 of
handling. Without them a body might have to fast to heal, with the aid of protomorphogens a person migh t be able to get better
without fasting. And if protomorphogens are used (chewed up --ugh!) while fasting, healing is accelerated. Protomorphogens are made from freeze -dried, organically -raised animal organ meats (usually calf or lamb) combined with ver y
specific vitamins, herbs and other co -factors to potentiate the effect. I view protomorphogens as containing nutritional
supplementation specific for the rebuilding of the damaged organ. Doctor Royal Lee, a medical genius who developed protomorphogen s therapy in the 50s and who spent several stints in prison
in exchange for his benevolence and concern for human well -being, also founded the company that has supplied me with
protomorphogens. After decades of official persecution and denial of the effica cy of protomorphogens by the power structure, it
looks like they are about to finally have their day. As I write this book cutting -edge medical research companies are developing
therapies using concentrated animal proteins (protomorphogens) to treat arthri tis, multiple sclerosis, eye inflamations and juvenile
diabetes. The researchers talk as though they are highly praiseworthy for "discovering" this approach. Unfortunately, this development is likely to cut two ways. On one hand, it vindicates Dr. Lee; on the other, when these drug
companies find a way to patent their materials, they may finally succeed at forcing protomorphogens (currently quite inexpens ive)
off the non -prescription market and into the restricted and profitable province of the MD. I divide clients into two basic types: simple cases and complex ones. When I was treating mental illness, occasionally I had a
client who had not been sick fo r too long. I could usually make this client well quite easily. But if the person had already become
institutionalized, had been psychotic for many years, had received much prior treatment, then their case had been made much m ore
difficult. This sort had a  poor prognosis. A very similar situation exists with physical illnesses. Many people get sick only because
they lack information about how to keep themselves healthy and about what made them sick. Once they find out the truth, they
take my medicine withou t complaint and almost inevitably get better very rapidly. Some of these people can be quite ill when they
first come to me but usually they have not been sick for very long. Their intention when coming into my office is very positi ve and
have no counter i ntentions to getting better. There are no spiritual or psychological reasons that they deserve to be sick. If this
person had not found me, they almost certainly would have found some other practitioner who would have made them well. This
type of person ho nestly feels they are entitled to wellness. And they are. However, some of the sick are not sick for lack of life -style information; they suffer from a mental/spiritual malady as well, one
that inevitably preceded their illness by many years. In fact, their physical ailments are merely reflections of underlying problems. This patient's life is usually a snarl of upsets, problems, and guilty secrets. Their key relationships are usually vicious o r unhealthy. Their level of interpersonal honesty may be poo r. There are usually many things about their lives they do not confront and so, can
not change. With this type of case, all the physical healing in the world will not make them permanently better because the m ental
and emotional stresses they live under se rve as a constant source of enervation. Cases like this usually do not have only one thing wrong with them. They almost always have been sick for a long time; most
have been what I call "doctor hoppers," confused by contrary diagnoses and conflicting M D opinions. When I get a case like this I
know from the first that healing is going to be a long process, and a dubious one at that. On the physical level, their body will only
repair one aspect of their multiple illnesses at a time. Simultaneously, they m ust be urged to confront their life on a gentle gradient. There is usually a lot of backsliding and rollercoastering. The detoxification process, physical and psychological, can take several
years and must happen on all the levels of their life. This kind of case sees only gradual improvement interspersed with periods of
worsening that indicate there remains yet another level of mental unawareness that has to be unraveled. Few medical doctors or holistic therapists really understand or can help this ki nd of case. To do so, the doctor has to be in touch
with their own reactive mind and their own negative, evil impulses (which virtually all humans have). Few people, including
therapists, are willing to be aware of their own dark side. But when we deny it in ourselves, we must pretend it doesn't exist in
others, and become its victim instead of conquering it. Anyone who denies that they have or are influenced by their own darke r
aspects who seem to be totally sweet and light, is lying; proof of this is that  they still are here on Earth. All this generalizing about diagnostic methods and clinical approaches could go on for chapters and more chapters, and writin g
them would be fine if I were teaching a group of health clinicians that were reading this book  to become better practitioners. But
I'm sure most of my readers are far more interested in some complaint of their own or in the health problem of a loved one, a nd are
intensely interested in one might go about handling various conditions and complaints, what types of organ weaknesses are
typically associated with them, and what approaches I usually recommend to encourage healing. And, most importantly, what kin d
of success or lack of it have I had over the past twenty five years, encouraging the healing o f various conditions with hygienic
methods. In the case studies that follow I will mostly report the simpler, easier -to-fix problems because that is what most people have;
still, many of these involve life -threatening or quality -of-life-destroying illn esses. I will tell the success story of one very
complicated, long -suffering case that involved multiple levels of psychological and spiritual handling as well as considerable
physical healing. Arthritis
    Some years back my 70 years old mother came fro m the family homestead in the wilds of northern British Columbia to visit me
at the Great Oaks School. She had gotten into pathetic physical condition. Fifteen years previously she had remarried. Tom, h er
new husband, had been a gold prospector and general  mountain man, a wonderfully independent and cantankerous cuss, a great
hunter and wood chopper and all around good -natured backwoods homestead handyman. Tom had tired of solitary log cabin life
and to solve his problem had taken on the care and feeding of  a needy widow, my mom. He began doing the cooking and menu
planning. Tom, a little older than my mother, had no sense about eating but could still shoot game. Ever since their marriage  she
had been living on moose meat stews with potatoes and gravy, white  flour bread with jam, black tea with canned milk, a ritual
glass of brandy at bedtime, and almost no fresh fruit or vegetables. In her youth, my mother had been a concert pianist; now she had such large arthritic knobs on all of her knuckles that her  hands
had become claws. Though there was still that very same fine upright in the cabin that I had learned to play as a child, she had long
since given up the piano. Her knees also had large arthritic knobs; this proud woman with a straight back and long,  flowing strides
was bent over, limping along with a cane. She was also 30 pounds overweight and her blood pressure was a very dangerous 210
over 140, just asking for a stroke. Instead of a welcoming feast, the usual greeting offered to a loved one wh o has not been seen for a few years, I immediately
started her on a juice fast. I gave her freshly prepared carrot juice (one quart daily) mixed with wheat grass juice (three o unces
daily) plus daily colonics. She had no previous experience with these tech niques but she gamely accepted everything I threw her
way because she knew I was doing it because I loved her and wanted to see her in better condition. She also received a daily full
body massage with particular attention to the hand and knees, stimulatin g the circulation to the area and speeding the removal of
wastes. Every night her hands and knees were wrapped in warm castor oil compresses held in place with old sheeting. I did not use any vitamins or food supplements in her case. I did give her fla vorful herbal teas made of peppermint and
chamomile because she needed the comfort of a hot cupa; but these teas were in no way medicinal except for her morale. In three weeks on this program, Grannybelle, as I and my daughters called her, had no unsig htly knobs remaining on either her
knuckles or knees and she could walk and move her fingers without pain within a normal range of movement. The big payoff for
me besides seeing her look so wonderful (20 years younger and 20 pounds lighter) was to hear her  sit down and treat us to a
Beethoven recital. And her blood pressure was 130 over 90. Breast Cancer
    I have worked with many young women with breast cancer; so many in fact, that their faces and cases


 in one
case; mitral insufficiency (failure of the mitral valve to close) in one case; malignant hypertension
and cardiac asthma in one case; hypertension and cardiovascular disease, fibrillation and
myocardial sclerosis in one case. Both sexes were involved and their ages ranged from 24 years to 75 years. The fasts ranged
from five days (the shortest) to seven days (the longest). Of the non-edematous group, three had
mitral stenosis, one had hypertension with myocardial sclerosis. There was but one man in this
group. The youngest of the group was thirty-eight years, the oldest, sixty-four years. These patients
all fasted seven days. All the fasts in these heart cased were short, but Dagnini says: “It was consistently observed that
cardiac patients treated with fasting show increased urinary output and a rapid resorption of edema
fluid and peritoneal and pleural effusions. ” In the non-edematous group sodium chloride excretion
was about “normal. ” This may indicate that the edema in the other cases was as much the result of
salt-eating as of heart weakness. From among his twelve edematous patients, I would like to cite one case only, to picture the
developments as they occur when a cardiac patient is fasted. The patient was a twenty-four-year-old man who had a clinical diagnosis of mitral stenosis. He
was in a grave condition, with failure largely on the right side of his heart. The heart was much
enlarged in all diameters. The liver was enlarged to the iliac crest (the crest of the hip bone). There was slight effusion into the pleura, edema of the lower extremities and slight difficulty in
breathing. Previous to admission to the institution this patient had been treated with the usual heart
medicines. At the institution he was given a fast of seven days. By the third day there was distinct
improvement in his condition. The liver shrank at the surprising rate of two-finger-breadths a day. 112The edema fluid was rapidly absorbed through the fast. By the end of the seventh day the liver was
but three fingerbreadths below the ribs and the generalized edema had disappeared. There was much improvement of the pleural effusion. The urinary output in this case was
significant. Being but 250 cc at the outset, it increased rapidly until by the fifth day it reached 3700
cc and remained at about 2000 cc thereafter. The diuresis in this case accounted for the removal of
the edema. Dagnini’s observation that fasting has been employed beneficially in many types of cardiac
decompensation and that this has suggested that its benefits are drawn, not from a single one of its
effects, but from multiple effects, is worthy of careful consideration. He suggests that “possibly many diverse effects are summed and potentiated with a resulting
restoration of normal or near-normal cardiovascular function. ” Unfortunately his fasts were of
short duration, never long enough for complete results, and he fails to tell us how they were
followed up—how the patients were fed after the fast, what activities they were permitted, what
subsequent developments resulted. But his observations, limited as these cases were, certainly, so
far as the length of the fasts were concerned, are enough to reveal the beneficial effects of the fast
in a wide, variety of severe heart abnormalities. The intelligent individual will employ the fast long before his heart condition reaches the stage
represented in the cases described by Dagnini. In spite of the benefits described, there is no doubt
that these were terminal cases and no genuine recovery could have been expected in any of them. The fast should be employed at a time when there is still possibility of genuine recovery. I should not have to add, again, that it should be undertaken under competent and experienced
direction and supervision, but the warning is important in these cases. No sufferer from heart
disease—or the possible incipient stages of heart disease—should ever attempt to fast on his own. 11328
Colitis
Colitis is inflammation of the colon. To understand what the colon is let us examine a brief physiological description. Anatomically,
the human colon or large bowel, which is often likened to a sewer, is divided into three distinct
sections: the ascending, transverse and descending colon. It begins with a blind pouch, the cecum,
where the small intestine ends. The vermiform appendix is attached to the cecum. Immediately
above the appendix, the cecum receives the small intestine, almost at right angles. The upper end of the cecum merges into the first part of the ascending portion of the colon. This
passes upward on the right side to a point near the liver, where an angle is formed (the hepatic
flexure) and the second portion, the transverse colon, begins. The transverse colon passes in a slight curve across the abdomen immediately under the
stomach and, at the left side forms another angle (the splenic flexure). Below the spleen, the colon
becomes the descending colon, which merges into the sigmoid flexure, and curves irregularly
downward in an S shape. Between the end of the small intestine (the ileum) and the cecum, there is
a valve formed by a sphincter muscle and known as the ileo-cecal valve. At the end of the rectum,
another such valve (the rectal sphincter) closes the rectum. The colon functions by carrying the residues of digestion upward from the cecum, across the
transverse colon, and downward through the sigmoid to the rectum and to the outside world. Digestion is completed in the small intestine and it is there that the digested portions of the food
are absorbed. Some water may be absorbed from the colon, but the small intestine is specially
adapted for the absorption of food. There seems to be no absorption of toxins from the colon. The colon, like all the rest of the alimentary tract, is lined with a skin or membrane that is called
mucous membrane. Irritation, or inflammation of the colon is known as colitis or colonitis. Supposed by some authorities to be perhaps the most common disease of cilivized man, colitis is
asserted to be very rare among uncivilized peoples. Constipation is perhaps the most annoying
symptom of colitis, although it is likely to be alternated with
diarrhea. If the colitis is acute
(diarrhea) there may be mucus in the loose, watery stools. All the forms of colitis discussed in this
chapter come under the general technical classification of “mucous colitis. ”
A state of spasm of the colon is common in cases of colitis, especially if the condition is
marked. Frequently, also there is a sagging of the transverse colon—
enteroptosis. The colon may
sag in the absence of colitis and colitis may exist without sagging, but spastic colitis is almost
certain to accompany both conditions. It is a mistake, however, to think of the spastic constipation as the cause of the mucous colitis. This view is no more rational than to think of the colitis as the cause of the spastic constipation. In chronic colitis the more marked inflammation may be located at different parts of the colon,
the acute exacerbations of which will be named after the location of the more severe inflammation,
as sigmoiditis, proctitis, etc. For long periods the condition may be obscure, the individual merely being conscious of
abdominal distress, which he may attribute to constipation or to gas. When mucus appears in the
stools, the condition is already well advanced. As the colitis becomes more marked the mucus may
appear in the stools in masses of jelly-like consistency, in suspicious looking ropy shreds like
114casts of the bowels, or the feces may be coated with mucus and this may be streaked with blood. There is now no mistake that colitis is present. I do not intend here to attempt to cover all the variations from the common picture of colitis. These may occur, often, but for all practical purposes, they are of little significance. As the colon
is divided into a few sections, it becomes possible to have such special forms of colitis as
proctitis, sigmoiditis and others, but the so-called disease is the same in each case. Let us look at the two “diseases” just named. There is no actual dividing line between the
sigmoid and the rectum. If we imagine a hair line dividing the two continuous sections of the colon,
we may recognize the folly of naming inflammation on one side of this line sigmoiditis, and, if it
extends only an eighth of an inch over the line into the lining membrane of the rectum, calling this
proctitis. It is like naming pimples on the left cheek one disease and pimples on the right cheek
something else. We make the same confusing classifications of inflammation according to locations throughout
all parts of the body. Inflammation of the lining membrane of the nose is rhinitis, inflammation of
the lining membrane of the nasal sinuses is sinusitis, inflammation of the bronchial tube is
bronchitis; but these are only different names for precisely the same condition in the different
locations. Gastritis is the same condition in the lining membrane of the stomach. To call all of
these local inflammations different diseases is only to add to growing confusion. Often great skill is needed to diagnose correctly the form of colitis with


the food raw. It is my considered opinion that most, almost all, the credit for
"The Town Without a Toothache"—which is also a town with
relatively little tummy ache or othe r common ills when  these foods are
used in natural state—is due the soil in which our food and feed crops
grow. It is a soil richer than any other I know about in life-giving minerals and activators. The reader will ask: Why cannot the farmer in other parts have
his soil analyzed to see what it lacks, when matched against the
formula for a completely fertile  soil—and then add the needed
elements? Theoretically, I see no reason why that cannot be done, but in
practice the thing is di fficult. However, desp ite that "conservation
day" program on the Widow Thrasher's farm in Maryland a few years
back, and the many shows of that sort put on over the country, it is a
fact that soil which has been wearing out or washing away over a
hundred years cannot be rebuilt in a day. Restoring the soil is a long
slow process—like growing cover crops and plowing them under. It is true, however, that a lot can be done with a rundown and
worn-out farm toward making it immediately productive. First, add a
generous supply of humus in the form of cow manure, or leaf mold or
plowed under trash. Finally add a mixture of more compost. If the
land slopes, better terrac e it to keep the rain from carrying off the soil
and the fertilizer with it. A field th at is so treated will grow a better
crop of wheat, corn or beans, which would analyze high the essential
food minerals, but, I dare say, it will not match wheat grown in our
Deaf Smith County mineralized soil. That wheat is so valuable and so
rare, that I agree with my fellow researcher, A. W. Erickson: "There
should be an act of Congress to prohibit the use of wheat grown in the
high plains mineralized area for any other purpose than food for man." The same statute ought to prohibit the refining of that wheat for
man's food. I would add a clause fo rbidding the manufacture and sale
of white flour. In fact, that process is an act of robbery. It strips the
wheat of the minerals and vitamins essential to body building. To
obtain the full food value of wheat use it freshly ground—but use the
whole grain. In Bernard Macfadden Health Review (September, 1950), I find
support for my theory. The editor-publisher headlines his leading article: "Death Penalty in Russia, Im prisonment in England... for
Selling White Bread." Mr. Macfadden cites his own 50-year fight
against white flour, and he comments:
"We still have white bread... now enriched with synthetic
elements but this does not in any wa y equal the superior food that is
supplied by the whole grain... Nature's way of building human
strength." Only lately the findings of Dr. Ar thur J. Mitteldorf, with Armour
Research Foundation in Chicago, have added immensely to the weight
of evidence concerning the need of trace elements in food that both animals and people consume. The spectograph used for chemical analysis will reveal the
presence of trace elements which ordinary methods pass by. If those
elements are missing from the green grass, hay or grain that the milk
cow, beef steer, pig or laying hen feeds upon, the animals suffer
certain ills. There is evidence that folks who consume the milk, butter, beef, pork or eggs will suffer the same sort of deficiencies—or
anyway "may not be as healthy as they could be." All toll, there are about 20 elements, says Dr. Mitteldorf, which
animals must have in adequate amounts, if they are to keep in the pink
of condition. There are oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, magnesium, calcium and sulphur. Those may be called the basic elements which the living body requires to keep
functioning. Among the trace elements, Dr. Mitteldorf mentions six as
essential to the plans upon which animals and humans feed: Copper,
boron, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc. He lists four others as essential to animals, though plants can do without them, sodium, cobalt, chlorine and iodine. Now, as Dr. Mittledorf explains, it is impossible to find the trace
elements, let alone measure them with a kit containing a few
chemicals. That is like seeking a missing person, with no clues at all to
his whereabouts among the million residents of a large city. As yet only a few farmers give a thought to supplying their soil
with trace elements. The greater number do not know there is such a
thing. Those who do, mostly lack facilities for analyzing their soil for
the trace minerals. By shotgun methods they easily can put out too
much copper, boron or chlorine, and thereby damage their crops. Spectographic analysis is expensive but once the job is done, the
farmers over the entire area will be informed as to what elements they
should add for a completely fertile soil. As a rule, it takes very little
per acre to do the job. A ton of hay contains one-tenth of an ounce of
boron. To supply that only about 10 pounds of borax to the acre is
needed. That is true as to all the other trace minerals. The farmers' immediate need, says Dr. Mitteldorf, is to get a full
scale analysis of the different kinds of soil and the crops that grow in
each kind. When that was done, the experts could compile deficiency
tables, showing exactly what was needed to make each kind of soil completely fertile. Then the farmer could take a sample of his soil to
the county agent to get it typed. A look at the tables would show him
what trace elements he must add and how much of each to get his soil
just right. Reader, I have said, and I now repeat, that the fluorine needed for
preventing tooth decay were best adde d to the soil rather than to the
drinking water, as several cities ar e doing experimentally. Care would
be needed not to supply too much and thus damage crops. Still, the
tests made for Deaf Smith County indicate that the growing plants
would not store up enough fluorine to harm the people who consumed
them as food. The Twining Laboratori es in California found up to 790
p.p.m. of fluorine in Deaf Smith County wheat. Compare that with 2.2 p.p.m. in the Hereford drinking water. Yet people eat the wheat
without being poisoned. The fluorine in the wheat is organic hence
non-poisonous. A COMPARATIVE TABLE
 Reader, suppose we put the two lists side by side:

I. Mineral elements in the
human body as shown by
spectograph analysis:

1. Calcium
2. Phosphorus 3. Potassium
4. Iron
5. Copper
6. Zinc 7. Chlorine
8. Sodium
9. Magnesium
10. Manganese 11. Sulphur
12. Boron
13. Aluminum
14. Fluorine
15. Iodine 16. Nickel
17. Arsenic
18. Silver II. Elements in Deaf Smith County
wheat as revealed by a recent
spectograph analysis: by
Twining Laboratories at
Fresno, California :
1. Calcium
2. Phosphorus 3. Potassium
4. Iron
5. Copper
6. Zinconium
7. Chlorine 8. Sodium
9. Magnesium
10. Manganese
11. Sulphur 12. Boron
13. Aluminum
14. Fluorine
15. Iodine
16. Nickel 17. Strontium
18. Chromium
19. Molybdenum
20. Silicon

CHAPTER 28. HOW PURE MILK BUILDS SOUND TEETH
 Reader, would you like to have my formula for building sound
teeth in one line? Well, then, here it is:
Drink plenty of pure raw milk every day. I have observed in routine exam inations of school children's
mouths here in Hereford that the children whose families kept cows,
as a rule, had perfect teeth. It is also true, almost without exception, that my adult patients
who had lived until middle age or older without tooth decay had been
heavy milk drinkers all their lives. My theory is that milk, through the medium of native grass— or
better, green wheat—that the cow fe eds upon, takes up the essential
body-building (and that includes tooth-building) elements from our
mineralized soil and makes over those elements into a form that the body can assimilate more readily than it can assimilate any other foodstuff. That, of course, is the effect which Dr. C. A. Pierle, Canyon
chemist, had in mind when, at the outset of my investigation, he gave
me that wise counsel: "Watch the milk drinkers." I am convinced that
where a person drinks plenty of pure raw milk, it makes up for the
deficiencies in poor food otherwise. During my 30 years dental
practice in Hereford, I cannot recall having found a patient with a bad
mouth who had consumed milk enough in his diet. That is assuming
that the milk was taken raw, not pasteurized. One difficulty is that so much milk is


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        •   Place one hand on your chest and one hand just above your
navel. At this po int, do not concern yourself with how you are
breathing. •   B ring your attention to the movements of your lower han d. While s itting up straight, gently guide your hand outward by
pushing your abdomen outward, just enough to feel the
movement. The re is no need to make any changes to your
breathing at this point—this stage is primarily to encourage
abdominal movement. •   Now draw in your abdomen and watch your hand move gently
inward. •   Perform this simple exercise for a few minutes to help activate
a “stif f” diaphragm. •   Alternatively, you could perform this exercise while lying on
your back with both knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Stage 1 in Brief
•   Gently push your abdomen out. W atch your hand move
outward. •  Gently draw your abdomen in. W atch your hand move inward. If your diaphragm is particularly stif f due to years of breathing with the
upper c hest, the following additional exercise will help to activate the
muscle and encourage better breathing:
•  T ake a gentle breath in through your nose. •  Allow a gentle breath out through your nose. •   Hold  your nose with your fingers and close your mouth to
prevent air from flowing. •   Now try to br eathe in and ou t, while at the same time holding
your breath. •   A s you try to  breathe in and  out, you may feel your stomach
move in  and out as your breathing muscles contract to help
relax the diaphragm. •   When you feel a medium desire to breathe, let go of your nose
and resume breathing normally through your nose. •   Practice thi s exercise 2 or 3 times to help to relax the
diaphragm. When you feel you can move y our abdomen in and out easily  at will,
proceed to Stage 2, which incorporates these abdomen movements with
your breathing. Stage 2: Merging Abdominal Movements with Br eathing
•  Sit up straight. •   Place  one hand on your ch est and the other hand on yo ur
abdomen. •   As you breath e, allow your sh oulders to relax into their natur al
position. •   Gentl y encou rage chest movements to reduce as you breath e,
using the guidance of your mind and your hand. •   At the  same time, try to coordinate your abdomen movemen ts
with your breathing. •   As you bre athe in, gently guide your abdomen outward. Imagine you are breathing into your tummy. (T ry not to make
the movement too big, as doing so may cause dizziness. ) •  As you breathe out, gently draw your abdomen in. •  Y our breathing should be gentle, silent, and calm. •   Perform this exercise for a few minutes to


 wantthem to get better. My life is put entirely out of joint for several months dealingwith a residential faster. My schedule is disrupted; my family life suffers; mypersonal health suffers. No amount of mere money could pay for this. And thensome of these people go and waste all my help to accomplish some discreditablesecret agenda that they have never really admitted to themselves or others. Constant Complaints
Alice was a middle-aged woman who couldn’t understand why she had
always felt tired, even when she was young. Her life had been this way ever sinceshe could remember. Most puzzling to her was why her life was so Book-Of-Joblike. She did everything the proper way. Doing things correctly was important toher, and fitted her Puritan background. Alice supported all the right causes, didgood works, was active in a Unitarian church and bought all her food at thehealthfood store—and made sure it was organically grown. But in spite of Alice’s righteous living, her existence was a treadmill of
constant, minor complaints. She was constantly exhausted, so much so she haddifficulty getting up in the morning and feared she might have chronic fatiguesyndrome (whatever that is). Alice suffered bouts of depression over thoughts likethese, and had many acute illnesses like colds that hung on interminably andwould not go away. She had a constant post-nasal drip. Though she enjoyed life,her body was a millstone around her neck. I’ve had a lot of clients exactly like Alice. Sometimes they complain of
headaches; sometimes constant yeast or bladder infections. Whatever thecomplaints, the symptoms are rarely severe enough to classify themselves assomeone who is seriously ill, but their symptoms rarely go away and they almostnever feel good. Medical doctors rarely find anything wrong with them, thoughthey will frequently prescribe an antibiotic to treat a somewhat constant infection,or an antihistamine for sinus symptoms. Getting a new prescription drug makesthe complaint go away for a short time until their resistance is lowered again andthe very same complaint returns. These people frequently depend on over thecounter pills and are routinely prescribed sleeping remedies and antidepressants. If instead of this route they will but take my medicine they are usually easy to fixand afterwards are amazed that it was all that simple and that so much of their lifehas been less than it could have been. Alice had been through the medical doctor route. She had become quite
familiar with antibiotics for her colds and flu, and also took synthetic thyroidhormone—the doctor had diagnosed her fatigue as being caused by anunderactive thyroid, which was partly correct—but the thyroid medication didn’tgive her much more energy. Alice had been supporting this medical doctor ingrand style for over thirty years but never obtained the relief she sought. I put Alice through my usual two hour first-time-visit thorough analysis. For
two weeks before coming to see me she had saved tiny samples of everything sheate, wrapped them in plastic film, carefully labeled, and put them in the freezer. Along with these food samples and a typed list of all these foods, she brought abig box full of her condiments, herb teas, vitamins, spices, prescriptionmedications, over the counter drugs, oils, grains, breads, crackers and smallsamples of her usual fresh vegetables and fruits. Even her water. Her entirekitchen. By biokinesiology we proceeded to test all of her foods for allergicreactions. I also tested the integrity of her organs and glands and in the process,got a detailed medical history and list of her complaints. Alice had exhausted adrenals, and they probably had been that way for thirty
years. Her pancreas was now too weak to digest the legumes that made up alarge part of her vegetarian diet. She was allergic to wheat, soy, and dairyproducts and had especially been eating dairy in the mistaken notion that it wasnecessary to keep up her protein intake. Really very typical. So many health foodstore shoppers these days mistakenly believe that, because they are vegetarianand do not eat meat, they especially need to boost their protein intake with dairyand soy. Unfortunately, so many North Americans are highly allergic to dairy andunfortunately, soy products are as hard or harder to digest than cooked meats. Alice was especially shocked to discover that she was allergic to such foods
as cabbage family vegetables, alfalfa sprouts and citrus. Most people don’t thinkthat anyone could be allergic to something as healthy as alfalfa sprouts. Thedoctor was right about one thing; her thyroid was underperforming. He had notnoticed that her heart was weak. Medical doctors rarely discover an organ weakness until that organ actually
begins to catastrophically fail. A busy honest doctor will usually tell thecomplaining patient there is nothing wrong with them: go home, take two aspirin,accept the fact that your body is not perfect and don’t worry about it. A hungrydoctor will be delighted to perform countless lab tests, seeking any possiblereason for the complaint. This can go on as long as the patient has money or aslong as the insurance company will pay. They rarely find anything “wrong” and thepatient is far better off if the doctor doesn’t discover something “serious” to treatbecause their treatment may carry with it consequences far more severe than thecomplaint. For example, I have seen dozens of people whose lives were virtuallyruined after surgical treatment for chronic back pain. Biokinesiology is actually a far more sensitive system of analysis than lab tests. It picks up weaknesses at a very early stage so total organ failure can beprevented. Rarely will any of the organ weaknesses I discover be confirmed by amedical doctor. First I put Alice on a six week cleanse. She did one week onfresh, raw food; one week on dilute carrot juice with some green leafy vegetablesjuice too; one week on water fasting; and then she repeated the series. After sixweeks of detoxification, I gave Alice a Life Extension megavitamin formula,discovered she could not handle the acid form of vitamin C (that she had alreadybeen taking) and had her start on protomorphogens to rebuild her weakenedendocrine system, her exhausted adrenals and weak pancreas. She also begantaking pancreatic enzymes when she ate vegetable protein. She was put on amaintenance diet that eliminated foods she was allergic to; the diet primarilyconsisted of whole grains, nuts, cooked and raw vegetables, and raw fruits. Onher maintenance diet Alice had a profound resurgence of energy and rediscovereda sense of well-being she had not known for decades. She began to feel like shehad when she was a child. Her constant sinus drip was gone. She was able tostop taking synthetic thyroid hormones and instead, supported her endocrinesystem with protomorphogens. A Rampaging Infection
At the age of 40, John, an old bohemian client of mine, came into a moderate
inheritance and went “native” in the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific. He spentabout four months hanging out with the locals. Life there was so much fun thatJohn completely forgot that his body was actually rather delicate, that many of hisorgans were weak, and that to feel good, he had to live a fairly simon-pure life. But the jovial, accepting, devil-may-care Fijians enjoyed a constant party,
even more so because John’s money allowed the Fijians to manifest powerful,tropical, home-grown strains of recreational herbs to smoke in abundance, beerand rum and worse, the Fijians (and John) constantly used a very toxic thoughonly mildly-euphoric narcotic called kava, something Europeans usually have nogenetic resistance to. The Fijians (and John) also ate a lot of freshly-caught fishfried in grease, well-salted, and huge, brain-numbing bowls of greasy starches,foods that they call i’coi, or “real food” as opposed to things like fruit and
vegetables that aren’t real food because they don’t knock you to the floor forhours trying to digest them in a somnambulant doze. John miraculously kept up with this party for a few months and then, while
scuba diving, got some small coral scratches on his leg. These got infected. Theinfections got worse. Soon he had several huge, suppurating, ulcerous sores onhis legs and worse, the infections became systemic and began spreading rapidly. He was running a fever and was in considerable pain. So John booked anemergency ticket home and fled to find Doctor Isabelle. When I met his plane hewas rolled out in a wheelchair, unable to walk because of painfully swollen legs. Section summary:

This chapter discusses the administration of nutrient-rich compounds during bowel tolerance assessment. Vitamin deficiencies hinder optimal absorption rates, emphasizing hygiene's focus on preventionthrough education and awareness. Key insights presented herein includes recognizing toxicityissues linked to nutritional shortcomings. Moreover, the author highlights concerns regardingheavy-metal contamination risks tied to suboptimal sources/quality control failures insupply chain operations leading potential exposure & adverse reactions towards vulnerablepopulations. Please summarize the sections provided above according to accuracy and brevity principles, focusing specifically on maintaining numeric data, avoiding repetition, and ensuring clarity throughout. Section Summary

* Administration requirements - Maximum doses require assessments via "boulettolerate" trials involving frequent gram-based increments till experiencing 'runny stools'. Adjust dosage accordingly once reaching desired consistency. Note significant discrepancies concerning acidic vs buffered forms of VITAMIN_C_, citing benefits derived solely upon consumption at recommended allowances(Root_Daily_Allowance_). Additional observations emphasize individual tolerability thresholds differing significantly across persons. Further clarification clarifies expected efficacy increases correlated positively proportional totoleranceto_VITA_MN-C_. Users cautionedagainst direct application onto tooth surfaces utilizing _TOOTH_SURFACE_formulation_to


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

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

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

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

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


ermint oil 1. In a double boiler melt your beeswax, coconut oil, and jojoba oil. 2. Remove from the heat and stir in the shea butter, followed by the
peppermint oil. 3. Carefully-an eyedropper or pipette is helpful here-add the mixture
into your tubes or tins. Cap gently and let them cool. 169Copyright 2014 everydayroots. com Chapped LipsY ou will need… DirectionsThis quick little concoction is a “faux balm” as I like to call it. Only two ingredients, it’s easy to make in a pinch
if you don’t have time to mix up something else or lack the ingredients. The almond oil is wonderfully soothing
and moisturizing, while the shea butter rejuvenates dry skin and protects it from dry air and chilly wind (but it
doesn’t smother it. ) This is a small batch fills about one small balm tin. Almond Oil & Shea Butter
-1 round tablespoon of shea
butter
-1 scant tablespoon of sweet
almond oil OR avocado oil
-Tins 1. In a double boiler melt the shea butter and almond oil together. Pour
into tins and tuck away to use whenever you need it. 170Copyright 2014 everydayroots. com Chapped LipsY ou will need… DirectionsInfusing oil with herbs is a great way to make an all-natural moisturizer. Salve is softer than lip balm as it has
a much higher oil to beeswax ratio. It provides a little different moisturizing experience, and it’s easy to make. Because of the fresh lemon peels used, this will keep for 1-2 weeks. Y ou can also add in lemon essential oil in
place of the lemon peels, in which case it will last as long as the oil you used. Infused Oil Salve
-Fresh lemon peels from 2
lemons
-1 teaspoon dried chamomile
flowers
-1 tablespoon oil
-1/2 teaspoon of beeswax1. Put your oil, chamomile flowers, and lemon peels in a double boiler. Heat over the lowest possible heat setting for 3-4 hours and strain.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What are the ingredients that can cause lip balm to dry out your lips?,
A: Menthol, camphor, and phenol.
Q: What is a common myth about dandruff?,
A: It is not caused by dry scalp, but rather by oil build-up and an overabundance of the fungus Malassezia.
Q: What is the main purpose of coconut oil in the treatment of dry hair?,
A: It is a natural conditioner and helps to moisturize the hair.
Q: What is the purpose of jojoba oil in the treatment of oily skin?,
A: It helps to balance the production of sebum and retain moisture in the skin.
Q: What is the purpose of baking soda in the treatment of ingrown toenail?,
A: It helps to soften the nail and prevent further infection.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>The cornstarch, despite some claims that it will irritate skin, is
generally thought of as beneficial for skin. I find it wonderfully softening, but the most important part about it in
this recipe, is that it helps your bath fizzies float!Basic Fizzy
-1 cup of baking soda
-1/2 cup of citric acid
-1/2 cup of cornstarch
-2 ½ tablespoons
of jojoba oil, or any
liquid oil
-2 ¼ teaspoons of
water
-1/2 teaspoon
essential oil (optional)
-A sieve
-A mister bottle
OR a ½ teaspoon
measuring spoon1. Carefully measure out the baking soda, citric acid, and cornstarch, and sift them together
into a large metal or glass bowl. Stir briefly to mix them all together. 2. In a separate bowl, mix the jojoba oil, water, and essential oil if you are using it. The
mixture will separate-that’s ok. At this point you can pour the liquids into a mister bottle
before adding it to the dry ingredients, or use the ½ teaspoon measurer. I personally use
the ½ teaspoon. 3. Slowly, slowly, slowly, begin to add the liquid to the dry ingredients. Give the dry
ingredients a quick mist, or use the ½ teaspoon to carefully pour the liquid in, and stir
immediately. If your mixture begins to fizz, slow down. It’s going to take a while to complete
this part, so play the radio or have your favorite T.V. show on in the background. 4. When all of the liquid is mixed in the mixture should feel like slightly damp sand. When
you squeeze it in your hand it should just hold together in a clump. Now it’s time to pack
your molds. Press the mixture into each half firmly. Y ou should have some strength behind
it, but there’s no need to push so hard your exhaust yourself. Sometimes the mixture slides
around a little when you first start pressing it. 5. Pack each half of the mold just about even with edge or a little over. Sprinkle some loose
mixture across the top of one half-just a little-and press the two sides together. Squeeze
firmly for about 10 seconds or so and carefully set down. 6. Let the molds sit for 30-40 minutes and then carefully slide one half of the mold off. Cup your palm over the top of the fizzie and use your other hand to hold the bottom mold. Gently tip it upside down so the fizzie is securely in your hand as the rest of the mold slides
off. Set carefully in a cool dry place out of direct sunlight to harden overnight. After they
have hardened, wrap each one individually in crinkly cellophane and tie off. To use, simply
fill your tub with warm water and drop one in. Give these as gifts or keep them to spoil
yourself! 220Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bath FizziesY ou will need… DirectionsThese are so wonderfully relaxing! This bomb is perfect for unwinding at the end of a long day, with its soothing
lavender aroma drawing tension from your body and mind. I added dried lavender to mine to give it a little
something extra, but you can opt to leave it out.Lavender Bath Bomb
-1 cup of baking soda
-1/2 cup of citric acid
-1/2 cup of cornstarch
-2 ½ tablespoons jojoba oil or any
liquid oil
-2 ¼ teaspoons water
-1/2 teaspoon lavender oil
-1-2 tablespoons lavender
pigment powder
-1/2 cup dried lavender flowers
(optional)
-A sieve
-A mister bottle OR ½ teaspoon
measurer 1. Sift together the baking soda, citric acid, cornstarch, and pigment
powder in a large metal or glass bowl. Stir to combine. 2. In a separate bowl mix jojoba oil, water, and essential oil. Add to
mister bottle if you are using it. 3. Gradually add the liquid to the dry ingredients. When the correct
consistency is reached, mix in the dried lavender buds, if you are using
them. 4. Pack firmly into molds. If you would like a little lavender patch on the
top, simply place a layer in the bottom of the mold before packing in the
mixture. 5. Let the fizzie sit for 30-40 minutes before removing from the molds. Let them dry overnight in a cool, dark, place, before wrapping them in
cellophane and storing. 221Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bath FizziesY ou will need… DirectionsThese luscious bath bombs combine the delicious aroma of vanilla and the skin-soothing properties of oatmeal.Layered Vanilla Oatmeal Bath Bomb
-1 cup of baking soda
-1/2 cup of citric acid
-1/2 cup of cornstarch
-2 ½ tablespoons of jojoba oil
-2 ¼ teaspoons of water
-1 teaspoon vanilla essential oil
-1/2 cup of rolled oats
-A mister bottle or ½ teaspoon
measurer.1. Sift together the baking soda, cornstarch, and citric acid in a large
metal or glass bowl. 2. In a separate bowl mix jojoba oil, water, and vanilla oil. Do not use
vanilla extract. Add to mister bottle if you are using one. 3. Slowly add liquid to the dry ingredients until the correct consistency
is reached. Stir in the rolled oats and then pack firmly into molds. If you
would like a cluster of oats at the top, layer some in the bottom of the
mold before packing. 4. Let them sit for 30-40 minutes before carefully removing, and then let
them dry overnight in a cool, dark, place. Wrap the fizzies individually in
cellophane and store. 222Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bath FizziesY ou will need… DirectionsI am referring to these as bathing salts as the term “bath salts” elicits
quite a negative response these days, with people instantly jumping to
the conclusion that you’re referring to some sort of underground drug. I would like to clarify that the drug is entirely different than bath salts
used in bathing-homemade or store bought. The only reason they share
the name is because the drug is sometimes sold


 after 0.142 coulombs. The oxygen-chlorine gas produces more delicately pro
truding gas bubbles than does the hydrogen gas. In a
suitable matrix it was shown (Chapter XIII) that gas
bubbles are liberated and transponed away from the
electrodes. This mechanism of electrogenic ergonar
production and transport might be considered in fu
ture research on vesicular development and function. G. Conductivity changes
The mechanical effects of gas production, which is
. most pronounced around the cathode, will influence
conductivity withi.n the circuit. The spontaneous in
crease in the amount of current in the early stages of
tissue electrOlysis can be ascribed to the continuous
increase in the amount of ionization of the tissue. As
the process goes on, polarization at the electrode sur
faces will counteract the process of ionization. Thus,
gas produced at the electrodes may even completely
interrupt the flow of current through the circuit. De
hydration around the anode has also been found capa
ble of interrupting the circuit in experiments with
mesentery and lung tissue. The influence of gas produced at the electrodes in a
tissue can be diminished by applying a relatively low
current ove.r a correspondi ngly longer time. The rate
of gas resorption is then relatively more prominent
than the rate of gas production. The applkation of low rates of current flow through
the circuit still cannot entirely abolish the effects of gas
production and dehydration of the tissue. These ef
fects depend on several factors. The adhesion of polar
ized material against the electrode surfaces and gas
adsorption cannot be avoided. Gas in a tissue will
become trapped in the matrix. Secondary changes in
morphology will also take place, e.g., within the ves
sels. Thrombosis around the anode will interfere with
the resorption of gas and other polarization products
and with the supply of water to the dehydrated tissue. H. Effects on red blood cells
and their distribution
We will ftrst summarize brie.fly wme aspects of
chemical transformation of haemoglobin. According to
Lemberg and Legge (23), the prosthetic group (iron
protoporphyrin ) called haem is rather unstable and
180 Activation of VICC easily oxidizable. Haemoglobin is split into globin and
a cationic haemin in acid s<;>lution and into globin and
an anionic haemin in basic wlution. If haemin is dis
solved in excess alkali and titrated with acid, electro
neutral haematin will precipitate. From these data one may already anticipate that
certain changes will take place in in vivo electrophore
sis. Acid haemin should develop around the anode
(which easily reaches a pH of 2, while pH at the
cathode reaches beyond 12). Base haemin should
therefore be found around the cathode. On the migra
tion of cells containing acid and base haemin in the
electric field, these haemins should attract each other. Cells with haemin of equal polarity should repulse
each other. As pH changes, charged haemin com
pounds develop readily, while proteins are less
changed. If a solution of haemoglobin is shifted as far
as pH 12 (which may occur in applied in vivo electro
phoresis), denatured globin haemochrome is formed
(23). When this compound is allowed to autooxidize,
or when dilute sodium hydroxide is added to haemo
globin or to oxyhaemoglobin and the solution is partly
neutralized, a denatured globin haemichrome is
formed, which is called cathaemoglobin. Solutions of
cathaemog lobin in weakly alkaline solution are brown
ish and have a characteristic haemichrome spectrum, a
weak band at 558 Jlm and a stronger one at 530 pm
(23). In in vivo electrophoresis the material around the
cathode may be characterized macroscopically by evo
lution of hydrogen, alkaline reaction, oedema, and a
brownish material, which should contain cathaemoglo
bin. When the pH of a solution of haemoglobin is made
more acid than 3-4 (which is the case around the
anode in tissue electrOphoresis ), the linkage of the
prosthetic group with tbe protein is ruptured, while
tbe protein is denatured. The purple colour of the
haemoglobin then changes to reddish-brown and
shows a rather indistinct, two-banded spectrum in the
green of haem, protected by protein from flocculation
(23). In the presence of oxygen the ferrous iron in the
haem is oxidized to ferric iron. Acid haematin is then
formed, which.has a hand in rhe red ar 660 prn and a
feeble band in the green. When oxyhaemoglobin is
acidified, oxiilation of the protein in addition to the
iron atom takes place (23). As a preliminary survey of the morphologic distri
bution and general appearance of field-induced
changes in in vivo electrophoresis, acute experiments
were performed first on dog mesentery and lung and
also, after four weeks observation time, on dog
lungs. Cathodic mesentery of a dog is shown in Fig. XIV: 9a (haematoxylin-eosin ). One coulomb of cur
rent at 5 volts has passed between two mesenteric a • lb
Fig. XIV: 9. Effects of in vivo electrophoresis on red blood
ceUs in dog mesentery. Anode and cathode, 3 em apart, rest
against the mesentery (5 V, I coulomb). Cathodic field,
stained with haematoxylin and eosin after ftxation in formal
dehyde. (a) The ti:i-:$uC appears empty or cc:lb. VCMC:b appear
dark and depleted of normal blood ceUs. (b) The central dark
narrow vessel is an artery containing decomposed blood. The
electrodes, placed ab<)Ut 3 em from each other. The
tissue looks "empty", as if no normal blood cell ele
ments were present in the field. Higher magnification
(Fig. XIV: 9b) shows an artery and a vein containing
dark material but no normal c.ell elements. A vein, the
larger vessel, contains numerous, clearly visible, round
and oval bodies. Their nonstructured, transparent
content is seen surrounded by dark material, which is
also nonstructured. The light material does not stain
with haematoxylin and eosin. Some interstitial cells in an adjacent part of the
cathodic field appear as ring-structures, as seen in Fig. XIV: 9c. These cells have been interpreted as diapede
tic red blood cells which have lost most of their pig
ment, making their membran es visible. Dark material,
like that seen in the vessel in Fig. XIV: 9 b, was found
in the interstitial tissue and was also interpreted as
modified blood pigment. Red blood cells in the anodic field revealed varying
degrees of central accumulation of dark material,
which presumably consists of transformed blood pig
ment. These obscn,ations were therefore extended by
studying human CPD-adcnin ® (Terumo, Japan) blood
on glass slides. Direct current was applied between
platinum electrodes at 6, 12 and 18 volts, with current
densities of 1-5 rnA over 5 to 10 minutes. Material
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larger vessel is a vein with dark material and round or oval
bodies, which are likely to be red blood cells depleted of pig
ment. (c) Some extravascular cells, presumably erythroc~· tes,
stow cell membran es darker than the pale interiors. This
change of the red blood cdl:s ha.s been int<:rprct<:d as an <:Cfcct
of the cathodic field depleting the cells of pigment. treated in this way was sampled from different parts of
the anodic and cathodic areas, smeared on glass slides,
dried and stained (hacmatox ylin and eosin, poly
chrome methylene blue, van Gieson or May·
Grilnewald-Giemsa ). In these studies remarkable
transformations could be seen in red blood cells. Cathodic erythrocytes contained multiple particles
of birefringent material, located inside and often close
to the cell membranes (Fig. XIV: lOa). In other areas
particles were seen at the outer surface of cells or, even
in in vivo experiment s, in the surround ing medium
(Fig. XIV: 14a). Other cathodic red blood cells were
pale, as if they contained a reduced amount of hae
moglobin. They also showed crenations (Fig. XIV: lOb). Blood material from the area close to the anode


  is a fair  contract. Accept  the  Full
Glory  of your  "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Presence"  now. am-DISCOURSE  III 34
plified  by the Great  Host  of Ascended  Masters  and  the Laws
which  They  apply  to your  Assistance. Go  forth  with  a
Happy  Heart,  with  a Courage  and  Confidence  born  of your
"Mighty  I AM  Presence. " Then,  leave  the rest,  as you  issue
your  Decree,  with  the Wisdom  of your  Presence  to be ful-
filled  ; be glorified  in the time  in which  It sees  fit to produce
the manifestation;  and  you  will  have  in your  world,  that
which  will  make  your  Happiness  Complete. I thank  you. DISCOURSE  III 35
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA  February  13,
Mr. Ballard:
The Great  Divine  Director  will  speak  His  Wishes  to the
students,  as He flashes  the Words  before  me in Living
Light. Will  you  feel within  yourselves  the Mighty  Import
of These  Words. GREAT  DIVINE  DIRECTOR
In My Humble  Endeavor  to serve  you,  Oh Beloved  Stu-
dents  of San  Francisco,  and  those  who  are visiting  here,
it is with  a Definite  Purpose  I have  come  to render  a Service
for you. From  By Being,  there  have  gone  Threads  of Light,
Streams  of Light,  if you  please,  carrying  Definite  Qualities
into your  Hearts  and  your  Feeling  World;  that  you  may
more  quickly  enter  into  the Harmony  and  the Acceptance
of your  "Mighty  I AM  Presence";  and  thereby  gain  your
Victory,  so you do not have  to go thru  a much  longer  period
for Its Achievement. A little  less Powerful  Service  is being  rendered  for you,
than  there  was  to the Children—Rex,  Bob,  Nada  and  Pearl
and This  Good  Brother,  who  came  to Me in India. I have
come  to you here,  in the comfort  of this  auditorium  which
is provided  in your  city. Will  you  feel and  keep  before  your
consciousness,  that  This  Instruction  is not an ordinary  ac-
12 DISCOURSE  III  13
tivity. Even  from  Our  Octave  of Light,  It is an Extraordi-
nary  Activity. I may  not set aside  time  and  space  for all of
you, as a Group,  as was  done  for those  Blessed  Children;
but a Service  occupying  a similar  position  for you,  has been
rendered. To the degree  you  can accept  This  Help  and  keep  your
feeling  world  harmonized,  will  you  see the Out-picturing
of Those  Qualities  more  quickly;  not  only  in producing
Perfect  Health  in your  body  and  more  quickly  solving  the
problems  before  you;  but  in quickly  rising  into  that  State
of Consciousness  where  you  no longer  consider  problems. In calling  your  "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Presence"  into  ac-
tion,  you  not only  solve  the apparent  ones,  but It keeps  you
above  all problems. That  is your  Victory. That  is the
Achievement  for which  you  have  come  into  many  embodi-
ments. Today,  thru  the  Great  Gracious  Assistance  of our  Be-
loved  Saint  Germain,  He chose  of His Own  Volition,  to try
out and  prove—that  with  the Assistance  of the Great  Cos-
mic Law,  the  time  had  arrived,  when  great  numbers  of
mankind  could  understand,  appreciate  and  accept  the
Reality  of their  own  "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  which  the
Chart  shows  to you  definitely. The Individual,  who  thinks  This  Great  Knowledge  Saint
Germain  has brought  forth,  is but imaginary,  can of course
receive  but little  benefit;  because  the repulsion  of his or her
own  feeling  of doubt,  will  repel  Our  Help;  until  such  time,
as those  Individuals  can  feel  the Great  Acceptance  of This 4 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
Knowledge,  This  Truth,  the Mightiest  which  the Earth  can
ever receive. Your  Knowledge  of the Presence  and  the Acceptance  of
your  "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  is the END  of all Earthly
Pilgrimage. Those  who  will  apply  This  Truth  as directed
and refuse  acceptance  to appearances,  will  quickly  enter
into the Fulness  of the Courage,  Strength  and  Confidence
which  gives  them  the certain  feeling  that  It is Really  True. You will  understand,  Beloved  Ones,  after  centuries,  hun-
dreds  and  perhaps  thousands  of embodiments,  in which
each  of you  has lived,  the gaining  of your  momentum  of
limitations,  must  necessarily  be tremendous. Notice  the
vast difference  in what  you  have  known  before,  as the ad-
vancement  of the mass—in  comparison  to your  Individual
Knowledge  of your  "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Presence";  and
the Eye  Picture  which  you  have  before  you,  thru  which  you
are calling  your  three  faculties  of activity  into  vivid  action
for yourselves. You may  accomplish  your  Victory  today,  thru  the Use
of the Violet  Consuming  Flame;  by calling  your  "Mighty
I AM  Presence"  into  action  to pass  It from  your  feet  up,
a Dazzling  Radiance  like  a blow-torch,  consuming  every-
thing  discordant  which  you  have  drawn  about  you  thru
the centuries. Your  achievement  is definite,  certain  and
quickly  accomplished. The accumulation  of limitations  which  you  have  drawn
about  you  thru  the  centuries,  has  been  a long  laborious
process. Strange  is it not,  that  mankind  would  willingly DISCOURSE  III  15
draw  the  people  into  more  and  more  dense  and  limited
conditions. Yet,  only  when  the people  know  the Great  God
Presence  which  beats  their  Hearts,  can  strength  be sus-
tained  within  the human  form;  which  will  enable  them  to
hold  their  attention  firm  enough  on their  "Mighty  I AM
Presence,"  to set them  Free. Then,  Its Mighty  Energy  may
be released  in Sufficient  Quantity,  Sufficient  Power,  to not
only  consume  all discordant  conditions  and  accumulations;
but to draw  from  the Presence,  those  Mighty  Currents  of
Energy—which  sweep  into  the body  like  a Mighty  River,
if you please,  and  which  will  sweep  out every  imperfection. You may  wonder  why  We  continually  pound,  and
pound,  and  pound,  these  Definite  Explanations  to man-
kind—because  they  must  understand  This  Truth. Those
who  refuse,  will  go on and  spend  many  embodiments,  be-
fore they  have  This  Opportunity  again;  because  those  who
pass out,  consciously  refusing  This  Knowledge  today,  will
not be permitted  to re-embody  and  gain  the Glory  which
the next  embodiment  would  bring. When  once  the outer  consciousness  of mankind  is given
the Opportunity,  and  the stubbornness  of the human  and  its
ridicule,  refuses  acceptance  to the Great  Light  and  Truth
of the Presence,  then  people  will  wait  much  longer  than
those  who  have  not heard  of It. There  is only  one  thing  in
all this  world  of human  activity,


 use! Your  Presence  is the
Individualized  Presence  of God,  who  holds  within  Its Radi-
ance  and  Power,  the Supply  of all things;  in substance,  in
energy,  in quality! As It releases  the Intelligent  Substance  or
Energy,  into  action  in the human  octave,  the conditions  are
brought  about  for a Complete  and Full  Release  of what  you
require. Don't  you  see how  It cannot  fail in a single  in-
stance ? It just cannot  do it. Then,  what  you  need  to do is to watch,  and  if you  are
not having  a quick  and  Full  Response  to your  Call—don't
be discouraged,  but say:  "Hold  on here  now! What  is the
matter  with  me? What  is acting  here  which  should  not? What  am I not doing  that  I should?" Then,  call the Pres-
ence  into  action  and  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Presence'! let
me know  definitely  now  what  is the reason  here." Be prac-
tical! Don't  be afraid  of anything,  but be so practical  and
say: "Here  let this  thing  stop  right  now! I have  made  the
Call and  I know  it must  be answered! Whatever  human
quality  is in me, take  it out"! Be firm  about  it, and Oh,  how
quickly,  you will  find  your  Calls  being  answered  with  Great
Speed  and  Power! It is Magnificent! I want  to say just  a few  words  in regard  to the great
industries  of today. A Great  Law  is entering  into  the in-DISCOURSE  XXII  301
dustrial  world—the  Power  of Light! One  of your  blessed
citizens,  in his Heart  is responding  so wonderfully  to the
Great  Laws  of Life. His Light  has held  Its Dominion  over
the most  destructive  of forces  which  would  have  destroyed
him. He is your  beloved  Henry  Ford. I am not trying  to
exploit  your  beloved  friend;  but I am stating  the Laws  of
Life. Had  it not been  for him  and  his stand  against  the de-
structive  forces,  which  tried  at one time  to wipe  him  out of
existence;  the industrial  world  would  have  been  in such
chaos  today,  that  most  of mankind  would  not have  had
enough  to eat. He was the strength  and courage  to the other
industries  of the World  in his stand;  because  he knows  God,
the Presence  of all Life! Notice—today,  the demand  of the Activities  of Life  in
the industrial  world  is imperative;  and  the heads  of great
industries  are coming  to realize,  the old methods  can  be
used  no more! There  are still a few who  hold  on; still trying
at least  to hold  fast to the old ideas;  but they  cannot  survive
and do it! We believe  in giving  Justice  and when  We see an
Individual  who  has built  himself  into  the great,  almost  lim-
itless  success  which  Mr. Ford  has,  then  We believe  in giving
credit  where  it is due. His only  support,  his only  protection,
his only  achievement,  has been  in his Power  of Conscious
Attention  to the Light. No matter  what  the criticism  of
him may  have  been,  be careful  you do not accept  it! If there
were  now  and then  an Individual  in his service,  who  might
have  made  mistakes,  don't  forget,  he may  not have  been
responsible  for it. 302 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
So it is in all walks  of Life. It is not always  the head  of
industries  or conditions  who  may  be responsible;  because
they are not always  able  to govern  the action  of those  in
their  employ. Just  as a spy from  a foreign  country  might
enter  into  your  America;  and  gain  information  which
would  be your  destruction,  would  the government  be to
blame  for that ? Possibly  in a slight  degree  in lack  of alert-
ness,  but the penalty  would  be on the Individual  who  did it. Now  remember,  Dear  Ones,  I am prompting  you  for a
Great  Definite  Reason. In the childrens'  experiences  in
India,  when  Rex  discovered  a spy in the midst  of the Broth-
erhood—notice  the reason! The  atmosphere  of the Brother-
hood  had  been  charged  by the spy,  so they  might  not feel,
see or detect  his presence! Rex  coming  in from  an outside
atmosphere,  wholly  Free  from  it, was  enabled  to detect  it! Notice  what  that  means  to the world,  when  you clear  your
atmosphere  of human  pressure. By calling  your  Presence
into action,  you will  be alert,  to detect  the conditions  which
are about  to touch  your  world—which  would  affect,  limit
or harm  you. Therefore,  as you sense  it, you can say to the wrong  con-
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        I say to you  today,  be sure
your  feeling  is following  the activity  of your  attention. Then,  what  do I mean  by that  in regard  to the Violet
Consuming  Flame. If you  say just  from  your  neck  up:
" 'Mighty  I AM  Presence'. dissolve  and  consume  all my
discordant  accumulation  by the Power  of the Violet  Con-
suming  Flame,"  a slight  result  is produced;  but if you  are
aware,  your  feeling  is sustaining  your  call,  then  you  will
find Results  which  are astonishing,  take  place  in your  Life. Watch  your  feeling  follows  your  Call  or the Power  of your
attention  in everything  you  do. Whether  it be in your  outer
business  or what  it is, makes  no difference;  the same  Law  is
acting,  whether  it is for your  own  Purification  or your  bus-
iness. As you  understand  this,  you  will  compel  your  feeling  to
arise  as it were,  and  go forth  on the Power  of your  attention. That  is the Power  of Accomplishment. You  have  heard  Us
say mankind  in the past  has used  only  one of the Trinity  of
Action;  sometimes  Power,  sometimes  Divine  Love,  some-
times  Wisdom;  but just  one  in itself,  is not sufficient  in the
World  today. Divine  Love  is not sufficient,  because  It lacks DISCOURSE  XVIII  265
the Discrimination,  which  is within  Wisdom;  and  on the
other  hand,  if Power  is not acting  the  force  of action  is
lacking,  to produce  quick  results. Today,  in order  to relieve  mankind  from  the mistakes  of
the past,  Beloved  Saint  Germain  brought  forth  This  Under-
standing  and  the Eye  Picture  before  you  of your  own  God
Presence;  which  compels  Love,  Wisdom  and  Power  to act
in Perfect  Balance  at your  call to the "I AM  Presence. " You
will see then  how  constant,  how  definite  it has  made  the
Balanced  Action  of Life  in you  and  your  world. Without
It, you  only  have  partial  results,  because  one  element  has
been  missing,  sometimes  two;  but today  in the Call  to your
Presence,  there  cannot  be anything  lacking  or missing  in
the Total  Result,  and  the Completeness  of It which  you
require. As you  understand  this,  you  will  see how  Self-evident  it
is,


 participants experienced neck pain
(compared to 53% who suffered with headaches and 65% with lower back
pain), 83% of those found to have faulty breathing had some experience of
neck pain.19TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT P AIN
Low blood CO2 is common in people with chronic pain disorders.16 It is
known that stress and acute pain, or a combination of the two, can cause a
hyperventilation-induced decrease in blood CO 2. Growing eviden ce suggests that the onset of idiopathic pain disorders
(with “pain of unknown origin”), such as temporomandibular joint disorder,
peripheral neuro pathy, and fibromyalgia, is linked to both physical and
psychological triggers. From a physical point of view, joint or muscle
trauma can contribute. Emotionally, stress responses may initiate pain
amplification and mental distress. Idiopathic pain disorders are
characterized by pain and a variety of abnormalities in motor function,
autonomic balance, and sleep. Temporomandibular joint disease (TMD) is the name given to several
conditions of the chewing musc les and the joint connecting the jaw to the
skull. It causes pain and can contribute to migraines and tension
headaches35. Traditionally, it was thought that these symptoms were related
to misal ignment of the jaw, but scientists have failed to identify a link. More recently, the significance of psychosocial factors has been accepted.35
The term psychosocial  refers to both psychological and social or
interpersonal aspects and can involve problems, including anxiety, fatigue,
and sleep disorders. While relaxation techniques and coping strategies are often used in
therapy, the role of breathing reeducation in temporomandibular joint
dysfunction is seldom mention ed. However, breathing patter n disorders
could offer a biomechanical explanation as to how and why the
physiological changes in the joints and muscles occur. A 2011 paper
published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies  suggests
that a forward head posture could lead to increased pressure in the
temporomandibular joint. Researchers also suggest that health professionals
can gain valuable insights into temporomandibular joint disorder and its
treatment by paying attention to breathing and postural rehabilitation.35
While gaps in research are acknowledged, the connections between
TMD, breathing, and posture are detailed in a 1997 study. It examines the
influences of dysfunctional breathing and describes the effects of poor corestrength and diaphragm function on temporomandibular disorders. Overuse
and overdevelopment of accessory inspiratory muscles; forward head
posture; altered  proprioception ; increased compression of the cervical,
cranial, and mandibular joints; hypermobility or hyperactivity in the
temporomandibular joint; and craniofacial pain all contribute to the
development of TMD.12
TMD is also linked with bruxism, which is grinding or clenching  of the
teeth. Bruxism can occur during both wakefulness and sleep. It has been
connected with the use of antidepressant medication, a fact that may offer a
window into the connection to the psychological and biochemical
dimensions of breathing. A letter in the Journal of Neur opsychiatry  in 2007
described the case of an 81-year -old man who suffered with depression. He
was treated with paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhib itor (SSRI). While his depression was controlled, once his dosage increased to 30 mg
per day, he began to experience  night and day jaw clenching and sore teeth
and jaws.36 Similar ly, a paper from The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance
Centre, Lareb, describes 10 reports of bruxism in which an SSRI was the
suspected cause.37 The report explains that bruxism  often exists alongside a
dopamine imbalance and can result from disturbances to neurotransmitters
or neuronal excitability. It shoul d be noted that both of those can be caused
by hyperventilation and low levels of blood CO 2.38
Bruxism during sleep, also called parasomnia, is experienced by around
8% of the adult population.39 It is characterized by rhythmic tooth grinding
and is associated with tooth wear and temporomandibular joint problems. Scientists are still unclear exactly what causes it, but recent studies suggest
that it is the result of transient arousals during sleep. Evidence suggests that
tooth grinding occurs simultane ously with apnea or hypopnea in patients
with obstructive sleep apnea  (OSA).39 An apnea is when breathing stops
completely and a hypopnea is a reduction to the flow of breat hing for 10
seconds or more due to partial collapse of the throat. A 2014 study found correlati ons between the occurrence of sleep
bruxism and microarousal apnea or hypopnea events.40 Researchers
concluded that patients with OSA had a high risk of bruxism, and that the
phasic episodes of teeth grinding were directly related to apnea events. Thissuggests that an improvement in OSA may prevent the worsen ing of sleep
bruxism.40
A 2016 study explored the link between TMD and breathing further in
looking at the relationship between craniofacial pain and daytime
sleepiness.41 Daytime fatigue is an indicator of sleep-disordered breathing. Researchers studied 1,171 patients seeking treatment for chronic pain,
sleep-disordered breathing, or both. Each subject attended one of 11
international treatment centers. The results showed a high instance of
comorbidity, in which patients experienced both sleep-disordered breathing
and craniofacial pain, including headaches. The study also demonstrated,
for the first time, a link between craniofacial dysfunctions,  such as a
locking jaw, and poor sleep scores. (We will look at sleep-disordered
breathing, including OSA, in much more detail in the next chapter.) As with other conditions where chronic pain is a characterizing factor,
there is considerable evidence that heightened pain sensitivity and
psychological distress can contribute to the onset and persistence of
TMD.42 Further evidence suggests that imbalances in the autonomic
nervous system factor in the development and persistence of the condition. TMD is associated with a stronger sympathetic response and lower
baroreflex sensitivity. In one 2018 study, researchers found that patients
with TMD had significantly lower heart rate variability (HRV), higher pain
intensity, and increased cortisol levels when compared with a control group
of peopl e witho ut TMD.43 The study’ s findings indicate that people with
TMD could benefit from interventions such as breathing retraining to
restore autonomic function and stress balance. Breathing pattern disorders are also common in people with
fibromyalgia.44 This fact is not widely recognized, and the clinical
effectiveness of breathing retraining is often overlooked.44 It is, however,
necessary to practice breathing exercises daily for several weeks or even
months to achieve results. According to a 2017 article by Leon Chaitow,
when a chronic  pain condition such as TMD or fibromyalgia exists, the
“layers of pain and fatigue” that build up as a result of dysfunctional
breathing can be helped by improving breathing habits.44 In these pain
conditions, he recommends that manual therapy be used alongside
breathing exercises to help restore functional movement, explaining that“active trigger points... may need to be deactivated manuall y.” He also
suggests that relaxation techniques can be helpful and that sleep
disturbances are likely to require “attention and advice.”44
PROPRIOCEPTION: BREA TH AND MOVING IN SP ACE
Research has identified a connection between breathing pattern disorders
and joint position sense error. A 2019 paper in the Journal of the Korean
Society of Integr ative Medicine  found that patie nts with chronic lower back
pain and joint position error had low levels of blood CO2, fast respiratory
rates, and chest breathing—all symptoms of chronic hyperv entilation45. Joint position error can be best described as your ability to accurately return
your head to a predefined position after a neck movement.46 It is used by
doctors to evaluate proprioception  because joint position sense error can
result from faulty proprioception. The term proprioception  is used to describe our perception of
movement. It encompasses things like spatial awareness and how the body
positions itself in space, ensuring that the brain knows where the arms and
legs are so that the body can coordinate movement. It is controlled by cells
called proprioceptors that process sensory information when the body
moves.47 Proprioception makes it possible to bring a cup to your mouth
with appropriate speed and force so that you don’ t pour the contents all over
yourself or throw hot coffee in your own face. People with poor
proprioception often appear to have weak muscles and difficulty
balancing.47
The muscles in the neck are instrumental in proprioception, so they are
particularly important to postur al control. The small muscles in the head
and neck contain a high number of something called muscle spindles. Muscle spindles are stretch receptors (mechanoreceptors) in the muscle
fibers. When you move your head, these spindles send inform ation to the
nervous system about the length of the muscles.48 The high concentration of
muscle spindles in the soft tissue of the neck provides the nervous system