 a water fast. In my opinion, I would prefer to have live, natural mountain spring water straight from the source. I couldn’t think of a better gift from Mother Earth herself! During my fasts, I bought mineral water from the store in large containers and used that for drinking and enemas.Everyone will be a bit different in terms of how much water to drink during the fast. Initially, I started drinking 6 liters per day, and I found that as the fast progressed, I naturally drank less, perhaps 4.5 liters per day. I became full very quickly and did not want to drink large amounts. I listened to my body. If you feel thirsty, drink more. Some people talk about heating the water during a fast and sipping it to give them the feel of something different on their palate. One Natural Hygienist wrote that warm water helps to break up catarrh and mucous Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!17better in the same way that hot water will clean grease from a cooking pan. On my ﬁrst 2 fasts, I did not drink warm water, but on my long fast detailed below, I had 2 cups of warm water ﬁrst thing in the morning for the ﬁrst 10 days.It’s deﬁnitely not a good idea to drink cold water while fasting as your body will waste energy having to warm the liquid inside.One thing that I did to my water that I have not seen anyone else talk about is I energized my water before drinking. I took a Tesla purple plate and a personal harmonizer and wrapped them around my water bottles so they increased the natural healing vibration of the water itself. I also wore a similar device around my neck during the fast to increase the healing frequencies within my body itself. I’ve written more about these items in Chapter 8.In addition, I added crystals to the water before drinking as explained earlier in Chapter 1. I bought a glass pitcher and ﬁlled the bottom of the pitcher with several pieces of rose quartz, amethyst and clear quartz. I would then transfer the mineral water from the plastic containers into the glass pitcher, and I would drink the water from there. Crystals help to energize the water and  amplify a sense of calm, peace, clarity and love.ENEMASThere is a lot of debate as to whether or not to do enemas while water fasting. I did one round of enemas every morning using a 2-liter bag. I did 1 full rinse with the bag for a total of 2 liters. During my ﬁrst 10-day fast,  I Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!18had almost nothing coming out, but I still did these ﬂushes because I think it does give the body a chance to release excess toxic build-up. In my long fast as you will read below, I had worms released, so of course I am a believer in the daily enemas now! I do think most people would beneﬁt from daily enemas due to the increase of toxicity in our lives and world today. Distilled water is the best choice of water for enemas. Tap water is never a good idea for enemas due to the chlorine and ﬂuoride content. I used bottled mineral water because I did not have access to distilled water. After each enema session, I took one probiotic capsule.HOW MANY DAYSI discussed this issue in Chapter 1, and I would just like to add that you do not have to do a 40-day water fast to beneﬁt from the experience! The body can do amazing healing in just 3 days. Realize as well that the process of healing is a journey, not a race! There is no ﬁnish line when you are ‘done.’  As we go through the ebb and ﬂow of life, there will be times when we need more healing and other times when we are ok.  Be ok with who you are now and where you are at on your journey. Listen to your intuition and ultimately do what feels right for you.Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!19ADDING LIME, SALT, HERBAL TEAS ETC. TO YOUR WATERMany people talk about doing a water fast but then explain that they add fresh lemon to their water, or salts, and maybe even some honey or molasses. Please keep in mind that a pure water fast is exactly that – pure water only! So if you start adding these ‘extras,’ then technically you are still feeding the body food. The end result is that the body will not go as deep into the healing process, and actually you may wind up feeling more hunger pains as the body waits for more food.During my water fast, I took only 2 probiotic capsules per day, one after the enema and one at night before bed. Now there are some who may say well that is not pure water either. But I follow the recommendations of Dr. Richard Anderson and I agree with him that it is very important to replenish the good bacteria into the body every day while fasting to ensure no overgrowth of things like candida or other pathogenic bacteria. I took his brand of probiotic, called Flora Grow.EXTRA SUPPORT FOR HEALINGThere are a few other things that I did during my water fast that helped improve my overall experience. First, I did dry skin brushing daily and applied virgin organic coconut oil on my skin twice a day (morning and night). I can tell you that the smell of coconut oil while you are fasting is such a treat, and I also liked knowing I was absorbing something so healthy and pure directly through my skin. Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!20I also used a lot of essential oils, sprinkling them around my house to make it smell nice and also dabbing on my skin and sometimes just even smelling the oils from the bottle. I have fantastic organic blends which work instantly to help the body relax and I would feel the beneﬁt right away. I used pure peppermint oil if I was feeling nauseous and lavender oil to relax. During my long fast, someone gave me spikenard oil, which is rumored to be the oil that Mary Magdalene used to anoint the feet of Jesus. It was often used in ancient Egyptian and Jewish cultures. It’s recommended to rub a small drop on the forehead in the area of the third eye before going into meditation or sleep, and I can tell you that, wow, it’s powerful!CRYSTALSIf anyone knows me, they know I love my crystals! Having been a Crystal Healing Practitioner gave me the opportunity to work with many different vibrations and energies of stones and of course, I have a house full of them. During fasting especially, we are much more sensitive to these subtle energies. I usually always have crystals in my hands, in my bed at night and on my body while lying down whenever I am cleansing or fasting. I can’t give too many secrets away and tell you exactly which ones, but what I can say is feel free to explore the idea of using crystal energy to enhance the power of your healing.Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!21Chapter 3Warnings when Water FastingWater fasting is a powerful and intense experience. When done properly, you can have amazing results. It takes a strong-willed individual to be able to successfully do a water fast. The following are some important things to watch out for during your program.POTASSIUM WARNING2 years ago I experienced low potassium levels during my ﬁrst 3-day water fast, and luckily knew to immediately stop. This is what happened:‘I decided to start with a 3-day water fast. I had already prepared beforehand by doing a 7-day intestinal cleanse and I was ready to take it to the next level. The ﬁrst day seemed to go ok besides some weakness and fatigue. On the second day, I started to get muscle cramps and they got progressively worse rather quickly. My whole body seemed to seize up in cramps but especially so in my legs. By the third day, the cramps were so bad that I had trouble standing up, yet alone walking. The pain in my legs was like nothing I have ever felt before. I also had the distinct feeling that something was seriously wrong. Then it hit me: potassium. I knew in that moment that I was suffering from signiﬁcant potassium deﬁciency and I knew I had to break the fast. I immediately had some coconut water and within just a few minutes, the pain diminished. I then went out and bought some fresh papaya and ate small amounts at a time. By that evening, I was completely back to normal with no pain or cramping whatsoever.I learned a lot from that experience. I spent a lot of time afterwards trying to replenish my mineral and vitamin reserves as much as possible. I added more dark leafy greens to my diet and made even more effort to have variety in my fruits and vegetables.’If you start to get extreme muscle cramps, to the point where you have trouble standing and feel like you are going to collapse, you could be suffering from a lack of potassium. You may also feel quite distinctly that something is very wrong. If this happens, listen to your body – it is trying to warn you!I don’t want to scare anyone about this. Don’t be alarmed if you feel minor cramping in your calves or arms while fasting. Minor muscle cramps are normal. In that case, just rest and drink more water. But if the cramps turn severe, then you should seriously think about breaking the fast and taking some juice or liquid


 third - trailing. I would like to tell you about
most interesting cases of cure of prostatitis and adenoma of its
practice. When I worked in Tyumen, in which only began to apply the methodology
dry starvation me to the consultation came a man of about
fifty. he had chronic prostatitis, prostate adenoma
and viral hepatitis with (he was entered at the time of infection
dental procedures). Of course, he mainly wanted to
get rid of the adenoma. He was very strong-willed and stubborn. Dry
starvation endured very well, every day, walked the 5 km
forest. Passed two courses of SG to 7 days. Most interestingly, he not only
got rid of the adenoma, but also to cure hepatitis C. This was the only
case in my practice, when such a serious disease has been
cured in such a short period. I think a big role in this
played, it's that he was involved in sports, quarterly, brushed liver
did fasting days and never took medication
therapy. But most importantly - he recently became infected with hepatitis and the virus
had not yet started their destructive activities. Every year he comes to us in Altai, makes semerochku dry
hunger. When a medical examination at work, he
was the healthiest of their peers. I always tell my patients that dry fasting is ideally
treats the initial stages of any disease. The second case. This was a young athletic guy
(CCM Judo), he already had seven years' seniority "prostatitis
violation of the potency, frequent pain, especially after eating
alcohol and cold, with aching pain in the lumbar spine,
in the joints, which appeared to have allergy to antibiotics,
which it regularly "stuff" and... with lost hope. been lost, because all these years was observed in many ways,
number of recommended specialists and drank all rely
tablets and getting different procedures, tried to be treated by the healers
psychics, as well as acupuncture and so on and so forth. and all were treated
his prostate, but no one was treating the cause, the organism as a whole. When
This urologists somehow not interested in the problems with the gastrointestinal
intestinal tract, periodontal disease and progressive loss of hair. The usual approach is all co-morbidities, and
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202They have other doctors. with the same point system associated
Disease does not exist, this is only partial external investigation
underlying systemic disorders in the body. 16 years he never missed
single girls and never protect themselves, earning a whole bunch of
sexually transmitted diseases. My friend has a doctor on the ultrasound said that
it is very rarely seen such a horrible, ugly prostate
iron at such a young age, she was covered in spikes and
calcifications. Passed three courses SG, two of seven and one nine. When
we went with him to do ultrasound, I would probably worry more than he. When he came into office, then after a while called me
Doctor: "Look, Sergei, I was first in my life I see
resorbed to such spikes. Now this guy has already had two children,
once a year, making seven-day IG for prevention. I phoned a man from Krasnoyarsk, asked to know, you can
Does help with fat hepatosis, I asked the age, he replied
- 67 years. I have been in the practice of such cases, I told him to
He was well prepared and came. When he came to us at
Altai, it appeared that he had not only hepatosis, but chronic
prostatitis and prostate adenoma, he told me: "I believe that
These problems have every man in my age, they all
still incurable, that talk about it. " Yet it turned out that
younger than his wife of twenty years. He took two courses of fasting
relatively normal. Generally, the older the person, the
better he is fasting, probably for the entire life of the organism
trains to all, and, of course, the purification process during the
starvation are not as strong as a young body. Exactly two months later he called me, said he did ultrasound
Liver fine. A month later I was on a business trip
in Ekaterinburg, he invited me to visit. When we sat
at the table, he called me on the balcony, put his arm around on - a friendly,
and said: "Thanks for all the potency, Sergei I
Now, as the young. " I have always been convinced that one of the great
the benefits and advantages of fasting is a natural
extension of the quality of life, no Viagra here even hold a candle
no good. Pursuing the treatment of prostatitis, I discovered for myself interesting
phenomenon after the passage of the dry fraction of starvation;
the body is completely freed from pathogenic microorganisms,
but if the spouse is a gynecological problems
with infection, during sexual intercourse with the spouse can get
and will aggravation, which will take place gradually. It turns out that
together with living people, even in the family, there is a constant exchange
microflora, it is they have done overall. And, if one family member,
left for some time, changing conditions, partially freed
from pathogenic organisms, then at his new appearance in the family is
new infection. Next immunity prevails, and all normal. The body, neutralizing the bacteria, lives with them in partnership,
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203strangling them. This phenomenon should know. But ideally, a better place
limotherapy together. The second interesting phenomenon - that limotherapy except
tonic effect of bringing positive changes
in the sexual sphere, both men and women have. In men, increased sex drive in the opposite
sex, better erection, a qualitative change of the seed
fluid. No wonder many people, a man before conception took place
course of starvation for a strong and healthy offspring. In women, increased desire, intensifies sensitivity
erogenous zones (and often identifies new ones), faster growing
excitation at caresses, hasten the onset of orgasm. Except
addition, the course of starvation, many women saw the emergence of
the first orgasm of life. Possible normalization of the impaired
menstrual cycle, the disappearance of menopausal symptoms,
improving fertility and conception. These changes are primarily associated with health
the influence of fasting on all organs and systems. After all, our sexual
health depends on the overall state of the organism, and
any deterioration in the genital area associated primarily
with disabilities in its activities. During fasting is
cleansing of all organs and systems, improving nutrition of every cell,
biosynthesis moves to a new level. Improves
activity of the endocrine glands, hormonal changes
background rights. Rejuvenation occurs. More experiments SA Arakelyan
showed an improvement of reproductive function in animals during
dosed fasting. The same changes occur in humans. Fasting brings your body to the state of a young man
a distinguishing feature of youth as a time and is strongly
sexual attraction to the opposite sex. Here's how to describe GP
Malakhov. In his book "Fasting and Health enhancement of potency
and energy after the passage of semi-starvation. I starved dry summer. Water did not drink at all, and took baths
regularly. with each passing day it became harder and harder. I was lying half asleep - and suddenly I was inside the flash. Not enough,
I think, okay, and suddenly I heard a voice: "Do you want stronger
try it? "I thoughts turn to the voice:" Come for the whole
coil. Once I thought within me a whole shied
lightning. If I did not lie, you probably would have knocked off his feet. By the end of hunger dreaming. Comes up to me an elderly man
and says: "Why do you suffer?" Take my body turns
it inside out and hangs on a rope. I see with my body stream flows
Variable cloudiness. After that I started out of hunger. The effect of this hunger was overwhelming. Energy beat
fountain. within six months the women were from me no mind. I
was enough to put a hand on her stomach, so they were good, not
to say nothing of the rest. Then it all disappeared. 204
204Bronchopulmonary diseases
Bronchial asthma - a disease in which the narrowed airways
the way as increased sensitivity to some factors
cause their inflammation, reversible airway constriction. The disease is becoming more common. from 1982 to 1992
year, the number of patients with asthma increased by 42%, mortality -
by 35%. Disease is more difficult, increasingly requires
hospitalization. Bronchial asthma affects about 10 million
Americans. in Russia, the incidence of asthma also
increases and amounts to not less than 5-6% of the adult population. However, despite the touted achievements
and intensive research, today suffers from asthma
More people than ever before. Over 20 years (from 1975 to 1995
year) the number of deaths from asthma among blacks
United States increased almost threefold, from 1.5 to more
4 per 100,000 deaths. Mortality from asthma among whites
and Asians in the same period has doubled. in a special report,
dated 23 February 1998, the newspaper New York Daily News
stressed that asthma affects 500,000 people in New York
and called the disease "silent killer". In bronchial asthma, the airways narrow in response to
the impact


 A2 needs more protein and fat than the dominant A1 type. Individuals of the non -vegetarian type, commonly with blood group O, 31
 need mainly slow -digesting food; those of the vegetarian type and
commonly with blood group A1 do better with fast digesting food or a low-
fat diet, while the other types and blood groups  may use a balanced diet. *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

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 Chapter Three
NUTRITION - Part Two
Use Supplements, Allergy Testing, and Alkalize the Body

SUPPLEMENTS
Presently nutritional supplements are promoted on a big scale because
that is where the money is. But the health benefits are usually very limited
because most people use supplements instead of focusing on basic
health improvement. The proper place of supplements is in addition to a
health improvement program, and th en focusing on essential nutrients
instead of using a wide range of fancy products. Commonly supplements now provide many times the amounts of
individual nutrients that might be available even from a good diet and, if
the correct nutrients are supplied in such high doses, they can actually
improve or normalize a health problem. The reason for this success can
be understood as follows. Presently diets are low in various nutrients but high in factors that reduce
their availability, such as seeds high in phyta tes and phytic acid ( e.g., in
cereals and bran) that prevent absorption of minerals, while microwave
cooking, high heating and refining greatly reduce the amount of absorbed
undamaged vitamins and other nutrients. Further, because of Candida -caused deficien cy of gastric acid and
inflammation of the intestinal wall in addition to gluten sensitivity, many
nutrients are poorly absorbed. These factors also cause Leaky Gut
Syndrome, microbial infestation of the blood, chronic inflammations and
allergies. This lea ds to hypercoagulation of the blood with blockage of
blood vessels and tissue calcification. Therefore,  sensitive structures in the brain, eyes, glands and organs are
no longer sufficiently supplied with blood, and the blood that they do 33
 receive is low in  essential nutrients. So, it is no surprise that deficiencies
are widespread. If we now increase the intake of a deficient nutrient ten -
fold with the help of a supplement, then we may double the blood level
of this nutrient and get more of it to the nutrient -starved organs. However,
supplements have the disadvantage that they are often synthetic and do
not have bioenergy for proper absorption and use. They can help if really
needed, but often they also are not properly excreted and produce toxic
resid ues which the body may find difficult to excrete. An alternative strategy would be to use high -quality food prepared in a
user-friendly way, heal the damage to the stomach and the intestinal wall
by getting and keeping Candida under control, cleaning the blood of
microbes, the blood vessels of obstruction s, and the tissue of
calcifications. This corresponds to the Health Improvement Program. Until this becomes fully effective, high amounts of key nutrients may on
balance still be beneficial. With this in mind, food supplements are most important for indi viduals
with malabsorption, chronic diseases and those using microwave
cooking, processed and refined food, or mostly non -organic produce. The following are some basic guidelines. To improve your diet preferably use concentrated health foods such as
barley  or wheat grass powder, bee pollen, spirulina or chlorella, whey
protein isolate, lecithin, krill oil and fish oils with added vitamin E.
Preferably crush any vitamin or mineral tablets and mix them with meals
or take your tablets or capsules near the mid dle of a meal. Some individuals and especially children cannot swallow capsules or
tablets. An easy way is to place a tablet or capsule at the back of the
tongue and then tilt the head back to look at the ceiling. The tablet or
capsule will then automatica lly roll into the throat. Pyroluria  is a common metabolic condition in which pyrrol e, a key
component of haemoglobin, is overproduced in the liver. The surplus
binds to vitamin B6 and zinc and is excreted in the urine. This creates
severe deficiencies in B 6 and zinc and some other nutrients, such as 34
 niacinamide, gamma linolenic acid (GLA), and biotin. Depending on conditions, this may be a n underlying  cause of most
chronic diseases, especially of  diabetes and mental -emotional
condition s. Pyroluria can be inherited or acquired  due to intestinal
dysbiosis with overgrowth of Candida, pleomorphic (shape -changing)
microbes in the blood, and possibly Lyme disease, all affecting the liver. The resulting vitamin and mineral deficiencies may initially require a h igh
intake of these vitamins, although biotin can be obtained from egg yolk,
while gamma linolenic acid is highest in spirulina. With pyroluria the liver often cannot convert normal vitamin B6 or
pyridoxine into the activated form Pyridoxal -5-Phosphate whi ch should
then be supplemented. For d etails see: Pyroluria and Candida. Digestive enzymes  are beneficial for malabsorption, underweight, if
elderly or in poor health, and may be taken with all cooked meals. Lipase
(to digest fats) is especially good for diabetes, heart disease and
overweight. Proteases (to digest proteins) such as bromelain and papain
help with cooked meat. Fat-soluble nutrients  are frequently deficient due to malabsorption. Vitamins A and D may be  obtained from fish oils especially hali but liver
oil and krill oil, which also supplies beneficial astaxanthin. Deep sea fish
oil is good for providing omega -3 fatty acids but may not contain vitamins
A and D. Try to obtain vitamin D 3 from sun exposure  or a capsule of
5,000 IU/day. Vitamins A a nd D 3 are best taken in nearly equal amounts
as they balance each other in their effect on bones. Vitamin E exists in 8 different forms as tocopherols and tocotrienols of
which alpha tocopherol is the most common variety. While it is beneficial
to get all forms of vitamin E from a good and varied diet or from
supplements, to protect oils from becoming rancid in the bottle or in the
body use mainly alpha tocopherol. Open vitamin E capsules and
squeeze a suitable amount into any freshly opened bottle of oil, also rub
on aging skin. Avoid synthetic d,l alpha tocopherols, natural vitamin E is
d-alpha tocoph erol. Always add vitamin E to fish oils, linseed oil  and any 35
 polyunsaturated oils. Lecithin (or choline), trimethylglycine and inositol  protect the liver from
fatty degeneration. To improve the absorption of oils from capsules open
them and mix with lecithin and food. Without emulsifying, oils may remain
in a puddle on top of the stomach and not absorb properly. This also
applies to other oil -soluble nutrients, such as coenzyme Q 10. The amino
acid L -carnitine helps to improve energy by channelling fa tty acids into
cells, even better is the related acetyl L -carnitine. Sometimes fat -soluble nutrients, such as vitamin E, lutein (a carotenoid),
or coenzyme Q10 are supplied as powders in capsules or tablets. They
are not absorbed in this form, and instead need to be dissolved in oil. Therefore,  before or during ingestion mix the powder or crushed tablet
with some oil and lecithin for better absorption. Even better, mix all fat -
soluble nutrients with coconut oil. Other Vitamins
You may take a multivitamin tablet or B vitamin complex as health
insurance. For some problems it is beneficial temporarily to take much
higher doses of specific vitamins as indicated below. Always start with
low doses and increase gradually. Vitamin B1  or thiamine is e ssential for the carbohydrate metabolism,
deficiency may show up as dementia, depression, dermatitis, fatigue,
irritability, and problems with the digestion, heart and nervous systems;
weak calf muscles make it difficult ri sing up from a squatting position. With suspected deficiency take several hundred mg. It may need
hydrochloric acid supplement for absorption. Vitamin B2  or Riboflavin is indicated with inflammations of the eyes (pink
eye) or when red capillaries are visible in the sclera, the white part of the
eye, try 100mg; it also helps with oxidative energy production and
migraines. 36
 Vitamin B3 or Niacinamide in high doses can greatly increase energy
levels, and is especially good with muscle weakness, cold hands and
feet, and brain problems such as brain fog, dementia, depression,
schizophrenia and anxiety; try 2 or 3 x 250 to 500mg with food. Niacin  is the acid, flushing form of vitamin B3; 50 to 250mg may be taken
on an empty stomach to flush the skin for rejuvenation and clean out
capillaries in the skin. Sensitive individuals may start with 25mg after


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Q: What is the purpose of the book "Taoist Secrets of Love"?,
A: The book is not just another philosophical treatise on the subject, but a practical guide to help men and women cultivate their sexual energy and achieve spiritual growth.
Q: What is the author's intention in writing this book?,
A: The author, Mantak Chia, aimed to share his knowledge with Westerners, which was previously kept secret by Taoist Masters.
Q: What is the main difference between Western and Eastern perspectives on sexual energy?,
A: The Western world has a different understanding of the role of sexual energy, as it is often seen as a source of pleasure, whereas in Eastern traditions, it is viewed as a means to achieve spiritual growth and harmony.
Q: What is the primary goal of the Taoist method of cultivating sexual energy?,
A: The primary goal is to transform the sexual energy into spiritual energy, allowing for a deeper connection with oneself and others, rather than just seeking pleasure.
Q: What is the author's stance on the use of sexual energy?,
A: The author emphasizes that the focus should be on cultivating and transforming sexual energy, not just seeking pleasure or using it for personal gain, but for personal growth and spiritual evolution.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>When lovers are in close embrace subtle Yin and Yang energies are
concentrated into vortexes from the sexual region to the head and
eventually remain in the head at all times. WHY HAS THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF SEX
BEEN KEPT A SECRET? Our race has finally grown aware of the need to conserve natural
resources, lest we consume ourselves to total ruin. Fresh water,
soil, forests, and fuels must be spared, food produced more effi-
ciently, building and transportation accomplished with less waste. We have already exhausted a major portion of the readily recover-
able riches of the planet. The cost of basic commodities skyrockets
because, with the few resources left, we continue to over produce
inefficient machines such as cars and unproductive military arma-
ments—tanks, missiles, etc. Everyone is eager to conserve natural resources, but few even
dream of conserving the most critical resource of all: one's own
vital energies. The careful harboring of the energy stored within
man's seed is a truly rational energy program. Yet this aspect of
conservation is entirely overlooked by politicians and health
experts.6 Taoist Secrets Of Love
One reason for this neglect is simply general ignorance of the
ancient and highly secret methods used in the past. Taoist Masters
gained knowledge of these methods through unknown millenia of
relentless searching for the secret principles animating matter. These methods are the fruit of many generations of inspired medi-
tation by sages coupled with my close observations on modern life. This book fashions into a unified whole my personal experience of
the teachings. The Taoist masters felt bound to reveal their potent secrets to
only the most select disciples, those who had proven their devotion
to the Master's ideals by years of arduous self-sacrifice and ser-
vice. Why did the Masters feel so strongly compelled to hide their
tremendous knowledge from the public? The reason for this secrecy is not easily comprehended by the
western public today. The mass media have fostered a state of
mind in which anyone's life is everyone's business: the most inti-
mate details of private sex life are the most greedily lapped up. Advertisers assure their clients today "Nothing sells unless it is
sexy." This mentality has made sex, in America, into a disposable
commodity, making it harder in our private lives to experience sex
as an intimate pleasure that can be cultivated over time to ever
deepening levels. Today sex is often consumed and thrown away
as soon as the lover becomes old or an inconvenience. Even the
women in the harem of Chinese Emperors and aristocrats fared
better, being assured of material comfort for life in exchange for
their sexual favors. The court society favored the position of men,
but at least the female sexual energy was respected for its healing
benefits and honored as being necessary for the spiritual develop-
ment of the male. A classic Taoist story tells of a woman who learned the pro-
cess of sexual transformation and exchanged her yin energy with
her lover's yang energy and thereby achieved Immortality. She
thus became the guide to ancient emperors on the subject of love. There is a recorded historical instance of a palace maid in 690 A.D.
becoming the Empress on the death of the Emperor. Empress Wu,
respected for her mastery of the art of love, ruled wisely for several
decades until her death. The ancient Taoist masters were not superstitious. They were
natural scientists who laid the foundation for amazing technologi-
cal advances in medicine, chemistry, biology, navigation, andMale Sex Energy Is Stored In Its Seed 7
many other fields that would not be discovered by western scien-
tists until 2000 years later. Nor did they crave exclusive possession
of their potent knowledge. They had their reasons for secrecy, and
their reasons were well-founded at the time. They were custodians
of the doctrine taught to them by their masters, and feared the
misuse of the great force unlocked by the secret principles. Per-
haps, they felt an obligation to protect the public from its tendency
to distort the purest teaching to suit its own base instincts. In rural
China, which was much less populous then, someone with such
esoteric knowledge could easily become a chieftain or a king. A
warrior could use his power to defeat his opponents. The Taoist Masters thus thought it dangerous to spread their
teachings too widely, and passed them on to only a few chosen
disciples before departing their earthly life. To guarantee that the
formulae not be used for selfish purposes, these Masters often
transmitted to each disciple only a part of the doctrine. Thus, only
if the disciples banded together and shared their learning could the
supreme potencies be unleashed. If anyone selfishly withheld his
learning, they would never receive the whole doctrine. In the
course of many generations, fragments of the innermost secrets
came to be regarded as the whole. My attempt is to reunite many
disparate parts into an organic whole which I believe similar to the
most ancient and complete teachings. WHY REVEAL THE SECRET NOW? Why violate the traditional Chinese teaching method and expose to
the general public these powerful principles? The simple reason is
that the historic moment is already late. The human condition is
too desperate to deprive our species of a potentially great infusion
of vital energy. If the human race is not quickly infused with a new
life energy to render it more harmonious than it has been for most
of the last 2,000 years, we are all, earthly Masters and mortals,
threatened with an untenably harsh existence, if not extinction. There are so many wizards of the computer, stock market,
test tube, and spectator sport, but so few of the art of life. Our race
spends its brief span fiddling with statistics, black boxes, noxious
chemicals, and above all, with meaningless words. A majority of
Americans daily pass more than six hours in a mesmerized trance
induced by a colored shadow dancing in a box of glass. These8 Taoist Secrets Of Love
machines have inadvertently become instruments of our own de-
struction; a tv programmed mind is not a free mind. Too few de-
vote even one second to entering deeply the great current of life
hidden within ourselves. Yet all the technological energy is eagerly
sought is an apish imitation of the electrifying ecstasies found hid-
den within the body and mind. There are positive signs; in Taoist thinking, any excess even-
tually leads to its opposite. Despite the current mediocrity of most
popular culture, there are tremendous forces driving the race into
expanded consciousness. It is clear that the reason for the chaotic
state of planetary affairs is the revolutionary advance in human
consciousness. In simplest terms, hydrogen bombs hover above us
only because we are clever enough to conjure them up. Hatred
contains the seeds of love. We have created a crisis in order to
force a solution demanding that we restore our balance with one
another and nature. Among the most important implications of this soaring up of
consciousness is that the ordinary man will be admitted to secrets
of life and mind that were formerly reserved for the chosen few. The French scientist Schwaller de Lubicz elucidated this idea: "It
is certain that such a revolution in thought... is not the result of
whim. It is in fact a question of cosmic influence to which the
earth, along with everything in it, is subjected. A phase in the
gestation of the planetary particle of our solar system is completed
... A new period must begin, and this is heralded by seismic
movement, climatic changes, and finally, above all, by the spirit
that animates man." Not only do troubles press consciousness to
evolve, but changing consciousness bursts the constraints of exist-
ing order. I hope that the Taoist practices of cultivating male energy
presented here will attain higher


 and rather than curse the darkness that
seems so rampant, reach out with that inner light and let it shine on those
who aren’ t seeing their own legacy in the T ao. From his ancient spiritual throne, Lao-tzu is telling you to practice in
these new ways:
Trust in yourself. Develop an inner code of conduct that’s based exclusively  on your
irreversible conn ection to the Tao. When you trust this wisdom that created
you, you’re trusting yourself. Know that nothing could ever dissuade you
from your internal code of honesty, and live by this standard. If youencounter an easy opportunity to cheat, perhaps because you’ve been
handed too much change by a hurried cashier, make the decision to be
down-to-the-penny honest. Furthermore, have faith in yourself to go on a
trip with a minimal amount of planning. Allow yourself to trust in the
energy of the Tao to guide you, rather than relying upon fixed plans
arranged by someone else. Don’t judge yourself or others. Don’ t criticize the behavior or appearance of those you’ve assessed to be
“bad people.” Instead, switch your thoughts to something along these lines:
I am my own student and have this opportunity to learn that I’m instructing
rather than judging. I will now cease critiquing myself or any other, and
teach by being the Tao. If the entire world of the 10,00 0 things knew the
simple truth that we are all one, then in my opinion war, hostilities,
confusion, and even illness would cease to exist. Why not be one individual who chooses to respect yourself and all others
as teachers and as students? When you see the world as full of opportunities
to help, one thought and one action at a time, you’ll be living by your inner
light. The great Sufi poet Hafiz speaks of this in his poem “No More Leaving”:
At
Some point
Your r elationship
With God
Will
Become like this:
Next time you meet Him in the for est
Or on a cr owded city str eet

There won’ t be anymor e
 “Leaving.”

That is,

God will climb into
Your pocket. You will simply just take

Yourself

Along! Do the T ao Now
Find one person  labeled “bad,” and use that opportunity to do your job. Be a teacher by reaching out and sending a loving message to him or her—
perhaps you could pass along a book, write an e-mail or letter, or make a
phone call. Just do one thing as a “good” person today, even if it’s for a
stranger living in a prison cell. He or she is your assignment right now. OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com28th Verse
Know the str ength of man,
but keep a woman’ s car e! Be a valley under heaven;
if you do, the constant virtue
will not fade away. One will become like a child again. Know the white,
keep to the black,
and be the pattern of the world. To be the pattern of the world is
to move constantly in the path of virtue
without erring a single step,
and to r eturn again to the infinite. One who understands splendor
while holding to humility
acts in accor d with eternal power. To be the fountain of the world is
to live the abundant life of virtue. When the unformed is formed into objects,
its original qualities ar e lost. If you pr eserve your original qualities,
you can govern anything.Truly, the best governor governs least. OceanofPDF.comLiving Virtuously
In this verse, the word virtue is synonymous with “nature” or “the Tao.”
By being one with nature, the sage is in concert with the Tao and is a
virtuous person in daily life. Here, Lao-tzu speaks about your personal path,
and also a Tao-oriented way of governing others. These others could be
your family members, fellow employees, business associates, friends, and
even the entire process of government if you’re in a political position. In
fact, much of the Tao Te Ching is focused on teaching all of us how to
create an administration that is in accord with these highest principles of the
Tao. It is my most fervent intention to spread these teachings throughout the
world in such a way as to facilitate a transformation of all those who call
themselves “leaders” and are destined for, or presently in, positions of
power. Every person has the inherent capacity to spark massive changes that can
lead to the tranquility, harmony, and peace that are our heritage. Lao-tzu
calls this preserving our “original qualities.” Such qualities require the least
amount of government, so it seems natural to see that we rule best by
allowing our T ao nature, which rules the least, to flourish! Living virtuously is what you do when you’re permitting the Tao to guide
you. The advice Lao-tzu gives for doing this is contained in four distinct
images in this verse:
1. “Be a valley under heaven” is number one. Let the river of life flow
through you. As a valley bene ath heaven, you’re a fertile place of grace
where everything is received and allowed. You might see it as the lowest
area in the spectrum of the 10,000 things, or as the point where you can see
all thing s flowing above you. In this place of humility, the constant virtue of
the Tao will never fade away. For me, this means living from radical
humility. So get down (if you can) to the eye level of a small child. Looking
up, see if “original qualities” are more visible. Be like the valley under
heaven, ready to embrace and tend the seeds that blow your way. 2. “Be the pattern of the world ” is the second image that invites you to
live virtuously. See nature unspoiled by culture, as in the perfect ion of the
uncarved block of wood. The pattern of the world, untouched by humans, isa design  of the Tao. So rather than insisting on changing or resisting, you’re
encouraged to row your boat, and your life, gently down the stream. Trust
the perfection of the Tao to take you merrily back to your perfect place of
origination. Lao-tzu is basically saying to let go and let the Tao. Dismiss
ego, which you’ve created, and allow yourself to be in the world by
changing how you look at the world. 3. “[Act] in accord with eternal power” is the third image for living
virtuously. Just contemplate for a moment the idea of a fountain of the
world, which never fades, never ends, and is there beyond the comings and
goings of the 10,000 things. This kind of power is the one to create and then
retreat, to form and then to render formless. It is always there, an endless
geyser gushing forth the abundant life of virtue. You are in accord with eternal power when you suspend your ego and
become conscio us of the Tao flowing in this fountain of you. Picture
yourself pouring  forth, not from your ideas of self-importance and your
need for externa l power over others, but from  a ceaseless Source of good
and virtue that’s in harmony with your infinite nature. Change the image of
yourself to a being who’ s in accord with eternal power, and the virtuous life
you want to see will be visible. 4. “Preserve your original qualities” is the fourth image of living
virtuously, and one that I happe n to love. Your original qualities are those
that were you before there was a you! This is what Jesus meant by “And
now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you
before the world began” (John 17:5). Imagine if you can what is meant by
“before the world began.” The original qualities Lao-tzu speaks of are the
love, kindness, and beauty that defined your essence before you were
formed into a particle and then a human being. In other words, living
virtuously has nothing to do with obeying laws, being a good citizen, or
fulfilling some externally inspired idea of who you’re meant to become. This insightful verse of the Tao Te Ching tells you how to live virtuously. Be a valley unde r heaven by being humble and allowing seeming opposites
to flow through  you. Be the pattern of the world by seeing the pattern of
your world and living in harmony without imposing ego on others. In
accord with eternal power, be a fountain of the planet by consciouslypouring forth from the endless ocean of goodness and virtue  that’s your
birthright. Preserve your original qualities by reclaiming and reacquainting
yourself with the Tao’s essence,  which preceded your birth into form and is
your original quality. Here’ s what Lao-tzu offers you from his 2,500-year -old perspect ive in this
28th verse of the T ao Te Ching:
Entertain the exact opposite of what you’ve been conditioned to believe. Instead of striving to see yourself as superior to others, perhaps choose the
self-image of a valley. From this grounded, fertile, and receptive position,
be willing to hear and receive. Listen intently when you’re inclined to offer
advice. Be a humble earth source rather than a lofty ego-inspired person. In
the last line of


,”	he	said. “When	you	trust	that	your
soul	is	helping	you	to	make	your	wishes	come	true,	half	the	work	is	done.”
“I	don’t	know,”	I	said	doubtfully. But	of	course	Baba	loved	a	challenge. “Stop	and	turn,	with	your	back	to	me,”
he	said. “Now	fall	backward. Don’t	worry,	I’ll	catch	you.”
He	saw	me	hesitate. “Go	ahead,”	he	urged. I	took	a	deep	breath	and	let	myself	fall	backward. Baba	caught	me	and	said,
“Do	that	again.”	I	did,	and	again	he	caught	me. “It	got	easier	the	second	time,
didn’t	it?”“Yes,”	I	said. “And	if	we	did	it	ten	more	times,	you’d	trust	me	completely?”	he	asked. “I	think	so,”	I	said. “I	could	still	be	a	little	nervous	that	you	might	trick	me	or
get	tired	and	miss.”
“Well,	all	your	soul	wants	is	the	same	chance	you	gave	me,”	said	Baba. “Doubt	if	you	like,	but	when	you	can,	trust	your	soul	to	help	you	get
something	you	really	want. Once	you	get	used	to	trusting,	do	it	over	and	over. Eventually	you	will	have	no	doubt	at	all.”
“But	there’s	always	a	bit	of	doubt,”	I	pointed	out. “Really?”	said	Baba. “We	were	talking. Do	you	ever	have	the	slightest	doubt
you’ll	get	air?”
“No.”
“That’s	because	breathing	is	part	of	you,”	he	said. “So	is	your	soul. When	you
trust	spirit,	you	are	just	trusting	yourself. Give	it	a	try. In	time	you	will	see
that	there	is	no	more	need	for	doubt.”
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
Why	should	you	trust	your	soul? That’s	a	big	question,	because	most	people
don’t. They	may	pray	for	something	they	really	want,	and	when	the	prayer
isn’t	answered,	they	put	their	trust	somewhere	else. But	Baba	taught	me	that	I
could	ask	my	soul	for	things	and	trust	that	it	would	provide. He	gave	me	some
small	steps	as	a	start:
Think	of	the	color	red. Can	you	see	it? You	had	no	trouble	getting	your	mind
to	see	red,	did	you? It	was	automatic. Likewise,	you	will	trust	your	soul	more
if	you	realize	that	it	is	automatic—you	don’t	have	to	force	it	to	listen	to	you. Imagine	that	you	take	a	bird	out	of	its	cage	and	throw	it	into	the	air. Can	you
trust	it	to	fly	back	to	you? Would	it	make	a	difference	if	the	bird	was	a
homing	pigeon? Of	course	it	would,	because	a	homing	pigeon	has	been
trained	to	return. Likewise,	you	will	trust	your	soul	more	as	you	train	yourself
to	return	to	it	again	and	again.If	a	bear	goes	into	a	cave	to	hibernate,	can	you	trust	that	it	will	come	out	next
spring? Yes,	because	nature
	has	arranged	that	the	bear	obeys	the	timing	of	the
seasons. Likewise,	you	will	trust	your	soul	more	when	you	learn	that	there	is
a	right	time	for	everything	it	does. If	your	mother	puts	dinner	on	the	table	and	tells	you	to	make	sure	the	dog
doesn’t	get	it,	what	should	you	do? You	could	sit	in	the	kitchen	and	watch	the
food	all	day. Or	you	could	put	it	away	on	a	shelf	so	that	the	dog	can’t	reach	it. Likewise,	if	you	ask	your	soul	for	something,	you	don’t	have	to	watch	out
every	minute	to	see	what	it	does. You	can	put	your	wish	away	in	a	safe	place
and	trust. Imagine	that	some	prisoners	are	in	jail	and	the	door	is	left	open. Can	you	trust
them	to	stay	inside? No,	because	they	naturally	want	to	be	free. Likewise,
your	soul	wants	you	to	be	free,	and	if	any	opportunity	arises	to	give	you	more
freedom,	you	can	trust	your	soul	to	take	it. Trust	in	the	soul	doesn’t	develop	all	at	once. One	wish	isn’t	a	good	test,	or
even	two	or	three. Baba	taught	me	that	I	had	to	trust	my	soul	a	little	more
every	day. Keep	asking	it	to	take	you	to	that	high	place	where	visions	become
reality. Your	soul	is	already	there,	and	it	will	take	you	to	the	peak	if	you	trust
it	to.A	Tale	of	Ups	and	Downs
W
hen	I’m	with	you,	I	feel	as	if	anything	is	possible,”	I	said. “I	think	my
future	will	be	exciting,	and	that	wasn’t	true	before. I’m	different.”	Baba	and	I
had	retreated	to	a	patch	of	woods	near	the	village. We	stayed	out	of	sight
while	the	kids	came	back	from	lunch. “But	you	may	have	a	downfall	sometime—everyone	does,”	said	Baba. “Then
you’ll	go	back	to	how	you	were. It’s	human	nature.”
“I’d	try	to	be	better	than	that,”	I	said. “Would	you?”
Smiling,	he	handed	me	the	last	of	the	chapati,	flatbread	wrapped	around	curry,
just	like	the	first	day. “Handling	ups	and	downs	is	hard	for	everyone. Make
yourself	comfortable	and	try	not	to	doze	while	I	tell	you	a	little	story.”
Eating	lunch	hadn’t	made	Baba	the	least	bit	sleepy,	so	while	I	curled	up	under
the	tree,	he	told	me	a	tale	of	ups	and	downs:
Once	there	was	a	man	who	loved	two	things	above
	everything	else	in	the
world. One	was	his	son	and	the	other	was	a	pony. One	morning,	however,	the
man	awoke	to	find	that	the	pony	had	run	away. A	search	party	was	mounted,
but	the	pony	was	nowhere	to	be	found. “You	must	feel	terrible,”	a	neighbor	said	when	he	heard	the	news. But	the	man	looked	calm. “It’s	not	over,”	he	murmured. The	next	day	the	man	woke	up,	and	not	only	had	the	pony	returned,	but	with
him	came	a	magnificent	white	stallion. When	he	heard	the	news,	his	neighbor
said,	“You	must	be	overjoyed. You	have	your	pony	and	a	new	horse	that’s
twice	as	beautiful.”
But	the	man	looked	calm	and	said,	“It	isn’t	over.”
The	next	day	when	his	son	was	out	riding	the	white	stallion,	he	fell	off	and
broke	his	leg. As	the	boy	was	carried	into	the	house	moaning	with	pain	theneighbor	said,	“What	a	terrible	accident. How	much	you	must	be	suffering	to
see	your	poor	son	hurt.”
But	the	man	looked	calm	and	said,	“It’s	not	over.”
The	next	day	the	army	came. They	were	taking	away	every	able-bodied
young	man	to	go	to	war,	but	when	they	saw	that	the	man’s	son	was	laid	up
with	a	broken	leg,	the	soldiers	went	away	and	left	him	behind. The	neighbor
rushed	over	and	said,	“How	fortunate	you	are. Every	young	man	has	to	go	to
war	except	your	son.”
But	the	man	only	shrugged. “It’s	never	over,”	he	said. Baba	looked	at	me	when	he	f


 that the vascular-platelet action of PGI3 is similar to that of PGI2, although
TXA3 is not considered analogous to TXA2 since the latter can increase the levels of
cAMP in platelets, thus neutralizing their potential aggregation.105,106
Formation of PGE2 can stimulate the levels of adenosine diphosphate (ADP), a
mild platelet deaggregator and antagonist of noradrenaline production.107Cellular phospholipids
Arachidonic acid
Cyclooxygena seIndomethacin blo cks
Aspirin blo cks
Prostaglandin H2
Thromboxane A2
Vasoconstr iction
Platel et aggr egation
Inflammation
Bronch oconstrictionVasodila tion
Platel et deaggr egation
Anti-inflammation
BronchodilationProstaglandin E2
BlocksIncre ase cAMPProstaglandin E1Prostaglandin synthesis and DMSO actions
Stimulates
StimulatesStimulates
DMSO
DMSO(Prosta cyclin syntha se)
Prosta cyclin (I2)Phospholip ase A
FIGURE 8.2  Simplified scheme of prostaglandin biosynthesis, which starts with the
release of a fatty acid nearly always derived from the 2-position of a membrane phospho -
lipid. Arachidonic acid is created from diacylglycerol via phospholipase-A2 and then brought
to either the cyclooxygenase pathway where either prostaglandins (PG) or thromboxane is formed from synthases that yield prostacyclin (PGI
2) and PGE2 or thromboxane A2. PGE1,
PGI2, and PGE2 are vasodilators, anti-inflammatory, and platelet deaggregators, while throm -
boxane A2 acts as a vasoconstrictor, inflammatory, and platelet aggregator. DMSO is reported
to block thromboxane A2 and promote the release of PGE1, PGI2, and PGE2 either directly or
via cAMP stimulation.150 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Vascular constriction and platelet clumping can be antagonized if PGI2 is released
from endothelial cells in the microvasculature.104 PGI2 appears to do this by stimu -
lating adenylate cyclase in many tissues including peripheral neurons leading to an
increase in cAMP levels in platelets.108 An increase in PGI2 synthesis or availability
at the vessel wall would have a positive and direct effect on cerebral ischemia by antagonizing platelet aggregation and vasoconstriction ( Figure 8.2). DMSO also has a direct effect on platelet cAMP levels. It increases cAMP pre -
sumably by inhibiting phosphodiesterase (PDE)
109,110 although an indirect action
on PG12-induced elevation of platelet cAMP by DMSO can also be considered
(Figure 8.2). Research has revealed that of the 60 different platelet isoforms described in mam -
malian species, platelets are known to possess three main PDEs: PDE2, PDE3, and
PDE5.111,112 Despite many studies carried out in the past four decades examining the
role of DMSO in PG synthesis, it remains unclear which of these PDEs DMSO tar -
gets for the inhibition of platelet aggregation. Platelet function is, to a large extent, dependent on PDEs, because their inhi -
bition can dampen platelet aggregation by increasing cAMP and cyclic guano -
sine 3 ′-5′-monophosphate (cGMP), an action that limits the levels of intracellular
nucleotides.113
Cyclic AMP is a powerful platelet deaggregator, and evidence exists that DMSO
can increase the levels of cAMP in various biological preparations108,110,114,115
(Figure 8.2). Increasing cAMP by DMSO suggests that DMSO can manipulate signal
transduction mediated by second messenger molecules such as cAMP. This means that the inhibition of platelet signal transduction by DMSO may suppress platelet acti -
vation regardless of the initial stimulus. 111 The mechanism that would allow DMSO
to directly inhibit platelet-activating second messengers like cAMP and cGMP is by its interaction with intracellular signalling pathways. In addition, DMSO may act indirectly on the endothelium-derived PGI
2, which is known to increase intracellular
platelet cAMP through the activation of membrane adenylate cyclase, a process that begins when PGI
2 binds to its receptors on the platelet surface.111
The role of DMSO in PG biosynthesis remains partly theoretical, but a number of
intriguing findings lend support to the specific actions by DMSO on PG activity and their catalytic enzymes ( Figure 8.2). For example, studies have reported that DMSO can increase the synthesis of PGE
1,
a moderate vasodilator.71,72 PGE1 can reduce platelet aggregation by increasing cAMP
levels, and this PG also inhibits the calcium-induced release of noradrenaline in nerve terminals, an effect that may antagonize vasoconstriction following tissue trauma with the resulting effect of preventing cerebral blood flow reduction
116 (Figure 8.2). An increase in PGI2 synthesis or availability at the vessel wall would have a posi -
tive and direct effect on ischemia by antagonizing platelet aggregation and vasocon -
striction, thus allowing better blood perfusion of the hypoperfused tissue. DMSO may also antagonize the synthesis or release of thromboxane A
2117,118 and thus indi -
rectly counteract platelet aggregation and vasoconstriction. The presence of TXA2 in
blood will cause strong vasoconstriction and platelet aggregation, while the forma -
tion of PGF2α will also negatively affect the vascular and platelet systems, but the
reaction will not be as severe as with TXA2.111151 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
Theoretical considerations to explain platelet deaggregation by DMSO appears to
involve PG synthesis in the brain.118
One study has shown evidence that DMSO has the ability to block the prothrom -
botic release of thromboxane A2.119 Although the exact mechanism of DMSO’s
blocking action of thromboxane A2 to reduce platelet aggregation has not been clari -
fied, it may possibly mimic the action of hydralazine or dipyridamole since DMSO
shares a number of similar biochemical features with these agents, specifically their increase of cAMP levels. 109,118
The actions of DMSO on the biosynthesis of specific PGs may have clinical appli -
cation not only in cerebral ischemia secondary to traumatic brain injury but also in conditions where inflammatory cytokines, platelet aggregation, and vasospasm result from disease and physical injury. DMSO is reported to exert protective activity on tissue factor expression in human
endothelial cells in response to TNF- α or thrombin exposure. 120
TISSUE FACTOR
The best known function of tissue factor is its role in blood coagulation. Blood coag -
ulation begins when a mammalian vessel is damaged and reacts by beginning a coagulation cascade in order to preserve the integrity of the circulation. The coagu -
lation cascade can also be generated by mediators of the inflammatory response, such as cytokines. The coagulation cascade leads to clot formation by the exposure of flowing blood to tissue factor, also called thromboplastin. Tissue factor is the cellular receptor and cofactor for factor VII and binds both
factors VII and VIIa. 121 Tissue factor is the high-affinity receptor for factors VII and
Vlla and is the cofactor necessary for the catalytic function of factor VIIa.122 As tis -
sue factor binds factor VIIa, it activates Factor IX and Factor X, a process that results in fibrin formation. 123 Fibrin is the building block of the hemostatic plug. Tissue factor is a key protein in the activation of coagulation and thrombus for -
mation and has been associated with acute coronary syndromes, myocardial infarc -
tion,121 and microvascular perfusion defects following focal cerebral ischemia.124
Electron microscopic evidence has shown the presence of fibrin in cerebral
microvessels derived from degranulated platelets and poymorphonuclear leukocytes following middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. 125 The use of antitissue factor
agents as DMSO has been shown to be, may be, clinically useful to prevent the coagulation cascade that can lead to microvascular plugs following the ischemic process related to blunt brain trauma and stroke. It has been reported that DMSO has an effect on blocking Na
+ and Ca+ entry
into cells.50,51 Since substantial Na+ and Ca+ entry into myocytes typically occurs
after cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial infarction, DMSO administration may prevent this inward cellular ion flux while preserving K
+ outflux from cardiac tis -
sue. The mechanisms exerted by DMSO on Na+ and Ca+ channels need to be fur -
ther investigated in mammalian models of ischemic injury since the results of such


“do” or a “don’t. ” To do so would be to strip
you completely of your greatest gift —the
opportunity to do as you please, and
experience the results of that; the chance
to create yourself anew in the image and
likeness of Who You Really Are; the space
to produce a reality of a higher and higher you, based on your grandest idea of what  it
is of which you are capable. To say that something —a thought, a word,
an action —is “wrong” would be as much  as
to tell you no t to do it. To tell you not to do
it would be to prohibit you. To prohibit  you
would be to restrict you. To restrict you
would be to deny the reality of Who You
Really Are, as well as the opportunity for
you to create and experience that truth. There are t hose who say that I have given
you free will, yet these same people claim
that if you do not obey Me, I will send you
to hell. What kind of free will is that. Does
this not make a mockery of God —to say
nothing of any sort of true relationship
between us. Well, now we’re getting into another area I
wanted to discuss, and that’s this whole
business  about heaven and hell. From
what I’m gathering here, there is no such
thing as hell. There is hell, but it is not what you think,
and you do not experience it for the
reasons you have been given. What is hell. It is the experience of the worst possible
outcome of your choices, decisions, and
creations. It is the natural consequence of
any thought which denies Me, or says no  to
Who You Are in relationship to Me. It is the pain you suffer through wrong
thinking. Yet even the term “wrong thinking”
is a misnomer, because there is no such
thing as that which is wrong. Hell is the opposite of joy. It is unfulfillment. It is knowing Who and What You Are,  and
failing to experience that. It is being less. That is hell, and there is none greater  for
your soul. But hell does not exist as this place you
have fantasized, where you burn in some
everlasting fire, or exist in some state of
everlasting torment. What purpose could I
have in that. Even if I did hold the extraordinarily
unGodly thought that you did not “deserve”
heaven, why would I have a need to seek
some kind of revenge, or punishment, for
your failing. Wouldn’t it be a simple matter
for Me to just dispose of you. W hat
vengeful part of Me would require that I
subject you to eternal suffering of a type
and at a level beyond description. If you answer, the need for justice, would
not a simple denial of communion with Me
in heaven serve the ends of justice. Is the
unend ing infliction of pain also required. I tell you there is no such experience after
death as you have constructed in your  fear-
based theologies. Yet there is an
experience of the soul so unhappy, so
incomplete, so less than whole, so
separated from God’s gr eatest joy, that to
your soul this would be hell. But I tell you I
do not send you there, nor do I cause this
experience to be visited upon you. You,
yourself, create the experience, whenever
and however you separate your Self from
your own highest thought  about you. You,
yourself, create the experience, whenever
you deny your Self; whenever you reject
Who and What You Really Are. Yet even this experience is never eternal. It
cannot be, for it is not My plan that you  shall
be separated from Me forever and e ver. Indeed, such a thing is an impossibility —for
to achieve such an event, not only would
you have to deny Who You Are —I would
have to as well. This I will never do. And so
long as one of us holds the truth  about you,
the truth about you shall ultimately prevail. But if there is no hell, does that mean I can
do what I want, act as I wish, commit any
act, without fear of retribution. Is it fear that you need in order to be, do,
and have what is intrinsically right. Must
you be threatened in order to “be goo d”. And what is “being good”. Who gets to
have the final say about that. Who sets the
guidelines. Who makes the rules. I tell you this: You are your own rule -maker. You set the guidelines. And you decide  how
well you have done; how well you are
doing. For you are the one who has
decided Who and What You Really Are —
and Who You Want to Be. And you are  the
only one who can assess how well you’re
doing. No one else will judge you ever, for why,
and how, could God judge God’s own
creation and call it bad. If I w anted you to
be and do everything perfectly, I would
have left you in the state of total perfection
whence you came. The whole point of  the
process was for you to discover yourself,
create your Self, as you truly are —and as
you truly wish to be. Yet you co uld not be
that unless you also had a choice to be
something else. Should I therefore punish you for making a
choice that I Myself haw laid before you. If
I did not want you to make the second
choice, why would I create other than the
first. This is a ques tion you must ask yourself
before you would assign Me the role of a
condemning God. The direct answer to your question is, yes,
you may do as you wish without fear of
retribution. It may serve you, however, to
be aware of consequences. Consequences are results. Natural
outcomes. These are not at all the same as
retributions, or punishments. Outcomes
are simply that. They are what results from
the natural application of natural laws. They are that which occurs, quite predictably,  as
a con sequence of what has occurred. All physical life functions in accordance
with natural laws. Once you remember
these  laws, and apply them, you have
mastered life at the physical level. What seems like punishment to you —or
what you would call evil, or bad lu ck—is
nothing more than a natural law asserting
itself. Then if I were to know these laws, and obey
them, I would never have a moment’s
trouble  again. Is that what you’re telling
me. You would never experience your Self as
being in what you call “trouble. ” You would
not understand any life situation to be a
problem. You would not encounter any  circumstance with trepidation. You would
put an end to all worry, doubt, and fear. You
would live as you fantasize Adam and Eve
lived—not as disembodied spi rits in  the
realm of the absolute, but as embodied
spirits in the realm of the relative. Yet  you
would have all the freedom, all the joy, all
the peace, and all the wisdom,
understanding and power of the Spirit you
are. You would be a fully realized being. This is the goal of your soul. This is its
purpose —to fully realize itself while in the
body; to become the embodiment of all that
it really is. This is My plan for you. This  is
My ideal: that I should become realized
through you. That thus, concept is tu rned
into experience, that I might know my Self
experientially. The Laws of the Universe are laws that I
laid down. They are perfect laws, creating
perfect function of the physical. Have you ever seen anything more perfect
than a snowflake. Its intricacy, its design,
its symmetry, its conformity to itself and
originality from all else —all are a  mystery. You wonder at the miracle of this awesome
display of Nature. Yet if I can  do this with a
single snowflake, what think you I can do —
have done —with the  univer se. Were you to see the symmetry of it, the
perfection of its design —from the largest
body to the smallest particle —you would
not be able to hold the truth of it in your
reality. Even now, as you get glimpses of it,
you cannot yet imagine or understand  its
implications. Yet you can know there are
implications —far more complex and far  more extraordinary than your present
comprehension can embrace. Your
Shakespeare said it wonderfully: There are
more things in Heaven and Earth,  Horatio,
than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Then how can I know these laws. How can
I learn them. It is not a question of learning, but of
remembering. How can I remember them. Begin by being still. Quiet the outer world,
so that the inner world might bring you
sight. This in -sight is what you seek, yet
you cannot have it while you are so deeply
concerned with your outer reality. Seek,
therefore, to go within as much as possible. And when you are not going


—lumin ous, open, empty A wareness— shares the limits and
the desti ny of the mind and body is like believing that the scre en shares the limits
and destiny of a character in a movie.”
Rupert Spira, fr om  The Ashes of Love
“People think they are a human being, but they’re the Infinite Being. They’ve
mistaken their identity, but who they really are has never left them and is always
present.”
David BinghamY our mind appears only when you have a thought, and it disappears after the
thought has ended. But A wareness never appears and disappears. A wareness is
always p resent, even when you’re asleep. It feels  like A wareness disappears when
you go to sleep and appears again when you wake, and yet you  know when you’ve
had a great nigh t’ s sleep because you say something like, “I slept really well. I slept
like a baby.” How do you know that you slept like a baby? Y ou know it because
A wareness was aware and present the entire time you were sleeping. When you ask yourself the qu estion, “Am I aware?” immediately A wareness is
noticed. It didn’ t appear; it was a lways present. Y ou simply took your attention from
thinking  and put it on A war eness, and so you became consciously aware. Everything other than A warene ss eventually ends or dies. W ithout exception, all
material earthly  things come an d go, appear and disappear. Ev ery single thing on
earth—bodies, cities, countries, oceans—appears and eventually disappears. T ake a
moment to think about it, and you’ll see that nothing remains. It’ s all temporary,
even pla net eart h itself, the sun, the solar system, even universes. Nothing is here
forever, except for one thing—A wareness. Y ou, A wareness, are here forever! Our bodies age, yet when people get older they’ll say they don’ t feel they’ve aged,
and that they feel the same as they always have. They’ll admit that their body feels
older, but the one they feel themselves to be deep down doesn’ t feel like it has aged
at al l. W ithout r ealizing it, they are sensing the timeless A wareness that they really
are. “When you remember your pa st, your childhood, who is it  that remembers? I
remember. ‘I’ is that which knows the experience, remembers the experience.”
Deepak ChopraTM, M.D. The “I” that we call ourselves at five years old, fifteen years o ld, thirty years old,
and sixty years old is the ageless A wareness that has witnessed our entire life. Five years old: “I... am going to school soon.”
Fifteen years old: “I... can’ t wait to graduate.”
Thirty years old: “I... just got engaged.”
Sixty years old: “I... am not ready for retirement yet.”
“Self-realization is to see that t he changing appearances on the surface of life are
arising w ithin th e permanent, ever -stable A wareness that one truly is and has only
ever been.”
David Bingham, fr om Conscious TV
“This is not a fairy tale. This possible thing is as real as a tree, a s real as politics, as
the roots that hold the tree to the ground, as real as the newspaper and its stories. It
is as real as the Red Sox, as the price of gas, as a fight with your  in-laws, as real as a
tuition bill... T he truth is, it is more real than these things, and yet it is hardly seen,
hardly felt, let alone directly known.”
Jan Frazier, fr om  Opening the Door“There is not one of us who is not in direct touch with, in possession of, an infinite
Beingness that’ s  all perfect, all present, all joyous and eternal. There is not one of us
who is not in direct contact with That right now! But due to wrong learning, by
assuming, over the ages, concep ts of limitation and by looking  outwardly, we have
beclouded the view. W e have covered over this Infinite Bein g that we are with
concepts of, ‘I am this physical body,’ or, ‘I am this mind,’ or, ‘W ith this physical
body and mind, I have heaps and heaps of problems and troubles.’”
Lester Levenson, fr om  Happiness Is Free, volumes 1–5
“This is the same state that most religions refer to as ‘libera tion’ or ‘salvation,’
because only in this state of tr ue self-knowledge are we free or saved from the
bondage of mistaking ourself to be a separate individual, a consciousness that is
confined within the limits of a physical body.”
Michael James, fr om  Happiness and the Art of Being
Consciousness o r A wareness is also known by some religions  as the presence of
God. When a person has a divine experience—an experience where they feel they
were touched by God—the individual mind and ego drop, which then reveals
A wareness, or the presence of G od. There is a feeling of pure love, infinite peace,
beauty, happiness, and bliss, which cannot be mistaken for anything but divinity. “In reality, we are the Infinite Being rather than the human being. W e are the Infinite
Being, having a human experience.”
David Bingham
In many  ways, the truth of life a nd of ourselves is actually the complete opposite to
what we have been taught. Inste ad of looking out ward to the wor ld for happiness,for fulfillment, for answers and truth, we need to turn and look inward, because it’ s
only in that direction that we will find everything we’re looking for. Our
breathtaking world, and everythi ng in it, is meant to be enjoyed to the fullest, but the
happiness, joy, love, peace, intelligence, and freedom that are A wareness—your
very nature—can only be found within you.C H A P T E R  2  S u m m a r y
A single belief has pr evented us fr om making the gr eatest
discovery—the belief that we ar e our body and our mind. Y ou ar e not your body; your b ody is a vehicle you use to
experience the world. Y our body isn’ t conscious. Believing you’r e your body cr eates the biggest fear of
humanity, the fear of death. What you  actually ar e never dies. Y ou ar e not your mind; mind is only thoughts. If ther e ar e no
thoughts, then ther e is no mind. Y ou ar e not a thought, a sensation, or a feeling, because if
you wer e, when they end you would end too. Y our body and mind together  make up what we call a
person—the imagined self. A person is what you experience, it is not what you ar e.
W e can never ha ve true lasting happiness while we hold on
to the belief that we’r e a person. Y ou ar e  experiencing a body, experiencing a mind, and
having the  experience of being a person, but they ar e not
you. W e’r e pr etending we’r e a small, limited person thr ough
constant thoughts of limitation. Who you r eally ar e is  un limited, which means absolutely
nothing has power over you. Y ou’ve b een awar e your entir e life; A war eness is and has
been the only constant in your life.That awar eness is who you  really ar e.  Y ou are awareness. Y ou couldn’ t know or experience any of life without
awar eness. It’ s not the min d or the body that is awar e of your life. A war eness is what is awar e of every single life experience
you have. Imagine you have no body or mind, name, life story, past,
memory, beliefs, or thought. What is left is A war eness. W e usua lly give our attention exclusively to thoughts and to
everything we per ceive, so we m iss what is always pr esent—
A war eness. A war eness is pr esent even when you’r e asleep. When you ask yourself the question, “Am I awar e?”
immediately awar eness is noticed. It didn’ t appear; it was
always pr esent. Everything other than awar eness eventually ends or dies. The “I” that we call ourselves at every age is the ageless
“I” of A war eness, which has witnessed our entir e life. Instead of looking outwar d to t he world for happiness, we
need to turn and  look inwar d; it’ s only in that dir ection that
we will find everything we’r e looking for.C h a p t e r  3
The Reveal Continued
Y ou ar e  A wareness; you’re not a person being awar e  of something. Y ou are
Infinite A wareness itself. As Francis Lucille said, a telescope is just an instrument without the astronomer
looking through it. Y our body and mind are


. The doctor
reported “a cluster of lymph glands, the largest measuring 5 cm (2 inches).” He removed as many
as he could; afterwards W.S. was given radiotherapy. A mere four months later, in September,
a new mass appeared and the patient received more radiotherapy, which reduced the swollen
glands. However, a few months later the trouble recurred, and W.S. tried other treatments, since
his doctors told him that he had only two months to live. When he found out about the Gerson Therapy, he traveled to New York to see Dr. Gerson
(who reported on the case in his book, A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases, as Case No.18.) After about eight months on the Gerson program W.S.’s condition improved dramatically, he
recovered his energy and was able to continue working as a church artist. He did construction and
decoration work, designed stained glass windows, and mounted an art exhibition in San Diego. In 1983 W.S. wrote: “I am looking back on 33 years, eight children, twelve grandchildren and a
wonderful productive life.” In 2006, aged 88, he appeared in “Dying to Have Known,” Stephen
Kroschel’s Gerson documentary film, still functioning well and working in his artist’s studio with
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www.thegersonway.comEndometriosis Turning into Cervical Cancer
The endometrium is the mucous membrane lining the uterus. During the fertile years of a
woman this lining is shed every month, if the secreted ovum is not fertilized and implanted in the
tissue. When the organism or the hormone system is malfunctioning, the endometrium can spread to
various sites throughout the pelvic area, including the abdominal wall. As the condition worsens
and the menstrual cycle does not get regulated, endometrial tissue may spread throughout the
body, becoming a malignancy “resembling metastatic pelvic carcinoma,” according to Taber’ s
Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. The case of S.T. illustrates this progression perfectly. This patient had gynaecological
problems at the very start of her menstrual periods. Thirty-five years later she was diagnosed
with endometriosis and had a number of D & C’s ( scraping of the uterus)  to remove endometrial
plaque. In the end she had a partial hysterectomy, yet her problems continue, and finally, in 1979,
a Pap smear showed cancer of the cervix, with atypical ( irregular, not conforming to the normal)
cells in her blood. She also noticed lumps in her breast, but these were not further investigated. A
hysterectomy was arranged for her, but she declined the operation and changed her diet. She began to investigate alternative treatments, changed her diet and fasted. Then she
remembered a lecture she had heard many years before by Charlotte Gerson and decided to go
on the Gerson Therapy. Having done so, she was surprised to experience severe healing reactions
with nausea and vomiting, but then recalled being told that she had a great deal of scar tissue in
her abdominal area, probably caused by earlier ulcers. S.T. stayed on the Therapy for two years and declares, “Never once did a bite of food enter
my mouth that I should not have eaten.”
She remains well (last report November of 2006), and is busy taking care of her aged parents
and in-laws who are in their nineties, and occasionally also of her grandchildren. Breast Cancer
In 1988 K.B., aged 70, noticed redness and swelling in the nipple area of her breast. Her doctor
at Modesto, CA, took a biopsy that proved that she had a malignant tumor; he also confirmed that
he “hadn’t got it all,” and urged the patient to have a mastectomy. She refused. A second opinion
by a physician at Stanford confirmed the original diagnosis, and K.B. was advised to undergo
surgery, followed by chemotherapy and/or radiation. Again she refused. Rejecting any conventional treatment, K.B. embarked on the Gerson Therapy at home, at
first eating only raw foods and having six enemas a day, for eight months. Then she added some
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www.thegersonway.comorganic vegetarian cooked foods. After 1 1⁄2 years the cancer was gone, but she still had some
scar tissue which she chose to have removed. A biopsy showed that the tissue was clear of any
malignancy. The Tumor Board noted in her medical records that the patient was “Cured by Diet.” K.B.,
now in her late eighties, shows up every year at a Los Angeles Health Convention! She still drinks
juices but eats “a little meat.”
This case is all the more remarkable because the patient pursued the Gerson Therapy on her
own, at home, without staying at the Gerson Hospital or having a Gerson doctor to consult. Breast Cancer with Liver Metastases
E.B.,  aged 43, reported to her doctor with a lump in her breast in January 2002, was biopsied
and told that she had breast cancer. She took no action. In January 2004 she reported to Loma
Linda University Medical Center and was diagnosed as suffering from Stage 4 breast cancer with
liver metastases. According to the medical report, her liver was ‘covered with tumors and was
shutting down; her skin and the whites of her eyes were yellow.’
E.B. was offered chemotherapy and, not knowing otherwise, she accepted one treatment. Her
oncologist stated that in view of her advanced condition he was not sure she could survive for two
months, but he hoped that chemotherapy would give her a year of life. That was when the patient
began to look for other options and found out about the Gerson Therapy. From her research she
knew that with conventional medical treatment cases of breast cancer with liver metastases had
less than a 1% two-year survival rate, so her only hope was to try an alternative protocol. After completing two years on the Gerson Therapy, E.B. was well enough to go skiing in
Tulluride, CO, one of the steepest mountains in the US. Now, after three years, judging by her
PET/CT scan of August 2006, she has a fully functioning liver and no malignancy or metastases
anywhere in her body. E.B. enjoys skiing in winter and water skiing in the summer, rock climbing, playing golf, and
riding her motorcycle. She also travels frequently. Breast Cancer Recurrence After Chemo and Radiation
A.F. discovered a lump in her breast in September of 1985. She had a biopsy and a
lumpectomy, followed by radiation and chemotherapy at the Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle. By 1989 the cancer had spread to her throat. She had more surgery, followed again by radiation. Five months later more recurrences occurred ‘all over,’ and more radiation was offered. Due to
the extreme suffering caused by the earlier radiation, she refused the treatment and went instead
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www.thegersonway.comto the Gerson Therapy hospital in Mexico. Before long she was getting better, and after about a
year was told that she didn’t have cancer any more. Seven years later, the radiation damage causing A.F. severe dryness in her throat cleared at
last and her health was truly excellent. When she returned to her original doctor and told him
that she was on the Gerson Therapy, he simply walked out of the office. A.F. continues in good
health. Melanoma
M.H. Aged 40, she was diagnosed with melanoma in her vaginal wall. This was confirmed
by biopsy and subsequent surgery, followed by 25 radiation treatments and a four-month course
of Interferon. During this treatment the cancer spread to her liver. The oncologists treating her
thought that with chemotherapy the patient might live up to nine months. Although M.H. was
extremely weak and in serious pain, she refused that option and in November of 1996 embarked
on the Gerson treatment, in spite of her oncologist’s warning against it. In September of 1997, a
scan showed that M.H. was clear of melanoma. Ten years on she remains fit and well. W.E., born in 1943, is a registered nurse. In 1996 she discovered a large mole growing on
her arm. The surgeon who removed it remarked that he had had to go very deep in order to obtain
clear margins. The diagnosis was Stage 4 melanoma. The patient’s condition deteriorated and some months later, in 1997, at UCLA spots were
found on her hip as well as a large tumor in her liver; both were biopsied and confirmed to be
melanoma. Her doctor advised her to get her affairs


 v lechenii i reabilitatsii bolnykh nespecificheskimi
zabolevaniyami legkikh  (Non -pharmacological methods in the
treatment and rehabilitation of patients with non -specific lung dis-
eases // Leningrad 1989, pp. 63 -67. 8 Khoroshilov I. E., Kliniko- gigienicheskye aspekty absoljutnogo go-
lodaniya, St. Petersburg, 1994. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frVladimir Pashutin9 in 1902 and the gastroenter-
ologist and dietician M. Pevzner10 in the 1950s
had already written about the possibility to limit
water during an absolute fast. The method of dry fasting has scientific evi-
dence. The Scientific Research Institute of Pul-
monology in St. Petersburg, led by prof. A. Ko-
kosov11, has produced guidelines on the

9 Pashutin  V. V. (1845 —1901), Kurs obshchey I eksperimentalnoy
patologii (patologicheskoy fiziologii)  (The Course of General and Ex-
perimental Pathology (pathological physiology), St. Petersburg,
1902. 10 Pevzner M. I. (1872 -1952), Osnovy lechebnogo pitaniya  (Funda-
mental of Therapeutic Nutrition), Moscow,1958. 11 Kokosov A. N., Osinin S. G., Trofimov V. I., Razgruzochno -diet-
icheskajya terapiya bronkhialnoy astmoy  (The FDT (RDT) in the
treatment of bronchial asthma), Leningrad, 1978; Razgruzochno -di-
eticheskajya terapiyja bolnykh bronkhialnoy astmoy (The FDT in the
treatment of patients with bronchial asthma), Tashkent, ed. Medic-
ina, 1984; Opyt lechenija bronkhialnoy astmoy metodom
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frtreatment of various lung diseases using the dry
fasting method. A clinical experiment con-
ducted in the mid -1990s at the Medical Acad-
emy of Ivanovo, showed that absolute fasting
(without food and water) opens interesting pro-
spects for the treatment of cancer and serious
immunodeficiency disorders. It is scientifically
demonstrated that dry fasting allows the organ-
ism to develop the highest concentrations of bi-
ologically active substances, hormones, immu-
nocompetent cells and immunoglobulins in
body fluids (according to the research developed

razgruzochno- dieticheskoj terapiey (Experiment in the treatment of
bronchial asthma using the FDT method), Leningrad, 1986; the
guidelines for the Physicians Razgruzochno- dieticheskaja terapiya
bronkhialnoy astmoy  (The FDT (RDT) in the treatment of bronchial
asthma), Leningrad, 1980. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frin the USSR -Russia, see the bibliography sec-
tion). Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr5. What type of fasting (RDT) are being
researched and commonly used in clini-
cal practice (in Russia)
The medical recommendations elaborated by
the Russian Ministry of Health12, define the dif-
ferent types of fasting: absolute or dry fasting
(absence of food and water), complete fasting
(absence of food with water intake), incomplete
or water fasting (with limited water intake) and
different types of qualitative fasting (protein, li-
pid, vitamin, carbohydrate). 12 The Methodological Recommendations Primenenie razgruzo-
chno- dietiches koj terapij (RDT) v vosstanovitelnoy medicine.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Abstract
The therapeutic dry fasting method is de-
scribed by the author based of his 25 years of ex-
perience in monitoring fasting patients. The ef-
fect of the method on the human body is exam-
ined in detail, recommendations are provided
on the preparation and exit from dry fasting, as
well as on the actions to be taken in case of pos-
sible complications. Indications and contraindi-
cations are enumerated. The book is intended
for a wide circle of readers who are interested in
fasting and use it as a cleansing and medical pro-
cedure. WARNING
All therapeutic suggestions reported in this man-
ual are not a substitute for the advice of the
reader’s own physician. It is highly advisable to
consult medical professionals before undertaking
a water or dry fasting practice. The authors, pub-
lisher, distributors and retailers of this book can-
not be held responsible for any damage or injury
that may be connected, arise from or in any way
associated with the application of the method il-
lustrated in this book. Those who decide to follow
its principles and algorithms will do it under their
own responsibility. Sergey Filonov
20 questions and answers about dry fasting

Copyright 2019 Vera Giovanna Bani. All rights reserved. First edition: November 2019
Translated from Russian by Yana Solominskaya (chapters 8 -20)
Translated from Italian by Francesca Morgante (chapters 1 -7)
Cover by Julia Novachenko
Russian title: Сухое лечебное голодание – мифы и реальность
Italian title: Venti domande sul digiuno secco

www. siberika. it
www. dryfasting. info Contents
Foreword by the curator of English and Italian
edition Vera Giovanna Bani. 16
The good fate of therapeutic fasting in Russia and
the contribution of Prof. Yuri Nikolayev
(introductory article by Vera Giovanna Bani). 23
Preface by Sergey Filonov. 42
1. What is dry fasting. 59
2. Is dry fasting a natural method. 62
3. What conditions can fasting help. Indications
and contraindications for fasting and dry fasting. 66
4. What is the scientific background of therapeutic
fasting and dry fasting in particular. 71
5. What type of fasting (RDT) are being researched
and commonly used in clinical practice (in Russia)  78
6. What methods of fasting have been developed
and disseminated in the USSR -Russia. 86
Ivanov’s method: 42 hours a week of dry fasting. 86 Shchennikov’s method: the complete dry fast
(CDF) of  7-9- 11 days. 91
Lavrova’s method: a 5 -stage cascade dry fasting. 98
Filonov’s method: fractional dry fasting (FDF). 105
7. What are the advantages of dry fasting compared
to water  fasting. 113
8. What mechanisms does a dry fast trigger within
the body. 124
8. 1. The mechanism of toxins burning "in their
own furnace" and production of "endogenous" water.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the purpose of the book?,
A: The book is intended for a wide range of readers who are interested in fasting and using it as a cleansing and medical procedure.
Q: Who is the author of the book?,
A: The author of the book is Sergey Filonov.
Q: What is the main theme of the book?,
A: The main theme of the book is therapeutic dry fasting.
Q: What is the author's 25 years of experience in monitoring fasting patients?,
A: The author's 25 years of experience is in monitoring fasting patients.
Q: What are the contraindications for dry fasting?,
A: The book lists the following contraindications for dry fasting: marked body mass deficit, malignant tumors, active tuberculosis of the lungs and other organs, bronchiectasis, systemic diseases of the blood, type I diabetes mellitus, thyrotoxicosis, disorders of the heart rhythm and/or pulse propagation of any origin, post-focal myocardial infarction, chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver, chronic renal failure, and thrombophlebitis.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Posobye
dliya vrachey  (Methodological Recommendation for application of
FDT (RDT) in Rehabilitation Medicine. A Manual for Physicians),
Moscow 2005. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frThe incomplete or


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1. 2	heads	lettuce

1. 2	cups	purple	cabbage

1. 1	cucumber

1. 1	bell	pepper,	seeded

1. 2	red	tomatoes

Directions

1. Juice	the	ingredients	and	serve	in	well-chilled	glasses. 2. If	you	want	to	get	rid	of	acne,	drink	this	juice	every	day.Easiest	Revitalizing	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1. 1	cucumber

1. 2	Roma	tomatoes

1. A	pinch	of	Himalayan	salt

Directions

1. Juice	all	the	ingredients. Salt	is	optional. 2. The	juice	can	help	you	achieve	healthy	hair	and	nails.Delicious	Purple	Juice
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	large-sized	jicama

1. 1	beetroot

1. 1/2	bunch	parsley

1. 1/4	lemon,	with	peel

1. 1/2-inch	ginger	root

Directions

1. Process	all	the	above	ingredients	in	your	juice	extractor. 2. Pour	into	two	tall	glasses	and	serve	at	once. 3. This	healthy	drink	will	make	your	skin	glow!Beetroot,	Carrot	and	Lime	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 3	medium-sized	beetroot

1. 3	carrots

1. 1	celery

1. 1	small-sized	lime

1. 2	tablespoons	of	brewer’s	yeast

Directions

1. Scrub	beetroot,	carrots,	and	celery. Peel	the	lime,	and	add	the	ingredients	to
the	juicer. 2. Add	brewer’s	yeast	and	juice	until	everything	is	well	mixed. Serve	and
enjoy! 3. The	juice	is	great	to	treat	and	beat	anemia. Beetroot	is	rich	in	iron,	and
carrots	and	brewer’s	yeast	make	the	iron	absorption	easier.Cucumber	Orange	Delight
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1. 1	cucumber

1. 1	green	apple

1. 1	orange

1. 1	bunch	of	parsley

1. 1	lime

Directions

1. Wash	all	the	above	ingredients	well;	then,	put	them	through	a	juice
extractor. 2. Note:	try	to	drink	the	juice	30	minutes	before	a	meal. This	natural	juice	will
do	miracle	work	in	rebuilding	your	blood	cells. Enjoy!Mouth-Watering	Drink
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1/2	pineapple

1. 1	celery	rib

1. 1	head	lettuce

1. A	thumb-sized	piece	of	ginger

Directions

1. Juice	all	the	above	ingredients	and	serve	in	two	well-chilled	glasses. 2. This	juice	combo	has	amazing	anti-inflammatory	properties.Favorite	Broccoli	Breakfast
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 3	branches	broccoli

1. 2	green	apples,	cored

1. 1	celery

rib

1. 6	leaves	Iceberg	lettuce

1. 1	small-sized	lemon	with	peel

1. 1-inch	young	ginger	root

Directions

1. Wash	the	ingredients	thoroughly. Cut	up	the	ingredients	to	sizes	that	fit
your	juicer. Then,	juice	them	and	serve	your	juice	in	two	individual	glasses. 2. The	juice	is	perfect	for	weight	loss	and	detox	program.Cabbage	and	Orange	juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	green	apple

1. 1	orange

1. 4	leaves	red	cabbage

1. 1	teaspoon	Spirulina	powder

Directions

1. Core	green	apple	and	peel	the	orange. Transfer	them	to	a	juicer	along	with
cabbage	and	Spirulina	powder. 2. Juice	and	serve	right	now. 3. The	juice	is	good	for	breast	and	colon	cancer	prevention. Enjoy	and	stay
healthy!Lotus	Root	and	Tangerine	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	section	of	lotus	root

1. 1	carrot

1. 4	tangerines

1. 1-inch	ginger

Directions

1. Peel	lotus	root,	scrub	the	carrot,	and	remove	rind	from	tangerine	and	ginger
root. 2. Juice	the	ingredients	and	serve	at	once! 3. Lotus	root	is	packed	with	vitamin	C,	vitamin	B	and	iron. 4. Note:	a	single-gear	juicer	is	the	best	for	extracting	root	vegetables.Tangerine	and	Ginger	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 4	tangerines

1. 1	small-sized	lime

1. 1-inch	ginger	root

Directions

1. Juice	all	the	ingredients	and	serve	it	immediately. 2. This	is	immune	boosting	juice,	which	is	suitable	for	everyone	with	allergy
problems.Radish	and	Pepper	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 3	carrots

1. 1	tomato

1. 4	red	radishes

1. 1	bell	pepper

1. 1	lime

1. 1-inch	ginger	root

Directions

1. Juice	the	ingredients	and	serve	it	right	now. 2. Radish	is	rich	in	vitamins	B	and	C,	as	well	as	calcium,	iron,	and	potassium. The	juice	is	great	for	heart,	kidneys,	and	lungs.Brussels	Sprouts	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	head	lettuce

1. 1	½	cups	chopped	Brussels	sprouts

1. 1	lime

1. 4	large-sized	strawberries

1. 1	orange,	peeled

Directions

1. Press	the	ingredients	in	your	juice	extractor. 2. Serve	in	tall	well-chilled	glasses. 3. This	amazing	green	juice	improves	bone	health,	and	Brussels	sprouts	is	one
of	the	best	anti-aging	foods. Enjoy!Tangerine	and	Root	Vegetables	with	Greens
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 2	tangerines

1. 1	green	apple

1. 1	cup	spinach	leaves

1. 1	bunch	watercress

1. 2	carrots

1. 1	small	beet

1. 1/4	teaspoon	cumin	seeds

1. Fresh	ginger	to	taste

Directions

1. Peel	your	tangerines	and	core	the	apples. Torn	greens,	scrub	the	carrot,	and
peel	the	beetroot. 2. Add	the	ingredients	to	your	juice	maker. 3. Serve	well-chilled	and	enjoy!Radicchio	and	Lemon	Delight
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	green	apple,	cored

1. 1	cup	spinach,	torn	into