’s	water	soluble,	penetrating
the	hair	and	acting	as	a	great	moisturizer	that	locks	moisture	into	your	hair
after	cleansing. ZINC
You	can	ingest	the	essential	trace	element	zinc	from	eating	nuts	and	seeds,	such
as	pumpkin	seeds. In	shampoo,	zinc	can	soothe	the	scalp,	fight	chronic
dandruff,	and	regulate	excess	sebum,	thereby	preventing	excessively	oily	hair
and	even	hair	loss	that	results	from	clogged	hair	follicles. RADICAL	BEAUTY	TIP:	KEEP	YOUR	TRESSES	SHINY
Everyone	loves	hot	showers. That’s	all	good,	but	be	sure	to	end	your	shower	with	a
cool	rinse. (See
this	page
	to	read	why	alternating	temperatures	in	the	shower	is	a
great	beauty	practice	in	general.) The	cool	water	will	tighten	up	your	hair	follicles
and	cuticle,	keeping	your	hair	shinier. Plus,	you	will	feel	refreshed! Hair	Ingredients	to	Avoid
Your	hair	follicles	are	very	vacuolated,	meaning	they	are	rich	in	blood	vessels
that	are	close	to	the	surface	of	your	scalp. Therefore,	whatever	is	in	your
hair
products	is	quickly	absorbed	into	your	bloodstream	and	into	your	system. Being	aware	of	the	toxic	additives	in	many	common	hair	products	and	avoiding
them	goes	hand	in	hand	with	eating	organic	foods. It’s	important	to	avoidtoxins	from	entering	and	circulating	around	your	precious	body	from	any
source	so	they	do	not	in	any	way,	shape,	or	form	detract	from	your	natural
beauty. Unfortunately,	there	are	thousands	of	chemicals	used	in	different	hair-
care	products,	so	it’s	up	to	you	to	scan	ingredient	labels	and	be	on	the	lookout. Here	are	some	of	the	most	common	harmful	ingredients	that	are	important	to
avoid. SULFATES
Ugh. These	nasty,	cheaply	produced	chemicals,	which	include	sodium	lauryl
sulfate	(SLS),	sodium	laureth	sulfate	(SLES),	and	other	forms	of	sulfate,	are	used
in	shampoos	(as	well	as	floor	cleaners,	engine	degreasers,	and	kitchen	degreasers
like	dishwasher	soaps)	to	create	foam. It’s	easy	to	love	a	foamy	shampoo	and
feel	like	you’re	really	cleaning	your	hair,	right? But	sulfates	can	be	considered	a
toxin	that	creates	irritation	and	itching,	as	well	as	more	serious	issues. A	report
from	the
Journal	of	the	American	College	of	Toxicology
	notes	that	this	ingredient
has	a	“degenerative	effect	on	the	cell	membranes	because	of	its	protein
denaturing	properties,”
1
	and	that	“high	levels	of	skin	penetration	may	occur	at
even	low	use	concentration.”
2
	Some	studies	have	noted	that	sulfates	can	enter
and	maintain	residual	levels	in	the	heart,	liver,	lungs,	and	brain	from	skin
contact,	and	by	depositing	on	the	skin	surface	and	in	the	hair	follicles,	they	can
cause	damage	to	the	hair	follicle. 3
,
4
	Other	research	has	shown	that	sulfates	can
create	irritation	to	and	impair	your
immune	system. 5
ETHYL	AND
ISOPROPYL	ALCOHOLS
These	petroleum-based	alcohols	can	be	very	dehydrating	to	your	hair,	leaving	it
dry	and	eventually	leading	to	breakage. Certain	nonvolatile	or	fatty	alcohols,
however,	such	as	cetyl	alcohol,	are	okay,	as	they	have	a	higher	carbon	count	so
they	are	oily	and	actually	condition	hair. Be	sure	to	check	labels	for	specific
names. FORMALDEHYDE
Commonly	used	as	a	preservative	(you	might	recall	the	lab	rat	you	dissected	in
high	school	biology	was	embalmed	in	this),	it	irritates	the	skin	and	can	cause
inflammation,	joint	pain,	allergies,	chronic	fatigue,	and	dizziness. 6
	It	is	also
considered	a	potential	carcinogen. Stay	away! (Be	sure	to	avoid	nail	polishes
that	contain	formaldehyde,	too.) RADICAL	BEAUTY	TIP:	HAIR	CARE	IN	THE
SUNJust	like	your	skin,	your	hair	needs	adequate	sun	protection	to	prevent	it	from
drying	out	and	becoming	brittle,	damaged,	and	discolored	from	overexposure	to
the	sun. There	are	some
sunscreens	made	for	the	hair,	but	the	easiest	and	most
effective	way	to	prevent	sun	damage	to	your	hair	is	to	wear	hats! This	is	especially
important	when	you	are	out	in	the	sun	for	extended	periods	of	time. From	sun	hats
to	boleros	and	beyond,	you’ll	be	able	to	express	your	personal	style
and
	protect
your	precious	hair,	all	at	the	same	time. IMIDAZOLIDINYL	UREA	AND
DMDM	HYDANTOIN
On	that	note,	these	two	ingredients	are	preservatives	that	release	formaldehyde,
so	look	for	them	as	well	on	ingredient	lists. PROPYLENE	GLYCOL	(PG)
PG	is	a	form	of	mineral	oil. This	is	a	controversial	ingredient	that	some	believe
has	some	immunotoxicity	concerns. 7
	It	comes	in	different	grades,	including	an
industrial	grade	that	is	part	of	commercial	products	such	as	engine	coolants,
antifreeze,	and	various	enamels	and	varnishes. For	beauty	products,	it	helps	to
drive	ingredients	down	into	the	hair	(or	skin)	for	deeper	penetration. It
may
break	down	the	proteins	that	make	up	your	hair	in	the	process	(obviously	the
opposite	of	what	you	want! ),	and	also	may	create	allergic	reactions	or
irritations. 8
POLYETHYLENE	GLYCOL	(PEG)
PEG	is	included	in	shampoos	to	help	dissolve	oils,	but	it	can	overstrip	your
hair,	leaving	it	vulnerable	and	weak. DIETHANOLAMINE	(DEA),
MONOETHANOLAMINE	(MEA),	AND
TRIETHANOLAMINE	(TEA)
Does	this	remind	you	of	the	song	“Do-Re-Mi”	from
The	Sound	of	Music
? These
rhyming	ingredients	are	not	happy	like	the	song. They	are,	in	fact,	potential
hormone	disruptors	and	irritants
9
	and	can	be	absorbed	into	your	hair	follicles
and	enter	your	body. These	ingredients	are	“foamers,”	so	they’re	not	necessarily
even	great	for	your	hair,	per	se,	but	are	included	solely	for	the	experience	of
using	them. But	really,	you	should	never	have	to	choose	between	foaming
shampoo	and	your	health. Got	a	shampoo	with	any	of	these	three-letter
acronyms? Into	the	trash	it	goes! FRAGRANCE
This	is	a	tough	one	because	we	understand	that	you	want	your	hair	to	smellawesome. But	fragrance	is	a	generic	term	for	up	to	3,100	stock	chemical
ingredients,
10
	many	of	which	are	synthetic	and	toxic. You	really	don’t	know
exactly	what	is	in	your	shampoo	or	conditioner	with	just	“fragrance”	on	the
ingredient	list,	so	you	risk	getting	headaches,	dizziness,	rashes,	and	a	number	of
allergic	reactions. Tests	of	fragrance	ingredients	have	found	an	average	of
fourteen	hidden	compounds


of many  others who knew the publishing industry inside out. They seemed
to me to be unaware of the great truth of Victor Hugo: “Nothing is more
powerful than an idea whose time has come. ”
What is an idea but a thought. The experts had their own ideas, and they
acted on them. I too had my idea. I agreed that the easiest way to talk with
everyone in America was throug h the network media, but I believed it wasnot the only way. I could reach everyone in America if I was willing to take
the time, spend the energy, and absorb the risks that go with such an
approach. I was willing and very eager as well. I would use every barrier as
an opportunity to see if I could get past it. And it worked every single time. As much as I was making things happen through my thoughts, I was also
letting things happen by not fighting anyone or anything, by doing it all
with good cheer and love. It was great fun, every single day, every
interview, every new city, every new friend. All very exciting. The months became a year, and my family and I were still on the road. Somehow the financial stuff took care of itself, and then one day, while I
was appearing on radio station KMOX in St. Louis, I received a call from
Arthur Pine, my friend and agent, who informed me that my book would
appear on the New York Times nationa l best-se ller list the following week,
debuting at position number eight. I had accomplished what almost
everyone said was impossible. Without one national television or radio
appearance, I had been able to go to the people of this country and have
enough of those people buy my book to put it on the national best-seller list. I was in awe and in shock. But this was only the beginning of how my internal images, my thoughts,
began manifesting. I was becoming in form what I had been thinking about
each day, and most important, I was opening myself to allowing my
purpose to find me. I had begun clearing myself of the negativity and
judgment that had previously interfered with the flow of my process. Other changes started then. I began exercising each day. Slowly at first,
but very much an everyday thing. In August of 1976 I ran my first mile
without stopping. At the end I was huffing and puffing and in a state of
exhaustion, but nevertheless I finished with a wonderful sense of inner
satisfaction. The next day I made the effort to accomplish this task again. Then again on the following day, and within one week I was running a mile
comfortably. Two months later, I ran eight miles without stopping, and thus
began my running streak, whic h continues today, of eight miles per day,
every day witho ut fail, since October 7, 1976. I became more attentive to
my eatin g habits and gradually discontinued many foods which we now
recognize as nutritionally unsound. The clearer I became, the less negative and judgmental, the more I began
to treat my phys ical self in healt hier ways. As I allowed my purpose to find
me, I began to feel happier and more in harmony with myself. Ultimately itwas as if I forgot about myself and tuned in automatically to my strong
sense of mission and purpose. This is how the enlightenment process seems to work. One proceeds
through a series of phases of first focusing on oneself and consciously
working at improving oneself until the inner tumult disappears. As that
inner turmoil fades, you find yourself feeling much more purposeful in
sharing yourself  with others. When you have an inner authen tic sense of
love and harmony, that is precisely what you have to give away. As my book began to appear regularly on best-seller lists across  America,
the demand for me to make personal and media appearance s increased
dramatically. Shows that previou sly had turned Donna down cold were now
calling to check on my availabil ity. One by one I started making the circuit
stops. And within a few months, the book had catapulted to the top of the
list, where it was to stay for almost two years. Then one day I received the magic phone call that was to lead to the
fulfillment of that image I had had as a young boy watching television back
on the east side of Detroit. Howard Papush of The Tonight Show  staff had been handed a copy of my
book by someone at a party on Long Island. He took the book with him on
his fligh t back to Los Angeles. The next week I received a call from a staff
person for The Tonight Show, asking me if, when I was next in Los Angeles,
I would be willing to come into the Burbank studios for a pre-interview for
the show. Within ten days I was sitting in Howard’ s office talking to him about all
of the ideas that I believed in so strongly. By this time I had done hundreds
of interviews, and I had learned that the best strategy was simply to be
myself. Just me, talking to whoever was interviewing me as if we were in
my living room. Howard and I hit it off beautifully, and to this day remain
very close friends. Within a week I was to make my very first appearance
on The Tonight Show. The guest host that Monday evening was Shecky
Greene, well-kn own Las Vegas comedian. As I stood in the hallway next to
the green room before the start of the show, I noticed a bank of pay phones. I decided to call my wife and share the excitement I was feeling. As I
talked, I noticed  someone using the telephone adjacent to me. It was the
first guest of the evening, the man I had talked to so many times in my own
mind almost nightly nearly a quarter of a century before, Mr. Steve Allen. The evening’ s taping was sensational from my point of view. I had
almost fifteen minutes on natio nal television to tell about the ideas that
were so importa nt to me. It was a dream come true. When I went to the
airport to catch an all-night flight back to the East Coast, I was filled with
elation. Then over a loudspeak er, I heard a page for my name. It was
Howard on the phone to give me the bad news that the show had been
preempted for the first time in many years, because of an overrun at the
Republican National Convention. It would not be show n until an
unspecified future free date. I flew back home wondering if the show would ever be aired, but the
following day I received another  call from Howard, asking me to fly out the
next day to make an appearance with Johnny Carson which would be aired
that week. So I made a third cross-country flight, arrived in Los Angeles,
and did the show  with Johnny on a Wednesday evening. But we had only
six or seven minutes at the end of the show, and because of the shortness of
the interview, Johnny asked me on the air if I could stay over two days and
reappear on Friday evening. I stayed over two days and did the show that Friday evening, and it went
beautifully. A week from the next Monday, the preempted show  aired. So I
had gone from an unknown person who was able to get himself booked
only on local shows to one with three Tonight Show  appearances on national
television, all airing within an eleven-day period. It seemed clear to me that
Thoreau was absolutely right when he wrote, “If one advances  confidently
in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has
imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ”
Your Erroneous Zones  was eventually published in twenty-six languages
around the world. Other books have followed, as have tapes, articles,
international travel for professional speaking engagement s, and an
opportunity for me to make a difference in the lives of millions and millions
of peopl e. I received more money in the first year I was out on my own
without the security of a regular  paycheck than I had in the entire thirty-six
years of my life before then. THE HOW  AND WHY  OF VISUALIZA TION

I am firmly convinced that thoughts are things. Thoughts, when properly
nourished and internalized, will become a reality in the world of form. Yousee, we think in pictures, and these pictures become our inner reality. When
we learn the how and why of this imaging process, then we are on our way
to “success unexpected in common hours. ”

Four  Principles of Effective Visualization
Consider the process of producing thoughts as an inner visualization
without any of the limitations of the physical realm. You can go forward or
backward in thought, and you do not need the five senses to enter the world
of thought; you do it in dreams while you are sleeping. Cause and effect is
not a prerequisite. You can create with thought any pictures that you choose,
and these pictures are the very stuf f of your life. Four basic princ iples will enable you to make this formless realm work
for you in your physical as well as your mental arena. 1. Your actions come from your images. All of our behavior
results from the thoughts that preceded it. If you visuali ze
yourself as incompetent in a given area, and you continuously
reinforce this with a mental picture, eventually you will act out
this scenario. Suppose you are about


, this
balance among the gunas is lost, resulting in dynamic in
teraction among the three. The seven chakras are the centers
of the energy system in the astral body, and the nadis are the
channels that distribute this energy. This Upanishad implies that those who wish to attain
liberation must learn the location of the chakras through per
sonal experience, asking "How can he who does not recog
nize the chakras in his own body attain liberation?" In gener
al, the four Upanishads under consideration seem to share
this attitude, as the descriptions of the location, structure,
and functions of the chakras are extremely brief. The Yoga-shikka Upanishad contains the most detailed
passages concerning the chakras. For example, it says:
The human body is the abode of Lord Shiva. It is
said to give fulfillment to all beings endowed with
it. The muladhara chakra, which lies between the
anus and the genitals, is of a triangular shape. - Chapter I, verse 168
The area referred to is the perineum. Kundalini shakti,
the primordial material force of the universe, often
represented by the symbol of an inverted triangle, resides
here. In the meditational posture known as siddhasana (see
Chapt. II, p. 72), the heel is pressed firmly against the
perineum to help awaken this power. Other chakras are described in this text as follows:
The svadhishthana chakra, which is hexagonal,
lies at the root of the genitals. The wheel set up at
the navel is ten-sided and is called manipuraka
(the manipura chakra). - Ch. I, v. 172 133
The great twelve-sided wheel located at the heart
is called Anahata (unbeaten, the anahata chakra). - Ch. I, v. 173
Inside the throat cavity there lies a wheel of six
teen sides called the vishuddhi (purity). The seat
named Jalandhara is held steadfast in there. - Ch. I, v. 174
Ajna (command), which lies between the eye
brows and has two petals, is the highest of the
wheels. It is here that is set up, upside down, the
great seat called Uddayana. - Ch. I, v. 175
The Yoga Cudamani Upanishad also locates the ajna chakra
between the eyebrows, in accordance with most later teachings. The Yoga Kundalini Upanishad, however, states that the ajna is
located at the top of the head, the area normally associated
with the sahasrara. This most detailed text, Yoga-shikka Upanishad, omits men
tion of the sahasrara, but it is referred to in the Yoga Chudamani
Upanishad:
At the top of the head (the Brahman Gate), or at
Mahabatin, there are one thousand petals. - v. 6
No detailed, systematic description of the actual sensa
tions associated with chakra awakening is to be found in the
Upanishads. The Yoga Chudamani Upanishad, however, does
record:
He who perceives a disc of light like a jewel at the
navel is a knower of yoga. It flashes with a golden
light like lightning. - v. 9 134
This description of a bright disc perceived at the navel cor
responds to the actual appearance of the aura of an activated
manipura chakra. It has been observed through extrasensory
perception by innumerable yogis, both Eastern and Western,
throughout the ages. Yoga-shikka Upanishad describes the psychic sounds asso
ciated with the muladhara, anahata, and vishuddhi chakras
this way:
A sound arises in her (kundalini shakti in the
muladhara chakra), as if a sprout were shooting out
from a tiny seed. The yogi knows that she is wit
nessing all. In such a manner does a true yogi
emerge. - v. 3
The low sounds (ghosa) and high sounds (garja) like
a thunder storm manifest in the heart, where
shakti resides. - v. 4
Then through the breath and through that which
is known as the musical scale, vaikhan (the
universal pure sound) arises, through the rhythm
of the lips and tongue in their dance about the
palate and teeth. - v. 5
Sounds of varying qualities manifest themselves
from the initial A throughout the range, of Ksha. From these sounds, each syllable, from these
syllables, each word is born. - v. 6
To interpret a bit, kundalini shakti has the power to
manifest an ordinarily inaudible sound, as if germinating a 135
seed. This sound first arises in the muladhara chakra. When the
shakti reaches the anahata, it is perceived by those persons
gifted with clairaudience as a voice heard through a silken
veil, or as an echo in a deep valley. This is a common psychic
experience which has been recorded in many traditions from
ancient times. When kundalini shakti reaches the vishuddhi
chakra in the throat, the sound can be manifested through
the vocal cords in the conventional manner. We will not dwell further on the chakras as described in
the Upanishads due to the lack of detailed passages. Fuller ac
counts of the chakras recorded in traditional and modern
sources will be presented and compared in later chapters. The chakras have been directly experienced by those who
have perfected the siddhis (supernormal powers) throughout
the ages. There is universal agreement about the major
aspects of these experiences, as we shall see. Now let us turn to the passages in the Upanishads about
the nadis. There is no general concensus concerning the
number of nadis which exist in the body: figures from 1,000
to 350,000 are mentioned. The number which appears most
often, however, is 72,000. Of these, ten, fourteen or fif
teen - depending on the text - are deemed most important. Table I shows the nadis described in seven different yoga
texts: the four Upanishads discussed in this chapter, the
Shatchakra-nirupana and Gorakshashatakam presented in Chapter
VI, and one other text. As you can see, the descriptions vary considerably, both in
particulars and degree of detail. Furthermore, only the ter
minal points and general directions of flow are
enumerated. Determining the actual pathways of the nadis
from these descriptions alone is a difficult task, and conse
quently many differing interpretations have arisen. Some yoga teachers and researchers maintain that the
nadis are an intrinsic element of the astral body, because the
nadis are composed of subtle matter. Other researchers
claim that the nadis are identical with the cardio-vascular 136
Table 1: The Explanation of the Nadi's Flow
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13,
14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Sushumna
Ida
Pingala
Gandhari
Hastijihva
Pusha
Yashasvini
Alambusa
Kuhu
Shankhini
Sarasvati
Varuni
Payasvjni
Shura
Visvodari
Saumya
Vajra
Citrini
Others
Notes Jabala Darshana Upanishad
Up the spine, to the top of
the head
On the left of Sushumna, its
mouth over Brahmarandhra;
terminates in the left
nostril
On the right of Sushumna,
its mouth over Brahmandhra
Behind Ida. to one side. ending at the edge of the
left eye
Behind Ida, to one side,
ending at the tip of left
big toe
From behind Pingala. up one
side of it to the right eye
On one side of Pingala
between Pusha and Sarasvati,
ending at the tip of the
left big toe
In Kandasthana and
surrounding the anus
On one side of Sushumna
located in the bow shaped
curve before Sushumna and
Raka, the nadi flows down
wards, then up to terminate at
the right edge of the
nose
Between Candhari and Sara-
swati. ending in the left
ear
On one side of Sushumna,
flowing upwards
Between Yashasvini and Kuhu
Ending at the edge of the
right ear
-
Between Kuhu and Hastijihva. located inside Kandasthana
-
-
-
jihva also courses upwards
The root of all nadis, Kandas


 questions an ted to see the relevant sections •
and guidance, the readers are reques
in the book.. 7 Q Which diseases can be remedied by unne therapy..
... ~ n particular disease. It IS a means •
A. Urine is not a medlctne orha ~ lth of the body and cure and
provided by nature to keep up t e ea. r
disease thereof irrespective of any denomma IOn. D ou mean that even diagnosis is unnecessary?. Q. 0 Y ·a nose any particular d1sease. A It is not necessary to. ddl. g ·n the manner a police
Auto~urine itself traces out th~ ISe~se I. searches out a thief in hiding and turns It out.. C ou give an example or two? Q. any.. stratin a historical fact. Perfect
A. I shall clarify the po~n~?Y. lllu in ~ a practic;!es otherwise
h_ealth is essential for tnltlatdl?n b d ybyg bodily disorders. Even
.. likely to be lstur e h t concerntratlon IS'd sentery or stomach-ac e, e c.
mild attacks of catarrh, he~da~he, I y. therefore essential that a
are likely to disturb medltaftlonf. ta ~~I physical troubles. ·But how.. f a must be ree rom... f I pract1t1oner o yog. f 1 d' out of intuition or out o ong r h. 7 The mystiCS 0 n Ia
to accomp IS lt. h cure of urine for such trouble;;.. experien~e foullnd :~~~e~f:~r:ut why was this philosophy of this sure
. Q. It IS rea Y '. unknown till now? ·
199 200 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
A. This old philosophy and· cure never disappeared at all. It wa!>
round about us and is still there; but our modern prejudiced
mentality does not allow it to be understood. Insects, birds, fishes
and quadrupeds, etc. are already using this means instinctively. Only human beings intoxicated by their intellectual power have
neglected it. They are using their skill and knowledge mainly for
selfish ends. Q. Do you mean Jhat human beings should not utilize their
intelligence which God has bestowed upon them? A. Man should use his intelligence in co-operation with nature. To go against nature is a misuse of intelligence and contrary to
human welfare. Now the same ~ubstance, which is used by animals
profitable through sheer instinct, is used by man after intelligent and
careful thought; and it can yield far better results. Q. How is it that we happened to forget such a valuable
substance? A. We have lost the real substance in the false pursuit of external
polish. Q. You will have to admit that this natural substance is imperfet:t
in one respect. It is not tasteful and its smell also is not likable. Is
there any way out of this? A. Your argument seems correct only apparently. Taste and smell
are a matter of individual habit. An African Negro dislikes the
fragrance of 1Khas1 and abhors it. A teetotaller dislikes the very smell
of wine. In my opinion, ljkes and dislikes of a particular taste or
smell are merely caprices or habits which hold good as long as
one1s interest is not affected. We are willing to swallow the
extremely bitter and ill-smelling medicines to get rid of physical
pains. The main consideration, therefore, is not obejectiv~ but
subjective. In the bygone months, I made a good number of persons
to drink urine. They were reluctant in the beginning but gradually
were accustomed to the taste and smell of urine and freed them
selves from the clutches of pernicious, obstinate and chronic A REVIEW OF URINE THERAPY : 201
diseases.. Q. Is it not desirable that its smell and taste are removed through
some chemi.cal process? A. 1 am doubtful about its preacticability. A person1s ~wn ur~ne is
useful to himself in its natural state. According to med1cal ~c~ence
also its utility is confined to that organism only. The detiCJency
caused by the ·loss of certain ingradients from one1s body can be
made up only if they are restored only b~ a.uto-urine. If the smell and
taste or urine are chemically changed, 1t IS do~btful whether t~ose
ingredients will not be affected. This fact shoul~ be, ex~mmed
scientifically. 1 believe it will lose its value cons1derably 1n any
\\
chemical process. q. Will you please tell me something about its application on
different diseases? A. 1 have already said that urine does not cure a particular
disease only. ft is an invaluable gift of nature to pr_eserv~ a~d restore
spoiled health. This point must be kept in view while usmg 1t. Q. Will you tell me something about urine?. A. It is clear that a healthy person does not require the use of
· d ·1 Even then he can continue to take it in sma!.l doses as a unne a1 y.,....
precautionary measure. During the time of an ep1de_m1c or even
prior to it, such intake of auto-urine has a great precautionary value. Urine can be effectively used in any disease as follows:
1. Take it regularly in proportion to the gravity of the disease
and constitutional requirement. 2. Keep fast exclusively on urine and water as it is necessary
to eliminate all toxins in the body.. ·. 3. Rub old urine on the entire body for considerabfe time
every day. 4. In case of wounds, swelling, eruption, burns, etc. when
rubbing is not possible, the patient is advised to keep a piece of.,.,... :lt
I
202 : AUTOcURINE THERAPY
cloth soaked in urine on the affected part and keep it constantly wet
by sprinkling urine. s. A soaked piece of cloth is also advised for delicate parts
like stomach where rubbing may not be comfortabel. Q. will you tell me about the right way to begin with urine
treatment? A. Yes. knowledge is very necessary for a novice. The patient is
advised to be extremely careful and methodical in its application. No feeling of hesitation, abhorrence or uneasinses in drinking urine
should be entertained. He may begin with rubbing. Meanwhile he
should try to overcome the feeling of nausea. For that he can rub his
teeth and gums with urine which will give an additional benefit of
strengthening them. Q. Will you please tell me more about the procedure? A. One is advised to start with drinking urine after about a four
days' rubbing. Early in the morning after leaving bed one is advised
to clean the mouth, collect auto-urine in a glass and drink it with
complete faith. He may drink a littel water after that. If the treatment
is adopted in this way and one is gradually accustomed to' it, the~e is
no fear of any adverse reaction. Any abrupt step may cause react1on. We should try to avoid it as far as possible. Q. Is it that a certain number of fasts is required in a particular
case? A. Nothing can be said beforehand regarding the duration of
fasts. Sometimes major troubles are accompanied by minor ones. As
· the rubbing and drinking is begun, minor troubles start disappearing
from the body. A number of disease are cured merely by rubbing. Diseases of serious and chronic nature are also removed by rubbing
and keeping fast on urine and water, It is difficult to specify and
time-limit for a particular disease. Q. Is there any likelihood of other troubles arising during the
treatment? What is the'remedy for it. A REVIEW OF URINE THERAPY : 203
A. If the treatment is started carefully according to the prescribed
manner, there is no danger of other trouble in the beginning. But
during the process of cure, urine cleans out every part of the body of
all its impurities. The filth, phlegm or any other foreign or foul matter
obstructing blood circulation or nerve currents, is eliminated by
urine.. This process of elimination is executed in three ways : 1,
Loose motions, 2. Vomiting and 3. Boils or eruptions. Sometimes,
itching or heat-eruptions appear. This should not cause fright. It only
indicates that urine has begun its function of internal purification. We should frimly continue our experiment and wait for the result. No medicine or any.other foreign substance should be administered
in spite of heavy pressure or inducement of friends, relatives and
dear ones. Any. transgression of this warning deliberately or
unknowingly is open to serious danger.. Q. How long such reactions are likely to continue? Will they
subside by themselves? A. These reactions will subside by themselves as toxins are
eliminated. The patient should wait peacefully and allow urine to do
its function


	patients	sometimes	seek
relief	through	talk	therapy	instead. These	patients	frequently	improve,	yet
only	recently	did	anyone	examine	their	brains	with	MRIs	and	PET	scans,	and
what	they	discovered	is	startling:	the	same	impaired	regions	that	become
more	normal	with	Prozac	also	become	more	normal	with	talk	therapy. (
Jeffrey	Schwartz	is	an	expert	in	OCD	and	based	the	new	theory	in	part	on
such	brain	scans.) In	other	words,	the	process	of	reflection	and	insight	through	therapy
changed	the	patients’	brain	cells. This	is	exactly	what	was	predicted	by	the
new	theory	of	quantum	mind. But	the	answer	was	there	all	along. The	mind
has	always	been	able	to	change	the	brain. If	a	person	suddenly	loses	a	loved
one	or	is	fired	from	his	job,	sudden	severe	depression	often	follows. Depression	is	rooted	in	abnormal	uptake	of	the	brain	chemical	serotonin. This
physcial	imbalance	is	what	antidepressants	are	typically	designed	to	correct. Yet	when	someone	loses	a	loved	one	or	gets	fired,	isn’t	it	obvious	that	the
chemical	imbalance	came	about	after	the	bad	news? Reacting	to	bad	news	is	a
mental	event. Indeed,	the	entire	world	we	inhabit	of	words	and	thoughts
creates	infinite	brain	changes	in	all	of	us	every	moment. If	mind	comes	before	brain,	then	what	if	mind	belongs	to	all	of	us? I	can
say	“my	brain,”	but	I	can’t	say	“my	quantum	field.”	There	is	growing
evidence	that	in	fact	we	do	share	the	same	mind	field. This	would	go	far	to
support	the	existence	of	heavens	and	hells,	Bardo	and	Akashic	memory,
extending	far	beyond	the	brain. To	begin	with,	we	need	to	examine	the	kinds
of	ideas	that	people	share	as	a	group. The	brain	belongs	to	“me,”	but	if	ideas
belong	to	“us,”	then	we	are	participating	together	in	a	field,	sometimes	quite
mysteriously. The	Brain	Beyond	Boundaries
The	human	brain	processes	only	a	fraction	of	the	information	available	to	it. By	some	estimates	the	brain	receives	6	billion	bits	of	data
per
	second	(such	as
sound	vibrations,	photons,	X-ray	and	gamma	radiation,	electromagnetic	static,
and	various	chemical	and	electrical	signals	from	the	immediate	environment),
a	floodtide	that	gets	squeezed	into	the	trickle	of	experience	we	actually	notice
and	respond	to. But	what	we	notice	isn’t	the	same	as	what	we	know. For
example,	some	so-called	idiot	savants	with	very	low	IQs	can	instantaneously
compute	long	strings	of	numbers,	tell	the	day	of	the	week	that	any	date	fallson	in	the	future,	remember	every	detail	of	their	past,	or	learn	difficult
languages	with	incredible	fluency. (One	savant	mastered	Finnish,	Arabic,	and
Mandarin	at	a	young	age,	and	only	afterward	did	his	caregivers	realize	he	had
been	learning	these	languages	on	his	own	despite	the	fact	that	he’d	held	the
books	upside	down.) Such	savants	often	lack	even	the	most	basic	capacity	in
other	areas. One	well-documented	type	of	savant	is	able	to	perform	music	or
paint	pictures	with	extraordinary	facility	but	cannot	calculate	change	from	a
purchase,	or	tie	their	shoes	without	help. When	sudden	artistic	abilities	began	to	appear	in	a	small	percentage	of
normal	people	who	suffer	from	brain	tumors	and	other	neurological	disorders,
researchers	looked	at	the	brains	of	savants	and	discovered	that	they,	too,
displayed	brain	abnormalities,	particularly	in	the	right	temporal	lobe. To	my
knowledge,	the	current	explanation	for	“savant	syndrome”	now	centers	on
such	physical	abnormalities. Thus	it	seems	that	when	the	brain’s	filtering
system	is	impaired,	reality	expands	in	some	areas	while	it	contracts	in	others. All	kinds	of	abilities	may	inexplicably	exceed	the	norm. Joseph	Chilton
Pearce,	a	specialist	in	child	development,	writes	about	the	savant	syndrome	in
his	book
The	Biology	of	Transcendence
. He	makes	several	striking	points. The	first	is	that	most	children	with	savant	syndrome	don’t	perform	on	their
own	but	respond	when	asked. The	second	is	that	they	are	not	especially
interested	in	the	wider	area	of	their	extraordinary	ability. If	you	sit	down	and
ask	a	savant	what	day	of	the	week	March	12,	2163,	falls	on,	it’s	like	talking	to
a	machine. The	child
goes
	inward	for	a	few	seconds,	then	pops	up	with	the
answer,	but	might	have	little	interest	in	simple	math. A	calendar	savant	might
not	be	able	to	multiply	12	by	12. The	normal	brain	filters	out	information	for	good	reason—it	takes	narrow
experience	to	form	a	self,	a	separate	person	with	limited	beliefs,	goals,
memories,	likes,	and	dislikes. We	deliberately	reject	huge	portions	of
information,	but	a	damaged	brain	is	exposed	to	everything	through	its
inability	to	select	and	filter. Pearce	is	particularly	intrigued	by	how	an
“automobile	savant”	could	take	one	look	at	a	parking	lot	and	tell	you	the
make,	model,	and	year	of	every	car	in	it	without	being	able	to	read. How	does
he	know	this	without	reading	magazines	that	feature	the	latest	models,
including	European	models	that	had	received	no	publicity	in	the	United
States? It	seems	as	if	these	savant	children	are	accessing	the	mind	field. Genius	is	another	way	to	access	the	field	beyond	normal	abilities. Musical
prodigies	like	Mozart	can	see	whole	symphony	scores	in	their	heads. One
such	prodigy	now	enrolled	in	the	Juilliard	program	for	composers	has	been
able	to	switch	between	four	channels	of	music	in	his	head	since	early
childhood;	when	asked	to	write	a	new	sonata	for	violin,	he	simply	turned	to
the	appropriate	channel	and	took	dictation. A	direct	link	to	the	field	of
information	seems	possible,	then,	and	we	move	closer	to	the	possibility	thatthe	brain	is	the	receiver	of	mind,	not	its	creator. This	is	important	to	the	afterlife	because	upon	dying	we	have	no	brain	but
do	desire	to	keep	our	minds. If	the	Vedic	seers	are	right,	the	human	brain
connects	us	to	infinite	consciousness. The	fact	that	we	shut	out	so	much	of	the
mind	field	doesn’t	mean	we	have	to. Aboriginal	peoples	don’t	access	higher
math,	scientific	reasoning,	or	advanced	musical	harmonies,	but	if	a	baby	were
taken	from	a	New	Guinea	jungle	tribe	and	placed	in	the	right	learning
environment,	its	mind	contains	the	potential	for	all	these	skills. Indeed,	only
in	this	decade	are	certain	tribes	moving	out	of	the	jungles	of	New	Guinea
into
surrounding	cities,	and	as	they	do,	they	make	the	transition	from	a	culture	that
never	discovered	metal-working	to	one	where	they	can	drive	a	car. Why	don’t	we	access	more	of	the	mind	field	ourselves? In	fact,	we	do. The	brain	adapts	to	the	field	at	will. If


, she cried for days, and found that for the first time
she was able to accept the child within her. At the end of her letter, she
wrote, “This was the first time I had ever given myself the privilege and
dignity to mourn my own pains and agonies. Now that all the debris has
moved from my soul, my [inner] child and I are one. I feel total integration,
self love, and for giveness. I need never judge others, for I no longer need to
judge myself. ”
Spirituality, unconditional love, and the ability to see that pain and
problems are opportunities for growth and redirection—these things allow
us to make the best of the time we have. Then we realize that the present
moment is all we have, but it is infinite. We see that there is no real past or
future, and that as soon as we start thinking in terms of past and future—
regretting and wishing—we lose ourselves in judgemental thinking. In one
of the countries where people regularly live to be a hundred, people have a
saying: “Y esterday is gone, tomorrow isn’ t here yet, so what is there to
worry about. ”
Many people are able to let go of their fears and resentments only when
they are nearly dead. Several years ago Dr. Ellerbroek described one such
case in the following terms:

Her pelvis, bladder and rectum had been removed—until she seemed to
be nothing more than a bag of flesh draped over a skeleton that of fered
shelter not for internal or gans but for spreading tumors. She asked to be
allowed to die on the shore of a local lake. In those peaceful surroundings,
something happened; she jettisoned her anger and depression, her spirit,
like a balloon freed of useless weight, soared—and her tumors started to
shrink. She was cured. Later Ellerbroek reflected on this and similar cases with these words:

It is my primary belief that we were sold a big bill of goods when we
were little. We were taught that under certain circumstances it is appropriate
to be angry, and that under all circumstances it is appropriate to be
depressed. I’m here to say that in my own personal, solitary opinion—and
totally contrary to the beliefs of almost all the psychiatrists I know—Ibelieve that anger and depression are pathological emotions, that they are
immediately responsible for the vast majority of human ills, including
cancer. I have collected 57 extremely well documented so-called cancer
miracles. A cancer miracle is when a person didn’ t die when they
absolutely, positively were supposed to. At a certain particular moment in
time they decided that the anger and the depression were probably not the
best way to go, since they had such a little bit of time left, and so they went
from that to being loving, caring, no longer angry, no longer depressed, and
able to talk to the people they loved. These 57 people had the same pattern. They gave up, totally, their anger, and they gave up, totally, their
depression, by specifically a decision to do so. And at that point the tumors
started to shrink. (I use the word “resentment” instead of “anger,” because I think anger is
a normal emotion if it is expressed when felt. Then it is over with. If one
keeps a lid on it, it develops into resentment or hate. Sooner or later,
resentment and hate explode, destroying others, or they are held in,
destroying oneself. ) The transcendence described by Ellerbroek is precisely the essence of
the religious experience as it was described by Jung in Psychology and
Religion:

They came to themselves, they could accept themselves, they were able
to become reconciled to themselves and by this they were also reconciled to
adverse circumstances and events. This is much like what was formerly
expressed by saying: He has made his peace with God, he has sacrificed his
own will, he has submitted himself to the will of God. To those rationalists who ar gue that any such experience is a self-
delusion, Jung adds an especially apt reply:

Is there any better truth about ultimate things than the one that helps
you to live. This is the reason why I take carefully into account the symbols
produced by the unconscious mind. They are the only things able to
convince the critical mind of modern people. They are convincing for very
old-fashioned reasons. They are simply overwhelming, which is an Englishrendering of the Latin word “convincere. ” The thing that cures a neurosis
must be as convincing as the neurosis; and since the latter is only too real,
the helpful experience must be of equal reality. It must be a very real
illusion, if you want to put it pessimistically. But what is the dif ference
between a real illusion and a healing religious experience. It is merely a
difference in words. You can say, for instance, that life is a disease with a
very bad prognosis, it lingers on for years to end with death; or that
normality is a generally prevailing constitutional defect; or that man is an
animal with a fatally over grown brain. This kind of thinking is the
prerogative of habitual grumblers with bad digestions. Nobody can know
what the ultimate things are. We must, therefore, take them as we
experience them. And if such experience helps to make your life healthier,
more beautiful, more complete and more satisfactory to yourself and to
those you love, you may safely say: “This was the grace of God. ”

Ellerbroek has concluded that patients with far advanced cancer must be
near death before the turnaround can happen, but I know from my
experience that people can change at any time. The earlier it occurs in the
course of a disease, the greater the chances of recovery. If a person takes the
spiritual path before becoming sick, he or she becomes practically
invulnerable to disease and misfortune—at least in the psychological sense,
and very often in the physical sense. As Norman Cousins wrote after his
self-cure of ankylosing spondylitis, “I have learned never to underestimate
the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate, even when the
prospects seem most wretched. ”
Dr. Granger Westber g, founder of numerous Wholistic Health Care
Centers, in which doctors, nurses, and ministers work as a team, believes
that the illnesses of about half to three-fourths of all patients originate in
problems of the spirit rather than in breakdowns of the body. As he phrases
it, the physical symptoms are often only the “tickets of admission” to a
process of self-discovery and spiritual change. To begin that true healing,
each of us must make the leap of faith described by French poet Guillaume
Apollinaire, who once wrote:
Come to the edge. No, we will fall. Come to the edge.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's concern about the ECaP study's results?,
A: The author is concerned that the results may be skewed due to self-selection, as some members had already exceeded predictions before joining the group.
Q: What is the author's approach to dealing with patients?,
A: The author prefers to focus on individuals and effective techniques, rather than relying solely on statistics.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of love?,
A: The author believes that love is incredibly powerful and can be a source of healing and redemption, and that it is essential to cultivate self-love and forgiveness.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the concept of forgiveness?,
A: The author believes that forgiveness is essential for healing and that it is not about ignoring or condoning the actions of others, but rather about releasing negative emotions and choosing to love.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of death?,
A: The author believes that death is not a failure, but rather a natural part of life, and that it is essential to choose to live each day with faith and trust in the universe.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Again she asked,
“Do you really believe that?” And I said, “Y es, I do.”
“Well,” she said, “I was sitting in the living room. He was late for
dinner, and the town fire alarm went of f. I knew it was about him. I jumped
up, and his voice came to me and said, ‘Do not leave the room for one
hour.’ So I sat down and waited. When I got to the scene of the accident,
they were just lifting his body out of the car. I thought to myself, ‘If I had
been out here for an hour, I would never have survived.’”
I worried about her but several months later I mentioned her story in a
conference on drawings, and a physician who was there told me he’d
delivered her child and she had done beautifully. Recently Janet wrote me a
letter, offering her help to anyone in a crisis similar to what she had
survived. This physician also beckoned me over to a corner and told me of a
precognitive experience. While his wife was pregnant she had said to him,
“I must study total communication for the deaf.” He said, “Honey, why do
you need to do that?” She said, “I must.” And of course their first child was
born deaf. So the physician was a believer, but he had motioned for me to
come into a corner to talk about this. I know that finger


. Impr oving sex drive
Hormones hold the key to sexual desire or the ability to
function sexually. A healthy, high-ﬁber, low-fat diet; exercise;
and freedom from stress, especially psychological issues, all
can contribute to sexual vitality. Raw foods, especially
vegetables, contribute to hormone health and healthy libido. Both vitamin C and zinc have been shown to assist in the
production of testosterone and sperm. The best Vitamin C juice
sources are cabbage, strawberries, spinach, citrus fruit,
broccoli, kale, and peppers. The best zinc juice sources are
ginger, turnips, parsley, carrots, garlic, spinach, cabbage, and
grapes. Impr oving digestion and elimination
As people age, their stomachs produce less acid, and breaking
down food becomes a problem — it seems to occur between the
ages of 35 and 45. If the body isn’t digesting food properly, the
nutrients don’t enter the bloodstream, and all sorts of
deﬁciencies can occur, even if you’re eating normally. Drinking raw fruit and vegetable juices gives your body a break
by delivering ready-to-use nutrients. There are also some
excellent digestive enzymes found in some fruits, vegetables,
and herbs including pineapple, papayas, fennel, ginger, and
licorice. (See Chapters 11 and 12 for digestive juice recipes. )Fiber is the one key factor in the body’s ability to eliminate
waste on a regular basis. Include sources of both soluble and
insoluble ﬁber in your diet by opting for plant foods, smoothies,
and vegetable juices. Losing weight
Because it impacts heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, obesity
(deﬁned as being 20 percent over the recommended weight) is
considered to be a leading cause of death in the United States. Juice from fresh fruits and vegetables is virtually fat free, and
juice from vegetables is low in sugar. Drink them on a regular
basis, and two things happen: You start to lose your appetite for
high-fat, high-calorie junk foods, and you start to feel better,
with more energy to get up and get active. See Chapter 7 for
more information on how juices and smoothies can set you on a
healthy diet for losing weight and increasing health. Juicing can be the spark that helps you burn more
calories than you take in. Getting clear er skin and healthier nails and hair
Nutritional deﬁciencies show up ﬁrst in your hair, nails, and
skin, and juicing is the best way to address low levels of
nutrients at the cellular level. Here are some vital nutrients for
clear skin and healthy nails and hair:
 Vitamin C: Fruits and vegetables that are high in vitamin C
— such as cabbage, strawberries, tomatoes, citrus fruit,
and peppers — help to build collagen, which gives
ﬁrmness as well as elasticity to skin to prevent wrinkles
and leathery texture; neutralize free radicals to helpreduce aging effects; and promote glowing skin, nails, and
hair. Vitamin A: Vitamin A protects the skin from sun damage
that leads to skin cancer, balances skin oils, provides a
healthy skin color, and assists in treating blemishes. It’s
important for the health of the root and bulb of the hair
follicles. Deﬁciency results in dry, brittle nails. Apricots,
mangoes, cantaloupe, carrots, spinach, kale, sweet
potatoes, parsley, collard greens, turnip greens, and
squash are high in vitamin A.
 Vitamin E: Vitamin E is found in dark green leafy
vegetables, wheat germ, nuts, and seeds. It protects skin
cells from aging. B-complex vitamins: The B vitamins are responsible for
preventing hair loss and graying hair. A deﬁciency of B
vitamins causes fragile nails. The best juice source of B
vitamins is leafy green vegetables. Whole, unreﬁned grains;
poultry; ﬁsh; eggs; nuts; beans; and meats are food
sources. Biotin: Deﬁciency contributes to hair loss. The best food
sources are brewer’s yeast, soy products, brown rice, eggs,
walnuts, pecans, barley, oatmeal, and sardines. Iron: Low levels of iron in tissues can cause hair loss and
fragile, brittle, ridged, or thin nails. The best food sources
are parsley, beet greens, chard, dandelion greens, broccoli,
cauliﬂower, strawberries, asparagus, blackberries,
cabbage, cucumbers, and alfalfa. Fresh juice versus eating the whole fruit or
vegetable
As important as fresh juice is, it can’ t totally replace whole fruits and
vegetables in your diet. The ﬁber in fruits and veget ables is vitallyimportant to your health, and that essential com ponent  is removed with
the carbohydrate pulp when you juice. Having said that, juice is still extremely important in delivering the full
range of nutrients that fruits and veget ables have to offer. Juice is easier
for your body to digest precisely becaus e it does n’t cont ain ﬁber  or
carbohydrates. This makes it an excellent drink for snack s and for
cleansing or detoxing. Smoothies are made by chopping up the whole fruit or veget able in order
to make them drinkable. This means that you’re drinking the pulp and ﬁber
along with the pure water and nutrients — exactly as though you were
eating the whole fruit or vegetable. Bottom line: Drinking two or three veget able juices and one smoothie and
eating whole foods including mostly plants (whole grains, fresh fruits and
vegetables, beans and legumes, herbs, and nuts and seeds ) is the best
possible day-to-day diet for optimum heal th. Why homemade beats bottled any day
It’s no secret that many commercial juices cont ain high amount s of sugar
and salt, but did you know that most juices are extracted using chem ical
methods? Orange juice, for example, is available in two forms: frozen
concentrated and not-from-concentrate (which is perceived as being
better because it hasn’t been reduced and then re-cons tituted with
ﬁltered water). But the fact is that both the concentr ated and the “100
percent fresh-picked oranges, nothing added,  nothing taken away” juice
is a heavily processed product that has been de-oxygenated (stripped of
oxygen) in order for it to sit in vats for up to a year before it’s pack aged,
distributed, sold in stores, and consumed. All heat -sensitive nutrients and
live enzymes are gone from this juice before it ever hits your fridge. In
fact, if ﬂavor and fragrance weren’t added to these juices, they “would
taste like sugar water,” according to Alissa Hamilton, author of Squeezed:
What You Don’t Know About Orange Juice.Even if commercial juice were high qual ity and still had its nutrients, the
packaging process can be deadly becaus e the acid from juice in cans
leeches metal from the can; wax and chem icals used to make cartons
contaminate juice packed in them; and shrink-wrapped cartons of juice
have been exposed to high heat in the shrink-wrap proces s.
To be fair, there are small, independent  juice producer s that don’ t use
ﬁltered water and attempt to provide high-qual ity juice. Thes e juices are
packaged in glass bottles and they’re thicker and cloudi er, with some
sediment because more of the whole fruit has been used to make them. Bottom line: Nothing beats fresh juice from fresh, organi c produce taken
right after juicing. An Intr oduction to Smoothies
Smoothies are thick, they taste delicious, they usually satisfy
longer than juices, and best of all, they’re a delicious way to
deliver whole fruits and vegetables to your body. Smoothies
make a considerable contribution to your daily consumption of
ﬁber, fruits, and vegetables, and because they’re made in the
blender, a machine that most households already have, they’re
fast and easy to clean up after making. This makes them good
breakfast and snack choices that easily ﬁt into the demands of
work and family.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

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view this book's cheat sheet. T able of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What Y ou’re Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book is Or ganized
Part I: An Introduction to Juicing and Smoothies
Part II: Liquid Gold: The Health Benefits of Juicing and
Smoothies
Part III: Getting Juiced
Part IV : Serving Up Fresh Smoothies
Part V : The Part of T ens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: An Introduction to Juicing and Smoothies
Chapter 1: Drinking Y our W ay to Better Health
The Liquid LifestyleHealthy Living in a Glass
Jumping into Juicing
Savoring Smoothies
Chapter 2: What Juices and Smoothies Are and What They Can Do


 By some miracle she was treated
by one of the leading bone specialists in the area, and he succeeded in
placing the terribly fragmented bones in position so that they had a
chance to knit. 72 Mom's one idea was to get home as fast as she could to her raw
juices and foods, for she knew of so many cases where healing had
been so wonderfully helped in this way. Two weeks after the accident, they were due to return to Canada. The doctor in Austria thought that they were mad to even think of
going. He felt that for one thing Mom would not be able to bear the
pain of being shifted around so much. Dad, on the other hand, felt so
strongly that he must get her home. Finally the doctor gave his consent. Mom managed the trip very well due to her wonderful health from
having been on the Walker Program for ten years. As soon as she arrived home we started the flow of Juices—4 oz. of wheat grass juice three times a day, carrot juice and an untold
number of cups of comfrey tea—both root and leaf. She also had
extra help from a natural Vitamin C, natural calcium, and Vitamin E. We had an abundance of organically grown peaches, pears, grapes
and apples to supplement our supermarket salads that fall and winter. Each afternoon she had a mixture of sunflower seeds and sesame
seeds finely ground and mixed with a little honey, plus yet another
cup of comfrey tea. The doctor here, wanted to take her into the hospital immediately,
as gangrene had set into the wound. After much persuasion he finally
agreed to leave her home so long as the condition did not worsen, and
that we take her to the hospital regularly to change dressings. This
was a problem, but a solution was quickly found. How we would love to have been able to put comfrey and wheat
grass poultices on the wound, but with only a tiny slit on the casting
for air and instrument dressing, this was impossible. The condition held its own for about three weeks; then there was
a noticeable healing from the inside out. This was an unheard of
occurrence since no wonder drugs had been used. Only live juices
and foods were supplying the elements needed for healing. The
condition continued to improve steadily and hospital visits became
less frequent. Six months later when the cast came off, the nurses were astounded
to find that there was no odor as is usual when a cast has been on for
so long. When X-rays were checked, the small bone had knit but not
the large one, so another long cast, was put on. The doctor was quite
certain that it could not heal and that a lot of grafting, both of bone
and flesh, would have to be done because the break was so jagged,
with the healing surface so large, and because so much bone marrow
had been lost. 73 The doctor used to tell the nurses, jokingly, that this was the lady
who expected God and the greens to heal her, but when the cast was
removed, two months later, with both the bones completely knit, the
doctor was the most amazed witness. Now, twenty one months after the accident, flesh is steadily filling
in the scar. At first, there was literally just skin over bone. Now, Mom
walks without the aid of a cane, goes to the Health Shop each day,
and does her own shopping. Thanks to God and the Walker Program. THINGS TO BEAR IN MIND
1. Be patient:
In the reconstruction or regeneration of the body by natural means,
it is very important to bear in mind that natural foods taken in the
form of vegetable juices may start a regular housecleaning process
throughout the entire system. This may be. and sometimes is,
accompanied by a period of pains or aches in the regions of the body
where this housecleaning is taking place. It may even at times make
one feel as if he were actually sick. We should not for one moment
feel that the juices are making us ill, if these are fresh and are taken
the same day that they are made. On the contrary, we should realize
that the cleansing and healing process is well on its way, and the
sooner such discomforts are felt after taking plenty of juices, the better,
because we will be over them just so much quicker. The more juices
we drink, the faster the recovery is. When in doubt, it is best to consult
a doctor whose practice includes an understanding of Juice Therapy. Unless a doctor has used juices consistently, he cannot reasonably be
expected to know much about them in their effect. To deprecate or to
denounce fresh-raw vegetable juices, and particularly carrot juice, as
harmful in any way, manner or form, is to admit a reprehensible lack
of knowledge. We must not expect that a lifetime accumulation of toxins can be
squeezed out of our body in a miraculous way. overnight. It takes
time. 2. Be tolerant and compassionate. It has been claimed by writers of comic news that carrot juice
will turn the skin yellow. Anyone who would believe such nonsense
is simply ignorant as to the function of the human body. It is just as
absurd to expect the color pigment of the carrot to come through the
skin as to expect the red of the beet or green of the spinach to come
through. Whenever, after drinking juices, yellow or brown appears
through the skin, it is an indication that the liver is eliminating stale
bile and other waste matter in greater quantities than the eliminative
74 organs can handle so that some of the elimination takes place through
the pores of the skin, which is perfectly normal. If the body is toxic,
such also may be the case. When we continue to drink vegetable juices,
however, the discoloration eventually disappears. There are times when, through overwork or excessive exercising
and through lack of sufficient sleep, even though we feel that our
body is in pretty good condition, discoloration may appear. After rest,
however, this discoloration generally vanishes, sooner or later. In any case, once our body has been regenerated by the continuous
regular use of natural raw foods and fresh-raw vegetable and fruit
juices, and it has been cleared of waste and obstructions, we have
such a superabundance of health, energy, and vitality that the criticism
of uninformed critics fails to affect us. 3. Sanitation:
The proper cleaning and sterilizing of the machinery in which
juices are made and of all the utensils and of the premises, is of
paramount importance. Raw vegetable juices are extremely perishable,
and every care possible must be taken to make them in a sanitary
manner. It is as important in using a home machine, as it is a factory
machine, that juices not be made until the equipment has first been
rinsed with cold water and then thoroughly sterilized with boiling
water. Preferably, this should be done immediately after the machine
was last used. If the machine has not been cleaned right after use and
is being cleaned just prior to the next use, it is imperative that the
above procedure be followed with a "cooling down" (using cold water)
before it is used again. Sometimes juices will spoil in spite of the most meticulous care
in sterilizing the equipment. This may be due to the fact that one or
more of the vegetables was spoiled, affecting the entire batch. It is,
therefore, of extreme importance to clean the vegetables thoroughly
and to remove any part that is wilted, mushy, or spoiled. TO DETOXICATE
Supreme cleanliness is the first step towards a healthy body. Any
accumulation or retention of morbid matter, or waste of any kind,
within us, will retard our progress towards recovery. The natural eliminative channels are the lungs, the pores of the
skin, the kidneys, and the bowels. Perspiration is the action of the sweat glands in throwing-off toxins
which would be injurious to us if retained in the body. The kidneys
excrete the end products of food and body waste from the liver. The
75 bowels also eliminate food waste and waste matter in the form of
used-up cells and tissues, which are the result of our physical and
mental activities. If these wastes are not eliminated it would cause
protein putrefaction resulting in toxemia or acidosis. The retention of such body waste has a much more insidious effect
on our health than is generally suspected, and its elimination is one of
the first steps toward perceptible progress. PUBLISHER'S NOTE
DETOXICATION: Previous editions of Fresh Vegetable and Fruit
Juices (Raw Vegetable Juices) by Dr. Walker included a regimen of
detoxicating the body. Three items he mentioned: Pluto Water, Glauber
Salts and Seidlitz Powders are NO longer commercially available. Therefore, we suggest you contact a Certified Colon Therapist,
Naturopathic Physician or Chiropractor to have a series of colonics. These professionals can usually be found in the Yellow Pages of your
local telephone directory. Also, most local health food stores carry
one or more products that will assist in cleansing the body. (See Colon
Health by Dr. Walker for more detailed information. ) 76 RAW VEGETABLE AND FRUIT JUICES
AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE
IN SPECIFIC AILMENTS
For Children and Adolescents
Use In Reasonable Proportions
To facilitate the description of the juices which have been used
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participants’  average cholesterol level was 182. By the end, it was a heart-
healthy 143. LDL  AND HDL  CHOLESTEROL
As discussed, there are two types of cholesterol: LDL  (low-density
lipoprotein) and HDL  (high-density lipoprotein). Your LDL  is your Lethal
cholesterol and your HDL  is your Healthy cholesterol. The average American has an LDL  cholesterol level well above 100
mg/dl. But I don’ t want your LDL  cholesterol to be average. I want your
LDL  to be E2 exceptional! As noted earlier, the magic number we’re
shooting for on the E2 diet is below 80. Get your LDL  below 80 mg/dl and
you are essentially heart attack proof. McClaine Sampson, 34
Graduate Student
The reason I did this wasn’ t for health. It was for my weight. I wanted
to look good. If I look good on the outside, then I’ll feel good on the
inside. Maybe that sounds shallow, but I think a lot of women can
relate. What I’ve discovered is that eating poorly is like casual sex. It
feels really good and fun while you’re doing it, but almost
immediately afterward you have regrets and you have to start making
contingency plans. Some medical professionals stress the importance of the cholesterol risk
ratio, which is your LDL  cholesterol divided by your HDL  cholesterol; thelower the ratio, the better—3.5 is generally seen as the cutof f between high
risk and low risk. I—and many medical experts—don’ t agree. Too many people take
comfort in having a high HDL  cholesterol level while their total and LDL
cholesterol levels are in dangerous territory. The real goal here is to achieve
a total cholesterol under 150 and an LDL  under 80. TRIGL YCERIDES
Even though I grew up in a medical household and was a triathlete for
more than a dozen years, I had never heard of a triglyceride until fifteen
years ago, when I started studying health and nutrition. Triglycerides are fat globules in your bloodstream that many researchers
believe are a high-risk factor for heart disease. Just as your body needs a certain amount of cholesterol for cell repair,
your body requires a certain level of triglycerides for fuel, particularly when
it requires ener gy between meals or when you’re exercising. However, too
many triglycerides in your blood can be dangerous, as high levels have been
shown to increase plaque formation, which as we know contributes to
stroke and heart disease. The goal, then, is to keep your triglyceride level under 150 mg/dl—the
same as your ideal total cholesterol number. Here are several ways to bring down elevated triglyceride levels:
a. Lose excess weight. b. Eat whole, plant-based, high-fiber foods. c. Exercise for thirty minutes a day. d. Stop consuming excess calories—they’re converted into
triglycerides. e. Watch your consumption of simple sugars such as alcohol, soda,
honey, molasses, white flour, white pasta, and white rice. FASTING GLUCOSE/BLOOD SUGAR
One of the best markers for checking whether diabetes is on your
horizon is a fasting glucose test. Taken after you have fasted for twelve
hours, this test will tell you the amount of sugar in your blood. A highfasting glucose number is an indication that your body is having a dif ficult
time processing sugar. A normal test result should be between 60 mg/dl and 100 mg/dl. If your
level is over 125 mg/dl, you should consult your doctor. On the E2 Diet, you can lower your fasting glucose level and even
alleviate diabetes. For example, two E2 Pilot Study participants were Type
2 diabetics—one for five years and the other for twelve. Since going on the
E2 Diet, both have been able to get of f insulin, reduce their fasting blood
sugars from over 200 mg/dl to under 100 mg/dl, eliminate or reduce all
their oral medications, reduce their A1C levels from over 1 1 to under 7.5,
and of course, watch their weight drop. BLOOD PRESSURE
Your cardiovascular system consists of an amazing pump (your heart)
and a set of pipes (your vessels). Every hour your heart pumps almost 70
gallons of blood to your 60,000 miles’  worth of vessels. Your blood pressure is a good indication of the health of your
cardiovascular system. Unfortunately, almost one in three Americans has
high blood pressure. Blood pressure is reported as two numbers in the form of a fraction, such
as 110/68. The upper number is called the systolic blood pressure and
represents the force your heart exerts on your arteries when your heart
squeezes. Systolic pressure should be 120 or below. The lower number is called diastolic blood pressure, and represents the
force the blood exerts on your arteries when your heart relaxes. That
number should be 80 or below. In America, we consider high blood pressure, or hypertension, to be a
natural part of the aging process, but this doesn’ t have to be the case. In
populations consuming a mostly plant-based diet, adults routinely have
blood pressure levels similar to those of their children. E2 POP  QUIZ
Q: Which of these foods has the highest percentage of saturated fat:
butter, ice cream, steak, or cheese?A: Cheese has the most saturated fat, at almost 20 grams of saturated
fat per pound. Thus, there is no reason why your blood pressure needs to increase as
you age—unless you are consuming an animal-product-based diet, in which
case it likely will go up, and you will have to go on medication to regulate
it. There are three main culprits of hypertension—the reasons eating
animal-based foods is unhealthy. The first bad guy is dietary cholesterol—if you eat animal-based foods,
you’re consuming a lot of cholesterol, which forms plaque inside your
arteries, which in turn causes them to become narrow, forcing your blood
pressure to rise. The second is saturated fat, which attaches to the red blood cells, making
your blood overly thick and sludgy, which in turn causes your heart to work
harder. That, too, makes your blood pressure rise. The third is excess sodium, which causes your body to retain fluids,
which remain in your bloodstream. Once again, this condition asks your
system to work harder, increasing your blood pressure. How can you repair this situation? Eat the E2 way. There is no dietary
cholesterol in plant-based foods. There is no saturated fat in plant-based
foods (except coconuts). There is little sodium in plant-based foods. What
could be easier? BODY  MASS INDEX (BMI)
BMI is the relationship between your weight and your height. With more
than 64 percent of America overweight and greater than 30 percent
considered obese, knowing your BMI may be the wake-up call you need to
put down the pizza and remote control and pick up the banana and the
walking shoes. Too many Americans have become complacent with their weight and fall
into a BMI category that places them at high risk for chronic disease. Recent studies have shown that the lower your BMI, the greater your
chances of avoiding chronic Western diseases. Take care of yourself and get
yourself down to a BMI that speaks to the seriousness of the obesity
epidemic in America.Visit www.theengine2diet.com  and use our handy BMI calculator, or
find your BMI on the chart below and then take a moment to reflect on the
dietary decisions you’ve made over the last ten years. Keep in mind, though, that athletes and people with high muscularity
(such as body builders) may have a BMI that indicates they are overweight
when in reality their weight is healthy. PERCENT AGE BODY  FAT
Knowing your BMI is a good wake-up call, but knowing your
percentage body fat can be a complete jolt. Carrying around excessive
abdominal as well as visceral fat (which surrounds your internal or gans) is a
health hazard. It puts you at an increased risk for all kinds of diseases, from
stroke and diabetes to cancer and heart disease. The average male should have a body fat percentage of less than 20
percent, while a female’ s should be less than 25 percent. So when you
realize that your body is 30, 40, or even 50 percent fat, it may finally light a
fire under your ever -widening rear end. Remember, muscle burns many more calories at rest than does fat. So
the more fat and the less muscle you have, the fewer calories you need to
maintain your weight, and the harder it will be to lose that weight.Lose the dietary fat, start building muscle, and watch your body-fat
percentage and pounds drop. Many dif ferent methods are available for determining body fat, including
using calipers and underwater scales. Whichever method you or your doctor
use, for consistency you should employ the same one before and after you
undertake the E2 Diet. Our pilot study participants reported that one of their favorite parts of the
E2 Diet was looking at their before and after body-fat numbers, and
marveling that in just four weeks they had changed so dramatically. THE 3-MINUTE HEAR T RATE


 your feet
parallel. Bend your knees and lif t your right leg up to cross it over your left. If you can, wrap your toes be hind your left calf. Y ou will now be in a
seated-chair squ at with one leg wrapped around the other. If it’ s too dif ficult
to wrap your toes, place your right foot on the side of your left leg. Y ou can
also plac e a yoga block next to  your left foot and place your r ight toes on
the bloc k. Next, bring your ar ms up and bend them so they look like
goalposts. W rap your right arm underneath your left, and threa d it around
until your two h ands meet at the top. Y our arms will be interlac ed together
like you r legs. W ith your arms  wrapped, bring both palms together. Y our
focal point will be your hands. Bring your elbows up and your shoulders
down. Hold the pose for four to six breaths, and then repeat o n the other
side. Dolphin Pose — Ardha Pincha Mayurasana :  Dolphin pose is a mild
inversion, or a y oga pose in wh ich the head is at a lower position than the
heart. As a gene ral rule, inversions are good for all the upper chakras. Even
though dolphin pose looks easy, it’ s actually quite challenging a s it requires
some upper body strength. Y ou can work your way up to holding dolphin
pose by taking frequent breaks. Dolphin pose is also good practice to build
your strength for a yoga headstand. Begin on your h ands and knees on your mat. Lay your forearms on the
mat with  your elbows directly u nderneath your shoulders. Fold your hands
together in front of you, and lock your shoulders back to create a stable
base. Y o ur hands and elbows will form a triangle. Gently lift yo ur knees of f
the floor  and walk your feet tow ard your elbows until you’re in an upside-down letter V. Y our head will  float above the  floor. Lift your tailbone high
into the sky. T o enhance the ene r gy toward the Ajna chakra, lif t your head
so the third eye is facing direct ly down to ward th e earth. Stay in the pose
for four to six breaths, then low er your knees to the floor and take a child’ s
pose as a counterpose: lower y our hips to the floor, and then extend your
torso fo rward an d rest it betwe en your thighs, with your fore head on the
floor. Healing the Emotional and Energetic Body
Then God said, “Let ther e be light,” and ther e was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated light fr om the darkness. — G ENESIS  1:3–4
A great obstacle in healing the emotional body, especially at the sixth
chakra l evel of consciousness, is the struggle of light versus dark. Earnest
spiritual seekers can be so inte rested in attainment of enlightenment that
they for get some crucial steps along the path. In the beginning of the chapter I discussed the duality dynamic of this
world. The push-pull of the world of opposites doesn’ t only live in your
environment; it also lives in you. There are aspects within you that seem to
work ag ainst eve rything you stand for on your spiritual path. Y et there they
are, either ever present or looming around the corner. The novice on the
spiritual path will try to push them away, hoping that they will n ever return. But these shadows must be con fronted and accepted in order to experience
the light fully. A  perfect example is if you never saw darkness, you could
never ex perience the night sky filled with stars, planets, and other astral
bodies. Often it is throu gh your own dar kness that you discover the light. In the
Bible, God created light out of the darkness since the darkness came first. My expe rience with cancer enabled me to help countless people  through my
writing about healing. When I talk to people in recovery from alcohol and
drug addiction, they all say that they would never have arrived at the
spiritual lives they now live if it weren’ t for the dark days of addiction. W e have all see n instances in the media demonstrating that pushing
away the darkness only makes things worse. Look at the sex scandals of
politicians, stories of embezzlement, and improper use of campaign funds. One of the grea test teachers I ever had, Dr. David Simon, used to say,
“Y ou can do al l the meditation in the world, but if you don’ t work on
emotional healing, you can’ t reach enlightenment. ” Emotional healing
doesn’ t mean you have to spend twenty years in therapy. It sim ply means
facing your demons, the shadow  aspects of you that aren’ t fun to look at. Invite th em in and have a conv ersation with them. T ell them they aren’ t
going to rule your life anymore. I use d to have quite an issue w ith anxiety. At dif ferent periods in my
life, it ruined my daily experiences. I became paralyzed by stories in my
head tha t, for the most part, simply weren’ t true. But I let my mind entertain
those stories. I used to say in jest that the great thing about being a writer is
that I have a wi ld imagination, and the worst thing about being a writer is
that I have a wild imagination. Learning and practicing meditation saved
me because I learned that I can control my thoughts and their direction. The best  way to face your shado ws is to transmute them. T ransf orm the
shadow ener gy into something great that can help humanity. Sen d light into
the d arkness. For example, if your shadow is that you succumb to obsessive
cleaning and or ganizing in your home, you co uld start a business where you
help others or ganize closets and  living spaces. If you’re a shopaholic, you
can contact your local women’ s  shelter and ask them what they need in a
care box. Y ou c an then use you r shopping skills to find the best prices to
make ca re boxes for women and children in a safe home. The greatest thing
about being human is that you a re human. There is no reason to be ashamed
of your weaknesses or your shadows as long as you are not harming
anyone, includin g yourself. In f act, it’ s often when we bring our shadows
into the light that their power dissipates. Professional help can assist you in
this process, but sometimes a simple decision to act is all you need. Healing the Spiritual Body
Meditation is the primary practi ce that will help you attain the s ixth chakra
level of awarene ss. T alk about m editation is bubbling under the surface ofAmerican culture these days, and ef forts to include meditation in daily
activities are popping up in hosp itals, corporations, and even schools. More
than the  word meditation, you may hear the word mindfulness, which refers
to a type of med itation. As a me ditation teacher, I find the word mindfulness
to be  a bit of a misnomer when it comes to the ultimate goal of meditation. A wareness is certainly the key to everything we have discussed up until
now. Y ou must be aware of your thoughts, words, and actions, as well as
your bo dy and mind. However, when I think of mindfulness, I think of
concentration or  fullness of the mind. T o meditate, you need focus instead
of concentration, and release of the mind rather than fullness of it. Most people come to meditation saying, “I’m too much in my mind. Get me out of it. ” Y ou are liter ally going out of your mind in meditation. (That pun was completely intended. ) Everyone has experienced the ef fects
of monk ey mind. Y our mind fl its from thought to thought lik e a monkey
swinging from branch to branch. W ithout awareness that you are  the thinker
of your though ts, you become subject to the mind’ s unwiel dy habit of
flitting a bout wi th no sense of control. It comes as no surprise that millions
of peop le suf fer from anxiety and depression. If you are under the
impression that you have no c ontrol over your thoughts and the strong
impulses of the mind, of course you have reason to feel anxiou s. However,
the g ood news is that you do have control. Y ou simply need to le arn tools to
exercise the control muscle. By realizing that there are separate roles at play inside you, you can
harness the forces of your mind and get it to do what you want. Y ou achieve
this by cajoling your mind rathe r than forcing it to go in the direction you
desire. How do most of us try to control the mind. Let’ s sup pose you’re
trying to break a bad habit, such as eating a chocolate bar every night. Y ou
may try to break this habit by se tting a goal such as not eating chocolate at
all or eating chocolate only once per week. Then you might tr y to abstain
from ch ocolate by not purchasing it, distracting yourself in oth er ways,


; they lead to blockages of the
inguinal nodes. In the same way these emotional blockages may also show up
as knots on the sides of the breast and under the bra line, affecting the heart
chakra and axillar y nodes. Emotional and mental stress and blockages mainly affect the energies
and vibrations of the sacral, heart and throat chakras. Prolonged stress
affecting the energies of these chakras may cause sluggishness and congestion
of lymphatic flow in the inguinal, axillary and sub-mandib ular region. Congestion in inguinal nodes may result in fluid retention and lower back
pain, and may also affect the reproductive organs and lead to menstrual
imbalances, uterine fibr oids, endometriosis and fertility issues.If a person has an inability to express emotions it can affect thyroid
function and lymph circulation in the sub-mandib ular area or the jaw line,
manifesting as congestion on the chin and face. This also affects the lymph
nodes in the front and back of the ears, resulting in problems such as tinnitus
(ringing of the ear s). The sacral chakra has a direct bearing on the heart chakra, since
emotional issues also involve the heart and can affect lymph circulation in
that area. Blockages of the axillary lymph nodes in the underarms may cause
swelling or lumps in the area and lymphatic congestion in the chest area,
leading to mastalgia, fibrocystic breast conditions or even breast cancer. This
aspect of health and the process of disease needs more research and
investigation, which may give us insight into the unexplained causes of
various health pr oblems including cancer. OceanofPDF.com6
Chakra aspects and sym bols
Tantra and eastern yogic systems describe the presence of seven major
chakras between the head and up to the base of the torso that correspond to
the major nerve plexuses in the body, while also acknowledging the presence
of varying numbers of minor chakras all over the body. This part of the body
houses our major organs and glands, and the energy metabolism of these
organs and glands is responsible for chakra formation. Each of the major chakras has two aspects: one on the front of the body,
the ventral aspect, and its counterpart on the back of the body, the dorsal
aspect. These can be considered as the front and rear aspects of the chakras,
and are known as vortices (openings). The muladhara (base root) chakra and
the sahasrara (crown) chakra — the first at the bottom and the last at the
crown — have just one funnel-like opening; they are termed single-vortex
chakras. The other five chakras have front and back openings and are known
as double-vortice chakras. The front or ventral aspect of the chakras is related to feelings, while the
back or dorsal aspect is related to the will. Since the ventral aspect is
associated with feelings it is considered to be highly sensitive, therefore it is
recommended that healing work is performed from the dorsal side of a
client. Self-healing can, however, be done from the front. It is also interesting
to note that at the lower part of the body the muladhara and swadhisthana
chakras are connected a t a T-junction, as ar e the ajna and sahasrara c hakras. In tantra symbolog y, each of the chakras is associated with a symbol that
depicts different aspects and has a spiritual r elevance:◼the number of petals of the lotus f lower
◼colour
◼animal
◼deity
◼yantra, or geometric shape
◼bija mantra. See Chapter 8  for the specific symbol of eac h chakra. In tantra practice each chakra has a specific number of petals denoting
the vibration frequency; the higher the number of petals the finer the
vibration. In Hindu spiritual practices the lotus flower is highly revered and
is used with most of the deities. The lotus plant is considered to be the best
example of spiritual ascension since the plant grows in mud, symbolising
tamas or ignorance; moves up through water, symbolising rajas or endeavour
and aspiration; and eventually reaches out of the water and blooms under
the light of the sun, symbolising sattva or illumination. Thus the lotus
symbolises the evolution of man from the lowest state of awareness (tamas) to
the highest sta te of consciousness (sa ttva). Ancient sages envisioned the chakras as moving energy centres and
assigned particular colours to each one. In their 1988 research, Dr Valerie
Hunt and associates stated that the chakras frequently follow the same colour
patterns as mentioned in tantric and metaph ysical litera ture (see Chapter 2 ). In the chakra system animals are an objective representation symbolising
the psychological meaning of the individual chakra. For instance, in
muladhara the elephant represents stability and memory of previous births. In astrology animals are assigned to various zodiac signs, and Chinese
astrology is also based on animal symbols. Certain chakra healers alsorecommend visualisation of the animals and colours associated with each
chakra to dra w in the healing vibra tions for that chakra. Hindu deities are also assigned to various chakras; they represent the
energy vibrations resonating with a particular chakra. For example, the
elephant god Ganesha is the ruling deity of muladhara, as he represents
Earth energy. Ancient sages recommended praying to him at the beginning
of any religious or spiritual ritual, which is still practised, to help remove
obstacles in the ritual as well as in life. Even the deity’s energy can be drawn
upon by praying to the yantra (sacred geometry drawn according to the
vibrations of the deity). However, the best yantra to pray with is shri yantra,
which has nine inter laced triang les of yin and y ang with a point in the centr e;
this is the point of connection with higher consciousness. Meditating on shri
yantra is recommended, keeping the focus on this point to establish a
connection with higher consciousness. A bija or seed mantra is a single-syllable sound. ‘Bija’ means ‘seed’, and
like tiny seeds they have all the wisdom of a tree. A bija mantra contains
spiritual wisdom; it is the creative force and has the vibrations of a whole
verse (mantra). Each chakra is assigned to a particular bija mantra such as
‘lam’, ‘vam’, ‘ram’, ‘yam’, ‘hum’ or ‘aum/om’. The primordial sound of the
universe, aum has three letters. Chanting ‘a-u-m’ generates two vibrations;
the first aspect in the beginning  produces the sound of ‘aa’, which can be
prolonged as ‘aa … uuuu … nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...’ and ending ‘m’,
which marks the culmination. After that the mouth closes. Chanting ‘aum’
regularly leads us to a medita tive state. During a chakra meditation it is recommended we chant a bija mantra
while keeping focus on the associated chakra, then move our breath
vibrations and energy to the respective chakra point. For detailed guidance
on chakra medita tion see Chapter 9.Each of the chakras is depicted as a set of lotus petals; for example, the
muladhara (base root) chakra is depicted as a four-petalled lotus, the
swadhisthana (sacral) chakra is depicted as a six-petalled lotus and so on. A
Sanskrit letter is depicted on each of the petals and is associated with the
particular chakra. The Sanskrit language has 50 letters, each of which is
inscribed on each petal of the chakra from the root to the third eye chakra. The last four letters of the alphabet are inscribed on the four petals of the
root chakra. OceanofPDF.com7
Chakra numbers and planets
When a child is conceived in its mother’s womb and starts growing from a
unicellular being to a multicellular one, the first organ to develop is the brain
and particular ly the hypothalam us. At this stage the sahasrara (crown) chakra
opens. The crown chakra is our connection to higher consciousness, and
with its opening our individual consciousness flows in. This consciousness
comes with the complete blueprint of the child to come in this material
world. According to Hindu philosophy this blueprint is based on our past-life
karma and carries information about our destiny in this lifetime. An
astrologer deciphers this blueprint by understanding planetary positions at
the time of birth. Palmists read the lines on the palm, numerologists calculate
birth/life numbers and psychics use their intuition. All these tools and
methods are used to read the map of consciousness, which also proves that
the universe and our psyche are not random or chaotic but that there is a
certain or der and structur e to them. There are hidden numerical patterns that serve as keys for unlocking the
secrets of the psyche. According to numerology, each number is associated
with a particular planet and planetary influences affect our life and also the
chakras. While exploring the fundamentals


 didn’t y away. ” I asked. “It’s
because you were truly quiet. You were carrying around your inner
silence and projecting it. You may not notice yourself doing it,
because you may think that a silent mind shouldn’t be able to think. You can think and be silent at the same time. They are two dierent
levels of yourself. The thinking mind goes on, yet the silence
remains. ”
What Karin had experienced  was a small window of quietness. I
told her that the world seen through that window is very dierent
from the one we are used to. Far from radiating silence, most of us
radiate hysteria, reecting the mental turmoil inside. When that
inner turmoil subsides, it leaves a space for change to begin. “Your
mind is quiet by nature,” I said, “but you have to settle down to
realize this. Everything sorts itself out correctly and spontaneously
once you become quiet. In the light of calm, steady self-awareness, a
feeling of wholeness will wake up inside you. This wholeness is not
a thoug ht of any kind; it is simply your own mind, empty of thought
but full of you. You do not have to do anything to reach this state;
the process is eortless. You do not even have to consciously let go. A quiet mind is all you need. ”
This, the secon d time I talked with Karin, was also the last. Her
week-long stay at the clinic had only a couple more days to go. We
had been alone in each other’s company for less than two hours, yet
I felt close to her. She has staked so much on being true to herself. Just before we said good-bye, she seemed ready for the rst time to
talk about her future—I mean the possibility that she actually has
one and is not going to waste her life protesting the present or
mourning the past. “I came here to nd out if there was a way to go
back to what I’ve lost, even though my mind already told me there
wasn’t. I have to go on,” she said. “Wouldn’t it be too sad to exist on a memory.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
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A: Mark Rutherford had an experience where he felt a transformation of himself and the world, as if he was no longer separate from the tree he was observing. This experience changed him, allowing him to see the world in a new light.
Q: What was Karin's initial reluctance to participate in the experiment, and how did she respond after it?,
A: Karin was initially reluctant to participate in the experiment, but after it, she looked more cheerful and outgoing. She reported that she had gained a new perspective on her life and was no longer consumed by her anxiety.
Q: What did the rishis believe, and how did they approach their perception of the world?,
A: The rishis believed that the world is not as it appears to be, and that our perception of it is shaped by our own minds. They did not see the world as a fixed, solid entity, but rather as a dynamic, ever-changing process.
Q: What did Stan, the musician, experience, and how did it affect him?,
A: Stan, the musician, experienced a loss of his creative ability and a sense of disconnection from his art. He felt like he had lost his purpose and was struggling to come to terms with his new reality.
Q: What did Evelyn Silvers, a therapist, do with her patients, and what were the results?,
A: Evelyn Silvers used a technique where she guided her patients to imagine they were creating their own endorphins, and the results showed that the patients were able to overcome their addiction and feel a sense of freedom and fulfillment.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>It accompanied my steps to the very door of
the grocery, and if this was not strange enough, when I came out
fteen minute s later, it reappeared and followed me home again. What was I to think?”
Before I could respond, he rushed on. “No, wait. The next day I
went downtown to buy a portable typewriter, only to nd that the
price had gone up by twenty dollars since I had called in the
morning. I objected to the clerk and the store manager, but to noavail. Feeling intensely irrita ted, I bought the typewriter anyway, so
as not to waste the trip, and when I stepped outside the door, do
you know what was there?”
“A patch of sunlight,” I ventured. “A twenty-dollar bill, right at my feet!” Sidney proclaimed,
ignoring me. “Insignicant as these incidents may sound, I began to
feel increasingly funny about them.”
“Funny?”
“Yes—there was a certain tone to these incidents that I would
have to call playful, as if I was being shown a particularly amusing
trick by a clever child—no, by an intelligence I could n’t see or
contact. But let me go on. A week later I was riding alone in the car. It was after dark, and I was in the country, coming back from a
house I had never visited before. One winding rural road led to
another, and after half an hour I admitted to myself that I was
hopelessly lost. “The few houses I passed were all dark and I began to feel
anxious, when all at once my awareness was no longer inside my
head—it reach ed out in front of me, about the length of the car’s
headlights. Just as I noticed this phenomenon, a further expansion
took place, and my awarene ss now pooled out in all directions. It
was a very delicate feeling. How can I possibly describe it? I was
simply everywhere, and without thinking about it, I gave up driving
my car. I still held the wheel and pushed the pedals, but the feeling
of conscious eort was gone. I became this pool of awareness
gliding through the night, not caring where I was bound. “I arrived at crossroads and turned this way or that, apparently at
random, yet in ten minutes I came out onto the highway at precisely
the turno that led back home.”
“Would you call that an experience of your soul?” I asked
quizzically. “If the soul is our portion of an invisible world, then perhaps I
was projecting myself into the territory of the soul. My invisible
extension was alive, and it was undoubtedly me. Everything felt
vibrant in its presence—the car, the land, the sky. A scrap of verse
comes to mind—where’s it from? ‘The stars are wide and alive, theyseem each like a smile of great sweetness, and they seem very
near.’ ”
“How do you feel now?”
“Not like that anymore. There’s been a change, a ripening. I
continue to be intensely conscious all the time, and as the days go
by, there is a sporadic ecstasy that comes over me. In those
moments, the quality of my life becomes sacred. Pardon me for
sounding so awkward; I am new at speaking like this.”
“I’m happy for you,” I said, and added, “You still seem like
yourself, if that is a worry. You’ve always known a lot about
yourself, and I’m not surprised that you are getting to know even
more.”
He gave me a grateful look. “I want to tell you about a very
unusual occurrence. Are you bothered by the idea of miracles?”
“I’m not sure. You implied something in that vein already, didn’t
you?”
“Yes, but you’ve looked into this area yourself?”
“I don’t  seek it out, but stories seem to come my way. I’ve met
people who tell me in all condence that they used to y as
children. They oated down the staircase when no one else was at
home and left their dolls on top of tall wardrobes, which mystied
their parents. Then one day they told Mommy their secret, only to
be assured that ying was impossible. After that, the ability
disappeared. “Of course ying is a very extraordinary claim,” I said, “but quite
a lot of people seem to irt with unusual powers. They can visualize
lost objects and go right to them if they really need to. They answer
other people’s thoughts befor e they are spoken. In a haphazard way,
most of us can foretell the future, although our correct predictions
remain mixed up with assorted projections from our unconscious
minds, wish fulllments and false premonitions. I wouldn’t feel
comfortable saying where ordinary life leaves o and miracles
begin.”
Sidney seemed relieved, but when he started speaking again, it
was with marked hesitancy. “My nights have been sleepless
recently, not from anxiety but because I seem to be—w hat shall Isay?—lled with light. The pressure of ecstasy makes me get up and
walk around restlessly; some times I put on my coat and go out into
the street. Would you believe it, I dance to the moon! I was in this
heightened state one night when I ran across a bedraggled woman
lying on the sidewalk near my home. She was asleep,