 such as people pleasing, which just muddies the
water even more, and it is not experienced as a good situation. Relationships can also be misused by the ego for projecting our emotions
onto the other and blaming. “I would be happy except that you do this
and this and this.” Projections come flooding out. Anger and guilt need a
target because it feels intolerable  to own them. But we do not realize that
projecting onto and blaming our partner actually keep these negative
emotions alive. Sometimes loneliness and abandonment issues are reasons why
people either enter into or avoid  relationships. Everyone wants intimacy,
but everyone also wants freedom. We usually seek intimacy in a
relationship, but when we believ e this means we will lose some kind of
freedom, we may end the relationship. A relationship can be a tremendous mechanism for healing if we are
willing to use it that way. A relationship offers countless opport unities to
take projection back when we feel irritated, or annoyed, or even  irked at
mannerisms or the tiniest things. From Specialness to Love’s True Nature
When we want something from another, it is impossible to allow them to
be who they really are. But this is the human condition: a state of desire
or attach ment to a certain idealized form. When the mind is asleep, it is
desperate for innocence and love since it thinks it has lost it. As long as
the ego is guiding us in our relationships, we are trying to find
fulfillment and satisfaction in a form, in a body. It is as if you took a
photograph and said to God, “I want one of these. I will be happy when
my life looks like this.” But these forms are idols, and we will never be
completely fulfilled by them. You could say that Heaven’ s oneness, or
the present moment, is a perfect state of desireless contentment. It is not
wanting or needing anything, not hoping something would be different
or better. It’s not looking for answers. It’s a state that simply is. Metaphysically, it is actually impossible to find love interpersonally or
with anything “external.” The only true love is the love of Spirit within.As long as we are afraid, believing we are a separate identity, we
will keep attempting to find this love outside. A common question is
whether it’s the ego that’s behind our attraction to another person. Indeed, the ego does speak first— and loudest! The ego is impet uous and
impulsive; it wants immediate gratification on its own terms. But the
Spirit can use the attraction beautifully when you allow yourself to go
toward a relation ship and use it for healing the mind. Hanging in there in
a committed relationship and facing the shadows when they come up
will offer you a far deeper opportunity for the healing of your mind. Heart openings and experiences  of falling in love are always helpful and
will ultimately lead to an awareness of true love. Since true love and intimacy can only be found within, you may
wonder what it is that the mind is actually looking for and what a special
relationship actually is. When you enter into a special relationship, you
likely bring all of your old thoughts and associations with you. When
you interact with a person, you’re interacting with a bit of your own past. The body that you think you are and the body that you’re in a
relationship with are like holographs acting out of your unresolved
issues. Relationships offer a mirroring that helps you get in touch with
what’ s going on in your consciousness, which is why they can be so
intense. All personal relationships have the potential to trigger different
forms of grievan ces like, “You said you would do this, and you didn’ t;
you aren’t the same as when I married you.” Money issues, sex,
jealousies, envy, and all the so-called problems within relationships, no
matter how you define the situation, are based on past conditioning. The
past is over, and so are the issues, but to the extent that you still believe
in them, this partner is going to do you a favor and act them out in front
of you. One day, you wake and say to your partner, “You believ e what?”
Or there  could be 348 consecu tive days of bliss, but then there is a
trigger, and BOOM! A button-pusher. Why? Because you believe
something from the past is still current. What is the other person really
acting out? They’re acting out the judgments and the preferences in your
unconscious. This is why you’re drawn more to some bodies  than to
other bodies, and from the Spirit’s perspective, the purpose is to heal
those issues.Relationships and Purpose
What you are aiming to heal together are the unhelpful dependencies and
desperations rooted in a deep belief in lack. The ego always has an
outcome for relationships, like staying together at any cost or making it
look good on the surface, while the Spirit offers guidance for how
relationships can be used from moment to moment for healing  and the
undoing of things such as unhealthy dependency, control, and fear of
loss. The truth is that you never really need anybody in the present
moment. But when you feel very drawn to someone, you can practice
simultaneously tuning in to Spirit. He will use the symbol of relationship
for your awaken ing. Falling in love with someone can be used in the
truest sense to go deep within, beyond the form to the essence, to a
communion experience, to a sense of total communion, syner gy, and
telepathy, way beyond the form. Everyone wants  a love that doesn’ t come to an end. Love song
lyrics usually speak of “forever ” and “everlasting,” and the ideal of an
enduring, everlasting, harmonious, continuous relationship certainly
sounds good. Yet, those terms don’t typically describe interpersonal
relationships in this world. For even in the “best relationships,” when
they seem to be sustained, it is still perceived that death of the body, or
splitting up and moving on, cuts the relationship short of the ideal. From
that perspective, there seems to be an ending. When there is a breakup,
there can seem to be a lack of love, a heartache. However, if a
relationship seem s to come to an end and you’re no longer together, but
the thought of that person comes  into your mind all the time, then you’re
actually still in that relationsh ip. Your healing and learning continue
even when the bodies are no longer together. People are thoughts in your
mind, and therefore, you are never left without an opportunity to heal. It
takes a while before you will become good at being aware of your
thoughts. I call that practice mind watching. The temptation is to only
watch your mind at certain times and then slip back into mindlessness. Yet, this mind watching, especially within your relationships, is one of
the major functions in returning again and again to the present moment. Love is, in truth, always beyond form. While special love in
relationships is defined by the purpose and form it takes, divine love hasno limit s. It is pure spirit. Freedom and intimacy can only be found by
going inward, no matter if you are single or in a relationship. You’ll
experience this truth only when you are free of attachment to outcomes
and as you allow the Holy Spirit to remove the limits that you place on
the sharing and extending of your love. Moving Toward Holy Relationship
It is a blessing that we can use all of our relationships to see where we
need healing of our minds and where we still have grievances. Even in a
special relationship, Spirit, when invited in, can help us see and guide us
in what must be released in our mind through watching what our partner
is mirroring back to us. One time when I was in Argentina, some friends took me to watch
professional tango. The dancers were slicing through the air, enacting all
the drama of relationships. They  slice so fast because there are all kinds
of relationship-r elated passion and emotions in the dance. There’ s even a
history of murder associated with the tango. So, under that slicing,
there’ s a little bit of “I could kill you.” Their faces are very expressive
and very dramatic. There’ s a lot of the drama and the trauma of special
relationships under those whisking bodies cutting through the air. Everybody on Earth can relate to the intense emotions in relationships. The ego gets flushed out of its unconscious hiding place. It comes up to
the surfa ce, and it is vicious. What was passion, romance, and attraction
seem to easily turn into hatred. A Course in Miracles  has nine chap ters dedicated to special
relationships! In special relatio nships in this world, it slips back and
forth between, “I love you, I love you, I love you; and I could kill you!”
The rage and the passion are a razor blade’ s width apart. So close. If
that’s the case, how can a special relationship become the means to
enlightenment, to spiritual awak ening? It is through forgiveness in day-
to-day living. We can be gratef ul to all the people in our life because
they reveal our grievances to us. As you take steps toward accepting the true purpose of all of your
relationships, you need to not only put your mind into it; you need to live


O therapy for amyloid deposits and
amyloidosis casts doubt on its value. Writing in the September 1981 issue of
Veterinary Research Communications
, the three clinicians state: “Data from the
literature on DMSO therapy for amyloidosis in laboratory animals and man are
reviewed and found to be inconclusive. In hamsters with casein-induced
amyloidosis, as well as in dogs with spontaneous amyloidosis, therapeutic
experiments with DMSO were performed. In these investigations no effect of
DMSO on amyloid and amyloidosis was found.”
7
Finally, a urologist, Dr. S. Yachiku, writing in the March 1986 issue of the
Journal of Urology
, reported on a case of primary localized amyloidosis of the
bladder that responded well to instillation with dimethyl sulfoxide. Dr. Yachiku
first successfully performed a transurethral resection and then did intravesical
instillation with DMSO. He concluded that the patient’s swift recovery from the
primary localized amyloidosis was directly due to DMSO. 8
CLINICAL STUDIES SHOWING RESPONSE TO DMSO IN
DISSOLVING GALLSTONES
A 1988 report by French clinicians confirmed that DMSO is useful for the
dissolving of cholesterol gallstones. It is known that methyl tert-butyl ether, which
is a powerful cholesterol monohydrate solvent, does not completely dissolve
mixed cholesterol gallstones when directly infused into the biliary tree (the stream
of bile into the gallbladder). In
the current paper, the clinicians compared the effectof various solvents containing different proportions of methyl tert-butyl ether and
dimethyl sulfoxide in anhydrous and aqueous systems on the
in vitro
 solubilization
of human cholesterol stones. The dissolution rates of cholesterol obtained in the presence of methyl tert-
butyl was markedly decreased when 10 parts were added to 100 parts of water. In
contrast, the addition of 30 parts of DMSO per 100 parts of water (a 30-percent
solution) to the methyl tert-butyl ether-water system enhanced the stone-solvent
contact, improved the cholesterol dissolution rates, and left less gallstone debris.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        All updated patient reports throughout the year have
previously been forwarded to the FDA under separate cover. ”
Commissioner Goyan considered this alleged misreporting extremely serious in
view of the fact that it was the eye toxicity that the FDA was most concerned
about. Under the IND regulations that govern this human experimental work, it is
mandatory that the sponsor shall promptly investigate and report to the FDA and toall investigators any findings associated with the use of the drug that may suggest
significant hazards, contraindications, side effects, and precautions pertinent to the
safety of DMSO. Eye changes in the scleroderma patients clearly fall within this
definition. It is possible that lens changes are a complication of the disease, but there is
nothing reported in the medical literature indicating that eye symptoms are present
in scleroderma. From the correspondence found three years later in the Research Industries
corporate files, it appears that Scherbel’s letter is the first DMSO report of human
eye toxicity ever, and that the pharmaceutical company had furnished the report to
Dr. Pani at the FDA. Commissioner Goyan said that if Pani had possessed this
information and not provided it to the FDA, it would be grounds for his dismissal
from the agency. It looked like the FDA had a real health problem with DMSO—specifically,
eye toxicity in humans. Also, the agency learned that the odor-free DMSO, 87-2,
and another DMSO derivative called Satori, had no IND and no animal testing, but
were being distributed in interstate commerce and being used by the general
public. We saw at the start of this chapter that Jean Puccio almost daily paints on
87-2, which she acquired from Dr. Jacob. Use of this unapproved drug is illegal. Dispensing it is a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Dr. Hensley brought all this information to the Inspector General of the United
States. “The Office of Inspector General went to the United States attorney in
Baltimore, because it is the judicial district, and briefed them on what they knew
of it,” said Dr. Hensley. “They interviewed a great many people during that week
[May 12, 1980] and had some very definite impressions as to what they ought to
do. ”
The incident with which we opened
Chapter 2
, where FDA officials
holding a
Federal warrant entered Dr. Jacob’s office on November 10, 1980, looking for
documents on eye toxicity, is a direct outgrowth of this discovery and its eventual
public disclosure in the Congressional Record. In fact, one of the investigators
visiting Dr. Jacob’s office was Dr. Alan B. Lisook, who is Dr. Hensley’s
supervisor at the Division of Scientific Investigations, Bureau of Drugs, FDA. Lisook flew to Portland, Oregon, from Washington, D. C., to grab what reports on
eye toxicity he could out of Jacob’s files. You’ll recall that Lisook wasn’t allowed
access to the files. Meantime, the Inspector General, in consultation with the Baltimore United
States attorney, investigated possible malfeasance on the part of some employeesof the agency. “The allegations have to do with the question of whether the
sponsor and the investigators were investigated promptly enough and in a proper
fashion,” explained Nancy L. Buc, Chief Counsel of the FDA, “and also may have
to do with questions that pertain to the sponsor and to the investigators. ”
Dr. Pani, the medical officer with the primary responsibility for DMSO, who
was assigned to the drug in 1968, was transferred from the DMSO project. And
then he was forced to retire from the FDA under threat of outright dismissal. The
policy management staff at the FDA conducted an investigation of Dr. Pani and his
relationship with the sponsors, the clinical researchers, and the physician-monitor. This physician-monitor was responsible for making sure the protocols of
investigations were being followed, the product being employed was pure, and the
records being kept were accurate. The FDA staff’s findings have not been made
public, but I have found out that the physician-monitor was Stanley Jacob.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: According to the FDA, what is mandatory for a sponsor to do in the case of any findings that suggest significant hazards, contraindications, side effects, or precautions pertinent to the safety of a drug?,
A: The sponsor shall promptly investigate and report to the FDA and all investigators.
Q: Who was the FDA medical officer responsible for the DMSO project, and what was the outcome of the investigation?,
A: Dr. K.C. Pani was the FDA medical officer responsible for the DMSO project. He was transferred from the project and eventually forced to retire from the FDA under threat of dismissal.
Q: What was the outcome of the second trial of Dr. Jacob, who was charged with three counts of improper payments to an FDA official?,
A: Dr. Jacob was acquitted of all charges, and the charges were eventually dropped.
Q: What was the outcome of the investigation by the Office of Inspector General, and what was the subsequent action taken?,
A: The investigation led to the indictment of Dr. Pani, and he pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count. The government also pursued criminal charges against Dr. Jacob, but they were dropped without definitive conclusions.
Q: What is the recommended treatment protocol for intravenous therapy with DMSO, and what side effects were reported?,
A: The recommended treatment protocol is 1 g DMSO per kg body weight given daily for 5-10 days, with a rest period on the weekend after the first 5 treatments. No serious side effects were reported.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Better yet, a subsequent dissolution with an alkaline (pH = 8.8) aqueous
dimethyl sulfoxide-ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (DMSO-EDTA) solution
strongly reduced the noncholesterol residues. In vivo
, nearly complete dissolution of human cholesterol stones implanted in
the gallbladders of rabbits were obtained within eight hours when methyl tert-butyl
ether-DMSO (in a proportion of 70 to 30 parts) solvent was infused at a rate of 0.6
ml/h/kg. With methyl tert-butyl ether, only 84 parts per 100 of the original stone
weight was dissolved. As for side effects, the infusion of these solvents leads to morphological
changes in the gallbladder wall with some focal ulcerations. These alterations can
be almost completely recovered after two weeks. No histologic evidence of liver,
duodenal, or kidney damage was found. The four clinicians write: “We conclude that the mixture methyl tert-butyl
ether/dimethyl sulfoxide (70/30) constitutes a good solvent for mixed cholesterol
stones. Compared with pure methyl tert-butyl ether, the mixed system allows for a
more rapid and a more complete dissolution of gallstones.”
9
The above report was a semi-verifier of an earlier Japanese paper that
indicated DMSO is a chelator and dissolver of calcium stones in the gallbladder.


 research that happiness is associated only with a single
factor—a level of consciousness. Q: What is the critical central focus of the ego, i.e., its critical factor? A: The ego is focused on one point, the experiencer, which is programmed
to seek pleasure and survival through gain. It views happiness as
something one acquires, possesses, and incorporates. Therefore, the
experiencer is programmed to ‘get’. The experiencer’s function is to get
pleasure and possess it. It is not concerned with the soul unless it
fortuitously becomes spiritually oriented. Then its goals shift, and it
discovers that the source of pleasure is completely within. When it is
discovered that the source of ongoing pleasure is the Self, and not the
self, the result is independence from the world. Gratification of the
ego’s desires is within the linear domain. True happiness arises from thenonlinear. With relinquishment of dependence on the experiencer for
pleasure and happiness, one discovers that the source of happiness is
one’s own existence, and the realization of the Self is happiness itself. Q: It seems as though the ego’s attachments are multitudinous and
almost overwhelming. A: Complexity is a perception of the ego/mind. One sharp knife can cut
through hundreds of different objects; there is only the necessity of one
simple action. Analogously, there is only one simple key concept
necessary to disengage from all the ego’s encumbrances. It has only one
addiction, which is to subjective pleasure/gain. That is the secret payoff
of all desires, projected values, and attractions. This is exaggerated by
projected value, worth, glamour, or specialness. There is only one gain,
and this same gain is merely superimposed on everything that is desired
and therefore attracts attachment. The pleasure is associated with
derived happiness. Thus, the ego has only one goal. That discernment
enables escape from all attractions. This solitary motive is merely
projected onto multiple diverse objects, persons, or qualities. The clever ego can extract the juice/payoff of secret gratification and
pleasure from anything it arbitrarily selects. Actually, it is always just
the same goal over and over again. The ‘what’ that is desired is actually
irrelevant. The locus is imagined to be ‘out there’ but is actually ‘in
here’, for the pleasure gain is subjective and internal. The
relinquishment of this single, solitary goal unveils the Reality of the
Self, which is the innate prime source of all happiness, and its
Realization terminates all wants and desires. The locus of happiness is
always solely from within. Pleasure is transitory; joy and happiness are
from within. OceanofPDF.comCHAPTER 7
The Razor’s Edge
Discussion
It can be seen that even on a conceptual level, it is not possible to undo
the ego/experiencer complex in a linear fashion, nor is it possible without
Divine assistance, which is provided by the presence of the spiritual energy
itself. The spiritual energy is an emanation of Self. The inflow of Divine
energy is a consequence of karmic propensities, along with Grace, spiritual
choice, and the assent of the Will as exemplified by worship, spiritual
commitment, prayer, supplication, selfless service, mercy, and love. Consciousness calibration indicates the level of the evolution of
consciousness, which is correlated with the degree of dominance of the
spiritual energy that accompanies truth and love. The ego cannot be undone
in a serial manner through all of its multitudinous belief systems. Instead,
by spiritual intention and devotion, the calibrated level moves up, and as it
does, the field itself supports the undoing of the ego’s dominance. The techniques and practices that dissolve the underpinnings of the
various ego positions along the Scale of Consciousness have been described
elsewhere (Transcending the Levels of Consciousness). These have also
been alluded to in the sections on meditation and contemplation. At a
certain period in spiritual evolution and by assent of the will, there arises
the inner decision to seriously and actively pursue spiritual awareness for its
own sake. This may be accompanied by a change of lifestyle and/or the
seeking out of spiritual teachers or communities. Operationally, the central
elements of seriously committed inner spiritual work consist of:
1. Discipline of focus without deviation. 2. Willingness to surrender all desires and fears to God. 3. Willingness to endure transitory anguish until the difficulty is
transcended. 4. Constancy and watchfulness. 5. Moving from self-interest as participant/experiencer to that of the
witness/observer. 6. Willingness to relinquish judgmentalism and opinion about what is
observed.7. Identifying with the field rather than with the content of the field. 8. Proceeding with certainty and confidence by accepting that
Enlightenment is one’s destiny, not a goal, wish, or hope; rejecting the
notion that Enlightenment is a gain; and understanding it is a condition
that ensues as a consequence of decision, intention, and devotional
dedication consequent to both karma and Divine Grace. 9. Avoiding glamorizing or aggrandizing the endeavor or its destination,
and relying instead on devotion for its own sake. The Razor’s Edge: Staying on the Crest of the Wave
The witness/observer is a contemplative attitude of poise. Phenomena
appear and disappear. One must constantly surrender the desire to
experience the phenomena or the desire to ‘juice’ the experience of the
experiencing itself. It will be noticed that feelings and thoughts arise and fall away like
waves. To anticipate the future is often the result of trying to control it
based on fear. The fear, control, and anticipation are associated with
focusing on the front of the wave of experiencing. In contrast, to cling to
thoughts and feelings for even 1/10th of a second past the cresting wave is
to focus on and cling to the past. The focus needs to be on the crest of the
wave itself as it is breaking into that 1/10,000th–of–a–second aperture of
‘experiencing’. The detection of this ‘space’ is possible by the inner quality
of consciousness/awareness, which is not subject to delay. It is not possible
to choose this by perception because perception moves at exactly the same
rate as does mentation. Awareness/consciousness is located just beneath or prior to the function
of the watcher/observer. It is silent and unmoving, like the sky or space
itself. By relinquishing anticipation, clinging, seeking pleasure, or avoiding
unpleasantness, the focus remains poised on the razor’s edge of the crest of
the fleeting moment. By this poised position, mentation and imaging
gradually recede and reveal that the underlying field is activated by the
desire and intention of thinkingness itself. As focus and interest move from
content to the observer/ witness, it will be found that the observer/witness is
an emanation of consciousness as awareness and a nonlinear, impersonal
quality that is primary, innate, and autonomous. Although this meditation/contemplation may seem unfamiliar or
awkward at first, because it is in accord with the will and Divine energy, it
eventually becomes self-positioning without resistance. If the witnesseddata are neither desired, resisted, nor given value as ‘mine’, they begin to
subside and eventually fall away. In turn, each is surrendered to God as it
arises, and the silent energy source that it is desirous of thinking or
experiencing is revealed. To de-energize it, it is only necessary to surrender
the desire to God. Transformation/Revelation
By withdrawal of interest or value from the experiencer’s filter screen
of the illusory ‘I’/self, the illusory self becomes an ‘it’ rather than an ‘I’. Its
dominance and interference diminish and fall away. The world’s appearance
and quality then demonstrate a profound change. With the removal of the
interference of the processing screen, everything reveals itself as
intrinsically, exquisitely radiant. Everything ‘presents’ itself with aliveness
and awareness. The prior appearance of the world, in contrast, was drab and
monochromatic compared to Technicolor. Now all shines forth its own
radiance of stunning beauty consequent to the aliveness, pervasiveness, and
universality of life. All is interrelated and expressive of Oneness and Unity. All is
happening spontaneously of its own. The brilliant quality of radiant beauty
shines forth as the Essence of Creation. The mind becomes silent. At first
hesitatingly, and then in overwhelm, it realizes that Divinity is revealing
Itself like the gift of a presentation. It is uniquely Divinity’s manifesting as
Creation, which is continuous. All shines forth its awareness by worship
and adoration of the existence of overwhelming Love as Presence. The
presentation is stunning, and even the field of conscious awareness is stilled
by the grandeur. The Presence precludes functioning in the ordinary sense. The familiar
self-identity has disappeared. It is not even possible to speak of the Reality
without Divine assistance. It cannot be described or explained. (To even
allude to it took thirty years.) One-Pointedness of Mind
This is a subject often brought up during lectures and is alluded to in
classical spiritual literature.


 indeed making you quite uncomfortable, you can add a
teaspoon of natural honey into your water two or three times a day. Do not add honey
to hot water. Lukewarm water is best. Go to sauna if you feel like it. Do not do enemas everyday, only when you feel that
your bowel is full and your assistance is required. Do enema also when you feel sick. Your body tells you that it has some extra toxins ready to dispose, and some of them
are being absorbed back, making you feel sick. Listen your body and trust your
instincts. Go to work as normal. If you are physically active – do your jogging, squash or tenni s
as usual, but watch what your body is saying. You may have to adjust the intensity of
your exercise. 37
Note how sharp your mind is, and how easily it is for you to solve problems. Use this. Study and read books, which you thought were too difficult for you. Engage in creative
activities. Notice how many ideas sp[ring to your mind. 7th  day of Fasting

In my experience, this is the most difficult day. Some people may experience s uch
difficulties on 4 th  or 5 th  day of fasting. Your body enters into a higher level of
purification. Everything was easy to dispose is already gone. Now your body i s getting
ready to expel toxic deposits which are much more difficult to metabolize, and usuall y
are more toxic too. Your best strategy is to perform an enema in the morning (or in the evening of pre vious
day) and increase the intake of water during the day. Depending upon how you feel,
you may have to perform another enema in the evening. It is not only the quantity of
the waste in the bowels that is now important. The stuff in your intestines is now
extremely toxic, and you want to flush it, there by minimizing the chance of the
secondary absorption. Try to use pure water to make the enema solution. 8-14 day of fasting

No food. Water only. You should feel great. Your body just got rid of a huge amount of
the most urgent waste deposit during previous days. Your natural instincts and healing
have been awakened. Go to work as usual. If you feel that lack of food is indeed making you quite uncomfortable, you can add a
teaspoon of natural honey to your water two or three times a day. Notice how little is
required to restore complete comfort of your body and mind. Use the increased efficiency of your mind to do some useful creative work. It  is not
uncommon to write an article or even a book in just a few days. Breaking the fast

This is another critical point in fasting. You can ruin most of your achievement, if you
subject your body to a food shock. Your sub-conscious mind may not believe you next
time you fast. Without realizing it, you may train it to expect a shock, rather tha n work
spontaneously and purify itself with maximum efficiency. Your body is now pure. Your mind developed in many directions. Treat them both with
care and attention. 38  In the first day of breaking the fast,

Start by eating small quantities of food. Try to treat your body as that of a new ly
born baby. Eating one  spoon of natural yoghurt (no flavors!!!) is a good start. Include
fresh fruit, but chew it very intensely. Eat very small quantities (baby size), but do so
quite frequently, every hour or two for example. Squeezing fresh fruit and nectars  will
provide you with an excellent food. You may add honey to the (lukewarm) water if you
wish. Some experience felt on the first day can be quite memorable. After fasting, you
are very sensitive and your instincts are very sharp. Not only you will find food to t aste
differently. To your surprise you may discover some ordinary food like bread to be
more toxic than others (natural yoghurt for example), especially if you take  it as your
first food after fasting. The sensation after swallowing the first bite  of such food can be
compared to the one you experience after having an alcoholic drink. The major
difference is that such a sensation lasts only a few seconds. Do not eat anything in the evening. Drink water, with honey if you like. In the second day of breaking fast. Eat little, mostly in a liquid form. Cooked oats, semolina and other cereals, natural
yoghurts are OK. Eat fruits several times a day. Drink at least 2-3 liters of  pure water. Do not eat meat, fish or eggs. After fasting – maintaining the pure body. Gradually you should introduce a “normal” diet, on which you could live on for
indefinite period of time. Note that most of your efforts will be lost if you return to your old habits. To mainta in
the body in a healthy and pure state, you should take care not to poison it again. It is
strongly recommended, that you eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, avoid  meat,
fish, and eggs and any food containing extracts, colors and flavors. For more detail s see
the section about diet later on in this thread. It is very important to continue drinking at least 2-3 liters of pure water each da y. Remember that our body is 75% water and all scientists agree that aging proc ess is
equivalent to slow dehydration of the cells in our body. 39  3. Oxygen Therapies

Oxygen therapies use oxygen in various forms (ozone for example) to assist the body i n
the healing process. Their indisputable effectiveness comes from the fact, that  oxygen
is a key substance used by our body in the detoxification process. The rate of
detoxification can be greatly increased, if the body has an excess of oxygen ava ilable to
it. Selected safe and very effective techniques of oxygen therapy are l isted below. Note,
that breathing pure oxygen is NOT listed as the effective therapy. It is not t he quantity
of oxygen, which is the most important. Most effective healing techniques use minute
quantities  of active atomic oxygen, in concentrations occurring naturally in spring
water and the air in the mountains. Enema. This was described earlier in detail earlier in this thread. Adding minute
quantities of hydrogen peroxide to the pure water used for an enema, delivers small
quantities of oxygen directly to excreting organs, helping them to work better. Never
exceed the concentration of 1 drop of (30%) hydrogen peroxide per 2 liters of water  for
your enema. Your safety and comfort are most important. If in doubt, use much less. Do not use hydrogen peroxide sold in pharmacies for external use only. It contains so
called “stabilizers” which may be toxic. Use only “analytical” or “food”  grade
hydrogen peroxide. Bath. The skin is the largest organ of your body. Soaking it in diluted hydrogen
peroxide is very beneficial to your body. Minute amounts of pure atomic oxygen are
delivered simultaneously everywhere around your body, greatly stimulating t he
detoxification process. You can go to Lourdes mineral springs in France for a bath, or
you can simply prepare a bath at home, by adding 20-50 milliliters of 30% hydrogen
peroxide to the entire water volume (100 liters). It would be best to use filtered or r ain
water with no chlorine and other chemicals. If you have a pool, you can replace the
chlorine water treatment by the ozone water treatment system. Ozone (or UV ) water
treatment is borrowing yet another example from nature. Ozone produced natural ly
from oxygen by UV rays in the atmosphere, reacts with the moisture in clouds,
producing pure and healthy rain. Having the ozone treated water in your pool you can
swim in it and drink the water from it too. Oral intake: - It has been demonstrated (see oxygen Therapies by Ed McCabe listed in
the references. ), that taking diluted hydrogen peroxide orally also is benef icial to our
health. The most controversial issue is the concentration. In my opinion we should not
exceed by much the concentrations which occur naturally in the rain water high i n the
mountains or in the water from natural mineral springs. Another good gauge is taste. The taste of hydrogen peroxide is extremely unpleasant and we are quite sensitive  to it. So, if you cannot feel discomfort drinking the solution, the concentration is most likely
safe. Again, do not use hydrogen peroxide sold in pharmacies for external use only, as
it contains so called “stabilizers” which may be toxic. Use only “analyt ical” or “food”
grade hydrogen peroxide. Ozone treatment :- Ozone (O3) is a very active form of oxygen. It exists naturally in
the atmosphere – it is created from molecular oxygen (O2) by the UV rays fr om the  40  sun. Ozone is the essential ingredient of fresh air. Ozone is unstable: it breaks down
into oxygen after only a few minutes at room temperature (25 Degree C), but its
supplies are continuously updated using the UV energy from the sun. High in
mountains there is a lot of ozone in the air. We can create ozone in our home, by yet
again imitating the ways of nature: using a quartz lamp to generate UV ray s. Because
ozone is so


 I  had  for  so  long  felt
in  my  heart:  the  abiding  grief  of  these  cows. I  have
walked  through  the  valleys  and  shadows  of  death  twice
in  my  life  and  never  have  I  witnessed  such  gargantuan
grief. How  can  we  in  the  West  hope  to  rationalize  or
address  the  present  state  of  unwholesomeness  of  milk
as  a  food? The  primary  issue  we  must  confront  is  the
holocaust  of  these  animals. In  the  last  two  decades,  many  humane  voices  have
risen  in  an  attempt  to  eliminate  the  brutalities  to
which  cows  are  subjected  in  the  dairy  and  beef  indus-
tries. These  crimes  against  life  and  freedom  are  per-
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vasive  and  tenacious. They  deeply  afflict  the  natural
innocence  of  lives  and  lands  not  only  in  the  United
States,  but  also  in  the  poor  countries  that  have  been
contracted  to  farm  meat  and  milk  for  U.S.  consump-
tion. The  world  continues  to  be  influenced  by  actions
performed  in  this  unique  country,  actions  that  deny
the  excellence  and  freedom  of  spirit  embodied  in  her
national  symbol,  the  bald  eagle. The  Sacred  Cow
In  the  Vedic  tradition  each  animal  is  considered  to  be
sacred,  for  it  holds  the  complex  memory  of  life  on
earth. This  memory  is  safely  stored  by  all  species  that
do  not  expend  breath  unnecessarily. Because  of  the
willful  and  breath-consuming  nature  of  humans,  we
are  the  most  porous  containers  of  remembrances. The
animals  are  a  living  reflection  of  our  memory  banks. They  were  created  to  provide  reminders  of  our  full
potentiality. More  than  mere  symbols  of  memory,
they  are  the  embodiment  of  memory. Through  the
reverent  ken  of  the  ancients,  the  customs  of  paying
tribute  to  the  animals  began  and  were  perpetuated
through  timeless  eons. The  shamanic  cultures  also  observed  animals  by
chase,  capture,  and  sacrifice,  and  identified  them-
selves by  the  name  essences  of  the  animals. They  rec-
ognized the  manifest  spirit  of  the  animals  to  be  the
direct  reflection  of  universal  memory. They  learned
to  know  the  earth  through  their  humble  relationship
with  the  animals. They  celebrated  cleverness  through
the  spider,  gentle  cunning  through  the  fox,  the  terrors
of  the  dark  nature  through  the  bear,  and  the  numinous
beauty  of  the  earth  through  the  totality  of  the  bison. The  movements  and  appearances  of  animals  clarified
their  deepest  quest  for  spiritual  unity  to  the  earth. Each  animal  possessed  its  own  rhythm  of  grace,  move-
ment, and  self-nourishing  instincts. These  are  the
qualities  that  the  human  has  yet  to  learn  of  its  innate
nature. In  Sanskrit,  every  name  portends  the  cosmic  mean
ing  of  the  bearer's  relationship  to  the  earth. The  cow
is  called  go. Go  is  also  the  name  for  the  earth  and  the
holy  scriptures. Lord  Krishna  was  called  Gopala,  the
one  who  protects  the  cow. "Protecting  the  cow"  is  a common,  and  ancient,  expression  used  to  infer  the
protection  of  the  scriptures,  the  nurturing  of  the  land,
and  the  celebration  of  the  cow,  who  is  the  manifest
keeper  of  the  memory  of  the  earth's  spiritual  dharmas. The  cow  and  the  elephant  have  been  the  most
celebrated  and  adorned  animals  in  India. The  cow  is
the  keeper  of  the  scriptural  memory,  and  the  elephant
is  the  holder  of  the  first  memory  of  plants  and  herbs
on  the  planet. If  either  became  extinct,  we  would  not
be  able  to  maintain  the  memory  necessary  for  the
survival  of  the  earth. We  can  be  certain,  however,  that
while  we  keep  these  sacred  lives  in  their  present  mi-
asma of  pain  and  grief,  it  does  not  bode  well  for  us. The  degree  of  each  animal's  suffering  is  paralleled  by
the  agony  of  the  earth  and  by  human  pain. The  insidious  suffering  of  the  cows  is  directly  re-
flected in  the  diseases  of  our  food  body. It  is  no  coin-
cidence that  every  symptom  the  cow  suffers  in  her
captivity  is  mirrored  in  the  present  condition  of  the
human  species. In  the  agribusiness  of  dairy  and  beef  farming,  the
cattle  wallow  in  freezing  mud  and  excrement  during
the  ice-cold  rains,  they  are  rarely  provided  with  shade
or  shelter,  and  they  are  held  in  the  permanence  of
darkness  and  death  without  mobility,  sunlight,  or
space,  just  to  inhibit  energy  output  and  increase  tat
for  the  butcher. They  are  pumped  with  more  than
two  thousand  different  chemicals,  antibiotics,  and
hormones,  in  addition  to  stimulants  and  poisons  such
as  arsenic. The  diet  ot  a  milk  cow  consists  of  highly
concentrated,  roughage  less,  mold  tilled  feed  with
chemical  condiments  ot  these  antibiotics,  pesticides,
nitrate  fertilizers,  and  herbicides. The  system  victimizes  animals,  tai  mers,  the  world
community,  the  land,  and,  in  the  last  analysis,  the
perpetrators  themselves. The  mental  agony  ot  the  COW
is  inherited  by  all  those  who  dunk  the  polluted  ama,
which  used  to  be  milk;  we  sutler  the  same  conditions
of  fear,  isolation,  restlessness,  and  melancholia. The
cows' subtle  memories  are  blackened  In  then  capti\
Ity,  directly  effecting  the  loss  ol  oui  own  memoi ies  ot
spiritual  dharmas. the  plagues  ol  hyperactivity,
discombobulation,  muscle  pain,  digestive  disorders,
heart  disease,  abdominal  cramps,  excess  gas,  consti
pation,  bloating,  and  atherosclerosis  in  humans  tit
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the  result  of  the  Vata  dosha  going  mad  in  the  cow's
body. Ulcerations,  rashes,  hives,  fevers,  infertility,  poor
absorption  of  nutrients,  liver  abscesses,  and  violent
deaths  are  directly  linked  to  the  vitiated  metabolic
dosha  of  the  cow. The  cow's  essential  nature  is  nurturing,  solid,  stoic,
and  providing — like  a  mother. As  her


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helpf ul. " She c almed do w n, I polit el y ac c ept ed t he book f r om her, and pl ac ed it on t he c ount er. I
list ened t o her st or y of her y east and al l her y east s y mpt oms, and disc ussed w it h her
t he
diet ar y c hang es she mig ht w ant t o mak e, some w at er she should dr ink, and t hen I
sug g est ed tur pentine and sug ar. She r eplied, “ W H A T?!”
“Y es, tur pentine and sug ar, ” I
r epeat ed. She said, “Y ou k no w w hat, D oc t or, I am so f ed up. I am f eeling so lous y, I w i l l e v en do t hat. ”
I sa w her bac k in a c ouple of w eek s, w hic h w as onl y enoug h time t o t ak e 2 doses of
tur pentine.
" W el l, Miss J ones, ho w is y our y east doing?" I ask ed her. "Y east, w hat y east?” She said happi l y. “ I don ’t
ha v e an y y east. I ’m doing f ine. " I c an onl y deduc e t hat t o t he e x t ent she had y east, t he tur pentine w as
usef ul f or her. N o w, at t his point, t he ot her t hing t hat mig ht be of int er est is a litt le mor e about t he
hist or y of tur pentine. M an y people ha v e ask ed me about r esear c h done on tur pentine
and e v idenc e
of tur pentine’ s eff ec ti v eness. I w ould li k e t o sa y, I ’m not muc h of a f an of r esear c h bec ause e v er y r esear c h pr o jec t I
ha v e been
in v ol v ed w it h, I ha v e been ask ed t o f alsif y d at a. S o e v en t houg h I do g o t o t he
li br ar y, e v en t houg h I do
look up r esear c h, and e v en t houg h I do r ead it, I r ealize t hat it
ma y not be as r eli able as it appear s.T his per son w as hig hl y educ at ed, and her husband w as a P h.D. sc ientist. W hen I
sug g est ed t o t hem t hat per haps tur pentine and sug ar w ould be of help, he w as
immedi at el y c onc er ned t hat his w if e of man y dec ades mig ht e v en t hink of
embar k ing
on suc h a t her ap y or int er v ention t hat e v er y one k ne w had t o be
let hal. S inc e he w as at a v er y l ar g e uni v er sit y w it h g r eat r esear c h c apabi lities, he
did a
lit er atur e sear c h at his uni v er sit y w it h al l t he t ools at his c ommand. H e
f ound t hat
tur pentine had been used hist or ic al l y t o k i l l w or ms. Y es, w or ms. A nd
f or t his, it w as
v er y eff ec ti v e, and in c ert ain doses, w hic h he did not disc lose t o me,
it w as ac tual l y
quit e saf e and w it hout i l l eff ec t.
2 7
Q. H o w many times do I ha v e t o t ak e tur pentine? Q. C an I use hone y or r a w tur binado? Q. Y ou mentioned in st ep 2 that w e shouldn't blend any f oods. C an y ou g i v e some
c l ar if ic ation on that? S ee belo w :
S t ep 2: S t op eating C andida's f a v or it e f o o ds. T his is an y f o o d t hat is blended, c o ok ed,
or mi x ed wit h somet hing else b ef or e y ou bu y
it. A. M an y people f ind t hat onc e t he y do st eps 1 t o 4 abo v e, t he y c an t ak e 1 or 2 doses
w it h
r elief. S ti l l ot her s f eel t he y need mor e. It is ok a y t o t ak e it t w ic e a w eek f or
y ear s. S ee
spec i al c ases. O nc e y ou r eac h y our g oal, t ak e it less t han t w ic e a w eek. T he f inal dose is
some w her e bet w een onc e a mont h and t w ic e a y ear. T his is due t o
r e-e x posur e t o C andid a. A. N o, y ou ma y not use hone y. H one y has t oo muc h nutr itional v alue. A lso, hone y
does
not ac t as a tr ansport f or t he tur pentine and c ontr ol it s absor ption, as sug ar
does. W hit e sug ar is best, as it attr ac t s t he C andid a w it hout str eng t hening it. H o w e v er, r a w
tur binado is ac c ept able, t houg h st e v i a or an y non-sug ar s w eet ener is
not ac c ept able. A. Y ou c an blend or mi x y our f oods. T he manuf ac tur er ma y not. T he det er ior ation of
t he
nutr itional v alue and t he addition of c hemic als nec essar y t o c onc eal t he
det er ior ation
pr omot es C andid a. Y ou c an c onsume blended r a w or c ook ed f oods
t hat y ou blend. Y ou should not bu y
pr epac k ag ed f oods t hat ar e blended f or y ou. T he
instr uc tions “ heat and eat” or “ add
w at er and mi x” indic at e t hat t he f ood is
pr oc essed and should be a v oided. Enjo y,
D r J ennif er D aniels
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20 10 F ir st P ublished 20 16 U pd at ed
Shar e Y our T houg ht s H er e
S o, did y ou enjo y t he C andid a C leaner? C ONCL US ION:
I hope this g i v es y ou a g ood idea of ho w t o appl y the
mir ac le c ur e t o y our lif e. I ha v e
used it my self about e v er y 2 months f or
the past 20 y ear s.2 6
C an di d a C l ean e r  F A Q's
Q. Do I che w the sug ar or just s w al lo w? Q. I ha v e a c ondition that does not al lo w me t o dr ink this amount of w at er. What
should I do? Q. I f eel g r eat t ak ing the tur pentine, so c an I t ak e mor e than 1 t easpoon a d a y? A. J ust s w al lo w and c hase w it h w at er. A. C on v ert al l y our be v er ag es t o disti l led or r e v er se osmosis w at er, t hen inc r ease
t he
amount of w at er t o t he hig hest c omf ort able le v el. T hen pr oc eed. A. NO. O ne t easpoon is t he dose at w hic h people g et g r eat benef it. L ar g er doses
c ause
un w ant ed s y mpt oms. It is best t o f eel bett er eac h d a y w it hout un w ant ed
s y mpt oms. Q. I bur p the tur pentine and I do


 “What else did you read?”
“Emmet Fox’ s works were a big help,” she says. “Why did these books help you feel prosperous?”
“They spoke of an innate potential for love and prosperity that exists in
all of us,” she says. “How did you feel about that?”
“Well, at first I thought it was ridiculous!” she says with a big laugh. “Why?”
“The abundance of the universe had nothing to do with me. I could
believe it existed for others, but not for me.”
“You didn’ t feel loveable,” I say. “I had very poor self-esteem back then. I was also very angry,” she says. “Why were you angry?”
“These books told me that I was the one who was blocking my potential
for love and prosperity,” she says, laughing again. “Yet still you kept turning the pages.”
“Yes. These books were my lifelines. I remember telling myself that now
that I’d found these books I would find a way to experience this potential
for love and prosperity, and that I wouldn’ t let myself forget about this
potential ever again,” she says.I reflect on Louise’s story about when she first felt truly prosperous. Those books were her Aladdin’ s lamps. They woke up a potential that
already existed in her. This potential was waiting for her to take the first
step on her healing journey. And here she is now, some 40 years later, one
of the best-selling authors on the planet. “When did you first feel truly prosperous?” Louise asks me. “When I was 18 years old,” I tell her. “You were very young,” says Louise. “I elected to take my midlife crisis early,” I say. “We shouldn’ t compare our journeys, I know, but sometimes I wish I’d
learned what I know now a lot sooner,” she says. “‘There is a Divine Design for each man!’” I say, quoting Florence
Scovel Shinn, which makes Louise smile. “So what happened when you were 18 years old?” she asks. “I met A vanti Kumar, my first spiritual mentor.”
“What did he tell you?”
“Well, he gave me a lot of books to read. Books like the Tao Te Ching,
the Bhagavad Gita, The Dhammapada, and Autobiography of a Yogi, which
is where I first learned about af firmations. These books were my lifelines.”
“Did you struggle like I did?” she asks. “Yes. Just like you, I believed in a divine potential that exists in everyone
else but not in me,” I tell her. “You felt unloveable,” she says. “Yes, but I kept on turning the pages.”
“You were listening to your inner ding,” Louise says with a smile. “I’m so grateful that I did.”
“So how did this help you feel prosperous?” she asks. “Avanti was the first person to tell me that I am already abundant,” I tell
her. “Did you believe him?” she asks. “I asked Avanti, ‘If I’m already  abundant, why can’t I feel it?’ And he
said it was because I was blocking it!”
“I hope you got angry,” Louise says, laughing. “Yeah, I did some pillow bashing,” I tell her. “And then what?”
“Avanti said something that blew my socks of f!”
“What did he say?”“He said the reason I didn’ t feel abundant already is that I didn’ t expect
to feel abundant now; I expected to feel abundant in the future.”
“That’ s very good,” says Louise. “Avanti helped me take my first step on the spiritual path.”
“What was that first step?” asks Louise. “It was the willingness to seek the blocks to love inside myself.”
“Dissolving our barriers,” says Louise. “Amen.”
Avanti Kumar taught me what I call The Already Principle. The
Unconditioned Self, which is our true nature, is already blessed. “From the
very beginning, all beings are Buddha,” said Hakuin, a Japanese Zen
Master. We carry with us a timeless wisdom that exists already in us and
helps us to reme mber what we forgot. In the depths of our soul,  we find our
divine inheritan ce. We discover that we already are the person we most
want to be. Divine potential exists now, not in the future. This potential is our divine
mirror. We see our God-given talents in this mirror. This is where we find
the big happines s, the timeless wisdom, and the boundless love. Somehow,
though, we forget about this mirror. It gets covered over with a thousand
Post-it notes. These notes have terrible messages written on them, like I’m
not loveable  and I’m not enough. They are full of our judgments and self-
criticism, self-rejection and unworthiness. Pablo Picasso is often quoted as
saying that “[e]very child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an
artist once we grow up.”
According to the Already Principle, you have already been given
everything you need for your journey in this life. No matter which road you
take, divine guidance will meet you there. ”I am fully equipped for the
Divine Plan of my life; I am more than equal to the situat ion,” wrote
Florence Scovel  Shinn. Florence’ s affirmation reminds me of the scene in
the film Mary Poppins  in which, before Jane’ s and Michael’ s eyes, Mary
Poppins pulls item after item from her bottomless carpetba g. Our real
potential is like this. It reveals itself when it is needed and when we ask for
it. It’ s bigger than anything our ego can carry. What about our darkest moments, when our ego is on its knee s? When
we doubt that love exists? When we can see “only one set of footprints” andfeel utterly alone? In terrible times, it’s virtually impossible for anyone to
say the right thing. Words are probably not appropriate, anyway. They make
a wound sting even more. You can’t possibly know it then, but even in the
most forsaken place, the healing has already begun. That’ s how reality
works. Nothing takes place outside the Oneness. Love abandons no one. The Already Principle reminds us of our true nature and the nature of
reality. It teaches us that there is more to this world than meets the eye. Even in a world of fear, there is love. Even when you are in lack, there is
abundance. Even when you experience conflict, there is peace. Even when
you are alone, there is help. Even when you are confused, there is guidance. Everything you need is here, and it’s here now. That’ s why Louise always
encourages us to pray and af firm in the present tense. Just like this:
I am willing to let life love me today. Everything I need to know is revealed to me. I gratefully accept all the good I have
in my life now. I release all struggle now, and I am at peace. My healing is already in progress. I now accept and appreciate the
abundant life the Universe of fers me. Beyond Independence
I teach a modul e called “Life Loves You” in my three-day Loveability
program. In this module, we explore the blocks to love. We look especially
at the ways we make it difficult to be loved. We see how our lack of self-
love makes it harder for others  to love us. We examine fears about love,
roles we play in relationships, old grievances we carry, and defenses that
stop us from letting love in. One block to love we pay special attention to is
independence. How independent are you? I ask my studen ts this question at the start of
the “Life Loves You” module. I follow that question up with this one: Areyou a H.I.P. or a D.I.P.? I explain that H.I.P. stands for Healthy Independent
Person and D.I.P. stands for Dysfunctional Independent Person. On the
spectrum of independence, there is a healthy range and a dysfunctional
range. It’s impor tant that you know the difference and that you choose well,
if you want to let life love you. Healthy independence is a creative force that moves through everyone
and everything. This creative force comes from the Oneness. It’s how the
Unified Field—the energy of the universe—grows flowers and whales,
rainbows and stars, amethysts and people. It gives form to life and makes
embryos into babies. It helps children take their first steps and stand on
their own two feet. “I can do it all by myself,” cries the child. Soon he can
run and play. And all of this happens not in isolation but in a holding
environment of support and love. Healthy independence helps you to take your place in the collective. It
helps you to express yourself as I Am. You know deep inside yourself that I
am blessed  and I am loved  and I am loveable. You are an I that is made out
of everything. Everything helped to create you. This isn’t just poetry, by the
way; this is science. In the “Life Loves You” module, I show my students a
short film featuring Carl Sagan, the astrophysicist and cosmologist. In it
Sagan says, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first
invent the universe


 called
“the assassin’ s knife” in the manuals of love that noble girls were given to
read. He bowed and handed her the gold necklace. He returned a smile that
was gracious, but Siddhartha wasn’ t practiced at hiding his feelings, and the
girl knew she had no chance. Her father would be furious. To the second girl he said, “If anyone could be even more beautiful, it’ s
you. Why do you want to marry me?”
The second girl had kept close watch on what happened to the first. She
said, “T o give you sons as magnificent as yourself.” Her voice had the ring
of sincerity, but Siddhartha suspected that she was simply better trained. The love manuals taught that a man must always feel that he is making his
own decisions while at the same time being carefully manipulated. If a
woman was skillful, and applied eros when it was useful, he wouldn’ t even
know what was happening. Siddhartha bowed and handed the second girl a
necklace. She put it on with a haughty toss of the head as he moved on. The king felt anxious. “He doesn’ t like any of them,” he whispered to
Canki. The high Brahmin was unruf fled. He knew that discrimination can hold
out against desire only so long. “Patience, sire. He’ s a young man. When
peaches are ripe, no one leaves the market without buying one.” But
nothing about Siddhartha’ s manner looked promising by the time he had
reached the last girl. She looked up at him but didn’ t remove her veil.From behind the girl, her father nudged her with a fierce whisper. “Go
ahead. Get up and look at him!” She took a moment before rising. Now
Siddhartha remembered who she was. The one girl who had made him
curious. “I cannot tell if you are beautiful,” he said. “What’ s your name?”
“Yashodhara.”
“May I see you?”
She kept her veil on. “Is my appearance the only thing that would make
me worthy? If so, don’ t look at me. My face might conceal a false heart.”
Siddhartha smiled. “A good answer. Then tell me: Why do you wish to
marry me?”
“I’m not sure yet. I don’ t know you, and you haven’ t made any pretty
speeches, the way you did to the others.”
Siddhartha was intrigued by these words, but he also had to see her. He
lifted Y ashodhara’ s veil. She wasn’ t beautiful in the way the first girls had
been, modeled from the pages of the love manuals. But instantly he knew
how he felt. “You’re wonderful, because you were made to be loved.”
Up to this moment she had had the advantage, but now Y ashodhara
blushed. “That was a pretty speech, but too short for me to make up my
mind. My father will be so disappointed if I come away empty-handed. Can
I have a necklace?”
She held out her hand and Siddhartha frowned. “W as that a good
enough reason for you to come here?”
She replied, “Sire, I live in the deep woods, four long days’ journey
from here. My father is very anxious that I marry you. But a gold necklace
can feed a hundred of my starving people, those I left behind.”“Girl!” her father rebuked. Siddhartha held up his hand. “It’ s all right.” He bowed to Y ashodhara. “With your first words I found that you are honest, and now I find that you
are also kind. What more can I wish for?” He took her hand and led her to
kneel before the king as the hall rang with cheers. There was no need for a
long betrothal. Just as Siddhartha said, Y ashodhara was a woman who
existed to be loved, and their union was as real as Suddhodana’ s with Maya. Yet it was known to both of them, if to no one else in the world, that
Yashodhara had wept inconsolably on their honeymoon night. Siddhartha turned red. “If I was clumsy or did something wrong—”
She put a finger to his lips. “No, don’ t.”
“Then why are you so unhappy? An hour ago you seemed to be in
love.”
“An hour ago I didn’ t realize that you are going to leave me one day.”
He smothered her with kisses to reassure her and chided her gently
about being a superstitious girl like the maids who ran to the temple for a
good luck charm if they spilled the milk. Y ashodhara’ s words were never
repeated between them. T en years wasn’ t enough to erase the memory,
however, and when it came to pass that her husband did decide to leave her,
Yashodhara was crushed by seeing her premonition come true. All these memories danced before Gautama’ s mind along with the
image of his wife. The recollection of her sorrow was the only thing that
enabled him to defeat his arousal. Gautama’ s back slumped, and he
wondered for the first time since finding his master if abandoning his
family wasn’ t an unfor givable sin. Suddenly Gautama felt a stinging pain on one cheek. He opened his
eyes to see his master standing over him, hand raised. Sharply the hand
came down and slapped the other cheek. “Why did you do that, sir? What did I do to of fend you?”The old hermit shrugged. “Nothing. Y ou smelled like a man who sleeps
with women. I knocked the stink of f.”
This incident stuck in Gautama’ s mind for two reasons—because it
permanently banished any images of Y ashodhara from his mind, and
because it was the most words in a row that the hermit had spoken. But his
master wasn’ t setting a precedent for garrulousness. W eeks passed, the
monsoons came, and he said not another word. This became a time of great
peace for Gautama. One day he went for firewood but couldn’ t find any that
wasn’ t soaked from the rains. He recalled a cavern formed by fallen
boulders where perhaps some dry logs might have lodged. Walking through the woods, he felt the rain coming down, but the
monsoons were warm and he was toughened by months of exposure. His
body didn’ t shiver or his mind complain. Y et as he kept walking, Gautama
noticed that he started feeling chilled, and a hundred yards farther on he
was shaking badly. By the time he reached the cavern of boulders, he felt
quite uncomfortable and his mind was attacking him mercilessly. Go home. This crazy master is going to turn you into his slave or a crazy r ecluse like
himself. Run! It was as if he’d been taken back to his first day on the road. He found an armful of dry kindling, and when the rain abated he headed
back to camp. Now the process reversed itself. The closer he got to the
small clearing, the better he felt. His mind calmed down, and the shivering
in his limbs subsided. As he set foot in camp and saw his master again,
perfect peace descended like a curtain over his whole being. Gautama
stared at the old hermit in wonder. “Mara.”
Gautama was startled. “What?”
“Mara is interested in you.” Gautama opened his mouth, but the hermit
shook his head abruptly. “You know it’ s true. Y ou knew it before you came
here.”
Gautama trembled, sensing that a gulf was opening up between himself
and his master. He was surprised at how afraid this made him feel. “Ihaven’ t thought of Mara in years,” he protested. “And so you kept him away. For a time.”
The hermit breathed a deep sigh, as if he had to remind his body how to
return to the physical world before he could say another word. A few
agonizing moments passed. Siddhartha felt his heart sink. If he can smell
that I have a wife, what must a demon smell like? he thought. The hermit said, “Mara will keep away from me. He has no interest in
feeding when the bowl is empty. You are dif ferent.”
“What interest could he have in me?” asked Gautama. “You don’ t know?” The old hermit saw the look of baf flement in his
disciple’ s eyes. “There’ s something he can’ t let you find out. Y ou must go
beyond anything I can teach. That’ s the only way to rid yourself of the
demon,” his master said. Gautama felt panicky. He bowed to the ground and seized the hermit’ s
gnarled feet. “At least tell me what I’m looking for.”
When he got no reply, Gautama glanced up to see that the old hermit
had closed his eyes again and was far away. The disciple could barely sleep
that night. When he woke up before dawn he saw no dark outline against
the night sky. His master had left. Grief overwhelmed Gautama, and yet
deep


shops were attended by hundreds, but there was
not one-on-one teaching in these venues. The standards of EFT and even
what constitutes EFT has come to vary widely, and like any innovation, is
an ongoing topic of discussion and controversy. Some people learned EFT
at the workshop s, others from DVDs, others by watching a YouTube video,
still others from someone who had attended a workshop. The approach,
experience, instruction, standards, intent, and applications of practitioners
and tapping trainers have varied  widely. What constitutes EFT is regularly
under question. And that is a good thing, because as we clarify what works
safely with individuals in need, the whole field improves. However, the
field can occasionally be likened a bit to the Wild West. Gary Craig has
noted that he believes he made a “blunder” when initially intro ducing EFT
in a way that opened its use to the world when the practice lacked a
standardized way to consistently teach and monitor those who wereteaching as well as the practitioners being certified. In recent years, he and
his daughter, Tina Craig, implemented clear, consistent standardized
teaching methods and standards  for EFT: Gold Standard EFT. Their well-
thought-out, thorough, and comprehensive tutorials with guided, step-by-
step information, will enhance your practice and ability to get results. Gary
Craig’ s emofree.com is the no cost teaching site of which I am a member
and which I frequently revisit to refine my own technique. The site now
also includes his latest develop ment and exploration into healing, which
explores in essence, the spiritual nature of healing and its practical
applications. EFT Credentials: A Brief History
Early on, tests were adminis tered through EFT founding master Pat
Carrington, PhD, and author of the Choices Method of EFT. Those who
passed the tests received a certificate of completion of a test: EFT Level 1
and EFT Advanced. Next came the more rigorous earning of credentials
EFT Certification (Cert)-1, II, and Honors. These required that you had a
practice and understood and were extensively versed in the concepts and the
tapping techniq ues. Prior to the onset of these programs, there was a
program for advanced EFT practitioners—EFT Masters Program (and all
masters are considered Honors practitioners), which required  significant
commitment and admission on a one-on-one basis. That program, begun in
approximately 2005, came to an end in 2007, with just twenty-nine Masters
having completed it. In the ensuing years, Tina Craig developed and directed the Gold
Standard EFT ACP-EFT and ACEP-EFT credentialing system through the
Association for Comprehens ive Energy Psychology (ACEP), an
organization that also includes licensed therapists and other mental health
and holistic practice professionals. In my experience earning the ACP-EFT
credential, this is the most comprehensive, extensive, and thorough program
in the use of Gold Standard EFT. It included extensive one-on-one
mentoring, significant video session review with detailed feedback of eachtechnique in the EFT toolkit, and required mastery at a very high level. The
program has made me a more  thorough, effective profession al and my
sessions have become more powerful with regard to results. As of this
writing, Tina Craig is stepping down as director in December 2015. Training continues, however. Another solid program for earning excellent credentials, in my
experience, is the Association for Advancement of Meridian Techniques
(AAMET) International, with four practitioner levels. It features excellent
training and generous insightful mentoring by the knowledgeable, capable,
and thorough Jondi Whitis. Should you wish to pursue professional aspirations as a practitioner, add
it into your clinical practice, or just learn more about the technique, there
are Level 1 and Level 2 trainings, as well as trainings otherwise  designated
that provide excellent training. It pays to research, whether the individual
practitioner is working under the banner of a designated organization or on
his or her own. Some excellent teachers do not teach under any
organizational banner, for example. Obtain personal referrals about the
trainer. Speak one on one to those who attended a past seminar or training. Consult with the trainer to gain an understanding if this is a good fit for
you. Note also that the size of an organization does not necessarily denote
teaching quality. Some practitio ner trainers teach under one of the above-
named organization’ s banners. Others teach under EFTUniverse, and still
others teach as mentioned not under any banner, and yet others teach their
own brand of EFT. Research the trainer ’s bona fides, and go beyond the
testimonials—anyone can write a testimonial. Other T apping Methods
As noted, Gold Standard is not the only meridian tapping that gets results. Others who have developed their own approaches concurre nt with the
development with EFT also are effective. Many early energy tapping
pioneers as well as the early adopters of EFT who initially learned from
Gary Craig have created their own protocols, even their own brands oftapping. The issue is not variations, in my opinion—becau se I am a
personal recipient of variations working. There are many, many ways to
scale a mountai n, and all roads as is said, lead to home, as opposed to
Rome. To me, the problem arises when practitioners have not done their
own inner work  and do not have the knowledge, the wisdom,  the healthy
boundaries, or the clarity inside, to help people clear issues out at the roots,
whatever their approach, or do not know or are even aware of how to work
ethically and safely with people, especially those who have experienced
Trauma with a capital T. Such people may not be aware or responsive to the
issues tapping can raise. Some  individuals with un- resolved significant
mental health issues or those who aren’ t aware of the big stuff they’ve been
sitting can find themselves drowning when they follow along with a
workshop leade r or online practitioner who isn’t taking all of this into
account. Tapping is powerful. To me, it works with body, mind, and spirit, and that
includes the electromagnetic energy system of the body. When you are
working with deep stuff, you want someone who not only knows how to
swim in the deep waters but also able and adept at bringing you easily and
gently back to shore repeatedly, so you can finally do it indepen dently after
some practice. Remember that you and your money can be easy pickings
when you’re feeling desperate and believe the answers are outside of you. The wizards of Oz behind the curtain exist in every emer ging field. Gold Standard techniques are the centerpiece of my EFT practice. And
there are other holistic methods that I have drawn on in my healing work
that may include tapping variations, the use of song, music-making, writing
and other creative arts, body movement, and body shaking and trembling to
release trauma, deep listening, herbal consultations, healt h coaching
sessions, and more. The nature of my work has depended on the nature of
my client’ s request, the nature of my agreement with the client coupled with
my own knowledge base, experience, and authority. The goal is to listen
deeply and hold a space for the person who is doing the work, not to make
them heal, not to cause them to heal, but to be present in a way thatfacilitates and supports their healing. My commitment is to discover or
uncover what works for each individual client’ s own timing, highest good,
and optimal chance of clearing an issue out all the way down to its weedy,
gnarly roots. And this is an evolving process. Recently, I have drawn inspiration from Andy Austin’ s approach
(www.andrewtaustin.com), especially with regard to mirror box remapping. He has effected remarkable results with phantom limb pain patients. Richard Flook’ s meta medicine and healing
(www.advancedclearingener getics.com/about/about-richard-flook/) is of
interest, Trauma  Release Exercises (TRE) (www.traumaprevention.com) is
an area I am interested in (other practitioners have noted its effectiveness in
working with tapping and TRE in tandem, especially for those whose
bodies are carry ing “big” trauma as a place to start before even  employing
EFT). The active listening I use is along the lines of
www.handinhandparenting.or g, founded by the inspiring parent-child
connection advocate Patty Wipfler. I draw on mindfulness and breathing
exercises inspired by Dharm aseed.or g, DharmapunxNYC.com, and
Tarabrach.com, too. Space precludes  listing more on these energy therapy pioneers. Most of
their or ganizations of fer training and certifications. The late Dr. Roger Callahan invented Thought Field Therapy (TFT). Visit
his website at www.rogercallahan.com for more infor - mation on TFT. Dr. Larry Nims developed the Be Set Free Fast (BSFF) method, an
energy psychology. See “Tell Me About Be Set Free Fast Self-Help” for
more details: www.besetfreefast.com/faq-theory.html. Dr. John  Diamo nd (www.drjoh ndiamond.com) has explored diagnosing
and treating various psychological and mental problems through energy
therapy. Dr. Fred Gallo, (www.fredgallo.com


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t h e r e  a r e  p e o p l e  a t  w o r k  w i t h i n  t h e  U. S. m i l i t a r y  t o d a y  w h o
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p o s s i b i l i t i e s  f o r  o u r  a r m e d  f o r c e s  t h a n  o n e  m i g h t  t h i n k. P e r h a p s  o u r  m i l i t a r y  w i l l  m a n i f e s t,  i n  o u r  l i f e t i m e,  t h e
u l t i m a t e  f u l f i l l m e n t  o f  t h e  n o t i o n  o f  “ a r m e d  f o r c e s. ” T h e y
w i l l  b e  a r m e d  w i t h  p s y c h o l o g i c a l,  s p i r i t u a l,  a n d  e m o t i o n a l
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c o n t i n u e  t o  c e l e b r a t e  l o v e — n o t  o n l y  t h e  g o o d  f e e l i n g  i t
b r i n g s,  b u t  a l s o  i t s  a c t u a l  p o w e r  t o  h e a l  a l l  t h i n g s. O n  t h e  l e v e l  o f  t r u e  s o l u t i o n,  l o v e  i s  t h e  a n s w e r  n o
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M a h a t m a  G a n d h i,  l o v e  c a n  h e a l  a l l  s o c i a l  a n d  p o l i t i c a l  a s
w e l l  a s  p e r s o n a l  r e l a t i o n s h i p s. W e ’ v e  o n l y  s c r a t c h e d  t h e
s u r f a c e  o f  l o v e ’ s  p o w e r,  a n d  w h e n  w e  d i g  d e e p l y,  w e  w i l l
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t h e i r  p l a c e  a t  t h e  t a b l e  o f  p o w e r. J e s u s  h i m s e l f  s a i d,  “ L o v e
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t o  t a k e  a  l o v e  e t h i c  a n d  t u r n  i t  i n t o  a  b r o a d - s c a l e  s o c i a l
f o r c e  f o r  g o o d. A n d  t h i s  i s  n o t  j u s t  “ n i c e ” ;  i t  i s  i m p e r a t i v e. K i n g  s a i d  w e  h a v e  c o m e  t o  t h e  p o i n t  w h e r e  i t  i s  n o  l o n g e r  a
c h o i c e  b e t w e e n  v i o l e n c e  a n d  n o n v i o l e n c e ;  i t  i s  a  c h o i c e
b e t w e e n  v i o l e n c e  a n d  n o n e x i s t e n c e. A  f e w  y e a r s  a g o,  I  w a s  a s k e d  b y  M r s. C o r e t t a  S c o t t  K i n g
t o  s p e a k  i n  A t l a n t a  a t  h e r  l a t e  h u s b a n d ’ s  o f f i c i a l  b i r t h d a y
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l i f e,  P l e s  w o u l d  b e  o n e. T h e  f o u n d a t i o n  h a s  b e c o m e  a
p e r s o n a l  m i n i s t r y  f o r  b o t h  m e n,  a n d  t h e r e  i s  a  j o b  t h e r e
w a i t i n g  f o r  T o n y  o n  t h e  d a y  h e  i s  r e l e a s e d  f r o m  p r i s o n. T h e  O n e  T h a t ’ s  H a r d  f o r  A l l  o f  U s

I t ’ s  v e r y  d i f f i c u l t  t o  t a l k  o r  e v e n  t h i n k  a b o u t  f o r g i v e n e s s
w h e n  c o n f r o n t e d  w i t h  t h e  r e a l i t y  o f  S e p t e m b e r  1 1,  2 0 0 1.O n l y  s i l e n c e — n o t  w o r d s — c a n  e x p r e s s  t h e  h o r r o r  o f  t h a t
d a y. Y e t  a t  t h e  s a m e  t i m e,  a  d e e p e r  c o n v e r s a t i o n  i s  a v a i l a b l e
t o  u s  t h a n  t h e  o n e  n o w  d o m i n a t i n g  o u r  p u b l i c  d i a l o g u e. I f
w e  j u s t  h o l d  t o  t h e  s i m p l i s t i c  l i n e  t h a t  “ T h e y ’ r e  b a d ;  w e ’ r e
g o o d ;  l e t ’ s  k i l l  ’ e m, ”  t h e n  w e ’ r e  d a n g e r o u s l y  o f f  b a s e  b o t h
s p i r i t u a l l y  a n d  p o l i t i c a l l y. W h e n  t h e  T w i n  T o w e r s  w e r e  f i r s t  d e s t r o y e d,  t h e  s e v e r i t y
o f  t h e  e m o t i o n a l  b l o w  t h r e w  A m e r i c a  i n t o  o u r  h e a r t s. A n d
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w e l l. W e  w e r e  o n e  n a t i o n,  a  t r u e  c o m m u n i t y,  s o m e  o f  u s
e x p e r i e n c i n g  i t  f o r  t h e  f i r s t  t i m e  i n  o u r  l i v e s. A n d  t h e  v e r y
i n t e l l i g e n t  q u e s t i o n  o n  m a n y  p e o p l e ’ s  l i p s  w a s,  “ W h y  d o
t h o s e  p e o p l e  h a t e  u s  s o  m u c h? ”  O v e r  d i n n e r  t a b l e s  a n d
a r o u n d  o f f i c e  w a t e r  c o o l e r s,  w e  a s k e d  q u e s t i o n s  w e  h a d  n o t
b e e n  a s k i n g  o f t e n  e n o u g h  o v e r  t h e  l a s t  f e w  d e c a d e s :  W h a t
h a s  A m e r i c a  b e e n  d o i n g  a r o u n d  t h e  w o r l d,  a n d  h o w  a r e  w e
p e r c e i v e d  b y  o t h e r s? E v e n  m a i n s t r e a m  A m e r i c a n  t e l e v i s i o n,
n o t  a l w a y s  k n o w n  f o r  i t s  i n t e l l e c t u a l  d e p t h,  h o s t e d  b r i l l i a n t
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p e o p l e  o n  i s s u e s  w e  n o w  p a i n f u l l y  r e c o g n i z e d  w e r e  r e l e v a n t
t o  o u r  l i v e s. Y e t  s e v e r a l  d a y s  l a t e r  i t  w a s  l i k e  s o m e o n e  h a d  p u l l e d  t h e
p l u g. N o  m o r e  i n t e r e s t i n g  t h i n k e r s  o n  T V,  j u s t  c h e e r l e a d e r s
f o r  r e v e n g e. W e  w e r e  t o  m o v e  i n t o  w a r  m o d e,  a n d  q u i c k l y ;
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  t o  f i n d i n g  r i g h t  r e l a t i o n s h i p  w i t h
e v e r y o n e  a n d  e v e r y t h i n g. W e  c a n ’ t  s a v e  t h e  w o r l d  w i t h o u t  G o d,  b u t  G o d  c a n ’ t  s a v e
t h e  w o r l d  w i t h o u t  u s. I n  m a k i n g  o u r s e l v e s  a v a i l a b l e  t o  H i s
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s c h e m e  o f  t h i n g s. B u t  w e  d o n ’ t  n e e d  t o. W h a t  w e  n e e d,
p e r h a p s  m o r e  t h a n  a n y t h i n g  e l s e,  i s  e n o u g h  f a i t h  i n
o u r s e l v e s  t o  a p p r e c i a t e  H i s  f a i t h  i n  u s. H e  d o e s n ’ t  c r e a t e
s m a l l  s p i r i t s,  a n d  H e  d o e s n ’ t  h a v e  s m a l l  p l a n s. H e  c r e a t e d
u s  i n  g r e a t n e s s,  a n d  H e  h a s  g r e a t n e s s  i n  M i n d  f o r  u s. M e d i o c r i t y  h a s  n o  p l a c e  i n  G o d ’ s  c r e a t i o n. T h e r e  h a v e  b e e n  t i m e s  i n  m y  l i f e  w h e n  I  b a c k e d  a w a y
f r o m  s o m e t h i n g  e x t r a o r d i n a r y,  t h i n k i n g,  “ W h o  a m  I  t o  d o
s u c h  a  t h i n g? ”  B u t  i n  r e a l i t y,  w h o  w a s  I  n o t  t o  d o  s o m e t h i n g
i f  G o d  h a d  p l a c e d  i t  i n  f r o n t  o f  m e? L i k e  e v e r y t h i n g  e l s e,
w e  h a v e  h u m i l i t y  a n d  a r r o g a n c e  c o m p l e t e l y  u p s i d e  d o w n. I t ’ s  n o t  h u m b l e  t o  t h i n k  y o u  c a n ’ t  d o  w h a t  G o d  i s  a s k i n g
y o u  t o  d o ;  i t ’ s  a r r o g a n t  t o  t h i n k  y o u  k n o w  y o u r s e l f  b e t t e r
t h a n  t h e  O n e  w h o  t h o u g h t  y o u  u p. *
W h a t e v e r  i t  i s  y o u  a r e  g u i d e d  t o  d o,  d o n ’ t  b e  c o n c e r n e d
a b o u t  y o u r  o w n  r e a d i n e s s ;  j u s t  b e  c o n s i s t e n t l y  a w a r e  o f
H i s. *  O n c e  y o u ’ v e  a s k e d  t o  b e  t h e  c o n d u i t  t h r o u g h  w h i c h
G o d  o p e r a t e s,  y o u r  o n l y  j o b  i s  t o  r e l a x  i n t o  t h e  H o l y  I n s t a n t
a n d  a l l o w  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t  t o  g u i d e  y o u r  t h o u g h t s  a n d
a c t i o n s. W e ’ r e  o n l y  t h e  f a u c e t ;  G o d  i s  t h e  w a t e r. T h e  p r e s e n c e  o f  f e a r  i s  a  s u r e  s i g n  t h a t  w e ’ r e  t r u s t i n g  i n
o u r  o w n  s t r e n g t h. *  O n c e  a g a i n,  i t ’ s  m a k i n g  o u r s e l v e s  t h eb i g  d e a l  t h a t  t h r o w s  u s  i n t o  f e a r. Y o u ’ r e  n o t  t h e  b i g  d e a l ;
G o d  w i t h i n  y o u  i s  t h e  b i g  d e a l. O n c e  y o u  k n o w  t h a t,  y o u  a r e  s o  f a r  a h e a d  o f  t h e  g a m e. M a k i n g  D e c i s i o n s

T h e  w o r l d  t e l l s  u s  a l l  k i n d s  o f  w a y s  t o  m a k e  i n t e l l i g e n t
d e c i s i o n s,  b u t  t h e r e  i s  n o  i n t e l l i g e n c e  l i k e  D i v i n e
I n t e l l i g e n c e. I t  e m a n a t e s  f r o m  a  p l a c e  i n  w h i c h  a l l  t h i n g s
p a s t,  p r e s e n t,  a n d  f u t u r e  a r e  k n o w n  a n d  b l e s s e d. I t  m a k e s
d e c i s i o n s  b a s e d  o n  t h e  h i g h e s t  g o o d  f o r  a l l  l i v i n g  t h i n g s. S u r r e n d e r i n g  a l l  d e c i s i o n s  i n t o  t h e  h a n d s  o f  G o d  i s  n o t  a
g i v i n g  u p  o f  p e r s o n a l  r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ;  i t  i s  t h e  h i g h e s t  f o r m  o f
t a k i n g  r e s p o n s i b i l i t y. W h e n  w e  d e c i d e  t h i n g s  f o r  o u r s e l v e s,  n o t


. Slowly,
transformational force of all. It produces
nothing is hidden and truth stands
prevalent than in the world of channelers
by inches, does civilization advance. no backlash, has no downside, and never
everywhere revealed is the key to
and psychics. It is informative to check
It is an interesting exercise to use our
leads to loss or despair. It increases one's
enlightenment about the simplest
out the level of truth these mediums
technique to reassess our society'sown true power without exacting any
practical af fairs and the destiny of
express as well as the level of the
scapegoats-for example, to calibrate the
toll. But to reach maximum power such
mankind. In the process of examining our
"source" on the "other side." Sometimes
current power level of the United Nations
kindness can permit no exceptions, nor
everyday lives we can find that all (106) our
a surprisingly high level of truth is in fact
and then ask what level would be
can it be practiced with the expectation
fears have been based on falsehood. The
being taught. A level of truth which
required to successfully do the job for
of some selfish reward. And its ef fect is
displacement of the false by the true is
calibrates at 500 is worth listening to
which it was designed. When we see
as far reaching as it is subtle. the essence of the healing of all thingsregardless of its origin, because the
such discrepancies spelled out in plain
In a universe where "like goes to like"
visible and invisible. inability to love is at the root of most
numbers we may stop berating
and "birds of a feather fly together," we
And always a final question will
human problems. Beyond the level of
individuals and institutions, realizing
attract to us that which we emanate. eventually arise for every questioner -the
500, material possessions and worldly
they often simply do not have the
Consequences may come in an biggest question of all: "Who am I?" needs become irrelevant, which is why
requisite power to accomplish their tasks. unsuspected way. W e are kind to the
true teachers neither seek nor desire
Condemnation disappears with
elevator man, and a year later a helpful
8. THE SOURCE OF POWERmaterial gain. understanding, as does guilt. All
stranger gives us a hand on a deserted
THE UL TIMA TE OBJECT of our
Appropriate use of the system will
judgment reveals itself to be self-
highway. An observable "this" does not
investigation is a practical rather than an
always lead to self-discovery and growth. judgment in the end, and when this is
cause an observable "that." Instead, in
academic or philosophical understanding,
Eventually it can lead us to compassion
understood a lar ger comprehension of the
reality, a shift in motive or behavior acts
although certain philosophical
for everyone, when we see how we all
nature of life takes its place. on a field which then produces an
conclusions can immediately be drawn
must struggle with the downside of
That which is injurious loses its capacityincreased likelihood of responding in a
from even a brief analysis of power and
human nature. Everyone is crippled in
to harm when it is brought into the light. positive way. Our inner work is like
force. From a practical viewpoint, before
some area, and everyone is somewhere
And now nothing need remain hidden. building up a bank account, but one from
proceeding we need to know what is the
on the path of evolution, some ahead of
Every thought, action, decision or feeling
which we cannot draw at will. The
intrinsic source of power and how it
us and some behind. In the steps we have
creates an eddy in the interlocking, inter -
disposition of the funds is determined by
operates. What accounts for its greater
walked are the old lessons of life, and
balancing, ever -moving ener gy fields of
a subtle ener gy field which awaits a
strengths? Why is it that force alwaysbefore us are new teachings. life, leaving a permanent record for all of
trigger to release this power back into our
eventually succumbs to power? There is nothing to feel guilty about and
time. This realization can be intimidating
own lives. In this respect the Constitution of the
nothing to blame. There is no one to hate,
when it first dawns on us, but it becomes
Dickens' A Christmas Carol is the story
United States can provide a rewarding
but there is that which is better avoided,
a springboard for rapid evolution. of all our lives. W e all are Scrooge. W e
study. This document calibrates at about
and such blind alleys will become
In this interconnected universe, every
are all T iny T im. All of us are both
700. If one goes through it sentence by
increasingly apparent. Everyone has improvement we make in our
private selfish and lame in some areas. W e aresentence, the source of its power appears:
chosen his own level of consciousness,
world improves the world at lar ge for
all victims like Bob Cratchit, and we are
it is the concept that all men are equal by
yet nobody could have done otherwise at
everyone. W e all float on the collective
all as indignantly moralistic as Mrs.
virtue of the divinity of their creation,
any given point in time. W e can only get
level of consciousness of mankind, so
Cratchit refusing to toast Scrooge. The
and human rights are intrinsic to human
"there" from "here." Every leap has to
that any increment we add comes back to
Ghost of Christmas Past haunts all of our
creation and therefore inalienable. 51
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Interestingly enough, this is the very
compassion and makes us feel positively
or ganizing principle central to to the creation and embodiment ofconcept that was the source of Mahatma
about ourselves. Force is associated with
civilization is nowhere independently
beauty; beauty incorporates and
Gandhi's power. judgment and makes us feel badly about
existent in the external world. T rue
expresses enormous power. W e know
(108) On examination we will see that
ourselves. power, then, emanates from clinically that alignment with beauty is
power arises from meaning. it has to do
Force always creates counter -force; its
consciousness itself; what we see is a
associated with longevity and vigor. with motive and it has to do with
ef fect is to polarize rather than unify. visible manifestation of the invisible. Because beauty is a function of
principle. Power is always associated
Polarization always implies conflict; its
Pride, nobility of purpose, sacrifice forcreativity, such longevity is common in
with that which supports the significance
cost, therefore, is always high. Because
quality of life-all such things are all creative occupations. of life itself. It appeals to that in human
force incites polarization, it inevitably
considered inspirational, giving life The philosophic position of
positivism, nature which we call noble, in contrast to
produces a win/lose dichotomy; and
significance. But what actually inspires
based on the premise that nothing is real
force, which appeals to that which we
because some (109) body always loses,
us in the physical world are things that
except as it is quantifiable, is endemic to
call crass. Power appeals to that which
enemies are always created. Constantly
symbolize concepts with powerful the sciences. The sources of power,
uplifts and dignifies-ennobles. Force faced with enemies, force requires
meanings for us. Such symbols realign
however, are invisible and intangible. must always be justified, whereas power
constant defense. Defensiveness is costly,our motives with abstract principle. A
The sophistry of logical empiricism is
requires no justification. Force is invariably, whether in the marketplace,
symbol can marshal great power because
clear from its essential premise. T o say
associated with the partial, power with
politics or international af fairs. of the principle which already resides
that nothing is real unless it is
the whole. In looking for the source of power we
within our consciousness. measurable is already an abstract
If we analyze the nature of force it
have noted that it is associated with
(1 10) Meaning is so important that when
position, is it not? This proposition itself
becomes readily apparent why it must
meaning, and this meaning has to do with
life loses meaning, suicide commonly
is nowhere tangible., visible or
always succumb to power; this is inthe significance of life itself. Force is
ensues. When life loses meaning, we first
measurable; the ar gument of tangibility is
accordance with one of the basic laws of
concrete, literal and ar guable. It requires
go into depression; when life becomes
itself created from the intangible, even
physics. Because force automatically
proof and support. The sources of power,
suf ficiently meaningless, we leave it. were such a position valid, who would
creates counter -force, its ef fect is limited
however, are inar guable and are not
Force has transient goals; when those
want to live without pride, without
by definition. W e could say that force is