it farther below each time they are touched. They
leave their withering trail through the body and brain of the
real man, and sink lower and lower each day the hopes,
aspirations and emotions. They cover the faculties with a
callous veneering that finally becomes impervious to the
sweetest senses of the human heart.
Foods should be changed as little as possible from their
elementary condition. The idea of preparing foods should be
allowed to fade entirely from the human mind. It is well to
remember that they have been prepared once by a supreme
intelligence, and it is seriously to be doubted if the puny
biped called man can very much improve them. When the average mind thinks of uncooked foods, it is
wont, it seems, to fly to a meat store, more politely called a
butcher shop, for proof infallible that the scheme is wrong;
and draw a picture of one dining from the swinging carcass of
a cow or hog, or going to the corn bin and gnawing through a
crack at an ear of yellow corn.
Instead, picture a dainty table in a quiet corner, covered
with spotless linen and laden with milk, cream, egg-nog,
pecan meats, walnuts, almonds, grapes, grape fruit, bananas,
pears, apples, dates, figs and raisins, luscious red melons and
golden cantaloupes, lettuce, cucumbers, ripe olives, celery,
olive oil and a dozen other delicious things, all of which
being natural, satisfy hunger, furnish the highest form of
nutrition, and quickly appeal to  and excite the highest sense
of taste and enjoyment. It is too bad that so many good people
go through the world from the cradle to the coffin, and, after
leaving the maternal fount, never enjoy, never taste, one
good, clean, pure, delicious meal.
PREPARATION OF UNCOOKED FOODS.

THE idea of preparing foods is so firmly fixed in the minds of
women that the very suggestion of lessening their labors in
this direction suggests the idea of limiting the family
rations,—depriving the table of its pleasure and luxury;
therefore, it sometimes meets with more or less opposition.
Experience has shown that men are more willing to accept the
elementary food idea than women, particularly when it
promises to lighten the labors of their wives, mothers and
daughters.
There has been for many thousand years a sort of
competition between housewives, hotels, and all public and
private eating-places, as to which could prepare the greatest
variety of foods, the result


 with great innocence I pushed off
into the open sea
and have been away from my Home
so long now that I would not recognize my own face
but I know that Ho me— Home
remembers me
—‘Long at Sea’  © 2007 Em Claire  9.
THERE IS ONLY ONE EMOTION
SO, HERE YOU ARE  in the present moment, facing the changes that you’re dealing with right
now, and there is no doubt that you are having some emotion around that. Strong emotion,
perhaps. Emotion you may be having a hard time dealing with.
It is this emotion that is produ cing your Here -and-Now experience. It is this experience that
you call your reality.
Why are you having all this emotion? Why are you so angry, or so frightened, or so sad?
Mostly because you, like most people, do not come from your Apparent Truth when
forming your thoughts about a present -day event. If you did, things would be a lot easier.
But most people come from their Imagined Truth about what’s happening in their present
moment. This is what most people buy into.
A lion appears out of nowhere and roar s. You experience being petrified —because you
imagine that you are in danger of being mauled. A mountain road takes a turn and you find
yourself driving on the outside ledge, with a 3,000 -foot drop -off just outside the window.
You experience being terrifie d—because you imagine that with one wrong move you could
die. An audience is awaiting your entrance for a major speech. You experience being
paralyzed —because you imagine that you stand a good chance of going out there and
disappointing everybody while mak ing a fool of yourself.
A spouse abruptly leaves. Or you get laid off from your job. Or you lose your home. You
experience being stunned, angry, mortified. And, sooner or later... afraid.
All of this is based on your Imagined Truth, which is that this i s “bad,” that you’re going
to be “unhappy,” that lots of “struggle” lies ahead, or whatever.
It’s okay to feel this fear, of course. In the face of the change that you’re moving through,
it’s to be expected. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s very normal.  It’s how we’ve been
raised. We’ve been told that fear exists, that fear is real.
The Actual Truth is that there is no such thing as fear. In fact, there is no such thing as
any emotion, other than one. All the other expressions are repackagings. There is only one
emotion, one energy, in the universe: the energy, the emotion, that we call Love. When you
know this, everything changes.
Now I know all this may sound a bit “airy -fairy” or “new agey” to you, but when you
know why  there is nothing but Love, every thing will become clear and your life will feel —
can I use this word? —healed. Remember, experience is produced by emotion, so
understanding that everything is a demonstration of the emotion called Love can alter your
entire experience of life.
But how can change  be a demonstration of Love? Didn’t we just say, haven’t we been
saying for quite a while now, that fear  is the emotion most people feel surrounding
change —even change for the better? Am I seriously suggesting now that fear does not
exist?  Yes, I am. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Because (and here comes a wonderful
revelation)... fear is a demonstration of Love.
If you did not love yourself, you would not fear for yourself, you would not be afraid of
anything, because you would not care what happe ned to you. You would not even care if
you survived. The “survival instinct” is nature’s way of expressing love.
If you did not love another, you would not fear for another, or be afraid of what might
happen to that other, because you would not care  what h appened.
Simple, isn’t it? And so we see with impeccable logic that Fear and Love are the same
thing, expressed differently. Likewise, every other emotion is love in another form. There is
only one emotion. That emotion is Love, expressed in a thousand dif ferent ways. It is the
Actual Truth. When we talk more about that Actual Truth a bit later, this whole concept will
come together more fully. Then you will see a quantum leap in your ability to deal with all
change peacefully.
But for now let’s do as I sug gested. Let’s look at two of the Three Brands of Truth:
Apparent Truth and Imagined Truth. It’s important that we do, because this is the key to
everything.
So... as I was saying...
... most people live in their Imagined Truth when things change, h aving been held down
there by their past. This Imagined Truth births a thought, out of which arises an emotion,
which produces an experience —which seems to them to be reality. As it turns out, it is a
Distorted Reality.
This gets us back to where you might  be right now.
Because of what has just happened to you —this huge change that has been visited upon
you that is not something you would have chosen, that is something that just came down
out of the blue, out of thin air —you’re angry, or sad, or frustrated,  or disappointed, or
disillusioned, or “all of the above”... all because you are afraid. And you are afraid... all
because you are in love. You’re in love with yourself (even though you don’t think you are)
and you’re in love with life (even though y ou say you hate it right now).
You’re afraid of trading in a past that you knew for a future you do not. Afraid of what
might happen. Afraid of how things could be. And afraid that you may never find this kind
of situation again (this kind of job, this kin d of person, this kind of home); that you may
never have this kind of experience again.
Well, you may  never find this kind of situation again —but you may very well have this
kind of experience  again. (For instance, you may never be with the same mate again, but
you may very well have the same experience —the experience of joy and happiness —with
another mate. It all depends on what you buy into: your Imagined Truth or the Apparent
Truth.)
Remember that the experience of happiness has nothing to do with a given situation.
This is hard to accept because we are absolutely certain that it does. Yet there is no
connection between exterior events and interior experiences, except in your head.
Your capacity to know joy is not connected to this one person or to th at one place of
employment, for instance. You just think  that it is. The Apparent Truth and the Imagined
Truth are not identical. Ever.  Ever.
Events do not have meanings. Events are events, and meanings are thoughts. Nothing
has any meaning save the meanin g you give it. And the meaning you give to things does not
derive from any event, circumstance, condition, or situation exterior to yourself. The Giving
of Meaning is entirely an internal process.
Entirely.
Know Your Self as Light.
Bigger even, than Breath.
Larger even, than the Whole.
Quieter even, than the Quiet that holds You.
Know Your Self as Held.
Softer even, than as before;
Deeper even, than any Darkness.
When the Lightbody of You
breathes without borders
knows not
even of the concept
or of any bounds at all
When you Know Your Self
as only Light
summoning the Mystery
to move through You
exquisite, innocent instrument
of the long
long eternity of song
then
Know Your Self as
Life’s greatest Laughter;
Life’s greatest Lover,
beckoning the Mystery
com e hither...
—‘Know Your Self as Light’  © 2006 Em Claire  10.
ALL ABOUT THE AFTEREFFECT
WHAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING  about here is the technology of thought —or what I call the
Mechanics of the Mind. And this exploration is more than you and I ambling down
Philo sophy Lane. When you deeply understand how your mind works, you will understand
how to make it work for you.
This is something your mind does not want to do. Or, more accurately, it is something
that your ego does not want you to do. Your ego is the part o f your mind that thinks that
you are your mind. And it knows that once you figure out how the mind works, you will
become very clear that you are not your mind —and that with that  knowledge will come the
gradual disassembling of the ego in its present form.
Because the ego knows this, it will work overtime to get you to take your mind off all this.
Somewhere in the next few chapters, for instance, it will try to cause you to feel “bored”
with this entire exploration. Or “annoyed” that it’s taking so long to be explained. Or
“frustrated


 through the years. These oft-
received inquiries have never been answered by both at the same
time, however. Until now. Following is the result of asking each
the same question, then placing their answers side-by-side,
comparing  their medical and spiritual points of view.

The questions here were first answered
from a medical perspective by Brit Cooper, M.D.,
and then from a spiritual perspective
 by Neale Donald W alsch.

Question #1

ASSI STED LIVING FACILITIES

My mother is suffering from dementia. W e can afford to place her in
an assisted living facility, but question whether we are being selfish,
or acting in her best interests.

DR. COOPER: This is a question that many people face with their
aging parents, especially as modern medicine develops to the pointwhere people begin to live longer and longer.
When we look at why assist ed living facilities were created in
the first place, we see that they offer numerous benefits. These
types of care facilities were meant to enhance our relationship with
our aging loved one. They have staff who can look after the basic
needs of the elderly—be it food preparation, eating, bathing,
toileting, exercise, medication administration, and socialization with
others so that our aging parents do not begin to feel isolated,  as so
many older people do when they are no longer physically able to get
out and do things during the day.
Assisted living  facilities are also able to offer various levels of
medical support. The nursing staff can look after things such as
catheters (tubin g to help with urination) among other daily tasks, and
physicians visit seniors’ care facilities regularly, so your mother
would have easy access to medical care.
We can see that in an ideal world, assisted living facilities would
in all likelihood  be a win-win option for both you and your aging loved
one. You would be able to focus on a heart-to-heart connection
without having  to worry about their physical needs being taken care
of, nor about their overall medical care and supervision.
However, the great tragedy in many of today’s assisted living
facilities is that we often miss out on the gifts that elders bring.
Having worked in the medical profession, and having made dozens
of trips into seniors’ care homes, I have seen before my own eyes
much of the sadness, the loneliness, and often the sense of isolation
—the opposite of what we were trying to achieve—occur in all too
many of these facilities.I have walked into these places and, more times than not,
literally felt, energetically, the sense that people were wishing they
were somewhere else. I will ask people, “Do you have any visitors
coming today?” And more than half of the patients have  said that
they rarely get visitors... not even their own family members. And
they will say point blank that they dislike being there.
So it is no surprise to me that many of them sink into a state of
depression (with a staggering 44 percent rate of depression or
depressive symptoms among the “institutionalized elder ly”),12 and
many of them even lose the impetus or drive to socialize with those
around them. Instead, all too many people recluse in their small
rooms, wishing  the hours and days away, and spending the final
moments of their lives in a way that is far from the most meaningful.
As a society, we no longer value the presence of elders as we
used to, and to our loss. Elders used to be deeply respected and
cherished for the wisdom they offered to the human “tribe.” And
Conversations with God makes  it clear in the first few chapters of
Book 3 that this is how any society of highly evolved beings would
live.
They would celebrate and honor their elders and, in doing so,
would facilitate people findin g great meaning in the final stages of
their lives, precisely  because they would see themselves as
essential parts of the community, valued for the gifts they bring.
Given that this is no longer done at a cultural level, it is up to us
now to look out for our loved one’s best interest. How can we do
this?
Looking at your mother ’s case specifically, I would suggest that
if you do have the financial wherewithal to support her in an assistedliving facility, and if you feel that this is the best option at this point—
which it sounds like you do— then I would do it. I would perhaps start
off by spending some time with her looking around at different
places, so that the two of you can choose something that feels like
“home” to her. (Unless, of course, her dementia is so severe that she
is unable to help in the decision-making process.)
Once you have  selected a new “home” for your mother, I would
do my best to bring an excited and optimistic energy to the situation.
Rather than feeling “guilty” (or “selfish”) about it, I would release
those emotions and instead spend time thinking of creative ways that
you could make this “next chapter of her life” (moving into the
assisted living facility) as positive as possible for both of you.
When it comes to the idea of being “selfish,” Conversations with
God makes it clear that we cannot give to others what we do not give
to ourselves; or, to quote from Arianna Huffington’ s book Thrive, we
need to “secure [our] own oxygen mask first,” before we are
effectively able to help others.13 If caring for your mother on your own
has become burdensome to the point that it does not feel good to
you anymore—where the gift of giving to anoth er becomes no longer
joyful—then it is time to make a change.
Also, as you navigate this period of transition, know that it is
entirely possible that your relationship with your mother could be
even more meaningful when she is in an assisted living facility. For in
giving yourself some breathing space, and in diminishin g the work
you need to do caring for her, you will then be able to “show up” in a
way where you can maximiz e the joy and connection between the
two of you, as well as with the rest of your family.In closing, I invite you to see this transition that is occurr ing in
both of your lives not as a sadness  or a let-down, or not for that
matter as a “selfish choice,”  but rather, as an opportunity  and a
blessing  as you continue to show your mother how much you love
and care for her, even and especially as she moves into an assisted
living facility.

NEALE: I have lived through this family dilemma, although at a bit of
a distance. My wife’s father suffered from dementia, and his
symptoms became so severe, with his behavior so affected, that his
wife of 50 years had no choice but to place him in a memory care
facility less than two months after their golden wedding anniversary.
It was not a situation where  caring for my wife’s Dad on her
own had become burdensom e to the point where it “did not feel
good” to her anymore—where “the gift of giving to another  became
no longer joyful”—it was a situation in which the gift of giving to
another became no longer possible.
I don’t think that anybody removes a loved one from their own
home and places them in a care facility because the joy has gone
out of caring for them. I observe that this happens because the
capability  of caring for them has been exceeded by the patient ’s
needs.
As you’ve pointed out here doctor, one person, or even two, in
the home cannot provide the ongoing, minute-to-minute care that a
multi-person staff at a memo ry care facility is called upon  to provide
—and I want to add that this is a staff that, not insignificantly, rotates
and has time off from attending to the continual need of the patient
for highly personalized attention; a staff that also does not have alifetime of deep personal attachment, and the resulting unremitting
grief and loss, to deal with emotionally... which we all know can
have an enormous ef fect on any person’ s energy reserves.
The loss experienced by family members of dementia and
Alzheimer ’s patients can often exceed the loss experienced when a
loved one dies. As devastating as the death of a beloved is, that
experience of deep loss is not visited over and over again for weeks,
months, or even years, as is the case faced by family members of
someone whose memory and basic living skills are slipping away
inch-by-inch right in front of them—and then, more rapidly, mile by
agonizing mile.
The pain of seeing a loved one in a casket, while deepl y and
sadly impacting, often cannot compare to the stunning, cold-
compress-on-the-chest experience of a wife or child seeing a lifelong
loved one in front of them who suddenly does not know who they
are. Adding to this monumental loss is that the family member in the
second instance will then, eventually, have to embrace the physical
departure of their loved one through death as well— and knows it. My
father-in-law died in the memory care facility.
To directly respond to the question above, then... I believe
that people who deeply love another are rarely, if ever, acting
“selfishly” by moving their beloved into a care facilit y. On the
contrary, it breaks their heart  to


fuels that are circulating in the blood. As M ichael G. Tardoff, Mark I. Friedman, and other scientists h ave shown,
cephalic phase responses alter the metabolic activity in favor of nutrient storage; the fuel available for conversion is
reduced which leads to the development of appetite.
If it is indeed sugar that stimulates the response, the effect on the liver will be the regulation of that which has
entered the body. Ho wever, if sw eet taste is not followed by nutrient availability, an urge to eat will be the outcome. It
is the liver that produces the signals and the urge to eat The more sweet taste without the accompanying calories
that stimulates the taste buds, the more there is an urge to eat—overeat.
The effect of cephalic phase response to sweet taste has been dearly shown in animal models with the use of
saccharin. Usin g aspartame, several scientists h ave shown a similar urge to overeat in humans. Blundel and Hill
have shown that non-nutritive sweeteners—a spartame in solution—will enhance appetite and increase short-term
food intake. They report: "After ingestion of aspartame, the volunteers wer e left with a residual hunger compared
with what they reported after glucose. This residual hunger is fun ctional, it leads to increased food consumption."
Tardoff and Friedman have shown that this urge to eat more food after artificia l sweeteners ca n last up to 90
minutes after the sweet drink; even when all blood tests sh ow normal values. They showed that even when blood
levels for insulin, the higher readings of which is thought to be the cause of hunger, achieved normal levels test
animals consumed more food than the control batch. What this means is that the "brain" retains for a long time theurge to eat when the taste buds for sugar are stimulated without sugar having entered the system. The sweet taste
will cause the brain to program the liver to store supplies rather than release supplies from its sto rage.
Basically, this physiological response to sweeteners with out their accompanying calories that the body has been told
has entered it will compel the person to find and make good the registered marker for energy consumption. This is
another physiological reason why p eople who consume diet sodas to reduce weight may suffer from the paradoxica l
response of their body to  repeated stimulation of the taste buds with sugar substitutes.
When caffeine and aspartame are introduced into the body, they will dictate their stimulating effect on the cell
physiology in the brain, the liver, the kidneys, the pancreas, the endocrine glands, and so on. Aspartame is
converted to phenylalanine and aspartate. Both have direct stimulatory effects o n the brain. The sum total of the
effect of caffeine and aspartame will very quickly e stablish a new mode of activity for the brain just because they are
repeatedly available in larger quantities than the ones that wou ld otherwise establish a balanced physiology.
Most neurotransmitters are seco ndary products from one or another amino acid. However, aspartate is one of a pair
of unique amino acids that don't need to be converted to a secondary product to act on the brain to cause an effect.
There are receiving points (receptors) for these two stimulant amino acids (aspartate and glutamate) on certain
nerve cells that influence body physiology very dramatically.
The use of artificial sweeteners for their false stim ulation of "nerve terminals" that register the entry of "energy"
supplies into the body have more severe repercussions than simply causing increase in weight. These chemicals
constantly swing the body physiology in the direction dictated by th e nerve system they stimulate. Their use without
a thorough understanding of their long-term effects in the body, just because they also pleasantly stim ulate the taste
buds, is shortsighted. My understanding of the microphysiology within cells causes m e concern when I think of the
routine use of these amino acids. I worry for the outcome of the long-term effect of the direct stimulation of the
nerve/ glandular systems in the brain with these chemical sweeteners. They are naturally positioned for other
important, but balanced functions, in the body.
Research has shown that receptors for aspartate are abundantly present on som e nerve systems whose products
also stimulate the reproductive organs and breasts. A constant stimulation of breast glands without the other factors
associated with pregnancy may well be implicated in the rise in the rate of breast cancer in women. The hormone,
prolactin, may play a major role in this direction. One of the less explored complications of aspartame may be its
effect as a possib le facilitator in cancer formation in the brain. Fed to rats, aspartame has been implicated in brain
tumor formation in experimental animals.
As an analogy, imagine a small sail boat that is going from one nearby port to another and has to reach its
destination before dark when the direction of the winds is n ot ideal. If the sailor, instead of paying strict attention to
the rules of sailing, gives in to the pleasure and exhilaration of fast sailing with the wind, he will have abandoned his
purpose and sailed his boat to totally different and unknown shores, and in the dark. The odds are that he and his
boat will not survive the trip.
On its jou rney of life, the human body is just like a sail boat. If the mind abandons purpose and forgets the design of
the body, and gives in to the overstimulation of the palate with artificial and non-representative products ( such as
spices), in the long run, the body chemistry may not be able to deal with cons tant false informati on and not suff er
damage.
It is primitive and simplistic thinking that one could easily lace water with  all sorts of pleasure-enhancing chemicals
and substitute these fluids for the natural and dean water that the human body needs. Some of these chemicals,
caffeine, aspartame, saccharin and alcohol, through their constant lopsided effect on the brain, unidirectionally—
single mindedly—p rogram the body chemistry w ith results contrary to the natural design of the body. Very much like
the sail boat in the dark that will get beached in uncharted shores if its sailor gives in to the pleasures and
exhilaration of fast sailing in place of sticking to the rules of sai ling with safety in mind, the intake of wrong fluids will
affect the life of anyon e who  continually consumes them.
As it has been explained so far, the human body has many different indicators whe n it runs short of water. At these
times, it needs only water. As it has been explained, it will com plicate matters if one gives the body artificia l taste-
enhancing fluids on a regular basis and in full substitution of the water needs of the body.
One should remember that caffeine is sim ilarly an addictive drug, the use of which has become "legal." Children, in
particular, become vulnerable to the addictive properties of these caffeine-containing beverages. Stimulating the
body at the early stages of life of a child with pleasure-enhancing chemicals in beverages, in some will program the
senses to use harder addictive drugs when they reach school age.
Thus, the long-term and constant use of sodas in general, and diet sodas in particular, should be assumed to be
responsible for some of the more serious health problems of our socie ty. Disto rting the physical appearance of the
body as a result of excess f at storage is the first step in this direction. Some manufactu red beverages should only
be used sparingly, if at all, by younger people, whe n the right programs for the future health of a child is the aim of
parents.
Dr. Marcia Gutkowski is a nutrition consultant. After reading my book, she convinced her daughter Donna to begin
changing her habit in fluids intake. The result has astounded the mother and daughter. The following is the
transcript of Donna's testimonial.
Dear Dr. BatmanghelidjApril 25,1994 I
My mother asked, that I write to you and tell you about my recent weight loss success. I know that I could have a
much  more successful loss if I would follow your formula and curb my eating habits, along with starting a regular
routine of exercise. Howe ver just getting myself to get off of 6 to 8 cans of Mountain Dew a day is a miracle in itself.
Within the last 9 months to a year, I have successfully been able to keep 35 excess p ounds of baggage off. I am
able to wear clothes that I thought would never touch my body again. I also have just about reached my goal size
for my upcoming wedding. Eve n my fiancé had to admit that lam looking much  better than when he first met me five
years ago.
My success has been contributed to faithfully drinking 1/2 my body weight in ounces in water every day. Wherever I
go, so does my water. To work, shopping, even my long 7 hour long car rides. (That does make for a lot of rest area
stops, but they are worth it.) I do treat myself to an occasional mineral water or beer when I go out, but I have
usually gotten my quota of water in for the day.
One interesting thing that I have noticed howeve r is that once I have finished drinking my quota of water, I have
absolutely no desire to drink anymore. Also I have found that I'm not thirsty a nymore and it will usually take me
awhile to drink some other type of beverage whether it be juice,


 can be
treated only by the knife or radium! Even thirty per cent of cancer
patients are not cured by knife or radium. This fact is established
by the researches of late Dr.Rabag liati of Breadford. He operated on
about five hundred patients for growth and had to admit at last that
rarely had any patient survived after operating for cancer and
growth.
Armstrong refers to an experienced nurse in his book. She had
nursed over fifty cases of cancer and growth in the course of her
profession. Before long, she herself developed malignant growth.
Doctor wanted to perform an operation but she refused to submit to
the knife. She had witnessed that however painful a growth may be
before an operation, the pain is comparatively milder than when
the cancer recurs after operation. The tumour of cancer redevelops
with an increased pain. There are many cases in which after the
operation of cancer in certain part, it developed in another part and
when operated even there, it developed in a third place. The pain
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goes on increasing each time. The conventional treatment of cancer
has been proved an utter failure, even than, no other treatment is
recognized in the medical ~orld. This is very deplorable. The
centres of cancer research are not prepared to accept the successful
findings outside the surgical field. Many modern physicians are
dissatisfied with this state of affairs. This is mentioned only to throw
some light on the present state of treatment of this pernicious
disease.
No diagnosis of the disease is necessary in urine treatment
because urine is not a medicine for a particular disease but is a
means to regain health. The patients disappointed at the diagnosis
of cancer by doctors used to come to Armstrong. They were
prescirbed urine methods as were prescribed to any other patients
and were fully cured. In spite of various difficulties, Armstrong
successfully treated some patients who were declared incurable.
Mrs. R., aged forty years (1923), was pale and emaciated. Her
height and weight were below normal. She had lumps about the size
of a hen's egg in both of her breasts. Late doctor Rabagliati
diagnosed the tumour as cancerous and urged for an immediate
operaion to which she firmly refused. She fasted on urine and
drank about 7 lb. of water daily along with it. Her husband rubbed
her from head to foot with his own urine for two hours a day. Packs
soaked in urine were placed over both her breasts day and night.
Within ten days she was cured. She returned to the doctor Rabagliati
on the twelfth day after her last visit to him and he could not find
even a trace of abnormality on her breasts. Anemia also vanished
and perfect health was restored.
In 1925, a middle-aged woman had a growth visible near
armpit. Tow surgeons advised her operation. Her daughter
requested them to allow the patient a few days of rest so that she
may develop stamina to undergo operation. Her request was
accepted. After a week, arrangements were made for operation in a
hospital. The daughter had derived much benefit herself from urine
teratment and so she persuaded her mother to give the treatment a CHATER Ill
GROWTHS AND CANCER
There are several types of cancers. It affects various parts of the
body, and is considered an in curable and dangerous disease. Its
tumour grows, within the body, known as 'growht', which appears
as swelling outside the body. But all the swellings on the body are
not malignant. Cancer means sure death. According to the doctors,
growth or cancer develops due to the deficiency of natural alkalies
in the diet. In 1912, the late Dr. F. Forbers Ross of London, a fully
qualified physician, wrote a book, Cancer-Its Genesis and
Treatment. On the basis of 22 years' practice, he had come to the
conclusion that malignancy and other growths are due to a diet
deficiency in natural salts especially potash. By putting patients on a
more balanced diet and administering potash salts in an assimilable
form, he cured a large number of cases of this dreaded disease. But
the orthodox doctors with vested interest, say that cancer can be
treated only by the knife or radium! Even thirty per cent of cancer
patients are not cured by knife or radium. This fact is established
by the researches of late Dr.Rabagliati of Breadford. He operated on
about five hundred patients for growth and had to admit at last that
rarely had any patient survived after operating for cancer and
growth.
Armstrong refers to an experienced nurse in his book. She had
nursed over fifty cases of cancer and growth in the course of her
profession. Before long, she herself developed malignant growth.
Doctor wanted to perform an operation but she refused to submit to
the knife. She had witnessed that however painful a growth may be
before an operation, the pain is comparatively milder than when
the cancer recurs after operation. The tumour of cancer redevelops
with an increased pain. There are many cases in which after the
operation of cancer in certain part, it developed in another part and
when operated even there, it developed in a third place. The pain
54 GROWTHS AND CANCER : 55
goes on increasing each time. The conventional treatment of cancer
has been proved an utter failure, even than, no other treatment is
recognized in the medical ~orld. This is very deplorable. The
centres of cancer research are not prepared to accept the successful
findings outside the surgical field. Many modern physicians are
dissatisfied with this state of affairs. This is mentioned only to throw
some light on the present state of treatment of this pernicious
disease.
No diagnosis of the disease is necessary in urine treatment
because urine is not a medicine for a particular disease but is a
means to regain health. The patients disappointed at the diagnosis
of cancer by doctors used to come to Armstrong. They were
prescirbed urine methods as were prescribed to any other patients
and were fully cured. In spite of various difficulties, Armstrong
successfully treated some patients who were declared incurable.
Mrs. R., aged forty years (1923), was pale and emaciated. Her
height and weight were below normal. She had lumps about the size
of a hen's egg in both of her breasts. Late doctor Rabagliati
diagnosed the tumour as cancerous and urged for an immediate
operaion to which she firmly refused. She fasted on urine and
drank about 7 lb. of water daily along with it. Her husband rubbed
her from head to foot with his own urine for two hours a day. Packs
soaked in urine were ·placed over both her breasts day and night.
Within ten days she was cured. She returned to the doctor Rabagliati
on the twelfth day after her last visit to him and he could not find
even a trace of abnormality on her breasts. Anemia also vanished
and perfect health was restored.
In 1925, a middle-aged woman had a growth visible near
armpit. Tow surgeons advised her operation. Her daughter
requested them to allow the patient a few days of rest so that she
may develop stamina to undergo operation. Her request was
accepted. After a week, arrangements were made for operation in a
hospital. The daughter had derived much benefit herself from urine
teratment and so she persuaded her mother to give the treatment a 56 : AUTO-URINE THERAf>Y
trial in the interim period. In five days, not a trace of the growth
was left. Two days before the patient's appointment at the hospital
for operation the family doctor called in. He was indignant at having
his advice and arrangements flouted in this 'careless' manner. But
when having thoroughly examined the patient, he found her
condition entirely normal, he could 'Y nothing. Subsequently, he
called in his colleagues who were to operate her. They too were
greatly astonished. The woman was alive with sound health when
this book was writeen in 1944.
The author has mentioned the case of another woman just to
show that operation cannot uproot the disease. That woman came
io him in ·1927. She was forty-five, stout and had growth of some
size in her left breast, the right having been operated two years
before for a similar growth. She disliked second operation. With a
fast on urine for 19 days along with rubbing, the growth disappeared
altogether. The fast was continued further to reduce her obesity.
After 28 days she was examined. Not a trace of growth was to be
found. The extra-fat had vanished and she appeared young and
beautiful like a maiden.
The case of one more patient deserves mention. It shows that the
urine teratment can cure a number of complaints which have no
apparent connection with one another. The young lady had a
swollen right breast near the centre where a nasty lump was
present. There were two large ulcers under the armpit. She had been
asked by the family doctor to enter the hospital for examination
prior to surgery. But she declined, rememering that her mother had
been operated for a similar growth on the advice of the same doctor
and had to be buried subsequently. Moreover, she herself