 individual
powers to heal. It’s fun to study about color, and the observation of colors in
one’s daily life brings more awareness about the colors in your dreams. The
heavens have more colors than one can even imagine. Open yourself to the
higher energies of God. It’s an exciting trip.
HABIT #9

FOOT AND HAND REFLEXOLOGY

Acid crystals (uric, phosphoric, carbonic, lactic, etc.) and cellular wastes build
up under the nerve endings in your feet. Since these nerve endings reflex all
through your body, these acids and toxins can have a devastating effect in
related areas. The nerve that feeds the heart, for example, ends in your hands
and feet. If acid crystals or a toxic build-up affect the ending of this nerve, it
can lead to heart palpitations, high blood pressure (when standing or
walking), chest pain, etc. This is true with all your organs and glands as the
nerves that feed them also end in your hands and feet. Rubbing the bottoms
of your feet and the palms of your hands on a daily basis will break-up these
crystals and toxic accumulations, relieving the symptoms.
Reflexology is an incredible science. I have saved three individuals in
cardiac arrest with the techniques of reflexology. This is another simplescience that can save much suffering. Study and learn this health-enhancing
system.
MODULE 9.2
Four Healthy Tools to Assist Your Detoxification … and Your Life

TOOL #1

LIVER AND GALLBLADDER FLUSH

This process helps to remove liver stones and gallbladder stones.
Items Needed
8-ounces of pure, cold-pressed, extra virgin organic olive oil.
6- to 8-ounces of freshly squeezed (if possible) pink grapefruit juice or
the juice of 2 lemons.
Freshly squeezed apple juice (enzymes assist with reducing nausea).
Optional: a preparation to aid in the softening of possible stones, such as
Phosfood Liquid®, produced by Standard Process Laboratories. (See
Resource Guide for ordering.)
Optional: Intestinal cleansing formula.
Suggested Preparation
Three days of eating mainly raw fruits and vegetables (organic
preferred).
One 8-ounce glass of freshly juiced apple juice in the morning and one in
the evening, for three days.
Three days of bowel detoxification. Use an intestinal cleansing formula,
with formula strength depending upon your bowel regularity. Use a
gentle formula if bowels move at least one time daily; a moderate-strength formula if bowels move at least once in a two-day period; and a
strong formula for bowels that resist regular movement.
In lieu of herbal detoxification, an individual may choose to take an
enema one-day prior to the flush. It is important that your bowels are
moving well.
Optional: You can add 45 drops of Phosfood Liquid to your apple juice,
two times a day
(A.M.
 +
P.M.).
 This will help loosen and soften any
stones you might have.
NOTE
: No solid foods should be consumed after noontime on the day of the
flush (fresh fruit juices or distilled water are acceptable).
Directions
Stop all fluid intake at 6:30
P.M.,
 or thirty minutes before the flush is
started.
Begin the flush between 7:00
P.M.
 and 9:00
P.M.,
 or as you wish.
Mix or blend 8-ounces of olive oil with 6 to 8 ounces of pink grapefruit
juice or the juice of two lemons.
Consume at a rate that best suits you. You may wish to consume it all at
one time, or you may consume 1/4 cup every 15 minutes, or you may
drink it even more slowly. After the olive oil is consumed you should
retire for the evening, lying on your right side.
Considerations
If nausea and/or vomiting sensations are experienced, the olive oil/citrus
juice mixture can be chased with small amounts of freshly-made apple
juice. Resume consumption of the mixture as soon as possible. If the
feeling of nausea continues, consume only as much of the mixture as you
possibly can, then go right to bed, lying on your right side.
Watch stools for stones. Stones are usually green, but may be yellow, red
or black. Stones range from a pea-size to that of a quarter, or larger. Most
liver or gallbladder stones are soft in nature, as they are lipid/bile stones.
With degenerative problems, the liver and gallbladder flush should be
supervised by a health care professional.
TOOL #2
 DISTILLED WATER

Natural water from springs, wells, rivers, lakes, and the water that comes
through your faucet is full of mineral elements that have been collected from
contact with soil and rocks. Most water sources are full of impurities
including chemicals from fallout, boats, raw sewage, and pesticides.
The minerals from these water sources are inorganic. There is a vast
difference between the minerals in the human body and those in the earth.
Earth minerals (which are inorganic) do not have the same electrical
frequency as those found in the human body and within the botanical
kingdom. Elemental (earth) minerals are basically inert. They are low in
electromagnetic charges.
As rain (distilled water) falls from the sky and saturates the soil, it
becomes electrified with the energies of the minerals and other properties of
the soil. The water is then absorbed into plant root systems and drawn up into
the plant. This energy, mixed with the energy of the sun, transmutes these
inorganic minerals into tissue salts, which build and maintain the plant.
As plants develop from the seed through enzyme action, the constituents
establish themselves in compounds. The minerals in plants are called “cell
salts,” because many have bonded together creating more of a synergistic
response. They need each other and other compounds synergistically to be
properly absorbed and utilized by the cells of the animal or human. Animals
and especially humans need to live upon a higher-frequency food source than
elemental minerals.
Inorganic minerals, if allowed through the bowel wall, act only as
stimulants. Their electrical charge is low and they cannot pass through a cell
membrane wall. An example of this is iodine. Inorganic iodine is used in
hospitals for dyes and thyroid work. This type of iodine only stimulates the
thyroid and can deposit and accumulate in the thyroid tissues, causing
inflammation and additional thyroid problems. Just as a water pipe in your
house becomes clogged from an accumulation of inorganic minerals and
debris, our veins, arteries and tissues become clogged with inorganic minerals
as well.
Distilled water is said to be the greatest solvent on earth. It is the only
true water that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues. It
assists by dissolving nutrients so they can be assimilated and taken into everycell. It dissolves the wastes of cell life so the toxins can be removed. Distilled
water is also great at dissolving inorganic mineral substances lodged in the
tissues of the body so that such substances can be eliminated in the process of
purifying the body. It does not leach out body minerals. There have been
many blood tests conducted during distilled water fasts showing improved
and more homeostatic electrolyte percentages. Distilled water does collect and
remove minerals that have been rejected by the cells of the body and are
therefore nothing more than debris, obstructing normal functioning of the
system.
It is important to keep ourselves hydrated. We should receive the
majority of our water from raw and ripe fruits and vegetables. In their raw
state, these foods are composed of 60 to 95 percent water. In addition, one
should drink a minimum of two 8-ounce glasses of distilled water daily.
Always brew your herbal teas with distilled water. Being void, distilled
water pulls the nutrients from the herbs into the water. Water that is full of
inorganic minerals and other matter cannot leach all the compounds of the
herb into it, which causes a much weaker tea.
If you cannot get distilled water, I recommend R/O (reverse osmosis)
water. You can put an R/O
filter under your sink, which makes it very
convenient to use. Remember that water is one of nature’s greatest catalysts.
Drink plenty of fresh, pure, distilled or R/O water, but don’t overdo it.
Follow your natural instincts. Many people try to drown themselves with too
much water. Remember, a raw food diet gives you plenty.
NOTE
: Never drink with your meals. This dilutes your digestive enzymes
and affects proper food digestion.
TOOL #3

CASTOR OIL PACKS

Castor oil, also known as Palma Christi (the Palm of Christ), has been used
for healing for hundreds of years, and is a treatment that medical intuitive
Edgar Cayce often prescribed for many different conditions. Preliminary
studies on castor oil packs performed at the George Washington School ofMedicine indicate that they improve immune system functioning, aid with
dilation, and soften tissues and muscles.
Castor oil packs used on the abdomen are detoxifying to the system.
They may also be used for pain syndromes, slipped discs, tumors, tinnitus,
nausea, inflammation, hard or swollen organs (such as the spleen, liver,
kidneys, lymph nodes, and bowels), and a variety of other problems. Applied
topically, they may help loosen or dissolve cancer


 its own  Higher  Mental  Body,  must  sometimes
be given  Assistance,  in order  to let that  Impulse  thru.  When
We pour  Our  Light  Radiation,  which  is Our  Means  of
Assistance,  We  take  out  of the  Individual's  feeling,  the
stubborn  rebellion  or resistance,  so the Power  of Its Presence
can get thru  to render  the Service.
Now  do you  understand  why  in this  Class,  you  feel  so
wonderful;  you  feel  so at Peace  and  Rest;  and  you  feel  as
though  you  could  accomplish  anything ? Because  the Still-DISCOURSE  XVIII  237
ing of your  human,  has made  it possible  for the Current  of
Energy  from  your  Presence,  to flow  forth  unqualified  by
anything,  but the Harmony  which  is within  your  feeling.
When  Individuals  come  into  the room  to criticize  and
condemn,  they  are filled  with  turmoil  in their  feeling.  They
could  not receive  anything,  if it were  to save  their  lives.  It
would  be impossible!  Therefore,  they  should  be Honorable
enough  to stay  away.  This  is the Law  I am citing  to you—
the Law  of your  Life,  each  one's  Life.  Therefore,  those  who
have  a desire  to revolve  discord;  find  discrepancies;  or
something  wrong,  will  find  it; because  the  wrong  is in
their  own  consciousness  and  feeling;  and  so far as they  are
able to see, they  see only  what  is within  their  own  feeling!
Their  feeling  is their  desire  world;  and  they  only  desire
what  is within  their  own  feeling!  That  is why  one  who  is
out of harmony,  coming  into  the room,  would  not receive
anything,  except  sometimes  to get so uncomfortable,  that
one would  go out.
In the realization  of your  Privilege  today,  will  you  take  a
firm  command  on yourselves,  knowing  the  simple  Re-
quirements ? It is not much  to do really,  when  it enables
you to have  such  a Release,  that  you  will  never  again  know
what  it is, to meet  the problems  of the outer  world  with
fear and  trembling.
Oh, think  of it, Beloved  Children  of Earth,  here  is This
Great  Presence  of all Life,  which  is giving  you  Life  and
Intelligence  and  beating  your  Heart,  functioning  every  ac-
tivity  of your  body;  doing  all this  for you.  Can't  you  give 238 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
just a little  obedience,  the little  which  is required,  to let
the Light  from  the  Presence,  flow  untouched  by human
qualification;  in order  to render  This  Service  and  release
the Happiness  and  Perfection  which  is just  waiting,  wait-
ing, waiting  to push  Itself  thru  today ?
The Simplicity  of it is what  mankind  has  overlooked.
Do you  see  why  the  Great  Wisdom  compelled  These
Books,  to come  forth  in simple  language  and  the Under-
standing  which  all might  grasp ? It is the Only  Way  man-
kind  can  get the Clearness,  the Perfect  Understanding  of
Life.  All  said  in Those  Books,  every  Explanation,  is the
Law  of the Action  of your  Life!  everyone's  Life!  Our  Life!
When  We  say to you,  Beloved  Ones,  We made  this  Identi-
cal Application,  We  mean  every  word  of It. There  is but
one Application  in the Universe  which  sets  mankind  Free.
It is first,  the Understanding  that  you  have  an Individual-
ized God  Presence  above  you—the  distance  makes  no dif-
ference.  From  your  "I AM  Presence,"  comes  the Stream  of
Life and  Energy  anchoring  into  your  own  Heart,  and  It
gives  you  Life,  Intelligence  and  Activity.  IT IS THE
ONLY  THING  IN  THE  WORLD  WHICH  WILL
GIVE  MANKIND  FREEDOM.
Then,  knowing  you  have  brought  yourselves  into  this
condition,  by the lack  of Understanding  and  the unwilling-
ness to do certain  things;  or by not knowing  you  should  do
certain  things;  it has  allowed  discord  to accumulate  for
centuries.  The  Great  Mercy  of Life  has  said:  "Now  my
children,  I will  give  you  one  more  Opportunity."  This  is DISCOURSE  XVIII  239
Life for the moment  speaking  to you.  "I have  brought  forth
from  My Secret  Chamber  of Life,  the Fulness  of the Under-
standing  of Life."
The one  who  is vicious  will  not understand  this  of course;
because  he or she  cannot  understand  anything  but  his or
her own  viciousness,  for such  a person  does  not want  to;
but the one  who  is sincere  and  in earnest,  who  will  still
himself  or herself,  will  know  without  one  word  from  any-
body,  the Truth  of this  Instruction!  Every  Heart  knows  It,
and if every  Heart  is left alone,  It will  continue  to know  It
daily,  with  Greater  Power  and  Expansion  of the Light.
The Blessed  Ones,  who  do not realize  the need  of stand-
ing within  the  Radiance  of their  own  "I AM  Presence,"
and refusing  to listen  to false  gossip,  will  be wavering  for
the time  being.  It will  make  it more  difficult  for themselves
to apply  This  Law;  until  they  have  the Evidence  within
themselves  in their  own  experience,  of the Infinite  Power  of
This  Law  and  Its Application  to produce  exactly  that  for
which  they  call.
You have  heard  the Messenger  say it again,  and  again,
your  Call  is compelled  to be answered!  Why?  Now  notice
this point!  What  is it within  you  which  makes  the call?
What  is the Intelligence,  the Energy,  the Light  which  en-
ables  you  to voice  the words  or feel  the feeling?  It is Life,
isn't it? Could  there  be anything  else?  It is Life,  and  if left
alone  to Its Perfection,  It will  always  cause  you  to feel  and
do the Right  Thing.  Then  It is Life,  the Secret  of Life  re-
vealing  Itself  to you! 265 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
Why  has  It not  done  so before ? Because  That  Secret  of
Life could  only  be revealed  and  held  in Its Purity,  by Those
Who  had  freed  themselves  from  Earth's  limitations.  Do
you not see? How  could  one  yet in the limitations  of your
world,  give  you  the  Fulness  of Life  without  limitations?
It would  not be possible!  Therefore,  We Who  have  attained
Our Freedom  from  these  limitations,  know  exactly  how  to
do it. Every  human  Being  or every  Being  while  that  one
was still  in the human  quality,  who  gained  Freedom,  came
thru  this  same  Application;  because  there  is only  one  Way.
It is to understand  your  Individualized  "I AM  Presence,"
Its Laws,  Its Whereabouts,  Its Connection  with  you  and
your  connection  with  It; and  then  apply  the Law  of your
Being!
Again,  why  are  We  needed?  Because  Our  Words  are
"Cups"


, the coating usually returns. This is anindication of the amount of putrefying toxic filth, mucusand poisons that are accumulated in the body’s cells thatare now being eliminated from the inside surface of thestomach, intestines, organs and from all parts the entirebody. This is one of the cleansing miracles of fasting.
The actual amount of toxic material the average
person carries around with them is almost unbelievable!In my opinion, many physical problems are the resultof this clogging of the
30 foot intestinal tube, the cells
and the entire circulation and pipe system of the human
body. I believe that these poisons cause a constitutionalclogging of the entire human pipe system, especiallyplugging up the microscopically tiny blood capillaries.99
Open your mind, for the doors of wisdom are never shut.  – Ben FranklinLearn to Read Your Tongue’s Message
Mother Nature shows the faster by coating the tongue
that his body contains toxic poisons. The characteristics of
tissue construction especially
of the powerful internalorgans –  the kidneys, liver
and all the glands – are like a
sponge. Imagine a spongefilled with a thick putrefying
paste. I have supervised
thousands of fasts and seenhuge amounts of toxins
people store in their body
trying to survive on theStandard American Diet
(SAD).
During a cold, have you
ever stopped to think howmuch mucus and phlegm
passes out of the body through
the nose and throat? This is alsohow the vital organs such as thelungs, kidneys and bladder are passing out poisons during
this cleansing (mucus, phlegm, rashes, fevers, etc.) crisis.
Start now to learn more about yourself by fasting and
closely watching your tongue, the spongy organ whose
surface accurately mirrors the health or ill health of every
other part of your body. The “Magic Mirror” can be aguiding star in your journey to Super Health. The more
faithfully you follow a good fasting and a natural eating
program, the cleaner your tongue will become during afast. Also when you brush your teeth, brush or spoon
scrape your tongue from the back to the tip.
This is a definite signpost that you are on your New
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle Road – a life free of physical
problems and misery. This road will lead to your greatest
achievement – an Ageless, Painless and Tireless Body! So,as you go on your
24 to 36 hour or  7 to 10 day fast, note
how much cleaner your tongue becomes with each fast.
This will reveal the amazing Miracles of Fasting  to you!100
Pure Water is Essential for Health and Longevity
Pure, distilled water (8-10 glasses daily) is i mportant for health.
It is free of inorganic minerals and harmful chemicals.
Read Bragg Book, Water – The Shocking Truth Can Save Your Life
If you truly love Nature, you will find Beauty everywhere.
– Vincent van Gogh
Earth laughs and smiles in flowers. – Ralph Waldo EmersonDream big, think big, but enjoy the small
miracles of your daily life! – Patricia Bragg         TIME
I have just a little minute,
Only sixty seconds in it,Just a tiny little minute,Give account if I abuse it;Forced upon me; can't refuse it.Didn't seek it, didn't choose it.But it's up to me to use it.I must suffer if I lose it;But eternity is in it.
      – Unknown
“A fast with distilled water can help you heal with greater speed; cleanse yourliver, kidneys and colon; purify your blood; help you lose excess weight andbloating; flush out toxins; clear the eyes, tongue, and cleanse the breath.”
“Bragg Books were my conversion to the healthy way.”
– James F. Balch, M.D., Prescription for Nutritional HealingMan does not die of old age! It’s been proven there
are no special diseases due simply to old age. Most
diseases kill both young and old. Many diseases start
from a body loaded with toxic poisons. Keep the bodyclean by following your regular fasting program plus
eating only healthy foods. Your tongue and urine can
be your guideposts to internal purity. Watch bothcarefully with respect when you do a cleansing fast.101Chapter 12
Just Grin and Bear It
“I want to fast because I believe it would do wonders
for me, but how can I fast and yet escape the great feelingof hunger that the first
3 days of fasting produces?” That
is the question that is put to us many, many times whenI discuss the Miracle of Fasting at our Bragg HealthCrusade lectures all over the world. We can give onlyone answer “Just Grin and Bear It.”
“I tried a fast once, but I got weak and felt miserable,
I just had to start eating.” We often hear this excuse.
Nowhere in this book have I stated that fasting is
easy. Eating regularly has become such an ingrained partof people’s lives that, if you take food away from them,they experience many mental and physical reactions.That is the very reason why fasting is not popular.Humans are creatures of strong habits. Most peopleautomatically eat
3 or more meals every day and not
because they have earned their food with physical activity.They have been brainwashed to believe everyone shouldeat at certain hours for three regular mealtimes.
Patricia and I had the pleasure of being invited to the
grand opening of the fabulous Mauna Kea Hotel, on theIsland of Hawaii. It was an American-plan hotel, whichmeans the cost includes meals. Breakfast started at
7:30
am, luncheon began at 12:30  pm and dinner at  7 pm.
We passed the dining room at these hours, the guests
were all eagerly waiting for the doors to open so theycould get at the expansive buffet.
Were they hungry at exactly these hours? How could
they be? Most of the guests did nothing but relax onthe beach, socialize, drive golf carts, play cards or read!
It’s a mistake to think the more a man eats, the stronger he becomes.
Lack of will power and drive cause more failures,
than a lack of intelligence and ability. – Harry Banks102Don’t Live to Eat – Eat to Live & Be Healthy
The hotel guests did absolutely nothing to earn all
these meals, but they paid for them and felt they shouldbe there to eat them. The same thing happens on cruise
ships. There is always a crowd waiting for the dining
room to open so they can eat what they paid for.
Food! It can be a blessing to man, but also a curse!
The body can take a lot of abuse from wrong food andoverfeeding. But there comes a day when the body’s
digestive system becomes over-stuffed, overworked and
overwhelmed –  it’s then that health problems begin!
Digestive troubles plague modern man. Constipation
heads the list of his miseries. Tons upon tons of pills,
powders and liquids are sold to try and flush out thewaste packed into people’s intestines and colon. Modern
man packs food into himself faster than the functions
of digestion and elimination can handle it! This is verymuch like trying to race your car with the brakes on.
There is scientific reasoning that constipation is the
foundation of many other body ailments. The reasoningbehind this conclusion is sound. If constipation meansretention of waste, here’s a simple test you can take.
Prepare your next meal, made up of everything you
would ordinarily eat, but don’t eat a mouthful of it.Instead, put it in a pot; then place the container with
the food in a temperature around
 100 degrees, the same
as inside the body. See that there is a liberal quantity ofmoisture. Now watch what occurs over the next
 8 hours.
The very first things you will notice are the bad odors
and rancidity. Then the food will mold, ferment andbubble with gas. This gas pressure causes many miseries
in the body. If the gas presses upward against the
diaphragm you may even have stimulated a heart attack.As it presses against the back muscles, it can cause terrible
backaches. This fermenting mass of putrefaction is
always throwing off toxins which can cause poundingheadaches, mysterious aches and pains all over the body.
Dine with little, sup with less: do better still, sleep supperless. – Ben Franklin
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings. – P. Syrus103Elementary microbiology tells us that, to produce
germs in quantity, keep food fermenting in the colonand the bacteria will obligingly multiply. So, right inour bodies, we breed all kinds of “bugs” that can causetrouble. If you are prone to viruses such as colds, chronicsinusitis and other ailments, a constipated conditioncreates a favorable environment for the presence andgrowth of unfriendly “bugs” involved in such ailments.
The toxic poisons generated by overeating or  too
much of the wrong foods,  can damage one of the body’s
most important organs – the liver. Few people realizehow important their liver is to life. It’s a great chemicallaboratory with many functions. It not only gives forthbile, but it is the body’s greatest garbage disposal.
The liver and intestines are partners in the w hole entire
digestive process! If one is sick, the other tries to come toits aid until it too, breaks


 today, and
it therefore seems right that we do our best to let the potential
reader know what distinguis hes this book from so many others. Let
us introduce you to the two principal distinguishing features of the
Pathwork guidance:
1. The channeled teachings  of the Pathwork Guide outline a
complete path for persona l transformat ion and spiritual self-
realization.
2. This path includes a profound understanding of personal
negativity—its sources, consequences, and a process to meet and
transform it. This process, as taught by the Guide, is unmatched
anywhere else.The goal of personal psychological work is to become self-
actualized, to realize our individual human potential for meaningful
work in the world and for loving relationships with others.
The goal of spiritual practice  is to experience enlightenm ent, or
unitive consciousness, our oneness with all things. The aim of
spiritual work  is to know our innermost identity as God-inspired
beings, lled with love and light.
A complete path must help us address both the frustrations in the
fulllment of our personal lives and the limitations that prevent our
spiritual awakening. Most approaches to personal and spiritual
growth oer us help for only part of this journey. We still want to
know: How can I get from where I am to where I want to be?
Most present-day channeled material, as well as the esoteric
traditions of most religions, tell us that we create our own reality.
But if this is so and I am indeed the creator of my life, what part of me is
it that creates events that I nd quite unpleasant? Why don’t I do a
better job of creating the life that I believe I want? Why are some aspects
of myself so hard to change?
The most valuable contribution the Guide has made  to the
modern psych ological-spiritual quest is a practical, rational, and
honest way to get from where we are to where we want to be. All
spiritual teachers describe the enlightened state of love and
harmony in which one feels at one with everyone and surrenders
joyfully to God. We have also read the descriptions from humanistic
and transpersonal psychologists of the fullled life of the self-
actualized, whole person.
But if we do not deceive ourselves, we will know that we fall
short of these goals. We need a way to accept ourselves fully as we
are now, and to work with whatever in us blocks our personal and
spiritual evolution. We need maps of the psyche that do not idealize
or gloss over our all-too-hum an failings. The Pathwork outlines a
map of human consciousness  that includes our devils as well as our
angels, the vulnerable child as well as the competent adult, the
petty ego concerns as well as the grand visionary longings.
We need guidance to give us support as we take steps from where
we are now to the larger, more fullled, more aware person that wecan be. The Pathwork encourages us to stop trying to pretend we
are an idealized image of ourselves, the person who we think we
ought to be. The Guide helps  us to relax into an acceptance of who
we honestly are and what we honestly feel, moment to moment.
Any one of us who is truthful can discover disagreeable, self-
centered feelings and attitudes within ourselves.
And yet we do not feel like bad people. We would like to follow
the Golden Rule. Most of us would even agree that if we could love
ourselves, and then our neighbors as ourselves, we would feel a lot
better. Why is it so hard for me to do this? Why do I continue to be so
self-centered, or, alternately, so self-degrading?
Generally speaking, we are given very little real help on these
issues. Most religions give us moral commandme nts, often
reinforced by guilt or fear, threats or cajoling, so we won’t act out
our negativity. When we fail, as we inevitably will, we are
admonished to try harder. We are told to give over our aws to
someone else—to Christ, the church, or the guru. Or, in much
contemporary guidance, we are expected to “rise above” our own
limitations and see our negativity as merely temporary ignorance of
our divinity. How can I acknowledge my negativity without either
glossing over it or being devastated by it?
Most psycholo gies don’t answer these questions either. Instead,
we are inadvertently discouraged from taking full responsibility for
our negativity. Since guilt is such a debilitating emotion, we are
often encourag ed by the psychological approach to stop thinking of
ourselves as sinful or even awed. In one way or another we are
allowed to blame someone else—our parents, our past lives,
oppressive societal norms—for our negativity. We think of ourselves
as victims. We discharge our bad feelings toward those whom we
see as having hurt us and then we hope that bad thoughts and
feelings will go away. But they do not.
Do I just have to live with my imperfections? If I cannot overcome
them, am I condemned by them? We are left with the secret fear that
we are intrinsically bad in a way that we cannot change. This is the
source of much of our despair and discouragement.The Pathwork Lectures provide the missing element in both
contemporary and traditional approaches to personal growth. While
giving us the spiritual perspective that we are fundamentally divine,
that at our center we are one with all that is, the Guide teaches that
we also each contain a layer of negativity which he calls the lower
self. The lower self is that part of us which actively, though usually
unconsciously, chooses  negativity, separation, egotism, fear, and
distrust. Howe ver, since the lower self is ultimately a distortion of
the one divine energy that animates the universe, it can be
transformed back into its original life-arming vitality. In the
Pathwork Lectures, the Guide shows us how.
It is very hard work to come face to face with the lower self and
most of us would like to avoid it. That is why we cling to the
idealized images of ourselves. That is why we avoid the deep
emotional work where such negative feelings surface. Yet
recognizing and acknowledging our negative emotions are not too
hard when we have the spirit ual perspective and experience that tell
us that our essence is divine. The troubled feelings we nd inside
can be transformed when we acknowledge them without evasion
and learn to reconvert them into their originally divine nature. As
the Guide says:
Through the gateway of feeling your weakness lies your strength.
Through the gateway of feeling your pain lies your pleasure and joy.
Through the gateway of feeling your fear lies your security and safety.
Through the gateway of feeling your loneliness lies your capacity to have
fulllment, love, and companionship.
Through the gateway of feelin g your hopelessness lies true and justied
hope.
Through the gateway of accepting the lacks in your childhood lies your
fulllment now.
Not only does the Guide oer a spiritual approach to the problem
of evil, but also a systematic and thorough path to releasing the
light hidden behind our distortions. He leads us gently and lovinglythrough our darkness. The practice of honest, compassionate
confrontation of the lower self, while anchoring ourselves  more and
more solidly in the higher self, brings the greatest personal
liberation. This is a path of empowerment through self-
responsibility.
It is the most illuminating experience to nally be able to connect
the events of one’s life—both positive and negative—with those
forces within that have created them. It brings us home to the
unitive core in ourselves, to our true, creative identity.
The lectures in this volume were carefully chosen to represent the
basic teachings of the Guide and give an overview. We recommend
that you read them sequentially, because the concepts are
introduced gradually and progressively. However, you will
understand them even if you pick at rst those titles that most
intrigue you.
It is possible to work with the lectures by yourself, following
through with whatever exercises for self-awareness the Guide
proposes in the lectures themselves. It is also helpful to form a small
group in which the lectures can be discussed and your self-work can
be shared. The Pathwork Centers oer introductory workshops as
well as ongoin g teaching and training programs that help you apply
the lecture material to your personal development. The Centers also
have trained helpers availab le to work individually or with groups.
You can also use the Pathw ork Lectures in your sessions with a
spiritually inspired therapist. Many psychotherap ists and
psychiatrists have already discovered that the Guide ’s lectures
contain materi al on transforming negativity that is nowhere else to be
found. And many clergy and other people doing spiritual service
have found in these lectures practical help in fullling their calling.
The important  thing is commitment to your personal truth, to your
own inner path.
The Guide’s teachings help us to purify ourselves so that we can
fulll our task on earth, become self-realized people, and learn tolove in the true sense of the word. As members of society our task is
to transform the planet Earth, and create a global brother-sisterhood
through the spreading of the new consciousness and devel oping new
ways


 investigation be
exposed to the emissions of an actual mobile
phone, rather than a ‘surrogate’, since the emissions have a quite different biological impact, in consequence of certain pulse frequency differences. b)  in assessing the significance to humans of
results obtained using animals, particular
attention be paid to differences in exposure conditions, such as whether exposure is size-resonant, whether it is to the near or far field of the antenna, and whether whole- body or more
localised exposure occurs. c) systematic investigation be made into the
influence of different kinds of pulsing (of real
phones) on the human EEG, and ideally on
the MEG, and of whether any observed
changes in power spectra are correlated with
changes in the level of deterministic chaos.

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 d) use be made of novel, non-invasive
technologies, such as biophoton emission, to
investigate the influence of mobile phone radiation on living systems. e) in assessing the effects of mobile phone
radiation more attention be paid to lessons
that have been learnt from exposure to other kinds of related radio frequency fields, such as those from the Skrunda, military and police radars. f) in the light of reports of cattle being quite
seriously adversely affected at farms where
there is a base-station, a veterinary monitoring service be established to collect and analyse such reports, and raise awareness amongst farmers of this potential hazard to their livestock.

• attempts be made – perhaps under the aegis
of national regulatory bodies - to increase awareness of the electromagnetic nature of living organisms and their consequent hypersensitivity to coherent, ultraweak electromagnetic signals. [Until this is achieved, the need to extend thermally-based safety guidelines, by incorporating   electromagnetic biocompatibility, is unlikely to be accepted.]

3. Technological options at the operational
level
Whilst the question of precisely how adverse
health effects can be provoked by non-thermal
influences of the pulsed microwave radiation currently employed in GSM  telecommunication, as
well as those from ELF fields associated with other
technologies, is far from resolved, the
circumstantial evidence consistent with such influences suggests at least two ways in which biocompatibility with this technology could be enhanced by changes involving the fields alone:
• In the case of exposure to GSM radiation, reduce intensities to the level below which no adverse effects have been empirically found in exposed populations, bearing in mind that there are indications of non-thermal thresholds for biological effects of the order of a microwatt/cm
2.  Power densities a few tenths
of this value are common at distances of 150-
200m from a typical 15m high Base-station mast and within the range of the more localised side-lobes in the immediate vicinity of a mast - adverse effects being reported at
both locations.  Incorporating a further safety
factor of 10 indicates that, at locations where
there is any long-term exposure, power densities should not exceed 10 nanoW/cm
2.
[To appeal to the (alleged) absence of health
problems associated with the higher power density electromagnetic fields emitted by radio/TV
transmitters in an attempt to justify the retention of the present level of emission from GSM Base-stations is untenable, on at least two accounts: (i) the nature of the emissions are quite different, with respect to carrier frequencies, modes of transmission (pulsed/analogue), and beam morphology, (ii) there are health problems connected with some such transmitters, contrary to what is often claimed!]

• Ensure that there are no ELF frequencies –
either of amplitude modulation (including
pulsing, as the extreme case) of RF fields, or
of other electric /magnetic fields - in the range
of human electrical brain-wave activity, or windows of calcium efflux.

[In the case of exposure to GSM radiation, this will
be achieved, to a certain extent, with the advent of the Third Generation of mobile phones (UMTS) that utilise CDMA in place of TDMA.  For although any sensitivity to the microwave carrier will remain, the pulsing used in CDMA is irregular; accordingly, CDMA radiation cannot enjoy the same ‘oscillatory similitude’ with the human brain-wave activity and electrochemical processes as does TDMA.  In consequence, however, of the somewhat higher carrier frequency used, which is closer to where water strongly absorbs microwaves, thermal effects could here become more of a problem, particularly in view of the somewhat higher powers at which they operate!  The introduction of TETRA, on the other hand, gives rise to an increased level of both thermal and non-thermal concern.]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 A major contemporary threat to the health of Society is man-made ‘electrosmog’.  This non-ionising electromagnetic pollution of technological origin is particularly insidious, in that it escapes detection by the senses – a circumstance which tends to promote a rather cavalier attitude  regarding personal protection.  Yet the nature of the pollution is such that there is literally ‘nowhere to hide’.  Furthermore, given the relatively short time for which humanity has been exposed to it, we have no evolutionary immunity either against any adverse effects it might directly have on our bodies or against possible interference with natural electromagnetic processes, upon which homeostasis appears to depend, for example, the Schumann resonance – a weak electromagnetic field that oscillates resonantly in the cavity between the earth’s surface and the ionos phere at
frequencies close to those of human brain rhythms, isolation from which has been found to damage human health.

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 What distinguishes technologically produced
electromagnetic fields from most natural ones is
their much higher degree of coherence.  This
means that their frequencies are particularly well-defined, and therefore more easily discerned by living organisms, including humans.  This greatly increases their biological potency, and ‘opens the door’ to the possibility of frequency-specific, non-
thermal  influences of various kinds, against which
existing Safety Guidelines – such as those issued
by the International Commission for Non-ionising Radiation Protection ( ICNIRP ) - afford no
protection.
 The Safety Guidelines are based solely on consideration of the ability of radio frequency ( RF)
and microwave radiation to heat tissue, and of
extremely low frequency ( ELF) magnetic fields to
induce circulating electric currents in the interior of
the body, both of which are known to be damaging to health, if excessive.  Since the severity of these effects increases with the strength (intensity) of the fields in question, it is this that the Guidelines restrict, the frequency of the fields being taken into account only in so far as it affects (through ‘size’
resonance effects) the ability of the organism to
absorb energy from the irradiating field and heat up accordingly.  The Guidelines thus do not protect against adverse health effects provoked primarily  and
specifically  through influences that the frequency
of the fields might have on the human body.
  A necessary condition for such an influence is the existence in the organism of the biological counterpart of an electrically tuned circuit – i.e. an
endogenous oscillatory electrical activity.
 In this case the organism will respond - in a way akin to a radio - if the frequency of the external field (either of the carrier wave, or of lower frequency amplitude modulations/ pulsings) matches or is close to that of its tuned circuit.  This could result in either an undesirably high resonant amplification of, or damaging interference with, the associated endogenous biological activity.   These influences can be considered to arise from a transfer of information  (in a generalised sense)
from the field to a living organism, in that the
organism is able, through this kind of ‘oscillatory similitude’, to recognise – and in turn respond to – a feature of the external field other than  its
intensity.
 Equally important is that the external
electromagnetic fields be sufficiently coherent to be discernible by the body against the level of its own incoherent thermal emission at physiological temperatures.  Whilst this is usually the case, it should be noted that since the radiation is not perfectly coherent, the occurrence of non-thermal effects is still contingent upon a certain minimum intensity threshold, the magnitude of which is, however, well below that at which any discernible heating occurs.  A good example of such an ‘informational’, frequency-specific, non-thermal electromagnetic influence on the living organism is the ability of a light flashing at a certain rate to trigger seizures in people suffering from photosensitive epilepsy.  This is primarily due, not to the brightness (intensity) of the light, but rather to the frequency of the flash – which, if close to the frequency of the electrical brain activity involved in epileptic seizures, can trigger their occurrence - i.e. the
phenomenon is primarily a frequency-specific
effect of information transfer from the light to the brain, the brain being able to ‘recognise’ the light by the rate at which it flashes.    Existing intensity-based Safety Guidelines (relating to the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum) afford no protection against such a non-thermal effect, unless set so low that the light is not visible!  Some oscillatory endogenous electrical activities of the living human body are quite familiar - such as those of the heart and brain, which can be monitored by an electrocardiogram and electroencephalogram, respectively. Equally familiar is the circadian rhythm.   Others, - such as the coherent electrical excitations at the cellular level whose frequencies typically lie in the microwave  region of the
electromagnetic spectrum, and those pertaining to
crucially important biochemical activities, involving, for example, the transport of calcium ions across cell membranes


 pe rhaps it was for the better because soon it
would be all over. Soon it would end. No more suffering. Eternal peace. But I didn't
realize that I was destined to make a deci sion that was to change the course of my
entire life, the lives of my wife and children, and the lives of thousands of people with whom I would cross paths. I was going to hang on to precious life. I was going to defy
all the doctors. I was not aware of it at the time, but I was, in a sense, going to be reborn. I had a mission in life!
   We have to go back to 1958. I was 28 years old, separated from the army for four
years after serving in Korea during the Korean war, had been in private practice only
three and one-half years and was trying to make a new start with my wife of two
years. It was at this time that it all began--an occurrence which was to become a
nightmare and make my life a living hell for the next six years.
   My wife, Corinne, and I were relaxing one evening after supper, when suddenly and
without warning came a feeling of pressure and discomfort in my lower abdomen,
accompanied by strong urge to have a B.M. (bowel movement; the letters "B.M." will
be used throughout this story). It happened so fast, there was no time to reach the
lavatory and I found myself sitting in a small pool of blood, the sight of which worried and frightened me.
   After the initial shock wore off, I decided to do nothing for the present. After all, I
didn't seem to have any other particular h ealth problems; my diet was the normal run
of-the-mill American type that lacks nutrition (doesn't everyone enjoy a package of
cookies and a quart of milk as a meal, with a candy bar or two for dessert?); and of
course I was a worrier, a pessimist, and a pe rfectionist with an emotional inability to
cope with stressful situations--but then don 't we all have these "normal" hang-ups?
Normal? I wonder now, as I'm writing this and looking back.
   Anyway, I waited three weeks before I worked up enough nerve to see a doctor.
During that time, diarrhea developed, accompanied by bleeding and intestinal spasm.
This frightened me enough to seek out a doctor who came highly recommended (his
real name will not be used for personal reasons, as will not the other doctors who
"cared" for me, with the exception of the doctor who finally led me out of the
darkness, Dr. Robert Gross).
   The initial examination consisted of the usual history taking, blood and urine tests,
and physical examination. These things being concluded, I was ushered into a room
and told to "hop up" on the table, drop my trousers, and bend over. Dr. Leopold
informed me he was going to insert a stainl ess steel tube up my rectum to visually
examine part of the colon (large intestine). I took one look at that instrument, which
looked to me like a short stainless steel broomhandle, and asked how he was going to get that thing into me. He said, "Just relax and bear down." But I had built up such a
fear and anticipation that it was impossible to relax, and when that cold steel tube
(why are doctors' instruments always cold?) touched my sensitive parts and I
tightened up every muscle in my body, I knew there was no way he was going to pass
that tube into me. He pushed and I sweated. The more he pushed, the more I tightened
until finally he gave up and referred me to Dr. Price, an expert in conducting this type
of examination. Did he get that instrument into me? You can bet on it! It was probably one of the most enervating experiences I had had to date, and it was to be the
first of dozens of this kind of examination over the next six years. However, Dr. Price
taught me how to relax during this procedure, which is called a proctosigmoidoscopy,
and soon I became an old pro at it, which was to make it easier on me in the years to come.
   The diagnosis had been made--ulcerative colitis. A horrible name for a horrible
disease. In fact, one of the most debilitating afflictions of man.
   Treatment began. If only I knew then what I know now, the agony of the next six
years could have been prevented--the agony of a physical, emotional, and spiritual deterioration. Part of the treatment was to find a cause, so blood samples were drawn,
urine samples were taken, and I was given a dozen or so small boxes in which to
deposit stool samples each week for analysis. Everyone was looking for a germ of
some type which was assumed to be causing the disease. None were found, for rarely,
if ever, will they be isolated at the beginning of disease because contrary to popular belief--and this may stun you a little--germs are not generally a primary cause of
disease. They are ubiquitous and ever present and we cannot rule them out, but their
role is secondary. They will grow and thrive in a medium conducive to their
propagation, and that medium is an unhealthy body, an enervated body, which mine
eventually became. Germs generally won't grow in a vitally healthy body, a body properly nourished and having the highest degree of resistance and immunity, a body
that is functioning as it should. After all, what is health? It is merely a state where the
body's 25 or 30 quadrillion cells (give or take a few) are all doing their job. I'll go into
this later.
   Much of the treatment was based on the destruction of germs whether they were
present or not. Another aspect of treatment is the assumption that those with
ulcerative colitis are supposed to have varying degrees of emotional problems. This is
far from always being true. In fact, it is a sick body that usually causes depression and
emotional problems as a secondary manifestation.
   At this point I was started on drugs, and for the next six years I was to take some
forty different types, sometimes gulping down combinations of half a dozen varieties,
which when mixed together in my bloodstream caused reactions and crises that made the ulcerative colitis look like child's play. The drugs first prescribed were Azulfidine,
for some type of effect on the intestinal tissues; Theragran, a multiple vitamin to
replace those lost from diarrhea and the body's inability to absorb the nutrients from
food; Pro-Banthine, to dry up secretions such  as the fluidity from diarrhea; Trasentine,
to relax spasm in the intestinal musculature; Metamucil, to absorb water from the
intestines and create a form of soft bulk; and Erythromycin, an antibiotic for an
infection that hadn't yet occurred.    Diet was of course regimented. A lo w-residue type was instituted that avoids
roughage, which irritates the large intestine. No raw fruits, vegetables, or nuts. Instead, I used mostly cooked, canned, and pureed foods along with certain meats.
This is what I call a diet of foodless foods. Later on you will learn why this type of
diet cannot maintain health, much less help recover health. You will also come to
understand why drugs do not cause one to get well and that if one recovers health
while taking medication, he usually gets well in spite of, not because of, the
medicines.
   After a number of months my condition grew steadily worse, not so much bleeding
now but more diarrhea, intestinal spasm and pain, dehydration, and some weight loss.
It was at this point Dr. Leopold decided to hospitalize me. I was there for two weeks,
during which time I was given the low-residue and high-protein diet. There were
some new drugs administered: Robanul, to hope-fully reduce fluid content of B.M.s;
Lomotil, to reduce intestinal motility; Sulfathalidine, for further extermination of the non-existent germs; Belladenal, to sort of calm everything down; penicillin, for what
was called infection; and Amphojel, to combat the stomach upset and indigestion
caused by the other drugs. I was also started on one of the most dangerous. of all
drugs--prednisone (part of the cortisone fam ily). This is a great masker and suppressor
of symptoms while the disease, almost unknown to the patient, worsens. (I'll discuss in more detail later, as I take more and more of these steroid drugs,why they are so
dangerous to life.) But what did me the most good was the bed rest.
   This was my first experience in being hospitalized and it left a rather bad impression
on me after the following occurrence. My hospital roommate was operated on for
gallstones. He was quite seriously ill due to cirrhosis of the liver, and the surgery was
quite involved. Soon his drain was pulled out, but it was too soon, so he drained
internally until he was taken back to the operating room for more surgery. He returned to the room unconscious and with an intrav enous feeding tube attached to his arm
while a nurse adjusted the flow from the bottle to what was


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. Before the industrial era ruined most wheat by  turning it into
white flour, wheat -eating peoples from regions where the cereal naturally contains abundant protein tended to be tall, healthy and
long-lived. Wheat -eating humans from regions that produce low protein grain tended to be small, sickly and s hort-lived.
(McCarrison, 1921, 1936, 1982; Albrecht, 1975)
    Even cows have to pay attention to where their grass is coming from. Some green grass is over 15 percent protein and contains
lots of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium to build strong bodies. O ther equally or even better looking green grass contains only
six or seven percent protein and contains little calcium, phosphorus or magnesium. Cows forced to eat only this poor type of grass
can literally starve to death with full bellies. And they have a hard time breeding successfully. The reason for the difference:
different soil fertility profiles. (Albrecht, 1975)
    When people ate local, those living on fertile soils or getting a significant portion of their diet from the sea and who beca use of
physical isolation from industrial foods did not make a practice of eating empty calories tended to live a long time and be ver y
healthy. But those unfortunates on poor soils or with unwise cultural life -styles tended to be short -lived, diseased, small, weak,
have bad teeth, etc. The lesson here is that Homo Sapiens can adapt to many different diets, but like any other animal, the o ne
thing we can't adapt to is a diet deficient in nutrition.
    So here's another "statistic" to reconsider. Most people believ e that due to modern medical wonders, we live longer than we used
to. Actually, that depends. Compared to badly nourished populations of a century ago, yes! We do. Chemical medicine keeps
sickly, poorly nourished people going a lot longer (though one wonde rs about the quality of their dreary existences.) I hypothesize
that before the time most farmers purchased and baked with white flour and sold their whole, unground wheat, many rural
Americans (the ones on good soil, not all parts of North America have ri ch soil) eating from their own self -sufficient farms, lived
as long or even longer than we do today. You also have to wonder who benefits from promulgating this mistaken belief about
longevity. Who gets rich when we are sick? And what huge economic interes ts are getting rich helping make us sick?

The Human Comedy
 I know most of my readers have been heavily indoctrinated about food and think they already know the truth about
dietetics. I also know that so much information (and misinformation) is c oming out about diet that most of my
readers are massively confused about the subject. These are two powerful reasons many readers will look with
disbelief at what this chapter has to say and take no action on my data, even to prove me wrong.
Let me warn y ou. There is a deep -seated human tendency to put off taking responsibilities, beautifully demonstrated
by this old joke.
A 14 year old boy was discovered masturbating by his father, who said, "son, you shouldn't do that! If you keep it
up you'll eventually  go blind!" ` "But father,” came the boy's quick reply. "It feels good. How about if I don't quit
until I need to wear glasses?"

The Organic Versus Chemical Feud
    Now, regrettably, and at great personal risk to my reputation, I must try to puncture the very favorite belief of food religi onists,
the doctrine that organically grown food is as nutritious as food can possibly be, Like Woody Allen's brown -rice-eating  friends,
people think if you eat Organic foods, you will inevitably live a very long time and be very healthy. Actually, the Organic v s.
chemical feud is in many ways false. Many (not all) samples of organically grown food are as low or lower in nutrition  as foods
raised with chemical fertilizers. Conversely, wisely using chemical fertilizers (not pesticides) can greatly increase the nut ritional
value of food. Judiciously used Organic fertilizing substances can also do that as well or better. And in either  case, using chemical
fertilizers or so -called organic fertilizers, to maximize nutrition the humus content of the soil must be maintained. But, raising soil
organic matter levels too high can result in a massive reduction in the nutritional content of the  food being grown –a very frequent
mistake on the part of Organic devotees. In other words, growing nutrition is a science, and is not a matter of religion.
    The food I fed to my daughter in childhood, though Organic according to Rodale and the certifica tion bureaucrats, though
providing this organic food to my family and clients gave me a feeling of self -righteousness, was not grown with an understanding
of the nutritional consequences of electing to use one particular Organic fertilizing substance over another. So we and a lot of
regional Organic market gardeners near us that we bought from, were raising food that was far from ideally nutritious. At lea st
though, our food was free of pesticide residues.
    The real dichotomy in food is not "chemical" f ertilizer versus "Organic," It is between industrial food and quality food. What I
mean by industrial food is that which is raised with the intention of maximizing profit or yield. There is no contradiction b etween
raising food that the "rabbis" running Or ganic certification bureaucracies would deem perfectly "kosher" and raising that same
food to make the most possible money or the biggest harvest. When a farmer grows for money, they want to produce the largest
number of bushels, crates, tons, bales per ac re. Their criteria for success is primarily unit volume. Many gardeners think the same
way. To maximize bulk yield they build soil fertility in a certain direction (organically or chemically) and choose varieties  that
produce greater bulk. However, nature is ironic in this respect. The most nutritious food is always lower yielding. The very soil
management practices that maximize production simultaneously reduce nutrition.
    The real problem we are having about our health is not that there are residues of  pesticides in our food. The real problem is that
there are only residues of nutrition left in our foods. Until our culture comes to understand this and realizes that the heal th costs of
accepting less than optimum food far exceeds the profits made by grow ing bulk, it will not be possible to frequently find the
ultimate of food quality in the marketplace, organically grown or not. It will not be possible to find food that is labeled o r
identified according to its real nutritional value. The best I can say a bout Organic food these days is that it probably is no less
nutritious than chemically -grown food while at least it is free of pesticide residues.

The Poor Start
    For this reason it makes sense to take vitamins and food supplements, to be discussed in  the next chapter. And because our food
supply, Organic or "conventional," is far from optimum, if a person wants to be and remain healthy and have a life span that
approaches their genetic potential (and that potential, it seems, approaches or exceeds a c entury), it is essential that empty calories
are rigorously avoided.
    An accurate and quick -to-respond indicator of how well we are doing in terms of getting enough nutrition is the state of our
teeth. One famous dentally -oriented nutritional doctor, M elvin Page, suggested that as long as overall nutrition was at least 75
percent of perfection, the body chemistry could support healthy teeth and gums until death. By healthy here Page means free o f
cavities, no bone loss around the teeth (no wobblers), no  long-in-the-teeth mouths from receding gums, no gum diseases at all. But
when empty calories or devitalized foods or misdigestion cuts our nutrient intake we begin experiencing tooth decay, gum dise ase
and bone loss in the jaw. How are your teeth?
    I suppose you could say that I have a food religion, but mine is to eat so that the equation Nutrition = Health / Calories is
strongly in my favor.
    Back to my daughter's teeth. Yes, I innocently fed her less than ideally nutritious food, but at that time I couldn't buy ideal food
even had I known what I wanted, nor did I have any scientific idea of how to produce ideal food, nor actually, could I have d one so
on the impoverished, leached -out clay soil at Great Oaks School even had I known how. The Organic doctrine says that you can
build a Garden of Eatin’ with large quantities of compost until any old clay pit or gravel heap produces highly nutritious fo od. This
idea is not really true. Sadly, what is true about organic matter in soil is that when it is in creased very much above the natural level
one finds in untilled soil in the climate you're working with, the nutritional content of the food begins to drop markedly. I  know
this assertion is shocking and perhaps threatening to those who believe in the Orga nic system; I am sorry.
    But there is another reason my daughter's teeth were not perfect, probably could not have been perfect no matter what we fed
her, and why she will probably have at least some health problems as she ages no matter how perfectly she may choose to eat from
here on


 on
whose behalf your suffering arises is an illusion and, therefore, by implica -
tion, that your suffering itself is an illusion, I suspect that you would have
been frustrated. Another layer of resistance would have been added to your
current experience of suffering, simply compounding it.
     ‘So I gave the apparently suffering self something to do: trace your way
back to your self, and remain resting in your being at all times. Having tried
this only a few times, you brought yourself to the understanding that you
are always and already the inherently peaceful and unconditionally fulfilled
presence of awareness. It is not something you become through effort or
practice. You simply recognise it is what you always and already are. That is,
it recognises itself, in you, as you.’
29you are the happiness you seek
     ‘Is there something else I should do now?’ he asked.
     ‘If this is clear’, I suggested, ‘nothing remains to be done. Who would
do it, and to what end? The question of doing something or not doing some -
thing simply no longer arises. However, if it is not clear, that is, if suffering
arises again, see that it arises on behalf of the temporary, finite self that,
at least in that moment, you believe yourself to be.
     ‘Once again you can simply trace your way back to your inherently peace -
ful and unconditionally fulfilled nature of pure awareness. In time, the ap -
pearance of suffering, the recognition of the false assumption on whose
behalf it arises and the return to your being will be almost simultaneous. You
begin to be established in your true nature.
     ‘As soon as the suffering arises, it is met with the mirror of understanding
and effortlessly dissolves. Self-enquiry gives way to self-abidance. The hap -
piness we seek is revealed as the happiness we are.’

This understanding is the fulfilment of the search. It brings us back to the
place from which we never really departed. We left home and set out on a
great adventure seeking peace and fulfilment, only to find ourself back at
home again, as if for the first time.
     In fact, we didn’t even leave home. It is more like one who falls asleep
and dreams that they embark on an epic journey. They pass through
many traumatic childhood experiences, grow up, get married, have a
family, struggle to earn a living, grow old, become sick and die. And as
they die, they wake up to find that they were lying peacefully on their
bed all along.
     The journey is the pathless path from our self to our self, from the hap -
piness we seek to the happiness we are. Ironically, it is almost always necessary
to embark on some sort of journey before this becomes clear. It is for this
reason that Bayazid Bastami said, ‘That for which we long cannot be found
by seeking, and yet only seekers find it’.*

*     *     *

30* As quoted in James Fadiman and Robert Frager, Essential Sufism  (HarperCollins, 1997 ). the art of self-enquiry
I’m haunted by the feeling of being a failure and not having fulfilled my poten -
tial in life. I’ve tried so many approaches to help with this but it just persists.
Can the practice of self-enquiry help me?

In this approach we don’t pay much attention to the feeling of failure or lack
of fulfilment. Instead we go directly to the core of the issue, the ‘I’ on whose
behalf such feelings arise.
     All our emotional or psychological suffering arises on behalf of that one,
so by resolving this issue once and for all, we do not simply take care of the
feeling of being a failure or unfulfilled; we take care of the  source  of all afflic -
tive emotions.
     When we explore the ‘I’ around whom our suffering revolves, we don’t
find a self who is frustrated, unfulfilled, anxious, lonely, ashamed, and so on.
We find our essential being, which is completely free of any such feelings.
That is to say, it finds or recognises itself. It is open, empty, at peace and
without any sense of lack. This is our natural state.
     In fact, it is not even necessary to conceptualise it as peace and happiness.
We do so only in order to contrast it with our previous state of disturbance
and lack. Once we have been accustomed to this natural condition for some
time, it simply becomes our new norm.
     All that is necessary is to remain in touch with our self, the inherently
peaceful and unconditionally fulfilled presence of awareness, until this be -
comes our new, felt sense of self. In fact, it is not really a new sense of self.
It is simply the familiar sense of self that always accompanies us, that is us,
but is now relieved of its previous agitation and sense of lack.
     The feeling of dissatisfaction which has accompanied us for most of our
life simply leaves us, not because we have done anything to it but because
we have undermined the assumption upon which it arose. We feel fulfilled,
but for no particular reason.
     All our physical and mental faculties remain intact. They are simply re -
lieved of the tyranny of the separate self and, as a result, are now free to be
used in service of the qualities that are inherent in us, namely peace, joy, love
and freedom.

*     *     *

31you are the happiness you seek
How can one evaluate the authenticity of a teaching?

One of the hallmarks of a true teaching is that it is not affiliated with any
particular position, attitude or practice. It is not a body of knowledge and
practices that is disseminated like a maths or history curriculum. It is simply
a spontaneous response to a situation or question that comes directly from
understanding or love.
     Understanding and love do not have a form of their own and are, therefore,
free to assume any shape or action that is perfectly tailored to a particular cir -
cumstance or question, just as a bucket dipped into the ocean will draw out a
measure of water that is uniquely and exquisitely fitted to its own proportions.
     A true teaching cannot be evaluated by its form or content alone but by
the source from which it originates. Any expression that originates in under -
standing or love contains within it a particular quality, a power even, that
has the ability to take the recipient to the same source of understanding and
love in their self. The teaching is simply the means by which they are given
experiential access to this understanding and love.
     The finite mind superimposes its own limitations on everything that it
knows or perceives and, therefore, cannot find happiness or know the ulti -
mate reality. For this reason, the teaching will often refuse to entertain the
mind on its own terms and will find ways of exposing and undermining it.
As a result, such a teaching may give one person a practice and in the next
moment, in response to another question, refuse to suggest any such practice.
     For some people, just a few words of guidance will be sufficient. However,
if a person has an inquisitive and sophisticated mind, then it is likely that
they will raise objections and question every aspect of the teaching. If such
a mind is not acknowledged and honoured, it tends to become frustrated
and angry.
     In order to pave the way for the understanding and love that is the essence
of the teaching to be taken deeply into the heart and body, it will, in such
cases, be necessary to elaborate refined lines of reasoning. For such people,
it is only when the mind’s objections and questions have been met satisfac -
torily that they will be open to a new possibility.
     In this case, the teaching will give the mind complete freedom to explore
these matters as much as it wishes, and even encourage it to do so, thereby
allowing it gradually, naturally and effortlessly to bring itself to its own end.
32chapter five
The Essence of Meditation
There is a huge silence inside each of us
that beckons us into itself.
meister eckhart

The recognition of our true nature is not a new experience that happens
to us. It is the revealing or the noticing of what we always and already are
but often overlook due to our exclusive fascination with the content of ex -
perience.
     It is we, awareness, who, being intimately one with all experience, seem
to lose our self in it, thereby overlooking our innate peace and happiness.
The inevitable suffering that ensues from this is a call from our self to our
self – a call to return home from the adventure of experience in which we
have become entangled.
     In this recognition we do not cease being one kind of self and become
another kind of self. We simply cease losing our self in or identifying our
self with the content of experience, and we recognise our self as the inherently
peaceful presence of awareness that lies behind it.
     We cannot become  what we always and already are, and we cannot be
what we are not. We can only cease imagining and feeling that we are some -
thing other than the presence of awareness. Once we have disentangled our
self from the content of experience, our true nature simply shines by itself,
just as the blue sky is revealed when the clouds disperse.

disentangling our self


10
 weeks in plastic and in glass bottles
contained phthalates
, suggesting
 that the chemicals could be coming from
the
plastic cap
 or liner. Although there are regulatory standards
limiting
phthalates
 in tap water, there are no legal limits for phthalates
in bottled
water – the bottled water industry waged a
successful campaign
 opposing
the FDA proposal to set a legal limit for
these chemicals
.

How to Avoid Phthalates
:
Phthalates mimic hormones and have
been linked to numerous health problems, but remain legal.

Unfortunately, it
’
s not particularly easy to avoid phthalates. You
’
ll rarely find
the word
“
phthalates
”
 on a label (except for the occasional
“
phthalate-free,
”
 which is helpful).

Here are some tips for identifying products that
have, or are likely to have, phthalates or another compound, Bisphenol A,
that has raised similar concerns and is found in similar products.

Read the ingredients. According to the organization, Pollution in
People, you can identify phthalates in some products by their
chemical names, or abbreviations:

DBP
 (di-n-butyl phthalate) and DEP (diethyl phthalate) are often found in
personal care products, including nail polishes, deodorants, perfumes and
cologne, aftershave lotions, shampoos, hair gels and hand lotions. (BzBP,
see below, is also in some personal care products.)

DEHP
 (di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate) is used
in PVC plastics, including some medical devices.

BzBP
 (benzylbutyl phthalate) is used in some flooring, car products and
personal care products.

DMP
 (dimethyl phthalate) is used in insect repellent and some plastics (as
well as rocket propellant).Choose plastics with the recycling code 1, 2 or
5. Recycling codes 3 and 7 are more likely to contain bisphenol A or
phthalates.

4.
 How
 can I find out where my bottled water comes from?

A few state bottled water programs (e.g., Massachusetts and New
York) maintain lists of the sources of bottled water, but many do not.
Try calling or writing the bottler to ask what the source is, or call the
bottled water program in your state or the state in which the water
was bottled to see if they have a record of the source (your state
’
s
health or agriculture department is most likely to run the bottled water
program). If you choose to buy bottled water and are concerned
about its safety, buy brands with a known protected source and ones
that make readily available testing and treatment information that
shows high water quality.
   5. How
 can I determine if bottled water is really just tap water?

Often it
’
s not easy. First, carefully check the bottle label and even the
cap
–
 if it says
“
from a municipal source
”
 or
“
from a community water
system
”
 this means it
’
s derived from tap water. Again, you can call
the
bottler
 or the bottled water program in your state or the state
where it was packaged.

6.
 What
 action
 can I take to improve bottled water safety?

Write to your members of Congress, the FDA, and your governor
(see below for contact information) and urge them to adopt strict
requirements for bottled water safety, labeling, and public disclosure.
Specifically, point out to these
officials that they should:
(a)
set strict
limits for contaminants of concern in bottled water, including arsenic,
heterotrophic-plate-count bacteria, E. coli and other parasites and
pathogens, and synthetic organic che
micals such as
“
phthalates
”
; (b)
apply the rules to all bottled water whether carbonated or not and
whether sold
 intrastate or interstate; and (c)
require bottlers to display
information on their labels about the levels of contaminants of concern
found in the water, the water
’
s exact source, how it
’
s been treated,
and whether it meets health criteria set by the EPA and the Centers
for Disease Control for killing parasites like cryptosporidium.

 7.
 How
 does drinking bottled water affect the environment?

In 2006, the equivalent of 2 billion half-liter bottles of water were shipped
to
U.S. ports, creating thousands of tons of global warming pollution and
other air pollution. In New York City alone, the transportation of bottled
water from
Western
 Europe released an estimated 3,800 tons of global
warming pollution into the atmosphere. In 2006, 18 million gallons of bottled
water were shipped from Fiji to California, producing about 2,500 tons of
global warming pollution.

And while the bottles come from far away, most of them end up close to
home – in a landfill. Most bottled water comes in recyclable PET plastic
bottles, but only about 13 percent of the bottles we use get recycled. In
2005, 2 million tons of plastic water bottles ended up clogging landfills
instead of getting recycled.

8.

If I drink tap water
,
 should I use a filter, and what types of
filters
are most effective?

The real long-term solution is to make tap water safe for everyone.
However, if you know you have a tap water quality or taste problem, or
want to take extra precautions, you should purchase filters certified by
NSF International (800 NSF-MARK). These filters designate which
contaminants they remove, and you can look for one that removes any
contaminants of special concern such as cryptosporidium. Such
certification is not necessarily a safety guarantee, but it is better than no
certification at all. It is critically important that all filters be maintained and
replaced at least as often as recommended by the manufacturer, or they
might make the problem worse. See our guide to water filters for more
information. Also, see chapter on Carbon Filters.

9.

How can I obtain test results on my tap water?

Under new
“
right-to-know
”
 provisions in the drinking water law, all tap
water suppliers must provide annual water quality reports to their
customers. To obtain a copy, call your water provider (the one that sends
your water bills).You also can test your water yourself, though this can be
expensive. There are state-certified drinking water laboratories in virtually
every state that can test your water. Call your state drinking water
program or the EPA S
afe Drinking Water Hotline (800-
426-4791) for a list
of contacts. Standard consumer test packages are available through large
commercial labs at a relatively reasonable price.

 2011 Bottled Water Scorecard

What’s In Your Bottled Water – Besides Water?

Twenty-nine brands have ignored California’s new disclosure law.
More
than a quarter of the water bottles purchased in California did not list
certain consumer information on the label or failed to provide a water
quality report when contacted by EWG, as is required under state law.
These brands include Fiji Natural Artesian Water and Green Planet Pure
Handcrafted Water.

When someb
ody drinks a Coke, what happens?



In the first 10 minutes:
10 teaspoons of sugar hit your
system.
(This is 100% of your recommended daily intake.) You
don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness
because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor, allowing you to keep it
down.


20 minutes:
 Your blood sugar spikes, causing
insulin
 burst.
Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get hold ofinto fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment.)


40 minutes:
 Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils
dilate,
your blood pressure rises, and as a response your liver dumps
more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in
your brain are now blocked, preventing drowsiness.


45 minutes:
 Your body ups your dopamine production,
stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically
the same way heroin works, by the way.

Within 60 minutes:
 The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and
zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is
compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners, also
increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
Within 60 Minutes:
 The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (Itmakes you have to urinate.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the
bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that
were
 headed to your bones as
well as sodium, electrolytes and water.
Within 60 minutes:
 As the rave inside of you dies down, you’ll start to
have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve
also now literally urinated all the water that was in the Coke, leaving behind
the garbage. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body
could have used for things like the ability to hydrate your system or build


 Wilson, 1983, Law Hospital, Scotland).
Or the Harvard medical researchers who discovered that active "antibodies
to cholera, typhoid, diphtheria, pneumonia, polio, leptospira and salmonella
have been found in the unconcentrated urine of infected individuals."
(Lerner, Remington & Finland, Harvard Medical School, 1962).
What abut the Scandinavian researcher who, in 1951, conclusively proved
that human urine can completely destroy tuberculosis? It's a deadly disease,
and is now resistant to antibiotics. Isn't it time someone told us that our own
urine is medically proven to be anti-tubercule?
Then there's the research into wounds and burns using urea
(the primary solid component of urine).
As only one research study among many reported:
"In America, urea has been used for the treatment of various infected
wounds and it has been found to be extremely efficient...
even the deepest wound can be treated effectively..•.
Urea treatment has been successful where other treatments have failed.
For external staph infections we found urea preferable to any other
dressing... there are no contra-indications to its use." (Dr. L. Muldavis, 1938,
Royal Free Hospital, London).
Now these medical reports are only a few of the more than 50 research
studies I compiled and published in the book Your Own Peifect Medicine,
but they certainly give an indication of the importance of what we've never
been told about urine by the medical community.
As far back as 1954, the Journal of the American Medical Association
(July issue) reported that "More scientific papers have probably been
published on urine than on any other organic compound."
43 Another publication revealed that "more than 1,000 technical and scientific
papers, related only to low molecular weight substances in urine,
appeared in medical and scientific literature in one single year."
All this fuss about a substance that we're told is a body waste?
I think one of the most interesting pieces of information on urine I came
across was the fact that the amniotic fluid that surrounds human infants in
the womb is primarily urine. Actually, the infant "breathes in" urine-filled
amniotic fluid continually, and without this fluid, the lungs don't develop.
Doctors also believe that the softness of baby skin and the ability of in-utero
infants to heal quickly without scarring after pre-birth surgery is due to the
therapeutic properties of the urine-filled amniotic fluid.
Reports on the extraordinary external benefits of urine abound as well.
Medical studies relate remarkable cases of stubborn or "incurable" chronic,
severe eczema that miraculously disappear with urine therapy. Because urine
is both anti-viral and anti-bacterial, it's ideal for treating cuts, wounds and
abrasions of all kinds. Acne, rashes, athlete's foot and fungal skin problems
respond dramatically to urine soaks and compresses as well.
(You'll f'md complete instructions for using urine therapy internally and
externally in Your Own Petfect Medicine.)
For home use or emergency treatment care for wounds, poisonous bites or
stings, and even broken bones, urine is an incomparable, proven natural
healing agent that provides instantaneous therapeutic benefits under any
circumstances.
For years, people have said to me, "Well, I have heard of people surviving by
ingesting their own urine, but I thought it was just a myth." Myth it isn't.
Medical fact it is. As Dr. John R. Herman remarked in his article which
appeared in the New York State Journal of Medicine in June, 1980:
"Auto-uropathy (urine therapy) did.flourish in many parts of the world and
continues to flourish today.... there is unknown to most of us, a wide usage of
uropathy and a great volume of knowledge available showing the multitudinous
advantages of this modality. Actually, the listed constituents of human urine
can be carefully checked and no items not found in human diet are found in it.
Percentages differ, but urinary constituents are valuable to
human metabolism."
Your Body's Own Super-Nutrition Therapy
In 1975, one of the founders of Miles Laboratories, Dr. A.H. Free, published
his book Urinalysis in Clinical Laboratory Practice, in which he remarked
that not only is urine a sterile body compound (purer than distilled water),
but that "it is now recognized that urine contains thousands of compounds,
and as new, more sensitive analytical tools evolve, it is quite certain that new
constituents of urine will be recognized."
44 Among the urine constituents mentioned in Dr. Free's revealing treatise is a
list of nutrients that will knock your socks off. As Dr. Free comments, the
ingredients listed below are only a few critical nutrients found in urine:
Alanine, total..... 38 mg/day
Arginine, total..... 32 mg/day
Ascorbic acid..... 30 mg/day
Allantoin..... 12 mglday
Amino acids, total..... 2.1 g/day
Bicarbonate..... 140 mg/day
Biotin..... 35 mglday
Calcium..... 23 mg/day
Creatinine..... 1.4 mg/day
Cystine..... 120 mg/day
Dopamine..... 0.40 mglday
Epinephrine..... 0.01 mglday
Folic acid..... 4 mg/day
Glucose..... 100 mg/day
Glutamic acid..... 308 mglday
Glycine..... 455 mg/day
Inositol..... 14 mg/day
Iodine..... 0.25 mg/day
Iron..... 0.5 mg/day
Lysine, total..... 56 mg/day
Magnesium..... 100 mg/day
Manganese..... 0.5 mglday
Methionine, total..... 10 mglday
Nitrogen, total..... 15 g/day
Ornithine..... 10 mg/day
Pantothenic acid..... 3 mg/day
Phenylalanine..... 21 mg/day
Phosphorus, organic..... 9 mg/day
45 Potassium..•.. 2.5 mg/day
Proteins, total..... 5 mg/day
Riboflavin..... 0.9 mg/day
Tryptophan, total..... 28 mg/day
Tyrosine, total..•.. 50 mg/day
Urea..... 24.5 mg/day
Vitamin B6..... 100 mg/day
Vitamin B12..•.• 0.03 mg/qay
Zinc..... 1.4 mg/day
As you read over this extraordinary list of nutritional elements, you can
begin to understand why the stories you may have heard of people surviving
on their own urine are true.
But what about other elements in urine that you've heard about?
Clearing Up the Misconceptions
If you asked a person on the street what uric acid is, he or she would
invariably answer that it's a toxic body waste. No so, say medical researchers
at the University of California at Berkeley who in 1982 reported they had
discovered that "uric acid destroys body-damaging, cancer-causing free
radicals and is considered to be one of the physiological factors that enable
human beings to live so much longer than other mammals."
But what about urea? Urea is in urine and isn't that the toxic stuff that
causes uremic poisoning? Actually, medical researchers discovered many
decades ago that urea, far from being a toxic body waste, is an incredibly
versatile, far-reaching and effective medicinal agent.
In numerous medical studies, it was shown that urea is one of the most potent
non-toxic virucidal agents ever discovered. In one particular study, the rabies
and polio virus [sic] were killed so quickly and efficiently by concentrated
urea, that even the laconic researchers themselves were surprised:
"Urea is such a relatively inactive substance and certainly not a protoplasmic
poison such as are most virucidal agents, that it is in a way surprising that
rabies and poliomyelitis are killed so easily by urea solutions" (McKay &
Schroeder, Society of Experimental Biology, 1936).
In reality, Urea is an FDA-approved medicinal agent that doctors and
researchers utilize in an amazing variety of therapeutic modalities. Because
of its remarkable and comprehensive anti-neoplastic (anti-tumor) properties,
it's presently being used in anti-cancer drugs and is extensively studied for
use in cancer treatments.
46 The urea compound drug, glicazide, is used successfully by the medical
establishment in treating both insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent
diabetics.
As a natural diuretic, urea is unparalleled, and is a proven and accepted
treatment in cases of edema or swelling such as excess cerebral and spinal
pressure, glaucoma, epilepsy, meningitis, even premenstrual edema and
many other disorders in which excess fluid is a problem.
As one American neurosurgeon reported regarding a patient who nearly died
form complications following brain surgery:
"Urea was administered intravenously as an emergency measure. Within 20
minutes from the start of injection, her blood pressure had returned to
normal.... from this time on her recovery