 The
B.M.s were more or less formed now and their frequency would vary from two to six
times a day. This was a far cry from the days of my medical treatment, and I have not
taken any drugs thus far and I feel wonderful. Oh, there were still times when the
"urge" came on strong and little accidents oc curred, but they also became fewer.
   Over the next three years (1966, 1967, and 1968), I undertook successive fasts of
five-, four-, and three-weeks' durati on. The 1966 and 1967s were done at Pawling
while the 1968 fast was undertaken at my home and supervised by me, although I did
call Dr. Gross once a week to report my progress and receive guidance if needed.
Each of these three fasts put me on higher plateaus of health, until I would estimate I
was functioning about 75 to 80 percent of normal.
   The five-week fast I took at home wa s not the best experience. I not only don't
recommend a long fast at home, but I would discourage anyone from trying it only because the environment is not conducive to a proper fast. There are too many
disturbing and enervating influences that actually detract from the beneficial effects:
well-meaning friends and relatives intimating you're a little crazy; neighborhood noise
from loud cars, motorcycles, and children; the smell of pollution from the city, from
auto exhausts, and from people walking by the house smoking; plus a hundred and one other disturbances. You see, during a fast you become very sensitive to
everything and are annoyed by the slightest irritation which ordinarily might not
bother you if you were not fasting. This upsets the entire system and can cause the
fast to be detrimental. The ideal and safest way is to have the long fasts supervised by professionals at a hygienic institution.
   From 1969 to the present (1976), I fasted one or two days a week. Several times a
year I'll put together a three- or four-day fast. The vegetarian diet (with the foods properly combined, as will be explained later) has been strictly adhered to over these
years and meat has literally become repugnant to me. Through the proper use of all
the principles of Natural Hygiene, I feel I have just about reached the top of the
plateau, though I continue to notice minute changes in the improvement of my general
physical, mental, and emotional health. I would say to date, 1976, I am functioning
about 95 percent or more of normal and one day I may even surpass that. The 5
percent or less is due to damage (adhesions) in the colon from the prolonged debility
which occurred during the six years under medical care. I feel I'm damn lucky to have been able to recuperate to this point and it's quite possible these adhesions can be
reduced even further because the magnificent power of the human body cannot be
underestimated. The body is self-constructing,  self-defending, self-repairing, and self-
regulating. It is so sad when people use Natural Hygiene as an eleventh hour measure,
as I did, but are beyond their recuperative ca pabilities and cannot save their organs or
their lives. Natural Hygiene is lived, not so  much for the recuperation from illness, but
for its most important asset--the evolution of vigorous health and the prevention of disease.
   I've watched my wife blossom into  a new woman, her natural beauty being
enhanced by a youthful look that surprises people who assume she is thirtyish and then discover she is past 42. It is the sum total of all our experiences over these past
years--1958 to 1976--from the inception of my illness until the present that has made
us totally committed to Natural Hygiene and to its perpetuation.
   Corinne and I eventually became officers in the Detroit chapter of the American
Natural Hygiene Society and have built it into the largest, most active chapter in the
country. We then became involved in the national organization--The American
Natural Hygiene Society--and eventually were elected to the board of directors. I
currently have the honor of being the president and official representative of the American Natural Hygiene Society.
   I willingly give up time from my practice, sometimes more time than I can afford, to
lecture and do radio and television shows all over the United States and Canada. This has allowed me to come in contact with, and have a profound influence on, many
thousands of people and their lives. I think this has been the most gratifying experience for me, to be able to play a part in altering and bettering peoples' lives.
   Life with Natural Hygiene has afford ed me countless unusual experiences, some
humorous and some pathetic, of which I'd like to share just a few. There was the time
I was making plans to move into a new office building and I dropped in on the
workmen one morning to go over some of my electrical and plumbing needs, etc. I was offered coffee and doughnuts, which I refu sed, and one thing led to another and
before I knew it there was a discussion of why I refused these morning goodies, the
virtues of natural living, and the vegetarian diet. The men seemed fascinated by the discussion and obviously one of them had never come in contact with a vegetarian
before, because when I was preparing to leave, one of the men approached me, shook
my hand and said, "I've enjoyed listening to you and it was a pleasure to meet you
because I've never met a'vegetable man' before."
   It seems most people are of the opinion that ill health is the normal sequence in the
pattern of their lives. They have come to accept disease, if they live long enough, as
the norm because "most everyone gets sick." It is good health that is normal to the body. I run across many examples, in my office, of people who have these warped
opinions of health and disease. But I'll always remember this patient from whom I
was obtaining a history. This is a classic. In questioning her about her medical history,
she said, as she lit up a cigarette, "I have arthritis, high blood pressure, psoriasis, asthma and emphysema, but other than that, I'm in good health." Need I say more?
   This incident occurred at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
(1974). It was the American Natural Hygiene Society's annual conference on natural living. I had just delivered a lecture entitled "My Six-Week Fast," which was the basic
story in this book. A gentleman approached me, shook my hand, complimented me on
my lecture, and introduced himself as Dr. (I cannot use his name), a medical doctor
from Kansas. ( There are many medical doctors as well as other medical practitioners
who attend our conferences.) He said he had attended other conferences of the A.N.H.S. and this was the third time he had heard my lecture and he just wanted to
tell me that "your story is a classic example of the abuses the human body is subjected to by the medical profession."    A rather disgusting situation arose recently when I entered a branch office of the
Michigan Cancer Foundation to pick up a projector, a movie film, and literature pertaining to smoking and lung cancer. Once inside, I did everything but choke from
the heavy curtain of cigarette smoke that hung like a thick fog. I observed four women
workers. Three of them were smoking and ther e were four packs of cigarettes on the
table, assuring them they wouldn't run short before the day was over. One of the
women gave me the projector, the smoking and cancer film, and a stack of anti-smoking literature, while a burning cigare tte dangled from her lips. They laughed
when I questioned the stupidity of what they were doing, but I couldn't pursue it any
further because by this time my eyes and lungs were burning and I had to get out of
there. I did report the incident to the Michigan Cancer Foundation and was told this
does happen, but they would look into it. So guess what? Right! They're still smoking
and passing out information on lung cancer.
   Of all the many other experiences I could continue with, this final example is
probably the most relevant and had the most profound impact on Corinne and me. It
started with a newspaper article I saw in the Detroit News  in 1972 concerning the
National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis. The ideals, purpose, and goals were
presented. The address of the president was given, which was in New York. I located
his telephone number, called him, and explained my interest in helping people and what my new simple way of life held as a potential, not only for helping those
afflicted, but as a means of preventing these problems. He stated he couldn't do much
and that I should contact a certain medical doctor at the University of Colorado
Medical Center in Denver, which I did by phone. I was instructed to write a letter,
which I also did, requesting to speak at a conference he was chairing. He wrote back and said it was impossible for me to participate in the conference and casually
mentioned how interesting my case seemed and that he would pass along this
information to his colleagues "because such information is of value in enhancing our
knowledge." Needless to say, the information was not passed along and needless to
say that this attitude is what I continually run up against when I confront medical


of behaving that may cover up the core of their being in attempts to get
what they need. But those unexpressed hidden feelings don’t go away until
they’re finally acknowledged.12
With EFT, we begin to tap on these old beliefs, and you have  far more
control over your emotions and thoughts than you think.
Get Curious About Y our Beliefs; T ap on Whatever Resonates
What proof do you have that things have to be the way they are? Is it true
for other people or just you? Is it logically true or does it feel like an
emotional truth? It’ s time for a belief reboot of your system.
Here are some sample phrases about change fears:
Even though I don’t believe it’s possible to change, I believe I can
accept myself and how I feel.
Even though I believed I had to be perfect for things to be okay ….
Even though I believed I wouldn’ t be loved if I didn’ t do what she
wanted ….Even though a part of me believ es that I can’t do it, and will never be
successful ….
Even though it’s not okay to ask questions, because she might get upset
….
Even though I don’t rock the boat because all hell would break loose
and then it would all be my fault ….
Even though nothing I did was ever good enough ….
Even though I shouldn’ t want what I want and don’t deserve to have it
anyway, ….
Imagine Life Dif ferently
You have far more control over your emotions and thoughts than you may
believe. Ask yourself what would happen if you did make a change, and
begin to look at your fears framed th at way. What happened when you made
a change before? What’ s in the way of you making this change?  What’ s the
upside of staying  the same way?  What’ s the downside of makin g a change?
What does this resistance remin d you of? What’ s the earliest time you felt
this type of resistance to chang e? Where in your life do you sabotage the
most?
Your answers can be easily turned into tapping targets. Where in your life
do you sabotage? Take out your EFT journal, and list the areas of your life
where you sabotage most often. What is it that brings on the sabotage?
Review the last time you sabotaged and ask yourself what was happening
just before it happened.
Tapping into these feelings and subconscious rules will reveal a
progression of thoughts and lead to options for change, which can feel
scary. Change often doesn’ t feel safe, but patiently tapping will soothe
negative feeling s and reveal surprising insights. Often hesitance is not about
the issue we initially assumed but about areas we’ve neglected and feelings
we’ve repressed for years.You can tell you’ve got black-and-white thinking about an issue in your
life when you ask yourself: What will happen if I do change? Take that
answer and ask yourself the same question again: What will happen then?
And keep on asking the same question about what will happen. You will
find that after about three or four “what will happens,” the answer will
likely be something like “I’ll die and be all alone,” or “I’ll be isolated and
revealed for the fraud I am,” or “I’ll never go out again,” or something
extremely melodramatic. Take note—you’re not working with a logical
mind here but the need to process emotions.
Conflict: People who Simultaneously W ant
and Don’t W ant to Get Better
Sometimes there  are very good practical reasons for keeping a situation just
as it is, although we’re not consciously aware of them. “Secondary gain” is
the fancy term for the unconscio us desire to stay just as we are. Simply put,
there is some benefit you’re not yet aware of, that makes it seem safer to
keep the problem. Consciously thinking we want one thing while
unconsciously not feeling safe to have what we want keeps us stuck. EFT
helps uncover what is underneath this stubborn resistance. If you had to
guess  at a reason you’re finding resistance, what would it be? What are the
upsides and the downsides of making the change you say you want?
Self-Sabotage Q & A Review
1. Which area of your life do you most often sabotage? Choose one specific
area of sabotage at a time and work through these questions. Your
answers will uncover a boatload  of tapping targets. What’ s your earliest
memory of feeling this way? Does this feeling remind you of anything?
2. When does the self-sabotage happen? Y our answer will give you tar gets.
3. What are the feelings associated with the sabotage?
4. What kind of self-talk do you have doing this?
5. What specifically triggers your self-sabotage?
6. What else was happening in your life at the time of the sabotage?7. What could your sabotage behavior be protecting you from?
8. What’ s the upside of allowing this sabotage behavior to continue?
What’ s the downside of changing it?
9. How would your life be differen t if you eliminated self-sabotage in this
area of your life?
10. Imagine life free of the sabotage.
Answers to these questions provide you with specific tapping targets
relating to your sabotage area. Remember to stay focused on one target,
event, or aspect at a time. This will help you clear intensi ty from specific
events or table legs holding up the sabotage tabletop in a comprehensive,
efficient, ef fective manner. Rate your intensity before tapping, then recheck
it after each tapping round, uncovering any hanging aspects. See the
progress you are making before moving on. If you still have questions about
getting specific, review Chapter 3 for guidance. And of course if you
believe tackling  this on your own might be a bit much, get the professional
support you need from a trustworthy EFT practitioner.
Exercise: Imagine Better
Try offering your sabotage behavior a little vacation. Send it to the most
special, loving, wondrous place you can imagine, and let it know it can
come back after a little while. Allow yourself to experience how would it
feel if the self-sabotage behav ior was really gone. What would happen
specifically if your projects were in on time, you had the job of your
dreams, the relationship that fostered intimacy, the body confidence no
matter what your weight, the money for the new business, the recognition
for your work, or whatever it is you need? How would it feel waking up
without the sabotage behavior?  What would a morning look like? How
would it feel in your body? What things would change in your life? What
would be different about how you felt about yourself? How would your life
change? Imagine what your day would look like. Use all senses, including
sight, sound, taste, touch, and don’ t forget smell.Releasing resistance.  Note any resist ance to these musings in your EFT
journal, as you imagine living free of the sabotage behavior; note all the
“yes-buts” that come to mind. You can then tap on these one at a time as
you are able.
Repeat this exercise regularly. Envisioning life without the sabotage will
help you dissolve the sabotaging behavior, reinforcing the possibility of
change.
In Conclusion
We have explored the many facets of self-sabotage as well as how to
uncover your sabotage areas and zap them with EFT. As you dismantle the
underpinnings of your sabotage, you will see real possibilities for changing
your choices and patterns. With a bit of patience, honesty, persistence, and
the courage that resides within you, your self-sabotage will resolve, and
you’ll see its ef fect in areas of your life you can’ t even yet imagine.
In the next chapter we will explore stress. It’s part of life, right? But do
we have to suf fer? Perhaps we can put stress to use for our benefit.
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Tapping for Relief from Stress
and Being Overwhelmed
Is your stress dial stuck on high? In this chapter you’ll lower the stress
dimmer switch or shut the stress alert off entirely until you truly need it. If
you’re feeling stressed even reading about stress, how about tapping? You
can choo se one point or continuously tap on the tap-down points (top of the
head through under the arm), the Tarzan point, or continuously on the finger
points as you read through this chapter.
It’s not that we want stress to disappear from the face of the planet; the
paradox of stress is that it is a necessary part of the fabric of our lives. It has
helped us adapt and evolve as a species. We were shivering cold back in the
day; inspired by stress we then created fire. Stress tells us we’re in danger
and has saved many a prehisto ric ancestor ’s neck. Nowaday s, when we
respond to stress instead of react and freak out, its presence can motivate  us


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k n o w l e d g e,  s o m e  s e n s e  o f  t h e  s o u l  w e  d i d n ’ t  h a v e  b e f o r e.
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a g e n t,  a l l o w i n g  t h e  m i r a c l e  G o d  h a d  p l a n n e d  f o r  u s  t o  s e i z e
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o p e r a t i o n  t h e  d o c t o r  p e r f o r m s  i n  o r d e r  t o  s a v e  y o u?
S o m e t i m e s  d i f f i c u l t  e x p e r i e n c e s  h a v e  t h e  e f f e c t  o f  a  s t o r m.
A f t e r w a r d s  w e  s e e  a  b e a u t y  i n  t h e  s k y  a n d  a  c l e a n n e s s  i n
t h e  a i r  t h a t  w e r e  n o t  t h e r e  b e f o r e.  W h a t  w a s  c h a o t i c  a t  t h e
t i m e  h a d  a n  u l t i m a t e l y  s a l u t a r y  e f f e c t.  A n d  s o m e t i m e s,
w h e n  w e ’ r e  r e a l l y  f o r t u n a t e,  w e  l o o k  u p  i n  t h e  s k y  a n d  s e e  a
r a i n b o w.  I t  c o u l d  n o t  h a v e  h a p p e n e d  w i t h o u t  t h e  r a i n.

B e c o m i n g  T e a c h a b l e

O u r  j o b  i s  n o t  t o  d e t e r m i n e  l i f e ’ s  m e a n i n g  b u t  t o  d i s c e r n  i t s
m e a n i n g.  O f t e n  w e  t r y  t o  t e l l  l i f e  w h a t  i t  m e a n s  w h e n  w e
w o u l d  b e  b e t t e r  o f f  a l l o w i n g  l i f e  t o  s h o w  u s  w h a t  i t  m e a n s. *
W h e n  J e s u s  s a i d  w e  s h o u l d  b e  a s  l i t t l e  c h i l d r e n,  i t  w a s
b e c a u s e  l i t t l e  c h i l d r e n  k n o w  t h a t  t h e y  d o n ’ t  k n o w. *  W e  g oa r o u n d  t h i n k i n g  o r  a t  l e a s t  p r e t e n d i n g  w e  k n o w  t h e  m e a n i n g
o f  t h i n g s,  w h e n  i n  f a c t  t h e  m o r t a l  m i n d  h a s  n o  b a s i s  f o r  r e a l
k n o w i n g.  L i t t l e  c h i l d r e n  e x p e c t  s o m e o n e  o l d e r  a n d  w i s e r  t o
e x p l a i n  t h i n g s  t o  t h e m ;  w e  c a n  h a v e  t h e  s a m e  r e l a t i o n s h i p
w i t h  G o d.
T h e r e ’ s  a  w a y  o f  r e l a x i n g  i n t o  o u r  c e n t e r,  w o r k i n g  m u c h
l e s s  h a r d,  l e t t i n g  o t h e r  p e o p l e  h a v e  t h e i r  s a y,  k n o w i n g  o u r
b e i n g  i s  e v e n  m o r e  r a d i a n t  a t  t i m e s  w h e n  w e ’ r e  i n  a  s p a c e
o f  n o t - d o i n g.  W h e n  t h e  e g o  s t e p s  b a c k,  t h e  p o w e r  o f  G o d
c a n  s t e p  f o r w a r d.  H e  c a n  a n d  w i l l,  w h e n  w e  a l l o w  H i m  t o.
T o o  o f t e n  w e  f e e l  w e ’ r e  i n v i s i b l e  u n l e s s  w e ’ r e  m a k i n g  t h e
c o o l  c o m m e n t,  d o i n g  t h i s  o r  d o i n g  t h a t.  B u t  w e ’ r e  s o  m u c h
m o r e  p o w e r f u l  w h e n  s u r r o u n d e d  b y  s i l e n c e.  T a k i n g  a  d e e p
b r e a t h,  k n o w i n g  t h a t  w h a t  y o u  d o n ’ t  s a y  c a n  b e  a s  p o w e r f u l
a s  w h a t  y o u  d o  s a y,  t h i n k i n g  d e e p l y  a b o u t  s o m e t h i n g  b e f o r e
m a k i n g  a  r e s p o n s e — s u c h  a c t i o n s  l e a v e  r o o m  f o r  t h e  s p i r i t
t o  f l o w,  t o  h a r m o n i z e  y o u r  c i r c u m s t a n c e s  a n d  m o v e  t h e m  i n
a  m o r e  p o s i t i v e  d i r e c


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p u r e l y  m a t e r i a l  c o n t e x t,  y o u  s o r t  o f  w o n d e r  i f  t h e r e  i s
a n o t h e r  s e t  o f  c l o t h e s.  Y e t  i n  a  s p i r i t u a l  c o n t e x t,  t h e r e  i s  n o
p h a s e  o f  l i f e —  b e c a u s e  t h e r e  i s  n o  p o i n t  i n  t h e  u n i v e r s e —
w h e r e  G o d  i s  n o t.  W e  a r e  a l w a y s  o n  t h e  r o a d  t o  t h e  n e x ts t a g e,  w h e t h e r  w e  a r e  d a y s  o l d  o r  d e c a d e s  o l d.  T h e  s p i r i t  o f
l i f e  i s  n o t  d i m i n i s h e d  b y  t i m e.  I n  t h e  p r e s e n t  m o m e n t,  o u r
t a s k  i s  t o  l e t  g o  o f  w h a t  w a s,  w i t h  l o v e  o r  e v e n  s o r r o w,  a n d
e m b r a c e  w h a t  e m e r g e s  n e x t  f r o m  t h e  M i n d  o f  G o d.  W h e n
w e  h a v e  s e e n  t h e  w o r l d  a n d  u n d e r s t o o d  t h e  w o r l d  a n d  f e l t
o u r  s o u l s  g r o w  s i c k  o f  t h e  w o r l d,  i t ’ s  t i m e  f o r  u s  t o  b e c o m e
c h i l d r e n  a g a i n.  W e  l o o k  t o  G o d  t o  g i v e  u s  n e w  l i f e  w h e n  t h e
o l d  o n e  h a s  b e g u n  t o  d i e.
I ’ d  g o  s e e  M i d l e r ’ s  b r i l l i a n c e  a n y t i m e,  b u t  I  h a v e  a
d i s t i n c t  i m p r e s s i o n  t h a t  t h e  n e x t  t i m e  I  s e e  h e r,  C l e m e n t i n e
a n d  E r n i e  m i g h t  h a v e  m o r p h e d  i n t o  s o m e t h i n g  n e w.  S h e  h a s
a l r e a d y  d e m o n s t r a t e d  t h e a t r i c a l  g r e a t n e s s  a n d  n o w  s e e m s
h e a d e d  t o w a r d  o u r  g e n e r a t i o n a l  d e s t i n y :  a  g r e a t n e s s  t h a t
w i l l  b e  t h e  c r o w n i n g  g l o r y  o f  a l l  h e r  a c h i e v e m e n t s  u p  u n t i l
t h i s  p o i n t,  p a v i n g  t h e  w a y  f o r  t h e  t r a n s f o r m a t i o n  o f  o u r
w o r l d.  S h a k e s p e a r e  s a i d  a l l  t h e  w o r l d ’ s  a  s t a g e,  a n d  a l l  o f  u s
p l a y e r s  o n  i t.  T o d a y — w h e t h e r  w e  a r e  f a m o u s  e n t e r t a i n e r s
o r  j u s t  r e g u l a r  f o l k s — i t  f e e l s  l i k e  y e a r s  o f  r e h e a r s a l  a r e
f i n a l l y  o v e r,  a n d  t h e  g r e a t e s t  p e r f o r m a n c e  o f  o u r  l i v e s  i s
a b o u t  t o  b e g i n.

P l a y i n g  O u r  P a r t

T h e r e  w a s  a  t i m e  w h e n  t h e  t h o u g h t  o f  c h a n g i n g  t h e  w o r l d
d i d n ’ t  r e a l l y  s e e m  a l l  t h a t  h a r d.W h e n  y o u ’ r e  y o u n g,  i t ’ s  f a i r l y  e a s y  t o  e m b r a c e  t h e
n o t i o n  t h a t  w e  w i l l  s o m e d a y  c a s t  a w a y  a l l  p r o b l e m s  f r o m
t h e  w o r l d.  O u r  b o d i e s  a r e  y o u n g  a n d  v o l u p t u o u s,  o u r  e n e r g y
e n d l e s s,  o u r  o p p o r t u n i t i e s  s e e m i n g l y  i n f i n i t e ;  w e  t h i n k  i t ’ s
o n l y  a  m a t t e r  o f  t i m e  b e f o r e  a l l  p r o b l e m s  w i l l  b o w  b e f o r e
t h e  p o w e r  o f  o u r  e f f o r t s  ( w h i c h  a r e,  a f t e r  a l l,  s o  i m p r e s s i v e ).
Y e t  l i f e  h a s  a  w a y  o f  w e a r i n g  y o u  d o w n.  Y o u  l e a r n  t h r o u g h
o f t e n  p a i n f u l  m e a n s  t h a t  i n  t h e  f a c e  o f  y o u r  p r o d i g i o u s
i n t e l l e c t  a n d  e n e r g y,  e v i l  d o e s  n o t  j u s t  s t e p  a s i d e.  I t ’ s
t e m p t i n g  t o  s u c c u m b  t o  t h e  c y n i c i s m  o f  a g e  w h e n  y o u  s e e
h o w  o f t e n  t h i n g s  d o  n o t  c h a n g e.


fool who fools himself.

   Why should not all new schools of thought be found
harking back to their mother -thought —I say, why not? So
long as the idea th at disease is a reality, an individuality, an
entity, is firmly fixed in the mind, even those in research
work will be controlled and directed in their labors by the
conventional understanding. That is why every wonderful
discovery soon proves a mistaken b elief.

   There is no hope that medical science will ever be a
science; for the whole structure is built around the idea that
there is an object —disease —that can be cured when the
right drug —remedy, cure —is found.

   It is my intention to portray the c ommon, every -day
foibles of scientific medicine so that the people may see the
absurdities concerning disease and cure which they are and
have been hoodwinked into believing by the blare of
science. Then I shall describe the only worked -out rational explan ation of the cause of so -called diseases, hoping, by
contrasting the old and new, to start a few to thinking and
building new brain -cells, which in time may supersede the
old and conventional.

   Until Toxemia was discovered and elaborated by myself
into a medical philosophy there was no real medical
philosophy. The cause and cure of disease is and has been a
medley of guesswork and speculation which has
confounded the best and most industrious medical minds in
every generation.

   Today, as never befor e, the brightest minds in the
profession are delving into research work, endeavoring to
find the efficient cause of disease. But they are doomed to
disappointment; for they fail at their beginning. Why?
Because all the work that has ever been done in searc hing
for cause has been along the line of critical study and
examination of effects; and certainly reasoning minds
cannot believe that an effect can be its own cause. No one
believes in spontaneous generation. The remnant of this
belief was annihilated by Pasteur’s discovery of germs as
the cause of fermentation —a discovery so profound that it
created a frenzy in the medical world; and, as in every
epidemic of frenzy, mental poise was lost. The importance
of the germ as a primary or efficient cause of disea se was accepted nolens volens,  willy nilly. Everyone was swept off
his feet. As in all sudden gushes in change of belief, it was
dangerous not to agree with the mob spirit; hence opposing
or conservative voices were suppressed or ostracized.

   The germ frenzy was fierce for two or three decades; but
now it is a thing of the past and will soon be, if not now, a
dead letter.

   Cause of disease is being looked for everywhere, and no
less a personage than the late Sir James Mackenzie, in
“Reports of the S t. Andrews Institute for Clinical
Research,” Volume I, declared: “The knowledge of disease
is so incomplete that we do not yet even know what steps
should be taken to advance our knowledge.” At another
time he wrote: “Disease is made manifest to us only by  the
symptoms which it produces; the first object in the
examination of a patient is the detection of symptoms, and
therefore the symptoms of disease form one of the main
objects of our study.”

THE VALUE OF SYMPTOMATOLOGY

   Sir James, when living, wa s probably the greatest
clinician of the English -speaking world; yet he had not outlived the medical superstition that disease is a positive
entity, and that the way to find disease is to trace symptoms
to their source. But if a symptom is traced to its so urce,
what of it? A pain is traced to its source, and we find that it
comes from the head. The head does not cause the pain.
Then we find that there are symptoms of hyperemia —too
much blood in the head. The pressure from too much blood
in the head causes t he pain. Then pressure must be the
disease? No. Then too much blood is the disease —
hyperemia? Certainly; too much blood in the head was a
cause. What is it that causes congestion? We find that pain
is a symptom. Pressure causes pain; it, too, is a symptom.
Too much blood in the head causes pressure; it also is a
symptom. Pain, pressure, hyperemia are, all three,
symptoms. In time the walls of the blood -vessels weaken,
and the pressure ruptures one of the vessels. Hemorrhage
into the brain causes death from apoplexy. Is the ruptured
blood -vessel the disease? No. Is hemorrhage into the brain
the disease? No; it is a symptom. Is death from hemorrhage
the disease?

   If the hemorrhage is not severe enough to cause death,
but does produce some form of paralysis —and there can be
many kinds —is paralysis a disease? Haven’t we been
traveling along a chain of symptoms from headache to
paralysis? We have not found anything to which all these symptoms point as disease; and, according to the
requirements of Sir James Ma ckenzie, disease is made
manifest to us only by symptoms. Here we have a chain of
symptoms beginning with pain, ending in hemorrhage and
death or paralysis, without giving us any indication
whatever of cause as understood. Any other chain, namely,
stomach symptoms, ending in pyloric cancer, will not give
any more indication of disease at the various stages than the
foregoing illustration.

   The first symptom we have of any chain of symptoms is
discomfort or pain. In any stomach derangement we have
pain, more or less aggravated by food. Catarrh follows, or
more often precedes, it —or what we call inflammation or
gastritis. Gastritis continues, with a thickening of the
mucous membrane. A time comes when there is ulceration.
This will be called a disease, and  is recognized as ulcer of
the stomach; but it is only a continuation of the primary
symptom of catarrh and pain. The ulcer is removed, but the
symptom of inflammation and pain continues, and other
ulcers will follow. This state eventually merges into
induration or hardening of the pyloric orifice of the
stomach. When this develops, there is more or less
obstruction to the outlet causing occasional vomiting, and,
on thorough examination, cancer is found.
    If we analyze the symptoms from the first pain a nd
catarrh in the stomach, we shall kind the chain of
symptoms running along. The first symptom to be noticed
is pain. On examination, we find a catarrhal condition of
the stomach; and this catarrhal condition is not a disease —
it is a symptom. Catarrhal in flammation continues, with the
thickening of the mucous membrane, which finally ends in
ulceration. Ulceration is not the disease; it is only a
continuation of the inflammatory symptom. If the ulcer is
removed, it does not remove the disease; it only remov es a
symptom. These symptoms continue until there is a
thickening and induration of the pyloris, which is called
cancer. And yet we have not discovered anything but
symptoms from beginning to end.

   By removing the cancer, the question of what the disea se
is has not been answered. Cancer being the end -symptom,
it cannot be the cause of the first symptom.

   Any other so -called disease can be worked out in the
same way. Pain and catarrh are the first symptoms, as a
rule, that call a physician’s or a pat ient’s attention to
anything being wrong; and pain and catarrh are not the
disease. When the cause of the pain is found, it too will be
found a symptom and not a disease. And this will be true to
the end.     It is no wonder that diagnosticians become perp lexed in
their search after disease, because they have confounded
symptoms and disease. The fact of the matter is, it is
impossible to put the finger on any ending of a chain of
symptoms and say: “This is the disease.” In the beginning
of this analysis we showed that headache, or pain in the
head, is not a disease; and when we had finished we found
that hemorrhage or apoplexy is not a disease —it is only a
continuation of the primary symptoms.

   “Disease is made manifest to us only by symptoms which
it produces.” This statement tacitly infers that there are
diseases and symptoms, and that through symptoms we
may find disease. When we undertake to trace symptoms to
disease, we are in the dilemma of a mountain -climber who
on reaching the top of one mountain,  finds other peaks, and
higher ones, farther on and on.

   That Mackenzie had been baffled in his search for fixed
disease is indicated in the following, which I quote from
the reports mentioned before:

   Many diseases are considered to be of a


glans, or crown, which she can stimulate with the fingertips of
the other hand, with short, light to-and-f ro friction. The under
side of an erect stalk is more sensitive than the upper side, and the
glans and the ridge around its base are even more sensitive. The
most sensitive part of the male stalk is the triangular knot-shaped
frenulum at the underside of the ridge.
If there has been lubrication of the glans, the woman can smear
the secretion with a fingertip in a rotary motion around the glans;
she can do the same with her own saliva. The woman can vary the
caress by pumping the shaft up and down with her grasping hand,
but she must take care not to bring the man to ejaculation, unless
this is intended. This stop-and-go technique can help the man de
lay or avoid ejaculation, while giving him great pleasure and rous
ing him tremendously.
If she desires, the woman can supplement her cares sing with
kissing the stalk. While holding the shaft, she can tentatively kiss
the glans, then take it from there. Tlu· Alchemy (?f Dt•sire
11)1) AN CIENT SECRE TS FOR MODERN LOVERS
Love-play between partners is an extremely intimate and per
sonal act. It is best tailored by the partners themselves according
to their aesthetics and desires. They can create their own play of
love--cotnedy, drama, or fantasy. As the ancient Taoists shrewdly
found out, by harmonizing Yin and Yang through love-play, a
couple can augment greatly their sexual energy for a fulfilling
sexual union. 15
Spring Butter fly and
Peacocl� Tease
Love Games /or Grown-ups Onl y
PLAYING AT LOVE is most delightful when it is spontaneous and
whimsic al. At times, however, one can enliven it with some cho
reography. Love games add variety, excite the imagination, and
stimulate creativity. Following are suggested love games for mod
ern lovers, adapted from or inspired by ancient Chinese sexolo
gists.
SPRING BuTTERFLY
This titillating game was invented by Chinese painters and cal
ligraphers of yore. It requires a Chinese brush-pen, which has a
soft, delicate pointed brush of sable, fox, or rabbit hair set in a
thin bamboo tube. These brushes are available in Oriental sta
tionery stores and bookstores; if you cannot find one, buy a
Western-style artist's paintbrush. Avoid "fiat" or "bright" brushes,
which are square-edged. A "round" brush is serviceable, but the
best is a "long," or pointed, brush. Avoid also stiff brushes, such
as those made of hog bristle; camel or squirrel hair is adequate,
but springy, soft sable is the best.
The brush-pen is the butterfly in springtime, and the nude
body of the passive partner is the flower-covered landscape of
201 hills and dales. This partner should lie totally relaxed, with eyes
closed. Apply the springy tip of the brush to the partner's body
like a flirtatious butterfly-here, there, everywhere. The tip of the
brush first flits lightly over hands and feet, then moves to arms,
legs, and other parts of the body. The "artist" concentrates on
such sensitive spots as the fingertips, the palms, the insides of the
elbows, the armpits, the soles, between the toes, behind the knees,
and especially the insides of the thighs. Various parts of the face,
including the lips, are titillated next. Then down the neck to the
breasts, the cinnabar field, and the groin. The butterfly touches
arc delicious to the closed-eyed partner-especially as it is not
known where they will land next. The tiny, electric spasms cre
ated on the skin are likely to bring forth a plea for firmer caresses.
The artist should not give in to such a plea until the moist landing
is ready.
For this exquisite stage, dip the tip of the brush in a little aro
matic oil. On a woman, caress her areolas and nipples with the
oiled brush; go around and around, and flit between the breasts.
Next, open her legs and let the butterfly flirt along her perineum
and vulva. Then brush her clitoris, first in upward strokes, next in
a circular motion. On a man, brush his perineum and scrotum
and the exposed glans. You may give your loved one a n1arvelous,
unforgettable hour with this extraordinary game.
A woman with long eyelashes can turn them into spring but
terflies by blinking at her partner at extrcn1cly close quarters. A
n1an can con1mandeer his moustache for the san1e purpose. Such
tnaneuvers n1ay prove exhausting, however, if the whole territory
is to be covered.
PEACOCK TEASE
This gan1e was invented centuries ago, when the peacock feather
bcca n1e a decoration of tneri torious serv ice to the etnperor. No
blcnH.'n who were interested in a dift crcn t type of tneritorious ser
vice used a pea coc k feather playfully on their won1en. Nowada ys
either partn er, tnalc or fenulc, can usc the tcather on the other.
feathers frmn ostriches, pheasan ts, storks, and even chickens also
can be used. He advised that featht'rs do not have as wide a varia
tion in pressu re as an artist' s brush. SPIDER ·s LEGs
In this French lovc-gatnc. J'•lftcs d',ml�l!"t;f, the tingt·rtips ;1nd tin
ger pads play on the par tner's body hair. and occasiona lly skin,
with the lightest toucht ·s possible. Likt · thl· spring butt erfl y, the
spider can go all over the body.
SILK TEASE
For this love ganll\ a scarf or ling erie of genuine silk is preferable;
otherwise soft acetate \vill do. Do not use nylon, as it is too stiff
Crun1ple the scarf or other iten1 slightly in your hand, and usc it
to caress various parts of your partner's body. Silk gives a rich,
luxurious sensation, quite different from that of brush-pens or
feathers.
SNIFF-KISSING
The snitT-kiss is used here to its full extent if your partner's skin is
perfumed lightly with crushed jasmine or tuberose, or if your
partner's body emits its own sexual aroma. Begin by inhaling and
sniffing the breath of your loved one. Nudge your nose on your
partner's cheeks, eyelids, and neck, and continue the scented pil
grimage up the peak and down the valley. The natural scent of
aroused genitals is a strong aphrodisiac between lovers.
ToNGUE SwE EP
This game may-and quite naturally does-start with a roving
kiss. The tongue is lavished on a partner with touches ranging
from the lightest tickling with the tip to a firm brushing with its
rough surface. Zero in on the ear cavity, under the chin, and the
palms and soles. Then target the navel, the breasts and nipples, in
side the thighs, and the perineum.
A thorough tongue tease will deplete your supply of saliva,
no matter how much you may drool. Intersperse the sweep with
sniff-kisses.
203 A N C I f N T S E C R F T S 1-' ( l R M ( l I > 1; H N I ( ) V fl. I� S
LovE PoiNTS
An1ong the most fascinating but least known aspects of ancient
Chinese erotica is the system of specific acupoints along the body's
meridians that when properly stimulated cause immediate sexual
arousal, long-term boosting of sexual stamina, and/or tunc-up of
the autonomic nervous system controlling many sexual sensa
tions and functions. Each of these love points is a carefully mapped
acupoint in classical acupuncture. Each has an equivalent interna
tional code number used by Western and other non-Chinese re
searchers in acupuncture. The hui-yin point on the perineum, for
example, now carries the international label "CV-1" (number 1
point of the conception vessel). In traditional acupuncture, most
of these acupoints have general health as well as sexual functions.
The love points are presented here in a very simplified man
ner, and are selected accor ding to the zones of the body rather
than a specific meridian. This is for the practical use of modern
lovers who do not have the time or patience to spend months
studying such acupoints. The love points can be located on the
relevant maps on this page and the following two pages; individ
ual names are given only for


 be in reach of
everyone.

That’s true, but it is a misunderstanding that is almost universally shared!

That’s also true! There are two reasons for this. The first is that Western cul -
ture has so profoundly lost contact with the simple understanding of our
true nature that many people, at least until recently, turned to Eastern tradi -
tions for guidance on these matters. Although the recognition of our true
nature – commonly known as awakening or enlightenment – is the same for
all people, at all times and under all circumstances, the expression of it is in -
evitably coloured by the cultural conditioning in which it arises.
     For Westerners, Eastern culture is, by comparison with their own, un -
familiar and extraordinary, and therefore the various expressions of the rec -
ognition of our true nature that arose in these cultures acquired an air of
the exotic. India and Tibet may seem to have been extraordinary cultures
from a Western point of view, but there is nothing extraordinary about the
58the silent presence of awareness
recognition of our essential being. In fact, our being is the most intimate,
obvious and familiar experience there is, although, because it has no objective
qualities, it is almost always overlooked in favour of objective experience.
     The second reason, which applies to Eastern traditions as much as West -
ern, is that the simplicity and directness of this recognition was often mis -
understood and, as a result, became mixed with beliefs and practices that
obscured and mystified the original understanding, conferring upon it an
atmosphere of complexity which alienated many people.

But I have been exploring these matters for so many years and the recognition
of my true nature seems as far away as ever.

Imagine that John Smith plays King Lear one night and Romeo the next.
As King Lear he is miserable; as Romeo he is in love. Is any part of King
Lear or Romeo’s experience not pervaded by John Smith?

No.

Is the knowledge ‘I am John Smith’ less available in King Lear’s experience
than it is in Romeo’s?

No.

Would the knowledge ‘I am John Smith’ be more available to King Lear if
his relationship with Cordelia improved, or would the knowledge ‘I am John
Smith’ be obscured for Romeo if he and Juliet fell out with one another?

No.

How far is the knowledge ‘I am John Smith’ from King Lear or Romeo?
In other words, how much distance is there between King Lear or Romeo
and John Smith?

No distance at all. They are the same person.

Exactly! There is no distance between anyone and their true nature.
59you are the happiness you seek
Whether one is a saint or a sinner, healthy or sick, intelligent or unintelligent,
wealthy or impoverished, makes no difference. The knowledge ‘I am’ – that
is, awareness’s awareness of itself – shines equally brightly in everybody’s
experience, irrespective of its content. So there is no question of enlightenment
or the recognition of your true nature being ‘far away’. How far is your self
from your self?

No distance!

When you say, ‘The recognition of my true nature seems as far away as
ever’ you are not referring to the recognition of your true nature; you are
referring to an extraordinary event that you have perhaps read about in
books and that you believe, should you be so lucky as to have such an ex -
perience, will relieve you of your suffering. As such, you are imagining
that you are a separate person or self and that your true nature is an extra -
ordinary experience that you, as this separate person or self, will one day
find. Is John Smith an extraordinary experience that King Lear might one
day attain?

No.

King Lear is simply a series of thoughts, images, feelings, sensations and per -
ceptions that are added to John Smith and subsequently removed, but John
Smith remains the same throughout. Likewise, your thoughts, images, feel -
ings, sensations and perceptions are added to you and subsequently removed
from you, whilst you remain the same throughout. What is that ‘you’, the
one you call ‘I’? Are you not already fully present now?

Yes, of course!

So-called enlightenment is simply the recognition of the nature of that ‘you’,
the familiar, intimate, obvious, ordinary ‘you’ that you currently are. It is not
a ‘you’ that you might find or become in the future, nor an extraordinary
experience that you as a person might have, but the very ‘you’ that lies at the
heart of your experience irrespective of its content, including your current
experience. Therefore, it is not necessary to postpone this recognition to
60the silent presence of awareness
sometime in the future. The very idea of a search for your self is absurd.
You are already that for which you are in search.
     Nothing needs to happen to the self that you already and essentially are.
It does not need to be stilled, purified, transformed or improved. Above all,
it does not need to be enlightened. It is already the bright light of awareness
that shines in the midst of all experience, be that a deep depression, a mo -
ment of ecstasy or the taste of tea. It just needs to be seen for what it is. That
is, it just needs to see or recognise itself as it is, before it is coloured or quali -
fied by experience. What is the nature of the ‘you’ – the one you call ‘I’ –
that shines brightly in all your experience?

(Long silence)

Perfect! Stay in that silence and the memory of your eternity will emerge.
Your self will remember itself: not the memory of an experience in the past,
but the memory of something that is present in you now but which seems
to have been obscured by the clamour of experience. Your self will wake up
from the amnesia of experience and recognise or remember the self that it is
and has always been.
     That self – if we can call it a self – divested of the limitations that it seems
to acquire from experience, is without limits, ever-present, immutable and
imperturbable, and thus its nature is peace. It is devoid of any sense of lack,
and thus its nature is unconditional happiness.

It feels neutral.

T o begin with, by contrast with the objects of experience, it may feel neutral,
but in time its innate peace will make itself felt. This is not a peace that is
dependent upon what does or does not take place in experience, nor a peace
that is beyond  experience, but rather the imperturbable peace that is prior to
and shines in the midst of all experience.
     In time, that peace emerges from the background of experience and be -
gins to pervade the foreground, progressively saturating experience with the
feeling of sufficiency, fulfilment and contentment. That quiet, unconditional
peace and joy is the hallmark of this recognition.

61you are the happiness you seek
awareness is never not known

If someone were now to suggest that we become aware of our breathing,
we would relax the focus of our attention from these words and become
aware of our breath. In fact, we do not become  aware of our breath. We were
already aware of it, although our awareness of our breath was eclipsed by our
awareness of these words, our room and whatever else was commanding our
attention prior to this suggestion.
     Awareness is even more subtle than our breathing. It is the silent presence
behind all experience which, like the breath, is always being experienced.
That is, it is always knowing itself, although it often overlooks itself in favour
of objective experience. So it would be more accurate to say that awareness’s
knowledge of itself is partially  obscured by objective experience, and even
then, only seemingly  so.
     Let us take another analogy to illustrate this. Imagine a woman just before
she leaves home for work in the morning. When she thinks of herself, she
thinks of herself as a woman. Now she goes to work at the police station.
She changes into her uniform and starts her day’s work with her colleagues
in the office. She now thinks of herself as a policewoman.
     In both cases, she knows herself as a woman. In the first case, her knowl -
edge of herself as a woman is not qualified by any association or activity.
In the second case, her knowledge of herself as a woman is qualified by her
relationships and activities as a police officer. As a result, she now thinks of
herself as a policewoman; she no longer knows herself as an unqualified
woman.

Likewise, awareness never ceases knowing itself, because self-awareness is its
nature. Its knowing of itself is simply mixed with the content of experience
and so, in most cases, it does not know itself clearly. Awareness partially over-
looks or forgets its knowledge of itself in favour of its knowledge of objec -
tive experience. That is the price it pays for experience.
     Shantananda Saraswati used to tell a story of ten men who swam across
the Ganges. Once on the other side, each man counted the party in order to
ensure that everyone had crossed the river safely. Each man counted only nine.
     A passerby, finding them distraught, enquired as to the reason, and they
explained that one of their friends had drowned. Realising their mistake,
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recipe	that	was	great.	And	I	stumbled	on	a	great	whole
wheat	spaghetti	dish	with	lots	of	vegetables	and	a	faux	meat	sauce	(made
from	soy)	that	was	amazing.	I	challenge	anyone	to	know	that	this	was	a	vegan
dish.	But	all	of	this	does	take	time.
I’m	rediscovering	fruit.	I’ve	always	loved	fruit,	but	for	some	reason	I
don’t	really	eat	much	of	it.	Maybe	it’s	not	eating	meat,	but	I’m	finding	that
I’m	enjoying	fruit	more	than	ever.	I	now	cut	up	a	grapefruit	and	eat	it	as	a
snack.	I	really	like	it!	I	would	have	never	done	that	before;	I	actually	think	my
tastes	are	getting	more	sensitive.
I	was	avoiding	eating	out—something	I	used	to	do	constantly—for	fear	of
not	having	a	vegan	option.	But	I’m	getting	more	adventurous	now.	I’ve	found
some	new	restaurants	that	have	some	great	vegan	side	dishes,	including	a
wonderful	local	Vietnamese	place	(I	know	that	most	Vietnamese	food	isn’t
strictly	vegan,	since	they	use	a	fish	sauce	in	many	dishes,	but	for	nutritional
purposes	it’s	very	close).	The	other	day	I	got	dragged	into	a	pizza	place	with	a
large	group;	there	was	nothing	I	could	do,	and	I	was	starved.	I	ordered	a
cheese-less	pizza	with	lots	of	vegetables.	They	even	made	it	with	a	whole
wheat	crust.	I	was	prepared	to	choke	it	down	but	actually	it	was	surprisingly
good.	I’ve	brought	that	home	a	few	times	since.
I’m	finding	that	cravings	for	meat	products	are	pretty	much	gone,
particularly	if	I	don’t	let	myself	get	hungry.	And,	honestly,	I’m	eating
like	a
pig.	Being	overweight,	I’ve	always	been	self-conscious	about	what	I	eat.	Now
I	eat	like	a	madman,	and	feel	virtuous	to	boot.	I	can	honestly	say	I’m	enjoying
the	food	I’m	eating	now	a	lot	more	than	before,	partly	because	I’m	fussier
now	in	what	I	eat.	I	only	eat	foods	I	really	like.
The	first	month	went	by	quicker	than	I	thought	it	would.	I’ve	lost	eight
pounds	and	my	cholesterol	has	dropped	dramatically.	I’m	spending	a	lot	less
time	on	this	now,	particularly	since	I’ve	found	so	many	restaurants	I	can	eat
at,	plus	I	cook	huge	meals	and	then	freeze	them.	My	freezer	is	stocked	with
vegan	goodies.
The	experiment	is	over	but	I	stopped	thinking	of	it	as	an	experiment	weeksago.	I	can’t	imagine	why	I	would	go	back	to	my	old	eating	patterns.Part	IV
WHY	HAVEN’T	YOU	HEARD	THIS
BEFORE?
O
FTEN	WHEN	PEOPLE	HEAR
	of	scientific	information	that	justifies	a	radical	shift
in	diet	to	plant	foods,	they	can’t	believe	their	ears.	“If	all	that	you	say	is	true,”
they	wonder,	“why	haven’t	I	heard	it	before?	In	fact,	why	do	I	usually	hear
the	opposite	of	what	you	say:	that	milk	is	good	for	us,	that	we	need	meat	to
get	protein	and	that	cancer	and	heart	disease	are	all	in	the	genes?”	These	are
legitimate	questions,	and	the	answers	are	a	crucial	part	of	this	story.	In	order
to	get	to	these	answers,	however,	I	believe	that	it	is	essential	for	us	to	know
how	information	is	created	and	how	it	reaches	the	public	consciousness.
As	you	will	come	to	see,	much	is	governed	by	the	Golden	Rule:	he	who
has	the	gold	makes	the	rules.	There	are	powerful,	influential	and	enormously
wealthy	industries	that	stand	to	lose	a	vast	amount	of	money	if	Americans
start	shifting	to	a	plant-based	diet.	Their	financial	health	depends	on
controlling	what	the	public	knows	about	nutrition	and	health.	Like	any	good
business	enterprise,	these	industries	do	everything	in	their	power	to	protect
their	profits	and	their	shareholders.
You	might	be	inclined	to	think	that	industry	pays	scientists	under	the	table
to	“cook	the	data,”	bribes	government	officials	or	conducts	illegal	activities.
Many	people	love	a	sensational	story.	But	the	powerful	interests	that	maintain
the	status	quo	do	not	usually	conduct	illegal
business.	As	far	as	I	know,	they
do	not	pay	scientists	to	“cook	the	data.”	They	do	not	bribe	elected	officials	or
make	sordid	underhanded	deals.
The	situation	is	much	worse.
The	entire	system—government,	science,	medicine,	industry	and	media—
promotes	profits	over	health,	technology	over	food	and	confusion	over	clarity.
Most,	but	not	all,	of	the	confusion	about	nutrition	is	created	in	legal,	fully
disclosed	ways	and	is	disseminated	by	unsuspecting,	well-intentioned	people,
whether	they	are	researchers,	politicians	or	journalists.	The	most	damagingaspect	of	the	system	is	not	sensational,	nor	is	it	likely	to	create	much	of	a	stir
upon	its	discovery.	It	is	a	silent	enemy	that	few	people	see	and	understand.
My	experiences	within	the	scientific	community	illustrate	how	the	entire
system	generates	confusing	information	and	why	you	haven’t	heard	the
message	of	this	book	before.	In	the	following	chapters,	I	have	divided	the
“system”	of	problems	into	the	entities	of	science,	government,	industry	and
medicine,	but,	as	you	will	come	to	see,	there	are	instances	where	it	is	nearly
impossible	to	distinguish	science	from	industry,	government	from	science	or
government	from	industry.13
Science—The	Dark	Side
W
HEN
	I
WAS	LIVING	IN	A	MOUNTAIN	VALLEY
	outside	of	Blacksburg,	Virginia,	my
family	enjoyed	visiting	a	retired	farmer	down	the	road,	Mr.	Kinsey	who
always	had	a	funny	story	to	tell.	We	used	to	look	forward	to	evenings
listening	to	his	stories	on	his	front	porch.	One	of	my	favorites	was	the	great
potato	bug	scam.
He	told	us	of	his	farm	days	before	pesticides,	and	recounted	that	when	a
potato	crop	became	infested	with	potato	bugs,	the	bugs	had	to	be	removed
and	killed,	one	by	one,	by	hand.	One	day,	Mr.	Kinsey	noticed	an
advertisement	in	a	farm	magazine	for	a	great	potato	bug	killer,	on	sale	for	five
dollars.	Although	five	dollars	was	no	small	sum	of	money	in	those	days,	Mr.
Kinsey	figured	the	bugs	were	enough	of	a	hassle	to	warrant	the	investment.	A
short	while	later,	when	he	received	the	great	potato	bug	killer,	he	opened	the
package	and	found	two	blocks	of	wood	and	a	short	list	of	three	instructions:
Pick	up	one	block	of	wood.
Place	the	potato	bug	on	the	flat	face	of	the	wood.
Pick	up	the	second	block	of	wood	and	press	firmly	onto	the	potato	bug.
Scams,	tricks	and	outright	deception	for	personal	gain	are	as	old	as	history
itself,	and	perhaps	no	discipline	in	our	society	has	s


 extra supply of
seasonal foods may be preserved by drying in the sun. There
is unquestionably some loss of vitamin C and other nutrients in the drying process, but this is far less damaging than the
chemical changes brought about by heat. Farm animals are
forced to live during winter months on dry feed, and whereas
the
y do not maintain the fine condition of green-fed animals, they are far superior to those given cooked foodstuffs. It may
be added that animal feeding experiments have shown that
sun-dried alfalfa meals are far superior to dehydrated meals,
and we may expect the same to be true of most dried foods. The excessive heat used in artificial dehydration makes the
method less desirable.
   We are all accustomed to the use of dried apricots, raisins,
and prunes. Yet few people realize the large number of other
foods which lend themselves well to the drying process.
Apples, peaches, pears, bananas, raspberries and many other
fruits may be dried in the sun. Sun-dried sweet corn is a delicious food. Meat may be cut into thin slices and dried in
the sun. The early North American Indians were well known
for their sun-drying of foods, and we might well take a few
lessons from their experiences. The Indians cut much of their
buffalo meat into slices one-half inch thick and sun-dried these without the addition of salt or smoke. They made cakes
weighing from fifteen to twenty-five pounds from dried
berries. In civilization we can utilize an even wider variety of
sun-dried foods, and, as with the Indians, we can do so
without the use of salt, smoke, sulphur, and other harmful
preservatives.
   Along with sun-drying, freezing is a method of giving
variety to the diet and aiding in the storage of extra foods.
Nutritive losses in frozen foods are very slight and confined
to the thawing period. However, it cannot be said that frozen
foods are equal in all respects to fresh foods. The commercial
practices of bleaching vegetables, heat-processing fruit juices, and saturating fruits with refined sugar syrup prior to freezing
eliminate these frozen foods from the raw diet. The home
deep-freeze is adapted to storing some foods, but not all foods. All frozen vegetables are inferior in flavor and texture
to fresh vegetables when consum ed in their raw state. Fruits
are much better adapted to the freezing process. Ordinarily,
home-frozen fruits are treated with refined sugar syrup, just
as commercial fruits are, in order to delay enzyme action and thus assure better preservation. But the practice is entirely
unnecessary. All fruits may be frozen with complete
satisfaction without added sugar, the only requirement being
that honey be used as a substitute. Fruits frozen with honey
preserve their original color and flavor every bit as well as those frozen with sugar, and they are far more healthful.
Either the whole berries or s liced tree fruits may be frozen,
or, if preferred, the juices may be extracted and frozen. All
foods should be consumed as soon as possible after thawing.
In addition to the regular deep-freeze, the refrigerator freezer
 compartment and the ice cream freezer may be used in
preparing certain frozen foods.

RECIPES
   With a basic knowledge of the many foods that may be
used in an uncooked diet, as well as some of the techniques of
preparing such foods, you will be in a position to utilize
recipes and menus for your own enjoyment and physical benefit. Here you will find recipes designed for the use of a wide variety of raw foods, as may be available under good conditions in regions favored with the widest production and
marketing of food products. They represent an ideal to work
for as far as the general circumstances permit, but that is all. Don't become disturbed if you cannot obtain all of the foods
mentioned; substitutions can always be made and the dietary
may be adjusted to fit in with the selection of foods you find
available.
The fundamental need in utilizing raw foods is to make your
meals as tasty and appetizing as possible. If you apply
imagination and good judgment in the techniques of food preparation, you will find yourself enjoying your foods far
more than you ever did in the past. The food combinations
that may be developed in beverages, dressings, salads, confections, desserts, etc., are almost endless. Hundreds in each category may be devised at will. Here you will find a limited number to start with, and as you proceed to work and
experiment with raw food preparations, you will doubtless
find many new ones which may also suit your individual
taste.

V
EGETABLE JUICE COCKTAILS
POTASSIUM COCKTAIL
2 cups carrot juice      ½  cup spinach juice
1 cup celery juice       ¼cup parsley juice
RHUBARB COCKTAIL
1 cup pineapple juice       1 cup rhubarb juice
RADISH COCKTAIL
2 cups pineapple juice       ½cup radish juice
 BEET LEAF COCKTAIL
2 cups tomato juice        ½ cup beet leaf juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
VITALITY COCKTAIL
1 cup celery juice        1 cup orange juice
IRON COCKTAIL
1 cup beet juice        1  cup blackberry juice
1 cup spinach juice
APPETIZER COCKTAIL
1 cup pineapple juice        1 cup dandelion juice
BEAUTY COCKTAIL
½ cup celery juice            ½  cup watercress juice
½ cup cucumber juice      ¼ cup parsley juice
½ cup tomato juice
CARROT-COCONUT COCKTAIL
2 cups carrot juice         ½cup coconut juice
PINEAPPLE-COCONUT COCKTAIL
2 cups pineapple juice        ½ cup coconut juice
CARROT-CELERY COCKTAIL
1 cup carrot juice         1 cup celery juice
REFRESHER COCKTAIL
½ cup celery juice         ½  cup pineapple juice
½ cup spinach juice
CUCUMBER COCKTAIL
1 cup cucumber juice         1 cup grapefruit juice
STRAWBERRY COCKTAIL
1 cup strawberry juice         ½ cup rhubarb juice

 APPLE COCKTAIL
1 cup apple juice         1 cup carrot juice

BEVERAGE COMBINATIONS PREPARED IN THE
ELECTRIC  BLENDER
   The beverages that can be made in the electric blender
number in the thousands. For all beverages you need at least two parts of liquid to one part of solid. Fruits, vegetables, and coconut should be cut into small pieces before blending. Raw nut butters can always be used in place of fresh nuts, and they
will reduce the time required for mixing. If a rather thick
beverage is to be made, it is best to pour in the liquid first and then add the solid ingredients slowly while the mixture is
turning. Many of the beverages may be converted into soups
simply by warming (but not cooking) them over a fire and
serving in soup bowls. Usually the beverages are served cold,
but if you want an extra cold drink, simply add a half cup of crushed ice to the mixture. The following beverage
combinations are given as samples. They may be alternated with hundreds of others which may be devised at your leisure.

ALMOND MILK
1 cup orange juice         ¼  cup almonds
PECAN MILK
1 cup pineapple juice        ¼ cup pecans
WALNUT MILK
1 cup grapefruit juice          ¼  cup walnuts
FILBERT MILK
1 cup pineapple juice        ¼ cup filberts
CASHEW MILK
1 cup orange juice         ¼ cup cashews
COCONUT MILK
1 cup pineapple juice         ¼ cup fresh coconut pieces

DATE MILK
1 pint milk          8 pitted dates
EGGNOG
1 cup milk          1 egg
1 teaspoon honey
PEANUT MILK
1 pint milk          2 heaping tablespoons
6 dates                 peanut butter
½ banana           2 eggs
BANANA-NOG
1 pint milk        1 egg
1 banana          1 teaspoon lemon juice
SUNFLOWER MILK
1 cup orange juice         1 cup milk
6 pitted dates                1/3 cup sunflower seeds
ENERGY COCKTAIL
1 cup orange juice         1 egg
1 teaspoon honey
STRAWBERRY NECTAR
1 cup orange juice          1 cup strawberries
1 tablespoon honey
BAVARIAN CREAM
½ cup cream         ¼ cup orange juice
¼ cup water           1 banana
2 tablespoons lemon juice
COCONUT CREAM
1 cup orange juice         1 banana
¼ cup fresh coconut pieces
STRAWBERRY CREAM
1 pint strawberries         ½  cup milk
½ cup cream APRICOT GLOW
½ cup fresh apricots            1 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice     2 tablespoons honey
GOLDEN CREAM
½ cup sliced carrots           ½ cup raisins
2 cups pineapple juice
PEACH MILK
1 cup milk          1 cup sliced peaches
1 slice lemon
SESAME MILK
1 cup water          1 tablespoon sesame butter
1 tablespoon honey
LIVER COCKTAIL
1 cup carrot juice             1 tablespoon parsley
1 slice onion                    ½  teaspoon vegetable
1 tablespoon beef liver        broth powder
TOMATO COCKTAIL
1 pint tomato juice          1 stalk celery
½ small onion                     sprig of parsley
CRANBERRY


scale
opening of spirituality outside of the religious structures is an entirely
new development. In the past, this would have been inconceivable,
especially in the W est, the most mind?dominated of all cultures, where
the Christian church had a virtual franchise on spirituality. Y ou couldnt
just stand up and give a spiritual talk or publish a spiritual book unless
you were sanctioned by the church, and if you were not, they would
quickly silence you. But now, even within certain churches and religions,
there are signs of change. It is heartwarming, and one is grateful for even
the slightest signs of openness, such as Pope John Paul II visiting a
mosque as well as a synagogue.Partly as a result of the spiritual teachings that have arisen outside the
established religions, but also due to an influx of the ancient Eastern
wisdom teachings, a growing number of followers of traditional religions
are able to let go of identification with form, dogma, and rigid belief
systems and discover the original depth that is hidden within their own
spiritual tradition at the same time as they discover the depth within
themselves. They realize that how spiritual you are has nothing to do
with what you believe but everything to do with your state of
consciousness. This, in turn, determines how you act in the world and
interact with others.
Those unable to look beyond form become even more deeply entrenched
in their beliefs, that is to say, in their mind. W e are witnessing not only
an unprecedented influx of consciousness at this time but also an
entrenchment and intensification of the ego. Some religious institutions
will be open to the new consciousness; others will harden their doctrinal
positions and become part of all those other man?made structures
through which the collective ego will defend itself and fight back. Some
churches, sects, cults, or religious movements are basically collective
egoic entities, as rigidly identified with their mental positions as the
followers of any political ideology that is closed to any alternative
interpretation of reality.
But the ego is destined to dissolve, and all its ossified structures, whether
they be religious or other institutions, corporations, or governments, will
disintegrate from within, no matter how deeply entrenched they appear
to be. The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will
collapse first. This has already happened in the case of Soviet
Communism. How deeply entrenched, how solid and monolithic it
appeared, and yet within a few years, it disintegrated from within. No
one foresaw this. All were taken by surprise. There are many more such
surprises in store for us.A New Earth
T H E  U R G E N C Y  O F  T R A N S F O R M A T I O N
When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world,
of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesnt work
anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly insurmountable
problems, an individual life?form or a species will either die or become
extinct or rise above the limitations of its condition through an
evolutionary leap.
It is believed that the life?forms on this planet first evolved in the sea.
When there were no animals yet to be found on land, the sea was already
teeming with life. Then at some point, one of the sea creatures must have
started to venture onto dry land. It would perhaps crawl a few inches at
first, then exhausted by the enormous gravitational pull of the planet, it
would return to the water, where gravity is almost nonexistent and where
it could live with much greater ease. And then it tried again and again
and again, and much later would adapt to life on land, grow feet instead
of fins, develop lungs instead of gills. It seems unlikely that a species
would venture into such an alien environment and under go an
evolutionary transformation unless it was compelled to do so by some
crisis situation. There may have been a lar ge sea area that got cut of f
from the main ocean where the water gradually receded over thousands
of years, forcing fish to leave their habitat and evolve.
Responding to a radical crisis that threatens our very survival this is
humanitys challenge now. The dysfunction of the egoic human mind,
recognized already more than 2,500 years ago by the ancient wisdom
teachers and now magnified through science and technology, is for the
first time threatening the survival of the planet. Until very recently, the
transformation of human consciousness also pointed to by the ancient
teachers was no more than a possibility, realized by a few rare
individuals here and there, irrespective of cultural or religious
background. A widespread flowering of human consciousness did not
happen because it was not yet imperative.A significant portion of the earths population will soon recognize, if they
havent already done so, that humanity is now faced with a stark choice:
Evolve or die. A still relatively small but rapidly growing percentage of
humanity is already experiencing within themselves the breakup of the
old egoic mind patterns and the emer gence of a new dimension of
consciousness.
What is arising now is not a new belief system, a new religion, spiritual
ideology, or mythology. W e are coming to the end not only of
mythologies but also of ideologies and belief systems. The change goes
deeper than the content of your mind, deeper than your thoughts. In fact,
at the heart of the new consciousness is the transcendence of thought, the
newfound ability of rising above thought, of realizing a dimension within
yourself that is infinitely more vast than thought. Y ou then no longer
derive your identity, your sense of who you are, from the incessant
stream of thinking that in the old consciousness you take to be yourself.
What a liberation to realize that the voice in my head is not who I am.
Who am I then? The one who sees that. The awareness that is prior to
thought, the space in which the thought or the emotion or sense
perception happens.
Ego is no more than this: identification with form, which primarily
means thought forms. If evil has any reality and it has a relative, not an
absolute, reality this is also its definition: complete identification with
form physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms. This results in a
total unawareness of my connectedness with the whole, my intrinsic
oneness with every other as well as with the Source. This for getfulness is
original sin, suf fering, delusion. When this delusion of utter separateness
underlies and governs whatever I think, say, and do, what kind of world
do I create? T o find the answer to this, observe how humans relate to
each other, read a history book, or watch the news on television tonight.
If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always
end up re?creating fundamentally the same world, the same evils, the
same dysfunction.A New Earth
A  N E W  H E A V E N  A N D  A  N E W  E A R T H
The inspiration for the title of this book came from a Bible prophecy
that seems more applicable now than at any other time in human history.
It occurs in both the Old and the New T estament and speaks of the
collapse of the existing world order and the arising of a new heaven and
a new earth. W e need to understand here that heaven is not a location but
refers to the inner realm of consciousness. This is the esoteric meaning
of the word, and this is also its meaning in the teachings of Jesus. Earth,
on the other hand, is the outer manifestation in form, which is always a
reflection of the inner. Collective human consciousness and life on our
planet are intrinsically connected. A new heaven is the emer gence of a
transformed state of human consciousness, and a new earth is its
reflection in the physical realm. Since human life and human
consciousness are intrinsically one with the life of the planet, as the old
consciousness dissolves, there are bound to be synchronistic geographic
and climatic natural upheavals in many parts of the planet, some of
which we are already witnessing now.C H A P T E R  T W O  E G O :  T H E  C U R R E N T
S T A T E  O F  H U M A N I T Y
W ords, no matter whether they are vocalized and made into sounds or
remain unspoken as thoughts, can cast an almost hypnotic spell upon
you. Y ou easily lose yourself in them, become hypnotized into implicitly
believing that when you have attached a word to something, you know
what it is. The fact is: Y ou dont know what it is. Y ou have only covered
up the mystery with a label. Everything, a bird, a tree, even a simple
stone, and certainly a human being, is ultimately unknowable. This is
because it has unfathomable depth. All we can perceive, experience,
think about, is the surface layer of reality, less than the tip of an iceber g.
Underneath the surface appearance, everything is not only connected
with everything else, but also with the Source of all life out of which it
came. Even a stone, and more easily a flower or a bird, could show you
the way back to God, to the Source, to yourself. When you look at it or
hold it


 generally hydrogenated. Gum
tragacanth and gum acacia are added to cake batter so that the
cake will retain moisture better. Propionic acid or acetyl-methyl
carbinol is often added to the dough to change the flavo;, and the
well known antiseptic and poison, hydrogen peroxide, is recom-
mended by bakers to raise the bread. "Plastic" cream is the new-
est substitute for real cream. Gelatinized starch and agar are used
to improve the keeping quality of the foods. Similarly unwhole-
some and synthetic products generally form any further ingre-
dients that may be used.
To give advertising assurance of the healthful qualities of
bread, three synthetic vitamins of the B complex group - thia-
mine, riboflavin, and niacin - and iron, are added in the approxi-
mate amounts as were originally present in the grain. These are
only four of the main twenty-five nutrients of whole grain flour,
but putting them back in their synthetic and purified form is
said to provide "enriched" bread which supplies the same nutri-
tional qualities as whole wheat bread.
Corn and rice have undergone a history involving progressively
more refining, just as have wheat and rye, though they are not
later mixed with so many unwholesome ingredients before being
used as food. In the corn the most valuable nutritious material is
found in the germ; the richest source of minerals in rice is found
in the outer coating of the seed. Today nearly all corn meal pro-
duced is degerminated and thus rendered much less nutritious.
The outer coating of the rice is completely removed and the
remaining part brushed, scoured, polished, and sometimes talcum
coated to give it a pure white color. The polished grains are used
as foods for humans; the valuable outer hulk is included in food
for livestock or entirely discarded as waste.
How have physicians and nutritionists viewed the refining of grains and their mixture and use in foods thereafter? In general
they have denounced the entire procedure, except when commer-
cial pressure has forced other action. As early as the eighteen thir-
ties and forties physicians objected to the "bolting" of flour that
was then becoming common. In that period Sylvester Graham
received national attention as he traveled throughout the eastern
states telling members of his audiences not to eat bread made
from bolted flour. Bakers and millers became so aroused that riots
t were started and barricades frequently had to be erected at lec-
tures for protection. Nevertheless Graham was neither a quack
nor a faddist and the medical press of the day gave him widespread
support. He arrived at the same conclusions through rational ob-
servation that nutritionists now do through experimentation. To
this day whole wheat flour is often called "Graham flour:' and
"Graham crackers7' are a well known food.
I It was not until the twentieth century, however, that the most
conclusive and convincing evidence began to arrive as to the
effects of the process of refining, and then it came from scientists
in all parts of the world. From England in 1912 came the report
from Dr. Frederick Gowland Hopkins, of the University of Cam-
bridge, that the "superior value of whole wheat meal lies in the
fact that it retains certain food substances whose presence allows
I I our systems to make use of the tissue-building elements of the
grain:' In a series of experiments Dr. Hopkins showed that young
1 animals grow much more rapidly on brown flour than white
I flour, and he was able to alter at will the tissue-building rate of
I animals by altering the ratio of brown flour to white flour in the
diet.
Also in England, Benjamin Moore, Chief of the Biochemical
Department of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, re-
ported that experiments with pigeons indicated the development
of a wide variety of pathological conditions resulting from white
t flour, even when unbleached. The pigeons fed such flour, he
reported, "all speedily developed marked symptoms of malnutri-
tion and serious nerve derangements. Besides losing weight they
, sit listless and shivering, lose power in their legs, suggesting nerve
I DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS REFINED GRAlN PRODUCTS
paralysis, while many develop convulsions17 The pigeons fed
whole wheat remained healthy and up to normal weight through-
out the length of the experiments.
Just two years later, in France, similar experiments were con-
ducted yielding similar results. Two scientists, E. Weill and G.
Mouriquant, reported that the pigeons fed on refined barley
"showed similar waste and paresis of the limbs and wings as has
been frequently noted on a white bread diet. These symptoms
were followed by ataxic cerebellar or labyrinthine phenomenon - the animals falling backward or laterally with hyperextension of
the limbs and head, ending in death. A cataleptoid condition
sometimes preceded death where there had been no previous
symptoms17
In America T. B. Osborne and L. B. Mendell found that ani-
mals fed refined grains rapidly declined in health, even though ~
crystallized mineral salts were added to the diet. Other American
scientists made similar observations. In New York it was noticed
that both cattle and horses showed symptoms of acidosis, emacia-
tion, and anemia when fed degerminated corn meal, and prompt
recovery occurred when the animals were given whole grains and
fresh grasses. The famed breeder of thoroughbred horses, David
T. Arret, reported that his animals, when fed unprocessed and
unbleached grain foods, remained immune to all of the equine
diseases which were then so common among horses. The general
conclusion of scientific workers in America was summed up at
that time by Harvey W. Wiley with his statement that there
was "an almost universal consensus of opinion among dietetic
experts to the effect that properly ground whole wheat flour is a
more wholesome product both for children and grown people
than the fine white flour of commerce:'
While scientists in the western world were discovering the
effects of refined wheat, rye, barley, and corn, those of the Orient
were reporting that beriberi and general ill-health were wide-
spread in China and the entire Far East because of the increasing
use of refined polished rice. In the Philippine Islands, the health a ives official, Dr. V. G. Heiser, showed that beriberi among the n t'
was due to the consumption of polished rice. Dr. Fraser of Singa-
pore, Dr. DeHaan of Java, and Dr. Highet of Siam followed with
similar reports from their areas. In the famous Coulion Leper
Colony nearly all of the inmates fell ill with beriberi. ~reatment
consisted of replacing polished rice with the natural rice grain
and extra rice bran. In just sixty days the disease was not only
interrupted, but complete cures among many of the afflicted
were established. Since that time whole brown rice has come back
into use in many parts of the Far East, and when beriberi devel-
ops in other areas, the food is introduced as a specific remedy.
Still more damaging evidence against the use of refined foods
has come in recent years, in particular with respect to the bleach-
ing of flour. In 1948 Dr. Anton J. Carlson, the world-renowned
physiologist of the University of Chicago, described the extreme
danger of nitrogen trichloride, used in the bleaching process. He
pointed out that the chemical causes running fits and epilepsy
in dogs, monkeys, and rats. He referred to the chemical as "a
nerve poison" which "changes a good protein into a bad one,
and causes nervous instability:' It should be noted that nitrogen
trichloride had been used for bleaching 90 per cent of all white
flour during the prior twenty years. Now its use is prohibited for
bleaching purposes, but other poisons are employed as substi-
tutes. Most flour is presently bleached with the well known
toxic chemical, chlorine dioxide, which was approved for use
over protests of U.S. Army nutrition experts. Chlorine dioxide
is much more powerful than nitrogen trichloride and need be
used in only one-third to one-half the quantity of the latter.
According to Lockwood7s Flour Milling publication, the chem-
ical is "particularly valuable for bleaching very low grade flours:'
So the millers had good reason to welcome the change, but the
consuming public received a doubtful advantage.
Along with bleaching, the use of chemical softening agents
is widespread and dangerous. Bakers use tlie softening agents so
that their bread will keep fresh-looking and soft for two weeks or DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
longer. Until 1953, more than ten million pounds of bread each
year were treated with Polyethelene monstearate. This chemical
emulsifier was tested by Dr. John C. Krantz, who had been hired
by one of the chemical companies to test the harmlessness of
their product. But the experiments showed that white rats, mon-
keys, and rabbits did suffer when given the softener, some of
them developing spontaneous tumors, others dying, and some of
the rabbits being victims of cannibal


 and easily in most cases. Again, I have only seen evidence that r aw meat
and raw dairy reverse osteoporosis, not cause it.

You state that parasites are a myth ……

The parasite myth is that they are pathogenic always. It has been my experience that parasites are able to eat and digest
tremendous quantities of decaying tissue in short periods: that is a detoxification process. When an individual has parasites.
s/he is afforded the quickest process of detoxification. However, unless s/he eats enough and assimilates enough protein to
regenerate cells and replace the tissue, s/he is more likely to have ulcers that may fester and kill her/him. I have found that with
the consumption of raw meats that provide the nutrients necessary for quick regeneration parasites are beneficial. By the use  of
antibiotics, strains of bacteria and viruses have developed that are immune to all known antibiotics. Medical science has
discovered that bacteria and viruses can mutate, becoming immune to existing antibiotics. This is creating a very weak race.
Basically, medical science creates a weak human race that will be highly susceptible to advanced bacteria and viruses. This
could likely result in a plague that would make any previous plague look minor, resulting in an extinction level event.

... yet one of our former raw food M2M'ers who eats meat, Zephyr, did in fact poison himself with trichinosis parasites from
eating wild raw mongoose. How do you explain this?

I do not know Zephyr. I do not have knowledge of his situation, however, I heard of this and investigated the likely occurren ce of
trichinosis from mongoose. I could not find research or facts linking trichinosis to mongoose.
I found one individual who said that mongoose have one or more sacs their necks that contain fluid that can be poisonous to
most animals, including humans. It is  possible that Zephyr ate one or more of these sacs, poisoned some of his intestinal walls
and developed his own case of trichinosis to detoxify the decaying tissue that resulted from the poisoning. Trichinosis usual ly
takes at least several days to gestat e before any ill symptoms are detectable. Zephyr could have had an existent ill condition
that required trichinosis for quick detoxification, and his trichinosis had nothing to do with eating the mongoose. If Zephyr  had
maintained a raw meat diet, his tric hinosis would probably have passed without any severe scarring. If he had I serious allergy
to the mongoose's sacular fluid, his chances of recovery may have been impaired.
These are all hypotheses: I do not have direct knowledge of Zephyr and his condition.

I hear that other Instinctos in Hawaii have experienced parasitic infections too.

Again, I experienced that parasites are beneficial when an individual consumes a raw diet that includes raw animal products,
especially raw meats. An analogy is  the present -day use of young maggots to clean and heal festered wounds in a matter of 3
to 5 days. That impresses me.

Under your food -as-remedy section of your book, you mention that mineral deficiency is improved by using a little sun dried clay
mixed in mineral water. Other authorities state that using inorganic minerals will not aid in the body's healing process. Please
explain your point of view and how you came to these conclusions?

Clay is like a food, especially when moist, and therefore the mine rals are not inorganic. The body can utilize the minerals fairly
well. However, as I state in my book, fresh raw vegetable juices provide the best, although in some cases incomplete, mineral

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concentrations. Cheese is also a concentrated source of organic minerals. My conclusions are always based on consistent
good results and research.

You list many illnesses in your book,  along with diets to supply needed nutrient: to allow the body to heal itself. NH
recommends only that a healthy diet be followed, nothing specific to the illness. Would you please share your views with us o n
the use of specific foods for specific illnesses?

When I was a raw food vegan/fruitarian eating mainly mono -meals. I often observed certain effects from particular foods. I
simply logged the effects and experimented with certain diseases and particular foods.

You also state in your book that  distilled water is not to be used because it will rob the body of minerals. What do you base this
conclusion upon, actual experiments or other sources that you could share with us?

I don't remember any negative literature on the subject. I drank distille d water for nearly two years, 1969 -70. My skin became
edemic, thinner, and psoriasis increased.
In the 80's I experimented feeding distilled water to animals. Over the equivalent 2 -year period of their lives, they developed
slight osteoporosis, fragile tis sue and general edema. After placing one suffering group on raw milk and another on regular
mineral water, both groups reversed the osteoporosis, thinning skin and edema. The raw milk group reversed it in 1/3 the time
that the other group experienced.

That sounds like an interesting experiment. Have you written up the results and published the raw data anywhere?

I tried to publish many of my experiments over the years. Continually, I was refused for lack of appropriate academic
credentials, proper labora tory environments, and because my findings and conclusions were too contradictory.
People everywhere, especially in the press, are literally afraid to risk health. Recently, I was asked to write an article en titled
"Health or Disease: Do We have a Choice?"  for Hispanos magazine by an editor whom I have known for many years. After 3
days' work I submitted it. The editor -in-chief refused to publish it because of its controversial content.

You are a big proponent of unheated honey and unheated bee pollen. Can you tell us how you came to believe so strongly in
these two foods?

I first learned about it from a military medical doctor in Central America who observed that wounds healed 3 -5 times faster if
unheated honey was applied to wounds. I experimented. bo th topically and internally with human and non -human animals and
proved the same results. I noticed that the health of the digestive tract and. generally all tissues improved considerably in  most
eases when considerable amounts of unheated honey were consu med.

Food combining is a hot issue within the Natural Hygiene organization. What are your views on proper food combinations?

I have observed that people on vegan or fruitarian diets lack proteins. As this condition persists, the intestinal tract's ab ility to
develop and produce enzymes diminishes. Over a period of years, especially after child -hood, fewer food combinations are
tolerated because of the lack of certain enzymes. On a raw diet that is high in meat enzymes are easily produced and most any
combination is digestible, except combining vegetation and meats, including vegetable juice, because they neutralize the acid
fluid and bacteria that digest meat.

You tell the story of the feeding and recovery of your son Jeff in the first part of the book.  This is an effective vehicle for
introducing us to you and your views, as well as to the opposing medical power that we all have to face. How is your son doin g,
and is he still following the diet you used while he was healing from the accident?

His auto accident occurred in September 1986. The book takes the story to only April 1987. Jeff recovered from that accident
completely by August 1987 against every prognosis by a team of neuro -specialists. He continues to live in Cincinnati where he
experiences much criticism from eating raw meat. Consequently, he falls under pressure and eats a raw diet only when he gets
fatigued or depressed. When he visits me he voluntarily eats 99% raw and always feels better.

Can you cite any scientific documentation to ba ck up any of your nonstandard dietary claims?

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The works of Dr. Max Gerson, Dr. Lars Erick Essen of Sweden's Vita Nova Clinic, Dr. Carl Otto Aly, Dr. Gordon Latto, Dr.
Phillip Kusby, Professor Hans Eppinger from Vienna, H. Glatzel of Germany, Dr. Bircher Brenner of Zurich, Dr. William C.
Douglass and Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

Have you been satisfied with the public reception to your book?

I am impressed. My publisher basically had an advertising budget of $5,000 that was spent in a matter of weeks. The book is
selling well simply by word of mouth. Another publisher has asked to publish a paperback edition but nothing has been
negotiated.

Do you have any plans to write another?

I am presently working on a recipe book and a pedagogue for my nutritional courses. The recipe book was scheduled for
completion December 31,1998, but I have been involved in politics surrounding the ban of fresh raw dairy in Calif ornia and Los
Angeles. I formed the organization Right to Choose Healthy Food that will combat any legislation banning people's