ade.We will learn how to transform something that the
world considers to be awful, such as pain, and how to
derive benefit from it and have our life prosper as a
result of the knowledge gained from the one specific
experience. In order to do this, we need to know some
thing about the nature of consciousness itself and how
that will help us in our lives in general. What is the nature of human experience? Where is
experience experienced? We will again look at the rela
tionship between body, mind, and spirit. Everybody
uses that phrase,"body,mind, and spirit,"butwhat does
it mean in a practical way? I became a scientist with a
skeptical, pragmatic mind. I am very impressed by
what works and am very unimpressed by the hypothet
ical and the theoretical. I am very interested in what
brings about results and what one can replicate
through one's personal experience. As said previously, the first thing to realize is that
the body has no capacity to experience itself.This is a 301 PAIN AND SUFFERING
surprising thought because we tWnk we are experienc
ing our body-we all tWnk we are our body. How does
the body get experienced? For example, the arm has no
way of experiencing its armness; the leg cannot expe
rience its being a leg. These parts are experienced
through sensations, as is the whole body. We do not
experience the body but experience the sensations of
the body. And where are these sensations of the body
experienced? They are experienced in the mind. Without a mind, we cannot experience what is going
on in the body, and we cannot experience the sensa
tions that tell us about the body.The experience ofthe
body is not occurring in the body; it is occurring in the
mind.That is the flfSt surprising thought to get used to. The next surprising thought is that the mind can
not experience itself.A thought cannot experience its
thoughtness; a feeling cannot experience its feeling
ness; and a memory cannot experience its own memo
ryness. The mind has to be in something greater than
itself in order to know what is going on in mind.And
what is that? One knows what is going on in mind
because of consciousness itself. The content of mind, and what is going on in
mind, is known through consciousness; therefore, all
experience is occurring in consciousness. One's
awareness of what is happening is occurring within
one's consciousness. For example, if a part of the
brain is cut, then that part of the mind is no longer
operative in the physical domain. If the area cut out is
the sensory region, then the opposite side of the body
is no longer experienced. Therefore, the body is expe
rienced by the mind via the brain. 302 HEALING AND RECOVERY
We know that if consciousness is eliminated, there
is no awareness of what is going on in the mind.That
is the purpose of anesthesia. Interestingly, conscious
ness itself is experienced from an even greater
domain.As this progresses, one realizes that the lesser
is always experienced from that which is the greater. The greater encompasses and allows the experience
of the lesser. Consciousness is then experienced in
the greatest domain, which is the one without limit
that includes awareness. It is the nature of awareness
being itself to know what is going on in conscious
ness. It is the nature of consciousness to know what
is going on in mind. It is the nature of mind to know
what is going on with sensations, and it is the nature
ofsensations to know what is going on with the body. It is important to know that all ordinary experience
is going on in consciousness alone.Where is that con
sciousness when we experience something? Where do
we experience it? Is there a place where consciousness
is located? Does it have a specific space or location? It is important to know that consciousness has no
particular space, no physical area, and no limitation. The common fantasy is "I experience things in my
head." Actually, we do not experience them in the
head.Where do we experience a thought? We experi
ence a thought nowhere; there is no specific location
or space in which we experience a thought. The
nature of consciousness is that it has no particular
form; it is without form. Its content is with form, but
the field of consciousness itself is like space, having
no particular locality. This will be important later
when we discuss one of the techniques for handling 303 PAIN AND SUFFERING
pain, which can be handled both locally and generally. There are several ways to handle pain and the spe
cific sensation and experience of it.Where we are as
a being with the experience of pain, and how we
evolve in our own consciousness, will determine
whether the pain involves suffering or not.The pain is
one thing, and the suffering is another. The first thing to eliminate is the belief system
that pain equals suffering because that sets up a
whole series of programs that need to be undone. Pain is one thing, and it is quite possible to be with
pain yet be totally indifferent to it. It is possible for
pain to exist in the body and yet have relatively little
or no experience of the pain or suffering with it at all
because of an analgesic or altered (e.g., hypnotic)
state of mind. It is as though the pain is still present,
but one is not connected with the pain. The pain
exists on its own but without the person being at the
effect of it. In other words, it is not necessary to be
the victim of the pain. One can be with the pain in
such a way that does not involve suffering or any kind
of agony.To realize that this is possible is the first step
that leads one out ofit. It is the letting go of the belief
that pain and suffering are the same thing. An example is the belief that going to the dentist is
necessarily painful.At one time in my life, many years
ago, going to the dentist was agonizing. I remember
that I always put off going because my pain threshold
was so low. I literally had to have analgesia to get my
teeth cleaned; I was pain prone. What is it that sets our pain threshold or our readi
ness to experience pain?As the years went by, I learned 304 HEALING AND RECOVERY
various spiritual and consciousness techniques and
began to apply them to pain. The experience of pain
began to diminish, and much to my surprise, I could go
to the dentist and experience only moderate pain
instead of agony. Gradually the pain became mild and
then only just a discomfort. When I go to the dentist
now, I don't even notice any discomfort. It seems as
though I am in the chair for only a minute, and then I
am out and say, "Are you done already? I can hardly
believe you are done already!" At the end of this chapter we will discuss some
self-hypnosis techniques, a kind of autosuggestion,
that will reinforce what we have learned, such as how
to utilize a somewhat altered state of consciousness
on our behalf, how to come from a suggestible space
to learn more quickly, how to relieve pain, and how it
is a medium for quickly educating ourself. When you
next go to the dentist, you may not have much time to
learn these techniques, so we share some ways to
speed them up. The first thing to address is the handling of acute
pain. A person is walking along and suddenly sprains
an ankle, resulting in agonizing pain; or they break
their leg or suddenly have a gallbladder attack, renal
colic, or a coronary; or they just have an ordinary acci
dent, such as barking the shin, or hitting the head on
something, and there is that stunning moment of pain. How does one handle that acute situation? We will
reveal a technique to use in dealing with a variety of ill
nesses as well as in healing both acute and chronic pain. There is a shock when we suddenly ftnd ourselffac
ing an accident, such as scalding ourselfby pouring hot 305 PAIN AND SUFFERING
water on our hand, or burning ourself on the stove.The
technique that we will get a lot of mileage from is the
whole concept of letting go of resistance. We want to
look at the benefit of letting go and compare it with
what the mind usually does.The mind normally resists
an experience out of the expectation of suffering. It
already has a program set up: "Pain means suffering,
and I'm going to resist it." The fantasy is that if we
resist it, we will eliminate it. The first thing we have to know is that the relief
of pain and suffering comes rapidly by going 180
degrees in the opposite direction-by capitulating
and letting go of resisting the pain. How does this
work in everyday life? We will provide some clinical·
examples of rapid healing resulting from techniques
that are completely different from those ordinarily
used by the mind in an average situation. To let go ofresistance means to completely be with
the event and totally surrender to the sensation. It
means to ignore the thoughts that we may be having
about it. Instead of thinking about it, we go right into
the direct experience ofthe sensation and


 given an intravenous
injection of Laetrile some fifteen minutes prior to going into the bath. Laetrile, also known as
Vitamin B-17, is derived from apricot pits. It is non-toxic, even though it contains a cyanide
fraction. This substance is not damaging to normal healthy cells (after all, the full name of Vitamin
B12 is cyano -cobalamine! ),  for these cells contain an enzyme, rhodanase, that neutralizes the
cyanide fraction. Tumor cells, however, lack this enzyme, hence the laetrile is able to attack
and destroy them. It has also been experimentally established that after a laetrile injection the
temperature of the tumor rises by up to one degree. When the patient’s full body temperature is
raised by the hyperthermia treatment, this additionally helps to attack and destroy tumor tissue. Oxygen Treatments

Two compounds containing extra oxygen are useful tools of pain control. One is hydrogen
peroxide, H2O2, namely water, H2O, plus an extra oxygen atom attached to it with a single bond. The other basic compound, oxygen, O2, can also have an additional oxygen atom attached, resulting
in O3, i.e., ozone. Despite ozone’s reputation as an irritant, properly used oxygen treatments are a
powerful aid in pain control and healing.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 125Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comThese are the four benefits of the oxygen treatment:
• It attacks and kills germs and viruses;
• It attacks and destroys tumor tissue;
• It increases oxygenation of the blood stream; and
• It attaches to toxic free radicals and helps the body to excrete them. H2O2, or hydrogen peroxide, is easily and inexpensively available in drug stores or even
supermarkets. It comes in a 3% solution, which is safe to apply to the skin, or use in a tub of bath
water (NON-fluoridated), adding some 2 quarts to the tub. It is even more effective to rub the
peroxide into the skin after a warm tub bath, to be absorbed through the pores directly into the
blood stream. It is more difficult to obtain ozone treatment, since this requires a special ozone generating
machine, and that is generally only available to persons trained in its proper use. There are also
machines that generate ozone to mix into the bath water, but these are expensive, require an
oxygen tank, and are not recommended for use in the patient’s home. Rebounding
A small trampoline for gentle rebounding may sound a surprising choice for pain control,
yet it can serve that purpose extremely well. The patient must be told clearly that he/she must
not jump vigorously up and down on the trampoline, only raise his/her heels as though he was
walking, but staying on the spot. This movement causes an increase of weight on the way down,
and makes the patient feel weightless for an instant on the top of the bounce. This stimulates and
increases the lymphatic circulation, which in turn helps to overcome blockages and pain. The
gentle ‘walk’ on the trampoline may be repeated up to five or six times a day, but each exercise
must not last longer than 30 seconds.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 126Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 16
Understanding Healing Reactions

Healing reactions, also known as flare-ups, are an essential part of the Gerson Therapy. It is
important that patients should understand their nature and function before embarking on the
full treatment, since healing reactions are somewhat paradoxical experiences: although they can
produce a number of unpleasant symptoms, they should be welcomed as evidence that the therapy
has kicked in and is working well. So let’s see how and when this necessary process is likely to begin. As a rule, after the first
few days on the full Gerson program the patients feel better, suffering less pain, their appetite
improves, their external or palpable tumors are beginning to reduce; naturally they are greatly
encouraged by these positive developments. That is the moment to remind patients that a healing
reaction may be on the way, and to explain how it is going to promote detoxification. Without
proper preparation the sudden shift from well-being to its opposite would be hard to bear! When the body is first turned around from advancing cancer (or other chronic diseases)
towards healing, what Dr. Gerson called the healing mechanism  is being activated, and the
immune system begins to kick in. What happens is that the body produces a healing inflammation
and releases toxins from the tissues, producing a massive toxic load that has to be eliminated from
the liver. The process is sometimes accompanied by a healing fever and even spells of depression
and panic. On top of all this the patient may also experience nausea, toxic stools, lack of appetite
and even aversion to food or drink, especially to the green juices. There can also be more gas than
usual, plus difficulties with the coffee enemas (due to increased toxic pressure from the liver). Without advance warning the patients may feel that their condition is worsening; they are weak,
nauseated, uncomfortable, sometimes even the pain that had been reduced returns to some extent. What with the risk of depression, which is one of the possible side effects, patients may even
wonder whether the Gerson Therapy is causing their condition to worsen. However, the Gerson
doctor or practitioner, who recognizes these symptoms as signaling a welcome healing reaction,
is able to reassure patients and dispel their panic. The first flare-up is usually relatively short, since the body is not yet able to carry out
serious healing in its weakened condition and is only just beginning to respond. But even that
early start can produce impressive results. Along with the attack on malignant tissue, the body
also begins to heal old injuries, fractures, lumpy scars, and serious conditions including long-
standing high blood pressure and even age-onset diabetes. This process cannot be held back or
stopped, since the body is not able to heal selectively! In other words, it does not only heal the Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 127Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.compresent life-threatening disease but also clears up all other damage, whether old or new. That
is what the totality of the Gerson Therapy means. Thanks to it, cancer patients have overcome
allergies, long term migraines, arthritis, fibromyalgia and other conditions that have troubled
them for any length of time. How do patients react to a flare-up? Only a general answer can be given, based on the
reactions of a majority of cases. Since each person is different and has a different medical past
with different damages to the body, each healing reaction is also different! Neither is it possible
to give an exact answer to patients who wish to know how long a flare-up will last. In many
cases the first reaction is mild and only lasts from a few hours to a day or two. The second one
is normally longer and somewhat heavier, since the body and its immune system have to some
extent been detoxified, strengthened with the enzymes and nutrients contained in the raw juices
and supported by the medication, and as a result it is able to respond more powerfully. In most cases this second flare-up can be expected around the sixth week of the therapy. The
third reaction occurs usually around 3-3 1⁄2 months into the treatment and is the heaviest one. But
please remember that this is not a timetable cast in concrete, only what we have observed in a
majority of cases. Reactions are also different in chemotherapy pre-treated patients (see Chapter
18.) What to do for the patient in a flare-up, who is unwell, upset, dismayed? What NOT to do
is to stop the Therapy, give no coffee enemas or juices, for doing so would drastically stop the
healing process! Yet we must help the patient to endure the discomforts of the flare-ups. Here are
the best ways to do so:
Nausea :  If despite the nausea the patient is able to drink the juices, by all means continue
to provide them. If he or she develops a severe aversion to the green juice, warm it gently
(undiluted) to body temperature by standing the container in a warm water bath, pour the juice in
the enema bucket and infuse it rectally as a retention implant. This is not an enema and should not
be expelled. The patient should lie comfortably in bed, with legs pulled up in the fetal position,
and allow the juice to be absorbed. Patients who are temporarily unable to drink any juices can
have them administered rectally (all, except the orange juice), and should be encouraged to drink
warm oatmeal gruel and plenty of peppermint tea, partly to settle the stomach and also to supply
the necessary liquids which would normally be provided by the juices. To prepare Oatmeal Gruel,  place one ounce of oats and 5 ounces of water into a


 to name a few. Statistics now tell us that cancer is
in every other male and in every third female. With diseases just about to
eliminate us as a race, it is obvious that this treatment concept isn’t working. With the treatment method, symptoms are only controlled or temporarily
eliminated, only to return when treatment is stopped. Oftentimes, the
symptoms come back with a vengeance, as in cancer. You cannot “treat”
chronic or degenerative conditions, as treatment just worsens the condition. Regeneration and detoxification, on the other hand, mean the complete
elimination of the cause of the symptoms. If you correct the cause of the
problem, the symptoms will automatically go away. Regeneration means
rebuilding tissue that is failing; and detoxification is the method used to
remove the inflammation and toxins that have caused these tissues to fail in
the first place. Always ask yourself what the cause of your symptoms may
be, and focus on that. People are too busy chasing effects. As we learned in detail in the previous chapter, there are only three basic
causes of disease symptoms: 1. acidosis, which causes inflammation, leading
to congestion, ulceration and atrophy (tissue failure); 2. toxicity, which
causes congestion, inflammation and cellular damage, thus leading to tissue
failure; and 3. tissue weakness or tissue failure itself caused by genetics,
acidosis, and/or toxicity. Acidosis (over-acidity or inflammation) and toxicity
are the main causes of tissue failure, which can cause innumerable effects or
symptoms. This is true especially when this “tissue failure” affects the
endocrine gland system. These three causes are behind 99.9 percent of all
diseases. In thirty years of clinical work I have never seen a condition that could
not tremendously improve, or in most cases completely disappear, with these
methods of regeneration and detoxification. These two concepts are
interdependent, as you cannot regenerate the body without detoxification. They are the twin pillars of health and vitality.I have seen bones and backs straighten and strengthen themselves—from
curvatures (scoliosis), old fractures, and similar conditions. I have also seen
complete spinal cord severations reconnect after more than ten years. I have
seen glands and all types of tissue rebuild themselves. Your body is a living, conscious machine. It can rebuild itself after
surgeries, major cuts and wounds, so why not after nerve damage or atrophy? The truth is, it can! But not on a diet of dead animals and other cooked, dead
foods. Regeneration has three main components to it: Alkalize, Detoxify and
Energize. All three work together and are inseparable. Alkalization is vital to
tissue regeneration because it is anti-inflammatory It builds electrolytes for
proper ionizacion, oxidation and neutralization. It allows for proper cellular
respiration and for disbursement of nutrients throughout the body. Detoxifying, of course, cleans all the obstructions, irritants and
stimulants, like mucus, heavy metals, chemicals and pesticides out of your
body. This allows for proper digestion, absorption, utilization and
elimination. Energizing your cells with energy from living foods is also vital to robust
health. Without the power of
live
 foods, which are full of nutrition and
electricity, you cannot accomplish alkalization and detoxification. Detoxification is the only way to establish a true homeostasis within the
body. This homeo-stasis can then be elevated to unlimited heights. Vitality and vibrancy should always be one’s goal. Life then becomes
exciting, joyful, and bubbling with energy. Take the time for yourself and don’t settle for anything less than total
health—free of disease. The road to regeneration is not the easy way. It can
be filled with ups and downs depending upon your toxicity levels and
weaknesses. However, regeneration is the only way to lasting health, vitality
and longevity. Up to this point we have covered a lot of information about you—the
type of species your physical body belongs to, and the types of food that are
best suited for your body. We’ve examined how your physical, emotional
and mental bodies work. We’ve discussed foods and their chemical make-up,
and we’ve covered those foods and chemicals that are toxic to you. We’ve
also covered various disease symptoms, what they are, and what causes them. Now let’s get to the heart of the matter: What do we do about our healthissues? How do we start this journey into health? This chapter will begin with
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification,
 and then cover the
detoxification process in detail. You may want to tag this chapter for ongoing
reference, as it will supply you with step-by-step guidelines, warnings, and
hints to take you through this vital process. MODULE 6.1
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification

Naturopathy is one of the greatest sciences, for it is the study and practice of
nature. Its basic foundation is health and vitality, and it encompasses all
aspects of nature that influence regeneration. In nature, all forms of life consume some sort of food to sustain health. Most of nature eats intuitively. Human beings have lost a great deal of this
intuitiveness, and therefore they primarily consume what society teaches them
to eat. Since money is one of the major motivating factors in today’s world,
many products and foods are sold for financial gain at the expense of
personal health. As our species has become the sickest and most disease-
ridden on this planet, Naturopathy was born out of a desire to regain this lost
intuition for what truly are the appropriate foods to sustain human life. As we’ve discussed previously, your body is like an engine that requires
a fuel source, but it needs to be cleaned and rebuilt as time goes on. If you
use bad fuels, your car won’t run properly and will eventually stop running. The same is true of your body. Since men and women have chosen to filltheir bodies with bad fuels—foods that leave a lot of residues in their tissues
—they must clean the body out, or suffer the consequences. Diseases are
nothing more than signs and symptoms that reflect the body’s need to clean
and rebuild itself. Fresh, uncooked foods, especially fruits, are self-cleansing. They not only feed the body, they keep it clean internally as well. Detoxification is truly a science and an art unto itself; a necessary
response to the consumption of toxic and congestive foods that have clogged
and obstructed the human body. In nature, detoxification is a continual
process that all of life goes through, at one level or another. The process of
cleaning your body of toxins, mucus and acidosis can create symptoms that
are seen as diseases by some doctors, and so we have been taught to fear this
natural process. All life in the physical world takes in energy, metabolizes it, and then
excretes the remains and by-products. Most of the time this is done
automatically. However, the human is the only species on this planet that
chooses
 to eat foods that are not harmonious with its species. Humans also
choose
 to alter the chemistry and energy of the foods they eat by processing
and cooking them. This changes the nature of these foods and the way they
are metabolized. Many of these foods then become irritating, mucus-forming,
and inflammatory to the body. Some foods, like processed grains and dairy
products, act like glue in your tissues; and others, like meat and processed
foods, contain deadly chemicals and heavy metals. Added to this destructive
situation is the chemicalized air we breathe and the products we use on our
bodies and in our homes. The external environment also exerts its influence. “Acid rain” has resulted from so much acidic air pollution from factories. Now, almost every breath we take is acid-forming. All these toxic and mucus-forming substances will change the way the
body eliminates. In other words, cooked and processed foods slow down
body elimination and, in most cases, the toxic by-products of these foods are
stored or plaqued in the tissues. This blocks proper cellular respiration,
causing a cell to become hypo-active, slowly losing its ability to function. Many disease symptoms are nothing more than the body’s effort to
eliminate these stored
toxins and mucus, some of which we began storing
in
utero. Most pregnant women consume milk, meat and other toxic foods,
thinking that they are building bones and muscle tissue in the fetus. This,
however, just adds to her toxicity and acidosis, thus increasing tissue
weakness. The same is happening in her fetus.The body is always trying to keep itself clean and strong by means of
detoxification. This is done through sweating caused by fevers, by vomiting,
diarrhea, frequent urination, colds, flus, and by simple daily elimination. The
more toxic a person becomes, the stronger the purging will be. Take simple
bronchitis, for example. If the first time your body had symptoms of
bronchitis you went to your doctor and he or she gave you antibiotics, or
even extremely high doses of vitamin C, the symptoms of bronchitis would
stop. These remedies did not cure the inflammation and congestion, they
merely stopped the elimination process or symptoms. Results like these give
the illusion that the condition was cured. However, the next time your body
tries to clean itself out, it could have symptoms of pneumonia


eltering July morning. The
higher the sun rose, the hotter it became. Up went the
heat until at noon it stood at
130 degrees – a dry, hot
heat that seemed to want to melt and defeat all of us. 19
Mother Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search,
unseals his eyes, illuminates his mind and purifies his heart. –Alfred B. Street
Change your mind and change to a healthy lifestyle and your
life and body will sparkle with health and joy. –  Patricia BraggThe college boys gobbled the salt tablets and guzzled
quarts of cool water. For lunch they drank cola drinks
with ham and cheese sandwiches. We rested a half hour
after lunch and then continued our rugged hike acrossthe red hot blazing sands. Soon things were beginning
to happen to those strong, husky college boys. First, 3 of them got violently ill and threw up all they
had eaten and drunk for lunch. They got dizzy and turned
deathly pale and great weakness overcame them. They
quit the hike immediately. They were driven back to theFurnace Creek Ranch in poor condition. The hike went
on with
7 college athletes continuing. As we hiked, they
drank large amounts of cold w ater, soft drinks and took
more salt tablets. Then suddenly 5 of them got stomach
cramps and became deathly ill. Up came the drinks and
their lunch. These 5 had to be driven back to the ranch. That left but 2 out of 10 hikers. It was now about 4
pm and the merciless sun beat down on us with great
fury. Almost on the hour, the last remaining salt tablet-eating athlete collapsed under that hot, burning sun andhad to be rushed back to the ranch for medical care. Only the Non-Salt User Finishes Hike
That left me alone on the test. and I felt as fresh as
a daisy. I was not full of salt tablets and I was not full of
food because I was on a complete fast. The college boys
wanted cold drinks, but I drank only pure distilled water,not chilled. I finished the
30 mile hike in around 102
hours and I had no ill effects whatsoever. I camped out
for the night. The next day I arose early and hiked
another 30 miles back to the ranch without food or salt tablets. The doctors gave me a thorough examination and
found me in perfect condition. I am ready and willing torepeat this hike across Death Valley, California for any
scientific group that wants to do research on man’s
mythical “need” for salt. (
I get organic sodium from my food. )20
Ruts long traveled can grow comfortable. Historical Proof That Salt is Not Needed
Rommel’s German-Afrikan Corps swept across the
gates of Egypt, fought and lost a hard battle at El Alamein. Then they retreated over miles of blazing desert. Yet,
when the war was over, the English found the capturedtroops in good physical condition, even though the
German soldiers were not supplied with salt tablets. This
story – just as my own Death Valley hike, which wasalso performed in the blazing desert sun – supports the
findings of many experiments performed on humans
with a non-salt diet under hot desert conditions. What happens, according to the scientific studies, is
that: after the first few days of becoming acclimatized,
the subjects stop losing salt through perspiration. Apparently there is a normalizing mechanism at work
that conserves the sodium in the body. The comfortable
endurance during all weather conditions of people onrigid, salt-poor diets shows that the “need” for added
salt in hot weather has been greatly exaggerated. There is enough naturally occurring sodium in most
vegetables, celery, soy beans, seaweeds and other foodsthat have not been processed or supplemented with
common table salt. These natural foods can supply the
needed organic sodium required by the body. Proof ofthis is also found in the past histories of many races
throughout the world who have never used salt. The Native Americans knew nothing about salt when
the first explorers landed. Columbus and all the explorers
of the American continent found wonderful physical
specimens when they arrived. Sad fact – the physicaldegeneration of people often follows the introduction
of salt, alcohol, refined, fast foods and toxic chemicals. I have made over
13 expeditions to the far corners of
the earth and I never found the inhabitants to be salt
users. Therefore, none of them suffered from high blood
pressure. In fact, regardless of age, they generally hadblood pressures of
120 over 70, which is perfect. They
did not suffer from kidney or heart diseases, either. 21
I have found that distilled water is a sovereign remedy for my
rheumatism. I attribute my almost perfect health largely to distilledwater.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What happens when the body's cells become polluted and its composition is altered by toxic chemicals?,
A: The body's cells become sick, function poorly, and cannot adjust to the irritating toxins, causing illness, premature aging, and death.
Q: What is the main concern of most commercial interests, and how does it affect our health?,
A: Most commercial interests are concerned with the economic bottom line, not our health. This can lead to the use of unhealthy foods and additives, which can harm our health.
Q: What is the key to a long and healthy life, according to the author, and how can one achieve it?,
A: The key to a long and healthy life is to avoid salt and other toxic substances, and to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One can achieve this by following the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, which includes a diet of organic and unprocessed foods, regular fasting, and self-care.
Q: What is the author's stance on the use of salt in the diet, and what are some alternatives?,
A: The author is strongly against the use of salt in the diet, as it is a harmful, non-nutritive substance that can cause kidney and heart problems. Instead, the author recommends using natural, organic sodium sources such as kelp, celery, and other fruits and vegetables.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to get rid of toxic acid crystals in the body, and why is it important to do so?,
A: The author advises to fast for 24-36 hours a week, and then switch to an alkaline diet to help eliminate toxic acid crystals from the body. It is important to do so because the buildup of these crystals can cause premature aging and joint pain.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>A feeling of agelessness will
replace that tight, stiff, ageing feeling. Once again you
will feel free and loose in every moveable joint of yourbody. You will have Mother Nature, fasting and eating
natural food to thank for your “New Youthful Feeling!”47 Paul C. Bragg – Fasting & Life Extension Specialist
Fasting is the greatest remedy – the physician within! – Paracelsus, 15th century physician
He established the role of body chemistry in medicine.Chapter 5
Scientific Fasting Explained
Fasting has been practiced by man and animals since
the beginning of time. Primitive man had no other method
of healing except fasting. He would fast when he got hurtor when ill, because fasting was a natural instinct for self
preservation. Along with fasting, he used herbs from the
field and forest as tonics and antiseptics. I believe that fasting is Mother Nature’s best remedy! For, as we will see, properly conducted fasts purify the
body, restoring it to health after everything has failed. In over
 70 years of supervising fasts, I have seen
miracles happen to people who were ready for the
human scrap yard that truly could be called miraculous.Fasting is not only the oldest method of fighting physical
problems, but the best of all remedies because it has no
side effects. Fasting is the most natural and originalprocess of cleansing and purifying the body.48
Mother Nature and its beauty is the signature of God.Fasting is as Old as Man
The instinct that leads us to fast when the body is
sick or wounded resides in the  cells of every living being. The reason sick or wounded animals refuse to eat is that
the instinct of self-preservation takes away their hungerso they will not eat. In this way, the Vital Force (which
would otherwise have to be used in the digestion of food)
is concentrated at the site of the injury to remove wasteproducts, thus purifying and healing the body. The
fasting instinct is so powerful and of such vital
importance that, even though semi-civilized man hasstrayed from the natural path, he is still greatly
influenced by this wonderful saving scheme of Mother
Nature! If he would obey the silent voice of this infallible,natural instinct and stop eating when hunger has been
withdrawn, he would soon get well. Better still, he would
never get sick again, provided he ate natural food, livedin a natural environment and lived a sane, sensible,
healthy, peaceful and natural lifestyle. Since the infallible intelligence of the living organism
withdraws the sensation of hunger when there is anexcess of food or when the body has been wounded,
the desire to fast begins when either of these happen. We read in ancient history that fasting has been
practiced since time immemorial by the religious people
of the East and by most ancient civilizations. They practiced
fasting not only for the recovery of


actions  and relations
98 THE  MARVELOUS  MOMENT
whatsoever, beginning at this instant. This, in
turn,  depends upon seeing that you have really
no choice  but to be aware -becausf. : you cannot
separate your - self from the present and you
cannot define it. You  can, indeed, refuse to admit
this, but only at the cost  of the immense and
futile effort of spcnding your  whole  life
resisting  che inevitable. Once chis is understood, it is really absurd to
say that there is a choice or an alternative between
thesc  two ways of life, between resisting the
stream in fruit - less panic, ancl having one's eyes
opened to a new  world, transformed, and ever
new with wonder. The  key is undcrstanding. To
ask how to do this, what is  the technique or
method, what are the steps and  rules, is to miss
thc point uttcrly. Mcthods are for  creating things
which do not yct exist. '\Ve are con- cerned  here
with  understanding  something  which  is
-the present  momcnt. This  is not a psychological
ar spiritual discipline for self-improvement. It is
simply  being aware of chis present experience,
and realizing  that you can neither define it nor
divide yoursclf  from  it. There  is no rule  but
"Lookl"
lt is no mere poetic sentiment to say that, with
the mind chus opened, we look into a new world,
as ncw  as on the first <lay of creation "when the
morning  stars sang together, and all the sons of
God shouted  for joy." By trying to understand
everything in terms  of mcmory, the past, and
words, we have, as it were,  had our noses  in che
guidebook  for most  of our lives,
99 THE  WJSDOM'. OF INSECURITY
and have never looked at the view. Whitehead's
criti - cism  of traditional  education  is applicable  to
our whole  way  of living:
We are loo cxclusively bookish in our scholastic rou -
line.... In thc Carden  of Eden  Adam  saw 1he animals
before he namcd lhem:  in the tradilional systcm, chil -
dren  named  lhe animals  before  they  saw  them.1
In the widest  sense  of the word,  to name  is to
in- terpret  cxperience  by the past,  LO translate  it
into  tcrms of memory,  to bind the unknown  into
the sys - tem  of thc known. Civilizcd  man  knows
of hardly  any other  way  of understanding  things. Everybody,  everything, has to have  its label,  its
number,  certifi - cate,  registration,  classification. What  is not classified  is irregular,  unpredictablc,
and dangerous. Witqout  passport,  birth
cenificate,  or membership  in sorne  nation,  onc's
existence  is not recognized. If you do not agree
with  Lhc capicalists,  they  call you a com - munist,
and vice versa. A person  who  agrees  with  neither
point of vicw  is fast becoming  unintelligible. That
thcre  is a way  of looking  at life.apart  from  all
conceptions,  beliefs,  opinions,  and theories  is the
re- motest  of ali possibilities  from  che modern
mind. If such  a point  of view  exists,  it can only
be in the vacant brain of a moron. We suffer from
che delusion  that  the entire  universe  is held  in
order  by the cate - gories  of human  thought,
feari n g that  if we do not
1A. N. Whitehead,  Science  and the Modem  World. (Cambridge,
1933) p. R19•
100  THE  MARVELOUS  MOMENT
hold  Lo thcm with  lhc utmost tenaciLy, cvcrything
will vanish  into  chaos. We musl  repeat:  memory,  lhought,  languagc,
and
logic are csscntial  lo human  lifc. They are one
half  of sanity. But a person, a socicly, which is only
half  sane is  insane. To look at  life without words
is  not  to lose the ability to form  words -lo think,
remem - ber, and plan. To be silent is not to lose
your tongue. On lhe contrary, Íl is only through
silence that one can discover somelhing new lo
talk about. One who  lalked  inccssantly,  without
stopping  LO look  and  listen,  woul<l  repcal  himsclf
ad nrmseam. Il is the same with thinking, which is really
silcnt  talking. It is not, by itself, open  LO thc
discovery of  anything new, for its only noveltics
are simply rear - rangements o( old words ami
ideas. There was a time  when language was
constantly being cnrich cd by new  words -a time
when men, like Adam, saw things bc - forc lhey
named them. Today, almost ali 11cw words  are
rearrangements of old words, for we are no longer
thinking creatively. By chis I do not mean that we
ought ali to be popping wiLh  inventions and
revolu - tionary  discoveries. This  is  the -always
rarc -powcr  o{ those who can boLh see lhe
unknown and inlerpret  it. For most o( us,  the other
half o( sanil y lies simply  in seeing and enjoying thc
unknown, jusL as we can enjoy music wiLhout
knowing eicher how it is writ - ten or how  the
body  hears  it. Certainly  the revolutionary  thinker  must  go be-
101 THE  WISOOM  OF INSECURITY
yond thought. He knows that almost all his best
ideas  come  to him when  thinking has stopped. He
may  have strugglcd and struggled to understand a
prob - lem in terms of old ways of thinking, only to
find it  impossible. But when  thought  stops  from
exhaus - tion, the mind is open to see the problem
as it is-not as it is verbalized -and at once  it is
understood. But going beyond  thought is not reserved  to
men  of genius. lt is open to ali of us in so far as "the
mys - tery of life is not a problem  to be solved,  but
a real - ity to be expcrienced." lt is given  to many
to be secrs, but to fcw to be prophets. Many can
listen to  music, but fcw can perform and composc. Bm you  cannot even listen if you can  hear only  in
terms  of the past. What should we make of one of
Mozart's  symphonies  if our cars  were  attuned  only
to the music of tom -toms? Wc might gct the
rhythms, but  aJmost nothing of the harmony and
mclody. In other  words, we should fail to discovcr
an essential elcmem  of the music. To be able  to
hcar,  much less write,  such a symphony men  had
to discover  new  noises - the vibrations of catgut,
the sound  of air  in a tube,  and che hum of a
plucked wire. They had to discover  the whole
world of tone, as something entircly dificr - ent
from  pulse. If I can only conccivc pulse,  I cannot appreciate
tone. J f I can think of painting only as a way of mak -
ing colorc<l photographs without a camera, I can
see nothing  but incptitude  in a Chinese
landscape. We
102 THE  MARVELOUS  MOMENT
learn nothing of very much importance when  it
can be explained entirely in terms of past
experience. If  it were possible to understand ali
things in terms of  what we know already, we
could convey the sense of color to a blind man
with nothing but sound, taste,  touch,  and  smell. If this is true  in the various  arts and sciences,  it
is a
thousand times more true when we come to the
un- derstanding  of life in a larger  sense  and want
to have  sorne knowledge of the ultimate Reality,
or God. lt  is surely absurd to seek God in terms
of a precon - ccived  idea of what God is. To seek
thus is only to find what


 a changed society, one increasingly determined by a more
congested existence. The stampede only got under way with the rise of civilization, and its adverse effe ct of sexual love, combined with
an increase in the pathological st imulation of the lower aspects of
the mind. The incidence of child neglect and of promiscuity,
indicate the severity of the dementia. With some 18 per cent of
births the result of transient unions in the big cities of civilization, and a much higher proportion of unl oved children, the condition is
an advanced one, threatening human survival. Food has been in league with this situation, for unless the food
supplies were increased to meet the ever-increasing harvest of
babies, population control would ha ve been long ago affected by
starvation and pestilence. So it is that intensive agriculture, the abuse of artificial fertilizers, the mechanization of meat, milk and egg production, the adulteration, refining and preservation of food,
the intensifying exploitation of the oceans, and the complex
chemical and poisonous parapherna lia of civilized food technology
are as guilty as lust, the reverse side of the same counterfeit coin. 12. The Deceits of Lucullus

When one considers that all other animals consume food as nature
presents it to them, and that virtually no food is now eaten in a
natural condition, one is entitled to  ask how such an extraordinary
recourse to artificiality could have arisen. It is not always hunger
that drives people to eat the extraordinary foods like maggots, birds'
nests, barnacles and tripe, but some curious perversion of taste, and
the endless, often unnecessary adulterations and interferences with
foods point to a related assault against the simple and natural,
symptoms of man's revulsion against the natural world. The artificialities of food, the endless search for the titillation of
a jaded palate, are also the results of frustration and boredom. Lucullus was a Roman general who never lost a battle, but was eventually betrayed by the politicians at home. In disgust, he retired to gourmandize, inventing sumptuous dishes and gastronomic orgies never before imagined, with an army of cooks instead of centurions. Faced with the frustrations of living some people take to the way of
Lucullus. The business magnate gorges himself to death, not because he is successful, but because he is humanly frustrated, secretly cheated of meaning and value to life, in the ruthless
acquisitiveness of a materialistic jungle. As a result, since the Romans, and in fact long before them, there has been a succession
of able food inventors and artificers. Such enticements to gluttony become self-perpetuating. The
glutton's preoccupation with food has much the same features as that of the compulsive addict, with ever more varied and outrageous titillations needed, until the ludicrous is reached as in the food
fantasies of Lucullus. Fire was probably first used for cooking in
order to overcome the nauseating smell and taste of raw meat and it was used by the early food collector s to soften the hard fibres of
vegetable foods that could not be eaten raw. For a long, long time, cooking was thus primarily utilitarian. It was only with the use of
more sophisticated culture that the cook became an acrobat. The softening of vegetable fibres enables vegetables to be
better digested in a mixed diet. Over-coarse vegetable foods interfere with protein absorption and result in putrefaction, nausea and general gastric disquiet which can  end in an actual dislike of all
vegetables, commonly observed in big flesh eaters. This explains
why many people insist that vegetables which can perfectly well be
eaten raw, be thoroughly cooked. But a price is paid for this emasculation of vegetable food. Not only the common constipation,
but more serious diseases like diverticulitis result from a prolonged insufficiency of vegetable fibres in the diet. The softening of the food also  enables the normal mechanism
of satiety to be cheated. A slice or two of wholemeal bread will induce a feeling of satisfaction, while a whole loaf of white bread still leaves a sense of dissatisfaction. The extraordinary ability of the stomach to expand is no doubt a natural provision enabling the primate to gorge when food is abundant; but this is rarely the case in
nature, so that the stomach is not continuously distended to its fullest, as it is among the civilized. Big eaters have the highest
incidence of stomach cancer. There are also stimulants in  abnormal foods, such as meat,
which cause the stomach to over-secrete. Many hours after a meal of meat, peristaltic contractions persist, even when the stomach contents have emptied into the duo denum. It is these contractions
which account for the common 'hunger pangs', a pathological
demand for more food due to wrong  feeding, often exacerbated by
spices added to foods. Unlike a ppetite, this is not pleasant; relief
only comes, transiently, as more food is taken in, a vicious circle at times leading to a visibly pathological gorging. The real reason why many people prefer cooked to raw food is
that it is much easier to overeat the cooked. Romans insisted on
over-cooked foods, for they were easi er to regurgitate. Hot food is
also easier to abuse of than co ld. When the overworked stomach
cries for mercy, and seizes up when given cold food, it will be induced to open out with hot food, one more device for fooling
nature. The insistence on 'piping hot'dishes is a sure sign that the
natural gastric functions have been thoroughly sabotaged, the stomach, an over-irritated, beaten, humiliated organ, capable of accepting any abuse. The association of ulceration and cancer with hot, particularly fried food, seems clear. Boiling not only softens vegetable fibres and overcomes the
reek of raw animal food, but subtly alters proteins, dissolves out
minerals, and makes the starches and sugars more quickly absorbable, by no means an advantage, for the continuous flooding of the blood with too easily absorb ed sugars is probably the cause of
an ultimate breakdown of sugar meta bolism, resulting in diabetes, in
abnormal fat deposition in tissues, in blood vessel degeneration,
especially when combined with satur ated animal fats. But frying is
undoubtedly much worse, for heat forms extremely irritating substances, many of which are carcinogenetic. The oil used again and again in restaurant kitchens, in many fish-and-chip shops, is as
potent a cancer producing brew as one can find in any laboratory. The art of cooking means replacing the natural flavours lost by
the action of heat, of solution, of dissipation and storage, and today, of intensive agriculture and the industrialization of food production. A battery of flavours, spices, condi ments is always ready to hand in
every kitchen. But it is salt which is the pivot of gastronomy, so
much so, that everyone accepts that salt is a natural and necessary
addition to food. Since the basal needs of salt arc no more than two or three grains, and most people add twenty to thirty times this amount to their daily foods, one is evidently dealing with a dietary perversion. Salt craving in man and in animals is probably the craving for minerals, due to a deficiency in the food, or disease,
when the body can waste phenomenal amounts of minerals. In
nature, animals drawn to the rare  saltlicks are invariably diseased. Normal animals will not touch salt,  although salt hunger is common
in animals associated with man, no doubt due to mineral-defective food. In the human diet, mineral deficiency is most probably due to
losses in cooking. Raw foods often have a discernible mineral tang,
which is rapidly lost in cooking. Th ere is a further reason in the fact
that if salt is added to the food, the body is so disturbed as to become very wasteful of it, often overspilling large amounts of salt
in the urine and sweat. Animal foods are rich in salt, so that on a mixed diet, even without added salt, there is a mineral disturbance,
leading to salt craving. It is at last becoming realized that the
common, virtually universal abuse of salt is incriminated in a long list of diseases, more particularly involving the heart, the kidneys, changes in the lens of the eye, blood pressure and oedema. Cooking has not only facilitated the eating of animal foods, but
has enabled the eating of many food articles which could not be
eaten in a raw condition, a fact which should make any such food
suspect in the first place, however palatable it may become after cooking and preparation. Take the case of the potato. Available in
Europe from the sixteenth century, it played a leading part in the
population increases. Not only is it unpleasant in the raw, but it
contains a poisonous alkaloid, wh ich is enormously increased
during the formation of the 'eyes' in storage. This alkaloid, solanin, reduces the oxygenerating capacity of the blood, blocks enzyme systems, and poisons the nerves. Recently it was discovered with considerable alarm, that foetuses could be permanently damaged if
pregnant mothers ate spoiled or germinating potatoes. Possibly all
members of the solatium group should  be considered suspect, for all
have alkaloids, some immediately fatal, such as deadly nightshade. That the Aztecs ate large quantities of solanum vegetables is hardly
a recommendation.


 obvious they had extensive knowledge about healt h and had already worked with people in a similar
situation to mine, with improvements. If I didn’t like the way it was wor king, I could always go back to the way I was eating now. I
didn’t have anything to lose by cutting out fats except my illness. There wasn’t really much of a decision left to make. I started eliminating fat from my diet that very day, and I began exp eriencing some very heavy elimination. I didn’t eat any
overt fats for six months, because I didn’t know about 80/10/10, and I thought the idea was to eat as little fat as possible, so I did. This meant no avocado, olives, or durian, and of course no nuts or seeds. Also, I didn’t know about Doug’s V egSource board, so I went back to eating a ra w diet with fat in it. The elimination slowed
way down. I ate that way for the next six months, even though I felt terr ible again, until I saw Doug speak at the Living Light House
in Santa Monica. I got to ask him some questions, which he was very willin g to answer, and I cut the fat again. Except this time I ate
an 811  diet, which meant that I ate a little fat once in a while. I had so many wonderful improvements, but I still didn’t have the full  health picture. So I saved up a little cash and had a
private consultation with Dr. Graham. During the consultation, we sa t down face to face within two feet of each other. This was
really helpful to me, because I got a sense of what he was all about. I found a  genuine, caring individual who was absolutely
interested in improving my health. It was hard to imagine what he woul d come up with to help me, because I was following the diet
to a T. At the time, I thought that was what it was all about. What I didn’t realize, is that diet is only one part of a healthy lifes tyle, and that you’re only as strong as your weakest link. Those were only words to me at the time, but after he found an aspect of my lif e that needed some work and I worked on it, my
health improved dramatically. That means I felt better. What greate r gift could anyone give to me? I felt more energy, and I enjoyed
living more. That’s the best gift you can get! One of the topics we covered in the consultation was Doug’s sports cam p, called Health and Fitness W eek. He thought it was
important for me to attend, and he asked me what he could do to make it possible. I  didn’t see how I could ever work it out at the
time, because I had just spent all my extra money on this consultation, a nd I had so little time. But I took a risk, because it seemed
like I needed so much to happen. I told him all the conditions it would take to make it  possible for me to come, and he helped me
work it all out! I was just amazed by the honesty, sincerity, knowledge, and de dication of this person standing right in front of me,
along with his sincere desire to help me with my personal health issu es. I attended the sports camp, and it was the best thing I could have done. It was s o helpful and beneficial that I ended up signing
up for the following year’s sports camp before I left. This was the jump-start I needed to get headed down the road to true health. If
you can figure out any way to make the next camp, I recommend that you do it, wh atever it takes! I’ve been on the 80/10/10  diet for a year now and have had the most remarkable success with it! I ju st want to share this with
people. When you start to feel really good after not feeling so good for a long tim e, you want to let other people know that they can
feel better, too. People sometimes ask me what I typically eat in a day, so I will share it w ith you. I usually eat three meals a day, once in a
while only two. I normally eat my breakfast at around 10 a.m. Yesterday (Apri l 2005), I ate 12 ounces of blueberries, 8 ounces of
raspberries, 8 ounces of boysenberries, and about 4 green baskets of strawberrie s. I ate lunch at 2:30 p.m., which consisted of 6
cherimoyas and 4 capotes. I ate supper at 7:30 p.m.—about 8 pickling cucum bers, 1½ heads of red butter lettuce, about 5 lbs. of
tomatoes, and a couple of celery stalks. Today as I write, it’s 10:30 a.m. After I do my last set of 100 stomach crunches an d maybe some push-ups, I will eat
breakfast, which will be 12 ounces of blueberries and about 4 or 5 basket s of strawberries. If I’m still hungry, I’ll eat a papaya. For
lunch I will eat at least 4 or 5 more cherimoyas, because I already fel t them and they are perfectly ripe! I’ll also eat some capotes
and 2 or 3 mangos. I’ll probably have a similar supper, but I might hav e some avocado if it ripens up or some sugar snap peas,
depending on how I feel at suppertime and what exercise I’ve done today. The first benefit I noticed from 80/10/10  was that I didn’t feel spacey or bloated when I ate sweet fruit. That  was a great relief
to me, because I loved to eat sweet fruits, but getting bloated and spacey made  it very difficult to work, exercise, or focus on
projects. The next amazing benefit I experienced was that I started t o be able to exercise without all the pain and discomfort that
had made it next to impossible for me to exercise more than one day a week. The pa in has improved to the point now that I can
exercise every day, which is wonderful, because I get a lot of very good bene fits from exercising. The third improvement was that I
didn’t need to eat late at night in order to fall asleep. This helped me not  to wake up as groggy and out of it in the morning. Now I
can get going earlier and start doing things I need to do, like work or exercis e or take care of the kids. I’ve had other side benefits,
like my body getting more toned and looking better. Also, being stronger overall  is nice, too. It’s hard to explain how much better my life is now as compared to the w ay it was before I was following 811. It’s like I’m a
new person who is not horribly sick with candida and whatever other problems I  might have had. Not only has my life improved tremendously, but I continue to get better daily. This is fantastic beyon d anything I could have imagined the day I first heard Doug
and Rozi speak about food during the Raw Passion event. Not only have these two people dedicated their lives to sharing health wi th as many people as possible, but they have also
identified some of the most important keys to achieving and maintaining  ideal health. If anyone is interested in health, they should start following the 811  way of life. I can’t imagine anything that a person could
possibly do that would be anywhere near as important—or as helpful. 811  is a healthy way to live life, and there’s so much more to
it than just diet. Food is only one part of the whole picture of health. One of the things that really impressed me about the 811  lifestyle is that emotional stability is considered just as importan t as
diet or any other factor of healthful living. Emotional work has been the m ain focus of my life for the last 35 years. When I heard
Rozi explain that we need to feel all our feelings no matter what they  are, I realized that she understood feelings in the same way I
did, and I consider feelings to be what I know most about in the world. So there you have it: Doug and Rozi have developed a system of living that i ncorporates all of the important factors to achieve
optimal health for human beings on this planet. I plan on following this li festyle and learning more and more about myself and about
health every day. I wish everyone who reads my story the best of luck on the ir path to better health. Laurie Masters, San Jose, California
During my first five or so years of eating a substantially raw diet, I  blew through at least one 32-ounce bottle of flax oil each
month. I ate an avocado most every day and night, and I ate plenty of prepared nut  and seed dishes. For about a year, I brought an
almond/raisin torte (with my special lemon-date-spearmint frostin g) to every raw potluck. Like my raw friends, I was eating a ton of fat and didn’t know it. I thought I wa s eating a fantastically healthful diet. I ate
dishes like raw granola, oat groats blended with soaked almonds, or bananas and al mond butter for breakfast. These probably
averaged 250 fat calories. Lunch was usually a salad with one avocado (and t hat addictive lemon/oil/Bragg/garlic dressing). Between my lunch and dinner salads, I would down


 130 and below) that only their r eligion is the “right”
one. Calibration Levels of Some T eachers and W ritings in the 600s
T eachers
Abhinavagupta 655
Aurobindo 605
Karmapa 630
Kasyapa 695
Lao-tzu 610
Magdebur g 640
Muktananda 655
Satchidananda 605
T owles, J. 640
V ivekananda 610W ritings
Abhinavagupta 655
A Course in Miracles (workbook) 600
Aggadah 645
Genesis (Lamsa Bible) 660
Gospel of St. Luke 699
Gospel of St. Thomas 660
Kabbalah 605
Midrash 665
New T estament (King James) 640
Psalms (Lamsa Bible) 650
T eachings of Lao-tzu 610
V ijnana Bhairava T antra 635
Calibration Levels of Some T eachers and W ritings in the 700s
T eachers
Bodhidharma 795
Charya, Adi Sankara 740
de León of Granada, Moses 720
DÐgen 740
Eckhart, Meister 705
Gandhi, Mahatma 760
Maharaj, Nisar gadatta 720
Maharshi, Ramana 720
Patanjali 715
Plotinus1 730Shankara 710
T eresa of Ávila, St. 715
T eresa, Mother 710
W ritings
The Cloud of Unknowing 705
Diamond Sutra 700
Heart Sutra 780
Koran 700
Lotus Sutra 780
New T estament (King James, minus Revelation) 790
Ramayana 810
Rig V eda 705
Y oga Sutras (Patanjali) 740
Zen teachings (Bodhidharma) 795
Calibration Levels of Some T eachers and W ritings at 850+
Bhagavad Gita 910
Lamsa Bible (minus Revelation and Old T estament,
except Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs)880
Nicene Creed 895
Upanishads 970
V edas 970
Zen teachings (Huang Po)2 850
Zohar 905SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES
Consciousness calibration yields a list of representative spiritual practices
and experiences that are integrous and therefore beneficial. All of these
denote devotion  and are common to genuine religions. By in tention, the
devotee sanctifies both self and others, as well as places of worship. Because of intention, all styles of blessing and prayer calibrate over 500,
and their collective ef fect can immeasurably impact the over all level of
collective human consciousness. Calibration levels do not indicate that one level is “better” than another
but only  dif ferent, analogous to the selection of clubs when playing golf,
which d epends on whether one is going to putt, chip, or drive. Therefore,
ef ficacy is the result of intention and not just a technique in itself. Many
spiritual students have explored a variety of these app roaches and report
pragmatic and experiential bene fit. Simply reading the lists gives assurance
that one is headed in the right direction. Practices
Aum (mantra) 210
Baptism 500
Bathing in the Ganges 540
Confirmation 500
Devotional acts 540
Devotional burning of incense 540
Genuflection 540
Golden Rule 405
Gregorian chants 595
Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) 390
Japa 515
Jesus Prayer 525
Kirtan 250
Kneeling to pray 540Last Rite 500
Lord’ s Prayer, The (traditional) 650
Om (pronounced om as in loan) 740
Om Mani Padme Hum 700
Om Namah Shivaya 630
Prayerful hand clasp 540
Prayer of Jabez 310
Prayer of St. Francis 580
Random Acts of Kindness 350
Saying the Rosary 515
“Shanti Shanti Shanti” 650
Surrender (at depth) one’ s will to God 850
Surrender the world to God 535
T urning prayer wheels 540
T welve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous 540
T ranscendental Meditation 295
V isualization (healing) 485
W ailing W all 540
W alking the Labyrinth 503
What is held in mind tends to manifest 505
Experiences
Buddha-nature 1,000
Christ Consciousness 1,000
The Supreme 1,000
Near -death experience 520+
Satori 585Enlightenment 600+
Christian Communion 700
Passover 495
Dur ga Puja festival 480
Ramadan 495
Sweat-lodge ceremony 560
Smudging 520
The see ker is advised to avoid exploring spiritual experiences that
calibrate below the critical line of integrity (200), even if merely out of
curiosity. Just because something is labelled “spiritual” does no t mean it is
trustworthy and, in fact, may be a major distraction. For example, the
“occult” calibrates at 135–18 5, divination game boards at 175, and
transmediumship at 190. The application of spiritual principles to many human dilemmas is
widely acknow ledged as ef ficacious, even when there is no original
conscious motivation, such as the hopeless alcoholic who, after being
ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings by the judge,
miraculously rec overs and becomes an inspiration to others by practicing
the s piritual principles of “carry ing the message to others”—that is, sharing
rather than proselytizing. Spiritual integrity manifests as hope, faith, charity, and inspiring others
by e xample. Integrous spiritual or ganizations that have an open  door grow
by attraction rather than by promotion, and they are devoid of dogma. Reliance on the power of the field is indicated by the group exp erience that
people “get it by osmosis” instead of by intellectualization. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1Plotinus’ s availa ble writings, as listed in the Great Books of the W estern
W orld, calibrate at 503. Plotinus himself in later life calibrated at 730. 2The Zen  teachin gs of Huang Po  are problematic in that they describe the
Pathway of Negation and mistak enly declare the V oid State (cal. 850) as the
Ultimate Condit ion of Buddhahood (cal. 1,000). Subsequent to his classicalsermons about the V oid, he himself transcended the limitation and
eventually reached consciousness level 960 later in life. Therefore, negate
only the linear, but do not negate the nonlinear Reality of Love. Negate only
special, limited personal attachment, which is a limiting emotionality. Divine L ove is a universal quality and a nonlinear context that is innate as
the Radiance of the overall context.G L O S S A R Y
Attractor pattern:  See Ener gy field. Chaos theory:  The science of pr ocess  as opposed to state. This theory
originates in the discovery of pa tterns within a condition of unpr edictability. The view it pro poses discerns global possibilities rather than local events,
and enta ils a topologic system using patterns and shapes to visualize the
intrinsic form of a complex system, which, though locally unpredictable, is
globally stable. Chaos theory recognizes the capacity of a complex system
to simultaneously give rise to both turbulence and coherence. In the late 1800s, Jules Henri Po incaré noted that Newtonian physics was
mathematically accurate if the interaction studied was between  two bodies
only, but that t he addition of a third element made Newton’ s equations
unreliable—only approximations could be obtained. This nonlinearity
implied that any system over time could, by feedback and repetition,
become unpredi ctable. Lorenz’ s  1963 article, “Deterministic Nonperiodic
Flow,” provided a new paradigm of science, termed chaos theory  by James
Y orke a nd T ien-Y ien Li in th eir famous paper “Period Three Implies
Chaos.” Chaos theory encompasses such subjects as period doubling,
iteration, fractal s, and bifurcation, and recognizes that within f inite space,
there are  an infinite number of dimensions. The first meeting on Chaos at
the New  Y ork Academy of Scie nce was in 1977, and in 1986, t he academy
had its first meeting on chaos theory in medicine and biology. Consciousness:  C onsciousness  is the irreduci ble substrate of existence,
formless yet inclusive of all form. It is infinite, with no beginning and no
end. The field of consciousness, in other terminology, is called the Buddha-
nature o r the Mind of God. It


 not seen for a long time,
and who then met in the street, they did not recognize me! I ascend
on top of success! I started my new life... But this I was little. Now I knew I could weigh it
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164as much as I need, I can lose weight almost to
each plate. My ultimate goal was a mark of 60 kilograms. Now, when I knew exactly what to do to effectively
weight loss, lose 20 more pounds proved to be much
easier than ever before. It took another four months, and I reached my
goal! Today my weight - 58 pounds, I could easily support him
and I feel wonderful. Now I live exactly the life that we dream about - life
beautiful and confident woman! Myth of the eighth. Many people believe that dry fasting can cure any
incurable diseases and even cancer, the fourth stage. Dry fasting is very effective treatment can cure a variety of
disease, especially in the initial stages. But even this method has
its indications, contraindications, and limit their opportunities. Particularly well to this method in inflammatory processes. Short dry fasting can be successfully used
not only in the treatment of colds, but also in all
when there is inflammation of any internal organ
(And outside too). Dry hunger successfully treats boils on
skin, inner ear inflammation, inflammation of the periosteum, with
injuries, bruises, fractures, concussions, suppuration, colds,
infections. Starvation can not heal broken bones, but the swelling
and inflammation of water scarcity will be held as quickly as possible. After a concussion should be mandatory preventive
dry starvation. After a concussion is a brain edema
tissue - from him and all the trouble. The quicker stops swelling,
the faster the recovery will come. Prolonged dry
Hunger is very effective in such severe diseases as
rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, arthrosis deformans
and many others. It is well absorbed ovarian cysts disappear
benign tumors. The most annoying that this method of appeal, when all
modern methods of treatment have been exhausted. During his grasp, as
drowning man a straw. The organism is fully poisoned
chemistry, hormones and radiation. All natural defenses
body completely overwhelmed and paralyzed and the sick person
sense of hopelessness is beginning to pass the maximum period of fasting
without prior purification and training of the body. That such
cases necessarily be serious complications and death
outcomes. Me in my practice had to deal with such
cases. Yes, I have been cured of cancer cases in the initial stage,
but these people took a few courses of dry fasting, left
cities to live in nature and completely change your lifestyle, here
they have good results. All other patients with an oncologist who
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165went chemotherapy, radiation, which starve yourself
at home, could only prolong life and its quality. All
needs to be done on time. Of course, during fasting may die, but
not from starvation, but from the fact that our body is overfed to failure
scored all sorts of filth, and they begin to move. During
fasting may die terminally ill man, but he will die
not from starvation, but from his illness. Similarly, he could die
after a meal that is so hearty meal after tens of thousands die
patients with heart disease. You can die from their own
stupidity, if not to observe fasting method (a little bit, but still
is there) and, especially when exiting from fasting (if horrible). But what is here then self-starvation? Starvation - that's life! But our stupidity and limited
guaranteed to lead us to death. Myth of the ninth. Many people write that during the dry fasting should be done
enema of salt water and rinse your mouth with water, it helps
passage of dry starvation. During a total (wet), fasting the body is completely
reconstructed on endogenous food, and if it's time to start
drink juice, eat an apple, etc., then this unique mechanism
completely broken, the same thing happens with dry fasting. During dry fasting the cells of our bodies begin to
develop its own high-quality water from its own internal
reserves, and in contact with water in the mouth or intestine, these
mechanisms are broken. All of my patients who tried
rinse your mouth with water, they say that first becomes so well
but then increased dryness several times, and go through starvation
virtually impossible. As well as an enema of salt, the effect
no purification, but the thirst is provoked, and pass the full
dry limotherapy virtually impossible. That swim
and pour cold water at the end of fasting is sometimes possible. But if hunger is tolerable and evenly, then it is better not
do. Health - it is work, work - is patience, patience - this suffering,
suffering - the cleansing and purification - it's great! " DRY IN MEDICAL Starvation
VARY SM Zabol Wani Hl
Undeniable effectiveness of different types of fasting, but in this
chapter, I want to tell you about those diseases in which the most
effectively dry starvation. Disease - this is the way in which nature shows that
your body is full of toxic substances and the internal
poisons. 166
166Our ancestors hundreds of years eating the same food until
rapid technological advances of the twentieth century has not changed
content products. Organism because of some half a century to reorganize
not able to. Because he does not understand preservatives
can be stored for long products, and food additives,
that make it more tasty and sold. However, with regard to
drugs: they are the active ingredient, relieves,
about 10%, the rest - ballast substances that
not digested and not wanted by the body somewhere, right
to the intercellular substance, postponed. Whether it reacts
something to this body? Of course - diseases. Typical disease
in Europe is the flu. I too went to the side, if it became
describe in detail the multiple causes of influenza. The fact is
that nature uses heat to
burn garbage that has accumulated in the body, using special
secretions or by the formation of the Cathars. Disease called
influenza, and a predisposition to it, there are people who
eating too much and mostly food that promote
formation of toxins, such as meat. Characteristically, the so-called
good times, when the European population is well nourished,
Pandemic flu is almost stopped, and during the lean years
After the war, the disease has completely disappeared. in those years in the country,
in which hunger has reached huge proportions and it lasted a very
long raged among the weakened population, particularly in winter,
various epidemics, whereas influenza has completely disappeared. This
because people do not poison themselves with meat and too much
quantity of food, and the process of withdrawal of poisons not represent a large
problem for the organism. Despite the fact that populations of rare
exception, held foggy, rainy, windy autumn and winter
with a temperature close to zero, in unheated rooms, influenza
was not! Thus, poor nutrition is less harmful
than ample! Here's the explanation. The body is intoxicated, authorities
struggling to cope with "garbage", the immunity falls - and in the body
begin to breed germs and bacteria. Physio-Naturopath
Chuprun argues that in this case is not blatantly microorganisms
grab our body and the body itself as it "invites" them
to itself. For what? To pathogenic microorganisms "ate" our Slags
which the body does not know what to do. Then turn on the team, "temperature". and the body begins
expel zasidevshihsya "guests". The immune system throws in the course of
secret weapon, such as macrophages. and a night or two body
regaining the lost balance. If this process was applied
with pills, then they will become additional slag, which are so
and settle into not had time to cleanse the body. But people do
so from year to year. At the immunity appears drug dependence, it becomes
"Lazy", and should be - like a pack of hungry wolves. Hunger, you
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167help show the nature of the decay products and poisons that have accumulated
in your body. It is known to every wild animal: when animals
sick, they did not touch the food. Anyone notice
that the disease is no appetite. So inherent nature. The human body is surprisingly long cost small
amount of food, switching primarily to food, air
and water. On the other hand, the body seems unable to
cope with the problem of withdrawal from the body in the normal way
too much food, how it would not have tried. If we overeat
then neustranyaemye poisons deposited in the body, and the body is forced to
cleared by the Cathars and fever. As a result of dry fasting is an active cleansing
organism from its own internal waste - an organism like
feeds on itself. Fasting - a universal and comprehensive
method, that it has almost nothing to add. During the absolute
fasting self-dissolution (autolysis) of dead cells and protein
mass increases sharply, and in this case there is no need for assistance
microbes and viruses. Therefore, they are removed by the body,
which includes the mechanisms of immune protection. Fasting DRY WITH ACUTE Zabol Vania
First of all, clarify - what is the disease


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158 Yashodhan, Hindu colony,
Sir Bhalchandra Road, Dadar
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TIBETAN VRINE ANALYSIS
Urinalysis
Just as one looks into a mirror and you see an image, so does a
qualified physician look into a patient's urine and from this see the
disorders of a patient. Information is provided by H. H. Dalai Lama's personal physician. I sincerely hope this information will help you too. The discussion of urinalysis has many parts: preparation for urinalysis, the
proper time for observation, the vessel or cup in which the urine is placed
for diagnosis, and the manner in which the coloration changes due to
passing through the various organs. Also, there are four general types of
urinalysis: or ordinary persons without any major illness, of persons with
disorders, or persons of the verge of death, and of persons affected by
spirits. Thus, altogether there are eight general subtopics. ~1}. PR£PARAT10N FOR VRlNALYSlS
If a patient's urine is to be diagnosed in the morning,
then the night before there are certain types of behavior that
should be followed. One should avoid any strong tea as well
as very much yogurt or any beer or alcohol. The reason for
this is that taking any of these substances affects the coloring
and so forth of the urine, making it difficult for diagnosis. Furthermore, during the night preceding urine diagnosis,
one should not go without liquid altogether, such that the following
morning one is extremely thirsty. In other words, just be normal,
take sufficient liquids so you are not terribly thirsty. One should not have sexual intercourse the night prior to diagnosis. Nor should one stay awake at night; get a good night's sleep. One should also not go to excess in moving about or in trying
to stay in just one position. Nor should one allow a great deal
of tension or a great deal of thinking. Do not go to any excess prior to diagnosis. 58 With respect to the urine to be diagnosed,
it should not be that from urinating during the time before four or five
in the morning; since urination at such a time is affected strongly by
the food taken the previous meal, it is not good for diagnosis. One should use the urine that builds up in the hours around four or
five in the morning. If one does not urinate during the night, then do
not collect the first half of the urination when you rise;
use only the later half. / 2}. TlM£ FOR VRfNAl VSlS
There are three aspects of urinalysis:
color, vapor arising from the urine,
and the albumin which is a cloud like substance in the urine. The time for such diagnosis is after dawn. / 3}. TH£ V£SS£l
The vessel in which the urine is to be placed is most often a
white porcelain cup which is such that its color will not affect
the appearance of the color of the urine. Otherwise, an aluminum pot can be used. One should not use vessels that color the urine, such as clay,
copper, brass, or any other colored pot; they make the urine
appear to have another color, and it will be difficult to tell what
the natural color of the urine is. A white cup is best and not one with a pattern in it. If it is impossible to get one of these three appropriate types,
one can line another type with a piece of white paper. / 4}. COlORATlO}I CHANG£5
With respect to variations in the urine, the fourth topic, the text
speaks first of the digestive process. In the stomach, food is
differentiated or separated into a nutritious or more subtle part
and a less nutritious or unrefined part. The refined or better
part goes into the blood. The more wasteful product goes into
the intestines. In the intestines it is divided in two, that is, into
solid and liquid parts. The liquid portion of this waste goes
from the intestines to the urinary bladder. 59 With regard to the separation in the stomach, the finer or more
nutritious part goes to the liver. Within this, there is another
separation between the more nutritious and the less, with the
more nutritious part becoming blood and the less nutritious
going to the gall bladder. In the gall bladder there is further
separation, the finer substance becoming lymph. The more wasteful part become albumin, the cloud-like
substance which appears in the urine; the albumin goes
together with the urine and accumulates in the urinary bladder. It is because of this separation in the process of digestion that
food which has been ingested affects or transforms the color
of the urine. The albumin, or cloud-like substance, basically appears in
urine due to blood and bile problems. Therefore, the condition
of the body in terms of heat and cold is indicated in the urine. Just as in the market place when a merchant has something
illegal to sell and does not actually reveal it, holding it under a
garment, describe it and from that you can tell what he has
hidden, so from the urine it is possible to tell the types of
disorder or lack thereof in a person's body. v' ;}. TH£ VRTN£ OF H£Al THY PERSONS
If one looks at the urine of a healthy person, one finds that its
color is more or less the bright, cheerful yellow of the butter
on top of the milk from a "dri", the female counterpart of the
yak [yak only being males]. The odor is like that of the cream
that rises to the surface of milk. The vapor is neither terribly
strong or weak, neither big or small, and the duration of the
vapor-before the urine gets cooler and vapor stops-is neither
terribly long or short. The bubbles or froth are nothing
spectacular- neither terribly long or short, big or small, rather
moderate froth on top of the urine. The albumin, for a healthy person, is simply mixed up together
with the urine, pervading it. Also, for a healthy person there is
not much chyle {the oily substance normally rising to the
surface of the urine}; just a little bit comes to the surface. As the vapor gradually vanishes, one finds that a little darker
color converges toward the center of the cup of urine, just as
breath on a mirror gradually converges in the center and
disappears. After the urine has cooled off, its color is light,
clear, and yellowish; it is transparent. 60 v" 6}. TH£ VRlN£ Of' DlS£AS£D 1'£RSONS
Concerning the urine of persons with disorders,
there are two aspects to the discussion:
general and specific diseased urine. 7}. DlAGNOSlNG VRlN£
There are three times for diagnosing the urine:
when it is hot, then when it is lukewarm,
and finally when it is completely cooled off. There are three times for diagnosing the urine:
when it is hot, then when it is lukewarm, and finally when it is
completely cooled off. There are nine types of diagnosis that are broken down into
three groups relative to the three times. First, when the urine is
hot, one checks the color, the vapor, the odor, and the type of
bubbles or froth. When it is lukewarm, one checks the cloud
like albumin and the oily chyle that rises to the top. When the urine is cooled off completely, one checks the time
of the variation of the color, then how it changes, and finally
postponed analysis. When patients are not able to come
themselves, their urine is sent, in Tibet by yak,
in India by other means. It is rather old by the time it arrives,
and so the doctor checks anything, but with a different type of
diagnosis, because the urine the older. This is called "postponed analysis". We return to the first of the nine, the color,
which is investigated when the urine is still quite hot. The urine of a person with a wind ailment ailment is like water
from a mountain spring, light blue in color and transparent. A bile disorder will manifest in the urine as a more yellow,
perhaps even an orangish, color. If the urine is very pale, or
whitish, this indicates a phlegm disorder. Question: Is there a difference between the blueness of the
urine or wind disorder and the paleness of a phlegm disorder. Answer: The urine of a person with a phlegm disorder is a bit
milky as if someone took milk and dropped it into the urine;
you cannot see through it.


 SEXUAL ECONOMY 35
The Youthful Fury of Sexual Frustration 38
Sex and the Super Athlete 39
Sex, Commitment, and Marriage 41
Moral Effect of Semen Loss 46
The Controversy: Is Sex Good For Your Health? 47
Chapter 5: SEX IN THE ESOTERIC TRADITIONS OF THE
WORLD 51
The Difference Between Taoism and Tantra 57
Karezza and Coitus Reservatus 60
PART II:
Taoist Practices for Mastering Sexual Love
Chapter 6: THE DANCE OF THE TESTES: Exercises for Pelvic
Strength 65
The Pelvic and Urogenital Diaphragms 66
The Scrotum Pumps Cold Sperm Energy Upward 68
Sacral Pump and Cranial Pump 71
Three Postures of Testicle Breathing: Sitting, Standing,
Lying 72
Testicle Breathing: Step-by-Step 74
The Golden Nectar 79Compressing Air into the Scrotum Increases Sexual
Power 79
Scrotal Compression Exercise: Step-by-Step 80
Venting Exercise for High Blood Pressure 82
The Power Lock For Sealing The Seminal Fluid 83
Power Lock Exercise: Step-by-Step 86
Safety Points For Testicle Breathing, Scrotal
Compression, and Power Lock 91
Cleansing Side Effects 93
Summary of Testicle Breathing 94
Summary of Scrotal Compression 94
Power Lock is the Basis for Alchemical Sex 95
Chapter 7: POLARITY IS THE KEY TO TRANSFORMING SEX
ENERGY 97
Yin and Yang: Battle of the Sexes 99
Higher Orgasm is a Delicate Balance of Polar
Energies 101
Prepare the Yin Energy with Gentleness 104
The Art of Passion: Timing and Frequency 105
Sex Position Affects the Flow of Energy 106
Cold Water Skinny Dip For Premature Ejaculation.... 107
Century Count: Build Your Staying Power 107
The Four Attainments of the Jade Stalk 109
The Nine Shallow/One Deep Thrusting Method 110
Chapter 8: THE SECRETS OF SEMEN RETENTION 113
Learn to Circulate Your "Chi" in the Microcosmic
Orbit 114
The Importance of the Microcosmic Orbit 117
External Locking: The Three Fingers Method 120
Timing and Safety Points 122
Massage the Perineum Afterwards 123
Be Aware of the Magnitude of Power Generated 124
Rotate Sex Energy to the Head Afterwards 126
Summary of the External Locking Method 127
Internal Locking: Draw Nectar Up to the Golden
Flower 128
Big Draw for Women 134
Big Draw and Masturbation 135
Morning Erection has Potent Chi 136
Automatic Mind Control of Ejaculation 137
PART III:
Transforming Sexual Energy into Spiritual Love
Chapter 9: THE YIN AND YANG EXCHANGE: Cultivating the
Valley Orgasm 143
Valley Orgasm Summary 156
Big Draw as a Contraceptive Method 157
A Woman's View of Dual Cultivation 159Chapter 10: THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL STAGES OF
CULTIVATING SEXUAL ENERGY 163
Left-Hand Path 167
Cultivating The Right Hand Path 168
No Hand Path of The Tao 169
The Seven Spiritual Stages of Taoist Energy
Cultivation 172
Chapter 11: ORGASM AND WU WEI BY MICHAEL WINN 181
Preserving Polarity: What Does It Mean To Be Yang? by Michael Winn 186
Chapter 12: COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON SEMEN
RETENTION 193
1. Will a vasectomy affect the Big Draw? 193
2. If Yin energy is cool, why is a woman so warm
when you have sex with her? 194
3. How long does it take to make love with your
method? 194
4. Why can't women absorb Yang energy directly
from a man's sperm during normal ejaculatory sex? 195
5. During the Yin/Yang exchange, I feel a mini-
orgasm in my genitals. Am I losing fluid? 195
6. Will occasional ejaculation harm my efforts to
learn the Big Draw? 195
7. What is the relationship between the strength of
the buttock and pelvic muscles and sex? 196
8. I feel less sexual desire after doing the Big Draw
every day for several weeks. What's happening
to my sexual energy? 196
9. Aren't you being a bit fanatic in trying to save every
drop of sperm? 197
10. What do Taoists say about sexual fantasies and
vibrators? 198
11. Will the Sexual Kung Fu practice kill my appetite
for the physical passion of sex? 198
12. What's the difference between the physical pleasure of
sex and the pleasure of feeling love? 199
13. If the goal is to build one's sexual energy up,
what's the harm of sleeping with a lot of different
women (or men) to share their ching chi? 199
14. Isn't the Big Draw a form of sexual vampirism?... 200
15. What is the best hour of the night to make love?.. 201
16. How are the eyes used in Sexual Kung Fu
practice? 202
17. How will health, tension, stress and different
psychological states affect Taoist sex? 202
18. What is the difference between mechanically
blocking ejaculation through celibacy and the Taoist
Cultivation method? 20319. Summarize the advantages of the total body orgasm
compared to normal sex orgasm and ejaculation?.. 204
20. Could you explain what happens when you reach
the point of no return during an orgasm? 204
21. How do you feel about homosexuality and group sex? 206
22. What causes the penis to go flaccid if you haven't
ejaculated? 207
Chapter 13: STUDENT EXPERIENCES OF TAOIST SEXUAL
CULTIVATION 209
Interview with a 46 year old psychologist 209
Experience of a lawyer, age 29 214
Experience of a businessman, age 45 216
Experience of a Teacher, age 37 217
Experience of an Electrician, age 27 218
Experience of a Dry Cleaner, age 67 219
Experience of a Cook, age 30 221
Experience of a Garment Factory Owner, age 38 221
Experience of an Executive, age 38 222
Chapter 14: PRACTICAL GUIDELINES TO KEEPING SEX
RADIANT AND HEALTHY 225
1. Get Tuned with Your Partner's Energy 48 Hours in
Advance 226
2. Foreplay Begins with a Relaxed Atmosphere 226
3. Don't Make Love After a Big Meal 226
4. Avoid Intercourse in Any Extreme State 227
5. Don't Make Love When Drunk on Alcohol 227
6. Urinate 20 Minutes Before You Have Intercourse. 228
7. Sex During Extreme Weather Conditions Can Be
Unhealthy 228
8. Avoid Hard Physical Work Before and After Sex.. 228
9. Don't Rely on Artificial Sexual Aids 229
10. Don't Bathe/Shower Immediately After Sex 229
11. Don't Thrust Too Powerfully into the Woman 229
12. Your Sexual Power is Greatest in The Springtime. 229
13. If You Are 111, Make Love Passively 230
14. Stop Making Love if it Has Become a Routine
Chore 230
15. Don't Rely on Sexual Fantasy to Get Aroused.... 231
16. Keep several pillows handy 232
Chapter 15: EXERCISES TO INCREASE MALE POTENCY.... 233
How to Cure Impotency 233
How to Avoid Wet Dreams 234
Warming the Stove 236
Massage the Field of Pills 237
Harmonizing the Tendons, Marrow and Bones 237
Secret Taoist Method of Urinating 238
Six Exercises For the Kidneys/Back 239
How to Enlarge and Elongate Your Penis 240How to Decrease Penis Sensitivity 241
Strengthen Your Erection 242
Reflexology Massage of the Penis 242
Indian Rope Burn Massage 244
Four Ways to Increase Sperm Count 244
Massaging the Prostate Gland 245
Anal Pump Squeeze Exercise 245
Tongue Kung Fu 246
Hot and Cold Baths for Sexual Health 250
Harmonious Energy for the Homosexual 251
How to Absorb Sexual Energy from the Sun 253
Chapter 16: ACUPUNCTURE, MOXIBUSTION AND HERBS CAN
HEAL WEAKENED SEXUAL ENERGY 257
Chapter 17: BIOLOGICAL FACTS EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT FEMALE SEXUALITY 267
The Uterus 268
Ovulation 268
Fertile Mucus 269
Nonfertile Mucus 269
Menstruation 269
Periods 270
Emotional Changes 271
Women's Sexual Anatomy 271
Inner Lips 271
The Shaft of the Clitoris 272
The Glans 272
The Position of the G-Spot