with	health	and	productivity.	Even	if	you	do	function	well	on	“minimum	sleep”
(and	probably	maximum	caffeine),	long-term	damage	is	still	being	inflicted,	the
aging	process	is	being	accelerated	and	probably	you	are	not	achieving	your
optimum	potential.
Also,	be	sure	to	normalize	your	sleep	pattern.	Go	to	bed	and	wake	up	at
approximately	the	same	time	each	day,	even	on	weekends.	The	body	prefers
regularity.	Before	going	to	bed,	avoid	caffeine,	alcohol	and	any	drugs	that	may
interfere	with	(or	induce)	sleep.	This	practice	enables	you	to	sleep	naturally	and
healthily—giving	your	body	the	ability	to	build	and	repair	cells,	regulate
hormonal	balances,	and	produce	the	energy	you	need	to	do	the	things	you	want
to	do.Breathing	the	Right	Way
Do	not	take	the	breathing	process	for	granted.	The	body	can	survive	weeks
without	food	and	days	without	water,	but	only	minutes	without	oxygen.	Oxygen
is	our	most	vital	nutrient,	and	we	obtain	it	with	every	breath.	The	way	you
breathe	can	substantially	affect	how	you	look	and	feel,	your	resistance	to
disease,	and	even	how	long	you	live.	We	have	control	over	our	breathing;	proper
breathing	technique	is	an	important	part	of	optimizing	the	physical	pathway.
In	our	society,	many	people	breathe	incorrectly—either	breathing	too	much	or
not	enough.	Either	way,	oxygen	shortages	are	produced	at	the	cellular	level.
Underbreathing	(one	does	not	breathe	in	enough	air)	is	uncommon	and	usually	is
the	result	of	serious	physical	compromise—such	as	when	the	lungs	are	failing.
Much	more	common	is	overbreathing,	called	hyperventilation	(one	breathes	too
much),	which	also	results	in	an	oxygen	shortage	at	the	cellular	level.	How	many
people	are	affected	by	overbreathing?	Almost	everyone	on	occasion,	and	many
people	breathe	this	way	chronically.
Overbreathing	often	is	the	result	of	a	stressful	situation;	the	stress	causes	us	to
breathe	too	deeply	or	too	quickly,	an	automatic	response	preparing	us	for
emergency	action.	You	may	recognize	this	as	“panic	breathing”—gasping,	chest
breathing,	shallow	breathing	(panting),	irregular	breathing,	rapid	breathing	or
holding	of	the	breath.	On	occasion,	overbreathing	is	not	a	problem,	yet	the	stress
of	life	causes	many	of	us	to	over-breathe	chronically.	Numerous	side	effects	are
produced,	including	heart	palpitations,	irregular	heart	beat,	dizziness,	muscle
spasms,	muscle	fatigue,	high	blood	pressure,	poor	memory,	asthma	attacks,	poor
concentration,	anxiety,	among	other	symptoms.	Overbreathing	also	causes
constriction	of	the	blood	vessels	to	the	brain	(and	heart	and	elsewhere),	resulting
in	up	to	a	50	percent	reduction	of	oxygen	and	glucose	to	the	brain—immediately
affecting	one’s	ability	to	learn,	think,	remember	and	perform	physically.	Little
wonder	we	feel	dizzy	or	lightheaded	when	stressed.
Breathing	too	rapidly	or	too	deeply	causes	the	body	to	lose	too	much	carbon
dioxide.	Normally,	oxygen	is	transported	to	tissues	by	bonding	with	hemoglobin
in	red	blood	cells;	carbon	dioxide	helps	the	oxygen	to	“break	off”	the
hemoglobin	so	that	it	can	be	used.	Without	sufficient	carbon	dioxide,	the	oxygen
does	not	break	off,	tissues	become	oxygen-deficient,	and	the	result	is	cellular
malfunction	and	disease.	Oxygen	deficiency	is	known	to	cause	cancer.	A
separate	problem,	caused	by	insufficient	blood	levels	of	carbon	dioxide,	is	that
blood	pH	can	become	too	alkaline.	The	body	will	compensate	by	dumping	out
alkaline	minerals	through	the	urine,	in	order	to	rebalance	blood	pH.	The	result	is
a	deficiency	of	alkaline	minerals,	such	as	calcium	and	magnesium,	whichcontributes	to	diseases	such	as	osteoporosis.
To	breathe	correctly,	the	important	step	is	to	bring	in	air	down	into	the	lungs,
by	using	the	diaphragm,	a	deep	abdominal	muscle	that	nature	intended	for
breathing.	Breathing	downward	with	the	diaphragm	(belly	breathing	instead	of
chest	breathing)	is	an	effortless	and	efficient	way	to	breathe.	Unfortunately,
people	often	use	their	chest	and	upper	back	to	breathe;	chest	breathing	takes
more	effort,	is	less	efficient	and	interferes	with	normal	breathing	patterns.
Breathing	downwards	with	the	diaphragm	(as	opposed	to	outwards	with	the
chest)	moves	the	viscera	(guts)	down	and	away,	making	more	room	for	the
lungs.	This	action	creates	the	capacity	for	more	air	in	your	lungs	and	more
oxygen	for	your	tissues,	thus	enhancing	the	function	of	your	entire	respiratory
system,	whether	you	are	exercising	or	at	rest.	Each	breath	should	begin
downwards	in	the	belly,	only	moving	up	into	the	chest	when	necessary.
Correct	breathing	should	be	effortless,	through	the	nose	rather	than	mouth,
and	relatively	slow—at	a	resting	rate	of	less	than	fifteen	breaths	per	minute,
preferably	eight	to	ten.	Here	is	a	simple	test	to	check	how	you	are	doing:	Lie	on
your	back	on	the	floor,	put	a	book	on	your	abdomen,	breathe	through	your	nose,
and	watch	to	see	if	the	book	goes	up	and	down	with	each	breath.	Concentrate	on
belly	breathing	until	the	book	moves	up	and	down.	Next,	count	the	number	of
breaths	you	take	per	minute.	Try	to	keep	breaths	per	minute	at	less	than	fifteen
and	preferably	less	than	ten.	Be	careful	not	to	overbreathe.	The	key	word	is
effortless.	Let	your	body	do	the	breathing	for	you,	as	it	was	designed	to	do.
During	aerobic	exercise,	keep	the	breath	down	in	the	belly	and	out	of	the	chest
as	much	as	possible,	and	I	can	almost	guarantee	that	your	athletic	performance
and	respiratory	health	will	improve.
Breathing	has	such	profound	effects,	both	physically	and	psychologically,	that
many	ancient	traditions—such	as	meditation,	yoga	and	martial	arts—rely	first
and	foremost	on	breathing	technique.
Damage	Control
Maintaining	the	body	is	one	aspect	of	the	physical	pathway;	preventing
physical	damage	is	the	other.	Modern	life	exposes	us	to	many	different	types	of
physical	damage—from	sunburns	to	car	accidents,	from	kitchen	cuts	and	burns
to	electromagnetic	fields.	Some	physical	hazards	of	modern	life	can	be	avoided,
while	others	cannot.	Any	time	the	body	suffers	damage,	though,	valuable
resources	(nutrients)	are	used	to	perform	repairs.	Over	time	the	loss	of	these
nutrients	impairs	cellular	health,	opening	the	door	for	further	injury	or	disease.Sometimes	repair	is	not	possible.	Physical	damage	can	lead	to	lifelong
impairment	or	disability.	To	prevent	damage	before	it	occurs,	recognize	physical
hazards	and	take


. There was a time
when I was in so much pain that just getting out of bed was torture, and walking
up the stairs left me ready to collapse and absolutely needing to lay down.
Reaching the peak of mountains around 4000M was something I would never
ever believe I could do ever again. With the results of omad orin looping this is
exactly what I have done again and plan on many more even higher expeditions.
Now I can do 600 full life salutes (burpies) in one hour. Believe me this is really
something that many people who consider themselves extremely fit could not
do. It’s only 10 per minute which doesn’t sound like much but try to keep this up
for an hour and you will see how impressive this is.
My previous best at the height of my fitness was 450 in an hour, and that was
when I was in my 20s when I was in heavy training. I always wanted to get into
the 500 club, and dreamed of the 600 burpies in an hour club. Back then my
training got overtaken by other things in life and I never thought I would get
back to it again. Now 20 years later I'm thinking about trying to get up to the 700
or even 800 club because of omad orin looping. This would have been absolutely
unbelievable to me just before I started omad orin looping. I couldn't even do
one push up let alone full burpies due to my poor health and constant pain. Now
I'm in the best shape of my life even got my beach bod and six pack abs back, I’m so full of energy and I now understand why. Most incredible change is that I
now get so much more enjoyment out of good food and drink. My overall joy out
of life has gone up and I have eventually found happiness. You can too, believe
me, this is the secret that you will learn from this book. If I can do it then you
definitely can. I'm nothing special; it’s the omad orin looping programme that is
something very special.
Chapter 1.
What is the omad Orin looping protocol? Omad stands for one meal a day. Orin is
better name for urine. Looping means you keep drinking it again and again,
round and round it goes getting cleaner and better every time. There is more to
the programme which I will cover later. I know this is shocking to most people
who are new to urine therapy, but it is absolutely true. Urine is not a waste
product at all, it is an excess good stuff product and we are supposed to be
drinking it.
This programme is based on nature’s principles. The body seems to like omad
orin looping more than anything else. Sure other diets and fads may work for you
in the short term, you may lose weight. You can make yourself thin by all sorts of
unhealthy ways. Just remember most heroin addicts are thin.
What I'm trying to say here is that finding a good healthy system that you can
make a lifestyle choice, an eating lifestyle that you will want to keep doing for
the rest of your life. None of these fads that work initially but then make you put
on even more weight and are more unhealthy after it’s finished.
Yes once you experience it you will want to continue. It will be something you
really want to do for the rest of your life.
No more serial dieting. No more juice fasts, or calorie counting. No more losing
weight only to find it all comes back and then some. No more needing to cut out
any food at all. You can eat whatever you like on omad. Obviously the better
choices will have better results. But the point is you don’t have to worry about
ingredients, absolutely anything is ok occasionally on this programme. This is
something that can be done long term, and you will enjoy it, you will not feel it’s
a sacrifice or hardship.
Keto diets and the like work in the short term, but the problem is if you ever go
back to eating carbs the body puts on even more weight. Same with juice fasts,
yes you lose weight but go back to normal eating and you put even more back
on. It’s too hard to keep going on these routines. But omad is not hard to keep
going and going for the rest of your life, because you can eat whatever you like
on omad, no need to refrain from any particular food. No need to worry about if
you go back to normal then you will put back on even more weight. This can be
your new normal for the long term. You can have as many cheat days as you like
as long as you follow the programme. It’s a tool you have forever. You can
indulge on holiday, enjoy any special occasion or party with good food and drink.This is the ultimate eating plan for the long term. It’s easy, enjoyable and it
works better than anything else.
I’m not completely against blending or juicing, far from it, they both have their
place. After many years of experimenting and experiencing both juicing and
blending I have come to the conclusion that any foods that are good for humans
to eat are great in a smoothie. I now think it's a bit of a waste to juice them and
throw away all the pulp. As for food that can’t be eaten and digested by humans,
then juicing the water out of it is a great idea. Especially in a survival situation, I
have a hand crank juicer in my emergency go bag. You can wring out pure water
from almost any green vegetation. Yes all grasses and leaves, as long as they
are not too dry. If you look out the window and can see greenery, trees bushes
anything, then yes it can be a supply of water for you in an emergency.
Even things that may be poisonous may (and I do mean may) be able to juice the
water out it and consume. There are always exceptions to every rule. But
something’s mildly poisonous that you certainly could not eat, are perfectly fine
to juice. The reason is because of what Dr Norman Walker discovered that most
of the toxins stay in the pulp and 95% of the goodness goes to the juice.
So I am not completely opposed to juicing, far from it. I have been juicing for
many years. I am however opposed to juice fast diets, which are not really
fasting, you don’t get the advantages of fasting and you can’t stay on only liquid
for the rest of your life. It can’t be done long term like Omad Orin Looping. As
soon as you go back to solid food you put back on even more weight than you
lost. I will go into the reasons for this later. So juicing can be good but I only
consume in my eating window and only really juice plants that can’t be eaten,
it’s a waste to juice really good fruit that you could eat or blend. I would rather
stick them in my smoothie and consume all the pulp as well. I have seen friends
in my local Waitrose buying a trolley full of organic fruit and veg, only to throw
90% plus of it away when they juice it all.
But I can see the logic, juicing fresh plants is very beneficial in many ways. Most
of the toxins stay in the pulp, and most of the goodness goes into the liquid. So I
have come to the conclusion that juicing plants that are not really edible for
humans is a great idea. Wheatgrass and other grasses and leaves are prime
examples; other animals have multiple stomachs and different digestive systems
to humans. We can't digest certain grasses and leaves by eating or even
blending them, but we can juice them and drink the juice. This is the second best
water in the universe after your own orin. This is not a waste to then throw away
the pulp because your body could not digest it properly anyway.
There are many advantages to juicing no doubt, but on omad you don't want to
start your digestive system off until you’re eating window. The four 1's rule
allows for one drink with you one meal. This could either be a large juice, or a
smoothie. Remember juice fasts where your drinking juice multiple times per day
will not get your human growth hormone and other amazing substances to
increase by thousands of percent, as you have when you don't start your
digestive system for over 20 hours a day. But to have your juice or smoothie once every 23hours will still increase your human growth hormone and
testosterone by hundreds to thousands of percent. At the same time reducing
cortisol and other undesirable hormones. Plus all the other advantages when
intermittent  fasting for 23hrs a day; your body can cleanse and heal to a full
extent without having to stop to process something every few hours.
If you compare a water only fast with juice fasting then the advantages of water
only is the digestive system has a rest and you don't need to come out of fasted
state every time you drink as you do with juicing. So water only fasting is
excellent, you still get the thousands of percent increase in beneficial hormones.
You still get the full extent of the body being in a fasted state which mean the
body can clean and repair, another way of saying cleanse and heal which is what
happens when in a fasted state.
But then you are not getting any nutrients at all with water fasting. With so
called juice fasts you


IOUSNESSAt its heart, the “science of life” is a very personal and reassuring kind of knowledge. It returns
you to yourself. Now we are ready to send you out on your own to live the knowle dge. When you
opened this book and read the phrase perfect health, you may have been a bit shocked. Every person
expects to be sick at some time in his life; to expect otherwise seems almost illegal. Yet the
Ayurvedic sages looked at life through different eyes. A famous Vedic verse says, “It is our duty to
the rest of mankind to be perfectly healthy, because we are ripples in the ocean of consciousness, and
when we are sick, even a little, we disrupt cosmic harmony.”
Now you understand the basis for this extraordinary saying. It is not correct to see yourself as an
isolated organism in time and space, occupying six cubic feet of volume and lasting seven or eight
decades. Rather, you are one cell in the cosmic body, entitled to all the privileges of your cosmic
status, including perfect health. Nature made us thinkers so that we could realize this truth. As
another Vedic verse declares, “The inner intelligence of the body is the ultimate and supreme genius
in nature. It mirrors the wisdom of the cosmos.” This genius is inside you, a part of your inner
blueprint that cannot be erased.
At the quantum mechanical level, there is no sharp boundary dividing you from the rest of the
universe. Each of us is balanced between the infinite and the infinitesimal. The same protons found in
the hearts of stars, which have lived at least 5 billion years, take up residence inside us. The neutrinos
that streak through the earth in a few millionths of a second are part of us for a brief instant, too. You
are a flowing river of atoms and molecules collected from every corner of the cosm os. You are an
outcropping of energy whose waves exten d to the edges of the unified field. You are a reservoir of
intelligence that cannot be exhausted, because nature as a whole is inexhaustible.
Ayurveda has come on the scene at a ripe moment, when “the reenchantment of nature” is taking
place at the cutting edge of physics. The idea that the universe is a living, breathing, thinking
organism, which would have been ridicule d a generation ago, may prove to be the first principle of a
new science. If so, Ayurveda will quickly rise to prominence as the quantum medicine of our time.
For modern man, disease is not a necessity but a choice— nature did not impose a bacterium or
virus that causes heart attacks, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, or osteoporosis. These are largely man’ s
dubious creations. But what man has built he can also unbuild. If this book has helped to put your
mind on the journey of self-knowledge, you will never again see yourself as trapped by the same old
boundaries. If the body, stubborn and solid-looking as it appears, can also undertake this journey,
something much greater will be achieved. We will no longer just dream of freedom from the ills that
flesh is heir to, we will really become free, clothed in flesh that has become as perfect as our ideals.
OceanofPDF.comAppendix A
SOURCES FOR AYUR VEDA
You do not need special supplies or expert advice to balance your doshas
and live in accord with Ayurvedic principles. However, there are times in
most people’ s lives when they can use an extra boost to help reestablish
optimal health. Specialized foods, spices, and herbs have served an
important role in Ayurveda for thousands of years. Many of these traditional
products are now available in the West.
Foods : Any wholesom e food raised naturally and free of additives is
Ayurvedic, but there are also a few specialty foods that make a pleasing
addition to the diet:
Rose petal jam is super b for pacifying Pitta and is also considered
extremely Sattvic, or pure.
Sweetened almond butter is traditionally considered excellent for vitality
and mental alertness.
If you do not want to take the time to make your own ghee  (clarified
butter), commercially made varieties are available.
Herbs and food supplements : It is convenient to buy tea bags of specially
prepared Vata-, Pitta-, or Kapha-pacifying herb teas, to be alternated with
changes in the season. Spice mixtures called churnas are also a
convenience, since they can be sprinkled over your food at the table to give
a Vata-, Pitta-, or Kapha-pacifying effect. More complex, and not duplicable
at home, are the traditional rasayanas (herbal food supplements), which
often involve dozens of separate preparations and various exotic
ingredients.Aromatic and massage oils: These specially prepared oils are used for
abhyanga and aromatherapy and are designed to balance the appropriate
dosha.
Miscellaneous : Specia l raw silk gloves used for garshana (dry massage)
and silver tongue-scrapers are useful additions to support an ideal daily
routine.
Many of these products, foods, or supplements may be availab le at your
local health food store or Indian grocery.
Visit the Chopra Center for Well Being. Some of the specialized therap ies
described in this book require supervision by a physician trained in
Ayurveda. These include panchakarma, the seasonal purification routine,
and marma therapy. Courses to enhance wellness and to support individuals
facing illness are available year round at the Chopra Center for Well Being
in beaut iful Carlsbad, Californi a. To learn more about the programs and
services offered at the Center, call (888) 424-6772 or visit our website at
www.chopra.com.
Courses in Meditation, Ayurveda, and Mind Body Medicine.  We have
certified hundre ds of instructors throughout the world to offer programs
developed at the Chopra Center for Well Being.
For information on any of the following courses, call the Chopra Center
at (888) 424-6772 or visit our website at www.chopra.com.
Primor dial Sound Meditation. Learn an effective mantra meditation
technique to quiet your mind, reduce stress, and tap into your reservoir of
energy and creativity.
Creating Health. Learn how to apply the principles of Ayurveda to make
your daily life happier and healthier.
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teaches the essential tools for a conscious pregnancy and delivery.Return to Wholeness. This program guides people facing cancer to their
inner place of healing.
OceanofPDF.comAppendix B
GLOSSAR Y
abhyanga— daily oil massage
agni— digestive fire
ama— residual impurit ies deposited in the body as a result of improper
digestion. Also mental ama, toxic emotions  or negative thoughts as a result
of incompletely metabolized emotional experiences
ananda— bliss, synonymous with “pure joy”
asana— a yoga pose
dhatu— one of the body’ s seven basic constituents, synonymous with
“tissue” in Western medicine
dinacharya— the Ayurvedic daily routine
dosha— one of the three basic metabolic principles connecting the mind and
body
ghee— clarified butter
guna— any fundamental natural quality (e.g., dry, moist, hot, cold, etc.).
Also applied to sattva, rajas, and tamas— the “three gunas”
Kapha— the dosha responsible for bodily structure
marma— the junction point between consciousness and matter (107 marmas
on the skin are accessible through the sense of touch)ojas— the purest expression of metabolism; the final end product of correct
digestion and assimilation of food
panchakarma— purification treatments (literally, “the five actions”)
Pitta— the dosha responsible for metabolism
pragya aparadh— the mistake of the intellect (i.e., identifying with the part
and losing the whole)
prakruti— nature, referring to one’ s mind body constitution
Pranayama— Ayurvedic respiratory exercises
rajas— the innate impulse to act
rasa— of the six tastes; also, the first tissue layer (dhatu)
rasayana— Ayurvedic rejuvenative herbal formula
Rishi— a Vedic seer
ritucharya— the Ayurvedic seasonal routine
sattva— purity; the innate impulse to evolve
Surya Namaskar— the “Sun Salute,” a twelve-part Ayurvedic physical
exercise
tamas— inertia; the innate impulse to remain the same
Vata— the dosha responsible for all movement in the body
Veda— literally “science” or “knowledge.” Ayurveda (“the science of life”
or “knowledge of lifespan”) is an of fshoot of Veda.
vipak— the post-digestive ef fect of food on the bodyyoga— Vedic knowledg e for attaining union with the domain of pure
consciousness. The branch of yoga involving physical exercise is known as
Hatha yoga.
OceanofPDF.comBibliography
The following is a selected bibliography that offers insights into some of the ideas expressed in this
book.
Chopra, Deepak. Creating Health. Boston: Houghton Mif flin Company, 1987.
———. Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine. New York: B


ves,	and	cinnamon	to	your	teas	and
recipes.
•
Switch	to	organic,	cold-pressed	sesame	oil	to	moisturize	your	skin	for	your
abhyanga
	practice.	Sesame	oil	is	said	to	have	warming	properties.
•
Due	to	the	dryness	of	winter,	you	might	need	a	heavier	facial	moisturizer.
Switch	accordingly	and	look	for	one	that	is	oil	based	rather	than	water
based,	as	the	oil	will	provide	a	protective	layer	on	your	skin	and	hold	in
moisture	longer.	Products	containing	pure	plant	oils	like	coconut,	almond,
avocado,	and	primrose	oil	should	not	make	your	skin	break	out.	On	theother	hand,	shea	butter	may	clog	your	pores;	especially	if	you	are	acne-
prone,	avoid	products	on	the	face	that	contain	shea	butter	(though	it’s	great
to	use	on	your	body).	Avoid	products	that	contain	synthetic,	petroleum-
based	oils,	such	as	mineral	oil.
•
Your	skin	will	likely	be	dry	and	dehydrated	not	only	from	the	wind	and	cold
elements,	but	also	from	indoor	heat,	so	make	sure	your	moisturizer	contains
hyaluronic	acid	and	other	humectants	to	attract	more	moisture	to	your	face
and	keep	it	supple.
•
Increase	your
fat	intake	slightly—but	not	dramatically—with	whole	plant
foods	such	as	chia	seeds,	walnuts,	and	avocados.	These	essential	fats	will
nourish	supple	skin.	Just	an	extra	few	tablespoons	of	chia	seed	pudding	(see
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	for	the	easy	recipe)	or	another	half	of	an	avocado	will
keep	your	skin	moisturized	from	the	inside	out.	Extra	fat	in	the	winter	may
also	feel	grounding	during	this	dark	period.
•
Use	a	creamy	cleanser	rather	than	a	gel	one.	The	cream	will	have	fewer
stripping	surfactants	and	help	keep	the	natural	oils	on	your	skin	intact
during	these	times	when	you	want	to	hold	on	to	all	of	the	moisture	you	can.
•
Do	a	weekly	at-home	oil	treatment	to	keep	your	hair	protected	from	the
drying	weather.	At	least	once	a	week,	massage	coconut	oil	into	the	tips	of
your	hair	and	throughout	the	strands,	pile	it	into	a	bun	or	tuck	it	into	a
shower	cap,	leave	it	in	for	at	least	30	minutes	to	1	hour,	and	then	rinse	out
and	shampoo	as	usual.
•
Slough	off	dry	skin	cells	with	an	at-home	sugar	scrub.	Combine	equal	parts
coconut	oil	and	organic	sugar	and	then	add	15	to	20	drops	or	so	of	your
favorite	essential	oil.	Keep	the	mixture	in	a	glass	or	BPA-free	container.	In
the	shower,	gently	rub	off	dead	skin	cells	from	your	entire
body,	including
your	elbows	and	heels.	Shaving	is	also	a	great	exfoliator	for	the	large	surface
area	of	your	legs.
•
Stay	active.	It’s	tempting	to	just	curl	up	during	winter,	but	the	diminished
light	and	the	cold	weather	can	contribute	to	depression,	stagnation,	a
weakened
immune	system,	and	sluggish	feelings.	It’s	a	great	time	of	year	to
begin	or	deepen	a	home	yoga	practice,	whether	on	your	own	or	with	a	yoga
DVD.	You	don’t	have	to	expose	yourself	to	the	elements	to	stay	active	and
move	every	part	of	your	body.
•
Honor	the	natural	tendency	for	more	“darkness”	and	allow	yourself	to
rejuvenate	and	rest	by	staying	at	home	more.	Don’t	push	yourself	to	go	out
more	than	you	naturally	like	out	of	obligation.	You	might	feel	that	eveningsat	home	with	herbal	tea,	a	warm	bath,	and	a	good	book	simply	serve	you
more.
•
If	you	live	in	a	place	that	has	limited	sunlight	for	extended	periods	of	time
throughout	the	winter	months,	you	might	want	to	consider	supplementing
with
vitamin	D
3
,	or	getting	a	special	light	designed	to	help	stimulate	vitamin
D	in	your	body.	Vitamin	D	plays	a	vital	role	in	maintaining	healthy,
beautiful	bones,	strong	immunity,	balanced	moods,	and	all-around	health
and	wellness.
•
With	the	very	slowly	burgeoning	light	of	the	winter	solstice	near	the	end	of
the	year,	complete	an	honest	and	deep	assessment	of	where	you	would	like
to	put	your	energy	in	the	upcoming	year	and	what	is	nurturing	and
authentic	for	your	beautiful	spirit	at	this	time.	In	nature,	new	seeds	are
growing	at	the	root	level	now,	and	a	lot	is	taking	place	beneath	the	surface.
This	is	a	great	time	for	you,	too,	to	evaluate	where	you	want	to	plant	your
“seeds,”	which	projects	you	want	to	pursue,	and	where	you	want	to	put	your
energy,	which	will	bloom	later	in	the	year.	You	can	determine	this	only	by
being	honest	and	listening	to	your	heart.
Spring	Lifestyle	Beauty	Practices
In	spring,	life	emerges	again.	No	matter	how	long	the	cold	winter	months	may
seem	some	years,	spring	always	follows.	You	can	see	the	burgeoning	beauty	of
fresh	flower	buds,	leaves,	and	shoots	and	feel	the	urge	to	express	your	natural
beauty	outwardly	with	sundresses,	skirts,	and	perhaps	brighter	makeup	colors.
As	the	light	increases,	you	naturally	feel	like	shedding	the	stagnation	and
heaviness	of	winter.	This	includes	a	tendency	to	start	eating	lighter	and	perhaps
lightening	up	on	your	skin-care	products,	too.	You	may	also	feel	a	natural	rise
in	energy,	a	newfound	spark	of	powerful	inspiration	that	can	now	be	directed
toward	whatever	goals	you	decided	to	pursue	when	taking	stock	in	the	darkness
of	winter.	Here	are	the	best	ways	to	harness	the	beauty	of	spring:
•
Spring	is	the	very	best	time	of	the	year	to	complete	a	cleanse	or	engage	in
some	detoxing.	If	you’re	interested	in	a	liquid	cleanse,	check	out	the	organic,
strategically	designed	ones	offered	from
Glow	Bio	(
myglowbio.
com
)	or	do
your	own	version	by	making	fresh	green	smoothies	or	juices	and	abstaining
from	heavier	foods	for	a	few	days.
•
Lighten	up	your	diet.	This	is	a	great	time	of	year	to	shift	into	eating	more
raw	foods	(though	you	don’t	have	to	eat	100	percent	raw,	by	any	means).Reduce	your	ratio	of
fats	so	you	feel	less	weighed	down.	You	might	want	to
eat	lighter,	broth-based	soups	and	favor	smaller	amounts	of	avocado	and
nuts.	Use	all	oils	sparingly.
•
If	you	indulged	over	the	winter,	it’s	a	great	time	to	reset	bad	habits	and
patterns	and	renew	your	resolve	to	improve	your	eating	habits.	Feel	in	tune
with	the	bursting	energy	of	spring	by	letting	go	of	heavier,	dense,	or	clogging
foods.	Ditch	the	dairy,	refined	sugars,
gluten,	and	excess	animal	protein,	and
eat	more	light,	plant-centric


 upkeep, and cleaning of an electronic
oven. Be sure to try vapor cooking. Y ou can stop watching, stirring, and washing
cookpots. You will love the food, cleanse your arteries, save work, and save plenty on your grocery, gas, and electric bills. (See page 28).
   NOTE: Chops and fish cook fast, don't over-cook.
34. THE FRESH FOOD DIET FOR AVOIDING AND
CURING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
   The guiding principle of this diet is to eat fresh foods which have not been long
removed from their original living source, and to avoid eating long dead processed
and preserved foods, in which the fatty materials have become deteriorated and
hardened so that they become imbedded in our flesh and arteries as durable deposits.
   Due to recent research findings, the diet has been revised in the sixth edition. It has
been made more liberal in regard to items that cause only a trifling amount of harm,
and more drastic in the important areas.
STARCHY FOODS
 EAT   AVOID
   Potatoes, bought in their own
skins, preferably the northern
grown russet type, also sweet
potatoes.
   Snap Beans (Green Beans).    Note: Parboiled potatoes have a
better taste and are more digestible any way you fix them,
even baked in their own skins.
See page 26.      Bread, toast, rolls, biscuit,
crackers, cakes, pies, cookies,
pancakes, waffles, doughnuts, etc.
made with flour.
   Flour in any form, such as
thickening for gravy, rue, or as a
dip for fried food.
   All ready-to-eat breakfast
cereals.
   Corn meal, grits, corn bread,
hush puppies, and the like.
Macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, and
the like.
   Powdered starch. Ready
prepared "Quick" or dried potatoes.
   Dry beans and peas already
shelled. Canned beans and peas.
Frozen beans and peas.
   Rice, farina, oatmeal, all
processed grains of every kind.
 MEAT AND FISH
 EAT   AVOID
   Any fresh meat, and seafood
you like. Frozen meat and
seafood if not staler than:    Smoked, salted, canned, or
dried meat and fish. Examples: Bacon
, ham, sausa ge, corned seafood if not staler than:
   Beef — 4 months old Pork — 3
months old Mutton & lamb — 4
months old Seafood — 2 months old
   Beef, chicken, lamb & mutton,
goat, geese, ducks, game, fish,
shrimp are all safe if fresh as
above described. beef, chipped beef, smoked fish,
sardines, anchovies, canned meats, soups.
   No artificial meats, or soy
protein concentrates.
EGGS AND MILK
 EAT   AVOID
   Fresh eggs newly broken out of
the shell, not more than three a day, cooked any way except fried.
   Milk, no more than 1 quart a
day, none if it interferes with your
digestion.
   Sweet cream butter. Avoid it if
it doesn't taste right.    Margarine.
   Imitation eggs. "High Protein"
milk, or other foods containing
soybean powder.
OILS AND SHORTENING
 EAT   AVOID
   A little olive oil with vinegar or
wine as salad dressing, if you like
it. Use only the best grades of oil marked "Virgin."
   Commercial salad dressings can
be used in small amounts unless you are troubled with high tri-
glycerides.       Especially avoid coconut oil.
   All commercial salad oil,
shortening, lard, margarine, if you
want to avoid or reduce high
triglyceride content in your blood.
VEGETABLES
 EAT   AVOID
   Each day eat at least 3 kinds of
fresh vegetables purchased in
their natural state as follows:
Celery, carrots, squash, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, snap beans (green beans), broccoli, turnip, collard or mustard greens,
cucumbers, sweet peppers,
endive, Chinese cabbage, melons
of all kinds, pumpkins, avocadoes
and all other conventional fresh    All canned and frozen
vegetables except in off seasons,
or emergencies when fresh
vegetables are not available. vegetables.
   The following vegetables are
also allowed, but many persons
suffer allergy and indigestion
from them: Onions, garlic,
spinach, rutabagas, kale, rape, and
tomatoes.
FRUITS AND NUTS
 EAT   AVOID
   Any fresh fruits and nuts bought
in their own skins or shells
according to your taste. Examples
are: Apples, pears, bananas,
plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, figs, grapes, melons of
all kinds, oranges, grapefruit,
avocadoes, cherries, berries of all kinds, and all other conventional
fresh fruits.
   Pecans, walnuts, almonds,
brazil nuts, filberts, hazelnuts,
peanuts, coconuts, chestnuts, and
all other conventional nuts bought
in their own shells and in good condition with no rancid taste.    Canned or frozen fruit, except
when fresh fruits are unavailable.
   Lemons and limes.
BEVERAGES
 DRINK   AVOID
   Drink beverages between meals
only. No fluids with meals, or
soon after meals, not even water or soup. See page 33.
   Water, milk as earlier described,
tea if you wish, or juice from newly squeezed oranges,
grapefruit, or any other fresh fruit or vegetable you like.
   Coffee is against you, but a
little fresh-brewed from light-
roast coffee will do the least
harm. Use natural fresh milk or cream in coffee or tea if desired.
Honey is a good sweetener for
tea.    Don't drink any beverages with
meals.
   Lemon or lime drinks.
   Canned or frozen juices except
when fresh fruit is unavailable. DESSERTS, SWEETS, SNACKS
   Special Note: Persons old enough or unwell enough to be on a diet
frequently have diabetes at least in a borderline form, perhaps not
detectable by medical tests. If you feel very tired and achy in the legs or arms a few hours after eating sugar, or if you have rashes or sores
which are slow to heal, you should not eat anything with sugar in it.
But you can still eat all the good sweet fresh raw fruit you want.
 EAT   AVOID
   All fresh fruit and nuts you like
as earlier listed. Let these be your
candy and dessert as far as
possible.
   As a second choice, not as good
for you: Small servings of ice
cream, custard, pie filling with no
crust, jam, jelly, hard candy, and the like. CAUTION: Diabetics
should avoid these items, which
contain manufactured sugar.    Canned and frozen fruit except
when fresh fruit is unavailable.
Cakes, pies, cookies, doughnuts,
crackers.
   Candy with filling, chocolate
and cocoa.
   Potato flakes, fried pork skins,
and fried snacks of all kinds.
 SALT, FLAVORING, SPICES, DRESSINGS
   None of these things have any worthwhile nutritional merit, though they are
valuable in making food taste better. So do not feel that you have to use any of them unless you feel the need. Nearly all of them are to at least a slight extent harmful if
used in excess, especially salt, so they should be used in the smallest quantity which
will satisfy your taste.
   Persons with weak hearts or serious high blood pressure should completely avoid
salt.
   Those with digestive and intestinal troubles should use no pepper or spices, only a
little salt.
   A little salt and butter go a long way toward covering flavoring needs.

35. DIET AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
   There is a growing awareness of th e importance of diet among the medical
profession, with consequent increase in the amount of dietary advice given to patients.
Doctors and dietitians have quickly recognized that there is nothing radical about the
fresh food diet, and in some respects it is similar to various diets which they have previously been recommending. It is not a fad diet or hazardous in any way, being
basically suitable for persons of all ages past infancy, in the absence of some special
condition for which the doctor may recommend modifications. Physicians are welcoming these findings as a means of helping chronically ill older patients and
retarded children.
   It is good common sense for persons who feel unwell or consider themselves
unhealthy to seek the care of a kind, sensible M.D. doctor who will take an interest in them and be ready to help them through emergencies which may occur regardless of
diet, as well as give them the advantages of medical observation and treatment.
   Doctors are urged to carefully observe the progress of persons using the fresh food
diet and to publish any constructive information obtained, for it is only by actual clinical experience


 it really was g oing to take an army of
attorneys.
Halfway to the trial date, Randy’s cancer returned.
This time he was going to need eight weeks of very
intense chemo therapy and an indeterminate recovery
period. I remembered back to when Jim Mercer was
advising me about choosing an attorney. He said the
Holy Gr ail would be to get a senior partner from one of
the country’s premier firms who would be personallycommitted to your case alone. Randy had turned out to
be that Holy Grail. Now, against his doctor’s advice,
Randy was seriously consi dering risking his life by
waiting until the trial was over before starting his
treatment. I assured him I w ould have none of that, but
he decided to wait and see  how fast the tumor was
progressing before making his decision. Randy was like a
Samurai warrior who had finally been given a battle that
was about Honor, Truth, and Justice. He was not about
to lay down his sword for a tiny tumor.
Unfortunately, it only took a month for the tumor to
progress to the point that there was no longer a decision.
We kne w Judg e Blatt was ad amant that there would not
be a ny extensions of the trial  date. Though it was a long
shot, Randy requested a three-month extension so that
he coul d represent me at tr ial. Once again, it was the
Constitution that took care of me. The motion filed
invoked my Sixth Amend ment right to have the
assistance of counsel of my choice. Though the
government opposed the motion for an extension, it was
granted by the judge under the condition that I begin
working with another lead attorney in case Randy did
not reco ver in time. With the new trial date set for May
4, 2009, just five months away, Randy began his
treatment.
I had been working with Randy for more than five
years by then. He had not o nly been my lead attorney
and goo d friend, but he was also the chief legal strategist
for the entire joint defense group. There was no replacing
him. Having promised the j udge that I would do just
that, at least as a backup, I took a deep breath and
surrendered to the reality before me: I would have to
start working with a new lead attorney.5 5.
D i v i n e  I n t e r v e n t i o n
T he workload increased significantly as we moved
toward trial. In February, we started a very interesting
and imp ortant phase of the pretrial hearings—motions in
limine.  These were pretrial motions that gave us the
opportunity to challenge whether the evidence the
government pr osecutors inten ded to present at trial was,
in fact, trustworthy from a legal perspective. They had
taken document after document and defined them in a
way that seemed to support  their version of events. I
knew fo r a fact that many of the documents didn’t say
what they were being twiste d to say. But taken out of
context, they would influenc e a jury. I was pleased to
learn th at the courts had int erpreted our constitutional
right to a fair  trial to mean  that a jury could not be
prejudiced with evidence that did not meet a reasonable
standard of trustworthiness. In other words, we had the
right to  petition the judge to exclude some of this
material from the trial altogether.
Motion by motion we challen ged the relevance and/or
trustworthiness of what the government intended to
present to the jury. In many cases, the judge agreed with
us. This judge was finally reining in the unbridled
attempts to create evidence by arbitrarily assigning
meaning to documents and events. I was not attending
any of the pretrial hearings, but I was reviewing all the
motions and following with great interest as they had
their day in court. With Randy out, the associate
attorney, Alex Walsh, would give me the daily updates. I
was rea lly impressed with her and could see how Randy’s
absence afforded tremendous opportunity for theyounger attorneys. I loved seeing that out of this
darkness, something great was being forged.
Randy c ompleted his chemotherapy and tried to come
back to work right away. B ut though the therapy was
successful, it would take a fe w months before he got his
full strength back. In late M arch, just one month from
trial, we learned that Randy’s recovery period was not
our only concern. On March 27, 2009, Judge Blatt
announced tha t because of his age and his health, he was
stepping down from the case. We had lost our judge.
The saber rattling began immediately. The government
sent ou t word to all defense counsel that they had better
come in  and negotiate a plea  because they were going to
be d estroyed in trial with a n ew judge. Needless to say,
given h ow well Judge Blatt h ad come to know the case
over th e last three and half years, and how fair he had
been, the prospect of a new judge at the eleventh hour
was disheartening. In the midst of the most dangerous
situation of my life, the two  forces in this world I had
come to have the most con fidence in to protect me,
Randy and Judge Blatt, were both taken away. This
amazing sequence of events was so completely out of my
control that I h ad no choice but to surrender at an even
deeper level. It seemed like li fe was finally unfolding in a
way that would assure the de mise of whatever was left of
my personal self—just what I had asked it to do so many
years ago.
No one knew w hat was going to happen next. The trial
date would almost certainly h ave to be reset, but no one
had any idea of a new date or who the judge would be. All
we could do was continue to make sure we were ready,
just in case. The chief distric t judge, Judge Norton, took
charge of finding a federal judge who could handle a
four-month-long trial on short notice. In the meantime,
Judge Blatt continued to hold pretrial hearings, and we
continued to do very well with our motions in limine.
Finally, unabl e to find a replacement judge, JudgeNorton decided  to take the case himself. At a hearing in
July, we were given the new trial date of January 18,
2010, w hich was five months away. So now t he chief U.S.
district judge of South Carolina was going to hear the
case. Everything just kept getting bigger and bigger.4
Judge N orton took over the pretrial hearings around
August 2009. By then Randy was fully back in the
saddle, and he found Judge  Norton to be very bright,
knowledgeable, and impartial. It turned out that Judge
Norton’s rulings were very similar to Judge Blatt’s. We
continued to tear down the government’s case in pretrial
motions throughout the months leading up to trial. It
certainly appea red that the n ew judge, like the old, saw
the weakness of the case being brought against us.
By O ctober, we were three months from trial, and the
time had come to reserve housing in Charleston. Years
earlier I  had asked Randy wh at the probability was of the
government catching on that I didn’t do anything wrong
and just dropping the charges. He told me that he
expected the government to drop charges against
everyone except me, John Kang, and John Sessions—the
CEO, the president, and th e chief operations officer.
Randy would have included  the chief financial officer,
but he had previously died of cancer.
I wanted to be sure of my odds, so I pushed Randy by
asking i f it would literally take divine intervention for me
to a void a tria l and just walk free. He pondered for a
moment and said, “Yes, it w ould take an act of divine
intervention.” With that in mind, Donna and I headed to
Charleston to rent a place to  live for four months. We
made it an adv enture. We had both lived at the Temple
for mor e than thirty-five years. We had never been away
for muc h more  than a few weeks at a time. This trial is
what it would take to force us to relocate for such an
extended perio d. There was, of course, the possibility
that my departure would be much longer.As we approached the trial date, things unfolded in
accordance to  Randy’s predictions. The government
called in the second tier of indicted executives one by one
and tried to get something useful before dropping
charges. Of course, there was nothing to get, and we were
all g lad to see  our colleagues taken out of harm’s way.
That left the three senior exe cutives headed for trial on
January 18, 2010.
I received a call from Randy mid-December. He had
gotten an indication thro ugh back channels that
suddenly the government was interested in discussing a
settlement. After checking it out, Randy said it seemed
prosecutors had had enough, and they wanted me out of
the case. We were feeling pretty confident about my
position given the successes we had in the


-c,Lye,Mag-c,
Mercs.,Nat-p.,Nux-v.,Puis.
nausea:Arg-n.,Carb-v.,Mag-c,Nat-c.
stoolspale:Kali-m.
violenthiccups:Nat-m.
Better:
belching:Arg-n.,Carb-v.,Ign.,Kali-b.,
Kali-c,Lye
hotdrinks:Ars.,Nux-v.
afterpassingastool:Nats.
passingwind:Carb-v.
warmthofbed:Nux-v.
Worse:
afterbelching:Chin.
aftercabbage:Mag-c.
afterdrinking:Chin.,Sul.
aftereating:Arg-n.,Carb-v.,Chin.,Kali-b.,
Kali-c,Lye,Nux-v.,Phos.,Puis.,Sul.
fruit:Chin.
milk:Mag<.,Sul.
atnight:Puis.
onions:Lye
rich/fattyfood:Carb-v.,Puis.
starchyfood:Kali-m.,Nat-m.,Nats.
tightclothing:Lye,Nux-v.
Causes:
abdominalsurgery:Chin.
alcohol:Nux-v.
beer:Kali-b.
coffee:Nux-v.
grief:Ign.
mentalstrain:Nux-v.
nervousexhaustion:Kali-p.
over-eating:Nux-v.
overwork:Kali-p.
pregnancy:Mercs.
rich/fattyfood:Nux-v.,Puis.
InjuriesAco.,Am.,Bell.,Calc-s.,Calen.,Con.,
Heps.,Hyp.,Lach.,Led.,Phos.,Ruta.,Sil.,
Stap.(seealsoBites/Stings;Brokenbones;
Bruises;Sprains;Strains)
Cuts/wounds:
bleedfreely:Aco.,Bell.,Lach.,Phos.
blood:
brightred:Phos.
slowtoclot:Phos.
crushed:Hyp.
inflamed:Heps.,Sil.
withrednessaround:Heps.
withdirt/splinter stillinside:Si7.
withpusinside:Sil.
withpusoozing:Calc-s.
painful:Calen.,Heps.,Hyp.,Sil.,Stap.
shooting:Hyp.
1
186•Insectbites INTERNALREPERTORY
sore-bruised:Am.,Hep-s.,Ruta.
splinter-like:Hep-s.
stitchingtearing:Stap.
painfuloutofproportiontotheinjury:
Calen.
suppurate:Calc-s.,Calen.,Sil.
withbruising:Am.
Tofingerstoes(crushed):Hyp.
Laceratedwounds(torn):Calen.,Hyp.,Led.
Puncturedwounds(withaknife,ornail,etc.)-'
Hyp.,Led.
Slowtoheal:Calc-s.,Hep-s.,Hyp.,Lack.,Sil.
Toglands(breasts,testicles,etc.):Con.
Tohead:Am.
cold,inflamed,sensitive,stonyhardlumps,
swollen:Con.
Tomuscles:Am.
Tonervesnerve-richpartsofthebody:Hyp.,
Stap.
Topalmofhandorsoleoffoot:Led.
Toshins:Ruta.
With:
shock(anxietyandfear):Aco.
foreignbody:Sil.
Scars:
becomelumpy:Sil.
becomered:Lach.
arepainful,breakopenandorsuppurate:
Sil.
Better:
coldcompresses:Led.
Worse:
heat:Led.
touch:Hep-s.,Stap.
Causes:
accident:Hyp.,Stap.
afterdentaltreatment:Am.,Hyp.,Stap.
childbirth:Stap.
episiotomy:Hep-s.,Hyp.,Sil.,Stap.
nails:Led.
splinter:Hyp.,Led.,Sil.
surgery:Am.,Hyp.,Sil.,Stap.
InsectbitesseeBites/Stings
InsomniaAco.,Ars.,Bell.,Bell-p.,Calc-c,Calc-p.,
Cham.,Cocc,Coff.,Con.,Kali-c,Kali-p.,
Mag-c,Mag-m.,Nat-c,Nat-m.,Nit-ac,
Nux-v.,Op.,Pho-ac,Phos.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,
Sep.,Sil.,Sul.
Dreams
anxious:Aco.,Ars.,Calc-c,Cocc,Kali-c,
Nat-c,Nat-m.,Nit-ac,Phos.,Puis.
nightmares:Ars.,Cocc,Con.,Kali-c,Sil.,
Sul.
vivid:Sil.,Sul.
unpleasant:Sul.
vivid:Nat-m.Sleep:
disturbed:Sul.
restless:Aco.,Ars.,Bell.,Cocc,Puis.,
Rhus-t.,Sil.,Sul.
unrefreshing:Mag-c.,Mag-m.,Nit-ac,
Pho-ac,Sul.
Sleepless:Pho-ac.
aftermidnight:Pho-ac,Rhus-t.,Sil.
after2a.m.:Nit-ac.
after3.a.m.:Bell-p.,Mag-c,Nux-v.
afterwaking:Sil.
beforemidnight:Con.,Kali-c
Waking:
around3a.m.:Nux-v.,Sep.
difficult:Calc-p.
early:Nat-c,Nux-v.
frequent:Pho-ac,Puis.,Sul.
fromcold:Puis.
late:Calc-p.,Nux-v.,Sul.
With:
emptyfeelinginpitofstomach:Kali-p.
grindingofteeth:Bell.
sleepiness: Bell.,Cliam.,Op.,Phos.,Puis.,
Sep.
Better:
shortnaps:Sul.
Worse:
around1-2a.m.:Kali-c
after2a.m.:Nit-ac
after3a.m.:Bell-p.,Sep.
after3,4,or5a.m.:Sul.
aftermidnight:Ars.,Sil.
beforemidnight:Calc-c,Calc-p.,Kali-c,
Puis.
Causes:
alcohol:Nux-v.
anxiety:Ars.,Cocc,Kali-p.
coffee:Nux-v.
excitement:Kali-p.,Nux-v.
grief:Nat-m.
mentalstrain:Kali-p.,Nux-v.
nervousexhaustion:Kali-p.
over-activemind:Ars.,Calc<.,Coff.,Nux-v.,
Puis.
over-excitement: Coff.
overwork:Nux-v.
repeatingthoughts:Puis.
shock:Ars.
worry:Calc-c
Introspective (seealsoBroody;Morose;
Uncommunicative) Cocc,Ign.,Nat-c,Puis.
IntrovertedNat-m.
Irritable(seealsoAngry)Ant-c,Ap.,Ars.,Bry.,
Carb-v.,Caust.,Cham.,Cina,Ferr-m.,Hep-s.,
Kali-c,Kali-s.,Lye,Mag-c,Nat-c,Nat-m.,
Nit-ac,Nux-v.,Petr.,Pho-ac,Phos.,Puis.,
INTERNALREPERTORY Jointpain•187
Rhe.,Rhus-t.,Sep.,Sil.,Stap.,Sul.,Sul-ac,
Ver-a.,Zinc.
Children:Cham.,Cina,Mag-c.
Beforestools:Bor.
Onwaking:Lye
JealousAp.,Lach.,Puis.
JointpainAp.,Am.,Bell-p.,Bty.,Calc-c.,Calc-p.,
Caul.,Caust.,Cham.,Colch.,Dulc,Ferr-m.,
Heps.,Kali-b.,Kali-c.,Kalis.,Led.,Lye.,
Mercs.,Nit-ac.,Puis.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,Sul.
Feetcold:Kalis.
Joints:
icycold:Led.
hot:Led.
stiff:Led.
Pains:
aching:Rhus-t.
acute:Colch.
alternatingwith:
indigestion: Kali-b.
cough:Kali-b.
arms:Ferr-m.,Kali-c,Rhod.
upper:Ferr-m.
inback:Caust.
bones:Nit-ac,Puis.,Ruta.
burning:Ap.,Caust.,Mercs.,Sul.
cramping:Calc-c.
drawing:Rhod.
feet:Colch.,Led.,Ruta.
fingers:Heps.
flyaround:Caul.
gnawing:Caust.
hands:Colch.,Led.,Ruta.
hips:Heps.,Kali-c,Kalis.
right:Led.
irregular:Caul.
injoints:Caust.,Puis.
legs:Kali-c,Kalis.,Nit-ac,Rhod.
lowerback:Ruta.
inneck:Caust.
partslainon:Ruta.
pressing:Caust.
pulling:Heps.,Puis.
shoulders:Ferr-m.,Heps.,Kali-c,Rhod.
left:Led.
insmalljoints:Caul.
inonespot:Kali-b.
sore/bruised:Am.,Heps.,Kali-b.,Kali-c,
Puis.,Rhus-t.,Ruta.
shooting:Rhus-t.
splinter-like: Nit-ac.
stinging:Ap.
stitching:Bry.,Caust.,Ferr-m.,Kali-c,Nit-ac.
tearing:Caust.,Colch.,Ferr-m.,Heps.,
Kali-c,Lye,Mercs.,Nit-ac,Rhod.,
Rhus-t.,Sul.violent:Cham.
wandering:Kali-b.,Kalis.,Puis.
With:
heaviness:Rhus-t.
lameness:Rhus


acidosis goes unchecked. All this can lead to strokes, heart attacks and
blockages in the vascular system. One must think this out and take all thisinto consideration when dealing with the heart and circulatory issues. The
following are some of the symptoms the body will manifest when these heart
and circulation tissues are affected:
Poor circulation leads to cellular death (which leads to a multitude of
problems)
Gray hair
Memory loss
Chest pain or angina
Feeling of “heaviness” or “weight” on top of your chest
Petechiae (bruising easily)
Blood Regurgitation (back flow) from weak valves (causing chest pain)
High or low systolic blood pressure (adrenal gland relationship)
High diastolic (bottom number)
Tired feeling (especially during exercise)
S.O.B. (shortness of breath) from water buildup, congestive heart failure
(CHF), and myocardial edema (fluids around the heart). Water build-up
is an inflammatory issue from acidosis.
Low endurance (also adrenal gland relationship)
Cramping or spasms upon exercise
Contributes to lymphatic blockages, causing sluggish lymphatic issues
All types of heart arrhythmias (however, thyroid and adrenal gland
weakness is mostly to blame.)
Skin (Integumentary and Eliminative System)
Your skin is the largest eliminative organ you have. It’s supposed to eliminate
as much waste each day as your kidneys and bowels. However, when the
liver, bowels and lymphatic system is backed up, this overburdens the skin
and it becomes sluggish and impacted. This causes many of the skin
conditions that exist. On top of this, when the thyroid is weak it becomes
more difficult to sweat. This inhibits proper elimination through the skin even
more. A breakdown of the skin’s normal functions will result in:
Skin rashes
Dry skin
Eczema
Boils, pimples, etc. (related to lymphatic system)
Dermatitis
PsoriasisSplitting of the skin
Lungs (Respiratory System)
Breathing and the lungs are how we bring the biggest factors of energy and
oxidation into our body. Without oxygen, of course, you would die. Oxygen
helps elements to transmute into other elements or compounds.
Transmutation is the true process of nature. The following body language
obviously indicates lung congestion, toxicity and acidosis:
Bronchitis and pneumonia
Asthma
S.O.B. (shortness of breath)
Chronic coughing
Emphysema
C.O.P.D. (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Pain in lung areas
Fatigue (also thyroid and adrenal gland weakness)
Low endurance (also caused from adrenal gland weakness)
Sore throat (begins here)
High carbon dioxide levels
Toxemia
MODULE 5.12
The Health Questionnaire

Now that we have looked at body language in
Module 5.11
, this Health
Questionnaire will enhance that understanding of your body by highlighting
what organs, glands, or systems are failing to perform properly for you. After
you discover your body’s areas of weakness then you can use the diet
recommended in this book, as well as herbal formulas designed for these
specific areas. See
Chapter 8
,
Module 8.3
 for
Herbal Formulas
 applied to
each system, and see the Resource Guide for recommended companies that
supply herbs and herbal formulas.
This Questionnaire would also be invaluable to share with your
healthcare practitioner, as it details many things that are not always covered insimple medical history questionnaires, and may reveal topics that you haven’t
discussed. Use it as a way to work together to find the best possible approach
to your program of detoxification and regeneration.
        CHAPTER SIX
Eliminating Disease
Through Cleansing and Rebuilding Tissue
M
ost healthcare systems today, especially the allopathic, focus on treating
symptoms. These include fevers, infections, sugar imbalances, neurological
failure, and skin rashes, just to name a few. Statistics now tell us that cancer is
in every other male and in every third female. With diseases just about to
eliminate us as a race, it is obvious that this treatment concept isn’t working.
With the treatment method, symptoms are only controlled or temporarily
eliminated, only to return when treatment is stopped. Oftentimes, the
symptoms come back with a vengeance, as in cancer. You cannot “treat”
chronic or degenerative conditions, as treatment just worsens the condition.
Regeneration and detoxification, on the other hand, mean the complete
elimination of the cause of the symptoms. If you correct the cause of the
problem, the symptoms will automatically go away. Regeneration means
rebuilding tissue that is failing; and detoxification is the method used to
remove the inflammation and toxins that have caused these tissues to fail in
the first place. Always ask yourself what the cause of your symptoms may
be, and focus on that. People are too busy chasing effects.
As we learned in detail in the previous chapter, there are only three basic
causes of disease symptoms: 1. acidosis, which causes inflammation, leading
to congestion, ulceration and atrophy (tissue failure); 2. toxicity, which
causes congestion, inflammation and cellular damage, thus leading to tissue
failure; and 3. tissue weakness or tissue failure itself caused by genetics,
acidosis, and/or toxicity. Acidosis (over-acidity or inflammation) and toxicity
are the main causes of tissue failure, which can cause innumerable effects or
symptoms. This is true especially when this “tissue failure” affects the
endocrine gland system. These three causes are behind 99.9 percent of all
diseases.
In thirty years of clinical work I have never seen a condition that could
not tremendously improve, or in most cases completely disappear, with these
methods of regeneration and detoxification. These two concepts are
interdependent, as you cannot regenerate the body without detoxification.
They are the twin pillars of health and vitality.I have seen bones and backs straighten and strengthen themselves—from
curvatures (scoliosis), old fractures, and similar conditions. I have also seen
complete spinal cord severations reconnect after more than ten years. I have
seen glands and all types of tissue rebuild themselves.
Your body is a living, conscious machine. It can rebuild itself after
surgeries, major cuts and wounds, so why not after nerve damage or atrophy?
The truth is, it can! But not on a diet of dead animals and other cooked, dead
foods.
Regeneration has three main components to it: Alkalize, Detoxify and
Energize. All three work together and are inseparable. Alkalization is vital to
tissue regeneration because it is anti-inflammatory It builds electrolytes for
proper ionizacion, oxidation and neutralization. It allows for proper cellular
respiration and for disbursement of nutrients throughout the body.
Detoxifying, of course, cleans all the obstructions, irritants and
stimulants, like mucus, heavy metals, chemicals and pesticides out of your
body. This allows for proper digestion, absorption, utilization and
elimination.
Energizing your cells with energy from living foods is also vital to robust
health. Without the power of
live
 foods, which are full of nutrition and
electricity, you cannot accomplish alkalization and detoxification.
Detoxification is the only way to establish a true homeostasis within the
body. This homeo-stasis can then be elevated to unlimited heights.
Vitality and vibrancy should always be one’s goal. Life then becomes
exciting, joyful, and bubbling with energy.
Take the time for yourself and don’t settle for anything less than total
health—free of disease. The road to regeneration is not the easy way. It can
be filled with ups and downs depending upon your toxicity levels and
weaknesses. However, regeneration is the only way to lasting health, vitality
and longevity.
Up to this point we have covered a lot of information about you—the
type of species your physical body belongs to, and the types of food that are
best suited for your body. We’ve examined how your physical, emotional
and mental bodies work. We’ve discussed foods and their chemical make-up,
and we’ve covered those foods and chemicals that are toxic to you. We’ve
also covered various disease symptoms, what they are, and what causes them.
Now let’s get to the heart of the matter: What do we do about our healthissues? How do we start this journey into health? This chapter will begin with
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification,
 and then cover the
detoxification process in detail. You may want to tag this chapter for ongoing
reference, as it will supply you with step-by-step guidelines, warnings, and
hints to take you through this vital process.

MODULE 6.1
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification

Naturopathy is one of the greatest sciences, for it is the study and practice of
nature. Its basic foundation is health and vitality, and it encompasses all
aspects of nature that influence regeneration.
In nature, all forms of life consume some sort of food to sustain health.
Most of nature eats intuitively. Human beings have lost a great deal of this
intuitiveness, and therefore they primarily consume what society teaches them
to eat. Since money is one of the major motivating factors in today’s world,
many products and foods are sold for financial gain at the expense of
personal health. As our species has become the


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Our Ascended  Master  Divine  Love!  Raise  the Loved  One
who  has  made  mistakes  into  the Arms  of Your  Presence
and forget  all else!  You  will  know  such  Happiness!  Then,
you will  have  done  Your  Part,  to fulfill  the Law  of Light
and Love.
So tonight,  Dear  Hearts,  remember—to  the degree  you
pour  out the Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love  and  Blessings,
will the Door  of your  world  open  wide,  into  Our  Eternal
Light  which  releases  all Perfection  into  your  use;  for your
Blessing  and  for  the  Purifying  and  Perfecting  of your
bodies.
Can you  actually  believe  My Words,  when  I say to you:
"There  are three  hundred  seventy-five  people  in this  room,
who  could,  if they  would  determine  to do It and  stand  by
It, make  their  Ascension  in this  embodiment?  That  is
True"! DISCOURSE  VIII  131
I am endeavoring  in Many  Ways  to hold  your  conscious-
ness into  Our  Mighty  Reality,  which  takes  from  you  all
doubts,  all fears  and  the human  sense  of limitation.  They
do not belong  there!  They  are not yours!  It is all just an ac-
cretion,  and  when  you  call  your  Presence  into  action  to
dissolve  all of it, and  replace  it by the acceptance  of all
the Glories  there  are;  you  too,  will  feel  more  the Import
of why  I am calling  your  attention  to these  things  tonight!
There  are fifty  people  in this  room,  who  could  say to
any destructive  force—STOP!  and  it would  be compelled
to stop!  Remember—the  Light  of Your  Presence  which
gives  you  Life,  can assert  the Activity  of the Sword  of Blue
Flame!  With  the number  of Individuals  whom  I have  men-
tioned,  It could  be called  into  action  thru  the Power  of Di-
vine Love  and  used  in Divine  Love.
Tonight,  how  My  Heart  rejoices  in your  very  kind  at-
tention,  so much  is done.  Beloved  Ones,  Great  is Our  Re-
joicing.  Will  you  please  enter  into  This  Rejoicing  with  Us,
in the Achievement  here?  Remember,  as in the Activity
with  the Children  in India,  so tonight,  you  are a Part  of My
Love  and  Light!  FEEL  IT as deeply  as you  can!  Let Our
Light  do Its Perfect  Work  in, and  thru  you,  and  out into
your  world!  I earnestly  ask you  no longer  to give  power  to
appearances,  which  cannot  have  it, so far as your  world  is
concerned;  unless  you  feed  your  Life  Stream  into  them  by
your  attention.
Remember,  that  is so important!  Nothing  of a destruc-
tive nature  can touch  you  or your  world,  except  thru  your 155 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
attention,  you  feed  your  Life  into  it. Try  to feel This  Truth
with  Great  Loving  Firmness.  Then,  remind  yourselves  NO
LONGER  shall  your  attention  be focused  upon  limiting,
destructive  or disturbing  things;  or your  Life  be fed into
them,  to add  to the world's  unhappiness.
If you  have  a feeling  of unkindness  within  you  to some-
one else,  then  you  are by your  attention,  feeding  your  Life
Stream  possibly  to harm  the other,  as well  as limit  yourself.
Do you  see, Precious  Ones,  how  there  is always  a double  ac-
tivity  in discord ? If you  feel  unkindly  to another,  you  are
adding  to the burden  of that  Individual  and  limiting  your-
self.
I am so grateful  you  understand  this  clearly  now,  and  will
keep  yourselves  reminded,  when  the temptation  comes  to
have  an unkind  or discordant  feeling,  simply  say:  "Oh  no,
too long  this has been,  but no longer!  I shall  stand  in Loving
Kindness  to all and  in the Light  of my 'I AM  Presence';
so Its Great  Self-Luminous  Intelligent  Substance,  may  flood
my world  and  produce  everything  I require/'
In the Fulness  of My Love,  I enfold  you  and  that  of the
Great  Host  of Ascended  Masters,  the Legion  of Light  and
the Great  Cosmic  Beings;  who  are watching  you  so closely,
trusting,  hoping,  you  will  assert  your  Dominion  of Self-
control;  so the World  may  be flooded  by your  Love,  the
Radiance  of the Great  Presence  and  the Host  of Light,  to
give the Service  needed  to set all mankind  Free.
Remember,  We  are  never  separated!  When  you  have
called  to your  "I AM  Presence,"  call  to Beloved  Saint  Ger-DISCOURSE  VIII  133
main,  Myself—any  one  of the  Ascended  Masters,  Sanat
Kumara  or the Cosmic  Beings.  Then  Assistance  will  come,
but try earnestly  to receive  from  your  Presence  at your  Call,
all you  require;  because  in It, you  gain  the Victory.
We love  to assist,  but you  must  FIRST  try  every  means
within  your  power,  to call your  own  "I AM  Presence"  into
action.  Then,  if you  cannot  quite  accomplish  it, We  shall
supply  the  Courage,  Strength  and  Assistance  necessary;
but do not longer  feel,  you  cannot  gain  the Victory  over
anything.  We  have  now  given  you  the Assistance!  Try
earnestly  every  way  you  know;  and  then,  if you  need  As-
sistance,  It shall  come  forth  to you.  Please  remember  that!
You know  your  Presence  and  Ours  are not limited  in
any manner  whatsoever!  Just  feel This  which  fills  you  with
Our Joy and  Courage  of the Infinite  Power  of Light!  Feel
It ever-expanding  within  you;  unto  the Glory  of your  Vic-
tory—then  your  Ascension;  Free  forever  in the Octave  of
Light  with  Us. One  day,  We shall  have  many  Happy  Visits
over the Experiences  of today.  I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XI
August  ii, 1937
SEATTLE,  WASHINGTON
Out of the  Glory  of the  Light  which  is within  your
Hearts,  I shall  endeavor  tonight,  to call  forth  into  action
in your  world,  something  of the Powers  of Our  Light  of
which  you  have  not yet become  aware.
In the Authority  which  I wield,  so far as time  and  space
are concerned,  and  in the Service  which  I have  been  able
to render,  I am watching  the opportunity  more  and  more
each  day,  to render  Still  Further  Service  to the students.
Thru  the  Great  Cosmic  Law,  which  made  it possible  to
consume  one-third  of all human  accumulation  of the past—
still I am not satisfied!  I think  there  is still more  which  can
be done!
To every  one of you  Beloved  Children  of the Light,  who
is making  such  earnest  sincere  effort,  who  of you  shall  say
to Me,  what  I may  do for you!  I say this  even  to former
students—will


 every diet that came downthe pike. I tried Optifast, Shaklee, and many other diets. I wouldlose weight on each of these, but I never lost fat—always muscle.I would look at myself in the mirror after each of these diets andsee flesh just hanging on me. The diets were hard to stay on, andthey made me weak. I remember one time about six years ago: I wason a vacation in Hawaii after completing a diet that consisted ofeating nothing but protein drinks four times a day. There I was,hiking along this trail, and when our group came to a smallfissure on the trail everyone leaped across it. But I couldn’t get mybody to do it. I was that weak. Every time I came off one of thosediets, I gained back more than I had weighed before. This went onfor my entire adulthood. I got up to 240 pounds, and I am only5’1” tall. It became hard to move around and hard to go shopping.Clothes were a problem, so I either sewed or bought them from theNordstrom catalog. I was a size 22. One doesn’t find beautifulclothing in those sizes. The simple act of getting up from a chair192 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  or a sofa was hard for me. So was going to a restaurant and
sitting in a booth. I never knew whether I could fit into the booth.
I went on like this for 37 years, seeking answers, talking to
people, trying diets, and joining support groups. Many times I gottired of searching and just let myself go. But even when I’d givenup and gotten sloppy again, there was always part of my mind sortof passively available, listening, waiting to find out aboutsomething that might make permanent weight loss possible.
My first break came during menopause, when I read Dr. John
R. Lee’s
What Your Doctor May Not T ell You about Menopause.
This book had a lot of inside-track information about hormone
replacement therapy. It gave me information about hormones thatI had been seeking all my life. Dr. Lee was the first doctor to comeout saying that Premarin and all the synthetic estrogen hormonesbeing given to women at menopause were actually hurting them.He talked about how estrogen made the body store fat. I thought:At last! A clue! I began to believe that I had a hormone problem,one that went beyond my under-active thyroid.
But I needed more specific information, and I needed a
doctor who could help me balance my hormones. I went to theendocrinologists at Kaiser, but that was a lost cause. They wantedto get me on Premarin as fast as they could! They are part of thatmedical establishment Dr. Lee writes about that is brainwashedabout Premarin. They certainly were not about to help me.
I knew I needed to find an endocrinologist outside the Kaiser
system who agreed with Dr. Lee’s ideas and was ready to buck thewhole system regarding Premarin. But where do you find someonelike that? My entire life’s experience had taught me that doctorswere, for the most part, like Stepford wives; they were cheerleadersfor a system that reduced reality to a few simple clichés. I was alsoleery of exposing myself to more insults from doctors. Whenever Iwould go in for these consultations about my weight, I could seeexactly what these doctors were thinking. Whether they said it or193 BATTLING THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT not, they gave me the feeling that they thought I was some kind of
binge eater looking for a shortcut or a miracle.
I started feeling trapped; I had the same discouraged, sort of
Kafkaesque sensation like I’d gotten back in my 30s.
But then, over New Year’s, my husband and I were at our condo
in the desert and I saw Dr. Platt on television. Everything he saidmade so much sense that I made an appointment to see him!
I brought my Kaiser folder to Dr. Platt, and he did a battery
of hormone tests. I found him easy to talk to. He also had meconsult with one of his nutritionists. At first I was cynical abouttalking to another nutritionist. I have been through a lot ofnutrition classes sponsored by Kaiser. That’s another insultingthing they do when you are looking for help with weight loss: theymake you take these classes. I’ve been through umpteen nutritionclasses and cholesterol classes and so forth. You name it and Kaiserwants to put you through it.
Dr. Platt’s team is welcoming. They really have knowledge
that helps you and a way of sharing it that I understood.
Dr. Platt told me that when I lost weight my cholesterol
would go down. My cholesterol was 293 when I went in there.Kaiser had wanted me to take Zocor for my high cholesterol,which is one of about three or four statin drugs on the market. ButI said no. Dr. Platt and I are working on my cholesterol withniacin and thyroid. Within the first two months of starting withDr. Platt, my cholesterol dropped 50 points.
When the hormone tests came back, Dr. Platt and I sat down
and went over them. My low thyroid was still there, and Dr. Plattadjusted my thyroid, giving me T3 in addition to T4. Heexplained to me why the Synthroid by itself wasn’t helping me. Itmade me angry to think I had been faithfully taking this stuff for20 years and it had been doing nothing for me.
As I lost weight I gained energy. It became easier to do just
about anything. So far I’ve lost 38 pounds. I weigh 202 now. But194 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  I’m wearing a size 16 and there’s no flab! I used to feel impaired,
but I’m not impaired anymore. I have no problems getting up offof the sofa or in and out of a restaurant booth.
I’ve always been an active person even when it was a struggle
to move around. I still work in a gift shop every day, sing in achoir, volunteer at my T emple, teach piano privately at home, andcook with my husband every night. My ideal weight is 141. I amconfident I will get there.
NEAR MISSES
Over the years I’ve seen a lot of patients like Margaret—very
smart people who try to approach their weight problemsintelligently but still can’t lose weight. I find their situationsespecially poignant. With all of their reading and detectivework, they’re nonetheless thwarted by our popular culture ofdieting and our uninformed medical system. Margaret madesome good inroads, but she just didn’t take the right path to getto where she wanted to go. She had read Dr. Lee and under-stood the value of natural progesterone. Unfortunately, the typeof progesterone he promotes is not in a high enough strength.He recommends the over-the-counter type of progesterone,which is 20 milligrams, and a woman generally needs about200 milligrams a day.
Margaret also suspected that she had a thyroid problem,
and her doctors determined that it was true. But they placedher on the wrong thyroid medication. This is extremelycommon, as you’ve already seen with Brenda J. and Rhonda Y.She was given the T4-only hormone Synthroid when she alsoneeded T3. That’s the most common error made by conven-tional doctors when treating over-weight people with under-active thyroid glands. They don’t realize that people can have195 BATTLING THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT normal levels of T4 and still be hypothyroid. Few doctors look
at a patient’s T3 levels, T3 being the active hormone thatregulates metabolism. The logical question here is: Why don’tdoctors start looking at T3 levels so they can cover all the basesfor their patients suffering from hypothyroidism?
YO-YO DIETING AND WEIGHT LOSS
Margaret is the type of person who has the most difficult
time losing weight. Her long history of repeated diets hadturned her body into an extremely efficient, sophisticatedfat-storing machine.
The body does not know about weight loss—it only
understands the threat of starvation. Its main concern issurvival. When insufficient quantities of fuel are consumed, itnaturally thinks it may be facing starvation, so it begins tocreate and store fat in a highly efficient manner.
This is an important point that bears repeating. People
interested in losing weight need to understand how their bodyoperates. The body likes fat. It likes to create it and hold ontoit and does not like to burn it.
When people go on starvation weight loss programs, most
of the weight loss that occurs is muscle loss—the body doesnot want to burn fat when it is starving. Muscle weighs at leastthree times as much as fat, so people lose weight rapidly, whichmakes them happy. This happiness, unfortunately, is short-lived because there is a rapid regaining. Less muscle tissuemeans less room for carbohydrate (sugar) storage (as glycogen),so any excess is apt to be stored in the fat cells. And lessmuscle means less fat is burned, since muscle is the fat-burning tissue of the body.196 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  Added to this, the body becomes even more efficient at stor-
ing fat. The bottom line is: cutting calories is probably not thebest weight loss approach for long-term weight management.
Fat is a very efficient fuel—it burns at nine calories per
gram—and the body wisely reserves its most efficient fuel forlast. A good example of this is Karen Carpenter, the singer whodied


 costume and reveal itself
as it really is. What do you see?” I asked. Frank said nothi ng, shifting
uneasily in his chair. After a moment Della answered. “I see a little girl. She
hasn’ t got any clothes on; she looks scared.”
“Is she saying anything to you?” I asked.
“I’m not sure,” Della faltered.
“Is she holding her arms in any special way?” I prompted.
“She’ s holding them out to me. She wants to be picked up,” Della said
softly, her emotion rising.
“She wants you to love her, doesn’ t she?” I asked. Della nodded.
I turned to Frank. “What about you?”
He hesit ated before saying in a husky voice, “I basically see the same
thing, but it’ s harder for me to talk about it.”
I asked them to open their eyes. “Once you get past the fearsome exterior,
all inner  monsters are weak, frightened, and alone. You long ago rejected
this part of yourself, therefore it appears to you as a child of your own
making that wants to be back with you. Now ask yourself, why did it turn
into a monster?”“A good of fense is the best defense,” Frank said.
“Exactly. If you feel weak and frightened, the last thing you want is for
someone else to see you that way. So you put on a mask. In this case the
mask is a word— no—that disguises how very much you want to be loved
and understood. In disguised form this no is saying, ‘Love me.’ Which is
why you both resist each other so ferociously, I think. You aim your offense
against the person you really hope will love you.”
They were both very quiet by now. The exercise with the inner monster
had show n Della and Frank a lot more than they had bargained for. “I don’t
want you to make peace here and now,” I said. “This isn’t about wiping
years of grievances off the boards with one sweep. But I’d like you to think
back to the time before this all started. You are in love, excited to be with
each other. The only thing you can think about is the next time you’ll be
together. Keep yourself in that space and tell me, did you experience
resistance back then?”
They shook their heads, neither saying a word.
“Can each of you give me an example of an action that proved to you that
the other loved you?” I asked.
Della volunteered first. “We weren’ t engaged yet, and Frank had taken a
long flight home from Europe. He had bought the tickets before meeting
me, and by the time of his departure he didn’ t really want to go. But the
tickets cost a lot of money, and he left. We couldn’ t wait to get back
together, and the instant he got off the plane in New York, I was bubbling
over with things I wanted to do—go to the theater, eat at ‘our’ restaurant,
things I’d stored up for his return.
“It didn’t even occur to me that he was exhausted because he looked so
happy to see me again. So we got in a cab and went straight to a matinee I’d
really been dying to see. Halfw ay through, holding his hand in the dark, I
heard a raspy, buzzing noise—h e was snoring, totally passed out in his seat.
And I realized that he’d come out for me, not caring how exhausted he was,
not caring about anything else.”
“And what did you do?” I asked.
“The instant I could, I dragged him back to our hotel,” Della said,
smiling. “He fell on the bed with his clothes on and slept for ten hours
straight.”“What you’ve just described is surrender,” I said. “Frank set aside his
immediate needs because he wanted you to have your desire come true.”
“But Della did the same for me when she dragged me back to our hotel,”
Frank pointed out. “She had been waiting to see that show for months, and
the tickets were a lot more expensive than she could af ford.”
“How did it feel to do those things? Were you put out? Did you hold it
against the other person?” I asked. They both shook their heads. “As
insignificant as this incident might sound to an outsider,” I said, “you were
bringing a message to each other that said, ‘You are not alone.’ These are
words from spirit. As long as the impulse of love is there, you’ll want to
deliver the message. It W as there then, and I don’ t think it’ s gone away.”
“No,” Frank said. “But things change.”
“Certainly. Bein g married is very different from courtship,” I agreed.
“Yet memory has reminded you of some important things here, primarily
that giving in to someone you love isn’t a defeat. It’s a joy, bringing much
more to you than you are ever asked to give up.”
The atmosphere in the room was no longer charged. Della and Frank had
thoughtful looks in their eyes when they left. They promised to reflect on
our talk and get back to me when their calendars weren’ t so jammed.
Lawyers. But all of us sensed that the necessary breakthrough had been
made.
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IS ATTACHMENT REALLY LOVE?
THE PATH TO love doesn’ t end with surrend er, although in a way there is
nothing more to do. The process  of letting go is all that spirit needs in order
to enter your life. The rest is a ripening of the union between self and Self.
There is, howev er, still the enorm ous issue of how two people can surrender
to each other completely. No matter how much love you begin to feel
within, you must still reflect it to your beloved. Two spiritual people living
together don’t automatically make a spiritual relationship. Therefore we
want to ask in practical terms how love increases between two souls. The
ego is not easily defeated in its preoccupation with everything but love.
Surrender is not achieved until you surr ender completely to your beloved. T o accomplish this you
must r elinquish everything that deprives you of love and nurtur e everything that comes fr om
love.
One way that people deprive themselves of love is especially confusing
because it seems to be a way to increase it: this is attachment. In its mildest
form attachment is the desire to be with someone special. A baby attached
to its mother won’ t accept other women as substitutes; a twelve-year -old
girl selects a best friend from the girls she knows. Even in these preadult
forms attachme nt has two sides—it both includes and excludes. Adult
relationships carry attachment to a deeper level, but the exclusivity remains.
The wedding vow to “forsake all others” implies not just fidelity but a life
to be shared by two alone.
Isn’t it love when you share your world with someone else? Shouldn’ t
intimate relatio nships be exclusive in just this way? The answer issurprising, for if you look deepe r you will see that love and attachment are
not the same thing.
Love allows your beloved the fr eedom to be unlike you. Attachment
asks for conformity to your needs and desires.
Love imposes no demands. Attachment expresses an overwhelming
demand—“Make me feel whole.”
Love expands beyond the limits of two people. Attachment tries to
exclude everything but two people.
Most of us would not automatically make these distinctions, because
attachment is something we need. But a relationship based upon need is
really just expan ded ego. Being able to fuse your ego with someone else’s
brings a sense of security; it justifies being selfish because the selfishness is
shared. “We” have our ways of doing things, our likes and dislikes, our
sense of being set apart from others. At its most extreme there is a kind of
mutual madness —folie à deux—in which two people try to possess each
other body and soul. A wild love affair is the closest most people come to
this extreme. In ordinary relationships attachment seems normal.
The seduction of attachment is that it bestows a sense of security through
insulation from the outside world. The pet names no one else hears, the
private language and rituals, the attitudes so deeply ingrained that they are
never even referred to: these things make people feel safe because they
make “we two” a tight, enclosed world.
Yet attachment has a deeper spiritual meaning. It represents an attempt to
reach unity by merging with another soul. Although it may not be
completely conscious, at some level you realize that you have been living in
separation from God, a condition  that is full of anxiety and insec urity. There
is a part of you that sees itself as fragmented from the whole.
I know a man who was happily married for sixteen years. One morning
he notic ed a moving van outsid e his front door. He asked his wife why it
was there, and she said, “I’m leaving, and my lawyer says I can take half of
everything. Decide now what you want to keep.”
This brutal good-bye came as a shock to my friend (in retro spect, he
admitted that communication with his wife had been nil for the past few
years, so if she had grievances there had been little opportunity for talkingabout them). He had no choice but to submit to


 from any de-struct ive
habit, you are fifty-one percent healed already. When you have a
greater desire to give up the bad habit than to con-tinue  it, you will not
experience too much difficulty in gaining complete freedom.
Whatever thought you anchor the mind upon, the latter magnifies. If
you engage the mind on the concept of freedom (freedom from the
habit) and peace of mind, and if you keep it focused on this new
direction of attention, you generate feelings and emotions, which
gradually emotionalize the concept of freedom and peace. Whateve r
idea you emotionalize is accepted by your subconscious and brought
to pass.

 195  • The law of substitution
Realize that something good can come out of your suffer-ing. You
have not suffered in vain. However, it is foolish to continue to suffer.
If you continue as an alcoholic, it will bring about mental and
physical deterioration and decay. Realize that the power in your
subconscious is backing you up. Even though you may be seized wi th
melancholia, you should begin to imagine the joy of freedom that  is in
store for you. This is the law of substi-tution. Your imagination took
you to the bottle; let it take you now to freedom and peace of mind.
You will suffer a little bit, but it is for a constructiv e purpose. You
will bear it like a mother in the pangs of childbirth, and you will,
likewise, bring forth a child of the mind. Your subconscious will give
birth to sobriety.
• Cause of alcoholism
The real cause of alcoholism is negative and destructive thi nking;
for as a man thinketh, so is he. The alcoholic has a deep sense of
inferiority, inadequacy, defeat, and frustration, usually accompanie d
by a deep inner hostility. He has countless alibis as to his  reason for
drinking, but the sole reason is in his thought life.
• Three magic steps
The first step: Get still; quiet the wheels of the mind. Enter into a
sleepy, drowsy state. In this relaxed, peaceful, receptive state, you are
preparing for the second step.
The second step: Take a brief phrase, which can readily be graven
on the memory, and repeat it over and over as a lullaby. Use the
phrase, “Sobriety and peace of mind are mine now, and I give thanks.”
To prevent the mind from wandering, repeat it aloud or sketch i ts
pronunciation with the lips and tongue as you say it mentally. This
helps its entry into the subconscious mind. Do this for five minut es or
more. You will find a deep emotional response.
The third step: Just before going to sleep, practice what Johann von
Goethe, German author, used to do. Imagine a friend, a loved one in
 196  front of you. Your eyes are closed, you are relaxed and at pea ce. The
loved one or friend is subjectively present, and is saying to you,
“Congratulations!” You see the smile; you hear the voice. You
mentally touch the hand; it is all real and vivid. The word
congratulations imply complete freedom. Hear it over and over again
until you get the sub-conscious reaction, which satisfies.
• Keep on keeping on
When fear knocks at the door of your mind, or when worry, anxiety,
and doubt cross your mind, behold your vision, your goal. Think of
the infinite power within your subconscious mind, which you can
generate by your thinking and imagining, and this will give you
confidence, power, and courage. Keep on, persevere, until the day
breaks, and the shadows flee away.
• Review your thought power
1. The solution lies within the problem. The answer is in every
question. Infinite intelligence responds to you as you call upon it with
faith and confidence.
2. Habit is the function of your subconscious mind. There is no
greater evidence of the marvelous power of your sub-conscious t han
the force and sway habit holds in your life. You are a creature of habit.
3. You form habit patterns in your subconscious mind by repeating
a thought and act over and over again until it establishes trac ks in the
subconscious mind and becomes automatic, such as swimming,
dancing, typing, walking, driving your car, etc.
4. You have freedom to choose. You can choose a good habit or a
bad habit. Prayer is a good habit.
5. Whatever mental picture, backed by faith, you behold in your
conscious mind, and your subconscious mind will bring to pass.
6. The only obstacle to your success and achievement is your ow n
thought or mental image.
 197  7. When your attention wanders, bring it back to the con-templation
of your good or goal. Make a habit of this. This is called di sciplining
the mind.
8. Your conscious mind is the camera, and your subconscious mind
is the sensitive plate on which you register or impress the picture.
9. The only jinx that follows anyone is a fear thought re-peated ov er
and over in the mind. Break the jinx by know-ing that whatever you
start you will bring to a conclusion in divine order. Picture  the happy
ending and sustain it with confidence.
10. To form a new habit, you must be convinced that it is desirable.
When your desire to give up the bad habit is greater than y our desire
to continue, you are fifty-one per-cent healed already.
11. The statements of others cannot hurt you except through your
own thoughts and mental participation. Identify your-self with your
aim, which is peace, harmony, and joy. You are the only thinker in
your universe.
12. Excessive drinking is an unconscious desire to escape. The
cause of alcoholism is negative and destructive thinking. The cure is
to think of freedom, sobriety, and perfection, and to feel the t hrill of
accomplishment.
13. Many people remain alcoholics because they refuse to admit it.
14. The law of your subconscious mind, which held you in bondage
and inhibited your freedom of action, will give you freedom and
happiness. It depends on how you use it.
15. Your imagination took you to the bottle; let it take you to
freedom by imagining you are free.
16. The real cause of alcoholism is negative and destructive
thinking. As a man thinketh in his heart [subconscious mind], so is he.
17. When fear knocks at the door of your mind, let faith in God and
all things good open the door.
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How to Use Your Subconscious Mind to
Remove Fear
One of our students told me that he was invited to speak at a
banquet. He said he was panic-stricken at the thought of speaki ng
before a thousand people. He overcame his fear this way: For  several
nights he sat down in an armchair for about five minutes and said t o
himself slowly, quietly, and positively, “I am going to master this fear.
I am overcoming it now. I speak with poise and confidence. I a m
relaxed and at ease.” He operated a definite law of mind and overcame
his fear.
The subconscious mind is amenable to suggestion and is controlled
by suggestion. When you still your mind and relax, the thoughts of
your conscious mind sink down into the sub-conscious through a
process similar to osmosis, whereby fluids separated by a p orous
membrane intermingle. As these positive seeds, or thoughts, sink  into
the subconscious area, they grow after their kind, and you become
poised, serene, and calm.
• Man’s greatest enemy
It is said that fear is man’s greatest enemy. Fear is b ehind failure,
sickness, and poor human relations. Millions of people are af raid of
the past, the future, old age, insanity, and death. Fear is a  thought in
your mind, and you are afraid of your own thoughts.
A little boy can be paralyzed with fear when he is told ther e is a
boogieman under his bed that is going to take him away. When his
father turns on the light and shows him there is no boogieman, he i s
freed from fear. The fear in the mind of the boy was as real as if there
really was a boogie man there. He was healed of a false t hought in his
mind. The thing he feared did not exist. Likewise, most of your fear s
have no reality. They are merely a conglomeration of sinister shadows
and shadows have no reality.
 199  • Do the thing you fear
Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher and poet, said, “Do the thing
you are afraid to do, and the death of fear is certain.”
There was a time when the writer of this chapter was fill ed with
unutterable fear when standing before an audience. The way I
overcame it was to stand before the audience, do the thing I was afraid
to do, and the death of fear was certain.
When you affirm positively that you are going to master your fea rs,
and you come to a definite decision in your conscious mind, you
release the power of the subconscious, which flows in response