urt and cheeses. As the gut flora gets estab
lished and the digestive system heals many GAPS patients are able to digest
milk protein without absorbing it in an opiate-like form of casomorphin.
However, all patients are different Some are ready for this step in a few
months, some require much longer. It is critical to proceed very carefully and
slowly, introducing milk protein containing foods one at a time and starting
from tiny amounts watching for any reaction. Any signs of regression in a
child or an adult with GAPS would indicate that he/she is not ready. It may
be an increase in self-stimulation and worsening of eye-contact, sleep dis
turbances and increase in anxiety, mood alterations and hyperactivity,
eczema flare-up or worsening in allergies. Every patient would have symp
toms typical for him or her. Generally from clinical experience I can say that
the younger the patient is the sooner he or she is ready for this step. Adults on average take longer than children. In some cases dairy proteins have to be
avoided indefinitely, particularly in long standing cases of schizophrenia
and cases complicated by epilepsy, asthma and eczema.
The first protein containing milk product that can be introduced is
home-made yoghurt. Why home-made? Because commercially produced
yoghurts are often not completely lactose-free due to short fermentation
time. Yoghurt has to be fermented for 24 hours at least to be completely lac
tose-free. So initially the only yoghurt which the GAPS child or adult can
have has to be home-made (look in the recipe section for instructions on
how to make yoghurt). Apart from consuming lactose the fermenting bac
teria pre-digest milk proteins, making them easier for our digestive sys
tems to handle. That is why fermented milk products in general are much
easier for us humans to digest.
There is a question about what is the best milk to use for making yoghurt
- cow's or goat's. There are some other rare milk products on the market,
like sheep and deer, which are not researched to any degree yet and are not
practical to discuss here. Goat's milk is considered to be more digestible by
humans as it contains less casein and different types of fats and proteins.
However, when it comes to beta-casein, which is supposed to be the prob
lem for autistic and schizophrenic patients, the goat's milk contains more of
it compared to cow's milk. Unfortunately, there is not much scientific data
on this subject for us to rely on. However, in a clinical setting patients do
report that goat's milk is much better tolerated than cow's milk. So, initially
I recommend making your yoghurt from goat's milk rather than cow's milk.
If it is not possible to find goat's milk in your area try to make yoghurt from
cow's milk, as indeed Elaine Gottschall used to treat her child and thou
sands of other patients very effectively. A very important point here is to use
only organic milk, as there is a noticeable difference in the clinical observa
tions of the effects of non-organic and organic yoghurt. People who react to
non-organic yoghurt often tolerate an organic one perfectly well, because
non-organically reared animals have to consume a whole array of chemi
cals from antibiotics to pesticides, most of which finish up in the milk.
It is important to introduce home-made yoghurt gradually, starting from
one tea spoon a day slowly increasing the daily amount to one or two cups
a day. It can be added to home-made soups and stews, served as a desert
with fruit and honey or mixed with fruit smoothies and drinks. You can
drain it through a cheese cloth to produce cottage cheese. It gives a nice
variety to the diet. However, I would repeat that the patient's digestive
system has to be ready for it! So, do not rush with this step! Once the GAPS patient can tolerate home-made yoghurt without any
problem natural organic cheese can be tried. It has to be said that cheese is
one of the more difficult dairy products to introduce as it provides a very
concentrated milk protein. Cheese is also a great breeding ground for
yeasts and moulds, which a lot of GAPS people can not tolerate. Some
GAPS patients find that they can have home-made yoghurt without any
problem but can never have cheese. However, in the majority of cases, pro
viding that their digestive system had a good chance to heal, the GAPS chil
dren and adults can enjoy a good variety of natural cheeses, like cheddar,
dry curd cheese and others (for a full list look at the end of this chapter). As
with yoghurt introduce cheeses one at a time, starting from a very small
amount (no more than one mouthful) and watching the patient's reaction.
In a few months after safely introducing cheese many patients find that
their digestive system is in a good enough state to handle commercially
produced live natural yoghurt (with no additives), soured cream and
cr&me fresh. At the end of the second year on the diet, fresh cream can be
added to the list.
How to introduce dairy products - the summary
Stepi,  Only home-made ghee is allowed. This stage lasts on average six
months. If your GAPS patient can not tolerate ghee, you may find that
this patient will never tolerate any dairy product. However, it is worth
leaving it out for six months and then trying again to introduce it.
Step  2. Organic butter can be added gradually. Watch for any reactions.
Step  3. Home-made yoghurt can be introduced, starting from one tea
spoon a day and gradually increasing the daily amount. If there is any
negative reaction, wait for a month then try again. The majority of GAPS
patients are ready for this step at the end of the first year on the diet.
Step  4. Try a mouthful of organic cheddar cheese with a meal. Watch for
any negative reaction for three to five days, as the reaction may be
delayed. If there is no negative reaction, gradually increase the amount.
Once the cheddar cheese is well tolerated, try to introduce another
natural cheese (for a full list of allowed cheeses look at the end of the
chapter). Introduce this step only after home-made yoghurt is well
tolerated.
Step  5. Try some commercially available live natural yoghurt, soured
cream and creme fraiche. Do not rush with this step. The majority of
GAPS people are ready for this step by the end of two years on the diet. After two years on the diet a lot of GAPS people find that on an occasional
basis  they can have any natural dairy product without any apparent prob
lems, including milk, cream and cheeses off the allowed list. However, I
recommend limiting these products to only occasional use and staying
safe with those milk products which are allowed on the diet.
So, what is for dinner?
In the previous chapter we have talked in detail about the kind of carbohy
drates or sugars allowed on the diet: mono-sugars. They are found in fruit
and non-starch vegetables. All complex carbohydrates, those found in
grains and starchy vegetables have to be rigorously excluded from the diet.
I cannot over-emphasise how important it is to make sure that not even a
speck of anything made from sugar, grains or starchy vegetables sneaks
into the menu. This is the point when I usually see the panic on the parent's
faces, particularly parents who went through all the pain of implementing
the GFCF diet. No rice! No biscuits! No cakes! No pasta! No bread! Even
gluten free! No chips! No crisps! No popcorn! No ice-cream! No sweets! But
that is all my child would eat! My child is going to starve!
Indeed GAPS children and adults usually limit their diets to processed
carbohydrates, which they crave due to their abnormal gut flora. So, the
important thing is to find replacements for all those foods, which are com
patible with the diet The fact that the GAPS people can not have grains and
sugar does not mean that they have to be deprived of breads, cakes, bis
cuits, crackers, pancakes, waffles and muffins. This diet provides you with
excellent and very nourishing recipes, where you will replace wheat flour
with ground nuts or nut flour (the same thing) and instead of sugar you will
use unprocessed natural honey and dried fruit. In the recipe section you
will find a number of different delicious recipes. Elaine GottschalFs book
will provide you with many more wonderful recipes, and if you have access
to the Internet, you will find even more on: www.scdiet.org
www.breakingtheviciouscycle.com
www.geocities.com
www.pecanbread.com
www.uclbs.org
Far from starving, your child will be receiving a most nourishing diet.
Let's just have a look at what our GAPS person is going to eat. Recommended foods
For a full alphabetic list of recommended foods and foods to avoid please
look at the end of this chapter.
Meats and fish
All fresh or frozen meats, game,


 relating,
creating? What is blocking their expression? What do you need to fulfill yourself? Above all,
what do YOU want to do with your life?” Once these basics have been clarified, it is time to point
out the enormous potential open to the patient, if only he or she will ACT, NOT JUST REACT,
and start making personal decisions. Much can be achieved in a short time. The main tool of the
therapist is his or her personality and calm, reliable presence. Often this is the only solid support
in the patient’s confused, chaotic world. Other tools, such as teaching relaxation techniques,
simple meditation, and creative visualization focused on self-healing, should also be used by
trained counselors or therapists. (see Chapter 25 )
Clearing the First Hurdle
Many patients come to the Gerson therapy as a last resort, after the failure of conventional
medical treatments, which has left them with deep disappointment, loss of trust, and a lot of
severe after-effects. To embark on the Gerson program is for them a final gamble, an end-of-
the-line decision. Others choose the Gerson path at an earlier, less serious stage of their disease,
with fewer irreversible changes in their bodies, but with a poor prognosis. Either way—and this
is the first hurdle to be taken into account—they embark on an unfamiliar treatment, much of
which sounds bizarre at first. Moreover, they are aware of having stepped outside the limits of
orthodox medicine, leaving behind the network of doctors, consultant, hospitals, referrals—an
entire system which has been unable to heal them, yet still carries an aura of great power. Some
may have been rudely dismissed by their physicians, simply for daring to consider an “unproven”
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www.thegersonway.comalternative therapy. Others face pressure and doubts from family members and friends who refuse
to accept that a weird-sounding therapy may possibly succeed where modern hi-tech medicine
has failed.
This kind of pressure can be debilitating for the patient, who probably also suffers from some
niggling doubts, and so the next urgent task is to make clear how and why the Gerson Therapy
works. Most people are familiar with the workings of allopathic medicine, where there is a pill for
every ill and you either recover or die, but at least things happen fast. Here, however, the patient
faces two years of unremitting effort, strict discipline and a total change from a so-called normal
lifestyle, all of which sounds pretty scary, especially because there is no guarantee of success at
the other end. This is when the cognitive approach works best. It needs no medical background to
understand why rebuilding the immune system is a better idea than knocking it out with radiation
and a cocktail of poisons, and once the simple but powerful logic of the Gerson program is
grasped, the patient is reassured and willing to proceed as an equal partner and ally of the doctor
or counselor
Help Comes from the Body
One of the most striking results of the Gerson program is the immediate improvement in
the new patient’s general condition. Pain diminishes, appetite begins to return, sleep improves
within the first few days on the program. This in itself boosts the mood of the patient, who over
the preceding months, if not years, had only experienced deterioration in his or her condition
and a fading of hope. Now the opposite has begun to happen, and it immediately changes the
atmosphere. (Visitors to a Gerson clinic are astonished by its relaxed atmosphere and the patients’
good mood—mealtimes are usually loud with laughter—as opposed to the heavy, sad air of the
average cancer hospital). Needless to say, this changed mood and the accompanying sense of
relief also begin to have a helpful effect on the immune system.
However, the healing journey has only just begun, while the need for psychological support
is far from over. The patient is faced with a total change of lifestyle, diet, and daily routine for a
minimum of two years (less in the case of non-malignant conditions). Inevitably it takes a lot of
determination and discipline to stick to the schedule. Equally inevitably after a while boredom
and monotony take their toll: the patient feels restricted and deprived of most social pleasures,
and at times gets sufficiently fed up to want to quit the therapy. When that happens, it is best not
to contradict the patient’s grumbles but, on the contrary, agree that the process is demanding,
restricting and monotonous—and then point out the good results so far, ask tactless questions
such as, “Would you rather have chemotherapy?” or “All right, you quit—and then what?” and
wait for the answer. Above all, remember: this, too, will pass.
Boredom can be relieved by providing relevant reading material, tapes and DVDs. Once
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www.thegersonway.comindividuals have got a taste of natural medicine, they are keen to find out more about it. Networking
with other Gerson patients or choosing a fresh hobby or study that can be fitted in between juices,
enemas and meals also works well.
Interim goal-setting is another good way to break up the monotony: what would the patient
want to achieve in one week, one month and three months? The goals have to be realistic and
modest, and celebrated when they are achieved. The ones that did not work out can be re-phrased
or postponed, but not written off as failures.
Problems on the Path
Food can be a tricky issue for some. Many people take to Gerson food at once and enjoy it.
Others do not. When they express their dislike vigorously, or even refuse to eat certain essential
foods, they are driven by their deep emotional attachment to certain kinds of food, however
unhealthy. Normally these are the foods their mother gave them in childhood, when food equaled
love, even if it was low-grade junk. Now, at a fraught time even though these people accept the
rightness of the Gerson diet, on a deep non-rational level they reject it. The answer is to remind
the patient that the food on offer is—literally—medicine, that the diet is not for ever, and that
accepting it now is an essential investment in the future. I have found it helpful to make a contract
with the patient, who undertook to stick to the diet meticulously for two weeks and explore its
varied flavors. As a rule quick improvement followed and extending the contract was easy.
Firmness is needed when patients wish to bend the dietary rules by committing small lapses
or having occasional “treats.” The only answer is no, for what exactly is small, and how often
does an occasional exception occur? Once the rules are broken, the safe boundaries of the therapy
are damaged; the consequences can be serious. Even so, the rules must be enforced with tact and
affection, otherwise we as carers or therapists end up in the role of the over-strict parent, with
“Thou shalt not” written all over us.
Then there is the problem of flare-ups or healing reactions, which can be extremely unpleasant
yet must be welcomed, since they mean that the body is responding to the treatment. The practical
measures for dealing with flare-ups are fully set out elsewhere in this book (see Chapter 16 ). By
way of psychological support the likely symptoms of flare-ups must be explained in advance, so
that the patient doesn’t panic when they set in. Here, too, our calm, reassuring presence is the
best we can offer, especially when physical symptoms are accompanied by behavioral changes.
The body can’t detoxify without causing psychological detoxification as well. Toxins passing
through the central nervous system cause strange reactions and out-of-character behavior—anger,
irritability, violent mood swings, aggression and unfair accusations. The patient’s usual civilized
behavior is swept aside by drives and emotions that have been repressed probably since childhood.
The adult self is temporarily pushed aside by a raging inner child, until it takes over again amid
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www.thegersonway.comprofuse apologies. (A client of mine called such incidents “the Gerson Rage,” and as she could
sense when a flare-up was in the offing, she told the family that whatever she would do or say in
the next few hours or days, she still loved them dearly.)
This, too, has to be prepared for and not taken personally. It is part of the process. In whatever
capacity we work with the patient, we remain calm, caring, and unchanged, waiting for the inner
upheaval to pass.
By the time the patient has been restored in body and mind and it comes to the winding down
of the Gerson therapy, the final task is to ensure that the process runs smoothly. Some patients
who used to ask, “Is there life after Gerson?” are now reluctant to let go of the


ine, has the ability to bind to iodine receptors in the body.
However, bromine should be considered a toxic element to the body and needs to be avoided. When bromine binds to iodine
receptors in the thyroid gland, it disrupts normal thyroid functioning. Iodine is utilized by the thyroid to make thyroid hormone.
When bromine replaces iodine, the thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland can be brominated rather than iodinated. My
experience has clearly shown that bromine toxicity leads to a plethora of thyroid problems, including autoimmune thyroid illnesses
such as Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s disease as well as hypothyroidism. Since iodine and bromine compete with one another
for absorption and receptor binding, the body can only eliminate bromine if there is sufficient iodine available.
Bromine intoxication (i.e., bromism) has been shown to cause delirium, psychomotor retardation, schizophrenia, and
hallucination.
1
 Subjects who ingest enough bromide feel dull and apathetic and have difficulty concentrating.
2
 Bromide can also
cause severe depression, headaches, and irritability. It is unclear
how much bromide must be absorbed before symptoms of
bromism become apparent. The symptoms of bromide toxicity can be present even with low levels of bromide in the diet.
3
 Keep
in mind, that when the body has insufficient iodine, the toxicity of bromine is accelerated.
Bromine (or its reduced form—bromide) is used as an antibacterial agent for pools and hot tubs. It is still used as a fumigant
for agriculture. Crops sprayed with bromide have been found to have elevated bromide levels.
4
 Bromide is also used as a
fumigant for termites and other pests. In 1981, 6.3 million pounds of bromide were used in California. By 1991, 18.7 million
pounds were used in California.
5
 Toxicity of bromine has been reported from the ingestion of some carbonated drinks (e.g.,
Mountain Dew, AMP Energy Drink, some Gatorade products), which contain brominated vegetable oils.
6
Bromine used to be present in many common over-the-counter medications. It is still used today in many prescription
medicines. Over 150 years ago, bromine was used extensively in medicine as a sedative as well as a remedy for seizures. Due to
the toxicity of bromine, it has been phased out of many medicines. However, bromine still can be found in some medicines
including those that treat asthma, and bowel and bladder dysfunction (see
Table 8
 on next page).
I believe all medicines, as well as foods, that contain bromide need to be avoided. It is lunacy to use bromine in any
form
(either bromine or bromide) as a medicine. Animal studies have shown that bromide intake can adversely affect the accumulation
of iodide in the thyroid and the skin.
7
 Research has also shown that a high bromide intake results in iodide being eliminated from
the thyroid gland and being replaced by bromide.
8
 In addition, animal studies have shown that the ingestion of bromide can cause
hypothyroidism.
9
 When there is iodine deficiency present, the toxicity of bromide is accelerated. Therefore, maintaining adequate
iodine levels is essential when you live in an environment that provides exposure to bromide.

Table 8: Currently Used Bromide-Containing Medications

HOW COMMON IS BROMIDE TOXICITY?
Unfortunately, bromide toxicity is very common. In fact, every patient (over 1,000) that I have tested for bromide levels has
tested in a high range. My clinical experience has continually shown that that there is a direct correlation between how ill a patient
is and how high their bromide levels are. A small study comparing the bromide levels of breast cancer patients with a
control
group without breast cancer showed bromide levels were nearly 2x higher in the breast cancer group (see
page 232
).I checked 32 new patients for their urinary bromide excretion as seen below. These patients were all new to my practice. I
asked them to collect their urine for 24 hours before taking iodine and then repeating the collection the next day after taking a
50mg iodine/iodide load. The figure below shows the average results. Bromide was found to be elevated in every patient tested.

Figure 19: Average Bromide Levels Pre/Post Iodine

There is no known therapeutic value for bromide. Therefore, any level of bromide could possibly cause problems. You can
see, from
Figure 19
, even before the patients took iodine, they were excreting too much bromide. After taking 50mg of
iodine/iodide their bromide excretion increased nearly 50% from the baseline. Ingesting iodine caused the body to excrete larger
amounts of bromide. This small study illustrates the detoxifying effects of iodine. Why are bromide levels so high in so many
people? The next sections will answer this question in more detail.
BROMINE ADDED TO BAKERY PRODUCTS
Bromine is a toxic element and has no place for ingestion in man. Bromine is considered a goitrogen, which is a chemical that
causes a goiter of the thyroid gland. Bromine interferes with iodide uptake and utilization in the thyroid gland.
10

11
 There is no
reason to use bromine in a medication and certainly no reason to use bromine in a common food source.
In the early 1960’s, iodine was used in the manufacturing process of bakery products, including bread, as an anti-caking
agent. One slice of bread contained up to 150μg of iodine, which was the RDA for iodine. In 1965, The National Institute of
Health reported that the average iodine intake from bakery products was 726μg of iodine per day.
12
 Some researchers felt that
this amount of iodine could cause problems with the thyroid gland. Due to the erroneous concern of getting too much iodine from
bakery products, iodine was replaced with bromine in the 1980’s.
13
This was a tremendous mistake. As can be seen from previous chapters, the amount of iodine in the bakery products was not
even close to approaching a toxic level. The replacement of iodine by bromine not only increased the incidence of iodine
deficiency, it also increased the levels of bromine in the
population. This single act of replacing an essential element–iodine–with a
goitrogen–bromine–might be responsible for the rapid decline in iodine levels we have experienced over the last 40 years.
The substitution of bromine for iodine in bakery products is certainly a large part of the declining iodine levels in the United
States. From 1971 until 2000, the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) showed iodine levels have declined 50% in
the United States.
14
 The authors of this study claim, “This reduction may be due, in part, to changes in food production.”
15
 No
doubt, these authors must be referring to the substitution of bromine for iodine.
The effects of iodine on the body have been reviewed in previous chapters. The thyroid gland, the breasts, the salivary
glands, etc., all have iodine receptor sites. The consequence of bromine binding to the iodine receptors in these tissues is
disastrous. In the case of the thyroid gland, thyroid hormone production will be inhibited. The ingestion of bromine in an iodine-
deficient state will further exacerbate thyroid illness.
FLUORIDE
Fluoride, like bromide, is in the family of halogens. For over 50 years, the American Dental Association has advocated the
addition of fluoride to drinking water as a preventative measure against dental caries.
However, there is much evidence to suggest that fluoride added to the water supply is ineffective at preventing caries. A study
in New Zealand found that there was no difference in tooth decay rates between the fluoridated and the non-fluoridated areas.
16
This study has been repeated elsewhere. Many European countries have recognized the fallacy of adding fluoride to the water
supply and have stopped the practice. The fluoridation of the water supply has been based on terrible science and is causing
much more harm than good.
Fluoridation has been linked to dental fluorosis (discoloration of the teeth), hip fractures, bone cancer, lowered intelligence,
kidney toxicity, and other negative effects. There have been no studies which prove that long-term ingested fluoride has any
positive effect.
Fluoride is known to be a toxic agent. Fluoride has been shown to inhibit the ability of the thyroid gland to concentrate iodine.
17
 Fluoride was first reported to cause thyroid problems in 1854 when fluoride was found to be a cause of goiter in dogs.
18Research has shown that fluoride is much more toxic to the body when there is iodine deficiency present.
This concept was illustrated in a study of 288 mice where the mice were fed a diet with varying amounts of iodine and
fluoride. The researchers found that the incidence of goiter (swelling of the thyroid) rose with the increasing intake of fluoride in a
low iodine diet. Furthermore, the scientists found that
fluoride exposure correlated directly to lower iodine uptake by the thyroid
gland in both iodine-sufficient and iodine-deficient diets.
19
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es	moving	out	of	the	jungles	of	New	Guinea
into
surrounding	cities,	and	as	they	do,	they	make	the	transition	from	a	culture	that
never	discovered	metal-working	to	one	where	they	can	drive	a	car.
Why	don’t	we	access	more	of	the	mind	field	ourselves?	In	fact,	we	do.
The	brain	adapts	to	the	field	at	will.	If	you	intend	to	learn	Chinese	ideograms,
of	which	there	are	thousands,	you	can	apply	yourself,	and	gradually	a	system
of	meaningless	ink	strokes	will	be	transformed	into	a	meaningful	area	of
knowledge.	Once	mastered,	the	Chinese	language	becomes	part	of	you;	it
becomes	second	nature,	and	you	can	proceed	to	use	it	for	creative	purposes.
In	essence	you	have	accessed	the	mind	field	and	willed	your	own	evolution.
You	have	made	a	leap	nearly	as	significant	as	when	Paleolithic	man
discovered	that	meaningless	vocal	noises	could	be	transformed	into	spoken
language.
Intelligence	and	meaning	aren’t	only	“in	here”	as	a	subjective	creation	of
the	brain	or	“out	there”	as	a	freestanding	object.	The	give-and-take	by	which
the	brain	creates	meaning	is	also	how	it	creates	the	world	and	creates	itself.
All	these	processes	actually	belong	to	one	process,	the	self	“curving	back	onto
itself	to	create	again	and	again,”	as	Lord	Krishna	says.	The	field	is	innately
creative.	It	formed	the	human	brain,	which	is	so	receptive	that	it	took	the	next
leap	and	learned	to	create	new	thoughts,	abilities,	and	memories	on	its	own.
Our	brains	are	still	acting	out	the	total	activity	of	the	cosmos,	but	we	happen
to	claim	that	“I	am	thinking”	when	it’s	just	as	true	to	say	“the	mind	field	is
thinking	through	me.”
Memes	and	the	Behavior	of	Beliefs
There’s	another	kind	of	filtering	that	limits	how	much	of	the	mind	field	we
can	perceive.	This	has	to	do	with	creating	beliefs	and	then	accepting	them	as
real.	A	belief	is	an	idea	we	hold	on	to.	For	example,	if	you	believe	that	God	is
good,	that	women	are	mysterious,	or	that	life	is	unfair,	you	have	taken
generations	of	shared	experience	and
reduced
	it	to	one	conclusion.	The
conclusion	may	be	right	or	wrong;	that’s	not	important	for	the	moment.
Beliefs	hold	us	together	as	a	society.	Such	shared	beliefs	give	us	a	clue	about
how	mind	might	exist	outside	the	body.We	all	carry	in	our	minds	a	large	database	of	information	that	we	consider
fundamental.	This	database	holds	everything	important	that	we	believe	about
the	world.	It	is	our	worldview.	We	depend	upon	it	to	survive	for	even	a	short
time.	Beliefs	evolve	over	the	centuries,	and	therefore	some	researchers	look
upon	beliefs	as	being	like	“virtual	genes,”	that	become	fixed	characteristics	of
the	brain.	These	mental	genes	were	named	“memes”	by	the	British
evolutionist	Richard	Dawkins,	who	founded	a	new	field	overnight	that	has
proliferated	considerably	since	then.
A	meme	is	often	compared	to	a	virus	that	spreads	from	person	to	person
until	an	entire	society	gets	infected.	It	wouldn’t	be	beneficial	to	our	species	to
become	infected	by	everything.	If	we	were	actually	open	to	all	new	ideas,	we
would	not	be	able	to	maintain	a	coherent	view	of	the	world.	Imagine	changing
your	view	of	the	opposite	sex,	for	example,	every	time	you	met	a	new	person.
In	order	to	evolve,	human	beings	had	to	make	sure	that	they	accepted	only
“good”	memes—ideas	that	promoted	a	coherent,	reliable	worldview—and
rejected	“bad”	memes,	ideas	that	moved	the	mind	in	the	opposite	direction.
The	basic	fact	that	we	can	track	the	spread	of	beliefs	the	way	we	track	the
spread	of	avian	flu	provides	us	with	another	clue	to	the	nature	of	the	mind
field:	it	is	dynamic,	shared,	evolving,	and	powerful.	It	is	capable	of
“infecting”	us	with	good	or	bad	beliefs	without	the	individual	actually	going
through	any	experience	at	all.	Thus	societies	fight	and	die	defending	a	God
few	have	personally	experienced.	Nietzsche	was	foreshadowing	memes	when
he	said	that	a	mistaken	idea	“grows	from	generation	unto	generation,	merely
because	people	believe	in	it,	until	it	gradually	grows	to	be	a	part	of
the
	thing
and	turns	into	its	very	body.	What	at	first	was	appearance	becomes	in	the	end,
almost	invariably,	the	essence,	and	is	effective	as	such.”
Creating	a	Worldview
The	Vedic	rishis	said	that	anything	we	experience	in	the	Akashic	field	was
created	by	our	own	consciousness.	Memes	offer	evidence	of	this,	as	a	means
to	create	the	worldview	that	we	then	believe	in.	There	may	not	be	much
incentive	to	adapt	to	new	ideas	on	our	own,	but	when	two	worldviews	clash,
as	Western	culture	is	clashing	with	radical	Islam,	the	pressure	to	cling	to	one
worldview	or	the	other	against	outside	threat	is	inescapable.	Our	very	survival
is	said	to	depend	upon	it.	(I	am	reminded	of	a	CNN	interview	with	a	right-
wing	Christian	operative	from	Indiana	who	said,	“As	long	as	liberals	and
atheists	despise	us,	we	will	never	go	away.”)
Two	people	with	different	worldviews	can	see	the	same	fact	and	give
totally	divergent	interpretations	of	it,	because	no	fact	or	event	is	perceived	by
itself.	Walking	down	the	street,	I	may	pass	a	woman	with	bright	red	lipstick,	a
faint	whiff	of	wine	on	her	breath	from	a	lunch	at	a	restaurant,	and	no	hat	onher	head.	In	my	worldview,	none	of	these	facts	triggers	any	particular	emotion
or	judgment,	so	this	is	a	neutral	encounter	that	barely	registers	on	me.
Therefore	you	might	assume	that	nothing	happened	in	my	brain.	Yet,	as	meme
theory	points	out,	a	great	deal	happened	tacitly.	The	sight	of	this	woman
entered	my	brain	as	raw	data	along	the	optic	nerve,	but	I	couldn’t	actually
“see”	her	until	that	data	passed	through	my	worldview.	Imagine	a	series	of
filters	marked	“memory,”	“beliefs,	“associations,”	and	“judgments.”	Each
filter	alters	the	raw	data	in	some	way,	invisibly	and	instantaneously.
Should	a	person	with	a	different	worldview	encounter	the	same	woman,
he	would	“see”	her	through	his	filters.	If	he	happened	to	be
a
	traditional
Muslim	or	a	Victorian	or	a	medieval	monk,	all	the	innocuous	features	that
entered	my	brain—the	lipstick,	the	smell	of	alcohol,	the	absence	of	a	hat—
might	cause	a	violent	reaction	in	his	brain,	and	generate	considerable	stress.
A	worldview	provides	fixed	grooves	for	behavior,	which	is	dangerous,
unfortunately,	much	of	the	time.	Traits	like	racism	and	warmaking	persist	as
automatic	reflexes.	Anatomically	the	human	nervous	system	is	divided	into


, and quieter inside.
Sitting in a quiet place with low lighting, close your eyes and take a few
deep breaths until you feel settled and ready to meditate. Don’ t shorten or
skip these introductory moments. They prepare your breathing to get in
sync with your state of awareness.
Direct your attention to the tip of your nose and sense air as it passes in
and out with each breath. (After a moment, if you feel that your breathing is
short, ragged, irregular, or gasping, take time to lie down without
meditating and let your breath ing return to normal.) Continue to easily
follow the in-and-out rhythm of your breathing. Don’ t force a rhythm, and
don’t mind if you occasionally draw a deep sigh or feel that you must take a
breath through your mouth. These are good signs, since they indicate that
your breathing is working to rebalance itself.Continue doing this for 5 to 20 minutes. If you notice your attention
wandering, just gently bring it back to the tip of your nose. When time is
up, lie down or sit quietly to let yourself return from the meditative state.
Don’ t rush back into activity. Take as much time as you need to readjust to
a relaxed waking state, ready for your next activity.
TUESDAY
The Key to Stronger Breathing
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
My breathing energizes mind and body.
My breathing energizes mind and body.
When your breathing is strong, so is your prana. Every function in the
body is improved by having an optimal level of oxygen in the blood, but
aging, respiratory problems, allergies, and air pollution bring most people
down from this optimal level. Breath, in a way, is like the old adage “For
want of a nail, the kingdom was lost”—incremental changes in breathing
can trigg er a decline by small degrees in critical areas like blood pressure,
heart health, and brain function. The upshot is that almost everyone can
benefit by strengthening their breathing so that small deficits don’t take
hold.
We aren’t dealing in this book with traditional controlled Yogic
breathing, which requires a teacher and a committed discipline, but
conscious breath ing is something everyone can and should learn. Breath is
the portal of prana, and conscious breathing practices rank high for
improving the flow of prana.
Here are three breathing exercises that have been well researched and
validated.
#1 Belly BreathingThis exercise is based on the understanding that the lower area of the
lungs stimulates  relaxation. Shallow breathing, which mostly uses the upper
part of the lungs, is associated with stress, anxiety, and panic attacks. The
aim of belly breathing is to use your diaphragm as you consciously take in a
full, deep breath.
Sit upright and start to breathe slowly. With each in-breath, feel the air
going to the bottom of your abdomen as you swell your belly  out. Move
your diaphragm outward, maki ng sure that you breathe slowly, and don’t
strain. When your belly feels full, breathe out by letting your lungs expel
the air naturally, the way you would let go of a sigh.
Repeat for 5 to 10 minutes, always breathing through your nose. If you
feel the impulse  to breathe throu gh your mouth or to gasp, don’t resist. Try
not to push yourself. Like all breathing exercises, this one should feel
comfortable. In time, you will build up more endurance.
#2 Vagal Breathing
The vagus nerve, which is one of the ten cranial nerves leading directly
from the brain, has received a great deal of publicity in recen t years. The
vagus nerve plays a major role in regulating heartbeat, breathing, and the
intestines; it tells your body whether you are stressed—all three  organs are
involved in triggering the fight-or -flight response.
By gently stimulating the vagu s nerve, you send signals of relaxation
and the absence  of stress throughout your body. Vagal breathing is the
simplest way to stimulate the vagus nerve, yet it turns out to be one of the
most effective ways to counter low-level chronic stress, which almost
everyone in modern life is subjected to.
Sit quietly, breathing through your nose. Slowly and comfortably draw
in a breath, making sure it is deep enough to fill your lungs. Hold for a few
seconds, then slowly release your breath. The essential thing here is to
consciously draw in a breath, pausing without strain, and consciously
exhaling. The awareness of breathing is just as important as the technique
being used.Repeat for 5 to 10 minutes. Vagal breathing is thought to have many
more benefits than relaxing and diminishing the stress response, but those
benefits on their own make it valuable.
Vagal breathing will be effective for some people, but if you find that
slow, conscious  breathing only increases the impulse to breathe in a
shallow, ragged way (which is typical in situations of acute stress) or if you
feel the slightest  signs of panic, discontinue this practice. In such situations,
lying down and breathing normally with the eyes closed will start to bring
the body out of the stress response. This can be followed up by meditating,
but, again, if going inward makes you overly aware of your stress and
anxiety, stop meditating and sit quietly, being gently aware of your body
and your breath.
#3 Regulated Breathing
This is an advanced exercise, since it is related to formal techn iques of
pranayama. Yet regulated breathing is a natural step from vagal breathing.
In this exercise, you are asked to count your breaths, bringing conscious
control to the act of breathing.
Sit quietly, breathing through your nose. If you feel a little distracted or
tense, take a few deep breaths until you feel relaxed and settled. Now
breathe in slowly to the count of 4, exhale slowly to the count of 8, then
count to 8 before taking your next breath; in other words 4-8-8 for one
breath cycle. Even at this early  stage, regulated breathing can be a little
challenging for some, since it runs counter to the habit of unconscious
breathing that everyone is used to.
But the practice is worth mastering, because it brings about deep
relaxation and changes in brain-wave activity. Simply by regulating your
breath, you can go into the meditative state represented by increased alpha-
wave activity. With practice, it is possible to put the brain into the same
state as deep sleep while still remaining alert and awake.
If this prospect intrigues you, first become comfortable over a period of
days with a 4-8-8 rhythm. Then  move on to longer periods. Your goal is 6-12-12; in other words, inhaling to a count of 6, exhaling to a count of 12,
then waiting for a count of 12 before taking your next breath.
One effect of regulated breathing is to slow down the number of breaths
you take per minute. The avera ge number for someone at rest is 12 to 16
breaths per minute. Regulated breathing slows the rate down  drastically,
and if you attain  a count of 6-12-12, you may be breathing as little as two
times per minute. Advanced yogis can slow their breathing (along with
heartbeat and oxygen consump tion) to a level that reaches the state of
consciousness closest to the source ( samadhi ).
An intriguing possibility is held out for people in their everyday lives.
Yoga measures a lifetime not by years but by how many breaths are taken.
Slower breathing, if done consciously, involves few breaths per minute,
resulting in a longer life span. The general concept makes sense. Breathing
slowly indicates a relaxed state that is less affected by stress. How long
someone’ s life span can be extended is open to further research, but the
benefits of a calmer mind, deeper awareness, and better regulated
physiology are beyond doubt.
WEDNESDAY
Prana and the Light
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
I direct all my energies to the light
I direct all my energies to the light.
When we talk about improving the quality of life, what we should say is
the qualities  of life. An ideal life is built upon them. By comparison, if you
focus on externals, like money, status, and possessions, as markers of the
good life, you haven’ t even touched the qualities that matter. As prana
circulates through your body, it animates every cell with the primary
qualities that also bring vital ener gy to you as a person.THE PRIMARY QUALITIES OF PRANA
Freshness, renewal
Vitality, vibrancy
Creativity
Self-sufﬁciency
Intelligence
Growth, evolution
These are the qualities that make  prana a living energy, and they give us
a direc t connection to the light, because prana is the carrier of
consciousness. Yoga holds that consciousness is more powerful the closer
you get to the source. Prana circulates at a subtle level that is much closer to
the source than the physical processes of the body.
Every breath brings in life-giving oxygen, which has chemical
properties that interact with the physical properties of thousands of other
molecules at the cellular level. But the cell would have no life without the
qualities listed above. Think of scrap iron rusting


ﬁlls us.
The world is not a collection of things. It is a
network of relationships.
All form arises from the formless
realm of potential forms, the source
and origin of the universe.
Life as LOVE,
compassion, JOY,
equanimity, imagination,
and CREATIVITY cannot
be quantied by science.Just as we have a body, mind, and
spirit, the universe has a physical,
mental, and consciousness
component.
People don’t grow old; when they stop
growing, they become old.
Our sense of self determines our
experience of the world.
AWAKENING IS NOT WHO
YOU ARE, BUT DISCARDING
WHO YOU ARE NOT.Love is the EXPERIENCE and
knowledge of one being in many
appearances.Atoms die in waves of potentiality.
Waves are born in atoms of
actuality. The cosmos reincarnates
eternally.
Your physical form was conceived in
a wave of desire.
Desire is pure potentiality, seeking
manifestation.
Just as a wave is a movement of the
whole ocean, you are the energy of
the cosmos.
Don’t underestimate your power.
Your inner potential and cosmic
potential are the same ﬁeld.
The ﬁeld is you and the universe,
just as wave and ocean are one.When you are balanced in
body, mind, and spirit, you
feel joyful, energetic,
restful, alert, and
experience lightness of
being.
Our body is poetry in form and motion. There is
only one temple for the spirit, and it is our body.
Keep it holy.
We are the UNIVERSE
dancing.Both mathematics and music are
the language of the universe,
expressing truth, harmony, and
beauty.
Science is a spiritual quest to know
ourselves.
What we do to the
world, we do to
ourselves. Science
based on the objective
world as separate from
us is dangerous.Synchronicity,
meaningful
coincidence, good luck,
creative response from
the universe, and grace
are synonymous terms.Humility, awe, wonderment, and
delight are qualities of spirit, not just
electrochemical events in synaptic
networks.
Nothing ever ceases to exist. Death is
incubation in the ﬁeld of potentiality
until the next leap of creativity.
Self-awareness is the window to
cosmic consciousness.
e simplest denition of
spirituality is self-awareness.Every moment is a
fork in the road. e
road you take will
shape your future.
Choose love over
fear.
OceanofPDF.comLogic and rationality are the language of the
scientiﬁc mind. Love and wisdom are the poetry of
the spiritual soul.
If your reality is only rational, and has no room for
feelings and the irrational, then your humanity is
incomplete.
Love is a quality of
AWARENESS that allows
SOULS to commune with
each other.Karma or choices in the past create the situations
of the present. How we choose now is a function
of free will. To witness yourself making choices is
the beginning of karmic freedom.
Between the banks of pleasure and pain, the river
of life ﬂows. The key is to let go and ﬂow.If you sacriﬁce your health to make money today,
you will have to sacriﬁce your money to get health
tomorrow.
If you sacriﬁce the present for the future, you will
never enjoy life, for when the future arrives, you
won’t be present.Being awake means that the best time
of your life is neither behind you nor
ahead of you, but now.
Consciousness is the organizing
principle that transforms chaos into
cosmos.
To BECOME the
consciousness of that
which you witness is
LOVE.God is the inconceivable
truth in which we and
the universe are
happening.I AM is all bodies and all minds in
one consciousness, one spirit.
The essence of our being is eternal
possibility.
The law of least effort: “Do less and
achieve more.”
Then graduate to “Do nothing and
achieve everything.”
The law of least effort works
through choiceless awareness, plus
subtle intention, leading to
synchronicity.
A religious experience
encompasses
transcendence, love,
compassion, humility,
reverence for life, and
loss of the fear of
death.Your ANCESTORS are
alive in every cell of your
body as your genetic
activity.In every seed, there is the promise of thousands of
forests. So, too, in desire is the seed of thousands
of manifestations.
As you witness yourself making choices, you begin
the process of awakening.
The ground of existence is not inert
emptiness, but a dynamic ﬁeld
connecting all creation in a single
totality.
Random mutations in evolution are
reminiscent of quantum uncertainty.
Beyond chaos is a creative
organizing principle.Sensations and feelings
in the body are the
KEYS to intuition.ILLNESS BEGINS WITH “I.”
WELLNESS BEGINS WITH
“WE.”The fruit takes time to ripen and then falls
suddenly. Enlightenment works in a similar way.
There is always preparation and awakening.
We are the eyes of the universe,
looking at itself.
All this struggling to learn when we
simply have to remember.
No matter what the situation, there
is a choice.
You will never trust your intuition
until you identify with it.
Self-esteem enters here.Every event has
innumerable causes and
leads to innumerable
eﬀects. Events and objects
are snapshots of the
universe in motion.e only MADNESS
that is sane is the
intoxication of love.Stop playing small.
You are divinity in motion.
To own the world, see inﬁnite
potential in all situations at all times.All boundaries are
conceptual. The universe
boundless outward in the
cosmos, boundless inward in
the atom.
Think cosmically,
communicate globally, actlocally, but with global and
cosmic impact.
To be ALIVE is to be
AWARE and
PRESENT. en every
moment, every
BREATH, is
BENEDICTION,
GRACE, and a
MIRACLE.At the moment of
conception, you had neither
body nor brain, but
awareness was present.In the hall of mirrors, I can see for
miles. Every demon, every enemy,
every torturer is me in disguise.
Through the mirror of relationship, I
see myself.We are the human activity of the
universe, and most of it is
unknowable. We cannot step
outside the universe to see it.
Everything in the visible world has
its roots in the formless invisible.Love can be our
RELIGION beyond
boundaries if we live it,
BREATHE it, experience
it, BECOME it.Self-awareness and
compassion ease our
own suﬀering.
OceanofPDF.comWhen your awareness
is free, you know the
entire universe as your
body.Consciousness alone is.
It conceives, constructs, governs, and becomes the
universe.
The limits of our identity are the limits of our
awareness.
The more universal or cosmic your
sense of self, the bigger your world
will be.
At all times, your world is a
projection of yourself. Expansion of
self to universal awareness is
enlightenment.AWARENESS is a eld in
which minds, bodies, and
universes arise and
SUBSIDE like waves in an
ocean.Spirituality is not a
contrived MOOD or
behavior, but a simple,
unaﬀected humanity.What we are looking for is the one
who is looking.
Only the witness of the mind can know
the mind.
Peace can only be created by those
who are peaceful, and love by those
who have loved.
At all times, what we are aware of
is the qualities of our own
consciousness.
The world is as we are.
e only sane RESPONSE
to our collective insanity is
unconditional LOVE.God is the inﬁnite potential in which
galaxies and universes arise from
nothingness and disappear into
nothingness.
Only God exists. Everything else is
ﬂux—the coming and going of God.LOVE
is the ultimate TRUTH.Lightness of being,
FLOW, and joy are the
outcome of letting go of
what never was.You are the master of your life, not the
mechanisms in your brain or your
body.
Intention and desire alter the material
landscape of the brain.
Neurons and genes turn on and off,
depending on your choices.
Reclaiming consciousness is nothing
other than reclaiming the power of
choice.Angry people SHOUT,
those in love WHISPER,
those who are love become
SILENT.EACH OF US IS THE ONE
MINDReligion has an obligation not to
contradict the known laws of
science.
Science has an obligation not to
reduce rich human experience to
raw data.
Be a child, let go, allow
the rhythms of nature
to cradle you, and the
universe will carry
you wherever your
dreams are cosmic
consciousness.If you obsess over
whether you are
making the right
decision, you are
bas


When	you	bounce	up	and	down	on	a
rebounder,	this	effect	happens	to	every	cell	in	your	body.	Rebounding	alternately
puts	pressure	on	and	takes	pressure	off	body	cells,	like	squeezing	a	sponge.	This
moving	and	stretching	of	the	cells	facilitates	nutrient	delivery	and	toxin	removal,
which	is	exactly	what	you	need	to	be	healthy—without	having	to	go	to	the	gym,
work	up	a	sweat,	or	end	up	with	sore	muscles	and	possible	injuries.	Rebounding
is	so	efficient	because	it	applies	weight	and	movement	to	every	cell.	The	extra
force	of	gravity	caused	by	the	bouncing	strengthens	bones	and	joints,	yet	without
the	jarring	and	potential	damage	of	most	impact	activities.	(For	more
information	on	what	I	selected	for	my	own	use,	see	appendix	C.)
Another	physical	technique	is	skin	brushing.	Simply	take	a	natural-bristle	bath
brush	and	move	it	along	your	skin,	up	the	arms	and	legs	and	toward	the	chest.
Doing	this	activity	for	a	few	minutes	before	taking	a	bath	or	shower	helps
circulate	lymphatic	fluid	and	is	especially	important	for	people	who	do	not	get
enough	regular	exercise.
Good	physical	fitness	is	much	more	than	a	fashion	statement	and	much	more
than	a	way	to	burn	calories	and	sculpt	muscles.	Exercise	is	a	fundamental
physical	need,	and	you	need	it	every	day.	What	if	your	job	requires	sitting	at	a
desk?	Sitting	for	extended	periods	causes	physical	health	to	deteriorate.	When
sitting	for	extended	periods,	take	time	to	stand	up	and	stretch	the	body	(along
with	relaxing	your	eyes).	Even	standing	up	for	a	minute	or	two	each	hour	can
make	a	big	difference.	Remember,	your	body	is	a	living,	breathing,	moving
organism;	when	you	sit	motionless	for	hours	on	end,	metaphorically	speaking,
you	begin	to	die.
Sleep:	The	AntidrugAdequate	sleep	is	also	a	deep	physical	need	and	a	biological	necessity.
Adequate	sleep	is	critical	for	building	new	cells,	repairing	damaged	ones	and
replenishing	cellular	energy	levels.	Our	lives	have	become	so	busy	that
sometimes	we	forget	what	it	feels	like	to	be	fully	rested	and	awake.	We	have
forgotten	what	a	good	night’s	rest	really	is.	Busy	with	the	constant	call	of	life’s
duties,	sleep	is	often	pushed	aside	for	more	“pressing”	needs.	A	study	by	the
National	Sleep	Foundation	found	that	64	percent	of	the	adult	population	does	not
sleep	the	recommended	eight	hours	per	night,	and	32	percent	sleep	less	than	six
hours.	To	compensate,	people	use	coffee,	sugar	and	other	stimulants,	which
worsens	a	bad	situation.	For	some	people,	better	health	can	be	achieved	simply
by	sleeping	more.	Needs	are	different	for	each	person,	some	requiring	less	sleep
than	others,	and	much	depends	on	the	quality	of	the	sleep:	whether	the	sleep	is
deep	and	refreshing	or	fitful	and	nonenergizing.
For	our	biological	ancestors,	sleeping	enough	was	much	less	of	a	challenge.
The	sun’s	rising	and	setting	determined	sleep	habits.	In	centuries	past,	sleeping
was	about	all	you	could	do	once	the	sun	went	down.	Only	in	recent	years	has	the
simple	flick	of	a	switch	given	us	light	whenever	we	wanted	it.
Now,	we	live	in	cities	that	never	sleep.	Modern	technology	excites	and
stimulates	our	lives,	and	often	we	find	ourselves	awake	at	all	hours	of	the	night.
One	hundred	years	ago,	people	in	developed	countries	slept	nine	hours	each
night.	Now,	the	average	American	sleeps	about	seven,	which	is	insufficient	for
most	people.	Sometimes,	people	think	they	can	“accomplish	more”	if	they	sleep
less.	Not	so.	Being	deprived	of	sleep	actually	makes	people	less	productive.
Furthermore,	because	the	body	repairs	and	rejuvenates	itself	during	sleep,	lack
of	sleep	invites	sickness	and	injury.
Being	deprived	of	adequate	sleep	for	even	a	few	nights	dulls	the	brain,	lowers
energy	levels,	increases	irritability	and	depression,	and	makes	people	more
accident-prone.	A	Louis	Harris	and	Associates	poll	found	that	people	who	sleep
less	than	eight	hours	each	night	often	experience	problems	on	the	job.	Sleep
deprivation	is	a	major	factor	in	an	estimated	one	hundred	thousand	automobile
accidents	per	year.	In	the	short	term,	sleep	deprivation	produces	unpleasant	side
effects;	long-term,	it	contributes	to	cellular	malfunction	and	disease.
Lack	of	adequate	sleep	also	causes	hormone	imbalances	and	interferes	with
other	body	functions.	A	study	reported	in	the	October	1999	issue	of
Lancet
found	that	just	one	week	of	getting	too	few	hours	of	sleep	per	night	significantly
altered	hormone	levels	and	compromised	the	body’s	ability	to	metabolize
carbohydrates	properly.	Chronic	disruption	of	the	body’s	hormone	balance
invites	disease.	For	example,	a	potentially	harmful	hormone	called	cortisolincreases	in	the	brain	of	an	under-rested	person.	High	cortisol	levels	can	damage
cells	in	the	brain	that	control	learning	and	memory.	If	you	are	overtired,	take	that
“spaced-out,”	forgetful	feeling	seriously;	you	may	be	suffering	brain	damage.
Two	other	hormones	(beneficial	ones)	normally	are	produced	during	sleep	and
decrease	if	you	are	under-rested.	One	is	human	growth	hormone	or	HGH,	which
helps	to	rebuild	tissue.	Lack	of	HGH	accelerates	the	aging	process.	The	other
beneficial	hormone	produced	during	sleep	is	prolactin,	which	governs	the
immune	system.	A	lack	of	prolactin	can	impair	immunity.
Sleeping	enough	and
normalizing	your	sleep	patterns	help	to	keep	these	critical	hormones	balanced
properly.
Sleep	also	serves	to	replenish	energy.	While	asleep,	the	body	creates	large
amounts	of	ATP	(adenosine	triphosphate),	a	high-energy	compound	that	our
cells	need,	much	like	a	car	needs	gasoline.	If	you	are	tired	and	cannot	sleep
enough	at	night,	take	a	nap—perhaps	right	after	lunch	or	when	you	get	home
from	work.	Sometimes	people	avoid	napping,	because	they	feel	like	they	are
“being	lazy.”	If	you	lack	the	energy	necessary	to	do	the	task	at	hand,	get	some
rest.
If	you	have	boundless	natural	energy,	consider	it	a	very	good	sign.	How
energetic	or	tired	we	feel	is	a	good	general	indicator	of	how	well	our	bodies	are
functioning.	If	you	are	tired	all	the	time,	listen	to	your	body’s	cry	for	help.
Resting	is	important,	but	so	is	considering	how	diet,	toxic	exposure,	lack	of
exercise	and	other	factors	affect	your	overall	energy	levels.	Fatigue	is	often	a
symptom	of	disease—physical,	psychological	or	both.	As	health	improves,
fatigue	goes	away.
Consuming	coffee	and	other	stimulants	to	compensate	for	fatigue	interferes


 health care systems and increasing
availability of medical facilities to deserving cases are the benefits of preventive health care.
The Governments of the world, World Health Organization, Corporations, Companies, NGOs and
all those who are interested in the welfare/improving the health of people, may consider to get
verified that OP is an important curative as well as preventive measure in the promotion of health
to confirm for themselves, whether these findings are valid and hold good. If the results are valid,
propagate OP at the national level. This will improve health of people at the least cost. A healthy
nation will become a wealthy nation.
Ayurveda texts contain the primary preventive routine to be followed for maintaining health by all
individuals in Swastha Vritha.  They could be suitably modified for the present day conditions and
propagated among the people. Formulation of these rules and educating the people will improve
the health of people at minimal cost and reduce the burden on health services besides being cost
effective. The daily and seasonal practices increase immunity, resistance and preserve the health
of the individual. The practices are preventive, curative and prophylactic for maintenance of
health.
Web site:-www.oilpulling.com – contains all the details given in this small booklet.
 I earnestly request all those who come across this to propagate by any method they think
appropriate. Those with a web site of their own may consider giving a link to this web site.
It is superfluous to state that Media is the major player in spreading the message in the
whole world. I have no doubt left they will give maximum coverage as they had done
before.
<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Omad Orin Looping.
DR Phillips
Introduction.
Omad orin looping has changed my life beyond all recognition. I know it's a
cliché when people say this or that changed their life, but I can say with total
confidence that without omad and orin looping my life would be radically
different to what it is today. Let me explain.
I now get so much more happiness and enjoyment from food. This is what omad
does to you, your enjoyment of any food goes up a hundredfold. Actually that is
an understatement, I now get immense happiness and HUGE enjoyment from
food that it's off the charts, the feeling of looking forward to my one meal every
day, I didn't get this at all before omad orin looping.
Before I got into omad and orin looping I had some very serious health problems
developing. I liked my drink as they say, pints at a time, or bottles of wine. I was
more than partial to junk and processed foods, and even though I would not like
to admit it I was also addicted to tea, and especially coffee multiple times every
day often with snacks. Many other junk snacks that I thought were normal. I
didn't enjoy these things nearly as much as I do now on omad, but even though I
wasn’t enjoying them, I kept consuming them out of habit. As a result of too
much of them I was starting to get fat. I used to eat at least three large meals a
day, with coffee and snack breaks in between and more drinks and junk in the
evenings. I just did this because that is what I always did.
I then had several serious health conditions developing. I was wrongly diagnosed
several times with many different things and eventually an umbrella term that so
many are being told these days “you have I.B.S or irritable bowel syndrome."
The doctors tried to give me medication as they do. Thankfully my parents
brought me up to question everything the drug pushers try to push on their
patients. I also went to a boarding school where one of the teachers taught the
truth about big pharmaceuticals. As a result I hardly ever had any drugs or
anything from big pharma in my life including no jabs, pain killers or antibiotics.
I didn't want to start taking in drugs now, but the doctors never had any
alternative for example healing the body naturally with making changes to
eating and lifestyle. Omad orin looping will never be taught in medical schools,
or the big pharma companies’ profits would tumble.
It got so bad that after some tests they informed me I had something called
gastrointestinal interstitial cystitis. This was on top of other IBS problems, I was informed that part of my intestines had apparently pushed through part of my
colon and was causing all kinds of problems. Constipation, blockages and pain,
something called diverticulitis. They were talking about surgery, and even after
the operation (or perhaps because of it) then I would need  bags fitted front and
back all the time. That would be it for me for life, at my young age in my 40s.
Needing bags to go to the toilet in for the rest of my life. Even with surgery,
having bags to go to the toilet in and going down the drug route, they were
saying this is the only option available to me.
In short I wasn't exactly in the best of health; my energy levels were right
through the floor. I was not only feeling ill and in pain everyday but all kinds of
problems going to the toilet that meant I couldn't go out anywhere without
worrying about my problems. Many other health problems developed head aches
and pain everywhere. Feeling ill every day. My life on the health front was a
misery.
It affected my work, my family life, going out with friends, everything. When you
are in pain and suffering with discomfort so much you are almost willing to do
anything to bring relief. I almost went through with the surgery and to start on
the road taking the drugs and having to go to the toilet in bags fitted that big
pharma push people on. I knew once on that road it's very hard, almost
impossible to get off it, having to take more drugs for the side effects and then
more drugs for those new side effects and so on.
I wondered, just maybe is there a natural way to heal myself and bring relief
from the suffering, pain and discomfort. Is there any way that my wife could
have her old husband back, my kids could have their old dad back who was
actually able to play with them and take them out without getting so grumpy and
short tempered because of the intense pain and discomfort?
I started reading books and doing research. One woman I found in my research
called Martha Christie had more severe health problems to me and wrote a book
called your own perfect medicine. She completely healed herself by drinking her
own orin. I reread the book and listened to her interviews then read and listened
to over 30 other orin therapy books, including the first one in modern times
called ‘The water of life’ by John Armstrong. All available for free download on my
friend Andrew Norton Webber’s website www.aquariusthewaterbearer.com well
worth reading. In fact if you are serious about your health then these books are
essential reading. As essential as listening to all of Andrew Norton Webbers
interviews and talks. Also researching for yourself the validity of how this therapy
works so well.
There are thousands of testimonials of people curing similar things wrong with
them to what I was suffering with. These are real people that you can contact
today, and I did. I have spoken to many and am constantly in touch with
experienced practitioners. There are now large communities online who have a
broad range of knowledge about these therapies.  I tried it straight away. To my
amazement, this perfect medicine worked far better than any big pharma drugs
that I almost went on. As shocking as it was, I was desperate and had nothing to lose. I know it went against my instincts at the time, I just had nothing to lose, I
was willing to try anything at this stage. I soon discovered through further
research that eating less, even getting down to one meal a day worked
exceptionally well with looping your own perfect medicine. These two therapies
together were what cured me and healed my body completely. And I do mean
heal my body completely.
Within a short time I was able to go back to work and function normally. I didn't
need the surgery or to go down the big pharma drug pushers road at all. In fact
my next big scan showed my bowels and intestines had completely healed up
with no evidence that there was ever a problem. I did not have that surgery that
the doctors had previously told me that I absolutely needed, and now the scan
showed there was no need for it at all. I entirely avoided surgery. I honestly did
not have any operation; my body healed itself due to omad orin looping.
Before omad orin looping I had terrible trouble going to the toilet many
unfortunate embarrassing incidents and taking an unusual long time being such
an uncomfortable unpleasant experience.
I am now in the fortune position of being free from pain. My IBS has vanished
altogether and I'm no longer overweight. I eat once per day around 1700 hrs and
always have a good bowel movement the next morning soon after I wake.
Leaving no crap in me at all, feeling so clean and empty and ready for the day. In
fact on the health front I'm now a very energetic happy camper. I'm in my 40s
but feel like I'm in my 20s all over again. I can return to my love of mountain
climbing from my younger days. My wife and I are even talking about having
another baby.
I can fit back into slim fit jeans and tailored shirts and suits


 prominent in your prakruti, as most people do,
you can balance each one as its season comes around. Let’s give a practical
example. If you are a Vata-Pitta, you would follow a Vata-pacifying diet in
late fall and early winter (Vata season) and a Pitta-pacifying diet in summer
(Pitta season). The only season left is Kapha, which falls in spring. Here
you would blend  the Vata diet, which matches your primary dosha, with a
Kapha diet, which is naturally  suited to the season. To blend two diets
means to take half your food from the “favor” column of the Vata diet and
half from the “favor” column of the Kapha diet.
Life becomes too complicated if you make an obsession out of changing
your diet to suit the weather. The Ayurvedic seasonal routine should be just
another way to encourage your body’ s own natural instincts to emer ge.
OceanofPDF.comEpilogue
FLOWERS IN A QUANTUM FIELD
Most people assume without question that their bodies had a definite beginning and are moving
inexorably toward a definite end. Each of us began life as a single cell in the womb  and will end as
“dust unto dust.” However, these are cultural beliefs, not absolute facts. The human body has no
definite beginning or end. It is constantly creating itself, again and again, every day. This means that
every minute is a kind of genesis and at the same time an ending in which we give up a bit of dust
unto dust. If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the
bodies we want instead of the ones we mistakenly assume we are stuck with.
Every breath you take is a creative act. The molecules in the air are random and chaotic. If they
happen to enter your body, they magically  acquire a purpose and an identity. Could any act be more
creative? Consider what happens to a single oxygen atom as you breathe it in. Within a few
thousandths of a second it passes through the moist, nearly transparent membranes  of the lungs. It
immediately attaches itself to the hemoglobin inside one of your red blood cells. In an instant, a
remarkable transformation occurs. The blood cell changes color, from the dark blue-b lack of oxygen-
starved hemoglobin to the bright red of oxygen-rich hemoglobin, and a stray atom of air suddenly
becomes you. It has crossed the invisible boundary dividing the lifeless from the living.
In another sixty seconds the same oxygen atom will make a complete circuit of your body via the
bloodstream (the journey takes only fifteen seconds if you are exercising vigorously). In that time,
about half of the body’ s new oxygen will exit the blood to turn into a kidney cell, a biceps muscle, a
neuron, or any other tissue. The atom will reside in that tissue anywhere from a few minutes to a
year, perfo rming as many functions as you are capable of. An oxygen atom might become part of a
happy thought by linking into a neurotransmitter. Or it might instead send a shiver of fear through
you by joining a molecule of adrenaline. It could feed a brain cell with glucose or sacrifice itself on
the battle line by becoming part of a white cell sent to attack invading bacteria.
This is how the river of life—the river of the body—moves along, with utmost fluidity,
intelligence, and creativity. Now that we have surveyed the principles of Ayurveda, it becomes clear
that our responsibility to ourselves is also creative. We are placed here in this world to manage a
project that is equivalent to building a new universe every day. Creating yourself is not just a full-
time job, it is a staggering one. With every single breath, you expose 5 trillion red blood corpuscles to
the air. Each corpuscl e contains 280 millio n molecules of hemoglobin. Each molecule of hemoglobin
can pick up and transport 8 atoms of oxygen.
If you think of each oxygen atom as a new building block, then with a single breath you are adding
11 × 1021 (or 11,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) new “bricks” that will be delivered to various sites
around your body. They will all fit inside you with exact precision, and not a single new brick willdisrupt the position of an old one. The old gives way to the new as smoothly and effortlessly as a
river runs.
The only reason we are all not perfectly healthy today is that we are constantly taking these infinite
new bricks and putting them into the same old slots. Why do we do that? Ultimately it is a matter of
awareness, of how we see ourselves. If you look closely at your own life, you will realize that you are
sending signals to your body that repeat the same old beliefs, the same old fears and wishes, the same
old habits of yesterday and the day before. That is why you are stuck with the same old body.
HANDLING LIFE AS A WHOLE
The new bricks that enter your body do not just fall into place; they are positioned by a bit of inner
intelligence that knows how to build your heart, kidneys, skin, enzymes, hormones, DNA, and
everything else. This intelligence is literally infinite, and all of it is under our control. Yet, for the
most part, we take the boundless creativity of the quantum field and bombard it with narrow beams
of attention. Any thought you have is just a beam of focused attention sent out from your quantum
self. It takes only a few of these narrow beams, or thoughts, to make life a little longer or a little
better. You can add five years to your life, on the average, by deciding to quit smoking. You can add a
few more years by losing excess weight or eating good food or taking regular exercise. But these
narrow beams of focused attention are limited. They will not make you perfectly healthy. They will
not extend your life by two times or ten times, if that is even possible, or improve the quality of life
by that much.
It takes breakthrough thinking to do that, as we noted when we began. How can you activate the
full potential of your quantum mechanical body? The answer is surprisingly simple. The gigantically
complex project of creating yourself can be broken down into just a few processes that come under
your control every day:
Eating. Eating is the creative act that selects the raw matter of the
world that will be turned into you. To make sure that this process
proceeds correctly, you need only to know your body type and follow
the diet that matches it. Look back at the section on your body-type
diet; let the information sink in by rereading it until you have absorbed
the guiding principles. Now eat according to those principles, easily
and comfortably.
Digestion and assimilation. Digestion and assimilation are the creative
acts that turn the “bricks” of matter into living tissue. Your body’ s
digestive fire, its agni, handles both of these processes, coordinating
them perfectly. Look back again at the section on agni, learn how yourparticular kind functions, and then respect your digestive fire by
resetting it regularly.
Elimination. Elimination is the creative act that purifies the body,
excreting undigested food and ridding the cells of toxins and other “old
bricks.” You can improve elimination by being regular in your daily
routine and also by taking advantage of Ayurvedic purification
therapies. Under the section on agni we talk about purifying herbs; a
sattvic diet is also a great help, since it reduces to an absolute
minimum the intake of impurities. If you can, incorporate seasonal
panchakarma into your annual routine, preferably three times a year or
at least once. This is the most powerful therapy for aiding elimination.
Breathing. As the basic rhythm of life that supports all other rhythms,
breathing could be called the most creative act we perform with the
body. Correct breathing tunes our cells to the rhythms of nature, and
the more natural and refined our breathing, the more in tune we
become. Many Ayurvedic routines help to bring breathing back into
balance—all forms of the three-dosha exercises are good, as well as
the gentle Pranayama, or balanced breathing, that you can do for a few
minutes every day.
Finally, we can gather all these separate processes under one heading:
Living in tune with your quantum mechanical body. This is the total creative act of life. If you live
in tune with your quantum mechanical body, all of your daily activities will proceed as smoothly as
the parts—breathing, eating, digestion, assimilation, and elimination. The most impo rtant routine to
follow here is transcending, the act of getting in touch with the quantum level of yourself. Review the
section on meditation  and incorporate a few minutes of quieting your mind into your schedule every
morning and evening.
According to Ayurveda, this is the way to boost ordinary existence to a higher plane.  If we handle
a few processes correctly, then the body’ s own tendency to remain in balance will take care of the
rest. At the quantum  level, we are all master builders; it is necessary only to follow the guiding
intelligence of our nature—our prakruti—and the vast complexity of the body will run as perfectly as
the seasons, the tides, and the stars that surround us.
RIPPLES IN THE OCEAN OF  CONSC


	find	yourself	getting	hungry	but	want
to	eat	something	that	is	sleep	inducing	rather	than	stimulating.
SWEET	POTATOES
These	hearty	root	vegetables	contain	muscle-relaxing	potassium	and	are	a	whole,
complex	carbohydrate.	Try	baking	some	sweet	potatoes	and	eating	them	at
dinner	with	a	big	salad.
EVENING	REPLENISHING	ELIXIR
This	elixir	contains	nourishing	essential	beauty	fats	and	spices	known	to	help	soothe	inflammation
and	your	nervous	system.
Mugful	of	hemp	milk
½	teaspoon	powdered	turmeric
½	teaspoon	powdered	cardamom
¼	teaspoon	powdered	cloves
Raw,	organic	honey	or	raw	coconut	nectar,	to	taste
Heat	the	hemp	milk	to	just	under	a	boil,	and	stir	in	the	turmeric,	cardamom,	and	cloves.	Remove
from	the	heat,	add	the	raw	honey,	and	enjoy	hot.
CHERRIES
This	bright,	beautiful	summer	fruit	is	one	of	the	few	foods	that	naturallycontain	melatonin.	A	study	found	that	drinking	tart	cherry	juice	offers	some
slight	improvements	to	the	duration	and	quality	of	sleep	in	those	with	chronic
insomnia.
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CHIA	PUDDING
This	snack,	made	by	soaking	chia	seeds	in	a	liquid	base,	has	a	great	mix	of
complex	carbs,
omega-3
fatty
acids,	and	amino	acids	to	help	you	feel	satiated
but	not	overly	stuffed	and	enjoy	a	great	night’s
sleep.
The
Worst	Foods	for	Sleep
Just	as	there	are	excellent	foods	for	sleep,	there	are	foods	that	are	not	so	great
for	promoting	sleep.	Review	this	list	and	avoid	these	foods	in	the	evening	to
best	support	your	Peak	Beauty	Sleep.
HEAVY
PROTEIN	MEALS
Meals	that	are	high	in	concentrated	proteins	should	be	avoided	late	at	night.
They	take	a	great	deal	of	digestive	energy	to	break	down	and	can	keep	you	up	by
overactivating	digestion.	If	you	are	going	to	have	a	heavy	dinner,	try	to	eat	it
early.	If	circumstances	force	a	late	dinner,	choose	a	lighter,	plant-based	meal.
HIGH	FAT	MEALS
Fat	stimulates	the	production	of	acid	in	the	stomach	while	encouraging	the
loosening	of	the	esophageal	sphincter.	This	can	cause	food	to	spill	up	into	your
esophagus,	creating	heartburn.	Lying	down	to	go	to	sleep	after	eating	heavy,
fatty	foods	makes	it	even	easier	for	acid	to	get	in	all	the	wrong	places.	This	is	a
super	uncomfortable	beauty	sleep	no-no.
CHOCOLATE
While	a	little	piece	of	dark	chocolate	might	quell	your	sweet	craving,	do	not
overindulge	in	chocolate	late	in	night.	Remember	that	it	does	contain
caffeine
as	well	as	theobromine,	another	stimulating	compound	that	can	adversely	affect
your	beauty	sleep.
SPICY	FOODS
These	can	be	overstimulating	and	actually	keep	you	up	at	night.	A	study	out	of
Australia	found	that	on	nights	the	subjects	ate	spicy	meals,	there	were	adverse
changes	in	their	sleep	patterns.
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	The	researchers	also	found	that	subjects	hadelevated	body	temperatures	during	their	first	sleep	cycles,	which	has	been	shown
in	other	studies	to	be	linked	to	poor	sleep	quality.
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CAFFEINE
Even	if	you	feel	you	are	used	to	caffeine,	it	still	keeps	your	body	working.
Research	published	in	the
Journal	of	Clinical	Sleep	Medicine
	found	that	caffeine
ingested	as	early	as	6	hours	before	bedtime	could	negatively	affect	sleep
patterns.
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	In	a	practical	sense,	this	means	you	should	stop	drinking	coffee	(if
you	drink	it	at	all),	green	tea,	or	yerba	maté	by	the	afternoon.	By	the	way,	the
tradition	of	drinking	coffee	after	dinner	is	one	you	should	abandon.	Make	your
own	tradition	with	herbal	tea	if	you’d	like	to	sip	on	something	hot,	and	your
beauty	will	surely	benefit.
NICOTINE
If	you
smoke,	you	should	stop	for	many	health	and	beauty	reasons!	We	are	sure
you	know	this,	and	hopefully	you	are	working	on	eliminating	that	habit	long-
term.	But	in	the	very	short-term	while	transitioning	completely,	be	sure	to
refrain	from	indulging	in	any	nicotine	products	too	close	to	bedtime.	Nicotine
can	be	stimulating,	which	is	not	conducive	to	your	beauty	sleep.
ALCOHOL
This	is	a	tough	one,	because	if	you	do	want	to	have	some	drinks,	you	likely
won’t	have	them	in	the	middle	of	the	day	or	in	the	morning	unless	it’s	a	very
rare	special	occasion,	such	as	a	tailgate	or	a	celebratory	brunch.	The	problem	is
that	even	though	the	alcohol	(especially
wine)	may	feel	as	if	it’s	inducing	sleep,
alcohol	actually	interferes	with	the	restorative	functions	of	sleep.
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	This	means
that	although	it	may	feel	relaxing,	after	a	few	hours	it	may	encourage	you	to
wake	up	during	the	night,	decreasing	the	quality	of	your	overall	sleep.
SUPPLEMENT	YOUR	SLEEP	WITH	VITAMIN	B
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This	important	water-soluble	vitamin	is	used	for	many	functions	of	the	body,
including	maintaining	energy	and	preventing	fatigue.
Vitamin	B
12
	promotes	healthy
brain	and	cardiac	function	and	helps	us	sleep	better,	as	it	has	a	critical	role	in	the
formation	of	melatonin.	It	also	supports	the	optimal
metabolism	of	fats	and
carbohydrates,	promotes	healthy	cell	growth	and	repair,	and	activates	the	vitamin
folate	in	the	body.	While	it	can	be	stored	in	your	liver	for	some	time,	you	can	get	a
blood	test	to	see	if	your	body	currently	has	the	proper	amount.
Vegans	and	vegetarians	are	definitely	encouraged	to	supplement	with	B
12
because	it	is	found	mostly	in	animal	products,	but	if	you	do	eat	meat,	that	does	not
necessarily	mean	that	you	have	optimal	levels	of	Vitamin	B
12
.	Absorption	andutilization	of	B
12
	might	still	be	compromised	even	if	you	consume	foods	that	contain
it	(such	as	animal	protein,	fortified	cereals,	and	nutritional	yeast).	For	instance,	if
you	are	low	in	hydrochloric	acid,	which	releases	B
12
	from	food,	your	body	may	have
issues	absorbing	B
12
.	Your	stomach	lining	could	also	be	lacking	in	its	ability	to
produce	intrinsic	factor,	a	protein	that	must	bind	to	B
12
	in	the	small	intestine	so	the
body	can	absorb	it.
Check	with	your	doctor	if	you	are	unsure	of	how	much	Vitamin	B
12
	your	body
needs,	but	500	to	1,000	micrograms	(mcg)	is	generally	considered	a	good	daily
amount.	You	can	take	a	B-complex	supplement	to	get	a	balance	of	all	the	B
vitamins.
If	you	really	value	your	sleep,	you	may	have	to	make	some	serious	lifestyle
changes	around	your	alcohol	habits.	This	may	seem	difficult	at	first,	but	once
you	experience	more	daytime	bliss


 capsule form, or better still by far, yeast can be taken. This booklet has always
suggested yeast, and recently we have developed a wonderful new way to take it.
   Dried yeast powder & tablets cause aftertaste and indigestion, and are expensive.
You can buy fresh compressed block yeast at bakery shops for a few cents a pound.
Tell them that you are going to eat it, and you want the freshest they have. You
mustn't eat it raw. It has to be cooked to kill the fermentation, otherwise you will have
gas, and will not properly digest it.
   To cook a pound of yeast, bring 1 cup of water to the boil in a pot on low heat, put
in the yeast about 1/4 pound at a time and stir constantly, adding more yeast as it melts. After it is all melted, keep stirring a little longer until it puffs up and begins to
boil. Put it in a little Pyrex measuring pitcher, cover with foil and put it in the
refrigerator, where it will keep fine for a month or more if you don't foul it by
drinking out of it or dipping into it with a spoon.
   You can flavor it with honey, molasses, vanilla, or whatever you like. Pour yourself
a few spoonsful each day, so one person would use up the pound in three to four
weeks. You can take it straight from a spoon, or mix it into a beverage or food.
   Yeast contains the B vitamins, proteins, and various energy-giving factors still only
partially known to science. There is nothing else we have found which will pep you
up as fast as yeast, make you feel better, and keep you going strong. It reduces the
body's demand for blood flow, thereby reducing the work the heart has to do, letting it
tick along in an easy regular way. Many people think they have a bad heart, with an irregular skipping pulse and a fluttery full feeling in the upper chest, when all they
need is a little help from yeast. It seems to help people sleep better also.

28. THE USE OF LOCALIZED HEAT
   It is possible to speed up the atherosclerosis cleaning and healing process in certain
localized spots  by the use of heat. The value of hot water bottles, heating pads and
hot water soaking has been known for ages, but few know why it works or how to use
it properly: Nature has designed our bodies to use heat as a kind of alarm signal which calls upon our reserve forces to concentrate at whatever spot becomes warmer than
the rest of the body, so as to fight off infection, clean up foreign materials, and speed
the healing process. This is why the skin feels hot around a severe infection like a
boil.
   But we must remember that the secret of success is to put the heat on one spot at a
time,  and concentrate on that spot daily for weeks until the desired relief is obtained
there.  For instance, most people fail when the doctor tells them to soak their knee by
saying "I'll just get in a hot bath and soak all over." Sorry, it won't work, because the
effect is spread all over and is nullified. Along this line, it is obvious that if one is
using spot heat treatment a bath should not be taken within an hour or so before or
after, also that the bath water should be onl y slightly warm. In general very hot baths
are injurious because they upset the body's alarm signal system and wash too much
valuable oil out of the skin.
   In hot water treatment it is of no value to add epsom salt or anything else to the
water, as heat alone is what does the work. In the absence of special instructions from
the doctor, ordinarily the application of heat for fifteen to thirty minutes twice or three
times a day is enough if it is done regularly every day. Very long treatment periods
tend to cause exhaustion.
   There is always a possibility of causing bur ns in heat treatment, and it is a good plan
to keep one hand clear of the heat and feel the treated area once in a while to see if it
is getting too hot. Otherwise, you may get so used to the heat you do not realize you
are being burned. Persons with unclear minds should always have supervision when
heat is used, and special care taken with he ating pads around beds, due to fire danger.
Heat lamps are too dangerous to use.
   It is wise to adopt the fresh food diet for about two weeks before using heat for
arterial problems, to strengthen the body and lessen the danger of complications
arising.
   Massage and vibration of arteriosclerotic bodies is dangerous due to the likelihood
of causing blood clots to form or break loose, and also is of no benefit. Likewise
violent exertion, strenuous exercise, or excitement should be avoided. As Dr. Paul Dudley White has stressed, conservati ve regular exercise is beneficial.

29. EATING AND DRINKING HABITS
   If one drinks fluids when eating solid foods the digestive juices are diluted,
resulting in poor digestive action which impairs general health and leads to
indigestion, ulcers, colitis, and bowel problems. It is unnatural and harmful to drink any kind of fluid with solid food.
   One should not drink any beverage, even water, for about 1/2 hour before a meal,
during the meal, or for about 1 hour after a meal. At other times drink all the water or approved beverages desired. Be sure to dri nk plenty of water between meals, a good
plan being to drink a large glassful upon arising in the morning, and at least two more through the day.
   If one finds it hard to eat without drinking, mealtime beverages may be rationed
down a little at a time over a period of several days rather than quit all at once. The
jaws will quickly grow stronger and saliva glands will become more active, so that in
a few days one will enjoy eating solid food without a beverage. Food will taste better
and one will feel better very quickly.

30. MEAT EATING HABITS
   When eating meat do not eat the white gristle off the bones and do not eat the
fibrous streaks which lie around and between the sections of solid meat and fat,
because these parts often contain a great deal  of the hardened atherosclerosis material
from stale feeds which the animal was fed. In making soup or stew, these parts and the bones should be trimmed out before cooking, except in the case of wild game or
meat from animals which were fed very little stale grain or commercial feed.
   Fat can be very nourishing and healthful, but should only be eaten if it is normal
healthy fat. Good fat is slightly translucent, soft and springy, has a melting quality in
the mouth and a sweet delicious taste. Unfortunately commercial meat often has bad
fat, full of deteriorated hardened materials. It is opaque to light, hard and crumbly in
texture, has a chalky or plaster like appearance, does not melt in the mouth and
sometimes sticks to the mouth, and has a flat rancid taste.
   Meat gravy should be eaten if it is not thickened with flour or starch and if it comes
from fresh meat with reasonably good fat. If it tastes rancid, scorched, or feels sticky
and gummy in the mouth, don't eat it.

31. INDIGESTION, BOWEL PROBLEMS, AND ULCERS
   The fresh food diet and improved eating practices usually have a prompt helpful
effect on digestive troubles.
   Some fruits, vegetables, and nuts tend to have a laxative or even an allergic reaction
in some individuals. So if after a few trials it is found that a particular food causes a
bowel upset or stomach ache, that item should be avoided in the future, or try eating
less of it a time. Fruit often rides better on top of other food rather than on an empty
stomach.
   In any case do not tolerate loose bowels occurring over an extended period of time,
because this condition is very weakening. Seek help from your doctor. In general,
some people with sensitive or ulcerated stomachs cannot tolerate raw fruits and vegetables, so have to eat these items cooked.

32. WHERE THE HOUSEWIFE REIGNS SUPREME
   The wise housewife knows that she can exploit the world only through her husband
and children, that she will prosper and enjoy the good life mainly through their
earnings and achievements. She wields an awesome power for good or ill, for to a
large degree she has the choice of whether she will feed her family for fame and fortune or bring ruin upon them all with poor stale food. Starting early enough, she
can through improved food practices do much to obtain a happy prosperous life, to
enjoy a successful loving husband through a long lifetime, and to have strong
beautiful children who will be a joy to her.
   True beauty and charm come from eating high quality fresh foods, in a far more
bountiful way than from cosmetics and beauty treatments. It takes good food to grow
abundant richly colored shining hair and eyelashes, bring sparkle to the eyes and grace to the figure. Peace of mind and contentment also require proper food and many
a case of "nerves" is only the body telling us that it is poorly nourished. And it is
never too late to start, for we are all better than we realize, and you never know what


 They all read the b ook and loved it. Given how
everything else  in my life was being pulled toward the
abyss, it amazed me to se e these energies flow so
smoothly.
The Untethered Soul  was launched in September
2007. I bypassed the cus tomary promotional book
signing tour and declined all interviews. I knew it was an
author’s respon sibility to promote their book, especially
during the launch, so I infor med New Harbinger that I
would h andle the publicity by way of the Internet. Karen
and I devised a marketing strategy, and without leaving
the woo ds of Alachua, we poured time and money into
promoting the book. The resu lts were phenomenal. New
Harbinger’s first press run of The Untethered Soul  was
supposed to last a year—we ran out of books in just three
months. The book has continued to s ell very well on its
own after the launch, including internationally. In the
midst of that intensely dark p eriod, the book managed to
manifest, sprout wings, and soar off around the globe.
The feedback from everywhere was overwhelming. The
Untethered Soul  was fulfillin g its purpose—it was
helping people. In the midst of phenomenal darkness, it
was spreading light.3
3  Publisher’s note: In November 2012, The Untethered Soul  became a
number one New York Times  bestseller.5 4.
T h e  C o n s t i t u t i o n  a n d  t h e  B i l l  o f  R i g h t s
T he legal battle was definitely  getting more interesting.
Once w e had access to the dis closure materials, we could
prepare a defense. The first t hing Randy and the defense
team did was ask the judge to force the government to
cut the scope o f the materials down to size. They couldn’t
just hand us millions and millions of e-mail messages,
documents, and computer files, as well as years of
accounting entries, and then say somewhere in there is
what yo u did wrong. If we we re going to have a chance of
defending ourselves, the claim s of wrongdoing needed to
be m ore specific. In legal terms, this is called requesting
a “b ill of particulars.” The go vernment fought it, but the
judge issued an order forc ing prosecutors to specify
exactly which dealer acquisitions and which accounting
entries they were going to present at trial.
In all these yea rs of seeing the truth manipulated until
it became unrecognizable, th is was the first time I saw
that w e had some say i n the matter. The U.S.
Department of  Justice is one of the most powerful forces
in the world. But it is not all-powerful. The judge had the
right to  overru le the DOJ. I  reminded myself that this
was not the c ase in lots of other countries. If those
governments were convinced that you did something
wrong, it was pretty much over. As long as I had to go
through this ordeal, I wanted to learn all that I could
about o ur lega l system. I ask ed Randy what exactly gave
us t he right to  make this demand of the government. I
really l oved his answer—th e Constitution. The Sixth
Amendment sa ys, “The accused shall enjoy the right…to
be informed of the nature an d cause of the accusations.”Supreme Cou rt rulings through the years have
interpreted this right to mean that if the disclosure
materials presented to you are too broad in scope, you
have the right to demand a bill of particulars.
I didn’t  tell Randy at the time, but that moved me to
the core of my  being. For three years I had been sitting
quietly deep inside myself watching the powers that be
take Bobby’s lies and turn them into a seemingly
unstoppable force of destruction. Suddenly, I was
reminded that people I’d never met had possessed the
caring and foresight to make sure I had rights. If it was
going to be the United States  of America versus Michael
A. S inger, I ha d some very great people in my corner—
Thomas Jeffer son, George Mason, and James Madison,
to n ame just a  few. Over the next few years, it would
become painfu lly obvious to me that only a single piece
of paper stood between me  and the dark abyss. That
piece of paper was the U.S. Constitution.
I went back and read the Constitution, beginning to
end. From the perspective of my predicament, it was so
evident that the Founding Fathers were not only creating
a go vernment,  they were pro tecting the people from it. I
had always known this intellectually, but now it was
personal, very personal. This was not a civics course—it
was my life. Un der these circumstances the Constitution
really came alive for me.
Throughout 2007, the joint defense group worked on
finding all relevant documen ts regarding the items the
government ha d listed on th e bill of particulars. I went
up to Washington a few da ys each month for review
meetings and also had regular conference calls with the
legal team at Baker Botts. Ra ndy was present for almost
all t he meetings, and his par tner, Casey Cooper, and the
associate attor neys handled  much of the day-to-day
work.
Each associate  had been assigned a share of the dealer
acquisitions to thoroughly reconstruct, and we wouldreview each of these transactions in painstaking detail. It
was like having a jackhamm er taken to my ego. I had
built an d run a beautiful company. We had a great
product, great employees, and great clients, and we had
been very successful. But underneath the dealer
acquisition program, there was filth. It was like looking
into a cessp ool. Bobby had been stealing, lying,
manipulating, and controlling everything in his world—
including me and the rest of  the executives. It took my
breath away to see what he h ad done. Behind it all was
the realization that these meetings were not about what
Bobby had done; they were about the fact that he had
managed to find a way to make us criminally responsible
for what he had done. It was like being in the Twilight
Zone.  All I could do was keep letting go at the deepest
possible level. My mantra was: This Is Reality—Deal with
It. I just took the attitude that on my journey through
life, I was now  part of this excellent legal team that had
been pulled together to defen d this poor sap, Singer, who
had bee n framed by the evil  villain. I took a breath, let
go, and contributed positively to the topic being
discussed.
We we re definitely maki ng headway. We had
discovered that the disk drive the government gave us
that held data from people’s personal computer files had
been indexed improperly by the FBI. For some reason
the agents had only index ed the files by the short
description header they had assigned to each file. The
contents of the files had not been indexed for search
purposes. This severely limited the search results of this
important sou rce of data. The defense team had a full
indexing done, and we were finding lots of interesting
historical documents. We found early drafts of
documents and letters that directly contradicted some of
the lie s Bobby had told. Little by little we were
unraveling the convoluted mess he had created.Judge Blatt was our judge, an d Randy was doing really
well with him. We were having regular pretrial hearings,
and Judge Blatt was approving many, but not all, of our
motions. Rand y found him to be very fair in his rulings
and felt that t he judge was beginning to get a sense of
how far  the government had stretched its case. It had
been m ore than four years since the raid, and things
were finally beginning to look up. I couldn’t have felt
more confiden t in Randy as my lead attorney and as the
leading figure in the joint defense group.
Things began to unravel in 2008. Randy informed me
on February 7 that he had gon e in for a checkup, and
they had found a tumor. I t was cancerous and they
wanted to operate immediately. They ripped open his
chest and cut out the tumor.  In the midst of the battle,
the general was down.
It only took three or four weeks for Randy to be back
on his feet lead ing the charge. But there was a lingering
issue. T he doctors said there was a good chance that the
tumor could return, and he should consider
chemotherapy. He decided to wait and see, hoping for
the best. In the meantime, it was back to work. That was
a good thing because the government had been
petitioning the  judge to finally set a trial date. We had
been te lling the  judge that du e to the sheer volume of the
disclosure materials, we were nowhere near ready. But in
June 2008 the judge gave us  our trial date—February 2,
2009, just seven months away. We had so much work
left to do;