vera; myelogenous leukemia; recent surgery, pregnancy, or splenectomy; and inflammatory
disorders, such as collagen vascular disease. 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 193Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comThe Leukocyte (White Blood Cell, WBC) Count
Reporting on the number of white blood cells (WBCs) found in a microliter (cubic
millimeter) of whole blood by use of a hemacytometer or Coulter counter, the leukocyte count
varies with strenuous exercise, stress, or digestion. It’s used to detect infection or inflammation,
the need for further tests such as the WBC differential or bone marrow biopsy, and the response
to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The WBC count ranges from 4.1 to 10.9 x 1011. An elevated count signals infection such as an
abscess, meningitis, appendicitis, or tonsillitis, and it may indicate leukemia, tissue necrosis from
burns, myocardial infarction, or gangrene. A low count shows bone marrow depression from viral
infections or from toxic reactions such as those following treatment with antineoplastics, mercury
or other heavy metal toxicity, benzene or arsenic exposure, and invasion by the organisms of
influenza, typhoid fever, measles, infectious hepatitis, mononucleosis, and rubella. The White Blood Cell Differential
Being a relative number of each type of white blood cell, the white blood cell differential
test is determined by multiplying the percentage value of each WBC type to give an absolute
number of each kind of the 100 or more WBCs. There are granulocytes, agranulocytes, juvenile
neutrophils, segmented neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, large lymphocytes, small lymphocytes,
phagocytes, histiocytes, and so on. The WBC differential evaluates the body’s capacity to resist and overcome infection, various
types of leukemia, the stage and severity of infection, allergic reactions, severity of allergic
reactions, and parasitic infections. There is a long list of reference values in the WBC differential
test, divided into adult and child. For example some of them are:
For Adults—   Relative  Value (%)   Absolute Value (mcL)
Neutrophils   47.6-76.8    1950-8,400
Lymphocytes   16.2-43      660-4,600
Monocytes      0.6-9.6        24-960
Eosinophils     0.3-7        12-760
Basophils        0.3-2        12-200
To make an accurate diagnosis, the test examiner must consider both relative and absolute
values of the differential counts. For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are diagnosed
by them, please see Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to A
Cancer Therapy: Results of Fifty Cases: Practical Guidance, Resources and Recipes for Gerson
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www.thegersonway.comTherapy Patients. To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute, in
Bonita, California. The Routine Urinalysis
Elements of routine urinalysis include the measurement evaluations of physical
characteristics, specific gravity and pH, protein, glucose, and ketone bodies, plus examination of
urine sediment, casts, and blood cell crystals. The analysis of urine is an exceedingly important
test that tells a lot about the internal workings of a person. Routine urine test results have a great
number of implications for how the physiology is functioning or how it is responding to the diet,
nonpathologic conditions, specimen collection time, and other factors. For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are evaluated by urinalysis, please see
Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to  A Cancer Therapy:
Results of Fifty Cases: Practical Guidance, Resources and Recipes for Gerson™ Therapy
Patients. To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute in San Diego,
California. 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 195Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 27
CASE HISTORIES OF
RECOVERED PATIENTS
The following well-documented stories of recovered Gerson patients are just a very small
sample of the considerable collection of such records in our archive. All of them refer to
patients thoroughly diagnosed by biopsy, done mostly in U.S.hospitals; almost all of them were
in a so-called terminal condition with widespread cancers that have never been cured by orthodox
means. We chose them in an attempt to include as many kinds of malignant disease as possible,
since we know from long experience that individuals thinking of pursuing the Gerson Therapy
always want to know first whether anyone suffering from “their” cancer has ever recovered. This
selection aims to answer their questions. The Gerson protocol is often attacked on the grounds that it has never been subjected to a so-
called proper test, i.e., a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. This kind of
test, however, has taken over fairly recently from another, centuries-old way of judging medical
treatments, which was based on clinical results. In other words, as Dr. Gerson often stated, “It’s
the result at the sickbed that counts,” a self-evident view that would be hard to dispute. The currently favored randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial, however,
is not concerned with individual patients. It requires a large group of individuals and is called
double-blind, because neither the doctor nor the patients know who is receiving the new drug
under testing and who is not; this is meant to exclude psychological or other external influences
that might interfere with the working of the drug. Clearly, this method is suitable for testing a single drug—but useless for any therapy that
involves a total change of lifestyle, such as the Gerson treatment. Just consider for a moment
the impossibility of administering coffee enemas or serving fresh juices 13 times a day without
patients realizing that something radical is going on. Besides, the mainstays of conventional
oncology, namely radiation treatment and chemotherapy, have never been subjected to randomized
double-blind clinical trials. Only various kinds of chemotherapy have been tested against each
other ; never chemo- vs. non-chemo treatment. Yet all the time many books and academic studies
have been published by physicians and other scientists, attesting to the failure of chemotherapy. One of the latest books is The War on Cancer: an Anatomy of Failure, by Guy B. Faguet, M.D. 2005. (Springer, ISBN-10, 194020-3618-3.) In view of this, critics of the Gerson Therapy should perhaps demand the application of
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www.thegersonway.comrandomized double-blind clinical trials to chemotherapy before attacking a method they are
totally unfamiliar with..
Now read on... Highly aggressive Lymphoma
Born in 1943, S.M. was 47 years old in 1990 when she developed several swollen lymph
nodes, and, after having them biopsied, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Two
years later, in the summer of 1992, she arrived at the Gerson hospital with extensive edema ( fluid
accumulation ) in her legs, hips and buttocks, and also around a large, melon-sized tumor in her
abdomen. She embarked on the Gerson Therapy as the only treatment for her condition and was
not “tapped” to remove the fluid from her body. In the first five days on the full Gerson program,
with many trips to the bathroom, S.M. lost 28 pounds. In February of 1993, when the patient was re-examined by her doctor in Wenatchee, WA,
the MD’s report read: “Her lymphedema seems to be resolved (medical term for cleared up). Her lymph nodes are no longer palpable ( cannot be felt)  and the patient is feeling well. However,
she has severe carotenemia ( harmless  carrot-colored discoloration of the skin, common in many
Gerson patients), and she still refuses chemotherapy.” Understandable, since she no longer had
any swollen lymph nodes! S.M. continued in good health and testified about her recovery at a
convention in Seattle in 1998 and was active in her husband’s business at last report in 2002. At age 32  W.S. was a struggling young artist with a wife and three small children. When he
noted a mass in his abdomen, he was sent to surgery in May of 1951 in Cincinnati, OH


 periods of unfavorable envi-
ronmental conditions such as desiccation, freezing, and  oxygen  de-
ficiency. Cryptobiotic organisms are known from both the plant
and animal kingdom (mainly among invertebrates). Cryptobiosis
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frAnabiosis is a temporary state during which the
organism, in the absence of nourishment, slows
down its vital functions, which resume perfectly
as soon as the external conditions normalize. Therefore, fasting is a natural adaptive mecha-
nism, an organism’s automatic self -defense reac-
tion genially developed by Mother Nature and
incorporated into the vital strategies of animal
and pl ant organisms to survive environmental
conditions. may be entered either within a specific life stage (for example larvae
and eggs, spores of various fun gi and bacteria, and pollen and seeds
of some plants) or over the entire life cycle (in species of Protozoa,
Nematoda, Tardigrada, Arthropoda, mosses, lichens, and algae, as
well as some higher plants). In the cryptobiotic state, all measurable
metabolic processes are interrupted. When environmental condi-
tions return to being hospitable, the organism will return to its  met-
abolic  state of life as it was prior to the cryptobiosis. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr3. What conditions can fasting help? In-
dications and contraindications for fast-
ing and dry fasting. Main indications:
• hypertension, stages 1 and 2;
• neurocirculatory dystonia, hypertensive or
mixed (there are limitations regarding hypo-
tonic neurocirculatory dystonia since there is
a chance of orthostatic collapse);
• ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris of
classes I, II and III;
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD);
• bronchial asthma;
• pulmonary sarcoidosis, phases I and II;
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr• chronic gastritis with secretory insufficiency
and hyperacidity, gastroduodenitis;
• pancreatitis and chronic cholecystitis with-
out gallstones;
• biliary dyskinesia
• irritable bowel syndrome (IBS);
• diseases of the  musculoskeletal system of in-
flammatory and dystrophic origin;
• neuroendocrine disorders in chronic
salpingoovaritis;
• prostate adenoma;
• alimentary -constitutional obesity, dience-
phalic obesity;
• resistance to drug therapy;
• skin allergies (chronic allergic der matosis,
neurodermatitis, psoriasis, eczema); food al-
lergies and (or) from drugs. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr• neurosis, depressive conditions, schizotypal
personality disorder. Contraindications

1. Absolute contraindications:
• marked body mass deficit (more than 15%
from the expected values);
• malignant tumors;
• active tuberculosis of the lungs and other or-
gans;
• bronchiectasis;
• systemic diseases of the blood;
• type I diabetes mellitus;
• thyrotoxicosis;
• disorders of the heart rhythm and/or of the
pulse propagation of any origin;
• post -focal myocardial infarction;
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr• heart failure of II B - III degree;
• chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver;
• chronic renal failure and renal failure of any
genesis;
• thrombophlebitis. 2. Relative contraindication s:
• coronary heart disease with rhythmic disor-
ders and cardiac failure greater than stage II
A;
• severe hypotension;
• cholelithiasis;
• urolithiasis;
• stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer;
• chronic venous insufficiency;
• type II diabetes mellitus;
• gout;
• febrile conditions;
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr• pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• in childhood (up to 14 years) and the elderly
(over 70);

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4. What is the scientific background of
therapeutic fasting and dry fasting in
particular? In Russia therapeutic fasting has a research
tradition that can be traced back to 1769, when
Petr Vilyaminov, professor of the Moscow Uni-
versity medical school, wrote the treatise Slovo o
postakh kak sredstve predochraneniya ot
bolezney  (“On fasting as a means of disease pre-
vention”). Later, between the early 1800s and the mid -
20th century, many Russian researchers and
physicians became interested in fasting, among
which we cite prof. I. G. Spassky, Dr. N. Zeland,
prof. V. Pashutin, A. S uvorin and prof. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frBakulyev, who studied the physiological and
pathophysiological characteristics of fasting and
applied it in animal studies and in a clinical set-
ting. But the great promoter of fasting as a thera-
peutic practice was the psychiatrist Yuri Nik ola-
yev: he was responsible for the approval and the
introduction of fasting in the USSR state
healthcare system. Thanks to the contribution of
prof. Nikolayev fasting was scientifically investi-
gated in studies that began in the 1960s and con-
tinue to the present day, with a peak of activity
in the decades of the 70s, 80s and 90s. It was Professor Nikolayev who coined the
term razgruzochno- dieticheskaya terapiya
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr(RDT) (“fasting -dietary therapy – FDT”)6. The
term distinguishes spontaneous fasting or fast-
ing induced by circumstances beyond personal
control from therapeutic fasting researched and
applied in the medical field on the basis of pre-
cise protocols approved by the Ministry of
Healthcare first in the Soviet Union and later in
Russia. This is also under stood as a therapeutic

6 The razgruzochno- dieticheskaya terapiya  (RDT) (“fasting -dietary
therapy – FDT”) was based on the method of complete “ water ” fast-
ing, developed by Professor Yu. S. Nikolayev and approved by the
Ministry of Healthcare of the USSR in 1990, then revised and ap-
proved by the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation in
2005. The course of therapy consisted of three main periods: pre-
paratory, fasting and restoration periods (see the Methodological
Recommendations Primenenie razgruzochno -dieticheskoj terapij
(RDT) v vosstanovitelnoy medicine. Posobye dliya vrachey  (Method-
ological Recommendation for application of FDT (RDT) in Reha-
bilitation Medicine. A Manual for Physicians), Moskva 2005). Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frpractice based on the transition of the organism
to an endogenous diet. With regards to dry fasting specifically, it was
only in recent decades that (in Russia) total ab-
stinence from food and water started being ap-
plied in clinical p ractice (V.A. Zakirov7  and I.E
Khoroshilov8), although the physiologist

7 Zakirov V. A., Klinicheskaya i funktsionalnaya kharakteristika
bolnykh bronkhialnoy astmoy pri reducirovannoy (trednevnoj)
rasgruzochno- dieticheskoy terapii metodami “vlazhnogo” I “suchogo”
golodaniya, (Clinical and functional characteristics of patients with
bronchial asthma treated with fasting dietary therapy (three days)
and "  water  " and "dry" fasting methods”) // Nemedikamentoznye
metody


	is	very	good	for	a	cleanse.Berry	and	Carrot	Cocktail	Drink
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 3⁄4	cup	blueberries

1. 1/2	cup	strawberries

1. 3	medium-sized	carrots,	trimmed

1. 2	pears,	cored

Directions

1. Process	the	blueberries	and	strawberries	through	an	electronic	juicer
according	to	the	manufacturer’s	directions. 2. Add	the	carrots	and	the	pears. Next,	mix	the	juice	thoroughly. 3. This	healthy	drink	is	high	in	nutrients. This	combination	of	ingredients
reduces	possible	DNA	damages.Cabbage	and	Broccoli	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	small-sized	head	red	cabbage

1. 1	small-sized	head	broccoli,	broken	into	florets

1. 3	large	leaves	Swiss	chard,	torn	into	pieces

1. 1/2	teaspoon	Maca	powder

Directions

1. Process	the	cabbage	and	broccoli	through	an	electronic	juicer. 2. Add	the	remaining	ingredients	to	your	juicer. 3. Mix	the	juice	thoroughly. Lastly,	serve	the	juice	over	crushed	ice	if	desired. 4. The	juice	has	a	positive	impact	on	body's	detoxification	system. Enjoy!Yam	and	Tangerine	Juice	Break
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 4	tangerines,	peeled

1. 2	pears,	cored

1. 1	yam,	peeled

Directions

1. Simply	put	all	ingredients	into	your	juicer. 2. Serve	well-chilled	and	enjoy. 3. This	is	a	carbohydrate-rich	juice	so	it	boosts	your	energy	instantly.Root	Vegetable	Cleanser
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1-inch	fresh	ginger	root

1. 3	beets

1. 3	carrots

1. 3	stalks	celery

Directions

1. Simply	process	all	ingredients	in	your	juice	extractor. 2. Pour	into	two	well-chilled	tall	glasses. 3. Note:	drink	the	juice	on	an	empty	stomach	because	the	vitamins	and
minerals	are	better	absorbed.Green	Boost
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	carrot

1. 1	cucumber

1. 1	stalk	celery

1. 1	cup	broccoli

1. 1	green	apple

1. 1	lime

Directions

1. Simply	process	all	ingredients	into	your	juice	extractor. 2. Pour	into	two	well-chilled	tall	glasses. 3. It’s	good	to	drink	your	juice	fresh. If	you	have	to	store	this	juice,	keep	it	in
a	fridge	in	a	dark	glass	airtight	container.Tangerine	Turmeric	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1-inch	fresh	turmeric

1. 3	carrots

1. 2	tangerines

1. 3	stalks	celery

Directions

1. Wash	all	ingredients;	then,	process	them	in	your	juice	extractor. 2. The	juice	improves	brain	functions	and	lowers	your	risk	of	heart	disease.Fresh	Start
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 4	carrots

1. 1	apple

1. 1	lemon

1. 1	cucumber

1. 1	kiwi	fruit

1. 1/2	cup	sprouts

Directions

1. Process	all	the	ingredients	in	your	juice	extractor. 2. Pour	the	juice	into	two	glasses. 3. This	healthy	drink	protects	your	brain	and	nerve	cells,	as	well	as	reduces
the	risk	of	inflammation. Enjoy!Berry	Grapefruit	Blend
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	mixed	berries

1. 2	oranges,	peeled

1. 1	pink	grapefruit,	peeled

Directions

1. Process	the	ingredients	through	the	feed	tube	of	an	electronic	juicer. 2. The	juice	is	great	for	weight	loss.Green	Pear	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	pear

1. 1	bunch	cilantro

1. 3	leaves	kale

1. 1	cup	spinach

1. 1	cucumber

1. 2	carrots

Directions

1. Juice	all	the	above	ingredients	together. Serve. 2. The	fiber-rich	juice	with	great	ingredients	juiced	to	a	harmonious	balance
of	nutrition.Greens	Lover
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 1	½	cups	strawberries

1. 6	leaves	collards

1. 4	cups	watermelon

1. 2	apples

1. 1	lime

Directions

1. Hull	strawberries	and	torn	collard	leaves. Remove	rind	from	watermelon. Core	your	apples	and	peel	the	lime. 2. Place	all	the	ingredients	in	your	juice	extractor. Juice	and	serve	well-
chilled. 3. This	green	drink	is	high	in	vitamins	C	and	K,	as	well	as	in	great
antioxidants.Big	and	Strong	Like	Popeye
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	raspberries

1. 2	cups	pineapple

1. 1	orange

1. 2	bunches	spinach

Directions

1. Throw	the	ingredients	into	your	juice	extractor. 2. Juice	the	ingredients	and	serve	in	individual	glasses. 3. Spinach,	as	nutrient	dense	greens,	gives	to	this	juice	a	large	amount	of	fiber
and	iron. Enjoy!Protein	Spirulina	Limeade
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	apple

1. 1	pear

1. 1	lime,	peeled

1. 1	bunch	watercress

1. 1	nectarine

1. 1	tablespoon	spirulina	powder

Directions

1. Simply	add	all	the	ingredients	to	your	juicer. 2. Juice	and	serve	in	well-chilled	glasses. 3. Spirulina	is	protein	from	the	sea	that	can	improve	our	brain	functions. Spirulina	is	an	especially	beneficial	ingredient	for	vegans	and	vegetarians.Fruit	and	Cilantro	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 4	stalks	celery,	chopped

1. 2	Granny	Smith	apples,	cored

1. 1	pear,	cored

1. 1	bunch	fresh	cilantro

1. 1	lime,	peeled

1. 1	teaspoon	Spirulina	powder

Directions

1. Simply	juice	celery,	apples,	pear,	cilantro,	lime,	and	spirulina	in	your
electric	juicer. 2. Divide	the	juice	between	two	tall	well-chilled	glasses;	serve	at	once. 3. It	is	extremely	important	to	drink	the	juice	fresh	because	it	contains
oxygen-sensitive	vitamins	such	as	vitamin	C.Blackberry	Lemonade
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	fresh	blackberries

1. 3	cups	cold	water

1. 1	(6-ounce)	can	lemonade	concentrate,	undiluted

Directions

1. Mix


struggled
with
almost
everything:
painful
liver,
stomach,
kidneys,
constipation,
sinus
infections,
colic,
frequent
headaches
and
asthma-type
breathing
problems. All
that
disappeared. There
was
a
worsening
of
osteochadrosis,
I
started
using
white
clay
mixed
with
quarter
urine
for
poultices. The
result
came
almost
immediately. I
also
got
the
gray
out
of
my
hair
after
I
started
rubbing
steamed
urine
on
my
scalp. I
have
a
few
questions
regarding
this
treatment:
Question
no. 1:
“I
find
it
difficult
to
drink
evaporated
urine. I
mix
it
with
fresh
in
a
ratio
of
1:8,
and
yet
after
drinking
it
I
have
diarrhea
after
10-15
minutes. After
futile
attempts,
I
stopped
drinking. Couldn't
I
hurt
myself?' Answer:
In
any
case. The
urine
acted
as
a
strong
salty
laxative. The
burning
sensation
will
disappear
if
you
switch
to
a
non-salty,
separate
diet,
mainly
plant-based. You
can
then
also
drink
evaporated
urine,
e.g. with
honey. Question
no. 2:
"If
you
can't
drink
female
urine,
won't
it
be
harmful
to
use
it
in
a
massage
or
enema
in
a
vaporized
version?" Answer:
During
evaporation,
urine
loses
its
specificity,
hormones
are
destroyed. It
becomes
a
sexless
material
saturated
with
salts
and
biologically
active
substances
stored
in
"refractory"
water
crystals. Question
no. 3:
"Is
it
possible
to
wash
your
nose
with
evaporated
urine,
drip
it
into
your
eyes
and
ears?" Answer:
If
you
switch
to
an
unsalted,
natural
diet,
with
only
occasional
use
of
protein,
then
it
is
possible. Otherwise
it
will
burn
you
like
any
saline
solution. Question
no. 4:
"Only
the
morning
urine
and
only
the
middle
part
can
be
evaporated?" Answer:
All
urine
can
be
evaporated,
even
very
old. Question
no. 5:
"I
use
citric
acid
for
more
frequent
urination. Is
it
right? "Answer:
Drink
more
ice
melt
water
and
urine
and
you
will
have
enough
urine. Do
not
use
artificial
means. Question
no. 6:
"Can
urine
therapy
be
practiced
by
people
who
have
been
infected
with
the
hepatitis
B
virus?" Answer:
Not
only
can
they,
but
they
should. Urine
quickly
destroys
viruses. It
was
created
by
the
author
involuntarily
final
question
whether
urine
therapy
could
also
suppress
HIV
retroviruses
which
j
are
related
to
hepatitis
B
retroviruses. In
any
case,
cleansing
the
basic
organs
of
your
body,
combined
with
occasional
fasting
and
urine
therapy,
will
strengthen
your
immune
system
so
much
that
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
any
infection.Jiří
Cingros
URINOTERAPIE
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ISBN-80-902005-1-6At. Jiří
Cingr os
was
born
on
May
1,
1941. As
an
interpreter
and
translator,
he
often
stayed
in
Russia
and
Central
Asia,
from
where
he
brought
material
for
his
first
book
on
healing
A
doctor
to
myself
,
which
was
and
still
is
very
successful
on
the
book
market. After
1989,
he
worked
as
the
first
secretary
for
culture
in
the
Czechoslovak
Republic. embassy
in
Moscow. Here
he
became
acquainted
with
another
very
widespread
method
in
Russia
and
the
East
-
urinotherapy,
or
urine
treatment. He
has
been
using
this
method
together
with
cleansing
steps
on
himself
and
his
surroundings
for
several
years
with
excellent
results. Recently,
the
author
relocated
for
work
to
the
capital
of
Yemen,
Sana'a,
i.e. to
the
late
Middle
Ages,
minimal
hygienic
conditions,
an
altitude
of
2,600
meters,
where
there
is
a
third
less
oxygen
and
strong
sunlight. Here
too,
urinotherapy
helped
him
overcome
the
initial
difficulties
and
dispel
the
superstition
about
the
difficult
transition
of
a
European
to
tropical
and
other
hostile
lands. At
the
same
time,
he
did
not
take
a
single
medicine
with
him
and
has
not
recognized
doctors
for
several
years.<|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
colon
was
very
badly
affected
by
the
putrefaction,
and
from
there
came
the
depression
and
problems
in
the
mouth. It
was
also
possible
to
start
the
treatment
with
enemas,
with
the
aim
of
normalizing
bowel
activity
and
generally
ridding
the
body
of
poisons,
and
continue
with
urine
massages
and
drinking
a
quart
of
urine
twice
a
day. Starvation
must
be
started
only
after
cleansing
the
main
organs
(intestines,
liver,
kidneys),
then
it
is
better
tolerated. Ending
the
hunger
strike
in
our
conditions:
drink
fresh
carrot
juice,
decoctions
of
herbs
with
honey
prepared
from
melt
water,
eat
sprouted
wheat,
which
will
immediately
supply
the
body
with
the
necessary
trace
elements
and
vitamins
in
such
a
huge
amount
that
is
not
found
in
all
the
foods
listed
by
Armstrong. Later,
switch
to
vegetables
(steamed
in
winter),
seasonal
fruit,
whole
grain
porridge,
sprouted
grain
bread. Armstrong's
recommendation
to
drink
water
is
important. During
fasting,
the
amount
of
urine
decreases
considerably
and
it
is
then
highly
concentrated. This
can
be
prevented
by
drinking
a
large
amount
of
water,
if
possible
melted,
and
by
cleansing
the
body
organs
beforehand. Example:
"I
damaged
my
liver
after
falling
off
a
horse. The
doctor
said
that
they
were
all
cracked
and
he
was
surprised
that
after
1
month
of
urine
therapy


 ESER VED. No  part of this book may be prod uced in any
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Library of Congress Catalogue Card No. 95-80859F O R E W O R D
T raditional Chinese and A yurvedic medicine constitute the two major
legacies for health and healing from the ancient world. However, one
distinction between the two is found in the fact that traditional Chinese
medicine, as introduced to the W est during the 70s and 80s represents a
more physio-materialistic focus. This is because of the ef fort that was made
to clear away its spiritualistic orientation so that it could better
accommodate th e tenets of Ch inese Communist materialism. A yurvedic
medicine—which followed Indian yoga into the W est and had n o dominant
ideology, such as Communism to modify it—maintains a closer integration
with spiritualistic yogic philosophy. As t his book so aptly points out, while there are dif ferences be tween
the t wo great sy stems, the similarities are even greater. Is it, ho wever, from
a co llective unconscious that t wo great healing arts, such as  traditional
Chinese medicin e and A yurveda arise, or is it from a primal source that
extends beyond our present geographical and archaeological understanding? V isiting a rainforest near Cairns, Australia, I was amazed to find
species of plants identical to species that only grow in one other part of the
planet, a  particu lar area of the Amazon rainforest in South Ame rica. Just as
we f ind identical or similar spec ies of plants simultaneously growing today
on dista nt and dif ferent continents throughout the world, is it not possible
that universal knowledge and  wisdom of humanity might have been
preserved and passed on from one long-for gotten prehistoric source? As with other ancient stories an d myths of the world, the story of the
Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis of fers an insight into the origin of
consciousness. The eating of the forbidden fruit, rather than representing a
fall from  grace and innocence, signifies our innate thirst for greater
knowledge which leads us into the consciousness of relativity. Nothing escapes  the gods of relativity; there can be no absolute good
and bad, beauty and ugliness. Humankind must forever feel the innercompulsion or inspiration to find the positive in the negative and the
oftentimes more  dif ficult alternative of acknowledging the negative in the
positive. This same relativity  goes beyond the moral order, to find
expression in the T aoist Y in-Y ang philosophy and the three Doshas of
A yurveda, both of which former ly evolved and were used accord ing to their
respective cultur al contexts to determine the most balanced and appropriate
diet, herbs, exercise and lifestyle according to inherited constitution, life
work and climate. In th ese times of maximum fra gmentation, it is truly a miracl e that
the perennial truths and the healing capacities of these great ancient
philosophies can  arise. As we usher in a new planetary order, we must
proceed with both respect and c aution as we find a new integration of the
ancient wisdom and apply it to  plants, climates and circumstances around
the world. T o t his purpose, this valuable work should serve as an imp ortant
contribution. Michael T ierra, O.M.D.A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T
The auth ors wish to thank Jame s W illiams, Michael T ierra and Fred
Smith f or their gracious reviews of this book during its d evelopment. Special thanks to Diane Lade for providing the fine illustratio ns of plants
that appear in Appendix I.I N T R O D U C T I O N
C hinese and Indian medicine embody the two oldest continuously
practiced traditi ons of medicine on the planet. These traditions are oceans
of w isdom whose depth and br eadth are almost incomprehens ible to one
who sta nds on their shores. Into these oceans of healing art tr ibutaries of
thought flow, and the two seas h ave at times mingled their wate rs together. Though the origins of these m edical traditions have no fixed historical
landmarks, they seem to have ap peared at approximately the same time, yet
independently, g rown out of an understanding expounded by their sages and
rishis. C enturies passed after Chinese and Indian medicine were founded
before they first mingled to exchange ideas with each other. Why two great
systems should appear simultane ously in two vastly dif ferent corners of the
globe, ea ch a unique expression yet possessing many similar cha racteristics,
is a great myste ry. Perhaps their fundamental vision and insigh ts about life
grew out of humanity’ s collective unconscious. At t he heart of both of these gr eat healing traditions is a world view
which sees man and nature as inextricably linked. From this perspective
each elucidates its own unders tanding of health, meaning of disease and
journey from illness to health, b oth employing analogies to the forces and
manifestations of nature to express their views. These insights were
carefully refined, systematized, clinically verified, orally transmitted and
later recorded in writing. Cont ained within the written traditions of both
systems are the experiences of  countless physicians and patients which
serve today as an immense storehouse of knowledge. The goal of thi s book is to convey to the reader an introdu ctory
understanding of Indian (A yurveda) and Chinese medicine, and to compare
these understan dings. Inherent ly A yurveda and Chinese medicine both
explain, in their own terms, health and illness, and each of fers d irection for
regaining health. Since they share much common ground each c an enhance
certain themes and expand the vision of the other, and hopefully throughthis work new ideas will eme r ge which can intellectually cross-fertilize
students and practitioners of both systems. Perhaps ultimately  these two
ener getic paradigms can be reconciled, not by a wholesale incorporation of
one trad ition into the other but,  as has happened over the centuries, by an
exchange of ideas, techniques and principles. Reconciliation will require
that the propone nts of both syst ems remain open-minded, willing to reflect
objectively on the strengths and weaknesses of their respective fields. In both North America and Europe the past few years have s een a
dramatic rise of interest in Chinese medicine and A yurveda. A s these two
traditions establish niches for themselves as “alternative medical systems",
their practices will undoubtedly  be modified by their new social, economic
and med ical milieu. A thorough understanding of the Asian ro ots of these
two medical traditions is, we believe, essential to the succe ss of their
transplantation h ere. Some hybridization may well be necessary to ef fect
their suc cessful propagation in the context of our modern days, since it is
always d if ficult to transfer concepts from one culture to another, but we
have tried assiduously in this es say to maintain intact the origin al meanings
of the theories a nd practices so t hat their flavor will not suf fer. The common
tendency today in the W est is t o look at A yurveda and Chine se medicine
from a modern  biomedical approach; we suggest that there is merit in
comparing one with the other, since both are ener getic in nature. This boo k is divided into three parts. The first and second deta il the
basic the ories an d practice of Ch inese medicine and A yurveda, respectively,
while th e third consists of a comparative study of both systems, including
an o utline of wh at we know of their historical relationship with  each other. Following the third part, a summary of our main conclusions is given. In
addition two appendices are pro vided, the first outlines the history and use
of twelve medicinal substances by both Chinese and Indian systems,
whereas the second reviews the use of vital points in Asia.P A R T  O N E
C H I N E S E  M E D I C I N E1
O r i g i n s  a n d  D e v e l o p m e n t
A  fundamental tenet of the Chinese system of medicine is that the human
body-mind-spirit continuum is an integral whole, and that the i ndividual is
linked to  a greater macrocosmic entirety through a progressive continuum
from fam ily, soc iety, environme nt and, ultimately, the universe. From this
perspective, the  manifestation of disease is viewed as the outcome of an
imb


about 2 lb/1 kg) 3 cups (750 mL)
granulated sugar
1/2 cup (125 mL) unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
1 tsp (5 mL) pur e vanilla extract

1. Grate the rind of half of lemon, then juice it. In a Maslin pan or canning
kettle, c ombine lemon juice, lemon rind and apples. Stir well  to coat the
apples with the lemon juice. 2. In a bowl, combine sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Stir into  apples and
bring to  a boil over medium he at, stirring constantly Lower the heat and
simmer gently stirring frequently for 20 to 30 minutes or unti l apples are
soft. Using a foo d processor and working in one or two batches, purée the
apple mixture until smooth.3. M eanwhile, heat four 1-cup (250 mL) jars in boiling water, a nd scald the
lids, lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 4. Return the pu rée to a clean Maslin pan or canning kettle. Add  vanilla and
bring to a light b oil over medium heat, stirring constantly Cook the mixture,
stirring c onstantly for 15 minutes or until thickened enough to mound on a
wooden spoon. 5. F ill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. Run a thin non-
metallic utensil around the insid e of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more
hot c onserve, if necessary to leave a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. W ipe rims,
top with flat lids and screw on m etal rings. Return jars to the hot water bath,
topping up with hot water if n ecessary Bring to a full rolling boil and
process jars for 15 minutes ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 6. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool completely Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up to
1 year. Use: As a dessert sauce for puddings, tarts, gingerbreads and other baked
desserts; as a filling for layer cakes and crêpes.crabapple and goat cheese bar quettes
One of the many r ewar ds for p r eserving the best of the harve st is that it
makes e ntertaining super easy. I love it when impr omptu opportunities for
serving casual snacks, meals and even desserts pr esent themselves because
I have a pantry of homemade gems to draw on. For this zesty hors d’oeuvr e,
a fruit chutney, r elish, salsa or even a fruit jelly ( Rosemary-Spiked Apple
Jelly  works beautiful ly. Choose cr eamy goat cheese or brie and either fr esh
endive b oats (ba r quettes) or whole wheat crackers. The baguettes r equir e
very little pr ep time. Soft cr eamy goat cheese will be easier to cut into
r ounds if it is partially fr ozen. A ba r que is a thr ee-masted Fr ench sailing vessel. Samuel de Champlain
used one in 1605 to explor e and chart the New England coas t. Fr om thisancient Fr ench wor d comes th e term bar quettes, for small, b oat-shaped
pastry ta rts made of short crust  pastry or puff pastry, baked blind and then
filled with sweet or savoury fillings. Bar quettes ar e almost alwa ys served as
hors d’oeuvr es or appetizers. In  this version, the individual en dive leaves
ar e actu ally shaped like the hull of a bar que; hence the term bar quettes is
applied. MAKES 12 BARQUETTES
5 oz (150 g) goat cheese, brie or cr eam cheese 2 bunches en dive, leaves
separated, or 12 whole wheat crackers
1 cup (250 mL) Crabapple Chutney  or other fruity-savoury pr eserve
Slice cheese into rounds or cut into 12 portions and position on e portion on
each of 12 endive leaves. Add about 1–1/2 tbsp (20 mL) Crabapple Chutney
on top or to the side of the cheese. Fr eezing Apples
1. Select Equipment:  Se lect suitable-size freezer c ontainers, bags or
Mason jars ( Freezing ). 2. P ack in Syru p:  I n a saucepan, c ombine 2–1/2 cups (625 mL) granulated
sugar an d 1/2 tsp (2 mL) crysta lline ascorbic acid or three 500 mg vitamin
C tablets. Stir in 4 cups (1 L) water. Bring to a gentle boil over high heat,stirring frequently. Reduce heat and gently boil for 3 minutes. Let cool. This
is enough syrup to cover 12 cups (4 L) sliced apples. Fill pint (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) freezer containers with halved or
sliced apples to within 3 to 4 inc hes (7 to 10 cm) of the top. Pour syrup over
top; use 1 cup (2 50 mL) syrup p er quart (1 L) of prepared fruit. Squeeze out
air; leave 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label and freeze. OR
Dry Pack:  F ill pint (2-cup /500 mL) or qu art (1 L) freezer containers with
halved o r sliced apples to within  3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm) of the top. Pour
dry granulated sugar over top; use 1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar per quart (1 L) of
prepared fruit. Squeeze out air; l eave 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label
and freeze. C r a n b e r r i e s
IN THE NOR THERN UNITED ST A TES AND CANADA,  cranberries
are the last fruit of the season. They have a significant place in our history,
being on e of the gifts from Firs t Nations peoples to European settlers that
may have saved many of them from the fatal disease scurvy. Cranberries are
the fruit of peren nial ever green trailing vines or dwarf shrubs, depending on
the species. Good Pr eserving V arieties
There are some native North American plants of a dif ferent species that are
often co nfused w ith cranberries because they bear red fruit that look similar
to cranb erries and their common names—American Cranberrybush or
Highbush Cranberry—are misleading. In fact, this plant (V iburnum
trilobum)  is a deciduous shrub that grows up to 13 feet (4 m) tall and is not
a true cranberry. T oday, there are over 100 cranberry cultivars that grow in North America,
and all of them are excellent for preserves. Not many wild cranberry vines
have survived, yet some comme rcial cranberry beds contain vines that are
over 100 years old. Massachusetts, W isconsin, Oregon, New Jersey and
W ashington are  the big cranb erry-producing states. British Columbia,
Ontario and Nova Scotia produ ce the most cranberries in Ca nada. Some
popular cranberry varieties include the following:Cranberries grow in acidic peat bogs (above, a bog near Bala, Ontario) or acidic sand beds
throughout the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere. V accinium macr ocarpon  is the cranberry
species that is native to North America. The V accinium  species is the true cranberry; all are low-
growing plants. Early Black:  T he first to rip en in eastern N orth America; sweet-tasting;
deep, dark red colour. Howes:  Big, firm berries that store well. Pur chasing/Storing
• 1 lb (500 g) yields 4 cups (1 L) cranberries. • A 12-oz (340 g) pkg of whole cranberries yields 3 cups (750 mL). Select firm, dry berries with clear colour. Berries may be light pink,
speckled or bright crimson, depending on the variety. A void wet, crushed
berries or those that show signs of mildew. The higher cranberries bounce
the fre sher they are. Fresh or frozen cranberries can be used
interchangeably in all preserving, dessert or sauce recipes. Good W ith
• Citrus flavours (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit) in traditional jelly, sauce
or relish. • Sweet seasonings such as cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, vanilla,
almond. • Whole grains such as oats and oatmeal, in baked products and desserts. • Aged cheeses such as old cheddar, Asiago, Gruyère.• Other fruit, such as apples, raspberries, peaches, pears, plums, raisins. • Roast turkey, chicken or duck; lamb, beef and wild game. Pr eparation
W ash cranberrie s in a sink full of cool water to which a drop of


 ridding yourself of the need to compare yourself with
others and to use their status as a barometer of your own happiness. It’s not the injustice that counts, it’s what you do about it. THE JUSTICE TRAP  / 175IX
PUTTING AN END TO
PROCRASTINATION—NOW
It takes not one drop of sweat
to put off doing anything. A re you a procrastinator. If you’re like most people, the answer
to that is yes. But chances are that you’d rather not live with all that
anxiety that accompanies putting things off as a way of life. You
may find yourself postponing many tasks that you want to accom-
plish, and yet for some reason you just keep suspending action. This
procrastination business is a mighty tiresome facet of life. If you’ve
got a bad case, hardly a day goes by that you don’t say, “I know I
should be doing it, but I’ll get around to it later. ” Your “putting it
off” erroneous zone is difficult to blame on outside forces. It’s all
yours—both the putting off and the discomfort you endure as a
result of it. Procrastination is the closest there is to a universal erroneous zone. Very few people can honestly say that they are not procrastinators,
despite the fact that it is unhealthy in the long run. As in all erro-
neous zones, there is nothing unhealthy about the
176behavior itself. Putting it off, in fact, doesn’t even exist. You simply
do, and those things you don’t do, in reality, are just undone, rather
than postponed. It is only the accompanying emotional reaction and
immobilization that represent neurotic behavior. If you feel that you
put things off, and like it, with no attending guilt, anxiety or upset,
then by all means hang onto it, and pass over this chapter. However,
for most people procrastination is really an escape from living
present moments as fully as possible. Hoping, Wishing and Maybe
Three neurotic phrases of the procrastinator make up the support
system for maintaining putting-it-off behavior. “I hope things will work out. ”
“I wish things were better. ”
“Maybe it’ll be okay. ”
There you have the deferrer’s delight. As long as you say maybe, or
hope, or wish, you can use these as a rationale for not doing anything
now. All wishing and hoping are a waste of time—the folly of
fairyland residents. No amount of either ever got anything accom-
plished. They are merely convenient escape clauses from rolling up
your sleeves and taking on the tasks that you’ve decided are import-
ant enough to be on your list of life activities. You can do anything that you set your mind to accomplish. You
are strong, capable and not the least bit brittle. But by putting things
off for a future moment, you are giving into escapism, self-doubt,
and most significantly, self-delusion. Your putting it off zone is a
movement away from being strong in your now, and toward the
direction of hoping that things will improve in the future. PUTTING AN END TO PROCRASTINATION—NOW  / 177Inertia as a Strategy for Living
Here is a sentence that can keep you inert, in your present mo-
ments: “I’ll wait, and it’ll get better. ” For some this becomes a way
of life—they are always putting it off for a day that can never arrive. Mark, a recent client of mine, came to me complaining about his
unhappy marriage. Mark was in his fifties and had been married
for almost thirty years. As we began to talk about his marriage, it
became clear that Mark’s complaints were long-standing. “It’s never
been any good, even from the beginning,” he said at one point. I
asked Mark what had made him hold on for all these years of misery. “I kept hoping things would get better,” he confessed. Almost thirty
years of hope and Mark and his wife were still miserable. As we talked more about Mark’s life and marriage, he admitted
to a history of impotence that went back at least a decade. Had he
ever sought help for this problem, I asked. No, he had merely
avoided sex more and more and hoped that the problem would go
away on its own. “I was sure things would get better,” Mark echoed
his original comment. Mark and his marriage were a classic case of inertia. He avoided
his problems and justified his avoidance by saying, “If I wait and
do nothing, maybe it’ll work itself out. ” But Mark learned that things
never work themselves out. They remain precisely as they are. At
best, things change, but they don’t get better. Things themselves
(circumstances, situations, events, people) will not improve alone. If your life is better, it is because you have done something construct-
ive to make it better. Let’s take a closer look at this procrastination behavior and how
to eliminate it with some rather simple resolutions. This is one zone
that you can clean up without a lot of hard “mental work,” since it
is one that you alone have created for yourself, without any of the
cultural reinforcement that is the hallmark of so many other erro-
neous zones. 178 / Your Erroneous ZonesHow Procrastination Works
Donald Marquis called procrastination “the art of keeping up with
yesterday. ” To this I would add, “and avoiding today. ” This is how
it works. You know there are certain things that you want to do, not
because others have so dictated, but because they are your deliberate
choices. However, many of them never get done, despite your telling
yourself that they will. Resolving to do something in the future
which you could do now is an acceptable substitute for doing it, and
permits you to delude yourself that you are really not compromising
yourself by not doing what you have set out to do. It’s a handy sys-
tem that works something like this. “I know I must do that, but I’m
really afraid that I might not do it well, or I won’t like doing it. So,
I’ll tell myself that I’ll do it in the future, then I don’t have to admit
to myself that I’m not going to do it. And it is easier to accept myself
this way. ” This is the sort of convenient if fallacious reasoning that
can be brought into play when you are faced with having to do
something which is unpleasant or difficult. If you are a person who lives one way and says you are going to
live another way in the future, those proclamations are empty. You
are simply a person who is always adjourning and never getting
things done. There are, of course, degrees of procrastination. It is possible to
put things off up to a point, and then complete a task just prior to
the deadline. Here again is a common form of self-delusion. If you
allow yourself an absolute minimum amount of time to get your
work done, then you can justify sloppy results or less than top-notch
performance by saying to yourself, “I just didn’t have enough time. ”
But you have plenty of time. You know that busy people get things
done. But if you spend your time complaining about how much you
have to do (procrastination), then you’ll have no present-moment
time for doing it. I once had a colleague who was a procrastination specialist. PUTTING AN END TO PROCRASTINATION—NOW  / 179He was always busy chasing down deals and talking about how
much he had to do. When he talked, others got tired just imagining
the pace of his life. But a close look would reveal that my colleague
actually did very little. He had a zillion projects going in his mind
and never got down to work on any of them. I imagine that each
night before dozing off, he deluded himself with a promise that to-
morrow he would get that job finished. How else could he go off to
sleep with his self-delusional system intact. He may have known
that he would not, but so long as he swore that he would, his present
moments were safe. You are not necessarily what you say. Behavior is a much better
barometer of what you are than words. What you do in your present
moments is the only indicator of what you are as a person. Emerson
wrote,
Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and
thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. Next time as you say you’ll get it done, but know that you won’t,
keep those words in mind. They are the antidote to procrastination. Critics and Doers
Putting it off as a way of life is one technique that you can use to
avoid doing. A non-doer is very often a critic, that is, someone who
sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about
how the doers are doing. It is easy to be a critic, but being a doer
requires effort, risk and change. 180 / Your Erroneous ZonesTHE CRITIC
Our culture is full of critics. We even pay to hear them. As you observe yourself and the people around you, take note of
how much social intercourse is devoted to criticism. Why. Because
it is just plain easier to talk about how someone else has performed
than to be the


interesting results. I encourage people to read his book, “Sea Energy Agriculture,” which is available
from us. It’s really his quest to find out what is special about seawater and all the experiments that he
did. Another interesting thing that people recognize commonly now is that the absence of lithium in
your diet causes bipolar disorder. People are sensitive to it, and this is fairly understood now, twenty-
something years after Dr Murray’s death. Every disease, I think, at the end of the day, will be traced to
some missing element. How humans are really seawater creatures
Mike : Ultimately, if you go back into our ancestry, we have strong ties to seawater. We even have ocean
chemistry inside us, and in the first stages of fetal development, we actually grow gills, just like fish. Hartman : I’m glad you brought that up, because your blood plasma, which is the clear part of your
blood, is like seawater—every element in the same proportion. In fact, there was a French doctor who,
in the early part of the 19th century, did therapy that injected clean seawater intravenously into humans. He had tremendous results with terminal patients and extremely ill patients, and it’s a therapy that is
still ongoing today. There’s a South American doctor who—and I know PETA people will be appalled,
and I love animals too—but he drained out three quarters of the blood from a dog and replaced it with
clean seawater, and the dog was up and running around half an hour later, no problem. Mike : Wow, that’s very interesting. It’s definitely a horrifying experiment, and I’m against experimenting
on animals, but it certainly demonstrates an interesting point because you can imagine that most
people’s blood is lacking some of these elements. Hartman : Another interesting discovery that is now well known is that seawater, hemoglobin and
chlorophyll have very similar chemistries, except that seawater is based on sodium, human blood is based
on iron, and chlorophyll is based on magnesium. Other than their prime elements being different, the
other elements fall in order, in proportion. And chlorophyll and hemoglobin have very similar carbon
chemistry. They are the same shape molecule, the only difference being the iron and the magnesium. seawater Minerals and the Coming Agricultural Revolution
It’s very easy for the body to convert chlorophyll, like you have in wheatgrass juice, to blood. I mean,
it’s a tremendous treatment for somebody who, for instance, is anemic. Mike : I think it’s important to connect these dots again. Chlorophyll is the blood of plants, hemoglobin
is the oxygen-carrying part of blood in people, and ocean water is the blood of the earth. That is
wonderful. Getting Ocean Grown seawater concentrates
Mike : Your website, again, is OceanGrown.com. Can you give us a little description of what people
can get there. What can they order, and how do they get it? Hartman : Let me give you some background. We’ve been in business five years, and we’ve been on
the market two years. But we’re trying to build a distribution network, so typically we try to dissuade
commerce through the website because we try to encourage our distributors. If there is no distributor
in your area, we’d be happy to take the order, but, wherever possible, we try to push orders through
distribution. We have a growing loyal following of distributors, and that’s coming along very well. Mike : How do people find local distributors? Hartman : Just drop us an email and we’ll respond. Mike : So there are retail stores in cities around North America where people can find this? Hartman : Yes, and it’s growing all the time. Someday, I hope we’ll be in the big box stores. You’ll be
able to find it on every shelf like you see Miracle-Gro today. Mike : I don’t know if you can answer this, because of the pending patent, but people are going to
wonder where your ocean water is from? I hope it’s not from Miami Beach. Hartman : I’m glad you brought that up, because, typically, when people first hear about Dr. Murray,
they race down to their local ocean if they’re fortunate enough to live near one. But think about what
ends up in coastal waters. You’ve got chemical plants dumping things in there. You have sewage and
all kinds of other things going in that coastal water that I don’t think you’d want in your food—heavy
metals in odd proportions and that kind of thing. What we typically do is go out to sea at varying
distances, anywhere from 30 to—our longest trip was 600 miles—and we are in very clean areas. We
process the water at sea, so what we have when we come back is a concentrate that’s ready to package
and ship, but we don’t do that just yet. What we do is quarantine that product in our distribution
seawater Minerals and the Coming Agricultural Revolution
center and send samples out to an environmental lab to get tested for volatile organic compounds, like
chemicals and pollutants. We don’t ship that product unless there is no detectable pollution, and there
are 70 different things that they look for, and their detection limit is half a part per billion. When that
test result comes back, it has to say ND next to every pollutant: “non-detectable.” When we get that
test result back, we liberate whatever that voyage produced to be packaged. Mike : So you’re saying there is still ocean water that’s fairly clean on this planet? Hartman : There is, but not coastally. You can’t just run a pipe down to your local coast. Even if you’re
on some island in the Caribbean and you think, “Well, maybe I’ll just put a pipe in the water,” you
might be lucky. But if you look at the boating regulations at what can be dumped at sea, it’s pretty
staggering what boats are allowed to dump if they’re far enough away from a coast. You know, God invented this; we’re not taking credit for inventing seawater. What we’re trying to do
is collect it in a way that doesn’t damage it or change the proportion of it or hurt the aerobic bacteria
that are in it. We are very careful about how we do it and where we do it, and we work to make sure
that it’s pollutant free, and we try to make it as economic as possible to ship. We are within a year of
having a higher concentration, which will further reduce the shipping costs. But before I forget, I just
want to mention this aerobic bacteria. Seawater has about five times more aerobic bacteria—and that is
the friendly kind, the kind that stimulate roots to pick up elements and nutrition—than the healthiest
soils. To give you an idea of what aerobic bacteria can do, they can help the soil fix nitrogen, which is
very important to soil. The role of the bacteria is terribly important. It comes with seawater, and we do
everything we can to make its life happy and healthy and to preserve it in our product. I think Dr. Murray mentions in his book that seawater bacteria can fix 40 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Currently, chemical farmers are putting about 200 pounds of nitrogen on an acre, let’s say, to grow corn,
so that alone will help them reduce the need for that much nitrogen. You say, “Why do they have to
add anything at all?” Well, the reason they have to add nitrogen in the first place is because they use
highly hybridized species of corn that require it, and it’s kind of a self-fulfilling process. You have these
companies that are hybridizing corn, and they need more of the product they sell. What about the salt in seawater? Mike : Here’s a common question that I’m sure you must get: If there is salt in seawater and you put
seawater on your crops, won’t it increase the salt content of your tomatoes? What about people who are
worried about too much salt in their diet? It sounds like a silly question, but I’m sure you get it. Hartman : It’s a great question. Think about when you go to a hospital. What’s the first thing they
give you? 0seawater Minerals and the Coming Agricultural Revolution
Mike : Sodium chloride. Hartman : They give you a saline solution. So what is so important about sodium that it happens to be
number one in seawater and number one in health care? Well, it controls the osmotic gradient across
the cell wall, for one thing, so it can help transport nutrients – and, for that matter, medicine—across
cell walls. That’s terribly important in a human, but also in a plant. When you put sodium in a certain concentration on plants, it changes the osmotic gradient stem of
the plant, so it allows copper to get up into a tomato, which needs copper awfully bad to be a good
tomato. Sometimes you go into a garden store and you’ll see copper you can put around your tomato
plants. I guarantee none of that copper is making it into the tomato, because it doesn’t have the osmotic
gradient to get it there. Sodium is very important for humans, animals and plants. Now, to get back to your original question, about someone like a heart patient that’s on a low-sodium
diet. We’re going to come back to this organic and inorganic thing again. If you give a heart patient
inorganic


	bloating,	constipation,	gas,	halitosis,
heartburn,	eye	problems,	neurological	problems	and	headaches. Keep	protein	consumption	moderate;	diets	high	in	protein,	especially	cooked
meat	and	pasteurized	dairy,	overload	our	digestive	systems. We	need	only	35	to
40	grams	of	protein	per	day	(more	for	athletes	or	those	with	large	body	frames),
but	Americans	eat	an	average	of	90	grams	of	gut-putrefying	protein	per	day. A
one-pound	slab	of	roast	beef	contains	more	than	100	grams	of	protein. Large
quantities	of	cooked	and	denatured	proteins,	which	are	harder	to	digest,	can
cause	an	overgrowth	of	a	type	of	putrefactive	bacteria	that	thrive	when	food	is
rotting	in	the	gut. These	bacteria	produce	toxic	chemicals	such	as	indole,	skatole,
phenol	and	hydrogen	sulfide. In	addition,	these	putrefactive	bacteria	displace
friendly	bacteria,	which	are	essential	to	good	digestion	and	health,	and	the	result
is	intestinal	toxemia. To	prevent	or	eliminate	the	problems	associated	with	intestinal	toxemia:
•	Avoid	the	use	of	antibiotics,	anti-inflammatories	and	steroids	(including
birth	control	pills). •	Avoid	excessive	amounts	of	protein. •	Minimize	or	eliminate	processed	foods. Eat	the	right	kinds	of	fats. •	Avoid	sugar,	white	flour,	coffee,	excessive	alcohol	and	fried	foods. These
substances	are	hard	on	the	digestive	system. •	Adhere	to	proper	food	combining	and	chewing;	the	digestion	process	must
begin	in	the	mouth	and	in	the	stomach	for	the	intestines	to	function
properly. Do	you	suffer	from	indigestion,	bloating,	gas,	cramping,	loose	stools,
constipation	or	gastrointestinal	reflux? Any	of	these	can	indicate	intestinal
toxemia	and	should	be	addressed	before	they	lead	to	serious	disease. You	can	also	consider	other	strategies	if	you	are	suffering	from	symptoms	of
poor	digestion:	fasting,	exercising,	drinking	large	amounts	of	water,	and	takinghigh-quality	supplements,	including	probiotics,	digestive	enzymes,	and	vitamins
and	minerals. All	of	these	help	to	detoxify,	repair	and	rebuild	healthy	tissue—in
particular	by	helping	to	create	an	environment	in	the	digestive	system	conducive
to	the	growth	and	maintenance	of	friendly	bacteria. Allergies	Should	Signal	Alarm
Allergies	are	a	common	source	of	internally	generated	toxins. Every	allergic
reaction	produces	metabolic	debris	that	has	a	toxic	effect. We	tend	to	think	of
allergies	as	“normal,”	a	benign	inconvenience,	because	so	many	people	have
them. Not	so. Healthy	people	do	not	have	allergies. Allergies	are	an	abnormal
immune	response	to	foods	and	substances	in	your	environment. Most	food
allergies	are	the	result	of	an	abnormally	functioning	digestive	system,	as	already
mentioned,	whereby	undigested	food	molecules	are	allowed	to	enter	the
bloodstream	though	damaged	gut	tissue. The	immune	system	recognizes	these
food	particles	as	foreign,	and	you	have	an	immune	response	called	an	allergy. The	body	remembers	this	response;	every	time	you	eat	the	offending	food,	an
allergic	reaction—and	the	toxins	created	by	that	reaction—	is	produced. When	an	offending	substance,	called	an	allergen,	reacts	with	an	antibody
produced	by	the	immune	system,	large	amounts	of	allergen/antibody	(immune)
complexes	can	be	formed. If	immune	complexes	are	formed	in	greater	quantities
than	the	body	can	handle,	they	can	be	deposited	in	tissues	(such	as	brain	arteries,
brain	membranes,	small	blood	vessels,	the	liver,	the	uterus,	the	lungs	and	the
kidneys),	where	they	are	capable	of	clogging	blood	vessels	and	joints	and	are
known	to	release	chemicals	that	cause	a	cascade	of	health-damaging	reactions. Through	this	mechanism,	immune	complexes	may	be	responsible	for	up	to	90
percent	of	all	kidney	disease. Allergies	are	an	indication	of	systemic	illness	and	should	be	considered	a
serious	immune	dysfunction	disease. If	you	are	allergic	(and	most	Americans
have	allergies	and	intolerances,	although	they	may	be	unaware	of	it),	determine
the	substances	you	react	to	and	avoid	them. More	importantly,	strengthen	your
immune	system,	through	diet	and	supplements,	so	these	reactions	will	not	occur
in	the	first	place;	optimize	your	body’s	ability	to	detoxify	so	that	you	can
minimize	damage	caused	by	the	allergic	reactions	you	do	suffer. Stress	Poisons	in	Many	Ways
Stress	can	be	loosely	defined	as	any	demand	we	place	upon	the	body;	thebody’s	reaction	to	these	demands	causes	us	to	“feel	stressed.”	Everybody	knows
that	stress	is	hard	on	us,	but	few	people	understand	why,	on	a	physical	level. Chronic	stress	literally	poisons	you. The	body’s	response	to	stress—often	called	the	“fight-or-flight	response”—
refers	to	feelings	of	anger	or	fear	that	generate	the	release	of	chemicals	in	your
body,	designed	to	give	you	more	strength	in	an	emergency. In	an	emergency	situation	that	passes	quickly—for	example,	you	rush	to	catch
someone	who	is	falling—the	body	is	able	to	detoxify	the	stress	chemicals	that
are	produced. However,	when	stress	is	chronic,	and	we	constantly	live	our	lives
in	stressful	ways,	these	chemicals	build	up	and	inflict	damage	to	our	cells. Common	stress	symptoms	include	muscle	wasting,	fatigue,	osteoporosis,	high
blood	pressure,	fragile	blood	vessels,	suppressed	immunity,	impaired	mental
function	and	a	host	of	other	problems. What	stress	is,	how	it	affects	you
(physically	and	psychologically)	and	what	you	can	do	about	it	will	be	explored
more	in	chapter	7,	which	explores	the	psychological	pathway. As	we	have	discussed,	the	cells	in	your	body	naturally	produce	toxic
byproducts	that	a	healthy	body	is	designed	to	handle. If	the	body	becomes
overloaded	with	toxins,	for	whatever	reason,	even	normal	metabolic	toxins	can
add	to	the	total	toxic	load	and	damage	cells. Chronic,	internally	generated	stress
chemicals	can	often	move	us	into	toxic	overload. Illnesses	also	stress	us	with	massive	amounts	of	internally	generated	toxins,
which	is	why	we	must	choose	health	in	the	first	place. When	symptoms	of
illness	do	manifest,	cells	are	malfunctioning	and	the	body	is	struggling
desperately	to	make	itself	well	again. Under	these	extra	stress	loads,	to	minimize
the	damage	done,	taking	steps	to	optimize	cellular	function	becomes	even	more
important. Your	Primary	Toxic	Defense:	The	Liver
Various	organs	in	the	body—kidneys,	bowels,	lungs,	lymph	system	and	the
skin—are	designed	to	eliminate	metabolic	waste. Fiber	helps	“carry	out	the
garbage”	in	the	digestive	system,	and	exercise	helps	us	detoxify	via	sweating
and	movement	of	the	lymphatic	system. Water	promotes	detoxification	through
the	kidneys	and	sweat	glands,	and	saunas	assist	in	removal	of	both	water	and


apping your left
hand against your right
shoulder, with your right hand
slapping against the small of
your back. Then swing your
arms in the opposite direction,
having your righ t hand slap
against your left shoulder and
the back of your left hand slap
against the small of your back. As you swing back and forth
allow your torso and legs to
follow the movement. Allow
your heels to lift from the floor
but do not allow either foot to
completely leave the floor. As
you swing right turn your head
right, and turn your head left as
you swing to the left. Breathing:  Breathe in rhythm
to your swinging Movement. Alternative (for Rite #2) Exercise #2
Lie down on the floor and
elevate your head and shoulders
propping up on your elbows
keeping your forearms flat on
the floor, palms facing down. Keeping your legs straight, hold
them off the floor For 20 or 30
seconds. Breathing:  Inhale as you raise
your legs, breathe in and out
normally while holding your
legs up, and exhale as you
lower your legs. Alternative ( for Rite #3) Exercise #3
Stand with your back to the wall and your feet 12 - 18 inches apart. Without moving
your feet bend forward from the hips so that your buttocks rest against the wall. Slide
downward, bending your knees as you go. Keep sliding down until your thighs are
horizontal, as if you were sitting in a chair. Hold this position for 15 seconds and then
slide back up. Breathing:  Begin to exhale as you slide down to the chair position and inhale when
slide back up. Alternative ( for Rite #4) Exercise #4
Lie flat on your back, your arms
straight, palms down, feet flat, and
knees bent. Press your pelvis  up a few
inches off the floor and hold it for 10
seconds. Release and lower your pelvis
to its original position. Breathing: Inhale as you lift your
pelvis and Exhale as you lower your
pelvis. Alternative ( for Rite #5) Exercise #5
Begin in the table  position. Curl your toes
under And bend your hips raising your buttocks
so that Your body forms an inverted "V". Your
knees will lift up off the floor, your legs will be
straight, and your outstretched arms will be in a
straight line with your back. Hold this position
for 15 seconds. Breathing: Inhale as you raise your buttocks,
breath Slowly and deeply while holding the
position, and exhale as you return to the table
position. Warm -up Exercises
The following group of exercises has been developed to open, relax, release tension, to
strengthen various parts of the body, and to provide toning to different parts of your
body. If you are overweight, in poor physical condition, or experiencing serious illness, this
group of exercises is an excellent to help you begin your journey towards physical
fitness. I suggest you do these warm -up exercises prior to the Five Rites if you are
overweight or have not exercised in a long time. Begin this group of exercises by doing 2 of each exercise and then gradually increase the
repetition until you are able to do 10 of each warm -up exercise. Warm -Up Exercise #1
Stand upright, tilt your head sideways
towards your left shoulder and hold it
for five seconds, then tilt your head
towards your chest and hold it 5
seconds. Then tilt your head towards
your left Shoulder and hold it five
seconds, and lastly tilt your head
backward and hold it five seconds. Return your head to a normal position. Breathing:  Exhale as you move your
head around, and inhale as you return to
the upr ight position. Warm -Up Exercise #2
Stand upright, slowly rotate your
shoulders in a forward circular motion 5
times, then reverse the movement and
rotate your shoulders in a backward
circular motion 5 times. Breathing:  Breathe normally but deeply
as you do this exercise. Warm -Up Exercise #3
Stand upright with your arms help up,
your elbows bent, and your hands
together in front of your chest, with your
fingertips touching and palms apart. Press inward on your fingers until their
inside surfaces are almost touching. Your palms should not be touching. Release and press your fingers again. Breathing:  Breathe normally. Warm -Up Exercise #4
In a relaxed standing position, hold your
arms in front of you. Clasp your right
hand around your left wrist, with your
thumb against the inside of the wrist. Squeeze gently but firmly five times. Repeat the procedure with the left hand
Squeezing the right wrist. Breathing:  Breathe normally. Warm -Up Exercise #5
Recline on the floor, resting the upper part of
your body on your upper arms. Flex your
knees and rhythmically bang Them up and
down against the floor in rapid succession. Your heels should remain on the floor
throughout this exercise. Do this exercise for
20 - 30 seconds. Breathing:  Breathe normally through this
exercise. Warm -Up Exercise #6
Get down on the floor on your hands and Knees
with your hands positioned under your shoulders
and your knees under your hips. Bring your chin
up and rotate your hips so the tailbone moves up,
arching your back down. Then tuck your chin into
your chest and rotate your back so that your pelvis
moves down, arching you're your back down. Breathing:  Inhale as you move your tailbone up
and exhale as you move your tailbo ne down. Conclusion:  The daily practice of the exercises I have described in this article is an
essential element of vibrant health. It's a proven fact that people who loose weight can
only maintain their weight loss if they incorporate a daily exerci se program into their
everyday lives. These exercises will stretch muscles you haven't felt in years so approach this program
gently and begin with one or two repetitions each day, increasing each exercise by one
repetition every week. After you are able t o do ten repetitions of the Alternate Exercise
program, you should be able to begin to do the Five Rites. And add a half hour of a brisk walk on a daily basis. Not only will it contribute to your
physical health, it will give you the opportunity to enjoy a ll of nature around you. You
will feel younger than you have felt in years. mary@mkprojects.com
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        The Five Tibetan Rites: Exercises for Healing,
Rejuvenation, and Longevity
Background
In 1985 a book called The Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth  written by Peter
Kelder  was published which for the first time fully described an exercise program for
"youthing". This is an exercise program used by Tibetan monks to live long, vibrant and
healthy lives. In fact, this book states that many have lived longer than most can imagi ne
by following the program often called the "Five Tibetan Rites". The benefits are
described in this book and a subsequent book 2 with an expanded description of the
program by the publisher called the Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth - Book 2,
a companion to the original book by Peter Kelder. Many thanks to the publisher
Doubleday for such a special an expanded explanation of the Five Rites. Potential Benefits of the Five Rites
The authors provide many examples of the benefits of the "Five Tibetan  Rites" including
the following: looking much younger; sleeping soundly; waking up feeling refreshed
and energetic; release from serious medical problems including difficulties with spines;
relief from problems with joints; release from pain; better memory ; arthritis relief;
weight loss; improved vision; youthing instead of aging; greatly improved physical
strength, endurance and vigor; improved emotional and mental health; enhanced sense
of well being and harmony; and very high overall energy. How the Five  Rites Work
Medical professions explain the benefits based on their personal perspective and I
suggest you read the entire two books for a broad overview. However, the majority share
the view that the rites represent a system of exercise that affects the b ody, emotions and
mind. The Tibetans claim that these exercises activate and stimulate the seven key
chakras that in turn stimulate all the glands of the endocrine system. The endocrine
system is responsible for the body's overall functioning and aging pro cess. This means
that the Five Rites will affect the functioning of all your organs and systems, including
the physical and energetic systems and that includes the aging process. The man who
brought these Five Rights out of Tibet stated that "performing th e Five Rites stimulates
the circulation of essential life energy throughout the body". Chakras
Chakra is an Indian Sanskrit word that translates to mean "Wheel of Spinning Energy". Chakras are spinning wheels or vortexes of energy of different color that p erform many
functions connecting our energy fields, bodies and the Cosmic Energy Field. Chakras
are powerful electrical and magnetic fields. Chakras govern the endocrine system that in
turn regulates all of the


 with the stars is good for
them. Yet they should avoid jet black color, although gray
is fine. Pitta types should avoid colors in angular, sharp
and penetrating forms and angles. They need round, soft
shapes. They generally do better being more restrained in
their use of color. Kapha
Kapha does best with colors that are warm, dry and
stimulating to counter its properties of coldness, damp-
ness, heaviness and lack of movement. Kapha types do well
with bright shades and strong color contrasts. They do
best with warm colors like orange, yellow, gold and red. Ayurveda and the Mind
They should avoid too much white or white shades of cool
colors like green or blue, but can use these (except white)
in brighter or more lucid hues. Rich shades, like rich foods, derange Kapha. For Kapha
types, colors should be bright, clear and transparent, not
deep or dark. Colors which are sweet should be avoided,
like pink or baby blue. Angular and pyramidal shapes are
good for Kapha, which should avoid round or square
forms. Kaphas do better with more color as long as it is
light and luminous. Colors and the Gunas
Not only does the specific color matter, its quality
according to the three gunas must be considered as well. This factor is important for psychological conditions
because color affects mental nature more directly than it
does the biological humors. While color is a helpful heal-
ing substance, it should not be used in excess. It can ener-
gize, but it also easily becomes disturbing because its basic
quality is Rajas. All colors should be Sattvic in nature:
subtle, pleasant, harmonious, mild and natural. Such mod-
erate use of color has a soothing effect and does not agitate
us. Rajasic colors are bright, loud, flashy and artificial, like
neon signs. Their shades are bright, penetrating or metal-
lic. Their contrasts are excessive, like combinations of
opposite colors such as red and green or blue and yellow. Rajasic colors overstimulate and irritate the mind and
senses. They should be used with discretion, particularly
to counter Tamasic conditions. Tamasic colors are dull, dark, turbid, murky, like a
stagnant green or simply too much gray or black. They
make the mind and senses heavy, congested and inert. Subtle Therapies 209
They should be avoided except for short term usage for
people who are too hyperactive (have too much rajas). White itself is the color of Sattva, whose nature is puri-
ty. Red is the color of Rajas that is dominated by passion. Black is the color of Tamas which is under the rule of dark-
ness. However, all colors have shades that can belong to
any of the three gunas. In addition, their combinations
may produce an effect that can increase any guna. Color and Tejas
Colors work particularly on Tejas, the vital essence of
fire, which gives warmth, courage, fearlessness, compas-
sion, insight and intelligence. Bright colors increase Tejas;
dark colors reduce it. Colors which are too bright over-
stimulate and cause it to bum up Ojas, making us pas-
sionate, angry, irritable or overly critical. The right use of
colors balances Tejas and keeps us clear and focused in our
action and perception. One of the easiest ways to increase Tejas in its Sattvic
qualities is to meditate upon a ghee flame or a golden
light. Tejas relates specifically to the saffron color (the
color of the robes worn by Hindu Swamis) and can be
stimulated by that as well. Excess Tejas, like conditions of
anger, can be alleviated by the use of white or deep sky
blue. Application of Colors
Color therapy can be applied through an external color
source. It can be visualized internally in the mind, which
may begin with contemplation of the color externally. Color lamps can be made by placing colored glass over a
light bulb. A soft light is preferable, avoiding florescent
bulbs or neon colors. The color shades should be mild and Ayurveda and the Mind
harmonious. The body as a whole can be bathed in light of
the particular color or we can bathe a specific part of the
body, like putting an infectious sore under a dark blue
light. For this purpose, smaller lights can be made or
lamps that allow both wide and narrow focus. Color can be applied through the clothes we wear, the
colors in our house, and those in our environment. The
colors used in a meditation room are particularly impor-
tant. We can open ourselves to the colors in Nature, like
meditating upon the blue sky or blue water, white snow or
the white light of the moon, or green trees and grass. We
can meditate upon flowers of different colors: the white
lily, the red rose or hibiscus, the yellow chrysanthemum or
sunflower, the blue iris. The harmonious shape of flowers
aids in the effect of color. We can meditate upon various
forms of colored glass, art works, mandalas or illuminated
manuscripts. We can meditate upon fire and its various
colors or do various fire rituals (homa or agnihotra). The general rule is that impressions gained through nat-
ural sources are preferable to those gained by artificial
means. Color therapy works better when we visualize the col-
ors in our own minds. We can then direct colors to various
parts of our body, different chakras, or to our mental and
emotional environment, like surrounding ourselves with a
golden light. Color therapy must be applied over a period of time for
it to have a significant effect. Exposure to external color
sources should be done fifteen minutes a day for a period
of a month to have the proper effect. Visualization and
meditation on specific colors should be done for a similar
period of time. At the same time, we should avoid expos- Subtle Therapies
ing ourselves to disharmonious colors and impressions,
like the Rajasic and Tamasic colors of television and
movies. Gem Therapy
Gems are more than wonderfully beautiful creations of
Nature. Their beauty reflects a subtle power and a connec-
tion with the mind and astral body. Vedic sciences afford
great importance to gems, particularly for their healing
and energizing properties. Gems can be used long-term to
protect and vitalize both body and mind. They strengthen
our aura and align us with the healing forces of Nature. Though Ayurveda uses gems,63 in the Vedic view gems are
understood primarily through astrology. Astrology and Psychology
Astrology has traditionally had a medical and psycho-
logical aspect. Vedic astrology is used along with Ayurve-
da for healing the mind. The astrological birth chart
reveals the nature and destiny of the soul, not merely the
state of the body or ego. The astrologer must also deal with
psychological issues. Knowledge of Ayurveda can aid in
this process.6*
Vedic astrology employs the same language as Ayurve-
da, with the gunas, doshas, elements and functions of the
mind. Vedic astrology can provide a good prognosis of the
development of psychological problems, as well as suggest
astrological measures (like mantras, gems, rituals and
meditations) for countering them. Medical astrology is a
subject in itself. In Vedic astrology, gems are correlated to the planets
and used to balance their influences in the treatment of
physical, mental and spiritual disorders. Gem therapy is Ayurveda and the Mind
the main method of astrological treatment. Gems are worn
externally as rings or pendants. According to the Vedic
system, rhe fingers of the hand and the planets correspond. Index finger Jupiter
Middle fmgerSaturn
Ring fmger Sun
Little fmger Mercury
By wearing gems relating to the planets on the appro-
priate fingers, we can strengthen their influences. For
those planets not ruling a fmger, the fmger ruled by
friendly planets can be used. Venus is a friend of Saturn
and Mercury. The Moon is a friend of the Sun and Jupiter. Mars is a friend of the Sun and Jupiter. It is always best if
the gems are set so as to actually touch the skin. Gem preparations can also be ingested internally for sim-
ilar purposes in Ayurveda. However, for internal usage,
gems are specially treated by complex processes to render
them safe and non-toxic to the physical body. Gem prepara-
tions are used in Ayurvedic medicines today. While they are
not available in the United States, we can take gem tinctures
that do not actually involve ingesting the mineral. Gem tinctures, like herb tinctures, are prepared by
soaking the gem for a period of time, generally about two
weeks, in a 50-100% alcohol solution. Hard gems like dia-
mond or sapphire can be soaked for one month (from full
moon to full moon). Soft, usually opaque gems, like pearl
and coral, are soaked for shorter periods of time or in weak-
er solutions. Subtle Therapies
Planetary Colors
Each planet projects a color of the cosmic creative ray. We can also use


 DESTINY THROUGH F AITH
Bringing faith to nullify doubt is a way of taking char ge of your life, not
only by eradicating fears, but also by knowing that you have access to a
higher creative force any time you feel you need assistance. When you
make conscious contact with this spiritual force you know something that
cannot be destroyed, that was never born, never dies, is always present in
the moment and has no form or boundaries. Y ou do not need the approval or
acceptance of anyone. It is not necessary for you to debate with others
about the presence of this universal spiritual source of all life. Y ou are not
in a contest of any kind. It is yours. According to Carl Jung the relationship
that a person has with the infinite is the telling question of a person’ s life.Spend some time discovering what kind of a relationship you have with the
infinite. I always feel as though my own faith is a very private matter. I also know
that any attempt to sway others or ar gue about the relative merits of my own
faith in a higher spiritual power is not only a waste of time, but it takes me
away from spirit and into the world of ego. The moment I feel a need to
defend my own faith or ar gue about it, I move into the territory of needing
to be right. Instantly I am transported into doubts and an inability to access
spiritual consciousness. A reminder here that “The spirit gives life. The
flesh counts for nothing.” By staying quietly and privately in a spiritual
energy of knowing I:
1. bring that same ener gy of love and peace to my current situation,
2. effect a spiritual solution; and
3. bring faith into the space where the doubt of ego consciousness
previously reigned. Faith is a way, then, of going within and creating a sense of control over
one’s life at any given moment. Once you make conscious contact and have
a direct experience of God, you can use this knowing at anytime. This is not
a belief bequeathed to you by virtue of your birth, it is a knowing that is
yours alone by virtue of your commitment to your higher spiritual ener gy. When you are faced with a problem you can return to this faith even as the
problems seem to deepen and approach the unbearable. As King David put
it, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear,
thou art with me.”
It doesn’ t get much worse than the “valley of the shadow of death,” and yet
the spiritual message is evident. Have faith, and that faith will replace fear. Bringing faith to the presence of doubt will serve you well as you move
your ener gy field to a faster/higher vibration. Speaking personally, from my heart, I know that I am never alone. I know
that divine guidance is always available in this moment. My awareness of
this is the one thing that I can always rely on to take my pain away. Whatfollows are some suggestions that I think will be helpful to you in bringing
faith to the forefront in your moments of struggle or doubt. SUGGESTIONS FOR APPL YING F AITH TO DOUBT
I cannot str ess str ongly enough the importance of meditation. It is through
meditation that one can realize conscious contact with God and banish
doubt. Meditation is an exquisite practice for reducing stress, relieving fatigue,
nourishing the soul, and having a general feeling of well-being. However,
the primary value of meditation is in allowing you to make conscious
contact with God, and thus establish an inner faith that this divine presence
is available at all times. This knowing within yourself that you have
conscious contact with God dissolves any doubts you may have yourself
and frees you from the doubts others may direct toward you. This is what
constitutes faith. I feel it is imperative to reiterate the role of meditation in establishing faith. God is indivisible, the one power, the source of all life. God is wherever
you are, omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. God is not only all of
those things, but also always, only here in the present moment. The now,
just like zero in mathematics, can never be divided. The equivalent of this
indivisible oneness in your personal life experience is silence. Y ou can
never divide silence in half because there is only one, indivisible silence. Meditating and practicing this silence on a daily basis allows you to come
to know God, rather than knowing about God. This direct experience,
attained by silencing the mind brings you a degree of faith that remains
unshaken and untouched by the doubts or fears of anyone, including
yourself. This is the value of meditation in creating faith that erases all
doubts. The truly enlightened and outstanding people of our world have a
constant spiritual partner, God, whose voice is the voice of silence. There are many outstanding training programs, books, and tapes available
to teach you the techniques of meditation. I have also discussed meditation
and given specific suggestions on how to meditate in several of my earlierbooks including Manifest Y our Destiny, Your Sacr ed Self, Real Magic, and
You’ll See It When Y ou Believe It. Practice developing a trust in the unknown. By the unknown I refer to that
which is impervious to our senses. As incarnated physical beings we tend to
rely on our senses to determine what is real. If we can’ t see, touch, taste,
feel, or smell it, then we tend to believe it must not exist. Faith involves
going beyond the senses to make spiritual consciousness the place that we
trust, even though it is a frequency that vibrates so fast that it transcends the
capacities of our five senses. When I first began writing books I had an absolute faith that I would be
able to have them published. My faith was always intact and firm even as I
heard doubts that a beginning author would be able to secure a major
publishing house, doubts from the experiences of others who told me of
their failed attempts, and doubts from experts who “knew” the business. As
a young college professor I announced to my classes that I would have my
book published and even what media outlets I would be visiting. I did this
and much more from a trust in the unknown that was a burning desire to
transform an idea into a physical reality. This kind of trust in the unknown
is like an invisible and invincible magnet that attracts to itself whatever it
fervently desires and expects. It is trusting in the unknown. Develop trust despite the absence of physical evidence as perceived by your
senses. No matter the circumstances or obstacles, once you draft the dream
the way can be cleared, and the universe responds and works with you to
manifest that idea into a physical reality. It has always worked for me. As a child I rehearsed how I would talk on television shows. As a college
student sitting in classrooms listening to bored professors regur gitating the
same old material I visualized myself being uplifting, fun, entertaining, and
informative to lar ge audiences around the world. I had nothing but a dream
to work with in foster homes, in the U.S. Navy, and in college. If you have
faith in your dreams and persistently stick to them, you will douse that
smoldering fire of doubt with faith in your idea. T rust that the unknown is
knowable and that it is vastly greater than the known. Or as the Buddhistproverb tells us, “If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do
is keep on walking.”
Develop a private prayer that brings you into communion with God. The
purpose of prayer, as I wrote earlier, is not to influence God to grant you
special favors, but rather to remind yourself that you are always connected
to God. As Søren Kierkegaard, the famed Danish theologian, once put it,
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.” The change
that happens in prayer is the removal of all doubt by your faith. I use prayer to remind myself to heed the silent dweller within, and to
commune with that highest/fastest frequency of spirit that is the source of
my existence. I never ask God for special favors, to grant me my wishes, to
solve my problems, to heal my friends. I never attempt to influence God in
any way. The presence of all problems and annoyances in life is due to
accepting the material world as a higher reality than the world of the spirit. When I pray I remind myself to make this infinite world of spirit the
centerpiece of the moment, to trust in this presence and let go of my petty
ego demands. Instantly, I am in a world of peace and tranquility. I aspire to
the advice of Saint Francis. “When we pray to God,” he said, “we must be
seeking nothing—nothing.”
Private prayer is a reconnection to spiritual consciousness; to God. Pray in
both the “good” and “bad” times, when you feel the presence of a problem,
or when you are feeling blessed and peaceful. Prayer reminds you to
commune in the faster spiritual vibrations where love, peace, kindness, and
forgiveness are the essence. Kahlil Gibran put it this way: “Y ou pray in
your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the
fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.” This kind of
communing with God gives you an indestructible faith