 cases of
recovery from disease, in my repeated sojourns to Pawling Manor and in my travel in
the United States and Canada. The healing power of the body is so remarkable that if I
had not actually seen some of these recoveries, I probably would not have believed it.
I could write a book on case histories, but there are some being written now and I only
want to present a few cases that stand out in my mind as most dramatic so you can appreciate the body's tremendous potential and ability to achieve normalcy.
   My first roommate at Pawling Manor in 1964 was a gentleman (let's call him L. P.)
of 68 years of age. He had come there a chronically ill man who had been through the usual medical treatments. He was obese, had an enlarged prostate, and Bright's
disease (a kidney) disease in which there is high blood pressure plus albumin in the
urine). He fasted 52 days (just drank wa ter), during which time his weight came
down, his blood pressure lowered, his prostate problem cleared, and he was able to
urinate normally and without albumin. He felt marvelous and looked younger than his age at the termination of the fast. I remember near the termination of his fast that he
began throwing up bile. It was black bile. This was a crisis (as I explained back in the
ninth day of my fast) that sometimes occurs during a fast and it was allowing the body
to eliminate some of its deep-seated "junk" of many years accumulation. When the
vomiting phase passed, there was marked improvement. To show me how much weight he lost, L. P. put his entire body into one pant leg of his trousers. After a
number of weeks on the vegetarian diet, L. P. went home a happy man.
   Shortly after L. P. went home, I acquired another roommate. He was a young man
who was virtually blind in one eye and was pa rtially blind but rapidly losing the sight
in the other eye. Doctors didn't know why this was happening or how to stop it, so J. G. had nothing to lose by trying a fast. He fasted three weeks and was put on a
completely raw vegetarian diet. The blind eye did not respond, but the other eye
improved just enough so he could read, which he could not do previously. His body
was only able to repair that which was not irreversible, which wasn't too much, but at
least there was some improvement and J. G. left there with a way of life that would
allow him to improve his general health and that of his family.
   There's an elderly man I've met several tim es at Pawling. He is in fine health and
has no problems, but he comes up every year  for several weeks. He fasts one week
and eats a strict vegetarian diet the next week. This is M. F.'s insurance premium he pays to stay in good health. It recharges his battery, so to speak.
   J. D. is a young man I met my first and second year at the Manor. The first time he
was there because of a nephritis (kidney disease) and kidney stones. He refused
medical treatment because surgery was recommended and he did not want to be cut
open and all that goes with it. He fasted a bout 40 days and during the last few days he
was urinating into filter paper. His body had broken down the stones and they were passing as gravel into the filter paper and they could be seen. The nephritis cleared
and after three weeks on a strict vegetarian diet of mostly raw fruits, vegetables, and
nuts, he went home. I saw him again the following year. He said he had no more
problems with the kidney, but now he had some large varicose veins and a large clot
at the inner side of the knee where the great saphenous vein makes its turn. You see, J.
D. was a carpenter who squatted most of the day and the constant pressure caused the
vein problem. He fasted three weeks, during which time I watched and palpated the veins and clot. The varicose veins gradually returned to normal and the clot
disappeared; however, we must remember two things. First is that if J. D. returns to
squatting again, then the same causative factors are operating again, and second, he
responded well because the valves in the veins were competent. If the valves were incompetent and of no use, then the results would not have been good.
   J. D.'s wife had a most dramatic experience several years previously. She was
diagnosed as having a fibroid tumor of the uterus and was advised to have a
hysterectomy. She refused surgery because she wanted to keep her organs intact, if
possible. Her fast was about 30 days' duration. She later returned to her gynecologist;
who, after a pelvic examination, saw no evidence of the fibroid tumor and was frankly
amazed.
   Another of my roommates was a man who was seventyish, had high blood pressure,
and was obese. J. S. also had arthritis (generalized) and a locked hip joint. His pain
was almost constant, particularly in the joints of his hands, and he had lived for years on large daily doses of Bufferin. J. S. had been fasting four or five days when one
morning I was startled out of a sound sleep by his yelling. After the cobwebs cleared
from my head, I asked what was wrong and he said he was fine. It was just that he
was so elated because this was the first time in years that he had not taken Bufferin
for so long and not had pain. In fact, he quickly flexed and extended his wrists and
fingers to demonstrate the freedom of motion, which had not been present for a long
time. J. S. fasted four weeks and followed a very careful, basically raw, vegetarian
diet. His weight and blood pressure came down, his generalized joint pain subsided and his joints were able to function more freely. His locked hip joint remained locked,
but he had just a little more motion in it, which made it easier for him to ambulate.
His hip was also free of pain. The reason it remained locked is that there is a certain
amount of irreversibility. Once a joint has eroded, there's not much chance for a return to normal.
   I've seen people who wanted to give up smoking, but all attempts failed. After about
a ten day to two week fast, the habit was broken. When they tried to smoke, they became nauseated and ill. Some became violently sick. Through the fast, their bodies
had become clean and it didn't take much internal pollution to cause these reactions.
There is one important fact: You must sincerely and without a doubt want to quit
smoking.
   The fast, followed by a na tural hygienic way of living, will give the body the best
chance for survival. This applies to everyone who says goodbye to their former living
habits, particularly the "fatties"--the obese. They probably have more chronic illness,
more debilitating and degenerative diseases, more liver, kidney, diabetic, stroke and
heart problems, etc., than anyone else. This does not preclude a shorter life span. The
obese probably benefit more than anyone from the Natural Hygiene way of life. The weight will stay down, the blood pressure will stay down, the organs are given a
chance to improve, and general health will markedly improve, giving the body the
only real and sound chance for an increased life span free of disease.
   Mrs. E. B. suffered for years with ileitis (similar to colitis but involving the lower
end of the small intestine). It was quite debilitating and made life quite miserable
since it necessitated her always being near  a lavatory. She was weak, generally run-
down, and didn't have that "spark." She spent most of her time at home. Eventually,
part of the small intestine closed off (obstruction), which was not only extremely
painful but a threat to life. Surgery was performed on E. B., consisting of the cutting out of one and one-half feet of intestine and joining the cut ends with the same length
of plastic tubing. Actually, the problem wa s not corrected because only the end result
of a pathological process was removed. Cause was not removed, nor were any
requisites of life supplied. So is it any wonder that several years later another
obstruction occurred and surgical removal of another section of intestine was advised.
By this time E. B. was aware of Natural Hygiene and decided to get involved. She
went to a hygienic institution and fasted for four weeks. During the fast, improvement
was evident. The discomfort and the obstruction disappeared. She was guided very
carefully onto a vegetarian diet. Subsequent long and short fasts have been taken each
year, elevating her to higher levels of heal th to the point where she enjoys life again
and looks forward to going out and socializing. She is eating foods her doctors said
she could not handle, but are the doctors interested in her case? Are they curious
about her progress? No! The severe diarrhea eventually eased and bowel action
improved toward normalcy, although because of severe damage in the intestine from
years of abuse under medical care and because of the length of plastic tubing that substitutes for part of the intestine, there are periodic ups and downs. But


Side of eye: No more  freaking out about the day and the demands on my
life. W onder if that would make a dif ference.
Under eye: It feels so good to be calm and centered, no matter what’ s going
on around me. I am grounded, calm, and peaceful.
Under nose:  I breathe more fully, feel more connected, good. Not get all
stuck in my head.
Chin:  My body relaxes. I am more connected to myself, to others, and to
life. I see my possibilities and experience well-being.
Collarbone:  Everything flows more smoothly from here.
Under arm:  Tension flows like a gentle stream right out of me. I love that
idea. I love feeling peaceful, relaxed, and grounded.
Step 4. Now, check back in on your stress level. Has it changed? Any
insights? If you are still above 3 on the 0 to 10 scale, tune in to one very
specific stressor and tap on all aspects relating to that one stressor in your
life. Even if your “stress” is now just a few points lower, you have made
headway!But what if your intensity remains really high?
When Y ou Can’ t Tap It Down
What do you do when you are unable to resolve the stress or any other issue
at its roots? In the exercise above, we worked globally on stress to ideally
take the edge off, but if you get caught in a situation where the intensity is
high, you don’t know how to go further. You feel lost or like there isn’t
time. You can box up your issue, and I’ll show you how right now. You can
also seek professional support that can help you navigate toward calmer
waters.
Exercise: Box Up Y our Stress (or Upset) for Now
We don’t always have the time to resolve our problems down to zero.
Sometimes they refuse to budge. Rather than walk around feeling like a
basket case, you can box up the stress or upset and set it aside so you can
get back to your life for now.
Here’ s something that I offer my clients: spread your arms wide and
scoop the stress or the upset from  all around your body into a little ball. Got
it? Now, choose a receptacle to store this issue in just for now so you can
continue with your life. Would you like to box it up as a present? A treasure
chest or jewelry box? Store it in the compost heap or in your back pocket?
Tap down the points
Top of head:  I’m closing all the doors and windows I opened—for now.
Inside eyebrow:  It’s time to set this issue aside for now, in a safe place for
me and the stress.
Side of eye: I’m storing you right here in this treasure chest (or name your
storage space).
Under nose:  I know just where you are. And I don’t have to do a thing right
now.
Chin:  You can do your work on my behalf while I go about my day.Collarbone:  Releasing all thoughts, images, upsets, and body feelings
related to the stress into this box.
Under arm:  Setting this box aside for now. Closing all doors and windows
on this work. Letting it all go. I am safe. I am loved. I am healing. I don’t
have to do anyth ing. I can just relax, and breathe. I choose to let go and
store all of this upset in this box There’ s plenty of room and plenty of
time. Letting it all go for now. I can always call this back when I have the
time, energy, and will. For now, it will do its work on my behalf, and I
don’t need to do a thing.
Now breathe in, allowing your out-breath to extend at least twice as long
as your in-breath. This long breathing on the exhale signals to the body that
it’s time to relax.
Another Str ess Buster
Try Dr. Andrew Weil’s 4-7-8 quick breathing exercise that helps the body
slip from the sympathetic nervous system (fight-flight) to the
parasympathetic (eat-sleep-breathe). Inhale through your nose to the count
of four, hold your inhale gently to the count of seven, and then open your
mouth and take a long sigh out to the count of eight. Repeat four times, and
you’ll relax.13
How Stress Af fects the Body,
Working with the Body to Relieve Stress
When you are upset, angry, or scared, your body corresponding ly creates a
biochemical response that reflects the emotion you are experiencing. How
does the stress response look and feel? The body contracts, breathing is
shallow, digestion gets tight, and the hormone cortisol is released. Muscles
get tight, jaws clench, joints stif fen, and we don’ t feel good.
You may not feel the effect of stress on your body at first, but as you
begin to pay attention to the sensations in your body under stress, your body
will show you where it holds it. The most common storage space seems tobe the back.14 Other common places people report stress being held are
where they’ve had injuries such as from a car accident, sprain, or strain; in
the gut; or in tight shoulders or neck.
When you are feeling an unpleasant sensory (or body) experience, ask
yourself, “What’ s happening right now? Am I aware of something that is
upsetting me emotionally? What just happened right before I started feeling
blah in my body?”
Tapping on your body sensations alone is often enough to relieve stress.
Your body’ s sensory information is your cue to take a moment to tap, slow
down, and breathe. Mindfully breathing brings awareness to your whole
body. Start noticing and your body will reveal its secrets. Your body is
designed to be in healthy, wholesome partnership with you.
When stress is present, we’re in a state of contraction—unlikely to step
outside of our comfort zone, think clearly through a conflict, avoid the late-
night carb binge, or make head way on other goals. We’re more likely to
blame, shame, feel sorry for ourselves, and ask ourselves one of those
never -ending, non-helpful questions such as “Why me?!” We’re not in the
neocortex, the part of our brain that allows for creative and abstract thinking
and resourceful problem-solvin g. We’re in the part of the brain that feels
like the end of the world is near.
When we feel loving, secure, grounded, or happy, our corre sponding
biochemical make us feel expansive, healthy, light, and good. We feel like
doing the things we love. Life flows effortlessly. During these times, we
easily achieve our goals. Truly, our bodies can’t help but reflect our
thoughts and emotions; they’re designed to do so! Which state of mind do
you prefer—reactive or responsive?
With EFT, we shift the way we respond to stressful situations in our lives.
When we stay grounded and centered in the face of stress, the stress
hormones in our body are not activated: Adrenalin (which zaps our vitality
if switched on for long periods of time) and cortisol (whic h provokes
inflammatory responses and weight gain) don’t kick in. When our
biochemicals aren’ t focused on mitigating stress, our immune systemsfunction more effectively. We lead happier, more peaceful, joyful, and
resilient lives.
A recent study by tapping leader Dawson Church, Ph.D., and his
colleagues seem s to indicate that tapping works to ease stress. The study
included a random sample of eighty-three people who either received one
hour of EFT tapping, one hour of traditional talk therapy, or no treatment at
all. The EFT tapping subjects’ stress hormone levels dropped an average of
24 percent to 50 percent after just that one hour. They reported a
corresponding drop in anxiety, stress, and other emotional symptoms. The
other groups experienced no similar change.15
What if you used the knowledge about tapping and stress regularly? What
if each time you started to feel stress coming on, you stopped and tapped
first just like you did at the beginning of this chapter instead of going into
combat mode? Imagine that when you got to work, you found a demanding
email from a company director and you were able to immediatel y tap on the
upset so that you could respond from your center and from peace? What if
one by one, bit by bit, you could neutralize the emotional triggers that stress
you out? How would your life feel then?
Exercise: Determining When Y ou Get Stressed Out
Step 1. In your EFT journal, create a section called “Stress Release.” Ask
yourself, when do you get stressed out? What are the stress areas in your
life? W rite down your answers. For exampl e: I get stressed out when I have
four or more different types of tasks to do in one day on my mind and am
unclear about priorities. Thinking about the contractors. Family gatherings.
Family obligations. When the kids’ carpool driver is late. Drivin g in traffic.
When people don’t listen to me. When I look in the mirror. At the gym,
when I think other people’ s bodies look so much better than mine. Paying
the bills. When I get unexpected


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m o r e  t h a n  m e r e l y  b e a u t i f u l ;  t h e y  a r e  a  r e m i n d e r  f r o m  G o d :
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s l e e p i n g  b u t  f r o m  w a k i n g. *  I n  t h o s e  h o u r s  t h a t  I ’ v e  l a i n  s o
i n c o n v e n i e n t l y  a w a k e,  I  t h i n k  I ’ v e  b e g u n  a t  l a s t  t o  k n o ww h a t  a w a k e n e d  m e a n s.  N o t i n g  t h e  w i t c h i n g  h o u r — 4 : 1 5 — a t
w h i c h  I  a w a k e  m o r e  o f t e n  t h a n  n o t,  s t e a l i n g  o u t s i d e  t o  l o o k
a t  t h e  s t a r s  a n d  m a r v e l  a t  t h e  m o o n,  I  r e t u r n  a g a i n  t o  m y
a n c i e n t  s e l f.  I n  t h o s e  h o u r s,  I  a m  n o t  a  m e n o p a u s a l  n u t c a s e.
I ’ m  a  m a g i c a l  w i t c h,  a n d  I  c a n  f e e l  i t  i n  m y  b o n e s.

W H E N  A S P E C T S  O F  Y O U  t h a t  u s e d  t o  w o r k  h a v e  p e a k e d  n o w ;  w h e n
s i t u a t i o n s  t h a t  u s e d  t o  s e e m  e x c i t i n g  h a v e  l o s t  t h e i r  e d g e,
a n d  s o  h a v e  y o u ;  w h e n  a  p h r a s e  l i k e  “ o v e r  t h e  h i l l ”
s u d d e n l y  m e a n s  s o m e t h i n g  a f t


 bulked
large against medical insanities and inanities.

   A very striking picture of the medical herd was made by
“Anonymous” in his essay on “Medicine” in “Civilization
in the  United States.”

   It has been remarked above that one of the chief
causes of the unscientific nature of medicine and
the antiscientific character of doctors lies in their inflate credulity and inability to think
independently. This contention is support ed by the
report on the intelligence of physicians recently
published by the National Research Council. They
are found by more or less trustworthy psychologic
tests to be lowest in intelligence of all the
professional men, excepting only dentists and
horse -doctors. Dentists and horse -doctors are ten
per cent less intelligent. But since the quantitative
methods employed certainly carry an experimental
error of ten per cent or even higher, it is not
certain that the members of the two more humble
professions have not equal or even greater
intellectual ability. It is significant that engineers
head the list in intelligence. In fact, they are rated
sixty per cent higher than doctors.

   This wide disparity leads to a temptation to
interesting psychological pro bings. Is not the
lamentable lack of intelligence of the doctor due to
lack of necessity for rigid intellectual discipline?
Many conditions conspire to make him an
intellectual cheat. Fortunately for us, most diseases
are self -limiting. But it is natural f or the physician
to turn this dispensation of nature to his advantage
and to intimate that he has cured John Smith, when
actually nature has done the trick. On the contrary,
should Smith die, the good doctor can assume a
pious expression and suggest that, despite his own
incredible skill and tremendous effort, it was God’s
(or nature’s) will that John should pass beyond. Now, the engineer is open to no such temptation.
He builds a bridge or erects a building, and disaster
is sure to follow any misstep in ca lculation or fault
in construction. Should such a calamity occur, he is
presently discredited and disappears from view.
Thus he is held up to a high mark of intellectual
rigor and discipline that is utterly unknown in the
world the doctor inhabits.

   The  critic appears to think that “one of the chief causes of
the anti -scientific character of doctors lies in their innate
credulity and inability to think independently.” I presume
he means that the doctors cannot think independently; for if
medicine, scient ific or unscientific, could think at all, it
might have thought itself out of its present -day muddle.

   The only thing that saves all physicians from the above
indictment is that they are not examined on the cause and
treatment of disease. If average ph ysicians pass low on
“trustworthy psychological tests,” it does not speak very
well for the higher education which put so many medical
schools out of business a few years ago. But these
psychological tests may be fitted to educational standards
which are a ssembled with intelligence left out. Intelligence,
like the cause of disease, is a force in nature that can be
used under the proper environments; but it cannot be monopolized to the exclusion of all mankind. Gladstone in
youth was passed upon by the psych ological test of his
teacher, and pronounced incorrigible; yet at eighty -six he
was wielding an ax and translating Virgil.

SCIENTIFIC TESTS

   People should not take too seriously to heart verdicts
resting on scientific tests, where a very large part  of the
integral is scientific assumption and presumption. The New
York Life Insurance Company turned me down more than
fifty years ago.

   “Anonymous,” whoever he is, writes well, and as that of
an iconoclast, his style is quite fetching. But, to save h is
bacon, it was well that he criticized from ambush; for he
would make an excellent target. From my point of view, I
find him as vulnerable as any Standard A type of
professional men.

   He shows his medical length and breadth when he says:
“Of all the dreadful afflictions that plague us, a few may be
cured or ameliorated by the administration of remedies.”
That was said by medical men now one and two hundred  years dead, and with no more aplomb than that of the
doctors of today in the literary class of our “Anonymous.”

   “Dreadful afflictions” do not “plague us.” If we are
plagued by disease, it is of our own building; and all five
need to do to get back to comfort and health is to quit
building disease; then our subconscious self gets busy
cleaning h ouse.

   “Anonymous” could not have made a statement that
would have been more perfectly one hundred per cent
fallacy. He says: “A few may be cured.” That is a mild
statement coming from one of the ambushed Caesars of
scientific medicine. I presume he me ans that there is a
contingent possibility that a few can be cured. This is false;
for “afflictions” or disease cannot be cured. Nature —our
subconsciousness —has a full monopoly on the power to
cure. Healing is nature’s prerogative, and she cannot, if she
would, delegate it to doctors or to the academies of medical
science.

   What a glorious legacy, vouchsafed by the powers that
be! What a sad plight humanity would be in if medical
commercialism had a monopoly on healing or curing the
sick! It does very w ell, however, as it is vending its
camouflage cures of all kinds. But when mankind awakens to a full realization of the truth that for all past time it has
been buying a pretense of power of which it alone
possesses a monopoly, old hoary -headed Aesculapius  will
be unfrocked and thrown out of business —staff, snake, and
all.

   “Anonymous,” fearing that the statements, “A few may
be cured,” was too strong, added the modifying phrase “or
ameliorated;” which, in medical parlance, means palliated,
relieved, et c. This in reality is the whole truth concerning
so-called remedies or cures. And when the truth is known
that curing, or the power to throw off disease and get well
is wholly within the subconscious and is personal, we will
know that curing and palliating  by the administration of
remedies —drugs, serums, vaccines, surgery, feeding to
keep up the strength, etc. —are superfluous, meddlesome,
and on the order of throwing a monkey -wrench into the
machinery.

   After criticizing “Anonymous” for what we know,
inferentially, that he stands for, we will quote the remainder
of what he says concerning the treatment of the “dreadful
afflictions that plague us.” He further declares:

   And an equally small number improved or were
abolished by surgical interference. Bu t, in spite of the relatively few diseases to which surgery is
beneficial, the number of surgeons that flourished
in the land is enormous. The fundamental
discoveries of Pasteur, and their brilliant
application by Lister, were quickly seized upon in
Americ a. The names of Bull, Halstead, Murphy, the
brothers Mayo, Cushing, and Finney are to be
ranked with those of the best surgeons of any
nation. In fact, we may be said to lead the world —
to use an apt Americanism —in the production of
surgeons [and surgical p lants], just as we do in that
of automobiles, baby carriages, and antique
furniture.

   “A few diseases may be cured or ameliorated.” I say,
never cured; and amelioration is a form of building disease.

   A delicate woman became my patient, after suffer ing
from megrim for twenty -two years and taking more or less
palliatives from twenty -two different doctors —a few
widely known, one a neurologist of more than national
fame; the majority of whom told her that there was no cure,
but that, when she changed li fe, the headaches would cease.
This was a “bum” guess; for she declared that her suffering
had been greater the past two years, since her menstruation
has ceased, than ever before. Just how much the
psychological suggestion, made by fifteen or twenty
docto rs, that she would not get well for a given time, had to do with prolonging her headaches, no one can tell. Drug
palliation is always inclined to enervate and build Toxemia.
This woman had been relieved by hypodermics of
morphine —a fiendish treatment. Ther e should be a law
against such malpractice. But the majority never handicap
themselves with prohibitory laws.

   My prescription was: No more smoking in the home (the
husband being an inveterate smoker); stay in bed; fast, take
a tub bath and an enema ev ery night until a paroxysm of
headache had been missed.

   The paroxysms


. The partner being massaged should try to relax,
at times with eyes closed, and breathe slowly and deeply with the
diaphragm. Manipula tive techniques arc numerous, and include
effleurage (long, rhythmic stroking), tapotement (patting, per
cussing), petrissag e (compressing, kneading), rubbing, pinching, Sprin.� Urmr�fiy a"d Pracoclt Tease
207 ANCIENT SECR ETS FOR MODER N LOVERS
pressing, scraping, grasping, hammering, shaking, and vibrating.
The n1asseur or n1asseuse performs these with thumb and finger
pads, fingers, palms, palm edges, fists, and even soles and elbows.
It is fascinating to listen to the rhythm of massage as performed
by an expert; it may resemble a work of classical music, from the
prelude, through the 1nain section with its changing cadences, to
the grand finale.
Head and neck: Stroke with the fingers of both hands, with moder
ate pressure, from the middle of the forehead to the sides. Press on
the temples with the fingertips, moderately and rhythmically.
Massage both sides of the chin with the fingers. With the thumb
and index finger of one hand, press and pinch the back of the
neck, starting from the base of the skull and moving down to the
base of the neck. Next stroke the sides of the neck with the fingers
of both hands.
Shoulders: With the thumb and index finger of one hand, pinch
the tendons between the back and sides of the neck and the shoul
ders. Start with light pinches; if your partner responds favorably,
increase the pressure to firm. Knead the muscles on the outside of
both shoulders.
Upper back: With the partner lying prone, the masseur or mas
seuse kneels astride the waist. The best way to massage the back is
with acupressure. Use the thumb pads to press with moderate
firmness between the roots of the ribs, about 1 'h. inches from the
spine, and on either side. Press tor about 3 or 4 seconds, then re
lease, and move to the next points, and the next, until you reach
the waist. An invigorating harnnter massage with the fists is great
for the fleshy part of the upper back.
Lower back: Stroke the arl'a with tingers and pahns, while kneel
ing astride the partner's knees. Com bin e the tnassagc with pres
sure on the love points, especially the in1portant mitz,\!-tl'letl.
Buttocks: After pressing the love points in the sacr al-co ccygeal area,
usc the ntassage techniques best for the fleshy but tocks proper.
Kneel astride your partnl·r's thighs. Use the pahns to press both
checks with the force of your body weight for about 10 seconds. Then soothe the buttocks w ith tingt·rs stroking upward vt·rtical ly,
left tingcrs on left buttock, right on right. Star t fron1 the valley
and strokt• to both sidt·s. Nt·xt press and palp ate the butt ocks
tnodcratdy with both paln1s, so that vital energy flows front your
hands to your partnt•r's body. Grasp a hand ful of flesh wit h all
your fingers, and knead \Vith finn prt•ssurc. Then knead all over
the buttocks.
Percussion on the butt ocks is particularly stitnulating. With
the edgt·s of both paln1s, chop the left and right buttocks alter
nately. rapidly and with tnodcratt' force. You n1ay usc your own
steady rhythn1 or follow that of a recorded tunc. Progress to an
other fonn of percussion by slapping the buttocks with partially
cupped hands. Don't n1ind the resulting noise; the massage is ex
tremely invigorating-and fun too.
Breasts: Let your partner lie supine, with arms slightly extended,
and teet about 12 inches apart. The front of the body is to be mas
saged. With your fingers, sweep your partner's body-from toes
to legs, thighs, torso, and finally down the arms. Do this a few
times for a tranquilizing effect. To massage a woman's breasts, use
only the palms, except when you are pressing love points lightly.
Put one palm under a breast, lift it slightly, and stroke it with the
palm. Meanwh ile, with the spread fingers of the other hand,
press very gently, with the same rhythm as for the palm move
ment. Move to the other breast. Only feather-light stroking should
be used on the nipples. Massage of the breasts is best combined
with the game of love points for this area and the Breast Circles
exercise done by the massaged partner.
Cinnabar field: This soft, unpr otected portion of the body is very
vulnerable in kung fu-and in love-play. Massage the area with
one or both palms, pressing down lightly. This is best done if the
active partner kneels astride and on the partner's thighs, or kneels
between the partner's spread thighs. Combine the massag e with
the game of love points for this area and the Cinnabar Field Mas
sage. Since the cinnabar field region is where life-force and sexual
chi are generated, be sure to recharge it with your deft hands.
Groin: With the pads of three extended fingers, massage along
one groin of the partner, then the other. A bit of scented oil will SpritJ.� Buttr�fiy tmd Pracock Ttase
209 protect the tender skin here frotn friction. A woman doing the
massaging should use her free hand to push the man's genitals
slightly to the side.
Thighs: Grasp the front muscles of the thigh with the fingers and
thumbs of both hands, and knead. Grasp up and down between
the groin and the knee. Then press moderately with the thumb on
points about an inch apart, down a line. Move to a line about 1 1h
inches to the side. Finally, stroke lightly on the inside of the thighs
with the finger pads. By then the partner being massaged should
spread his or her thighs wide apart and bend the knees, to facili
tate the next massage.
Perineum: Press the perin eum love point, hui-yirz, rhythmically, and
then n1assage the entire perineum, from the edge of the anus to
the edge of the vulva or the botton1 of the scrotum. If this is done
with finesse, the sexual life-force of the massaged partner will
flare up, so that the partners can go directly to coitus, or to more
intense love games such as Playing the Flute or Jade Fountain.
THREE fOUN TAINS
The triple game of Three Fountains is based on the Art of the
Three Peaks, which enables a man to obtain sexual nutrients from
the three peaks of a woman's body: the Red Lotus Peak (tongue),
the Twin Lotus Peaks (breasts), and the Purple Agaric Peak (cli
toris). On each peak is a fountain: the Heav enly Fountain, the
Twin Fountains, and the Jade Fountain, respectively. The triple
gan1e may be played separately, or in sequenc e during love-play. It
is described here as three individual gan1es:
H£'al'l'tliy Formtaiu: This love garne, which can be played betw een
partner s dur ing dl·ep kissing, involves stirnulating secretion of
the partner's saliva, and drinking it as an elixi r. While kissing, use
your tongue to caress you r partner's tongue. Then use the tip of
the ton gue to sweep ove r and titil late the roof of your partner's
rnouth next to the n1olars on both sides, wher e ducts leading frotn
saliva glands arc located, and to sweep the floor of your partn er's
n1outh along the inside of the teeth and especially next to the tongue's root, where numerous ducts lead from saliva glands in
the jaw. The tongue stimulation will produce a rich flow of saliva
in the Heavenly Fountain of both partners. Ancient sexologists
consider ed saliva a sexual elixir; modern scientists say it contains
a sex hormone and substances called semio-chemicals whose taste
is craved by the opposite sex. Drink it from the source.
Twin Fountains: Kissing the female breast is universally done, and
a man can give his partner great pleasure by pretending to nurse at
her breasts, as if he were a baby. Suck the nipples lightly and
rhythmically, occasionally tickling them with the tip of the tongue.
Use a hand to "milk" the breast while sucking. Unless your part
ner is a nursing mother, the milk here is


’ is the totality of its experience. There is only its awareness of being.
     We now ask the aware physical space if it experiences any limitation or
division within itself. However, having no experience of anything other than
itself, it does not even understand the meaning of the word ‘limitation’ or
‘division’, and so remains silent.
     ‘Do you have a size, shape, age, gender, location, weight or boundary?’
we ask. Again, silence. The aware physical space has no knowledge or experi -
ence of anything within itself that would enable it to qualify itself in these,
or indeed any, terms.
     ‘Are you ever disturbed, restless or agitated?’ we ask. The aware physical
space refers to its experience of itself and, again, looks puzzled. Disturbance,
restlessness, agitation? There is just its own endless, silent, motionless openness.
78a belief in separation
     ‘Do you lack anything?’ we enquire, already intuiting its silent response. No,
there is just the fullness of its own emptiness. It is neither something nor nothing,
for there are, as yet, no things with which it could be qualified or contrasted.

This absence of limitation, disturbance or lack does not need to be concep -
tualised, for there is nothing in its experience of itself with which to contrast
these qualities. Later they will be referred to, from the perspective of human
experience, as its innate freedom, peace and happiness, not a freedom, peace
and happiness that are relative to their opposites but the absolute qualities
of its own nature.
     Fast-forward several billion years, to the twenty-first century. The same
aware physical space is now populated with galaxies, stars and planets. One
of these planets is the Earth, on which are situated innumerable buildings.
We enter one such building and make our way to one of the rooms.
     Now we ask the aware physical space in the room  what its name is. ‘I’ it
replies, for as always, ‘I’ is the name that that which knows itself gives to
itself. Then we ask the aware space in the room about its experience of itself.
     The aware space in the room looks around and says, ‘I am small, square,
limited, dark and confined. I am contained within these walls, defined by
their shape and dependent upon them for my existence.’ A hint of nostalgia
in its voice betrays the faint memory of the distant past when it knew itself
without any such limitation.
     We suggest to the aware space in the room that in describing itself in this
way, it is not actually referring to its experience of itself but rather to the
qualities and characteristics of the room in which it seems to be located.
     ‘Instead of looking at the four walls of the room, look at yourself’,
we suggest. The space in the room turns its attention away from the four
walls of the room and gives its attention to itself. ‘I am…’ A long silence
ensues. It cannot find anything in its experience of itself to add to its essential
awareness of simply being.
     The aware physical space in the room suddenly realises that the feeling of
longing that has characterised it ever since it seemed to have been contained
within the four walls of the room was not, in fact, a memory of its distant
past. It was the recognition of its own essential, ever-present being – the aware
physical space of the universe – filtering through the limitations of the room
with which it had mistakenly identified itself, drawing itself back into itself.
79you are the happiness you seek
     The yearning to which it had become accustomed, as the almost constant
backdrop of its experience, falls away as an inevitable consequence of this
recognition, and its innate freedom and peace are immediately restored.

an imaginary limitation

Let us relate this to the experience of being a separate self or ego. The rela -
tionship between our essential nature of ever-present, unlimited awareness
and the separate self or ego which we seem to be is analogous to the rela -
tionship between the unlimited aware physical space of the universe and the
apparently confined aware space in the room.
     Just as the aware space in the room was the same space as the unlimited
aware space of the universe, so the self of the separate self or ego is the same
self as the self of awareness, albeit with an imaginary limitation attached to it.
     Just as the aware physical space identified itself with the four walls of the
room within which it seemed to be contained and, as a result, believed and felt
that it was small, confined and limited, likewise we, awareness, become mixed
up in or identified with the ‘four walls’ of the body within which we seem to
be contained and seem, as a result, to become a temporary, finite self.
     Instead of understanding that I, awareness, pervade the body and perceive
the world through it, we believe and feel that I am contained within, limited
to and generated by the body. As a result, the experience ‘I am’ is eclipsed by
the belief ‘I am the body’. This mixture or identification of unlimited awareness
with the limitations of the body creates the illusory separate self or ego.

What is the separate self’s relationship with awareness?

The temporary, finite self does not, of course, exist in its own right, any more
than the aware space of the room exists separate from or independent of the
aware physical space of the universe. It is simply a belief, albeit a persistent
and powerful one.
     Nor can we say that a relationship exists between awareness and the sep -
arate self or ego, because they are not two entities in the first place, just as
the aware physical space of the universe and the space in the room are not
two separate spaces. The latter is simply an imaginary limitation of the
former.
80a belief in separation
     Thus, the separate self or ego is an illusory entity whose reality is derived
from ever-present, unlimited awareness and whose apparent limitations are
deduced from the fact that it perceives the world through the body and
seems, as a result, to be located within and limited to it.
     The identification of awareness with the limitations of the body is the
seed of the apparently separate self or ego on whose behalf most of our
thoughts and feelings arise, and in whose service most activities and rela -
tionships are engaged.

Is it possible to live and act in the world without the feeling of being a separate
self or ego? I’m afraid that if I let go of myself as a separate self I’ll no longer be
able to function properly or have relationships.

The real question is whether it is possible to live and act sanely, harmoniously
and creatively in the world with the feeling of being a separate self or ego.
The sense of being a separate self is responsible for only three aspects of our
life: unhappiness on the inside, conflict between individuals, communities
and nations on the outside, and the exploitation and degradation of the en -
vironment.
     Feeling itself to be a fragment, the separate self feels incomplete and un -
fulfilled, giving rise to the almost constant activity of seeking and resisting.
That is, the ego is the source of all psychological suffering.
     And just as the aware physical space in the room feels itself as an inde -
pendently existing space, cut off and separate from all other spaces in the
universe, so the separate self feels separate from everyone else. The aware
space of the room is, of course, the same space as all other apparent spaces,
but it does not know this.
     Likewise, the separate self or ego does not realise that it shares its being
with all other people and animals, giving rise to the feelings of isolation,
envy, greed, injustice, cruelty, and so on. As such, the ego is the main source
of all conflict.
     Lastly, the ego does not realise that, at the deepest level, it shares its
own being not only with everyone but with everything. This belief veils
the felt sense of oneness with all of nature, thereby enabling it to exploit,
consume and degrade the natural world with no regard for the con -
sequences.
81you are the happiness you seek
     Therefore, if we as individuals in particular, and as a society in general,
wish to be at peace and to live happy, creative and fulfilled lives; if we wish
to have harmonious relationships with friends, family and strangers, irre -
spective of whether or not we agree with their ideas; and if we wish to live
in a harmonious and sustainable relationship with nature, one thing alone
is required: to evolve beyond the sense of separation or ego.

82chapter eleven
There Is Only One Self
Otherness for the One
is the One without otherness.
balyani

I understand that the ego is an illusion, but it seems absolutely real. It feels as if
there are two selves in me. One is this illusory ego that governs most of my life,
and the other is the presence of awareness that I get occasional glimpses of. If these
two are really the same self, why do they feel so very different?

The reason that your sense of self feels very real is that there is something
that is undeniably true about your sense of yourself. When I suggest that the
separate self or ego is an illusion, I do not mean to imply


.
One	day	in	late	spring	of	1979,	while	doing	my	more	routine	work,	I	got	a
call	from	the	director	of	the	public	affairs	office	at	the	FASEB	who
coordinated	the	work	of	our	congressional	“liaison”	committee.
Ellis	informed	me	that	there	was	yet	another	new	committee	being	formed
within	one	of	the	FASEB	Societies,	the	American	Institute	of	Nutrition,	that
might	interest	me.
“It’s	being	called	the	Public	Nutrition	Information	Committee,”	he	told
me,	“and	one	of	its	responsibilities	will	be	to	decide	what	is	sound	nutritional
advice	to	give	to	the	public.
“Obviously,”	he	said,	“there’s	a	big	overlap	between	what	this	new
committee	wants	to	do	and	what	we	do	on	the	public	affairs	committee.”
I	agreed.
“If	you’re	interested,	I	would	like	to	have	you	join	this	new	committee	as	a
representative	of	the	public	affairs	office,”	he	said.
The	proposal	sounded	good	to	me	because	it	was	early	in	my	career	and	it
meant	getting	a	chance	to	hear	the	scholarly	views	of	some	of	the	“big	name”
nutrition	researchers.	It	also	was	a	committee,	according	to	its	organizers,	that
could	evolve	into	a	“supreme	court”	of	public	nutrition	information.	It	might
serve,	for	example,	to	identify	nutrition	quackery.A	BIG	SURPRISE
At	the	time	that	this	new	Public	Nutrition	Information	Committee	was	being
formed,	a	maelstrom	was	developing	across	town	at	the	prestigious	National
Academy	of	Sciences	(NAS).	A	public	dispute	was	taking	place	between	the
NAS	president,	Phil	Handler,	and	the	internal	NAS	Food	and	Nutrition	Board.
Handler	wanted	to	bring	in	a	group	of	distinguished	scientists	from	outside	of
the	NAS	organization	to	deliberate	on	the	subject	of	diet,	nutrition	and	cancer
and	to	write	a	report.	This	did	not	please	his	internal	Food	and	Nutrition
Board,	which	wanted	control	over	this	project.	Handler’s	NAS	was	being
offered	funding,	from	Congress,	to	produce	a	report	on	a	subject	that	had	not
been	previously	considered	in	this	way.
Within	the	scientific	community	it	was	widely	known	that	the	NAS	Food
and	Nutrition	Board	was	strongly	influenced	by	the	meat,	dairy	and	egg
industries.	Two	of	its	leaders,	Bob	Olson	and	Alf	Harper,	had	strong
connections	to	these	industries.	Olson	was	a	well-paid	consultant	to	the	egg
industry,	and	Harper	acknowledged	that	10%	of	his	income	came	from
offering	his	services	to	food	companies,	including	large	dairy	corporations.
3
Ultimately	Handler,	as	president	of	the	NAS,	went	around	his	Food	and
Nutrition	Board	and	arranged	for	a	panel	of	expert	scientists	from	outside	of
his	organization	to	write	the	1982	report
Diet,	Nutrition,	and	Cancer
.
4
	As	it
turned	out,	I	was	one	of	thirteen	scientists	chosen	to	be	on	the	panel	to	write
the	report.
As	could	be	expected,	Alf	Harper,	Bob	Olson	and	their	Food	and	Nutrition
Board	colleagues	were	not	happy	about	losing	control	of	this	landmark	report.
They	knew	that	the	report	could	greatly	influence	national	opinion	about	diet
and	disease.	Mostly,	they	feared	that	the	great	American	diet	was	going	to	be
challenged,	perhaps	even	called	a	possible	cause	of	cancer.
James	S.	Turner,	chairman	of	a	related	Consumer	Liaison	Panel	within	the
NAS,	was	critical	of	the	Food	and	Nutrition	Board	and	wrote,	“We	can	only
conclude	that	the	[Food	and	Nutrition]	Board	is	dominated	by	a	group	of
change-resistant	scientists	who	share	a	rather	isolated	view	about	diet	and
disease.”
3
After	being	denied	control	of	this	promising	new	report	on	diet,	nutrition
and	cancer,	the	pro-industry	Board	needed	to	do	some	damage	control.	An
alternate	group	was	quickly	established	elsewhere:	the
new	Public	Nutrition
Information	Committee.	Who	were	the	leaders	of	the	new	Public	Nutrition
Information	Committee?	Bob	Olson,	Alfred	Harper	and	Tom	Jukes,	a	long-
time	industry	scientist,	each	of	whom	held	a	university	faculty	position.	I	wasinitially	innocent	of	the	group’s	purpose,	but	by	our	first	meeting	in	the	spring
of	1980,	I	had	discovered	that,	of	the	eighteen	members	on	that	committee,	I
was	the	only	individual	who	did	not	have	ties	to	the	commercial	world	of
food	and	drug	companies	and	their	coalitions.
This	committee	was	a	stacked	deck;	its	members	were	entrenched	in	the
status	quo.	Their	professional	associations,	their	friends,	the	people	they
fraternized	with,	were	all	pro-industry.	They	enjoyed	the	meaty	American	diet
themselves	and	were	unwilling	to	consider	the	possibility	that	their	views
were	wrong.	In	addition,	some	of	them	enjoyed	handsome	benefits,	including
first-class	travel	expenses	and	nice	consulting	fees,	paid	by	animal	foods
companies.	Although	there	was	nothing	illegal	about	any	of	these	activities,	it
certainly	laid	bare	a	serious	conflict	of	interest	that	put	most	of	the	committee
members	at	odds	with	the	public	interest.
This	is	analogous	to	the	situation,	as	it	unfolded,	surrounding	cigarettes
and	health.	When	scientific	evidence	first	emerged	to	show	that	cigarettes
were	dangerous,	there	were	hordes	of	health	professionals	who	vigorously
defended	smoking.	For	example,	the
Journal	of	the	American	Medical
Association
	continued	to	advertise	tobacco	products,	and	many	others	played
their	part	to	staunchly	defend	tobacco	use.	In	many	cases,	these	scientists
were	motivated	by	understandable	caution.	But	there	were	quite	a	few	others,
particularly	as	the	evidence	against	tobacco	mounted,	whose	motivations
were	clearly	personal	bias	and	greed.
So	there	I	was,	on	a	committee	that	was	to	judge	the	merit	of	nutrition
information,	a	committee	that	was	comprised	of	some	of	the	most	powerful
pro-industry	scientists.	I	was	the	only	one	not	hand-picked	by	the	industry
cronies,	as	I	was	there	at	the	behest	of	the	director	of	the	FASEB	public
affairs	office.	At	that	point	in	my	career,	I	had	not	formed	any	particularly
strong	views	for	or	against	the	standard	American	diet.	More	than	anything,	I
was	interested	in	promoting	honest,	open	debate—something	that	would
immediately	put	me	at	odds	with	this	new	organization.THE	FIRST	MEETING
From	the	first	moment	of	the	first	meeting	in	April	1980,	I	knew	I	was	the
chicken	who	had	wandered	into	a	fox’s	den,	although	I	went	in	with	high
hopes	and	an	open,	though	naive,	mind.	After	all,	lots	of	scientists,	myself
included,	have	consulted	with	companies	while	working	to	maintain	an
objective	mind	in	the	best	interest	of	the	public	health.
In	the	second	session	of	our	first	committee	meeting	the	chairman,	Tom
Jukes,	passed	around	a	proposed	news	release,	handwritten


BOW SALAD
1 small head red cabbage                2 turnips
2 carrots                                         1 large beet
2 tablespoons parsley
   Grate the turnips, carrots, and beets; shred the cabbage. Mix
each of the four vegetables se parately with French dressing.
Place in rainbow fashion on shredded lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with minced parsley.

U
NCOOKED  BREAD
   There are two basic methods for making uncooked bread.
For the first method, mix all soft or liquid ingredients together, and add to flour. Mix together in large bowl, and
knead the mixture with your hands until it becomes fine
dough. Form into roll about 2 to 4 inches in diameter, and turn on dry whole wheat flour until outside of roll is dry and
no longer sticky. Wrap roll in wax paper, and chill in
refrigerator overnight or until roll is firm. Cut into thin slices
as needed and serve.
   In following second method, mix ingredients as before and
knead into dough. Cover a bread board with dry whole wheat
flour, and roll the dough into the flour in a layer about one-fourth inch thick (more or less, according to choice). Use the
rim of a drinking glass to cut out round pieces from the flat
dough. Place pieces on tray, and chill in refrigerator until
dough becomes firm. Serve as ordinary bread.
   Uncooked bread is flavorful exactly as made. Butter,
cheese, and other spreads are optional and may be used according to taste.
   Uncooked bread should be kept under refrigeration at all
times. As no enzymes are destroyed, the bread tends to become rancid and spoil more rapidly than baked bread when
 kept at ordinary room temperature. Keeping the bread cold
also helps to maintain firmness of texture.
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
3 cups whole wheat flour           ½  cup honey
1 cup milk                                  2 egg yolks
WHEAT-DATE BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour                2 cups ground dates
1 cup milk                                   1/3 cup soft butter
SESAME BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour                1 cup sesame flour
1 cup milk                                     ¼ cup honey
WHEAT GERM BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour                  1 cup wheat germ
1 cup cream                                  1/3 cup honey
RYE BREAD
2 cups rye flour                 ½  cup soft butter
½ cup milk                        ¼ cup honey
CORNMEAL BREAD
2 cups cornmeal                 2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup cream                      ¼ cup honey
½ cup lemon juice              2 egg yolks
ORANGE BREAD
3 cups whole wheat flour           ¼ cup soft butter
1 cup orange juice                     ¼ cup honey
LIME BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour                 ¼ cup honey
½ cup lime juice                              ¼ cup soft butter
BANANA BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour               ¼ cup honey
1 cup mashed banana                     2 egg yolks

 CARROT BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour               ¼ cup honey
2/3 cup carrot juice                     1/3 cup soft butter
LEMON BREAD
3 cups whole wheat flour                  ½  cup honey
1 cup lemon juice                             ½  cup soft butter
STRAWBERRY BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour                1 cup rice flour
1 cup strawberry juice                   ¼ cup honey
COCONUT BREAD
2 cups whole wheat flour                ½ cup milk
1 cup ground coconut                     ½  cup orange juice
¼ cup ground dates                         2 egg yolks
BLACK WALNUT BREAD
3 cups whole wheat flour               ¼ cup black walnuts
¾ cup honey                                 ¼ cup hot water
¾ cup soft butter                           ¼ cup lemon juice

MIXED RECIPES
MUESLI PORRIDGE
2 tablespoons coarse                 1 tablespoon honey
   rolled oats                             ½  cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice           1 tablespoon nut meats
1 cup chopped apple
   Soak rolled oats in milk for 30 minutes. Add other
ingredients and mix well. Chill in refrigerator and serve cold.
   For variations, use grated apple or mashed berries instead of
chopped apple, or use cream instead of milk. Finely grated
nut meats may be sprinkled on muesli if desired.

 STEAK TARTAR
1 pound sirloin steak               1 chopped onion
2 egg yolks
   Run sirloin steak twice through meat grinder. Add egg yolk
and chopped onion and mix well. Divide into two or more
even parts, form into oval shape, and serve immediately.
   For variations, use round steak or any other tender cut of
beef, or substitute a little garlic or vegetable broth powder for onion. Honey, butter, or lemon juice may then be included with mixture if desired. Steak Tartar may be served on lettuce
leaves and garnished with a ring of sliced oranges or other fresh fruit.

UNCOOKED VEGETABLE SOUP
1 cup chopped carrots            ½ cup asparagus pieces
1 cup chopped celery               2 tomatoes, cut in small pieces
1 cup fresh peas                       1 chopped onion 1 quart water                           2 sprigs parsley, chopped
   Place water on fire to boil. Combine all vegetable and fruit
ingredients in large bowl. Pour boiling water over mixture, but do not cook. Allow to set until soup arrives at desired
temperature for consumption.
   For variations, 2 cups tomato juice may be used to replace 2
cups water, adding the juice after it has been warmed but not
boiled. A teaspoon of vegetable broth powder may be added
for extra flavor. Turnips, potatoes, spinach, okra, string
beans, or other vegetables, sliced or chopped, may be used to
replace one-half of vegeta bles in basic recipe.

PEPPERMINT TEA
   Peppermint tea is prepared according to the same method as
ordinary tea. For each 1 to 1½  teaspoons of dried peppermint
leaves, use 1 cup of boiling water. Pour boiling water over the leaves, but do not boil. Allow to steep for 3 minutes, drain,
and serve as is, or flavor with honey, lemon juice slices or other natural ingredients.
   Prepare other herb teas in the same manner. If tea bags are
available, use one tea bag for each cup of water. While hot
water or boiling water is applied in all cases, the heating
process ends as soon as the water is poured over the herbs. When herbs are actually boiled in water, they lose nutritional
values and often become bitter and insipid.

DATE SYRUP
   Pit five pounds of soft dates. Place in large bowl, and add
water until water level is about three inches above dates. Soak for 24 hours or more. Put mixture into cloth sack, and squeeze with hands, allowing juice to drop into bowl below.
Place juice in sun and cover with cheesecloth. Remove after
two or three days, or when juice has thickened to form syrup.
You can use date syrup as a natural sweetening and flavoring
agent added to many foods. It is especially useful in the preparation of ice cream, puddings, and other uncooked
desserts.

RAW BUTTER
   For making unpasteurized, unsalted butter and real
buttermilk, follow this procedure. Fill butter churn one-half full with sweet cream or mildly soured cream. Place churn jar
in larger jar containing warm or cold water, and heat or cool
cream to temperature of 55 degrees E to 60 degrees E Turn crank of churn at the rate of about 70 to 90 revolutions per
minute until butter forms into granules about the size of rice.
This usually requires about 30 to 40 minutes. Remove cap
and pour off buttermilk. Pour water into churn until the
granules float, and turn crank gently until all remaining buttermilk is washed from butter. Pour off buttermilk again,
and remove butter from churn. Form butter into individual
pieces of convenient shape and size, and wrap in wax paper.
Store in refrigerator and use as needed.
   If no butter churn is available, raw butter may also be made
in smaller batches with the use of an egg beater and mixing
bowl. Follow same procedure as with churn, except beat cream with egg beater. When butter is formed, pour off milk,
wash butter with water, wrap product in wax paper, and store under refrigeration.
CLABBER MILK
   Put 1 or 2 quarts of raw milk into a bowl and heat to 80
degrees E Cover with towel to assure cleanliness, and allow
to set until converted to clabber and whey.
   Clabber milk may be consumed without further preparation,
or both the clabber and whe y may be beaten in an electric blender or with an egg beater until it is uniform in
consistency and frothy.
   Clabber milk may be made from whole milk or skim milk.
If it is made from ordinary raw milk, it will set under natural
conditions. If it is made from certified raw milk, which is too
low in bacterial count to allow souring, about two table-spoons of commercial buttermilk must be added to each quart
of sweet milk to induce souring. If this is not done, the milk will putrefy rather than sour.

COTTAGE CHEE


0s high?rise, the universitys central administrative building
and library. I was shocked. W as it possible that we were going to thesame place? Y es, thats where she was heading. W as she a teacher,
student, an of fice worker, a librarian? Maybe she
was some psychologists research project. I never knew the answer. I
walked twenty steps behind her, and by the time I entered the building
(which ironically was the location of the headquarters of the Mind Police
in the film version of Geor ge Orwells novel, 1984), she had already been
swallowed up by one of the elevators.
I was somewhat taken aback by what I had just witnessed. A mature
first?year student at twenty?five, I saw myself as an intellectual in the
making, and I was convinced that all the answers to the dilemmas of
human existence could be found through the intellect, that is to say, by
thinking. I didnt realize yet that thinking without awareness is the main
dilemma of human existence. I looked upon the professors as sages who
had all the answers and upon the university as the temple of knowledge.
How could an insane person like her be part of this?
I was still thinking about her when I was in the mens room prior to
entering the library. As I was washing my hands, I thought: I hope I dont
end up like her. The man next to me looked briefly in my direction, and I
suddenly was shocked when I realized that I hadnt just thought those
words, but mumbled them aloud. Oh my God, Im already like her, I
thought. W asnt my mind as incessantly active as hers? There were only
minor dif ferences between us. The predominant underlying emotion
behind her thinking seemed to be anger. In my case, it was mostly
anxiety. She thought out loud. I thought mostly in my head. If she was
mad, then everyone was mad, including myself. There were dif ferences
in degree only.
For a moment, I was able to stand back from my own mind and see it
from a deeper perspective, as it were. There was a brief shift from
thinking to awareness. I was still in the mens room, but alone now,
looking at my face in the mirror. At that moment of detachment from my
mind, I laughed out loud. It may have sounded insane, but it was the
laughter of sanity, the laughter of the big?bellied Buddha. Life isnt as
serious as my mind makes it out to be. Thats what the laughter seemed to
be saying. But it was only a glimpse, very quickly to be for gotten. I
would spend the next three years in anxiety and depression, completely
identified with my mind. I had to get close to suicide before awarenessreturned, and then it was much more than a glimpse. I became free of
compulsive thinking and of the false, mind?made I.
The above incident not only gave me a first glimpse of awareness, it also
planted the first doubt as to the absolute validity of the human intellect.
A few months later, something tragic happened that made my doubt row.
On a Monday morning, we arrived for a lecture to be given by a
professor whose mind I admired greatly, only to be told that sadly he had
committed suicide sometime during the weekend by shooting himself. I
was stunned. He was a highly respected teacher and seemed to have all
the answers. However, I could as yet see no alternative to the cultivation
of thought. I didnt realize yet that thinking is only a tiny aspect of the
consciousness that we are, nor did I know anything about the ego, let
alone being able to detect it within myself.A New Earth
C O N T E N T  A N D  S T R U C T U R E  O F  T H E  E G O
The egoic mind is completely conditioned by the past. Its conditioning
is twofold: It consists of content and structure.
In the case of a child who cries in deep suf fering because his toy has
been taken away, the toy represents content. It is interchangeable with
any other content, any other toy or object. The content you identify with
is conditioned by your environment, your upbringing, and surrounding
culture. Whether the child is rich or poor, whether the toy is a piece of
wood shaped like an animal or a sophisticated electronic gadget makes
no dif ference as far as the suf fering caused by its loss is concerned. The
reason why such acute suf fering occurs is concealed in the word my, and
it is structural. The unconscious compulsion to enhance ones identity
through association with an object is built into the very structure of the
egoic mind.
One of the most basic mind structures through which the ego comes into
existence is identification. The word identification is derived from the
Latin word idem, meaning same and facere, which means to make. So
when I identify with something, I make it the same. The same as what?
The same as I. I endow it with a sense of self, and so it becomes part of
my identity. One of the most basic levels of identification is with things:
My toy later becomes my car, my house, my clothes, and so on. I try to
find myself in things but never quite make it and end up losing myself in
them. That is the fate of the ego.A New Earth
I D E N T I F I C A T I O N  W I T H  T H I N G S
The people in the advertising industry know very well that in order to
sell things that people dont really need, they must convince them that
those things will add something to how they see themselves or are seen
by others; in other words, add something to their sense of self. They do
this, for example, by telling you that you will stand out from the crowd
by using this product and so by implication be more fully yourself. Or
they may create an association in your mind between the product and a
famous person, or a youthful, attractive, or happy?looking person. Even
pictures of old or deceased celebrities in their prime work well for that
purpose. The unspoken assumption is that by buying this product,
through some magical act of appropriation, you become like them, or
rather the surface image of them. And so in many cases you are not
buying a product but an identity enhancer. Designer labels are primarily
collective identities that you buy into. They are expensive and therefore
exclusive. If everybody could buy them, they would lose their
psychological value and all you would be left with would be their
material value, which likely amounts to a fraction of what you paid.
What kind of things you identify with will vary from person to person
according to age, gender, income, social class, fashion, the surrounding
culture, and so on. What you identify with is all to do with content;
whereas, the unconscious compulsion to identify is structural. It is one of
the most basic ways in which the egoic mind operates.
Paradoxically, what keeps the so?called consumer society going is the
fact that trying to find yourself through things doesnt work: The ego
satisfaction is short?lived and so you keep looking for more, keep
buying, keep consuming.
Of course, in this physical dimension that our surface selves inhabit,
things are a necessary and inescapable part of our lives. W e need
housing, clothes, furniture, tools, transportation. There may also be
things in our lives that we value because of their beauty or inherentquality. W e need to honor the world of things, not despise it. Each thing
has Beingness, is a temporary form that has its origin within the formless
one Life, the source of all things, all bodies, all forms. In most ancient
cultures, people believed that everything, even so?called inanimate
objects, had an indwelling spirit, and in
this respect they were closer to the truth than we are today. When you
live in a world deadened by mental abstraction, you dont sense the
aliveness of the universe anymore. Most people dont inhabit a living
reality, but a conceptualized one.
But we cannot really honor things if we use them as a means to self?
enhancement, that is to say, if we try to find ourselves through them.
This is exactly what the ego does. Ego?identification with things creates
attachment to things, obsession with things, which in turn creates our
consumer society and economic structures where the only measure of
progress is always more. The unchecked striving for more, for endless
growth, is a dysfunction and a disease. It is the same dysfunction the
cancerous cell manifests, whose only goal is to multiply itself, unaware
that it is bringing about its own destruction by destroying the or ganism
of which it is a part. Some economists are so attached to the notion of
growth that they cant let go of that word, so they refer to recession as a
time of negative growth.
A lar ge part of many peoples lives is consumed by an obsessive
preoccupation with things. This is why one of the ills of our times is
object proliferation. When you can no feel the life that you are, you are
likely to fill up your life with things. As a spiritual practice, I suggest
that you investigate your relationship with the world of things through
self?observation, and in particular, things that are designated with the
word my. Y ou need to be alert and honest to find out,


The desire for sweet foods is a natural craving which can be
utilized to supply the body with an easily assimilable source of
I energy and a valuable source of minerals, vitamins, and other
nutrients. This does not mean that no natural sugars can be
taken to excess. Most primitive people had a single important
source of sugar -honey, or maple sugar, or dates, or sun-dried
I fruits - rather than a combination of all of these sources. With
I many kinds of sweets in modern life, we have to go easier on
each one, particularly if these are heat-processed. But we do not
have to follow the advice of those who recommend a sugar-free
diet for good teeth and good health. We can have our sweeten-
ing agents and we can still have good teeth and good health. All
we need do is choose our sweets with care and discretion and
use them in moderate quantities. MEAT PRODUCTS
V. Meat Products
A SERIOUS IMPAIRMENT IN THE QUALITY
of meat results from the current practice of injecting hormones
into food animals with the object of fattening them more rapidly
and rendering their flesh more tender. After the hormone injec-
tions, the weight of a chicken shoots up from 25 per cent to
50 per cent at about a tenth of the cost of the feed normally
necessary to achieve the same gain. A steer will rise from 600 to
900 pounds within a month after the injections begin. As early
as 1950, approximately 30 million chickens in this country
received implantations of silbestrol, a synthetically produced
hormone having activity similar to the natural female sex hor-
mone. Today the practice continues on an even wider scale.
Half of the beef cattle in this country have already been given
silbestrol. The result has been an increment of hormones and
hormone-like substances in the diets of those who consume meat
products.
The human body produces both male and female sex hor-
mones. The action of these hormones determines the sex char-
acteristics of the individual and affects, among other things, sex
drive, development of the sex organs, breast development, growth
of hair on the face and body, pitch of voice, and height. When
hormone pellets are implanted in chickens, the results are similar
to those obtained by castrating the male bird. When the hormone
substances are then consumed as part of the animal flesh by
humans, the consequences may be adverse in certain respects.
Normal physiological function is disturbed by the ingestion of large quantities of hormone substances. One of the most common
risks believed associated with the consumption of hormonized
flesh is that of causing sterility in the male. Another risk involves
the possibIe production of cancer. Four distinguished physicians,
Dr. G. F. Knight and Dr. W. C. Martin of the American
Academy of Medicine, Dr. R. Inglesias of the University of Chile,
and Dr. W. F. Smith of New York, have written a simultaneous
report on the risks of hormone injections which was submitted
to the Food and Drug Commissioner of the United States
government. Among other evidence, the report points out that
mice, rats, and guinea pigs given the hormones developed polyps,
fibroids, and tumors and soon wasted away and perished. The
physicians concluded that the introduction of hormones into
the food supply presented the problem of cancer exposure in
human beings from birth onward.
I It has been objected that, with reference to poultry, the area
of the animal in which the stilbestrol pellets are implanted is
removed and thrown away, so that no unabsorbed stilbestrol
reaches the consumer. This may be an acceptable theory to many,
but it does not work out well in practice. Occasional sampling by
the Food and Drug Administration of stilbestrol-treated chick-
< ens which are shipped in interstate commerce reveals the fact
that some 60 per cent of the sampled birds still contain portions
of unabsorbed stilbestrol in areas which would remain with the
consumer after the normal severing of the head from the carcass.
Hormonized flesh, therefore, is not acceptable in any plan of
good nutrition. Whenever possible the normal flesh of non-
treated animals should be given preference to that which has
been subjected to hormone treatments of any kind. The so-called
"caponettes" and "hormonized fryers" should always be avoided
when purchasing poultry.
In addition to the hormonization of meat, there are other
dangerous practices employed by the meat industry. Some forms
of meat are treated with injurious chemicals, both for purposes
of preservation and color. Inspection methods are not adequate
for full consumer protection. Most meat is "well hung" and thus DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
aged until putrefaction has already set in and certain nutritive
qualities are lost. Certain meats are smoked, pickled, soaked in
smoke solutions, and injected with brine, fat, and gelatin. Some
of these processes are done to disguise stringly meat from mal-
nourished animals and all tend to render the meat less suitable
for consumption. Many tinned meats contain the poisonous
drug, sodium nitrate. Due in part to present methods of feeding
hogs, some pork is infested with trichina and the quality of the
meat is rarely as good as that of other animals. Local health
department inspectors in various cities have occasionally found
sulphite powder on some meats, which is used to give a nice red
color to old meat. Some meats sold in restaurants have even been
"embalmed" with formaldehyde in order to assure preservation
over a long period of time.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to purchase any meat on the
regular commercial market with complete assurance that it is
completely fresh and free from synthetic hormones and all chem-
ical additives. But, if there is not complete safety, there is
relative safety. The most dangerous meats are those which are
tinned and processed into sausage. The safest meats are fresh
beef, lamb, and sea fish. However, unless you know the direct
source of your beef cuts, you will have to take your chances on
the hormone problem. This is not a completely happy solution,
but it is the best that can be suggested under current circum-
stances. VI. Fish Liver Oil
A N ANIMAL FOOD WHICH HAS RECEIVED
widespread use among children is cod liver oil. Adults frequently
I take other forms of fish liver oil (usually from the shark liver)
as a supplementary source of vitamins A and D in the diet.
Though fish liver oils are a rich source of the vitamins, and
though certain animals, in particular dogs and cats, appear to
take the oils without harmful reactions, there are serious doubts
regarding the value of such foods in the diet of other animals and
human beings. Dr. Weston Price has found that large doses of
fish liver oil give some patients "definite symptoms of depression:'
and has further observed paralysis and structural damage to
hearts and kidneys of animals when overdoses were given. Agduhr,
using the oils on rabbits, and Malnlberg using chickens, both
found damage to the heart as one of the effects. P. Hendricksen
concluded from his experiments that the oils produced degenera-
tion throughout the body. Herlitz, Jundell, and Wahlgre con-
ducted experiments which showed degeneration of the heart
muscle when normal doses of cod liver oil were given. Dr. Osman
treated cases of ketosis in children with cod liver oil and found
that the patients became worse under care. Dr. Paul Gyorgy,
professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania,
has reported that "certain cod liver oil constituents called unsat-
urated fatty acids are known to exert a toxic effect on the liver or
on the heart muscle when the oil is taken in large or prolonged
doses:'
i One may well conclude from all these facts that the fat-soluble DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
vitamins are best obtained from sources other than fish liver oils
of any kind. This does not present a nutritional problem, for the
vitamin D found in cod liver oil and other fish liver oil has been
found to be much less efficient than that of milk and butterfat
in human nutrition. In San Diego, California and Portland,
Oregon, studies were made of several hundred children to deter-
mine the relationship of vitamin D intake from cod liver oil and
sunlight to rickets. Ninety-five per cent of the children in Port-
land and seventy-three per cent of those in San Diego manifested
four or more signs of rickets, and eighty-two per cent of these
children were receiving cod liver oil regularly. So it is apparent
that we cannot rely upon fish liver oils to give perfect bone devel-
opment. However, we can rely upon whole foods in their natural
state, together with sufficient exposure to sunlight over the entire
body, to do so. Raw dairy products, together with raw egg yolk
and whole raw liver, are the best food sources of the fat-soluble
vitamins, and any one of these will give more assurance of good
bone development than will fish liver oil. VII. Milk
M ILK IS FREQUENTLY DESCRIBED AS OUR
finest beverage. It is considered a near-perfect


 & Mary Eades

CURSE OF THE MUMMIES
"The papyrus records tell us that the early Egyptians sat down to dine on a diet consisting primarily of bread, cereals, fres h fruit
and vegetables, some fish and poultry, almost no red meat, olive oil i nstead of lard, and goat's milk for drinking and to make
into cheese - a veritable nutritionist's nirvana. Except for papyrus, the Egyptians could have obtained their entire diet from the
shelves of any health food store in America.

With such a bounty ava ilable, rich in all the foods believed to promote health and almost devoid of saturated fat and cholesterol,
it would seem that the ancient Egyptians should have lived forever or at least should have lived long, health lives and died of old
age in their be ds. But did they? Let's look at the archaeological evidence...."

The Bottom Line
"Modern nutritional wisdom would predict that the diet of the ancient Egyptians - high in complex carbohydrates, low in fat, no
refined sugar, almost no red meat - should hav e brought health, fitness and longevity to the Egyptians of old. But, it didn't.

Translations of the ancient Egyptian papyrus writings and modern examination of their mummified remains by pathologists tell
us quite a different tale. The evidence speaks of  a people afflicted with rotten teeth and severe atheriosclerosis, suffering from
elevated blood pressure and dying in their thirties with heart attacks. And contrary to the paintings of the willowy svelte f igures in
pleated linen that adorned their tombed  walls, the large skin folds of the mummies tell us that their ancient low -fat, high -
carbohydrate diet left them obese as well.

The Egyptians are not the only people whose health suffered because of a diet consisting mainly of complex carbohydrates. An
anthropologist examining skeletal remains of early man can tell immediately whether the bones and teeth belonged to a hunter -
gatherer (mainly protein eater) or a farmer (mainly carbohydrate eater) simply by their condition. The hunters grew tall, wit h
strong, well -formed bones and sound teeth, and the remains of the farmers usually show skeletal signs of malnutrition, stunted
growth, and tooth decay.

For 700,000 years humans ate a diet of mainly meat, fat, nuts, and berries. Eight thousand years ago we le arned to farm, and
as our consumption of grains increased, our health declined. Genetic evolutionary changes take a minimum of 1,000
generations - or another 8,000 to 10 000 years to adapt.

Our metabolic machinery was designed to cope with an unpredictabl e food supply. We had to store food away for the lean
times ahead. The hormone insulin did this for us. Unfortunately a diet heavy in carbohydrates also sends our insulin levels
soaring and our body interprets this as a need to store calories, to make chol esterol, and to conserve water - all important to
our survival way back then.
Some of us inherit this conservation ability - a thrifty gene - in great measure. People who have this trait gain weight easily and
have a more difficult time losing their excess  and the current nutritional low -fat, high carbohydrate prescription leads to
overweight and weight -related health problems even more quickly among them."

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I highly recommend the study of Drs. Eades "Protein Power" as well as their follow -up book, "The Protein Power Lifeplan"
(Warner Books, copyright 2000) for a clear presentation of the problems associated with a high carbohydrate diet, which leads
to an excessive excretion of insulin and its resulting problems, which may account for more than 75% of our modern diseases
and infirmities.

Stanley S. Bass
New York   5/2000

CONTINUATION
With their permission, I here quote from ”  The Protein Power Lifeplan  ”  by Michael R. Eades, M.D., and Mary D. Eades, M.D.
http://eatprotein.com
Stanley S. Bass
New York   10/2000
Excerpts from The Protein Power Lifeplan
by Drs. Michael & Mary Eades

THE TRUTH MAY SURPRISE YOU
" The authors who defied conventional wisdom, turned the food pyramid upside down, and helped to vastly improve personal
health continue to break the rules...
A New York Times bestseller for over a year, Protein Power sparked provoca tive debate with its assertion that our mainly
carbohydrate -based diet - and not one rich in protein - is responsible for rampant obesity and heart disease among Americans.
Now the authors of this exciting guide expand both their theory and their nutrition al program, and show how The Protein Power
LifePlan can combat diabetes, high blood pressure, auto -immune disorder, and more.....

Good health is in our birthright. Contrary to popular belief, our bodies were designed by nature to metabolize and thrive on
protein and fat, and simply weren't built to handle today's typical diet of carbohydrates and processed foods. The authors ha ve
linked the rise in disease to our increasing reliance on the low -fat, high -carbohydrate diet that first appeared at the dinner table
relatively late in human history. The keys to good health can be found by understanding how we evolved, and by eating a diet
typical of our ancestors', rich in protein and good fats and full of fruits and vegetables for the antioxidant and cancer -fighting
abilities."

ANTHROPOLOGICAL DATA
"Anthropologists have known for decades that the health of humanity took a turn for the worse when our ancestors abandoned
their hunter -gatherer means of subsistence in favor of the farm somewhere between e ight-thousand and ten -thousand years
ago. The fossil record leaves little doubt that compared to their farming successors, the hunters were more robust, had great er
bone density, decreased infant mortality, a longer life span, a lower incidence of infectious diseases and iron -deficiency anemia,
fewer enamel defects, and little or no tooth decay.
Humans have followed a Paleolithic diet for a few million years and a "modern" agricultural diet for only a few thousand year s.
The not too gentle forces of  natural selection have spent millennia shaping and molding our evolving line, weeding out those
offshoots and mutations that didn't thrive on the available fare, reinforcing those traits that improved our survival, until we
emerged as modern humans some o ne-hundred -thousand years or so ago. Since our modern form and physiology today is the
same as that of these one -hundred -thousand -year-old ancestors, it stands to reason that we should function best on the diet
they—and we, their descendants —were designed to eat, not necessarily the "prudent" diet recommended by modern
nutritionists, which is often composed primarily of foods that weren't even in existence for the vast majority of our time on  earth.
It is by turning to the vast amount of anthropological dat a that we can determine what our ancestors ate for the three to four
million years that we have been recognizable as humans.

IN A WORD: MEAT
In anthropological research if you follow the trail of meat consumption, you'll find the history of our earliest a ncestors, because
there is no real debate among anthropologists about early man's history as a meat eater and his evolution into a skilled hunt er;
the only debate is about when this hunting ability became fully developed.

Upon the discovery of the first f ossils of our earliest upright ancestors anthropologists postulated that these creatures, the
australopithecines, and those that followed until the advent of agriculture was "bloodthirsty, savage" hunters. As archeologi sts
developed more technologically so phisticated means of analyzing their collections of bones and tools, thinking drifted from the
idea of early man as hunter to that of early man as scavenger. Gone was the notion of groups of skilled hunters stalking,
bringing down, and butchering large her bivores; in its place was the vision of groups of hominids coming upon the kills of large
carnivores and stripping the remaining bits of flesh from the carcasses and using primitive tools to pummel and break into th e
cavities of the long bones and skulls t o get at the marrow and brains within. The mainstream archeological and anthropological
view posits that this scavenging lifestyle predominated until the last one -hundred -thousand years or so, coinciding with the
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arrival on the scene of anatomically modern humans. But, thanks to recent findings, this view is changing —and changing in
almost flashback fashion to the ideas of the earlier anthropologists. Our ancestors from a long, long way back indeed appear to
have been skilled hunters.

New excavations in Boxgrove, England, and Atapuerca, Spain, reveal that hominids as far back as five -hundred -thousand or
more years ago were exqu isitely skilled hunters. Archeologists at Boxgrove found evidence of numerous kill and/or butcher
sites of extinct horses, rhinoceroses, bear, giant deer, and red deer —all large mammals requiring a great deal of skill and