 to become external in almost all
your human activities. Y ou constantly seek pills to eliminate pain, drugs to
get high, approval to feel loved, money to achieve happiness, psychologists
to cope with life, and on and on you go on this external merry-go-round.
Yet your reality allows you the wonderful privilege of having all you’ll ever
want or need by looking inward. Y ou teach external thinking in all walks of
life. Y ou discourage reliance on self and trust of your inner signals almost
as if they were a plague. Y ou chastise and punish those who think for
themselves and refuse to conform. Y ou ask people to think like the herd and
imprison those who refuse.
“From what I’ve noted, happiness, fulfillment, and purpose in life are all
inner concepts. If you don’ t have inner peace and serenity, you have
nothing, and still you scorn those who ask you to look inward and banish
those who do so as a way of life. This simple secret is overlooked on yourplanet in all phases of life. Y ou should reexamine your resistance to this fact
of your reality. The kingdom of heaven symbolizes the ultimate perfection.
It is not a place to arrive, nor a reward for being a conformist. It is within
you to have this wonderful ef fortless perfection. It is yours for the taking.
Looking inward will bring about serenity in all its luxurious forms on your
planet.
“Everything in the universe is exactly as it should be.  I’ve noticed that
most of you on Earth absolutely refuse to accept what is, and instead opt for
using up the precious currency of your lives, your present moments, in
judging what is, and then choosing to be upset because you dislike your
own judgments. Y ou need to learn to look at the universe and say to
yourselves, ‘This is what I get. I’ll accept it and enjoy it as it is. I’ll work at
changing what I dislike, and then that will be what is. I’ll refuse to become
immobilized by anything I encounter.’
“What you often for get is that everything and everyone on your planet
exists as they are, independent of your opinions. Y ou must learn to
transcend judgment if you want to be happy. I’ve noticed that your older
people judge the young, who judge them right back. Y our whites judge your
blacks and vice versa. Y our males judge your females and females judge in
turn. It is a lar ge thinking sickness, since judgments begin with your minds.
Instead of walking through life being mad at what is and what people
choose to be, you might consider acceptance as an alternative. Instead of
wishing that your reality were dif ferent, you might try treating it as a
miracle worthy of being cherished. Freeing yourself of judgments would
give you those moments you previously spent in judging for enjoying and
being happy, and for working to improve what you dislike. T rue inner
security will always elude those who sit in judgment, since they use up their
life ener gy in anger at what is. Y ou must first accept people and things for
precisely what they are, before you can help to bring about positive change.
“Unfortunately, most humans see the world as they are themselves and
therefore are almost always disappointed when the world fails to measure
up to what they would like it to be. Y our highest functioning people
understand this secret. They use their common sense to accept what they
can’t change, their strength to tackle what they can change, and their
wisdom to always know the dif ference. But first and foremost, they learn to
accept everything and everyone in the universe as being exactly as they
should be.“I hear: I for get. I see: I r emember. I do: I understand.  This simple little
secret seems to me to be ignored by most of you here on Earth. Y our unique
reality system prohibits you from understanding without internalizing and
experiencing. No one on your planet can understand swimming, bicycle
riding, dancing, making love, or anything else, without experiencing it. Y et
you spend much of your ener gy on lecturing others, explaining endlessly
how to do something, showing pictures and even telling each other how
easy it was for ME to learn. Y our educators provide far more ‘hearing’ and
‘seeing’ activities than ‘doing’ experiences, and then wonder why students
understand so little. Earthly parents constantly criticize their children. They
tell them how to think, how to feel, and how to behave, and then wonder
why they are misunderstood. Y our older people want your younger people
to benefit from their experiences and so they lecture away, never seeming to
grasp this basic secret. Individuals must experience their own reality their
own way in order to understand. No one, regardless of how much he wishes
it, can put understanding into another human being. Understanding can
come only from doing, and on Earth, in sharp contrast to Uranus, no one
can provide understanding for anyone else.
“‘If one advances confidently in the dir ection of his dr eams and
endeavors, to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a
success unexpected in common hours.’  This is a direct quotation from
Henry David Thoreau, one of your own well-known philosophers. I include
it as one of the secrets, because no one seems to understand it. Chasing
success is like trying to squeeze a handful of water. The tighter you
squeeze, the less water you get. W ith success, when you chase it, your life
becomes the chase, and you never arrive at a place called successful. Y ou
become the victim of wanting more. I’ve noted that when you lead your
lives in such a way that you personally feel fulfilled, doing what makes
sense and feels right for you as a person, success will chase after you.
“One of the great ironies of Earth life seems to be that those who don’ t
become consumed with chasing anything, including love, money,
possessions, and approval, are the only ones who get these things in
amounts suf ficient to meet their needs. Those who don’ t care about being
approved receive the most approval. Those who refuse to chase love seem
to have plenty of it in their lives. Those who chase money may have enough
of it, but they don’ t believe it, so they are still inwardly poverty-stricken.You can have success if you make it an inner rather than an outer process,
and begin directing your ener gies toward living a fulfilled life.
“Life itself is miraculous, ther efore you need never seek miracles.
Everything in your life is a miracle to be cherished. A grain of sand, a bee
on a flower, a sailboat, a cup of cof fee, a wet diaper, a caterpillar, are all
miracles. Those who see life as a miracle don’ t have time for despair or
self-pity. When you learn to view life and everything in it as a miracle, you
soon see that complaining is a waste of the miracle that you are. A
complainer seldom stops to consider the alternative to his problems, which
is, having no life.  Life presents itself to you and asks nothing of you. Y ou
can take life and swim deliriously through it, or you can fight it. But when
you elect to spend your time fighting it, you can’ t use the same time to
enjoy it. T oo many of you fail to appreciate what a gift life is. Y ou bemoan
your fate instead of realizing what a miracle it is that you are even here in
the first place. Y ou spend your time seeking miracles anywhere, from
anyone, instead of seeing everything and everyone as a miracle in and of
itself. When you cultivate a sense of appreciation for just being alive, you
will have no time left for carping about this or that injustice. Y ou will love
life rather than fight it.
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. So many of your people
spend inordinate amounts of time complaining about their childhood
experiences and blaming them for their empty adult lives. Since you don’ t
have the benefits of rewind and re-do as we do on Uranus, it is literally a
waste of your precious present moments.
“This too appears in my catalogue of ‘secrets’ because Earthlings don’ t
seem to realize that they can have anything they missed as a child by simply
opting to get it now. If you felt ignored as a child, then seek attention now.
If you weren’ t allowed to ride a bicycle, or go to the amusement park, or
dance, why not have the experiences today and leave the whining and
blame behind? I’ve been perplexed by all this ‘poor me’ talk about
childhoods here on Earth, since the remedy is so apparent. Since you can’ t
go backward, complaining about the past will only make the present more
unpleasant. And why choose to be miserable, when you can have whatever
you missed out on… NOW!
“Relationships that work, work because ther e is no work.  All of you
spend so much of your precious life moments analyzing your relationships
to death, literally to death. Y ou want to talk about why you are happy orunhappy, what you like and dislike, where you are heading in your
relationships, and so on. T alking about the relationship seems to be your
way of covering up the fact


 also must be considered in
th.e development of a precipitation line. Thus, metal in
a passive state (e.g., stainless steel) is known to dis
solve slowly in any oxygenized environment, leading
to secondary diffusion and precipitation of metal hy
droxide of low solubility. Such a mechanism is very
likely to be involved in the events described, but only
as a partially contributing mechanism. Other modifi
cations of bone structures adjacent to the implant can
also become induced as a result of toxic effects on cells
by dissolved metals. Such injuries enhance conductiv
ity of BCEC systems, leading to a gradual increase in
in·tensity of all associated closed circuit reactions.
4. Dynamic factors in in vivo corrosion
The uncompUcated and complicated types of in vivo
corrosion have thus far for didactic purposes been
described as instantaneous stationary situations. Bio
logically, the actual condition must be different. It is
even unrealisti c to assume that uncomplicated or com
plicated corrosions exist as isolated phenomena. One Relative electron-equivalent charge transport
in tissue-metal corrosion
a
+
Normal
fluctuating
metabolic b
Catabolic'''''' c
,. ','
I \
' I +
... ''-' \'',~,,,,'''''I
' I... ~' +
Metallic
corrosion Fig. XII: 8. Relatively alternating polari<y
in corrosion. (a) Normal tissue, (b) in
jured tissue or (c) metal in tissue may be
relatively electropositive or electronega
tive, dependjng on the: actual time:·related
phases of fluctuating rissue potentials.
Note the more rapid change of potential
of normal tissue than of degrading tissue,
which also presents larg<r amplitudes. Ar
rows indicate directions of increasing elec
troposith •e gradientS between sites of reac·
tion. The tissue sites representing the ori
gins of the driving forces of the system
can be anticipated to vary spatially during
different phases of the fluctuations of the
injury potential. demand potential injury
potential potential
or the other type may more or Jess dominate. A third
important factor will now ·be introduced: the modify
ing influence of surrounding normal tissue.
In the theoretical situation of "pure" uncomplicated
corrosion, substances are produced at the sites of re
dox reactions. These materials lead to a local decrease
of em ropy, which in turn induce a new spontaneous
drive toward an equilibrium.
In the theoretical situation of "pure" complicated
corrosion, polarization in tissue represents the driving
force, character ized by a catabolic, fluciWlting injury
potential. During the process of healing, however, the
injured tissue will interact not only with the adjacent
metal implant but also with the surrounding normal
tissue, as in any other healing process. The modifying
effects of the normal tissue are also characterized by its
own normally fluctuating, metabolic demand poten
tials. These three partial components may influence
each other in varying ways in an overall physicochemi
cal corrosion reaction driving toward equilibrium. The
dynamic interaction of such a system is outlined in
Fig. XII: 8 in terms of relative polarity and direction
of charge transpons in tissue-metal corrosion. It may
be seen that in cenain phases any of the reactants may
be anodic or cathodic. Locally decalcified and calcified
irregular regions in necrotizing bone are now nearly
ready to be linked to the described dynamic correla
tions between injured and surrounding noninjured tis
sue.
A practical message from this presentation is that a
radiographic uline" adjacent to a metaHic implant in
bone is not necessarily a sign of poor fixation of the
implant. It may be caused by relatively harmless un
complicated corrosion. On the other hand, corrosion
of an implant is not always synonymous with the
classical "uncomplicated" example of relatively anodic
and cathodic pans in the metal. Corrosion in living tissue, in the author's opinion, is quite complex and
depends to a large extent on the activities of both
pathologic and normal tissue adjacent to the metal.
In analyzing these events, the reader must recognize
a recurrent issue: the radiographically visible, in vivo
modifications of tissue structures are created by driv
ing forces which are separated by long distances. Such
conversions of energy over long distances can only take
place in combination with electric transports over suit·
able conducting channels, i.e., biologically closed elec·
tric circuits.
5. Pathways for the electric CurTent
To explain the morphologic background of biological
ly closed circuits is not simple, even in uncomplicated
corrosion. The surface of an iron nail immersed in
salt water, for instance, is in contact with the
conducting salt solution. The redox reactions neces
sary for corrosion always require a closed circuit. It
can be assumed that this circuit contains one branch
within the metal, providing transport of electrons be
tween the relatively anodic and cathodic sites. The
electrolyte and water provide the other branch of the
electric transpon units. The water molecules, by their
dielectric propenies, then can be regarded as an insu
lating and channelizing but movable matrix for the
solute.
In the case of complicated corrosion involving nor
mal tissue, pathologic tissue and metal, as proposed in
Fig. XII: 8, an explan:uion for closed circuit ionic
exchange between normal and pathologic tissues has
heretofore been lacking. One conducting branch is
obviously formed by the electrically conducting inter
stitial fluid in the interstitial tissue channels. To com
plete the circuit, however, requires another branch.
The following section deals with this problem.
Biologically closed electric circuits 121 B. A biologicall y closed
electric circuit over
vascular-interstitial
conducting channels
This circuit will fim be doscribed on the basis of some
preliminary observatio ns:
Any vascu.lari:z.ed part of the body can in principle
contain thU circuit. It contains five main compone.nts:
I. insulating walls of blood vessels, 2. conducting
intravascular plasma, 3. insulating tissue matrix (pos
sibly including lymph vessels), 4. conducting intersti
tial fluid, 5. electrical junctions for redox reactions.
An entirely new function is now ascribed to the
vascular system. As will be seen, the walls of large
blood vessels insulate electrically (within certain lim-
Fig. X/1:9. Suagnted biologically dosed e.lcctric circuit in a
lung with a necrotic tumour. One branch or the cir-
C.Ut is the plasma in blood,·essds, the other is t.he interstitial
fluid in the lung. The major driving force in the system is the
Lung tissue
Extra
cellular
space -I on Necrotic
tumour
centre its) the conducting medium of blood, i.e., plasma,
.from extravascular interstitial fluid, which also is con·
ducting. One essential junction exists between plasma
and intentitial fluid: the capillary membranes, which
allow an exchange of water and electrolytes between
the two fluid branches. The normal physiologic activi
ties of cells, of a region of tissue or of an entire organ
will present gradients of electric potential compared to
surrounding or distant cells, tissues or organs contain
ing different metabolic, physicochemical potentials.
Given the presence of a biologically closed electric
circuit, energy exchange will take place between such
sites. Structural modifications and functional effectS
will follow. ln a conventional sense the movement of
fluids mechanically transports ions and other neces
sary materials to reaction sites in tissue. The existence
of an additiona l pathway for energy exchange over a
biologically closed electric circuit not only promotes
localelect:rOChemical differcnce between surrounding tissue
and degrading tissue, e.g., necrosis inside the tumour. For
simpllcity, this example considers only the systemic circula
tion. For funhtrdiscussion, sec text.
Bronchial artery
connections to
Visceral leura
Pulm. vessels
nternal
tumour veaael Aorta
Bronchi ------!~:!!:.!!.~ -...J
lymph nodes
+
Potential difference
122 BiologicaUy closed electric circuits Fig. XIJ: 10. Bronchial arteriogram, outlining the arteries
supplying a bronchogenic carcinoma and other bronchial
structures in the right upper lobe of a 52-year-old man. A
catheter (arrow) has beeo placed in the aorta with its rip in a
selective exchanges of ions but also permits reactions
among distantly situated regions of tissue. In a closed
circuit, energy exchange and reaction effects are possi
ble at sites which are in the circuit but separated from
the location of the driving forces of the system.
Given this


 M molar (moles/litre )
Arg arginine Mb myoglobin
Asn asparagine MbO, oxymyoglobin
Asp aspartate Met methionine
ATP adenosine triphosphate MetHb methaemog lobin
ATPase adenosine triphosphatase NAD,NAD. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
BCEC •biologically closed electric circuits (oxidized form)
CDP cytidine diphosphate NADH nicotinamide adenine dinucleoti de
CMP cytidine monophosphate (reduced form )
Co A coenzyme A NADH, reduced form of nicotinamide adenine
CoQ coenzyme Q (ubiquinone ) dinucleotide
CTP cytidine triphosphate NADP, NADP• nicotinam ide adenine dinucleotide
Cys cysteine phosphate (oxidized form)
DNA deoxyritxmucleic acid NAOPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
DNP dinitropheny l phosphate (reduced form)
DPN• see NAD, NAO• NADPH, reduced form of nicotinamide adenine
DPNH seeNADH dinucleotide phosphate
ecg electrocar diogram NHE normal hydrogen electrode
FAD flavin adenine dinucleotide Phe phenylalanine
(oxidized form) Pro proline
FAOH, reduced form of flavin adenine redox reduction and oxidation
dinucleotide RNA ribonucleic acid
FMN flavin mononucleotide (oxidized form) mRNA messenger RNA
FMNH, flavin mononucleotide (reduced form) rRNA ribosomal RNA
G guanine tRNA transfer RNA
GOP guanosine diphosphate RNase ribonucle ase
Gin glutamine TAF "tumour-angiogenelic factor..
Glu glutamate Val valine
Gly glycine VDCEC *vascular-ductal closed electric circuit
GMP guanosine monophosphate VICC *vascular-interstitial closed circuit
GTP guanosine triphosphate or circuits
Hb haemoglobin w subscript for water
HbCO carbon monoxide haemoglobin
Abbreviations INDEX
A
Abdomina] fat ill
''Absolute" values of polari:ution ill
Absorption of water 80.
AC«$sory BCEC branches lli
Accumulation
of a charged chemical compound 1iJ
ofgranul ocyres 187-191.201
of leukocytes 187-191. 271, 294, 31S.
ill
oflymphocytes 262, 266
Accumulation of calcium 117-l 19,
2S6-260,277,324, 321
A<.:ctylcholinc liii:
Acid haemin 180.
Activation
of BCEC systems I S8. 224
of oxygen for redox reacliuns llO
of \•ascular·intcr sthial clo51!d circuits
(VICC) ill
Activation energy in sem.ioonduction ill
Acti\'<ltion of BCEC systems enhandng
healing 9, 269-316
Activation of ergons by metll t1ecuodcs
lli!, iZll
Act.i\'C electrode surface ZJll
''Ac•ive transport'', primiti\'e form of 8.1
Activity coefficient 1.26
Acupuncture 1.0.
and rhc BCEC principle ill
basic mechanism lZ2
beneOclal effects of ill
Acupuncture meridian 122.
Acupuncturist's twirling of the needle l22
Acute effects of an applied C!Jrrtnt W
Acute inflammation 262
Adenocarcinoma
metastatk to lung ~ ll
necrotjc ~
of the breast.YlZ
of the uterus l!Jl
pleomorphic Z l
primary of lung 27, ~
well differentioned 12
Adc,nosis 323
Adenotic formation ill
Adhesion lines of endothelial cells!~
Adhesion of leukocytes 1.20.
Adhesion of polari.1.ed material 1.8.0.
Adsorption
against the electrodes W
between Ouid-matrlx pha~cs ill
Adsorption line 18. 110
Age of two polarizing processes ill
Agents whjch polarize tissues ill
Air spaces
in lung 1.ll
in pleura 36, 61
Alkaline and acid regions in electrolysis
163-172. ll1
Alpha and delta waves of human EEG ill
Ahernating fields, dangerous effects ill
AJternative to chemotac tic accumulation of
leukocytes l87-l9l. 201.262.266,
271.294. 31S. 32S
350 Index Amount of current in tumour treatment
l!l2
Amount of ttansported material over
BCEC 2ll
Amyloid-like substance ill
Anaesthesia in acupuncture ill
Anaes-thesia in DC treatment 315.
Analogue to deposition of material at the
surfaces of electrodes ill
Analysis
of fat and water content ill
without instrumental interfe,rc:m.-e ill
Angiogenesis in tumours ill
Angiosco!X ill
Anionic accumulation of phosphate ZJ
Anionic haemin in basic solution l.8ll
Anode adjacent to malignant cells 232.
Anodic
destruction of tiSS\IC W
injury 2B.3
m.atrices ill
Anodic acidicy 1~. 240
Anodic and cathodic channels ~
Anodic and cathodic interphases ZZl.
Anodic fibrosis 8. 232.238. 323
Anodic "rod" ill
Anodic rods 8
Anodic zone after four weeks 1.2!
Anomalous dc..-ct:roosmosis 86
Antigen-antibody reaction ill
Apatite, development of ~ 117-120.lli
Apoprotei n W
Arcade 18-20.44,96.97, 108-111.120,
198-202. ~ ~ 225-228. 26>. ill
Arches, see arcade
Arginine ill
Argon gas 1.62
ArteriaJ capiU.ariC!$ ill
ArtcriaJ stomata. closed by oont.raction
w
Arteriocapi Jlaries ~ 149. 1!1
Arteriocap illary oontraction.s-1lhl.i!!
Aneriogram 192
Ancriolar smooth muscle l1Z
Arterioles and anerial portions of capillar·
ies ill
Artificial lumour, structural modificllions
lJl5d II
ArtificiaJiy indu1..~ self-dri\'in.g sys-u·m
271
A$eptjc nc.."Crr$iS ll9, znz.
Asparagine ill -
Aspiration of gas 286.
Asthma ill
Asymptoma tic pneumothorace s ill
As)'nchronisity of metabolic polarizatio ns
134
Atelectasi s 11
Atmospheric C02 W
ATP 73,116.117,2S7.322
Atrophic fat tissue
around breast cancers 7. 222-214, ~
in vitro 2..1!:222
Atrophy of lung tissue 13: Attenuation between blood clot and brain
tissue ill
Attracting haemoglobin 1.86.
Attracth·e forces Zb
Autoinduction 1.60.
Aurolysis ill
development of 20.
AuropSy 31-34.44. L2.l
Avascular zone 177. 199
Axon reflexes 1.20.
Axonal closed circuit connections!.1.L ill
Axonal tra.nspons 171. 335
"A" zono 14-38. 39-42. 4~. 64. 90.
94-96,!Qb. lOS-Ill. J1Q, lib!.Q,
198-202.203-229. 302. ill
"A'' zone conductivity 21Z
B
Balance between ionars and ergona.rs ill
Balancedcharge 158.319
Base haentin 1.80
Basement membrane ~ 135. 137. ~
~ill
composition W
BCEC
ac-tivation of L 152-172,.ll6
selecti\'C transports ill
BCEC sysrems I!1.!11.,!.2!. ll8
an additional circulatory system!.i!:
171, 26S, 336
arc.ificial activation of 2... ~ 11.6
as receptors for electromagnetic fields
171, 33S
representing a common mechanism in
carcinogenesis 2l4-266. ill
Bidirectional transports
Qf cations and anions I.H
of vesicles!M: ill
Biologic
"battery.. ill


!  May  you
realize  This  is the  Observation  of Life,  of you  and  your
world;  for the coming  activity  of the six months  before  you.
It is Our  Desire  to hasten,  to intensify  the Expansion  of
Your  Light  as rapidly  as possible,  owing  to the  require-
ments  at this  time.  Therefore,  if there  are any  in the room
who  do not wish  Me  to do so, just  send  Me your  thought
and I shall  pass  you  by. This  is a Definite  Activity  of Life,
and while  little  is understood  in the outer  world,  yet We
understand  It quite  well.  If you  care  to co-operate  with  My
Sincere  Efforts,  which  are  Infinite,  then  you  will  profit
greatly  by It.
The Western  World  has  been  unaccustomed  to these
more  Idealistic  Great  Laws  of Life,  which  you  are coming
into now!  So, if you  do not understand  all that  I do or call
to your  attention,  please  just  accept  It. Your  Heart  knows!
384 DISCOURSE  XXIII  385
Your  Higher  Mental  Body  knows.  Your  Higher  Mental
Bodies  have  called  to Me to render  This  Service!  It is not
only  of My Volition,  but It is the Call  of your  Life,  which
causes  Me to be here  today,  to render  This  Service!  There-
fore,  the Greater  Part  of the Activity  will  take  place  thru
your  feeling  world;  thru  the atomic  structure  of your  body
in the Expansion  of the Points  of Light  which  are there.  As
you realize  it, please  hold  yourselves  as quiet  as possible,
and no matter  what  I might  say  during  the  Dictation,
please  just  remain  seated.  Today,  I wish  you  to remain  as
quiet  as possible,  in order  to render  This  Service.
In rendering  My  Service  to Bob,  Rex,  Nada,  Pearl,  this
Good  Messenger  and  those  who  were  present  in Chananda's
Home,  it was  an Eternal—an  Ever-lasting  Thing.  THERE
ARE  THOUSANDS  AMONG  THE  STUDENTS,
HUNDREDS  WHO  ARE  HERE,  FOR  WHOM  IT
IS POSSIBLE  TO  MAKE  THE  ASCENSION,  THRU
THE  NEW  DISPENSATION!  I ask  all of you,  even
though  you  might  be here  for the first  time,  to please  accept
That,  as a Possible  Activity  in your  experience.  Thus,  you
will make  and  hold  yourselves  ready  for all your  Stream
of Life  wishes  to do.
Remember,  We never  perform  a Service  of This  Kind  for
any one,  unless  your  own  Life  Stream  is calling  to Us, be-
cause  It is the Authority  for you.  We  may  render  many
other  kinds  of Service,  but This  is only  at the Call  of your
own  Life  Stream!  Since  It is such  a Definite  Action,  I ask
you in the future,  no matter  what  conditions  confront  you, 386 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
to remain  as poised  in Self-control  as possible!  OUR  AC-
TIVITY  WILL  GO  ON,  DAY  AND  NIGHT  WHILE
YOUR  BODIES  SLEEP  AND  ALSO  WHILE  THEY
ARE  WAKING.  IT IS A CONSTANT  ACTIVITY
WHICH  WILL  GO  ON,  IN ITS  CLEANSING,  PURI-
FYING  ACTION  OF  PERFECTION.  SINCE  THE
GODDESS  OF  PURITY  HAS  COME  FORTH,  LIFE
DEMANDS  THIS  SERVICE  BE  RENDERED  YOU.
Never  in the  outer  world,  has  anything  been  so mag-
nificent  as This  Class,  for all who  have  been  privileged  to
be present.  That  is the reason  for Our  Service  coming  to
you today.  Life  is holding  All in Its Magnificent  Readiness
for release  to you.  Beloved  Ones,  in the lack  of understand-
ing, Oh how  you  have  pushed  aside,  as it were—some  of
you for several  life times,  the Magnificent  Perfection  which
Life—I  cannot  quite  say struggled  to bring  forth,  because
Life in Itself  never  struggles—but  thru  the Higher  Mental
Body,  saw  the possibility  of giving  to you.  Your  feeling
often  caused  a tremendous  struggle  in trying  to free  Itself,
and reach  out for the Blessings,  which  It knew  were  there;
but when  the attention  was  held  so powerfully  on the con-
ditions  of the outer  world,  the appearance  world,  the feeling
was not able  to release  the Blessing  of Life.
That  is why,  if you  understand  the Great  Extreme  Priv-
ilege  which  is yours  in Our  Understanding  of Life;  you
will see how  in co-operating  with  It, today,  you  have  made
it possible  for This  Service  to be rendered.  Please  do not
pass any human  opinions  about  what  I shall  do. You  know DISCOURSE  XXIII  387
nothing  about  it; but  I know  exactly  what  I AM  doing,
and I AM  doing  it! Therefore,  be kind  enough  to accept
ALL  I offer,  even  though  you  might  be here  for the first
time.  Later  you  will  see and  understand  why  It has  been
done.
The need  of mankind  today  is so great,  every  possible
effort  Life  can permit,  is being  made;  and  I know  many  of
you have  sufficient  Release  of Light,  to understand  the Im-
port of My  Words,  and  that  which  I shall  do for you.  Re-
member,  in all which  is done,  except  in a few  Activities  of
the Currents  of Energy,  you  may,  if you  so determine,  undo
it; because  you  are the Authority  as to how  the Currents  of
Energy  will  act. In the Service  which  has been  rendered  in
Previous  Classes  in preparation  for This,  a few  have  deter-
mined  not to give  obedience!  They  have  made  it impossible
for Us to give  them  the Blessing,  but that  cannot  be helped.
It is the choice  of the Individual;  but  you,  today,  who  are
understanding  sufficiently  to know  something  of the Mean-
ing of My Words,  I am sure  will  not fail to give  the Obedi-
ence  to Life;  which  enables  This  Mighty  Work  to go on in
Its Blessing,  Its Perfecting  Activity;  for the Release  of your
America—for  the Release  of your  America  from  going  thru
the destruction  which  would  destroy  its people.  That,  is
why  We  have  brought  about  such  Powerful  Means  of
reaching  mankind;  and  We will  reach  two  million  people
more  within  this  year!
I want  you  to realize  THIS  is not an ordinary  thing.  It is
a Mighty  Activity  of your  own  Life;  calling  as the "Call  to 388 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
Light,"  indicates  to you,  for Its Freedom—not  only  calling,
but demanding  It! How  is it that  Life  can demand  certain
things  now,  when  It never  has before ? Because  of the Cos-
mic Dispensation  which  has been  given.  The  Source  of all
Life to this  planet  has said,  the Light  must  expand  within
the people  on this  planet!  Since  This  Group  of people  has
been  chosen  as the "C


 variables predicted the reduction in seizures, and
none of the patients was seizure-free after the seven-month trial, but those
who experienced grand mal seizures had none during the trainin g period. In
all partic ipants, the frequency and severity of seizures, as well as the type of
seizure, was considerably modified by the breath training. The researchers
suggest that the stress-reducing effects of diaphragm breathing were also a
key factor in reducing seizures.
The study findings indicate that at least some forms of epilepsy go
hand-in-hand with a considerable imbalance of the autonomic nervous
system.30 Whatever causes chronic hyperventilation, the result is a
narrowing of the blood vessels  in the brain, leading to poor brain blood
flow and metabolism, and predisposing susceptible people to seizures.
Disrupting the blood acid-base balance inhibits oxygen delivery to the brain
and interrupts the reflexive relationship between the heart and the lungs.
Diaphragm breathing exercises to correct hyperventilation can reduce
seizures by raising the seizure threshold.
One suggestion made in several  earlier studies is that the link between
overbreathing and seizure activity may actually be airflow stimulating the
nasal mucosa.94 Researc h has reported that when air is blown into the nasal
cavity, it triggers epileptic areas of the brain.95 Also, in some  types of
epilepsy, nasal hyperventilation has been found more likely  than oral
hyperventilation to induce epileptic EEG activity.
On a day-to-day basis, we spon taneously alternate our breathing from
one nostril to the other. Certain yogic breathing practices explore this,
focusing the breath in one nostr il at a time, a technique that scientists call
unilateral nostril breathing. Interestingly, studies have found that unilateral
nostril breathin g has a greater impact on the same-side brain
hemisphere.94,95 Right nostril breathing produces abnormalities in the right
side of the brain, and left nostril breathing affects the left side of the brain.
It is unclear what causes this phenomenon, but researchers suggest that areflex involving stimulation of the olfactory nerve by nasal airflow is
involved.94,96
These ideas are expanded in 2016 research. Based on the same  ancient
yoga breathing technique of single nostril breathing, new evidence suggests
that altering nasal airflow between the nostrils can influence brain
activity.97 Researchers observed that when nasal breathing was through
only one nostril, cognitive function improved. This method has also been
shown to trigger seizure activity in epileptic patients. The paper
hypothesizes that rather than vasoconstriction being solely responsible for
seizure onset, seizure activity may be related to the way the air stimulates
the nasal mucosa.97 Scientists have found that, in some types of epilepsy,
nasal hyperventilation was more likely than oral hyperventilation to
stimulate epilep tic EEG activity in the brain and that this effect was
inhibited by applying local anesthetic to the nasal mucosa.
Although the mechanism, extent, and significance of these findings
remain unclear, evidence from studies of epileptics and arousal during sleep
indicates that a nasal airflow stimulus has some sort of activating effect on
the brain. This underlines the importance of reduced nasal breathing
exercises, in which the amount of air breathed is lessened. It is possible to
switch to nasal breathing and still hyperventilate if other aspects of poor
breathing patterns are not addressed.
In 1984, an article published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine
described the use of breathing exercises to self-regulate CO2 and control
seizures.92 The study follo wed 18 participants between the ages of 10 and
42 years, 11 of whom were male and 7 female. All those who took part
suffered moder ate to severe chronic hyperventilation and idiopathic,
medication-resistant seizures. The subjects were given diaphragmatic
breathing training with end-tidal CO2 biofeed back. This was very effective,
producing a rapid correction of breathing patterns. The patients’ breathing
even became comparable to that of people in an asymptom atic control
group. Ten of the participants remained in the study for at least seven
months. Following the treatment, EEG power spectrum readings had
normalized in eight people, as had cardiorespiratory synchronicity. These
people experienced a significan t reduction in the frequency and severity of
their seizures.In 1993, doctors from the Boston Neurobehavioral Institute (Harvard
Medical School)  applied the same principle to the treatment of two children
with severe developmental problems. Parents, caretakers, and teachers were
taught to modify the children’ s breathing to eliminate hyperventilation in
order to prevent seizures. The technique was successful in both cases.98
It is widely recognized that poor health is associated with lower
parasympathetic tone.99 This is certainl y the case in people with epilepsy.
Those people who have intractable—hard to control—seizures have lower
vagal tone than those whose epilepsy is controlled. A 2010 study links the
fact that slow breathing exercises are known to increase parasympathetic
tone in healthy people with the theory that slow breathing exercises in
people with epilepsy might cause a similar increase in parasympathetic tone
and reduce seizure frequency. Slow breathing improves conditions
including hypert ension, asthma,  anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder,
and it affects cortical activi ty and seizure thresholds through the
chemoreceptors, baroreceptors, and pulmonary stretch receptors. The
researchers suggest that slow breathing might also reduce seizure activity
by lessening anxiety.
Few epileptics are aware of the link between seizures and breath ing, but
various studies demonstrate that breath retraining can successfully reduce
the severity and frequency of epileptic seizures, just as hyperventilation can
be (and is) used to induce seizures for EEG studies. While many factors
contribute to epilepsy, and resea rch on the therapeutic application of breath
retraining is still limited, hyperventilation is known to play a significant
role as a seizure trigger. Therefore, breathing exercises to correct
hyperventilation and normalize the imbalance of blood CO2 are likely to
prove helpful for people with epilepsy. Epilepsy is not caused by poor
breathing, but it is certainly exacerbated by it. While there is not enough
research to conclusively demonstrate that breathing reeducation will be
effective for everyone who suffers with epileptic seizures, the benefits of
healthy breathin g patterns, for general well-being and for reducing the
feelings of anxiety and panic that can happen as the result of living with an
unpredictable condition, will doubtless help build a better qualit y of life. To
my understandin g, while not all forms of epilepsy are breathin g-related, it
simply doesn’ t make sense for children and adults affected by epilepsy thatchronic hyperventilation and breathing pattern disorders are not addressed
in treatment.
NICKY’S ST ORY: OVERBREA THING AND OVERREACHING
I am including Nicky’ s story for several reasons. She shared her journey
and research because her own life has changed so much for the better. More
important, her story also illustra tes what happens when we try too hard, go
at a new idea all guns a-blazing, and try to apply perfecti onism to a
breathing practi ce. Overall, Nicky’ s experience is one of courage and
persistence, and it provides invaluable insight.
Nicky wouldn’ t have described herself as anxious. After all, she never
had panic attack s. She liked to be in control of her life and was organized,
efficient, and had good attention to detail. She wasn’ t aware that anything
was wrong with her breathing, but she would frequently lose her train of
thought in conversation, and her focus was poor. Her heart often raced, and
she sometimes had palpitations,  which her doctor assured her was normal.
But she was irritable, hypersensitive to noise, and had ongoing digestive
issues. She knew this was related to a low level of intermittent anxiety, but
she couldn’t pinpoint why, as her life was not particularly stressful. If she
drank coffee, it would often bring on feelings of anxiety, and alcohol, which
she drank only rarely, would cause disturbed sleep. She was exercising for
at least an hour most days, but this seemed to make her more  tired rather
than fit and energized. She recovered slowly and had sore, aching muscles
most of the time.
Nicky did every thing at a hund red miles an hour, driven by a never -
ending to-do list. If something  went wrong, her reaction was emotional,
angry, or tearful. She had strong physiological reactions to many of her
thoughts, regularly had nightmares, and was beginning to have night
sweats.
She noticed that her breathing was irregular and that she frequently
sighed and yawned. Sometimes she would find herself breathing gently,
become frightened, and try to breathe more deeply to correct it. After all,
she had learnt in yoga that deep breathing is good for you. When she
couldn’ t sleep, she used deep breathing to relax.Nicky also had nocturnal epile psy, irregular grand mal seizures, only
ever between 1 and 5 a.m., and intermittent partial complex seizures during
the day. Before a grand mal seizure, she would experience extreme
hyperventilation. Her husband would try to wake her, hoping to stop the


 HISTORIES
HEART TROUBLE FROM V ACCINATION
Earl Richardson, (Colorado Springs) was vaccinated by the local doctor when six years
of age. Up to that time he was strong and healthy, but 9 days after the vaccination he
developed an illness accompanied by  extreme nervousness  that the doctor diagnosed
as St. Vitus Dance. He was given an examination and found the heart and other organs to
be sound and unaffected. A few days later complications set in and the doctor was called
again. On examination he found that the boy had developed a  valvular heart condition.
The mother took him to Kentucky to three heart specialists who all declared that it was due to infection. One doctor said the ailment was probably due to vaccination, as he had
seen some other cases of valvular heart trouble develop after vaccination. Four years
later, when Mr. Rowton had his last interview with this family, the child was still too ill
to attend school. His mother said he often had to sleep sitting up in bed on account of the
heart condition.
It’s a strange law that compels children to be vaccinated in order to attend school and
then disables them so they cannot attend — anything.
According to NEWSWEEK, April 25, 1955,  heart trouble, our number one killer, takes
794,000 victims each year and 10 million Americans suffer from it.
Less than a third of the deaths were caused by heart trouble 20 years ago.   "Today, it
causes more than  one death out of every two.
"The cost is staggering:  Industry loses the work of 653,000 men annually because of
heart disease disabilities; annual compensation and pensions to veterans total
$168,000,000."
Many of these same industries that are pressed with heavy disability costs are the ones
that require compulsory vaccination of their employees.
The heart is the strongest muscle in the body  and it takes an extreme amount of poison
or abuse to impair its functioning. Tobacco, liquor, drugs, cola drinks, poison
preservatives in foods and poison spray on farm produce, in addition to the
incompatible, devitalized foods are some of the other poisons that corrode the tissues of
the heart as well as every cell in the body. Arteriosclerosis, which accompanies about
half of the heart deaths, is also a disease which is induced by body poisoning, over-
eating of incompatible, devitalized foods and depleting habits.
TUBERCULOSIS FROM V ACCINATION
Lena Long, (Denver) was vaccinated in October, 1922, in order to attend school. In four
days her arm began to fester and she developed a high fever. She was extremely nervous
and confined to her bed for about a week. A little later she developed pneumonia with
symptoms of tuberculosis. The doctor checked the family records to try to find
tuberculosis in the family or ancestory but none was found. The last report from the
mother, Mrs. S. A. Long, was that Lena was still unable to attend school and was
suffering from tuberculosis. Mr. Long (Lena’s father) was vaccinated the same year, in
December, after which 12 boils developed on his neck. This gave him a great deal of
trouble. He had never bad a boil before that time.
SCARLET FEVER FROM V ACCINATION
Mrs. Donnelly, (Denver) was successfully vaccinated for smallpox on December 21,
1922. A few hours after the injection she began to experience severe reactions which
developed into scarlet fever in such a serious form that she was rushed to the hospital
where she hovered between life and death for several weeks.KIDNEY TROUBLE FROM V ACCINATION
Katie Blessant, (Denver) was given toxin-anti-toxin for diphtheria. In a short time she
lost her voice and soon after that she developed kidney trouble and stomach trouble
which she had never been bothered with before.
BRIGHT’S DISEASE FROM V ACCINATION
Earl Rohsbecker, (Denver) was vaccinated for smallpox after which he developed
Bright’s disease (an advanced form of degeneration of the kidneys). The doctors do not
hold out much hope for his recovery.
PARALYSIS FROM V ACCINATION
Raymond Nelson (Denver) was given diphtheria toxin-anti-toxin after which he
developed paralysis. His son was given the antitoxin also, and died of it.
Mrs. Black (Colorado Springs) was vaccinated for smallpox and soon developed spinal
meningitis. The case was so severe that the attending physician had to call in assistance
from Denver.
V ACCINE POISONING
David, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Robinson, was vaccinated on November 6, 1921. By the
family physician, in compliance with the school requirement. After three days his arm
festered and was inflamed. Then for several weeks the vaccination seemed to be healing
but continued to be sore and inflamed. In February the glands in his neck began to swell
and some lumps formed under each arm. Some of the lumps decreased in size but all
were painful so the doctor lanced one of the larger ones. It never did heal properly and
began to discharge pus a little later. At the time of the last report (March, 1921) it had
not healed and the child was still in bed and unable to walk. It is not likely that he will
be able to attend school for a long time.
A Mother’s Report — (name withheld by request)
"I had my daughter vaccinated on the 21st of December, 1921. In less than a week her
arm started to swell, become inflamed, and discharged pus at the site of the vaccination.
A lump developed under the arm and she was seriously ill for four months. I had her
treated for over a year with X-ray and now her arm is blistered with X-ray burns in
addition to the original ailment.
SMALLPOX FROM V ACCINATION
Mrs. Jessie Wuns (Colorado Springs) was vaccinated for smallpox and a few days later
she developed a severe case of smallpox which lasted seven weeks.
DROPSY FROM V ACCINATION
Mrs. Anna Heller (Colorado Springs) developed sores on her arm, neck and leg after her
vaccination. Although many years have passed, it still bothers her.Her two daughters were also vaccinated and both of them developed vaccinia and almost
died from it. Her son, almost died from the vaccination itself; then he developed
smallpox 30 days later. It left him with dropsy from which he has never recovered.
WHO CAN ANSWER THIS?
George Ogden and family reported the following:
"We all had smallpox before coming to Colorado Springs but Dr. Gillett insists on our
being vaccinated every year anyway."
QUESTION: If a case of smallpox cannot immunize against another attack of smallpox
how can a vaccination be expected to do more than that when the vaccination, at best, is
claimed to produce only a mild form of the disease. Now, if there is anything at all to the
vaccination theory then a case of smallpox should not only immunize against smallpox
but should, also, protect against the effects of vaccination and re-vaccination. If it does
not do this then the vaccination theory disproves itself — it has absolutely no sound
reason for being. Since vaccination has proved itself to be useless and hazardous why
does Dr. Gillett (as well as other vaccinating doctors) insist on vaccinating?  Is there any
reason except for money, at the cost of human life?
INSANITY FROM V ACCINATION
NEWSWEEK for April 25, 1955 says that  Mental Illness is rated by many experts as
the biggest health problem  of the day. More than half of the U. S. hospital beds are
occupied by mental patients. Their care  costs the taxpayers more than a billion dollars a
year. Another report states that there are 10,000,000 people in U. S. with mental
diseases.
On a troopship returning from the Australian sector after the war, it was reported that
250 of the 400 men aboard, were insane. Some of the excuses the doctors offered for this
shocking development was that it was caused by the heat of the jungles and the rigors of
war. However, the citizens of  unvaccinated Australia didn’t go insane in the  same heat
and the enemy didn’t go insane with the same rigors of war and in the same climate. It
has been hinted that the men were poisoned almost to death with vaccine serums and
drugs. The normal brain cells are richly supplied with calcium and other alkaline
elements When poisons are introduced into the system the calcium is leeched out of the
soft tissues first and then the bones, in order to neutralize the poisons. This greatly
impairs or destroys the functioning of the brain, nerves, muscles, and eyes, etc.
S Vandecarr, D C, m an article titled, "WHO IS INSANE" said:
"There is a cry being raised concerning the lack of sufficient institutions to adequately
care for the mental cases needing commitment to them. Lunacy is terribly on the
increase. Particularly do ex-service men and women need such care. Many thousands of
these men and women were in perfect health when inducted into the armed forces. They
were then given all the "shots" devised by the allopathic laboratories and used without question


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selves, wounds andbroken bones arehealed, functions arecarried on,andreproduction
accomplished. Itistheprocess ofconverting food intocellsubstance. This occurs inliv-
ingorganisms andnowhere else, andinthecase ofman, vegetable substances aretrans-
formed into human tissues.
Organic existence isperpetual creation (orevolution, ifyou prefer) andrenewal.
There isnoresting, only continuous activity.Nutrition isthegrand process bywhich
creation andrenewal areaccomplished. Though wecanobserve theresults, weknow
little of the process.
Letusthink ofaneggcomposed ofmaterial previously prepared bythenutritive
processes ofthehenoutofwhich anew bird istobemade: Nutrition istheprocess by
which thesimple homogeneous material oftheeggistransformed intothecomplex het-
erogeneous structures ofthebird. Butamicroscopic speck oftheegg, thegerm, isalive.
Itisthisgerm thatbegins thework ofnutrition bywhich itgrows andbecomes twocells,bywhich theprocess ofcelldivision iscontinued and, finally,differentiation, organiza-
tion and integration are accomplished.
Intheseed oftheplant asimilar process takes place. Thegerm oftheseed ismicro-
scopic insize, theremainder oftheseed being prepared food. Utilizing thestored food,
theplant germ evolves intothecomplex structure ofayoung plant. Thus, intheplant as
in the animal, nutrition is the process of converting food into cells and organs.
Nutrition isahighly complex process carried onbyallliving organisms from the
smallest, simplest one-celled organism tothemost complex organism innature: man.
Food isnotnutrition, butthechief material ofnutrition. Water,oxygen andsunshine are
nutritive materials, while activity,rest, sleep andwarmth arevitally important tonormal
nutritive processes. Vitalstructures andfunctional products canbecreated only outof
food, but it is the process of nutrition that builds and maintains or ganic structure.
Viewing thewhole domain oflive-vegetable andanimal-nutrition isthefountain out
ofwhich flow structure, function, capacity,strength, growth, development andrepro-
duction. Itistheprocess ofbuilding, repairing andvitalizing organs andorganisms. All
structure ismade byprocesses ofnutrition; allrepairs areaccomplished bynutrition; it
isthrough nutrition thatwecome tohave organs inthefirst place; itisonly through
nutrition thatthey areconstantly repaired; itisthrough itthatwecome intobeing and
maintain life.
The tissues ofman arewoven onaloom thatnoEastern rugdesigners orWestern
carpet machinery can rival.
Where strength isneeded, aniron-like power ofresistance isgiven toman’ stissues,
though these strands offiber arefiner than spider ’sthread. Yetwhere elasticity isre-
quired, the fibers rival rubber in flexibility.
Thesizeanddevelopment ofaman’ smuscles andthestrength andfunctioning pow-
erofhisnerves aretheproducts ofnutrition. Even hisbrain isaproduct ofthisprocess.
Thehuman infant, likethebirdintheegg, starting asasingle cell, grows organs andoth-
erparts bytheprocess ofnutrition, deriving itsfood supply,water andoxygen from its
mother ’sblood. After birth, utilizing food, itdevelops andgrows tomaturity byprocess-
esofnutrition. Reproduction, which ismerely discontinuous evolution andgrowth, is
achieved by the process of nutrition.
Thedigestive system should notbethought ofasthenutritive system. Therespirato-
rysystem supplies theorganism with needed oxygen. Ifitiscutoff,even foravery few
minutes, the whole nutritive process comes to a halt and cannot be started again.
Inman andother higher animals, themany andvaried functions contributing tothe
grand overall process ofnutrition are,toagreat extent, each performed byaseparate or-
gan. Inthehuman system there arealargenumber andvariety oforgans, each ofwhich
fillsapeculiar andappropriate function. Inthehuman sphere theviscera may beregard-
edasatree, thedigestive system ofwhich represents theroots, thelungs, theleaves, the
blood andlymph, thesap.Given theorganic structure thatcirculates thejuices, choosing
the best food and refining it, we finally arrive at human structure.
Asweareprimarily interested inhuman nutrition, Ishall attempt topicture inbroad
outlines byuseofthefollowing diagram, themeans bywhich thebody appropriates its
foods:
Substances Appropriated Ways of Appropriation Results of Appropriation
Food Locomotion Development
Air (oxygen) Prehension Growth
Water Mastication Repair
Sunshine Deglutition Maintenance
Digestion Healing
Absorption Reproduction
RespirationCirculation
Assimilation
Theorgans andsecretions involved inthiswork ofappropriation andthepreparation
ofrawmaterials foruseare:hands, teeth, tongue, salivary glands, esophagus, stomach,
gastric glands, small intestines, intestinal secretions, pancreas, pancreatic juice, liver,
bile, villi, lacteals, lymphatic system, heart andvascular system, theseveral ductless
glands andtheir hormones, thenose, bronchioles, lungs, diaphragm, chest walls, long
bones and skin.
Thelong bones, inwhich theredblood cells areformed may beproperly regarded
aspartofthebody’ snutritive system. Millions ofthese cells areformed daily andare
essential inremoving oxygen from thelungs tothebody’ scells, then carrying carbon
dioxide from these cells tothelungs. Without thisprocess inthebones, oxygen could
not reach the other bodily cells.
Because theskin isthechannel through which wereceive thesun’srays andregulate
their uses, thisinvesting membrane may beproperly included inthebody’ snutritive sys-
tem.
Itwillthus beseen thatinthehigher animals, especially inman, agreat number and
variety oforgans andorgan-systems andtheir functions aresubservient totheoverall
process of nutrition, and all of them conver ge towards a common center.
Certain functions likedigestion, circulation andrespiration arecommon toalltypes
ofanimals, who must receive, elaborate andcirculate thematerials necessary tobuild
andsustain their tissues. Locomotion andprehension areessential parts ofthenutritional
process inmost animals. Locomotion isdenied tosome forms ofanimal life,andthese
depend upon water and waves to bring their food supplies to them.
Inthefinal analysis, thewhole body isengaged incarrying ontheprocess ofnutri-
tion, every partcontributing tothewhole andnopartselfishly assimilating alone. Some
parts, however,aremore involved than others, especially inthepreparatory work. Reci-
procity andmutual service characterize thework ofthebodily organs. Thelungs take in
oxygen forthewhole body andnotforthemselves alone; thestomach digest food forthe
entire organism andnotmerely foritsown food needs; theheart receives andcirculates
theblood throughout thebody,notmerely through itsown tissues. Theliving organism
is a model of cooperation.
The production offood isareciprocal process, plants andanimals being co-equal
partners inthevital synthesis. Forthistheforests andtheir myriad inhabitants have been
industriously working since thebeginning oflifeonourglobe; forthistheflowers have
been working since they were self-sown from themiraculous garden; forthisthebees
andbirds andwind have been pollinating flowers since thebeginning oforganic ex-
istence; forthisthebirds andmammals have scattered seed. From time immemorial,
forthisthesoilbacteria andearthworms have labored incessantly throughout uncounted
ages; forthistheun-cropped earth hasrested inthebalmiest latitudes, while thegreat
sun, supporter ofalllife, haspoured hertropical spirit upon itsunexhausted islands,
sothatspring, summer andautumn provide uswith anabundant supply oftasty green
leaves, delicious fruits packed with food values andbaited with delightful aromas, deli-
cate flavors and pleasing colors, and with tasty, life-sustaining seed.
Notintheanimal alone isassimilation inprogress. Theplant istheprime assimilator,
absorbing theminerals ofthesoilandthenitrogen andcarbon oftheair,thefertile soil
being thegreat storehouse ofplant food andthesource oftheir many aromas andflavors.
Theanimal returns thesoil’sfare, asfertilizer andcarbon dioxide, totheoriginal store-
house from which itwastaken. Inthegreat workshop ofnature wewitness progressive
assimilation andrefinement: Thepioneer plants prepare theprimitive soilfortheadvent
ofthehigher plants; thehigher plants refine andsynthesize food fortheanimals above;
these, in turn, compensate the plants in a variety of services for the goods received.Through every change, bysecret processes, thesurface oftheplanet issteadily fitted


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POTATO, Irish,
Steamed-20 05 67334 240 50
POTATO, Sweet 0 54 45555 540 78
RICE, Brown, Steamed -20 04 56112 240 41
RUT ABAGA, Peeled 0 64 56555 225 63
SESAME SEEDS 0 84 64535 540 80
SPINACH, Raw -30 73 57555 50 2
SPROUTS (Alfalfa,
Sunflower)0 95 88555 50 50
SQUASH, Summer
Steamed-20 06 68433 120 31
SQUASH, W inter
Steamed-20 06 68433 240 52
STRA WBERR Y 0 1010 1010454 530 88
SUNFLOWER Seeds 0 85 77535 540 85
TANGERINE 0 1010 1010354 240 94
TOMA TO 0 1010 1010555 420 94
TOMA TO 0 1010 1010555 420 79TURNIP, Peeled -10 65 56444 420 44
TURNIP GREENS -30 12 34555 50 0
WALNUTS, English -10 86 75535 540 74
WATERMELON 0 1010 1010454 440 97
WHEA T -30 00 12525 520 5
WHEA T, Cooked
lightly-40 05 45313 540 26
BREAD, White -60 06 33101 140 -5
EGGS, Cooked -40 02 23313 140 15
HONEY, RAW -50 1010 76111 040 16
MEA T,Beef, Cooked -60 00 34401 115 -36
MILK, Pasteurized -40 03 23113 140 14
SALT -100 00 00000 00 -100
SUGAR -50 00 00000 040 -10
18.8. Questions & Answers
You have given avery lowrating tovegetables and even suggest that welimit our
intake toabout 2to5%.You’ve said before weeatvegetables asinsurance orpro-
tective foods. Ifthey’re such good protective foods why notmake them half ofour
food intake? Ifthey really protect us,Ithink they’re good forabigger share ofour
dietary intake.
Vegetables ratemuch lower since, inexamining thecharts, itisobvious that
they lack many qualities ofprime foods. Many vegetables have some toxic factors.
They arenotsavored asareexquisite fruits. They arenotdigested with theease and
efficiency offruits. They furnish usnoenergyatallinmost cases. Some actually
usemore ofourenergytoprocess than wecangetfrom them! Icalculate that90%
ofoureating should beinvolved inobtaining fuelvalues. Theother 10% should be
inassociation andwould beproteins, fat,andminerals with vitamins andother food
factors included. Foods such asvegetables failtofurnish caloric values. Nutrient
insurance sallthey canpossibly furnish. Even inthisconsideration, wereally don’t
need them.
You equate protein with vitamins, minerals and fatty acids. Isn’t protein more
important than that?
Proteins arethebuilding stones ofallliving beings. They compose some partof
every living cell, fruits included. Yetprotein isnotmore important than other food
factors thatweingest, neither relatively norabsolutely,infants thrive onmothers
milk which isabout 1.2% protein. Aslong aswegetthatamount ofprotein with all
essential amino acids amply represented, we’re getting as much as we need.
Idon’tthink weneed asmuch protein asagrowing baby.Ifweget1%protein
from adietthataverages seven pounds offood adaywe’ll begetting 32grams of
protein, though thisrepresents about 50% lessthan theU.S. RDA, itisstillmore
than ahealthy body canmake useof.Itiswise topoint outthatthebody iscapa-
bleofmeeting about 70% ofitsprotein needs byrecycling itsown protein wastes.
There arethriving pockets ofpeople intheCaribbean who aresuperb specimens of
healthy humans lat have an intake of only 15 to 20 grams of protein daily.
What should wedoifaclient comes touswho isoverly thin and onaprotein-
deficient diet?Inthefield ofpractice, you’ll have many clients that aredeficient inmany
ways, proteins included. One person canhave awell rounded dietonasingle food
andgetallheorsheneeds ofevery food factor.Another person might subsist on
adietwhich supplies four orfivetimes ourprotein needs but,ifthedietiscooked
orfedtoametabolic cripple, theprotein may belargely unavailable. Youwillnot
bedealing with deficiencies, perse.Inmost cases where there aresome body re-
serves you’ll advise theclient tofastaslong asindicated andthen realiment the
client onadietofproper foods prepared andserved inamanner wehave taught
youtoobserve. Yourclients’ bodies aretheir soleremedial means. Iftheconditions
forhealing andregeneration areestablished, youmust leave them entirely alone.
Anything other than thispractice willconstitute interference. Protein deficiencies
arenotnearly aslikely asother deficiencies andnone ofthese areaslikely astox-
emia. T oxemia will be the condition of nearly every client you’ll get.
How doyou determine which nutritive factors aclient isdeficient in?Ifmost
Americans aresick insome way andmalnourished, how would Itellwhat iswrong
or what the deficiency is?
Inview ofmyprevious response Ithink thequestion should bedeclared already
answered. ButIbidyou, asprofessional health practitioners, nottogetintodiag-
nosing. Youdon’thave toknow,inmost cases, theparticulars ofaclient’ sdefi-
ciencies. These deficiencies may actually betheresult ofchronic toxemia thathas
lowered theperson’ scapacity forassimilation andutilization offoods. Iftheclient
isthin, start himoutonadietofeasily digested fruits, especially melons, oranges,
grapes andother succulent fruit fare. Amono dietofasingle fruit would beinor-
der,oratthevery least, mono meals. Asimple dietofproper foods will give the
body some surcease andenable ittopurify itself ofitstoxic burden andtorepair
damage andrebuild tissues. Don’ texpect instant results ormiracles, because it’sof-
tenaslow process. Theclient should take little food while intheeliminative state.
When hunger increases, thedietshould have itscaloric values increased bygreater
intake or by more concentrated foods such as bananas, figs, dates, or raisins.
Should aclient have reserves offat,andmost ofyour clients willbeeither nor-
maloroverweight, induce them toundertake afastsothebody caneject itstoxic
load with more facility.Then, after anappropriate period offasting, start feeding
them on a small amount of a single fruit and increase that as indicated.
You’ll learn more about these methods inourlessons onfasting asapart of
nutrition. Further,you’ll learn thatyour response toalldeficiencies, illnesses, and
morbid blood andtissues will bemuch thesame. You’ll vary your guidance and
establish healthful conditions foryour client inaccord with hisphysiological cir-
cumstances. The variations will bevery few.Just afewpatterns will emer gethat
you can master thoroughly.
You’ve gotagreat idea about rating foods asyouhave. Butyougive some very
lowratings tosome good things, especially tolettuce and celery, which youpraise
so much. Below what rating would you refuse to eat a given food?
Keep inmind thatthischart isprimarily intended toappraise thevalue ofafood
inthehuman dietonitsmerits when eaten alone. There aresome finecomplemen-
taryfoods such aslettuce andcelery thatmay beadded toother foods toachieve
certain nutritional objectives. Forinstance, when lettuce andcelery areadded toan
apple meal, thecombination supplies needed additional protein andmineral salts.
These twovegetables donotinterfere significantly inthedigestion ofmany fruits.
Ideally,weshould eatprimarily foods ofthehighest rating with some secondarily-
rated food. Afewnuts should beeaten onoccasion. Theavocado isafruit ofnut-likeconsistency thatisextraordinarily wholesome. Iwould saythatIwould refuse
toeatanything rated below 30andIwould noteathigher -rated cooked items. Fur-
ther,Iwould becautious about eating some highly rated foods thathadtoxic ma-
terials inthem. This especially applies tocooked foods where aninorganic mineral
complement hasbeen created, andwhere food derang


 areused tore-add “flavor” tothefood thatwascooked away.Thecondi-
ments substitute for the natural flavors present in wholesome foods.Some foods such asmeat andgrains often have sofewappealing natural flavors to
begin with thatcondiments areused tomake them “more palatable.” This should bean
indication that these foods are not suitable for the human dietary.
Fresh, rawfruits andvegetables arefullofsubtle flavors andaromas. When eaten in
their unprocessed state, these foods provide afullrange oftaste andolfactory stimula-
tion without the need for artificial and added flavorings.
Since there aresomany condiments inusetoday,only themajor ones will bedis-
cussed. Alisting ofother widely used condiments willalso begiven according totheir
classification sothatthestudent may learn torecognize thewide range ofcondiments
that exist.
29.2. Specific Condiments
29.2.1 Salt
29.2.1.6 And T ake This W ith a Grain of Salt...
29.2.1.7 Salt Is Antibiotic
29.2.1.8 Final Thoughts about Salt
29.2.2 Cayenne Pepper
29.2.3 Cooking Spices
29.2.4 Cinnamon
29.2.5 Nutmeg
29.2.6 Mustard
29.2.7 V inegar
29.2.8 Other Condiments
29.2.1 Salt
Saltisthemost widely used condiment intheworld. Last year Americans ateover
275,000 tons oftable salt, andontheaverage each person inthiscountry consumes five
times as much salt as any other world citizen.
Many men, women andchildren inthiscountry eatanaverage of10to12grams
(almost one-half ounce) ofsaltevery day.America also hasover 25million people suf-
fering from hypertension orhigh blood pressure, thethird major cause ofdeath inthis
country.
There is a connection.
Table saltisaninorganic mineral compound composed ofsodium andchlorine. It
hasantibiotic andpreservative properties. Although notgenerally thought ofasapoison,
saltisdeadly toallliving organisms. Afatal dose ofsaltisusually about four ounces
taken atonetime. This isonly eight times more than theaverage person eatsover aday’s
time.
Saltisprobably themost ubiquitous seasoning intheworld. You’ll find itinalmost
every processed, prepared orpreserved food. Weeven putitinourpetfood andbaby
food. Even ifnoextra saltisadded atthetable, theaverage American dietwillstillcon-
tain over six times what most nutritionists consider “safe” levels of salt usage.
There is no safe level of salt use.
29.2.1.1 The Myths of Salt
If salt is so bad, why do we use it. all? Is there really a need for salt in the diet?
Salt use has been defended on these four misconceptions:
1.Salt is necessary for life.
2.Salt improves the flavor of food.
3.Salt promotes digestion.4.Saltisfound inthebloodstream andmust beanessential ingredient oftheliving organ-
ism.
Let’s look at each one of these beliefs and see if they are based upon any truth.
29.2.1.2 You Don’t Need Salt To live
Themost common defense forsaltisthatthebody hascertain sodium andchlorine
mineral needs thatthesodium chloride (table salt) crystals arethought tofulfill. Sodium
isused bythebody tomaintain awater balance, tointegrate nervous functioning and
toaidintheformation ofdigestive juices. Chlorine helps sustain normal heart activity,
plays animportant roleinthebody’ sacid-alkaline balance andaidsdigestion andelimi-
nation.
Salt(sodium chloride) cannot beused bythebody tomeet anyofthese mineral re-
quirements. Salt isaninorganic mineral thatcannot bemetabolized bythebody.Salt
enters thebody assodium chloride, itcirculates inthebody assodium chloride, andit
leaves thebody assodium chloride. Atnopoint isitbroken down intosodium andchlo-
rine and used by the body.
Sodium chloride isavery strong andstable molecule. Itcannot bebroken down in
thedigestive tract orbytheliver.Thebody cannot usethebonded sodium chloride mol-
ecule inanyway.The body canuseorganic sodium andorganic chlorine asfound in
living food (vegetables, fruits, etc.), butitcannever usetheinorganic sodium chloride
compound.
So,ifthebody cannot break saltdown, ifitcannot useitinanyway,ifitonly must
beeliminated from thebody inthesame form aswhich itentered thebody,then how can
salt be termed “necessary” for life?
Moreover,salteating hasonly been around forthelastfewthousand years ofman’ s
millions ofyears ofexistence. Primitive man didnoteatsalt.TheAmerican Indians nev-
erused saltuntil thewhite man introduced it.Many cultures today have never seen asalt
shaker.Thousands ofHygienists andhealth-minded people inthiscountry eatnotone
speck of salt.
Can you still believe that salt is essential for life?
29.2.1.3 Does Salt Make Food Taste Better?
Even ifpeople areconvinced thatsaltisofnonutritional use,they willstilldefend it
asaflavor enhancer.“Salt makes myfood taste somuch better,”isthecommon justifi-
cation for salt eating. But can salt add flavor to your food?
Taste apinch ofsalt. What flavor does ithave? Isitappetizing anddoes ithave a
nice taste? No. Then how can it add flavor to food if it has no flavor of its own?
Saltperforms its“flavoring” byactually irritating thetaste buds onyour tongue. By
inflaming thetongue, saltmakes thetaste buds more sensitive through chemical irrita-
tion.
It’slikeburning alltheskin offyour hands soyou’ll have more sensitive fingers.
Ever notice how asore andinflamed spot ontheskin ismore sensitive than surrounding
areas? Salt does thesame thing toyour taste buds—it makes them sore andsensitive.
Consequently,younotice taste stimulation more, butyou’re notexperiencing theactual
flavor of food in any greater amount.
Saltcan’taddflavor oranything elsetoyour food. It’sachemical. Achemical can’t
give youoryour food anything extra, except perhaps some irritating stimulation thatis
mistakenly identified as “flavor.”
29.2.1.4 Does Salt Help Digestion?
Salt has been defended as an important aid in food digestion.Consider this: your body alone digests food. The enzymes andgastric juices pro-
duced bythebody interact chemically with thefood youeatasoneofthestages ofdi-
gestion. Sprinkle some saltonatomato slice. Does thesaltdigest thetomato? Does itdo
anything! No.Saltisaninert substance—it isanonliving, inactive mineral. How canan
inorganic crystal enter into such an or ganic process as digestion?
Even traditional nutrition nolonger believes thatsaltbyitself isadigestive aid,but
they dostate (asrecently as1980) thatthechloride ioninsalthelps form thehydrochlo-
ric acid in the stomach which is used to digest food.
This, too,isfaulty reasoning. Thechlorine insaltcannot bemetabolized bythebody
inanyway.Itdoes notenter into anybody process. Itremains bonded tothesodium
atom. Now organic chlorine asfound inliving foods canbeincorporated intheproduc-
tionofhydrochloric acid, andthus “improve” digestion. Thechlorine insalt, however,
is inor ganic and cannot help the digestive function in any way.
Instead, here is what happens during the digestive process when salt is eaten:
1.the absorption of food through the intestinal membranes is inhibited;
2.protein solubility increases andaconsiderable lossoftissue building material occurs in
the urine (a pathological condition known as “albuminuria”);
3.the water balance in food digestion is disturbed, thus slowing digestion.
Inshort, saltdoes notenhance digestion; itspresence inthebody actually retards di-
gestion.
InJapan where salted andpickled foods areadietary mainstay,theincidence of
stomach cancer ishigher than anyother place elseintheworld. There isadefinite link
between high salt use and stomach cancer.
Does a cancerous stomach sound like digestion is being improved?
29.2.1.5 Is Salt An Essential Part of the Blood?
Since saltisfound intheblood, people think thatwemust consume itforhealthy
blood. There are“salts” intheblood, andsodium chloride isamong these other mineral
salts. But does this prove that table salt is an essential ingredient of the bloodstream?
Most people have eaten somuch saltalltheir lives thatthere isacontinual circula-
tionofsodium chloride through thebloodstream. Thereason thatthesaltisintheblood
is that the body is constantly trying to eliminate it from the system.
Atypical salt-eater hassomuch saltinthebody thatthebody cannever catch up
onitselimination. Weareprobably capable ofexcreting around 200milligrams ofsalt
adaythrough


times more atriskOfdeveloping lung cancer than arenonsmokers. Laboratory experi-
ments show thattobacco smoke condensate canproduce skin cancer inanimals andthat
animals inhaling cigarette smoke may develop cancer of the larynx or lung.
Based onevaluations ofdetailed clinical andexperimental data accumulated over the
last30years, cigarette smoking hasbeen clearly identified asacausative factor inlung
cancer.The riskofdeveloping lung cancer increases directly with increasing cigarette
smoke exposure asmeasured bythenumber ofcigarettes smoked perday,total lifetime
number ofcigarettes smoked, number ofyears ofsmoking, ageatinitiation ofsmok-
ing,anddepth ofinhalation. Lung cancer death rates forwomen arelower than formen
buthave increased dramatically over thelast15years, coinciding with theincreasing
number ofwomen smokers. This increase hasoccurred inspite ofthefactthatwomen
smokers usefewer cigarettes perday,more frequently choose cigarettes with filter tips
and low tar and nicotine delivery, and tend to inhale less than men.
Aperson who stops smoking hasadecreased riskofdeveloping lung cancer com-
pared tothecontinuing smoker,buttheriskremains greater than thenonsmokers for
aslong as10to15years after theperson stops smoking. The toxic residues from the
cigarette smoke remain inthelungs foralong time butthebody will eliminate them
asquickly aspossible. This depends upon theamount ofvital energythat aperson
has. Elimination canbespeeded upiftheindividual adopts agenerally more healthful
lifestyle inregard todiet, exercise, sleep andrest, etc.Also ofgreat benefit would bealong fast. This speeds upelimination oftoxins most ofall,because energyisconserved
during this physiological rest and redirected from digestion to healing.
Pipe andcigar smokers experience mortality rates from cancer oftheoral cavity,
larynx, pharynx, andesophagus approximately equal tothose ofcigarette smokers. The
riskofdeveloping cancer ofthelung islower than theriskofcigarette smokers, butitis
significantly above thatofnonsmokers. This isprobably duetothefactthatpipe, cigar,
andcigarette smokers experience similar smoke exposure oftheupper respiratory tract,
while cigarette smokers (due totheir greater tendency toinhale) have agreater exposure
of their lungs to smoke than pipe or cigar smokers.
41.5.2 Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema
Chronic bronchitis andemphysema deaths arealso about 20times more frequent in
people who smoke heavily.Both diseases canbeproduced inanimals exposed tociga-
rette smoke. Pulmonary function tests often show airflow obstruction inthesmall air-
ways even before chronic expectoration develops.
Toxins accumulate uptoasaturation or“tolerance” point andthen thebody initiates
a“housecleaning.” Atthispoint expectoration isseen. This isasign ofbodily healing
andshould notbesuppressed. Ifyoudiscontinue smoking atthispoint, thebody will
heal.
The adverse effect ofsmoking onmucociliary (hairlike processes onthemucous
membrane thatfunction tomove excess mucus outofthelungs) clearance andonthe
normal balance between lung proteases (protein-splitting enzymes) andtheir inhibitors
predisposes smokers tobronchopulmonary disorders andemphysema. Asyoucansee,
toxins from cigarette smoke interfere with many physiological activities. This situation
always leads to acute, and finally chronic, illnesses.
41.5.3 Cardiovascular Diseases
Cigarette smoking accelerates atherosclerosis andmay double theriskofmyocardial
infarction. Smoking may precipitate aheart attack. Theriskofdeveloping cerebrovascu-
lardisease, peripheral vascular disease, oraortic blood clots isalso increased insmok-
ers.
Coronary heart disease isthemost frequent cause ofdeath intheUnited States and
is the most important single cause of excess mortality among cigarette smokers.
Cigarette smoking andhypertension andelevated serum cholesterol arethemajor
riskfactors formyocardial infarction anddeath from coronary heart disease. Thecause
behind hypertension andelevated serum cholesterol would include accumulated toxins
duetowrong dietandenervating habits along with cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking
actsboth independently asariskfactor andsyner gistically with theother coronary heart
disease factors. The magnitude of the risk increases directly with the amount smoked.
The formation ofcarbon monoxide from cigarette smoke with hemoglobin inthe
blood tocarboxyhemoglobin; release ofcatecholamines—epinephrine andnorepineph-
rine; creation ofanimbalance between myocardial oxygen supply anddemand; andin-
creased platelet adhesiveness leading toblood clotformation have allbeen demonstrated
insmokers andareproposed asexplanations fortheexcess coronary heart disease mor-
tality and morbidity among smokers.
41.5.4 Peptic Ulceration
Peptic ulceration occurs more frequently andhasahigher mortality rateincigarette
smokers than in non-smokers. In addition, the rate of ulcer healing is slowed.
When anorganism isenervated duetobombardment oftoxins from cigarette smoke,
itislesscapable ofhealing. Vitalenergyissodepleted thatnormal functions slow orarehalted completely.Adverse effects willbeseen throughout theentire body asallpoisons
induce systemic responses.
41.5.5 Premature Deaths From Conditions Caused By Smoking
Number of
DeathsImmediate Cause of Death
80,000 Lung Cancer
22,000 Other cancers (oral, larynx, esophagus, urinary, bladder, kidney,
pancreas)
225,000 Cardiovascular disease
19,000 Chronic pulmonary disease
41.6. Added Industrial Pollutants
Ithasbeen estimated thatevery year 15.5 million people riskexposure topollutants at
theworkplace and400,000 people develop illnesses induced bythejob.Tobacco smoke
may transform workplace chemicals into much more harmful agents.
There are15,000 toxic chemicals inU.S. industry today; each year about 400new
substances areintroduced. Butsafety levels have been established foronly asmall frac-
tionofthechemicals. Theresults oftheinteractions among these substances areincal-
culable. Some ofthemany toxic agents identified thatcancontaminate tobacco products
arelead, inorganic mercury,inorganic fluorides, boron trifluorides, formaldehyde and
cabaryl.
Some toxic agents intobacco smoke may also occur intheworkplace, thus increas-
ingthesmoker ’sexposure tothatsubstance. Forexample, over 20,000 workers in75dif-
ferent occupational groups have potential occupational exposure tocyanide, which can
form acomplex thatresults inthedisruption ofthefunction ofthethyroid. Hydrogen
cyanide isoneofthetoxic compounds intobacco smoke. Inastudy ofworkers inelec-
troplating exposed tocyanide, themajority complained offatigue, headache, tremors of
the hands and feet, pain, and nausea.
Studies with other toxic agents, such ascarbon monoxide, have shown similar re-
sults. Among blast furnace workers, ithasbeen found thatthelevels ofcarbon monoxide
intheblood ofsmokers isdouble thatfound insmokers notsimilarly exposed. Levels of
carbon monoxide were 7.5percent; levels inexcess of5percent canresult incardiovas-
cular alterations.
Among other chemical agents found intobacco smoke aswell astheworkplace are
acetone, acrolein, aldehydes, arsenic, cadmium, ketones, lead, polycyclic compounds.
Workers insuch places who smoke aretwice exposed totoxic substances: textiles,
coal mining, uranium andgold mining, paint spraying, welding, firefighting, cooking
kitchens andrubber.Workers exposed toradioactive gas, chlorine andcoke ovens face
similar dangers.
41.7. Tobacco Subsidies
Atthesame time HEW hadincreased itsbudget to$29.8 million for1979 efforts tocom-
batsmoking, theDepartment ofAgriculture ranaloan program toguarantee thetobacco
farmer afixed andhigh-support price. Ifthefarmer ’stobacco crop cannot besold on
themarket atthefixed price, afederally-supervised stabilization corporation buys the
tobacco with funds borrowed from thegovernment. Thelow-interest ratefortheloan is,
to an extent, subsidized by the taxpayer.
Thecorporation holds thetobacco crop andcansellitlater when theprice isbetter.
Infiscal 1979, thegovernment loaned $227 million forsuch programs andspent another$9million ontobacco research, grading, marketing news, andadministration. More than
half the loan monies were paid back within a few months.
In1975 andagain in1979, theSurgeon General issued anofficial government docu-
ment warning theU.S. citizens about thedangers ofsmoking. Inthese books (published
bytheU.S. Department ofHealth, Education andWelfare), extensive scientific evidence
supports thefactthatcigarette smoking isalife-threatening habit. Yet,thegovernment
continues


 conclusions that present final “scientific proof.” But, Hygiene/
Life Science ever seeks toincrease thelight ofhuman understanding andbetterment,
andifquestioning andtheorizing into new fields ofthinking lead tothatworthy goal,
then more power toit—as long, ofcourse, asthisthinking does notsubvert ortake us
astray from the time-honored and proven basic principles of Hygiene/Life Science.
Since allmaterial things seem torunoutintoinvisible electronic mysteries, forpur-
poses ofthislesson letusapproach theliving body from thatstandpoint. Thepioneer in
“bioelectronics” was Geor geW.Crile, who asearly as1889 began hisresearches into
theelectronic nature oftheliving cell, andreached theconclusion thatevery cellofthe
human body isreally atinybipolar battery carrying twoelectronic charges—a negative
chargeontheoutside, andapositive chargeatthecenter.ButCrile, andthebio-electron-
icresearchers after him, started their investigations with a“full-blown” cellwhich has
turned out to be a very complex thing indeed!
Crile’ sresearches andfindings were later duplicated andverified byLakhovsky and
others. They concluded thatapredominance ofapositive electronic chargebrings total
health, abundant energy,extended youthfulness, etc., while apredominance ofnegative
chargeorpotential inthecells caused cellular fatigue, structural deterioration, exhaus-
tion, and eventual death of the cells.
This might lead some toconclude thatelectricity,orelectronic energyislife,orthe
lifeforce. Wearenomore able toresolve theproblem oftheultimate nature, essence,
mystery,andmiracle oflifethan anyother Hygienist/ Life Scientist, andclaim nospecial
mandate togive such final dispensation. Wecanonly offerourown ideas held atthe
present (which could change inthefuture, inthelight ofnewer thinking andinvestiga-
tion) with noimplication thatwethink these arefinal andunshakeable conclusions. And,
with thehope thatpresent andfuture Life Scientists/ Hygienists candelve further into
thisgreat mystery.There arethose who willdogmatically state thatthelifeforce isyou,
oryour subconscious mind, etc.Butsuch statements lack absolute, demonstrable proof,
andtherefore areassumptions, notconclusions. Others willclaim, justasdogmatically,
that the life force is electricity.
Itisthiswriter ’sconsidered opinion, however,thatlife,orthelifepower,isprobably
notthesame aselectricity,butthatthelifepower “uses” electronic energyto“build”
orform thebody andputitintoacertain condition sothatlifecanmanifest more fully.
There arejusttoomany unresolved (and probably unresolvable) differences between the
lifeforce andelectricity.Perhaps there areeven “life fields” and“body fields” thatinter-
mingle andinterpenetrate. Thepioneering work ofHarold Saxon Burr ishighly interest-
ingalong these lines ofinvestigation oftheultimate cause ofthegreat barrier ofeffects
in living processes.And, totrytoreduce thelifeforce tothesame size asthe“electronic building
blocks” ituses, asthereductionists trytodo,isasfutile astrying todescribe andreduce
thebrick mason tothesame sizeasthebricks heuses! Those, who intheir philosophical
considerations, trytoreduce thelifeforce toitstiniest “building blocks,” arefollowing
a wrong theory, in this writer ’s opinion.
But, who cansaythey know,andcanprove forabsolute certainty,what lifereally is?
Perhaps wewillnever know what thelifeforce is,initsultimate essence. Itisanature-
kept, orlife-kept secret, andonethatMother Nature seems nottowant toshare with us!
Perhaps, forushumans, itisjustasimportant toknow thatlifeisnotastoknow what it
is!
Many Hygienists/ Life Scientists ofoldwrote asthough they considered thelifeforce
andnerve force asthesame thing. Ihave expressed myown opinion (above) thatIdonot
think thelifeforce andelectricity arethesame. Yet,nerve force does appear tobesome
form ofelectricity orelectronic energy.How doweresolve this? Theorizing from bio-
electronic research findings, andfrom Hygiene/ Life Science philosophy,theconclusion
seems inescapable thathere, perhaps, wecandeduce areasonable hypothetical explana-
tiontoaccount fortheperplexing paradoxes andcontradictory aspects ofnerve force and
lifeforce. They areapparently twodifferent things! Atleast thatistheconclusion we
aredrawn to,atthistime, byourevaluation ofcurrent bioelectronic research. Itshould
remain an“open-ended” subject, however,anditshould beunderstood thatwearenot
here claiming topresent absolutely final conclusions about it!Toreturn from thisneeded
digression tothecomparison ofthelifeforce andnerve force—nerve force isavariable
factor—life force isaconstant. Nerve force would appear tobethe“positive aspects”
ofthebioelectronic energyofthenervous system, andrises andfalls with certain con-
ditions. Life force, ontheother hand, isaconstant andnotavariable factor.Itisnot
“used” bythebody,butuses thebody andnerve force asitsmanifesting instruments.
Life force initiates intelligent action inthebody,while nerve force, being apparently a
form ofelectricity orbioelectronic energy,hasnopower ofintelligent initiation. And
theHygiene/ Life Science philosophy shows thateven life, itself, must work within the
confines of biological laws.
Atthepresent state ofbioelectronic research, nerve force would appear tobegen-
erated within thebody,although there arethose who think italso can, tosome extent,
begenerated from without. Here, aselsewhere, theinfinite power andwisdom ofthe
lifeforce may have designed more than oneway ofdoing things asanemer gency,self-
preservative influx. Who knows? But, ifourbioelectronic theorizing istobeconsistent-
lydeveloped asatheoretical explanation ofthedifferences between thelifeforce and
nerve force, wemust postulate thatforthemaximum healthful functioning ofthebody,
andfullmanifestation oflife’spowers, thelifeforce apparently must maintain anerve
force balance ofpositive andnegative electronic energycharges, with slightly more of
the positive char ge predominating.
Since allmatter intheuniverse isbuilt, andhasanelectronic basis, food must also
have itselectronic basis with itspositive andnegative electronic charges.And, itwould
seem logical, andconsistent with ourbioelectronic theorizing, toconclude thatallfoods
either have apredominantly positive potential orapredominantly negative potential, or
else a near balance of positive and negative potentials.
Wedonotgetlifefrom food, forfood cannot give what itdoes notpossess inthe
firstplace. Food, inthestate itistaken intothebody fornourishment, isdead, inert ma-
terial thatisacted onbythelifeforce, Letthose who claim thatelectricity islifeexplain
this—food matter contains electricity (electronic factors) initsvery basic makeup, but
itdoes notcontain life.Apredominance ofnegative electronic potential ininert matter,
asindead bodies anddead foods, isstillelectricity orbasic electronic factors. Isnot
adead body stillcomposed ofelectricity inthematerial ofwhich itisstillcomposed?
And, yetitdoes notcontain ormanifest life.Wedonotgetlifefrom dead, inert material
likefood. What wedoapparently getfrom food (atitsultimate breakdown bydigestiveprocesses) iselectronic energy,ifourelectronic theorizing istobeconsistent. Reducing
food toitscells, thefood cells themselves arefurther reducible tomolecular andthen
toatomic andsubatomic orelectronic levels. Upon correct andcomplete digestion and
assimilation, theelectronic energy isfreed from thefoods. Thus, under thebioelectronic
view,weseethattheso-called “biochemistry” system offood science would notbecor-
rectfood science, andwould beofrelatively minus value totheLife Scientist/ Hygienist,
asitsconclusions arereached from thedata andstudies ofcontrived experiments, re-
search onrats, manufactured deficiencies, andresearch ondead bodies, dead foods, and
the dead chemical elements of these.
But, under thebioelectronic view,itisseemingly theelectronic energyinthefoods
(according tobioelectronic research), andnotthechemical elements thatshould form
therealbasis foragenuine science ofliving nutrition. Reasoning from thefindings of
thebioelectronic researchers leads totheconclusion thatthechemical elements infoods
areapparently thetransport-carriers oftheelectronic energythatisseemingly thereal
goal ofthelong chain ofnutritive processes inthebody.When thiselectronic energy has
been released from food cells, thechemical transporters thatareleft,andthatarenot


 amount ofpotassium. Your
|doctor may prescribe another drug containing potassium toreplace what islost. How-
ever,thisinorganic form ofpotassium isnotutilized bythebody.Tellyour doctor that
youprefer toobtain your minerals from thefood thatyoueat.Potassium, forexample,
is found in lar ge quantities in fine foods such as bananas, apricots, and raisins.
Drugs areadministered orally (pills, tablets, orliquids); byinjection (intramuscu-
larly orintravenously); orrectally intheform ofsuppositories. Befirm! Donotletthe
physicians or nurses talk you into taking drugs that you do not want.
67.10.1 Pills
Ifyoumust take pills before surgery ortoalleviate excruciating pain from anac-
cident, youmust make sure thatwhat thenurse hands youistruly yours. This iswhat
should happen: thenurse who brings themedication should check thenameplate on
your bed, askyouyour name, check themedicine card against your IDbracelet, and
then—and only then—hand youyour medication. Ifshedoesn’ tfollow allthese steps,
let her know who you are before you take the medicine.
Learn what your medication looks like. Most physicians donotchange medication
without telling their patients. Ifyouhave been taking bigredpills, andsuddenly youare
given some small yellow ones, askthenurse, “How come?” Butanydrug should notbe
taken ifyoucanbear thepain without them. Thebody willheal better without thedrug.
Using upvital energyexpelling drugs willinterfere with anddelay healing andrepair.
Your individual situation will dictate what is best.
67.10.2 IV (Intravenous)
IVsareoften used routinely asamatter ofcourse. They arealmost never needed.
Youhave theright torefuse thisunpleasant treatment andIwould recommend thatyou
do so.TheIVisusually inserted intoavein inyour hand orarm. Atourniquet isfirst ap-
plied tomake thevein stand out,andaneedle orthinplastic tube isthen inserted into
thevein. This, inturn, isattached toabottle which hangs from apole above your bed
orchair.The bottle iskept high sothatgravity will keep thesolution flowing. Itwill
bekept running allthetime with aglucose/ saline/ water/ potassium solution. Other drugs
may be added to it.
Sometimes theneedle gets dislodged from thevein, andthesolution goes into the
surrounding tissue. This iscalled infiltrating, andyour armorhand willswell. Tellthe
nurse atonce ifthisshould happen. TheIVshould bestopped andtheneedle removed.
IVs are inherently wrong but may be necessary if you cannot take water any other way.
67.11. Tests To Accept Or Reject
Many tests require thatyousign aconsent form. Youhave theright tounderstand exactly
what atestwill entail; how itwill feel; what therisks are;andwhat itwill contribute
tothephysician’ sknowledge ofyour condition. Besure youunderstand how much you
have consented to.Don’ tagree toanything until youaresatisfied onallthese scores.
Don’ tbeashamed toaskforasecond explanation ifthefirstisn’tclear.Don’ thesitate to
make notes of what to ask and of the answers.
Angiogram -This testisperformed togetx-ray views ofvarious arteries inorder
togain information about those arteries aswell asabout theorgans they supply.Forex-
ample, areas ofbleeding orclotting andanyabnormal pathways would beevident. An-
giograms canbedone ofthelegs (using thefemoral artery), ofthekidneys, pancreas,
spleen, liver, Gl tract, brain, and heart.
TheHygienic approach istofastallindividuals who have anyblood clots, clogged
arteries, etc., nomatter where they arelocated. During thefast, thebody will remove
clots andheal those areas thatneed it.Itdoes nogood tolocate those areas onXrays
when the X rays do harm in themselves.
Barium Enema -Used togetanx-ray view ofthelargeintestine. This testistotally
unnecessary andenervating tothesick individual. Placed onaHygienic regime, the
bowels willheal andnormal function willberestored. Barium Swallow (Esophagogram)
-This testisused togetanx-ray view oftheesophagus. Thetestmay benecessary-only
if a mechanical obstruction is suspected. Otherwise, reject this test.
Bone Marrow Aspiration -This testisused towithdraw,through aneedle, asmall
amount ofbone marrow,which willthen beexamined under amicroscope. Examination
of the bone marrow can reveal information about the production of blood cells.
The bone marrow isanimportant organfortheproduction ofblood cells butthis
testwillnotlead topositive results orcorrection oftheproblem. Thebody itself must
initiate thisproduction andwilldosowhen andonly when theconditions forhealth are
provided. Here again, fasting andtheHygienic program willlead toanormal blood cell
count. The test is useless.
Bronchogram -This testisused togetanx-ray view ofthebronchial tree. Auseless
and dangerous test—reject it.
Bronchoscopy -This testisused tolook intothebronchial tubes oftherespiratory
tract leading tothelungs. This testisnotasdangerous asthebronchogram butitisjust
as useless.
Cardiac Catheterization -This testisused toexplore theheart’ sstructures, tomea-
sure blood pressure andblood gaslevels intheheart chambers andassociated blood ves-
sels. When thecoronary arteries arebeing studied, thetestiscalled coronary arteriogra-
phy; when the chambers are studied, the test is called angiocardiography.
Blood pressure canbetaken inamuch safer andmore pleasant manner andifneces-
sary blood tests may beperformed without cardiac catheterization. Fortheperson who
isliving healthfully,thistestisunnecessary.Any individual who iswilling tobegin a
more healthful regime, this test is equally unnecessary for.Cholecystogram - This test is used to get an x-ray view of the gallbladder.
Cisternal Puncture -This lestisused toobtain aspecimen ofspinal fluid from the
back oftheneck inorder togain information about thenervous system (brain andspinal
cord). A dangerous procedure that is unnecessary.
Colonoscopy -This testisused toexamine theupper portion ofthecolon; toremove
polyps; ortoperform abiopsy.Reject thistest. Removing polyps willnotcreate health.
Thecause oftheformation ofthepolyps must beremoved andonly then may health be
realized. Likewise, biopsies are unnecessary.
Computerized Axial Tomography -Toseeandlocalize anyabnormalities inthe
head. Highly-detailed, cross-section, three-dimensional pictures areproduced which, be-
cause they areofthinslices, orcross sections, establish more precisely than conventional
Xrays anddepth ofanyabnormality.This testmay benecessary following severe injury
to the head where sur gery may be needed.
Cystometry -This testisused tomeasure theamount ofpressure inthebladder and
itsreaction tohotandcold, andtoevaluate thefunctioning ofthenerves supplying it.
This isanunnecessary testthatisvery enervating tothebody.TheHygienist hasnoneed
for such tests.
Cystourethrogram, Voiding -(Also known asvoiding urethrogram) -This testis
used toview,byXray,thelower portion oftheurinary tract (bladder andurethra) during
urination. A useless and dangerous test.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) -This testisused torecord theelectrical activity of
various parts ofthebrain toseeifhfalls within thenormal range. Abnormal electrical
patterns aresubject tofurther tests. Everyone’ sbrain gives offminute amounts ofelec-
tricity.Sometimes asleep EEG isdone, which simply means youareasleep when the
recording isdone rather than lying awake trying tothink pleasant thoughts. This testis
unnecessary andmeaningless though notdangerous. Itisbased onanormal range that
isderived from people who may befarfrom normal intheir way ofliving andgeneral
health. Do not think that you must submit yourself to this enervating test.
Electrocyography (EMG) -This testisused toevaluate thefunction ofnerves and
muscles. This test may be rejected as unnecessary.
Fluorescein Angiogram (Also known asretinal angiogram) -Used togetinforma-
tionabout theblood vessels oftheeye. Anunnecessary testfortheHygienist. Gastric
Analysis -Used toanalyze asample ofthecontents ofyour stomach, more frequently to
check theamount ofacid present. This testistotally unnecessary andshould berejected.
Hysterosalpinography -(Also known asuterus andfallopian tube test) -Used