 spent his life as he should have done, might
after all be true. It occurred to him that his scarcely noticeable
impulses, which he had immediately suppressed, might have
been the real thing, and the rest false. And his professional
duties and the whole arrangement of his life and of his family,
and all his social and official interests, might all have been false.
He tried to defend all those things to himself and suddenly felt
the weakness of what he was defending. There was nothing to
defend….
The next time you are contemplating a decision in which you are
debating whether or not to take charge of yourself, to make your
own choice, ask yourself an important question, “How long am I
going to be dead?” With that eternal perspective, you can now make
your own choice and leave the worrying, the fears, the question of
whether you can afford it and the guilt to those who are going to be
alive forever.
If you don’t begin taking these steps, you can anticipate living
your entire life the way others say you must. Surely if your sojourn
on earth is so brief, it ought at least to be pleasing to you. In a word,
it’s your life; do with it what you want.
Happiness and Your Own I.Q.
Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very pre-
valent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is
measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write
and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations
quickly. This vision of intelligence predicates formal education and
bookish excellence as the true measures of self-fulfillment. It encour-
ages a kind of intellectual snobbery8 / Your Erroneous Zonesthat has brought with it some demoralizing results. We have come
to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges,
who is a whiz at some form of scholastic discipline (math, science,
a huge vocabulary, a memory for superfluous facts, a fast reader) is
“intelligent.” Yet mental hospitals are clogged with patients who
have all of the properly lettered credentials—as well as many who
don’t. A truer barometer of intelligence is an effective, happy life
lived each day and each present moment of every day.
If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it’s worth,
then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful adjunct
to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to re-
solve a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself,
or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelli-
gent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon
against the big N.B.D. Yep— Nervous Break Down.
Perhaps you will be surprised to learn that there is no such thing
as a nervous breakdown. Nerves don’t break down. Cut someone
open and look for the broken nerves. They never show up. “Intelli-
gent” people do not have N.B.D.’s because they are in charge of
themselves. They know how to choose happiness over depression,
because they know how to deal with the problems  of their lives. Notice
I didn’t say solve  the problems. Rather than measuring their intelli-
gence on their ability to solve  the problem, they measure it on their
capacity for maintaining themselves as happy and worthy, whether
the problem gets solved or not.
You can begin to think of yourself as truly intelligent on the basis
of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The
life struggles are pretty much the same for each of us. Everyone who
is involved with other human beings in any social context has similar
difficulties. Disagreements, conflicts and compromises are a part of
what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old, sickness,
deaths, natural disas-TAKING CHARGE OF YOURSELF  / 9ters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually
all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid im-
mobilizing dejection and unhappiness despite such occurrences,
while others collapse, become inert or have an N.B.D. Those who
recognize problems as a human condition and don’t measure happi-
ness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of hu-
mans we know; also, the most rare.
Learning to take total charge of yourself will involve a whole new
thinking process, one which may prove difficult because too many
forces in our society conspire against individual responsibility. You
must trust in your own ability to feel emotionally whatever you
choose to feel at any time in your life. This is a radical notion. You’ve
probably grown up believing that you can’t control your own emo-
tions; that anger, fear and hate, as well as love, ecstasy and joy are
things that happen to you. An individual doesn’t control these things,
he accepts them. When sorrowful events occur, you just naturally
feel sorrow, and hope that some happy events will come along so
that you can feel good very soon.
Choosing How You’ll Feel
Feelings are not just emotions that happen to you. Feelings are
reactions you choose to have. If you are in charge of your own
emotions, you don’t have to choose self-defeating reactions. Once
you learn that you can feel what you choose to feel, you will be on
the road to “intelligence”—a road where there are no bypaths that
lead to N.B.D.’s. This road will be new because you’ll see a given
emotion as a choice rather than as a condition of life. This is the very
heart and soul of personal freedom.
You can attack the myth of not being in charge of your emotions
through logic. By using a simple syllogism (a formulation in logic,
in which you have a major premise, a minor premise10 / Your Erroneous Zonesand a conclusion based upon the agreement between the two
premises) you can begin the process of being in charge of yourself,
both thinkingly and emotionally.
Logic —Syllogism
MAJOR PREMISE : Aristotle is a Man.
MINOR PREMISE : All men have facial hair.
CONCLUSION : ARISTOTLE HAS FACIAL HAIR.
Illogic —Syllogism
MAJOR PREMISE : Aristotle has facial hair.
MINOR PREMISE : All men have facial hair.
CONCLUSION : ARISTOTLE IS A MAN.
It is clear that you must be careful as you employ logic that your
major and minor premises agree. In the second illustration, Aristotle
could be an ape or a mole. Here is a logical exercise that can forever
put to rest the notion that you cannot take charge of your own
emotional world.
MAJOR PREMISE : I can control my thoughts.
MINOR PREMISE : My feelings come from my thoughts.
CONCLUSION : I can control my feelings.
Your major premise is clear. You have the power to think whatever
you choose to allow into your head. If something just “pops” into
your head (You choose to put it there, though you may not know
why), you still have the power to make it go away, and therefore
you still control your mental world. I can say to you, “Think of a
pink antelope,” and you can turn it green, or make it an aardvark,
or simply think of something else if you so choose. You alone control
what enters your head as a thought. If you don’t believe this, just
answer this question, “If you don’t control your thoughts, who
does?” Is it your spouse, or your boss, or your mamma? And if they
control what youTAKING CHARGE OF YOURSELF  / 11think, then send them off for therapy and you will instantly get better.
But you really know otherwise. You and only you control your
thinking apparatus (other than under extreme kinds of brainwashing
or conditioning experimentation settings which are not a part of
your life). Your thoughts are your own, uniquely yours to keep,
change, share, or contemplate. No one else can get inside your head
and have your own thoughts as you experience them. You do indeed
control your thoughts, and your brain is your own to use as you so
determine.
Your minor premise is hardly debatable if you examine the re-
search as well as your own common sense. You cannot have a feeling
(emotion) without first having experienced a thought. Take away
your brain and your ability to “feel” is wiped out. A feeling is a
physical reaction to a thought. If you cry, or blush, or increase your
heartbeat, or any of an interminable list of potential emotional reac-
tions, you have first had a signal from your thinking center. Once
your thinking center is damaged or short-circuited, you cannot ex-
perience emotional reactions. With certain kinds of lesions in the
brain you cannot even experience physical pain, and your hand
could literally fry on a stove burner with no sensation of pain. You
know that you cannot bypass your think-center and experience any
feelings in your body. Thus your minor premise is lodged in truth.
Every feeling that you have was preceded by a thought, and without
a brain you can have no feelings.
Your conclusion is also inescapable. If you control your thoughts,
and your feelings come from your thoughts, then you are capable
of controlling your own feelings. And you control your feelings by
working on the thoughts that preceded them. Simply put, you believe
that things or


 children with decayed baby teeth will have healthy adult
teeth.From Fear to Faith, From Suffering to Peace
Here are five strategies that I use to help me find faith, safety, and peace in relation to my daughter’s
oral health.
Feel Your Pain
There is something meaningful in feeling the experience you are in, whatever it is. We humans tend to
ignore, deny, block, fight against, control, manipulate, and do anything to “fix” the feeling. The feeling
that says, “I did something wrong” or “It is my fault” or “Now my child is going to suffer,” makes us
feel terrible. I want you to allow yourself to feel that feeling. One needs to feel what it is like to be in
shock, to be in fear, to be in despair. This is a lesson from life.
Unfortunately, what many parents do is try to eliminate this feeling of fear by doing something that
might produce a fast solution. They rush to the nearest dentist to fix their child's teeth. The dentist
promises he will help the child; the parent breathes a sigh of relief and believes that they no longer
have to feel their inner discomfort and fear. Many adverse circumstances in life are really learning
opportunities in disguise. If you ignore your feelings and just attempt to fix the problem, then later
other circumstances will trigger the same feelings of pain and a vicious circle will continue until we
meet the inner feelings and listen to them. This does not mean you should avoid a dental treatment; I
am only encouraging you to look at your feelings first, and then act in a way you believe is healthy.
The only way out of the vicious circle is to feel the pain, here and now. Just let go and sink into the
feeling. There are no judgments; there is nothing good or bad about your feelings. It is your temporary,
momentary truth.
If you get stuck somewhere in these feelings, then you can try prayer or meditation. A simple but
effective prayer or meditation might be, “I want to feel all my feelings about this situation.” Also,
remember to breathe.
If, as a parent, you can tolerate the pain (I am referring to your inner emotional pain) and you do not
feel you have to “fix it” in the outer world by immediately engaging all manner of medical
procedures, then you have given yourself space to pause and consider. If you are reading this book,
then you have given yourself enough inner space beyond the feelings of fear, stress, worry, and so on,
to at least explore alternatives to try to choose the best treatment for your child. Try taking a deep
breath right now!
Nurturing this inner space is an essential key to making informed and caring choices for your child.
Intention
What is your intention right now? What is your purpose in reading this book? Are you fully aligned
with that intention/purpose? Intention is a place where we have absolute power in our lives. This is
where we choose the directions in which we travel. Notice what your current intention is for your
children's health; what is it that you want for them? What do you want for yourself? This is important,
so take the time to reflect. A sample intention for my daughter is: “I really want her to be healthy.”
Another intention could be, “I want to treat my child’s tooth decay in a way that supports his/herhealth.”
A positive intention is reflected by your willingness to constantly search for the best dental solution
relating to your child's health. Pay attention to your intentions.
Many people like to focus on positive intention, but it is also important to notice negative intention, as
it can thwart your efforts to stay focused and positive. Negative intention is the intention to be
separate and to act out of fearful places within. Some examples of negative intention are laziness or
avoidance. It is that inner voice that says, “I do not want to give my best because…I don’t have
time…it won’t work…I cannot do it,” and so forth. Each person may have a different voice or inner
belief system which can change from time to time. This negative belief resists that natural flow of life
towards unity, health and healing. In addition to affirming your positive intention, ferret out those
negative places in yourself and acknowledge them so that they will no longer blind you.
Peer Pressure
Many parents will meet peer pressure concerning the treatment of their children's teeth. For example,
someone might ask why you are not brushing or taking care of your child's teeth and thus blame you
for your child's tooth decay. I hope you have already come to see that although you were not
completely responsible for their condition because society has taught you false beliefs and incorrect
prevention methods for tooth decay, you must take complete responsibility for it now. Nobody had
educated you on how to prevent tooth decay with good nutrition. You may not have known that
brushing is only a secondary factor at best in preventing tooth decay. After reading this book you now
understand the essential causes of tooth decay and how to treat them.
It is important to differentiate blame from responsibility. Blame does not have acceptance laced
within it. It comes with the connotation that someone is at fault. Parents are often blamed for their
child's tooth decay and made to feel as if they are guilty or neglectful. It is important to hold parents
accountable and responsible for their child's health, but in an affirming and positive way. You are
accountable for what you feed your children and for how you nurture and care for them. Everyone
makes mistakes and no one really has the right to blame you. However, you do need to be accountable
for the mistake, educate yourself, and then correct it in the best way possible.
Dentists who treat children may also blame, coerce, emotionally punish, and accuse you as parents.
This is done to weaken your resistance to the dentist’s demands of an expensive surgical procedure
that you are naturally opposed to. If you feel even the slightest bit of this type of stress, confront the
dentist and request that he stop. Ask him what evidence he has for these accusations. If he continues
this behavior, then please leave and find a better dentist—one who truly wants to help. Remember,
you are paying the dentist plenty of money for his expertise and assistance in healing your child’s
teeth. You are not paying to hear that you are a neglectful parent, nor are you paying him to twist your
arm so he can make money with treatments that are not absolutely necessary.
People who tend to blame you will look for anything you are doing that is not in accordance with their
beliefs. Usually what they criticize is that you are breastfeeding too much, or not brushing enough.
Neither of these allegations can be determined by the dentist or by your peers as truly causing
cavities. They cannot determine accurately that you were wrong in your behaviors, and besides, suchcondemnation only serves destructive ends.
The problem you are facing with peer pressure is a problem of societal ignorance. Many people have
rigid beliefs about dentistry and tooth decay that they learned in childhood. Everyone colludes with
one another in these belief systems. Thus, rather than expanding their thinking to consider new beliefs
that explain how nutritional deficiencies are the primary cause of cavities, people remain mired in the
limited belief pattern of blaming bacteria for cavities. In turn, they then blame you for your children’s
cavities. Blamers hold on to very rigid belief systems, and they are threatened when your behavior
puts into question their narrow thinking. Instead, they should be sharing compassion with you about
such a challenging and frustrating problem.
Then there is the opposite of peer pressure, which is avoidance of pressure. Many blame “genetics”
for their child's decay. Parents can be lazy and claim that decay is inevitable, and that as parents one
can do nothing about it. This type of excuse is subtle. It encourages parent not to be responsible for
their child's health and it relinquishes one’s decision-making power to an authority figure, such as a
dentist.
Cosmetic Appearance
If your child’s teeth are decayed, even if they are functional and protected, they may not look very
pretty. Your young child, however, thinks everything is beautiful. If her teeth do not conform to the
ideal standard of beauty, it won’t concern her as long as she is innocent of those standards.
Otherwise, the condition of her teeth will seem quite natural and good to her. It is the adult mind and
vision that demand a certain cosmetic appearance for our children’s teeth. From our conscious and
many times limited vision, we may want to hide that our child has tooth decay. I want to encourage
you to find beauty in your child’s teeth even with the decay. If her teeth have ceased to decay, then
they now represent a triumph. They show you what sort of healing is possible, and remind you of how
important and cherished your child’s health is. When you make the choice about the cosmetics of your
child's baby teeth, make the choice that will honor your child and her needs, not one that pays tribute
to the adult world filled with superficiality.
Truth & Knowledge
Within the pages of this book I have provided you with a more accurate view of tooth decay than has
been generally presented to the public. This is based upon the physiological and biological processes
that occur in the natural world. This information has taken a significant amount of motivation and
dedication to find. I have done my best to compile it for you in an easy to understand format so that
you can examine it for yourself.
I have demonstrated in my own life that through action and obtaining knowledge we do have power to
positively influence our children's


	the	importance	of	diet	and
lifestyle	in	preventing	and	reversing	disease.
Last,	but	far	from	least,	I	would	like	to	thank	my	cowriter	Kester	Cotton.
Without	your	support,	there	would	be	no	book	to	read.	Thank	you	for	your
friendship,	encouragement,	patience,	forbearance	and	years	of	hard	work.	The
days	we	have	spent	creating
Never	Be	Sick	Again
will	always	be	cherishedmemories.I
NTRODUCTION
I
	was	too	sick	to	leave	my	bed.	In	fact,	I	was	too	weak	even	to	lift	my	head	from
the	pillow.	At	age	forty-eight,	at	the	peak	of	an	international	business	career,	I
found	myself	on	the	brink	of	death.	I	had	lost	forty	pounds	from	an	already	thin
frame;	I	looked	skeletal.	My	vital	signs	were	failing.	My	doctors	expected	me	to
die.
I	chose	to	live.	I	say	“chose”	because	on	my	own,	relying	on	my	knowledge	of
biochemistry	and	my	determination	not	to	die,	I	saved	my	own	life.	I	took	some
fairly	simple	steps,	but	I	also	took	one	profound	leap.	I	made	a	powerful
discovery:
Almost	all	disease	can	be	prevented	or	reversed.	As	a	result,	health	is
a	choice	and	no	one	has	to	be	sick.
This	book	presents	an	entirely	new	theory	of	health	and	disease	that	will
ultimately	change	the	way	medicine	is	practiced.	This	book	offers	a
revolutionary	way	to	perceive	health,	a	guidebook	for	living	based	on	cutting-
edge	science	that	is	simple	to	understand.	This	guide	gives	you	the	power	to
control	your	own	health	in	a	way	that	you	perhaps	never	imagined	possible.
In	reality,	humans	experience	only	one	disease.
All	disease	is	the	result	of
malfunctioning	cells,
no	matter	if	the	disease	is	a	“common”	cold,	a	mental
illness	such	as	depression	or	a	life-threatening	cancer.	This	theory	of
malfunctioning	cells	cuts	through	the	confusion	of	health	and	disease	and
provides	a	unifying	understanding	of	what	keeps	people	well	or	makes	them
sick.
The	two	causes	of	disease,	the	two	reasons	that	cells	malfunction,	are
deficiency
(insufficient	nutrients)	and
toxicity
(excessive	toxins).	These	two
causes	work	through	six	areas	of	daily	life:	the	six	pathways	each	person	travels
toward	health	or	disease.	If	you	take	care	of	your	body’s	needs	along	these	six
pathways,	you	give	your	cells	what	they	need	and	you	avoid	what	is	toxic.	You
will	not	become	sick.
The	theory	presented	in	this	book—a	unifying	theory	of	disease—is	the	most
important	health	discovery	to	emerge	in	the	last	few	hundred	years.	No	such
theory	existed	during	the	evolution	of	what	we	now	call	“modern	medicine,”which	explains	why	the	medical	establishment	cannot	cure	nor	prevent	disease
as	effectively	as	it	might.	My	theory	of	health	offers	power,	simplicity	and
clarity	in	place	of	powerlessness,	which	is	what	most	people	now	feel.	Most
people	are	overwhelmed	and	confused	by	the	constant	flood	of	conflicting	health
information,	the	thousands	of	different	diseases	that	physicians	“treat”	with
drugs	and	surgery.	This	swirl	of	specialists,	symptoms	and	side	effects	leaves
people	without	cures	for	their	disease	and,	too	often,	either	growing	sicker	or
facing	death.	We	end	up	powerless	because	we	have	no	idea	why	we	are	sick	or
how	to	make	ourselves	well	again.
My	new	approach	asks	you	to	make	profound	shifts	in	what	has	been
conventional	thinking	about	illness	and	health	care.	By	preventing	and	reversing
disease	through	the	six	pathways,	you	put	the	power	to	get	better	and	stay	well
into
your
hands.	If	you	are	so	sick	that	you	have	given	up	hope,	this	approach	is
the	light	of	choice.	Had	I	this	level	of	understanding	years	ago,	I	would	never
have	become	sick	in	the	first	place.
I	have	shared	my	ideas	with	thousands	of	people	around	the	world,	including
hundreds	of	medical	doctors.	I	have	seen	people	who	have	been	sick	for	a
decade	or	more	apply	this	information	and	quickly	become	well	again.	I	have
seen	people	who	have	fruitlessly	tried	endless	doctors,	hospitals,	clinics,
medications	and	even	gimmicks.	They	become	well	again	by	applying	logical,
sound,	scientific	approaches	to	enhancing	health	at	the	cellular	level.
This	book	asks	you	to	think	outside	the	box	of	traditional	medicine—a	box
that	may	have	you	stifled	by	misinformation	and	cut	off	from	the	kind	of
understanding	that	will	truly	make	you	well.	Consider	how	conventional
thinking	can	trap	us:	Why	do	we	easily	accept	that	stress	can	make	us	sick,	but
we	have	difficulty	embracing	the	idea	that	love,	laughter	and	a	balanced	life	can
make	us	well?	Why	are	we	willing	to	ingest	chemicals	in	the	form	of
prescription	drugs	that	are	alien	to	our	body,	but	we	are	skeptical	that	natural
substances—primarily	the	right	foods—can	heal?	Why	are	we	willing	to
recognize	the	damage	of	an	obvious	poisoning—a	major	chemical	spill,	for
instance—but	we	ignore	the	devastating	effects	of	small	amounts	of	toxic
substances,	which	accumulate	in	our	bodies	and	make	us	a	little	bit	sicker	every
day?
Our	bodies	have	an	amazing	capacity	to	heal,	but	they	are	more	vulnerable
than	you	may	realize.	This	book	teaches	you	how	to	tap	that	capacity	for	healing
and	how	to	avoid	the	toxins	and	the	stresses—in	the	environment	and	inside
your	own	body—that	make	you	sick.	Many	dangers	around	us	go	unrecognized,
but	they	take	a	toll	every	day.My	theory	of	wellness	takes	you	to	the	front	lines	of	the	battle	between	health
and	disease:	the	cell.	Your	body	is	made	up	of	trillions	of	cells.	Cells	have	needs,
which	I	identify,	that	must	be	met	if	they	are	to	function	well.	If	your	cells	are
healthy,	your	body	will	not	become	sick.	If	your	cells	do	not	receive	what	they
need	or	if	they	are	damaged	or	poisoned,	they	will	stop	working	right	and	you
will	become	sick.	(You	may	be	surprised	to	discover	what	is	toxic	to	your	cells.)
Cells	that	receive	what	they	need	and	avoid	harm	can	function	well	and	provide
for	healthy	life,	regardless	of	your	age,	the	genes	you	have	inherited	or	the
“germs”	to	which	you	have	been	exposed.	Healthy	cells	refuse	disease;	no	one
with	healthy	cells	has	any	reason	to	become	sick,	not	even	to	contract	a	cold.
People	alive	today	are	far	sicker	than	most	of	us	recognize,	and	they	die	decades
sooner	than	their	genetic	potential.	Healthy	life,	well	past	one	hundred	years	old,
should	be	our	birthright.
We	do	not	usually	think	about	health	in	this	way.


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Diet Dominance<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>SEXUALITY
by W alter Last
Strong emotions and energy ﬂows are an integral part of sexuality and, with this, sexuality has also the potential to cause enormous
problems if these emotions and energies are blocked or misdirected. Due to our social conditions, unimpeded sexuality is rare and
sexual repression is the norm, so much so, that most of us do not even realise that something is wrong. We do not know what
natural, free-ﬂowing sexuality is.
I see two main factors that led to this situation in our society. One is our competitive, ego-centred and male dominated social
structure and value system, and the other our restrictive religious teachings and traditions.
NATURAL  DEVELOPMENT
Sexuality is much more than having  sex. It involves a wide range of feelings and emotions at all ages. In the foetus sexuality is
experienced as total security, the reassuring heartbeat of the mother, the gentle rocking motion of its ﬂuid bed and the sucking of its
thumb.
For the baby sexuality means lying against a warm, soft body, feeling its love and auric energies, gently touching and suckling at a
nourishing and full-blooded erect nipple. The growing infant retains this need for loving touching and gentle body contact. Later,
exploring the genitals and using them to generate pleasurable feeling s is as natural and important as exploring aspects of the
environment. Of special importance is an intimate relationship, includving bodily contact, with the parent of the opposite sex or with
his or her substitute.
With puberty sexuality bursts into the open and produces powerful longings. The awakening sexual feelings need an outlet. This is
provided for the girl through romant ic ideals, hero adoration and in a practical way involving religious and charitable service. Sport
and nature activities provide an outlet for both sexes.
Teenage boys long for adventure, they need to develop and test their abilities by following or imitating a chosen hero or role model.
These romanticised adventure activi ties channel the sexual energies into safe outlets conducive to inner and outer growth and social
development without suppressing sexual feelings or activities. Ideally, the relationship of children and teenagers with their parents
should be such that all sex-related subjects can be freely discussed and practical instructions given by the parent of the same sex.
Romantic relationships with the opposite sex remain for many years just that, romantic. This is the ﬂowering time of erotic love with
ever increasing levels of intimacy but with penetrative sex only in the later teens within the context of a loving relationship. The
challenge now is to transform erotic love, which is like a straw ﬁre, into mature lasting love for the partner. Erotic love is based on
sexual attraction, while mature love is a communion in spirit. This transformation of love will allow the sexual relationship to mature
more fully.
To recapitulate, we may say that during pregnancy and birth the most important aspect is being wanted. During babyhood
breastfeeding and body contact are central. The growing child needs to be immersed in a loving and harmonious relationship of the
whole family unit with much touching and experiencing of feelings. Then comes the time of romantic idealism for the teenager and
ﬁnally the challenge to transform Eros into mature love and sex. This is the ideal of what should be our normal and natural sexual
evolution.
The reality is and was so vastly different for most of us that it left an important part of our sex-related emotional development greatly
impaired. Instead of this gradual, guided growth into a sexual relationship, we are expected to be asexual with severe repression of
sex-related feelings and impulses until we are grown up and then overnight, without a suitable role model, become responsible and
accomplished sexual partners. That is just not possible.
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
The importance of several of these factors for normal sexual developme nt has been demonstrated in an interesting experiment with
monkeys. Immediately after birth they were separated from their mothers and raised with two substitute'mothers'. One was a wire
structure containing a food bottle with nipple and the other was with terry cloth over the wire, heated by an electric bulb inside. The
young monkeys adopted the cloth-covered structure as their mother substitute and were distressed when it was temporarily removed.
The bottle structure was just a feeding machine to them. All these monkeys became disturbed emotionally as well as in their
behaviour when growing up and they were unable to perform the sexual act successfully on maturity. Touch was emotionally more
important to them than food.
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https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_Our_Emotions/Sexuality.html 1/10It was often worse for human infants who were raised in government institutions without even a cloth mother substitute. Most of us
became blocked in our sexual-emotional development at several stages of our upbringing. One of the worst aspects for a baby is the
feeling of not being wanted and especially if it experiences hostility from one or both parents.
A difﬁcult birth, especially with forceps and glaring lights is traumatic, also surgery and a negative attitude of some of those present at
birth. Even worse is the prolonged removal of the baby from the mother in most hospitals. More than anything else, babies need
persistent contact with the mother or a suitable substitute for emotional security.
It is so sad that many parents take great pride in a fanciful nursery room when the baby only longs for contact with its mother. This is
perceived as a rejection by the baby, being left alone with feelings of insecurity for the rest of the life. Such insecurities will later on
surface again in a sexual relationship. The more secure infants feel, the sooner they will venture off on their own to explore their
surroundings.
Further problems frequently arise in the 'anal' phase with too early or too severe toilet training. Instead of acquiring voluntary control
of the sphincter muscle, children permanently contract the gluteal muscles and those of the pelvic ﬂoor. In later life this leads to
diminished sexual energies and feelings.
Another conﬂict often arises between the ages of two and six when the parents suppress any manifestations of infantile sexuality.
This may be in the form of touching,  masturbating, displaying the genitals or it may be erotic contact with the parent of the opposite
sex. Such body contact is pleasurable for the child and necessary for the identiﬁcation with its body and the development of
pleasurable erotic feelings for the opposite sex. Problems arise when the parent either rejects close body contact or manipulates the
child for his or her own sexual desires.
Psychologists speak of an oedipal situation at the age of ﬁve or six when the child must choose between its sexual feelings and
retaining the love of the parents by being a 'good' child. Most children choose to be good and suppress their sexuality. This then
leads to frustration with the opposit e sex in later life. Sexual feelings, like other feelings, are suppressed by tensing the muscles,
especially in the pelvic area and making the body rigid.
During our school years examination anxieties greatly contribute to our general insecurities and make us more nervous and neurotic.
As teenagers we often lack suitable  outlets for our creative energies and romantic ideals. If our overﬂowing sexual energy is not
transformed into creative energy in the form of sport, art or adventure, then masturbation remains as the only outlet in addition to
erotic and wet dreams. This then may also lead to premature penetrative  sex as an experiment or because of peer pressure, without
feelings of love and sharing, so necessary for mature sex.
SEXUAL  NEUROSIS
Because of the emotional problems of our parents most of us had to face severe emotional stresses ourselves in our childhood and
now us adults are neurotic to varying degrees. I take 'neurotic' to mean that we have emotional disturbances and inhibitions that
prevent us from ﬁnding fulﬁlment in life and speciﬁcally in our sexual relationships.
Neurosis manifests in all aspects of our personality, in our feelings and emotions, in our character structure as well as our body
structure and body functions. If we have sexual problems, we also have problems in our other social relationships. Our childhood
experiences lead us to the type of sexual and marriage partner we choose, the kind of sex we like or dislike, what we feel and how
satisﬁed we are in life.
Symptoms of such sexual neurosis are manifold, such as shyness, stuttering, difﬁculty urinating if someone looks, fear of nudity,
premature ejaculation, impotence, frigidity or generally failure to achieve full orgasm, lack of fulﬁlment, nymphomania and rape.
Neurosis also contributes to many diseases and especially to those of the female sexual organs.
As adults we usually are completely  unaware that the emotional scars from our childhood are still subconsciously active and even
dominating our behaviour and decision-making. Our lower self, however, remembers fully because that is what it is made of -
memories are the basis of our inner life.
If we felt deprived of something important as an infant, we will continue to feel deprived as an adult. If we felt fearful or hostile
towards our mother or father, we later feel subconsciously hostile towards all men or women in a close relationship or are afraid of
them. How can we have a normal, fulﬁlling sexual relationship or


 brings them to the level of inner intel-
ligence.
Consciousness (Chitta)
Air, Ether and Prana predominant mantras are good for
our deeper consciousness, particularly OM. HRIM is a spe-
cific mantra for the Chitta because it helps open and clear
the heart, which is the seat of Chitta. Long-term repetition
of mantras is important here, particularly during sleep or
idle moments during the day. Mantras reach the level of Ayurveda and the Mind
our deeper consciousness only when they go on automati-
cally in the mind, including in the state of sleep. Mantra
should follow our every breath and movement.
Caution
Mantras should be done for a spiritual and healing pur-
pose, not to further our desires or to harm others. They
require that we follow a good ethical regimen in life. After
mantra, one should practice meditation. Prior to mantra it
is good to study some spiritual teachings. Mantra is a tool
for energizing the mind and should not be used as a sub-
stitute for real thinking or to escape our problems. It needs
to be integrated into a comprehensive approach or it may
not provide its full benefits. 241
PartIV
Spiritual Applications of Ayurvedic
Psychology:
The Paths of Yoga
ental and emotional well-being is not an
Mend-in-itself. It is the beginning of the spir-
itual life. The spiritual life moreover con-
tains many tools to increase our psychological peace and
happiness. In this section of the book, we will show how
these spiritual practices are relevant from a psychological
perspective. Those with a background in Yoga will find
the yogic approach used and explained from an Ayurvedic
perspective.
We will specifically examine the methods of Yoga and
how they relate to psychology, particularly from an
Ayurvedic perspective. The first chapter deals with the
background of Yoga and its outer practices, its ethical
foundation and its disciplines of Asana and Pranayama,
yogic postures and breathing exercises. The second chapter
relates to the inner and deeper practices of Yoga. Yoga in
the true sense takes us beyond ordinary psychology to spir-
itual psychology, beyond our ordinary human problems to
the ultimate problem of life — how to go beyond all suf-
fering. 243 4
15. Spiritual Therapies
Spiritual Applications of Psychology
The psyche (mind) is rooted in the spirit (Self). Spiritu-
ality is the essence of psychology, which otherwise must
remain superficial and limited. True happiness and well-
being are only achieved in our inner consciousness and
immortal soul, not in the ever uncertain external world.
For this reason, Ayurveda always leads us to Yoga and its
meditation practices. However, the term spirituality today
is used vaguely and can mean any number of things. Spir-
ituality in the yogic and Ayurvedic sense is the endeavor to
unite oneself with God or the higher Self. It includes ordi-
nary religious activity based on faith, ritual, and prayer,
but only as an initial part of an inner quest for Self-real-
ization through meditation. The spiritual life proceeds
through two main factors: Devotion to God and Self-
knowledge.
Devotion is the basic attitude of the soul, our sponta-
neous love of the Divine Father and Mother of the uni-
verse. The pursuit of Self-knowledge is the highest orien-
tation of intelligence, the seeking to know our true nature
apart from our changing outward identities. Of these two
factors, devotion is more important because it is the foun-
dation for Self-knowledge, which otherwise remains mere-
ly personal or conceptual. The practice of devotion is the
nectar that can cure all ills. Without it, psychology is dry, Ayurveda and the Mind
personal and intellectual. With it, psychology becomes
art, joy and wonder.
Devotion and the Place of God
How can there be a system of healing that does not rec-
ognize God and work to improve our relationship with our
Creator? Ayurveda stresses the importance of God (Ish-
vara), the creator or cosmic lord from whom this universe
springs as the ultimate source of healing. God is the man-
ifest aspect of the Godhead or Absolute (Brahman) which
rules the time-space creation. In the Vedic view, God is an.
inner realitv. our own inner guide. Contacting him iv the
key to contacting our inner Selfand-source of well-being
and happiness.
God as the Supreme Being is obviously not limited to
any particular form. God is not merely "He." He (Ishvara)
is also She (Ishvari). His feminine counterpart is his cre-
ative and saving power. Divine grace or Shakti. God is not
only both male and female, but also animate and inani-
mate, existing in all of nature, including animals, plants,
rocks, planets and stars. He is both personal and imper-
sonal, formless and contained in all forms.
God is the being who works through Cosmic Intelli-
gence, which is his mind. He respects intelligence and is
ever open to our communication and our questions. The
way to contact him is through meditation with an open
mind and heart. As long as we exist in the realm of mani-
festation we are under his laws and should do homage to
him. Attuning ourselves to his will lifts us to the summit
of the natural world from which we can easily access tran-
scendent awareness. The Divine will is the will to truth
and for the development of consciousness. It aids all beings
in their inner unfoldment regardless of the names and
forms this development takes. Spiritual Therapies
Importance of Devotion
Most psychological problems are based upon a lack of
love in life. Love is the force that makes life worth living,
gives it color, depth and warmth, allows us to feel intense-
ly and makes us supremely happy. Love depends upon rela-
tionship. We are all seeking happiness through relation-
ship. To be isolated causes pain. To be related and united
with others brings joy. However, when we limit or person-
alize our relationships, they cause isolation and bring suf-
fering. We unite with one person or group and separate
from others, who become our enemies.
Desire is a state of want, a wanting to be loved. It is an
empty, needy state, seeking to be filled from the outside.
Love is a state of fullness, a capacity to give. It is a full and
overflowing state that derives its power from within and
transcends our contact with any particular human being.
The real question we should ask ourselves is not where to
find love, but how to give love. If we strive to give love,
then love must come to us because we are looking at love
as something inherent within us. If we look for love on the
outside, then love must run away from us because we are
looking at love as something that does not already belong
to us. —
Most of us seek love from the outside: from sexual part-
ners, family and friends. We are looking to be loved in a
personal way rather than to be loving in a universal way.
This puts love in the distance, in some object or person
different from ourselves whom we must win over in order
to get them to love us. We must ever pursue love but can
never keep it. Such love eludes us because it is not intrin-
sically ours but depends upon the circumstances of our
relationships, which are ever changing.
The reason our human relationships are such a problem Ayurveda and the Mind
today is that we are lacking in devotion. We are looking
for a fulfillment in relationship with our fellow creatures
that is only possible through a relationship with the
Divine. Our real relationship, which is eternal, is with the
Divine. Our human relationships are only temporary for-
mations of this deeper relationship. Unless we have the
proper relationship with the Divine, with the universal
consciousness or truth, we will not be able to relate prop-
erly with life or with ourselves.
There is a seeking today for primary or lasting relation-
ships. All our human relationships are secondary because
they are bound by time and must pass away. They only
become primary relationships when we see God within the
other. Without a recognition of the eternal Being behind
all relationships, there can be no fulfillment in any rela-
tionship. We are bom alone and die alone and can never be
one with another physically or mentally, except for brief
moments.
Yet we are never really alone. Though we are bom and
die in a single body, there is within us the consciousness of
the entire universe, should we choose to look within. We
can find all worlds and all beings inside ourselves. Real
relationship is to see the Divine in others and in all life. It
requires that we relate to our real origin, our real parents,
the Divine Father and Mother of the universe, and not just
to external bodies and forms.
Lack of devotion is the root of all psychological prob-
lems. On the other hand, a person who has devotion can-
not have psychological problems of a significant nature
because the Divine is never absent or


 the fish, one egg, butter, salt and
pepper to your taste and grind it to make mince. If you have a meat mincer
it will do the same job for you. With your hands make oval-shaped flat cut
lets about 2 cm thick, roll them in shredded coconut and slightly fry them
on both sides. Use coconut oil (or butter, ghee, pork dripping, lard, goose
fat or duck fat) for frying. Move the cutlets into a large oven tray, greased
with any of the mentioned fats. Add half a cup of water and put into pre
heated oven. Bake for 20-30 minutes at iso°C (300T). Swedish Gravlax - the best way to eat fresh salmon
skinless and boneless salmon fillet
11 water at room temperature
th tablespoons of salt
1 tablespoon of honey
fresh dill and coarsely ground black pepper
The fish has to be very fresh. Cut the fish into 0.5cm thick slices and place
in a dip tray (any baking tray will do). Sprinkle with finely chopped dill
and black pepper. Dissolve the salt and the honey in the water to make
a brine. Cover the fish with the brine and leave at room temperature for
l-i'A hours. Pour the water out and serve the fish with some lettuce and
mayonnaise.
This dish works particularly well with wild salmon. Because the fish is
not cooked all the essential fatty acids and other nutrients are preserved.
Refrigerate and consume within two days.
Baked beans or French Cassoulet
soog white (navy) beans
1 duck
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons tomato puree
cayenne pepper and black pepper
5-6 bay leaves, a sprig of rosemary, a teaspoon of thyme
Soak the beans in water for 12-24 hours, drain, rinse well in cold water and
drain again.
Cut all the meat from the duck: the legs, wings, breasts and all the fat.
Cut the meat into chunks and the fat into small pieces. The carcass of the
duck and the giblets you can use for making meat stock later.
In a large pan put 2 litres of water, cider vinegar, sea salt, tomato puree, a
pinch of each cayenne pepper and black pepper, bay leaves, rosemary and
thyme. Mix in the beans and the duck pieces (the meat and the fat). Cover
the pan with a lid and put it into an oven. Cook at i2o°C (25o°F) for 4-5
hours. Check occasionally. If the beans are getting dry, add more water.
Serve hot. The baked beans left from this meal will keep in the fridge for
a long time and can be served with other dishes. Casserole with turkey legs
2 turkey legs
11 of water
l heaped tablespoon of tomato puree
1 teaspoon of salt
6-io pepper corns
a pinch of cayenne pepper
fresh or dried herbs: oregano, rosemary, bay leaves
a combination of available vegetables: choose from carrots, winter squash,
pumpkin, courgette, marrow, peeled small/medium onions, cauliflower,
broccoli, peppers, aubergine and Brussels sprouts
In a large oval casserole put the water, salt, tomato puree, pepper corns,
cayenne pepper and herbs. Mix well. Put the turkey legs in. Brush the parts
of the turkey legs, which are not covered with the water, with some goose
fat (or duck fat, ghee, pork dripping or lard). Do not cover the casserole
with the lid, leave it open. Cook in the oven at i5o°C (3oo°F) for 2-2*4 hours.
About 5ominutes before the end of cooking add available vegetables, cut
into large chunks. Mix them well into the sauce and leave cooking. When
the vegetables are cooked so a sharp knife goes through them easily, take
the casserole out. Serve the meat and the vegetables with some freshly
chopped parsley and garlic.
Liver pudding
loog liver (calf or lamb)
2 tablespoons of butter (or ghee, goose/duck fat)
l medium-size onion
salt
parsley
Soak the liver in water with some lemon juice or home-made yoghurt for a
few hours to remove any bitter taste. You can also soak the liver in the
liquid left from draining your home-made yoghurt. Wash the liver, dry with
a paper towel and blend in the food processor into a pulp. Put through a
sieve to remove any hard bits. Add salt, egg yolk, butter, finely chopped
parsley and finely chopped onion. Whip the egg white stiff and fold into the
mixture. Put the mixture into a suitable dish, cover with a sheet of baking paper and cook with steam. You can use a steamer or a large pan. To steam
in a pan put some water at the bottom of the pan and place the dish in it.
Make sure that you don't have too much water in the pan, so it does not get
into the dish with the liver. Cover the pan with a lid and put it on the stove.
Steam for about one hour. Serve with cooked vegetables or vegetable
risotto.
Liver in a clay pot
loog liver (calf or lamb)
loog lamb's hearts
1 large onion
10 dried prunes with stones
i large pot of natural yoghurt or soured cream (you can useyourhome-
madeyoghurt or replace with lh cup of butter I ghee)
a pinch of allspice, salt, pepper
Soak the liver in water with some lemon juice or home-made yoghurt for a
few hours to remove any bitter taste. You can also soak the liver in the
liquid left from draining your home-made yoghurt. Wash, dry and cut into
small pieces using scissors. Cut lamb's hearts into small pieces using
scissors. In a suitable size clay pot put the liver and lamb's heats, finely
chopped onion and prunes. Into the yoghurt add salt, pepper, allspice and
mix well. Add into the clay pot and mix with the meats. Cover the pot with
the lid or foil. Bake in the oven for about l hour at i6o°C (320°F),
Quick liver recipe
loog liver
I large onion
6-7 cloves of garlic
'/2 cup ofbu tterlghee (use goose/duck fat if avoidingbutter)
fresh parsley or dill
Soak the liver in water with some lemon juice or home-made yoghurt for a
few hours to remove any bitter taste. You can also soak the liver in the
liquid left from draining your home-made yoghurt. Wash and dry the liver
and cut into small pieces using scissors. In a frying pan melt the
butter/ghee, add the sliced onion and finely chopped garlic. Fry slightly
until the onion and garlic start turning golden. Add the liver, salt, pepper and stir-fry for about 4-5 minutes. Sprinkle chopped parsley or dill on top
and drizzle with olive oil. Serve immediately.
6. Vegetables
Cooked vegetables are nourishing, warming and easy to digest, they are
gentle on the gut lining and should be a regular part of the diet. You can
cook your vegetables by steaming, stir-frying, stewing, roasting, grilling or
as a soup. Instead of boiling vegetables I recommend steaming them as
boiling removes a lot of nutrients into the water which then gets thrown
away. The best vegetables to steam are broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, fresh green beans (runner beans, string beans, etc.) carrots,
asparagus, French artichokes and beetroot.
If diarrhoea is not present raw vegetables should also be a normal part of
every meal, they would provide a lot of active enzymes, which will help you
to digest your food. Carrots, cucumber, tomato, greens, cabbage, onion,
garlic, lettuce, baby spinach, celery, cauliflower can all be served as salads
or cut into rosettes and sticks to eat with a dip (mayonnaise, guacamole,
liver pate, aubergine dip, etc).
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut is a fermented white and/or red cabbage, commonly con
sumed in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe. It is a wonderful healing
remedy for the digestive tract full of digestive enzymes, probiotic bacteria,
vitamins and minerals. Eating it with meats will improve digestion as it has
a strong ability to stimulate stomach acid production. For people with low
stomach acidity I recommend having a few tablespoons of sauerkraut (or
juice from it) 10-15 minutes before meals. For children, initially add 1-3
tablespoons of the juice from the sauerkraut into their meals.
Slice thinly a medium-size white cabbage and add two shredded carrots.
You can use red cabbage or a mixture of white and red. Add salt to taste.
Knead the mixture well with your hands until a lot of juice comes out. Pack
this mixture into a suitable glass or stainless steel bowl, press it firmly so
there is no air trapped and the cabbage is drowned in its own juice. Place a
plate


,letitbe
distinctlyunderstood th.atwearenotspeakingofwould-be
invidids.Todistinguishbetweenrealandfancieddiseaseisan
importantthingforanursetobeabletodo.Tomaniigefancy
patientsisanimportantpartofherduties.Butthenursing
whichreal.andthatwhichfanciedp.atientsrequireisofditlerent,
orr.atherofopposite,character.Andthelatterwillnotbe
spokenofhei-e.Indeed,manyofthesjunptomswhicharehere
mentionedarcthosewhichdistinguialirealfromfancieddisease.
Itistruethatwould-beinvalidsveryoftendothatbeliinda
nurse’sbackwhichtheywouldnotdobeforeherface.Many
suchIhavehadaspatientswhoscarcelyateanythingattheir
regul.ai-meals,butifyouconcealedfoodfortheminadrawer,
theywouldtakeitatnightorinsecret.Butthisi.squitefrom
aditlerentmotive.Theydoitfromthewishtoconceal
Whereastherealpatientwilloftenboasttohisnurseordoctor,
ifthesedonotshaketheirheadsathim,ofhowmuchhehas
done,oreaten,orwalked.Toreturntorealdisease.
ConcisenessanddecisionareaboveaOthingsnecessarywith
thesick.Letwhatyous.aytothembeconciselyanddecidedly
expressed.Whatdoubtandhesitationtheremaybeinyour
ownmindmustneverbecommunic.ated totheirs,noteven(I
wouldrathersayespeciallynot)inlittlethings.Letyourdoubt
betoyourself,yourdecisiontothem.Peoplewhothinkoutside
theirheads,whotelleverythingthatledthemtowardsthiscon-
clusionandawayfromthat,oughtnevertobewiththesick.
Ihavebeentoldbywomenwhohaddifficultconfinements,
thattheirstrengthdependeduponthefirmnessofdoctorand
nurse.Ifeitherhadbetrayedthattherewasanythingunusual
ordoubtfulinthecase,theyfeltitwouldhavebeen“allover”
withthem.
Ihaveobservedthes.amethinginacutecases,whenthescale
wastremblingbetweenlifeanddeath.Ifthedoctorbetrayed
anywantofdeci.sion,ifthenurselostanyjiortionofhercalmness
orself-possession, itjustturnedthescaleinfavourofdeath.
Irresolution iswhatallpatientsmostdread.Eatherth.an
meetthisinothers,theywillcollectalltheirdata,andmakeup
theirmindsforthemselves.Achangeofmindinothers,whether
48 NOTESONNORSINO.
itisregardinganoperation,orre-writingaletter,alwaysinjures
thepatientmorethanthebeingcalledupontomakeuphis
mindtothemostdieadedordifficultdecision.Fartherthan
this,inverymanycases,theimaginationindiseaseisfarmore
activeandlivelythanitisinhealth.Ifyouproposedtothe
patientchangeofairtooneplaceonehour,andtoanotherthe
next,heha.s,ineachca.se,immediatelyconstitutedhimselfin
imaginationthetenantoftheplace,goneoverthewhole
premisesinidea,andyouhavetiredhimasmuchbydisplacing
hisimagination,asifyouhadactuallycarriedhimoverboth
places.
Aboveall,leavethesickroomquicklyandcomeintoitquickly,
notsuddenly,notwitharush.Butdon’tletthepatientbe
wearilywaitingforwhenyouwillbeoutoftheroomorwhen
youwillbeinit.Concisenessanddecisioninyourmovements,
aswellasyourwords,arenecessaryinthesickroom,asnecessary
asabsenceofhurryandbustle.Topossessyourselfentirelywill
ensureyoufromeitherfailing—eitherloiteringorhurrying.
Ifapatienthastoseenotonlytohisown,butalsotohis
nurse’spunctuality,orperseverance,orreadiness,orcalmness,to
anyorallofthesethings,heisfarbetterwithoutthatnurse
thanwithher—howevervaluableandhandyherservicesmay
otherwisebetohim,andhoweverincapablehemaybeofrender-
ingthemtohimself.
Withregardtoreadingaloudinthesickroom,myexperience
is,thatwhenthesickaretooilltoreadtothemselves,theycan
seldombeartobereadto.Children,eye-patients,anduneducated
personsareexceptions,ovwherethereisanymechanicaldifficulty
inreading.Peoplewlioliketobereadto,havegenerallynot
muchthematterwiththem;whileinfevers,orwherethereis
muchirritabilityofbrain,theeffortoflisteningtoreadingaloud
hasoftenbroughtondelirium.Ispeakwithgreatdiffidence;
becauseitisanalmostuniversalbeliefthatitissparingthesick
toreadaloudtothem.Buttwothingsarecertain:—
(1.)Ifthereissomematterwhichmustbereadtoasick
person,doitslowly.Peopleoftenthinkthatthewaytogetit
overwithleastfatiguetohimistogetitoverinleasttime.
Theygabble;theyplungeandgallopthroughtherea-ling.
Thereneverwasagreatermistake.Houdin,theconjuror,says
thatthewaytomakeastoryseemshortistotellitslowly.So
itiswithreadingtothesickIhaveoftenheardapatientsay
IfOISR. 49
tosuchamistakenreader,“Don’treadittome;tellitme.”
Sickchildren,ifnottooshytospeak,willalwaysexpressthis
wish.Theyinvariablypreferastorytobetoldtothem,rather
thanreadtothem.Unconsciouslytheyareawiirethatthiswill
regulatetheplunging,thereadingwithunequalpaces,slurring
overonepart,insteadofleavingitoutaltogether, ifitisunim-
portant,andmumblinganother.Ifthereaderletshisown
attentionwander,iiudthenstopstoreaduptohimself,orfinds
hehasreadthewrongbit,thenitisalloverw'iththepoor
patient’schanceofnotsuiTering.Veryfewpeopleknowhow
toreadtothesick;veryfewreadaloudaspleasantlyevenas
theyspeak.Inreadingtheysing,theyhesitate,theystammer,
theyhurry,theymumble;wheninspeakingtheydononeof
thesethings.Eeadingaloudtothesickoughtalwaystobe
ratherslow,andexceedinglydistinct,butnotmouthing—rather
monotonous,butnotsing-song—ratherloud,butnotnoisy—and
aboveall,nottoolong.Beverysureofwhatyourpatientcan
bear.
(2)Theextraordinaryhabitofreadingtoone’sselfinasick
room,andreadingaloudtothepatientanybitswhichwillamuse
him,ormoreoftenthereader,isunaccountably thoughtless.
Whatdoyouthinkthepatientisthinkingofduringyourgapsof
non-readiug 1Doyouthinkthathe.amuseshimselfuponwhat
youh.avereadforpreciselythetimeitpleasesyoutogoonread-
ingtoyoui’self,andth.athisattentionisreadyforsomethingelse
.atpreciselythetimeitpleasesyoutobeginreadingagain?
Onethingmore;—Fromtheflimsymannerinwhichmost
modernhouses.arebuilt,Avhereeverysteponthest.airs,and
alongthefloors,isfeltalloverthehouse;thehigherthestory
thegreaterthevibration.Itissurprisinghowmuchthesick
sufferbyhavinganybodyoverhead.Inthesolidlybuiltold
houses,which,fortunately,mosthospitalsare,thenoiseand
shakingiscompanativelytrifling.Butitisaseriouscauseof
suffering,inlightlybuilthouses,andwiththeirritabilitypeculiar
tosomediseases.Betterfarputsuchpatientsatthetopofthe
house,evenwiththeadditionalfatigueofstairs,ifyoucannot
securetheroomabovethembeinguntenauted
;youmayother-
wisebringonastateofrestlessnesswhichnoopiatewillsubdue.
Donotneglectthewarning,whenapatienttellsyouth.athe
“feelseverystepabovehimtocrosshisheart.”Eememberthat
everynoiseapatientcannotseepartakesofthecharacterof
B
50 NOTESONNURSINU.
suddennesstohim;andIampersuadedthatpatientswiththese
peculiarlyirritablenerves,arepositivelylessinjuredbyhaving
personsinthesameroomwiththemthanoverhe:id,orthan
separatedbyonlyathineompartment.Anysacrificetosecure
sileuceforthesecasesisworthwhile,becausenoair,however
good,noattendance,howevercareful,willdoanythingforsuch
caseswithoutquiet.
V.—VARIETY.


 of money, of course, is the
constant fear of losing it. It is tragi-comic to watch someone who is worth
50 million dollars practically have a nervous breakdown because, through a
business oversight, he lost 10 million dollars. The man was actually in a
panic. Emotionally, he was frightened that he would not be able to survive
on the planet with only 40 million dollars. The person who suf fers from
inner poverty is relentlessly driven to accumulate on the material level.
W ith this inner poverty, there is the whole attitude of selfishness or its
correlates of vanity and false pride.
It is very common for people who use the letting go technique suddenly
to come into abundance. Struggling actors now have starring roles in
Hollywood. A playwright on the edge of poverty becomes the producer of a
smash Broadway hit. Paradoxically, some people have grown so nonchalant
about money that they have chosen to get rid of a lot of money and live a
much simpler life. They are no longer interested in money; they have
mastery over it. The inner satisfactions that they had sought by means of
money are now satisfied directly, so that inner happiness is independent of
outer wealth. In this state of inner freedom, one is independent of the outer
world and no longer at the ef fect of it. This is because one transcends that
which one has mastered.
Happiness
In the sections on Health and W ealth, we have already touched upon
important areas relating to overall happiness. Now we will focus more on
inner emotional life because that is where we all really live. The purpose of
health and wealth is, after all, merely because we presume, and to some
extent it is true, that they result in happiness. Happiness can be experienceddirectly, however, and on this level it is relatively independent of health or
wealth.
Let’ s take an objective look at the average view of happiness. T o begin
with, the happiness is extremely vulnerable. A chance remark, a critical
comment, a raised eyebrow, or a car cutting into line ahead of us are all
suf ficient to blow the average person’ s happiness in an instant. The threat of
a job loss, a feeling of distrust in a relationship, a foreboding remark by a
doctor, or an impertinent cab driver, are suf ficient to ruin the day for many
of us. Why is our happiness so fragile that commonplace occurrences can
“ruin” the whole day?
In the section on the anatomy of emotions, we have already looked at
the reasons for this. As a result of negative feelings, thoughts, and attitudes,
together with the constant judgment and criticism of other people, we often
feel separated from others. Because of this feeling of inner aloneness and
separation, relationships take on the form of attachments, with all the fear,
anger, and jealousy that accompany any threat to those attachments. The
inner negativity results in such commonly held beliefs as, “Y ou are born
alone and you die alone.” Nothing, in fact, is farther from the truth. As
recent books on near -death experiences reveal, it is during life that one
often feels alone and, at the moment of death, there is an absolute feeling of
oneness and connectedness (Eadie, 1992; Neal, 2011).
Because of attachments, dependencies, and inner smallness, we may
feel weak and limited. The guilty intolerance of our inner thoughts and
feelings are projected onto the world, making the world look like a fearful
place. Because these fears are held in mind, fearful events and experiences
are literally brought into our life experience. Fear results in chronic anger
and makes us prone to attack and to inner emotional chaos. Pain and
suf fering occur, with periodic despair and proneness to emotional upset.
The ego-mind, which sees everyone as separate, is envious of anyone else
who appears happier, more successful, or with a better relationship, a better
body, or better connections. Soon, because of a lack of inner clarity about
goals, there is confusion leading to self-pity, envy, and further resentment.
Self-condemnation gets endlessly projected onto the world, taking the form
of condemnation from others, which increases further the guilt and feeling
of smallness.
For some of us, the only escape is through grandiosity, intolerance,
bigotry, arrogance, and anger, which take the form of cruelty, over -bearingness, brutality, and insensitivity to the feelings of others. Often the
insensitivity comes with self-excuses, such as: “I am an upfront person who
speaks my mind,” or “I am the frank type; you always know where you
stand with me.” These comments are a cover -up for insensitivity, which
might be better described as gauche. The low self-esteem results in
criticism of self and others, constant competition and comparison,
analyzing, contempt, intellectualization, doubt, and fantasies of revenge.
When all of those mechanisms fail, there is the recurrence of apathy and
feelings of hopelessness and victimization. In such a state, we become
progressively alienated because there is so much of ourselves that we must
hide. Our behavior leads to isolation from others and an imbalance due to
over -valuation of the areas of life that do seem to work.
Because of this inner chaos, the average person must of necessity stay
unconscious at all times. It is interesting to watch the means that the mind
has invented to accomplish this end. W e watch as a person gets up in the
morning and flips on the radio or the television to immediately get the mind
of f the self and its mental chatter. Despite the extra amusement, thoughts
and feelings tend to arise until the mind becomes preoccupied with the
projects of the day, work, and various schemes of accomplishment or
pleasure. It starts the preoccupation with the body—all of the brushing,
washing, perfuming, powdering, deodorizing and carefully selecting the
clothes for the day. The choosing of clothes brings up all the schedules of
the day, its busyness with activities that have all been crowded into the day:
the endless appointments, phone calls, errands, social engagements, home
responsibilities, and emails. On the way to work or the day’ s activities,
there is the chatting with companions, listening to the car radio, making the
cell phone calls, sending text-messages, and reading the morning newspaper
on the subway. Once at the destination, there follows the preoccupation
with the external events of the day: the business, the deals, the bar gains, the
arrangements, the worries, the manipulations, the endless search for power,
the quest for “strokes,” and the ever -present fear of survival. All of this is
motivated by the desire to somehow derive meaning and security, and to
increase our self-esteem and ensure our self-worth by whatever means.
The franticness of the struggle is not really realized until we are
suddenly forced to discontinue it by some external event. Then, we are
confronted with the internal emptiness. This calls for the incessant ingestion
of novels, magazines, television, and websites. Or, the emptiness is avoidedby the constant going to parties, escaping through drugs, numbing out with
a few drinks, watching movies, and pursuing other amusements. W e tend to
do just about anything to avoid facing that feeling of inner emptiness.
There is nothing wrong with any of these activities, in and of
themselves. What we want to examine is only the state of consciousness,
the state of awareness, and the manner in which the activities are perceived,
pursued, and experienced. In a state of inner freedom, these same events
and experiences take on a totally dif ferent significance.
The identical activities can stem from an inner sense of happiness, self-
worth, and completeness. The same goals can be fulfilled through the
realization of our inner achievement rather than competition with others.
Relationships become sharing and loving rather than jealous, competitive,
and driven by the seeking of “strokes” and approval. When we are free of
negative drives, we enjoy gratifying relationships because we love people,
not because we are attached to them. W e can allow the other person to be
free, not subject to jealousy and threat. W e are not the victims of
manipulation by others because we have already found an inner fulfillment.
As negative thoughts, feelings, and attitudes are relinquished, we re-
own the power that we had given over to the world. Much of the attraction
of the world is due to the glamorization that we have projected onto it.
Questions arise for self-reflection: “Is it really all that money that I want, or
is it the glamour that I have attached to it? What is it that I want from that
job title or from that designation of “Dr.” and “Esq.” and “Rev.”? Is it the
responsibility and activities that go along with it, or is it the glamour and
esteem associated with it? Do I really love that person, or am I in love with
the glamour I have projected onto him or her?”
The more we let go, the more we de-glamorize the world. The more it
is de-glamorized, the less it runs us. W e are not at the ef fect of glamour and
can no longer be manipulated by it. W e are no longer vulnerable to the
professional programmers of the media and the political and social arenas.
W e are no longer at the


 activity / exercise· Home environment· Work environment· Career· Sleep· Partnership relationship· Family relationships· Friendships· Work relationships· Interests/ books / TV / websites / entertainmentConsider the areas of your life where the energy is blocked, distorted or imbalanced and use the subtleaction of the body as ﬂowing energy to correct the imbalance in those areas, making the energy efﬁcientand harmonious.(Reminder: Subtle action: 1) gentle intention 2) commitment and trust 3) ease and openness 4) repeat until effect achieved.)For example, if your home environment is not generating positive energy in your life, make an intent tocreate more positive spaces in your home.LESSON 5: Awareness Has MagicWATCH MINDFULNESS GUIDED MEDITATION BY DEEPAK CHOPRA ONLINE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RvtDFfLFIk&feature=player_embedded

This lesson teaches us that by engaging our silent awareness, we can manage the body’s energy, andconsequently transform our body.If you want to change your body, a change in awareness must come ﬁrst. Awareness is where meaninghappens. What you are unaware of won’t change.If distorted energy is the root of all problems, it can be brought back to its normal, healthy state byaccessing our inner intelligence—pure consciousness.As your awareness changes, your energy changes, and then your body changes. The chain of events moves from the invisible realm to the visible on this path: AWARENESS --> ENERGY --> BODYAwareness that is limited by fear, doubt, anger, lack, addiction, insecurity, and judgment is conditioned.Conditioned awareness does not heal the body, it merely repeats the patterns from the past. In everyonethere’s a level of awareness that isn’t conditioned or lacking. This is your real self, full awareness whichautomatically masters.When You Are Fully Aware· You can center yourself at will· You are familiar with a place of peace and silence inside· You aren’t divided against yourself by inner conﬂicts· You can transcend local disturbances and remain unaffected by them· You see the world from an expanded perspective· Your inner world is organizedOld conditioning keeps us from being free, because time and again we fall into old patterns that run toodeep, while our new behavior, the one we wish we could have, has no groove to follow at all. This state ofbeing trapped in old conditioning creates its own kind of awareness.When Your Awareness Is Conditioned· You can’t ﬁnd your center, so impulses pull you this way and that· You aren’t familiar with a place of peace and silence, so there’s constant restlessness· Conﬂicting impulses ﬁght against each other· Local disturbances disturb and distract you· You see the world from a contracted perspective· Your inner world is totally disorganizedThere are three ways to break down old conditioning: reﬂection, contemplation, and meditation. Theirpower increases in that order. We all tend to use these words interchangeably, but they have separateimplications.· Reﬂection --taking a second look at old habits, beliefs, and assumptions.· Contemplation --focusing on a thought until it expands as far as it can.· Meditation -- ﬁnding the level of the mind that isn’t conditioned.Consider the best use of these methods for yourself to maximize your access to full and unconditionedawareness.The chain of events that ends in the body begins in consciousness. By moving stuck energy, the free ﬂowof consciousness is restored, and that is enough to bring the body back into a healthy state.
 EXERCISES FOR LESSON 51. Practice the following Meditation On The Heart for 5 minutes as an exercise to contact that silentawareness within.Meditation On The HeartSitting quietly with your eyes closed, rest our attention on your heart.You don’t need to be anatomically precise. Simply ﬁnd a place in the center of your chest where yourattention can remain easily.As you breathe in and out naturally, keep your attention there.Allow any feelings and sensations to arise and pass. If you attention wanders, gently bring it back to reston your heart. 2. Write a journal entry about what makes you feel at home in your body, and what makes younot feel at home in your body.  3. Write down your own personal intention about how you can get more comfortable in your body this week. Share this intentwith loved ones and ask for their support.LESSON 6: You Can Improve Your GenesWATCH LESSON 6 VIDEO BY DEEPAK CHOPRA ONLINE: http://blip.tv/play/AYGpjAcC

The general perception is that the body we have is a product of our genes, and we haveall been taught that genes can’t be changed. However, genes only affect you if they areswitched on; they have no effect if they are switched off.What determines when and if a gene switches on?It can be an automatic biological response on a ﬁxed schedule, or it can be through our life experiences, ora combination of both. This means our choices can play a signiﬁcant role in what kind of a body our genes create.DNA is a memory bank storing every experience from the past that makes us human. Instead of lettingthose memories use you, you can learn to use them. Just like your physical body, DNA is also made ofenergy, and you can change its energy patterns through a change of awareness. You were born with some predispositions that will determine how your body turns out, yet as you inject your own desires, habits, and intentions, a ﬁxed trait will turn out to be very malleable – a mere wisp of desire is enough to affect DNA.The brain’s hidden potential comes down to the gene’s hidden potential. A brain cell can’t make a newmove unless its DNA sends out new chemical signals. For every trait that is ﬁxed, such as eye, hair, andskin color, myriad genes are weaving a complex pattern of response to your thoughts, feelings, and actions.This means that our fears, expectations, relationships, lifestyles and habits, all play a signiﬁcant role inyour body’s makeup.Epigenes, the complex of proteins surrounding your DNA, are the intervening mechanism in turning ourgenes off and on. When the epigene is affected by behavior, that impacts the response of the DNA. Thatbehavior, good or ill, is then passed to future generations.The key to switching genes on and off is awareness, the thing that underlies our behavior, feelings andthoughts. This is the awareness of tuning in to the body.Tuning in is the skill of becoming more aware, more sensitive and responsive to your body.QUIZ: Are You At Home In Your BodyOnce you tune into it, your body has an amazing capacity to correct itself. To begin this process, you needto feel comfortable in your body. There has to be a basic connection that isn’t blocked by guilt, shame, and discomfort. If you take the following quiz, it will show you where the work of reconnecting starts for you personally.The list below covers the most common things that people feel uncomfortable with when it comes to theirbodies. Mark your comfort level with each item, as follows. Enjoyable Don’t mind UncomfortableTotally AvoidE – Enjoyable D- Don’t mind U- UncomfortableT- Totally Avoid_ Wearing a revealing bathing suit._ Wearing clothes that ﬁt._ Looking in a full-length mirror_ Trying on clothes in a store_ Dancing_ Playing team sports_ Hugging_ Snuggling_ Sex with the lights on_ Being looked at in public_ Describing how you look physically_ Being physically ﬂirtatious_ Thinking about your weight_ Being casually touched by a friend or acquaintance_ Hearing others refer to you physically_ Sitting quietly, particularly in public_ Attempting physical challenges (hiking, running, climbing ﬂights of stairs, etc.)_ Being seen nude by your spouse or lover_ Undressing at the gym_ Having your picture taken_ Thinking about being touched physically_ Buying a bra or other intimate apparelThis isn’t a quiz where you tally up your scores. It’s a worksheet for getting back in touchwith your body. Pick an item that you marked “U” and write a plan for overcoming it.Whether the item is very physical, such a undressing at the gym, or more passive, such asbeing seeing a revealing swimsuit, your plan begins in awareness. Put yourself in theuncomfortable situation. Have a speciﬁc image that takes you to the point of recapturingyour discomfort so that you feel it emotionally and possibly physically.You are noticing the negative energy associated with your mental image. Be with thatenergy – simply by tuning into it, you are taking the ﬁrst steps toward tuning in to yourbody in a more positive way. Don’t freeze up or get tense. Breathe easily; relax yourbody. Now see if you can make the image change. The more it is stuck in your mind, animprint from the past, the more stuck the energy is.This isn’t a quiz where you tally up your scores. It’s a worksheet for getting back in touch with your body.Pick an item that you marked “U” and write a plan for overcoming it. Whether the item is very physical,such a undressing at the gym, or more passive, such as being seeing a revealing swimsuit, your plan beginsin awareness. Put yourself in the uncomfortable situation. Have a speciﬁc image that takes you to the point of recapturing your discomfort so that you feel it emotionally and possibly physically.You are noticing the negative energy associated with your mental image. Be with that energy – simply bytuning into it, you are taking the ﬁrst steps toward


 can add in fresh, sweet, juicy
room-temperature fruit (for instance, berries, sweet oranges or
mandarins, mangos, peaches, nectarines), almond/date shakeLunch/dinner:  same as days 1–5, but increase complexity—grains
cooked with 1:6 grain-to-liquid ratio or a thin, liquid dal
Herbal allies:  ginger with lime and salt, sweet water lactation tea,
fresh ginger tea or tea bag, fennel tea
GROCERIES FOR DA YS 1–10 POSTP ARTUM
Carbohydrates:  basmati rice, cream of rice, tapioca, oats, semolina
flour, Cream of Wheat
Sugar options:  raw cane sugar, date sugar, coconut sugar,
molasses, maple syrup, jaggery (Indian molasses sugar)
Fats:  ghee, sesame oil (not toasted), olive oil
Proteins:  split mung beans, red lentils, nut milks, nonhomogenized
whole milk, almonds, cashews (more nuts if you are dairy-free)
Fruits:  soaked and dried iron-rich fruits such as dates, apricots, figs,
and golden raisins
Sweet juices:  apple, white grape, apricot
Vegetables:  asparagus, carrots, okra, fresh fennel, dill, cilantro,
roasted garlic, fresh fenugreek/methi
DAYS 15–28
Breakfast:  same as above (for a savory option: savory porridge
made with salt and black pepper), miso soup, dal soup with rice,
almond date shake
Snack:  same as above plus spiced nuts and seeds, nourishing
beverages, lactation cookies
Lunch/dinner:  grain cooked in a 1:3 (grain to liquid) ratio (wider
variety, still soupy but less so than before), increased complexity in
protein sources, increased complexity of meal (protein, grain,
vegetables)GROCERIES FOR DA YS 10–21 POSTP ARTUM
Carbohydrates:  quinoa, amaranth, unrefined flours, couscous, rice
pastas
Fats:  high lignan flaxseed oil, raw butter
Proteins:  fresh yogurt, ricotta, cottage cheese, paneer, urud dal,
roasted tahini
Thickeners:  arrowroot powder, kudzu powder
Fruits:  apples and pears (cooked), sugar or yellow figs, sweet
oranges, sweet berries, limes, avocados
Fruit juices:  cherry, peach, apricot
Dried fruits (soaked):  cherries, currants, prunes
Vegetables:  beets (if lochia has diminished); greens such as chard,
kale, or spinach (if craved); sweet potatos or yams; winter squash;
pumpkin
DAYS 29–42 AND AFTER
Breakfast:  oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, cream of rice, cream of
quinoa, barley gruel, sautéed greens
Snack:  fresh juicy fruit, cooked fruit, soaked and roasted nuts or
seeds with digestive spices
Lunch/dinner:  more complex food combinations; wider variety of
vegetables, proteins, grains; more complexity in meal components
GROCERIES FOR WEEKS 3–6 POSTP ARTUM
Carbohydrates:  sprouted bread, whole-grain pastas
Fats:  cocoa butter, coconut oil (if mama is not feeling cold)
Proteins:  adzuki beansFruits:  fresh papaya or mango, freshly squeezed orange juice or
pineapple juice, tamarind
Vegetables:  artichoke, summer squash (chayote, zucchini, yellow),
green beans, parsley, parsnips, fresh basil
POSTPARTUM SPICES AND HERBS
The following beneficial spices are good to have on hand to cook with,
make teas from, and flavor foods with throughout the entire postpartum
window, as they support digestion and/or milk production:
Black pepper:  increases internal heat, removes toxins, increases
circulation, and supports digestion
Cardamom:  helps balance emotions, respiratory function, and
digestion
Cilantro:  purifies the blood, increases digestion, and supports
detoxification
Cinnamon:  enhances the quality and quantity of milk, improves
digestion
Coriander:  eases gastrointestinal discomfort, stimulates appetite,
assimilates nutrients, aids in gentle detoxification
Cumin:  aids digestion and provides a mild hormonal and cooling
support
Fennel:  helps lactation and digestion, reduces heat and acidity, and
is a gentle diuretic
Fenugreek:  supports lactation, rejuvenation, respiration, and
digestion; may help the uterus release placental fragments when
used in a stronger tea
Garlic (roasted, not raw):  supports immunity, digestion, and the
circulatory system; is also very grounding, is consideredrejuvenating, and supports the quality and quantity of mama’ s milk
Ginger:  offers warmth and grounding along with excellent digestive
and respiratory support
Pippali:  nourishes the blood, nerves, and reproductive tissues;
supports digestion and healthy metabolism
Saffron:  increases the medicinal benefits of other herbs and
supports reproductive rejuvenation; beneficial for the mind,
emotions, and heart
POSTPARTUM MAMA RECIPES
The recipes in the rest of this chapter are some of the main recipes I lived
on for my first forty-two days postpartum. Start with three days of just rice
porridge (kanji), sometimes using the sweet recipe and other times using the
savory digestive spices to add a little bit of variety. Generally, you want to
stick to rice kanji until you feel real hunger. After the first few days, slowly
introduce other foods, starting with more soupy, blended recipes like the
warm oatmeal shake, sweet potato smoothie, or the sautéed and steamed
fruits. Then, as you feel your digestion getting stronger, start adding more
vegetables and whole foods that require more chewing, like the steamed
root veggies or kitchari. In the evenings, have the milk tonic.
Be sure to add things gradually, noticing how your body is able to digest
them as well as being aware of how dif ferent foods may af fect your little
one. If you notice your babe has more gas or seems fussier, go back to a few
days of just kanji, and then slowly introduce just one recipe at a time to see
what may be af fecting little babe.
Ghee
Ghee, or clarified butter, is one of Ayurveda’ s most important
contributors to a healthy and strong recovery after birth. It deeplynourishes depleted tissues down to the cellular level and rekindles
agni, the fire of digestion. It carries the medicinal qualities of food
and herbs that are warmed in it through the tissues, and it also
supports mama in making rich milk for her baby, balances her
hormones, stabilizes her mood and emotions, remedies constipation,
and much more. If you are choosing to not have ghee for
physiological or ethical reasons, or if you’re experiencing congestion,
use sesame oil for cooking instead, as it is gently warming, mildly
astringent, antiseptic, and antibacterial.
Ingredients
2 quarts (16 sticks) of organic, cultured, unsalted butter
Instructions
Place butter in a pan on medium-low heat to simmer. As the butter
melts, it may look cloudy with foam at the top.
Do not stir the cooking butter.
Continue simmering for twenty to thirty minutes until you see the
particulates sink to the bottom of the pan and the foam disappears
from the top.
Wait until liquefied butter turns a clear amber color and remove from
heat. Let cool and then strain through a cotton cheesecloth. Store in
a glass jar.
Dashamula T ea
Dashamula  means “ten roots” and is known to be a vata-pacifying,
grounding, and nourishing tonic. It will support digestion, balance the
nervous system, strengthen the body, and calm the mind. Drink twice
a day postpartum; each morning and evening.
Ingredients1 teaspoon dashamula powder
1 cup water
Instructions
Boil the dashamula in the water until there is only ½ cup of liquid
remaining.
Drink ½ cup in the morning and repeat in the evening each day for
forty-two days.
Sweet W ater Lactation T ea
Not only does this tea support healthy lactation and breastfeeding, it
also supports digestion and soothes the nerves. The low ratio of
herbs to water allows this tea to stay hydrating rather than drying.
This recipe by Ysha Oaks is beneficial to drink daily for forty-two
days.
Ingredients
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
4¼ cups water
Instructions
Add spices into boiled water, turn of f heat, and steep for fifteen or
twenty minutes. Strain and sip warm throughout the day.
CCF T ea
Cumin, coriander, and fennel tea is an Ayurvedic staple. CCF tea
supports healthy digestion, absorption, assimilation, elimination, and
lactation. It helps the body break down toxins in the gastrointestinal
tract, and because


! – Patricia Bragg, ND,
PhD.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot
change their minds, cannot change anything.  – Geor ge Bernard
Shaw

You Can Reach Mental and Spiritual Heights
You Never Dreamed of With a Toxic-Free
Bloodstream and Body
Man is a trinity comprised of the Physical, Mental and the Spiritual. It is
difficult trying to reach the heights in the mental and spiritual life when the
physical body is decaying. The ancient Greeks envisioned man in perfection
as having a strong mind in a strong body!
Today millions of people pray and study the Bible daily and benefit from
a higher spiritual level. They are truth seekers and are reaching out for a
better way of life. Before you can become an advanced student in any
spiritual and mental philosophy, your body must be clean and free of deadly
toxic poisons. All churches should promote fasting as Jesus did for His
followers!
The great spirit ual teachers and philosophers have recognized  for over
7,000 years the miracu lous cleansing power of fasting. Throughout the Bible,
Our Lord Jesus especially show ed us the importance of fasting  and prayer
for those seeking a closer spiritual walk with God! Even Buddha,
Mohammed, Gandhi, the Popes and many other spiritual leaders have
recognized fasting as the path to higher spiritual, mental and physical
advancements!!
Paul C. Bragg’s Deep Spiritual Awakening
When I went into this profession  years ago my main goal was to be well
and stay well. I always wanted to be healthy regardless of calendar years!
In other words, I wanted a radiantly healthy body with plenty of strength,endurance, vitality and energy to spare for a long, happy, fulfilled life. I
wanted to crusade and share these health truths with the world! As I
attained these goals I realized that The Toxicless Diet, Body Purification
and Healing System was opening other channels of thought to me. I found
myself searching for simple spiritual truth. My mental energy was so high
that I was able to do enormous  amount s of reading and studying. I sought
out brilliant teachers in religion and befor e I knew it, I was attaining this
heavenly serenity and a peace of mind I had never befor e exper ienced! My
whole personali ty was changing! I no longer worried and fretted over
problems.
In fact, I liked the challenges that difficulties presented. Because I now
had, with prayer  and my strong spiritual and mental capacity, a way to look
objectively at them and find the proper solutions. My life was being guided
and blessed!
Our Creator Teaches You to Be A Good Steward
of Your Life,Health, Home, Assets and Family
I found myself a happier person. I found that little things could make me
laugh and fill me with joy. I discover ed the beauty of the stars at night and
of the sky during the day. I enjoyed the rain, the wind and I soon became
one with Mother  Natur e! Since my childhood I had carried some fears and
anxieties which I now found were not true problems – they faded as the
night fades in the early morning  dawn! I was led from the darkn ess into the
light, from the unreal to the real. With my fears and anxieties out of my life
and consciousne ss I was ready to follow my dream and passion of being a
world health crusader. I had no fears of traveling any place in the world
and delivering The Bragg Health Crusade. I found I made friends
everywher e I lectur ed. I owe this spiritual and mental growth to my healthy
lifestyle, prayer  time and my walk with God. I learned to concentrate in
prayer and quiet time to antic ipate futur e conditions that I must face. I
found answers that saved me countless hours of needless anxiety and worry
in the book of life – the Bible!
Wher e ther e’s great love of God and Mother Natur e ther e are always miracles.  – Willa Cather
God gave His creatur es light, air and water open to the skies; Man locks him in a stifling lair and
wonders why his br other dies.  – Oliver W endell Holmes
One of the most tragic things about huma n natur e is that most of us tend to put off living. We are
dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are
blooming outside our windows today. – Dale Carnegie, American writer and developer of self-
improvement courses
Prayer and meditation have been used for thousands of years to quiet the mind and attain inner
peace! It can combat stress and confusion. It also helps physical ailments. It has been shown to fight
high blood  pressur e, and can even be done  in five-minute versions. Find a quiet place and sit, close
your eyes and breathe slowly in through your nose, hold it briefly, then exhale slowly. Focus on
health, peace and joy, and a beautiful natural scene. This helps you to center and feel calmer. This
technique, with open eyes, can even be done in a traffic jam and can help you go with the flow. –
Alan W atts
Paul Bragg Found Peace & Joy and Shared It
Many people talk about relaxing – just as I used to talk about relaxing –
but it was only after years of consistent fasting and purification thr ough diet
that I really learned to completely relax! Each day I am able to release all
the tensions from my nerves and muscles and thus renew my vitality and
energy through complete relaxa tion. I sleep better now than I did when I
was a child! I find that no matte r wher e I am – no matter what the noise or
excitement may be – I can sit or lie down, close my eyes and completely
relax. This I want for you also!
I find that I am able to understand other people better when they become
upset and emotional. I am therefore better able to help them calm down. I
feel I am growing  – and not only on the physical side! I believe that I am
not only building a powerful physical body but, through Cleansing and
Fasting, I am also advancing Mentally and Spiritually. I constantly search
for light and truth and education along all lines. I find that I have a greater
interest in everything that is happening in the world. I find that I understand
people better and in understanding others then I am able to better
understand myself. This way of life opens many doors that lead to the
Higher Life! After all, as we journey through life we should grow and
balance our lives Physically, Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually. Many
of our world wide health followers write us about this newly discover edstrength in Mental and Spiritual  growth they are experiencing. They rejoice
when they have found Peace in their mind, soul and total being. This is the
true Joy of Healthy Living!
I am a happy man! I have no worries, no fears and no false ambitions! I
lead a simple, healthy, happy fulfilled life and I give thanks  for all my
blessings daily!  Remember Patricia and I are your health friends for
eternity.
Dear friend, I wish above all things that thou may prosper and be in
health even as the soul prospers. – 3 John 2
Nothing transforms anyone as much as willingly changing fr om a negative to a positive attitude!  It
brings miracles.
Nothing in all cr eation is so like God as soothing stillness.  – Meister EckhartBe a Bragg Crusader – Copy and shar e with family, friends, clubs, etc.
Take Time for 12 Things
1. Take time to Work –
it is the price of success.
2. Take time to Think –
it is the source of power.
3. Take time to Play –
it is the secret of youth.
4. Take time to Read –
it is the foundation of knowledge.
5. Take time to Worship –
it is the highway of reverence and
washes the dust of earth from our eyes.
6. Take time to Help and Enjoy Friends –
it is the source of happiness.
7. Take time to Love and Shar e –
it is the one sacrament of life.
8. Take time to Dream –
it hitches the soul to the stars.
9. Take time to Laugh –
it is the laughing that helps life’ s loads.
10. Take time for Beauty –
it is everywhere in nature.
11. Take time for Health –
it is the true wealth and treasure of life.
12. Take time to Plan –
it is the secret of being able to have time
for the first 11 things.OceanofPDF.comChapter 6
Doctor Sunshine
The Gentle Healer
The Importance of Gentle Sunbathing
We belie ve it is absolutely essen tial that everyone take every opportunity
they can to expo se their body to the life-giving rays of gentle sunshine. We
also believe that every person must understand the pigment of their skin and
not overdo their exposure to the rays of the sun.
We believe that the alpines
unshine – at an altitude of 5,000 feet
in the Swiss  Alps played a
tremendous part in my father ’s
miracle recovery  from tuberculosis.
When Dad arrived at Dr. Rolli er’s
Sanatorium, his introduction to
sunbathing was supervised wisely
and closely.
When Sunbathing Be Wise and Cautious
My father ’s first day in the alpine sun he only exposed