 are
surfacing before our very eyes, like ancient sea creatures that were
given up as extinct but were only sleeping in the depths. What we can hope to do is to clarify where these reemerging
experiences actually originate. There is an age-old tendency for
humans to look outside them selves whenever the everyday logic of
the world crumbles. One day there is ecstasy where none existed
before. Who could cause such a drastic transformation but a divine
agent located in the realm of heaven? Heaven and earth come closer
together, however, through the physicist’s concept of the quantum
eld. There is no such thing as being outside the eld looking in,
whether it be God looking down on man or man up to God. We are
all part of the eld; the eld is existence itself, owing in, around,
and through everything. It is the arena where all possibilities unfold. The eld is omnipresent and omnipotent. It invisibly unites two
quarks that are light-years apart; it blends individual and cosmic
existence, the natural and the supernatural. When their awareness
was fully expanded, the ancient rishis were able to declare, echoing
Lord Krishna, “I am the eld.” They saw that their own individual
consciousness was identical to the consciousness that upholds the
universe. They were conferring the quality of omniscienc e upon the
eld—and that gives pause. In the West, to be all-know ing is an
attribute exclu sive to God, unless you accept that the eld is a
proper home for the divine. But why shouldn’t it be? The idea that the sacred is outside us makes no sense in quantum
terms, because it takes our participation to construct all experience,
from the sacred to the profane. When my father was stationed at the
big army cantonment at Jabalpur in central India, Prime Minister
Nehru came for a one-day visit. It was the early Fifties, and Nehru
was considered the savior of India by us and everyone we knew. The
whole town poured out to greet him. People milled as thick as ants
as far as you could see. Men climbed trees to catch a glimpse of
Nehru’s open jeep trundling through the street, and agile little boys
lled the top branches.I was just seven and had no clear idea why my father and mother
were standing there, mute members of a silence so loud that it was
nearly deafening. But I am quite clear that the crowd was silent, and
as Nehru approached, standing up on the back seat of the jeep with
a rose in his hand, a wave of reverential awe swelled before him. My mother began crying, and as fate would have it, Nehru threw his
rose almost at her feet. No one ran forward. The silence endured,
and my mother slowly walked over and bent to gather her ower. The next day people came to our house to see the rose in its silver
vase, and without fail they could not speak when they laid eyes on
it. What I know now is that their exalted feelings came from an inner
source, not solely from Nehru, perhaps not at all from him. The
crowd participated in a collective reality; they felt an emotion and
let it sprout into independent existence, until it resided  even in a
casually tossed  ower. This does not make their sacred feeling
unreal, far from it. Whenever a ow of consciousness moves up from
the depths of the human spirit, great transformations can occur with
dramatic speed. Tearing down the Berlin wall signaled a new rise of
freedom that was taking place among nations. But what is a nation
except a collection of individuals? Politics is what happens “out
there” in response to shifting mental events “in here.” The Berlin
wall rst had to come down inside people’s awareness before it
could come down physically. We do not think of political change in this way mainly  because
people are not generally united in their inner perspective. Sometimes, however, a surge of consciousness carries everyone
along. Gandhi  inspired millions of Indians to gather silently as a
means of protesting British rule; they did not do anything other than
stand or sit together for a time, yet that in itself created a sort of
witness very like the silent witness I tell my patients about. Just to
look at your enemy in peace creates a huge moral eect, because he
sees himself in your eyes. The silent witness reects the truth that
he must come to terms with in the end. I do not want to equate collective consciousness only with
emotions or morality; rather, it is the mind we all share beneath thesupercial layer of our indiv idual minds. This shared mind creates
our shared world. Therefore, the world is a map of all that people
agree to be real, with the exclusion of all that they agree to be
unreal. The reason that seemingly impossible things are surfacing
again in our culture after their long sleep is that our collective
consciousness has agreed to let them in. A deep censoring
mechanism is losing its powe r over us. When the censor is abolished
altogether, there will be no limit to what can be allowed in, for at
the level of the eld, all possibilities exist in unmanifest form. “You are the sole cause of everything in creation,” a guru assured
his disciples. “All is because you are.” The statement reeks of the
worst arrogance if we claim that the Big Bang needed our blessing
before it could happen. I don’t think that is what the guru was
saying. He meant that human consciousness and cosmic
consciousness are one. The eld dances and waits for us to join it. It
constantly folds and refolds itself, like an innite wool blanket
tumbling in a dryer at innit e speed. Under these conditions, every
point in the universe is everywhere at once, sharing in the
omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of the whole eld. Everyone has a right, then, to consider himself the center of the
cosmos, holding untold powers in his hands. What the Twins Could Do
Any ability to command nature is called a siddhi  in Sanskrit. The
word means “power,” and it refers to powers that have been
perfected in consciousness. Healing the sick is a siddhi, and like the
supernatural feats that yogis are supposed to be able to perform—
ying through  the air, turning invisible, reading the past and future
—the key to mastery is a shift in awareness. A person  suddenly
knows how to do something  impossible, as simply and easily as I
know how to lift my arm. A shift in awareness does not require force. A person who has
achieved the level of consci ousness where siddhis are natural can
breathe change into things as softly as you or I wish and dream,
using no more energy than it takes to stir a thought. The basicprinciple here is that reality is dierent in dierent states of
consciousness. If I see a tree in my dreams, I can jump over it or
make it turn blue or y over it into the sky. What gives me such
powers is the dream state. If I had no other state of awareness to
compare it to, the dream state would constitute the only reality I
know and accept as valid. On waking up, I nd that I cannot jump over a tree anym ore, but
why not? According to the rishis, what holds me back is not the tree
but the arriva l of waking-state consciousness. It has propelled me
into a world that obeys dierent laws of nature. “You think that a
dream tree is inside your head,” a rishi might argue, “while a real
tree is outside you. But this notion can only occur to you after you
wake up. As long as you are in your dream, the tree seems to be
outside you, just as it is in a waking state. In truth, what you take to
be the only ‘real’ tree should be called a waking-state tree. If you
cannot jump over it, perhaps you need to wake up from waking. Then you would discover that this tree, too, was in your head.”
A siddhi seems particularly  amazing when it crops up among
people whose minds lack ordinary abilities, much less extraordinary
ones. In his much-praised essay “The Twins,” Oliver Sacks describes
two brothers, identical twins, who were able to perform prodigious
feats of mental calculation, despite the fact that they repeatedly
tested with IQs no higher than sixty. When Sacks rst met them in
1966, the twins were in their mid-twenties and already mildly
famous. In appearance they resembled a grotesque Tweedledum and
Tweedle-dee—equally rotun d, with thick glasses, bobbing heads,
rolling eyes, and various uncontrollable tics and twitches. Although the twins lived in a private mental world closed to
outsiders, Sacks found them pathetically eager to launch into one of
their “routines”:
The twins say, “Give us a date—any time in the last or next
forty thousand years.” You give them a date, and, almost
instantly, they


 These prophylaxes had been working for me, but I was particularly vulnerable to
people with breast cancer. I also began detoxification dieting, took more supplements, and used acupressure and reflexology as my main lines of attack. My healing diet consisted of raw food exclusively. I allowed myself fruits (not sweet fruits) and vegetables (including a lot  of raw
cabbage because vegetables in the cabbage family such as cauliflower and broccoli are known to have a healing effect on cance r),
raw almonds, raw apricot kernels, and some sprouted grains and legumes. I drank diluted carrot juice, and a chlorophyll drink
made up of wheat grass and barley green and aloe vera juice. I took echinaechia, red clover, and fenugreek seeds. I worked all  the
acupuncture points on my body that strengthen the immune system, including the thymus gland, lymph nodes, and spleen. I also
worked the meridians, and reflex points for the liver, and large intestine. I massaged the breast along the natural lines of l ymphatic
drainage from the area. Last, and of great importance, I knew that the treatment would work, and that the tumor would  quickly disappear. It did vanish
totally in three months. It would have gone away quicker if I had water fasted, but I was unable to do this because I needed
physical strength to care for my resident patients and family. Eighteen years have passed si nce that episode, and I have had no further reappearance of breast tumors. At age 55 I still have all
my body parts, and have had no surgery except the original lumpectomy. Many, viewing my muscles and athletic performance,
would say my health is exception al but I know my own frailties and make sure I do not aggravate them. I still have exactly the
same organ deficiencies as other cancer patients and must keep a very short leash on my lifestyle. If for some reason I wanted to make my life very short, al l I would have to do would be to abandon my diet, stop taking
supplements, eat red meat and ice cream every day and be unhappy about something. Incidentally, I have had many residential
clients with breast cancer since then, and have not taken on their sym ptoms, so I can assume that I have safely passed that hurdle. I've helped dozens of cases of simple breast cancer where my treatment began before the cancer broadly spread. Kelly's case
was not the easiest of this group, nor the hardest. Sometimes ther e was lymphatic involvement that the medical doctors had not yet
treated in any way. All but one of my early -onset breast cancer cases recovered. I believe those are far better results than achieved
by AMA treatment. Before I crow too much, let me str ess that every one of these women was a good candidate for recovery –under 40 years old,
ambulatory and did not feel very sick. And most importantly, every one of them had received no other debilitating medical
treatment except a needle biopsy or simple lum pectomy. None of these women had old tumors (known about for more than six
months) and none of the tumors were enormous (nothing larger than a walnut). Clearly, this group is not representative of the average breast cancer case. Hygienic therapy for c ancer is a radical idea these
days and tends to attract younger people, or older, desperate people who have already been through the works. In every one of  my
simple cases the tumors were reabsorbed by the body during the thirty days of water fasting and t he client left happy. Except one. I think I should describe this unsuccessful case, this "dirty case," so my readers get a more balanced idea of ho w
fearsome cancer really isn't if the sick person can clearly resolve to get better and has no problem ab out achieving wellness. Marie was an artisan and musician from Seattle who grew up back East in an upper -middle class dysfunctional family. She was
in her late twenties. She had been sexually abused by an older brother, was highly reactive, and had nev er been able to
communicate honestly with anyone except her lesbian lover (maybe, about some things). Three years prior to coming to see me Marie had been medically diagnosed as having breast cancer and had been advised to
have immediate surgery. She ignored this advice; Marie never told her friends, said nothing to her family and tried to conceal it
from her lover because she did not want to disrupt their life together. On her own, she did begin eating a Macrobiotic diet. In spite of this diet, t he tumor grew, but grew very slowly. After two years
the tumor was discovered by her lover, who after a year of exhausting and upsetting arguments, forced Marie to seek treatment. Since Marie adamantly refused to go the conventional medical route, she ende d up on my doorstep as a compromise. By this time the tumor was the size of a fist and had broken through the skin of the left breast. It was very ugly, very hard. Biokinesiology showed the usual deadly triangle and other associated organ weakneses typ ical of cancer. Marie began fasting on
water with colonics and poultices and bodywork and counseling and supplements. At the end of the water fast, Marie looked muc h
healthier, with clear eyes and clear skin and had a sort of shine about her, but the tumor  had only receded enough for the skin to
close over it; it was still large, and very hard. To fully heal, Marie probably needed at least two more water fasts of equal  length
interspersed with a few months on a raw food diet. But she lacked the personal tou ghness to confront another fast in the near
future. Nor was she emotionally up to what she regarded as the deprivation of a long -term raw foods healing diet. So I advised her to seek other treatment. Still unwilling to accept standard medical management of her case, Marie chose to g o
to the Philippines to have "psychic surgery. " She was excited and optimistic about this; I was interested myself because I wa s
dubious about this magical procedure; if Marie went I would have a chance to see the results (if any) on a person I was very
familiar with. Marie had her tickets and was due to leave in days when her lover, against Marie's directly -stated wishes, called her
parents and informed them of what was happening. The parents had known nothing of Marie's cancer and were shocked, upset, outraged. Section summary:

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A: Not specified, but it is mentioned that some people may need up to 10-25 grams of vitamin C per day, depending on the severity of their condition.
Q: What is the recommended daily dose of DMAE?,
A: Not specified, but it is mentioned that it is not necessary to take large quantities, and that it is better to use it in moderation.
Q: What is the recommended method of taking supplements during a fast?,
A: It is recommended to crush or chew supplements before swallowing, as they may not be absorbed by the body on an empty stomach. It is also recommended to reduce the dosage of supplements by half.
Q: What is the recommended method of using wheat grass juice?,
A: Wheat grass juice should be drunk immediately after juicing, and it is recommended to drink three ounces a day. It is also mentioned that it is not recommended to overuse wheat grass juice.
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much less that their daughter was flirting with (from their view) obvious q uackery. Their daughter needed immediate saving and
her parents and brother (the one who had abused her) flew to Oregon and surprisingly appeared the next day in a state of viol ent
rage. They threatened lawsuits, police, incarceration, they threatened to h ave their daughter civilly committed as unable to take
care of herself. They thought everything Marie had done for the last three years was my fault. I was lucky to stay out of jai l. Of
course, all of this was why Marie had not


, fresh,
80
Alcohol,
33
,
55
,
110
,
125
,
147
,
149
,
154
,
157
as medication,
41
Allergy,
122–124
Alvarez, Walter C.,
97
,
138
,
139–140
,
146
American Journal of Clinical Medicine
,
96
Amino Acids,
68
,
69
,
110
Amoebic dysentery,
137
Anabolism (See Metabolism)
Anemia,
29
,
95
,
118
Angina pectoris,
127–128
Animals, fasting in,
18
,
27–28
,
29
,
64
,
75
,
78
bears,
27
,
28
birds,
18
cats,
18
cattle,
27
,
30
dogs,
18
,
27
,
64
,
91
fur seal bull,
27
horses,
27
insects,
75
pig,
78
rabbits, sand,
18
,
27
salamanders,
30
salmon,
27
spiders,
18
starfish,
30
weasel,
27
wolves,
27
145Ankylosis,
107
,
109
Antibiotics,
139–140
,
149
Apoplexy
of cells,
116
Appendicitis,
46
Appetite,
32
,
34
,
63
Appetizer,
81
Arthritis,
109
,
111
,
112
after-care,
108
ankylosis (See Ankylosis)
builds slowly,
109
cause,
110
fasting in,
112
palliation harmful,
111
rest/exercise,
112
secondary causes,
111
supervision of fast,
112
varieties of,
109
,
111
Arteriosclerosis,
151
Asphyxiation of cells,
116
Aspirin,
108
,
112
Assimilation and Elimination,
37–38
,
80
continuous process,
37
variable emphasis,
38
,
46
Asthma,
19
,
94
,
104–105
,
106
bronchial,
19
,
104
cardiac,
104
care and cause,
105–106
predisposition,
105
renal,
104
Autolysis,
29
,
37
,
162
,
163
Autonomy, an,
39
Autopsy,
100
Bargen, J. A.,
140
Baths and Bathing,
142
,
143
,
150
duration,
61
purpose,
61
sponge,
61
sweat,
62
temperature of water,
61
Benign Tumors (See Tumors)
Berg, Ragnar,
28
,
39
146Beriberi
29
Bile,
57
,
114
,
157
,
166
Biopsy,
162
Bloating,
65
Blood Pressure,
23
,
125
,
126
,
129
Bloom, Walter Lyon,
24
,
25
Bowel movements,
65
,
71
,
84
Breaking the fast,
30
,
63–67
in animals,
64
exercise,
66
method of,
65–67
rest after,
66
supervision after,
42
,
62
,
65–67
,
122
Breath,
63
bad,
83
Bribe,
82
Bright, Richard,
155
Bright’s Disease (See Nephritis)
Brinkley,
77
Broken bones,
47
Bromine,
142
Bronchitis,
83
Brown-Sequard,
77
Byrd, Mrs. Gloria Lee,
43
Cabot, Richard C.,
137
Cachexia,
119
Calcium metabolism,
29
Calculi,
157
 (See Gallstones)
Cancer,
63
,
96
,
116
,
139
cancerous growths enlarge,
39
cancerous growths diminish,
38–39
defined,
39
,
116
,
139
,
140
development,
115–117
,
140
fasting contraindicated,
51
few cases,
163
irreversible condition,
161
surgery,
139
Carcinogenic agents,
116
Cardiac decompensation,
131
,
132
Carlson, Anton J.,
75
Carrell, Alexis,
74
Carrington, Hereward,
127
,
128
147Case histories,
19
,
20–21
,
24–25
,
26
,
28
,
41
,
42
,
44
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71
,
76
,
81
,
89
,
99
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107–108
,
127–128
,
131
,
138
,
154–155
Catabolism (See Metabolism)
Catarrh,
94
,
104
,
122
Cecum,
133
Cephalagia,
120
Child, C. M.,
75
Children and childhood
diseases,
83–85
enervation,
83
excitement,
82
fasting,
81
,
85
,
89
holidays,
84
instinctive
 fasting,
81–85
spasms,
84
symptoms of indigestion,
83–85
warm water,
85
Chocolate,
82
Cholelithiasis (See Gallstones)
Chronic Diseases (See Diseases)
Circumcision,
149
Cleanliness,
142
,
150
Cocoa,
154
Coffee,
67
,
93
,
110
,
127
,
147
,
157
Cold, the,
95
,
96
,
98
care,
98
cause,
97
drugging,
96
,
98
eating,
98
fasting,
98
poem,
96
prevention,
97
secondary cause,
97–98
Colitis,
83
,
94
,
133
,
134
mucous,
134
,
138
spastic,
134
ulcerative,
140
Colon, parts, of,
133
Common Cold (See Cold)
Comparisons and/or contrasts,
35–36
,
72–73
,
124
Compensation,
35
,
59
,
78
Conjunctivitis,
94
148Constipation,
83
Copavin,
98
,
139
Cortisone,
47
,
108
,
112
,
139
,
141
Coughing,
83
Crane, Milo,
59
,
65
Crisis,
98
Cure and Curing,
46
,
98
baths,
111
“climate cure,”
104
,
105
,
123
diet,
50
,
64–66
,
98
drugging,
41
,
45
,
82–83
,
89
,
98
,
110
,
111–112
,
117
,
121
,
125
manipulation,
110
no need for,
46–47
no real cure,
46
search for,
47
surgery,
117–118
,
125
word traced,
46
Cystitis,
104
,
144
,
125
Dagnini, Giorgio,
131
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132
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Q: What is the author's opinion on the effectiveness of medical treatment for paralysis agitans?,
A: The author does not agree with the medical verdict that there is no remedy for paralysis agitans, and has seen cases of recovery without medication or surgery.
Q: What is the author's approach to treating gallstones?,
A: The author recommends a fast to clear the body of gallstones and restore liver function, and has seen cases of successful recovery.
Q: What is the author's stance on the treatment of breast cancer?,
A: The author believes that cancer is not always irreversible and that the body can heal itself if given the chance, and has seen cases of women recovering from breast cancer after fasting.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the treatment of pregnancy-related symptoms?,
A: The author advises against medication and instead recommends a fast to clear the body of toxins and restore health, and has seen cases of women recovering from pregnancy-related symptoms.
Q: What is the author's view on the role of fasting in treating various diseases?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of fasting as a means of allowing the body to heal itself, and has


not evil, that he may live"... and never ill and in want. My own profession, dentistry, and medicine also, it seems to me,
fail in the same way. Neither can se e the underlying causes of human
ills for the symptoms. Consequently, the three leading professions
dedicated to the service of mankind, the clergy, dentistry and
medicine, do not teach or practice the way of life. That teaching is all
in the Bible, but our preachers do not master it. Seemingly they are content to quote stray passages of scripture taken out of its content to support their own ideas of what is true, honest, just, pure, lovely or of
good report. As it seems to me, both dentistry and medicine are rather
disposed to disown any member of their respective professions who
would dare teach the true way of life, which would prevent most of
the disease, poverty and misery which afflict mankind today. The churches teach that the Devil is responsible for all the
wrongs abroad in the world today—but I say that man himself is
responsible for those evils. He has wandered far from the good way
that the law and the prophets and the Nazarene laid out for him. Today he is lost in a bog, confused and bewildered, groping for a path back to the King's highway. That has come to pass, I believe, because men, instead of
thinking upon things of good report, as Paul advised in his letter to the
Phillippians, have thought upon disease, loss, poverty, depression and war. Fearing those evils, man has brought them upon himself. Disease
is man-made. Poverty is man-made. Depressions and wars are man-
made. As I have said before, and I repeat, the 20-odd years since my
60th birthday have been the best years of my life. It was not until I
began fasting or perhaps eating lightly of fruits or vegetables or juices, to correct bodily conditions which ha d threatened my life that ideas
and visions of that good way of life came flooding my being. Thus for
the first time I had achieved spiritual heights to get some inkling of the
meaning of life, to taste the satisfactions which the good way might
hold for me. I have since striven to continue in that way. Dreamlike
thoughts and visions pour in on me and open up vistas never glimpsed during my younger years. It follows that the widely held notion that at 60 a man is too old
to work at his job, full of pains and inefficient, and ought to retire, is
far removed from my experience. Had I continued to feed my appetite,
as I had done in youth and middle lif e, then I would have been ready
to go on the shelf at 60. What happens to a man after 60. I have concluded, depends on
the man himself. He must decide what master he will serve, whether
he will yield to his physical appetites that will drag him down or will
resolutely choose and pursue the good way of life, that promises him
good health, efficiency and durable satisfactions long past his three
score years and ten. CHAPTER 37. SIGNALS ON LIFE'S HIGHWAY
 As a foresighted motorist, the reader would not think of starting
out on a cross-country tour without a supply of up-to-date road maps. Life is a journey too, but we pass over the route only once. For that
reason it is much more important that we study life's maps, chart the way we mean to follow and learn what we can concerning what is to
be expected along the road. The better we know ourselves, the better
we understand the rules of the road (which are nature's laws), the more
we shall reap from the journey in health and happiness and in beauty
seen by the way. On this life journey, we have to obey two sets of traffic rules,
natural law and man-made law. For every moment of our lives we are
subject to that dual authority. The rewards which we earn and the
penalties which we incur depend upo n how well we learn and keep the
law. The reader knows well enough which is the more important. He
can sometimes break a man-made law, exceed the speed limit or cut a
corner and get away with it. By contrast, experience has taught him
that nature never overlooks a mistake. There are no suspended sentences, paroles and pardons in nature's court. Man-made customs,
conventions and standards of value are constantly changing. Each
generation sets up its own. If we wish to be happy on the west side of
this rise (in life's journey), we must not stake our all on man-made
values. These will one day become ou t of date and be discarded. New
standards will be substituted to fit the new time. Not so with natural
law, God's law, that is changeless and eternal. It  is therefore important
that the traveler on Life's Road le arn Nature's Laws and learn that he
must obey those laws if he is to find the going smooth. Particularly when the young man starts out from the parental
home to make his own way, he needs a map to guide him. It is essential first of all that he know himself; but he should also know the natural and man-made laws with whic h he has to deal. It will help to
inform him that the roadside is we ll strewn with signs and signals for
who can read. No lesson that a young man can learn is more important
than learning to look for, recognize and read aright the signals on life's
highway. As a practicing dentist, after I had once learned how food makes
the man, I could look at signs in my patient's mouth and tell him the
type of food he lived upon, whether he had a "sweet tooth" and ate
heavily of white bread, syrup, cakes and pies, or that he had a strong
appetite for beef, gravy and pork ch ops, or, again if he consumed
enough salads and drank enough pure raw milk. Common sense teaches me that th ose signs are not confined to
the mouth. If a person's diet is not properly balanced, or if he has
sinned against his body by too much or too little exercise, too little
sleep or excesses of any kind, there will be warning signs that nature
has put out. It may be a pimple, a fever sore, a stiff joint, a pain in the
chest, a cough or shortness of breath. Whatever the sign, it is
important that the person, or his family physician or other trained
observer, read it, interpret it and see that the ill to which it points is
corrected. There is an old saying: "Be sure your sins will find you
out." That principle applies forcefully to sins against the body. Eat the
wrong foods, eat too much, overwork or mistreat the body in any way
and there will be warning signs. Happy the man who heeds them! Above all others, the mother should  be well drilled in reading those
bodily signs and signals and should know what to do whenever the
symptoms appear. Suppose the law let a man set himself up in an
office to practice dentistry, to re pair decayed teeth, pull teeth and
make new sets without training for the job. Well, when she undertakes
to rear a child, the mother starts on a more complicated job than running a dental office. Along our principal highways, enterprising State engineers have
installed ingenious signs which instan tly warn the driver of a curve to
the right or left, a winding stretch, a crossing, a dip or other bad spots
ahead. Now, a kind nature provides even more warning signs, even
flashing lights that cannot be missed, along life's highway. To disregard those signs is to invite tr ouble, even to risk fatal disease. Nature's signals tell us what we ourselves are creating. For most
diseases, like most highway wrecks, are man-made. Quicker than most sins against one's body, wrong eating habits exact their penalties. Eating the right food in the right quantity, but in sufficient variety to give zest to the appetite, is mightil y important because food keeps the
body in repair, keeps the life processes going. Take a gentle white rat, a cat or any pet and feed it on the sort of
diet that many parents feed their children, too heavy on white bread
and sweets, too light on raw vegetables and milk, and the pet will soon
become nervous and vicious. That is why I say that the way to prevent, or cure, juvenile delinquency is to see that all the children, including the under-privileged, get the food which they require for
healthy bodies. Build sound bodies and you build steady nerves, clear
brains and good morals. There are persons who have learned somehow in their youth to
read and heed the signs and signals along life's road. As a result, each has lived long without aches and pains. Each has gained added
wisdom with experience and so has found the world growing more
beautiful and life more enjoyable as the years pass by. When I try to tell people about diet or the care of their bodies
otherwise, some protest: "If I can't enjoy the things I like I had as well
die." Now, I'd like to send the person who gives me an answer like
that to consult one of those sages who has found the secret of the good
and happy life. Then he might re alize how a perverted taste has
betrayed him with a counterfeit happ in


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department of natural sciences,  Mid Sweden University, investigated
whether subjecting the body to lower oxygen levels by holding the
breath could increase EPO concentration. The study involved ten
healthy voluntee rs performing 3 sets of 5 maximum duration breath
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eighteen severe and ten very mild patients. Results showed a 20
percent increase to EPO in patients with severe obstructive sleep
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during h igh-intensity training. In Edge’ s study, sixteen recreationally
active women were recruited a nd randomly placed in two gro ups of
eight. O ne group  ingested bicarbonate of soda and the other ingested a
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partake in two bouts of 3 monitored breath holds while their faces
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time for the 4 x 50m test trial improved from 1.54.28 to 1.52.85 s. In
addition, bicarbonate had a significant ef fect on resting blood pH. Researchers concluded that the ingestion of sodium bicarbonate in
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W askiewicz, Langfort 2009 Mar 1, 45–50. 114  The se benefits have even: Sieg ler and Hirscher from the department of
sport, he alth, and exercise science, University of Hull, UK, con ducted
a study to observe “the er gogenic potential of sodium bicarbonate
(NaHCO3) ingestion on boxing performance.” T en amateur boxers
were pr ematched for weight and boxing ability, and ingested either
bicarbonate or a placebo. Sparr ing bouts consisted of four 3- minute
rounds, each separated by a 1-minute rest. The paper concluded  that a
standard dose of bicarbonate “improves punch ef ficacy during 4rounds of sparring performance.” Siegler JC, Hirscher K. Sodium
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author noted that “patients wit h high hematocrit values had nearly
twice as long breath holding times as normal and were able


 their immunesystem, and their pancreas, and their liver, and detoxify their body immediately. Ifthese repairs are accomplished in time, the condition goes away, whatever itsLatin name may have been. Now, about some of the adjuncts to Kelly’s healing. Let me stress here that
had none of these substances or practices been used, she probably still wouldhave recovered. Perhaps a bit more slowly. Perhaps a bit less comfortably. Conversely, had Kelly treated her cancer with every herb, poultice and vitaminknown to man but had neglected fasting and colonics, she might well have died. Ithas been wisely said that intelligence may be defined as the ability to correctlydetermine differences, similarities, and importances. I want my readers to beintelligent about understanding the relative importances of different hygienictreatment and useful supporting practices. Echinacea and chaparral leaves, red clover flowers, and fenugreek seeds are
made into medicinal teas that I find very helpful in detoxification programs,because they all are aggressive blood or lymph cleansers and boost the immuneresponse. These same teas can be used to help the body throw off a cold, flu, orother acute illness but they have a much more powerful effect on a fasting bodythan on one that is eating. Echinacea and chaparral are extraordinarily bitter andmay be better accepted if ground up and encapsulated, or mixed with other teaswith pleasant flavors such as peppermint or lemon grass. These teas should besimmered until they are at the strongest concentration palatable, drinking three orfour cups of this concentrate a day. If you use echinacea, then chaparral probablyisn’t necessary and visa versa. Red clover is another blood cleanser, perhaps alittle less effective but it has a pleasant, sweet taste and may be better acceptedby the squeamish. If there is lymphatic congestion I always include fenugreek seed tea brewed at
the strength of approximately one tablespoon of seeds to a quart of water. Expectthe tea to be brown, thick and mucilaginous, with a reasonably pleasant tastereminiscent of maple syrup. Kelly used poultices of clay and wheat grass pulp on her lumps, somewhat like
the warm castor oil poultices I used on my mother’s arthritic deposits. Poulticesnot only feel very comforting, but they have the effect of softening up deposits and
tumors so that a detoxifying, fasting body is more able to re absorb them. Poultices draw, pulling toxins out through the skin, unburdening the liver. Clay(freshly-mixed potters clay I purchase from a potters’ guild), mixed with finelychopped or blended young wheat grass (in emergencies I’ve even used lawngrasses) makes excellent drawing poultices. Without clay, I’ve also usedvegetable poultices made of chopped or blended comfrey leaves, comfrey root,slightly cooked (barely wilted) cabbage leaves, slightly steamed onion or garlic(cooked just enough to soften it). These are very effective to soften tumors,abscesses and ulcers. Aloe poultices are good on burns. Poultices should bethought of as helpful adjuncts to other, more powerful healing techniques and notas remedies all by themselves, except for minor skin problems. Poultices, to be effective, need to be troweled on half an inch thick, extending
far beyond the effected area, covered with cheese cloth or rags torn from oldcotton sheets so they don’t dry out too fast. Fresh poultices needs to be appliedseveral times daily. They also need to be left on the body until they do dry. Thenpoultices are thrown away, to be followed by another as often as patience willallow. Do not cover poultices tightly with plastic because if they don’t dry out theywon’t draw much. The drawing is in the drying. Sometimes poultices cause a tumor or deposit to be expelled through the skin
rather than being adsorbed, all this drama with rather spectacular pus and gore. This phenomena is actually beneficial and should be welcomed because anytimethe body can push toxins out through the skin, the burden on the organs ofelimination are lessened. Wheat grass juice has a powerful anti-tumor effect, is very perishable, is
laborious to make, but is worth the effort because it contains powerful enzymesand nutrients that help detoxify and heal when taken internally or applied to theskin. As a last resort with dying patients who can no longer digest anything takenby mouth I’ve implanted wheat grass juice rectally (in a cleansed colon). Some ofthem haven’t died. You probably can’t buy wheat grass juice that retains much
medicinal effect because it needs to be very fresh and should be drunk within
minutes of squeezing. Chilled sharply and immediately after squeezing it mightmaintain some potency for an hour or two. Extracting juice from grass takes aspecial press that resembles a meat grinder. The wheat is grown in transplant or seedling trays in bright light. I know
someone who uses old plastic cafeteria trays for this. The seed is soakedovernight, spread densely atop a tray, covered shallowly with fine soil, kept moistbut not soggy. When the grass is about four inches high, begin harvesting bycutting off the leaves with a scissors and juicing them. If the tray contains severalinches of soil you usually get a second cutting of leaves. You need to start a newtray every few days; one tray can be cut for three or four days. (Kulvinskas,1975)
More wheat grass juice is not better than just enough; three ounces a day is
plenty. It is a very powerful substance. The flavor of wheat grass juice is sointense that some people have to mix it with carrot juice to get it down. DO NOTOVERUSE. The energizing effects of wheat grass can be so powerful that somepeople make a regular practice of drinking it. However, I’ve seen many peoplewho use wheat grass juice as a tonic become allergic to it much as antibioticdependent people do to antibiotics. Better to save wheat grass for emergencies. I also have treated my own breast cancers—twice. The first time I was only
23 years old. One night I noticed that it hurt to sleep the way I usually did on myleft side because there was a hard lump in my left breast. It was quite large—about the size of a goose egg. Having just completed RN training two years prior,I had been well brain washed about my poor prognosis and knew exactly whatrequisite actions must taken. I scheduled a biopsy under anesthetic, so that if the tumor was malignant they
could proceed to full mastectomy without delay. I was ignorant of any alternativecourse of action at the time. I might add that before I grew my first tumor I had been consuming large
amounts of red meat in a mistaken understanding gained in nursing school that agood diet contained large amounts of animal protein. In addition to the stress ofbeing a full time psychology graduate student existing on a very low budget, I wasexperiencing I very frustrating relationship with a young man that left meconstantly off center and confused. A biopsy was promptly performed. The university hospital’s SOP required
that three pathologists make an independent decision about the nature of a tumorbefore proceeding with radical surgery. Two of the pathologist agreed that mytumor was malignant, which represented the required majority vote. But thesurgeon removed only the lump, which he said was well encapsulated and forsome reason did not proceed with a radical mastectomy. These days manysurgeons routinely limit themselves to lumpectomies. I never did find out why I awakened from general anesthetic with two breasts,
but I have since supposed that due to my tender age the surgeon was reluctant todisfigure me without at least asking me for permission, or giving me some time toprepare psychologically. When I came out of anesthesia he told me that the lumpwas malignant, and that he had removed it, and that he needed to do a radicalmastectomy to improve my prognosis over the next few years. He asked me tothink it over, but he signed me up on his surgery list for the following Monday. I did think it over and found I was profoundly annoyed at the idea of being
treated like I was just a statistic, so I decided that I would be unique. I made afirm decision that I would be well and stay well—and I was for the next fifteenyears. The decision healed me. When I was 37 I had a recurrence. At the time I had in residence Ethyl and
Marge, the two far-gone breast cancer cases I already told you about. I also hadin residence a young woman with a breast tumor who had not undergone anymedical treatment, not even a lumpectomy. (I will relate her case in detail shortly. )I was too identified emotionally with helping these three, overly-empathetic due to
my own history. I found myself taking on their symptoms and their pain. I went so
far into sympathy as to grow back my tumor—just as it had the first time—a lumpmushroomed from nothing to the size of a goose egg in only three weeks inexactly the same place as the first one. Just out of curiosity I went in for a needlebiopsy. Once again it was judged to be malignant, and I got the same pressurefrom the surgeon for immediate surgery. This time, however, I had an alternativesystem of healing that I believed in. So I went home, continued to care for myvery sick residents, and began to work on myself. The first thing I had to confront about myself was that I was being a
compassionate fool. I needed to learn how to maintain my own personalboundaries, and clearly delineate


 in vibratory harmony and abundance, and
feelings of success are my intentions herewith manifested. Try it on
anything you’d like to see flowing abundantly into your life. Making Your Intention Your Reality
Below is a ten-step program for implementing the intention of this
chapter—that is, to feel successful and attract abundance into your life:

Step 1: See the world as an abundant, providing, friendly place. Again, when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
change. When you see the world as abundant and friendly, your intentions
are genuine possibilities. They will, in fact, become a certainty, because
your world will be experienced from the higher frequencies. In this first
step, you’re receptive to a world that provides rather than restricts. You’ll
see a world that wants you to be successful and abundant, rather than one
that conspires against you. Step 2: Affirm: I attract success and abundance into my life because
that is who I am. This puts you into vibratory harmony with your Source. You goal is to eliminate any distance between what you desire and that from
which you pull it into your life. Abundance and success aren’t out there
waiting to show up for you. You are already it, and the Source can only
provide you with what it is, and, consequently, what you are already. Step 3: Stay in an attitude of allowing. Resistance is disharmony
between your desire for abundance and your beliefs about your ability orunworthiness. Allowing means a perfect alignment. An attitude of allowing
means that you ignore efforts by others to dissuade you. It also means that
you don’t rely on your previous ego-oriented beliefs about abundance being
a part of or not a part of your life. In an attitude of allowing, all resistance in
the form of thoughts of negativity or doubt are replaced with simply
knowing that you and your Source are one and the same. Picture the
abundance you desire freely flowing directly to you. Refuse to do anything
or have any thought that compromises your alignment with Source. Step 4: Use your present moments to activate thoughts that are in
harmony with the seven faces of intention. The key phrase here is present
moments. Notice right now, in this moment, if you’re thinking that it’s
hopeless at this stage of your life to change the thoughts that comprise your
belief system. Do you defeat yourself with thoughts of having had such a
long life practicing affirmations of scarcity and creating resistance to your
success and abundance that you don’t have enough time left to
counterbalance the thoughts that comprise your past belief system. Make the choice to let go of that lifetime of beliefs, and begin activating
thoughts right now that allow you to feel good. Say I want to feel good
whenever anyone tries to convince you that your desires are futile. Say I
want to feel good when you’re tempted to return to low-energy thoughts of
disharmony with intention. Eventually your present moments will activate
thoughts that make you feel good, and this is an indicator that you’re
reconnecting to intention. Wanting to feel good is synonymous with
wanting to feel God. Remember, “God is good, and all that God created was
good. ”

Step 5: Initiate actions that support your feelings of abundance and
success. Here, the key word is actions. I’ve been calling this acting as if or
thinking from the end and acting that way. Put your body into a gear that
pushes you toward abundance and feeling successful. Act on those
passionate emotions as if the abundance and success you seek is already
here. Speak to strangers with passion in your voice. Answer the telephonein an inspired way. Do a job interview from the place of confidence and joy. Read the books that mysteriously show up, and pay close attention to
conversations that seem to indicate you’re being called to something new. Step 6: Remember that your prosperity and success will benefit
others, and that no one lacks abundance because you’ve opted for it. Once again, the supply is unlimited. The more you partake of the universal
generosity, the more you’ll have to share with others. In writing this book,
wonderful abundance has flowed into my life in many ways. But even more
significantly, book editors and graphic designers, the truck drivers who
deliver the book, the auto workers who build the trucks, the farmers who
feed the auto workers, the bookstore clerks. all receive abundance
because I’ve followed my bliss and have written this book. Step 7: Monitor your emotions as a guidance system for your
connection to the universal mind of intention. Strong emotions such as
passion and bliss are indications that you’re connected to Spirit, or inspired,
if you will. When you’re inspired, you activate dormant forces, and the
abundance you seek in any form comes streaming into your life. When
you’re experiencing low-energy emotions of rage, anger, hatred, anxiety,
despair, and the like, that’s a clue that while your desires may be strong,
they’re completely out of sync with the field of intention. Remind yourself
in these moments that you want to feel good, and see if you can activate a
thought that supports your feeling good. Step 8: Become as generous to the world with your abundance as the
field of intention is to you. Don’t stop the flow of abundant energy by
hoarding or owning what you receive. Keep it moving. Use your prosperity
in the service of others, and for causes greater than your ego. The more you
practice detachment, the more you’ll stay in vibratory harmony with the all-
giving Source of everything. Step 9: Devote the necessary time to meditate on the Spirit within as
the source of your success and abundance. There’s no substitute for the
practice of meditation. This is particularly relevant with abundance. You
must have an understanding that your consciousness of the presence is your
supply. By repeating the sound that is in the name of God as a mantra,
you’re using a technique for manifesting as ancient as recorded history. I
am particularly drawn to the form of meditation I’ve mentioned previously,
called Japa. I know it works. Step 10: Develop an attitude of gratitude for all that manifests into
your life. Be thankful and filled with awe and appreciation, even if what
you desire hasn’t arrived yet. Even the darkest days of your life are to be
looked on with gratitude. Everything coming from Source is on purpose. Be
thankful while empowering your reconnection to that from which you and
everything else originated. The energy that creates worlds and universes is within you. It works
through attraction and energy. Everything vibrates; everything has a
vibratory frequency. As St. Paul said, “God is able to provide you with
every blessing in abundance. ” Tune in to God’s frequency, and you will
know it beyond any and all doubt. OceanofPDF. comIT IS MY INTENTION TO:
LIVE A STRESS-FREE,
TRANQUIL LIFE
“Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. ”

— Thomas Merton
“So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited
and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly
trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything. ”

— Paramahansa Yogananda
Fulfilling this intention to live a stress-free and tranquil life is a way of
manifesting your grandest destiny. It seems to me that what our Source had
in mind when we were intended here is for us to have happy and joyous
experiences of life on Earth. When you’re in a state of joy and happiness,
you’ve returned to the pure, creative, blissful, nonjudgmental joy that
intention truly is. Your natural state—the state from which you were created
—is that feeling of well-being. This chapter is concerned with having you
return to, and access, this natural state. You were created from a Source that is peaceful and joyful. When you’re
in that state of exuberant joy, you’re at peace with everything. This is what
intended you here and what you’re determined to match up with in your
thoughts, feelings, and actions. In a state of joy, you feel fulfilled and
inspired in all facets of your life. In short, gaining freedom from anxiety
and stress is a pathway to rejoicing with the field of intention. The moments
of your life, which you spend being happy and joyful and allowing yourself
to be fully alive and on purpose, are the times when you’re aligned with the
all-creating universal mind of intention. There’s nothing natural about living a life filled with stress and anxiety,
having feelings of despair and depression, and needing pills to tranquilize
yourself. Agitated thoughts that produce high blood pressure, a nervous
stomach, persistent feelings of discomfort, an inability to relax or sleep, and
frequent displays of displeasure and outrage are violating your natural state. Believe it or not, you have the power to create the naturally stress-free and
tranquil life you desire. You can utilize this power to attract frustration or
joy, anxiety or peace. When you’re in harmony with the seven faces of
intention, you can access and pull from the Source of all in order to fulfill
your intention of being stress free and tranquil. So if it’s natural to have feelings of well-being, why is it that we seem to
experience so much “unwellness” and tension. The answer to this question
provides you


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pay when getting one done professionally! Masks
-No matter which recipe you are
using, always use a steam bath or
a washcloth with warm water on
your face first. This will open up
your pores and let the mask do its
job with the utmost efficiency. For
the steam bath simply fill a bowl
with boiling water and lean over
it, being careful not to get burned
by the steam, with a towel draped
over your head to form a tent for
3-5 minutes. Whether using a
washcloth or steam, pat face dry
before applying mask. -After removing your mask, apply
a light moisturizer to restore any
moisture that may have been lost. -As fun as they are, do not use
a mask more than once a week,
otherwise you might end up
irritating your skin or drying it out. 253Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingThis mask combines honey and strawberries to reduce current break-outs and prevent future ones from
popping up. Honey has anti-bacterial properties that can help reduce acne, while strawberries naturally contain
salicylic acid, an ingredient found in many prescription/OTC acne treatments that helps rid the skin of excess oil
and correct any abnormal shedding of skin cells.Break-Out Buster
-5-6 large strawberries, rinsed
-2 teaspoons of organic raw
honey
-A head band or hair binder1. Soften your honey and mash the strawberries, combining the two
before using the steam bath or a warm washcloth. 2. After the steam bath, hold your hair back with a headband or hair
binder and apply the mask in a thin layer over your face, leaving some
space at your hairline so it doesn’t get stuck in the mixture. 3. Leave on 10-15 minutes and then gently wash off with warm water. Apply a light moisturizer. 254Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsThis mask is similar to the first one but uses a combination of yogurt and honey, and so is friendlier to sensitive
or dry skin. The yogurts lactic acid can gently help slough off dead skin cells and exfoliate in place of the
strawberries salicylic acid.Break-Out Buster (sensitive skin version)
-2 teaspoons of organic honey
-2 tablespoons of plain yogurt
(with probiotics)1. Mix together yogurt and honey before using the steam bath or warm
washcloth. 2. Afterwards, hold your hair back with a headband or hair binder, and
apply a thin layer to your face. Let the mask sit for 10-15 minutes before
washing off with warm water and applying a light moisturizer. 255Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsThis is a classic face mask-the kind where you lay cucumbers over your eyes-that’s great for those summer days
when you’ve spent a little too much time in the sun. It’s not just limited to sunburn either-this is a great mask to
relieve stress, reduce puffiness, and liven up tired eyes. Cucumber also contains silica, which replenishes skin
and leaves you fresh-faced and care free. Honey, yogurt, and rolled oats add acne fighting, exfoliating, and extra
soothing properties.Sunburn Soother
-1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
+ 2 slices for eyes
-2 teaspoons of honey
-1/4-1/2 cup of rolled oats
-5-6 tablespoons of yogurt
-A blender
-A place to relax1. Peel your cucumber and slice it into cubes, saving 2 slices as rounds
to rest on your eyes. 2. Put cucumber, honey, and yogurt into blender and process until
smooth. Blend in the oats and then pour the entire mixture into a bowl,
cover it, and place it in the fridge so it thickens and cools (put the extra
2 cucumber slices in the fridge too.) 3. When it’s chilled, about 30 minutes later, use the steam bath and
apply across your entire face-this layer can be a little thicker than the
previous masks called for. Lie back, cover your eyes, and relax. Let it
sit for 15-20 and then rinse off with cool water. Follow up with a light
moisturizer. 256Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsI love bentonite clay. It makes a great base for homemade calamine lotion, soothes bug bites and poison ivy,
and makes a dandy ‘mud mask’ much like the ones given in spas. It’s great at absorbing excess oil that is
clogging pores and reducing the appearance of acne, and will leave your skin feeling smooth and nourished.Mud Mask
-Roughly ¼-½ cup of bentonite
clay
-Water1. Add water slowly to clay until it becomes a thick (but spreadable)
paste. 2. Use the steam bath, and then have a headband or hair binder to hold
hair back. Apply in a thin layer over face. Let sit for 15-20 minutes and
then wash off with warm water. Apply a light moisturizer. 257Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsThis mask mixes bananas and apple cider vinegar, the latter of which Helen of Troy and Cleopatra used as
toners (and look how they turned out!) ACV tightens up and tones skin, as well as fights acne and blemishes. Bananas are often used as the “Botox” of the natural world, relieving fine lines and wrinkles; much to the
endless delight of those who indulge it (the exact mechanism of how it works isn’t known yet.) It is also
incredibly moisturizing. Y ou can add some yogurt if you want to thicken the mixture a bit.Wrinkle Reliever
-1 ripe banana, peeled
-5 tablespoons of apple cider
vinegar
-5 tablespoons of yogurt
(optional)1. Thoroughly mash a ripe, peeled banana and mix in apple cider vinegar
and yogurt (if you are using it.) It will be relatively thin-it’s supposed to
be. 2. After using the steam bath have a headband or hair binder to hold
your hair back, and apply the mask to your entire face. Let it sit for 20-
25 minutes before rinsing with cool water. Apply a light moisturizer. 258Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsMouthwash is quite handy when it comes to fighting bad breath and
reducing the bacteria count that contributes to it. But I always wonder
when I see it in stores…why exactly is it such blinding neon colors? To
me, that’s just a red flag as to what the wash actually contains-which
is generally a mouthful of artificial coloring, flavors, and not so hot
ingredients. Many kinds of mouthwash contain ethyl alcohol, which can
weaken the lining of your gums, and possibly erode enamel. While still
considered “inconclusive”, studies conducted at Stanford University,
as well as in various countries, link alcohol


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showed considerable morphologic changes. Many cells
showed a concentration of centrally located, birefrin
gent material connected with the interior cell walls
with thin radiating structures, like spokes in a wheel
(Fig. XIV: JOe). The cytoplasm of many anodic cells
also contained round inclusions interpreted as vacuoles
of varying sizes (Fig. XIV: lOd). These Structures
seem to develop as small light areas in the cytoplasm,
which appears granulated. Some of the vacuoles grow
and take up more and more of the intracellu lar space. Activatio n of VICC 181 a
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current (6 V, 0.5 coulomb). (a) Blood near cathode. Birefrin
gent parucles, probably alkaline haemJltin, arc seen in cells. These particles can sometimes also appear outside cells: in the
~urrounding medium. (b) Otbcr caLhoWc crythrocy1es are ci·
I her d"rk or pale. Some show crcnations. {c) Anodic blood. The "spokes" seem tO develop at the contact surfaces
of the vacuoles. At the same time the granulated mate
rial seems to condense in the centre of the ceUs. Only a preliminary explanation of the field·induccd
structural changes in the blood can be g:ivcn so far. 182 Activation of VICC d..
Hacmatin, probably acidic, accumulates centrally and is con·
ncctcd with the interior cell waUs by th.in radiating struc·
turcs, like spokes in a wheel. (d) Anodic blood. Large va·
cuole·Like changes are seen in the cytoplasm, possibly pre·
ceding the changes seen in c.
Strong alkalinity is pre>ent in the vicinity of the cath·
ode. As reported earlier, it is known that weakly acidic
and alkaline solutions split haemoglobin into its globin
and prosthetic parts. Alkaline (elecuonegative ) haem
may then represent the particles of bire[ringent blood Fig. XIV: II. "Giant •erythrocytes" after exposure of blood
to direct current. (a) Erythrocytes from the cathodic area
seem to fuse into "giant cciJs" with characteristic arrange·
me.nts of blood pigme:nt. In normal·sized erythrocy tes the
haemoglobin is granulated or (b) arranged like Roman nu-~ ·""~,_
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normal. (d) Control. The same normal blood, untreated. Activation of VICC 183 ·~ ·
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"Giant cdJstl ncur the cathode arc arranged in clusters. The
"cellll" in cnch cluster are pr~:sumcd to adhere to 3 centrally
located. undefined matcriol. (b) Dc:ail "icw of a cluster. The
pigment in the "giant cells'· is arra1:gt. :d more or l.:ss in a cir-
184 Activation of VICC 50JJm
de. (c) Similllrly structured conglomerates of blood material
in the anodic region. (d) Demit \1iew of nn anodic COt'lglomer
ate. A rncrnbrane- like, thin s1rucrure forms lln interface be
tween this "intercellular space", which contains a fain d)'
stainable m{tteriaJ, and the surrounding anodic cells. Fig. XIV: 13. Behaviour of
pigment in red blood cells
after electrophoresis. Ca·
thodic alkalinity and anodic
acidity produce electronega·
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blood pigment, resptttively. Competitive concentra tion
forces among cells and elec
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of equal polarity are inter
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(which represents cathndic
blood). Same arrangement
of pigment was also ob-
served in anodic blood. (b)Cathodic blood showing
rows of erythrocytes with in·
temal attraction of their
blood pigment. This ftnding
was also observed in anodic
blood, (see Fig. XIV:!Oc). Such attraction of pipnent
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pigment, which move toward the cell periphery after
the cells have moved electrophoret ically from the elec
tronegative into the electropos itive electric Held. The
particles even leave the cells and are seen attached 10
the outer cell surface. Before these cells have left the
electronegative fteld, however, the alkaline haem may
concentrate inside the cells. In the anodic fteld acidic
haem should be produced. This pigmen 1 should then
also behave differ<ntly when the blood cells appear in
the electroposit ive field and after an electrophoretic
transport into the electronegative field. Associated
mechanisms are complex and do not at present allow
any definitive analysis. The varied behaviour of blood
pigment in these studies clearly.show s, however, that
chemical and structura l modificat ions do take place
in~irle a~ well a~ Otlt!-:icfe cells in the elecrrlc field. Cathodic cell populations in the in vitro electrophor
esis of blood appeared partially fused, in some way,
resulting in enormously large "cells" (Fig. XIV: I I a). These "cells" appeared in varying sizes ranging from
the normal size of red blood cells to well beyond ten
14t-824S86 NordiPisrriim times this diameter. These "giant cells" appear en
closed in a structure which looks like a cell membrane
and contains partly structured dark material. This
material may often be seen as linear, parallel or angu
lated linear structures (like Roman numerals II or
V). The dark material appears not only in the "giant
cells" but also in cathodic cells of lesser size (Fig. XIV: I I b) (see also the presumed early stages of linear
formation of haemoglobin in Fig. XIV: 13a, b). The anodic area contained blood cells (Fig. XIV: II c) whicb were smaller than untreated blood
cells (Fig. XIV: I ld). These small anodic cells showed
granulated cytoplasm. Another kind of "giant cells"
also appeared in the anodic area (Fig. XIV: I I c). These "cells" comained an evenly distributed granu
lar substance surrounded by a dense membrane-like
structure. Structural arrangeme nt of cathodic "giant cells"
was also observed in smears from cathodic blood (Fig. XIV: 12a, b). In smears from anodic blood,local accu
mulation of Structured material could also be seen
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moglobin were observed in the anodic and cathodic
fields. Thus, haemoglobin became concentrated in
cells near the cathode (Fig. XIV: 13a) or appeared as
if mutually repelling haemoglobin in adjoining cells. To a lesser extent, haemoglobin also appeared as if it
were attracting when cells were close together (Fig. XIV: 13 b). Haemoglobin in cells from ncar the anode (Fig. 186 Activation of VICC... e oo
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  which  will  not allow  any
one on the face  of This  Earth  to accept  the "Mighty  I AM
Presence,"  and  that  is the accumulated  stubbornness  of the
human  mind  and  feeling,  the outer  activity  of it. 6 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
So, today,  I do congratulate  you,  Oh Beloved  Children  of
the Earth. Seeing  the Expansion  of the Light  within  you
and your  sincere  earnestness,  with  Great  Joy,  I came  forth
into your  city—into  your  midst;  to try once  again  to give
you Our  Assistance,  which  will  enable  you  to attain  quick,
certain,  Eternal  Freedom  from  the acceptance—now  mark
you. from  the acceptance  any  longer,  of these  appearances
which  have  bound  you  so long. Does  it sound  simple,  when  you  are asked  to refuse  ac-
ceptance  of these  appearances,  when  your  very  Life-energy
has fed them  to terrify,  harass  and  prevent  your  achieve-
ment. You  CAN  turn  from  them  now,  in the Acknowl-
edgment  of your  Presence;  accept  Its Perfection,  the Mighty
Currents  of Energy  flowing  in, and  thru  your  body,  and  out
into your  world;  and  have  That  Perfection  now  made  man-
ifest in your  world  out  here. That  is a Great,  Majestic
Mighty  Law  which  It is your  Privilege  to use. So, today,  every  Assistance  possible  is being  given  to the
sincere  ones  of mankind;  to release  them,  not  only  from
their  own  human  creation  drawn  thru  the centuries,  but
to give  them  the Great,  Great  and  Wonderful  Ascension—
Free  forever. from  the wheel  of birth  and  re-birth,  which
you have  traced  and  re-traced  so many  many  times. It does  not matter  whether  people  believe  This  or not,
It is the Great  Law;  and  It is not concerned  with  human
opinions. It acts  and  those  who  cannot  or will  not accept  It,
will remain  in the great  wheel,  embodiment  after  embodi-
ment,  until  one  day  they  wake  up. DISCOURSE  III  17
I know  this  good  brother  and  sister,  the Messengers,  do
not wish  Me to say this,  yet I am going  to say it. Do you
realize,  and  I am sure  many  of you  do, what  it means  for
someone  to be strong  enough;  to stand  before  the World
and carry  This  Great  Truth,  which  Beloved  Saint  Germain
has brought  forth,  for the Freedom  of so many  in so short  a
time. Do you  wonder  that  We  mention  this. You  should
not, for I tell you  but  for This  Truth,  destruction  would
have  found  America  unguarded. They  in their  Kindliness,
Love  and  Humbleness  have  carried  This  Message  with  al-
most  the Strength  and  Courage  of an Ascended  Being. So
We congratulate  them  and  you,  for being  able  to accept  the
Great  Truth  personally;  and  apply  It to your  Freedom;  but
will you  bear  with  Me,  when  I ask you  to do it quickly. You are no longer  subject  to your  human  creations  or to
the limitations  which  appear  in the outer  world. You,  who
go forth  from  This  Class,  are FREE  BEINGS,  if you  only
knew  it, with  THAT  which  has been  anchored  within  your
feeling. You  are  no longer  subject  to limitations  of any
kind;  and  if you  will  apply  This  Trust  as asked;  refuse  ac-
ceptance  to all appearances;  then  you  shall  go forth  quickly
and release  in the Fulness  of Its Mighty  Power,  Freedom
which  I tell you  is yours. I want  to say a word  to some  of the very  wonderful  stu-
dents,  who  have  called  the Presence  into  action  sufficiently
powerful,  to make  it possible  for them  to be in the various
classes. I have  watched  the step-up,  as you say in your  outer
parlance,  from  one  class  to another,  of the Great  Intensity 18 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
and Activity  of the Radiance  poured  forth;  and  the step-up
in the clearness  of their  comprehension,  even  in This  Class. So then  you  know,  My Precious  Ones,  what  it means  to
be dauntless,  firm  and  unyielding  in your  determination  to
have  the Power  of your  "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Presence"
expressed  in and  thru  you,  and  out into  your  world. You
can have  It and  do not accept  anything  else. Don't  be in-
terfered  with  or misled  by human  opinions,  when  you  go
forth  from  This  Class. Stand  solely  by your  "Mighty  I AM
Presence. " Group  Leaders  of San  Francicso,  don't  allow  a
feeling  of anything  but  Kindness  to go forth. Unite  and
bring  the Glory  of God,  the "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence"  into  All-powerful  Action  here  in your  city;  and  you
will be blessed  beyond  your  fondest  hopes. I ask you  Precious  Ones,  Group  Leaders  of San Francisco,
come  together. Adjust  yourselves. Harmonize  yourselves
and unite  in a Great  Activity. Let each  Group  go forth  and
do its Perfect  Work;  and  each  other  Group  bless  it forever,
forever  and  forever. Don't  one  Group  try to interfere  with
another. Go on—each  one  of you,  in the  Power  of your
Group. Be blessed  with  the Great  Blessing  which  will  be
released. That  will  help  you  to go on, and  on, and  on, in
This  Great  Radiance,  which  will  be released  in your  Heart,
mind  and  body. It is sustained  in your  city,  for your  Great
Blessing,  benefit  and  activity. Will  you  accept  your  Freedom  and  your  Ascension. Oh
Beloved,  Precious  Ones,  don't  let the human  intellect  of
yourselves  or anyone  else  assert  to you—that  the Ascension DISCOURSE  III 19
is but an imaginary  dream. It is the most  Wonderful  Thing
in all the Universe. It is the only  means,  by which  you  can
be Free  from  the wheel  of birth  and  rebirth. Then,  in your
Great  Ascended  Purified  Body,  the Electronic  Energy  and
Force  of your  (the)  "Mighty  I AM  Presence"  render  a
Service  Infinite  in Its Activity. We, who  have  Our  Freedom,  come  to plead  with  man-
kind,  to accept  the Freedom  which  is offered. Out  of the
Glory  of the Great  Cosmic  Light,  We  call  Its Mighty  In-
telligence  to descend  into  the  Earth;  take  command  of
America,  the people  and  its government;  sweep  into  every
activity,  into  all official  places,  the Glory  of Its Mighty  Di-
recting  Intelligence;  so all may  feel  and  quickly  enter  into
That  Great  Loving  Harmony  of God—where  all is filled
with  only  the  Light  of God,  the  Great  Cosmic  Light. Where  all are clothed  in Garments  of Light. All who  will  accept,  may  live  within  the Glory  of their


 you
physically,  it has first  acted  in your  feeling  world. Most  of
the time,  you  are wholly  unaware  of it, except  when  you
are conscious  of some  disturbance. As you  come  to comprehend  these  Simple  Laws,  every-
thing  is just  the Natural  Practical  Law  of Life;  which  it
is your  Right  and  Privilege  to use in the Fuller  Understand-
ing, to which  you  have  not yet become  accustomed. It does
not make  any  difference  what  your  manifestations  have
been  up to date,  in your  Acknowledgment  of the Presence
of Life;  it is nothing,  to what  you  can  call  into  action,  as
you go forth! Pardon  Me,  if I digress  just  a moment,  since  the Vibra-
tory Action  is Right. I want  to place  this  before  you. In
all the seeming  opposition  to This  "I AM"  Activity—for
no reason  at all, and  all the falsehoods  which  have  been
uttered  concerning  the Messengers  and  the Work,  during DISCOURSE  XVIII  281
the Washington  Class;  the Great  Cosmic  Laws  were  set
into action,  which  will  cause  opposition  to disappear  from
the Earth! Watch  it! We do not talk  to hear  Ourselves,  but
We state  Laws. We never  refer  to a personality,  when  We
are stating  These  Laws;  except  in some  specific  instance,
where  work  was  required. Know  and  feel  the Power  in the last Decree  you  issued
in the opening  of the meeting! If you  know  that  Decree
with  the  All-power  of your  feeling,  you  will  find  your
world  adamant  against  human  disturbing  conditions! When  you  can say to all the appearance  world  and  human
creation:  "You  have  no power"! Mean  It and  feel  It with
the Infinite  Power  of Light! which  is your  Being,  then
you will  find  yourselves  Invincible  within  the Presence  of
Light! It is Invincible  and  you  can  move  in the  world
everywhere,  releasing  the Inner  Power;  and  yet not accept-
ing the outer  into  your  feeling  world,  which  limits  and  dis-
turbs  you. Therefore,  today  as the atmosphere  becomes  more  and
more  stilled  and  harmonized  in the room;  I want  to render
for you  a Service,  which  it has been  My Joy so many  times
to do! It is the releasing  and  dissolving  wherever  possible
of your  human  creation. So you may  have  a Greater  Release
from  the pressure  which  has often  caused  you  to fail in the
achievement,  which  you  would  so love  to have  had. Let Me urge  you  today,  to no longer  give  power  to per-
sons,  places  or conditions  to interrupt,  interfere  with—or
limit  you  in any  way! Now  in order  to comprehend  this, 282 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
you must  realize  not one thing  can enter  your  world  or any
condition  whatever,  except  thru  your  attention,  by which
you connect  your  own  Life  Stream  with  it. It is IMPOS-
SIBLE  FOR  ANYTHING  TO  REACH  OR  ENTER
YOUR  WORLD  WITHOUT  YOUR  ATTENTION
UPON  IT. That  is why,  Beloved  Ones,  today,  please  close  the door
and seal  it, on everything  which  has  been  in the past—up
to this  hour! Close  it now  and  let Me help  you  to close  that
door! Lock  it and  seal  it, so not once  again,  does  your  at-
tention  ever  go back  to what  has been,  whether  it is good,
bad or indifferent! Erase  it! Shut  the door! Then  as you
turn  and  face  your  "I AM  Presence,"  know  henceforth,
only  Its Intelligence,  Presence  and  Power,  with  all Its Glory
and Harmony,  are acting  in and  thru  your  body  and  feeling
world. Then,  you  will  rejoice  so much  at the changed  con-
ditions. Your  Life,  world  and  activity  will  be filled  with
successful  achievement,  with  happiness  which  you  cannot
comprehend,  until  you  do that! Beloved  Ones,  do you  think  what  you  have  called  hap-
piness  up to this  time,  is Real  Happiness ? Oh,  you  cannot
believe  how  Great  the  Happiness  from  your  Presence  is,
until  you  begin  to experience  It. I tell you,  the Happiness
in the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence,  is the only  Real
Source  of Happiness  in This  Universe. It continues  to pour
in at your  Call  and  as you realize  the imperative  need,  is for
you to keep  your  feeling  harmonious. Then  no longer  your
qualification  of discord  clothes  your  Life  Energy. You  will DISCOURSE  XVIII  283
feel and  know  definitely,  the Energy  has poured  forth  just
like a Mighty  River  out into  your  world  of action—harmo-
nizing  everything  and  holding  Its Dominion. When  some-
thing  is required,  and  you  hold  the Harmony;  then  by a
Decree,  it comes  forth  and  acts  in your  world  with  the
Speed  of Lightning. That  is the Law  and  Action  of the  "I AM  Presence." There  are thousands  and  thousands  of the students  today,
who  have  experienced  It time,  and  time  again. They  are
realizing  the only  reason  why  their  application  has not pro-
duced  extraordinary  results  in the  past,  was  because  un-
known  to themselves,  discord  was  still acting  in the feeling. While  the intellect  was  refusing  it, still  in the feeling  the
qualification  of discord  was  going  on;  qualifying  the en-
ergy  with  the discord  of the past. You  cannot  afford  to do
that! YOU  MUST,  BELOVED  ONES,  TAKE  YOUR
STAND  AND  SHUT  THAT  THING  OFF  OR  SAY
TO YOUR  FEELING:  "STOP! BE  SILENT"! TURN
YOUR  ATTENTION  TO  THE  PRESENCE  AND
HAVE  ITS  GLORY  AND  BLESSING. You do not perhaps  realize,  how  firm  you  must  be, to-
ward  your  own  feeling  world. When  it has gained  a mo-
mentum  of centuries,  you  are under  its pressure. You  might
say to Me:  "Well  suppose  I don't  know  I have  lived  before ? Do I still  have  the accumulation  of the centuries  in this
embodiment"? Yes! I will  explain  to you  why. Because
in all of the accumulation  of the centuries,  even  though
you did  not know  it could  be dissolved;  if you  have  not 284 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
set the Law  of Life  into  action  which  would  dissolve  it,
then  it still  remains. All the  accumulation,  all the  discord  which  has  been
in your  experience  of the past,  still  remains  about  you  and
in your  world. Believe  it or not! You  meet  all that  accumu-
lation,  when  you  come  back  into  this  embodiment. It is just
waiting  there  for you,  because  it belongs  to you;  and  you
cannot  get away  from  it, until  you  know  this Presence  of all
Life;  and  call It to use the Violet  Consuming  Flame  to dis-
solve  and  consume  every  bit of your  accumulation  of dis-
cord. The  Mercy  or Glory  of your  Presence,  will  at your
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 back of the neck increases parasympathetic
activity. 52,53 In fact, one study recomme nds the practice to moderate
sympathetic activation after exercise to relieve stress on the heart. 52
However, full body cold water immersion can cause potentially fatal cardiac
arrhythmia due to autonomic conflict, where both parasympathetic and
sympathetic inputs to the heart are activated simultaneously. 54 This is
because rapid submersion in water less than 59 ° Fahrenheit (15 ° Celsius)
with simultaneous breath-holding activates two powerful autonomic
responses: the cold shock response and the diving response. At the same time, empirical evidence indicates that stronger vagal tone
can make the body more resilient to cold. Magnus Appelber g has taught
Ashtanga Yoga for nearly 20 years in Helsinki. He also enjoys ice
swimming—an activity popular in Finland, in which bathers dive into holes
in the ice, the hard-core amon g them staying in the water for several
minutes. About four years ago, Appelber g met the long-time yoga
exponent, phys iotherapist, and research scientist Simon Borg-Olivier. Olivier ’s message boiled down to the simple principle: breathe less, stretch
less (while getting more flexible), eat less, and move from the core. He
taught Appelber g about the Bohr effect, the dilation of blood vessels, and
the body’ s response to CO2. In particular, Olivier explained  how to balance
the ANS  using the breath, stimulating the parasympathetic, vagal branch
with the exhalation. Appelber g decided to change his breathing practice to include a simple
prolonged exhal e and breath holding after exhalation. He had been a winter
swimmer for 20 years and his ability to adapt to the cold had never been
particularly great. That winter, having adjusted his breathing, ice swimming
was a little easier. The following year, he tried applying the slow  exhalation
in the water and discovered he could swim for 200 meters in freezing water
—four times farther than the previous winter. Still, this wasn’ t completely
out of the ordinary. In February 2019, he became a social media
phenomenon with videos that showed him dropping into the ice holedirectly from a yoga pose. He was interviewed on TV and radio, and this
propelled him to experiment further. Appelber g started using very long exhalations and breath holds,
practicing these for 15 minutes before entering the water. Remarkably, this
practice, using the breath to augment levels of CO2 in his blood, increased
the time he was able to stay in the cold water without pain or hypothermia
from 5 minutes to 30 minutes— within 2 months. Appelber g found he could
maintain his core temperature better by practicing breath holds in the water. He experienced none of the pain in his toes or fingers that would indicate
the usual constriction of blood vessels, and the controlled breath kept him
present in his body. In a June 2020 email to me, he wrote,
The greatest help has been my almost 20 years of Vipassana
meditation, after all cold is only a sensation. Right now, I’m
trying to find sources that could actually explain what is going on in
the body. This adaptation is a fact and I’ve found the circumstances
that are necessa ry for that: the stimulation of the parasympath etic
nervous system and the higher levels of carbon dioxide to counteract
the vasoconstriction. The ef fect on life in general has been amazing. Few people have Appelber g’s curiosity, resilience, and ability to push the
boundaries. It is important to emphasize that the practice of breath holds in the water
is not recommended unless you are working under the supervision of a
qualified breathing coach. For the rest of us mere mortals, the good news is
that you can gain considerable benefits by practicing the breathing exercises
on dry land. Interestingly, research that demo nstrates that immersing the face in cold
water stimulates the vagus nerve is echoed in the work of behavioral
neuroscientist and psychiatry professor, Steven Porges. Porges put forward
a theory suggesting that the vagus nerve comprises three neural circuits, the
most primitive of which is related to evolutionary behavio rs like the
“freeze” response of extreme stress, while the newest is linked to social
communication and self-soothing. Porges says that one way that breathing
exercises produ ce vagal stimulation is via sensory and motor nerves that
regulate facial muscles. 55 This is in line with studies that show babies withmore expressive faces have higher HRV56 and with Wim Hof’s assertion
that it is possibl e to stimulate the vagus nerve by activating the parts of the
body it innerva tes. The vagus nerve is responsible for speech, the gag
reflex, and many movements of the mouth. 57 In fact, according to Porges,
the very process of using the muscles in the face and head to actively
interact changes our physiologi cal state by increasing vagal influences on
the heart and calming the sympathetic nervous system’ s fight-or -flight
response. Conv ersely, the cosmetic treatment Botox, which is used to
smooth away signs of aging by effectively paralyzing the face, actually
works by inhibiting the release of ACh. THE DIAPHRAGM
The diaphragm is the main muscle for the physical act of breathing. It, too,
is innerv ated by the vagus nerve. 58 It shoul d therefore come as no surprise
that diaphragmatic or deep breathing is one of the most common and
ancient methods for body-mind training and holistic treatment of stress and
psychosomatic conditions. 28 Inhaling and exhaling from the diaphragm
slows the breath  and maximizes the exchange of blood gases. 28 In a study,
healthy participa nts who were trained in diaphragm breathing had slower
rates of respiration and were more likely to achieve the goal of three to
seven breaths per minute than those who breathed normally. 27
Studies of the function and movement of the diaphragm muscle show
that optimal breathing requires active diaphragm control. Ideally, during the
inhalation, the lower ribs stay low, expanding only laterally, with the
abdomen expanding instead of the chest. The amount of move ment in the
diaphragm correlates with changes in lung volume. The more the
diaphragm moves between the in and out breaths, the great er the tidal
volume (the amount of air breathed in with each normal breath). Inhalations and exhalations are driven by a group of muscles
collectively referred to as the respiratory pump, the largest of which is the
diaphragm. During the in breath, the diaphragm contracts and flattens. 27 It
pushes on the abdomen, and the lower ribs move upward and outward. Coordinated contraction of various muscles expands the rib cage, and the
chest opens outward. The resul ting changes in pressure trigger ventilationand gas exchange in the lungs. The out breath is more passive. The
diaphragm returns to its dome-shaped resting position, the lungs deflate,
and air is expelled. Importantly, it is possible to support optimum gas exchange with
controlled slow respiration as long as it is paired with an increase in tidal
volume. Diaphragmatic breathing at a rate of six breaths per minute reduces
the chem oreflex response to both hyper capnia  (where CO2 levels are too
high) and hypoxia  (where oxygen levels are too low). 59–61 Conversely,
increasing the speed of the breath to a faster -than-normal rate does nothing
to improve its efficiency: less of the air reaches the alveoli due to increased
“dead space. ” As we saw in Chapter Three, slower breathing is simply more
efficient. Air reaches and distends more of the alveoli in the lungs, so more
oxygen enters the bloodstream. In a study comparing oxygen levels in the
arteries during normal breathing  and at 15, 6, and 3 breaths per minute, the
rate of 6 breath s per minute was found to be the best for reducing dead
space in the airways, increa sing oxygen uptake, and for ease of
sustainability. A paper published in Frontiers in Psychology  found that diaphragmatic
breathing, which  itself naturally results in a slower respiration rate, has the
potential to reduce the impact of stress and improve cognitive performance
in otherwise healthy adults. 28 The results suggested that this may be
because HRV increases during diaphragmatic breathing, indicating a better
balance of activity between the SNS and PNS. Scientists inferred that deep
breathing might impact cognitiv e performance by influencing the ANS, and
that breathing may link the mind and body together to regulate the
information processing necessary to maintain attention. A review  of the possible pain-re lieving effect of deep breathing further
underlines the mind-body-breath connection. Scientists found that the
perception of pain was reduced when participants held their breath after a
deep inhalation,  a position where the diaphragm is lowered. Notably, this
appeared to involve the interv ention of the baroreceptors. 58 The study
suggested that the pain response is not simply a neural process but that a
close relationship exists