no more than three) boiled, scrambled, poached, any way you like except fried. Oil is not necessary for scrambling. Keep the heat low and tumble them continuously with a spatula to keep from
browning. Your choice of any FRESH meat, poultry, or seafood. Not cured meat or sausage or imitation meat. Try
some pork chops, or other cuts of fresh pork or beef cut thin so they will cook fast. Don't let them
brown, see cooking section page 35-38. STARCH COURSE
Potatoes, cooked any way you like except fried or browned. Can be quickly cooked if sliced, even
quicker and better if parboiled previously. See be low and pages 35-38. Eaten with butter and salt,
potatoes are a treat. BEVERAGE
Try not to drink much fluid with meals, not even s oup. Have your beverage earlier or later. See below. LUNCH OR DINNER MENU
MEAT COURSE:
Your choice of any FRESH meat, poultry, or seafood, cooked any way you like as long as it is not
ground up, fried, or browned. Vapor  cooking per pages 35-38 is the best and easiest. Pork chops, steak,
stew meat, small roasts, chicken, veal, turkey, fish, shrimp, oysters, crabs, clams. No imitation meat, no
cured meat, no ham, no bacon, no sausage. VEGETABLES:
Your choice of at least two or more vegetables, at least one being a green or leafy kind like turnip
greens, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, etc. Either cooked or raw. Potatoes, any kind, cooked any way but fried. If you vapor cook, you can fix all of this in th e same bowl. Try cauliflower, zucchini, celery, etc. SALAD:
Your choice of the usual salad items such as lettu ce, red leaf lettuce, raw carrots, celery, tomato,
cabbage, red cabbage, avocado, melon. Go slow on such things as green peppers and onions, unless
you have a strong stomach. If desired, season with salt and pepper, vinegar, and virgin olive oil. Caution: Don't fine-chop, shred or grate. Red leaf lettuce is more digestible than white, if you have a
weak stomach. DESSERT:
Your choice of fruit, raw carrots, celery sticks, etc. Fruit salad with apple, celery, grapes, carrots,
raisins, melon, etc. is very good if freshly ma de. Less good for you, but permissible are occasional
small servings of ice cream, jam, jelly, custard, pie filling with no crust, etc. (No lemon or lime) If you
are diabetic, if you have sores or rash that don't heal, stay away from sweets containing manufactured sugar. BEVERAGE:
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Q: What are some important guidelines for cooking and food preparation?,
A: The text advises against overcooking, browning, and frying, and recommends vapor cooking and steaming instead. It also emphasizes the importance of not diluting digestive juices with fluid during meals.
Q: What are some potential causes of cancer?,
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Q: What is the recommended beverage choice?,
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through booklet sales alone, we have now deci ded to ask for contributions. Those who
contribute will be notified by letter as soon as the complete findings are published. Magnolia Laboratory is the only self-supported independent lab in the world doing
experimental feeding trials on choked arte ries. We are finding and teaching the real
truth in the best interest of the people them selves, free of any selfish influence or bias
from the drug and food industries, professiona l groups, and other vested interests who
are making a profit out of the people's fear and misery. Finding the better way, the
self-help way to a happier and more productive life for everyone, is what Magnolia
Laboratory is for. By your contribution you can work to help light a bright path
through the darkness of this awful mystery, so that in years to come perhaps you and yours may eat almost anything you please without suffering the consequences. Every
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such broad-scale public benefits will re quire greater support than can be obtained
through booklet sales alone, we have now deci ded to ask for contributions. Those who
contribute will be notified by letter as soon as the complete findings are published. Magnolia Laboratory is the only self-supported independent lab in the world doing
experimental feeding trials on choked arte ries. We are finding and teaching the real
truth in the best interest of the people them selves, free of any selfish influence or bias
from the drug and food industries, professiona l groups, and other vested interests who
are making a profit out of the people's fear and misery. Finding the better way, the
self-help way to a happier and more productive life for everyone, is what Magnolia
Laboratory is for. By your contribution you can work to help light a bright path
through the darkness of this awful mystery, so that in years to come perhaps you and yours may eat almost anything you please without suffering the consequences. Every
dollar counts. You can make a difference, you can make it happen sooner. Chip in
now and help us find the way for you to have a better life. Section summary:

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To address its large scope goals requiring additional resources,
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aiming solely toward benefiting society rather then corporate gains

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Since relying heavily on bookstore proceeds won't suffice, sponsors must contribute extra finances. to reach ambitious targets efficiently. Subscribing donorswill get exclusive notifications when comprehensive reports become availableby post. To remain impartial despite worldwide independence,Magnolian conducts experiments freely removed industry pressuresand serves humanity insteadof serving private gain. The ultimate goal involves freeing consumers from diet restrictions imposed because they’re not informed enoughor worse yet,fear-driven choices. Donor participation helps accelerate progress. Feedback welcome

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Q: What is Magnolia Laboratory's goal in conducting experimental feeding trials?,
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Q: Who is Magnolia Laboratory independent from?,
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the brain? Many people still think that the nerves work electrically,
like a telegraph system, because until ﬁfteen years ago,
that is what medical texts contended. However, in the
1970s, a series of impor tant discoveries began, centering
on a new class of minute chemicals called
neurotransmitters. As their name implies, these chemicals
transmit nerve impulses; they act in our bodies as
“communicator molecule s,” whereby the neuron s of the
brain can talk to the rest of the body. Neurotransmitters are the runners that race to and from
the brain, telling every organ inside us of our emotions,
desires, memories, intuitions, and dreams. None of these
events are conﬁned to the brain alone. Likewise, none of
them are strictly mental, since they can be coded into
chemical messages. Neurotransmitters touch the life of
every cell. Wherever a thought wants to go, these
chemicals must go too, and without them, no thoughts can
exist. To think is to practice brain chemistry, promoting a
cascade of responses throughout the body. We have alreadyseen that intelligence, as know-how, pervades the
physiology—now it has acquired a material basis. That gives away the plot of this chapter, but with none of
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        He did not even suspect that it was cancerous,
and since he was in his sixties, the lesion was growing
quite slowly. However, as soon as I told him that the lesion
was consistent with a diagnosis of lung cancer, he became
terribly agitated. Within a month he started to cough up
blood; within  three, he was dead. If his state of mind
contributed to this untoward haste, it apparently acted
quickly. This patient could live with his tumor, but he
couldn’t live with the diagnosis. Even more basic is this question: Is the “mind” that a
doctor is interested in the patient’s overall personality, his
subconscious, his attitudes, his deepest beliefs, or
something not yet understood and deﬁned by psychology. It may be that the releva nt aspect of the mind involved in
getting sick or getting well is not even speciﬁcally human. An Ohio University study of heart disease in the 1970s
was conducted by feeding quite toxic, high-cholesterol diets
to rabbits in order to block their arteries, duplic ating the
eﬀect that such a diet has on human arteries. Consistent
results began to appear in all the rabbit groups except for
one, which strangely displayed 60 percent fewer symptoms. Nothing in the rabbits’ physiology could account for their
high tolerance to the diet, until it was discovered by
accident that the studen t who was in charge of feeding
these particular rabbits liked to fondle and pet them. He
would hold each rabbit lovingly for a few minutes before
feeding it; astonishingly, this alone seemed to enable the
animals to overcome the toxic diet. Repeat experiments, in
which one group of rabbi ts was treated neutrally while the
others were loved, came up with similar results. Once
again, the mechanism that causes such immunity is quite
unknown—it is baﬄing to think that evolution has built intothe rabbit mind an immune response that needs to be
triggered by human cuddling. There is even a possibility, many doctors would contend,
that the mind is a ﬁction, medically speaking. When we
think that it is sick, what is really sick is the brain. By this
logic, the classical mental disorders—depression,
schizophrenia, and psychosis—are actually brain disorders. This logic has obvious inadequacies: it is like saying that
car wrecks should be blamed on automobiles. But the
brain, being  a physical organ that can be weig hed and
dissected, makes medicine feel more secure than does the
mind, which has proved impossible to deﬁne after many
centuries of introspection and analysis. Doctors are quite
happy not to be called upon as philosophers. The ability of today’s psychotropic, or mind-inﬂuencing,
drugs to relieve the major symptoms of mental illness, such
as depression, mania, anxiety, and hallucinations, is much
greater than any treatment available in the past. Chemical
psychiatry is likely to vie with its exact opposite, mind-body
medicine, as the medical revolution of our time. It has hard
clinical results to back it up, including numerous
indications that chemical imbalances in the brain are
directly linked to mental illness. Nothing could appear to be more all-encompassing than
the fullblown madness of a chronic schizophre nic, who
suﬀers from hallucinatory visions and inner voices,
distorted thinking, and often complete physical and mental
disorientation. To ask a schizophrenic what day it is can
throw him into bewilderment and shivering terror. However, the structural diﬀerence between this state of
mind and sanity may be traceable to one minute
biochemical called dopamine, which is secreted by the
brain. The dopamine connection, known for two decades,
held that schizophrenics overproduce this chemical, which
plays an important role in processing both emotions andperceptions—a hallucinat ion would thus be a perception of
the outside world that has gotten scrambled in the brain’s
chemical coding. This hypothesis was further simpliﬁed in 1984 when a
psychiatrist at the University of Iowa, Dr. Raﬁq Waziri,
reviewed what was known about the brain chemistry of
schizophrenics and narrowed the defect down to an even
smaller molecule called serine, a common amino acid found
in most protein foods. Serine is thought to be an early link
in the manufacture of dopamine. Unable to metabolize
serine corre ctly, the brains of schizophrenics apparently
overproduce dopamine to oﬀset the lack—the exact process
is still unknown. Could it be that full-blown schizophrenia,
considered the most bizarre and complex of mental
disorders, depends on how well you digest your food. Earlier ﬁndings at M. I. T. have already shown that the
brain’s basic chemistry is so variable that it can be
modiﬁed by a single meal. Dr. Waziri bolstered support for his theory by taking a
group of long-term schizophrenics and feeding them a
dietary supplement of glycine, a chemical that serine is
supposed to build as part of the dopamine mechanism. Perhaps the extra glycine would bypass the serine defect,
Waziri reasoned, and bring dopamine back into balance. In
the trial group, a few schizophrenics responded quite
dramatically—they were  able to stop their medications
without having any psych otic episodes. For the ﬁrst time in
years, their thinking was free from both their disease and
the mind-numbing drugs used to treat it. A dieta ry approach to mental illness would be far more
benign than current therapies. The possibility of ﬁnding
more dietary  links is also tantalizing. At least one best-
selling diet book has jumped the gun by listing “happy
foods” and “sad foods,” on the theory that the amino acids
in these foods go directly to the brain and are made intochemicals that produce either positive or negative moods. Milk, chicken, bananas, and leafy greens are among the
happy foods, because they stimulate dopamine and two
other “positive” brain chemicals. Sugary and fatty foods, on
the other hand, are typically sad foods, because they
stimulate acetylcholine, a “negative” chemical. Critics say,
quite justiﬁably, that brain chemicals are not so simple—
can a schizophrenic’s high dopamine levels be considered
positive. Nor does it seem that changing the intake of
amino acids  leads directly to more of a desir ed brain
chemical, just as the amount of cholesterol in your diet
does not directly correlate with the amount in your blood. If you can eat your way to sanity, or even a better mood,
then the basic issues in mind-body medicine become even
more confused. Can you trust the mind to cure arthritis and
at the same time hold that eating chocolate will make you
depressed. This would imply a self-contradiction, that mind
is dominant over matter except when matter is dominant
over mind. In the current atmosphere of ambiguous
ﬁndings, the two opposite positions—treat the body
through the mind, treat the mind through the body—are
equally up in the air. None of the confusion has been adequately clariﬁed, and
as a result, the subjecti ve world of the mind remains a
treacherous force, capricious in its ability to heal, equally
capricious in its ability to bring illness. Many doctors,
because of their materialistic bias, would be thrilled to
conclude that chemicals must be the answer to all our
mental and physical mysteries. I don’t think they can be. In my specialty of
endocrinology, some of the ﬁrst chemicals that aﬀect the
mind, the endocrine hormones, were discovered. Every day
I see patients who display mental symptoms that are
traceable to defects in their hormonal balance—the
distorted thinking of a diabetic going into a low-blood-sugar


changing. Getting the ﬂu, therefore, is like getting a news update. Your own DNA learns about alterations in the world’s DNAthat are challenging it, and your DNA then meets the
challenge, not passively but actively. It must prove its
viability by surviving the virus. The immune system rushes
to meet the invader, and they engage in battle, molecule
against molecule. The whole operation is timed to the split
second and leaves no room for error. The macrophages
rush to discover the identity of this new life form, probe it
for vital weaknesses, and then mobilize the genetic
material in their own DNA that will collapse the molecules
of the virus, rendering them harmless. At the same time, the immune cells also destroy  any of
your own cells that have played host to the invader. These
infected host cells have not yet died from the ﬂu. They are
engorged with living viruses that pose a threat after the
immune cells have wiped out all the ﬂu that is gushing
through the bloodstream. To kill an infected host cell,
certain immune cells (killer T-cells) latch onto it from the
outside and puncture holes in the cell wall. Like a deﬂating
tire, the host cell spills out its liquid content, collapses into
an empty bag, and dies. But the host cell is not just eliminated; its DNA is actually
dismantled by other signals from the attacking  immune
cells. This is an absolutely fascinating aspect of the whole
process. What is really happening is that one bit of your
DNA (the immune cell) is dismantling another bit of your
DNA (the host cell), which in fact is just a copy of itself! The only diﬀerence betw een the two is that the second bit
of DNA, in the host cell, has made the mistake of
cooperating with the ﬂu virus. No one knows why this
occurs. As we saw in the last chapter, our cells
mysteriously allow themselves to be killed from within
when viruses attack them. Physically, the virus is no match
for the cell, being thousands of times smaller and less
complex—as one medical writer put it, it is as if abasketball came through the window of a skyscraper and
the whole building fell down. You would think that such mistakes show the
imperfection of the body’s intelligence, but that is too
superﬁcial. What is actually happening here is an exquisite
example of quantum healing at work; in fact, the idea that a
war is going on is just another half-truth, for when one bit
of DNA dismantles another, we are witnessing a totally self-
enclosed process. Every part of a disease reaction, from the
scavenger cells that ﬁrst meet the invader, to the host cells
that take it in, to the macrophages, killer T-cells, helper T-
cells, B-cells, and so on, are all the same DNA expressing
its various abilities. In other words, the DNA has decided to
stage for its own beneﬁt a drama in which every part is
played by itself. Why should DNA put on one mask to succumb to the ﬂu
virus and another to rush in and destroy it? No one has
answered this profound question, but it must have its logic
in the whole scheme of life, the larger drama enacted by all
the DNA in the world. I can make a speculation that we are
watching DNA enrich life by adding as many variations as
can possibly exist on one planet. Nothing that happens to DNA is lost; it all stays within
the self-enclosed system. Once the ﬂu virus is defeated, the
DNA records  the encounter by producing new antibodies
and specialized “memory cells” that ﬂoat around in the
lymph system  and bloodstream for years afterward, adding
to the immense storehouse of information that DNA has
been accum ulating since life began. This is how DNA
makes you a player on the world scene. If I look out my window, I can see a multilane highway
with cars rushing by. Occasionally a jet ﬂies over, sending a
ﬂock of birds twittering into the sky. Gulls circle overhead,
thirty miles inland from  the sea, and in the air is the
distinct smell of the ocean, rich with marine life. All of thisspectacle, including me, is the play of DNA. It has been
projected from a molecule whose responsibility is to unfold
new life without ever compromising life as a whole. Someone once estimated that all the separate DNA of every
person who has ever lived would ﬁt comforta bly in a
teaspoon, and yet if the tightly wound DNA in even a single
cell nucleus of your body  were uncoiled and the pieces laid
end to end, they would stretch out to ﬁve feet. This means
that the genetic thread contained in the body’s 50 trillion
cells is 50 billion miles long—enough to reach the moon
and back 100,000 times. The Veda says that the universe’s
intelligence extends “from smaller than the smallest to
larger than the largest,” and DNA is the physical proof of it. Therefore, it must be wrong to think that conﬂict is the
norm. In general, a state of peace exists between your DNA
and the other DNA “out there.” For every time that you
actually have to ﬁght oﬀ a disease by getting sick, there are
dozens, if not hundreds, of times when your body has
warded oﬀ sickness without any overt symptom. It is only
when there is a distortion “in here” that the immune
system loses its ability to silently defend, heal, and
remember. We tend to forget that peace is the norm. Psychiatrists
and sociolog ists take it as a given that modern man is
deeply divided in his psyche. The rise of stress-related
disorders, depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, and “the
disease of being in a hurry” is a sign of the times. The
hectic pace of work, and life in general, has accustomed us
to turmoil. By now, peop le are thoroughly indoctrinated by
the idea that a certain degree of internal conﬂict is normal. The war, it seems, was started by us, and it is taking its toll
in a frighteningly ordinary way. —All of this is what I wish I could have expressed to Chitra,
the young woman with breast cancer whose story opened
this book. She was fortunate enough to receive a cure that
seemed miraculous, but as I was writing these chapters,
her case became very diﬀerent. The cancer cells had been
defeated but not their memory. Because Chitra remained
extremely anxious about having her cancer recur, she and I
agreed that conventiona l therapy should continu e. At the
same time, she promised to keep up her meditatio n and the
bliss techniq ue I had taught her. I heard nothing for a
month, then she called with bad news: her doctors had
detected a dozen small shadows in her CAT scan that they
interpreted as brain cancer. In a state of extreme fear, she
began an intensive course of radiation, this time
accompanied by experimental chemotherapy. Weakened by the earlier bout with breast cancer, Chitra
endured severe side eﬀects, including depression. She
stopped meditating and no longer returned for Ayurvedic
treatment. Her platelet count dropped severely—platelets
are blood cells critical in the clotting process—which meant
that it was too dangerous to continue the chemotherapy. Chitra’s doctors determined that her bone marrow was
producing antibodies that attacked her own platelets
(probably in reaction to the many transfusions she had
received). They considered a bone marrow transplant, but
tried ﬁrst to exchange the blood plasma. During the
procedure, she had a seizure and soon developed severe
anemia and various infections. At this point Chitra’s case was turning into a mounting
disaster. She refused a blood trans fusion, being horriﬁed at
the thought of getting AIDS. Because of her agitation, she
had to be placed on an intravenous drip of morp hine and
Valium. Her awareness became duller and duller, and she
slipped into a coma, probably induced by shock, followed
by the onset of pneum onia. The doctors informed herhusband that she would probably not recover, and a day
later, without regaining consciousness, Chitra died. She
was the victim not of her cancer but of her treatm ent, and I
cannot help but think death from cancer would perhaps
have been more humane. The passing of this beautifully innocent and devoted
young woman came as a great blow. Although I had no
consolation to oﬀer, I immediately called Raman, her
husband, who was completely shattered. For months we
had both watched Chitra pass into the light of life and back
into the shadow of death, sharing extremes of joy and
despair. Sincere eﬀorts had been made to save her, yet I
cannot expel the bitter taste that comes from knowing, as
all doctors know, the barbarity of our current approach to
cancer. Every day, a physician in practice sees patients who have
undergone some devast ating cancer treatment


 t est tube or observed through a microscope. They ca nnot be examined in the traditional objective sense. Ideas can only
be e xperienced subjectively. Ac cording to A yurveda, the body is a field of
information and  ener gy that we experience objectively, and the mind is the
same fie ld of information and en er gy that we experience subjectively. There
is a correlation between subjec tivity and objectivity. Wherever a thought
goes, a molecule goes. Spiritual traditions say that the word was made into flesh. In reality, the
word an d the flesh are the same thing, much as physics tells us that particles
and wav es are the same thing. The body is a collection of pa rticles. The
mind is  a collection of wave s. They are the same thing experienceddif ferently, dep ending on your method of observation—o bjective or
subjective. Many studies have confirmed that biological age correlates better with
psychological ag e than chronological age. If you are young at heart, your
biological marke rs are likely to reflect a young heart, literally. When your
heart is being attacked through hostility or lack of love, you m ight indeed
suf fer a heart attack. It th erefore becomes important to understand what creates a  youthful
mind, be cause a  youthful mind is likely to translate into a you thful body. All the factors we have discussed in the preceding chapters are, of course,
very imp ortant. However, if your mind is old, your body will re flect it even
if you practice everything that we have suggested so far in th is book. A
youthful mind is a mind that is constantly growing. As a popular saying
goes, “People don’ t grow old. When they stop growing, they become old. ”
Neuroscientists are learning that the brain is an extraordinarily dynamic
or gan th at is continuously reshap ing itself. The cortex of the brain, which is
less than  one-qu arter of an inch  thick and covers only 350 square inches,
contains over 20 billion neurons. Each of these brain cells has over 10,000
connections with other nerve cells throughout the brain. These connections
are under going constant transformation. The electrical, ma gnetic, and
chemical fields of your brain are in perpetual flux, reflecting your moment-
to-moment changing experiences. Even the anatomy of your brain  is being resculpted. Microscopic tendrils
connecting one neuron with ano ther are extending and retracting. The cells
themselves are coming and go ing. The long-standing belief that adults
never ge nerate new brain cells h as been overturned. Recently, researchers at
Princeton University have foun d evidence that thousands of fresh brain
cells are born every day. Y our experience s are ever changing. All experiences take place in the
mind, w hich is notoriously nonstationary. The brain reflects this pliability. Attend to keeping your mind fresh and youthful, and you will keep your
brain and your body fresh and youthful. The body is a field of information and ener gy
that we experience objectively;
the mind is the same field of information and ener gy
that we experience subjectively. A Y outhful Mind
A youth ful mind is dynamic, vib rant, and curious. This is what we all desire
—an ale rt vibra nt mind along w ith strong physical vitality. As a result of
your com mitment to the other s teps in this program, you have set the stage
for this ideal st ate. Y ou have c hanged your perceptions and expectations
about aging. Y ou are taking time on a daily basis to quiet your mind through
meditation. Y ou are lovingly nurturing your body with healthy food,
nutritional complements, mind/body integration techniques, and balanced
exercise. Y ou are eliminating toxins from your body, mind, an d soul. Y ou
are culti vating flexibility and creativity in your consciousness, and you are
making love the most important thing in your life. W ith all thes e other key
components in place, it is essential that you keep your mind active and
expanding so you can enjoy the  fruits of the life-af firming choices you’ve
made and the life wisdom you have accumulated. A y outhful mind has many vital qualities. It is enthusias tic, it is
spontaneous, it is fluid, and it is  adaptable. Observe a child at ease and you
will see all the qualities of a youthful mind in action. Y ou have a youthful
mind within you now. Y ou simply need to allow its expression. ENTHUSIASMA yo uthful mind is an enthusiastic mind. The word enthusiasm comes from
the Greek word entheos, meaning “filled with the divine. ” A mind that is
infused with the creative intellig ence of the cosmos is a youthful mind. It is
overflowing wit h ener gy. The universe is born anew every moment, and a
mind th at resonates with this ener gy sees the world with the wide-eyed
enthusiasm of a child. Follow the advice of Lord Shiva who enc ourages you
to “s tep out of the river of memory and conditioning and see the  world as if
for the first time. ”
A youth ful mind is a beginner ’ s mind. It is enthusiastic about e verything
—a butterfly, a rainbow, the stars at night, a cottontail rabbit, a new book, a
fragrant rose, a fresh strawberr y. Stay alert to the amazing display that is
taking p lace around you. Pay a ttention to the remarkable dance of nature
that is ever fresh and new. Ene r gized alertness is the basis of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm reverses aging. SPONT ANEITY
A youth ful mind is spontaneous. It is unpredictable. It has not been
conditioned. A youthful mind is awake to all possibilities and is not
inhibited by established norms. A youthful mind relinquishes the need to
narrowly define itself. A youthful mind tolerates ambiguity, which gives
rise to spontaneity. Y ou hav e sponta neous impulses  inside of you right now. Close your eyes
and feel  the exuberance of spontaneity that wants to manifest. Right now, as
you are reading this book, do something spontaneous. Find the impulse
within you and nourish it with your attention. Here are some suggestions:
Kiss your spouse
Start dancing
Call your motherStart singing
T ake of f your clothes
Read a poem
Draw a picture
Be s pontaneous. It is not possib le to “practice” spontaneity, but you can
be a lert to nurtur ing the spontaneous impulses that are bubbling up inside of
you. Spontaneity is a quality of a youthful mind. FLUIDITY AND ADAPT ABILITY
A youth ful mind  is fluid and adaptable. It does not allow itself to be trapped
by b oundaries that overshadow the unity of all things. It natura lly sees the
interrelatedness of life, and therefore is able to flow with changing
situations and circumstances wi thout resistance. A youthful mind does not
get stuck in fine distinctions. Be a daptable. Don’ t allow you rself to get trapped into viewi ng things
from a narrow, limited perspective. Practice seeing the big picture. A void
letting boundari es overshadow your unity. Look for the interrelatedness of
all things in life. YOUR QUANTUM MIND
At th e le vel of quantum reality,  the universe is not made up of things. It is
comprised of oscillating fields of ener gy. The quantum domain is
spontaneous. It is inherently unpredictable, resisting all ef forts to define it
precisely. In the quantum domain, everything is interrelated. Any
perturbation in the field influences everything else in the field. The quantum realm has unlimited ener gy, unlimited unpredictability, and
unlimited interconnectedness. Another way of saying this is that the
quantum realm is enthusiastic, spontaneous, and fluid. These are the
qualities of the cosmic mind that every moment gives rise  to a fresh
universe. These are the qualities of a youthful mind that every moment
gives rise to a new body. Heightening Y our Level of Sensory A wareness
A youthful mind is alert to the rich inner and outer sensations  of life. An
aged mind is dull and oblivious to the sensory delights that are available
internally and externally. Y ou can create a youthful, exubera nt mind by
heightening you r state of sensory awareness. A waken to the rich  sensations
inside and outside of you. Enliven your imagination. A youthful mind is
tuned in to the multidimensional, multisensory universe we inhabit. NOURISHING YOUR BODY/MIND THROUGH THE FIVE
SENSES
Pay attention to your environment. Feed your senses delectable, interesting,
awe-inspiring impulses. A youthful mind is nourished through the
exploration of new domains. See your environment with fresh eyes. Don’ t
take your world for granted. Listen to beautiful, interesting, dif ferent music from around the world. Listen to the sounds of nature—birds singing, the wind blowing
through the leaves, rain beating on your roof, ocean waves crashing
against the shore. Feel the texture of things. Dig your hands into the earth. Stroke your
pet. Caress your loved ones. Feel a sculpture. Rub your hands along a
tree’ s bark


 yourself o from the state of
feeling and knowing, of experiencing and perceiving life as it really
is. This descriptio n is, of course, extremely limited, for words cannot
convey the experience. What you can do at this very moment to
gain an inkling of the reality is to pray to be able to perceive a taste
of it. Open your inner faculties, your higher self, to an
understanding on the deepest level, my friends. The Eternal, Divine Laws
God’s love is not only personal in God-manifest within the human
soul, but also in the divine laws, in the being of the laws. The
apparently impersonal love in the laws that are—understand what is
implied in the words “that are”—shows clearly in the fact that they
are made in such a way as to lead you ultimately into light and
bliss, no matter how much you deviate from them. The more you
deviate from them, the more you approach them by the misery that
the deviation inicts. This misery will cause you to turn around at
one point or another. Some sooner, some later, but all must nally
come to the point where they realize that they themselves determine
their misery or bliss. This is the love in the law—this is the “Plan of
Salvation.” Deviation from the law is the very medicine to cure the
pain caused by the deviation  and therefore it brings you closer to
the goal: union with God. God lets you deviate from the universal laws if you so wish. You
are made in God’s likeness, meaning that you are completely free to
choose. You are not forced to live in bliss and light, though you can
if you wish. All this expresses the love of God. When you have diculty in understanding the justice of the
universe and the self-respons ibility in your own life, do not think ofGod as “He” or “She.” Rather think of God as the Great Creative
Power at your disposal. It is not God who is unjust; the injustice is
caused by the wrong use of the powerful current at your disposal. If
you start from this premise and meditate on it, and if from now on
you seek to nd where and how you have ignorantly abused the
power current in you, God will answer you. This I can promise. If you nd the cause and eect in your life, you have no idea what
this discovery will mean to you. The greater the resistance to it at rst,
the greater the victory. You have no inkling how free it will make
you, how safe and secure. You will understand the marvel of the
creation of these laws that let you, with the power current  of life, do
as you please in creating your own life. This will give you
condence and the deep, absolute knowledge that you have nothing
to fear. The universe is a whole of which humanity is an organic part. To
experience God is to realize oneself as an integral part of this
oneness. Yet in their present inner state of development, most
human beings can only experience God under the dual aspects of
spontaneously active consciousness and automatic law. In actuality
these two aspects form an interacting unity. The aspect of spontaneous consciousness is the active principle,
which in human terms is called the masculine aspect. It is the life
force which creates; it is potent energy. This life force permeates the
entire creation  and all creatures. It can be used by all conscious
living beings. The aspect of automatic law is the passive, receptive principle, the
life substance or feminine aspect, which the creative principle
molds, forms, and plays upon. These two aspects, together, are
necessary to create anything. They are the conditions of creation
and are present in every form of creation, whether it be a galaxy or
a simple gadget. When speaking of God, it is important to understand that all
divine aspects are duplicated in the human being, who lives and
whose being rests upon the same conditions, principles, and laws as
those pertainin g to Cosmic Intelligence. They are both the same inessence, diere ntiated only by degree. Self-realization, then, means
activating the maximum potential of God in oneself. God Is in You and Creates Through You
God, as deliberate, spontane ous, directing intelligence, does not
did for you but through  you, being in you. It is very important that
you understand this subtle, but decisive, dierence. When you have
an erroneous approach to God in this respect, you vaguely expect
God to act for you, and you resent the inevitable disappointments;
hence you conclude that there is no Creator. If one could contact an
outer deity, one could logically expect it to act for one. But waiting
for responses outside the self means focusing into the wrong
direction. When you contact God within the self, respo nses must
come and, what is more, you will notice and understand them. Such
manifestations of God’s presence within the self demonstrate God’s
personal aspect. They demonstrate active, deliberate, directing
intelligence, forever changing and fresh, adapted in innite wisdom
to any situation. They expres s the Spirit of God manifestin g through
the spirit of the human being. When you discover yourself and, consequently, the role you play
in creating your fate, you truly come into your own. You are no
longer driven but are master of your life. No longer bound by forces
you do not understand, you can deliberately use these powers in the
most construct ive way, express more of the best of you, expand to
ever greater potentials, add more to life, and therefore derive more
from it. You must discover this power and the freedom to master your life
by yourself. If life forced you into your true birthright in order to
save you from suering, you would never be a free creature. The
very meaning of freedom implies that no force or constraint can be
used, not even for good or desirable results. Not even the greatest of
all discoveries  on the road of your evolution would have any
meaning if you were compelled to experience it. The choice to turn
in the direction  that will nally yield true freedom and power mustbe left to each individual. Self-discovery—rst on the mundane, so-
called psychological level—when followed through, must lead to the
realization that you are master over the universe to the exact degree
that you master yourself. This self-mastery depends on a thorough
knowledge of yourself and on the depth and width of the concepts
your mind is capable of embracing. Since you are created in the image of God, you, too, must create. You constantly do so, whether you know it or not. You create your
life, your fate, your experiences. Every thought, every reaction,
every emotion, every response, every intent, every action, every
opinion, every motivation is a creative process. When one is torn in
contradictions and conicts between mutually exclusive
motivations, when one uctuates between automatic blind reexes
and deliberate action, the result of all this is one’s own creation. Ideas, intent, thoughts, will, feelings, attitudes as expressed by
conscious beings are the greatest forces in the universe. This means
that the power of spirit is superior to all other energies. If this
power is understood and used according to its inherent law, it
supersedes all other manifest ations of power. No physical power can
be as strong as the power of the spirit. Since the human being is
spirit and intelligence, he or she is inherently capable of directing
all automatic, blind law. It is through this capacity that God is truly
experienced. When you deliberately contact and request your higher self,
which contains all divine aspects, for guidance and inspiration, and
when you experience the result of this inner act, you will know that
God is present within you. So, my dearest friends, nd out what
distorted image you have of God that stands in the way of your God-
experience as the total, blissful cosmic feeling it is in reality. Make
yourself open to it. May the words I am giving you bring light into
your soul, into your life. Let them ll your heart. Let them be an
instrument to liberate you from illusions. I bless each one of you,
individually and as a whole. God’s world is a wonderful world and
there is only reason to rejoice  on whatever plane you live, whatever
illusions or hardships you temporarily endure. Let them be amedicine for you, and grow strong and happy with whatever comes
your way. Be blessed. Be in peace. Be in God! OceanofPDF.com5
Unity and Duality
We live on a plane of duality. All our experiences are ltered
through a dualistic consciousness. The dualistic state is painful,
because we are uctuating between opposing alternatives; we
perceive life as a series of events which we call good or bad. The
most threatening of dualities is that between life and death. Yet we
know that a higher consciousness exists on a unied plane and that
to be in contact  with it is blissful. We strive toward unication, but
how can we attain it without denying parts of our present being? This lecture explains our dualistic condition and shows how we
can transform those parts in ourselves which prohibit


 circulation,
encourage sweating to draw out unwanted toxins, cleanse internally
and on the body’ s surface, and leave skin soft and glowing. In a spa, a polish or scrub may precede a wrap: as skin has been
freshly exfoliated, it is in an optimum condition to receive  the
properties of the wrap. W e outline some innovate wrap solutions:
Ancient Indian Body Mask
Ananda spa, high in the mou ntains above the ashram town of
Rishikesh, utili zes its natural pollutant-free environment with
ingredients close to hand in th is deeply cleansing ritual. First a
combination of herbal roots wi th pure Himalayan spring water is
applied t o the body to slough of f dead cells and prepare the body  for
the therapeutic clay application  to come. This is followed by a
Multani mitti  total body mask; spiced with turmeric, sandal or other
powders, it is applied evenly ov er the body which is then wrap ped
in a sheet. Whilst the mask wo rks its magic, the client receiv es a
facial pressure point massage. Pure bliss. Anna Lepanam
Based on a clin ical therapy from Kerala that was formulated for
muscle strain and fractures, this skin-conditioning traditional
treatment is called Navara  theppu  (theppu  translates as “paste
application”). The ingredients include Navara rice and a  bala  root
decoction and, when the paste is applied to the af fected area for 30–
45 m inutes daily for a period of 21 to 28 days, the healingingredients penetrate deep into the skin and help to activate muscles
after a serious bone fracture. Wild mint and Nilgiri honey are used in a purifying mask at Aura spa, Park New
Delhi. Spa director Megha Dinesh explains how it works: “The wrap is designed to
minimize air supply to the skin so the body temperature rises, pores open, toxins
are released through sweat and the wrap’ s contents are absorbed. ”
In a n amended treatment at th e spa at Rajvilas, Navara rice,
milk and a  bala  root dec oction a re combined with turmeric powder,
fenugreek seed powder and sandalwood powder into a gruel-like
paste tha t is applied all over the  body. The guest is then invited to
lie wrap ped in warm towels for about 20 minutes. Consid ered
excellent for firming and contou ring the body, it helps increase skin
elasticity and flexibility of the joints. Enzyme-rich papaya is mildly exfoliating, so it removes flaking skin cells from the
surface of the skin, making the body softer and smoother. When enclosed in cling
wrap, the heat encourages the papaya to work in the subcutaneous layers too. You’ll be amazed how skin texture is significantly improved afterwards. Papaya Pamper
The ben eficial ef fects of papain, the main enzyme contained in
papaya, have been well documented. A popular meat tenderizer, it is
also use d as a ho me remedy for stings and bites as it has the ab ility
to br eak down p rotein toxins. In beauty therapy, it is popular fo r its
ability to fracture and remove cosmetic blemishes, skin secretions
and dead skin c ells. In keeping with their tradition of using f resh
ingredients in treatments, Aura spas at Park Hotels of fe r a
wonderful fruity  papaya body wrap that is preceded by an oatmeal
scrub. Ideal for sensitive skin, it leaves the body tingling and skin
glowing after. Saffron Secrets
Before I ndian independence, when the princely states were at the
height of their powers, certain  ingredients were retained for the
women of the Courts: rose petals were out of the range of mere
mortals, and saf fron — rare, expensive and golden — was drunk
with milk by p regnant Maharanis in the belief that any prog eny
would be born with a golden, light complexion. Whether this
worked or not is anyone’ s guess, but certainly its cost would have
been prohibitive to ordinary people. Nowadays, you’ll find saf fron in plenty of spa recipes and the
Aman w rap at the spa at Amanbagh is a case in point. Consisting of
a local clay and water mix with hibiscus, rose and saf fron, it is
applied all over the body directly after a 10-minute steam. As pores
on the skin’ s surface will have o pened up after the steam, the skin is
super receptive  to the healing and scenting properties of the
ingredients. As the client lies, c ocooned in clay and wrapped in a
heavy towel, the therapist keeps contact with a gentle head massage
for further relaxation. body scrubs and polishes
Found not only in India, bu t in many countries worldwide,
scrubs and polishes are wonderfully enlivening. In India,
herbal or other natural ingredients (usually of an abrasive,
but gently abrasive, nature) are combined with oil and
massaged all over the body to increase circulation, open
pores, boost metabolism and open the skin to receive the
properties contained within the polish. A polish also
exfoliates the skin’ s surface  of dead cells that build up on
the outer layer; these tend to give dull skin tone, so a polish
literally does as it says. Ski n is always smoother, brighter
and more translucent after an exfoliating polish. Scrubs and polishes can also b e helpful for people with cellu lite,
although they do not constitute  a miracle cure. Lumpy pocket s of
cellulite — unsightly deposits of water, fat and other wastes —
build up  on thighs, buttocks, hips and upper arms and not only look
unattractive, but  are dif ficult to dissipate. It is believed that these
toxins and wastes become “tra pped” within hardened connective
tissue in cells — so releasing them is not easy. A healthy diet, a
strong lymphatic system, reg ular exercise and vigorous skin
“brushing” can all help. T raditionally, Indians used dry powder scrubs and polishes to
reduce water retention and improve the elimination of waste
products. Made  from gram fl our and oatmeal, found in m ost
kitchens, it is called an  ubtan  scrub. Given to every Hindu bride toexfoliate, clean se and symbolize the end of one life and the
beginning of another,  ubtan  can be found all  over the countr y. Clay
is a nother popular product: Black clay is traditionally used in
Rajasthan to both nourish and ti ghten skin and is applied externally
on skin diseases. It is also used to wash the hair. At Q uan Spa at  the JW Marriott Mumbai, the choice of body
polishes and scrubs reads like a geographical tour of the In dian
subcontinent. Usually of fered in  conjunction with another treatment
— n amely a wrap to infuse substances into the body system, a
massage to improve circulation and also allow herbal oils to do their
work in  the deep tissues, a steam or a V ichy shower — they  are
deeply nourishing. Many have been composed with In dian
ingredients and perfumes, and, whilst the guest may choose w hich
scent or ingredient he or she is drawn to, a high-quality herbal o il is
chosen t o suit individual  doshas. Ch oose from t he alluring menu
below:
Rich in minerals, clay polishes skin as it both draws impurities and toxins from
deep within the body and smoothes surface texture. As it retains temperature, clay
can be applied either cool or heated for different effects. This clay mix benefits
from the addition of saf fron, so the skin is nourished and revitalized too. Allepey Body Polish : D rawin g inspiration from the backwaters
of K erala, this is  a coconut and cardamom combo that is antioxi dant
and full of nutrients. Kollegal Body Polish : Th e Kollegal region has been India’ s
source of sandalwood for centuries, so antiseptic, coo ling
sandalwood is combined here with high-mineral content mud, for an
ener gizing, cleansing experience. Madurai Body Polish : The temple town of Madurai  in T amil
Nadu forms the backdrop for this polish; jasmine-scented oils, along
with the  lighting  of oil lamps and ringing of bells, anoint the b ody
for a balancing, aromatic journey. Malabar Body Polish:  India’ s Malabar coast was the port of call
for A rab traders in their sturdy  dhows, so this polish t akes its name
and ingredients from the Spice  T rade; combined with a coo ling
lentil exfoliant to moderate the heat of the spices used, it is intense
and warming. Natural sea salt is used in many body  polishes as it removes dry skin, increases
circulation and leaves the body smooth and soft. It also re-mineralizes beneath the
skin’s surface, so is detoxifying and invigorating at the same time. This polish is
mixed with jasmine petals and jasmine essential oil for an alluring Indian scent. Hand-picked jasmin e, known as


ale  short  sips of air  slightly
close the  vagina  while simultaneously  lightl y contractin g the front,
middle and  back  of the  perine um, and  move the  energ y from the
ovaries  to the perin eum, sacru m, T-11, C-7 and Jade  Pillow. Exhale. Repeat  nine  times. h. Holding  the Ovarian  energ y at the  Jade  Pillow, return  your
attention  to the  ovaries  and repe at the process,  proceedin g from
the ovaries  to the  brain,  to the  top of the  head,  to the  crown. Repeat
nine times. W hen the ener gy has filled the  brain,  permit it to  spiral
in the  brain  nine,  eighte en, or thirt y-six countercl ockwise revolutio ns
and then  nine,  eightee n, or thirty-six clockw ise revolutio ns. Place
the tongue  up on the palate  and allow the energy  to flow down to
the third  eye, tongue,  throat  and heart. Pause for a while at the
heart  and feel the sexual  (creative)  energ y transfer  into loving  energ y,
and then  move do wn to the solar  plexus  and the navel. Collect  the
energy  at the  navel. Remem ber! The Energy  from the Ovaries in  Ovarian
Breathing is Warm Energy. Be sure  to bring it down after
Four Inhalations! - 119  -Cultivating  Ovarian Power
B. Ovarian and Va ginal  Compres sion
1. Co mpressing Air into the Ovaries increases  Sexual Power. Ma ny benefits  of Ovarian  Breathing  are magnified when
performed  in conjunction  with the Ovarian  and Vaginal Compression
exercise. This exercise  reduces  mental problems, strengt hens  the
ovaries  and the cervix,  and increases  the power of the vaginal
muscles. It helps  you consciously  to direct  energy  into and  out of
the pelvic region. It builds  your sexual  power dynamically  by using
the vital Chi from  the upper  part pushed  by the com pressed  air and
packed  try its charge  into y our ovaries  to increase  the ovaries’
energy. By packing  the Chi into  the ovaries  and the vagina,  you
warm up the sexual  region  so that  you can be more sexually  active,
easily  arous ed, and easily  have  an orgasm. W hen the  sexual regio n
has less Chi, it gets  cold  and is difficult  to arouse. This can be
compared  to attempting  to boil ice water as opposed  to room
temperatur e water: it takes  much mo re heat  to bring  the ice wa ter
to the  boiling  point. Of the  three  suggested  positions,  sitting  or standing  are
prefera ble. Inhale  a fairl y large  amount of  air into the  throat  and
swallow the air. Swallowing drives  the air dow n to the  solar  plexus. From the  solar  plexus  the air is rolled  dow n into the  pelvic  region. From there  it will be driven  dow n both  sides of  the vagina  to be
compressed  there. (Fig. 5.29)  This is accomplished  by contractin g
the abdo minal  muscles do wnward in a slow wave. The vagina
seems to expand, a flush of  heat  is experienc ed, and after  a short
time the po wer driven  into it flow s up the spine  to the  head,  which
also becomes ver y warm. 2. Ovarian  and Va ginal Compression Exercise  Step-By-Ste p
   a. Sit on the edge  of your chair  with your feet flat on the  floor
about  as far apart  as y our shoulders’  width. Feel  the feet support  a
part of the  weight; do not place  it all on  the sitting bones. Wear
loose  clothing  so that it will be easy  to com pact the Chi. b. Inhale  throug h the nostrils  into the throat. From there  swallow
the air do wn to the solar plexus, mi dway between your heart  and
your navel. Do not  stop  at the  heart  center. Imagine  air as a  ball. - 120  -Chapter  V
(a) Inhal e through the nostri ls
        into the throat. (b) Swallo w air down  to the
      solar plexus. (c) Push air down  to the n avel. Fig. 5.29 Ovarian and Vaginal Compressing
- 121  -Cultivating  Ovarian Power
(d) Then down  to the
   lower  abdomen. (e) Then press ai r down
     to the vagina. c. First  the ball sits behind  the solar  plexus. From this point  roll
it dow n to the  navel,  then  into the pelvis,  and spread  it out to  both
sides of  the ovaries. This is acco mplished  by contracting  the
abdom inal muscles do wnward in a slow  wave. Feel the Chi
pressure  drop  aroun d the ovaries,  pack and  compress the  ovaries
to energ y them, and  grad ually pack  the cervix. Squeeze  the inner
and outer  lips of the  vagina  tightl y and keep  on pushing  into the
vagina  as if you were blowing up a balloon,  until  the vagina  feels
like it is expandin g.
    d. Forcibly  compress  the air into  the ovaries  for as long  as you
can. Once the  air is driven  into the ovaries,  you will experience  a
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flush of heat. After  a short  time the power driven  into the ovaries
flows up the spine  to the  head,  which also  beco mes ver y warm. The m inimum period  for each  com pression  should  be 30 to 40
seconds. Slow ly work up to  at least  one minute. Every  single  Ovarian
Compression  shoots  tremendous  energ y into the vagina. With
compression  lasting  an entire  minute the exercise  takes  full effect. The anal  sphincter  and perineum mu scles mu st be  squeezed  tightl y
during  this exercise  to prevent  leakage  of energy. e. When you have  finished  the compression,  exhale  and relax
completely. Saliva accu mulates  in the  mouth during  compression:
swallow it before  exhaling. f. After  com plete  exhalation,  take  a num ber of quick, short  breaths
to recover  your wind. Dart the  air in and  out of the nostrils to quickl y
regain  capacit y for anoth er compression. Rem ember to breath e
through  the nose,  and do not inhale  unduly  large  quantities  of air. This process  is called  “Bellow s Breathin g” because  you must pu mp
your lower abdo men in and out quickl y in orde r to do it. This exercise  quickl y charges  the whole body. If you feel ill or
out of sorts,  several  Ovarian  Compressions  will restore  you to good
form. Perform the  exercises  in the  follow ing sequenc e:
    (1)  First  practice  one Ovarian  Compression. (2)  Then,  rotate  the waist with the arms at shoulde r level. (3)  Rest  for a  moment and  repeat  the exercise. Rem ember to keep  the tongue  up on the  palate  when
compressing  the air. In the  beginnin g perfo rm tw o to three
compressions,  gradu ally increasin g to five. When you have  grown stronge r you may do five co mpressions
in succession,  and then  rest by rotating  your body  from  the waist. Begin a second  series  of five com pressions. Keep  the breat hing
betw een compressions  short  and shallo w so y ou do not lodge  pow er
high in the  body. Practice  Ovarian  Breathin g and Ovarian  and Vaginal
Compression  twice a day for appr oximatel y fifteen  minutes  in the
morning  and fifteen  minutes  in the  evening. Regular  practice  of
these  breathin g techniq ues yields many benefits  in addition  to those
already  mentioned,  such  as a  decrease  in insom nia and
nervousn ess, and an


 on your blockages inside. All that personal talk has
nothing to do with the problem at hand. It has to do with the fact that this
situation hit your blockages, and now you’re reacting to your issues instead
of your child’ s issue. If you allow that to happen, you’re going to make
every decision based on what makes you feel better, which is likely not what
is best for the situation at hand. If you take things personally, you will try to protect yourself by
avoiding disturbing experiences. But difficult situations present an
opportunity to change that dynamic. The way to do that is to let go of your
entire personal reaction to the situation. You just let it go. You don’t let go
of the situation—you let go of your reaction to the situation. Go to the
principal’ s office, but not to protect yourself. Go because your son needs
help. Go because the principal needs help with the situation. Go because
you’re the parent, and your son is your responsibility. Do your best to raise
the energy in a constructive manner. You can’t do this if you’re focusing on
your embarrassment, fears, and other personal reactions. Bottom line, you let go of the personal so you can interact properly
with what’ s in front of you. It’s the same thing in business. You’re in a
meeting, and they’re discussing a project. You have a bright idea that youwant to contribute. So you put it out there, but it gets shot down. That hurts. Of course it does. You have an ego in there, and it’s going to get bothered. Now for the rest of the meeting, either you don’t contribu te anything
because you’re sulking, or you keep bringing up proof that what you said
wasn’ t so dumb. You no longer  belong in that meeting. Your presence has
become about you, not about the project. You can’t work like that. Your
underlying motive can’t ever be about you. It has to be about serving what’ s
happening in front of you. To the absolute best of your ability, you always
serve life as it unfolds before you. The process of letting go becomes how you work on yourself. Your
only decision is: Are you going to let go or not. It’s your choice. Either
you’re working on yourself on a regular basis or you’re not. The blockages
inside you that generate personal thoughts and emotions are nothing but
leftover samskar as. They are based on past issues you couldn’ t handle, and
they will tend to lead you in the wrong direction. Learn to express your
higher Self. Express the deeper part of your being that’s in harmony with
life. Keep letting go. The entire spiritual path is letting go of yourself. What
will happen if you do this. That’ s what we’ll explore next. We’re going to
deal with what life is meant to be like for every single person. Regardless of
what has ever happened to you or what you’ve ever done—it really doesn’ t
matter. If you let go of the samskaras inside of you, they will no longer
affect your life. You can truly be free of your past. This is what living
untether ed means. It means to let go of yourself, to transcend your persona l
self as Buddha taught, to die to be reborn as Christ taught. It is the essence
of all spiritual teachings, and it is the truth. Everyone is capab le of freeing
themselves, if they are willing to do the inner work. PART VIII:
Living a Life of AcceptanceChapter 35. Dealing with Blocked Energies
One thing is for certain, we are all conscious inside. The question is: What
are we conscious of. Pretty much everyone is aware that there are
constantly changing energies within that can be overwhelming at times. Even if they don’t understand the energies, to stay upright in life, people
either push the energies away or try to release them through outer
expression. Though both these efforts cause their own sets of problems, they
are better than drowning inside. When people are actually drow ning in water, what do they do. They
try to grab some thing solid, like a board floating by, so they don’t sink. That
is how most people live their lives. They are grabbing onto whatever they
can so they don’t drown. Generally, what they’re grabbing onto is
something outside themselves. They think that if others respected them
more and treated them better, it wouldn’ t be so caustic inside. If someone
would just truly  love them and be loyal to them, then they’d be okay. The
problem is, if they manage to get what they want, they will grab ahold for
dear life and never let go, whic h creates its own issues. Even worse, if the
outside world ever stops givin g them what they want, they will start to
drown again. If you want to see how much you cling to the outside world in order to
avoid drowning inside, just see what happens when the world doesn’ t unfold
the way you expect. What happens when someone very close to you
behaves in a way that doesn’ t align with your model. Your mind and heart
catch fire. This happens even if the person hasn’ t actually done anything. All that is needed is for your mind to think, “What if my husband leaves
me. Sally’s husband left her. If Sam ever left me, I would just die. ” That’ s
all it takes, and you feel pain and disturbance. All the energies become
unsettled inside. Why does this happen. It happens because you’ve beentrying to build a place of solidity within your mind that you can hold on to. As long as everything reasonably reinforces that, you feel safe and relatively
okay. But you have distanced yourself from the core of your being by
clinging to something outside. That’ s what we do, and it doesn’t work. If
you want to grow spiritually, if you want to have a beautiful life instead of a
midlife crisis, you need to do the inner work. A midlif e crisis happens when you’ve been building and clinging and
fighting for half your life in order to be okay, and you’re not. You’re simply
not free and at peace inside, even though you have the kids, the marriage,
the job. As it turns out, midlife crises are perfectly reasonable. It’s
surprising more people don’t have them. Halfway through your life, you
realize it hasn’ t worked—you’re still not okay. Sure, you’re okay as long the
spouse behaves, the kids do well in school, and you get respect at your job. As long as all this happens, and your finances hold up, you’re conditionally
okay. But inside you know it can change on a dime, so you must keep
struggling to stay ahead. That’ s why life is a struggle. The alternative is to clean up the mess inside. Someday you will realize
you are not drowning. You’re simply sitting on a planet spinning around the
middle of absolutely nowhere. That’ s the truth of the matter. The Cassini
spacecraft took a picture of the Earth from two million miles out. The Earth
is just a small dot in the middl e of dark, empty space. How can you drop
down onto the nicest planet there is and not be okay. We’ve looked far and
wide with our space telescopes, and we haven’ t found anything, anywhere,
even close to the majesty of the Earth. Basically, you won the lottery. You
dropped down onto this phenomenal planet that’s always exciting,
challenging, and growthful. It has all sorts of colors, shapes, and sounds—
it’s unbelievably  amazing. Yet, what do you do. You suffer. Why. It’s not
the planet causing you to suf fer—it’ s the stuf f you have stored inside. The logical questions become: Why are you storing all this stuff inside
you. And if you’re going to store stuff inside, why not make it nice stuff. People collect all sorts of things as hobbies. Some collect spoons, teacups,
stamps, or coins from all over the world. But you had a brilliant idea for a
hobby—let’ s collect bad experiences. That’ s what you did: “I’m going to
collect every bad experience I ever had and keep it inside me so it can
bother me for the rest of my life. ” How can that work out well. If you keep
doing it, you’re going to collect more and more bad experiences, and your
life will get heavier and heavier. Are you really going to continue making your life so difficult. In
essence,  you are causing  yourself to be unhappy, then you’re going outside
and demanding that the world somehow make you happy. The world cannot
make you happy while you’re inside making yourself unhappy. It’s that
simple. You have to work on letting go of the root cause of suffering. The
spiritual path is always about letting go of yourself, and that means dealing
with the blocked ener gies. The blocked energies inside are going to build up and need release if
you don’t deal with them. These  energies may release in the form of anger,
verbal or physical fighting, and other bursts of uncontrolled behavior. When
you allow the energies to release unconsciously like this, you’re not in
charge. The energies will tend


 God
The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire
The Essential Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
The Third Jesus
Jesus
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul
Why Is God Laughing? The Ultimate Happiness Prescription
OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.comCopyright © 1993, 1998, 2010 by Deepak Chopra, M.D. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a
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United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a Division of
Random House, Inc., in 1994. A paperback edition with a new introduction was published in the
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Chopra, Deepak. Ageless body, timeless mind : the quantum alternative to growing old
Deepak Chopra. —2d pbk. ed. Originally published: New Y ork, Harmony Books, 1993. 1. Longevity. 2. Mind and body. 3. V itality. 4. Aging. 5. Holistic medicine. I. T itle
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Also by Deepak Chopra
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgments
New Introduction
Introduction from the 1998 edition
PART ONE
The Land Wher e No One Is Old
IN PRACTICE : How to Reinterpr et Your Body
PART TWO
Aging and A wareness
IN PRACTICE : Using the Power of A wareness
PART THREE
Defeating Entr opy
IN PRACTICE : The W isdom of Uncertainty
PART FOUR
The Science of Longevity
IN PRACTICE : Breath of LifePART FIVE
Breaking the Spell of Mortality
IN PRACTICE : The T imeless W ay
About the Author
OceanofPDF.comACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book was made possible by the loving support and encouragement
of the following people:
The friends who form my staff at Quantum Publications—Ro ger, Gita,
Carol, Mara, Steve, Bob, Joe, Sherryl, and Jimmy. Your genuine caring
inspires my work everyday. My wife and children, whose love is manifested in so many ways but
particularly in their unstinting patience and understanding. My agent, Muriel Nellis, whose  sage guidance has shaped every step in
my career as a writer. My editor, Peter Guzzardi—this book was his vision to begin with, and
only he knows what ingenuity and patience it took before these pages lived
up to his high ideal. Wayne Dyer, who offered me his devoted friendship and challenged me
to new heights. Geor ge Harrison, for his extraordinary love and friendship, and for his
generous contribution to the audio version of this book. And my loving parents, the best examples of graceful aging I have ever
known. Thank you all. I hope this book  reflects your best hopes for me and the
future of mankind. OceanofPDF.comNEW INTRODUCTION
The fascinating thing about aging is that no one has ever proved it was
necessary. That startling fact was true almost twenty years ago when this
book first appea red. It’s even more true today. Everyone ages. I knew that
going in. But I had been inspired by a saying from the ancient Indian
philosopher Adi Shankara, who declared that “people grow old and die
because they see other people grow old and die.”
An entire book emer ged simply by asking myself how this could possibly
be true. Modern medicine had provided some hints. First of all, the “new old age”
had emerged. Doctors were beginning to see older patients who were
younger in body and mind. Clearly there was no set pattern for aging,
certainly not the biblical three score and ten. (When asked recently when
old age begins, the average answer given to pollsters was that it begins at
eighty-five. An amazing number if you pause to think about it.) Second, the
brain has been redefined. When I went to medical school, and long
afterward, the conventional wisdom insisted that the brain lost neurons as a
person aged; it couldn’ t heal itself from traumas; it had no ability to grow
new brain cells. Now we know that all three assumptions were wrong. The
brain can renew and heal itself, and it can grow new connections throughout
a person’ s life. As a dramatic instance of this, many older people are now playi ng a host
of video games whose purpose is to keep their brains resilient and young. These “brain gyms” work on the principle that the brain grows new
pathways when ever it is faced  with new tasks. “Use it or lose it” was
already in the air when this book was written, but that slogan fell too far
short. Thanks to a new field known as neural plasticity—the study of the
brain’ s ability to change—researchers have come to believe that our brain’ s
resilience may be limitless.The last big discovery over the past twenty years is genetic. Most people
read the headlines about mappin g the human genome. It was a tremendous
accomplishment, and at last all three billion bits of human DNA could be
deciphered. What most people don’t know is that far from making DNA
easier to understand, this new map deepened the mystery. It turned out that
we had far fewe r genes than was supposed, about 20,000 to 30,000. Some
lower animals actually have more. We share basic life proce sses at the
genetic level with things as unalike as a banana and a gorilla. How those
basic processes evolved into a supreme creation like the human brain is
totally mysterious. Even more mysterious is the fact that it takes a fluid
combination of many genes to produce a single trait. This was a crushing
setback for anyone who wanted  to find a single cancer gene, fat gene, gay
gene, and so on. While it’s true that a single gene gives you blue eyes or
blond hair, a simple thing like how tall you are depends on up to twenty
genes. And even if you could analyze all twenty, you couldn’ t tell a mother
how tall her newborn baby will grow up to be; at most you would know
about two-thirds of the story. If you put these new discoveries together, an astonishing picture emer ges. If the brain and DNA aren’ t fixed, they must be changeable, and if they can
change, who is in charge? The brain doesn’ t change itself. DNA doesn’ t
dictate the experiences that you decide to have, or which befall you outside
your control. Modern Japanese children have the same genes as their
forebears, but instead of being a race of short people, the Japanese are now
the fourth tallest nation on earth. The ancient argument between nurture and
nature has been wiped off the slate. Nature sets the stage by giving you a
body, but mind is responsible for nurture, and whatever the mind wants to
do, nature will follow. For example, recent findings in the prevention of
heart disease show that if you adopt positive lifestyle change s—a better
diet, more exerc ise, positive stress management, and meditation —up to five
hundred genes will change their expression. That is, you will turn on the
good genes and turn off the bad ones. Lifestyle changes don’t come from
the brain, they come from intention, determination, judgment, and
understanding—all traits of the mind. Looking back, I am pleased and fulfilled that Ageless Body, Timeless
Mind  foretol d these developments. But I deserve no credit for beingprescient. Adi Shankara told me in advance what I needed to know: We
grow old and die because we see others grow old and die. The simplicity of
this idea is as revolutionary as its boldness. How did someon e, however
wise, have such an insight? Because in ancient India the most basic
teaching was that consciousness comes first. Out of absolute consciousness,
or pure Being, the entire creation emer ged. There are three levels of
creation: the world of visible objects, the world of subtle objects, and the
world of invisible objects. Visible objects are easy: rocks, trees, clouds,
stars. Our five senses are set up to navigate this first world. Subtle things
are not difficult,  either: emotions, thoughts, wishes, dreams, and fears. Our
minds are set up to navigate this second world. But the real specialty of the
ancient Vedic seers was the invisible world, where only consciousness
exists and only consciousness can know itself. In this world the seeds of creation are planted. Love, truth, beauty,
wisdom, and the peace that passes understanding dwell here. Even though it
is invisible, the third world


ymptomsanysubstanceproduced
whengiventoahealthyperson,Hahnemanncould
discoverthehealingpropertiesofthatsubstance. Physicianshadlonggrappledwiththisproblemand
theDoctrineofSignatures,whichstatesthataplant
willactonthatpartofthebodywhichitmostre-
semblesinappearance,wasanattempttounderstand
thehealingpowersofnaturalremedies.Hahnemann
haddiscoveredanexperimentalbasisthatwouldsys-
tematicallyyieldvastlymoreaccurateandspecific
informationabouttheindividualsubstancestested. Theprocedurewascalled'proving'(i.e.testing)a
remedy. Likecureslike:thefirstlawofhomeopathy
discovered
Thestandardmedicalassumptionhadalwaysbeen
thatifthebodyproducedasymptomtheappropriate
treatmentwouldbeanantidote,anoppositeor'con-
trary'medicinetothatsymptom.Forexample,con-
stipationwouldbetreatedwithlaxatives,which
producediarrhoea.Hahnemann'sexperiencewith
THEHISTORYOFHOMEOPATHY TheFounder •5
Cinchonaindicatedthatadifferentprincipleoftreat-
mentmightapply.Hahnemannwouldhavebeen
familiarwithHippocrates'writingsoncuringwith
'similars',andsoitmusthavebeenwithgreatexcite-
mentthatheembarkedonfurtherexperimentsthat
confirmedthisprinciple. Hecalledthissimiliasimilitruscurentur,or'letlikeshe
curedwithlike',andthisprincipleofcuringwith
similarsbecamethefirstlawofasystemofhealinghe
called'homeopathy',fromtheGreekhomoias(similar)
andpathos(sufferingordisease),inordertodiffer-
entiateitfromorthodoxmedicine,whichhecalled
'allopathy',meaning'oppositesuffering'. ///mistakenot,practicalmedicineliasdevisedthreeways
ofapplyingremediesforthereliefofdisordersofthe
humanbody.Thefirstmethod,thatofremovingor
destroyingthecausesofthemalady,thatispreventive
treatment....Thesecondandmostcommon,contraria
contraris,thatishealingbyopposites,suchasthe
palliativetreatmentofconstipationbylaxatives...the
third...similiasimilibus,thatis,inordertocure
disease,wemustseekmedicinesthatcanexcitesimilar
symptomsinthehealthybody. Hahnemannwrotethisin1796.Duringthenextsix
yearsheconductedmanyprovingsonhisfamilyand
friends,andalsostudiedaccountsofthesymptoms
shownbyvictimsofaccidentalpoisonings. Finallyhesetupinmedicalpracticeagain,butwith
adifferentbasisforhisprescriptions.Heusedthe
materialhehadgatheredfromtheprovingsandinhis
patientslookedforthesimilimum-theremedywhose
'symptompicture'(basedontheprovings)most
matchedthatofhispatient.Hismethodsweremet
withdisbeliefandhewasridiculedbycolleagues,but
thepatientsflowedinandtheastonishingresults
Hahnemannachievedverifiedhistheory. Healsodifferedfromconventionalpractitioners in
givingonlyoneremedyatatime,whichwasunheard
ofinanagewhenapothecariesmadefortunesbv
mixingnumeroussubstances,manyofwhichwere
highlynoxious.Thisearnedhimenemiesamongthe
pharmacists. Theminimumdose
Hahnemanndidnotstopthere.Dissatisfiedwiththe
sideeffectsofhisdilutedmedicines,heexperimented
withsmallerandsmallerdosesofthesesinglerem-
ediesinordertominimisethesideeffects.Hefound,
however,thatwhenhedilutedamedicinesufficiently
toeradicatethesideeffects,itnolongereffecteda
cure.Hethereforedevelopedanewmethodofdilu-
tion:insteadofsimplystirringthesubstanceaftereach
dilutionheshookitvigorously.Thisshakinghecalled'succussion'andtheresultantremedya'potentised
remedy'. Hefoundthatnotonlydidhenowobtainaremedy
thathadnosideeffectsbutthatthemorehediluted
usingsuccussion,themoreeffectivelyhisremedy
cured.Hebelievedthattheshakingreleasedthe
strengthorenergyofthesubstance(involvingsome
sortofimprintingonthewater/alcohol solvent),with
noneofitstoxiceffectsremaining. Hahnemannnumberedthepotentisedremedies
accordingtothenumberoftimestheyhadbeendi-
luted:aremedydilutedsixtimes(takingoutone-
hundredthoftheliquideachtimeandadding"/100
alcohol)wascalleda6C(seepage13).Initiallyhe
prescribedremediesthathadbeendiluteduptothe
sixthpotency;thenheexperimentedwiththehigher
dilutions,findingthemmoreeffectivestill.Inhis
lifetimeheprescribeduptothethirtiethpotency.His
followerstookdilutionevenfurther. Thisprocessofdilutionincurredyetmorewrath
andderisionfromthemedicalestablishment,who
couldnotexplain,andthereforecouldnotaccept,how
anythingsodilutecouldhaveanyeffect.Yetdespite
opposition,homeopathysurvivedandspreadremark-
ablyquickly-because itwasremarkablyeffective. TheOrganonandotherpublications
Hahnemann's literaryoutputduringhislifewaspro-
digious.Heprovedaboutonehundredremedies,
wroteoverseventyoriginalworksandtranslated
abouttwenty-fourEnglish,French,ItalianandLatin
textsonawiderangeofsubjects.Healsocorre-
spondedwithhomeopaths,colleaguesandfriends
throughouttheworld,allinadditiontohisvastdaily
practice. In1810Hahnemannpublishedthefirsteditionof
TheOrganonofRationalMedicine(laterTheOrganonof
theHealingArt),whichrantosixeditions,eachone
modifiedandexpanded.Inithesetoutclearlythe
homeopathicphilosophyorsystemofbelief.In
thesameyear,whenLeipzigwasattackedinthe
Napoleoniccampaignsand80,000menwereslaugh-
tered,Hahnemann'streatmentsofthesurvivorsand
alsoofvictimsofthegreattyphusepidemicthatfol-
lowedthesiegewerehighlysuccessfulandfurther
increasedhisreputation. HelecturedatLeipzigUniversity,wherehistheor-
eticallectures,whichoftendeterioratedintoviolent
tiradesagainstthemedicalpracticesofdoctorsand
apothecaries,earnedhimthenickname'RagingHurri-
cane'.However,afewmedicalpractitionerswere
preparedtogoagainstthemainstreamofopinionand
anumbertrainedunderhimandtookhisteachings
outintotheworld.Bytheearly1820shehadalsobuilt
upathrivingpractice. 6•TheFounder THEHISTORYOFHOMEOPATHY
Between1811and1821Hahnemannpublishedhis
MateriaMedicaPurainsixvolumes;thisrepresented
theresultsoftheprovingssofarundertaken-
thousandsofsymptomsforsixty-sixremedies.The
provingsweremeticulousandpainstaking,butitis
worthremembering thatinHahnemann's experi-
mentsnothingwasdonetoeliminatethepowerof
suggestion:proversknewwhatsubstancetheywere
taking.Remediesweregiveninweakdilutionsand
notinpotentiseddoses.Coffee,tea,wine,brandyand
spicyorsaltyfoodwereallbannedfromtheprovers'
diets,althoughalittlebeerwasallowed.Gamesand
workactivitywererestricted,butmoderateexercise
wasencouraged. In1828Hahnemann's ChronicDiseasesandTheir
HomeopathicCureappeared (iteventuallyrantofive
volumes).InitheelaboratedonthephilosophyofThe
Organon,addingmoreremediesasaresultofhis
experiencesinsuccessfullytreatingchronicpatients. Hediscussedtheuseofhigherpotencies-uptothe
30thpotency-andintroducedtheconceptof'miasms'
toaccountforthefailureofsomepatientstorespond
totreatmentwithremedieswhichclearlvmatched
theirsymptoms.Amongsuchpeoplehefoundahis-
toryofcertaindiseasesanddiscoveredthathewas
abletolinkthetendencytoparticulartypesofcon-
ditiontoalegacyinthepatient'sinheritedhealth.He
developedawayoftreatingtheseblockstohealth
homeopathically. Successwithcholera
In1831cholerasweptthroughCentralEurope. Hahnemannpublishedpapersonthehomeopathic
treatmentofthedisease,advocatingtheadministra


we
arealittlerundown,andthatourimmunesystem
needsrecharging. Ifyoucan,takealittletimeoff,have
someearlynightsanddealconstructivelywithsome
ofthestressinyourlife.Neglectedcoldsoftenturn
intomoreseriouschestinfections,socatchthemearly. DO
•getplentyofrestifyouhavebeenoverdoing it. •drinklotsoffluids. •cleartheairwaysfrequently,butgently.Teach
yourchildrentocoughupphlegmandtoblow
theirnosesinsteadofsniffingthemucusand
swallowing it. (Putyourfingeroveronenostriland
tellthechildtobreatheinthroughthemouthand
breatheouthardthroughthenosekeepingthe
mouthshut.Repeatwithothernostril.Keepa
tissuehandy!Youcangraduatetoholdingatissue
overthenoseoncetheyhavegotthegeneralidea. Eventuallybothnostrilscanbeblownatonce!) •usesteaminhalationstodislodgestubbornmucus. Sitoverabowlofjust-boiledwaterwithatowel
overthehead(supervisechildrentoavoidany
possibilityofanaccidentalburn).Orrunahotbath
togetthebathroomsteamedup,oruseavaporiser
(filledwithplainwater-don'taddany
decongestant). •eatplentyoffruitandvegetablesandavoiddairy
products,sugar,junkfoodsandtoomuchbread,
whichallincreasemucusproduction. •avoidtobaccofumes. •takesomegentleexerciseinthefreshairtoseeif
thishelps(andusetheresponseasasymptomto
repertorise). DON'T
•usedecongestants.Theseonlyirritatethenasal
membranesandmakemattersworseassoonasthe
effectwearsoff. SEEKHELPIF
•yousufferfromfrequentcolds,asyouwillbenefit
fromconstitutionaltreatmenttoboostyour
immunity(seepage14). •yourcoldseemsundulysevereandyouhaveany
ofthesymptomslistedunderCauseforConcern
(page203). Conjunctivitis seeEyeinflammationConstipation
Ihaveincludedafewremediesforuseinanacute
situation,butgenerallyspeakingthisisnotacom-
plaintforhometreatmentbeyondfollowingthe
commonsenseDosandDon'tslistedbelow.Ageneral
tendencytoconstipationrequiresprofessional treat-
ment.Therecommendations belowwillhelpacuteor
long-termconstipation. DO
•makesurethereisplentyoffibreinthedietby
addingmorefruitandvegetables. •cutoutbreadandwheatproductstemporarilyas
theglutencanhaveacloggingeffect. •drinkplentyofwater. •eatstewedprunesinthemorningwitha
tablespoonofmolassesdissolvedinhotwater. •useoatbran(organicallygrownifpossible)for
occasionalconstipation;branshouldonlybetaken
regularlyontheadviceofaprofessional. DON'T
•addwheatbranonadailybasis.Itcanirritatethe
bowelsandinterferewiththeassimilationof
vitaminsandminerals,andyourbowelscan
becomedependentonit.Oatbranissolubleand
muchkindertothebowels. •takelaxativesregularly,particularly ifyourdietis
ofmainlyrefinedandjunkfoods. SEEKHELPIF
•therehasbeennobowelmovementfor
twenty-fourhoursandthereissevere,unusual
pain. •thereisdifficultyinpassingastoolandthestools
aregreyorwhite. •theskinoreyesareyellow. •thereisasuddenandinexplicablechangeinbowel
habit. •thereisalternatingdiarrhoeaandconstipation. •thestoolsareextremelydark,almostblack. Convulsions
Ihaveincludedsomeremediesforthetreatmentof
convulsionsinchildrenasitispossibletotreatthis
complaintasanemergencymeasureatthesametime
ascallingforhelp.Itisessentialthatyougetprofessional
adviceshouldthiseventoccuratanytime. Cornsandbunions
DO
•usetheappropriateinternalandexternal
homeopathicremediestohelpalleviatethepainsif
theyaresevere. •useafeltpadifthebunionisinflamed. •wearsensibleshoesthatdonotpinchorapply
pressuretothecorns. •seektheadviceofagoodchiropodist. 212•Cough DISEASESYOUCANTREATUSINGTHISBOOK
Cough
Somechildrencancoughtheirwaythroughtheir
teethingyearsandotherswillsufferfromrepeated
coughsandcoldsforthefirstyearortwoatschool
whiletheirimmunesystemadapts.Youcanusefirst-
aidprescribingforthesecoughsprovidingyouare
havingagoodresponseandthemoodsandenergyof
thechildremainhigh.Ifthecomplaintsrecurinspite
ofcarefulfirst-aidprescribingthenyouneedtoseek
professionalhomeopathic help.Coughsandcolds
thatrecureverywinterarealsomostlyacaseforthe
professionalhomeopath.However, ifyouspotyour
ownchild'sconstitutionalremedypicturefromthe
picturesinthisbookthenyoumayfindthatyour
first-aidprescribinghasthesideeffectofpreventing
therecurrenceoftheseacuteepisodes. DO
•followalltheDosforCommoncold. •rest. •drinklotsofliquids;theywillhelptoloosenthe
mucus. •coughupthephlegmasoftenaspossible;teach
youngchildrentocoughupphlegmassoonas
theyareableto. •useahumidifierorvaporiserinthebedroomtofill
theroomwithsteam;thiswillhelpthechestto
expelstickyphlegm.Ifyoudon'thaveavaporiser,
closethebathroomdoorandwindowsandleave
thehotwaterrunninguntilyou'vecreateda
humid'fug'. •keeptheroomtemperatureconstantsothatthe
patientisn'thavingtoadapttoeitherheatorcold. DON'T
•suppressthecoughroutinelywithacough
medicine;thismaypreventthepersonfrom
coughingupmucus,andifmucusisnotexpelled,
amoreseriousinfectionmaydevelop. •givecodliveroiltochildren,especiallysmall
children,thinkingthatitwillboosttheirimmunity;
itmaywellmakethecoughandcoldworseand
makethemgoofftheirfood. SEEKHELPIF
•thereisdifficultyinbreathingand/orwheezing
and/orchestpain. •thecoughseemssevereanddoesn'trespondto
self-prescribing withinforty-eighthours. •thebreathingisundulyrapid. SeealsoCroupandCauseforConcern. NBPNEUMONIA(ESPECIALLYINCHILDREN)
ISNOTALWAYSACCOMPANIEDBYACOUGH. SEEKURGENTMEDICALHELPIFYOURCHILD
HASAFEVER,ISBREATHINGRAPIDLYAND
SEEMSUNWELL(LIMPANDPALE).Cramp
Acrampissimplyasuddenmusclecontractionandis
oftencausedbyachangeinbodytemperature, a
changeinpositionoralossofbodyfluids. DO
•straightentheaffectedpartofthebody,andgently
massagetheaffectedmuscle. Croup
Croupisafrightening-sounding coughthatusually
occursinchildrenunderfouryearsold.Itstartswith
hoarsenessandfeveranddevelopsintoaloud,bark-
ing,ringing,harshcoughthatwakesthechildat
night.Thebreathingmavalsobenoisy. DO
•followtheguidelinesforCommoncoldandCough
(seeabove). SEEKHELPIF
•asteamybathroomdoesn'trelievethesymptoms
inhalfanhour. •thecoughisaccompaniedbyabluetingetothe
lips. Cuts/GrazesseeWounds
Cystitis
Ifleftuntreated,cystitiscandevelopintoaserious
kidneyinfection. Ihaveincludedafewremediesfor
thetreatmentofcystitis,butsymptomsshouldbe
carefullymonitoredandaprofessionalconsulted
whensymptomsgivecauseforconcern. DO
•drinkalargeamountofwatertoflushoutthe
kidneysandbladder. •keepyourdietalkaline(eatlotsoffruitand
vegetables). •cutoutallacidfoodsanddrinks,includingtea,
coffee,sugar,refined/junkfood,alcohol. •takeasmuchrestasyoucan. •keepaswarmasyoucan(wearextrawoollen
clothingandcarryaroundahotwaterbottleoruse
aheatingpad). •becarefulwhenwipingafterurinating(women
andgirls):wipefromfronttobacksothatbacteria
fromtheanuscannotentertheurethra(thisisalso
ageneralpreventivemeasure). •urinatefrequently