) a day for up to 3 monthly cycles. Caution Do not take if menstrual bleeding is heavy. Premenstrual Syndrome
Herbs Vervain ( Verbena officinalis, p. 149), linden
(Tilia spp., p. 277)
Remedy (Internal)  Make an infusion using
either herb (or an equal mix of both) and drink up
to 3 cups (750 ml) throughout the day. Herb Valerian ( Valeriana officinalis, p. 148)
Remedy (Internal)  T ake tablets containing
valerian, or take 20–40 drops of tincture with
water up to 5 times a day. Herb Rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis, p. 128)
Remedy (External)  Make an infusion with
1 tbsp of dried or 2 tbsp of fresh leaves to
1 quart (liter) of water and strain into a warm bath
each morning. Alternatively, add 5–10 drops
of essential oil to a bath. Note  Also try the chaste tree remedy under Irregular
Cycle above. Breast Tenderness & Sore Nipples
Herb German chamomile ( Chamomilla recutita,
p. 77)
Remedy Make a compress with an infusion of
50 g of herb and 1 cup (250 ml) of water. Place
gently over the breasts. Repeat as often as
required to achieve relief. Herb Calendula ( Calendula officinalis, p. 73)
Remedy Apply ointment to the nipples. If breastfeeding, wipe off the ointment
before feeding.Fluid Retention
Herb Dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale, p. 141)
Remedy Make an infusion with the leaves and
drink up to 12/3 cups (450 ml) a day. Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Herb Chuang xiong ( Ligusticum wallachii ),
white peony ( Paeonia lactiflora, p. 117), dong quai
(Angelica sinensis, p. 63), rehmannia ( Rehmannia
glutinosa, p. 125)
Remedy Mix equal parts of each root and
make a decoction using 15 g of the mixture
to 3 cups (750 ml) of water. Drink in 3 equal
doses throughout the day. Note Any of these herbs will help, but they are
best together, in which form they are known as
Four Things Soup. Herb Shepherd’s purse ( Capsella bursa-pastoris,
p. 183), nettle ( Urtica dioica, p. 146)
Remedy Make an infusion using 7.5 g of each
herb (or 15 g of shepherd’s purse only) to 3
cups (750 ml) of water. Divide into 3–4 doses
and drink throughout the day. Period Pain
Flavor the decoctions with 1 heaping tsp
of caraway seeds ( Carum carvi, p. 184). Mix
before decocting. Herbs Wild yam ( Dioscorea villosa, p. 91),
cramp bark ( Viburnum opulus, p. 150), black haw
(Viburnum prunifolium, p. 281)
Remedy Make a decoction using 15 g of herb
to 3 cups (750 ml) of water. Sip small amounts
during the day; or take 2 tsp of tincture with
water 3–4 times a day for up to 3 days, then
reduce the dose to 1 tsp a day for 5 days, or
take tablets. Herb White peony ( Paeonia lactiflora, p. 117)
Remedy Make a decoction using 20 g of root
to 3 cups (750 ml) of water. Sip this throughout
the day. QSeek immediate professional
advice for:
■ Severe pain in the abdomen or pelvis
■ Significant or sudden change in menstruation,
such as prolonged, heavy, or irregular periods
Important Note
For the best treatment, consult an herbalist. Seek professional advice before taking a
remedy if you believe that you may be
pregnant. See Pregnancy,  p. 317. Before taking any herbal remedies, see pages 290 & 298–299
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Herbal remedies for H ome useFertility Problems in Women
Fertility Problems in Men
Menopausal ProblemsAlthough much more research is needed, herbal
medicine does appear to increase fertility in women who are trying to conceive, especially
if the problem is related to hormonal imbalances, age, or the amount of mucus produced by the cervix. Where there appears to be no physical problem preventing conception, for example a blocked fallopian tube, ovarian cysts, or internal scarring, herbal medicines are well worth trying. Diet, exercise, and lifestyle may also play a significant role in improving fertility. Impotence in men is a common problem, and
herbal medicine has been used throughout history to help restore healthy sexual function. A low sperm count, which is a common cause of infertility, is often related to lifestyle and general state of health.Saw palmetto is a tonic herb that increases
stamina. It benefits t he male sexual organs and
is reputed to increase potency. Ashwagandha is an all-around tonic that is not as stimulating as ginseng, but is nonetheless helpful in restoring normal vitality after a long-term illness or stress. Menopause is defined as the cessation of
menstruation. It usually takes place between the ages of 45 and 55. After two years without having a period, you can be sure that the “change of life” has occurred.Both estrogen and progesterone levels decline during menopause despite opinion  to the contrary. Herbs such as chaste tree, which have a progesterogenic effect, are as important
as those that support estrogen levels, since both hormones appear to help maintain bone density, reducing the risk of osteoporosis.Maintaining vitality is important during
menopause, since many problems result
as much from being run-down and tired, as from hormonal changes. If you feel low and exhausted, some of these remedies may help  to raise vitality and spirits. St. John’s wort is an excellent medicine for depression.Hot flashes and night sweats are principally caused by hormonal changes. However, nervous exhaustion increases the occurrence of these conditions. QGeneral caution Seek professional advice if there
is prolonged or irregular menstrual bleeding.Aiding Conception
Herb Chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus, p. 151)
Remedy T ake tablets or take 20–40 drops of
tincture with water each morning for a maximum of 3 months at a time. Herb Dong quai (Angelica sinensis, p. 63)
Remedy T ake tablets or make a decoction using
12 g of root to 3 cups (750 ml) of water and drink each day for up to 3 months. Caution Discontinue if you become pregnant. General Vitality
Herb Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera, p. 152)
Remedy T ake 2 g of the dried root a day, either
by chewing it, or taking it in powder form mixed with honey and, if required, water. T ake for up to 6 weeks. Impotence & Premature Ejaculation
Herb Ginseng (Panax ginseng, p. 118)Remedy T ake 0.5–1 g up to 3 times a day for  6 weeks at a time, either by chewing the root, cooking it in a soup or stew, or taking it in  tablet form. Decreased Estrogen
& Progesterone Levels
Herb Chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus, p. 151)
Remedy T ake tablets, or 20–40 drops of tincture
with water each morning. Herb Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus, p. 174)
Remedy T ake ½ tsp of tincture 2–3 times daily
with water. Herb Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa, p. 79)
Remedy T ake tablets, or take 25 drops of
tincture with water 3 times a day. Option Black cohosh combines well with sage. Mix equal parts of each tincture and take 30–40 drops (1.5–2 ml) with water 3 times a day. Depression & Decreased Vitality
Herb St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum,
p. 106)
Remedy T ake 1⁄2 tsp of tincture with water
3 times a day. Herb Oats (Avena sativa, p. 175)
Remedy Eat 25–50 g of oats as a breakfast cereal,
or with other food. Option In addition, make an infusion with oat straw. Divide into 3 doses and drink throughout the day.Low Sex Drive
Herb Schisandra (Schisandra chinensis, p. 133)Remedy Soak 5 g (a small handful) of berries
in water overnight. Strain the berries and make  a decoction with 1 cup (250 ml


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of what we need  sometimes feels like a full-time job. None of us can keep
up with that. So, it seems easy to dump all the goodness we can find into
one sing le drink  and stop worrying about it. Can’ t figure out a way to
incorporate supe rfoods into your diet? Eating on the run all th e time? No
worries, just toss all the goodies you can find into your smoothie! Here’ s t he catch: the most or ganic and nutrient-dense ingredients don’ t
operate the way we might ex pect. Mixing many dif ferent textures and
tastes, a nd combining foods that should not be combined, undermines the
intelligence of the body and we pay the price in the long run. But there’ s something else wrong with this picture! When w e drink our meals, we do n’ t chew them. Chewing is one  of the most
important triggers for turning on our digestive juices. Chewing allows you
to e xperience eating, and chew ing longer changes the taste of food to
sweetness. What’ s more, when we add too many ingredients into our
smoothie—and especially ones that don’ t combine well—we are launching
an assault on our digestive system. T R E A T  Y O U R  B O D Y  G E N T L Y
Morning is not a  good time to drink your food. Y our body is stil l in “fasting
mode” after the previous night ’ s dinner and it has been busy digesting,
cleansing and eliminating (at the cellular level) while we were sleeping. When you awaken in the morni ng, your body needs to be treated gently. It
needs something warm and gentle, such as oatmeal, a cooked apple, fresh
toast with nut butters, eggs, hot tea, etc. W e can have smoothies later on in
the day if we choose, but keep the following in mind so they  deliver the
goodness that you are after:
1. Fruits and vegetables should not be combined in a smoothie as your
body digests fruit much faster than vegetables. But food stays  in the
stomach until the last ingredie nt is digested and processed, s o fruitsugar fro m a smoothie will start  fermenting the vegetables before they
are fully digested. This creates bloating, gas and toxicity in the gut. 2. Most greens are bitter and as tringent in taste and they ar e both
catabolic (which means they promote a process which breaks down
tissues) and cooling. T o introduce them in the morning when your
body ne eds gentle nourishment af fects your ability to metabolize food
throughout the rest of the day. 3. Drinking too much raw (uncooked) green vegetables aggravates the
Air and Space element, or V ata, and we’ll talk about these issu es later
in the book. Mo reover, ingesting raw and cold food like these r educes
the ef ficiency of our digestion. 4. Long-term depe ndence on smoothies generally leads to nut ritional
depletion, even if you may notice a power sur ge in the short term after
you drink one; many of my clients have ended up feeling sick despite
quaf fing a power smoothie daily. 5. Adding nut butters and extra fats to smoothies makes them dif ficult to
digest and ultimately will creat e toxins in your body, instead  of the
nourishment that you had intended. If yo u en joy smo othies and want to include them in your diet, incorporating
some of the tips below will help you obtain the benefit you seek from them. 1. Think of the sm oothie as a snac k and not a substitute for a meal. So,
mid-afternoon is a good time to drink one, if you are hungry. 2. Make ei ther a green smoothie or a fruit smoothie. A void combining the
two. 3. Making a smoothie with just two or three dif ferent fruits is okay such
as berries and mango, or berries and pineapple. 4. Drink your smoothie at room temperature. 5. Add water instead of coconut or almond milk
6. Far better than a green smoothie is to eat your greens cooked, rather
than raw. Sauté them lightly in  ghee (clarified butter) with the spice
mix. (See recipe in Chapter 16 ). T his will give you all the b enefits
without any of the drawbacks.7. T ry cele ry, carrot and beet juice as a tonic and ener gy boost. (4-6  stalks
of celery, 2-3 carrots, ½ a beet)
O U R  D I S C O N N E C T I O N  F R O M  F O O D
S O U R C E
Where does our food come from? How does it end up in our local grocery
store? How is it produced? Who produces it? Right at the corner of my subdivision, ther e is a beautiful mulberry tr ee. It is
as healthy as ca n be as it gets full sunlight and it has a lot of sp ace to gr ow. The tr ee  is full of berries thr oughout the summer months. I often stop by the
tr ee on my walks and grab a few handfuls of berries to enjoy. One day, a
man driving by stuck his head o ut his car window and asked, “Can you eat
those?” I answer ed, “I hope so, because I am eating them!” Then he said,
“My wife won’ t go near them as she does not trust food right off of the
tr ees.”
So, this is where we are when i t comes to knowing the source of our food! W e happily buy food from grocery stores without question, but  won’ t trust
it right of f of th e tree, its source. The one thing we can do is trust food wehave picked right from its source. It is what’ s in the store that needs our
attention and discernment. The path from the tree to the groc ery store is
what we must q uestion and understand. W e know crops are treated with
pesticides. W e just don’ t know much about their impact on our health. Much of that information is coming out now. The further the food grows
from our home, the more it ’ s treated with chemicals to sustain its
“freshness.” Some of it may be necessary, and some is clearly overdone. The best thing to do is buy or ganic and locally grown food wherever
possible. T H E  P R O T E I N  C O N U N D R U M
Another big concern surrounds meat products and how they are produced. If nothin g else would make us question our dietary habits, then the link
between meat consumption and  disease should wake us up. The National
Cancer Institute2 has linked red m eat consumption to cancer, heart disease,
respiratory disease, stroke, diabetes, infections, kidney disease, and liver
disease. The link to disease is not just because of the chemic als applied
while the animals are still alive and then again after they are killed, it is also
as a result of the cruelty imposed on these animals
Animal cruelty in the productio n of meat is not an unknown subject. W e
conveniently ign ore it, as, wha t can we do about it, anyway? Giving up
foods that we have come to love is something we are not willing to do. And,
in p articular, if this has been a way of living for you, changing  it may not
feel possible. Nonetheless, it is worth knowing how the m eat that we
consume is produced and what  path it has taken on its way to our dinner
plate. Animals are force-fed, treated h eavily with chemicals, confined, and killed
in the most inhumane ways po ssible, all so we can have our protein. W e
justify it because we feel we need what we need. A few  things are
noteworthy here. Our lives are far more important than the lives of these
animals, yet we consume them in the hopes of completing our nourishment. How is that possible? On the surface, this may seem only a mora l issue. It is
far more than th at, as the moral issue af fects our spirituality and  in turn our
healing. Y es, spirituality and healing are not separate things, they are oneand the same. W hen I talk abou t health, I am talking about more than our
physical health. Health here is a ll-encompassing, and includes our spiritual
health. By switching to or ganic meat, we may improve its quality, but the
moral di lemma still remains, which af fects our spirituality, our healing, and
our Karma. And we can rationalize it in any way possible to justify our
actions. Whethe r we can justify it or not does not have anything  at all to do
with the ef fect it has on our health. W e are all fami liar with the laws of Karma, which suggest yo u “Do onto
others as you want done to you,” and we remember that “What goes around,
comes a round.” When we treat life unkindly, we are treating ourselves
unkindly, it is t hat simple. W e can’ t sustain life by taking life; we can’ t


 a guru was teaching his students, when a student said, “Master, you have been
teaching us for months a nd none of us seem to be getting any closer to enlightenment. What does it take?”
The guru smiled and said, “You must take a sieve to the ocean and fill it with water.”
The students did not understand. They grumbled, “This is not a real guru. Everyone
know s you cannot fill a sieve with water. It runs right out. That’s the problem with what he
teaches, too. It sounds good, but it runs right out.” So his students deserted him. All but one. A young woman said, “Master, I know the problem is not in your teachin g,
but in my understanding. Help me to understand.”  Filled with compassion, the guru replied, “Come with me.” He took her to a store and
bought a sieve. Then he took her to the shore. “Here,” he instructed, “fill this sieve with
water.”
Eager to learn, she  went to the water’s edge and dipped the sieve into the water. But
when she brought it to him, all the water had run out. He only smiled. “Fill the sieve with
water,” he said quietly, and so she tried again, knowing that he would not ask her to do
somethin g she could not do. But it was no use. She ran back to him as fast as she could with
the sieve, but the water ran out. “Fill the sieve with water,” he said simply, and she tried once more, this time dipping the
sieve and turning and running back to him so fast that she lost her breath. Still, no water
remained in the sieve. “To hell with this!” she screamed then. “I’m done  with this! I’m done
with this whole life  of being a spiritual student! ” She threw the sieve fiercely into the air and
stomped away. “Wai t!” the guru called. “Look.”
The young woman turned just in time to see the sieve riding the ocean waves... then
sinking beneath the surface and disappearing. The guru approached the student. “You
cannot just dip in here and dip in there. This is not ab out dipping and running. You have to
throw yourself in. You have to be totally immersed.”
And the student understood. 5. The way to make it easy to get where you want to go is to travel with others who are
also going there. You do not have to “go it alone. ” First you can get help, then you can give
help, by joining an online community of people from all over the world who are going
where you are going —and helping each other get there. Em and I have created just such an online community. I have spoken about this several
times in the text, and I will now mention it once again. It is the Changing Change Network,
and it is located at www.Chan gingChange.net. Here you will find many resources that could serve you wonderfully in this moment and
for a long time to come, including:
• Question & Answer section, where you can post any question that came up for you
as you moved through this text and g et an answer from members of the Changing
Change Network. • Personal Interactive Area, your private “desk,” where you can move into a direct
personal experience of this message through individual study online, tracking
your encounter in your own online jou rnal. • Changing Change Message Board, where you can interact with others in the
Changing Change Network, sharing comments and observations and both offering
and receiving  suggestions and support during life -changing moments. • Video and audio clips from m e about many subjects relating to the Conversations
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• Network Support Center, where anyone can ask for information, assistance,
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can post their own stories. All of the above features are free. You may move into an even higher level of interaction
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Network members at the website, or, to get on the fast track, by enrolling in the fee -based
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full scholarship by bringing them along with you through the I Want to Share project, the
part of the Program that implements one of its  core teachings: What you wish to experience
yourself, give to another. Here is what I know about all of this: We are all in this Moment of Change together. The
work we are invited to do is our work, not just your work or mine. If we do this work of
person al transformation together, we can transform not only ourselves, but the world
entire. If we only  transform ourselves but not anyone else, we will not have moved very far
in what we came here to do. For we are all one (the very first message of Conversatio ns with
God). What we do for another we do for ourselves, and what we fail to do for another we
fail to do for ourselves. I do not lift up the Self if I lift up only the single part of the Self that I call “me.” That is a
start, and it is a good start, but  it is only the beginning. In the end, if no one else is uplifted, I
have healed but one of more than six billion parts. That is like trying to heal your body by
healing a cell at the tip of your finger. It’s a start. It certainly is that. But it is not th e end of
things. That’s why I like to say: “It’s our work, or it won’t  work.”
And now here’s the good news. Healing is exponential. Energy moves not in a 1 -2-3-4
progression, but in a 2 -4-8-16-32 progression. Therefore, moving an entire culture to a new experience of itself is not only possible (and today, with the speed of communication, ever
more so), but probable. That is, it is going to happen. The only question, then, is, what kind
of culture will we move to? That is, what is the future we are creating? Everything is already changing, and if we want it to change in the direction that we
choose, we have to change everything. So start with yourself, then touch others. So here I’ve offered some final thoughts, but do not say goodbye. I sincerely hope you
will use the many resources available to members of the Changing Change Network and
that we can stay in touch. Just go to the website above and interact  with us! I also offer you here these additional resources:
www.EmClairePoet.com
The website of the poet whose works appear in this book
www.MaryOMalley.com
An amazing teacher and guide on the journey through life
www.NealeDonaldWalsch.com
The personal website of this book’s author
www.cwg.org
The website of the Conversations with God Foundation
www.Free2BU.com
The website of the global educational movement based on the messages of Conversations
with God
I will close with items that are usually placed by authors in the front of their books —my
Acknowledgments and my Dedication. These have been moved to the back in this text so that you could get right into the
conversation I wished to have with you, without wading through a lot of front matter. My
placement of this material here does not, however, in any way indicate reduced importance
to me. I so deeply appreciate all those I have ackno wledged here, and my book dedication is
the sincere expression of a grateful heart. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
It is important to me that I publicly acknowledge the breathtaking and experience -
altering contributions that have been made to my life by those whose work and teachings I
have studied deeply, some of whom I have had the honor of knowing personally. If any of
the ideas found here are considered valuable, it is not because I am in any way brilliant, but
rather, because I have been blessed to have been led to p eople of true wisdom, searing
insight, and breathtaking clarity, and am standing on the shoulders of giants. These include... Alan Cohen


 When experienced directly, reality flows like a
river. B ut you have to imagin e it as a river that flows in a circle,
without starting in the mountains and running to the sea. When you are awake, even to describe awareness as a flow is
too limiting. Awareness does n’t need to be active. As it h appens,
activity is everywhere. Out side of meditation or unexpected
moments of silence, the mind is constantly participating in the rise
and fall  of consciousness as i t modifies itself. Beyond the constant
buzz of activity, consciousness is silent, pure, unbounded, not
needing to do anything. Upo n waking up, you identify w ith pure
consciousness, enjoying the calmness and security it brings. For Today
Silent awarene ss is always with you, waiting to be notice d. Sit
in a  qui et place and say to yourself, “I am _______,” fillin g in the
blank w ith your full name. With a brief pause between them, say
the following things to yours elf: “I am [first name],” then  “I am,”
then “Am,” and finally no thought. Without labels to identify with,
the mind is quiet. As you experience this state, even for a moment,you hav e found your real ide ntity. The ego emerges from mental
activity; your true self emerges from silent awareness. YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 20

Time is only one kind of limitation. So are space, matter,
and energy. Awareness itself is without any limitation. Waking up is clearer today than in the past, when the process
was considered so mysterious that it seemed totally paradoxical. As o ne ancient metaphor put it, wanting to wake up is like  being a
thirsty f ish. Th e fish is thirsty  only because it doesn’t realiz e that it
is su rrounded by the ocean. L ikewise, a person seeking to wake up
doesn’t realize that all limitat ions of the mind are the result of not
knowing that the infinite ocean of consciousness is everywhere at
every moment. Limitation beg ins in the mind but is mirrored by time, space,
matter, and energy. This mir roring effect holds good whether you
are asle ep or awake. The difference is that when you wake up, the
physical universe is seen for what it really is, the play of
consciousness. Consciousnes s has no form or boundarie s. Being
beyond labels and thoughts, it is inconceivable. It is also w ho you
really are. For Today
Hold up your hand and start  moving it into various posit ions,
each sig nifying a meaningful gesture. Act out the part of a police
officer directing traffic, a teacher pointing to the blackboard, a
lover caressing  the beloved’s cheek, a chef whipping up an  omelet
—whatever str ikes your fancy. Reflect on how your hand carried
out wh atever your imagination wanted it to. Mind and matter
were di fferent appearances of the same consciousness. L ikewise,
your personal reality consist s of mind acting to coordinate time,space, matter, and energy. They express the same unlimited
possibilities as human imagination. YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 21

Virtual reality arose from the human need to live in
limitation. This need began the process that created the
conditioned mind. Limitation is part of virtual reality, and it seems t otally
convincing and necessary. Yo u cannot fly like a bird; you can’t be
rich by  wishing it were so; if you are hit by a car, you will be
seriously injur ed or killed. I’ve said that the conditioned mind
edits reality so that it serves  human needs. The infinite b ecomes
finite. W e are hemmed in b y harsh realities. There is actually
nothing wrong  with editing the infinite into the finite—a fter all,
you can’t think infinite thoug hts all at once, even though you have
the capacity to have infinite thoughts. The pro blem is that we’ve fo rgotten that this editing was done
by us. Virtual r eality isn’t a given; it was manufactured. The setup
is finite, and just as you can ’t think infinite thoughts all at once,
humans can’t physically do everything at once, say everything at
once, or desire everything at o nce. The setup of virtual reality suits
the self we think we have—and must have. When you wake up, the picture is reversed. You realize that
virtual reality is a construct. Only consciousness is a given. Only
consciousness cannot be crea ted. By waking up, you free yourself
from th e condi tioned mind, the limited self, and the mind -forged
limitations of virtual reality. In freedom you still cannot fly,
become rich by wishing it we re so, or avoid being injured if a car
hits you. On the other hand, it’s a bad bet to declare that a nything
is im possible. Waking up tak es you over a threshold. Wha t awaits
on the other side is a vast new territory of possibilities.For Today
Sit f or a mome nt and start to  think of things that you’d like to
do or be that are impossible. You might like to be fabulously
wealthy or incredibly attractive or young again—the sky’s the
limit. A s each thing comes to mind, pause and say to y ourself,
“Why not? Why is this impossible?” Wait for a reply and let it
unfold, telling you all the reasons you can’t have or be w hat you
want. Now ask yourself, “Who says I can’t?” There is no good answer
to this question. Things are i mpossible not because anybody says
so. The y are impossible because the whole setup of virtual reality
says so. All limitations are built into virtual reality. When anyone
says that something is impossible, she is only upholding virtual
reality. Who says you have  to follow suit? Nobody, in cluding
yourself. When this realization sinks in, you begin to glimpse how
free you really are. YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 22

When infinite awareness is edited, form and phenomena
appear (i.e., things we can see, hear, touch, taste, smell,
and think about). For the  purposes of everyday life, infinity needed to be edited. Everyone agre es about that, but we forget that there was no
rulebook or set of guidelines for editing reality. The only rules are
self-imposed. Pure consciousness unfolded into the physical
universe, imposing time, space, matter, and energy upon its
creation. But pure consciousn ess didn’t believe it had to do things
this way. Billions of other u niverses with different setups have
been proposed by modern physics. Knowing that rules are self-im posed was never in doubt a t the
level of  pure consciousness. We inherited this certainty. Art and
culture express  the certainty that the human mind can construct
any setu p while also accepting the setup of the physical universe. This makes it seem that life has two compartments—the  mental,
which is unlimited, and the p hysical, which is limited. But that’s a
mistake. A house isn’t separ ate from the desire to build a house
and the  knowledge of how it is done. Mental and physical are
aspects of one thing: creative intelligence at play. When you wake
up, you  will see how creative intelligence works, and with
fascinated curiosity you will become a co-creator of reality. For Today
To become aware of how creative intelligence unfolds, start
with a small object. Whether it is a nail, an earring, or the keys to
your car, these things are id eas that took physical shape. Now
consider some thing larger, like the Empire State Building or theGolden Gate Bridge. They too are ideas that took physical shape. Does it matter that an earring is tiny and the Golden Gate Bridge
immense? No. Creative intel ligence isn’t large or small. Nor is it
hard or soft, here but not there, visible or invisible. The ability to
create is entirely self-contained, respecting no limitations of forms
and shapes. Creativity ne eds only itself. Without creative
intelligence, forms, shapes, and events couldn’t arise. Now see yourself in the m irror and say to yourself, “I am
infinite creativity that has taken on a form.” Stop identifying with
the form and start identifying with the creativity. This is how you
wake up. YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 23

Every form and phenomenon is actually one thing: the
modification of the formless, the infinite reduced to the
finite, pure awareness given a beginning, a middle, and
an end. The world rewards big thinkers and gives them a place in
history. By comparison with an Albert Einstein or a Leonardo da
Vinci, everyone feels like a l ittle thinker. But a big thin ker isn’t
necessarily the biggest thinker. The biggest thinker sees that
reality is one thing, creation one process. That’s the whole picture
in one view, which becomes your reality when you wake up. The whole picture becomes clear when the mind stops
constantly blurring your view with interfering thoughts,
sensations, images, and feelings. They represent the ba ck-and-
forth be tween you and the ou tside world. When you wake up, the
interference patterns fall aw ay. You accept as a natural fact that
infinite,


	per	formulation,	including	ingredients	linked	to
hormone	disruption	and	sperm	damage. 11
	Exposure	to	these	types	of	chemicals
can	adversely	affect	your	central	nervous	system	and	even	affect	your	mood,
making	you	more	irritable. No	good-smelling	shampoo	is	worth	being	moody! Check	out	products	with	essential	oils,	which	smell	great	and	are	nontoxic. NATURALLY	BEAUTIFUL
TEETH	AND	GUMS
A	beautiful	smile	stemming	from	authentic	joy	is	one	of	the	most	compelling
features	you	can	possess. Feeling	confident	about	your	teeth	can	help	you	smile
more	naturally. Oil	pulling,	or	swishing	sesame	or	another	oil	around	your	mouth	for
a	few	minutes	in	the	morning	before	spitting	it	out,	is	something	you	can
incorporate	into	your	morning	routine	to	help	keep	your	mouth	beautiful. It	is
another	increasingly	popular	ancient
Ayurvedic	practice	that	benefits	your	mouth,
teeth,	and	gum	health. Oil	pulling	is	believed	to	encourage	detoxification	by	attracting,	binding,	and
removing	bacteria,	toxins,	and	parasites	from	your	mouth	(where	a	lot	of	bacteria
tend	to	accumulate)	and	lymph	system,	while	helping	to	clear	out	mucus	and
congestion	from	your	throat	and	sinuses. Some	even	believe	that	oil	pulling	can
help	activate	the	vagus	nerve,	which	sends	information	between	your	brain	and
the	enteric	nervous	system	in	your	gut,	which	controls	digestion. Stimulating	the
vagus	nerve	is	said	to	activate	anti-inflammatory	pathways	in	the	digestive	tract. 12
Directions	for	oil	pulling	are	simple:
1. Warm	1	to	2	teaspoons	(or	a	bit	less,	if	you	have	a	tiny	mouth!) of	pure,	cold-
pressed	sesame	oil. (You	can	do	this	by	parceling	the	sesame	oil	you	are	using
into	a	small	vial,	and	then	holding	the	vial	under	hot	water	for	a	few	seconds.) 2. Swish	the	warmed	oil	vigorously	around	all	parts	of	your	mouth	and	back	and
forth	across	your	gums	for	2	to	6	minutes. Don’t	move	it	into	your	throat,	and
resist	the	temptation	to	gargle! Although	sometimes	you	hear
recommendations	to	swish	the	oil	for	far	longer,	traditional	Ayurvedic
teachings	believe	that	is	unnecessary. When	you	are	done,	spit	out	the	oil	into
the	garbage. In	addition	to	oil	pulling,	another	component	of	the	Ayurvedic	morning	routine	is
chewing	2	or	3	teaspoons	of	black	sesame	seeds,	moving	them	around	the	entire
span	of	your	teeth,	for	1	to	3	minutes	before	spitting	them	out. This	is	believed	to
help	polish,	strengthen,	and	mineralize	the	teeth;	remove	stains;	and	also	keep	your
gums	healthy. The	black	sesame	seeds	are	extremely	high	in	calcium,	as	well	as
phosphorus,	iron,	and	magnesium.Radical	Beauty
Nail	Care
It’s	important	to	take	care	of	your	hands	and	nails,	which	are	an	extension	of
your	beauty. They	undergo	a	great	deal	of	daily	wear	and	tear,	from	relentless
exposure	to	heat	and	cold	to	abrasive	soaps	and	excessive	water	from	hand
washing	and	detergents. RADICAL	BEAUTY	NAIL	WHITENING	TIP
To	brighten	yellowed	nails,	try	scrubbing	them	with	white	vinegar. Your	nails	are	largely	made	of	a	tough	protective	coating	called	keratin. A
proper	diet	and	excellent	circulation	are	of	utmost	importance	for	growing
healthy,	strong	nails. There	are	also	great	external	ways	to	support	nail	health:
•
Rather	than	cutting	cuticles,	soak	your	nails	in	warm	water	to	soften	cuticles
and	then	gently	push	them	back. Only	trim	off	hanging,	dead	skin	when
necessary. •
Look	for	polishes	free	of	the	“toxic	trio”:	dibutyl	phthalate	(DBP),	toluene,
and	formaldehyde,	which	have	been	associated	with	development	and
reproductive	issues	and	dizziness	and	are	potential	hormone	disruptors	and
carcinogens. 13
	Look	for	brands	labeled	“DBP-,	toluene-,	and	formaldehyde-
free”	or,	specifically,	“three-free.”	There	are	even	vegan	polishes	free	of
solvents	and	other	toxins,	including	some	that	are	“ten-free,”	and	some	that
are	water-based. (You	may	need	to	reapply	these	more	often	due	to
chipping.) •
Avoid	frequent	use	of	nail	polish	removers,	which	can	dry	your	nail	bed,
leading	to	potential	splits. Also	look	for	nail	polish	removers	that	are	free	of
acetone. •
Avoid	quick-dry	nail	polishes	that	contain	a	great	deal	of	acetone,	which	can
dry	out	your	nails. •
Use	gloves	when	washing	the	dishes,	and	otherwise	try	to	keep	your	hands
out	of	hot	water	as	much	as	possible. •
Before	going	out	into	the	cold,	always	moisturize	your	hands	and	protect
them	with	gloves. Avoid	direct	exposure	to	cold	air. •
Massage	and	moisturize	your	nails	and	cuticles	with	almond,	jojoba,	or
coconut	oil	often.Nail	Strengthening	Scrub
The	combination	of	castor	and	avocado	oils	enhances	nails’	flexibility	and	renders	them	more	pliable
and	less	prone	to	chips	and	breakage. Ground	walnuts	are	high	in	nourishing
omega-3	fatty
acids,
while	the	walnuts	themselves	help	to	slough	off	dead	surface	cells,	allowing	more	moisture	and
nutrients	to	be	absorbed. Honey	is	nourishing	and	softening,	and	it	also	contains	antibacterial	and
antiseptic	properties. ¼	cup	raw,	shelled	walnuts
1	tablespoon	castor	oil
1	tablespoon	first	cold-pressed	avocado	oil
1	teaspoon	raw,	organic	honey
Grind	walnuts	to	form	a	coarse	powder. Mix	in	the	oils	and	the	honey	to	make	a	thick	paste. Rub
your	entire	nails,	hands,	and	cuticles	vigorously	(but	not	in	an	overly	abrasive	way)	for	a	few	moments
before	rinsing	with	warm	water. Try	this	treatment	once	or	twice	weekly	for	best	results.On	location	at	the	Chopra	Center	in	Carlsbad,	California,	Deepak	and
Kimberly	ready	to	discuss	the	new	science	and	ancient	wisdom	contained	in	the
six	pillars	of	Radical	Beauty. Copyright	©	2016	by	Ylva	ErevallAntioxident-	and	vitamin-rich	fruits	build	and	protect	your	beauty. Foods	rich	in	omega-3	fatty	acids,	such	as	chia	seeds,	promote	excellent
circulation	that	helps	create	radiant	skin	and	glowing	health.The	Glowing	Green	Smoothie	is	a	staple	of	the	Radical	Beauty	and	Beauty
Detox	programs. Copyright	©	2016	by	mllevphoto/Shutterstock
Ayurvedic	spices	such	as	turmeric	have	now	been	shown	in	modern	research	to
have	far-reaching	beauty	and	health	benefits.Pillar	4
,	Primal	Beauty,	discusses	how
earthing
,	or
grounding
,	has


 in your mind is already here
waiting for you to connect to it. What needs to be added is your
state of willingness. When I left the university to pursue my dreams I was willing to
do anything. If it meant moving to another part of the country, I
was willing. If it meant borrow ing money, I was willing. If it
meant leaving my family behind  for a time, I was willing, because
I knew my family supported my dreams. If it meant working
eighteen-hour days for years and years, I was willing. When I give lectures on the subject of positive imagery and
creative visualization, someone in the audience will usually say,
“I worke d and worked at my dream and it still didn’ t work out. Why. ” My answer to that person is a question: “What is it you
were unwilling to do. ” The response is usually something like “I
simply can’t uproot my family and move to a new area just to
pursue my own dreams. ” “Perhaps,” I say, “you need to examine
how willing you are to do what it takes to make your dream  a
reality. ” I believe that being willing to do whatever  is neces sary to
achieve your dream is a key factor in the accomplishment. Willingness is really a state of mind. It is an internal statement
that says, “I will be happiness and bring it to my undertakings. Iwill take the next step toward making my dream a reality. ” This is
not a principle that presuppose s a long list of goals. Quite the
opposite. It is an internal statement of I will do whatever it takes
because that is what feels right to me. I believe  that willingness is proportionate to the rightness of
your path. If you consistently find yourself unwilling, I sugge st
you examine your dream closely. You may be receiving an inner
signal that this is not what you want. Otherwise, you will advan ce
confidently and not stop regardless of what others say, what
obstacles come along, or what evidence suggests that you will not
fulfill your visualization. In my office I have two framed posters. One is a picture of
Albert Einstein,  beneath which are the words “Great spirits have
always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ”
The other poster is made up solely of words: “I am grateful to all
those people who said no. It is because of them I did it myself. ”
Great thoughts. Inherent within this third princip le of visualization is the notion
of openness. When you are willing to do whatever is necessary to
form alize your images, your thought s, you open your heart to all
of the possibilities available to you as a human being. Nothing
will be too absurd for you to undertake. No obstruction or
discouragement will enter into your consciousness. You are open
to it all. Further more, when you open yourself up to abundanc e,
you begin acting in abundant ways. So many times along the way
I had been told by “experts” how futile were my efforts to tell the
world about Your Erroneous Zones, but within my heart was the
understanding that though their advice might in fact be true for
them, it just made me more willing to do what I had to do. And I
loved every step along the way, instead of viewing my efforts as
some kind of torture path that I had to traverse in order to get to
the picnic grounds. I would have my own internal celebration
each time I overtook another obstacle. And I came to know that
that future picnic ground was just an illusion, since the future
does not exist at all, only the working unit of our lives, which is
now. Once you are truly willing to do what is necessary regardless of
obstacles, your openness will lead to an internal harmony that will
not let you give up. Being willing does not mean having  to suffer,
or having  to do everything. The willingne ss itself is often enough,
and willingness is a thought. 4. Realiz e there is no such thing as failur e. Keep this in mind and
you will achieve all that you conceive in your mind. You never
fail, you simply produce results. Always results. If you make an
attempt to hit a golf ball one hundred yards and it dribbles off to
the right, you have not failed. You have produced a result. Your
concept of failure comes from believing someone else’s opinion
about how you could have hit the golf ball. But in our reality, you
could not have hit the golf ball any other way than how you hit it.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's message about the importance of thoughts in shaping one's life?,
A: The author emphasizes the significance of thoughts in creating one's reality and the need to focus on inner thoughts rather than external appearances.
Q: According to the author, what is the key to manifesting one's desires?,
A: The author believes that the key to manifesting one's desires is to focus on the thought, visualize it, and be willing to take action to make it a reality.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of failure?,
A: The author does not believe in the concept of failure, stating that "you simply produce results" and that we should focus on what we can learn from our experiences rather than being upset by them.
Q: What is the author's stance on the idea of success?,
A: The author believes that success is a thought and that it is not determined by external circumstances, but rather by one's own thoughts and willingness to take action.
Q: What is the author's view on the relationship between thoughts and reality?,
A: The author states that thoughts and feelings are not determined by external events, but rather by one's own thoughts and reactions to those events.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>In the world of thought, though, we are responsible for everything. We think as we choose, and we are what we think. Not what we eat,
what we think. If we do not want the responsibility for how we have
created our self, then we ignore this self-creation aspect, and liveexclusively in the form that we inherited. If we know that thought is
capable of healing, of creating a happy life, and of making a difference
in the lives of others, then we respond to life with our ability. We are
then living responsibly. Once our focus includes the inner world of
thoughts, we shift to a more responsible way of being in the world. Look within yourself to disco ver how you feel about being  more
responsible to the world. We may enjoy the dreaming part so much that we do not even want to
consider that there is much more available if we awaken. Thus we
choose to remai n asleep, unaware of the grandness that is there for us
in awakening. When we stay with the familiar we take no risks. If we
do not risk we do not have to change. Avoid change and we can
explain that the reason for our lack of growth is a multitude of external
circumstances. It is a comfortable-seeming circle that keeps us safe,
albeit stuck in place, and in a place that seldom serves us or those we
love at a very high level. Resistance is a basic part of the fear of changing. When we approach
metaphysical or spiritual issues,  we encounter a long history of relying
on seeing is believing, and that becomes a stumbling block to looking
anywhere but where our senses  seem to point. I suggest we turn the
stumbling block into a stepping-stone by revising our thoughts to: “I’ll
see it when I believe it.”

YOUR WAY OUT  OF THE CAGE

Remind yourself of how to improve at anything you wish to
accomplish in the world of form. For instance, practicing the piano for
two hours a day will improve your piano playing. Hitting a bucket of
golf balls each day at a practi ce tee will improve your golf game. Imaging is the equivalent of practice in the world of the formless. Before going to sleep at night practice getting an image into your mind
of precis ely what you want for yourself. If it is to be more physicallyfit, practice seeing yourself exactly the way you would like to appear. Let the image get fixed in your mind. Remind yourself to do this
several times during the day too. The work here is to use your thoughts
to focus on positive images, to grow from the perfect person that you
have chosen to be up to now to even higher levels of present-moment
perfection. Do not think of yourself as imperfect. Get the image in
your mind of precisely what you would love to be and you will find
that you will automatically start acting on that new image. In other
words, begin to act as if you already are where you would like to be,
and the actions will follow automatically. Work each day on your thoug hts rather than concentrating on your
behavior. It is your thinking that creates the feelings you have and
ultimately your actions as well. So give this dimension of your being
all the attentio n it deserves. Catch yourself when you verbalize
thoughts that are self-defeating. For example, if you blurt out loud,
“I’ll never be able to get out of debt,” or “I simply cannot reach my
mate no matter how hard I try,” stop and gently remind yours elf that
you are acting on your thoughts, rather than having your thoughts
come from the conditions in your life. Now rearrange those thoughts


thana is nine fingerbreadths
above the muladhara chakra and
the center of it is the navel. The nadis leave Kandasthana
horizontally and vertically. Yoga Cudamani Upaniahad
In the middle
On the left
On the right
The left eye
The right eye
The right ear
The left ear
The mouth
The genitals
Muladhara
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-Yoga-shikka Upanishad
In the middle, Brahmanadi
On the left of Sushumna
from the "navel wheel",
flowing toward the root of
the navel to join Vilamba
On the right of Sushumna
from the "navel wheel'
flowing toward the root of
the navel to join the Vilamba
From the "navel wheel" to
the eye
From the "navel wheel" to
the eye
From the "navel wheel" to
the ear
From the "navel wheel" to
the ear
Flowing downwards from
the navel to discharge
impurities
In the throat, conveying
nourishment to the Head
Ending at the tip of the
tongue
Flowing downward from the
navel to convey excrement
-
From the "navel wheel" to
between the eyebrows
From the navel. Gets the
four kinds of nourishment
-
-
-
Raka drinks water instan
taneously, causes sneezing and
collects phlegm to the throat;
Citra flows downwards from the
navel to discharge semen. The beautiful nadi called
Vilamba is around the navel. The nadis originate there and
flow horizontally and vertical
ly. It is called the "navel wheel"
and looks like an egg. Gorakahashata
In the middle
On the left
On the right
Ending in the
left eye
Ending in the
right eye
In the right ear
In the left ear
Ending at the
mouth
Ending in the
penis
In the anus, i.e.,
in Muladhara
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-137
Siddhaaiddhantapaddhati
Through the palate up
to Branmarandhra
Ending in the nostrils
Ending in the nostrils
Ending in the two ears
Ending in the two ears
Ending in the two eyes
-
The anus
At the end of the penis
At the corner of the mouth
-
-
_. -
-Shandilya Upanishad
At the back of the anus
up to the head and ending
in Branmarandhra
On the left of Sushumna
On the right of Sushumna,
up to the end of the
right nostril
From behind Ida, ending
in the left eye
-
From behind Pingala
In between Gandhari and
Sarasvati. ending in the
right ear and at the tips of
the toes
Running upwards and down
wards from the root of the
anus, through the tonsils
At the side of Sushumna. run
ning to the end of the penis
Running upwards to the tip
of the right ear
Behind Sushumna, to the
tip of the tongue
Lying in between Yashasvini
and Kuhu, reaching all parts
above and below Kundahni
Between Pusha and
Sarasvati
-
_
To the very tips of the toes
-Shatcakra-Ninipana
From the middle of
Kanda up to the head
On the left of
Sushumna
On the right of
Sushumna
-
-
-
-
Below Sahasrara,
supports sushumna or. its stalk above the neck
-
-
-
-
_ Inside Sushumna
Inside Vajra Meridians (tentative)
The governor vessel meri
dian (from the upper lip to
the perineum)
The second line of the
urinary bladder meridian
(See explanation in the text)
The second line of the
urinary bladder
meridian
The third line of the
urinary bladder meridian
The first line of the urinary
bladder meridian (left)
The third line of the urinary
bladder meridian (right)
The first line of the urinary
bladder meridian (right)
The conception vessel meri
dian (from the perineum to
the mouth)
The liver meridian (from the
tip of the big toe to the eye
passing through the penis
and the nose) (?) The kidney meridian
The spleen meridian (?) The gall bladder meridian
(see explanation in text)
-
The Stomach meridian
-138
and nervous systems. As stated in the Introduction, the latter
theory may sound plausible at first, because the sushumna
nadi superficially seems to correspond to the central canal of
the spinal cord, and the ida and pingala nadis to the sym
pathetic nerve trunks. However, this theory does not
evidence a realistic correspondence with the traditional
descriptions of the nadis. For example, the Jabala Darshana
Upanishad states that ida starts at the muladhara, goes up the
left side of the sushumna, and ends in the left nostril. Actually,
though, the upper ends of the sympathetic nerve stems lying
on either side of the spine do not terminate anywhere near
the nostrils. Likewise, the sushumna, although it could possibly lie in
the central canal of the spinal column, cannot be the same as
the nerve itself.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        *
The index finger represents the jivatma (the individual soul in
each person) and the thumb signifies the paramatma (the all-
pervading Supreme Consciousness). The position of the index
finger and the thumb symbolizes the ultimate goal of yoga - the
union of the individual soul and the Supreme Consciousness. (2) Shambhavi mudra (Eyebrow-center gazing)
Sit in a meditation asana with the spine erect and the
hands on the knees in chin or jnana mudra. Gaze forward at
a fixed point and then upward as high as possible, without
moving the head. Then focus the eyes at a point directly be
tween the eyebrows and concentrate on that point. Let the
thought process cease and meditate on the self (Atman) or
the Supreme Consciousness (Paramatma). * According to yogo theory, in its unmanifest state prakriti (the primordial
energy of the universe, the most basic substance} is composed of three
gunas, or qualities, which are: tamas, rajas, and sattva. When observed by
purusha [Pure Spirit], these gunas begin to act, influencing and combining
with each other, so as to create the material aspect of the universe. 98
Duration: As long as possible. At first, for a few minutes;
but with practice, the time can be slowly extended. Benefits: This is one of the most highly regarded practices
in yoga. One who is proficient in the technique of shambhavi
mudra can transcend the mind, the intellect, and the ego,
entering the psychic and spiritual realms of consciousness. It is a powerful technique for awakening the ajna chakra, the
seat of union between the lower and higher consciousness. This mudra brings calmness of mind and removes tension
and anger. It also strengthens the eye muscles. (3) Akashi mudra (Consciousness of inner space)
Sit in a meditation pose and fold the tongue back against
the palate, as in khechari mudra (See Chapter IV p. 101). Prac
tice ujjayi pranayama and shambhavi mudra. With the head
tilted backward somewhat, but not to the fullest extent,
breathe slowly and deeply. At first, ujjayi pranayama in this
position may irritate the throat, but with practice it will
become more comfortable. Duration: Maintain the final position for as long as possi
ble. If it is difficult for more than a short time, stop practic
ing ujjayi pranayama, khechari mudra, and shambhavi
mudra; rest for a short time, then repeat. 99
Concentration: On the ajna chakra. Precautions: As with all mudras, it must be learned
gradually under expert guidance. Benefits: When this mudra is perfected, the student goes into
a kind of trance. This is not a trance in the Western sense
but in the yogic sense, one in which the student achieves a
state of heightened consciousness. Calmness and tranquility
of mind result, and the benefits of ujjayi pranayama, sham-
bhavi mudra, and khechari mudra are duplicated. (4) Bhujangani mudra (Snake breathing)
Sit in a meditation pose, relaxing the whole body. In this
mudra, the student must try to 'drink' air through the mouth
into the stomach (not the lungs), as if


 without any interruption. Q. Does not the fast weaken the patient in this condition? How
long can he sustain his strength? A. No doubt a fast qn mere water weakens the patient but the
intake of urine preserves, physical strength as its alkalines and other
useful elements supply the required nourishment. However in
serious and obstinate cases a longer fast becomes necessary and in
case the patient feels weakness, he is advised to undertake fasts of
smaller durations. Thus if a fast of ten days is necessary, it can be
broken up into two parts. During the interval the patient can take a
nourishing diet of fruits, vegetables, etc. The only way this type of
fast differs from that of continued longer duration is that it may take
some days more to bring the desired effect. Q. How to terminate the fast? A. FuJI care Is necessary while breaking the fast. Ordinarily it is ·_-...;-w-. ;.n,;o~""''"l'flt;.~···';>.~--.=-·,~--w-~.....,.,~,,.------------------~r---------------------------...,,,
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advisable not to resort to full normal diet for as many days as the
observing of the fast. One must always keep in mind that taking
solid diet immediately after the fast is dangerous. Q. What diet do you prescribe for the patient after compl~te
cure? A. It is a difficult question because wrong diet is the chief cause
of all disease. Wedo not know what, how much and when to eat. we have cultivated wrong habits of eating everywhere, anywhere
and whenever offered anything. Moderation is of the utmost
necessity on the part of both the guest as well as the host. The
relations between the guest as well as the host in our society are
such that they violate all the rules of healthy diet. At times we are so
merciless with our stomach thateven after taking full meal at home,
we accept an invitation of a friend to dine in a hotel where fried and
unhygenically cooked edibles play havoc with our stomach. In order
to make them palatable, a lot of extra spiece is also taken with it. 1
can never over ~mphasise that these are the ways of inviting trouble. Anyone desirous of maintaining health must do away with such bad
habits and conventions. Q. Will you kindly say precisely what kind of food is harmful? A. The formula suggested by Gandhiji in this respect is worth
remfmbering : "One should eat according to the demand of the. stomach and not that of the palate. One who has conquered the
palate has conquered all the senses." The quantity of starch in the diet should be as littel as possible. Overmuch of cereals and their preparations should be avoided. The
dinner should always be taken three hours before going to bed. The
following substances should however be altogether excluded from
the daily menu : (1) White sugar, (2) white flour and its preparations,
(3) pasteurized milk, (4) polished rice, (5) tobacco in all forms, i.e. smoking, eating or snuffing, (6) all intoxicants, (7) preserved juices
or fruits, etc., (8) vegetable oil. A REVIEW OF URINE THERAPY : 205
Q. How are we to cure the troubles of the ear, eyes, etc? A. "Fhe substance which is useful for the,general organism in
naturally useful for its parts also. It should be kept in mind that the
disease of the eye, ear or nose are not isolated diseases. Troubles of
these parts result from the to.xins in the body. If the whole body is
attended to and purified i~ternally, the troubles of the senses and
organs disappear of their own accord.'The treatment for the troubles of the ears, eyes, skin, etc. is the
same as already suggested for the general diseases. Q. Do you believe that people will give due consideration to the
utility of this therapy and accept lt? A. I do not worry about it. It is neither my business nor my
profession. The truth which I have experienced has been placed
before the afflicated world. Everybody with a desire to be free from a
disease and having a faith in this treatment will automatically adopt
it. Others by folly or ignorance may not accept in the beginning but
after trying other systems will not hesitate to take resort to urine
th8apy.,I do not feel any need to be impatient about its
propragation. One should not adopt this treatment half heartedly or in a
haphazard manner. Prescribed rules and regulations must be
followed without.exception; otherwise a failure would result from
sheer negligence and may bring bad name to the system of urine
therapy as a whole. In conclusion, I must say that this system of treatment is not fully
developed ~nd requires and up-to-date reiiearth with proper
facilities. Obscure and long-forgotten practices should be traced out
and, new methods should be developed on the basis of varied
experiments. This will naturally take time. May God bless all with
happiness. U.T.-16 l CHAPTER X
EXPERTS• VERDICT AND WORTHY OPINIONS
After the logical treatises on urine therapy by various
practitioners, it is worthwhile to hear the verdict of modern medical
experts on the subject. Here are some very revealing statements:
1. "An extract from human urine shows great promise for
treatment of certain deadly diseases caused by formation of blood
dots." Research physicians said at the scientific sessions of the
American Heart Association. This extract is called 'Urokinase' and it
activates substances in the blood stream that dissolves the
clots... "Experience has been obtained with about 200 patients with
Pulmonary oedEima, the. most common serious lung diseases," Dr.
Sherm pointed out. Press Report: San Francisco (U.S.A.), October 24, 1967 (A.P.) 2. Normal human urine has been found to contain a powerful
artery-dilating agent resembling nitro-glycerin in its ability to
increase the coronary blood flow of the cardiac muscle, used for the
relief of angina-pectoris. Extract from the Science Digest, July 1958 I.... 3.. The.two researchers found ilnexpectedly last year that the
urine extract which they call "Directin' when added to the culture
medium ·causes all the cancer cells on which it has been so far
tested, to align themselves end-to-end into straight rows.. fr()m th,e ~~prt t?itbe.Federation of American S?Ciety for Experimental Biology,
April 1966,.,
:These ~~tracts·;~3
the independent veridcts of the expert medical
men and: researchers.. Nobody can ignore them. Now here are some
iniport~r;ttopinions of some experts on.modern medicine:
1. "~he Diabetes which ranked 20th as 'killer' a few years ago,
~ow ranked only 7th. Diabetes can be controlled and not cured. "-EXPERTS' VERDICT AND WORTHY OPINIONS : 207
Statement of Dr. s. S. Ajgaonker; Vice-President, the Diabetes
Association of India.. '2. "Millions of persons will be infected by parasitic diseases o~er
the next 20 years and medici'"'e will not be able to do anythtng
about 1t, due to the developmeru of drug-resistant bacteria and
germs." -Mr. N. G. Candan, The Director General of the World
Health Organisa~ion. This expert opinion on the present state of modern medicine
clearly conveys that allopathic medicine cannot cure 'killer'
diseases. In such a state of affairs, it is only uirne therapy that can be
a sure cure for them. After knowing the verdict of the experts, it is worthwhile to know. and understand some important-opinions of worthy and wise men. 1. Shri Hansraj Hans is a prectitioner of urine therapy and is. its
good propagandist too. He himself has experimented on auto-unne
and could cure his gout, and other minor diseases to a great exte~t. He could find it a great purifier c1f the whole body. He could get nd
of his constipation too. He use? it in place of a soap and as ·
tooth-cleaner too! So he opin~s that auto-urine ~serves man_y
purposes for him-as eye-drops, as·'both-cleaner, as soap to clean h1? body and hair and is a pain-killer to him in many a way! 2. Shri Kakasaheb Kalelkar says that like auto-urine there was
mentioned auK>-perspiration in ancient yoga-literature whereb:
perspiration due to exercise shoul.d. be. so _much massaged that 1t
wou~d dry on the skin. Auto-blood I~JectiOn IS a well-known.method
today used for certain diseases. Similarly auto-urine c~n well_~ a
logical therapy. He suggests,


	you	intend	to	learn	Chinese	ideograms,
of	which	there	are	thousands,	you	can	apply	yourself,	and	gradually	a	system
of	meaningless	ink	strokes	will	be	transformed	into	a	meaningful	area	of
knowledge. Once	mastered,	the	Chinese	language	becomes	part	of	you;	it
becomes	second	nature,	and	you	can	proceed	to	use	it	for	creative	purposes. In	essence	you	have	accessed	the	mind	field	and	willed	your	own	evolution. You	have	made	a	leap	nearly	as	significant	as	when	Paleolithic	man
discovered	that	meaningless	vocal	noises	could	be	transformed	into	spoken
language. Intelligence	and	meaning	aren’t	only	“in	here”	as	a	subjective	creation	of
the	brain	or	“out	there”	as	a	freestanding	object. The	give-and-take	by	which
the	brain	creates	meaning	is	also	how	it	creates	the	world	and	creates	itself. All	these	processes	actually	belong	to	one	process,	the	self	“curving	back	onto
itself	to	create	again	and	again,”	as	Lord	Krishna	says. The	field	is	innately
creative. It	formed	the	human	brain,	which	is	so	receptive	that	it	took	the	next
leap	and	learned	to	create	new	thoughts,	abilities,	and	memories	on	its	own. Our	brains	are	still	acting	out	the	total	activity	of	the	cosmos,	but	we	happen
to	claim	that	“I	am	thinking”	when	it’s	just	as	true	to	say	“the	mind	field	is
thinking	through	me.”
Memes	and	the	Behavior	of	Beliefs
There’s	another	kind	of	filtering	that	limits	how	much	of	the	mind	field	we
can	perceive. This	has	to	do	with	creating	beliefs	and	then	accepting	them	as
real. A	belief	is	an	idea	we	hold	on	to. For	example,	if	you	believe	that	God	is
good,	that	women	are	mysterious,	or	that	life	is	unfair,	you	have	taken
generations	of	shared	experience	and
reduced
	it	to	one	conclusion. The
conclusion	may	be	right	or	wrong;	that’s	not	important	for	the	moment. Beliefs	hold	us	together	as	a	society. Such	shared	beliefs	give	us	a	clue	about
how	mind	might	exist	outside	the	body.We	all	carry	in	our	minds	a	large	database	of	information	that	we	consider
fundamental. This	database	holds	everything	important	that	we	believe	about
the	world. It	is	our	worldview. We	depend	upon	it	to	survive	for	even	a	short
time. Beliefs	evolve	over	the	centuries,	and	therefore	some	researchers	look
upon	beliefs	as	being	like	“virtual	genes,”	that	become	fixed	characteristics	of
the	brain. These	mental	genes	were	named	“memes”	by	the	British
evolutionist	Richard	Dawkins,	who	founded	a	new	field	overnight	that	has
proliferated	considerably	since	then. A	meme	is	often	compared	to	a	virus	that	spreads	from	person	to	person
until	an	entire	society	gets	infected. It	wouldn’t	be	beneficial	to	our	species	to
become	infected	by	everything. If	we	were	actually	open	to	all	new	ideas,	we
would	not	be	able	to	maintain	a	coherent	view	of	the	world. Imagine	changing
your	view	of	the	opposite	sex,	for	example,	every	time	you	met	a	new	person. In	order	to	evolve,	human	beings	had	to	make	sure	that	they	accepted	only
“good”	memes—ideas	that	promoted	a	coherent,	reliable	worldview—and
rejected	“bad”	memes,	ideas	that	moved	the	mind	in	the	opposite	direction. The	basic	fact	that	we	can	track	the	spread	of	beliefs	the	way	we	track	the
spread	of	avian	flu	provides	us	with	another	clue	to	the	nature	of	the	mind
field:	it	is	dynamic,	shared,	evolving,	and	powerful. It	is	capable	of
“infecting”	us	with	good	or	bad	beliefs	without	the	individual	actually	going
through	any	experience	at	all. Thus	societies	fight	and	die	defending	a	God
few	have	personally	experienced. Nietzsche	was	foreshadowing	memes	when
he	said	that	a	mistaken	idea	“grows	from	generation	unto	generation,	merely
because	people	believe	in	it,	until	it	gradually	grows	to	be	a	part	of
the
	thing
and	turns	into	its	very	body. What	at	first	was	appearance	becomes	in	the	end,
almost	invariably,	the	essence,	and	is	effective	as	such.”
Creating	a	Worldview
The	Vedic	rishis	said	that	anything	we	experience	in	the	Akashic	field	was
created	by	our	own	consciousness. Memes	offer	evidence	of	this,	as	a	means
to	create	the	worldview	that	we	then	believe	in. There	may	not	be	much
incentive	to	adapt	to	new	ideas	on	our	own,	but	when	two	worldviews	clash,
as	Western	culture	is	clashing	with	radical	Islam,	the	pressure	to	cling	to	one
worldview	or	the	other	against	outside	threat	is	inescapable. Our	very	survival
is	said	to	depend	upon	it. (I	am	reminded	of	a	CNN	interview	with	a	right-
wing	Christian	operative	from	Indiana	who	said,	“As	long	as	liberals	and
atheists	despise	us,	we	will	never	go	away.”)
Two	people	with	different	worldviews	can	see	the	same	fact	and	give
totally	divergent	interpretations	of	it,	because	no	fact	or	event	is	perceived	by
itself. Walking	down	the	street,	I	may	pass	a	woman	with	bright	red	lipstick,	a
faint	whiff	of	wine	on	her	breath	from	a	lunch	at	a	restaurant,	and	no	hat	onher	head. In	my	worldview,	none	of	these	facts	triggers	any	particular	emotion
or	judgment,	so	this	is	a	neutral	encounter	that	barely	registers	on	me. Therefore	you	might	assume	that	nothing	happened	in	my	brain. Yet,	as	meme
theory	points	out,	a	great	deal	happened	tacitly. The	sight	of	this	woman
entered	my	brain	as	raw	data	along	the	optic	nerve,	but	I	couldn’t	actually
“see”	her	until	that	data	passed	through	my	worldview. Imagine	a	series	of
filters	marked	“memory,”	“beliefs,	“associations,”	and	“judgments.”	Each
filter	alters	the	raw	data	in	some	way,	invisibly	and	instantaneously. Should	a	person	with	a	different	worldview	encounter	the	same	woman,
he	would	“see”	her	through	his	filters. If	he	happened	to	be
a
	traditional
Muslim	or	a	Victorian	or	a	medieval	monk,	all	the	innocuous	features	that
entered	my	brain—the	lipstick,	the	smell	of	alcohol,	the	absence	of	a	hat—
might	cause	a	violent	reaction	in	his	brain,	and	generate	considerable	stress. A	worldview	provides	fixed	grooves	for	behavior,	which	is	dangerous,
unfortunately,	much	of	the	time. Traits	like	racism	and	warmaking	persist	as
automatic	reflexes. Anatomically	the	human	nervous	system	is	divided	into
two	parts:	the	somatic	and	autonomic	nervous	systems. All	information	in	the
body	that	you	are	conscious	of	comes	from	the	somatic	nervous	system;	all
information	that	you	are	unconscious	of	comes	from	the	autonomic	nervous
system. Memes	occupy	a	fascinating	middle	ground,	a	shadowland. When
you	can’t	get	a	catchy	song	out	of	your	head—one	classic	example	of	meme
behavior—you	are	totally	conscious


 waggle from manyphysicians. It means, “I agree with you, but I’m uncomfortable revealing it
in front of others.”
Time after time in my experiences with patients I encounter
unconscious knowledge of the future. One Monday I operated on a man
named Mike, who had a massive hemorrhage from an aneurysm that had
ruptured into his esophagus. It was impossible to stop the bleeding, and he
died. When I talked to his wife, she said, “Y ou know, Sunday we spent the
whole day discussing his funeral and will, and I said, ‘Why do we have to
talk about all this morbid business?’  And now I know.”
Several times I’ve found that close relatives knew of a person’ s death
before they had received news of it. My own father, who is now almost
eighty, told me a few years ago that his mother visited him—spiritually—
one day at work when he was a young man. She said good-bye. He knew
she had died, and he grew terribly sad. His co-workers noticed, but he
couldn’ t tell them what had happened because it sounded crazy. As soon as
he got home, the phone rang, and his sister told him their mother had died. Sandy, whom I mentioned in Chapter 4, told me her experience of the
same intuitive knowledge. Her husband, Harry, always drove the kids to
school, but one day all three of them were late getting dressed. He got angry
and left without them, and a few minutes later was killed in an accident. It
seems obvious to me that there was an unconscious awareness in each of
those children that this was not the day to get dressed and go with dad. When Sandy called Harry’ s mother in Maine and started to talk, his
mother said, “Y es, I know. Harry’ s dead.” When asked how she knew, she
replied, “His father”—who’d been dead a year—“came to me last night and
said, ‘I have to take our son tomorrow.’” These are the kinds of things that
patients share with me, the privileged listener. They are experiences that can
open a whole new realm in one’ s awareness and belief system. One night, when I was giving a lecture, I had all my notes in front of
me. And yet, as I was giving the talk, I realized that, in a sense, two talks
were being given. In one, I was struggling to follow the outline, but
something else was coming out of my mouth. I realized the other talk was
much better, so I finally just gave in and let it happen. When I came of f the stage, I told Bobbie, “I don’ t know who gave that
talk. I didn’ t.” The next woman who came up to me said, “I’ve heard you
before, but that was more moving than usual.” The third person who came
up to me said, “I’m a medium, and while you were reading Lois Becker ’sletter, superimposed over you and staring at the audience was this figure. I
drew him for you.” And she showed me a picture of my guide Geor ge. The famous psychic Olga Worrell has also described Geor ge and
another of my meditative guides, even including the clothes they wear—
flowing robes and the old Jewish prayer caps. When the emotional and
spiritual mind is freed, the distinctions between the “mystical” and the
“mundane” break down. This experience taught me that the unconscious can take care of
everything, and I don’ t have to prepare for my lectures anymore. Whether
Geor ge exists as a spiritual guide or simply exists inside of me as part of my
collective unconscious or intuition, the power is there for all of us, if we
will let it come through. As Socrates replied when asked if he had prepared
his defense, “What needs to be said will be said.”
One woman who had breast cancer told me that her family thought she
was crazy. I asked why, and she told me several stories. One was a dream in
which Death came and told her that her husband was going to die
tomorrow. She ar gued with Death and said, “No. Everybody gets two
weeks’  notice.” Two weeks to the day later her husband died. I told her I loved her and all that she was sharing with me. When we
went out of the examining room, her family was expecting me to say
something negative about their crazy mother. Instead I said, “She’ s
wonderful, terrific.” That led to a new openness and awareness on the part
of the family, a new willingness to accept her and all that she had shared
with them. Death is no barrier to this intuitive, spiritual consciousness. It continues
after death, and it communicates between the dead and the living. Iris, a
blind diabetic who developed cancer, underwent a similar experience. One
day she called her two daughters into her hospital room and told them,
“Girls, I can see again. My mother and father came for me and held out an
apple. They said when I bite into it I will join them. I told them my
grandson’ s birthday was on Tuesday, and I would join them then.” She died
after the party on Tuesday. Before she passed away, one of her daughters said, “Mom, if you die I
want to die, too. I can’ t go on without you.” Two weeks later Iris appeared
to her daughter and said, “Look, I have ten minutes. This is against the
rules. I am in a beautiful place and I am loved. I can’ t be worrying about
you doing something silly.”As I have opened myself to my patients’  beliefs, I have received many
messages from those who have died. Josie was a wonderful woman who
had given everyone who knew her the gift of love and humor. While at the
hospice, for example, she thought she heard a noise and asked if someone
was at the door. The nurse said, “Oh, I just kicked your bucket.” Josie
replied, “I’m here trying  to kick the bucket, and for you it’ s easy.” She was
one of the exceptional people who lived until the moment of death. Josie had asked me to deliver the eulogy at her funeral. I said I would be
honored, but told her I couldn’ t be sure my schedule would permit it,
especially since the funeral would be held in New York. Months before, I
had arranged to be in New York on a certain Friday for a conference. The
only day in the entire year I was scheduled to be in New York. Then a radio
talk show host asked me to speak for an hour at noon on that day, since I
would already be in the city. I agreed, but on the Monday before the show
someone from the station called and said the program had been preempted. I told my wife that Josie’ s funeral would be at that time although she hadn’ t
died yet. On Tuesday evening, Josie’ s husband asked me how to help ease her
passage. She found it hard to leave amid the constant visiting and
expressions of love. I suggested he tell her he loved her, that he and the
boys would be okay, and she could go if she was ready. He shared that with
her the next morning, and then turned to get her breakfast tray. When he
turned back, she had died. Josie’ s son called me to tell me she had died, and that there had been a
debate about whether to have the funeral Friday or Sunday. I said, “Y our
mother wants it at noon on Friday.” He said, “I don’ t know how you know,
but that’ s what we decided.”
After I’d learned of Josie’ s death, I went to meditate in the hospital
chapel, a small closet-like room with no windows. A plaque on the wall
suddenly began to shake for no discernible reason. I looked at it and read
the message: “In the midst of life I am with you.” I knew it was a message
from Josie. On Friday, as I was nearing the end of my eulogy, the
loudspeaker in the funeral home suddenly went of f. I felt that was another
message from Josie, saying, “Enough already!”
Paula, one of our ECaP  group members, told me of a similar experience
after her daughter was murdered in a brutal assault at her college. At the
murderer ’s trial, a bird appeared in the window, making an awful racket anddisturbing the proceedings. Paula said she knew it was her daughter,
because she always demanded a lot of attention. Later at the wedding of
Paula’ s other daughter, another bird appeared, cackling raucously,
interrupting the outdoor ceremony. Then, after Paula finished telling this
story in the group, a bird began squawking at the window, and everyone
turned to Paula and said, “I guess that’ s your daughter again.”
Recently I was out jogging on a cold, dark December morning. A bird
followed me for half an hour, chirping and sharing with me. When I came
home, I said to Bobbie, “Someone died and just said good-bye.” Wednesday
I got a phone call and learned that a patient I’d been very close to, who was
in another state,


for Y ou
Juicing and Smoothies Defined
What is juice. What are smoothies. What’ s the dif ference between the two. An Introduction to Juicing
The benefits of juicing
An Introduction to Smoothies
The benefits of smoothies
Deciding Whether Smoothies and/or Juices Are Right for Y ou
Chapter 3: Buying and Caring for Y our Equipment
Choosing a Juicer
T ypes of juicers
Features to look for in a juicer
Choosing a Blender
T ypes of blenders
Features to look for in a blenderCleaning Y our Juicer or Blender
Cleaning a juicer
Cleaning a blender
Chapter 4: Shopping for and Preparing Fresh Produce
Shopping Like a Pro
Making a list and checking it twice
Knowing what to look for in produce
W eighing your options: Fresh, dried, frozen, or canned
T reating Fruits and V egetables like Gold
Getting them home
Giving them a bath
Storing them to last
Freezing them for the future
Chapter 5: Catering to Special Needs
Choosing Healthy Drinks for Children
T ackling the Needs of T eenagers
Getting the Nutrients Y ou Need as Y ou Age
Pumping Up the Nutrients When Y ou’re Pregnant or
Breastfeeding
Keeping Y our Blood Sugar under Control When Y ou Have
Diabetes
Part II: Liquid Gold: The Health Benefits of Juicing and Smoothies
Chapter 6: Science and Nutrition in a GlassV itamins
Minerals
Enzymes
What do enzymes do. The raw truth
Protein
Fluids
Drink the Rainbow: How to Make Sure Y ou Get the
Nutrients Y ou Need
Chapter 7: Juicing and Smoothies for the Outside
Looking Y ounger
Focusing on free radical damage
Preventing or reversing age spots
Recognizing the anti-aging, restorative power of
green juices
Rechar ging your batteries
Improving Y our Skin
Growing Healthy Hair and Nails
Losing W eight
T aking the long-term approach
Making lifestyle changes
Staying regular with fruit and fiber
Snacking on juices and smoothies
Drinking juices and smoothies as meal replacements
Flushing fats with juice, water, and smoothiesChapter 8: Juicing and Smoothies for the Inside
Increasing Y our Ener gy Level
Fueling the body
Building bones
Living Longer
Lowering your cholesterol with pulp
Preventing cancer
Revving Up Y our Sexy V itality
Balancing hormones
Seeking out sexy nutrients
Boosting Y our Immune System
Flushing and fueling your immune or gans
A voiding immune depressants
Improving Y our Memory
Feeding the brain
Herbs for memory
Chapter 9: Juicing to Cleanse or Detoxify
Cleansing: Clearing W aste from Y our Digestive System
Considering the cleansing power of fruits
Doing a juice cleanse without fasting
Cleansing with a juice fastDetoxifying: Ridding Y our Body of T oxins
Identifying toxic substances
Understanding why you should deal with toxins in
the body
Zeroing in on the best detoxifying juices
Detoxifying: T wo plans
Part III: Getting Juiced
Chapter 10: Juicing Ingredients and T echniques
Juicing Ingredients
Fruits and vegetables
Green grasses, herbs, and sprouts
Healthy additives
Juicing T echniques
Peeling, seeding, and coring (or not)
Juicing from soft to hard and using dif ferent juicer
speeds
Juicing fresh herbs and grasses
How to Cook with Juices
Sauces and glazes
Pasta and rice
Soup and stew
Baked goods
Chapter 11: Fruit JuicesBreakfast Juices
Snack Juices
Digestive Fruit Juices
Fruit Mocktails, Cocktail Mixers, and Punches
Chapter 12: V egetable Juices
Breakfast Juices
Lunch and Dinner Juices
Snack Juices
Digestive and After -Dinner Juices
Exercise Juices
Antioxidant Juices
Elimination Juices
V egetable Mocktails and Cocktail Mixers
Chapter 13: Recycling Y our Juicing Leftovers
Planning Ahead
Recipes for Recycling Pulp
Creating Y our V ery Own Kitchen Spa with Pulp
Skin-Refining Face Mask
Cooling Cucumber Eye Pack
Salt Scrub
Part IV : Serving Up Fresh Smoothies
Chapter 14: Smoothie Ingredients and T echniques
Smoothie Ingredients
LiquidsFruits
V egetables
Green grasses and sprouts
Seaweed
Dairy and dairy alternatives
Nuts and seeds
Grains
Bran, flaxseed, hemp, psyllium, and wheat germ
Herbs and spices
Natural supplements
T inctures, tonic teas, and elixirs
Sweeteners
Smoothie-Making T echniques
Peeling, seeding, coring, and chopping
Doing things in order
Blending frozen ingredients
Chapter 15: Fruit Smoothies
Breakfast and Snack Smoothies
Dessert Smoothies
Fruit Mocktail and Cocktail Smoothies
Chapter 16: V egetable Smoothies
Breakfast and Snack Smoothies
Lunch and Dinner Smoothies
V egetable Mocktail and Cocktail Smoothies
Chapter 17: Dairy SmoothiesBreakfast and Snack Smoothies
Lunch Smoothies
Dessert Smoothies
Dairy Mocktail and Cocktail Smoothies
Chapter 18: Frozen Smoothies
Making Frozen T reats
Iced Smoothies
Granite
Sherbet
Part V : The Part of T ens
Chapter 19: T en Frequently Asked Questions about Juicing
and Smoothies
What Are the Benefits of Juices and Smoothies. What’ s the Dif ference between Juicing and Smoothies. Can I Get the Same Health Benefits with Smoothies as I
Get from Juices. Are Juicing and Smoothies Only for Health Nuts. W ill I Feel Dif ferent if I Start Juicing Regularly. How Much W ill It Cost Me to Get Started. Isn’ t Cleaning a Juicer a Pain in the Neck. What’ s the Big Deal about Or ganic. W ill My Skin T urn Y ellow if I Juice Carrots. Aren’ t Smoothies Filled with Calories. Chapter 20: T en Antioxidant-Rich Fruits and V egetables
Açai Berries
Black RaspberriesW ild Blueberries and Cranberries
Black Plums and Prunes
Blackberries
Red Beans, Kidney Beans, and Black Beans
Artichokes
Garlic
Cabbage and Broccoli Rabe
Purple Cauliflower
Appendix: Metric Conversion Guide
Cheat SheetJuicing & Smoothies For Dummies®
by Pat Crocker
Juicing & Smoothies For Dummies®
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Q: What is the purpose of the book "Juicing & Smoothies For Dummies"?,
A: The book is a comprehensive guide to juicing and smoothies, providing information on the health benefits, equipment, and techniques for making healthy drinks.
Q: What is the main difference between juicing and smoothies?,
A: Juicing separates the juice from the pulp, while smoothies blend the whole fruit or vegetable, including the pulp, into a drinkable liquid.
Q: What are the key benefits of juicing and smoothies?,
A: The book highlights the numerous health benefits of juicing and smoothies, including improved digestion, increased energy, and a stronger immune system.
Q: What is the author's approach to promoting healthy living?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of incorporating whole, unprocessed foods into one's diet, and encourages readers to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Q: What is the author's stance on the importance of whole foods?,
A: The author emphasizes that whole, unprocessed foods are essential for optimal health, as they provide a complete range of nutrients, including phytonutrients, and are not damaged by heat or chemicals.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>If you teach your children good smoothie
habits and have fresh fruits, vegetables, and other smoothie
ingredients on hand, as older children and teens, they’ll be
making their own incredibly healthy after-school snacks. Small, single-serving blending machines can make smoothie
lunches or midday snacks even more appealing to working
people. It’s just so darn easy to savor the fresh fruit and
vegetable drinks as alternatives to any junk-food snack or fast-
food meal. Smoothies can play a vital role in a weight-lossprogram because, unlike juices that exclude the pulp, the ﬁber
in smoothies helps stave off hunger. For people who want to be soci


 efficiently to help the following ailments, their various
combinations have been listed; the numbers indicated in the case of
each ailment will correspond to the formula number in the list of
juice combinations on pages HO, 81. For adults, at least one pint daily of one or more of the formula
combinations indicated have been taken over a period of several weeks
to obtain perceptible results. The juices for each ailment are given in the order of their greatest
efficacy according to our experience, those which we found essential
being indicated in bold type, the others having also proved effective. When possible, at least one pint of each combination whose formula
number is indicated in bold type was taken daily. For example: In the
case of ARTHRITIS, at least one pint of Formula No. 22 (grapefruit);
also, one pint of No. 61 (carrot and spinach combined); also, at least
one pint of No. 6 (straight celery juice); and at least one pint of No. 37 (carrot and celery combined) was taken. This means a total of four
pints daily, which usually gave perceptible results within a reasonable
time. The addition of one pint of No. 30 (carrot, beet, and cucumber
combined) was also found very beneficial. These juices were taken
throughout the day at intervals of one or two hours between each
combination. We must remember that by combining one or more different kinds
of juices we change the chemical combination of each individual one
so that the effect of the combination as a whole will be entirely different
from that of each juice if taken separately and individually; and it is
by the knowledge of these proper combinations that we have been
able to get results that seem unbelievable to those who lack this
experience. In the selection of the juices and their combinations which have
proved most beneficial for specific ailments or conditions, it is
necessary to study the underlying cause and attack it in order to remove
the manifestation. In the case of arthritis, for example, for which we have given the
various formulas that have proved most beneficial, we find that it is
77 usually due to long retained RESENTMENTS, and to the result of
the accumulation of inorganic calcium deposits in the cartilage of the
joints. Because the afflicted cartilage has a magnetic attraction for
inorganic calcium atoms, the blood deposits them in specific parts
of the anatomy, such as in the case of hemorrhoids. In arthritis they
solidify the cartilage and ligaments, while in hemorrhoids they form
a coagulated blood fibrin. In either case, the eating of foods containing
these inorganic calcium atoms does not create even the slightest
suspicion of what eventually may take place. Once an arthritic deposit has taken root, however, it becomes
progressively menacing until actual bone distortion may take place. The enlargement of the joints is usually the first manifestation after
the occasional shots of sharp pain at shorter or longer intervals make
themselves felt. Once the incrustations of this calcium have established
themselves, their headway becomes a matter of routine and their
deposit becomes cumulative. One of the most effective elements with which to help dissolve
this inorganic, incrustated calcium has been found in grapefruit, in
its organic salicylic acid content. Thus, one pint or more of fresh
grapefruit juice daily helps to dissolve this accumulation of foreign
matter. The canned juice has usually been found useless for this
purpose. Oil of wintergreen has highly penetrating ethers and contains a
high percentage of salicylic acid. It is often used externally to help
ease the pain which usually follows the cleansing and regeneration of
the cartilage and the joints. Dissolving the inorganic calcium however, is only the first step
in the progressive course of this regeneration. It is so difficult to
acknowledge RESENTMENTS and to banish them, but this is the
very first step necessary to help to improve the situation. The calcium
must be removed from the body. To do so, we drink one pint of straight
celery juice a day, which because of it's very high sodium content,
helps maintain the calcium, more or less, in solution. The blood and
lymph both carry this waste matter towards the colon, and to facilitate
the functions of that organ we drink one pint of carrot and spinach
juice. This combination serves to nourish the nerves and muscles of
the large and small intestines. One pint of carrot and celery juice daily, helps to rebuild and
regenerate the cartilage and the joints, eventually helping to restore
78 them to their normal state. The process is usually painful — more so at certain times than at
others; but we have seen many sufferers go through it and in time
become more active than ever before. It requires will power and the
cooperation of everybody interested in the victim's welfare, but the
results have proven to be worth it. Vaccines, drugs, heat, electricity, and a variety of secretive and
orthodox cures have proved valueless as remedies. The elimination
of pain does not cure the cause. If the human body is suffering as a result of the transgression of
the fundamental laws governing its nutrition, then cleansing the debris
and waste from the system and nourishing it with the vital organic
atoms of fresh raw vegetables and fruits, cannot help but restore at
least some of the ebbing energy and vitality. When such nourishment has been taken in the form of properly
extracted fresh raw juices, the results have been more quickly
pronounced, once RESENTMENTS have been dissolved from the
consciousness. FORMULAS
The following Formulas are given entirely as a matter of courtesy
by the Norwalk Laboratory of Nutritional Chemistry and Scientific
Research for use with Special Vegetable Juice Equipment. They
represent the result of expensive and laborious research by this
Laboratory in Raw Vegetable Juice Therapy. It is essential to bear in mind that satisfactory results from the
use of these combinations have been obtained with juices made with
the Electric Triturator (Pulverizer) and Hydraulic Press. Such
equipment has been found to extract the Vitamins, Minerals and other
Vital Elements from vegetables and fruits and to retain the Enzymes
more completely than by any other method. When any other type of Juice Extractor was used, it was found
necessary to considerably increase the indicated quantity. Any juice,
so long as it is fresh and raw, is better than no juice at all. We belong to the kingdom next higher than that of animals. We
have a free will and the ability to use it and develop it. If man persists
in the transgression of Nature's laws, Providence steps in to save him
from annihilation, if possible. Our fundamental object and goal in life should be to gain vast
and abundant knowledge, and learn to apply it intelligently. Of what
79 value is life, let alone longevity, unless we live intelligently. We can teach Wisdom, but we cannot make one learn Wisdom. If
it is too much trouble to learn how to attain and maintain health, and
to put such knowledge into practice, then the easier way out is to
follow the line of least resistance and hope fervently that the grave is
not too far away. Whether or not you have studied anatomy and the physiology of
its functions, it is always best to have a doctor who has had personal
experience with Raw Vegetable Juices to check your condition and
consult him in regard to it. If you have studied carefully all the
preceding pages, your own conviction and intelligence should help
you to follow the course of Natural Healing which has been so
consistently helpful to others. FORMULA PROPORTIONS found to be consistently helpful
when used in the COMBINATIONS and PROPORTIONS indicated,
are listed below. One Pint = 16 Ounces
16 oz. '••1 Carrot l6oz. #2 Carrot 7oz. Celery 4 oz. Parsley 2 oz. Spinach 3oz. #3 Beet & Tops l6oz. #4 Brussel Sprouts l6oz. #5 Cabbage l6oz. #6 Celery l6oz. #7 Cucumber I6OZ. «8 Dandelion I6OZ. #23 Lemon
#24 Orange l6oz. #25 Pomegranate 16 oz. #26 Carrot 13 oz. Beet 3 oz. Note: Use beet tops and
roots. #9 Endive (Chicory) 16 oz. # 10 Green Peppers 16 oz. #11 Juice I whole Lemon to
1/4 pt. (4oz. ) Horse Radish ground but
not pressed. #12 Lettuce 16 OZ. #13 Parsley 16 oz. #14 Radish & Tops 16 oz. #15 Spinach 16 oz. #16 String Beans 16 oz. #17 Turnip & Tops 16 oz. #18 Watercress 16 oz. #19 Alfalfa 16 oz. #20 Apple 16 oz. #21 Coconut 16 oz. #22 Grapefruit 16 oz. #27 Carrot
Apple
Beet
#28 Carrot
Beet
Celery
#29 Carrot
Beet
Coconut
#30 Carrot
Beet
Cucumber
#31 Carrot
Beet
Lettuce
#32 Carrot
Beet
Lettuce
Turnip
#33 Carrot
Beet
Spinach
#34 Carrot
Cabbage 7oz. 6oz. 3oz