:lobin in oxygen entry imo muscle. Physi<>l. Rev. 50: 559, 1970. XIV. Experimental activation of
vascular-interstitial closed
circuits (VICC)
Electrolysis of tissue was introduced to neurophysio
logy in 1895, when Golsinger (16) devised a direct
current technique of producing lesions in the brain. The lesions, pinhead sized, were produced in animals
by 20 rnA between a needle and an abdominal plate
electrode. In 1908 Brande, Home and Davy (9) made experi
ments on electrolysis of blood and serum. They found
that "strong currents" always yielded coagulatio n at
the cathode, while "weak currents" did not. Both
currents produced slight coagulation at the anode. Horsley and Clarke (20) showed in 1908 that ions
migrate during electrolysis of tissue, leading to separa
tion of different ions. Small molecules were found to
move farther in their migrations than large molecules. These investigators observed a blue lirmus reaction
around the cathode but a bleaching of lirmus around
the anode, a finding which they ascribed to the pro
duction of chlorine from NaCl. Moreover, they identi·
fled a ring of acid reaction outside the area of bleach
ing. Further contribut ions to this field of research are
appropriate for later discussion in Chapter XVII, on
therapeutic attempts to utilire the principles of closed
circuit electric transports in tissue. We will concen
trate in this chapter on some of the changes which we can produce experimentally and expect to find when
electric current flows over BCEC channels in living
tissue. It bas earlier been stressed in this book that even
very low potential gradients can be expected to pro
duce significant changes in biologic material when the
"gate.s" are· opened, as in a closed circuit, and when a
small amount of current is allowed to flow for a long
time. An example of this effect is, for instance, en
countered in in vivo corrosion of so-called inert metal
implants (Chapter XII). As time extends over days, months and even years,
the discreteness of changes per unit of tissue may be
difficult to show in spontaneous, in vivo closed circuit
reactions.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        The asterisk means that this energy is
utilized only under certain conditions. One may expect
this utiliz. ation as a result either of redox reactions or of
an externally induced imbalance of the electronic state
of the ergoo by mechanisms involved in the creation of
electronegat ivity. Eq. XIII: I, 8, being nonstoichiometric, do not
dearly express the internal relations between the pai·
tial energy factors of an ion or an ergon. Temperature,
for example, is formed incorporated only in the ex
pression for chemical potential. At the same time it is
evident that temperature also affects pressure- volume
and electrical potential. Pressure-volume, moreover, is
closely related to gravity and to chemical and electrical
potentials. In a visual attempt to bridge these inadequacies, the
physicochemical potential is presented graphically in
Fig. Xlli: 2 as tetrahedrons of ionic and ergonic ener·
gies. The energy components of }lj aie present in
BCEC systems as ionars (n · Jti) and ergonais (n · Jt,). The interdependence of energy factors (1-4) of ions
and the respective energy factors (1-4•) of ergons is
demonstrated. The total amount of energy is repre
sented by the volume of the tetrahedron. The relative
magnitudes of the different energy components are
represented by its shape. Each of these energies may
vary in a positive or negative direction, as indicated by
negative aod positive vectors of force (arrows). A value
for each of the energy components is necessary, as a
tetrahedron must always have volume. The factor
(z,. FE)* of an ergon is to be regarded as potentially
available energy, despite balancing internal electrical
forces. This formulation is appropriate because of the
inherent tendency of an ergon to transform into an
electrochemical reactant in a suitable surrounding. The tendency of an ergon to carry excess balanced
charge is indicated by dashed arrows. Because a
change of any one of the four energies will affect the
shape of the tetrahedron, the model illustrates the
interdependence of all the energetic components. E. Conversion of ionic and
ergomc energy
The energy of ions and ergons is utilized in the activa
tion of BCEC systems (Fig. XIII: 2). These energy
carriers then appear in collections as iooars and ergon·
ars. They are further dependent on each other and on
the structural and functional chBiacteristics of BCEC
channels. lonars and ergonars change their shapes and
densities :concentration-dilution) in relation to the
cbaonels of reaction. These chaimels include intersti·
tial spaces, blood and lymph vessels, ductal canals and
body cavities. Of great importance also are their di·
mensions, and abilities to vary their calibre. Energies
1 Volume-Pres
sure Vj1.,P 2 Gravity
mj(o>gh 3Chemical
RT In aito>
IONAR I
2 ~ ~ 2~-. ::y
Electrostatic
forces
+(or-) surplus
charges ERGONAR I
I
14"1 3 2 I
4 redox
IONARD 3 1-,.,. w-+--
2:--t---~--I( Activation
-electronegativity
Fig. X Ill: 2. Principle of exchange of energy over BCEC
systems. The quadripanite energy of ergonars and ionars is
depicted graphically as tetrahedrons. The electrical system
of BCEC circuits is depicted in red. Ions and ergons carry
four energy factors (J-4). Ions carry a + or -surplus of im
mediately available electric energy ( 4) while an ergon carries
balancing + and -charges (4•). Tbeseergonic charges may
be brought into imbalance, lea<ling to a varying degree of
electronegativity. Collections of n ions or n ergons are repre-
Ionars and ergonars thus change by diffusion, con
vection, local chemical and physical reactions in sur
rounding media and by changes of the channels of
reaction. Ionars, in contrast to ergonars, will also
change their concentration by electrophoretic trans
ports over BCEC channels. These circumstances make
it understandable that a defmed number of ions or
C::Q;UUS c. l~ DOl alw4ys Ul~ the:: sante: from tbt: puiJ1l
of view of djstribution of energetic compounds. The
logarithmic expression for chemical activity does in
clude the activity and concentration coefficient a11,, =
Yit•>•J<•> for both an ion and an ergon, but does not
include the matrix dependence which affects all four
energy components. Vesicular transport, e. g., is sug
gested (Chapter XII) to represent a matrix mediated
BCEC transport of ergonars. A complete defmition of ERGONAR D
sented by ionars and ergonars I and II. Factor 4• permits c-r
gonars (e.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the main difference between the energy components of ionars and ergonars?,
A: The electrical factor of an ion presents either a reduced or oxidized state of charge, whereas an ergon presents the possibility of being reduced or oxidized from an unstable but balanced state.
Q: What is the purpose of the diagram in Fig. XIII: 2?,
A: The diagram illustrates the interdependence of the energy factors of ions and ergons, as well as the conversion of energy between them.
Q: What is the significance of the experiment in Fig. XIII: 10?,
A: The experiment demonstrates the production of ionars and ergonars through electrolysis, and the subsequent recombination of these particles to form water.
Q: What is the implication of the finding that the potential difference over the matrix did not remain constant?,
A: The result suggests that the diffusion of ions and ergonars in the matrix is influenced by the surrounding environment, which affects the experiment's outcome.
Q: What is the significance of the experiment in Fig. XIII: 11?,
A: The experiment shows that the potential difference over the matrix is influenced by the migration of ions and ergonars, which is not possible in a traditional electric circuit.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>The use of artificial electric polarization of
tissue during relatively short periods of time is there
fore not necessarily comparable with what we can
expect to encounter in many biologic situations. Nev
ertheless, relatively brief application of direct current
of high density may be helpful as a guide for


 now  our  earnest  Heart  Call. See. He comes. A Great  blazing  Being. To awaken  and  help  us all. His Love  is so Great  in Its Power,
His own  Heart  enfolds  us in Flame;
And  His  Glorious  Cosmic  Light  Rays
Cut us Free  in Victory's  Name. This  Being  from  the  Great  Great  Silence,
The Divine  Director  so True,
Is Authority  o'er  our  Life  Streams  —
He commands  the  Ascension  too,
For all who  will  give  Obedience
And  adore  the  "Mighty  I AM". He clothes  us in Raiment  of Splendor,
Now  we hold  His  Own  Blessed  Hand. He fires  us too  with  His  Feeling,
Blazing  forth  here,  His  Great  Command-
Each  Word,  a "Cup"  of His  Power,
To help  us accomplish  Life's  Plan. THE  GREAT  GREAT  SILENCE  xxi
Of Wisdom,  He  is the Director,
His Gifts  all the  Powers  of Light,
We enfold  Him  in Love  forever,
And  are  charged  with  His  own  Great  Mightl
He is Friend,  Defender  and  Champion,
Makes  us Victors  by His  Heart's  Love. He is Real. Transcendent. Eternal. He directs  all below  and  above. Great  Beloved  Divine  Director,
God's  Presence  — among  men  He moves. He is Glorious. Supreme. All  Master. The Law  of the  Silence,  He  proves. Come  enter  now  into  His  Wisdom,
Accept  all the  Help  that  He  gives. His Glorious  Light  Rays  are  blazing—
And  through  Them  in us, He now  lives. CONTENTS
DISCOURSE  PAGE
I Los  Angeles,  CA  January  10, 1937. 1
II San  Francisco,  CA  February  13, 1937. 12
III Dallas,  TX  March  2, 1937  21
IV New  York  City,  NY  April  21, 1937  30
V New  York  City,  NY  May  4, 1937  53
VI Philadelphia,  PA  May  23,  1937  61
VII Detroit,  MI June  7, 1937  72
VIII Private  Dictation  June  19,  1937  85
IX Los  Angeles,  CA  July  11, 1937  107
X San  Francisco,  CA  August  1, 1937  121
XI Seattle,  WA  August  11, 1937. 134
XII Seattle,  WA  August  15, 1937. 154
XIII  New  Bedford,  MA  September  18,1937. 160
XIV Boston,  MA  September  30,1937. 180
XV Miami,  FL November  21, 1937. 187
XVI Los  Angeles,  CA  December  22, 1937. 208
XVII  San  Francisco,  CA  February  6, 1938. 228
XVIII  Cleveland,  OH  March  6, 1938  248
XIX Detroit,  MI April  24,  1938  278
XX Denver,  CO  June  19,  1938  306
XXI Oakland,  CA  August  21, 1938. 320
XXII  Seattle,  WA  September  25,1938. 345
XXIII  Washington,  D. C. November  13, 1938. 365
XXIV  Los  Angeles,  CA  January  8, 1939  384
XXV  Chicago,  IL April  16, 1939  409
xxiii "I AM"  DISCOURSES
By THE  GREAT  DIVINE  DIRECTOR
DISCOURSE  I
Los ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA  January  10, J937
In memory  of all the Love  which  has  been  poured  out
to the Host  of Ascended  Masters,  and  in the recognition
which  has been  given  Each  One,  do you  realize,  Precious
Ones  of the Light,  that  is a power  of the activity  of your
attention  which  has  been  required. We  have  been  wait-
ing for that  throuout  the centuries,  to direct  forth  the Cur-
rents  of Energy  which  will  help  you  to hold  your  attention
more  firmly,  not only  upon  your  "I AM  Presence";  but on
the Requirements  for which  you  issue  the Decrees,  that
produce  Happiness  and  Perfection  in your  world. Unless  you  saw,  from  the  Inner  standpoint,  the  enor-
mous  effect  of a body  of the Children  of Light,  as you have
here tonight,  issuing  a Decree  for blessing  all mankind,
you could  not possibly  comprehend  what  it means. Natu-
rally,
you gain  from  That  Decree  which  calls  forth  a Def-
inite  Light  Energy. Notice,  did  you  ever  hear  that  term
before—Light  Energy. I tell you,  We are entering  into  a Greater  Activity  than
you have  ever  known;  and  that  is why,  I call  your  atten-1 2 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
tion to these  Certain  Expressions  which  We shall  use in the
future;  to give  you  a greater  conviction  and  quicken  into
action,  the Qualities  which  We  have  anchored  within  your
feeling  world,  to produce  Harmony  and  Perfection  for
you. You  will  not  have  the  difficulty  from  New  Year  s
Day on, in holding  firm  to the Light  within  your  feeling,
which  you  have  had  in the past  year. While  it is true,  you
are Beacon  Lights  in the world  of mankind's  creation;  yet,
even  though  That  Light  grows  greater,  you  shall  not  be
affected  by discordant  things. That  Light  will  ere long,  be
strong  enough  in Its Own  Radiance,  as It goes  forth—to
repel  every  discordant  thing  which  attempts  to touch  your
world. Will  you  please  accept  It, as a Powerful  Activity
from  tonight—acting  within  your  world,  your  body,  your
mental  activity. Is it not curious  in the beginning  of This  Activity  of the
Messengers,  quite  a number  of people  thought,  it was  just
another  flash  which  would  be soon  passing  out. Well  you
have  not yet become  quite  well  enough  acquainted  with  the
Ascended  Masters,  to realize  They  do not start  something,
which  They  do not see the way  to finish. So, today,  you  are entering  into  an opportunity  which
will not only  bring  you  Happiness  and  Freedom;  but  will
enable  you  to render  a Service  Transcendent  beyond  even
your  fondest  expectations  now;  and  I say to you,  Beloved
Ones,  never  was  mankind  so favored. You,  today  have
every  opportunity  which  the  Heart  can  desire,  as It is
bursting  Its bonds  and  entering  Its Freedom. Think  how DISCOURSE  III  3
long,  the Heart  has  been  held  in bondage  to the intellect. What  a Service  was  rendered  by Beloved  Saint  Germain,
when  He brought  This  Knowledge  of the "I AM  Presence"
forth  to mankind. In the number  today,  who  are earnestly
applying  the Law  of the "I AM  Presence,"  what  a Service
has been  rendered  to mankind  and  the Earth. I give  My
Gratitude  to you,  the Light  having  expanded  thru  you,
for being  able  to accept  and  apply  This  Knowledge;  which
We are


 upon them.
Q: What is the most important thing to remember?,
A: Remember that the Law of Life is not a matter of opinion, but a reality, and that it is the Ascended Beings who are the only ones who can provide the assistance and guidance required.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>I say to you  today,  be sure
your  feeling  is following  the activity  of your  attention. Then,  what  do I mean  by that  in regard  to the Violet
Consuming  Flame? If you  say just  from  your  neck  up:
" 'Mighty  I AM  Presence'! dissolve  and  consume  all my
discordant  accumulation  by the Power  of the Violet  Con-
suming  Flame,"  a slight  result  is produced;  but if you  are
aware,  your  feeling  is sustaining  your  call,  then  you  will
find Results  which  are astonishing,  take  place  in your  Life. Watch  your  feeling  follows  your  Call  or the Power  of your
attention  in everything  you  do. Whether  it be in your  outer
business  or what  it is, makes  no difference;  the same  Law  is
acting,  whether  it is for your  own  Purification  or your  bus-
iness. As you  understand  this,  you  will  compel  your  feeling  to
arise  as it were,  and  go forth  on the Power  of your  attention. That  is the Power  of Accomplishment. You  have  heard  Us
say mankind  in the past  has used  only  one of the Trinity  of
Action;  sometimes  Power,  sometimes  Divine  Love,  some-
times  Wisdom;  but just  one  in itself,  is not sufficient  in the
World  today. Divine  Love  is not sufficient,  because  It lacks DISCOURSE  XVIII  265
the Discrimination,  which  is within  Wisdom;  and  on the
other  hand,  if Power  is not acting  the  force  of action  is
lacking,  to produce  quick  results. Today,  in order  to relieve  mankind  from  the mistakes  of
the past,  Beloved  Saint  Germain  brought  forth  This  Under-
standing  and  the Eye  Picture  before  you  of your  own  God
Presence;  which  compels  Love,  Wisdom  and  Power  to act
in Perfect  Balance  at your  call to the "I AM  Presence." You
will see then  how  constant,  how  definite  it has  made  the
Balanced  Action  of Life  in you  and  your  world. Without
It, you  only  have  partial  results,  because  one  element  has
been  missing,  sometimes  two;  but today  in the Call  to your
Presence,  there  cannot  be anything  lacking  or missing  in
the Total  Result,  and  the Completeness  of It which  you
require. As you  understand  this,  you  will  see how  Self-evident  it
is, and  with  that  will  come  an ease,  rest  and  confidence  in
your  feeling,  which  never  was  there  before. This  is what
your  feeling  needs. It has been  so accustomed  to agitation,
worry,  disturbance,  doubts  and  fear. Oh yes,  disturbed  feel-
ing has  been  acting  a thousand  times,  when  you  did  not
even  imagine  it! That  is the worst  part  of it. If you  were
only  aware  of all these  things,  you  could  stop  them;  but if
you are unaware  of them,  how  can you  stop  them  or have
any effect  upon  them ? In the Great  Understanding  of This  Law  of the "I AM
Presence,"  again  you  have  the Same  Trinity  of Action  thru
your  physical  form,  which  is called  forth  from  your  Pres-266 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
ence,  and  again  it is the Balancing  Activity. You  have  your
vision,  your  attention  and  your  power  of qualification;  act-
ing within  the human  form  and  feeling  world. It again  is
the Balance;  cooperating  Perfectly  with  the  Call  to the
Presence,  which  is Love,  Wisdom  and  Power  in Action. Dear  Ones,  if you  were  to see in the past,  how  your  Power
of qualification  has been  acting  and  clothing  your  Energy,
producing  just  the opposite  results  from  which  you  intend,
you would  be so astonished! No words  could  explain. To-
day, that  is fast being  remedied;  and  as We watch  the Activ-
ity within  the Life  Streams  of Individuals  who  are earnest,
sincere  students,  We see the constant  change. In eighty  per-
cent—notice  how  tremendous—in  eighty  percent,  the re-
sults  are tremendous. I touch  upon  this  point  to give  you  the Strength,  and  En-
couragement,  to know  you  are not failing  in your  Applica-
tion;  not  even  the one  who  is producing  the least  results. Please  feel This;  for who  of you shall  say what  moment,  you
will strike  a Certain  Vibratory  Action. The  Power  of your
Presence  releases  in one  tremendous  sweep,  and  brings  you
to the point  of Balance,  wherein  comes  the Great  Release
from  your  Presence,  governing  all activities  in your  world. Sometimes  Individuals  have  thought  in the  Magazine,
there  were  contradictions  of that  which  is in the books. It
is not so! Dear  Ones,  the books  give  the Fundamental  Law
of Life! In the Magazine,  different  angles  of that  Law  are
touched  upon;  and  if there  seems  to be a contradiction,  re-
member  it is only  referring  to Another  Activity,  another DISCOURSE  XVIII  267
Explanation  of the Same  Mighty  Thing. So do not let your
human  mind  begin  to feel,  there  are contradictions  in This
Activity. It is impossible  in the Ascended  Masters'  Work. So if there  seems  to be, it is just  a lack  of discrimination
within  the human  intellect,  which  makes  you  feel it for the
moment,  because  of the suggestion  which  is given  forth. There  are a few unfortunate  Individuals  who  have  spread
the falsehood,  the Ascended  Masters  had  made  mistakes;
the Messengers  had  made  mistakes;  and  in Beloved  Saint
Germain's  dismissal  of certain  Individuals,  said:  "Could  an
Ascended  Master  have  written  Those  Words" ? Well,  They
just did! Because  it was  imperative  to place  that  human
viciousness  where  it could  no longer  misrepresent  the
Truth,  in the pretense  of representing  This  Law. Every  Individual  who  condemns  the  Messengers  and
This  Work,  will  find  himself  or herself  out of the Radiance
of the Ascended  Masters. Not  only  that,  but  those  Indi-
viduals  say:  "I still  have  my Presence." I wonder! Do they? They  still  have  their  Presence  attached  to their  physical
Hearts;  but  they  do not  stop  to see their  viciousness  re-
leased  toward  persons,  places  and  conditions,  clothes  every
ounce  of the energy  which  goes  into  their  Beings  with  de-
structive  qualities! Therefore,  they  have  shut  off the Per-
fection  of their  own  Presence,  from  acting  in their  worlds. Do you  not see its Beloved  Ones ? It does  not make  any
difference  what  the provocation  is; not only  the Messengers
and This  Activity,  but whoever  once  has known  This  Law
and then  allows  viciousness  or discord  to control,  is creating 268 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
that one's  own  destruction;  and  if you  will  watch,  you  will
see it done. There  is nothing


 to be able to
activate both branches of the ANS. These divers will generally breathe
nasally, but just before a dive they inhale through the mouth. This increases
blood pressure, so that the diver’s blood pressure levels out as he or she
dives, rather than dropping below normal. Nasal breathing also promotes increased HRV due to hypercapnia (high
blood CO2). Be aware that when you practice breath holds or light
breathing with air hunger, HRV may dip initially. This is because the body
perceives stress and responds accordingly. As you practice, the body will
adapt. Interestin gly, what often happens after the practice is that, even when
HRV has dipped, when you resume normal breathing, it becomes
significantly higher. According to research, change s in CO2 that accompany conscious
manipulation of breathing patterns independently influence autonomic
control of the heart and modulate HRV. Increased CO2 in people who are
awake enhances  high and low frequency power, indicating better vagal
tone73. The connection between CO 2, HRV, and vagal tone is the reason you
feel relaxed when you engage in light, slow breathing. From a biochemical
perspective, light, slow breathing, and hypercapnia also result in a flood ofhormones, an increase in acetylcholine, an influx of dopamine, and a
reduction in adrenaline and inflammation. It is much easie r to use HRV than it is to explain it in a simple way. It
provides a really good way to not only subjectively feel better, but to
objectively see the change in the nervous system. This can be very
motivating. If you have the opportunity to do so, it can be immensely
valuable to work with a professional breathing instructo r who can
demonstrate how HRV changes as you alter the biochemistry,
biomechanics, and cadence of your breath. You can also buy your own HRV measurement tools. Howe ver, Dr.
Wiles cautions that they are “not all created equal.” Devices in the $300
range, such as the Lief Therape utics wearable ECG, Oura Ring, WHOOP
Strap, BioStrap, HeartMath Inner Balance™ or emW ave2®, and the Polar
H10 Chest Strap with the Elite HR V app, are all reliable. SOME TIPS FOR TRAINING
If you have a serious health condition or suffer with anxiety and panic
symptoms, the same principle applies as for the breathing exercises—begin
any practice or training gently. Some people find the air hung er produced
by the Breathe Light  exercise (found in Chapter Two) can cause an intense
stress reaction. Adjust your training accordingly and work your way up
from just a few minutes’ practice. If you do experience a stress response,
this is not necessarily a bad thing or something to be conce rned about. However, too strong an activation of the SNS can put you off trying the
exercises altoget her. Be reassured that as you get into the rhyth m of HRVB
training, your nervous system response will begin to modulate. If, after exercise, your HRV drops by more than 20%, you have over-
trained; your nervous system has had enough. In sports performance, HRV
is one of the greatest predictors of future injury. Dr. Wiles uses overnight
readings with his clients. The differences between these readings dictate
how hard the athlete trains the following day. He explained, “You have a
much greater chance of a succes sful workout if your HRV has not dropped
too much.”One thing I like to mention is my 20% and 40% rule. If your
overnight HR V reading is 20% lower than your normal baseline, this
should indicate “caution.” This does not mean you should not train,
but you should be aware of a suppressed nervous system. When  this
happens, I tell athletes to do a lighter training day. When your HRV
drops below 40%, this should be a day off where the athlete should
utilize “strong caution” as they will be much more susceptible to
injury and overtraining. Dr. Wiles told me that teaching these athletes how to modulate HRV to get
themselves back  into flow is vital. They need enough stress that they can
perform but not so much that it impairs performance. This is fundamentally
true for anyone who needs to perform, whether in a sporting, Arts, or
corporate setting. And this is where HR VB training can be truly valuable. Mouth breathing during sleep (discussed in Chapter Seven ) is also a big
“no.” Many of the Oxygen Advantage instructors report that their HRV
improves just from nasal breathing during sleep. According to Dr. Wiles,
this is a “non-ne gotiable” for athletes in his care. He described the case of
an ATP top level tennis player in his early thirties who had very low HRV
when he first attended the clinic for training. After working on light, slow,
deep breathing  and taping his mouth at night, the player’s HRV
measurement increased markedly. His performance on the court improved,
and his risk of injury decreased. One more tip: if you engage in public speaking, big presentat ions, or
performance of any kind, when you are midperformance, your focus should
be on what you are doing, not on your HRV. The trick is to condition your
response before the event and then trust that you’ll experience a significant
change during the event. Focus on the task at hand and rely on your body to
kick into high gear because your ANS is in a better state. This is the power
of HR V.
OceanofPDF.comFCHAPTER FIVE
FUNCTIONAL BREATHING, THE SECRET OF
FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT
rom birth, breathing is our first and most basic motor pattern.1 As
toddlers, we learn to stand up against gravity and control posture with
the support of the diaphragm. As we grow, breathing is central to
both posture and functional movement. Throughout our lives, breathing and
posture sustain each other. But if breathing pattern disorders are present,
this relationship becomes dysfunctional. The result is poor core muscle
function and the onset of disabling conditions, such as lower back pain. If
you want a simple reason to correct poor breathing patterns, it’s this: when
your breathing is less than optim al, it will adversely affect your freedom of
movement, eventually causing chronic pain. In 2017, researchers at Evansville University, Indiana, demo nstrated
that dysfunctional breathing (DB) directly and adversely affects the
musculoskeletal system.2 The musculoskeletal system includes the bones of
the skeleton, muscles, joints, tendons, cartilage, ligaments, and other
connective tissue. If the function  of this system is compromised, it becomes
impossible for the core muscles to support the spine and pelvis properly. Research has linked DB to a host of conditions that limit movement and
cause pain, including lower back and neck problems, and it is now
acknowledged that core muscle dysfunction plays a role in a variety of
musculoskeletal disorders and an overall increased risk of injury. Dysfunctional breathing can be at the root of recurrent and chronic
symptoms including lumbopelvic, chest and neck pain, fatigue,  anxiety, an
irritable bowel or bladder, “brain -fog,” paresthesia, and cold hands, fingers,
feet, or toes.3 However, there is a gap betwee n research and practice. Coremuscle exercise s—such as pelvic tilts and exercises using a stability ball
and hip bridge (a strengthening posture that involves lying on the back and
lifting the hips off the floor while the shoulder blades and feet remain
lengthened into the ground) —are often prescribed durin g physical
rehabilitation,4 but breathwork is not. Despite the recognized links between
breathing function and postura l support and the known prevalence of
breathing pattern disorders, the connection is rarely made in therapy. In fact,
breathing is usually overlooked.2
However, underlying breathing pattern disorders are common enough to
warrant more attention. In the United States, as many as 10% of patients in
general internal medicine practices have hyperventilation syndrome as their
main diagnosis.5 Dysfunctional breathing is even more widespread.6
Everyday physical symptoms, such as headache, back pain, chest pain, and
abdominal pain, which account for half of all primary care visits in the
United States,7 can potentially be made worse by dysfunctional breathing.8
The good news is that dysfunctional breathing can usually be resolved by
practicing simple exercises like the ones in this book. While dysfunctional breathing often indicates poor health and goes
hand-in-hand with dysfunctional movement, it is not necessarily related to
cardiovascular fitness. It is surprisingly common to be incredibly fit and
still have symptoms of dysfunctional breathing. In fact, many of the clients
I work with to restore functional breathing are top-level athletes. Even
when high levels of fitness are achieved and maintained, DB can indicate
problems elsewhere in the body. Ultimately, poor breathing patterns will
have a significa nt and long-term impact on both mental and physical well-
being. Breathin g is one of the body’ s critical functions. When its
fundamental processes break down, the body will compensate, calling on
structures such as the core musc les to help maintain respiration. If breathing
is not efficient in a normal restful waking state,


 tone at
night, which may result in a disrupted circadian rhythm. 44 Slow breathing is
known to increase parasympat hetic activity. (We examined this in the
context of the vagus nerve in Chapter Four. ) By nasal breathing during
sleep, a practice  that results in slower breathing and stimulate s the vagus
nerve, it is likely that Nick improved his circadian rhythms. Nick also began a breath-hold practice. As a surfer, he primarily used
the exercises to improve his confidence in the water. However, his research
led him to understand that breath holds, or intermittent hypoxia, were a key
component of his increased diabetes control too. The positive results Nick
experienced can be explained by three factors:
1. Hypoxia lowers blood sugar, independent of insulin sensitivity. 45
2. Hypoxia strengthens the innate function of the immune system. 46
3. Hypoxia increases insulin sensitivity. 47Important:  It is never advisable to practice breath holds while in the
water. If you take part in any water sports, you should only practice these
breathing exerci ses on dry land so you can enjoy the benefits when in the
water. Of the three techniques, slow breathing, taping, and breathholdin g, Nick
found that taping  at night had the greatest impact. He wakes every morning
energized, with good blood sugars, ready for a great day. Since beginning
with a breathing  practice, he has seen a marked improvement in his quality
of life and in his diabetes. His average blood sugar measurements are the
best they have ever been. DIABETES CONTROL AND THE BREA TH
Functional breathing is a keystone habit that forms the foundat ion of good
health,48 and diabetes is no exception. Studies have explored the potential
of deep breathing and controll ed intermittent hypoxia (IH) as a holistic
intervention to relieve symptoms associated with both type 149,50 and type 2
diabetes. 47,51,52 Trials have focused on the possible applications for
improving blood sugar, biological functioning, energy, stress, and well-
being. Controlled IH is a period ic dropping of blood oxygen saturation with
adequate recove ry between sets. Because it is controlled, it differs from the
unhealthy oxyge n decrease seen in sleep apnea. IH can be achieved with
breath holds or by using breathing equipment and altitude tents. Research into breathing techniques would be immensely valuable for
medics, certified breathing instructors, and other holistic practitioners who
are interested in using the princ iples of IH breath training to improve the
health of their diabetic patients. Studies indicate that integrating periodic
breath holds (IH breathing training) into diabetic care plans is an excellent
step toward improving quality of life. Important: If you have diabe tes, it is vital that you monitor your
blood sugar levels regularly during practice of any kind of breathing
exercises. Breath holding can cause blood sugar levels to drop too
quickly. To monitor blood sugar level s, consider investing in a continuous
glucose monitoring (CGM) device—a readily available gadget that allowsyou to check your blood sugar levels in a noninvasive way. They are not
cheap, but, as the range of products on the market expands, they are
becoming more  accessible. If you have type 1 diabetes, it’s likely you
already own a CGM, but they are equally valuable for any type 2 diabetic
interested in making lifestyle choices that will improve their condition. As Nick also discovered, good quality sleep is an essential part of
diabetes management. Many aspects of sleep-disordered breathing can be
addressed simply by making the switch to nasal breathing during sleep. Healthy breathing while asleep  has many positive effects on the body’ s
systems that are beneficial for many conditions, including diabetes. This is
worth paying attention to since sleep deprivation is associated with insulin
resistance, and poor sleep qualit y, sleep apnea, and insomnia have all been
shown to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. 53
DIABETES AND RESPIRA TORY DISEASE
Type 1 and type 2 diabetics have a higher risk for four major respiratory
diseases. 54,55 A resea rch pape r published in Diabetes Resear ch and Clinical
Practice  analyze d the link between type 1 and type 2 diabetes and four
common respir atory diseases:  chronic obstructive pulmona ry disease
(COPD), chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma. 54,55 The study looked
at data from 53,146 adults, all aged 20 years or more. Of the participants,
781 had type 1 diabetes, 4,277 had type 2 diabetes and 48,088 were
nondiabetic. Respiratory diseases were present in 26% of type 1 diabetics,
21% of type 2 diabetics, and 13% of nondiabetics. A number of different
examinations also showed that type 1 diabetics were 62% more likely to
suffer a respiratory disorder than nondiabetics, while type 2 diabetics were
26% more vulnerable. The most common disease was asthma, and type 1
diabetics were found to be 51% more at risk of asthma than nond iabetics. In
type 2 diabetes, the increased likelihood of asthma was 38%. 54,55
Impaired immun e function is a common feature of diabetes. In type 2
diabetes, researchers have identified oxidative stress as one possible
pathway by which innate immunity is disrupted. 56 In type 1 diabetes, the
immune response is, by nature of the condition, dysregulated. One theory
points to systemic inflammation as a link between diabetes and lungdysfunction. 12 Exaggerated inflammatory responses in the lung may be the
result of an impaired ability to regulate inflammatory mechanisms. 12 (The
connection between inflammatory responses and breathing was explored in
depth in the chapter on the vegas nerve, Chapter Four. ) Equally, even before type 2 diabetes is diagnosed, the lung may be the
primary location  for the activat ion of inflammatory processes. This might
explain why lung function is already worse before the onset of diabetes. A
2012 study describes lower lung volumes in type 2 diabetics with
inadequate glycemic control than in those whose blood sugars were well-
regulated. Patients with poor blood glucose control also had much higher
blood levels of inflammatory markers, indicating that inflammation is
involved in the decrease in lung function and fibrosis in type 2 diabetics. 12
The paper suggests that both systemic inflammation, which involves
chronic activatio n of the immune system57, and inflammation in the lungs58
may contribute to the “complex interplay between respiratory and metabolic
dysfunction. ”12
In type 1 diabetics, abnormal growth during childhood (stunting)59 may
affect the proper growth and development of organs including the lungs. While the duration of diabete s has an inverse relationship with lung
function in type 2 diabetics, there isn’t strong evidence to support the same
connection in type 1 diabetes. 60 Howev er, a 2011 study did find a
significant difference in the incidence of restrictive breathing disturbances
depending on whether or not “extreme stunting” was present. Another study states that children with type 1 diabetes have increased
airway resistanc e and that they are more likely to have abnormal lung
function later in life, with long-term problems, including decreased lung
volume, less ability to diffuse CO2, and poor diabe tes control. Researchers
concluded that progressive abnormalities in lung function might adversely
interfere with the ef fectiveness of intrabronchial insulin treatment. 61
In a 2020 Swedish cohort study of more than one and a quarter million
children, of whom 9. 5% had asthma and 0. 3% had type 1 diabetes,
scientists found that children with asthma were more likely to develop type
1 diabetes, but the reverse was not the case. Asthma was assoc iated with a
small but significant increased risk of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
compared with non-asthmatic children. 62 In an article for MedPage Today,physician Michael Yafi suggested that, “It may seem plausible that some
factors, like early exposure to viruses, would play a role in the development
of these two diseases. ”63
Yet another paper looked at changes in the thickness of the lung cell
basement membrane in patients with pulmonary diseases. The study
examined participants with diabetes, asthma, bacterial pneumonia,
pulmonary tuberculosis, idiopa thic pulmonary fibrosis, sarco idosis, and
even lung cance r and found that the basement membrane of cells was only
thicker in diabetes and asthma. What this means is that diabetes and asthma
have physiological similarities,64 and that explains why the Oxygen
Advantage breathing techniques used successfully for asthma may also be
effective for diabetics. With this understanding and given that respiratory
illnesses are so prevalent in people with diabetes, it seems essential to
include breathing exercises into diabetes treatment along with other forms
of wellness maintenance such as nutrition and exercise. THE IMPORT ANCE OF EXERCISE
It’s no secret that people who are physically active are healthi er. Exercise
boosts the immune system, supports cardiovascular health, and is important
for weig ht control and self-esteem. Ex


 be deﬁned as water (including tea and coffee) drinking up to afeeling of satiety and regulated by a mild feeling of thirst. This would mean that people would not drink
less quantity but less frequently and that’s how all animals, but also human newborns behave. It is the
latter group, which is probably the only group of humans with a normal ﬂuid homeostasis. /C2112016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction
Stress, broadly deﬁned as a real or perceived threat to home-
ostasis, activates neural circuits that alter the body’s physiology
and behaviour to ensure survival and well-being. Physical stressors
are real threats that create signals within the internal environment
that communicate deviations from homeostasis to the brain. In
contrast, perceived threats or psychogenic stressors create signals
that arise within the brain itself as it interprets stimuli in the exter-
nal environment as potential insults [1]. Both type of stress factors
activate allostatic systems, including the sympathetic nervous sys-tem and hypothalamic circuits, leading to stressful and even
aggressive behaviour [2]. Starvation, infection, dehydration, vio-
lence and climate are ancient stressors producing severe danger
to the body and have therefore shaped ultimate survival function
producing proximate homeostatic feelings to induce behaviour at
service of the ultimate purpose [3]. Perhaps the best example ishumans crying. The ultimate explanation of crying is that it elicits
care and defence from mothers and other care-givers; if infants do
not cry when in need of assistance, it will be less likely to survive. Proximate explanations include both the external triggers of cry-
ing, for example physical separation from the caregiver, cold, or a
lack of food, and also the internal mechanisms, such as the limbic
system and the endogenous opioids involved in the cessation of
crying. These are proximate explanations because they describe
the immediate causal triggers of crying [4]. In this context, the ulti-
mate explanation for hunger is to signal the body for possible star-
vation and death. The proximate value of hunger is that it leads toeating, although eating is also stimulated by looking at, smelling of
and thinking in food, which are therefore all proximate causes of
eating [5]. This so-called thought-shaped fusion can be so strong
that individuals can gain weight just looking at food [6]. Food deﬁ-
ciency as a stress factor activates a complex systemic response,
which should lead to gluconeogenesis, changes in energy distribu-
tion and spontaneous physical activity [7,8]. Starvation may induce
a certain level of aggressive behaviour, which should be considered
adaptive when hunting big game or when suffering from a lack of
high-energy nutrients [9,10], whereas food sharing behaviour is
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more beneﬁcious once the animal has been hunted (see [11] and
the references herein). Overall, stress responses activate the sympathetic nervous sys-
tem, together with the HPA axis exerting a range of effects in ben-
eﬁt of solving the homeostatic disturbance as fast as possible. Of all
stress factors dehydration occupies a special place in animal evolu-
tion. It seems to be the only homeostatic disturbance leading to
attenuation of stress axis responses, decrease of fear feelings, anx-
iety and aggressive behaviour [12]. Drinking, caused by regulatory
thirst, could be considered proximate behaviour at service of pre-
venting dehydration, an ultimate purpose [13]. Nevertheless it is
regulatory or also physiological drinking, which is regulated by
oxytocin and therefore drinking could also stand at the service of
another ultimate purpose; bonding. These are the reasons which
made us formulate our hypothesis; Could bulk drinking recoverhuman health, trust and mental well being? In this hypothesis
‘‘bulk drinking” is deﬁned as non-frequent drinking up to satiety
and only when thirsty; like drinking visiting a waterhole. 2. Thirst, trust, oxytocin and bonding
Animals drink up to satiety every time they drink, just as infants
do. So infants and animals ‘‘suffer” real thirst (regulatory/physio-
logical thirst, 14) based on hypernatremia, hypovolemia and/or
hyperosmolality [15,16] and these conditions induce increased
oxytocin signalling (Olszewski, 2010). Oxytocin has numerous
effects on multiple physiological mechanisms and oxytocin inﬂu-
ences behaviour signiﬁcantly (see below). The mentioned up to
satiety-drinking behaviour of infants every time they are breast-
fed, is opposite to modern adults who drink small amounts of liq-
uid, often numerous times every day. This latter way of drinking should be considered evolutionary
novel and might affect the water homeostasis and even health
[14]. We think that this constant drinking decreases oxytocin sig-
nalling through chronic low NaCl levels, leading to salt- and sugar
craving, whereas dehydration/hypernatremia increases oxytocin
induced water-craving and inhibition of hunger and carbohydrate
intake [17,18]. Recent research shows that in spite of the expected typical
stress response, mild hypernatremia as a state of dehydration
decreases the activity of the HPA axis (less cortisol production)
and increases the production of oxytocin and arginine-
vasopressin signiﬁcantly [12]. This study further showed that
hypernatremia as a psychogenic/physical stress factor attenuates
the heart limb of the stress response and increases social engage-
ment. Oxytocin and vasopressin are important hormones for devel-
opment of trust, love and bonding neuroanatomy ( [19] and the
references herein). Oxytocin further inﬂuences the immune
response through context-based interactions. It maintains periph-
eral homeostasis during acute inﬂammation [20], has anti-
inﬂammatory protective effects on the heart muscle [21], increases
the production of salivary IgA [22] and has overall anti-
inﬂammatory effects [23]. Breast-feeding is the most signiﬁcant
example of how a homeostatic need induces bonding, in this case
between mother and baby, through the massive release of oxytocin
[24] and affective-bonding mechanisms are responsible for neuro-
anatomical development and immune function later in life [25,26]. It is even so that long term breastfeeding prevents the develop-
ment of criminal and overall anti-social behaviour in later adults
[62]. Paediatricians agree that hydration in children may be optimal
only in breastfed infants. However, their hydration status is very
peculiar. Total water intake per unit of body weight is four times
higher in infants compared to adults. Breast milk has higher water
content per energy unit than the diet of adults. Nevertheless, urinevolume per unit energy is almost identical. Infants retain water for
growth and have higher non-renal water losses due to a higher
body surface area related to body mass. However, osmolar load
per unit of energy is four times lower which corresponds to a very
low urine osmolality of 130 mosm/kg and leaves only a small renal
dilution capacity to excrete an extra water load [27]. Breastfeeding
is normally a topic studied in relationship with eating behaviour,
although we and others [28] think that it much more reﬂects ﬂuid
needs, water and sodium homeostasis. Water is an essential nutrient for all animals and plants across
lifespan and maintaining chronic hydration is recognised to pro-
vide multiple health beneﬁts and enhance quality of life [29]. Mod-
ern diseases are mostly caused by the cause of causes, low-grade
inﬂammation or metaﬂammation [30–32]. The actual environment
seems to be pro-inﬂammatory and the sum of novel anthropogenicfactors, including food and drinking behaviour, might give a plau-
sible explanation for the increase of people suffering from chronic
non-communicable disorders [30,33,34]. Optimal water-intake,
based on a certain rhythm might optimise oxytocin signalling,
recover human character and regulate immune activity [35]. Recent research on the relations of personality to well-being shows
that the people who are most healthy, happy and fulﬁlled are those
who are high in all three of the character traits of self-directedness,
cooperativeness, and self-transcendence as measured by the Temper-
ament and Character Inventory [36]. All three traits are related
with the functionality of oxytocin [37,38] and disruption might
cause pathological dominance of one of them, leading to several
disorders such as autism [39]. We suggest that intra- and inter-
species behaviour at the


 that there are two
beings within us, an inner being of true perception and action and an
external being of reaction. If, for lack of a lucid apprehension of their inner
being, someone allows bodily reaction to dominate their life, all their
powers become absorbed in the use of external senses; and the inner being,
the being of true perception and true action, gradually perishes. By
subordinating the external being of reaction to an inner quality of light and
serenity and divine purpose, our false duality is solidified into unity with
our creator and we arrive at the pinnacle of our ef fectiveness as an
individual. The secret of the philosopher ’s stone is that unity is the mark of
the Absolute. When we fully realize this, we come to an understanding of
the mystic bond that exists between ourselves and each obstacle we meet. That thing separate from ourselves which appears to oppose us is not
separate from ourselves at all, but is permeated by the same spirit, is
energized by the same principle that ener gizes us, and if we only are able to
look within the depths of our own nature, we eventually are bound to see
the truth of each obstacle, and when we do, it will disappear. To Know Is to See

Henry Miller wrote:

The majority of men ar e prisoners of instinct. A small number attain to the
level of abstraction, with the emer gence of which society may be said to
begin. It is fr om this level that the laws, the arts, and all social cr eations
emer ge. Specialism is the gift of intuition, which permits man to see the
inner as well as the outer in all its ramifications. Intuition, consequently, is
the most satisfactory and adequate, the highest form of knowing. T o know is
to see. It is amazing how much we can accomplish when we allow our
subconscious minds to perform the work. It is equally amazing how
difficult it is to do the simplest task when we go about it with our conscious
minds. There is an elusive quality about life that makes it gossamer to the
conscious mind. The microscope reveals another world but yields no secrets
of that world. W e hold an object in our hands and peer at it with all our
attention focused upon it, but what is revealed to us about it is but the
merest suggestion of its totality, barely indicative of the infinite qualities
hidden from us by the very nature of our conscious examination. W e have
no trouble walking along a two-foot path when we do not think about it, but
put that two-foot path across a hundred-foot gor ge and we begin to think
about each step. Chances then are very good that in crossing we will tumble
off the bridge and fall into the ravine below. We have to learn to trust our subconscious to do things naturally at the
behest of a principle that is greater than our surface mind. Reason is not to
be trusted because it does not know enough about what it is dealing with. The complete knowledge about all things rests in universal mind, and this
knowledge is within us. If we learn to call upon this intelligence to deal
with each of our problems, we soon find that there is no such thing as aninsurmountable obstacle. W e have within us a resource that enables us to
penetrate the block in our understanding that caused the obstacle in the first
place. Have you examined your own life lately for the place where your
understanding is blocked. It is easy to recognize. Do you find the same
situation repeating itself with monotonous regularity. Do you sometimes
feel that you are traveling around the perimeter of a circle, over and over. Like someone lost in a snowstorm, each of us eventually comes across our
own tracks in life, for the law of living is that we must cover the same
ground until our understanding concerning it is complete. Psychic A wareness

People object to pain and suf fering being instituted in a world that was
made by a loving God, but the master intelligence that has created all
permeates all and seeks through countless dif ferentiations of its own being
for manifold expression of its infinite and eternal nature. Pain is the path by
which it grows, and has no other significance. Pain is related to pleasure
only as pleasure represents the absence of pain. Things that feel good make
us static. Pleasure is the earmark of self-satisfaction. Those whose aim in
life is the seeking of pleasure have by that very attitude stunted their
spiritual growth. The Supreme sees the goal along the path of the infinite
and uses each of us to attain it. Our brains and bodies and hearts and minds
and egos are instruments of a greater intelligence and will; and in that
greater intelligence and will we have our true identity, not in the surface
mind and ego at all. Basic in the spiritual realization that comes to us when we have achieved
the proper psychic balance between ego and Secret Self is the knowledge
that we and God are one. This claiming to be God is mystical and should
not be confused with factual language. W e do not suddenly come to the
realization that we are God with any kind of implication that we personally
are in char ge of the universe. The God that we speak of is defined by the
limited semantics of language. The God that we know ourselves to be is amystical life force that we allow to use us. Any attempt by us to act upon
the world from the position of God immediately defeats itself, for we
cannot coerce things to a personal end without separating ourselves from
the Supreme and acting in the ego, thereby losing the psychic position from
which our knowledge first sprang. The world is not here to be used by people who attain psychic illumination;
it is here as a field of action for the working out of the expression of the
Secret Self. Those who are able to achieve illumination simply come into
position as knower. By subordinating their egos and surface selves to the
workings of a greater mind and being, they achieve ef fectiveness and
serenity, but they do not change the world. The world is what it is because
of what it must become, and it was what it once was because of what it had
to be now. The egotistic and vain actions of people carry with them a sense
of personal responsibility and impending disaster. There are wars and
rumors of wars, there are economic crises and political crises. There are
plagues and diseases and crimes. People run about, hurry with this and that,
convinced that disaster can be staved of f only by their individual and heroic
efforts. If there is any sense or meaning to life at all, no philosophy could be
farther from the truth. The intelligence that reveals itself in the design of a
snowflake, in the photosynthesis of green and growing things, in the
complex biochemistry of living protoplasm, is in char ge of the world and of
life, and destiny and purpose can be left in its sure hands. It is not our
position to rant and rail against fate and circumstance, and to save the world
from disaster. It is ours to understand, to attempt to penetrate the meanings
of existence so that we can grow into higher levels of consciousness and
thereby become better instruments for the manifestation of the Secret Self. If we take this very great and exciting step, we fulfill the primary
commandment of life. Creativeness becomes the guiding principle of the enlightened life. If we
place ourselves in the hands of the Supreme, we soon realize that the work
to be done through us will be unique because each of us is a unique
instrument. W e will not attack our tasks; we will listen and allow the work
to be done. If we let the ego control or originate, we defeat our purpose, for
we cannot serve two masters. The creative ur ge prods so deeply at some
people that they must abandon all to serve it, and in the serving of it theyfind spiritual enlightenment. They go each day to the fount of selfhood,
rededicate themselves as instruments, and let universal mind work through
them. Creative W ork Is a Prayer

Harry worked as a bank clerk, and in his late twenties was aware of a
gnawing dissatisfaction with life. He thought it was because he wasn’ t
getting ahead, and he certainly felt that he had little talent for his job. Day
after day he arose at the same hour, fixed his breakfast in his small
apartment, took the bus to work, sat at a small desk behind a low iron
railing, ate his lunch at the same restaurant, returned home at night to an
evening of reading before going to bed. The monotony of this existence, its
lack of creativity, palled on him. He became antisocial and was irritable and
resentful to those about him. Returning home from work one day, he
sprinted after a departing bus, slipped, fell under the wheels. Both legs were
crushed, had to be amputated. When Harry returned to full consciousness
after weeks of hovering near death and learned how the world had tumbled
about his shoulders, he exhibited a strange reaction. Instead of being
overcome by despair, he actually seemed happy. When asked about it, he
replied, “I don’ t really know why, but for some reason I feel that now I can
really be myself. I’ve lost part of my physical body, but gained something
else, I think. ”
After Harry was dischar ged from the hospital, he took a cottage at the
beach, where


 chela's world - it is saturated with the Wisdom and Understanding of
the Holy Presence of God "I AM"
HIERARCH
Master Kuthumi
COLOR OF THE FLAM E
Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Kashmiri Song - (Pale Hands I loved) - A. Finden

THE TEMPLES OF THE SACRED HEART
In the Etheric Realms over Innsbruck, Austria and Lourdes, France
HIERARCH
Mother Mary
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink with a Crystalline White Radiance
QUALI TY
The Immaculate Concept of God's Perfection
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Ave Maria - Schubert

THE TEMPLE OF MIGHTY SIRIUS
Within the Complex of His Constellation connected to Shamballa by a Rainbow Bridge
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Rainbow of Light completely encircling the Planet, forming a
pathway over which the Light of God, the Will of God will hold the Earth in Her Perfect Orbit
HIERARCH
Mighty Sirius
 COLOR OF THE FLAME
Mighty Flame of Myriad Rainbow Hues - Iridescent Blue Radiance
QUALITY
The Will and P ower of God
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Theme from "Cosmos" - Vangelis

THE TEMPLE OF THE ALL -SEEING EYE OF GOD
The All -seeing Eye of God - All Pervading, Everywhere present
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Pyramid of Crystalline Light Substance - with the All -Seeing
Eye of God at its Apex - blazing like a mighty Searchlight into the Worlds of all humanity
HIERARCH
Elohim Vista
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
1st. Movement of Scheherazade - Rimsky -Korsakov

THE TEMPLE OF DIVINE ORDER
In the Heart of the Great Silence
HIERARCH
Lord Principa
COLOR OF THE FLAME
A steady pure White Flame with a gently spiraling Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Adagio in G Minor - Albinoni

THE TEMPLE OF PURITY
Within the belt around the sun, anchored to the Earth through the Focus of Lady Astrea in
Archangel Michael's Complex over Lake Louise, near Banff, Canada
HIERARCH
Elohim Claire
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Crystalline with a pure White Radiance
QUALITY
Holding the pattern of Perfection for all life everywhere
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Piano Concerto #2 Movemen t #1- Rachmaninov
HIERARCH
Lady Astrea
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Electric Blue with a Crystalline Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Romance Op. 26 - Johan Severin Sven dsen

THE TEMPLE OF THE HEART
Rhone River, Southern France
HIERARCH
Lady Rowena
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink, Gold and Blue with a Radiance of Pink
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
2nd Mov. (Romance) - Conc. No 1 in E minor, Op 11 - Chopin

 THE TEMPLE OF LIBERTY
In the Etheric Realm over the Rhone River, Southern France
HIERARCH
Lady Liberty
COLOR OF TH E FLAME
Pink, Gold and Blue with a Violet Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
'Fanfare to the Common Man' from Symphony No. 3  Movement No. 4 - Copland

THE TEMPLE OF PROTECTION AND POWER
In the Etheric Realm over Zurich, Switzerland
HIERARCH
Elohim Hercules
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Royal Blue
QUALITY
Strength and Power of the First Ray, energizing all Divine Qualities throughout the planet Earth
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op 67 - Beethoven

THE TEMPLE OF RESTORATION
Within the Temple of the Elohim Vista and Lady Crystal in the Electronic Belt around the Sun
of Alpha and Omega
HIERARCH
The Archangel of Restoration
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pure Crystalline White interpenetrated with constantly movi ng Blue Lasers
QUALITY
Restoration of Divine Perfection within the perfect Will of God
 MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Entends -tu les Chiens Aboyer - Vangelis

THE TEMPLE OF THE COSMIC HOLY SPIRIT
In the Etheric Realm over Fort Salonga L ong Island, New York
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Golden Sunburst with an Aureole of the Seven Rays. Each
Circle increasing its outpouring in great waves of Light until it covers the entire Planet
HIERARCH
Æolus, Cosmic Holy Spirit
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Soft Pink with a Crystalline Rad iance
QUALITY
All aspects of Pure Divine Love
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Temple: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra Op 39, G Sharp Major - Pierne
Æolus: Ninth (New World) Symphony 2nd. Movement - Dvorak
Paul the Venetian : Piano Concerto No. 2, Op 18, Mvmt 2, Adagio - Rachmaninov

THE TEMPLE OF SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT
In the Aura of the Great Central Sun
HIERARCH
Elohim Cassiopeia
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Brilliant Gold
QUALITY
Spiritual Enlightenment
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony N° 5, in E minor, the Andante Cantabile - Tchaikovsky
 THE TEMPLE OF INFINITE WISDOM
Overlooking Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mts. of Peru, South America
HIERARCH
Archangel Jophiel
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Golden Yellow with a Soft Pink Radiance
QUALITY
Illumination through Constancy and Love
MUSICAL K EYNOTE
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Vaughan -Williams

THE COPPER PALACE
The Glorious Copper -Colored Mountain over Sri Lanka
HIERARCH
Beloved Padma Sambhava
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Gold, Violet and Blue
QUALITY
Illumination through Freedom

LORD SHIVA’S RETREAT
Mount Kailash
HIERARCH
Beloved Shiva and Parvati
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Spiraling, Dancing Cosmic Rainbow Flames
QUALITY
The Cosmic Holy Spirit
 LANELLO’S RETREAT
Bingen on the Rhine
HIERARCH
Beloved Lanello
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Blue and White
QUALITY
The Ever -Present Guru
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Greensleeves

INNER RETREAT/RETREAT OF THE DIVINE MOTHER /WESTERN SHAMBALLA
Rocky Mountains on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park
HIERARCH
Gautama Buddha, Lord Maitreya and Lady Master Venus
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Threefold Flame
QUALITY
Eightfold Path and Maitreya’s Mystery School

 RAYS  & ACTIVITIES

Circle of the Sacred Twelve

The 1st Solar Aspect of Deity is Sapphire Blue : God’s Will, Illumined Faith, Power, Protection,
and God’s First Cause of Perfection

The 2nd Solar Aspect of Deity is Sunshine Yellow : Christ Consciousness, Enlightenment,
Wisdom, Illumination, Understanding, Perception, and Constancy

The 3rd Solar Aspect of Deity is Crystalline Pink : Transfiguring Divine Love, Adoration,
Tolerance, Oneness, and Reverence for ALL Life

The 4th Solar Aspect of Deity is Crystal White : The Immaculate Concept, Purity, Hope,
Restoration, Resurrection, and Ascension

The 5th Solar Aspect of Deity is Emerald Green : Illumined Truth, Healing, Consecration,
Concentration, and Inner Vision

The 6th Solar Aspect of Deity is Golden Ruby/Purple : Divine Grace, Healing, Devotional
Worship, Peace, and the Manifestation of the C hrist

The 7th Solar Aspect of Deity is Violet : Mercy, Compassion, Forgiveness, Transmutation,
Liberty, Justice, Freedom, Victory, and God’s Infinite Perfection

The 8th Solar Aspect of Deity is Aquamarine : Clarity, Divine Perception, and Discernment

The 9th Solar Aspect of Deity is Magenta : Harmony, Balance, Assurance, and God Confidence

The 10th Solar Aspect of Deity is Gold : Eternal Peace, Prosperity, Abundance, and the God
Supply of ALL Good Things

The 11th Solar Aspect of Deity is Peach : Divine Purpose, Enthusiasm, and Joy

The 12th Solar Aspect of Deity is Opal : Transformation and Transfiguration

Rays of God
Consciousness  Archangels  Archeiai  Elohim  Divine
Complements  Chohans  Qualities  Color
First  Michael  Faith  Hercules  Amazonia  El Morya  Faith / Will  Blue
Second  Jophiel  Christine  Apollo  Lumina  Lanto  Wisdom / Illumination  Yellow
Third  Chamuel


 i o n. T h a t  i s,  s q u a t,  b u t  n o t  t h e  w a y  a n  a t h l e t e  d o e s. S q u a t  d o w n  s l o w l y  a n d
n o t  r i g h t  d o w n  t o  t h e  f l o o r. 4 )  S q u a t  a n d  s q u e e z e  y o u r  n o s e  c l o s e d  f o r  t h e  d u r a t i o n  o f  y o u r
m a x i m u m  p a u s e. T h a t  i s,  s q u a t  d o w n  u n t i l  y o u  e x p e r i e n c e  a  p o w e r f u l
d e s i r e  t o  i n h a l e. 5 )  A t  t h e  e n d  o f  t h e  m a x i m u m  p a u s e,  w e  s t o p  o u r  s e m i - s q u a t t i n g. W e
l e t  g o  o f  o u r  n o s e s,  a n d  e x p e r i e n c e  a  d e s i r e  t o  t a k e  a n  i m m e d i a t e  d e e p
b r e a t h. W e  t a k e  i t,  o f  c o u r s e,  b u t  i n  a  r e s t r a i n e d  w a y  s o  t h a t  w e  d o n ’ t
a l l o w  o u r s e l v e s  t o  o v e r - b r e a t h e. 6 )  I m m e d i a t e l y  a f t e r  w e  l e t  g o  o f  o u r  n o s e,  w e  b e g i n  s l o w l y  w a l k i n g
r o u n d  i n  a  c i r c l e. W e  c a l m  o u r  b r e a t h  a n d  s t i l l  t r y  t o  b r e a t h e  t h r o u g h
o u r  n o s e s. W e  k e e p  o u r  b r e a t h i n g  u n d e r  c o n t r o l. 7 )  W e  w a l k  r o u n d  i n  a  c i r c l e. T o  c a l m  o u r  b r e a t h  t a k e s  t h r e e  t i m e s  a s
l o n g  a s  w e  s q u a t t e d. S o,  i f  w e  w e r e  s q u a t t i n g  f o r  1 5  s e c o n d s,  w e  w i l l
n e e d  t o  c a l m  o u r  b r e a t h  f o r  4 5. 8 )  T h e n  w e  a g a i n  s q u e e z e  t h e  t i p  o f  o u r  n o s e  a n d  s e m i - s q u a t,  f o l l o w e d
a g a i n  b y  w a l k i n g  r o u n d  i n  a  c i r c l e  t o  c a l m  o u r  b r e a t h. A n d  w e
a l t e r n a t e  t h e s e  p o s i t i o n s  f o r  t h e  w h o l e  1 0 - 1 5  m i n u t e s  o f  t h e  e x e r c i s e. C o m m e n t a r i e s
C o m m e n t a r y  o n  P o i n t  N o  3
W h y  d o  w e  s e m i - s q u a t  a n d  n o t  g o  t h e  w h o l e  w a y  d o w n?... B e c a u s e  y o u r
n o s e  i s  s q u e e z e d  t i g h t  s h u t. S o m e  p a t i e n t s  a r e  e l d e r l y,  a n d  w e  d o n ’ t  n e e d  t o
s e t  a n y  w o r l d  r e c o r d s. W e  s q u a t  d o w n  s l o w l y  a n d  n o t  v e r y  f a r. W e  a r e
t a k i n g  c a r e  o f  o u r  h e a r t s. C o m m e n t a r y  o n  P o i n t  N o  4
“ W e  s q u a t  f o r  t h e  d u r a t i o n  o f  t h e  m a x i m u m  p a u s e ”. B u t  w h a t  i s  t h e
m a x i m u m  p a u s e? H o w  d o e s  i t  d i f f e r  f r o m  t h e  c o n t r o l  p a u s e? T h e  m a x i m u mp a u s e  i n v o l v e s  h o l d i n g  t h e  b r e a t h  a f t e r  a n  o r d i n a r y  e x h a l a t i o n  u n t i l  t h e  f i r s t
p o w e r f u l  d e s i r e  t o  i n h a l e. P l e a s e  r e m e m b e r  t h e  t e r m  “ a f t e r  a n  o r d i n a r y
e x h a l a t i o n ”. A f t e r  a n  o r d i n a r y  e x h a l a t i o n. S o m e  p e o p l e  m a k e  a  d e e p
i n h a l a t i o n  f o l l o w e d  b y  a  d e e p  e x h a l a t i o n,  a n d  t h i s  i s  w r o n g. T h a t  w i l l
i n f l a t e  y o u r  c o n t r o l  p a u s e. C o m m e n t a r y  o n  P o i n t  N o  7
Y o u  s h o u l d  n o t e  t h a t  y o u  n e e d  t o  w a l k  r o u n d  i n  a  c i r c l e  a t  t h e  e n d  o f  y o u r
p a u s e  f o r  t h e  d u r a t i o n  o f  a t  l e a s t  t h r e e  m a x i m u m  p a u s e s. W h y? S o  t h a t  y o u
h a v e  t i m e  t o  c a l m  y o u r  b r e a t h i n g  a f t e r  t h e  p a u s e. I f  y o u  s q u a t  f o r  1 5
s e c o n d s


atively	new	to	the	United	States	though	it	is	said	to	be	ancient	in	origin. It	was

not	recognized	here	until	1894. Today	it	is	found	in	all	parts	of	the	world,	and

temperate	climates	resembling	our	own	favor	it. It	is	not	a	disease	of	the

impoverished	nor	of	the	well-to-do. Yet	there	appears	to	be	a	parallel	between

the	rising	living	standards	of	the	nation	and	the	ever	mounting	yearly	epidemics

of	the	crippling	disease. The	first	epidemic	took	place	in	New	York	City	in	1907. The	1916,	1931,	1949	and	1952	epidemics	reached	the	greatest	proportions. In	a

few	short	years	the	disease	changed	from	one	of	rarity	to	one	of	epidemic	yearly

recurrence	and	the	medical	mind	has	been	in	a	state	of	desperate	and	constant

search	for	some	solution	in	the	form	of	an	immunizing	agent. Research	was	the	answer. But	research	took	money,	and	lots	of	it. Destiny	came

to	the	rescue	in	the	unfortunate	affliction	of	our	late	President,	Franklin	Delano

Roosevelt. This	circumstance	touched	off	the	organization	of	the	National

Foundation	for	Infantile	Paralysis	and	the	resulting	annual	March-of-Dimes

campaigns,	which	have	collected	270	million	dollars	in	the	17	years	since	their

inception. These	monies	are	purportedly	used	equitably	for	alleviating	the

discomfort	of	polio’s	suffering	victims	and	for	the	deemed	research	necessary	for

its	conquest. Here	indeed	was	big	business! And,	as	everyone	who	isn’t	living	in	a	cloud

knows,	big	business	has	to	produce. Research	indeed	was	the	answer. So—out	of
	courage	and	generosity,	out	of	sympathy	and	sentiment,	out	of	tender	hearted

pity	for	the	poor	suffering	kiddies	who	annually	fell	victim	to	this	modern

plague,	the	people	(sic!) determined	that	polio	had	to	be	licked	and	that

American	scientists	were	the	ones	to	do	it. Fancy	science	going	chauvinistic! But

scientists	are	ever	beset	with	their	own	unsolved	problems	and	are	ever	wary	of

taking	on	new	ones. So	science	had	to	be	organized. Thus	the	grant-in-aid	was

thought	up	and,	believe	you	me,	big	business	never	conceived	of	a	better	stunt	to

shake	some	of	the	lead-thargy	out	of	the	pants	of	the	lazy	tinkerers	that	comprise

the	great	majority	of	researchers. Especially	is	this	true	when	renewal	time

approaches. At	that	time	there’s	an	aura	of	OR	ELSE	in	the	air	that	gives	a

magic	spurt	to	scientific	inquiry. Now,	organization	spells	efficiency. So,	all	the

threads	of	the	polio	research	fabric	had	to	be	pulled	together—that	is,	all	the

threads	that	fit	into	the	color	scheme,	thus	automatically	ruling	out	all

undesirable	hues	and	shades	(of	though:). Well,	they	researched	to	the	very	beginning	of	polio	in	this	country,	and	found

there	was	nothing	until	1909,	when	Doctor	Karl	Landsteiner	proved	that	polio

was	caused	by	a	virus	and	not	by	the	bacteria	the	medical	profession	had	long

sought	in	vain	to	find. Landsteiner	discovered	that	this	virus	could	grow	only	in

the	spinal	nervous	tissues	of	monkeys	or	humans. (Maybe	this	was	the	answer	to

Jekyll	and	Hyde	complex	instead!),The	years	that	followed	showed	very	little	in

the	way	of	successful	polio	research. The	key	to	the	failures	of	these

unproductive	years	turned	up,	it	is	said,	when	in	1949	Drs. Bodian	and	Howe	of

Baltimore	discovered	there	were	three	well	defined	types	of	polio	virus	instead

of	the	single	type	heretofore	thought	to	exist. This	is	about	the	time	Dr.	Salk	first

enters	the	picture	for	Salk	was	one	of	the	four	laboratory	directors,	singled	out

by	the	Polio	Foundation	to	verify	the	findings	of	Bodian	and	Howe,	a	project

that	took	three	years	to	complete. 1949	turned	up	another	related	project	in	the	research	of	Dr.	Enders	of	Harvard,

who	showed	that	polio	virus	could	be	grown	in	non-nervous	tissue	cultures	in

test	tubes,	thus	freeing	research,	as	it	were,	from	total	reliance	on	monkeys. Up

until	this	time	the	cultures	in	which	the	virus	was	grown	were	considered

unacceptable	for	producing	a	commercial	vaccine	for	human	injection. Salk	then

took	on	from	Enders’	work	and	found,	as	Enders	had	already,	that	monkey

kidneys	were	the	most	successful	virus	growing	tissue,	at	least	up	until	that	time. All	that	remained	was	to	find	the	best	broth	in	which	to	grow	the	tissue	cells. Salk	settled	for	one	that	was	developed	by	Dr.	Parker	of	Toronto. Now	all	the	ingredients	of	a	successful	vaccine	were	at	hand. The	problem	of

live	virus	vaccine	as	against	the	killed	virus	vaccine	was	booted	about	furiously,

and	to	this	day	it	still	is. Salk	was	the	first,	I	believe,	to	suggest	a	dead	virus

vaccine	as	a	more	practical	means	of	protection. In	opposing	his	theory	many	of

his	colleagues	hold	that	a	live	virus	with	the	paralyzing	sting	bred	out	of	it	gives

the	patient	a	mild	non-paralyzing	disease	that	induces	a	lifetime	immunity. The

"dead	virusers"	are	said	to	be	more	concerned	with	the	element	of	risk,	claiming

that	the	live	virus	can	always	turn	to	a	paralytic	type. Salk,	of	course,	is	a	dead-to-center	dead	viruser. Salk’s	being	chosen	for	this	job

was	no	matter-of-chance	happening. In	his	medical	student	days	at	New	York

University	he	was	one	of	the	bacteriology	pupils	of	Dr.	Thomas	Francis,	Jr.,	head

of	the	department. Was	it	fate	spinning	the	wheel? Let’s	see. After	graduation

and	internship	at	Mt. Sinai	Hospital	in	New	York,	the	National	Research

Counsel,	on	the	basis	of	some	work	he	had	done	as	a	student	on	flu	virus	under

Dr.	Francis,	awarded	Salk	a	fellowship	at	the	University	of	Michigan,	where	he

worked	again	under	Dr.	Francis. Together	they	developed	the	flu	vaccine	now	on

the	market. It	just	so	happens	that	this	very	same	Dr.	Francis	was	in	charge	of	the

evaluation	of	the	whole	polio	project	sponsored	by	the	Foundation,	and	it	was	he

whose	history	making	report	on	that	fateful	April	day	stirred	the	nation	and	the

world	into	a	frenzy	and	enthusiasm	that	exceeded	anything	ever	before	accorded

a	medical	discovery. The	reception	and	reaction	well	befit	the	dawn	of	a	new	era. To	return	to	Salk—the	Francis	influence	was	felt	again. When	the	University	of

Pittsburgh	decided	to	set	up	a	virus	laboratory	of	its	own,	Salk	was	asked	to	take

over. He	transferred	his	work	to	Pittsburgh	where	he	has	been	ever	since,	and

where	the	final	stages	of	the	vaccine	research	were	carried	on. There	may	be	no

implications	in	the	association	of	Drs. Francis	and	Salk,	but	the	sequence	and

turn	of	favorable	events	surely	points


-inch
pieces. Combine with lettuce. FRENCH DRESSING:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Vi teaspoon Dijon mustard
Sea salt (optional)
1 clove garlic, halved
Fresh ground black pepper
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 173 Prepare the dressing. Place oil, lemon juice, mustard, and sea salt to taste in measuring cup. Skewer garlic on fork, and whip dressing with garlic fork. Pour over salad. Add pepper to taste, and toss well. Serves 4. MAIN-COURSE SALAD DA Y
DAY EIGHT—MONDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One
LUNCH:
Continue on fruit and juice all day, or you may have the Vegetable-fruit
Platter (see page 156). DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail (see page 152) or 1 /2 cantaloupe or 1 /2
honeydew melon
Award-winning Potato-lover's Salad *
AWARD-WINNING POTATO-LOVER'S SALAD 35 Min. 6 tiny new potatoes (red-skinned)
2 tablespoons butter
Vi teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
lA teaspoon sweet Hungarian paprika
2 cups broccoli florets (leave 2 inches of stems attached)
4 cups head lettuce, washed, dried, and broken into bite-size
pieces
2 cups spinach, coarsely chopped
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
1 cup red cabbage, finely sliced or shredded
174 • FIT FOR LIFE Prepare the salad. Place potatoes whole and unpeeled in vegetable steamer, covered, over
boiling water for 20 minutes or until almost tender. While potatoes are
steaming, prepare broccoli, greens, and dressing. Remove from heat and
cut into '/2-inch cubes (peeling is optional). Place in large bowl and set
aside. Melt butter in small saucepan. Pour butter over potatoes, and toss
well. Add sea salt and paprika, and mix well. Place potatoes in one layer
on cookie sheet. Place at highest shelf position in preheated broiler. Broil
for 5-10 minutes. While potatoes are broiling, steam broccoli whole for 5—7 minutes or
until just tender and bright green. Remove from heat immediately, and
set aside to cool. Place lettuce and spinach in large bowl, and add sprouts, separated so
they don't clump. Add cabbage. Cut broccoli lengthwise into thin slivers. Add to greens. CREAMY DRESSING:
1 large clove garlic
2 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice
Yt— Vi teaspoon sea salt (optional)
lA cup olive oil
Vi teaspoon dried oregano
lA teaspoon dried thyme
1—2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Fresh ground black pepper (optional)
Prepare the dressing. Peel garlic and crush (if you like a heavy garlic flavor) or cut in half (if
you prefer a milder salad). Place garlic in measuring cup, and pierce with
fork. Add lemon or lime juice, salt, olive oil, and herbs. Add mayon
naise, and whip dressing with garlic fork until thick and creamy. Pour
dressing over salad, and toss well. Complete the salad. Remove potatoes from broiler. Add to salad. Season with pepper, if de
sired. Toss well. Serves 2. A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 175 DAY NINE—TUESDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One. LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
Energy Salad (see page 149) or Great Guacamole* with corn chips and
celery stalks
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail (see page 152)
Crusty Butter-crumb Vegetables,' or buttered whole-grain toast
Hearty Split Pea Soup*
Tangy Green Coleslaw (see page 169)
GREAT GUACAMOLE 5 Min. 1 avocado
V2 teaspoon Spike or Parsley Patch Mexican Seasoning (salt-free)
Vi teaspoon cumin
Vi teaspoon dried oregano
Cut avocado in half, remove seed, and scoop out pulp, reserving seed. In
small bowl, mash with fork, mixing in seasonings. Whip with fork until
creamy. If you are not going to serve guacamole immediately, return seed
to bowl to prevent discoloration, cover tightly, and refrigerate until ready
to use. Serve as dip for natural corn chips, celery stalks, or other raw
vegetables. Serves 1-2. CRUSTY BUTTER-CRUMB VEGETABLES 25 Min. 1 medium cauliflower, cored and broken into small florets
lA head red cabbage, cored and shredded
6 medium carrots, cut into slices or matchsticks, or diced
176 • FIT FOR LIFE 2 medium yellow squash, cut into Vi-inch cubes
2 cups bok choy greens, shredded
Prepare the vegetables. Place cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, and squash in vegetable steamer, cov
ered, over boiling water for 10 minutes or until tender. Add bok choy
greens for last minute of steaming to wilt them. Butter-Crumb Topping:
2 tablespoons butter
1 clove garlic, minced
4 slices whole-grain bread
Prepare the topping. In large heavy skillet, melt butter. Add garlic and saute for flavor. In food
processor or blender, process bread to a medium consistency. Toss bread
crumbs in garlic butter until all butter has been absorbed and crumbs are
evenly coated. 1 tablespoon butter
Vi teaspoon Spike
¥* teaspoon sea salt
Fresh ground black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
Assemble the casserole. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. In large bowl, toss steamed vegetables with
1 tablespoon butter, Spike, and sea salt. Add pepper, if desired, and Vi
cup butter-crumb topping. Mix well. Spread vegetables in shallow oven
proof casserole. Top with remaining crumb topping. Dot with 2 table
spoons butter. Bake in oven for 5 minutes. Any leftover casserole can be
added to soups, used in vegetable toasties, or rolled in hot chapatis. Serves 4. BLUE RIBBON SPLIT PEA SOUP 1 Hr. and 40 Min. 2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon safflower oil
1 cup carrots, coarsely chopped
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFESTYLE • 177 1 cup celery, coarsely chopped
\Vi cups onion, coarsely chopped
1 large clove garlic, minced
2 cups cabbage, finely shredded
10 cups water
2 cups green split peas
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
Vz teaspoon dried oregano
Yi teaspoon dried summer savory
'/s teaspoon dried sage
Vs teaspoon dried tarragon
Vi teaspoon celery seed
Vi teaspoon ground coriander
Vi teaspoon sea salt (optional)
lA teaspoon seasoned salt or salt-free seasoning
Fresh ground pepper to taste
1 vegetable bouillon
4 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
Heat the butter and oil together in a large soup kettle. Add the carrots,
celery, onion, garlic, and cabbage and saute, stirring frequently, for sev
eral minutes. Add the water, the split peas, the seasonings, and the bouil
lon. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 1 hour and
30 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in the parsley and adjust the season
ings. This soup freezes beautifully so freeze any left over in an airtight
container to be used for another meal. Serves 8. DAY TEN—WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One. LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
The Properly Combined Sandwich (see page 150) or Nut Butter Dip
and raw vegetables (see page 158), or Nuts and Cukes (see page 162)
178 • FIT FOR LIFE DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail (see page 152)
Stir-fried Lo Mein with Shredded Vegetables *
Caesar Salad (see page 163; omit croutons, if desired)
Perfect Corn on the Cob *
STIR FRIED LO MEIN WITH SHREDDED
VEGETABLES 25Min. 1 tablespoon safflower oil
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
Vi teaspoon fresh ginger (optional)
2 cups cabbage, shredded
1 cup scallions, cut in long slivers
2 cups zucchini, cut into lA-inch diagonal slices, then slivered into
matchsticks
1 cup snow peas, shredded
2 cups asparagus or broccoli, cut into 1-inch diagonals or thin florets
3 tablespoons safflower oil
4 cups cold cooked noodles (buckwheat soba, jinenjo noodles,2 De
Cecco whole-wheat spaghetti, or any other whole-wheat or vegetable
noodle)
If using broccoli, presteam for 4 minutes. Heat wok for several minutes
while preparing vegetables. Add 1 tablespoon oil and swirl in wok to coat
sides. Add garlic and ginger, and immediately add all vegetables. Stir-fry
in hot oil, adding 1-2 tablespoons of water if necessary to keep vegetables
from scorching. Stir-fry until vegetables turn bright green (just a few min


, fresh juice
Fourth day:
9.00 – dried fruit decoction (raisins, dried apri-
cots, prunes) - 200.0 g
12.00 – mushy b uckwheat porridge - 200.0 g
15.00 - fresh cabbage salad with 100.0g, fish
soup, fermented dairy drink - 100.0
18.00 - vegetable decoction - 200.0
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Fifth day:
9.00 - oatmeal porridge with dried apricots -
150.0, green tea - 100.0
13.00 - steamed vegetables (carrots, beets, cab-
bage) - 150.0, juice - 100.0
17.00 - soup (carrots, beets, cabbage, gray bread
crackers or bran sticks), apple - 1 pc.
21.00 - fermented dairy drink - 200.0
Then you can switch to regular meals, bu t ide-
ally meals with a predominance of fresh vegeta-
bles and fruits are preferable for 2 weeks.
Following a withdrawal from a fast, the nutri-
tion should be perfect.

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• Withdrawal order: drink water first. Ide-
ally, the water should be thawed, dew or
spring. The drinking manner is important:
you need to add three capsules of LINEX
to the first glass of water, drink this glass of
water over the course of fifteen minutes.
and that’s vital: do not hurry, drink sip by
sip. The last sip should be taken during the
fourteenth minute.  Drinking an entire
glass in under ten minutes is very risky.
The water consumption systems cannot
cope, and fainting is the least of potential
consequences.
Thus, over the course of two hours, you should
drink eight glasses of water. Then you can brush
your teeth. In very rare cases, the first sips of
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be held in the mouth, mixed it with saliva, and
then swallowed after 20 -30 seconds. Drinking
water can be combined with taking a shower. Af-
ter a shower, it is good to pour cold water over
yourself, and then take a warm bath (not a hot)
with infusions of herbs (no longer than 8
minutes). Along with the washing, you mus t
continue to drink water until 12 o'clock.
• At 12 pm you need to drink warm protein
broth (as much as you want), fish broth, with-
out vegetables, well -cooked, without salt or
bread. Broth can be cooked with spices (but
don’ t eat the spices).
• After dry fa sting, you should start eating in
small portions. The extended time of with-
drawing from the dry fast is associated with
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on the pancreas, which was inactive during
fasting and must now be carefully put into op-
eration.
• At 2 pm, eat animal protein in the form of a
fermented milk product: kefir, Bolotov whey
(see below for details) - as much as you want,
in small portions. When breaking fast, ob-
serve the following important rules: drink wa-
ter, eat food slowly, in small portions. Drink a
sip, swallow a bite, sit down, listen to yourself.
If you chew a portion of food, and do not feel
any taste, or it tastes bland, it means that your
stomach is not ready to digest this food and it
is ballast for you. Wait a few days an d try it
again. If you feel discomfort during or after
eating it, such as pain in the stomach, dry
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more of it, stop the intake of this food. It
means that it is harmful, and do not regret the
money spent on food – your health is more
valuable.
• In the absence of discomfort, the volume of
food consumed should equal the volume of a
tea glass. Consumption time is also fifteen
minutes. If you feel discomfort with one type
of food, immediately switch to another type.
Somehow, my patient, with extensive experi-
ence of withdrawing from fasts using water, pre-
pared raw vegetables to withdraw from his first
five- day dry fast.
After the water came the turn of vegetables. He
swallowed the first bite, waited a minute, and
wante d to continue, but then felt a sting in his
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that the pain disappeared when he ate boiled
vegetables. After that, he started to come out of
dry fasts using protein foods: kefir and fish
broth, and there were no problems. This is nec-
essary because after the end of a dry fast, the
body is in dire need of building material, which
is animal protein, for the synthesis of proteins
and new cells. Violation of this rule can lead to
negative consequences!
• Do not forget about the therapeutic chewing
method (by H. Fletcher26).

26 Horace Fletcher (1849 -1919), nicknamed "The Great Mastica-
tor," was a well known and influential food and health faddist in
early 20th century North America. Fletcher believed that prolonged
chewing precluded overeating, led to better systemic and dental
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begin consuming bee products: honey and
pollen. Food should be varied and well -satu-
rated with vitamins and micro - and macro el-
ements. During the first five days after the
start of withdrawing from the dry fast, use
only fresh, pure and high -quality products.
You cannot eat sugar and sugar -containing or
canned products.
• You can start salting your food from the third
day on, it is best to use rock or sea salt. Do it
very, very gradually, the amount at the tip of
the knife.

health, helped to reduce food intake, and consequently, conserved
money.

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days, you need to guard against drafts and
cold. in the first days of the coming out, the
immune system is reconditioned to neutralize
food and water, so the body is weakened, then
the body will be restored and the immunity
will be even stronger than before fasting.

13.6.  Nutrition program for good digestion
(during withdrawal from a fast)
Most people are constantly sick or almost sick
becau se they are trying to process a huge amount
of excess food that they consume. After a fast,
you can easily and quickly establish proper di-
gestion. Make it a rule not to eat after 4pm. If you
observe this condition, you will sleep soundly.
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body will self -purify and normalize the fat layer.
Eat breakfast between 9 and 10 in the morning
or earlier. Eat a fresh vegetable salads made with
carrots, cabbage and greens (steamed vegetables
in the winter). The second cour se will comprise
bread from sprouted grains with honey or sea
kale, or whole -grain porridge with a little oil. To-
gether with cabbage, carrots and greens, they
will stimulate the work of the digestive tract, cul-
tivating the right microflora, and will restor e the
body’s endocrine system through feedback.
Eat a salad first. This will result in the activation
of a number of processes that underlie the nor-
mal functioning of the body. For example, the
secretion of digestive juices is stimulated, since
raw vegetables are rich in natural stimulants.


 dinner with more avocado, plus a plate of seed cheese on f lax crackers.
Such a regimen can easily top 75% fat and may seem far too heavy for a seas oned raw fooder. Over time, most people who
eat a raw diet refine their menus, eventually ending up eating “s imple meals,” which include more fruits and vegetables and fewer
fats. But it takes precious little in the way of nuts and seeds to equal or e xceed the percentage of fat consumed by the average
American. Even longtime raw fooders who consider their diets massivel y simplified in comparison to their early days are often
astonished to learn that they still consume an average of 40 or 50% fat!

“Don’t W orry, It’s Raw …”
Many leaders of the raw food movement endow raw foods with almost supernatu ral powers, teaching that consuming fat won’t
harm us “as long as it is raw fat.” They tell people that the unst able fats in nuts and seeds can withstand the sustained heat of leng thy
dehydration and subsequent room-temperature storage without degrading or  going rancid. This is wishful thinking on the part of
people wishing to profit from the high-fat raw fad by selling flax cracke rs, granola bars, and other dehydrated prepared foods.
Eating such concoctions within hours of dehydration is safest, but it is  still a far cry from eating fresh, unprocessed whole-food fats
as they occur in nature. Some even pride themselves on eating 80% of calor ies from fat and beyond, recommending such a program
as perfectly safe, which it categorically is not.
The high-fat raw foods that well-meaning raw chefs, teachers, and a uthors promote are very likely to cause in raw fooders
many of the same health issues that plague cooked food eaters, including c andida, chronic and intermittent fatigue, and even heart
disease. These maladies result in large part from excess fat in the  bloodstream, a correlation explained in Chapter 2. Sadly, I
personally know two raw fooders who have undergone open-heart surgery t his decade. Y es … their high-fat raw diets resulted in
the total blockage of their coronary arteries.
Raw fats are without question far better for us than cooked fats—espe cially when they come from whole plants as opposed to
extracted oils or cooked animal products. But do not let anyone mislead you: the h abitual consumption of fatty foods is not a
healthful practice.

Cooked or Raw, Too Much Fat Is Still Too Much Fat
Whether you eat cooked animal fat, cold-pressed plant oil, or whole-food raw f ats, too much fat is too much fat … and we must
recognize its health-destroying potential. Below are a few examp les. (See “Cooking Damages Nutrients” for more information on
the additional  health problems we create by cooking our fats.)
 Cooked or raw, higher-than-healthy levels of fat in the bloodstream for ce fat to “precipitate out” and adhere to arterial walls,
a condition known as atherosclerosis. Hypertension, aneurism, atheroscl erosis, embolism (thrombus), myocardial infarction,
cerebral infarction, and other vascular disorders are all related to ex cessive consumption of dietary fat.
Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream reduces the oxygen-carryin g capacity of red blood cells, predisposing us to
cancer. A lowered blood-oxygen level also adversely affects all cellu lar function, including muscle and brain-cell function.
Reduced oxygen to the brain results in impaired clarity of thought, poor deci sion making, and a dull mind. Some researchers
have suggested that impaired oxygen delivery sets the stage for sen ility, memory dysfunction, and learning disabilities.
Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream requires an increased epineph rine (adrenaline) response in order to drive the
pancreas to produce insulin. Following excess stimulation, adrenal exh austion sets in, as required by the Law of Dual Effect.
Adrenal exhaustion is the precursor for conditions such as mononucleosi s, Epstein-Barr virus, chronic fatigue
syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), post-viral fatigue syn drome, lupus, and myofascial disease, to name just a few.
Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream results in increased demand f or insulin, known as insulin resistance. As
described in Chapter 2, the resulting continuous drain on the pancreas ev entually leads to pancreatic fatigue and chronically
elevated blood-sugar levels. This predisposes us to a group of lipid (fat) meta bolic disorders, mistakenly referred to as
“blood-sugar metabolic disorders”: hyper- and hypoglycemia, hyperin sulinism, candida infections, diabetes, and others.
Cooked or raw, the excessive consumption of fat has been incontrovertibly li nked to the development of cancer, heart
disease, and diabetes. Future research is expected to continue to support th is statement, as countless thousands of studies
have already done, including the Framingham Heart Study and the Chin a Study, respectively the longest and the largest
nutrition studies ever undertaken. When other lifestyle factors ar e equal, the greater the amount of fat that a population
consumes, the higher the rates of these dreaded conditions. It has been sh own that when we consume more fat than we
require, we almost invariably consume less carbohydrate than we requi re. Insufficient carbohydrate consumption will result in
feelings of fatigue, loss of strength, reduced sex drive, and a general l owering of vigor and vitality.

“Not Me,” Y ou Say?
If you have been following a raw diet, you are probably almost certa in that it does not contain 60% or more fat. “I love my salads. I
eat lots of greens,” you say. “I eat tons of fruit, too, compared to most people. There’s no way I eat that much fat!” Y et fat has a
way of sneaking into the diet, whether it is cooked or raw, and you won’t notice i t unless you understand where it comes from.
I analyze what people eat on an ongoing basis. While I occasionally meet s omeone who both claims to consume a low-fat diet
and actually does so, far more frequently people are shocked at the analysis  they receive. In almost every instance, people discover
that the raw food cuisine they consider the ultimate in health has a ctually become a very high-fat program.

Low-Fat Cooked vs. High-Fat Raw
People often ask whether it is better to eat a low-fat cooked diet or a hig h-fat raw one. Some people ask, “which is worse?”
It is important to differentiate between eating “just to stay ra w” and eating for health. The 80/10/10rv  plan represents the ideal—the
eating program that is optimal in every way, including your health. If  you were asked to choose between shooting yourself in the foot
or shooting yourself in the hand, hopefully your choice would be not to shoot yours elf at all. Choosing between the lesser of two
evils is not the point of The 80/10/10 Diet. Each situation calls for the application of intelligence. You may oft en have to make
decisions regarding the quality of your food. Knowing the ideal will serve  you extremely well: whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic, low-
fat plants.
That said, I must emphasize that habitually eating a high-fat raw  diet is profoundly damaging to the body, and we do ourselves
no favors by rationalizing, “I know all this fat isn’t so great for me, but at least it keeps me raw.” If I found myself—on rare occasion
—with only high-fat raw or low-fat cooked plant-food options, I would make one  of two choices: Either I would forgo eating
altogether by skipping that meal, or I would indulge in the high-fat meal  and then follow it with a day or more where I eat no overt
fat whatsoever. The occasional high-fat meal (preferably about six, a nd an absolute maximum of twelve times per year)  is certainly
an allowable exception, as the goal is to keep the overall  diet as close to the 80/10/10  parameter as possible.
I do realize, however, that for various reasons some people find themselves  ongoingly  unable to eat enough fruit to make a
low-fat raw vegan diet feasible for them. For such people, I must admit tha t eating in the 80/10/10  proportion, regardless of the
food choices, wins hands down over habitually partaking of the high-fat foods popu lar at raw potlucks, restaurants, festivals,
retreats, and workshops. If high-fat raw or low-fat cooked seem your only options, choose the low-fat option, every time.
If you must eat gourmet raw for a handful of “transitional” months, go ah ead … but keep your eye on the 80/10/10rv  target, if
health is your goal. Please, keep in mind that by far the easiest transi tion to this way of eating is invariably the shortest one, as
verified by the many who have gone before you.

Why Raw Fooders Eat So Much Fat Just as in the mainstream population, many raw fooders have been taught  to fear sugar and, therefore, to fear fruit. Eating lots