, as well as into
the blood stream. It stands to reason that this process should be stopped. However, surgery has
serious negative side effects. To start with, prior to the operation tranquilizers are administered to the patient to keep him
or her calm and prevent a rise in blood pressure. This is followed by local or general anesthesia
for the operation, plus fairly heavy doses of antibiotics. On waking up, the patient is in pain and
receives several doses of pain-relieving drugs. In sum, many damaging toxins are introduced into
the patient’s organism. In recent times, another problem has emerged. Due to the excessive use of antibiotics and
poor hospital hygiene, so-called “Superbugs” have come into being, which are resistant to all
available antibiotics. As a result, large numbers of patients are infected in hospitals with powerful
staph (staphylococcus aureus) bacteria that can’t be controlled. Especially for cancer patients
who already have a weak immune system, such infections can be life threatening.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 140Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comNevertheless, under certain circumstances surgery is urgent and must be performed quickly to
save a life. Such a situation could arise from the development of thick scar tissue that is blocking
an organ; it could be bleeding from a large blood vessel, damaged by invading cancer, that has
to be stopped; or a patient may be injured in an accident and the damage needs to be repaired
urgently. But often surgery does not have to be immediate. For instance, when a patient on the
full Gerson Therapy needs to go to hospital for some non-urgent surgical procedure, there is just
enough time to make sensible preparations for the event. It should be borne in mind that once a person is well detoxified, his or her body will react much
more strongly to drugs, including anesthetics, pain medication and even antibiotics. If a more
or less detoxified Gerson patient tries to discuss this concern with the regular hospital surgeon
and/or anesthesiologist, they simply will not understand what he or she is talking about. For that
reason it is best to prepare the body to accept the unavoidable drugs by making it temporarily less
sensitive, even though unfortunately this means reducing the effectiveness of the therapy. The
way to do it is to double the regular daily helping of yogurt, and to serve two or three meals of
boiled or broiled fish just prior to entering the hospital. This actually puts a temporary stop to the
body’s self-healing activity. After any necessary surgical procedure it is advisable to leave the hospital as soon as
possible. On returning home the full therapy is resumed, even omitting yogurt for a week or
so and stepping up the enemas temporarily to four or more, in order to clear out the toxins that
have been introduced. Afterwards the patient returns to the level of treatment he or she was using
before preparing for the hospital visit. Diagnostic Surgery
When a mammogram or MRI discovers a ‘suspicious’ lump or ‘shadow’ in the breast area,
the doctor as well as the patient need to know the exact nature of the lump. The physician will
usually suggest an urgent biopsy and examination of a tissue sample, to ascertain the situation. The next step is a “lumpectomy,” i.e., the removal of the breast lump. If in the surgeon’s
experience this is likely to be malignant, he will also examine the surrounding tissue, especially
checking the underarm lymph nodes to see if the malignancy has spread. The problem is that when
he starts to dissect the lymph nodes, he is likely to take out not just one or two, but as many as
eight or ten. In orthodox medicine this is done to give the oncologist the information he requires
for choosing what he considers appropriate chemotherapy drugs for the patient. However, if the
latter has already decided to reject chemotherapy, it is pointless to remove a lot of lymph nodes. To do so would damage her circulation and cause swelling of her arm, due to the accumulation of
blocked fluid, and this in turn would lead to severe discomfort and even make the arm virtually
useless.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 141Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comSo how can this risk be avoided? As a matter of routine, before any surgery the doctor requires
the patient to sign a release, stating that he is allowed to do anything he deems necessary or best,
under whatever circumstances he may encounter. If the patient agrees to such a general release,
she may end up having too many lymph nodes removed. Instead, she should state in the release
that she does not agree to the removal of more than two lymph nodes. Radiation
Radiation can be used for medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. The earliest exposure
of patients to radiation is in the form of X-rays, for diagnostic purposes. These are comparatively
the least harmful. Other diagnostic tools include CAT scans (CT, Computed Tomography
Imaging), which uses a large amount of X-rays to produce detailed images from several angles
of the patient’s body, arm or leg. The only diagnostic tool that does not use X-rays is Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI), which utilizes radiofrequency waves and a strong magnetic field to
produce clear pictures of internal organs and tissues. If the initial investigation results in a cancer diagnosis, the patient is advised to have a course
of radiotherapy, usually consisting of 30 treatments. Although the technique has been greatly
improved in recent years, aiming to limit the radiation solely to the affected area of the patient’s
body, severe damage in the form of burns can still occur. According to the official allopathic view,
radiation burns are virtually impossible to heal; yet the damage is almost entirely reversible by the
Gerson technique. Dr. Gerson’s book, A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases, features a patient
(Case #11) who had been pre-treated with 88 applications of deep X-rays, and was left severely
burned. Worse still, his cancer recurred. Interestingly on the Gerson Therapy his spreading
lung tumors and lymph nodes disappeared faster than the radiation burns. However, he healed
completely and lived for almost 50 years in good health. In cases of oral cancers radiation treatments are particularly destructive, since they cause
the salivary glands to dry up. The resulting dry mouth keeps the patient from sleeping and
requires constant sipping of water, to moisten the dry mouth. Yet we have seen patients’ mucous
membranes reverting to normal after radiation damage in less than two weeks on the Therapy. In general, Gerson doctors rarely use radiation treatments. There is only one specific case in
which they can be useful, namely in easing the extreme pain of bone cancers or bone metastases,
which are difficult to control and heal more slowly than malignancies in soft tissues. In order to
help the patient, a very few (sometimes just 3-5) radiation treatments are used to stop the advance
of the tumor and alleviate the pain. Radiation is preferable to pain management with drugs,
which—being toxic—interfere with healing. Since radiotherapy makes drugs unnecessary, the
bone can heal and the pain does not return.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 142Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comChemotherapy
Since about 1960, chemotherapy has been one of the main tools of orthodox cancer therapy. It has many varieties, but they all have one thing in common: they are highly toxic. The purpose
of using them is to kill cancer cells and thus eradicate malignant tumors. However, no form of
chemotherapy exists that doesn’t also kill healthy cells. The way these toxic chemicals are supposed to work is by interfering with the metabolism of
malignant cells and stopping their rapid division. They do this; but there are other cells and tissues
in the human body that also divide rapidly, namely the bone marrow, which among other things
produces the white blood cells essential to immunity, the mucous membranes of the intestinal
wall, and the hair follicles. These are seriously damaged by the chemotherapy’s toxins, resulting
in reduced immune function, nausea, vomiting, intestinal bleeding, mouth ulcers and loss of
hair. Eventually the damage becomes much wore. Patients report loss of memory, children have
learning difficulties. Heart, lung and kidney damage have been reported, together with a much
higher incidence of infections. Chemotherapy drugs are subject to constant innovations, often motivated by financial
considerations. One of the latest drugs, Gemzar, that had originally been accepted for the
treatment of lung and breast cancer, has now also been cleared for use in advanced ovarian
cancer. There is no evidence to show that this drug extends life; on the other hand it worsens the
side effects of previously used chemotherapy drugs; however, it is very expensive. Recent reports
state that one course of Gemzar treatment, consisting of six doses given over six months, costs
about US$12,600. Chemotherapy can claim a few triumphs, achieving true cures. But these are limited to rare
and special cancers, such as for instance women’s cancer of pregnancy


to achieve protein conversion. Amino acids are your building blocks for tissue growth and repair. They
are not designed or used for cellular fuel. If we try to burn amino acids for
fuel, which causes excessive energy demands, we will lose liver, pancreatic,
and kidney tissue and function in the process. Our muscle tissue will also tear
itself down; we then become weakened and in many cases die. Yes, die. There are thousands of deaths from protein-related toxicity each year. Protein
is acidic and high in phosphorus (nitrogen) and iron which pushes your
electrolytes out, especially calcium. Being acidic, it causes inflammation and
mucus to build up in the body. This all eventually leads to cellular death. It is
important to understand the true biological needs of our bodies and the
devastating effects of high protein diets. SIMPLE SUGARS ARE THE ANSWER

Sugars are the fuel necessary for cellular life. However, these sugars must be
simple sugars, as found in fruits and vegetables. The complex sugars found
in grains, refined sugars, dairy products, and the like, cause fat storage and
are acidic and highly congestive. Eating a diet of raw fruits and vegetables gives you mega-nutrition,
including simple sugars and amino acids. These foods will slice the weight
off—especially if you eat them 100 percent raw. This will also clean you out
and start to enhance the thyroid and adrenal glands. Remember glands,
glands, glands. Your glands control all your 76 trillion cells. They affect your
digestive metabolism, sugar metabolism and fat metabolism, all of which
determine weight and energy levels. Excessive Thinness
Many people suffer the plague of excessive thinness due to poor digestion—
problems with the pancreas and malabsorption in the digestive tract. When
one fails to properly break down foods into building materials and fuels, orwhen the intestinal tract becomes so impacted that these nutrients can’t be
absorbed, the body will starve to death. Even in hypothyroid conditions,
where one would expect to see an overweight condition, if the person has a
weak pancreas and an impacted digestive tract, he or she can become quite
thin despite the underactivity of the thyroid. Sometimes it can take years to
correct this condition. However, the journey to health is always worth it. Many people, even medical doctors, associate excessive thinness with
deterioration, and often compromise their own health or that of their patients
by using or suggesting different foods to help put on weight. Typically, fats
from dairy-type products, and grains are the recommended foods. These,
however, cause even further weakness in the cells because of their congestive
and acidic nature. If one is following a detoxification program and losing weight, one of the
most important questions to ask is: “Why am I losing weight when I’m
putting more nutrition and superior amino acids into my body by eating a raw
food diet. ”
One of the answers is that when your body becomes stronger and healthier it
will begin to shed the toxicity and weak cells within it, thus making room for
new healthier cells. You can lose fingernails or toenails, skin, muscles, etc., in
a detoxification process, especially if these tissues are too weak for the body
to strengthen. Don’t worry, they do come back; not as before, but much
stronger and healthier. NOTE: Some individuals who begin a diet of raw fruits and vegetables
will gain weight at first. Don’t panic. This is only “water” weight. Raw fruits
and vegetables are 90 percent water. If you do retain water, this is because
your body is far too acidic and has too many acidic deposits in its tissues. The
body holds water to buffer or alkalize and remove these conditions. This will
not last long and is very beneficial. Be patient and have fun as you set off on this new adventure of eating for
vitality and health. And watch the pounds melt away.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the primary function of the pancreas, and how does it relate to diabetes?,
A: The primary function of the pancreas is to produce insulin, which assists in the utilization of glucose by the body. This function is affected when the beta cells in the pancreas become weak and fail to produce insulin, leading to diabetes.
Q: What is the role of the adrenal glands in the body?,
A: The adrenal glands play a crucial role in the body, producing and releasing hormones that affect carbohydrate metabolism, among other functions. They also work in conjunction with the pancreas to control blood sugar levels.
Q: What is the significance of the adrenal glands in relation to the skin?,
A: The adrenal glands are connected to the skin, and their weakness can cause symptoms such as dry skin, skin rashes, and other skin conditions.
Q: What is the role of the lymphatic system in the body?,
A: The lymphatic system plays a crucial role in the body, as it is responsible for cleaning and protecting the body by removing toxins and waste products. Its failure can lead to a range of symptoms, including congestion, pain, and inflammation.
Q: What is the importance of detoxification in the treatment of disease?,
A: Detoxification is essential in the treatment of disease, as it allows the body to eliminate toxins and regenerate tissue. This process is vital to achieving true health and vitality, and it is the only way to address the root cause of disease, not just its symptoms.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>TAKE IT EASY

Because raw fruits are so powerful in detoxifying and restoring vitality it is
important to note here that one can detoxify too fast. This can lead to extreme
cleansing symptoms. I have witnessed many severe reactions such as:
multiple abscesses popping out in the mouth, tumor-like swellings all over the
body, the skin actually opening and oozing pus, and even spitting out tumors. This is only because the individual jumped immediately from a typical diet of
dairy foods, flesh foods and toxic chemicals to a highly pure and cleansing
one of fresh, raw fruits. A fruit diet will stir up the toxins and mucus in the
body in an aggressive manner, leaving you with some very noticeable side
effects. However, if you consume an all-raw food diet of both fruits and
vegetables for a few weeks first, this will allow for a much slower and
generally easier cleansing process. One of the deepest ways to detoxify yourself is through water fasting. I
do not, however, recommend water fasting in chronic and especially
degenerative cases where the patient has little energy in the first place. The process of detoxification is not always fun. Most of the more
difficult cases are from cancer, HIV, or spinal cord injuries where the
individual has become very toxic. Remember, the body will start eliminating
anything that should not be in it, even to the point of eliminating weak tissue
(like fingernails), and weak muscle tissue. This sounds more gruesome than it
is, but you should know what the body will do to clean itself out. The body
can tear itself down to a frightening level to rid itself of its weaknesses and
toxins. However, rest assured that the body
will
 rebuild itself beautifully. If
your house burned partially down, you would have to remove the old burned
material before you could properly rebuild it. Your body has to do the same. Most doctors run in fear of this, even
though it’s a normal process of nature. Nature always eliminates the weak
and replaces it with the strong. The same thing can be said of the cells. If you have toxic chemicals stored in your body you may experience
heart palpitations as you cleanse. This is rare, but it can happen. Remember
that we have toxins stored deep within us from as far back as when we werein our mother’s womb. Don’t expect to clean this out overnight. However, I
have seen lymphomas disappear in forty-five days, stomach cancer gone in
fifty-nine days, and diabetes eliminated in sixty days. The body will also promote its own diaphoresis (process of perspiration)
by increasing its systemic temperature to dilate, sweat and kill parasites. The
good thing is that this process does not last long, and the cleaner you get
internally, the less cleansing is needed. You may only need to go through
one, two or three cycles of this to overcome most disease symptoms. FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

Life is a constant process of consuming and eliminating. You will be
detoxifying for the rest of your life at one level or another; especially if you
eat fresh fruits and vegetables on a regular basis. Your body will keep
digging deeper and deeper within itself, cleansing and restoring proper
functions. Most of this processing then becomes very subtle. You won’t
know it is even going on, except for occasional symptoms of mucus
discharge, cold-type symptoms, or aches and pains. The body is amazingly
designed and highly intelligent. If you learned all that is known about
chemistry, biochemistry and physics, you still would not understand much
about the human body and how it works. Always ask the question: “What is
my body doing this for?” There is always a reason why your body does what
it does in any situation. We only have to learn
the language of the body to
understand what it is doing and why. (See
Chapter 5
,
Module 5.11
,
Body
Language). Observation and common sense almost always supersede science. Although science started out by observation and common sense, it has
become very biased, yielding to industry and high finances.


 the water has picked up. Some of this water
is known as hard water, meaning it has high inorganic
mineral concentrations that can cause health problems. Now, let me give you a short lesson in chemistry. There are two kinds of chemicals - inorganic and organic. The inorganic chemicals are inert, which means that
they cannot be absorbed into the tissues of the body. Our bodies are composed of
 16 organic minerals
which all come from that which is living or was alive. When we eat an apple or any other fruit or vegetable,that substance is living. Each has a certain survival time
after it has been picked before spoiling. We prefer the
vegetarian diet, but the same applies to animal foods,fish, milk, cheese and eggs if you eat them. Distilled water is the healthiest and greatest solvent on earth, the only
water that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues. –
Dr. Allen Banik, Author of  The Choice is Clear62Hard, Inorganic Minerals Cause Problems! Organic minerals are very vital in keeping us alive
and well. If we were cast away on an uninhabited island
where nothing was growing, we would starve to death. Even though the soil beneath our feet contains 16inorganic minerals, our bodies could not absorb them. Only a living plant has the power to extract inorganic
minerals from the earth. No human can extract thenourishment from inorganic minerals. Many years ago, I was on an expedition to China
when one part of the country was suffering from droughtand famine. I saw with my own eyes poor, starving
people heating earth and eating it for want of food. They
died horrible deaths because they could not get one bitof nourishment from the inorganic minerals of the earth. For years I have heard people say that certain waters
were rich in all the minerals. What minerals are theytalking about? Inorganic or organic? These are inorganic
and they are burdening their bodies with these inert
minerals, which may cause the development of stones
in the kidneys, gallbladder and stone-like acid crystals
in the arteries, veins, and other parts of the body. I was reared in Virginia where the drinking water is
called hard water. It is heavily saturated with inorganic
minerals, especially sodium, iron and calcium. I saw manyof my elders die of kidney troubles. Nearly all  the people
were prematurely old because the inorganic minerals would
collect on the inner walls of their arteries and veins, causingmany to die from hardening of the arteries, strokes and
heart attacks. One of my uncles died at Johns Hopkins
hospital when he was only 48. The autopsy doctors  stated
that his arteries were as hard as clay pipes because they
were so stiff and corroded with inorganic minerals. Yet you will hear people say, “Distilled water is dead
water. A fish cannot live in it.”  Of course a fish cannot live
in freshly distilled water for any length of time, because it
needs the vegetation that grows in rivers, lakes and seas.Imagine you were shipwrecked while on a passenger ship63going to Hawaii and you became a castaway in a lifeboat
for days on the open sea. If the only water available was rain
water, would you say, “Rain water is dead distilled water,
I won’t drink it?” No, you would never say that. Of course
you would drink pure rain water and survive until rescued! Millions Drink Rain (Distilled) Pure Water! By drinking distilled water, you would be joining
millions worldwide who drink unpolluted rain water. Man evolved drinking rain water. In Bermuda, etc.,
where soil is so porous that water cannot be held in thesoil, people have special roofs to catch rain water so that
it drains into tanks under their houses  or nearby. The great castle of the powerful emperor Tiberius, who
ruled the world at the time of Christ, is located on the Isle
of Capri. It has a remarkable reservoir to catch rain water
inside the castle walls. Today, over
2000 years later, the
people of Capri still go there for water during a dry spell. I have seen this with my  own eyes, you can too! Years ago, my Hollywood friend, the great actor
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and I roamed the South Sea
Islands. During that trip, we came upon an island
inhabited by beautiful, healthy Polynesians who neverdrank anything but distilled water, because the island
was surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. Sea water is
undrinkable because of its high salt content. Their islandwas based on porous coral which could not hold water,
so they only had Mother Nature’s distilled water drinks
from rain water and delicious fresh coconut milk. I have never seen any finer specimens of men or
women than these native South Sea Islanders! There were
several doctors on the yacht who thoroughly examinedthe oldest people on these islands, and the heart doctor
stated that he had never examined such well-preserved
people in his life. They never celebrated birthdays, so theywere gloriously ageless, not only in years, but in body! These older men performed as well in the vigorous native
dances as the younger men. These people were beautifulspecimens of humanity, and they all lived their lengthy
lives drinking only Mother Nature’s per fect dis tilled water.64Distilled Water is Best for Your Health
Years ago, during an expedition to the Atlas mountains
of Morocco, I found vigorous people roaming the desert,
and the only water they d rank was unpolluted rain water. Every liquid prescription that is compounded in any
drug store the world over is prepared with distilled water.It is not true that distilled water leaches the organic
minerals out of the body nor is it dead water. It is the
purest and safest water that man can drink! Distilled water helps to dissolve the terrible, toxic
poisons that collect in people’s bodies. It passes through
the kidneys without leaving inorganic pebbles andstones. If you wash your hair in rain (distilled) water
you will discover the softness of natural soft water. No new water has been created on the face of the
earth since it was originally formed. Just as the same
energy is formed and reformed, so the same water is re-
used over and over again by the miracle of MotherNature. Waters of the earth are purified by naturaldistillation. The sun evaporates the water. It is collected
into clouds and the clouds become full and then we
have rain and dew... pure, perfectly clean water, oneof God’s and Mother Nature’s great miracles! Who dares
to say that they supply man with dead water! Distilled
water is the purest water on earth and it’s free of allharmful inorganic minerals and toxic substances. Over
70 years ago, I predicted that some day man
would need clean, pure water so desperately that greatgovernment distillation plants would have to be installed
at the seas to convert the unlimited supply of salt water
into pure water for all purposes. I have lived to see myprediction come true. Even in Santa Barbara, California
they had to build a plant during a long dry spell. In the
American Navy, there are huge aircraft carriers with fivethousand Navy personnel aboard. These ships cannot
carry enough land water so they distill sea water for the
men to drink and bathe in. Also big ocean cruise shipsdistill sea water for their passengers’ use, bathing, etc.65
To resist old age creeping in one must work with the body, mind, soul and
the heart. And to keep strong and healthy one must live a healthy lifestyle.Paul C. Bragg clasps hands with Jack LaLanne
Jack says he would have been dead by 17 if he hadn’t attended
The Bragg Crusade. Jack says, Bragg saved my life at age 15, when I
attended The Bragg Health Crusade in Oakland, California. From that
day on Jack has continued a busy, fulfilled life, living The BraggHealthy Lifestyle, inspiring millions to health, fitness and longevity! www.jacklalanne.comThe Miracle Life of Ageless Jack LaLanne
I enjoy eating  raw vegetable salads, plenty of organic fruit and fresh juices. I
love vegetables, wholegrains, beans, brown rice and lentils. – Jack LaLanneBragg Family Uses Only Distilled Water
At our Bragg homes, distilled water is delivered in 5
gallon bottles for household use. I also have it at the
Bragg Santa Barbara office. Distilled water can be boughtalmost everywhere. It is used for baby formulas, heartand kidney patients and many other purposes. Millions of homes across the nation have water
softeners for household uses, because hard water is notgood for washing clothes and it spots dishes. But pleasedon’t drink unhealthy water from water softeners! It’snot a healthful drinking water. Drink only distilled waterexclusively for a year and you’ll never drink hard orsoftened water again. When you fast, please use onlydistilled water for greater cleansing and health. Read theBragg book – Water – The Shocking Truth  for more info.66Chart from Bragg Water Book  – Be a Bragg Crusader, copy and share with friends. Ten Common Sense Reasons Why You
Should Only Drink Pure, Distilled Water! •There are over 12,000 toxic chemicals on the market today
... and 500 are being added yearly! Regardless of where
you live, in the city or on the farm, some of thesechemicals are


 he can only feel
with bis own body,  he has littlc interest in the
feelings of other bodies. Thercforc he will only
take intercst in olhcr bodies  under the stimulus
of rewards and punishments, that  is, by an
exploitation of his self-interesc in rhe inter - ese
of the community. Happily, thc problem is not quite so simple. For among thc things that give man pleasure
are rela - tions with othcr human beings -
convcrsalion, eating  wgecher, singing, dancing,
having children, and co - operation in work
which "many hands make light." lndeed, one of
the highest pleasures is to be more or less
unconscious of one's own existence, to be ab -
sorbed in interesting sights, sounds, places, and
peo- ple. Conversely, one of the greatest pains is
lo be  self-conscious, to feel unabsorbed and cut
off from  che community  and thc surrounding
world. But chis  whole  problem  has no solUlion  whíle
we
think abouc ic in cerms of the pleasure -pain
motiva - tion, or, indeed, in terms of any
"motivation" at all. For man has a moral problcm,
which other commu - nity -living animals do not
have, for the very rcason  lhat he is so much
concerned with motives. lf it is  true thac man is
ncccssarily motivated by the pleas - ure-pain
principie, there is no point whatsoever in
discussing human conduce. Motivate<l conduce is
dc- termincd  conduct;  it will be what  it will be,
no mat -
1 Z 1 Tf-lE WISOOM  OF INSECURITY
ter what anyone has to say about it. There can be
no creative morality unless man has the
possibility of  freedom. This is where the moralists make their
mistake. H they want man to change his way of
life, they must  assume that he is free, for if he is
not, ali the raging  and protesting in the world will
make no difference. On the other hand, a man
who is acting from the  fear of a moralist's
threats or from the lure of his  promises  is not
making  a free act! If man  is not free,  thrcats and
promises may modify his conduct, but  they will
not change it in any essential respect. If he is free,
threats and promises will not make him use  his
freedom. The meaning of freedom can nevcr be grasped
by the divided mind. If I feel separate from my
experi - ence,  and f rom the world,  freedom  will
seem  to be  the extent to which I can push the
world around,  and fate the extent to which the
world pushes me around. But to the whole mind
there is no contrast  of "I" and the world. There
is just one process act- ing, and it <loes
everything that happens. It raises my little finger
and it creates earthquakes. Or, if you  want to
put it that way, / raise my liulc finger and  also
make earthquakes. No one fates and no one is
being  fated. Of course  this is a strange  view  of frcedom. We are
accustomed  to think  that,  if there  is any freedom
at
122  CREATIVE  MORALITY
all, it resides, not in nature, but in the separale
hu- man  will  and  its power  of choice. But what  we ordinarily  mean  by choice  is not
free- dom. Choiccs are usually decisions
motivated by  pleasure and pain, and the divided
mind acls with  the sole purpose of getting 'T'
into pleasure and out of pain. But the best
pleasures are those for which  we do not plan,
and the worst  part  of pain  is expect - ing it and
trying to get away from it when it has  come. You cannot  plan  to be happy. You can plan  to exisl,
but in themselves existence and non -existence
are neither plcasurnble nor painful. l am cvcn
as- surcd by doctors that there are circumslances
under  which  dearh  can be a highly  pleasant
expericnce. The sense  of not being  free  comes  from  trying
to
do things which are impossible and cven
meaning - less. You are not "free" to draw a
square circle, to  livc without a head, or to stop
ccrtain rellex actions. Thcse  are not obstacles  to
freedom;  they  are the con- ditions of frccdom. I am
not free to draw a circlc if  perchance ic should
turn out to be a square circle. I  am not, thank
heaven,  free to walk  out of doors  and lcave my
hcad at home. Likewise I am not free to  live in
any moment but this one, or to separate my - sclf
from  rny feelings. In short  I am nol free when   I am
trying lo do something contradietory, such as to
move without changing posirion, or to burn my
fin- ger without  feeling  pain. 123 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
On che orher hand, I am free, che world process
1s free,  to do anything which  is not a
contradiction. The question then arises:  is it a
comradiction,  is it impossiblc,  10 act  or to decide
without  pleasure as  the ultimate aim? The theory
that we must  incvit - ably  do what  gives  us the
greater  pleasure  or the lesser pain, is a
meaningless asscrtion based on ver - bal confusion. To say that I decide to do something  because it
pleases me says only that I decide to do it  because
I decide to do it. lf "pleasure"  is defined  in the
beginning as "what I prefcr," then what I prcfer
will always be plcasurc. If I prefer pain, like a mas -
ochist,  then  pain  will be pleasure. l n shon,  the
the- ory begs the question at the start by saying
that pleas - ure means what we <lesire:  therefore
anything that  we desire  is pleasure. But I fall straight  int0  contradiction  when  1 try
to
act and decide in ordcr to be happy, wben  1 make
"being plcased" my future goal. For the more my
ac- tions  are directed  towards  future  pleasures,
the more  1 am incapable of enjoying any
pleasures at ali. For all pleasures are present, and
nothing save complete  awarencss of the prcsem
can even bcgin to guaran - Lee flllure happincss. I
can act in order to eat tomor - row, or takc a trip to
the moumains next week, but  there is rcally no
way of bcing certain that this will  make me happy. On the contrary, it is common cx- periencc that
nothing ruins a "pleasure" so muchas  watching
yoursel(  in the midst  of it to scc whether
121 CREATIVE  MORALITY
it pleases you. You  can only  live in onc  moment
at a time, and you cannot think simultancously
about  listening to thc wavcs and whethcr you are
enjoying  listening to the waves. Comradictions  of
this kind  are the only  real  typcs  of action
without  frcedom. There  is anothcr  thcory  of detcrminism  which
states that ali our actions are motivated by
"uncon - scious mental rncchanisms," and chat for
this reason  even  the most spontaneous  dccisions
are not free. This is but anothcr cxample of split -
mincledncss, for what  is the difTerence  between
"me"  and "mental  mechanisms"  whcther
conscious  or unconscious? Who is being moved by
these processes? Thc notion  that anyonc is bcing
mocivatcd comes frorn  the per - sisting illusion of
·•r." The real man, the organism - in-relacion -to-
thc-univcrse, is this unconscious moti - vation. And
because he is iL, he is not bcing moved  by it. In
othcr words, it is not motivation;  it is sim- ply
operation. Moreover, thcr c is no "unconscious"
mind distinct  from  the conscious,  for the "uncon -
scious" mind  is conscious,  though  not of itself,
just as che eyes  see but


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the loss of taste of the overgrown  vegetables, and the diseases which have increased as human stature has increased in the last decades in
the most prosperous countries, should have warned that something was wrong. In the stampede for quantity, a basic biological principle has
been forgotten, namely, that any pl ant or animal has a specific size
and weight, written down in its gene tic constitution, the result of a
long evolution. Only within this range of size is optimal efficiency or health possible. Insufficiency or excess are bound to levy a physiological price. In the course of evolution, insufficiency has
occurred frequently enough for animals to become equipped with
guidelines of reaction, in restlessness and hunger—plants, alas, cannot move. But excess has been so rare, that neither plants nor animals have any defences against it. Fed to excess, they get bigger
and bigger, the physiological tax increasing proportionately. As the
yield and the size of plants have been artificially stimulated, so the
plant disease and the plant parasites have increased, calling for an ever increasing array of the most poisonous chemicals in an attempt to control the scourge. In animals and men, the excessive stimulation of growth has also been attended by an increasing
recourse to drugs of one kind or another. Just as over-fed rats get bigger and suffer increasingly from
heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, so do humans. Athletes appear particularly prone to certain diseases, and their life-span is less than average, not b ecause of the physical strain they
subject themselves to—the body thrives on that—but because of
their thoroughly abnormal and excessive feeding. It is undeniable that chronic malnutrition since the Dark Ages
in Europe, led to a stunting of the population. The over-fed
privileged classes were probably oversized, a factor no doubt in their often brutal domination of the masses. While it is difficult to
define the specific range of the human species—racial difference are
important—it is in all likelihood significantly less than the size attained by the so called 'best fed'  nations, which has increased for a
century as the quantity of animal foods increased in the diet. Plant breeding has been size and calorie conscious. Foods new
to the West, high in calories like the potato, and sugar, joined in the
rush for quantity, much helped by a cheapening of flour by refining,
with the result that, by the clo se of the nineteenth century, the
masses in the industrial countries not only ate to their full, but had become gluttons, overeating daily. The evil of the new abundance in calorie foods lies in the
excessive provision of calories without a sufficiency of the other
essentials, the vitamins and minerals, many of them needed for the
efficient use of the calories. So it is that foods like white flour and sugar, and indeed potato and other preponderantly starchy foods, can only be properly metabolized by tapping into the body's reserves of certain vitamins and minerals. When these reserves run
low, zeal and efficiency fall, and ultimately, disease results. With the new abundance, in a few decades, diseases which had
formerly largely attacked the privileged, became the common affliction of the masses—diseases of the blood vessels, of the heart, strokes, kidney diseases, and the increasing list of diseases
associated with over-weight. While this abundance gives to youth a
greater appearance of health in increased stature, maturity and old age are increasingly associated w ith the functional, degenerating diseases, of which cancer and heart disease now claims the largest
number of victims. But the young are also becoming affected by such disease. Although hygiene overcame premature death due to infections,
and so increased the life-span from the beginning of the nineteenth
century, the virus diseases have in creased steadily. The virus barely
deserves the designation of being alive: it is no more than a minute cluster of protein molecules, ve ry closely related to the DNA and
RNA proteins manufactured by the genes in the cells of all plants
and animals. There is increasi ng evidence that viruses can arise
within the body, owing to faulty manufacture of RNA by the genes. Once manufactured, they continue replicating their kind by forcing the genes of other cells to manufacture the mistake that brought them into being, so that viruses assume an apparent independence. The demarcation between unnatura l virus and natural gene is
becoming all the more blurred, as the protein processes of the cell are unravelled. It may well turn out that viruses are the result of faulty protein metabolism, which could mean faulty protein feeding. It is certainly striking that as the amount of high protein animal
foods has increased in the diet of the prosperous communities, so
have the virus diseases. Some cancers are now suspected of being virus induced. Although the eye is easily deceived by size, assuming that large
size is the right size, many people are now sensing the deception. This illusion is a part of the quantity bias of quantity-geared,
materialistic industrial civilizati on. Once sensitivity is restored,
there is an inherent aversion to the oversized, just as the oversized
flowers produced by horticulturists are felt by the more sensitive to be vulgar and monstrous. There is a 'feel' about the large fruits and vegetables which is wrong. Perhaps those closer to the soil have
retained something of this sensitivity, for the more canny farmers do
not use chemicals or insecticides on the crops they will consume themselves. More people are realizing that the risk of a maggot is preferable to an invisible puff of arsenic. Until the full momentum of the industrial revolution was felt in
the furthest lands, the varieties of human dietary were infinite. Some
were no doubt as deviant as the modern diet, but many others were
more humanly compatible. In many parts of the world, especially in the more congenial and benevolen t environments, human beings
abandoned the ways acquired in the Ice Ages for patterns of life closer to the human norm, in soil-respecting farming communities
and in peaceful relationship with their neighbours. This was largely
the case in India before the popul ation stampede and nutritional
failures of modern times, in the Polynesian islands, among the native tribes of South America. Possibly these more gentle and humane peoples escaped the worst onslaught of the Ice Ages; the
full anger against nature seems to be  particular to the more Northern
peoples, in Europe as in the Far East, and it is these peoples,
particularly the Europeans, who are responsible for what has become an unwhole, and a denaturing planetary civilization. It is this planetary influence wh ich is so distressing, for the few
remaining instances of a more humanizing situation are being
rapidly assaulted. Soon, there will be no evidence left of a once
happier and fairer condition. The de leterious influence of the West
on the more benign peoples of the earth, in the guise of colonialism, of warfare, of alcoholism, of comme rcial exploitation, of disease, is
well known. What is as yet not realized, is that the gluttony of the West, which may well have fed its  restlessness and anger, and so
prompted its planetary dominance, h as been largely paid for by the
misappropriation of planetary resources and the further impoverishment of the poorer peoples of the earth. 10. The Impoverishmen ts of Prosperity

The Industrial Revolution was prec eded, and has been accompanied,
by a frantic commercial adventuring, which has brought the
European with his trading practi ces all over the world. The essential
feature of European trading is the exclusive priority it places on
profits. Profitability has conditione d, and still conditions, practice,
often at the detriment of the less easily definable human values. The
introduction of rice refining in India is an example. Previously, the
removal of the husk, the sifting away of the chaff, left much of the
germ behind, the ritualized preoccupation of women, a labour of
love and gratitude. Mildew, insects and rats no doubt took a
considerable toll of the rice stores, but this was taken as one of the
inevitables of existence; the rats also had a right to live. The
European influence brought in qu ite another mentality, and a new
class of European and Indian merc hants, who set about correcting
these wastes, by proper storage follo wing the refining of the rice. In
an age when the merits of hygiene were being widely promoted,
white rice could be put over as a superior, cleaner product; with the
losses due to spoilage overcome, the refined rice could be sold more
cheaply while still leaving large profits to the merchants. There was at first much resist ance against these changes, which
the Indian felt was a dismantling of a ritualized act of immense
importance, but cheapness, and the withdrawal of whole rice by the
merchants, forced the habit upon the Indian masses, aided perhaps
by the fact that the European, because of his'mixed diet', found the fibreless white rice more congenial to his taste. But the consequences were soon calamitous. Deficiencies of the B vitamins
had been virtually unknown in India before. Now they became
rampant, affecting whole communities, resulting in an apathy which in return affected the labour ava ilable to the colonial powers. An
attempt was made, as soon as it w as realized that the essential
vitamins were contained in the e ndosperm and germ, to remedy this
state of affairs by parboiling the rice before it was refined. Thereby
some of the B vitamins penetrated the white grain. This not only added


 kept lurking and reading. Eventually, I read a post where Dr. Graham talked about chasing your f ruits with greens. Then I realized a change I could make—
eating more greens. Until then, my greens consisted of the salad I ate  each week and the occasional glass of green juice. But I was
not eating green leafy vegetables regularly. Also, I thought gre ens had to be kale, collards, dandelion—dark greens—otherwise they
were not nutritious; but I did not care for the taste of them. I gave Dr. Graham’s 80/10/10  raw vegan diet a try. I began eating fruit and following it with mild gr eens like celery or
romaine. I started with a leaf or stick and worked up to two bunches of celery an d/or two heads of romaine each day, along with a
very large quantity (at least a dozen) of one or two types of fruit each day. Also, I cut out all supplements, spices, oils, frozen fruit,
juices, salt, dehydrated foods, raw dairy, honey, green powders, and seaweeds. I st arted losing weight again. I began craving
movement again and took up running and went back to practicing yoga. Most days I  now average two hours of yoga, one hour of
pranayama, 1 hour of running, and 25 to 50 handstands. I also started to let go of bottled-up emotions. Now, they just flow out. I think tha t when I was eating heavier raw foods and
spices and juices, there were a lot of emotions like anger and hurt that w ere right at the surface, but they kept getting shoved down
with the foods I was eating. Now there is a channel opened for them to freel y float out. I no longer overeat or binge on foods. I am in touch with my body and feel full and know  what my body needs. For example,
shortly after I began running, I pulled a muscle in my back on the right s ide. I could not roll over on that side. I knew that if I rested,
it would heal. I did that and after two days, it was back to normal. There was a ti me when I would have ignored my body and gone
running anyway, but my body speaks so loudly now, it is hard to go against it and ef fortless to work with it. I have been following Dr. Graham’s 80/10/10  raw vegan lifestyle guidelines for four months now and have noticed mor e
improvements in those four months than in four years on the “eat anyt hing as long as it is raw” diet. The simplicity of the raw food
diet is what was first attractive. After reading a simple book on raw foods, I instinctively followed a plan similar to the 80/10/10  raw
vegan diet. It is only when I read more books and listened to others that I veer ed from what I knew worked for me and stopped
doing what I knew was useful to me. I have learned that if given the right conditions, my body will let me know  what it needs and the key is to go with what I know
works and tune out all the chatter—both my own and that of others. Dr. Graham  is the only example I have come across in the raw food movement of what works for the long term. Roen Horn, Sacramento, California
Looking back, I definitely could have avoided a lot of troubles if I had known about the  80/10/10  diet at the start of my raw
journey. At age 15, I became convinced by my brother and also Internet sites  I visited, that fruitarianism was the ultimate ideal,
because it avoided “killing the plant.” I had already advanced through  the stages of vegetarianism and veganism, which had caused
me to lose some weight. After becoming a fruitarian, I immediately st arted to lose more weight, and I was already very thin! My mother was concerned and sent me to get a checkup. From that point on, becaus e of my low weight (111 lbs. at 6'1" tall),
the doctor’s scary threats of antipsychotic drugs and hospitalizati on lingered over me. I was scheduled for weekly checkups to
ensure that I gained weight—or else! Believe it or not, my psychologist told me that I was mentally ill/ob sessive compulsive, because I wouldn’t eat hot dogs,
hamburgers, ice cream, donuts, etc. like “normal kids.” He also ignorantly  claimed that no one eating only nuts, seeds, fruits and
vegetables could possibly sustain his life, and that I would die from malnu trition if I persisted! Furthermore, he said that if I would not
take his word for it, I was “delusional.”
With the pressure from both the doctors and my mother, I gave up my raw fruit arian diet. I began eating a cooked diet that
included a lot of grain dishes, such as spaghetti, couscous, and rice, but I in sisted on taking my oatmeal raw. This heavy-grain diet
caused me to be the most constipated I’ve been in my entire life, an d it exacerbated my acne problem. It did, however, increase my
weight from 111 to 125 lbs. Fed up with the loss of control over my diet, I decided that I would once again eat  only raw fruits, vegetable fruits, nuts, and
seeds. Doing so, I felt better, but again I began losing weight. So I started t o trick my mom and the doctors with weights on my
ankles and in my pants. Admittedly, I wasn’t concerned that this cha nge caused my weight to drop to 107 lbs., because I felt great,
was strong, and my blood tests came out fine. In fact, fruitarians were te lling me that I had  to lose weight to “detox.” After this
phase, they insisted that the weight would naturally come back on the sa me diet. Well, as you will see as this story progresses, I nearly starved mysel f to death waiting nine months for that to happen, and I
don’t recommend it! I loved avocados, so I often ate meals of them. I did not know better, and as a result, I  continued to break out and was
extremely constipated, even as a raw fruitarian. Here I was, on what I  thought to be the ultimate diet, still contending with many
health challenges. Even though I stopped eating cooked grains, which I as sumed were to blame for my problems, and despite eating
a ton of fruit, my bowel movements were infrequent, very small, hard as roc ks, and painful to pass. It was so bad that many times I
had to strain to get anything to come out! I was confused, thinking that a r aw diet should be the last thing to cause constipation. Later I would discover that not all raw diets are the same, and the varia tions certainly produce different results. It wasn’t long until the weights were discovered.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        It was not painful, though it still wanted to be put up—but not as desperately, and it simply wanted mainly sleep
for the first two weeks. I still had to work and walk at the farmer’s markets  and in our garden, resulting in more time on the foot this
time, yet it hurt less and healed faster. At three weeks, my toe was what I would have considered completely healed be fore, as I could do everything I did before
80/10/10. That’s less than a third of the time it took the first time. Since I’m m ore active now than at any other time in my life, it took
a few more weeks before I could do everything I was doing again—still le ss than half the time it took for a less-severe break that
occurred before going low-fat raw vegan. My foot feels as good as new now an d doesn’t give me any trouble in any of my
activities, even with the contortions and stresses I put it through i n the process. Nice. Now I Love to Exercise. The first thing that I noticed when switching from approximately 20% of  calories from fat to 10% or less was that I felt better. My
body seemed to get down to deeper repair work. My legs suddenly felt lighter and st ronger, too, like they could jump really high
more easily—and they wanted to, so I did. My husband was simultaneously am used and amazed. When I first started eating low-fat raw vegan, I used to have to get my  son or husband to carry the watermelons I got at the
market. Now, not only do I carry them myself with ease, I can even carry t wo of them at a time—and they’re each twice as big,
too. For the first time in my life I actually truly want  to exercise. I find myself looking for excuses to move my body, which is very
foreign to me indeed. I had always been one to find excuses to sit where I was  and not exercise. Never before have I experienced
looking forward to my free time in order to exercise. As a result, I’m sta rting to look more athletic. People now think I’m a dancer
or a gymnast. I feel so physically adventurous now—loads more than I ever was bef ore. I’m no daredevil or any


:  A continuous process without beginning or end, through which
the man ifest uni verse of form an d matter is produced by reiteration, starting
from th ree points—all that is required to create by fractals an infinite
variety o f forms. (This is illustr ated by the now familiar comp lex plane of
the Mandelbrot set.) In Sanskrit, the three aspects of origination of all that is
experienceable are called Rajas, T amas, and Sattvas. Th ese are sym bolized
by the Hindu de ities Brahma, Shiva, and V ishnu. In Christiani ty, these are
represented by the T rinity. Duality:  T he world of fo rm characterize d by seeming separation of objects
(reflected in conceptual dichotomies such as “this/that,” “ here/there,”
“then/now,” or “you/me”). This  perception of limitation is produced by the
senses b ecause of the restriction implicit in a fixed point of vi ew. Science
has finally gone beyond the art ificial dichotomy of observer and observed
characteristic of  17th-century Cartesian duality, and now assumes that they
are one and th e same. The u niverse has no center, but is continually
expanding equally and simultaneously from every point. Bell’ s theorem
helped t o demonstrate that this is a universe of simultaneity rather than
Newtonian caus e and ef fect over distance in an artificial time frame. Both
time and space themselves are m erely the measurable products  of a higher
implicit order.Ego  (or self  with a small s ): The ego is the imaginary doer behind thought
and action. It is believed to be necessary and essential for survival. It can be
thought of as a set of entrenched habits of thought that are the result of
entrainment by invisible ener gy fields that dominate human consciousness. They be come reinforced by repetition and by the consensus of society. Further reinforcement comes fro m language itself. T o think in language is a
form of self-programming. The use of the pronoun I  as the subject, and
therefore the implied cause of all actions, is the most serious error and
automatically creates a duality of subject and object. Emergence:  L ife does not occur out of line ar causal sequence; rather, life
emer ges spontaneously out of the field and is forever one with the field. The
Infinite Field, out of which all phenomenal existence arises, is  the field of
consciousness itself, which is inherently compassionate and jus t, for “Love
is th e Ul timate L aw of the Unive rse” (statement calibrates at 750). The field
and the phenomena are one dy namic whole, simultaneously creation and
evolution. There is no conflict between evolution and creation, because
creation expresses itself as evolution when potentiality becomes actuality. Energy field:  In this s tudy, a range set by parameters of the phase space of
an a ttractor field whose pattern  operates within the lar ger ener gy field of
consciousness and is observable by characteristic ef fects in human behavior. The power of ener gy fields is calibrated much like voltage in an electrical
system or the power of magnetic  or gravitational fields. Calibrated levels of
consciousness represent powerful attractor fields within the domain of
consciousness itself, which dominate human existence and therefore define
content, meanin g, and value, and serve as or ganizing ener gies for
widespread patterns of human behavior. This stratification of attractor
patterns, according to corresponding levels of consciousness, provides a
new paradigm for recontextualizing the human experience throughout all
time. Enlightenment:  A state of awareness that replaces ordinary consciousness
the instant the ego is surrende red. The self is replaced by the Self. The
condition is beyond time or space, is silent, and presents itself as a
revelation. In this state of nonduality, there is the witnessing to life’ s
emer gence in each moment as e verything arises spontaneously and not as aresult of causality. Spiritual purification is a process whereby obstructions
to the light of consciousness are removed and its unity with the Self is
revealed. The state of Enlightenment reveals that the Source of existence—
the L ight, which had been sought elsewhere or later—is shining  at this very
moment. Entrainment:  A phenomenon illustrated by the principle of “mode
locking.” When a number of p endulum clocks are placed close together,
their pendulums will eventuall y synchronize. In human biology this is
manifested when  groups of women who work or live together progressively
synchronize their menstrual cy cles. It is similar to the phenomenon of a
tuning f ork. It is because of thi s process that troops tend to break cadence
(that is, “break stride,” not march in unison) when they cross a bridge. Familiarity  and pattern r ecognition:  T he human min d knows things by a
holistic pattern recognition. The easiest way to grasp an entirely new
concept is simply by familiarity. Learning occurs by circling around the
same concepts over and over until they are obvious. This is like surveying
new terr ain in an airplane: on the first pass, it all looks unf amiliar; the
second t ime aro und, we spot s ome points of reference; the th ird time, it
starts to  make sense, and we  finally gain familiarity through simple
exposure. The inborn pattern-rec ognition mechanism of the mind takes care
of the rest. Fields of dominance:  A field of dominance is exhibited by high-ener gy
patterns in their influence over  weaker ones. This may be likened to the
coexistence of a small magnetic field within the much lar ger, more
powerful field of a giant electro magnet. The phenomenological universe is
the expression of the interaction of endless attractor patterns of varying
strengths. The unending comp lexities of life are the reflections of the
endless reverber ations of the aug mentations and diminutions of these fields,
compounded by their harmonics and other interactions. Fractal:  Fractal patterns are characterized by irregularity and infinite
length, and strange attractors a re composed of fractal curves. A classic
example is the a ttempt to determine the length of the coastline of Britain. Ifone add s length s using smaller and smaller scales of measurement, it turns
out to be infinitely long. Fractal implies an infinite length in a finite area. Heisenberg’ s principle:  Quantum mechanics is the way out from the
restrictive linear domain of the Newtonian paradigm, via Heisenber g’ s
principle, which  holds that to observe something is already to change  it
because of the impact of con sciousness itself. The higher the level of
consciousness o f the observer, the more profound the ef fect on what is
being observed. Hologram:  A three -dimensional projection  into space of the image of an
object, created by projecting laser light so that half of the beam is directed
to the object and then onto a photographic plate, which receives the other
half of the beam directly. This c reates an interference pattern on the plate so
that a laser beam projected through the plate re-creates the image of the
object in three dimensions. It is of interest that every fragment of the
photographic pla te is capable of reproducing the entire image of the whole. In a holographic universe, everything is connected to everything else. Iteration:  R epeti tion. N onlinear iteration is present in innumerab le
systems. Because of this repetition, a very slight change in  the initial
condition will eventually produce a pattern dissimilar from the o riginal. In a
growth e quation, the output of t he prior iteration becomes the i nput for the
next seri es. For example, if a co mputer calculates to 16 decimal places, the
last digi t is the r ounding of f of t he 17th. This infinitesimal error, magnified
through many iterations, results in substantial distortion of the original data
and makes prediction impossib le. Thus, a slight change in a repetitious
thought pattern can bring about major ef fects. Law of sensitive dependence on initial conditions:  T his refers to th e fact
that a slight vari ation over a cou rse of time can have the ef fect of producing
a profound change, much as a ship whose bearing is one degree of f compass
will eventually find itself hundreds of miles of f course. Left-brain:  R eferri ng to thought sequenced in the linear style, which is
commonly desc ribed as “logic” or “reason.” Processing of  data in a
sequence A
 B
 C. Analogous to a digital computer.Linear:  Seq uential, following a logic al progression in the manner of
Newtonian physics and, there fore, solvable by traditional mathematics
through the use of dif ferential equations. M-fields:  Morphogenetic fields, analogous to attractor patterns. In the
hypothesis presented by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake, mo rphogenetic
fields ar e part of the theory of formative causation, that ener g y fields of
form evolve and reinforce ea ch other. When someone advances in a
particular area, this success increases the likelihood for the rest of the
species to do


 depth and cleaning effect
process that included on the deep stages of cleaning. High
temperature shows - break out not only the disease
physical body, but also a subtle body, and eddy currents
cleaned, so-called energy shells, in which
going to negative information. In the dry starvation in the shortest time achieved a more
high concentrations of biologically active substances, hormones,
immunocompetent cells and immunoglobulins in fluids
organism. One of the mechanisms of destruction in the body
endotoxins during starvation is the enzyme activity
special cells - macrophages. Even at 24-36-hour dry
starvation the activity of phagocytes can be increased threefold. In addition, their activity varies throughout the year. Most
activity of phagocytes in May and June, and the least - in November and February. They
perform phagocytic (from the Greek words "eater cells")
function. as a result of this process, the decay of unhealthy
and damaged tissue - autolysis. With the help of autolysis are absorbed and removed those substances
are least needed to carry out vital functions
organism. Autolysis under dry starvation begins to run from 2-3 -
day of hunger, but reaches its peak with the 8 th to 10 th day. I already wrote what has toxic properties, our
tap water. When the body does not enter the food and "dead"
poisoned water, then in fact our body gets the full
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153holiday. during the dry fasting is not no enema
needed, since the absorption of toxins from the gut is absent for
due to lack of water. Therefore, when this kind of fasting is not
such intoxication, what happens in other types of fasting. Accordingly, a dry hunger physically moved so much easier. The third myth. In the dry fasting can cause problems in the kidneys,
since they bear a great burden. One of the most dangerous
methods of cleaning - dry starvation. When a person is on
diet or undergoing a course of fasting, the number of
liquid, by contrast, is increased. After all, the water output from
body excess salt, toxins (toxins). Waiver of water - a dangerous
stupidity. Comes dehydration and intoxication
decay products, rather than cleansing. Ordinary water from - the tap in the modern city brings
catastrophic damage due to inadequate cleaning
industrial waste. In addition, it is usually chlorinated. From
such water is rapidly released free chlorine, chlorine dioxide
and other compounds, oxidizing in the body much that
oxidize does not need it. In addition, chlorine kills the beneficial bacteria
synthesizing essential vitamins. When boiling destroys bacteria, coagulated colloid
particles of dirt, water softens evaporate volatile organic
substances and of free chlorine. But the increase in the concentration of salts,
heavy metals and pesticides. Chlorine is associated with organic matter, with
heated, turns into a terrible poison - a powerful carcinogen
dioxin. Dioxins are more toxic than cyanide - to 68 times. We drink boiled water, but it is slowly killing us. On standing water for at least three hours, reduced concentration
free chlorine, but in practice does not remove iron ions, salt
heavy metals, carcinogenic organochlorine compounds,
radionuclides. Distilled water (vapor passed
state) is unsuitable for permanent use, because it does not
contains the trace elements necessary for an organism. Permanent
its use leads to impaired immune system,
heart rate, the process of digestion. Filtering
Water also can not give the desired effect. To know
what filter to buy (carbon, membrane, bactericidal,
complex), we first need to have information about the composition of the water. Also
requires regular replacement of filters, because after a certain
time he begins to give back to the water accumulated pollution
and breeding in their microflora. In the dry starvation
the body does not need to recycle water to the extent to which
this was done when eating and drinking during normal operation. Obviously, the kidney and liver under dry starvation almost
complete rest, which is not the fasting with water. When
dry starvation of their recovery is much faster. Therefore,
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154the effectiveness disappears by itself, but there is still a
a concept as feasible. For example, some people can not
afford dry fasting for many reasons, and starvation on
water can sustain. Having a 14-day fasting on water, I successfully went from
starvation and began to eat normally. Then he felt the weight of
in the kidney area. Besides, before I even knew they were there with me or
no. and there is nothing surprising about the last 10 days of fasting
I'm just starved for water, and the kidneys had to work hard. But other
organs of the body is successfully carried out maintenance work. When leaving after seven days of dry discomfort not
observed. Try it yourself. After the dry fasting body
more viable, more quickly restored, the better the results. Average time of dry fasting can stand it, but it is necessary
careful preparation and training. Talking about the dangers of kidney dry fasting means not to understand
processes that occur during fasting. Correct to
would ask, but do not cause a modern drinks and our water from
- Tap water harm the kidneys. kidneys in our body are one
of the main organs of selection. And they can be called direct
excretory organs - they filter the blood, display excess
water, waste materials generated as a result of exchange
processes in the cells of the body, unused material,
resulting from digestion of food, medicines, etc. All this
diluted with water, filtered from the blood plasma. Must
remember that almost all the liquid entering the body,
gets into our blood stream, goes through a series of transformations in the body
(Purified, structured, is heated or cooled), which is
spent a lot of energy, and only after that
transformed into the urine. Therefore, the quality of drinking water is very strongly
affects our health. But our kidneys - is not a
a separate body, living an independent life, they are
part of our body. and it is strong enough
body. To damage the kidney with a dry fasting, it is necessary
to try very hard. Their injury - most often a consequence
failure of other organs and systems, respectively, and the need to treat
the whole body. To cure kidney disease
need to clean up the activity of the organism as a whole. One of the
ways to restore lost health - dry starvation. It
allows the body to self-correct all violations
in its activities. It affects not only at a certain
organ or system, and provides recreation impact directly on all
organs and systems of our body. In most renal diseases, dry fasting makes
significant positive effect. If under normal medical
treatments load on the kidneys does not decrease, but
Conversely, increases due to the selection through their products
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155the collapse of drugs, the fasting load
kidney is significantly reduced. So, if in the first days of fasting
there are significant changes in urine even in healthy people
at the exit from fasting observed persistent normalization of
urine. Urine is a sick person comes quickly to normal
state - disappears protein, erythrocytes, leukocytes, decreases
amount of salts that are bred in the urine. Thus, the treatment
glomerulonephritis in order to remove the aggravation, which is usually
manifested higher amounts of protein, red blood cells, swelling,
need long-term treatment of a variety of drugs. When
application of fasting at 3-day 4 the patient decreases
edema, normalization of output of fluid. At the exit
from starvation of the urine is completely normal in a few
days and then remained normal. Very effectively dry starvation in inflammatory
diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract. The effect
occurs regardless of the causative agent. Thus, even
in the old days dry fasting has been used successfully for
treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. When pyelonephritis starvation
quickly reduces inflammation, reduces violations
urination (frequent or rare, painful), decrease
and disappear back pain, lower abdomen, normal analysis
urine (disappear leukocytes, increased protein, bacteria and salt). It must be remembered that the kidneys are very closely related to the liver. Most often, kidney disease - is a consequence of liver failure
properly perform its function. Therefore, it is particularly important
hold cleaning procedures prior to starvation and diet
after. In most cases, properly conducted dry starvation
gives good results in most renal diseases. Myth Four. Fasting - a very great stress to the body. Throughout a person's life is accompanied by stress. Stress - a special state body, which is characterized by
enhanced "combat readiness" and increased resistance to
all without exception damaging environmental factors. All of our modern life - continuous stress, and how great
stress for the organism is an operation, especially for young
women, but most importantly - after such stress is the cause
disease. Yes, hunger - a stress for the organism. Just like the cold. But stress is not
necessarily mean harm. It's one thing when people go hungry because he has nothing to
and gets a real threat of starvation. under such conditions can be
seriously ill two days later. Something similar happens when
persons lost or in separate experiments
over itself in the form of compliance with trendy diets. It is quite another thing -
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food and


4 months ago and approximately 2 months ago I
noticed that the balls that were forming in the knuckles of the fingers
disappeared. I no longer could sleep with my mouth up because I woke up with a
headache and pain in my back. My back was twisted with pain, my knees lost
strength and I could not last 10 minutes to walk up stairs. I had to cut my hair
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Rose Alba P. Gonzalez { Mexico }
98 By means of this testimony I want to thank God who gave me back my health and
to say to the people who have my problem, that it can be cured. It is only the question of making the method exactly and to have faith in God. I very was distressed by a cyst that was detected in my breast. The doctor said that the only solution to know if the tumor is benign or malignant
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he was very interested in the method. TESTIMONY 94*
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Jose Guadalupe S. Gonzalez { Mexico }
A year ago for three months,
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I am ill liquid in the knee. For two months I took Urine-therapy. 100 I cured myself. I have been four months taking Urine and now I feel very well. Thanks to God to return my health to me. TESTIMONY 101 *
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Juan M. Velazco {Mexico}
I am approximately 5 days old in taking Urine and thanks to God everything has
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By means of my brother who attended a conference with the Dr. Sonia, I found
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ist view, man
is constitutionally inferior to woman with respect to his sexual
capacities. His energies are easily spent and with the advancement of
years his energetic capacity becomes severely diminished. It is this
factor that is a major cause of conflict between men and women
and it is this factor that is the basic underlying issue of so much of
the current sexual counseling and sex therapy. From our contemporary perspective the idea of a sexual
Kung-Fu seems odd and maybe even a little revolutionary. But
with the growing interactions of oriental and Western culture and
medicine, and the resultant impact on Western sexology, the prin-
ciples and methods of Seminal and Ovarian Kung-Fu could gradu-
ally become accepted. XIVConsidering the fact that Western sexological research is
quite young, we might anticipate the kind of confusion that one
finds in a teenager exploring his/her sexuality. By contrast, the
Taoist tradition is over eight thousand years old and has reached a
full maturity in both theory and method. In fact, both traditions are
dealing with the control of the same powerful impulse. Whether or
not the Taoist Sexual King-Fu can work in Western society will be
determined in part by its translation of it into Western forms of
scientific understanding and psychology. Its acceptance may hinge
equally on the willingness of Westerners to adapt themselves to the
wisdom of the Taoist masters. The ancient Taoist masters would enjoy this play of opposing
forces as the inevitable working of the Tao. A young Taoist master
has taken the bold step of revealing the secret methodology to the
west; it is up to the reader to test its truth. XVSUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPLES OF
TAOIST CULTIVATION
OF SEXUAL ENERGY
1. The universe is filled with different kinds of dynamic en-
ergy, or "chi." The Tao, or "way," for each man is to creatively
transform his energy over a course of a lifetime back to its original
state of harmonious balance. Sexual essence, or "ching," is a
powerful, vital energy that is generated continuously within the
human body. Sexual drive propels the course of man's evolution
biologically by transmitting the genetic lineage. Emotionally it har-
monizes the love between man and woman, and spiritually pro-
vides a tangible link between the "ordinary" creative powers of
man and the eternal creative process of the cosmos. Refining one's
awareness of sexual energy—with or without a partner—is one of
the simplist ways of humans to return to pure consciousness and
experience the deepest rhythms of life. (Chapters 1 and 2.) 2. Sperm is the storehouse of male sexual energy. A single
ejaculation has 200 to 500 million sperm cells, each a potential
human being. There are enough spermotozoa lost in a single
orgasm to populate the entire United States if each cell was to
fertilize an egg. The manufacture of a sperm fluid capable of such
psychic super potency consumes up to a third of a man's daily
energy output and is especially taxing on the male glandular/immu-
nological system. (Chapters 3 and 4). 3. Conservation of sexual energy is the first principle of
cultivation. Ejaculation of the male seed for purposes other than
having children is a wasteful loss of an extremely precious trea-
sure. The energy loss over long periods of time weakens the phys-
ical health of the male, can lead to unconscious emotional anger
towards women and gradually robs the male higher mind/spirit of
it's power to rejuvenate itself. For this reason many traditional
spiritual orders in the world require male celibacy. Taoists accept
sexual love as natural and healthy, but know the momentary plea-
sure of genital orgasm with ejaculation is superficial compared to
the profound ecstasy possible when love is enjoyed without the
loss of the powerful male seed. It's every man's birthright to have
full control over his bodily functions and prevent this loss. The
secret Taoist methods of sealing the penis in order to conserve
"ching" are given in Chapters 5 thru 8. 4. Transformation of sex energy is the second principle of
cultivation. During sexual arousal, the "ching" or sexual essence
stored in the testicles expands rapidly and causes some energy tonaturally rise to higher centers in the heart, brain, glands, and
nervous system. This upward movement is cut short by ejaculation
outward, so most men never become aware of the full power of
their sexuality. The Taoist method perfects this upward transfor-
mation of sex energy by opening subtle channels from the genitals
up the spine to the head and back down the spine to the navel. The
expanding sexual energy is chanelled into this "microcosmic or-
bit" so it flows past all the major vital organs and harmonizes the
etheric energy complexes in the body, called "Tan Tiens" by the
Taoists (or "chakras" by the Hindus). (Chapters 7 and 8)
5. Balancing the polarity of female-male (yin-yang) forces is
the third principle of Taoist cultivation. Once the sex energy has
been conserved and transformed up, a single man can use medita-
tion to balance the male and female poles which exist inside every
male body. In the practice of "dual" cultivation, a couple balances
this field of energy between them by sharing and circulating their
subtle energies. The relationship becomes a springboard to trans-
form the sexual attraction into personal love and then into spiritual
awareness and service. The power struggle between the sexes
gradually diminishes and balancing their differences over work,
family, love, and the purpose of existence leads them into deeper
harmony. Balancing this core sexual polarity in a couple is true
depth psychology, as it nourishes man and woman at their inner-
most root. Chapter 9 details the "valley orgasm" method of ex-
changing the yin and yang energy during intercourse. A higher
level of this practice involves exchanging energy without sex, or
having orgasm within oneself, and must be learned from a master. (Chapter 18)
6. Don't over-emphasize physical sex in your daily practice,
as it is easy to get stuck on pleasure without experiencing higher
subtle energies. Proper sexual refinement is only one small part of
the vast and all-encompassing Tao. If the mixture of your chi (gen-
eral vital energy), ching (sex essence) and shien (spirit) is im-
balanced, it will be difficult to unite yourself and feel whole and
peaceful. Cultivating sex energy is important in nourishing your
spirit, but without proper diet, exercise, meditation, virtuous moral
behavior and love, true cultivation is impossible. Likewise, don't
ignore sex and focus excessively on the higher spiritual centers; the
roof will easily fall without a strong foundation below. Tao is the
wholeness of Heaven and Earth, true harmony for man is the mid-
dle way between them, found in the balanced integration of their
subtle energies. XVIII7. Avoid sex without love. It creates imbalances in your phys-
ical, mental and spiritual bodies and will slow your real growth. The Taoist techniques are meant to be practical, not mechanical. A
woman seeks tenderness of feeling in her lovers and will resent a
man who is overly compulsive or preoccupied with his mechanical
mastery of esoteric love methods. Dual cultivation is impossible
without the full participation of the woman, who must transform up
her yin essence stored in her ovaries. Regard the woman you love
as more than a powerful generator of yin energy; she is foremost a
human being worthy of your full love and respect. 8. You do not need a wife or girlfriend to cultivate your sexual
energy. In the beginning it is easier to practice controlling your
ejaculation alone, without the distracting excitement and heat of a
woman. At any stage it is essential to tell your lover exactly what
you're doing and ask her cooperation. The same principles of Tao-
ist cultivation apply to women, with sexual essence drawn from the
ovaries and this "ching" transformed upward into higher mind and
heart. Many women already have an intuitive feel for the process. The receptive nature of women allows them to quickly learn the
Tao of love, especially if the man has mastered the process in his
own body. 9. Any male in reasonably good health can master the Taoist
methods of cultivating sexual energy taught in this book. If you feel
impotent or ejaculate prematurely, the rejuvenation exercises in
Chapter 15 should be studied before attempting the Big Draw
method taught in Chapter 7. The principles of cultivation are sim-
ple, but require steady attention. Its like cultivating a garden—hoe
a little everyday, and nature will do the rest. One day you will have
luscious blossoms and fruits. An impatient mind kills progress. Do
not feel guilty or angry when you spill your seed; it may take years
to fully master the Tao of love. The key is to relax, enjoy yourself
and keep practicing. XIXPART I •
THE FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE: I
Sex Energy Can Be Transformed into SpiritCHAPTER I
MALE SEX ENERGY IS STORED IN ITS SEED
"There is no medicine, or food, and no spiritual salvation that can
prolong a man's life if he fails to understand or practice the har-
mony of sexual energy." —P'eng Tsu


 dinair e, regardless of what any institutional
transcript or bank statement says. Repeat this mantra until it becom es your
way of being. You will feel a sense of inner peace as you release the hold
that outer forms have on you. OceanofPDF. comOceanofPDF. com20th Verse
Give up learning and you will be fr ee
from all your car es. What is the differ ence between yes and no. What is the differ ence between good and evil. Must I fear what others fear. Should I fear desolation
when ther e is abundance. Should I fear darkness
when that light is shining everywher e. In spring, some go to the park and climb the terrace,
but I alone am drifting, not knowing wher e I am. Like a newborn babe befor e it learns to smile,
I am alone, without a place to go. Most people have too much;
I alone seem to be missing something. Mine is indeed the mind of an ignoramus
in its unadulterated simplicity. I am but a guest in this world. While others rush about to get things done,
I accept what is offer ed. I alone seem foolish,
earning little, spending less. Other people strive for fame;
I avoid the limelight,
preferring to be left alone. Indeed, I seem like an idiot:
no mind, no worries. I drift like a wave on the ocean. I blow as aimless as the wind. All men settle down in their gr ooves;
I alone am stubborn and r emain outside. But wher ein I am most differ ent fr om others is
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Q: What is the main idea of the 21st verse of the Tao Te Ching?,
A: Lao-tzu advises to walk the path of the Tao, which means to release your ego and trust in the universe to provide for you.
Q: According to the 23rd verse, what is the key to maintaining a peaceful inner state?,
A: The key is to recognize that the true source of your power is within yourself, and to trust in the Tao's guidance.
Q: What is the author Lao-tzu encouraging in the 24th verse?,
A: Lao-tzu is encouraging the reader to trust in their own inner light and to let go of their ego, as well as their need to prove themselves to others.
Q: What is the main message of the 29th verse of the Tao Te Ching?,
A: The main message is that you are not in control of the universe, and that everything is unfolding according to natural law. You are encouraged to let go of your ego and trust in the harmony of natural law.
Q: What is the author suggesting in the 27th verse?,
A: Lao-tzu is suggesting that one should not try to control or change the world, but rather align with the Tao and trust in its guidance.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>It
loves and nourishes all things but does not lord it over them.” The T ao is the
informing principle of God, not nature’ s lord and master. A power -hungry
and ego-dominated control freak it’s not! Feeling superior is a human
creation. The Tao doesn’ t act as boss, forcing itself on you or anyone. It
simply allows all of creation to reveal itself with perfect timing ... and all
that is revealed is sacred because it’ s a piece of the ego-free T ao. I sugges t that you create some quiet time to reread this verse and reflect
on the sacred nature of everything in your life. Include past experiences that
you’ve blamed for preventing you from having the abundance, health, or
happiness that you’ve wanted and even expected. Ponder the advice that
there’ s a time for it all: Just as you must breathe in to breathe out, you may
experience what it is to be ahead by also having a “being-behind
experience.” All of those times that you felt betrayed, abandoned, abused,
frightened, anxious, or incomp lete—they all came about according to a
natural law that also led you to feel cared for, protected, loved, comforted,
and whole. There’ s a time for everything, including what you’re
experiencing today. Begin recognizi ng that every moment of your life is in accordance with
the Divine Tao. By doing so, you’ll shift from judgment (and perhaps
anger) to gratefulness for being able to feel both exhausted and rested,
scared and safe, unloved and cared for. All of it is a part of the natural law. Your “ego-mind” tries to protect you from pain by insisting that you can
learn to eliminate some aspects 29th Verse of your life. However, the sage
within you desires to be more harmonious with the perfection  of the Tao. How do you allow this? Lao-tzu urges you to avoid the extremes, the
excesses, and the extravagant, and know that all is unfolding perfectly, even
if your thoughts tell you that it’s imperfect. Those thoughts must also have
their own time, and in the natural flow, they’ll be replaced by new ones... which will show up on time as well. Here’ s what I believe this verse from Lao-tzu offers you from its 2,500-
year-old perspective:Give up needing to contr ol. Begin a conscious program of surrendering, and allowing your world and
everyone in it to do as they are ordained to do. Surrendering is a mental
process: It involves taking a split second to stop yourself in your mode of
judgment or frustration and have a brief talk with yourself on the spot. Just
remind yourself  to step back and be a witness rather than a protagonist,
which you can do by providing a sanctuary for the feeling you’re judging. Invite Divine natural order in by simply allowing what you’re experiencing
to go forward without criticism  or control; in this way, you move to the
center. Think of the need to control as a signal to allow the Tao to flow
freely through your life. At first your ego-mind may loudly scoff at the idea
of the Tao being  responsible for the perfect unfolding of everything. It’s up
to you to recognize that your belief that ego can control life is an illusion. Practice r ecognizing that ther e’s a time for everything. When you’re in the middle of a tough moment, repeat the lines given to
you by Lao-tzu. I do this in yoga practice when I feel exhausted holding a
position for what seems like a too-lengthy period. I remind myself, There’s
a time for being  exhausted, and there’s a time for being vigor ous. This frees
me immediately  from my demanding ego, which is saying, You shouldn’ t be
feeling this tired. You can do the same in any moment in your life. Experiences of pain, loss, fear, anger, and even hatred seem to vanish when
you remember that this is a part of the perfect blossoming of natural law;
and there will soon be a time for comfort, peace, and love. Apply this verse of the Tao Te Ching by creating your personalized
statement when you observe things such as crime, AIDS, hunger, and war. Try something like, Yes, there seems  to be a time for such things, and I
choose not to remain in extremes of resentment and anger. But there is also
my desir e to do something about these cir cumstances— that feeling is also a
part of the natural law unfolding. I choose to act on my inner desir e to
rectify these conditions. By remaining internally peaceful and avoiding the
extremes, I will impact the world in the same loving way that the Tao
eternally manifests fr om love and kindness. It’s not what you see around you that keeps you connected to the Tao; it’s
understanding how this eternal flow works. As Ralph Waldo Emerson putit, “By atoms, by trifles, by sots, heaven operates. The needles are nothing,
the magnetism is all.”
Do the T ao Now
Find a place where control is all-consuming and relinquish it today. Stifle
your inclination to interfere, reminding yourself as you do so that there’ s a
time for everything and you’re becoming more adept at observing
peacefully rather than taking over. Post this advice by Naomi Long Madgett where you can read it, and be
constantly reminded of your desire to live naturally:
I wouldn’ t coax the plant if I wer e you. Such watchful nurturing may do it harm. Let the soil r est fr om so much digging
And wait until it’ s dry befor e you water it. The leaf ’s inclined to find its own dir ection;
Give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself. Much gr owth is stunted by too much pr odding,
Too eager tenderness. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com30th Verse
One who would guide a leader of men in the uses of life
will warn him against the use of arms for conquest. Weapons often turn upon the wielder. Wher e armies settle,
natur e offers nothing but briars and thorns. After a gr eat battle has been fought,
the land is cursed, the cr ops fail,
the earth lies stripped of its Mother hood. After you have attained your purpose,
you must not parade your success,
you must not boast of your ability,
you must not feel pr oud;