’s mirror? If
you wanted to, you could turn the mirror around and see yourself
directly. The glory in you is not painful to see. It is the opposite of
pain. Shall we try to bring it out?” With obvious pleasu re, Elaine
shyly agreed.
The Polished Mirror
Turning the mirror inward is a metaphor for the actual process I
wanted Elaine to discove r, meditation. Medically speaking,
meditation has proved particularly helpful in cases like hers where
the patient’s physical and mental states have become severely
disjointed. I advised her to seek instruction in primordial sound
meditation, the technique that I myself practice and which we teach
at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, in California.
In my eyes, the primary advantage of meditation lies in the fact
that it is an entirely natural process—it allows the mind to discover
its own subtlest layers witho ut force, just as they are discovered in
moments of calm quietness  in normal life. To unveil  the most
delicate feeling level of the mind, a meditation technique  has to be
as eortless as possible; otherwise, one is just forcing the mind into
a preco nceived mold. (The opposite of a natural meditation would
be one where intense concentration is used.)
In English, the classic description of a natural state of meditation
is provided in the poems of William Wordsworth. As an adult,
Wordsworth could no longe r see the celestial light that made his
childhood so glorious, but his mind was acutely attuned to itself—
he had turned  the mirror inward. In a contemplative passage from
his great poem “Tintera Abbey,” he describes with marvelous
precision
 … that serene and blessed mood,
In which the aections gently lead us on—Until the breath of this corporeal frame
And even the motion of our human blood
Almost suspended, we are laid asleep
In body, and become a living soul;
While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things.
Reading these lines, I alway s get a sense of reassurance from one
particularly telling touch: the use of “us” and “our.” Wordsworth is
making clear that all of us share his inner experience. We may lack
his gift for expressing it so beautifully, but that does not matter. We
all exist on the basis of one common being, immersed in “harmony
and the deep power of joy.”
These experien ces sound beautiful, but until thirty years ago, no
one had understood that they are crucial for human development. It
was widely thought in the East and in the West alike that yogis and
swamis were hermits who wanted no part of the vanity of the world.
The most magical thing about them—that they renounced the world
in order to regain it anew—was entirely missed.
It has taken hundreds of research studies into the physiology of
meditation to reverse this mistake, and to dispel the Western belief
that meditation is some vague mixture of mysticism, psychological
illusion, and religious faith.  In fact, it is quite the opposite: an
objective, repeatable phenomenon that can be validated by scientic
means.
During the Sixties and Seventies, doctors and physiologists tested
thousands of college-age meditators. After monitoring heartbeat,
blood pressure, respiration rate, oxygen consumption, brain waves,
and all the other bodily signs that change during meditation,
Western researchers soon agreed that they were seeing something
real in their own terms, a new phenomenon that was not just a
variant of ordinary sleep or hypnotic trance.
Measurements of subjects as they enter into deep meditation
indicate that they are recrea ting the state Wordsworth so carefully
described. There is a gradual suspension of respiration anddecreased heart rate (a stilling of “the breath of this corporeal
frame” and “the motion of our human blood”), the body approaches
the lower metabolic rate associated with sleep, and yet the mind
remains alert, even heightene d in its clarity (the “eye made quiet by
the power of harmony”). And the mind feels secure, at peace, and
protected (united with the “deep power of joy”).
No two people meditate exactly alike, since the byways of every
mind are dierent. But if taught a natural, correct technique,
everyone, I believe, would experience inner glory. The human
nervous system  is innately capable of seeing directly into “the life of
things,” as Wordsworth tells us, so long as the brain is not clouded
by disease or toxic substances. In time, meditation makes the
nervous system  extremely sensitive, so that it registers every subtle
impression vividly and without prejudice; then the world itself
changes.
The change might prove to be much more far-reaching than
anyone supposes. To modern ears, the seers of the ancient Vedic
scriptures sound almost otherworldly because they took it for
granted that human life is essentially perfect. A typical verse from
the Veda says of humanity that we exist in bliss, or pure joy: “Of
bliss these beings are born, in bliss they are sustained, and to bliss
they go and merge again.”
The true yogi stands apart from ordinary experience by seeing
that suering is a completely false state. As we really are, we are
creatures of bliss, but this reality is totally dependent upon
experiencing it. All bliss vanishes when the mind takes on suering;
all suering vanishes when the mind takes on bliss. The reason this
must be so is that our inner mirror, unlike one made of glass,
actually becomes  the image it reects.
What the yogi proposes is that each of us should locate the level
of pure joy that is behind the mirror. It cannot be expressed in
words, because language is another image in the mind’s mirror.
Once the experience of bliss is achieved, it may spill over into
words, as it did for Wordswo rth. The crucial point is that bliss is not
our goal but our starting point. Unless it is present, one has no
foundation for climbing to any of the higher spiritual states.The deeper nature of the world is barely guessed at in our present
situation. I was reminded of this fact by a breast cancer patient of
mine, a longtime meditator who recently sent me her latest progress
report. It begins,
January to August have been completely pain-free months.
I continue to rise above all the old routines that remind me of
being a cancer patient. During this whole period I have
enjoyed increased energy and activity. Finally I felt I had the
time to enjoy myself, doing what I wanted to do, eating what
I wanted to eat, and leading a normal life.
At the height of this happy period, the freest she had experienced
in seven  years, this woman noticed the return of chest pain and a
feeling of pressure in her lungs. A recurrence was strongly
suspected, and her oncologist resumed the course of chemotherapy.
However, her discomfort continued to increase, to the point that she
had diculty walking or even sitting up in bed. Then something
new happened:
Despite the discomfort, my husband and I decided to camp
out in the woods one night—we live in Alaska now. It was a
starry night, absolutely clear. Around midnight the aurora
borealis unfurled across the sky. We woke up the next
morning and did our usual meditation sitting cross-legged on
the mossy forest oor.
When I opened my eyes, the trees all around me had
changed from their ordinary at brown and green to
pinpoints of sparkling golden light, then gradually back
again. In awe I watched this transformation repeat itself, as
the forest pulsated with energy, turning to light and back
again, in and out. Everything around me was intensely alive,
and I felt so intimately connected to it, as I had never felt
before.Her whole body was suused  with the gentle, living quali ty of the
scene she looked at: “It was not an experience of joy but of sublime
peace.” Without warning, she had fallen into a special state in which
the rough reality we all accept had turned into a ow of pure light
and divine feelings:
I have said that I felt peace rather than joy. The joy came
later, intensely, when we walked back through the forest,
caressed by the soft air, listening to the birds and watch ing
the antics of the squirrels. There were signs of wildlife
everywhere—we saw bear tracks and many ptarmigan. At
one point a large red fox walked across our path without
showing any sign of alarm.
On her return home, she noticed how tired the two-hour walk had
made her, but at the same time she felt something very gratifying.
There was no longer any chest pain or pressure in her lungs; her
breathing was completely clear for the rst time in a month. The
next night she sat up in bed talking to her husband, and a new
phrase slipped out in passing, “I had breast cancer.” Always before,
she automatically said, “I have breast cancer.” She was surprised but
greatly relieved at this change:
After I said it, I realized how spontaneously the words had
come out. Most importantly, they felt like the truth. The
words were strong and clear, spoken without hesitation. At
the same time, a new feeling began


 have a griev ance or we can have a miracle;
we cannot have both. Judy’ s job was to heal her mind, no matter how
difficult that task was, of false beliefs, anger, and resentment—and to
remember, as it says in A Course in Miracles,  that “there is no order ofdifficulty in miracles.” Those things she did assiduously. She looked at the
mistakes she had made in the past, she was open to correcting them, and she
was ready to move forward from a higher state of mind.
Another thing Judy was being asked to give up was her attachment to
form. She had always been attached to the particular  neighborhood and the
particular  physical space of her old café. But the universe will never
support us in an attachment to form. Often we say, “I want my good to
come in this specific way”— this money, that job, this place to live, that
person, and so forth. But love is not form; it is content. God’ s promis e is not
that we will always get what we want. It’s that in all thing s love will
ultimately prevail.
As a reflection of the Mind of God, the universe intends  that you self-
actualize, and sometimes that means not getting what you want in order  to
realize that you’re fine without it—which counterintuitively then paves the
way for you to attract that or something better!
The universe was invested not in Judy’ s café, but in Judy’ s enlig htenment.
Self-actualization involves detachment,  not attachment  to form; it
acknowledges that form is limit ed, but spirit is not. And that is why we let
go: we release our attachment to form so that universal substance can
rearrange it. We pray, “Dear God, I surrender. I’ve tried to control this
situation—I’ve worked as hard as I can—and now everything has fallen
apart. All I have left is to pray for a miracle. Please guide my thinking to a
higher place. Amen.” Spiritually, that’ s not the end, but the beginning.
It’s almo st amus ing when doctors say, “We’ve done everything possible.
All we can do now is pray,” as though God were simply our last resort, the
one we go to when all the really  powerf ul thing s have failed. After all,
what’ s the infinite power of the universe compared to our science and
technology and so forth?
We activ ate our spiritual power  by praying from the first moment that an
idea presents itself:

Dear God,
May this business idea be of service to the gr eater good of all.
If it is not the best use of my talents, please cast it fr om my mind.
If it is the best use of my talents, please pave the way for its success.Guide all my thinking and my actions.
Amen.

Pray each day that your work be of service to the healing of the world:

Dear God,
May this business be a blessing on everyone who works her e and everyone
it serves.
May it both bring and attract pr osperity and love.
Amen.

Remember: You are not asking that a force outside of you magically
change external circumstances; you are asking that a Divine Guide within
you change the nature of your thoughts. And when something in your
business goes wrong? Say this:

Dear God,
I know that Y ou ar e bigger than my business pr oblem, but by myself I
cannot fix this.
Please guide my thinking, open my heart, and send me a miracle.
Amen.

Before Judy left my apartment that day, we walked out onto the balcony
and looked at the view of the city below. Looking into the distance, we
could see where  her café was, but we could also see other streets and other
neighborhoods. The point was obvious: God is not bound by form.
Then changes began to happen as the shifts in her thinking bore fruit. It
wasn’ t too long before Judy found a perfect new location for her café. She
was able to make a decent settlement with her old landlord; a relative
impressed by her hard work and positive attitude  provided financing for her
move into the new place; and other forms of support came “out of the blue.”
All of this broug ht energy back to her personality, a smile back to her face,
and form back to her beloved idea of a café that was in service to its
community. Judy’ s internal abundance—her willingness to work hard, her
integrity, her love of her mission, her vigilance about her own thinking, andher faith—invoked the Law of Divine Compensation. What once appeared
to be a lack in her life turned into an even greater good.
Our circumstanc es can shift, and they often do, but God’ s love is fixed and
unalterable. Love’s compensatory response to lack or limitation  of any kind
is built into the patterns of the universe. No matter what our problem is, the
universe is on it. Judy absorbed her loss; or more specifically, the Holy
Spirit absorbed it for her.
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Spiritual Surrender
No one likes to worry about money. No one likes to lose their job. No one
wants to face the possibility of being broke. But these things happen. And,
when they do, they’re not random incidents.
The Law of Cause and Effect is the building block of the unive rse. Every
effect has a cause, just as every cause has an effect. And the original,
primary level of cause is though t. In other words, thought is the initial cause
of everything that happens, and thought is the initial cause of any effort to
change it. We read in the book of Genesis that the world began  when “God
spoke.” His thoughts created the universe, and continually recreate it.
Thoughts of love are cause with a capital C; thoughts of fear are cause
with a little c. C thoughts have dominion over c thoughts, because love is
real and fear is not; love comes from God, fear does not. Any appearance
produced by fear-based thinking is happening only within the worldly
illusion, and illusions cannot stand in the presence of love.

We experience who we r eally ar e, and what it is we’r e
meant to do, in any moment when we pour  our love into
the universe.

Your natural state is external prosperity, because your intern al state is
spiritually prosperous. By extern al prosperity I don’t necessarily mean great
wealth as the world defines it, but a level of material sustenance that does
not include lack or fear.Beyond the veil of illusion that is our perceptual framework lies a
universe of miracles. That universe is not a dream world. It is our spiritual
home to which we are destined  to return—not at some later date, after we
die or after many  lifetimes of effort, but every instant of our lives. Our heart
is the compass that leads us there. The universe of miracles is where our
soul truly lives, even in our mortal forgetfulness. It is not a meta phor, but an
actual dimension of consciousness. It is the holy grail of the spiritual quest.
A shift in think ing from fear to love is the miracle. A miracle is not a
supernatural event. It is metaphysical. (“Meta” means beyond:  thus
metaphysical reality refers to a reality that is beyond the physical.) There is
nothing supernatural about love or its effects; in fact, love is our true natural
state of being. The thinking of the world is simply upside down, with the
naturalness of love feeling almost unnatural at times and the unnaturalness
of fear feeling natural. The most powerful, liberating thing we can do is to
break from the fear-based thinking that dominates the world—to surrender
the mind-set the world has taught us and accept a new one instead.

THERE ARE TIMES  when what we thought was our very best thinking drove us
straight into a ditch. Sometimes, though we played what we thought were
our best cards, we still went bust. We did what we thought we should do,
and we still lost everything. We tried our best, and we still ended up with
disaster looming.
That’ s when we’re ready to do the one thing we’ve been terrified to do:
admit to ourselves that we’re  out of ideas, that we need help we’re
incapable of providing for ourselves. Then we find—somewhere around the
time when our knees hit the floor—that this isn’t when it’s all over;  this is
when it all begins. What begins? Our awareness of who we really are, Who
walks with us, and why we’re here.
We experience who we really are, and what it is we’re meant to do, in any
moment when we pour our love into the universe. That’ s the moment when
we finally “arrive,” cultivating an attitude in which we see ourselves as here
to serve a greater plan than our own, as vessels through which the love that
is the heart of all things flows through us to bless the world. This isn’t
something to announce to every one we meet, obviously, but it’s something
that any of us can think about and act on.Opening oursel ves fully to love is much different than the “success
mentality” taugh t by the world. No taking the bull by the horns, no trying to
push other people out


 the wine and soaked saffron, intothe onions, fennel and garlic, then stir
in 50 g of basil. Bring to a boil, then
reduce the heat and simmer for a
minute or two.
4. Add the chopped tomatoes and water.
Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and
simmer for about 30 minutes, partially
covered.
5. Before serving, add salt and black
pepper to taste, then stir in the basil.
Serve hot.
Shrimp Soup (Portuguese)
Packed full of vegetables and flavour,
this soup can be served as a substantial
first course. By adding some more
shrimps, you have a whole meal. I preferto use jumbo shrimps.
Serves 4
 2 tbsp olive oil
 1 onion, coarsely chopped
 2 garlic cloves, crushed
 2 cans of tomatoes, deseeded and
chopped, reserving juice
 4 portobello mushrooms, sliced
 5 parsley sprigs, chopped
 2 celery stalks, chopped
 1 bay leaf
 ½ tsp black pepper
 ½ tsp cayenne pepper
 1 litre fish stock
 200 ml dry white wine 2 potatoes
 450g raw shrimps, peeled
 ½ tsp salt
1. In a large saucepan, sauté the onion and
garlic in oil for about 5 minutes.
2. Mix in the tomatoes, mushrooms,
parsley, celery, bay leaf, black pepper
and cayenne pepper. Lower the heat
and cook for about 10–15 minutes.
3. Slowly pour in the fish stock and wine.
Stir through and bring to the boil.
4. When the soup is boiling, grate in the
potatoes and allow the mixture to
thicken. Reduce the heat and stir in the
peeled shrimps. Simmer for 10–15
minutes.
5. Add salt to taste and serve.Fish Soup with Orzo (Italian)
Guaranteed to satisfy the most
demanding of seafood lovers, this Italian
version of fish soup is not only filling but
wholesome as well.
Serves 4–6
 2 garlic cloves, sliced
 1 tsp cumin
 1 tsp paprika
 ½ tsp salt
 ½ tsp black pepper
 4 tbsp tomato purée
 2 tbsp olive oil
 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 1 litre fish stock
 450g sea bass cut in chunks
 200g shrimps
 75g orzo (rice-shaped pasta or any
other soup pasta – add more if
required)
 4 parsley sprigs, chopped
 ½ each of lemon and lime, sliced thinly
1. Crush the garlic with the cumin,
paprika, salt and pepper in a food
processor. Then mix in the tomato
purée.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add
the onion and sauté for about 5 minutes.
3. Add the spice mixture and stir for 3
minutes.
4. Pour in the fish stock and bring to theboil. Lower the heat and add the fish
and shrimps. Cook for 10 minutes.
5. Add the orzo and cook for 10 minutes.
6. Garnish with parsley and serve with
wedges of lime and lemon on the side.
Shiitake Bok Choy Soup
(Asian)
Chicken can be added to this recipe if
desired. If so, use a diced chicken breast
and boil together with the carrots and
mushrooms.
Serves 4
 ½ onion, chopped 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
 10 dried shiitake mushrooms, broken
up
 700 ml water
 2 tbsp sesame oil
 1 tsp honey or agave nectar
 1 cm ginger, crushed
 1 tbsp soy sauce
 ½ tsp each salt and black pepper
 110 g bok choy
1. Put the onion, carrots and mushrooms
into a saucepan and add the water.
Bring to the boil and simmer until the
carrots and mushrooms are soft.
2. Add the sesame oil, honey or agave,
ginger and soy sauce. Add salt andblack pepper to taste.
3. Bring back to the boil, then add the bok
choy and simmer until it is tender
which should take about 3 minutes.
Tomato Rasam Soup
(Indian)
In addition to the full spicy flavour, the
best thing about this soup is that it does
not require a lot of chopping! Leave out
the red chilli peppers if you have a low
tolerance to chilli.
Serves 2
 5 tomatoes deseeded, 2 quartered and
3 chopped
 1 garlic clove 550 ml water
 2 tsp ginger, crushed
 50g coriander, chopped
 1 deseeded green chilli pepper, cut
into small pieces
 1 tsp curry powder
 ½ tsp cumin
 ½ tsp black pepper
 2 tsp salt
 2 tsp olive oil
 ¼ tsp black mustard seeds
 2 deseeded red chilli peppers
1. Purée the quartered tomatoes with the
garlic in a food processor and set
aside.
2. Boil the water in a medium-sizedsaucepan. Add the puréed tomatoes,
ginger, coriander and green chilli. Turn
the heat down and simmer for 3
minutes.
3. Add the tomato and garlic purée, curry,
cumin, black pepper and salt and
simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Put the oil and mustard seed in a small
saucepan over a high heat. Cover and
cook until you hear the mustard seeds
crackle, which takes about 1–2
minutes.
5. Add the red chillies and cook
uncovered, stirring until they start to
brown. This takes about 60 seconds.
Pour into the soup and stir. Serve hot.
Spiced Tomato Soup
(Indian)This soup is deliciously spicy, completely
vegetarian and has almost no
cholesterol.
Serves 4
 2 garlic cloves
 1 serrano green chilli, seeded
 1 onion, chopped coarsely
 1 cucumber, diced
 2 tbsp salt
 450g tomatoes, firm and ripe
 1 tbsp tamarind paste
 225g fresh coriander, chopped
 110g fresh mint, chopped
 2½ cm ginger, grated
 1 tsp ground cumin 225ml non-fat plain yoghurt (optional)
 1 tsp olive oil
 2 tsp cumin seeds
 1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
 1 tsp black mustard seeds
1. In a food processor, blend the garlic
and chilli until minced. Add the onion
and mince again. Scrape into a large
bowl and stir in the cucumber and salt.
2. Meanwhile, bring 3 litres of water to
the boil. Cut an X in the bottom of each
tomato and immerse in the boiling
water for 30 seconds or until the
tomato skin begins to curl. Rinse under
cold running water until cool and
remove skins. Chop the tomatoes and
add with the juice to the bowlcontaining the onion mixture.
3. In a small bowl, mix the tamarind paste
with 4 tbsp of warm water and pour
into the tomato mixture.
4. Add the coriander, mint and ginger, and
mix.
5. In a saucepan over a medium heat, stir
the cumin for 2 minutes, until fragrant.
6. Add the tomato mixture and 400 ml
water, and bring to the boil. Remove
from the heat, cover and chill for at
least an hour.
7. Ladle the soup into bowls and top each
serving with yoghurt (optional).
8. In a non-stick pan with a lid, add the
oil, cumin and mustard seeds. Set over
a high heat until the spices begin to
pop.9. Cover and shake vigorously until the
popping subsides, which should take
about 1–2 minutes. Spoon the hot seeds
over the soup and serve.
Chicken Soba Soup with
Spinach (Asian)
Soba is a thin Japanese noodle with a
nutty flavour and delicate texture.
Serves 4–6
 1 litre water
 2 chicken breasts, cubed
 2 tbsp grapeseed oil
 300 g shiitake mushrooms, caps thinlysliced
 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
 1 garlic clove, crushed
 2½ cm ginger, chopped
 ⅛ tsp salt (optional)
 125 g soba noodles
 1 bunch spinach, torn into bite sizes (or
100g bag)
 Juice of 1 lime
 1 tbsp soy sauce
 Extra spring onions to serve, thinly
sliced
1. In a large saucepan, add the water and
chicken and boil for 15 minutes or until
the chicken is cooked. Reserve the
broth.2. Heat the oil over a medium heat in a
saucepan. Add the mushrooms, spring
onions, garlic, ginger and season with
salt. Stir occasionally until the
mushrooms are cooked, which should
take about 5 minutes.
3. Add the chicken broth to the mushroom
mixture and bring to the boil. Add the
soba noodles and chicken, reduce to a
simmer and cook for about 5 minutes.
4. Add the spinach and cook until tender
(about a minute).


 overtake, wh at move to
make ne xt. Before taking a pen alty kick or another game-changing action,
focus on your breathing and use the breath as an anchor to your inner body.
Whenever you find your mind  ruminating about an upcoming event,
immediately bring your attention to your breath or inner body. If you are
trying too hard to win, psyching  yourself out about the outcom e, worrying
about your competitors and p ast failures, or spending too much time
analyzing every  potential move, your mind will be divided and you will
lose focus.
Impr ove Brain OxygenationIt is  perfectly normal for athle tes to be nervous before comp etition. But
while a little nervousness k eeps us alert, too much m ay induce
hyperventilation, which reduces oxygenation of the brain. Y ou might not be
sitting for an exam, but without a doubt, mental alertness, concentration,
and normal cognitive functioning are prerequisites for good performance.
In ad dition to fo llowing the breath and occupying your inner body with
your attention, the following Bre athing Recovery Exercise is very helpful in
calming the mind during the d ays and nights leading up to c ompetition.
When s tressed, hold your breath! It is also helpful for recovering from
physical exercis e and increasing your BOL T score. Having a high BOL T
score will help negate the ef fects of nervousness.
Perform a series of small breath holds following these instructions:
•  T ake a small, silent breath in and out through your nose.
•  Hold your breath for 2 to 5 seconds.
•   Af ter each bre ath hold, breathe normally for around 10 second s.
Do not interfere with your breathing.•   Continue to  do a small breath hold followed by normal
breathing for around 10 seconds.
•  Practice this exercise for at least 15 minutes.
Having a BOL T score of less than 20 seconds during rest i ndicates
chronic overbreathing. T o attain optimum performance in terms of
breathing ef ficiency, cardiovascular health, and delivery of oxygen to
tissues and or gans, a BOL T score of at least 40 seconds is necessary.
Researchers have observed that hyperventilation significantly af fects mental
performance as well as physical capabilities. A study investigating
unexplainable aircraft accidents tested the abilities of jet fighter pilots to use
coordination apparatus after a short period of breathing too much. The
results s howed that mental performance deteriorated by 15 to 30 percent
when the concentration of carb on dioxide in the blood was significantly
reduced. Another study found that when hyperventilation reduces arterial
concentration of carbon dioxide, physiological changes occur in the brain,
causing dizziness and concentra tion problems. Researchers disc overed that
reduced levels of carbon dioxide detrimentally af fected performance that
required attention, causing progressively slower reaction times and an
increase in errors.
The symptoms of hyperventila tion and anxiety are similar and have
been found to be linked in some cases. A study from the department of
psychology and  statistics at the  University at Albany in New Y ork found
that stud ents wi th high anxiety had lower levels of carbon dioxide and a
faster re spiration frequency than  students with low anxiety. The results of
this stu dy are not surprising when you consider the ef fects of
hyperventilation: dizziness, headaches, chest pains, and light-he adedness. Is
it the anxiety that is causing hyperventilation, or is it hyperventilation that is
causing the anxiety? As we a lready know, hyperventilation reduces the
concentration of  carbon dioxide in the blood. This leads to a narrowing of
blood vessels and reduced delivery of oxygen to the brain. An oxygen-
deprived brain is more excitabl e and agitated, and as it floods with self-
generated thoughts, anxiety kicks in. One contributes to the othe r, creating a
vicious and self-perpetuating cycle.I viv idly remember attending one of my final exams at T rinity College
in Dublin. In an ef fort to relax, I took a brief walk before the exam, during
which I took sev eral big breaths through my mouth. I was alre ady a heavy
breather and the additional big  breaths brought on light-headedness and
dizziness. Little did I know that my anxiety and deliberate attempts to take
deep “ca lming” breaths were actually depriving my brain of o xygen—not
an ideal recipe when total alertness and concentration are required. Often
this is an unconscious activity that athletes do without even realizing it.
However, the vast majority of athletes also feel that taking big breaths is
beneficial. The belief is there, but they are not always aware of practicing it.
Overbreathing is  never the answ er to improving performance, and adequate
oxygenation of the brain is required if you are to fulfill your true potential.
Quality Sleep for Performance
T o help maintain a calm and con centrated mind, you must experience good-
quality s leep at all times, particularly during the period leadin g up to an
exam, performance, or competition. Having a BOL T score of less than 20
seconds and breathing through the mouth during sleep may res ult in many
of the following symptoms:
•  Snoring
•   S leep apnea (holding your b reath many times throughout the
night)
•  Disrupted sleep
•  Insomnia
•  A racing mind
•  Nightmares
•  Sweating•  Needing to use the bathroom at around 5 or 6 A.M.
•  A dry mouth upon waking
•   Brain fog upon waking
•  Fatigue first thing in the morning
•  Fatigue during the day
•  Poor concentration
•  Upper or lower respiratory complaints
Mouth breathing during sleep creates a considerable loss of carbon
dioxide while also bypassing the benefits of nitric oxide, culm inating in a
reduction of morning BOL T score. The solution to better breath ing at night
is to Breathe Light to Breathe Right  during the day and especially before
sleep. T o reduce and eventually  eliminate breathing through the mouth at
night, follow these guidelines:
•   A void eating within the 2 hou rs before sleep, as the process of
digestion increases breathing.
•   Keep your bedroom cool and airy (but not cold). A hot and
stuf fy room will only serve to increase breathing.
•   Sleep on your front or left sid e; sleeping on your back is by far
the worst position, as there is no restriction to your breathing.
•   Ensur e that your mouth is clo sed while you try to get to slee p
(you ca n wear 1-inch Micropore tape across the lips as
described in chapter 3 to help ensure this).
•   A most impo rtant practice to discourage heavy breathing at
night is to Breathe Light to Brea the Right for 15 to 20 minutes
before going to sleep. This ex ercise is especially good forcalming the mind and helping you to experience deep sleep
during the nights leading up to competition.P A R T  I I I
T h e  S e c r e t  o f  H e a l t hCHAPTER 9
R a p i d  W e i g h t  L o s s  W i t h o u t  D i e t i n g
F or many  weeken d warriors, the motivation to exercise is to shed a few
extra pounds for better health, a boost of self-confidence, and th at feel-good
factor. T here is no doubt that e xercise is a good route to improved health
and weight loss, but it addresses only half of the story. W eight loss occurs
only when the a mount of calories we burn is greater than the amount we
consume. In addition to keeping  an eye on the pedometer, we also need to
stand ba ck from  the table. This is where many people fail, end ing up on a
yo-yo di et of weight loss followed by weight gain in a never -e nding cycle
of frustration.
For over a decade I have witnessed hundreds of people achieve a safe
method of appetite suppression leading to steady, ef fective weight loss
using breath reduction techniqu es. W eight loss for these individuals varied
from 2 to 6 pounds within just two weeks. In addition, people often found
themselves to be eating more he athfully with less desire for processed food
and more demand for water. What’ s more, this weight loss and change to
better eating habits occurred easily and without ef fort. In many cases weight
loss was actually a secondary b enefit, as most participants were applying
the breathing exercises to reme dy asthma, anxiety, or snoring. The only
instruction they were given with  regard to their diet was to eat when hungry
and stop when satisfied.
When Eamon entered his fifties, he tipped the scales at more than 260
pounds. Ireland was going throu gh a rough time economically, a nd Eamon’ s
business was not doing very well. The increased stress of trying to steer his
business back on track led him  to eat and drink more than ever before.
Nearly every night he headed down to his local pub to meet


 the blood glucose levels become less sensitive to insulin in the presence of high
adrenalin levels. Increased insulin levels in turn elevate the blood calcium levels that then lead to an increased concentration of
calcium in the urine. It has been experimentally shown that stone-forme rs lose up to ﬁve times the normal amount of calcium in the
urine after ingesting 100 g of sucrose. In one study about 60% of habitual stone formers had an excessive insulin response to sugar.
Another demonstrated ef fect of high sucrose and fructose consumption is a rise in blood levels of uric acid.
Vitamins, Minerals and Stimulants
Two minerals with a negative effect are sodium and cadmium. In one study stone-formers normalised their excessive calcium levels
by restricting their sodium intake.
Cadmium is a heavy metal that is signiﬁcantly increased in stone-formers. It causes renal tubular damage and can lead to calciﬁc foci
with increased oxalate crystallisation. A group of coppersmiths with chronic cadmium exposure had a 40% incidence of kidney stones
as compared to 3.5% in the general population.
Citric acid is essential for cellular energy production. Elderly individuals and those on diets high in meat and fat have low levels of
citric acid. Citric acid also prevents individual crystals of calcium salts from fusing together to form stones. Therefore, heavy meat-
eaters easily become stone-formers.
In one experiment long-term supplementation with sodium citrate did not reduce stone formation while potassium citrate reduced
stone formation by 86% in susceptible individuals. Citrus fruit provide a high intake of potassium citrate.
There is an antagonism between calcium and magnesium due to a common regulation through the parathyroids. Increased
magnesium supply tends to lower the calcium loss and inhibits the precipitation of calcium salts in the kidneys. In two long-term
studies magnesium supplementation reduced the incidence of calcium stone formation by more than 90%.
Vitamin B6 is essential for the normal metabolism of oxalic acid. A deﬁciency leads to accumulation of oxalic acid. In one study
oxalate stone formation was reduced with 60 mg vitamin B6 daily but not with 20 mg. In another study with intakes from 75 to 600 mg
of vitamin B6, supplementation with 150 mg daily was found to be optimal for oxalate reduction in the urine.10/30/24, 3:10 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Kidney Disease - A Holistic Therapy
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Kidney Disease/Kidney-Disease-A-Holistic-Therapy.html 2/6In addition, vitamin A, folic acid and zinc may help to reduce stone forma tion and supplementation can be of advantage. Low levels of
these cause various common nutrients to form oxalic acid.
Long-term coffee drinking or caffeine in general has been shown to result in increased calcium loss. Two cups of coffee caused an
additional calcium loss of 22 mg per day. In addition, with oxalate-related stones foods high in oxalic acid are best avoided, such as
rhubarb, cocoa, instant cof fee, spinach and tea.
Excessive tea drinking, for instance, has been blamed for the high incidence of oxalate kidney stones of the British troops in India
during the Second World War. Howe ver, generally the effect of dietary oxalic acid is negligible, except if one eats much reﬁned food.
With a healthy, mainly unreﬁned diet most of the oxalic acid combines in the digestive tract with calcium to form insoluble calcium
oxalate, which is then excreted. Only in diets low in ﬁbre, vitamin B6 and calcium is dietary oxalate a contributing factor to stone
formation.
There have been allegations that high intakes of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) may lead to the formation of oxalate kidney stones. While
there is a slight elevation of oxalate in urine with mega doses, various controlled studies have not found increased stone formation.
On the contrary, there are indication s that the higher urine acidity from ascorbic acid helps to prevent or dissolve phosphate kidney
stones. This, of course, is valid only for ascorbic acid, not for calcium or sodium ascorbate. Nevertheless, in case of uraemia or
kidney failure a high vitamin C intake would contribute to the workload of the kidneys and supplements should not exceed 1 g daily.
Meat
While all proteins increase phosphorus levels to some degree, animal protein, especially from meat, has an additional detrimental
effect on stone formers. In comparis on to vegetarians urine excretions of calcium, oxalate and uric acid are 50 - 400% higher in non-
vegetarians. The higher the intake of animal protein, the higher is the level of these stone-forming substances. Stone formers usually
have the highest intakes of animal protein.
It has been calculated that the risk of stone-formation is about 6 - 700% higher in those with a high intake of animal protein as
compared to vegetarians. In addition, meat is the main source of uric acid. While urate stones represent only a minority of kidney
stones, elevated levels of uric acid cause calcium oxalate to precipitate and crystallise.
DIET
Use a low-allergy semi-vegetarian diet based mainly on fresh raw and steamed vegetables. The amount of animal protein as well as
high-protein legumes should be determined by the condition. If it is not too serious, that is if dialysis is not required or expected, then
ﬁsh may be used occasionally, also a few eggs per weak and a small to moderate amount of yoghurt or cottage cheese made of
goats' milk.
However, in more serious conditions and also as temporary mild cleansing periods, avoid completely all animal protein and soybeans
and use other legumes only in moderation, preferably in sprouted form. Brown rice and other non-gluten grains, cooked and raw
vegetables as well as extra-virgin olive oil may provide the bulk of the energy requirement. Between and before meals have some tart
or acid fruit, such as grapefruit, orange, pineapple, berries and apple. Except with low blood pressure and sensitive skin, you may
also have fruit meals and fruit days.
Foods of special beneﬁt are fresh vegetable juices, including wheat grass and other grasses and leaves with plenty of parsley and
celery, also dandelion leaves if available, green beans and bean pod tea, cucumber, horseradish, lemon juice, fenugreek, watermelon
and banana. If available frequently have a small amount of Jerusalem  artichoke about the size of a hen's egg. Preferably go for
several months on a raw vegetable and fruit diet.
We can live healthily on a diet very low in protein only if most of that protein is raw or unheated. Good sources for this are sprouted
seeds and fresh vegetable juices, especially juice of grass and leaves. In addition frequently stir a teaspoon of spirulina powder and
wheat grass or barley grass juice extract powder into a glass of juice or water and drink before or between meals.
Minimize meat, sugar and sweetened food, cow's milk products and wheat products, processed food with added chemicals, salt or
salted food, polyunsaturated oils and margarine, soft drinks, rhubarb, coffee, tea, alcohol, nicotine, baking powder, and medicinal
drugs.
Drink plenty of good quality water, rainwater or soft bore water, otherwise  ﬁltered or distilled but deﬁnitely no chlorinated or ﬂuoridated
water. Drink 1 l each 30 to 60 minutes before breakfast, lunch and dinne r. You may drink water or weak herb teas, diluted vegetable
juices or water with lemon juice.
Cadmium, a heavy metal, has been  shown to cause renal tubular damage. Cadmium is widely used in the manufacture of plastics
and electro-plating. Avoid water conducted through black polythene pipes, also from plated containers and the ﬁrst water coming out
of taps. Galvanised iron contains some cadmium but that is less harmful due to the very favourable ratio of zinc to cadmium.
Frequently have cleansing periods mainly on fruits only, mostly tart and acid varieties. Also fasts on watermelons are excellent; chew
the seeds as well. However, sensitiv e individuals should use fresh vege tables in preference and also fresh vegetable juices. Highly
recommended is the Basic Cleanse. Reintroduce normal food gradually after a fast and watch for any sign of allergy such as a high
pulse rate, pain, discomfort or rash and especially any deterioration in kidney functions. For further details see also Allergies and
Addictions.
Supplements
With kidney stones, inﬂammation or infection of the urinary tract and not more than a moderate deterioration in kidney functions you
may take with each meal up to half a teaspoon of ascorbic acid and as a magnesium supplement either 1 teaspoon of milk of
magnesia or half a teaspoon of magnesium carbonate or magnesium chloride or somewhat less magnesium oxide. Also take a low10/30/24, 3:10 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Kidney Disease - A Holistic Therapy
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. Lawston O.K. 73502 1990
6. Aloe Vera The Natural Healer Paul Hornsey-Pennell
Wordsmith Publishing Company, 1994

7. Aloe Vera - The Inside Story Bill Coats 1995.
8. Aloe Vera - The Health and Healing Plant Ed. Maykut and Marc Schweitzer, 1995

 GLOSSARY

Acne
Skin disease characterised by pustules and cysts especially on the face.
Vulgaris - occurring in adolescents and young adults.
Rosacea - occurring in middle age and producing redness of nose and cheeks.

Amino Acids
Group of organic nitrogen containing compounds that form the component molecules of proteins.

Anthraquinones
A complex of phenolic substances which can be found in the sap of Aloe Vera acknowledged to have
both pain killing, antibacterial and viruscidal activity. They also exhibit powerful laxative effects in their
pure form.

Bioflavonoid
Any of a group of biologically active substances found widely in plants. Also called 'Vitamin P'.

Antioxidant
A group of substances including certain Vitamins, Minerals and Micronutrients which counter the activity
of free radicals, inhibiting their ability to oxidise.

Catalyst
A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself suffering any permanent chemical
change.

Carbohydrates
A large group of organic compounds including sugars and starch that contain carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen. They are a source of food and energy for animals.

Candida Albicans
A yeast like parasite fungus that causes the condition known as 'thrush'.

Colitis
An inflammatory condition of the colon or large bowel.

Collagen
A fibrous protein occurring in bone, cartilage and connective tissue.

Crohn's Disease
An inflammatory disease of the small bowel otherwise called regional ileitis.

Dalton
A unit of measurement named after the British chemist John Dalton (1766-1844).

Dermabrasion
Method of treating scarred skin by surgically removing the damaged epidermis.

 Diverticulosis
A condition in which diverticulae in the colon are associated with lower abdominal pain.

Dysmotility
Disorder of movement, causing irregular spasms of the bowel leading to abdominal pain.

Eczema
A non-contagious inflammation of the skin, marked usually by redness, itching and weeping lesions
which become encrusted and scaly. Usually found in dry skin.

Elastin
A protein that is the principal component of elastic tissue found in the walls of arteries, the dermis of the
skin and other elastic structures.

Enzyme
Any of the numerous proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as biochemical catalysts.

Epithelium
A layer of cells that covers the body or lines a cavity that connects with it.

Fibroblast
A cell in connective tissue that is responsible for producing fibres and is most important in the healing
process.
Free Radical
An atom or group of atoms containing at least one unpaired electron, existing for a brief period of time
before reacting to produce a stable molecule.

Immune System
A series of cells found in the blood, tissues and lymphoid system which protects the body from attack by
micro-organisms and altered cells such as cancer cells.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
A functional bowel disorder in which abdominal pain is associated with defecation or change in bowel
habit or abdominal distension.

Lignin
A complex polymer of cellulose occurring in certain plant cell walls making the plant rigid. When applied
to the skin in a topical cream it bestows an ability to penetrate, carrying accompanying elements with it.

Lymphocyte
A white blood cell, part of the immune system, found in the blood and lymphoid tissue.

Metabolism
The sum of the chemical processes that occur in living organisms resulting in growth, production of
energy and elimination of waste, etc.

NSAID
A group of drugs used in the treatment of arthritis, achieving their effect by the inhibition of prostaglandin
synthesis. All can cause gastrointestinal irritation.

Phagocyte
Cells found in the blood and tissue which can engulf and digest other cells, micro-organisms and other
foreign bodies.

Pinocytosis
A process whereby microscopic particles are engulfed whole by cells

Placebo
A substance containing no active drug given to a patient usually to compare its effects with those of a real
drug.
Polysaccharides
Long chain sugars that form chemical bonds with water to produce mucilaginous and lubricating fluids.

Propolis
A resinous aromatic substance collected by bees from the bark and buds of trees, used to line their hives
thereby creating a sterile environment.
Protein
Organic compounds of high molecular weight that contain amino acids as their basic structural units.
They are essential for the growth and repair of animal tissue.

Prostaglandin
A group of hormone like substances capable of stimulating the smooth muscle of the uterus or that in
blood vessels.

Psoriasis
A chronic non-contagious skin disease characterised by inflammation and red, scaly patches. It can also
cause a type of arthritis.

Saponins
Soapy substances, chemically glycosides which provide cleansing and antiseptic properties.

Seborrhoea
A disease of the skin characterised by excessive secretion of greasy material (sebum) leading to the
formation of oily scales on the skin.

Synergism
The action of two or more substances to achieve an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects.

Systemic Lupus Erythematous (S.L.E. or Lupus)
A chronic inflammatory disease affecting the skin and internal organs.

Tinea Pedis
A fungal disease of the skin of the foot.

 Urticaria
An acute or chronic disease of the skin causing intense itchiness associated with red, raised patches often
associated with an allergic reaction to internal or external agents. Often referred to as 'Hives' or
'Nettlerash'.
 PART II

RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY

Please note that when I OCR scanned this book I proofread all of Part 1, but in Part 2, I only proofread
the explanatory paragraph at the beginning of each new section; I did not proofread all the bibliographic
references; I just formatted them. Watch out for mistakes.
OCR – SCANNER
The research bibliography has been divided into sections for convenient use. In each section, the papers
and articles are in alphabetical order by author and in chronological order where an author has written
more than one paper. Where I consider work to be important, it appears in bold type. The importance
attached to any work may reflect the subject matter, the calibre of the author or Institution or may just be
of historical interest.
 The vast majority of research into Aloe Vera tends to emphasise the positive attributes of the plant but
there are, as one would expect, some negative ones.

Unfortunately, various similar studies involving Aloe preparations do not always produce consistent
results. This outcome can probably be attributed to variability in the source of the Aloe plants, variability in the production process, or the presence in the preparations of multiple components with varying and
even opposing biological activities. There is also the tendency to use different vehicles for delivering the
aloe.

Most research carried out to date involves laboratory experiments or experiments with animals. Only a small proportion, describes human clinical trials but this pattern is changing as shown by some of the
more recent work which looks at Psoriasis, Diabetes Mellitus and Genital Herpes.

Very shortly, I hope to be able to add to the clinical trials when I publish work on Aloe Vera in the
treatment of chronic various leg ulcers and in the Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
A short introduction to each section will point out areas of interest, concern or criticism so that the reader
may quickly locate the required information from the considerable amount of material available.

SECTION I - EFFECT ON CELL GROWTH

The effect of Aloe Vera on cells is studied in two areas. (a) What is its effect on the growth of normal
cells and (b) What is its effect on the growth of preneoplastic or frankly malignant cells.

When assessing this effect it is most important to look at which fraction of Aloe Vera is being tested. Is it
the gel or is it largely the sap or phenolic (anthraquinone) fraction? Their effects are very different; in
fact, they produce an opposite result.
Exposure to the gel stimulates the replication of normal cells, whereas the anthraquinones and their
derivatives will retard cell growth or may kill them. Both fibroblasts and neuron-like cells have been
tested and it has been shown that there is a significant increase in proliferation in vitro under the influence
of gel extracts.
 Hydroxyanthraquinones, those found in Aloe Vera, have not been found to be carcinogenic, but there is a
question mark over some of the other members of this chemical group, e.g. where amino or nitro groups
are involved. These have been shown to produce renal tumours in experimental rats though the effect on
humans is still inconclusive. The break-down product in humans, Emodin, a phenolic anthraquinone,
shows limited evidence of toxicity / carcinogenicity in experimental animals. This which is important
when considering people who abuse laxatives such as Senna or Cascara in which the substances are found.

Bouthet, C.F


 centers, when immunizations for all your children are
readily available and fully funded, and when your governments have to
conduct bake sales to raise money for their battleships and missiles, then
and only then will you be in the place to which I refer. Speaking of bake
sales, let’ s go to lunch,” she said, informing me that she was putting an end
to this portion of her gifts.
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 Some Reality-Only Reactions
This was to be our last afternoon together. Eykis would be leaving the next
morning. I knew she would not change her mind. She was a woman of her
word. There was never any doubt about that. I was forced to suspend my
own feelings for her, and to get on with her gifts to us. Returning to the
recording studio, I began the new tape.
“Eykis, you have discussed religion, business, education, medicine and
government. Y ou have described what you saw and what you feel might be
done to bring the messages and objectives of these disciplines into a new,
beneficial alignment with reality. One major theme seems to emer ge from
your observations. W e on Earth have a proclivity for thinking incorrectly, as
you put it, and for placing far too much emphasis on external rather than
internal processing. Is this a correct summary?” I asked.
“Quite correct,” she responded without hesitation. Continuing this
thought, she added, “Y ou have become a people obsessed with thinking for
each other, which is a polite way of saying, manipulating each other. Your
governments want to think for their constituents, to regulate their lives, as if
they couldn’ t make healthy decisions on their own. Y our doctors insist that
they are the only experts and classify anyone else who might lay claim to
healthy thinking as an unqualified interloper. Your businesspeople feel that
money is the source of happiness, and view inner happiness as the purview
of hippies or unrealistic eggheads. Y our educators insist that they know
what others need, and they pursue external acquisitions rather than
knowledge. Y our religious leaders impose. ‘God’ s will’ on others, always
assuming that God is an external to be reached, rather than an inner concept
to be experienced. The representatives from all five of your areas believe
that they know what is best for others, and they spend their ener gy trying to
impose what they know on those whom they serve. But your reality denies
them the opportunity to do what they think they are doing. Thus they live anillusion and this illusion requires them to invent a thinking process to fit the
illusion,” she said.
“Well, in lieu of wearing additional hats this afternoon,” I said, “I would
like to give you some things to simply comment on, and then close with the
ideas that you feel we most need. Is that acceptable?”
“I will be myself in any format of your liking,” she replied laconically.
“All right, back to your illusions statement about the five topics.
Precisely what is the illusion per se?”
“The illusion is that people do not possess free will and therefore can
believe only what they are taught by means of others’ teaching,
proselytizing, governing, healing, or motivating. People on your planet are
choosers, yet the leaders think they can choose for the people, and it simply
isn’t that way. That is the illusion. The road to enlightenment or self-
awareness is an inner path. Leaders can only provide a healthy environment
in which people can attain their own truths,” she said.
“Then specifically, what is the thinking process that these ‘leaders’
invent, to support their illusions?” I asked, wanting to be deliberate and
orderly for those who choose to think in these ways.
“The incorrect or illusional thinking process goes like this. Since I am an
expert, I must know what is best for everyone. Therefore I will force-feed
them what I know, and they will benefit from it,” she said.
“And what would be a nonillusional thinking process for experts in any
field?” I asked, continuing the systematic line of questioning to a
conclusion.
“On Earth, people have unique minds. Since each person is dif ferent, one
can never create policies, rules, or procedures that apply to all. The concept
of ‘everyone’ simply does not exist. And on your planet too, your free-
choice minds allow you to decide to learn or not learn, to know or not
know, to obey or disobey, at any moment. Y ou can change your free-choice
minds an unlimited number of times on one issue or in any one moment.
You are an ever changing, free-willed people. Correct thinking would
acknowledge this fact and say: Each person must decide for himself what
he wants each day. As a leader, I will expose you to the options and the
likely consequences of these options. I’ll even share my opinion if asked,
but I’ll never confuse it with the opinion, which simply doesn’ t exist. Since
the road to enlightenment is an inner path, I won’ t insist that individuals pay
me a toll for using their own road. It is their road and I’ll help them travel itas they choose, as long as they don’ t attempt to exact tolls from others who
desire to traverse their own highways. That would be ‘correct’ or
nonillusional thinking, and that is what I addressed to the five
representative issues you presented this morning,” she concluded.
I decided to shift gears. It was obvious to me that this innerversus-outer -
thinking dilemma was a part of virtually all of our Earthly undertakings. If I
engaged Eykis as General, Attorney, Florist, or Mechanic, the logic would
still be the same. Her reality-only thinking always pointed to the illusional
folly that she had just elaborated.
“I would like to have you comment briefly on several areas of interest to
all human beings,” I began. “What do you feel about par enting  as it is
practiced here?”
“Here on Earth, I noted a strong desire of parents to believe that they own
their children. The illusion is obvious. No one can own anyone else when
everyone possesses free will. Remember, children have minds of their own
too. Parents somehow have come to believe that their children owe them
something just for being parents. Y ou see children in a family being coerced
into having the same religion, ethnic beliefs and prejudices, educational
objectives, and the like. Parents somehow believe that membership in a
family precludes thinking as an individual. They are surprised when young
people want to be unique. They are often upset when their of fspring want to
marry outside of their own kind (whatever that is). They attempt to regulate,
teach, and condition their children’ s thinking, and it doesn’ t work. The
parents know it doesn’ t work, yet they carry on the battle and are forever
upset and frustrated. It seems to me that the business of parenting ought to
be to teach young people to be their own parents. For get this business of
family and parental obligations. Parenthood means raising children to think
for themselves, by providing examples worth emulating. I would ask all
parents to think back to how much they resisted, and still do, being owned
by their own parents. I would also tell them to place their parenting
emphasis on quality, ethics, integrity, knowledge, and serenity, and not the
opposites, which I’ve discussed already.”
“And what do you see as the role of discipline?” I asked her.
“The only worthy discipline is self-discipline. It is the ability to
discipline oneself for full self-awareness and self-expression. Early in life a
child needs a firm model to provide an environment in which to learn to
internalize behavior, which is conducive to healthy self-management. Thechild needs to experience what will and will not be tolerated. All discipline
of young children should be aimed at teaching self-discipline. If children
learn only because they are told to do something, they soon become ‘doing-
as-they’re-told’ people. This is simply programming for incorrect thinkers
and unfulfilled adults. In other words, parents need to model for them, and
encourage them to discipline themselves, so that they have no need to rely
on others for control.”
“What have you observed about marriage as it is practiced here?” I asked
Eykis.
“Marriage seems to be almost identical to parenting. It is invaded by the
same incorrect thinking. That is why so many marriages end. Y ou seem so
determined in your quest for ownership that you even pursue it with your
spouses. People who marry begin to think for each other. They impose
expectations on each other, and this is intolerable to both partners because
you are blessed with free will. Being an emotional or thought servant to
another will be accepted for only a brief period of time here on Earth. Then
the person who feels buried by the partner ’s ‘thinking for two’ simply
refuses to continue and the relationship breaks down. In marriages that
work, there is no incorrect thinking, no false assumption that one person has
a right to think for another. As you know, on Uranus we have a reason for
such behavior with our dependency-diodes and the like. That is our reality.
But here you have no reality-based reasons for such conduct, and when
dependency thinking surfaces, even in small doses, your marriages end, and
remember, a


olic energy is liberated.
Such a process here localized to the lateral side of the
femoral bead (Tissue I) may be a result of hypoxic
degradation of various components of injured bone
tissue and accumulated blood. An adjacent prosthesis
which consists of different metals may further influ.
ence the catabolic reactions by the various catalytic
properties of the metals. The multitude of reactions
involved in these processes are difficult to define for
various reasons. Reactants and reaction products can,
e.g., be anticipated to be exposed to modulations by
selective transports within closed electric circuits.
Some of the possible events in complicated corrosion
will ncverthelcs,s be briefly discussed.
During an early phase of hypoxic degradation the
116 Biologically closed electric circuits sent adjacent to the other screw.
Evidence in the text suggests that i_njured tissue in the ne~
erotic part of the femoral head creates an electrochemical po
larization ("injury pOtential") in relation 10 the metal and the
normal tissue in the trOChanter and neck. The screw consti·
tutes one branch and the intercellular tissue fluid the other
branch of an electrically closed circuit. Another closed elec·
trie circuit, coupled in parallel, is created by a vascular-inter·
stitial connection between the injured and normal tissue {see
also Fig. Xfl: 8).
tissue will become acid, mainly as a result of hypoxic
degradation of glucose into lactic acid (38). Anaerobic
glycolysis will further increase the amount of A TP
which, by hypOxic hydrolysis, contribute s to tissue
acidity:
ATP+H20-+ADP+H + +energy+phosphate.
In previously reported experiments on spontaneous
degradation of blood, an initial decrease of pH was
observed (page 70). It has further been suggested that
the frrst biochemical manifestation of tissue injury is a
loss of ATP (37). Irrespective of its mode of develop·
ment the initial acidity may explain the common radio·
logic observation of calciolytic areas in recently injured
bone. It should be noted, however, that hydrolysis of
A TP is used in Fig. XU: 5 only as one example of
possible reactions which may contribute to make Tis·
sue I initially acid and as one reaction capable to
deliver phosphate ions, a necessary component for the
eventual precipitation of apatite. Other sources for Anoxic Tissue I -Calciolytic phase
Lagging alkalinity
in tissuell
Fig. XII: S. "Complicated corrosion", schematic illustra·
tion. No initially anodic and cathodic regions of metal are
n«essary in this type of corrosion. In time, the chemica) ac
tivity of tissue fluids and tissue currents DUly secondarily po
larize the metal. lnju.ry to tissue, e.g., local necrosis or infec
tion, releases electrochemical energy, which supplies the
driving force. Acidity, produced in the "calciolytic phase"
by the degrading Tissue I, dissolves calcium and iron ions,
production of phosphate ions as phospbocreatin, phos
phoarginine and polymetaphosphate are even more
likely to supply the tissue with substantial amounts of
phosphate for a. subsequent precipitation of apatite.
The initial acidic (calciolytic ) phase of complicated
corrosion can not lead to the development of a precipi
tation "line" as in uncomplicated corrosion because of
extensive acidity in Tissue I. The decalcified areas
further make the entire matrix irregular which should
counteract the development of a regular "line" of
precipitated Fe(0H)2 and later FezOJ. As long as the
tissue is acid, calcium ions and dissolved ions from the
implant and protons will spread by diffusion (and
migration in the closed circuit) in the injured tissue:
e.g., Ca(Anion)2+2H+-. 2H(Anion)+Ca2+
Fe-.Fe2++2e-.
Because circulation is impaired to the damaged tissue
(which in itself is likely to induce an hypoxic injury
reaction), the surrounding tissue fluid is restricted in Anoxic Tissue I -Mineralization phase
precipitati Substrates locally
produced or available
by diffusion or by
BCE C transports
Diffusion barriers by Red.subst r. + OH-_
polarization products -Oxid.COl-substr. +H• +2e-
Fe<OH '' '' ''
'' '' ''
which then precipitate in the alkaline "mine,ralization phase..
as complex calcium phosphate (apatite) and as Fe,(PO,),.
Local sites of decalcification and calcium deposition are pro
duced in Tissue I in this way. The precipitation uline" is
produced as Fe(OH}z (and later, as Fc203 · nH20) when
there is a net dissolution of metallic iron in Tissue II. BCEC
= biologically closed electric circuits.
its ability to buffer the local reactions. Protons wiU,
however, diffuse and migrate more rapidly than phos
phate ions and eventually combine with hydroxyl ions,
diffusing from Tissue II, to form water. Such con
sumption of protons may lead to an increasing accu
mulation of phosphate ions. During these events, elec
trons are produced in the metal adjacent to Tissue I,
i.e., this part of the screw becomes electronegative.
Electrons flow then to the relatively electropositive
metal next to Tissue ll. The me~ then delivers elec
trons to the tissue oxygen. Tissue II is not hypoxic, so
oxygen is available:
Because the circulation of blood is relatively intact in
Tissue II, the alkaline reaction there will, however, be
counteracted to some extent by the buffering and cir
culation of tissue fluids. During a late stage of the
development of complicated corrosion, the morpho
logic appearance of the tissues (Fig_ XII: 4 b, c) gives a
Biologically closed electric circuits 117 Malate Oxalacetate
c,
Ferricytochrome c
hint to a drastic change of the tissue reactions: The
anoxic Tissue I enters a phase of mineralization with
irregular calcifications and the well oxygenized Tissue
D shows a "line" of precipitation adjacent to the
metal. These changes indicate that a reversal of flow of
current must have taken place in the closed circuit.
The biochemical reactions leading to these changes
seem to be at least as complicated as those of the
calciolytic phase. Associated events will only be pre
liminary discussed as follows:
The increasing accumulation of phosphate ions in
Tissue I drives it toward the mineralization phase (Fig.
XII: 5, right side). The question now arises whether
this suggested relative accumulation of phosphate ions
in Tissue I is sufficient to reverse the overall electric
polarity of the system. This question is critical: a
change of polarity of the injured tissue must be a
prerequisite for an inflow of cations such as calcium
and magnesium. It is, however, from an energetic
point of view unlikely that proton loss and phosphate
accumulation alone should be sufficient to reverse the
polarity of the injured tissue. This preliminary expla
nation of "complicated corrosion" does, on the other
hand, not exclude the contribution of other biochemical
reactions to such events. By diffusion or by closed
circuit transports between Tissues I and II, oxidizing
substances may accumulate in Tissue I. Similarly,
reducing substances may accumulate in Tissue II. It is
funhermore possible that these substances are also to
some degree produced locally in Tissues I and II. Such
118 Biologically closed electric circuits Fig. Xl/:6. Sequenc:<: of reaction steps inter
minal oxidation of c:<:llular respiration (from
Jordan).
events should also be included in a discussion of rever
sal of polarity between Tissues I and II.
Several possibilities exist to support biochemical re
versal of the driving potential in the reactions. Electric
potential fluctuating between an injured tissue and a
noninjured tissue over a closed circuit will now be
presented as a prelintinary hypothesis. These consider
ations are based mainly on information on degradation
of tissue collected by Lehninger (38), Wilson, Dutton
and Wagner (81) and Jordan (30).
A large number of enzymes and substrates partici
pating in degrading processes react with groups capa
ble of acting as general acids or general bases, e.g.,
amino, carboxyl, sulfhydryl, phenolic hydroxyl and
imidazole groups. However, an anodic phase of de
grading tissue should not be able to enter a catho
dic phase as a result of a single reaction. An alter
native possibility might be that different reactions
are superimposed on preceding phases of enzyme
catalyzed reactions, as the maximum velocity for each
reaction takes place at diflerent


.-neaoric, adj.
-necrotizing, adj.
Glossary 345 po1hognomonic, adj.
ptrtlda~ous, adj.
perfusion, n.
pericyte, n.
perifocal, adj.
periodontitis, n.
peri()f}on.roris, n.
pen'toneum, n.
peritumoural, adj.
perspex, n.
phagocyte, n.
phagocytosis, n.
phrenic, adj.
physwlogic salinL
rolution, n.
piezoel«rridty, n.
pinccytosis, n.
plasma, n.
pleommphic, adj.
pleura, n.
(-<It, pl.)
pneumontctomy, n.
pneumothorax, n.
posterior, adj.
posteroanterior,
:~dj.
posttTOlateral, adj.
postmortem, adj., adv.
protamine, n.
proreoly1ic, adj.
346 Glossary Med. Characteristic of a specific dis
ease or pathologic condition; diag·
nostic.
1\1ed. Through the skin.-perturant
ously, adv.
Med. Tht act of spreading over or
lhrough something, as blood
through an organ's blood vessels.
Anal. A cell found along capillaries.
It has long processes and is believed
to be involved in contraction.
Radwl. Around a central site.
Med. Inflammation of tissues around
a tooth.
Med. Degeneration of tissues around
a tooth.
Anal. Th' transparent membrane
which lines the abdominal cavity
and encloses the digestive viscera. -
peritoneol, adj.
Mtd. Around a IUmour.
A translucent, radiolucent, plastic
material.
Bioi. A ctll which ingesu; microor·
ganisms, other foreign particles and
organic debris.
Bioi. The engulfing by phagocytes of
microorganism s, foreign panicles,
cells and cellular debris.
Anal. Of or pertaining to the dia
phngm.
Chern. An isotonic solution of sodi
um chloride in purified water (0. 9
per cent).
Elec. Prt$SUre-electricity, especially
as produced in crystalline sub
stances such as quartz.
Elt'c. Transport or fluids across en·
dothelial cells by tiny vesicles.
pinocytoiic, adj.
Anat. Tho noncellular fluid portion
of blood or lymph.
A nat. Containing different forms,
e.g., a carcinoma characterized
histologically by both squamous
and adenomatous rcatures.
Anal. The membrane which ~nes the
inside of the thorax (parietal pleura)
and surface of the lungs (visceral
pleura), completely enclosing a nor·
mally small and fluid-filled space
called the pleural cavity.
Med. Surgical removal of a lung.
Med. Air or other gas in the pleural
cavity.
Anal. Pertaining to the backside.
Opposite of anterior.
Radio/. Pertaining to an x·ray beam
which e-nters the backside and exits
through the front of a subject.
Anat. Posterior and lateral.
Bioi. After death.
Chem. A mongly basic protein
which neutralizes the effects of hep
arin.
Med. Causing breakdown of pro
teins. proximal, adj.
pyktrosis, n.
py/orw, n.
radioluant, adj.
radiopaque, adj.
reticulum, n.
*retraction oedema, n.
*retraction pocket, n.
retrvr, prefix.
Ringer's solution, n.
saline solwion,
0.9%, n.
sarcoma, n.
scirrhous, adj.
t.tleron'ng, adj.
ugmnu, n.
Seldinger rech
niqut, n.
senwliM, n.
stroumin, n.
serum, n. Anal. Near the site of attachment.
Opposite of distal.
Anal. Shrinking and condensation of
the nucleus of a cell.
Anat. The opening between stomach
and duodenum.
Radi•l. I. Permining the passage of
x-rays. 2. Permitting the passage of
many, but not all, incident X·tays.
3. Appearing predominantl y black
on a standard radiograph. -radiolu
cency, n.
Radio/. 1. Not permitting the pas
sage of x-rays. z. Appearing pre
dominantly white on a standard ra·
diograph.-radiopacity, n.
A nat. A network, especially in the
cytoplasm of ceUs.-reticular, adj.
Radio/. Fluid accumulation within a
zone: of lowered turgor pressure due
10 retracting scar tissue.
Radio/. Funnel-shaped indentation
of the surface of the lung, produced
by contraction of fibrous strands in
the lung parenchyma.
Anat. Located posterior to.
ChLm. A solution resembling blood
serum in its constituen t salts.
CirLm. The "physiologic" concentra
tion of sodium chloride in normal
mammalian plasma and extracellu·
Jar, r-xtravascular tissues.
Med. A cancer, usually highly malig
nant, of connective tissue origin.
Med. Hard; containing a predomi·
nanc:e of scar or connective tissue.
See medullary.
Med. I. Causing or undergoing hard·
ening. 2. Increasing in quantity of
scar or connective tissue.
Anat. A major anatomic subdivision.
In the lungs, each lobe is supp~ed
by a single bronchus ; the next bron·
chial divisions define the broncho·
pulmonary segments, which num·
ber between 2 and S per lobe.
Med. Percutaneous insertion of a
catheter in the lumen of a vessel by
a 5·stage procedure : a needle is
placed into the lumen of the vessel,
a wire is passed through the needle
into the lumen, the needle is re--
moved, a catheter is placed O\'er the
wire into the lumen, and the wire is
removed.
Bioi. The large hard parts of wheat
grains which remain in the sifting of
fine flous. The grains are grossly
visihle, diele<"trk corpuscl6.
Chem. 5-hydroxytryp tamine, a po
tent regulator of local vascular cali.
bre.
Bioi. The clear portion of an animal
liquid, especially of blood after co
agulation occurs. shellac, n.
silicosis, n.
sk:in. lhickenin.g, n.
spiculated, adj.
spicule, n.
spirochaete, n.
squamous, adj.
stasis, n.
ue/late, n.
stere()Tadiography, n.
s1ereota:cic, adj.
sten'c, adj.
s1oma, n.
(Siomata, pl.)
striae, n., pl.
stroma, n.
1Ubcutaneous, adj.
suhcutiJ, n.
sulcus, n.
ruperior, adj.
superolateral, adj.
supradiaphrag
matic, adj.
S)1Stemic, adj. Chem. An insulating resin, applied to
a surface as a thin liquid layer
which then solidifies.
Med. Pulmonary fibrosis caused by
inhalation of dust containing silicon
dioxide; usually a disease of stone
miners, sandblasters and foundry
workers.
Radio/. Radiopaque part of the skin
adjacent to a breast cancer. Such
thickening of skin is pathogenetical
ly synonymous with a hydropic
zone in the lung (see also "B" zone).
Radio/. Characterized by pointed
projections.
A nat. A needle-like projection.
Med. A spiral·shaped bacterium, in·
eluding those causing syphilis.
Arrat. Flat, platelike. Squamous
epithelial cells form the lining of the
lumina of the tracheobron chial tree.
Med. A stopping of normal flow of a
bodily fluid.
Shaped like a star.
Radio/. Radiography performed
from two sites equidistant from the
object and separated by the imerpu.
pillary distance. When the resultant
rndiogrnphs are observed in a Ste
reoscopic viewer' the images ruse
and appear three-dim ensional.
Radio/. Movement or an instrument,
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 government,  your  cities,  your
industries  or your  transportation;  until  the Powers  of Light
can dissolve  it! 376 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
I want  you  to feel Our  Absolute  Authority  today,  in your
Calls  to the Presence  of Life!  It is imperative!  Beloved  Ones
of the Capital,  you  have  been  aware  of the battle  you  have
been  waging;  but  you  only  know  a small  part  of it. By
being  able  to stand  and  hold  the Light,  it will  now  bring
a Great  Release  to you—Greater  Freedom  and  a Greater
Rest  in your  Mighty  Service  to the Light!
Therefore,  I want  you  to feel how  We stand  by watching
—ready  to release  to the Individual,  as well  as the great
student  body,  whatever  is required  at your  Call;  to give
you health,  your  limitless  supply,  the Directing  Intelligence
and Invincible  Protection  which  you  require.  We are your
Friends  of Light!  We  see far beyond  that  which  you  do;
and so far as the Activities  of your  Life  Streams  are con-
cerned,  We  know  far ahead  many  times,  what  you  are
going  to confront.  In your  Decrees,  did We show  you  how
much  of that  which  would  otherwise  have  acted,  has been
prevented  from  acting  in your  Life,  you  really  would  re-
joice!
Now  let us join  hands  in the Glory  of This  Greater  Serv-
ice into  which  We are entering;  for from  this  day,  We enter
into a Tremendously  Greater  Service  than  any  thus  far.
Therefore,  as you observe  the changes  which  will  take  place
in all avenues  of Life,  remember  the All-Seeing-Eye  of God
which  you  call  into  action,  is the Revealing  Power  of all
destructive  forces,  which  would  attempt  to destroy  you  and
your  Beloved  America.  As you  call It into  action  and  then
abide  in the Wisdom  of the Presence,  to bring  forth  Its Full DISCOURSE  XXIII  377
Revealing  Power,  not one  thing  of human  creation  can in-
terfere  with  or prevent  it.
Therefore,  you  are moving  like  Charmed  Individuals,  as
it were.  If you  can but realize  it, This  "I AM  Presence,"  Its
Tube  of Light  and  Its Use  of the Violet  Consuming  Flame,
will make  you  a Charmed  Being;  and  I mean  by that,  un-
touched  by any  discordant  destructive  thing.
I am sure  in the pleading  of the Messengers,  since  they
have  been  here,  you  have  all now  become  firmly  enough
anchored  in the demand  for Harmony  maintained  in your
feeling;  to give  Life  Its Full  Opportunity  to flood  your
Being  and  World  with  Love,  Happiness,  Strength,  Supply
and All Good  Things;  which  will  give  you  the ease  and
rest in your  feeling,  that  are needed.
I urge  you—not  all, but some  who  have  been  using  a great
deal of time;  to use less  time  in your  Decrees,  but MORE
DYNAMIC  ENERGY.  MAKE  THEM  SNAPPY  AND
FORCEFUL!  THEN  GO  ON  ABOUT  YOUR  BUSI-
NESS.  WHEN  YOU  RETURN  AGAIN,  MAKE  DY-
NAMIC  POWERFUL  APPLICATION!  Five  minutes  of
that is more  valuable  than  twenty-five  when  you  are not
releasing  the dynamic  energy!  Therefore,  as you  come  into
the Fuller  Activity  of the Light,  you  will  see this;  you  will
understand  it and by experimenting,  you  will  see how  much
more  time  you  have  to do other  things.
REMEMBER,  TO  KEEP  BALANCED  BY  SELF-
CONTROL  IN THE  OUTER,  ALL  THAT  YOU  CALL
FORTH  FROM  THE  PRESENCE.  Remember  again,  Be-378 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
loved  Ones,  wherever  your  attention  goes,  your  Life  is feed-
ing into  that  objective.  If it be Perfection,  it will  produce
Greater  and  Greater  Perfection  for you.  If it be discordant,
limiting  things,  then  you  must  remember,  you  are inviting
them,  into  your  world  of action.  Therefore,  THE  CON-
TROL  OF  YOUR  ATTENTION  MEANS  EVERY-
THING  TO  YOU!  IT IS NOT  A MATTER  OF  A MO-
MENTARY  FIXING  UPON  SOMETHING!  YOU
CAN  WITHDRAW  IT AND  PUT  IT BACK  WHERE
IT BELONGS !THEN  SAY  TO THAT  APPEARANCE
WHERE  IT MOMENTARILY  RESTS:  "YOU  HAVE
NO POWER."  THEN  YOU  STOP  THAT  FORCE
ACTING,  THE  MOMENT  YOUR  ATTENTION
GOES  TO  IT;  AND  SO  PREVENTS  IT COMING
BACK  ON  YOUR  LIFE  STREAM  TO  ENTER  YOUR
WORLD.
My Dear  Ones,  you  cannot  observe  a thing,  you  cannot
turn  your  attention  anywhere;  you  cannot  let your  feeling
go forward,  without  your  own  Life  Stream  of Energy  feed-
ing into  that  objective.  Then,  think  what  a most  unfor-
tunate  thing  it is, when  people  are angered  at each  other  or
really  hate  each  other.  Look  what  you  are doing  to Life!
The Stream  of Light  which  goes  forth—your  Life,  to a
person,  carries  destruction  like  dynamite  into  the  world
of the Individual;  and  for all of that  you  are responsible.
It never  pays!
YOU  KNOW  THE  STATEMENT  YOU  HAVE
MADE  SO  MANY  TIMES:  "CRIME  NEVER  PAYS." DISCOURSE  XXIII  379
IT NEVER  COULD!  NO  DESTRUCTIVE  ACTION
OF ANY  KIND,  EVER  GAINS  ANYTHING  BUT
MORE  OF  ITS  KIND!  Therefore,  I say  to you  Beloved
Students:  be firm;  be strong  in your  Application,  and  un-
yielding  in your  determination  to have  Perfection;  but  you
cannot  have  It, if you  allow  destructive  qualities  or feeling
to act and  go forth  charging  your  Life  Stream.
I am  sure  you  do not  keep  yourselves  aware  of this
enough!  If you  sent  forth,  or in other  words,  generated
thirty  percent  of an activity  of destruction  or feeling  to an
Individual,  ten percent  of that  feeling  would  go forth  like
a rocket,  if it were  violent  anger  or hatred;  and  you  would
retain  twenty  percent  in your  own  feeling  world  of what
you generated.  It is approximately  the proportion  acting,  in
a lot of the conditions  which  you  generate.
What  a pity  it is that  Individuals  do not want  to under-
stand  These  Great  Simple  Laws  which  would  bring  such
Freedom  to them.  Yet they  cannot  have  It, unless  they  give
Obedience  to This  Law!  Keep  yourselves  reminded  con-
stantly  of These  Requirements;  and  you  will  have  no
trouble  in your  Application  and  having  its answer.
Remember,  any  destructive  feeling  which  goes  out  to
persons,  places  or conditions  from  anyone,  is destruction
sent  out  to Life;  for  Life  is acting  thru  every  Individual!
If the Individual  requalifies  that  or sends


 symptoms of SDB.77 A 2014 paper describes the
case of a three-year -old child who demonstrated EEG activity during
seizure that could also be associated with a particular form of OSA. The
child’ s seizures were charac terized by increased respir atory rate,
paradoxical breathing, and oxygen desaturation.78 In this case,
cardiorespiratory sleep study results initially led to a misdiagnosis of severe
OSA.
Excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep disorders are know n to be
common in adults with epilepsy, and one 2006 study found that children
with epilepsy also reported worse daytime sleepiness than a control group.
In this study, researchers concluded that further research using screening
questionnaires and formal sleep studies is needed to accurately assess the
prevalence of sleep disorders in children with epilepsy.79
A 2008 study evaluated abnormal results in 40 epileptic children who
had each been referred for a sleep study because of various problems with
sleep.71 Snoring  was observed in 83% of patients, and SDB inclu ding
obstructive hyperventilation, sleep apnea, and upper -airway  resistance
syndrome was found in 42.5% of the children. Children who had poor
seizure control also experienced  poor quality sleep, a higher arousal index,
and a higher percentage of REM sleep states compared to those who were
either seizure-free or had good seizure-control.
Those children who had both epilepsy and OSA generally had a much
greater body mass index and longer sleep latency—the amount of time it
takes to get to sleep. Significantly, they also demonstrated more severe
oxygen desatura tion than children who had sleep apnea uncomplicated by
epilepsy.71 A considerable number of the children with epilepsy who were
referred for polysomnography presented with SDB, including OSA. This
study concluded that treatment of OSA by removing the tonsils and
adenoids may lead to an improvement in sleep disturbances, which might in
turn result in better seizure control and quality of life. The researchers
suggested that physicians should routinely screen for snoring and other
signs of OSA when examining children with epilepsy.71 How ever, there isan argument that as with SDB  in nonepileptic children, developing the
airways and training in full-ti me nasal breathing should be considered
before resorting to sur gery.
Research into the link between SDB and epilepsy is still very limited. It
is unclear whether epilepsy causes OSA or whether OSA exists  comorbidly
alongside epilepsy. But the evidence linking seizure frequency and duration
to chronic hyperventilation, coupled with the research confirming that
mouth breathing  during sleep is a common in both OSA and chronic
hyperventilation, would indicate that improving or eradicating SDB may
help with seizure control.
THE V AGUS NER VE CONNECTION T O EPILEPSY
Electronic stimulation of the vagus nerve using implanted devices has been
used in the treatment of epilepsy and depression for several decades.80
More recently, noninvasive devices have been developed. As we discovered
in Chapter Four, vagal stimulation can also be achieved naturally by
practicing a breathing rate of six breaths per minute.
The vagus nerve  innervates a wide range of organs, but its function can
be most  easily assessed in relation to the rhythm of the heart. Heart rate
variability (HRV) is indicative of vagal tone. As we know, low vagal tone
correlates with lower parasympa thetic activity and is linked to a wide range
of mental and physical conditions and early mortality.80
People with epilepsy, particular ly those whose seizure control is poor,
have lower vagal tone, leading researchers in a 2017 study to theorize that
natural stimulation of the vagus nerve might improve seizure control.80
Interestingly, the most common self-reported seizure trigger for people with
epilepsy is stress, a fact that points to an autonomic imbalance.81 The paper
discusses three natural methods for increasing HRV and parasympathetic
tone—stress reduction, nutrition, and exercise—but does not mention the
relationship between slow diaph ragmatic breathing and vagal tone. None of
the three suggestions mentioned  in the study were found to reduce seizures.
But the researchers do report that patients have been known to experience
increased vagal tone and a subsequent reduction in seizures by listening to
music by Mozart.80 Equally, as already discussed, slow breathing has beenfound to reduce the onset and duration of seizures. This may have some
relation to activation of the parasympathetic nervous system as well as
counteracting the biochemical effects of hyperventilation. The study
concludes that much more work is needed to examine the impact of the
various methods for optimizing HR V on seizure occurrence.
Vagus nerve stimulation is widely used to treat patients over the age of
12 years who have refractory epilepsy.82 A retrospective  study published in
2007 examined the data to find out whether the procedure had any adverse
implications for younger children. Scientists reviewed statistics for 26
children, aged between 3 and 17 years, who had been treated with vagus
nerve stimulation implants between 1998 and 2004. The children
predominantly suffered with symptomatic-generalized epilepsy. Seventy-
seven percent presented with moderate to severe intellectual disability, and
65 had more than 30 seizures every month. The duration of treatment in the
studied children ranged from one month to eight years.
After treatment,  frequency of seizures reduced more than 50% in 54%
of the children. Two became seizure-free, 23% experienced seizure
reduction of less than 50%, and four developed the ability to end seizures
using the implan t. OSA was found in four of the children after placement of
the implant.82 The study concluded that vagus nerve stimulation is an
effective treatment for childre n with refractory epilepsy but that an
overnight sleep study should be used to identify patients with preexisting
OSA before the device is implanted.82
A small study of adults also made the connection between vagus nerve
stimulation and SDB in epileptic patients.83 The 2020 paper followed three
cases representative of SDB brought on by vagal activity in refractory
epilepsy. Of the three participa nts, two had sleep apnea and the third a
condition called stridor, which presents as a high-pitched wheezing. This
paper drew the same conclusion, as the 2007 study involving children, that
given the high incidence of OSA in people with refractory epilep sy, patients
should be screened for SDB before being treated with a vagus nerve
stimulation implant. However, researchers also suggest that SDB is a rare
complication of vagus nerve stimulation and, where sleep apnea occurs, it
must be investigated alongside data regarding the firing of the nerve
stimulator.A more recent study looked at the outcome of vagus nerve stimulation
treatment in terms of HRV and electrocardiogram (ECG) readings in
patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.84 Participants were 32 patients who
had received vagus nerve stimulation implants at the same hospital, and 32
healthy age- and gender -matched controls. Researchers found that those
people who failed to respond to vagus nerve stimulation—defined as having
less than a 50% seizure reduction one year after treatment—had
significantly lower preoperative vagal tone than those who responded well
to the treatment. In simple terms, patients whose parasympathetic tone was
worse received less benefit from the treatment. This would indic ate that it is
possible to predict the level of seizure reduction after treatment.84 It would
also suggest that patients who are able to improve their vagal tone,
something it is possible to do using breathing exercises, would gain more
benefit from the vagus nerve stimulation implant in terms of relief from
epilepsy symptoms.
A 2018 study evaluated the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on HRV
in 20 epilepti c children.85 Researchers also investigated whether
antiepileptic drugs had any negative impact on HRV. Prior to treatment with
vagus nerve stimulation, all of the children showed increased heart rates,
less variability in heart rate, and more extreme frequency readings (whether
low or high) than children in a control group. “Remarkable” improvement
was seen after six months of treatment, but this did not continue
incrementally, and no further changes were seen after 12 months. HRV was
still markedly lower than in healthy children. Base levels of HRV were also
found to be further reduced in patients who had lived with epilepsy for
longer and those in whom epileptic focus was localized—where partial
seizures arise from one part of the brain, such as the temporal lobe.
When a child has epilepsy, the autonomic nervous system is heavily
balanced toward the sympathetic branch. Although vagus nerve stimulation
seems to offer substantial benefits in the short term, increasing vagal tone
and redressing the balance with the parasympathetic nervous system, HRV
remained lower than in healthy children, even after long-term treatment.
The researchers concluded that, while factors including epilepsy duration,
age, epileptic focus, medicatio n, and seizure frequency may all lead toreduced HRV, epilepsy itself may contribute to impaired autonomic
regulation of the cardiovascular system.85
It is worth noting that a vagus nerve stimulation implant, while it
activates the parasy


 in developing " cancerphobia" in the public mind by
this scare-head publicity?"
Dr. John Cerster, chairman of the New York Committee of the Society for Control of
Cancer, replied that "it would be a good thing if it did; anything that would scare the
people into going to a physician for an examination would be  beneficial."
The financial benefit to the doctors is apparent but the benefit to the people is in reverse
ratio to the amount of diagnosis and treatment given. This is obvious since the cancer
rate has quadrupled within the past ten years.
Dr. G. Earl Thomas  has charged that, "CANCER IS THE MOST PROFITABLE
DISEASE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE A.M.A. HA VE."
One of the noted American cancer authorities,  Dr. L. Duncan Bulkley,  senior surgeon of
the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, denounced the popular medical claim that
cancer is a "surgical disease" when he stated:
"Cancer is not a surgical disease. Neither surgery not X-ray nor radium have changed, in
anyway whatever, the ultimate mortality of cancer in forty years. It was 90 per cent in
1884. Now it is 92 percent".
For more details on the  other side of the cancer question  see the book, IS CANCER
CURABLE? published by Health Research.CHAPTER VI
SYPHILIS AND V ACCINATION
"If syphilis were as infectious as most medical men believe it to be, there would not be an uninfected person in the
world."—John Tilden, M.D.
Dr. M. Ricord, one of the most noted authorities on syphilitic affections, in a lecture to
medical men in Paris, said:
"At first I repelled the idea that syphilis could be transmitted by vaccination.
The recurrence of facts appearing more and more confirmatory, I accepted the
possibility of this mode of transmission, I should say, with reserve, and even with
repugnance; but today, in the face of all these facts I hesitate no more to proclaim their
reality Who, pray, will run such a risk to escape smallpox?"
Dr Brundenell Carter, surgeon to St George s Hospital, London, observed: "I think that a
large proportion of the cases of apparently inherited syphilis are in reality vaccinal; and
that the syphilis in these cases does not show itself until the age of from eight to ten
years, by which time the relation between cause (vaccination) and effect (syphilis) are
lost sight of."
Dr. Ballard, one of the vaccine inspectors for the English government stated:
There can be no doubt that the vaccine virus and the syphilitic virus may both be drawn
at the same time, upon the same instrument, from one and the same vesicle. The vesicle
which is thus capable of furnishing both vaccine and syphilitic virus may present, prior
to being opened, all the normal and fully developed characters of the true  Jennerian
vesicle as ordinarily met with"
In his book entitled COMPULSORY V ACCINATION, from his years’ world wide
research, Dr. J. M. Peebles  (M.D., Ph.D.) gave an account of seventeen school girls who
developed syphilis as a result of vaccination at Lebus, near Frankfort Yet the
vaccinator’s report stated that the vaccinations were from the regular, official calf-lymph
"absolutely pure, glycerinated, sterilized, all germs but the ‘vaccine sporule’, destroyed,
hermetically sealed until used."
Protesting the vaccination laws in various cities he says:
"Think of it, fathers and mothers, who would bring your daughters up to be comely,
chaste and pure, that your state and municipality should place you under absolute
compulsion to observe a rite to taint these maidens with the disease against which
civilization revolts."
Nichols adds, "At the present time little children are subject to the assault (with a deadly
weapon—the poisoned needle), and a healthy, unvaccinated child, in the eye of the law,
is considered a nuisance and as dangerous at time of an epidemic as a mad dog.""Viewed in this light," Nichols continues, (in his BLUNDER IN POISONS page 41) the
blunder, perhaps of greater gravity than that of transmission of tuberculosis by
vaccination, again becomes the crime; vaccination for mere business interest would be
(and is) a deliberate assault on the health of a community, and the medical man
committing the assault might well be termed  ‘a perverter of common sense and an
enemy of the human race’ ".
In THE V ACCINATION SUPERSTITION (35) Dr. J. W. Hodge writes:
"Think of the unparalleled absurdity of deliberately infecting the organism of a healthy
child with the poisonous matter obtained from the sores of a sick animal, under the
pretense of protecting the victim of the ingrafted disease, against the contagion of
another disease.
"So-called successful vaccination is nothing less than the implanting into the body, the
virulent products of diseased animal tissue, with the effect of inducing actual disease.
The performance of such an operation, in the very nature of the case, violates every
principle of modern aseptic surgery, the legitimate aim of which is to remove from the
organism the products of disease and never to introduce them."
Professor Scott Tebb,  in a treatise against compulsory vaccination stated:
"Once admitted that the risk of contracting venereal disease is real, and one which no
amount of care can guard against even if vaccination were a preventive of smallpox, all
ground for compulsion vanishes, for it then becomes a ground for personal
responsibility, as in any other operation or treatment involving risk of life and health No
surgeon would dream of administering chloroform or per-forming the most trivial
operation without first gaining the patient’s consent, and therefore, no authority, whether
medical or state, has the right to override the patient s scruples Compulsory vaccination
is now beginning to be recognized, even by medical men, as a grievous and mischievous
mistake, and I have not the slightest doubt that the profession would gladly relinquish it
tomorrow, if their credit and prestige were not so deeply involved."
So enormous are the profits from vaccination that many efforts are made by members of
the medical profession to minimize the dangers of syphilis caused by vaccination. One
of these, Dr. Henry A. Martain, of Boston wrote a paper denying the possibility of
syphilitic infection from this cause. The London Lancet (Medical Journal) in criticizing
this paper said: "The notion that animal lymph would be free from chances of syphlitic
contamination is so fallacious that we are surprised to see Dr. Martain reproduce it."
Professor Fournier said: "A real and serious danger incurred in vaccination is that every
(vaccinated) individual is destined to undergo, one or several times in his life the danger
of vaccinal syphilis. For myself alone, I have knowledge of two actual epidemics of this
disease (vaccinal syphilis)".
ENCYCLOPEDIA ON V ACCINAL SYPHILISIn the Encyclopedia Britannica (9th edition) under the heading " Smallpox— Cowpox,"
Dr. Charles Creighton says:
"The real affinity of cowpox is not to smallpox, but to the great pox (syphilis). The
vaccinal roseola is not only very like the syphilitic roseola, but it means the same sort of
thing. The vaccinal ulcer of everyday practice is, to all intents and purposes, a chancre
(syphilitic ulcer)."
"The photographs, Fig. 1 and 2 show the marked similarity between the smallpox
vaccination roseola and the syphilis ulcer.
In his voluminous work on vaccination Crookshank tells us that " Auzias Turenne, of
France, was the first to point out that cowpox is analagous to syphilis; but even the
earliest opponents of vaccination regarded the disease as " lues bovilla", (syphilis)  and it
had even been suggested that  the cow had derived the complaint from milkers who were
affected with syphilis.  However, there is no more ground for believing in the latter
theory than there is for believing that  cowpox is produced by milkers suffering
from smallpox.
It is the course which the malady runs which brings it so closely into relations with
syphilis…….There appears to be  very little doubt that syphilis may be transmitted by
vaccination; but many cases which are attributed to syphilis are unquestionably the full
effects of cowpox virus; and nothing could more clearly point to the analogy between
the two diseases than the difficulty in diagnosing the exact nature of
vaccinal accidents (diseases)".
"Again, if we study the effects of syphilis artificially inoculated on the human subject,
the appearance in some cases are strikingly similar to inoculated horse-pox. Without
entering into a prolonged discussion of this subject, I will refer, as an example, to the
progress in Dr. Ricord’s cases of syphilization. As in inoculated horse-pox we have the
stages of papule, vesicle, ulcer, scab and scar;