 center begins to send messages to the breathing
muscles to resume breathing. As the breath hold continues, these impulsesincrease in intensity, causing repeated contractions of the diaphragm. This
is somet imes called the “struggle phase.” As the diaphragm continues to
contract through the breath hold, it essentially receives a workout. According to a 2013 study of maximal breath hold in free divers, the
relative intensity of diaphragmatic and inspiratory rib-cage muscle
contractions increases by aroun d 5 and 15 times respectively, from the
beginning to the end of the struggle phase, approaching potentially
fatiguing levels by the time breathing is resumed.42
In 2016,  scienti sts at the Unive rsity of Zagreb, Croatia, ran a study to
determine the effects of hypercapnic-hypoxic training on respiratory muscle
strength among elite swimmers. Those swimmers who were subjected to a
hypercapnic-hypoxic regimen significantly improved the stren gth of their
inspiratory muscles when compared to swimmers who breathed normally. Participants who reduced their breathing improved their inspiratory muscle
strength by 14.9% and expirator y muscle strength by 1.9%. The researchers
noted that voluntary breath holding might have resulted in involuntary
contractions of the breathing muscles, increasing diaphragm thickness.43
The thickness of the diaphragm plays an important role in sporting
performance and endurance. The precise mechanisms by which respiratory muscle training improves
exercise performance have not been fully determined. The positive effects
on endurance may be due to the direct impact on fatigue in the respiratory
muscles. Indirectly, the improved blood flow to working muscles that
comes from more efficient breathing and better oxygenation is also
beneficial. It is also likely that the increased resistance to breat hing during
respiratory muscle training may simply make normal physical exercise feel
easier.44
When the breathing muscles are stronger, they are better able to cope
with more intensive training. This means that more intense exercise is
possible before the metaborefl ex reduces blood flow to the legs. This
ultimately improves performance as well as endurance. The effects of
respiratory muscle training have been shown across a variety of sports,
including rowing,45 sustained heavy-endurance exercise,46 and cycling.47A SIMPLE MEASURE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL
BREA THING
As we’ve seen, breathing pattern disorders are multidimensional, comprised
of a series of biochemical, biomechanical, and psychological components. So, it can be difficult to achieve a definitive diagnosis with any single test. Also, many methods to assess dysfunctional breathing rely too much on
subjective infor mation. As with any dysfunction, the body and mind can
adapt to a certain degree until the problem becomes normali zed, and so
personal experie nce rarely provides clear information. This is perhaps part
of the reason why breathing pattern disorders are so often overlooked in
physical therapy. In 2017, the lack of effective screening was addressed by a research
team led by Dr. Kyle Kiesel, a professor and chair of physical therapy, who
has done extensive research in areas including motor control of the core and
functional movement.2 The result was a simple screening procedure to
enable fitness and healthcare providers to accurately identify disordered
breathing in their patients.2 Kiesel’ s study examined 51 subjects, 27 females
and 24 males, with an average age of 27 years and a BMI of 23.3. Breathing
was assessed in terms of biochemical, biomechanical, and psychological
function. The biochemical  dimension of breathing was evaluated by monitoring
ETCO 2. ETCO 2 is the average amount of CO2 in exhaled air. This is
measured using capnography, which measures the pressure of blood CO2,
because normally the pressure of CO2 in the lungs determines the pressure
of CO 2 in the blood. The normal range of ETCO 2 is betwe en 35 mmHg and
40 mmHg. Less than 35 mmHg suggests the presence of dysfunctional
breathing.21
The biomechanical  dimension was assessed using a test called the Hi-
Lo. This is a visual evaluation during which abdominal expansion and
perceived displacement and functional movement of the upper and lower
rib cage are recorded. The patient lies face up and breathes normally, with
one hand  on the chest and the other on the abdomen. How much  the tummy
and ribs move during a normal breathing cycle is measured.For the psychophysiological  dimension of the experiment, participants
answered questions from the Self-Evaluation of Breathing Symptoms
Questionnair e (SEBQ) and Nijmegen Questionnair e (NQ). The NQ has
been a popular screening tool for the diagnosis of hyperventilat ion for over
30 years. It gives a broad view of symptoms associated with dysfunctional
breathing and asks 16 question s about breathing discomfort. The patient
responds using a numbered scale ranging from “never” (0 points) to “very
often” (4 points). A score of 23 points or more is considered to indicate the
presence of hyperventilation syndrome.48
I am not a fan of the Nijmegen Questionnair e. Its questions neglect
some of the most common signs of breathing pattern disorders. It does not
include frequent sighing or yawning, nasal congestion, fatigue, or
wheezing. While it could be argued that these are omitted because they are
all caused by organic conditions, people with these symptoms generally do
have breathing pattern disorders. On the other hand, the NQ does include
symptoms such as confusion, tingling and stiffness in the fingers, stiffness
in the arms, and tightness aroun d the mouth. In almost 20 years of teaching
exercises to address chronic hyperventilation, I’ve only seen a handful of
people present with those symptoms. Kiesel’ s team failed to find any strong correlation between the 3
measures of disordered breathing.2 This goes some way to explaining why
these common methods of diagnosis are so continually unreliable. Of the
participants, 5 were deemed to have normal breathing, 14 failed at least 1
measure, 20 failed at least 2 of the measures, and 12 failed all 3. Only 10%
of partic ipants who passed all three dimensions of breathing actually had
normal breathing. While the capnometer, Hi-Lo  test, and self-evaluation questionnaires
were found wanting, Kiesel discovered that a simple screening test could
accurately asses s the presence of dysfunctional breathing. The proposed test
consisted of just four question s from the Functional Movement Screen
(FMS) and a breath-hold time of 25 seconds. FMS identifies physical weakness and imbalance. To assess movement
patterns crucial to normal mobility, it uses a straightforward ranking and
grading system of seven functio nal movements. These are deep squat, in-
line lunge, hurdle step, active straight leg raise, shoulder mobility, trunkstability push up, and rotary stability. It pinpoints any functional limitations
and asymmetries that may inhibit the ability to move correc tly or train
without injury. The four questions Kiesel found effective to diagnose
dysfunctional breathing ask whether the patient feels tense, has cold hands
or feet, yawns frequently, or mouth breathes at night. These symptoms are
all common among people with breathing pattern disorders. To accurately measure breath-hold time, each participant was directed to
hold the breath at the end of a standard exhalation. The breath-hold was
measured until the tester noted the subject’ s first involuntary contraction of
the diaphragm or throat muscles.2 This technique  exactly replicates the
BOL T measurement that we use in the Oxygen Advantage. Kiesel’ s team concluded that, if an individual passed the screening
composed of the four questions plus the breath-hold test, there was an 89%
chance that their breathing was not dysfunctional. The test, therefore,
provides an easy way for clinicians to accurately detect DB in their
patients.2 In the same way, the BOL T provides an accurate measure of
functional breathing. By checking your BOL T score and observing what’ s
going on in your body, you can assess your own breathing witho ut the need
for fancy equipment. This puts you in a strong position to tackle the
problem. WHA T DO FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SCORES MEAN FOR
PERFORMANCE? Dr. Paul Sly is an Oxygen Advantage Master Instructor in Canada. He has
more than 25 years’ experience as a practicing chiropractor and is an
acupuncture provider, certified in Functional Movement Systems. He sent
me this explanation of functional movement screening and its implications
for functional breathing and performance:
In Functional Movement Systems, there is the Functional Movement
Screen (FMS) and the Selective Functional Movement Assessment
(SFMA). The FMS is a performance enhancement tool, while the
SFMA is the clinical arm, designed to arrive at a diagnosis. I use
both, but as a clinician I use the SFMA a lot. In particular,
“breakouts” of the movement patterns determine whether a specificdysfunction is a Tissue Extensibility Dysfunction (TED) or a
Stability or Motor Control Dysfunction (SMCD). Take the classic standing toe touch. If an individual can’t do
that, there are two possibilities. Either something (typically the
hamstrings) along the posterior chain is too tight (TED) or the


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Q: What is the significance of slow breathing in diabetes management?,
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A: Proper breathing techniques, such as nasal breathing and breath-holding, can help in diabetes control and management, especially in type 2 diabetics.
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A: Research has established a link between diabetes and four major respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma.
Q: What is the significance of diaphragmatic breathing in epilepsy?,
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study states that OSA is twice as common in people with epilepsy than in
the gene ral population, and as in other OSA cases, its incidence increases
with age.74 According to this review, subjective self-reporting of daytime
sleepiness is particularly unhe lpful as a diagnostic tool for OSA in
epileptics, becau se a diverse range of comorbidities can cause tiredness in
epilepsy. The prevalence of sleep disorders in epileptic children is under -
recognized.71 Children with epilepsy often experience changes in the way
they sleep—how  quickly they fall asleep, their total sleep time, sleep
architecture, and spontaneous arousals—and they are more likely to suffer
from broken sleep and daytime drowsiness.71
Many things can cause sleep disruption in children with epilepsy,
including the epilepsy itself and antiepileptic medications. These childrenpresent with conditions includin g SDB, OSA, and limb movements during
sleep. The poor quality of sleep that results has a negative impact on seizure
control that may logically be related to hyperventilation cause d by mouth
breathing during sleep. Sleep deprivation can trigger seizures, and frequent
seizures cause broken sleep, creating a vicious cycle. Even when seizures
occur during wakefulness, they can have a negative impact on sleep.71
Antiepileptic drugs can cause marked weight gain in children. Aside from a
general feeling of tiredness and poor health, this increases the likelihood of
SDB as excess fat on the abdomen and tongue restricts the movement of the
diaphragm and narrows the airways.75
According to a 2019 paper, several small retrospective studies have
found that positive airway press ure treatments such as CPAP can produce a
significant reduction in seizures for people who have comorb id epilepsy
and OSA74. A 2018 article in Epilepsy Foundation  reported that patients
treated with positive airway pressure had a 63% chance of a reduction in
seizures of up to 50%.70 This was comp ared with a 14% chance for those
who were untreated. Apnea, hypercapnia (too much  blood CO2), and oxygen desaturation
(when blood oxygen levels drop below normal) can all occur  during and
immediately after a seizure, especially with generalized tonic-clonic
seizures.74 The respiratory disturbances that occur during apnea suggest
activation of the central autonomic network, an intricate system of
structures in the brain that performs a key role in the working of the
autonomic nervous system.76 This may contribute to sudden unexpected
death in epilepsy (SUDEP), the leading cause of epilepsy-related death in
patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. People who die from SUDEP
generally have a history of nocturnal seizures and centrally mediated post-
seizure cardiorespiratory dysfunction.77 They often die during sleep, and
while sleeping prone (face down), but it is unknown whether OSA
contributes to sudden death.76
A 2018 study explored the relati onship between SUDEP and SDB in 30
participants and reported that cardiorespiratory dysfunction was more
common in patients at high risk of SUDEP, while SDB was found in 88% of
sleep-study results.77While epilepsy and SDB often coexist, one of the difficulties faced by
medical practitio ners when identifying abnormal events that are related to
sleep disorders rather than epilepsy is the fact that signs of nocturnal
seizures can overlap with 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.


 treat it as a toy. The world as it is has
very little use for your womanhood. You are considered  a weaker
sex and are treated as a sexual object. You are thoroughly
dispensable except for bearing children. Your youth is the measure
of your worth, and your age is the measure of your worthlessness. Do not look to the world for your sustenance or for your identity as
a woman because you will not nd them there. The world despises
you. God adores you. OceanofPDF.comTWO
Internal Light
i found god in myself
& i loved her
i loved her ercely. —Ntozake Shange
I looked  at a picture of my face today. I hated the
picture becaus e it doesn’t say who I am. But then, most women’s
faces don’t tell the truth. Or, I should say, most women’s hairdos
don’t tell the truth; their clothes don’t tell the truth; their jewelry
doesn’t tell the truth. There are what appear to be magnicent
exceptions; but far too often when their adornments tell a great
story, the women themselves don’t. Most of us—most American
women—are completely bewildered by our hair, clothes, and
makeup. That’ s why we spend so much money on them. We’re
looking for help. The next time you meet another woman at a party, assume she
experienced at least 10 percent as much angst over what to wear
that night as you did. Multiply that angst by the number of women
in America who went out to dinner that night. Now add up the
stress. Feminine beauty is not a function of clothes or hair or makeup,
although billio ns of dollars are spent in this country each year by
women who have been convinced by the advertising industry that itis. Beauty is an internal light, a spiritual radiance that all women
have but which most women hide, unconsciously denying its
existence. What we do not claim remains invisible. This is why the
process of personal transfo rmation—the true work of spiritual
growth, wheth er couched in religious terms or not—is the only
antidote to the pernicious eects of society’s backlash against
genuine female empowerment. Society programs us, through the
subliminal messages of popular culture, to believe that we’re not
truly desirable  as women unless we adhere to the current  standards
of physical beauty. The reaso n we’re such fertile ground for the dark
forces of such lies and social  manipulation is that we’re dissociated
from the genuine light of self-awareness. The woman who is truly self-aware knows that her self is a light
from beyond this world, a spiritual essence that has nothing to do
with the physical world. Those of us who strongly believe in the
reality of spirit are quickly invalidated by a worldly power system
that senses within spiritual truth the seeds of its own destruction. For if we truly believed in an internal light, we would not believe in
the power of external forces, and we would not be so easy to
dominate and control. We would not be tempted to see hair and
clothes and makeup as sources of so much of our self-esteem and the
ideal beauty of a fashion model as a sign that we are not beautiful at
all. In the words of Naomi Wolf, “We as women are trained to see
ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than
seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women.”
But we are ultimately responsible for how we see ourselves,
regardless of the horrible  images of women—por nographic,
misogynistic, and violent—that permeate our culture. Much of
traditional religious imagery  has represented women as inferior,
even evil. It is only an enlightened spiritual worldview that reveals
both men and women in all our true glory. We are glorio us because
we are not beings of this world at all. Our spiritual essence is
nonmaterial, nonphysical; and when we become aware of this, we
are genuinely empowered. The more we develop what is called in
Alcoholics Anonymous our “conscious contact” with truth as God
created it, the less we are prey to the lies of a fearful world. Whenwe are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is
not that big a deal. A woman once stood in line in front of me at a 7-Eleven. She was
fat, at least fty pounds overweight. Her hair was bleached blond. She was buying copies of the Globe  and the National Enquirer, a bag
of peanuts, and a huge prepackaged cookie. I felt her misery. I said
a little prayer for her. I’ve been as bummed out as she was, although
I haven’t acted out my despair in quite the same ways. I’ve known,
as we all have, her desire to escape into a world where she wouldn’t
have to face the harshness of another day like this one. At the same time, I know she cares desperately, because we all do. Her body says she doesn’t care, her hair says she doesn’ t care, and
her choice of reading matte r says she doesn’t care. But she does
care. And if she felt she had a choice, she would open wide and act
like a queen. But she doesn’t realize she has the option. She thinks
that only queens get to be queens. She doesn’t know that every
woman who is a queen simply knew she could be one, and everyone
else is still pretending she can’t. That’s all that separates the queens
from the slavegirls: a shift in consciousness from denial to
acceptance of personal power. That woman’s education may have been poor, and her family
dysfunctional, and her present circumstances somewhere between
horrible and catastrophic. But she remains a potential queen. A
change in consciousness produces miracles. The growth of a woman
from slavegirl to queen is the miracle of feminine transformation. It
begins with a decision to change and a willingness to accept God’s
help. If by any chance the woman  I saw at the 7-Eleven is reading this
book, say this prayer if you wish to: Dear God, I am willing to
relinquish my life of limitation and despair. I invite your spirit to
renew my life. Amen. It is God’s will that we be beautifu l, that we
love and be loved and prospe r in all good things. It is God’s will that
we all become the goddesses we were created to be.Even when a woman has been blessed with great abundance, she
often has a dicult time allowing herself to receive it all. I have a
friend who has a wonderful life. She lives half the year in Europe
and ies in her own privat e plane back and forth between her
various houses  around the world. She has a husband who is perfect
for her. She has a successful, fullling career in fashion design and
two happy, healthy children. What she doesn’t have is a thin waist. Her suering over her weight casts a giant shadow over a life that
is otherwise so sweet. She has tried every diet, every doctor, every
technique she could nd to help herself lose the excess pounds and
keep them o. What she had not tried, until recently, was
confronting whatever it was in her that had so much invested in
being fat. There is no diet or doctor that can prevail against a strongly held
belief. In the case of my friend, and in the case of many people who
carry around one thing, whatever it is, that blocks them from total
joy, that belief is this: If I am too happy, too successful, too perfect, I
will not be loved. There has to be something that lets other people
know that I’m really “one of them,” that I’m miserabl e too. I’m
really not takin g away their piece of the pie. I’m really not perfect,
so they don’t have to hate me. For some women, it’s weight; for others it’s something else we do
or think  or say to make it appear that we’re having a hard time too. We’re unconsc iously afraid of a reaction against us if we dare to
shine fully, embrace joy, and permit ourselves to have too great a
life. The injunction against winning is subtle but strong, so we
ourselves make sure no one will be able to accuse us of having
broken the great unspoken rule: Do not experience heaven on earth. The punishment can be severe, at least emotionally, for those of us
who break the rule. From friends to family to people who don’t even
know us, the chorus of disapproval can ring loudly against women
who dare to break through the ultimate glass ceiling. What is the antidote to such a threat, whether it comes from
others or is in our own minds? It is to realize that it is God’s will
that each of us, every woman, man, and child, be happy, whole, and
successful. It is impossible to overestimate the psychic damage doneby the delusio ns, pseudoreligious and other, that God is somehow
happier or we are somehow purer if we are suering just a bit. The
truth is not that God is happier or that we are better, but that the
institutions that told us so are happier, because suering keeps us in


 work thr ough the limited knowledge and tiny
scope of our conscious mind. All intentioned works of art ar e flat and
useless and depict only clichés and ar e not truly works of art at all but only
a kind of syncr etism of the elements of knowledge available to the ego. Such
effort in writing is journalism; in art, poster painting; in music, dollar
mongering; and those who perform thus, even though masquerading under
the mantle of artist, ar e actually destr oying themselves thr ough
knowledgeable corrupting of their talent. Every one of us has a talent in some area of our nature, as big a talent as has
ever existed, and if this talent has not manifested it is because our egoistic
nature has dammed it up. No matter how long the dam has existed, no
matter how tightly controlled the egoistic nature, the dam can be broken and
the power can be let loose and we can realize the highest level of our talent
and live the life of the artist incarnate. T o turn the eye within and to release
the egoistic nature from selfish desire is the first thing to be done. Once the
whole nature is turned over to a power greater than it is, to be used for
whatever purpose, without aim or intention, then the power comes through,
then we begin to be transformed, performing naturally in all circumstances,
guided correctly in all actions. Psychic Position
 There is tremendous joy in correct psychic positioning of the ego. There is a
feeling of usefulness that comes to us, a rooted certainty in our soul that we
are performing in the best manner possible. This is the feeling of “grace”
that comes to religious people. This is the time of creativity that comes to
artists. This is the period of great productivity that comes to businesspeople. This is the time of superior skill that comes to athletes. Each serves,
performing under the impulsion of an intelligence and talent so vastly
superior to the surface mind that the relationship is accepted as a happy
child follows a loving parent. Of this time of attunement and consequent
creation, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote:

One can hardly reject completely the idea that one is the mere incarnation
or mouthpiece or medium of some almighty power. The notion of revelation
describes the condition quite simply; by which I mean that something
profoundly convulsive and disturbing suddenly becomes visible and audible
with indescribable definiteness and exactness. One hears — one does not
seek; one takes — one does not ask who gives: A thought flashes out like
lightning, inevitably without hesitation — I have never had any choice
about it. Everything occurs quite without volition, as if in an eruption of
freedom, independence, power and divinity. It takes courage to push of f into the unknown realms of the subconscious. It
takes daring and boldness to abandon the little ship of egoistic self and
swim to that uncharted island of the Secret Self that lies beyond the
horizon. Many people cling to their egoistic natures as if they might be
saved by them instead of inevitably abandoned. Pain and frustration and
ineffectuality are the only rewards that come to those who follow their ego,
and yet they often cling to their false idol through thick and thin, much as a
drowning person grasps at a straw. Often they have so educated themselves
to the existence of the phantom they worship that even when they see they
are deluded, they cannot bear to part with their ghost. But part they must,
push of f into the uncharted regions of the subconscious they must, for
finally their ego-self abandons them altogether, breaks down and
disintegrates with the disintegration of the body. In the end they realize thatthey must throw themselves upon the mercy and grace of something infinite
and eternal, which caused them to be born in the first place and now causes
them to die. No Daring Is Fatal

Accident, perversion, illness, and ineptitude are the lot of the apprehensive. The prize is always to the bold, and the courageous own the universe. But
despite these obvious facts, the majority of people cower in caves and
refuse to abandon the flimsiest security and strike out in quest of the great
and the good. If you have the courage to take a chance, you will not be
abandoned by fate. The universe works on the side of those who aspire. It
gives wings to birds and fins to fish and touches the toes of the tightrope
walker with magic. “No daring is fatal,” wrote the French Surrealist writer
René Crevel. The Secret Self has a cherished place for its torchbearers. Along the tenuous lines of evolution the bold and the brave lead a mighty
advance. An irresistible force proceeds out of those who have courage and
tenacity in their hearts; they cannot be stopped because they are being used
by an infinite and omnipotent power. But those who pull the shells of their
egos about them and refuse either to dare or to aspire are by this
psychological act squeezing the juices of life from their bodies and their
souls; they must inevitably disintegrate because they have refused to grow. To let go of ego and to center oneself in the consciousness of universal
mind is the greatest adventure possible because it means casting of f from
safe shores and voyaging beyond visible horizons. Y et once this initial step
is made, once we cease responding to the material world, once we turn our
minds and bodies and hearts over to the Secret Self, we are astounded at
once by our inner joy and serenity. Only the surface self can know fear, and
once it has been subordinated, so is fear subordinated. The ego has
something to lose only because it sees itself as separate. Once this idea of
separateness has given over to a basic perception of unity, we no longer
know fear because we have nothing to lose. A sense of being a part of allthings and a part of all life is a psychic condition that produces the most
indescribable satisfaction. It is the ecstasy reported by mystics, the sense of
creativity reported by artists, the religious revelation reported by the saints. It is denied no one, is possible to all. Once it comes to us, it provides a
springboard for the development of a talent by which we are able to express
the infinite nature of the Divine. Metaphysical Adventur e

Religious revelation is exactly the same thing as creative activity. They are
both metaphysical adventures. They involve the acquisition of a total
instead of a partial view of the universe. They are out of time and space and
individuality and are centered in eternal terms and whole significances. Talent develops in us when our spiritual awakening has begun because
talent is inherent in each of us, and the purpose of life is that we be creative. When the spiritual awakening is true, so will the talent be true, and not
compulsive or obsessional, allowing us to perform our work out of sheer
joy, dropping our fruits like a ripe tree. It then becomes possible for us to
obey our instincts and intuitions and not to be inhibited in our actions by
what others expect of us. W e get near the heart of truth because we see the
sham and hypocrisy that are bound to partiality. We subordinate this
partiality completely in all our actions and thought, and the talent that is
visited upon us is the talent of something beyond us. Art speaks to us in symbols of the universality of our true being. By it we
perceive a portion of that ecstasy and unity from which we have sprung. By
it we are able to achieve an inkling of the great destiny that awaits
humanity. Someday we will become thoroughly awakened spiritually and
consequently completely religious, not just believers as a few people are
now, but knowers, causers, prime movers, thoroughly enlightened, gods in
fact, even as now in potential. The attitude that results from the discovery of
this inherent talent is not one of intentioned action or thought, but one that
looks for discovery. The creative writer does not take up pen with an idea of“making” a certain thing, but only to see what will come through them and
manifest itself on paper. Those who truly use their talent are able to do so
only because they let it use them. The correct mental attitude is that
whatever is there will come through and need neither be started nor
stopped. Y ou do not have to know what is coming or what it will look like
but simply to have an open mind and let it through. Never even bother to
look at it closely, for if you do, you may think you know what it is, and by
that mental fixation you will make it static and it no longer will grow and be
flexible and creative. All that is great and good and lasting springs out of
the subconscious processes of the Secret Self, and when we are moved by
our greater mind we exhibit the talents that are ours. God guard me from those thoughts men think
In the mind alone,
He that sings a lasting song
Thinks in a marrow bone. — WILLIAM BUTLER YEA TS

Creative Labor

A thousand faces has the Secret Self, approached by a thousand doors, and
when one is opened and that face beheld, there bursts through the individual
a torrent of creativeness, a kind of supertalent. Partial is the human being,
barely aware, a surface manifestation of unlimited realms of subconscious
intelligence, but there is a path by which each of us may penetrate universal
mind


 of the Christed Soul
HIERARCH
Lady Sophia
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Emerald Green Flame with Delicate Pink Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Maji Mengi - Terry Oldfield

THE TEMPLE OF ENTHUSIASM
In the Etheric Realm over all Iran (P ersia)
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: High above Iran (Persia), in the Etheric Realms, visualize an Island
of Deep Purple Fire, giving off a blazing Light in shades of varying from the deepest Purple to
the softest Volet Glow, with a Pink Radiance of Pure Divine Love
HIERARCH
Beloved Zarathustra
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Purple and Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony No 9 (The Great) 4th Move ment - Franz Schubert
3rd Symphony "Ilya Morometz" 2nd Mov ement - Gliere
THE TEMPLE OF COMFORT
Island of Sri Lanka
ELECTRONIC PATTERN:
• Altar of Grace - A Golden Sunburst with an Aureole of the Seven Rays. Each Circle
increasing its outpouring in great waves of Light until it covers the entire Planet
• A Dove of Soft Pink Iridescent Light surrounded with an aureole of the  Rainbow Rays
• A small revolving Pink Sphere of pulsating Flames of Comfort and Love with Gold
Wings of Peace - going out to all humankind; one pink sphere remains in your world and
as the month progresses its size increases until it is as large as your ind ividual aura

HIERARCH
Paul, the Maha Chohan
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink and Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
"At Dawning" - Cadman

THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN
The Ever Presence of Light Eternal
HIERARCH
Lady Vesta
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Brilliant Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
O Sole Mio (Traditional)
Hymn to the Sun - Rimsky -Korsakov

 THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING
Kashmir, India
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Spiraling Column of Gold Flame giving off Dazzling Rays (like
a sparkler) as it enfolds the chela's world - it is saturated with the Wisdom and Understanding of
the Holy Presence of God "I AM"
HIERARCH
Master Kuthumi
COLOR OF THE FLAM E
Gold
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Kashmiri Song - (Pale Hands I loved) - A. Finden

THE TEMPLES OF THE SACRED HEART
In the Etheric Realms over Innsbruck, Austria and Lourdes, France
HIERARCH
Mother Mary
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink with a Crystalline White Radiance
QUALI TY
The Immaculate Concept of God's Perfection
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Ave Maria - Schubert

THE TEMPLE OF MIGHTY SIRIUS
Within the Complex of His Constellation connected to Shamballa by a Rainbow Bridge
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Rainbow of Light completely encircling the Planet, forming a
pathway over which the Light of God, the Will of God will hold the Earth in Her Perfect Orbit
HIERARCH
Mighty Sirius
 COLOR OF THE FLAME
Mighty Flame of Myriad Rainbow Hues - Iridescent Blue Radiance
QUALITY
The Will and P ower of God
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Theme from "Cosmos" - Vangelis

THE TEMPLE OF THE ALL -SEEING EYE OF GOD
The All -seeing Eye of God - All Pervading, Everywhere present
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Pyramid of Crystalline Light Substance - with the All -Seeing
Eye of God at its Apex - blazing like a mighty Searchlight into the Worlds of all humanity
HIERARCH
Elohim Vista
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
1st. Movement of Scheherazade - Rimsky -Korsakov

THE TEMPLE OF DIVINE ORDER
In the Heart of the Great Silence
HIERARCH
Lord Principa
COLOR OF THE FLAME
A steady pure White Flame with a gently spiraling Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Adagio in G Minor - Albinoni

THE TEMPLE OF PURITY
Within the belt around the sun, anchored to the Earth through the Focus of Lady Astrea in
Archangel Michael's Complex over Lake Louise, near Banff, Canada
HIERARCH
Elohim Claire
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Crystalline with a pure White Radiance
QUALITY
Holding the pattern of Perfection for all life everywhere
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Piano Concerto #2 Movemen t #1- Rachmaninov
HIERARCH
Lady Astrea
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Electric Blue with a Crystalline Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Romance Op. 26 - Johan Severin Sven dsen

THE TEMPLE OF THE HEART
Rhone River, Southern France
HIERARCH
Lady Rowena
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pink, Gold and Blue with a Radiance of Pink
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
2nd Mov. (Romance) - Conc. No 1 in E minor, Op 11 - Chopin

 THE TEMPLE OF LIBERTY
In the Etheric Realm over the Rhone River, Southern France
HIERARCH
Lady Liberty
COLOR OF TH E FLAME
Pink, Gold and Blue with a Violet Radiance
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
'Fanfare to the Common Man' from Symphony No. 3  Movement No. 4 - Copland

THE TEMPLE OF PROTECTION AND POWER
In the Etheric Realm over Zurich, Switzerland
HIERARCH
Elohim Hercules
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Royal Blue
QUALITY
Strength and Power of the First Ray, energizing all Divine Qualities throughout the planet Earth
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op 67 - Beethoven

THE TEMPLE OF RESTORATION
Within the Temple of the Elohim Vista and Lady Crystal in the Electronic Belt around the Sun
of Alpha and Omega
HIERARCH
The Archangel of Restoration
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Pure Crystalline White interpenetrated with constantly movi ng Blue Lasers
QUALITY
Restoration of Divine Perfection within the perfect Will of God
 MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Entends -tu les Chiens Aboyer - Vangelis

THE TEMPLE OF THE COSMIC HOLY SPIRIT
In the Etheric Realm over Fort Salonga L ong Island, New York
ELECTRONIC PATTERN: A Golden Sunburst with an Aureole of the Seven Rays. Each
Circle increasing its outpouring in great waves of Light until it covers the entire Planet
HIERARCH
Æolus, Cosmic Holy Spirit
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Soft Pink with a Crystalline Rad iance
QUALITY
All aspects of Pure Divine Love
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Temple: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra Op 39, G Sharp Major - Pierne
Æolus: Ninth (New World) Symphony 2nd. Movement - Dvorak
Paul the Venetian : Piano Concerto No. 2, Op 18, Mvmt 2, Adagio - Rachmaninov

THE TEMPLE OF SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT
In the Aura of the Great Central Sun
HIERARCH
Elohim Cassiopeia
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Brilliant Gold
QUALITY
Spiritual Enlightenment
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Symphony N° 5, in E minor, the Andante Cantabile - Tchaikovsky
 THE TEMPLE OF INFINITE WISDOM
Overlooking Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mts. of Peru, South America
HIERARCH
Archangel Jophiel
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Golden Yellow with a Soft Pink Radiance
QUALITY
Illumination through Constancy and Love
MUSICAL K EYNOTE
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Vaughan -Williams

THE COPPER PALACE
The Glorious Copper -Colored Mountain over Sri Lanka
HIERARCH
Beloved Padma Sambhava
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Gold, Violet and Blue
QUALITY
Illumination through Freedom

LORD SHIVA’S RETREAT
Mount Kailash
HIERARCH
Beloved Shiva and Parvati
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Spiraling, Dancing Cosmic Rainbow Flames
QUALITY
The Cosmic Holy Spirit
 LANELLO’S RETREAT
Bingen on the Rhine
HIERARCH
Beloved Lanello
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Blue and White
QUALITY
The Ever -Present Guru
MUSICAL KEYNOTE
Greensleeves

INNER RETREAT/RETREAT OF THE DIVINE MOTHER /WESTERN SHAMBALLA
Rocky Mountains on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park
HIERARCH
Gautama Buddha, Lord Maitreya and Lady Master Venus
COLOR OF THE FLAME
Threefold Flame
QUALITY
Eightfold Path and Maitreya’s Mystery School

 RAYS  & ACTIV


 m o s p h e r e  ( p. 5 2 )
F i g u r e  3 :  R e s p i r a t i o n  i n  t h e  h u m a n  f e t u s  ( p. 5 2 )
F i g u r e  4 :  D i a g r a m s  u s e d  i n  t h e  1 9 6 4  m a n u a l  ( p. 9 2 )
F i g u r e  5 :  S p i r o g r a m  o f  a n  a s t h m a  a t t a c k  ( p. 1 3 4 )
F i g u r e  6 :  E q u a t i o n s  l i n k i n g  r e s p i r a t o r y  p a r a m e t e r s  ( p. 2 1 6 )
F i g u r e  7 :  B u t e y k o ’ s  V E D B  M e t h o d  ( p. 2 2 9 )
F i g u r e  8 :  A l v e o l a r  C O 2  i n  m m H g  ( p. 2 2 9 )
F i g u r e  9 :  R e s p i r a t i o n  ( p. 2 3 0 )
F i g u r e  1 0 :  T h e  e f f e c t s  o f  h y p e r v e n t i l a t i o n  ( p. 2 3 0 )
F i g u r e  1 1 :  P r o t e c t i v e  m e c h a n i s m s  ( p. 2 3 1 )
T h e  m o s t  i m p o r t a n t  o f  B u t e y k o ’ s  p r a c t i c a l  t e a c h i n g s  a r e  c o n t a i n e d  i n
t h e  f o l l o w i n g  s e c t i o n s :
T r a i n i n g  K h o d a k e v i c h  ( a  p a t i e n t  w i t h  h e a r t  d i s e a s e )  i n  t h e  M e t h o d
( C h a p t e r  1 3,  p p. 6 5 - 7 0 )
S t o p p i n g  a n  a s t h m a  a t t a c k  i n  a  c e l e b r a t e d  s c h o o l  t e a c h e r( C h a p t e r  1 6,  p p. 8 3 - 8 8 )
T h e  r e c i p e  f o r  B u t e y k o ’ s  f a m o u s  ‘ b o r s c h c h  a n d  p o r r i d g e ’
( C h a p t e r  2 0,  p p. 1 1 6 - 1 2 0 )
S t o p p i n g  a n  a s t h m a  a t t a c k  i n  a  W o r l d  W a r  1  v e t e r a n
( C h a p t e r  2 3,  p p. 1 4 2 - 1 4 5 )
V i c t o r y  o f  S a b l i n  ( a  p a t i e n t )  o v e r  i s c h a e m i c  h e a r t  d i s e a s e
( C h a p t e r  2 4,  p p. 1 5 0 - 1 5 2 )
A n  a c c o u n t  o f  a  c o m p l e t e  l e s s o n  i n  t h e  B u t e y k o  M e t h o d  g i v e n  a s  p a r t  o f  t h e
1 9 6 8  L e n i n g r a d  t r i a l
( C h a p t e r  2 4,  p p. 1 4 7 - 1 5 7 )
G u d z e n k o  ( a  p a t i e n t )  l e a r n s  t o  c o n t r o l  h i s  a n g i n a  p e c t o r i s
( C h a p t e r  2 5,  p p. 1 6 5 - 1 6 7 )
I t  i s  i m p o r t a n t  t o  r e m e m b e r  t h a t  e v e n  t h e  b e s t  b o o k  i s  n o  s u b s t i t u t e  f o r
t r a i n i n g  b y  a  B u t e y k o  p r a c t i t i o n e r,  b u t  t h e s e  p r a c t i c a l  s e c t i o n s  p r o v i d e  a
w e a l t h  o f  i n f o r m a t i o n  f o r  p a t i e n t s. 2. B u t e y k o  B r e a t h i n g  C o u r s e  o v e r  1 0  d a y s  ( P a r t  o f  V o l u m e  2  D o c t o r
B u t e y k o ’ s  D i s c o v e r y :  T h e  D e a t h  a n d  R e b i r t h )
( w w w. a m a z o n. c o. u k / d p / B 0 8 7 Z R M 4 B 7  )
T e a c h i n g  o f  T h e  B u t e y k o  M e t h o d  b y  C l a r a  F e d o r o v n a  L a g u n o v a  ( B e s t
B u t e y k o  M e t h o d i s t  1 9 9 0 )  w i t h  D r. B u t e y k o  p r e s e n t
( C h a p t e r s  2 5 - 3 4 ). E x c e r p t  f r o m  C h a p t e r  2 5
Y o u r  f i r s t  p r i o r i t y  i s  t o  l e a r n  h o w  t o  r e m o v e  y o u r  s y m p t o m s!... “ W h e n  y o u  h a v e  r e a l l y  l e a r n e d  h o w  t o  r e m o v e  a n y  s y m p t o m s  u s i n g  t h e
M e t h o d,  y o u  w i l l  s t a r t  t o  t a k e  s h a l l o w  b r e a t h s  o f  y o u r  o w n  a c c o r d. A n d  b y
m e a s u r i n g  t h e  l e n g t h  o f  t h e  p a u s e  w e  w i l l  b e  a b l e  t o  m e a s u r e  t h e  d e p t h  o f
t h e  b r e a t h. Y o u r  f i r s t  p r i o r i t y  i s  t o  l e a r n  h o w  t o  r e m o v e  y o u r  s y m


	to	support	any	useless	means	and	we	don’t	want	to	overlook	the

possibilities	of	its	success. " The	gamma	globulin	is	not	only	expensive,	but	it	is	given	according	to	the

weight	of	the	child. One	pediatrician	explained	that	the	"cost	for	a	child	who

weighed	100	pounds	would	almost	be	prohibitive	and	the	shot	would	have	to	be

renewed	in	three	or	four	weeks. " Even	before	the	results	of	the	experiment	are

known,	these	men	already	know	how	often	they	must	renew	the	"immunization. " What	a	lucrative	source	of	income. Give	every	child	expensive	shots	of	gamma	globulin	every	three	or	four	weeks

throughout	the	summer	months,	nation	wide,	and	the	physicians	can	forget	about

the	remainder	of	their	practices. Who	would	want	to	fritter	away	his	time

looking	after	typhoid	cases	or	operating	for	appendicitis	or	bothering	about	oil

wells,	when	fifty	to	a	hundred	children	a	day	come	to	the	office	to	get	gamma

globulin	shots. Fear	was	expressed	that	the	gamma	globulin	supply	might	too	soon	be	exhausted

but	the	manufacturing	drug	houses	and	the	local	wholesale	distributing	firms,

knowing	what	the	publicity	would	do	for	business,	had	provided	against	this

contingency	in	advance. They	had	a	plentiful	supply	on	hand	in	San	Antonio. On

July	4,	a	spokesman	for	the	wholesale	drug	firms	of	San	Antonio	stated	to	the

press	that	these	firms	had	plenty	in	stock. The	demand	for	it	had	increased	four
	to	five	times	since	the	outbreak	of	the	Houston	crime,	but	there	was	no	shortage. Such	is	the	foresight	of	good	business	men. BEWARE	OF	THE	POLIO	VACCINE
DR. SHELTON’S	HYGIENIC	REVIEW
SEPTEMBER,	1955

1)	You	need	not	have	your	children	inoculated	with	polio	vaccine	unless	you

want	this	inoculation	done. Every	parent	is	free	to	refuse	it,	and	the	Ministry	of	Health	says	that	no	child

will	be	inoculated	without	the	express	permission	of	its	parents. 2)	The	Salk	polio	vaccine	which	is	to	be	used	in	this	country	does	not	protect

from	paralytic	polio. In	the	trial	of	the	vaccine	in	America	in	1954,	71	children

who	had	been	fully	inoculated	with	it	developed	paralytic	polio. 3)	The	vaccine	may	have	the	power	to	start	polio. During	five	weeks	after	Salk

Vaccine	was	launched	on	the	world	by	the	National	Foundation	for	Infantile

Paralysis	in	America,	and,	at	the	time,	wrongly	declared	to	be	safe,	potent	and

efficient,	at	least	112	inoculated	children	developed	polio	and	two-thirds	of	the

cases	were	paralytic	polio	There	were	6	deaths	At	first	it	was	said	that	the

children	had	already	got	polio	before	they	were	inoculated;	then	it	was	said	that

the	inoculation	aroused	polio	which	was	already	there	and	caused	it	to	develop;

and	finally	it	was	believed	that	in	a	great	many	cases	it	was	live	virus	remaining

accidentally	in	the	vaccine	which	caused	the	cases	of	polio. 4)	Vaccinated	children	in	America	are	believed	to	have	given	polio	to	their

parents. 149	such	cases	have	been	reported	with	6	deaths;	the	first	two	cases

were	18-months	old	babies	who	became	ill	after	the	inoculation	and	were	taken

to	the	hospital. They	recovered,	and	on	returning	home	their	parents	developed

polio. The	Denver	Medical	Officer	of	Health	calls	this	"satellite"	polio. The

Franklin	Lakes	Board	of	Education,	New	Jersey,	asked	8	children	who	were

given	the	Salk	anti-polio	vaccine	to	stay	away	from	school	for	the	rest	of	the

term. Parents	of	other	children	were	afraid	they	might	be	polio	"carriers. " (Daily

Telegraph,	June	21st,	1955). 5)	The	Salk	Polio	Vaccine	is	grown	on	monkey	kidney	tissue. It	is	said	not	to
	protect	for	longer	than	five	months,	if	it	protects	at	all,	and	an	eminent

physiologist	was	quoted	by	the	Manchester	Guardian	as	saying	that	"if	it	means

that	a	child	should	be	reinoculated	at	frequent	intervals	with	a	preparation

derived	from	monkey	kidney	‘it	is	terrifying	in	its	possibilities. ’	Among	them	is

the	risk	of	the	child	developing	sensitivity	to	some	of	the	ingredients	of	the

vaccine. " 6)	Every	inoculation	has	caused	serious	illness	and	not	a	few	deaths. There	are

official	records	of	1,700	deaths	from	vaccination	against	smallpox,	and	such

deaths	are	still	being	recorded	every	year,	many	of	them	being	deaths	of	babies. In	recent	months	babies	have	developed	encephalitis	from	anti-yellow	fever

vaccine,	as	has	been	admitted	in	the	Bulletin	of	the	Ministry	of	Health. There	are	3	deaths	on	record	from	tuberculosis	caused	by	B. C. G. inoculation. Inoculation	against	diphtheria	has	activated	paralytic	poliomyelitis. Past	history

of	all	the	vaccines	and	serums	justifies	fear	that	the	new	vaccine	will	damage

health	and	may	cause	death. 7)	Two	Medical	Research	Council	doctors	stated	in	Picture	Post,	May	7th,	1955

that	the	risk	of	contracting	poliomyelitis	is	1	in	25,000. The	vast	majority	of

children	are	never	in	any	danger	of	contracting	this	disease. To	go	out	of	your

way	to	give	a	child	an	inoculation	that	may	cause	illness,	and	even	give	it	the

disease	you	wish	to	guard	against,	when	the	likelihood	of	that	child	getting	that

disease	naturally	is	so	small	as	to	be	almost	negligible	is	the	height	of	folly. 8)	To	keep	your	child	healthy	carry	out	the	rules	of	health. See	that	it	has	proper

food,	and	plenty	of	fresh	air,	that	it	is	warmly	clothed	in	winter,	avoiding

exposure	to	damp	and	chills,	and	see	that	it	gets	enough	sleep. Make	sure	that

the	water	supply	is	pure,	and	that	the	house	is	properly	ventilated,	and	avoid

overcrowding. 9)	The	manufacture	and	testing	of	the	polio	vaccine	causes	gross	cruelty	to

animals,	chiefly	monkeys. Leaflet	issued	by	The	National	Anti-Vaccination	League,	London. SALK	VACCINE—MILESTONE	OR	MILLSTONE
	By	Therese	Gay
DR. SHELTON’S	HYGIENIC	REVIEW	,	AUGUST	1955
HYGIETHICS

Just	about	a	month	ago	today	the	American	public	was	presented	with	what	was

publicized	as	one	of	the	great	milestones	of	medical	history,	the	Salk	Anti-Polio

Vaccine. At	the	time	I	got	out	an	article	on	the	contrived	look	of	the

unprecedented	promotion	of	the	new	vaccine. Through	an	unfortunate	set	of

circumstances	it	never	did	get	to	San	Antonio	to	meet	the	deadline. The	article	was	entitled	"Salk	Vaccine,	Science	or	Enterprise. " It	dealt	more	with

the	peculiar	conditions	surrounding	the	unveiling	of	this	monument	of	medical

advance	than	with	the	vaccine	itself—the


Steamed Vegetable Platter),* or Steamed Artichoke,*
and Caesar Salad (see page 163)
Curried Corn Salad,* if desired
ROMAINE ROLL-UPS 15Min. This is a satisfying finger-food salad whose origin is the burrito. Crisp,
slenderizing romaine lettuce leaves are used as wrappers. They are stuffed
with a mixture of avocado and other vegetables. 1 large avocado
1 large tomato, coarsely chopped
1 small cucumber or 2 pickling cukes, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon red onion, chopped (optional)
1-2 cups mung bean or alfalfa sprouts, or both
1 teaspoon Gulden's Spicy Brown mustard (optional)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 head romaine lettuce, washed and dried
Slice avocado in half lengthwise. Remove seed and set aside. Scoop pulp
from skin into medium-size bowl. Mash thoroughly with fork. Add
tomato and cucumber to avocado. Add onion, if desired, mustard, and
lemon juice. Stir in sprouts. Arrange lettuce leaves around sides of large
bowl in the form of a flower. Mound avocado mixture in center. To eat,
place large spoonful of avocado in center of a lettuce leaf and roll leaf
burrito-style. Serves 2. NOTE: If you are not using the avocado mixture immediately, place it in
a container with the pit. This will keep it from turning brown. BOLLITO MISTO (Steamed Vegetable Platter) 40 Min. 3-4 beets
4 new potatoes, unpeeled, or 4 turnips, peeled
4 medium carrots or parsnips
3 large stalks broccoli with florets
208'FIT FOR LIFE Vi medium cabbage
4 small zucchini
OR
Any vegetable assortment of your choice
Y* cup butter, melted, or Herbed Butter Sauce (see page 210)
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice (optional)
Scrub beets and potatoes or turnips, and peel carrots. Place in vegetable
steamer, covered, over boiling water for approximately 20 minutes or
until tender when pierced with tip of sharp knife. Remove from heat, and
peel beets, and potatoes, if desired. Set aside. Cut thick stalks from broccoli, leaving approximately 3 inches of stem,
and floret. Cut cabbage into quarters. Place broccoli, cabbage, and whole
zucchini in vegetable steamer, covered, over boiling water for approx
imately 10 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat. Slice broccoli
and zucchini lengthwise. Cut beets, potatoes, and carrots into bite-size
cubes. Arrange green vegetables in center of platter with beets, potatoes, and
carrots around them. Serve with melted butter seasoned with a squeeze of
lemon juice, or with Herbed Butter Sauce. Serves 3-4. NOTE: A high-water-content steamed vegetable meal like this will speed
elimination of excess weight. Make it part of your repertoire. STEAMED ARTICHOKES 50Min. Artichokes are delicious and easy to make. Although not a heavy food,
they are particularly satisfying and filling when you are craving something
heavy. Make them the main part of a meal rather than the traditional
first course from now on. When selecting artichokes, choose those whose
petals have not opened far. The tighter and more compact the artichoke,
the fresher. 4 artichokes
1 bay leaf (optional)
1 clove garlic (optional)
Several stalks celery (optional)
Cut off or trim end of artichoke stem. If desired, snip thorny tip off each
leaf. Wash artichokes, taking care to shake out excess water so they will
not be soggy when steamed. Place in a vegetable steamer, covered, over
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 209 boiling water to which you have added bay leaf, garlic, and celery stalks. Steam for 35-45 minutes, depending on size. The artichokes are ready
when one of outer leaves can easily be removed. Discard bay leaf, celery,
and garlic. Serve with melted butter or Herbed Butter Sauce (see below). Serves 2-4. HERBED BUTTER SA UCE: 7 Min. Vi cup butter
1 shallot, minced
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh chervil or 1 teaspoon dried chervil
1 tablespoon fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
Vi teaspoon sea salt (optional)
Melt butter. Add shallot, and saute briefly to soften. Pour butter-shallot
mixture into blender. Add mustard, herbs, and salt, if desired, and blend
until smooth. Serve hot, over vegetables. CURRIED CORN SALAD 20 Min. 1 tablespoon safflower oil
Vi cup red onion, finely diced
Vi cup red pepper, finely diced
¥z cup green pepper, finely diced
Vi teaspoon curry powder
Vi teaspoon dried oregano
Vi teaspoon turmeric
4 cups cooked corn (If you are using fresh corn, which is preferable in
summer when it is abundant, steam corn first for 5 minutes, then
cut from cob.) Vz cup pimento-stuffed green olives, sliced
Vl cup mayonnaise
V* teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
Heat oil in large skillet. Add onion, and saute until soft. Add red pepper
and green pepper, and saute briefly until they just begin to wilt. Add
210 • FIT FOR LIFE curry powder, oregano, and turmeric, and saute" briefly. Add to corn in a
large bowl. Stir in olives. Add mayonnaise and sea salt, and mix well. Garnish with cilantro. Serves 3. DAY TWENTY-FOUR—WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One. LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
Energy Salad (see page 149) or New York Goodwich (see page 159)
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail, if desired (see page 152)
Garlic Broiled Chicken (see page 198), or Yam Stew"
Celeriac Salad," or French Green Salad (see page 154)
Asparagus Italian Style,* or Broccoli in Lemon Butter Sauce*
YAM STEW 40 Mm. 1 large or 2 small yams, peeled and quartered
2 crookneck squash
2 large zucchini
1 large carrot, peeled and cut into '/2-inch slices
2 cups fresh or frozen lima beans or peas
2 tablespoons butter
Vi teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
Place yams, squash, and zucchini in vegetable steamer covered, over
boiling water for 5-7 minutes until tender. Remove squash when tender,
and allow yams to continue cooking until tender, approximately 20 min
utes more. In separate steamer, steam carrots and limas for approximately
15 minutes or until tender. If using frozen limas or peas, steam carrots
for 10 minutes, then add peas for another 5 minutes. If using fresh limas
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFESTYLE • 211 or peas, steam them for 20 minutes. Steam carrots for 15 minutes sepa
rately. Place carrots and limas or peas in serving dish. Cut zucchini and
squash into '/2-inch slices, and add to serving dish. Cut yams into 1-inch
pieces, and add to serving dish. Add butter and seasoning. Toss well, and
serve. The variety of flavors and textures makes this dish absolutely de
lightful. Serves 2 as a main course. CELERIAC SALAD 2SMin. 1 medium celeriac (celery root)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Vi cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
Cut celeriac into very thin slices. Cut peel from slices, then julienne
each slice. Add lemon juice to 4 cups boiling water. Place celeriac in
boiling water and boil 3-5 minutes or until tender-crisp. Drain well. Combine mayonnaise and mustard. Toss celeriac in the mixture. Serve
at room temperature or chilled. Serves 4. ASPARAGUS ITALIAN STYLE 7 Min. 1 pound asparagus
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Break heaviest part of stalk from each asparagus spear. Wherever stalk
breaks naturally is division between tender and stringy parts of vegetable. In a large saucepan, bring 2 quarts of water to a boil. Add asparagus and
boil, uncovered, for 3-4 minutes until just tender-crisp. Remove as
paragus from water. In serving dish, immediately toss in olive oil and
lemon juice. Serves 2-4. 212 • FIT FOR LIFE BROCCOLI IN LEMON BUTTER SAUCE lOMin. 3-4 stalks broccoli with florets
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Cut heavy stalks off broccoli, leaving floret and 2-3 inches of stem. Re
serve stalks for Teriyaki Broccoli (see page 168), soups, or vegetable
dishes. Cut each broccoli stem into individual florets.


 the organism causes deceleration
in the growth of microorganisms. It becomes
easier for the immune system to track down and
kill anything alien and modified. If neither food,
nor dead, heavy water enters the organism, then
our blood actually doesn’t receive numerous
harmful substances, and the blood is constantly
cleansed by our organism, that is, blood with
practically the same composition is going to be
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over again, which mean s the blood is going to be
just about perfectly clean. During dry fasting the
blood is cleansed from all the unnecessary mat-
ter, and blood plasma becomes crystal clear, eve-
rything is harmonized, including coagulation
factors.
In this respect, dry fasting cleanses the blood
more thoroughly than hemodialysis or hemo-
sorption — mechanical blood purification.
Therefore, all the blood -related processes in our
organism are carried out almost perfectly. It’s all
very simple — that’s why our immune system
will get a magnificent rest.

Day 5. All our chronic illnesses, even those we
were unaware of, start to flare up.
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eases manifest through pain, and you have to be
prepared for that. You need to thank your or-
ganism for su ch a good healing job. If nausea ap-
pears, it helps to massage the abdomen and place
something cold on the liver area. If it’s difficult
for you to go for a walk, it’s better to lie down in
a calm cool place and listen to good classical mu-
sic. Due to the organism’s fight against ailments,
body temperature increases, and you may feel fe-
verish. Blood pressure may increase or decrease,
depending on the individual bodily characteris-
tics. You can take a cold shower, and spend more
time outside wearing lightweight  clothes or even
no clothes at all, regardless of the weather. If
there’s snow, you can walk on it barefoot.
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your blood pressure may fluctuate. Generally,
the weight loss during dry fasting varies from 1
to 2 kg, depending on the person’s initial weight
before the fast and on their physical activity. Of
course, every person is unique in their own way.
Dry fasting may pass in very different ways, but
I tried to describe the manifestations that I had
observed in the majority of patients.
Abdominal and spinal self -massage, cupping
massage is mandatory. From day 5 on, auto -di-
gestion processes start intensifying. Auto -diges-
tion is a property of biological subjects that al-
lows them to hydrolytically break down their
own structures with enzymes and phagocytes.
Fasting cases provide many examples of con-
trol that the organism exercises over the auto -
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pear proportionately to their usefulness — first,
fats and pathological grow ths, with other tissues
to follow. Every living being — from worm to
man — demonstrates that different organs and
tissues are very different in their weight loss ca-
pacity. Usually the liver loses twice as much
weight as the other body parts, especially dur ing
the initial period, due to the loss of glycogen and
fat. The lungs lose almost nothing, the brain and
the nervous system — even less. Vital organs
feed at the expense of accumulated reserves and
less important tissues, so that abstinence from
food coul d only do harm after all the reserves of
the organism are depleted.
The body has an ability to move its chemical el-
ements, with many wonderful examples
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tion of the bodily elements, which is observed in
living beings when they’re deprived of food; di-
gestion and redistribution of reserves, excesses
and secondary tissues, observed in all animals in
case of forced fasting, are, in the author’s opin-
ion, some of the most marvelous phenomena in
biology. The organism is capable not only of cre-
ating tissue, but also of destroying it. Not only
can it distribute its nutrient reserves, it can also
redistribute them, and it’s auto -digestion that
makes redistribution possible. The auto -diges-
tion process can be turned to great  practical ad-
vantage and made to serve us in our pursuit of
getting rid of tumors and other growths in the
body. In order to minimize the expenditures, the
least valuable substances are always the first to
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cal growths  — ovarian cysts, fatty tumors, be-
nign tumors, prostate adenoma, abscesses —
rapidly decrease in size and often disappear
completely as a result of strict and long absti-
nence from food and fasting. Many of those who
practiced fasting got rid of th eir tumors with the
help of auto -digestion (see Herbert Shelton’s
books).

Day 6. Thirst increases substantially, you may
want to rinse your mouth, moisten it, and make
the process somewhat easier for yourself. Sleep
time can decrease to 2 hours. Reactions  slow
down.
The desire to stop fasting arises. Now it’s really
important to understand how much your
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set goal. The crucial thing here is your determi-
nation to continue fasting. It’s important to un-
derstand th at you will obtain priceless experi-
ence, and feel your self -respect growing with
every day. You have to feel happy about yourself.
Even if you don’t make it all the way to the end,
this experience will enrich you. Your spirit
grows stronger, your lust for life increases. On
day 6, your sense of smell becomes more acute.
The smells you haven’t paid attention to before
become vivid and accessible.  You may experi-
ence pains in the sacrum and the small of the
back. Also, your eyesight may deteriorate.  Dif-
ferent  salts are excreted abundantly with the
urine, and it becomes darker in color. Don’t be
afraid of that, it indicates a real ongoing healing
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natural treatment goes through an exacerbation.
The most difficult thing on this day of fasting
isn’t the inability to drink or eat, but the lack of
sleep. For a successful result, you need to de-
velop and conduct relaxation procedures, which
lead to sleep. You need to conduct cupping mas-
sage, abdominal and spinal self -mas sage in the
evening. Weight loss amounts to 1 -2 kg.
Dry fasting intensifies apoptosis processes.
Apoptosis is programmed cell death, an energy -
dependent, genetically controlled process, which
is launched by specific signals and rids the or-
ganism of weakened, useless or damaged cells.
About 5% of cells in the organism undergo
apoptosis, and are replaced by new cells daily.
During the apoptosis process, a cell vanishes
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apoptosis is one the main mechanisms of p re-
venting benign tumors, cystic growths and on-
cological diseases.
In case of its pathological increase, aplasia, de-
generative processes, and certain tissue defects
and deformities occur, while a decrease launches
autoimmune processes, tumors and premature
ageing of the organism. There are, for example,
fairly convincing reasons to believe that such se-
rious diseases as aplastic anemia, rheumatoid ar-
thritis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer
disease, AIDS, etc., are linked to pathologically
increased apoptosis. A universal process takes
place during fasting - on the one hand, physio-
logical apoptosis intensifies


 and fill with sliced strawberries. Ar m yourself with a spoon and enjoy!

Course Two: Celery Orange Soup
8 oz. celery
8 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. Valencia oranges
Directions: Blend the celery, orange, and ¾ of the red pepper. Pour into a b owl and decorate with the remaining red pepper,
finely chopped.

Course Three: Orange Red Pepper Salad
1 lb. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. oranges
2 oz. red bell peppers
1 oz. Brazil nuts
Directions: Tear the lettuce into a bowl. Use the pulse setting on your  blender to turn the oranges, bell pepper, and Brazil nuts
into a chunky dressing.

Spring Menu Plan: Day Five

BREAKFAST
Sweet-Tart Delight
16 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice
8 oz. ataulfo mangos
8 oz. strawberries
Directions: Blend everything and try not to drink it too fast… it’s that g ood!

LUNCH
Just Bananas!
2 lbs. bananas
DINNER
Course One: Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice
16 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice

Course Two: Spinach Red Pepper Soup
8 oz. spinach
8 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. oranges
Directions: Blend all of the ingredients and pour into a bowl.

Course Three: Orange Pistachio Salad
8 oz. baby spinach
8 oz. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. oranges
1 oz. pistachios
Directions: Chop the spinach and lettuce into a bowl. Blend the oranges an d pistachio, and dress your salad!

Spring Menu Plan: Day Six

BREAKFAST
Spring Fruit Salad
1 lb. sweet oranges
1 lb. strawberries
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: Cut all the fruits into chunky bite-size pieces, toss, an d savor the flavor!

LUNCH
Ataulfo Strawberry Salad
2 lbs. ataulfo mangos
1 lb. strawberries
Directions: Dice the mangos and slice the strawberries into a bowl.

DINNER
Course One: Papaya
1.5 lbs. papaya

Course Two: Papaya Gazpacho
1 lb. papaya
8 oz. tomatoes
2 oz. fresh basil
Directions: Deseed the papaya, peel, and cut it into small chunks, or blend it, if you prefer. Dice the tomato and finely chop the
basil. Add them both to the papaya mixture. Enjoy!

Course Three: Papaya Salad Wraps
1 lb. butter lettuce
1 lb. papaya
juice of 1 lime
Directions: In a bowl, cut the papaya into small chunks. Mix it with the l ime juice until it all melds together. Use the lettuce
leaves as wrappers, and use your papaya-lime blend as a filling.

Spring Menu Plan: Day Seven

BREAKFAST
Strawberries
3 lbs. strawberries
† If you are looking to get a little extra greens, or to save time, you can eat  the tops to the strawberries. They do change the
texture a bit, but they also add a little green flavor. If you enjoy eating  greens with your fruit, then this is a complete package.

LUNCH
Banana Romaine Smoothie
2 lbs. bananas
8 oz. romaine lettuce
Directions: Blend into a smoothie.

DINNER
Course One: Orange Kiwi
1 lb. oranges
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: Peel the oranges, then cut them into chunks and place in a  bowl. Peel the kiwi and cut into slices. Stir into the
oranges.

Course Two: Cauliflower Tomato Soup
8 oz. cauliflower florets
1 lb. tomatoes
Directions: Blend cauliflower with ¾ of the tomatoes. Dice the remain ing tomato and stir it into the soup or place on top for
garnish.

Course Three: Orange Tahini Salad
8 oz. romaine lettuce
8 oz. baby spinach
4 oz. oranges
1 tbsp. raw mechanically hulled tahini
Directions: Tear greens into a bowl. Blend orange segments with tahi ni, and dress.

Appendix B. Frequently Asked Questions

What are raw foods?
There are different definitions of raw foods, depending upon whom you ask. For our pu rposes, we will define raw foods as
those foods that are whole and fresh and have not been subjected to cooking of a ny type. Raw foods are Nature’s finished
products; they are ready to be consumed, as is. Like the raw materials that  construction workers use to build a house, raw foods
become the building materials that our bodies use to maintain and reconst ruct themselves.
 “Raw” is a relative term. Some people would argue that dehydrated or powdered foods are still raw, even though they are
not whole. (Water is a profoundly important essential nutrient; once wa ter has been removed from a food, it should no longer be
considered “whole.”)
There is no need to argue, and there is room for the occasional exception. Wha t you do most of the time will have a big
impact in your life. What you do rarely should be considered exceptions. The im pact of exceptions does not accrue like the impact
of that which you do with regularity. Nonetheless, whole, fresh, raw plan t foods with all of their original components intact, including
water and fiber, are by far the most healthful.

What is a raw food diet?
A raw food diet is one that is predominated by foods that have not been cooked. People who a dopt this diet are often
referred to as “raw fooders” or “raw foodists.” Those who eat only raw plant s are called “raw food vegans” or “raw vegans.”
The healthy raw food diet that I recommend in this book is made up of whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic plant foods. It is
predominated by fruits and allows for all the greens that you care to eat, pl us small quantities of nuts, seeds, and fatty fruits.

What about an all-fruit diet?
I do not recommend an all-fruit diet. In my experience, we must eat veget ables, especially dark leafy greens, in order to
experience optimum nutrition and ideal health. I recommend that 2 to 6% of our  total calories consumed, on average, come from
greens. In terms of volume, this would mean somewhere between 1 and 4 hea ds of lettuce, or ¼ to 1 pound of kale, or ½ to 2
pounds of spinach, per day (depending on how many calories you normally consume).

Are all raw food diets the same?
No, there are many approaches to eating a raw diet. Although for some it in cludes raw meat and other animal products, I do
not recommend the consumption of animal-derived foods of any kind (including h oney and milk), for reasons of health, ecology, and
compassion.
Most raw food diets obtain a high percentage of daily calories from fats, by in cluding oils and significant amounts of avocado,
nuts and seeds, and sometimes coconut meat and olives. These diets tend to be u nsustainable, since too much fat, even raw fat,
causes health problems and results in the underconsumption of carbohydra tes. In a vain effort to compensate for the nutritional
insufficiencies of these diets, people often resort to the use of suppleme nts and stimulants.
We cannot succeed eating primarily vegetables (even when we incl ude substantial quantities of green drinks), because even
impossibly huge amounts do not contain nearly enough calories to fuel us. A sustainable raw food diet, therefore, draws the great
bulk of its daily calories from fruits, which are relatively high in c alories, along with liberal amounts of vegetables for their high mine ral
content, plus a (very) small amount of nuts and seeds.

What about individual differences?
A huge amount of misinformation is being taught in holistic healt h circles about metabolic typing. “Experts” tell us that peopl e
are born as either “fast” or “slow” metabolizers (sometimes call ed “fast or slow oxidizers”), and that the rate of your metabolism
determines the foods that are best suited for you to eat.
Fast metabolizers, so they say, burn through fuel more rapidly than slow m etabolizers, making them relatively more efficient at
digesting their food.
Actually, the opposite is true. Using an automobile analogy, it’s ea sy to understand that the car that gets more miles to the
gallon is more efficient than the car that gets fewer miles to the  gallon. Similarly, the person who uses the least fuel to accomplish any
particular task, i.e., the slow metabolizer, is the most efficient.
As the “wisdom” of this line of thinking goes, if you are a fast-metaboli zing raw fooders, you must consume an exceptionally
high percentage of your total calories (60–80%) as fat in the form of nuts, see ds,  oils, avocados, olives, and the like. Fruits, it is said,
are insufficient for fast metabolizers in terms of fuel density, l eaving them constantly hungry, causing them to fall off the raw “w agon,”
and to suffer from the maladies (mistakenly) associated with the over consumption of fruit sugars. By eating more fat, it is implied that nutrition will be enhanced.
Only the very slowest metabolizers, they teach


 essential amino acids, argenine andornithine and certain vitamins such as C and B
6. But having the precursors present
is not enough. Growth hormone is only manufactured under certain, specificcircumstances: for about one hour immediately after going to sleep and then only if
the blood supply is rich with argenine and ornithine but contains few other amino
acids; it is also manufactured during heavy aerobic exercise that goes on for morethan thirty minutes; and growth hormone is produced at an accelerated rate whenfasting. (Pearson and Shaw, 1983). I did not know this when I was fasting John,but now, I would give argenine and ornithine to someone with a serious infectionas well as massive quantities of vitamin C.
Chronic Back Pain
Barry was a carpenter who couldn’t afford to lose work because he was
unable to bend or twist or lift. He frequently had bouts of severe back pain thatmade working almost impossible. Upon analysis by biokinesiology I found that hehad a major problem with large intestine weakness and secondarily, adrenalweakness.
Constipation frequently causes back pain. The muscles of the back have nerve
pathway connections to the large intestines; weakness in the intestine causesweakness of the back and makes it prone to injury. But the problem is theintestine, not the back. And the only way to make the back stay better is to healthe intestine. Many athletes have very similar problems. For example, they getknee injuries and think there is something wrong with their knee. Or they getshoulder injuries and think their shoulder is weak. These people are only half right.Yes, their knee or their shoulder is weak. But it could become strong and almostuninjurable if the underlying cause of the weakness is corrected.
The knee for example, has nerve pathway connections to the adrenal glands
and kidneys. The shoulder has similar connections to the thyroid. The foot isweakened by the bladder. The treatment should first be on the weakened gland ororgan and secondarily, on the damaged muscle tissue. I have solved numeroussports-related knee problems with protomorphogens for the adrenals andelimination of food allergies that make the adrenals work overtime. I have fixedbad shoulders by rebuilding the thyroid.
In Barry’s case, it was the intestine. I asked him about his bowel function and
he said that he was never constipated, had “a daily bowel movement without a lotof straining.” But having given some 6,000 colonics, I knew better. There shouldhave been no straining; Barry was trying very hard to be regular—he should nothave had to effort. Fortunately, it struck him as true that he needed to detoxifyand I managed to convince him to water fast. He probably figured, why not sincehe couldn’t work anyway. Barry was a tall, skinny man to start with and youwould think he hardly carried any fat at all, but he fasted on water for 30 days,receiving a colonic every day, while I did bodywork on his damaged back. Hesure was constipated and couldn’t deny the evidence that floated by through thesight tube of the colonic machine. By the end of the fast his colon was fairlyrepaired and free of old fecal material. And Barry had become a tall, gaunt-looking guy who had lost about 20 pounds you wouldn’t think he had to spare.
After a few weeks of careful weaning back on to food, Barry felt pretty good,
terrific even. He had no back pain and found out for the first time what not beingconstipated meant. It no longer took “not very much effort” to move his bowels;they moved themselves. That was ten years ago. A few months ago, Barrylooked me up, just to say thanks and to let me know that he had not had anymore back problems and had generally felt good because he had more or lessstayed on the improved diet I had instructed him about during his fast.
Painful Menstruation
Elsie was twenty. She came to see me because I had helped Elsie’s mother
overcome breast cancer many years earlier. Elsie began to have very painfulperiods with profuse bleeding and abdominal pain. Her nutrition had beengenerally good because her mother couldn’t survive on the average American dietand had long ago converted her family to vegetarianism. And like her mother,Elsie had been taking vitamins for many years.
A medical doctor diagnosed Elsie as having endometriosis, meaning, the lining
of her uterus had migrated to the fallopian tubes, where it continued to bleedregularly into the abdominal cavity, following the same hormonal cycle as theendometritial tissue that lines the uterus. The doctor offered to try hormonalmanipulation and if this proved unsuccessful, offered a hysterectomy. That wouldcertainly eliminate the symptoms!
But Elsie did not wish to eliminate her ability to have children and preferred not
to risk throwing her hormones off balance. So she came to me. My analysisshowed that she had weak ovaries and weak uterus. These were secondary to atoxic colon, toxic because she had a weak gall bladder and weak pancreas thatreduced her digestive capacity and turned her improperly combined Organic,vegetarian legume-rich diet into toxemia. Checking her foods for allergies Idiscovered the normal pattern: Elsie was intolerant to dairy, wheat, eggs, corn,soy and concentrated sugars.
Being no stranger to fasting (her mother had fasted at length ten years
previously) Elsie undertook a 30 day cleanse on vegetable juice with dailyenemas, taking vitamins in powdered form. After the fast I put her onprotomorphogens for her reproductive organs and pancreas. The gall bladder hadhealed by itself during fasting—gall bladders usually heal easily. Her maintenancediet included using pancreatic enzyme supplements when eating vegetable proteinsand Elsie eliminated most fats so her gall bladder would not be stressed. Thefasting also overcame her allergic reactions to corn and wheat but she was stillunable to handle soy products, eggs or dairy. After six months Elsie no longerneeded protomorphogens, had no abdominal pain and her periods were normal.
You may well be wondering how or why detoxification of the bowels allowed
the body to repair the uterus. The large intestine is a sort of nest that cradles thereproductive organs, including the ovaries, uterus, and in the case of the male, theprostate gland. A toxic colon is like having one rotten apple in a basket, itcontaminates the whole batch. Many problems in the abdominal area are caused
by a toxic colon, including chronic back pain, ovarian cysts, infertility, birth
abnormalities, bladder infections and bladder cancer, painful menstruation,fibroids and other benign growths as well as malignant ones, and prostatitis orprostate cancer. Detoxing the body and cleaning out the colon should be a part ofthe healing of all of these conditions.
Irritable Bowels
Some peoples’ lives don’t run smoothly. Jeanne’s certainly didn’t. She was
abandoned to raise three little kids on welfare. Her college diploma turned out tobe useless. Jeanne used to help me at Great Oaks in exchange for treatment.During those early years she had done a 30 day juice fast with colonics. Twentyyears later at age 60, having survived three children’s growing up, surviving theprofound, enduring loss of one who died as an adult, after starting up and runninga small business that for many years barely paid its way, and experiencing anuninsured fire that took her house, she began to develop abdominal pains thedoctors named “irritable bowel syndrome” or “colitis.” The MD offeredantibiotics and antispasmodics but Jeanne had no insurance, the remedies wereunaffordable. She also retained considerable affinity for natural medicine.
Prior to these symptoms her diet had been vegetarian, and had included large
quantities of raw fruits and vegetables and whole grains. But the bran in breadwas irritating to her bowels, she could no longer digest raw vegetables or mostraw fruit.
Jeanne’s vital force was low; her healing took time. She started on a long fast
supported by powdered vitamins, vegetable broth and herb teas, but after threeweeks was too weak to do her own enemas at home and could not shop forvegetables to cook into broth. So she had to add one small serving of cookedvegetable per day, usually broccoli or steamed kale. This lasted for one moreweek but Jeanne, having no financial reserves, had to return to work, and neededto regain energy quickly. Though not totally healed, she progressed to a
maintenance diet of cooked grains and vegetables and food supplements, very
much like a Macrobiotic diet. She felt better for awhile but wore down again afteranother stressful year.
Her abdominal pains gradually returned though this time she noticed they were
closely associated with her stresses. About one year after ending her first fast, assoon as she could arrange to take time off, she began another. This time to avoidextreme weakness, she took vegetable broth from the outset, as well as smallamounts of carrot juice and one small serving of cooked vegetable a day for threeweeks. Again, this rest allowed the digestive tract to heal and the pain went away.She returned to her Macrobiotic diet with selected raw foods that she could nowhandle without irritating her bowel.
She was now healthier then she had been in many years. With improved
energy and a more positive attitude, Jeanne returned to University at age 65 andobtained a teaching certificate. Now she is making good money, doing work sheenjoys for the first time in 35 years. I


 there is no time. The Book of Revelation tells us, "time shall be
no more." When you go to sleep at night and wake up the next morn-ing, it's as though no time has passed. The event that revealed this so clearly to me was during the war when I was unconscious for 31 days and then I awakened. The last memory I had was that I was thrown above the trees and my last thought was "This is it." I was sure I was
going to die, and the next thing I knew was 31 days later, 2,400 miles away in the Seventh General Hospital in New Guinea on an operating table, and it was just like seconds because I said, "I sure did land easy." The 31 days to me was only a matter of a part of a second. I knew nothing of what happened during those 31 days. So in death there is no time.
To be absent in body is to be present with God, or, to await the
judgment day of the soul. We don't exactly understand it, but we do know that each of us has our own number as frequency, micronage, milli-micronage, or milli-milli-microna ge, as any chemical has in
chemical analytical numbers. When Jesus comes and we use the password that we've been told in Isaiah 25:9 to use when we see Him, "This is our God, we have waited for him," we shall go down in cor-ruption, but shall rise in incorruption-then we shall be like Him, we shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye.
It can be assumed from the following verses that we will stand be-
fore God and our name, or "numbers," will be called:
Daniel 7:10: "... the judgment was set, and the books were
opened."
Daniel 12:1-2: "And at that time  shall Michael stand up, the great
prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every
one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that 142 sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Revelation 2: 17: "... To him that overcometh will I give to eat of
the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
Revelation 20: 12 and 15:..And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.... And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Revelation 21 :27: "And there shall in no wise enter into it any-
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life."
There are times when I personally ha ve wished I had nothing to do
with the healing arts. I have had to watch my prayers go unanswered. I have had to watch people as they departed from this earth to the world beyond, and it is not a pleasant thing. It is the doctor's business to con-sole the parents or the loved ones. I've always tried to do this when I knew by their numbers even days before the person passed into eterni-ty that we were losing the case. I was there to tell the loved ones to think of the passing of this person as them making a trip to the Holy Land, like going to Jerusalem, or to the Sea of Galilee, and coming back and telling you all about it, telling you where Jesus walked and what He did. Only this time they are going to the New Jerusalem where Jesus really is instead of wh ere He was, and they are not com-
ing back. Some day you will meet  them and they will be waiting,
ready to greet you. When you look upon death as being a promotion, promoted to glory, it is very beautiful.
You might say, "That's very easy for you to tell someone else, but
when it actually comes to your own it will be a different thing."
I had a son killed by a drunken driver  and this is the way I took it:
God needed him in His Garden and He took him and I'm looking for-ward to the day in which I shall see my son. Also, when my mother and father passed away I took it the same way. 143 It is the easiest thing in the world to die. It is just like going to
sleep. No one really knows when they die, but they will awaken and
be looking in the face of Jesus, face-to-face! I have no fear of death. People that weep when they lose a loved one are selfish. They think they know more about life than God, and many times they become bit-ter and hate God. God is seeking to draw them a little closer to Him. Who am I to question the ways of God?
I have tried to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those
who weep. I have tried to live in a house by the side of the road and be
a friend to man.   144 CHAPTER 20
DIGESTING FOOD

If you do not love your country enough to die for it that your chil-
dren might have liberty throughout their lives, you do not love your country. If you do not love your children and your grandchildren enough to die for them, you do not love them, neither do you love yourself. If you don't love yourself, you can't love God. This is what it means to be an adult saint.
We are to obey the laws of the land as far as it is within us without
disobeying the laws of God. But if th ere is a conflict between the laws
of God and the laws of man, then we are to obey God. This was the very reason that Paul was beheaded. He was told if he would renounce Christ, the Messiah, as his Lord and King, that his life would be spared. He refused and he was beheaded.
The kingdom of God is within you and you can't love anyone
more than you love the God within  you. Before you can hate anyone,
you must hate yourself. With the same hate that you hate yourself, you hate others. Hate is the finest cancer seed in the world.  No wonder
that 25 percent of the American people will die of cancer.
Do you know that it costs $40,000 to die from cancer with most
medical doctors, and that you can die for free with cancer without ra-diation, without any cobalt, without any chemotherapy, and without any false hopes, and with a lot less suffering? Ask anyone who has taken the chemotherapy treatment.
Do you know that it is possible to live to a ripe old age by obeying
the laws of God? The health message begins in the first chapter of Genesis and goes throughout the Bible. In First Timothy 4: 1-5 we read: "Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc-trines of devils; speaking lies and hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron' forbidding to marry, and commanding to ab-stain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanks-giving of them which believe and know the truth." (if you know the 145 truth then you will know the eleventh chapter of Leviticus where we
are told which are the clean and unclean meats). Paul, a Jew,  was writ-
ing to Timothy who would not thin k of eating any of the unclean
meats, and when he says "every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving," he was talking about the clean meats that were offered to idols. There was quite a discussion among Christians in that day whether or not they should eat things that were offered to idols, or whether they should eat the sacri-ficial meat that was given to them by the priests. This was not refer-ring to the hog, shrimp, oysters, lobster, catfish and etc., because in the verse before it says, "which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving." God did not create a hog, or any other unclean meat, to
be eaten with thanksgiving. If God is the same yesterday, today and forever, then God doesn't change either in the Old or the New Testa-ment. If God changed what it said in the Old Testament to what is said in the New, then God is a God of conflict and doesn't know what He is doing.
"For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer" (v. 5), this
speaks of the meat that was offered as a sacrificial offering. It was sanctified then by prayer, but there is no way to sanctify hog meat by prayer when either Jew  or Gentile eats it, for pork digests in three
hours and bums up in your system too quickly, bringing old age on too
rapidly, bringing you to an early deat h. This is true of all the unclean
meats. So there's