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My First Water Fast

"Our parents had passed away and I was able to do pretty much as I pleased.... After a few hours
of shivering from the cold winds blowing in on my wet body, sure enough within a few hours, I
developed chills, followed by a fever..."

From 1936 to 1939 a friend of mine who had been diagnosed as having heart disease had been staying home and
avoiding work. Fearful of straining his hea rt.
In 1939 he visited a Naturopath who told him that his diagnosis was wrong, that the pain he experienced was due to
gas-pressure against the heart from faulty diet.
The doctor put him on an exclusive orange juice diet for 10 days which resulted in a cur e of his condition and the end
of his invalidism.

I asked my friend to get the name of the doctor who wrote on this subject of Natural Hygiene from this Naturopath,
and the names he recommended were Wm. Howard Hay and Rasmus Alsaker.
I immediately went to  the N.Y. Public Library reading room on 42nd Street, N.Y.C., and read all of their books.
These books referred to about 6 doctors who practiced natural healing and drugless medicine.
While reading the writings of Dr. John H. Tilden, one of 6 doctors, I was startled by his statement that all colds, fevers
and influenzas were nature's attempt to eliminate toxins and free the body of so -called disease.
Could this really be true, I pondered? If so, this radical and shocking fact changed the whole face of dis ease as a
beneficent attempt of Nature to take care of her children and protect them from harm, as opposed to the idea that
these illnesses were caused by bacteria and microorganisms.

I went home that day determined to find out if this was true.
I was 19 years old at the time, living with a sister and 2 younger brothers (our parents had passed away) and was
able to do pretty much as I pleased.
I devised an experiment to test this theory.
It was winter at the time. One night I took a hot bath, opened the wi ndows of my private bedroom wide and laid my
wet body on a plastic waterproof cover I had put over the bed. I was trying to catch a cold or flu, after which I would go
on a water fast to see if it worked as a quick healing and cleansing agent, as used by D r. Tilden in his sanitarium.

After a few hours of shivering from the cold winds blowing in on my wet body, sure enough within a few hours, I
developed chills, followed by a fever, great weakness and prostration.
I stayed in bed 3 days and nights, sleeping  constantly and had no foods or liquids, after which my strength returned
and I felt better than I ever did before. I had lost 10 lbs in the 3 days and I was so inspired and elated by the discovery
of this great, new healing system, that I continued on the  water fast for a total of 10 days.
Then I became a lacto -vegetarian, and began a new life, forever free from all fear of disease. Now I was convinced
that disease was a healing process.

 In the course of my life afterwards, I have always been my own doct or and in the 3 times I had influenza during my
lifetime, I always went on a fast, and the flu NEVER failed to disappear after 3 days. This radical experiment changed
my life forever.

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Another interesting phenomena which I have experienced is, that on 3 occasions in my lifetime, whenever I had a
dead or abscessed tooth causing inflammation and facial swelling, I invariably went on a water fast, and within 13 to
18 days  the dead tooth fell out by itself. Naturally and painlessly.
The dentists I told this to were amazed and said they never heard of this. Yet I saved these teeth as proof of Nature
being able to handle all conceivable physical problems.
Stanley S. Bass, Apr il 12, 1994

 (Note: resting in bed while fasting is much preferable.)  The picture shows me in 1956
on the
38th day of a water fast, while
working. My weight is 158 lb.

Interview with Dr. Bass:
What is important to know before ones first fast?
Fasting is an ancient method, that is usually unequalled in speed and success for many hard -to-reverse diseases. But there are
precautions:
If your body is deficient in something, e.g. minerals, for best results an extended fast (over 9 days) should be avoided. Vegans
can be deficient in proteins and fat. This is a major reason why supervision during your first fast is recommended.
It is usually best to start with a short fast (with bed -rest), then be on a good diet for a couple of months to let the body  build health
and strength, while removing its deficiencies. Then have a second fast of equal length or slightly longer, then a good diet a gain.
In this way you'll avoid possible complications. Breaking the fast in a proper way is also very important.
Dr. Gian -Cursio observed migrating birds falling dead from the sky over New York on many occasions. Since these birds were
fasting, his conclusion was that polluted air, as well as other toxins, can complicate fasts, and that there are times when y ou
shouldn't  do a long fast. Dr. Cursio set a limit of maximum 9 days for fasting and recommended fasting in an unpolluted
environment.
In the old days it was pretty easy and safe to go on a long water -fast.
Nowadays with all food additives, dangerous artificial fats and trans -fats, and potent drugs - all of which may have damaged
people severely - it has become more difficult. E.g. almost all bakeries (and candy and ice cream makers) now use dangerous
cheap artificial fats. Antibiotics can have damaged peoples immune systems. (Example: detoxification of antibiotics during fasting
can give temporary very high fevers.)  Actually it wouldn't surprise me if we within 20 years will get an enormous wave of my stery
deaths, due to the low -quality foods and detrimental drugs we  now give our children.

Also it is better to stay in bed, every day of the fast, with lots of sleep. When it comes to length I think a 10 day fast wi th bed -rest
is better than a 30 -day fast without bed -rest. Almost the only thing you get on a long fast while working is the weight loss, but you
don't get the healing. I would not recommend ANY fast while working, long or short, except possibly the first 2 or 3 days, th at's all.

How should I break the fast?
Correctly ending a fast is extremely important. S ince the stomach and digestive system have been taking a well -deserved rest,
you have to start them up gently. Small portions of raw foods, preferably liquid, is best the first days, before slowly intro ducing
other easy -to-digest (raw) foods, in small port ions, over the next week. Vegetable juices are fine. Avoid fruits and fruit juices since
sugars overactivate the insulin mechanism. If you avoid fruits for the first week after a fast you should not develop the rav enous
appetite that so easily can undo any  weight loss you may have achieved. Note: serious (even life -threatening) problems can
develop if you stuff yourself after a fast, especially with cooked foods.

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What Symptoms to Expect when You Improve Your Diet
or
Improving y our diet may cause you to feel sick

"This is how recovery occurs - like the cycles in the Dow Jones Average at the beginning of a bull
market recovery. You feel better, a reaction occurs and you don't feel as well for a short while. You
recover and go even higher."

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INTRODUCTION
If I were asked which is the area of greatest misunderstanding and confusion in the field o f nutrition, I would
immediately be forced to reply, it is the failure to properly understand and interpret the symptoms and changes which
follow the beginning of a better nutritional program.

HIGHER QUALITY NUTRITION
'What is meant by a better nutritional program? It is the introduction of foods of higher quality in place of lower quality
ones.
For example, if a person replaces a protein rich food such a pork with beef, the beef may be considered the superior
of the two - due to its easier diges tibility, lower and less saturated fat content, etc. Similarly chicken is superior to
beef, and fish is superior to chicken because of its more rapid digestibility and lower saturated fat content.
Lima beans, lentils or chick peas, which are


	necessary	genes.	“Disease	genes”	function	the	same
way.	When	people	move	from	one	part	of	the	world	to	another—	adopting	the
diet	and	lifestyle	habits	of	the	new	environment—	they	also	develop	the	disease
conditions	common	to	that	new	environment.	For	example,	people	from
countries	with	low	rates	of	heart	disease	and	cancer,	such	as	Japan,	suffer	like
the	rest	of	our	population	once	they	move	here.
A	compelling	question	in	the	discussion	of	heredity	is	how	long	you	will	live
—your	life	span.	A	low-calorie	diet	is	the	only	thing	that	consistently	has	been
shown	to	increase	life	span.	Genetic	expression	causes	this	to	happen.	A	study	in
the	September	2001
Proceedings	of	the	National	Academy	of	Sciences
found	that
a	high-calorie	diet	(the	typical	American	diet)	caused	changes	in	genes	that
reduced	the	expression	of	disease-protective	genes	and	turned	on	genes	that
accelerate	the	aging	process.	But	the	good	news	is	that	the	study	also	showed
that	by	taking	older	animals	and	putting	them	on	calorie-restricted	diets	for
merely	four	weeks,	about	half	of	the	gene	expressions	that	were	contributing	to
the	aging	process	reversed.
Changing	internal	cellular	environment	(by	reducing
calories)	not	only	helps	to	prevent	the	expression	of	aging	genes	in	the	young,	it
can	also	slow	and	even	reverse	the	aging	process	in	the	old.
As	biologist	Steven	Rose	pointed	out	in	his	1997	book,
Lifelines,
much	of
what	goes	on	in	a	cell	is	at	least	as	much	a	product	of	the	environment	in	and
around	the	cell	as	its	DNA.	This	environment	is	something	we	create	with	our
diet,	toxic	exposures,	lifestyle,	and	even	with	our	thoughts,	beliefs	and
perceptions.	“Organisms,”	Rose	wrote,	“are	active	players	in	their	own	fate.”Indeed,	even	mental	climate	affects	the	environment	we	create	for	our	cells
and	genes.	Cells	depend	on	the	brain	to	interpret	the	environment	and	to	use	the
nervous	system	to	relay	that	information,	telling	the	cells	what	to	do.	Depending
on	one’s	perceptions	of	the	environment,	the	expression	of	genes	can	be	greatly
affected.	For	example,	the	mortality	rate	goes	up	during	the	first	year	or	two
after	retirement.	Why?	Does	the	brain	perceive	that	“life”	is	over,	causing	the
genes	to	express	accordingly?	Deepak	Chopra,	M.D.,	author	of	many	books	and
a	pioneer	and	leader	in	mind/body	medicine,	often	says	in	his	lectures,	“Aging	is
a	mistake.”	He	means	that	we	observe	others	around	us	aging,	so	we	believe	that
we	too	will	age.	We	literally	instruct	our	genes	to	age	us.	Could	this	be	one	of
the	reasons	that	traditionally	healthy	people	like	the	Hunzas	lived	so	long?	By
believing	that	they	would	live	long,	healthy	lives,	did	they	actually	instruct	their
genes	accordingly?	Much	evidence	indicates	that	what	we	believe	does	affect	the
function	of	our	cells	and	the	expression	of	our	genes.
Intentional	Damage	to	Your	DNA
Modern	diet	and	lifestyle	can	cause	damage	to	genes—	different	from
genetically	inherited	predispositions.	Rather	than	causing	the	expression	of
existing	genetic	coding,	genetic	damage	involves	changes	in	the	coding.	A
change	in	genetic	coding	is	known	as	a	mutation,	which	can	occur	both	through
natural	causes	and	man-created	damage.	One	theory	of	aging	is	that	gene
mutations	over	a	lifetime	cause	gradual	loss	of	function	and	resilience.	The
ability	of	genes	to	mutate	is	not	all	“bad,”	but	rather	is	an	essential	part	of
evolution	and	of	adaptation	to	changing	conditions.
The	mutations	to	be	concerned	about	are	caused	by	chemicals	and	radiation,
which	can	lead	to	dramatic	and	unpredictable	changes	in	genetic	coding.	Genes
are	crucial	plans	for	creating,	repairing	and	reproducing	an	organism;	randomly
changing	these	plans	is	a	bad	idea.	What	would	happen	if	you	started	making
random	changes	to	the	blueprints	of	your	house?	Doors,	windows,	walls	and
even	whole	rooms	would	appear	in	strange	places.	So	it	is	with	genetic	damage.
What	causes	genetic	mutation?
•
Ionizing	radiation:
Almost	half	of	the	average	person’s	exposure	to
ionizing	radiation	comes	from	medical	X	rays	and	medical	radiation
treatments.	Avoid	this	kind	of	radiation	unless	vitally	necessary.	It’s	bizarre
that	physicians	put	much	stock	in	the	genetic	origins	of	disease	yet	also
inflict	massive	amounts	of	genetic	damage	with	pharmaceutical	chemicals
and	X	rays.•
Non-ionizing	radiation:
This	is	created	by	the	flow	of	electricity	and	may
also	have	genetic	repercussions—	though	the	evidence	is	less	clear.	As	a
general	rule,	avoid	close	proximity	or	prolonged	exposure	to	all	types	of
electric	devices.
•
Toxins:
These	include	man-made	industrial	chemicals,	prescription	drugs,
tobacco,	alcohol	and	chemical	residues	in	meat	and	dairy	products,	such	as
PCBs	and	dioxins.	In	particular,	foods	that	are	heated	to	high	temperatures
or	blackened	(such	as	in	barbecuing)	contain	chemicals	capable	of	causing
gene	mutations	and	cancer.
When	a	cell	is	exposed	to	toxins	or	radiation,	the	cell	may	die	or	the	genes
may	be	damaged.	A	mutated	gene	may	permanently	alter	the	way	the	cell	works,
often	contributing	to	deficiency,	toxicity	and	disease.	Furthermore,	altered	cells
(with	mutated	genes)	can	replicate,	allowing	the	mutation	to	propagate
throughout	more	and	more	cells.	The	effects	of	this	replication	can	range	from
minor	to	devastating;	replication	is	a	classic	way	for	cancer	to	develop.	Worse,	if
genetic	mutations	take	place	in	a	reproductive	cell,	a	50/50	chance	exists	of
passing	these	on	to	an	unborn	child.	Destroyed	or	damaged	cells	and	genes	can
lead	to	premature	aging	and	a	variety	of	diseases,	including	cancer,	fatigue,	poor
resistance	to	infections,	psychological	stress	and	even	social	maladjustment.
Genes	are	not	causing	aging	and	disease.	We	are.	We	expose	our	cells	to	the
toxins	and	radiation	that	make	the	genes	mutate	in	the	first	place.	Life	in	the
twenty-first	century	is	now	causing	damage	to	our	genes	and	creating	mutations
in	unprecedented	ways	and	at	an	alarming	rate.	As	scientist	Richard	Lewontin
said	in	his	1982	book,
Human	Diversity:
“Because	of	technology’s	ventures	into
ionizing	radiation	and	synthetic	chemistry,	the	human	beings	of	our	age,	as	well
as	the	food	chain	on	which	we	live,	are	thought	to	be	undergoing	a	far	higher
mutation	rate	than	biology	has	been	accustomed	to.”
Fortunately,	under	the	right	circumstances,	genetic	damage	can	be	repaired.
Not	only	must	we	avoid	damaging	our	genes	in	the	first	place,	we	also	must
provide	our	genes	with	the	materials	(nutrients)


 from pure water, he gives
you the impression that it will, say, leech all the calcium out of your bones and
you’ll literally crumple to the floor. Or it will leech all the potassium out of your
system, and you’ll have a heart attack. And which is completely not true. And I
can prove it to you. And the other thing where people get it. say you ask most
doctors, “should I drink distilled water?” They go, “No, no, no, no. It’ll leech
minerals from the body.” This is an on purpose half-truth. The whole truth is that
it will only leach the dead inorganic minerals that are bad for you. And where do
the doctors largely get that on purpose half-truth from, along with that other
article, is from the W.H.O. -the World Health Organization- the supposed pinnacle
of collected science health knowledge. They have an article, I think it might’ve
come out in the 70s, I’m not quite sure, but it’s titled, “De-Mineralized Water”.
And in that article you’ll find a line akin to, “do not drink distilled water, because
it’ll leech minerals from the body.” And a few sentences later it says something
else like, “and by the way, you should add fluoride to your water”. If you believe
them then, by all means, stay away from distilled water.
And the calcified pineal gland… fluoride & chlorine are both in-organic minerals.
And so that’s an in-organic mineral deposit in that X-ray of your head. And
distilled water will, over time, dissolve that. And your pineal gland is supposed to
be a functioning, juicy little gland – not a white rock. So it will free that up, and
then you will gain access to all the almost-mythical properties associated with
the pineal gland.
This is also why I suggest mostly raw fruit diet. When you apply heat, you flip the
electrical charge. That’s the whole purpose of the raw food movement, is to stop
people from turning their organic-mineral-based food into inorganic-mineral-based food. And so, it rots like garbage inside you, and smells permeate – your
urine comes out disgusting.  Now the beauty of this is you can change that really
quickly if you switch to live food. That’s probably the highest diet. The diet in the
Garden of Eden, or Paradise, is fruit & rainwater. Or, fruit & distilled water. And
your urine is the highest distilled water source possible… anywhere. It even
blows away rainwater.
We all drank our urine for 9 months straight, in the womb. Amniotic fluid is urine.
For the first 3 months it’s mainly your mums pee. And for the remaining 6
months it’s mainly yours. There’s no umbilical cord attached to your genitals.
The umbilical cord is attached to your intestines. And that should be another
proof to people that urine is not a waste product, waste goes through your
intestines. That’s what that excretory channel is for. If urine were a waste
product, how is it possible that from day one, just about, the human foetus, the
zygote, the embryo, is floating in urine? Urine is actually the ultimate, perfect,
water, liquid. It’s what we grow in. And we would not have grown without it. And
when you’re in the womb, if you remember, you breathe like a fish. You actually
are continually sucking your own urine down your mouth. And that is more proof
that it’s not a waste product.
When babies come out, they smell sweet, and they have beautiful, fluffy, plumpy
skin because they’ve been floating in urine. When it comes to the super-model,
and that’s one of their biggest secrets, is that they put urine on their face at
night. They let it air-dry. And they go to bed and they leave it on all night. The
urea in urine allows each individual skin cell to hold its maximum  amount of
water. And so it creates beautiful, plump skin. And urine will erase wrinkles.
Wrinkles are just lines of decrepit skin cells that are hardly holding any water.
And so they all contract and become all, crippled. But you start giving them
urine, which has got urea in it, and that enables them to hold their maximum
amount of water at the same time that you’re offering them the most awesome
water in the universe. And so they quickly fill up with this beautiful water and
wrinkles disappear. Literally. I don’t care if you’re 50, 60, 70, 80 years old.
The orobourus that is the symbol of the snake eating its tail. Well, that’s exactly
what the baby is. And we’ve all been the orobourus for nine months straight. And
that’s what you become again when you start practising urine therapy, and start
looping your urine. You are the snake eating its tail. You are consuming yourself.
And it is the ultimate power cycle. It becomes easy to eat only once per day or
even less. Try going omad and not orin looping and it’s very difficult. And that is
how the baby grows, by consuming itself, and it’s the water that does it. The…
what that symbol of, the snake eating its tail, is… it is showing you that the
human body is a perpetual motion machine. Or has the ability to be it.
Most people think they should be 70% water when it should be 80-85%. You
should be or are 80-85% water… well water is largely 2/3 oxygen.  I know it’s
H2O, but the hydrogen molecule is very small. The oxygen molecule is huge. You
are actually… the number-one element that you are, is oxygen. And so when you
drink that glass of urine, it’s a huge body of oxygen, plus hydrogen, and those are both fuels. And so you can probably pretty easily, with even common logic,
understand that the action of lifting the cup to the mouth requires less energy
than the amount of energy that is in that cup. And so right then and there in just
one movement, you have absorbed more energy than you’ve spent, in one
action. And, speaking of that cup, this also debunks the whole search for the
Holy Grail. Nobody needs to search for that thing anymore because they’re
everywhere. There’s no such thing as The Holy Grail. The properties and why
everyone wanted to search… Monty Python was looking for the Holy Grail… the
properties associated from drinking from the Holy Grail are long life and full
health. Well, those are exactly the benefits of drinking urine. And the joke about
the search for the lost Holy Grail is that it’s not the cup that’s important. It’s
what’s in the cup. And so any drinking vessel can become a Holy Grail. It’s what
you use to complete the circuit with.
When you start drinking urine, which is distilled water, and it melts in-organic
mineral deposits, and it melts that stone in the middle of your head, and… when
your pineal gland opens up fully, the grey dot in the auric field disappears, and
you start to glow. People will notice you are looking so radiant and healthy.
Chapter 4
The current international consensus is that a caloric deficit (weight gain =
calories in – calories out no matter what time of the day) is required to achieve
weight loss, and that this is achieved by eating less calories each meal several
times a day and exercising more. But when looking at the scientific literature, it
is clear that this approach is not very well evidenced at all. Studies show that
80% of people going on a calories restriction diet managing a 10% reduction in
weight will regain this weight within a year.
This effectively means that the vast majority of fad diets and calorie restriction
or ‘eat less with each meal, exercise more’ strategies are doomed to fail. So why
does the current model not work? The main reason for the failure of calorie
restriction is that the body, as a survival mechanism, lowers its basal metabolic
rate (BMR) when calorie intake is reduced. Therefore, when the body is taking in
fewer calories, it’s also burning less too. This leads to reduced energy levels,
increased hunger (which involves changes to satiety hormones) and trouble
staying warm. The worst part of this is, when the BMR falls enough to match
caloric intake, weight loss stalls or even reverses.
We have actually known this for around a century, with the findings being
reiterated fairly often since. In addition, exercise has also proven an ineffective
tool in preventing and reversing weight gain in the long term. The potential
reasons for this are increased hunger following exercise and compensation for
increased exercise with longer periods of rest. Thus, neither manipulation of
calorie intake, nor the amount of exercise, is managing to achieve weight loss.
The key to losing weight is breaking into the body’s fat stores for energy, and the
main hormone that controls this is insulin. Eating food, or consuming drinks, throughout the day maintains raised levels of
insulin, even if the overall calorie intake is reduced. This instructs the body to
switch off lipolysis (fat burning)


rough self -care, a higher state of wellbeing is
attainable. Self-care makes daily use of the mind-body
feedback loop.
7.Ultimately, the evolution of future humanity depends
on internal balance (homeostasis) that is balanced with
the whole ecology of the planet.
There’s much more to say about each of these points, as
we’ll discover in coming chapters. But the general
conclusion is that “normal” isn’t as far from “miraculous”
as both camps, believers  and skeptics, used to think. The
choices you make today are the key to your wellbeing for
life. Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your
thoughts. Consciousness research is constantly gaining
new ground, so it’s best to assume that your potential for
mind-body mastery is much greater than anyone now
supposes.
OceanofPDF.comWhen I said that no one can honestly claim to know the
cure for breast cancer, I was telling a half-truth. If a patient
could promote the healing process from within, that would
be the cure for cancer. Healing episodes like Chitra’s come
about when a radical shift takes place inside, removing fear
and doubt at the same time as it removes the disease. Yet,
the exact location of this shift opens up profound mysteries.
It deﬁes medical wisdom to answer even the most basic
question: Was the shift in Chitra’s mind, in her body, or
both? To ﬁnd out, Western medicine has recently begun to
move away from drugs and surgery, the mainstay  of every
doctor’s practice, toward  the amorphous, often perplexing
ﬁeld loosely known as “mind-body medicine.” The move
was almost a forced one, because the old reliance on the
physical body alone had begun to crumble.
Mind-body medicine makes many doctors extremely
uneasy. They feel it is more a concept than a true ﬁeld.
Given a choice between a new idea and a familiar chemical,
a doctor will trust the chemical—penicillin, digitalis,
aspirin, and Valium do not need any new thinking on thepatient’s part (or the doctor’s) to be eﬀective. The problem
comes in when the chemical isn’t eﬀective. Recent surveys
taken in England and America have shown that as many as
80 percent of patients feel that their underlying complaint,
their reason for going to the doctor, was not satisfactorily
resolved when they left his oﬀice. Classic studies going
back to the end of World War II showed that patients left
the Yale Medical School hospital sicker than the day they
arrived. (These are paralleled by similar studies that
showed that patients with psychiatric complaints improved
more while they were on the waiting list to see a
psychiatrist than after they actually saw him—so the
situation isn’t simply one of exchanging a body doctor for a
head doctor.)
A miracle cure, then, simply throws into high relief the
need to reexamine some of medicine’s basic concepts. Our
current logic  of healing can be impressive, or at least good
enough, as when we apply penicillin to cure an infection,
but nature’s logic can be awe-inspiring. Many physicians
have stood in wonder witnessing such cures as Chitra’s
without having a clue how to explain them; the standard
term for them is spontaneous remission, a convenie nt tag
that says little more than that the patient recovered by
himself. Spontaneous remissions are quite rare—one study
in 1985 estimated that they occur once in every twenty
thousand diagnosed cancer cases; some specialists believe
they are much rarer (fewer than ten per million), but no
one knows for sure.
Recently I spent an evening with a leading oncologist, or
cancer specialist, from the Midwest, a doctor who treats
thousands of patients every year. I asked him if he knew of
any spontaneous remissions. He shrugged and said, “I feel
uncomfortable with that term. I have seen tumors
completely regress. It’s very rare, but it happens.”Did these regressions sometimes happen totally by
themselves? He admitted that they occasionally did. He
thought for a moment and mentioned that certain kinds of
melanoma—an extremely lethal skin cancer that kills very
quickly—are known to disappear by themselves. He
couldn’t explain why this happened. “I don’t stop to think
about these rare incidents,” he said. “Treating cancer is a
matter of statistics—we  go with the numbers. A huge
majority of patients respond to certain lines of treatment,
and there just isn’t time to ﬁnd out about the inﬁnitesimal
minority who recover for some unknown reason. Besides, it
is our experi ence that many of these regressions  are only
temporary.”
Did he think complete regressions were rarer than one in
a million? No, he answered, not that rare.
Then, as a scientist, didn’t he want to ﬁnd out the
mechanism that lies behind them, even if the odds are one
in a million, or one in ten million? Again he shrugged. “Of
course there must be a mechanism behind it,” he conceded,
“but my practice is not set up to look into that. Let me give
you an example: eight years ago, a man came to see me
complaining of a painful chest cough. We X-rayed him, and
it turned out that he had a large tumor between his lungs.
He was admitted to the hospital, we took a biopsy, and the
pathologist’s report diagnosed the tumor as oat-cell
carcinoma. This is an extremely deadly, very fast-growing
malignancy.
“I told my patient that he must have immediate surgery
to relieve the pressure that his tumor was creating,
followed by radiation and chemotherapy. He was quite
disturbed by the prospect of treatment and refused. I
completely lost track of him after that. Eight years later, a
man came to see me with an enlarged lymph node in his
neck. I took a biopsy, and it turned out to be oat-c ell
carcinoma. Then I realized that it was the same man.“We took chest X rays, and there was no trace of lung
cancer. Normally, 99.99 percent of untreated patients
would have died in six months; as many as 90 percent
would not live ﬁve years even with maximum therapy. I
asked him what he had done for the earlier cancer, and he
told me he hadn’t done anything—he had just decided he
was not going to let himself die of cancer. And he may
refuse treatment again with this second cancer.”
By deﬁnition, scientiﬁc medicine deals in predictable
results. Yet, whenever spontaneous remissions appear,
their behavio r is completely unpredictable. They can occur
without the presence of any therapy, or they can
accompany conventional cancer treatment. The myriad
alternative approaches to cancer available in the United
States today may each have distinct merits, but no one has
proven that they prom ote spontaneous remissions any
better than standard radiation and chemotherapy, nor are
they apparently any worse. How advanced the cancer is
seems not to matter, either. Both tiny tumors and extremely
large masses of malig nancy can disappear, virtually
overnight. Because of their rarity and because they happen
as if by chan ce, spontane ous remissions have so far taught
us very little either about  the cause of cancer or about how
an “impossible” cure is achieved.
It seem s reasonable to suppose that the body is ﬁghting
cancer all the time and winning a huge majority of the
battles. Many kinds of cancer can be induced, either in test
tubes or in laboratory animals, using toxic substances
(carcinogens), fatty diets, radiation, high doses of stress,
and viruses, among other  things. Since we are subjected to
all of these at a furious rate, they must be causing  damage
inside us. DNA is known to break down under these
extreme conditions; usually, however, it knows how to
repair itself or to detect the damaged material and discard
it.This means that early  cancers are probably  being
detected and combatted in the body on a regular  basis. If
you take this process and step it up in intensity, you have
the “miracle” of a spontaneous remission. It is no miracle
at all, in fact, but a natural process that has yet to be
explained, just as curing  pneumonia with penicil lin would
be a miracle  if you could not explain it through the germ
theory of disease. The point is that the mechanism behind
miracle cures is not mystical or random—and it deserves to
be investigated.
—
In ordinary practice, once the miracle is over, the doctor
goes back to his routine, including his routine concepts.
Even these, however, the stock -in-trade of medical school,
have buckled. To give just one example:  Since its inception
as a ﬁeld of rational scien tiﬁc study, medicine has accepted
the degeneration of brain function in elderly people as a
natural occurrence. This deterioration was thoroughly
documented with “hard” ﬁndings—as we age, our brains
shrink, grow lighter, and lose millions of neurons every
year. We have our full complem ent


ost	beautiful	things	in
life	are	truly	simple.	Pets	and	children	intuitively	love	to	frolic	in	the	grass,	and
it’s	time	for	all	of	us	to	focus	on	reestablishing	that	sacred	connection.	Nature
is	so	healing	to	us;	all	we	have	to	do	is	reach	out	and	make	contact	with	her,
and	she	will	help	us	heal	from	the	inside	out,	while	your	beauty	benefits	as	well.
You	will	be	able	to	feel	how	authentically	good	earthing	is	for	you	because	the
more	you	participate	in	earthing,	the	more	reconnected	and	recharged	you	will
feel	in	the	most	Radically	Beautiful	way.
Making	Our
Indoors	Closer	to	Nature
Though	it	would	be	ideal	to	be	outside	in	nature	more,	the	fact	is	that	most	of
us	spend	the	vast	majority	of	our	time	indoors.	We	certainly	can’t	change	that,
and	we	also	can’t	control	everything	in	our	environments,	such	as	when	you’re
walking	down	the	street	and	a	passing	bus	blows	a	spray	of	nasty	exhaust	on
you,	or	when	you	step	into	a	restaurant	and	get	a	whiff	or	two	of	nasty	cigarette
smoke	from	the	smokers	lined	up	outside.	You	also	can’t	help	it	if	the	soap	in
public	restrooms	contains	chemicals	like	sulfates	that	you	wouldn’t	want	to	use
at	home,	or	you	step	into	a	taxi	saturated	with	a	sickeningly	sweet	air	freshener
dangling	from	the	rearview	mirror.
Studies	on	human	exposure	to	air	pollutants	by	the
Environmental
Protection	Agency	(EPA)	indicate	that	indoor	levels	of	pollutants	may	be	two	to
five	times—and	even	upwards	of	over	one	hundred	times—higher	than	outdoor
pollutant	levels.
9
	While	this	may	seem	shocking	if	concerns	about	indoor
pollution	have	never	really	crossed	your	mind,	further	consider	the	fact	that
indoor	air	pollutants	have	been	ranked	among	the	top	five	environmental	risks
to	public	health.
The	problem	is	that	with	air-conditioning,	heating,	and	modern	office
buildings	and	hotels,	many	windows	are	permanently	sealed,	and	very	little
circulating	air	enters	indoor	spaces.	This	allows	indoor	pollutants	to
accumulate	to	levels	that	can	affect	your	health	and,	yes,	your	beauty.	Taking
measures	to	reduce	indoor	pollution	is	especially	important	for	those	who	are
pregnant,	nursing,	or	have	children,	as	these	pollutants	may	even	disrupt
normal	brain	and	organ	development.
10
	Anything	toxic	is	not	in	alignmentwith	the	natural	biorhythms	of	your	body	and	is	going	to	create	free	radicals,
disrupt	your	system,	and	diminish	your	natural	beauty.
But	we	are	not	completely	helpless	to	external	factors.	We
can
	control	our
personal	environments	to	a	great	extent,	and	there	is	much	you	can	do	to
transform	your	personal	environment	into	one	that	nourishes	rather	than
hinders	your	beauty.	It’s	empowering	when	you	realize	all	you	can	do	to	make
these	important	shifts.	There	are	a	lot	of	them.
Here	are	some	measures	you	can	take	to	reduce	toxicity	in	your	home	and	in
any	indoor	spaces	you	spend	time	in.
DITCH
AIR	FRESHENERS
Nobody	likes	a	smelly	bathroom,	but	spraying	air	fresheners	into	the	air
regularly	is	far	worse	for	you	than	enduring	temporary	unpleasant	bathroom
smells.	A	study	from	the
University	of	Washington	found	that	eight	unnamed,
widely	used	US	air	fresheners	released	an	average	of	eighteen	chemicals	into	the
air,
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including	some	volatile	organic	chemicals	(VOCs)	that	are	considered
toxic	or	hazardous.
If	you	want	to	make	your
home	or	office	smell	fresh	(as	we	all	do),	just	open
a	window,	burn	a	nontoxic	soy	candle,	fill	an	essential	oil	diffuser,	or	crack
open	a	box	of	good	ol’	baking	soda,	which	naturally	helps	to	fight	odors.	Also
work	to	get	rid	of	the	source	of	the	smell	in	the	first	place;	it	might	mean
replacing	something	that’s	old	or	past	its	prime	(like	an	old	carpet),	which
would	end	up	being	a	positive	change	all	around.
USE	NATURAL	CLEANING	METHODS
It’s	absolutely	critical	to	reduce	toxic	cleaning	products	in	your	home	across	the
board—from	dish	soaps	to	carpet	cleaners,	all	surface	and	cleaning	sprays,	and
so	on.	Go	green	all	the	way!	Your	health	and	beauty	are	worth	it.	Get	a	big	trash
can	and	clean	house	(pun	intended),	ridding	your	whole	space	of	toxic
chemicals.	You	can	find	some	nontoxic	DIY	natural	cleaning	products	to	get
your	space	spic-and-span	without	any	toxic	petroleum-based	chemicals	(see
this
page
).	Lemons,	baking	soda,	and	vinegar	are	fantastic	natural	cleaning
ingredients,	and	you	might	be	surprised	at	how	well	they	work	compared	with
their	toxic,	chemical-filled	counterparts.
VACUUM	REGULARLY
Regularly	vacuum	all	indoor	spaces	using	an	appliance	with	a
HEPA	filter,
which	stands	for	“high-efficiency	particulate	air.”	A	HEPA	filter	is	a	type	ofmechanical	air	filter	that	works	by	forcing	air	through	a	fine	mesh	filter	that
traps	harmful	particles	and	ensures	they	don’t	get	blown	back	out	into	your
space	(which	obviously	would	defeat	the	purpose	of	your	hard	work!).	These
particles	include	pollutants,	allergens,	dust,	and	brominated	fire-retardant
chemicals	(known	as	PBDEs).	Be	sure	to	wash	out	your	filter	regularly.
MOP	IT
According	to	the
Environmental	Working	Group,	ordinary	house	dust	is	a
complex	mixture	of	pet	dander,	fungal	spores,	particulates	from	indoor
aerosols,	soil
tracked	in	by	foot	traffic,	volatile	organic	compounds	(VOCs)	that
evaporate	at	room	temperature,	and	traces	of	metals,	and	these	contaminants
may	degrade	more	slowly	in	dust.
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	Regular	mopping,	especially	with	the	use	of
microfiber	mops,	captures	dust	and	dirt	from	surfaces	that	vacuuming	tends	to
leave	behind.	You	can	mop	with	plain	water	(after	vacuuming),	a	nontoxic	soap,
or	some	diluted	white	vinegar.
KEEP	A	STRICT
SHOE-FREE	POLICY
If	you’ve	ever	traveled	to	Asia,	you	know	that	in	many	countries	it’s	customary
to	remove	your	shoes	upon	entering	a	home	or	traditional	restaurant.	This	is	an
excellent	policy	to	greatly	reduce	pesticides,	pollutants,	and	toxins	that	can	be
tracked	into	your	home	from	the	bottoms	of	shoes	and	then	absorbed	through
bare	feet	(yuck!).	This	is	especially	true	if	you	practice	yoga	at	home	and	place
your	face	near	the	floor,	or	if	you	have	toddlers	and	children	whose	hands	often
make	contact	with	the	floor.
Think	about	it…what	is	on	the	bottom	of	your	shoes?	If	you’ve	ever	been	to
New	York	City	or	any	other	large	city	and	seen	the	sidewalks	there,	it	might	feel
pretty	nasty	to	want	to	have


 winter or for a heart -
ier meal.
Steam two cups of broccoli for five minutes until it is cooked al
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into the Vitamix. Add one cup of cilantro, one to three cloves of garlic,
the juice of one lemon, and a dash of sea salt. Blend until smooth (at
least two minutes). Enjoy warm!
Dr. Filonov’s Fish Soup
Dr. Filonov finds fish soup to be a nourishing, healing meal to be enjoyed
during the up-building phase of the exit. His wife, Valentina, and his
cook Tania make exceptional versions of this soup. Wash and chop two
carrots, two stalks of celery, one potato, one leek, and one cup of dill.
Add these to a medium-sized soup pot with one tablespoon of extra vir -
gin olive oil, two bay leaves, and a dash of Himalayan sea salt. T urn the
heat to medium for three to five minutes, and stir the ingredients with
a wooden spoon until the olive oil is coating the vegetables and they are
starting to soften. Add one quart of spring water and one to two pounds
of cod with the skin removed. It will break apart into pieces. Bring the
soup to a boil for one minute, and then turn the heat to medium low
so that the soup can simmer until the vegetables are soft and the fish is
cooked. Do not overcook; the vegetables and fish should preserve their
vitality. Enjoy this nourishing soup from Siberia.
Frozen Coconut Cream with Cardamom
Even Dad, the Ben & Jerry’s aficionado, lights up with delight when I
take a package of frozen coconut meat out of the freezer. This is a win
that is sugar-free and has antimicrobial properties in the coconut.
Allow one package of frozen meat from Exotic Superfoods to semi-
thaw until there are still some frozen chunks but it is pliable. Add it to
the Vitamix along with one half to one cup of either coconut water or
coconut milk. Season with your favorite spices. Mine are one teaspoon ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 28
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of cardamom, one teaspoon of vanilla, and one pitted date (optional).
Cinnamon and nutmeg are also delicious choices. If you are feeling
decadent, you may even add two tablespoons of raw cacao to your
treat (not to be confused or substituted with cocoa powder). Blend the
ingredients in the Vitamix until you achieve your desired consistency.
Place the mixture in serving-size containers, and freeze it partially. If
you allow it to freeze entirely, it will be quite solid and take some time
to thaw.
Night Caps and Morning Potions
Better Beet It:  For a nice warm morning drink, juice one beet, one to
two inches of ginger root, and one lemon. Add one cup of hot water,
and mix it all together with a spoon.
Chamomile Thyme:  Boil a quart of water, and pour it over a fresh
bunch of thyme leaves and two tablespoons of dried loose-leaf cham -
omile. Let it steep for ten minutes. Strain it through a sieve into your
cup with a squeeze of lemon or with local, organic honey. It’s always
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Introduction
1. However, ticks have existed for millions of years and have a long history of
infecting humans and animals.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Lyme Disease,” October 1,
2020, https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/lyme.html.
3. John J. Halperin, “Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease,” Current
Infectious Disease Reports 13, no. 4 (2011): 360–366.
4. American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, “Autoimmune
Facts,” accessed February 15, 2022, https://autoimmune.org/wp
-content/uploads/2019/12/1-in-5-Brochure.pdf.
5. National Institutes of Health, “Progress in Autoimmune Diseases
Research,” March 2005, https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/
adccfinal.pdf.
6. Lihua Duan, Xiaoquan Rao, and Keshav Raj Sigdel, “Regulation of
Inflammation in Autoimmune Disease,” Journal of Immunology Research,
February 28, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7403796.
7. Mathilde Versini, Pierre-Yves Jeandel, Eric Rosenthal, and Yehuda
Shoenfeld, “Obesity in Autoimmune Diseases: Not a Passive Bystander,”
Autoimmunity Reviews  13, no. 9 (2014): 981–1000.
8. Sergey Filonov, Dry Fasting: 20 Questions and Answers (Moscow: Siberika,
2019), 56.
Chapter 1
1. Amy Tan, The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings  (New York: G. P.
Putnam’s Sons, 2003), 367.
2. Joseph Romm, Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know  (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2015), 1.ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 30
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3. Alison F. Hinckley, Neeta P. Connally, James I. Meek, Barbara J. Johnson,
Melissa M. Kemperman, Katherine A. Feldman, Jennifer L. White, and
Paul S. Mead, “Lyme Disease T esting by Large Commercial Laboratories
in the United States,” Clinical Infectious Diseases  59, no. 5 (2014):
676–681.
4. Steven Phillips and Dana Parish, Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the
Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again  (New York:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), 204.
Chapter 2
1. Meghan O’Rourke, Sun in Days: Poems  (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017),
119.
2. Louise Bazalgette, William Bradley, and Jenny Ousbey, The Truth about
Suicide  (London: Demos, 2011).
Chapter 4
1. Virginia Woolf, On Being Ill  (Ashfield, MA: Paris Press, 2012), 7; Ludwig
Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, trans. G. E. M. Anscombe
(Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), §253.
Chapter 7
1. Rumi, “By the Sound of Their Voice,” in The Rumi Collection, ed. Kabir
Helminski (London: Shambhala, 2012), 4.
Chapter 8
1. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring  (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002), 8.
2. Wendell Berry, New Collected Poems  (Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press,
2012).
3. Rumi, The Analects of Rumi, ed. Ak ṣapāda (n.p.: independently published,
2019), 123.ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 31
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Chapter 14
1. E. E. Cummings, “i thank You God for most this amazing,” in Complete
Poems, 1904–1962, ed. George James Firmage (New York: Liveright,
2008).
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1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “How Many People Get
Lyme Disease?” January 13, 2021, https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/
humancases.html.
2. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Lyme Disease Costs
Up to $1.3 Billion per Year, Study Finds,” February 5, 2015, https://
publichealth.jhu.edu/2015/lyme-disease-costs-more-than-one
-billion-dollars-per-year-to-treat-study-finds.
3. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Lyme Disease
Costs.”
4. Robert C. Bransfield, “Suicide and Lyme and Associated Diseases,”
Neuropsychotic Disease and Treatment  13 (2017): 1575–1587.
5. Gina Kolata and Sewell Chan, “Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan Wins Nobel
Prize for Study of ‘Self-Eating’ Cells,” New York Times, October 3, 2016,
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/yoshinori-ohsumi-nobel
-prize-medicine.html.
6. Mark Mattson, “Why Fasting Bolsters Brain Power,” TEDx Talks, March
18, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UkZAwKoCP8.
7. Anahad O’Connor, “Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance,” New York
Times, March 7, 2016, https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/
intermittent-fasting-diets-are-gaining-


 to those of the
animals given raw milk.
   At Ohio State University, Dr. Ernest Scott and Prof. Lowell
Erf also fed different groups of rats on raw and pasteurized
milk. The animals on raw milk showed a good, sleek coat;
they were adequate in growth and weight; their eyes were
clear; their dispositions were excellent, and they enjoyed
being petted. Those on pasteurized milk had a roughened coat; their growth was slow; their eyes lacked luster, and they
were very irritable, often showing a tendency to bite when
being handled. The rats on pasteurized milk also showed a
loss of vitality and weight, and many developed anemia.
   Using cats in a similar set of experiments, Prof. Erf noted
the following results when pasteurized milk was used as a
partial ration for the animals: "(a) Incomplete mineralization of the offspring, (b) The inability of the animal to
remineralize its own skeleton adequately after pregnancy and
likely to produce a rachitic condition in the offspring. (c) Failure in the development of the teeth. (d) Muscular and
ligamentous atony as well as changes in the histological
factor of the various organs. (e) Tendency toward
development in allergies. (f) Tendency toward sterility in subsequent generations. "
   Two English scientists, Mattick and Golding, employed
white rats in a series of experiments, also with milk. They fed different groups of the animals fresh raw milk, pasteurized
milk, and sterilized milk. Those receiving raw milk attained
normal weight and growth in each of the four generations the
experiments were conducted. Rats receiving pasteurized milk
grew less rapidly, and reproduction was impaired. The animals
given sterilized milk grew less ra pidly than either of the other groups; reproduction was also less efficient, and
none of the animals in the third generation lived longer than a
day.
   Another investigator, S. Schmidt-Nielson, fed white rats
pasteurized milk and reported that the food produced
diminished vitality and early death in the offspring of mature animals. Daniels and Loughlin reported the failure of normal
growth in all rats given heated milk, whether evaporated,
condensed, or pasteurized. They also observed that this milk
increased the tendency of the animals to develop polyneuritis.
Given adequate amounts of raw milk, none of the animals developed this disease, whereas three on pasteurized milk
were severely afflicted. Kitc hin and McFarland noted that
raw milk provided good growth curves in rats, whereas
growth among animals given pasteurized milk was poor.
Russell observed that the addition of raw beef to a wheat-milk diet in rats improved reproduction and increased the
general vigor of the young. Abeline reported that rats fed
whole wheat bread baked at high temperatures were stunted
in growth and not so resistant to disease as were rats given
bread baked at low temperatures. In Finland, Dr. Reinius reported feeding rats a diet composed exclusively of food
heated in an oven at 140 degrees C. for 30 to 40 minutes. This
caused total cessation of grow th of the animals, which was
attributed to the destruction of certain amino acids by heat.
   McCandlish and Black, of the West of Scotland College of
Agriculture, tested raw and pasteurized milk on the growth
and health of calves. Fourteen calves of different breeds and sexes were divided into two groups of six and eight
respectively, one receiving raw milk from the age of five days
and the other receiving pasteurized milk from the same age. At the end of go days all calves on raw milk were alive and in
good health. Of those on pasteurized milk, two had died and
one had to be removed on account of unthriftiness. For the
first 60 days there was no significant difference in the rate of
growth, but after that period the calves on raw milk grew more rapidly. The calves on pasteurized milk consumed more
food per pound of weight gained, using 6 per cent more milk, 16 per cent more grain, and 43 per cent more hay.
   W. Catel, using goats, also found better results from the use
of raw milk. Animals so fed attained much better growth than
those using pasteurized milk, though some fared badly when
given milk from the bottle but thrived well on the mother's milk obtained naturally. Catel found that "The utilization of
fat, carbohydrate, protein, calcium, and phosphorus was less

 complete in the animals fed on heated milk; these animals
retained a very high proportion of choline in their food."
   Dried skim milk has been heralded as a "super food" in
some quarters, but experimental animals live very poorly on
this food after it has been heat-processed during manufacture
or at any other time. Dr. Joseph E. Muller, of Indiana University, found that white rats given unheated dried milk
had only 5.4 per cent dental defects, while the caries
incidence rose to 9.3 per cent when heated dried milk was
given. McClure and Folk likewise found that dried milk
produced dental caries in rats, with the amount of damage being parallel with the degree of heating the milk had
undergone. Kraft and Morgan, of th e University of California,
reported that the dried milk lost half of its growth efficiency
for rats if it had been cooked for 15 minutes, and all of its
growth value if cooked for 25 minutes. From Germany comes a report from Fink and Schlie, who tested 21 samples of dried
skim milk as contrasted to fresh skim milk. Of 200 rats given
the dried milk, 95 per cent died within 40 to 100 days, and 85
per cent of these had liver necrosis. All rats given the same
diet, but with fresh skim milk instead of dried milk, survived
the experiment with complete freedom from liver necrosis.
   Both mice and rabbits have been tested with raw and heat-
processed foods. Wilson and Cowel noted that young mice
thrive better upon raw milk than upon pasteurized milk,
possessing a higher weight average and much greater vitality.
Marine and his associates fed a group of rabbits upon raw
cabbage and a group upon cooked cabbage. The former were healthy and displayed complete immunity to goiter, whereas
cooked cabbage was found to be goitrogenic and produced a high incidence of the disease among the animals.
   Cats and dogs fed commercial pet foods, which have all
been heat-processed, show various symptoms of disease in experimental tests. M. L. Morris fed a group of cats upon
fresh meat and all thrived well, but those animals given
samples of many different commercial cat foods did poorly in
comparison, and a number of the cats showed emaciation,
skin lesions, and neurological signs. Dr. Clive McCay has pointed out that "The meat meals commonly used in dog
feeds are often so over-heated in processing that they are
entirely devoid of vitamin B
1. Recently in a digestion trial of
meat meals made by students, the dog refused to eat and
became badly constipated." Koehn observed that dogs may appear healthy and thrive for long periods on cooked rations
containing cottonseed meal, "but eventually they will die very
suddenly." Dogs fed upon raw foods are resistant to
ex
perimental amoebic infection, but those animals given a diet of canned meat have very low resistance. E. C. Foust
found that he could produce amoebic infection at will in
poorly nourished animals and then establish a cure by feeding
raw liver. This food arrested the amoebic lesion and at the same time lessened the danger of secondary bacterial
infection.
   Magendie made extensive feeding trials with dogs to
determine the effects of raw bones. Animals given boiled
bones died within a couple of months, and those fed the heat-
processed bone extract, gelatin, for a few days, preferred to
die rather than eat more. Fresh raw bones, on the other hand, kept the dogs alive for long periods and appeared to afford
adequate nourishment.
   The canine experience with milk has been much the same.
An English physician reported feeding puppies on pasteurized
milk, and the animals died. Other puppies were given raw
milk and thrived well. The American physician, Dr. Charles
Sanford, reported that "Dogs fed on pasteurized milk only are liable to have the mange and other disorders, while others of
the same litter thrive on raw, sweet and sour milk."

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XPERIMENTS WITH HEAT-PROCESSED FATS
   In England Dr. May Mellanby tested raw and heat-
processed fats in their relation to the dental condition of the
dog. Dr. Mellanby found that the inclusion of raw butter, raw butterfat, or raw cod liver oil in the dog's diet would, almost
without exception, insure good calcification of the teeth.
When these foods were heated at 120 degrees C., however,
their calcifying potency was seriously reduced. This was
especially noticeable when the foods were exposed to oxygen during the period of heating. The loss of calcifying properties
was thought due to either impairment of the fat soluble
vitamins by heat or to the production during treatment of
harmful substances which in themselves interfere with teeth calc


aying:Calc-f.
TouchyseeIrritable;Sensitive
TravelsicknessBor.,Cocc,Nux-v.,Petr.,Sep.,
Stap.,Tab.
With:
biliousness:Sep.
diarrhoea:Cocc.
dizziness:Cocc
faint-likefeeling:Cocc,Nux-v.
headache:Cocc,Nux-v.,Petr.,Sep.
J
196•Trembling INTERNALREPERTORY
nausea:Bor.,Cocc,Nux-ik,Petr.,Sep.,
Tab.
deathly,intermittent,violentnausea:
Tab.
vomiting:Bor.,Cocc,Petr.,Sep.,Tab.
food:Sep.
bile:Sep.
Better:
lyingdown:Cocc,Nux-i>.
freshair:Tab.
Worse:
fordownwardmovement:Bor.
afterdrinking:Cocc.
aftereating:Cocc,Nux-u.,Sep.
freshair:Cocc,Nux-v.,Petr.
morning:Sep.
movement:Cocc,Tab.
sittingup:Cocc.
stuffyroom:Tab.
tobacco:Nux-v.,Tab.
Causes:
pregnancy:Sep.
travelling:Petr.
TremblingAgar.,Cimi.,Cocc,Gels.,Zinc
Fromemotion:Cocc.
TwitchyAgar.,Zinc.
Uncommunicative (seealsoBroody;Introspective)
Carb-a.,Cocc,Glon.,Pho-ac,Phos.,Ver-a.,
Zinc.
UnforgivingNit-ac
UrineseeRetentionofurine
UrticariaseeHives
VaricoseveinsFerr-m.,Ham.,Puis.
Legsandthighs:Ham.
Painful:
Painsstinging:Puis.
Swollen:Ferr-m.,Ham.
Worse:
duringpregnancy:Ferr-m.,Ham.,Puis.
forcouch:Ham.
afterchildbirth:Ham.
VoicelostArg-n.,Carb-v.,Caust.,Phos.
Insingers:Arg-n.,Caust.,Phos.
Painless:Phos.
Sudden:Caust.
Worseintheevening:Carb-v.
Vomiting(seealsoFoodpoisoning;Travel
sickness)Ant-c,Ant-t.,Ars.,Bry.,Calc-c,
Cham.,Chin.,Colch.,Ferr-m.,lp.,Nux-v.,
Phos.,Sep.,Sit.,Sul-ac,Tab.,Ver-a.
Belly/stomach feelcold:Ver-a.
Inbreastfedbabies:Ant-c,Sil.
Difficult:Ant-t.
Easy:Ars.,Cham.
Exhausting:Tab.
Frequent:Ars.,Chin.Duringpregnancy:Ant-c,Nat-s.,Nux-v.,Sep.,
Tab.
Painsinthestomach:
burning:Colch.,Phos.
cramping/griping: Ver-a.
sore,bruised:Colch.
Sudden(whileeating):Ferr-m.
Violent:Ars.,Phos.,Tab.,Ver-a.
Vomit:
bile:Ant-c,Ars.,Cham.,lp.,Nux-v.,Phos.,
Sep.',Ver-a.
bitter:Bry.,Nux-v.,Phos.
curdledmilk:Ant-c,Calc-c,Sil.
food:Ars.,Chin.,Ferr-m.,Ip.
green:Ip.
mucus:Nux-v.,Phos.,Ver-a.
smelly:Ars.,Nux-v.,Sep.
sour:Ant-t.,Calc-c,Chin.,Nux-v.,Sul-ac,
Tab.,Ver-a.
violent:Phos.,Tab.
watery:Ars.,Bry.,Ver-a.
yellow:Phos.,Ver-a.
With:
diarrhoea:Ars.,Ver-a.
dizziness:Ver-a.
faintnessaftervomiting:Ars.
fever:A)it-t.
headache:Ip.
hiccupingaftervomiting:Ver-a.
retchingaftervomiting:Colch.
sweatingwhilevomiting:Ars.
Worse:
aftermidnight:Ferr-m.
beforebreakfast:Tab.
bendingdown:Ip.
coughing:Ant-t.,Bry.,Ip.
coughingupphlegm:Nux-v.
afterdrinking:Ant-c,Ars.,Phos.,Ver-a.
aftereating:Ars.,Chin.,Ip.,Phos.,Sep.,Sil.
Ver-a.
ashortwhileaftereating/drinking: Phos.
eggs:Ferr-m.
expectorating:Nux-v.
milk:Ant-c,Sil.
movement:Ars.,Bry.,Tab.
night:Ferr-m.
aftereating:Ars.
smellofeggs:Colch.
Causes:
alcohol:Nux-v.
anger:Cham.,Nux-v.
ice-cream:Ars.
measles:Ant-c.
pregnancy:Nux-v.,Sep.,Tab.
sourwine:Ant-c
travelling:Tab.
INTERNALREPERTORY Worse•197
WartsThu.
Bleeding:Thu.
Large:Thu.
Stinging:Thu.
WeaknessseeExhaustion
WearyRuta
Oflife:Nats.
WeepyseeTearful
WhinyAp.,Puis.
WhoopingcoughseeCough
WindseeFlatulence
WormsCina
WorryseeAnxious
WorseseealsoComplaintsfrom
Aftermidnight:Ars.,Podo.
Around:
1a.m.:Ars.
3-5p.m.:Ap.
2-4a.m.:Kali-c.
10a.m.:Nat-m.
10-11a.m.:Sk/.
3p.m.:Bell.
4-8p.m.:Lye
9p.m.:Bry.
Afternoon:Lye.
Alcohol:Lach.,Nux-v.,Op.,Sul-ac.
Autumn:Colch.,Rhus-t.
Bathing:Sul.
Beforebreakfast:Tab.
Beginningtomove:Ferr-m.,Rhus-t.
Changeoftemperature:Ars.,Kali-s.
ChangeofweatherseeComplaintsfromChange
ofweather
Cloudyweather:Rhus-t.
Coffee:Caust.,Cham.,Ign.,Nux-v.
Cold:Agar.,Ars.,Bar-c.,Calc-c.,Calc-p.,Caust.,
Chin.,Citni.,Colch.,Dulc,Hep-s.,Hyp.,
Kali-b.,Kali-c,Kali-p.,Mag-p.,Merc-s.,
Nit-ac,Nux-v.,Pho-ac,Phos.,Puis.,Pyr.,
Rhod.,Rhus-t.,Sep.,Sil.
Coldandheat:Merc-s.
Cold,dryweather:Caust.,Hep-s.,Kali-c,Nux-v.
Coldfood:Nux-v.
Colddrinks/food:Rhus-t.
Coldwind:Bell.,Hep-s.,Nux-v.,Spo.
Cold,wetweather:Pyr.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,(seealso
Damp)
ConsolationseeDislikesconsolation
Damp(seealsoCold,wet):Ars.,Calc-c,Calc-p.,
Colch.,Dulc,Nat-s.,Rhus-t.,Sil.
Draughts:Calc-c,Calc-p.,Caust.,Kali-c,Rhus-t.,
Sil.,Sul.
Afterearing:Kali-b.,Nat-m.,Zinc
Beforeeating:Nat-c,Phos.
Evening:Caust.,Cham.,Euphr.,Lye,Mag-c,
Merc-s.,Nat-p.,Pho-ac,Phos.,Sul-ac,Zinc.Excitement:Kali-p.
Exertion(physical):Ars.,Calc-c,Carb-v.,Cocc,
Kali-p.,Stap.,Sul.
Exposuretosun:Ant-c,Glon.,Nat-c,Nat-m.,
Puis.
Fasting:Sep.,Stap.,Sul.,Tab.
Firstlyingdown:Con.
Flatulentfoods(beans,etc.);Bry.,Lye
Freshair:Bapt.,Calc-c,Calc-p.,Caust.,Cham.,
Chin.,Cocc,Coff.,Hep-s.,Nat-c,Nit-ac,
Nux-v.,Petr.,Sil.
Foggyweather:Rhus-t.
Frostyweather:Sep.
Fruit:Ver-a.
Gettingfeetwet:Bar-c,Puis.,Sil.
Gettingheadwet:Bell.
Gettingwet:Caust.,Sep.
Gettingoverheated:Ant-c,Kali-c.
Heat:Ap.,Arg-n.,Calc-s.,Glon.,Kali-s.,Lach.,
Led.,Nat-m.,Puis.,Sul.,Sul-ac.
Heatandcold:Merc-s.
Humidity:Carb-v.,Lach.,Nat-s.
Jarringmovement:Am.,Bell.,Glon.,Nit-ac.
Lighttouch:Chin.,Merc-s.
Lossofsleep:Cocc,Nit-ac,Nux-v.
Lyingdown:Con.,Dros.,Dulc,Ferr-m.,Merc-s.,
Nat-s.,Rhus-t.
Lyingontheinjuredpart:Am.
Lyingonthepainfulpart'side:Hep-s.,Ruta.
Lyingontheside:Kali-c.
Beforeamenstrualperiod:Lach.,Nat-m.
Before/during/after amenstrualperiod:Sep.
Mentalexertion:Calc-p.,Kali-p.,Sep.
Mid-morning:Nat-c,Nat-m.,Podo.,Sul-ac.
Midnight:Dros.
Milk:Calc-c,Calc-s.,Mag-m.,Sul.
Morning:Lach.,Nat-s.,Nux-v.,Petr.,Pho-ac


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TWO CASES OF CLEANSING

Let’s examine two cases that exemplify the healing crisis.
Case #1
A thirty-six-year-old female with pancreatic cancer. This was the
degenerative type of cancer that shut her pancreas down. Very little of any
digestive activity was left. When she ate any food, it came out in her stoolsthe same way it was eaten. Her gastrin levels were extremely high. During her
program she had at least forty golf-ball-size tumors “pop” out all over both
legs. The medical doctor told her that her cancer had spread throughout her
body. However, I kept her on a fruit diet and within three weeks or so the leg
tumors were all gone.
A month later she went to the dentist because one of her teeth became
loose. The dentist
told her it was abscessed and pulled it. When she found a
second loose tooth, the dentist again recommended pulling it. Luckily, her
monthly appointment to see me took place before the second tooth extraction.
I told her it was just a symptom of her healing crisis and to be patient.
By the following week her mouth was full of abscesses and most of her
teeth were loose. But a week or so later, all the abscesses were gone. All her
teeth were tight and her mouth felt “clean” and healthier than ever. Her sense
of taste improved dramatically as well. After eleven months there was no
cancer left, and she is alive and well today.
Case #2
A thirty-two-year-old female who had a C3-C4 cervical spine severation from
a head-on collision. She had been immobile for twelve years. Besides the
standard healing (cleansing) processes, she went through some tough
emotional releasing. One night she might call me crying deeply. The next
night she would call me laughing uncontrollably. This emotional release went
on for almost two months. Her caregiver wanted to hang me! However, I
assured him that this was her emotional body cleaning itself out. The car
crash that left her paralyzed in her late teens had also resulted in the death of
the other driver. For twelve years she had held in all the feelings that you can
imagine would be associated with such a situation. To make a long story
short, in eleven months she had total neurological reconnec-tion, with free
and conscious movement of any part of her body, with total feeling. Because
the cleansing had assisted her in removing this deep grief, she also became
more emotionally stable and her healing process was accelerated.
These two cases are among thousands that I have witnessed in my thirty
years as a healer, yet they represent extremes. Some healing crises deserve the
“Wow” factor, as these two did, but most are the “Oh, that was nothing …”
type. Most of you will probably have mild to moderate symptoms at most.
SPECIAL NOTEFor those taking multiple chemical medications, have your healthcare
practitioner help you to wean (or titrate) off of these. The advantages of
leaving these medications behind will become self-evident as your blood
sugars normalize, and your blood pressure drops back to normal. High blood
pressure is obviously a reflection of obstructions in the body and acidosis.
Most people with high blood pressure actually have low blood pressure.
When their bodies are detoxified, their blood pressure will reflect this. Your
systolic rate can drop into the low 100s, 90s or even 80s, depending upon
how weak your adrenal glands are.

No matter what your healing crisis looks like, never lose sight of your
goal: total health. Achieving your goal will be worth the discomfort of any
symptoms.
Never fear a healing crisis or cleansing, as these are as natural as the
sunrise every morning. Look forward to these cleansings. With each one you
will feel better, and you’ll be much healthier for your efforts.
END RESULTS OF A CLEANSING PROCESS

Increased energy—many times more dynamic and dramatic
Deeper breathing (greater lung capacity)
Increased sense of smell, taste, and hearing
Tumor reduction or elimination
Loss of lymphatic swelling
Greater strength in previously weak areas
Increased circulation
Gray hair begins to disappear (goes back to natural color)
The skin begins to tighten and become softer
Clarity in thinking
Improved memory
Disease symptoms disappear
Blood sugars normalize
Blood pressure will normalize
Deeper relationship with God and Nature
Higher sense of happiness, joy and well-being
Skin blemishes (like pimples, rashes, etc.) disappearBowels move better
Improved kidney function
Voice strengthens
Heart arrhythmias disappear
Improved eyesight
Overall sense of well-being and vibrancy comes back
Reversal of the “aging” process
Never get “sick” or “catch” what’s going around
And much, much more.
WHAT TO AVOID DURING A HEALING CRISIS

DEHYDRATION
 — Keep yourself hydrated with fresh mineral water or
freshly juiced fruit and vegetable juices.
OVEREXERTION
 — During a healing crisis try to conserve your energy.
TOO MANY PESTICIDES
 — Pesticides can cause shortness of breath and
“hypo” conditions of the endocrine gland system and nervous system.
PUSHING IT TOO FAR
 — If you need to slow down or stop the cleansing
process temporarily, start eating some cooked foods. Try to make do with the
minimal amount, if possible, like some steamed vegetables or whole grain
rice. This will lower the body’s systemic energy for a time and it will stop the
intense cleansing. As soon as you can, resume the cleansing program.
FEVERS ABOVE
 103° FAHRENHEIT — In adults and children such
fevers should be controlled by cool baths and the like. Children can naturally
have high fevers, especially around 104° and 105°. Keep the child cooled
down with cold washcloths and cool baths. There’s a fine line between
interfering with the body’s effort to clean and heal itself and simply allowing
your body freedom to do as it chooses. However, a slight fever would be no
cause for concern, and require no control. But with higher fevers we want to
carefully monitor the body and control those situations that could cause more
severe side effects. Remember, always keep the body hydrated by drinking
plenty of water or fresh fruit juices. But don’t over-hydrate yourself either.
Balance is key.
IMPATIENCE
 — When you start energizing and alkalizing your body, it
will start to clean itself out. Always remember that the body is doing this
cleansing. You can use herbal formulas to increase the cleaning action ofcongested lymphatic systems, to kill parasites, and to enhance the function of
your organs and glands. However, your body has its own rhythm of healing
and cleansing itself. Be patient.
DON’T OVEREAT
 — Animals generally don’t eat at all when they’re sick.
Your body was designed to heal itself and clean itself out, as God is at work
in all its mechanisms. All you have to do is feed the body properly.
SMART CLEANSING

It is important to be smart in helping your body to detoxify itself. Again,
there can be a fine line between helping or hindering it. Have some common
sense about this whole process of detoxification. Each person is unique. What
an asthmatic goes through may be totally different than a case of uterine
cancer.
The healing process is truly magnificent. It’s part of a “Letting Go” that
frees you on so many levels, yet few understand that. Embrace Life, Health
and God!
If as you cleanse you experience side effects such that you feel you need
to go to an Emergency Room—GO! I spent many years working in them.
They are there to help in a crisis. It’s just too bad that most ER personnel
don’t understand about the detoxification process and the “healing crisis.”
During these times, which are generally rare, review
Module 6.5
,
What to
Expect During Detox.

ITEMS FOR YOUR HOME FIRST AID KIT
Below is a list of First Aid items to have in your home to aid your
comfort level during a detoxification process.CASTOR OIL PACKS
See
Chapter 10
 for what is needed to prepare these.

OLIVE OIL
Used like or instead of castor oil.

CAYENNE PEPPER
Used to dilate the skin and/or vascular system; for high blood pressure or
castor oil packs.

PLEURISY ROOT, MULLEIN LEAF AND/OR FENUGREEK SEED
Lung expectorant

A HEAT SOURCE
Hot water bottle or heating pad, etc. Used to dilate or “drive” herbs
through the skin.

AN ANTI-SPASMODIC (AN HERBAL TINCTURE)
Spasms, convulsions, cramping and pain

HERBAL PAIN FORMULA
Tincture, preferably

SLIPPERY ELM AND/OR MARSHMALLOW ROOT HERBAL TEAS
For acid reflux

ARNICA OIL
Use externally for sprains, pulls, stiff or sore muscles, etc.

HERBAL HEALING SALVE
Should contain a variety of healing herbs likecomfrey, horsetail, lobelia,marigold, etc. Used for sprains, muscle pulls, pain in joints, wounds, etc.

PLANTAIN


 It will  come
into the Full  Power  of Expression  forever  sustained!
I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XIII
SEATTLE,  WASHINGTON.  August  iqyj
Beloved  Ones  of Seattle,  sometime  ago  you  will  remem-
ber, because  of the Out-pouring  of the Great  Cosmic  Light
to mankind,  I was  able  to set aside  the action  of time  and
space.  In other  words,  dissolve  and  consume  for you  and
all of the Students  of the "I AM"  thruout  America—one-
third  of their  own  human  creation.  If you  understood  this,
it would  give  every  one Infinite  Joy,  Courage  and  Strength!
Now,  I have  an added  Joy to relate  to you  today.  Since
the twenty-first  of July,  when  the recent  Great  Release  of
the Cosmic  Light  struck  the  Earth;  I have  been  able  to
dissolve  and consume  another  one-third  of your  own  human
creation  for you!  That  means  two-thirds  of your  own  hu-
man  accumulation  of the centuries,  including  the present—
has been  dissolved  and  consumed  for you!
It is how  Great  Our  Love  is for you!  It means  every  sin-
cere "I AM"  Student  in America  and  the World;  for many
have  now  become  sincere  Students  in almost  every  country
of the World.  Will  you  try for just  a few  moments,  to feel
with  Me just  what  THAT  means  to you?  Beloved  Saint
Germain  told  you,  your  own  human  creation  was  ten times
more  pressure  upon  you,  than  the atmospheric  pressure  of
Earth.  Then  it means  also,  two-thirds  of the pressure  of
your  own  human  creation  is released  from  you,  from  your
i54 DISCOURSE  VIII  155
physical  world.  Why  do I call  your  attention  to this ? Be-
cause  of the Power  of your  Attention,  which  gives  you  the
Realization;  for I know  you  believe,  I tell you  the Truth.
Notice  this  carefully,  for I am endeavoring  to give  you
the Full  Feeling—that  two-thirds  of your  own  human  cre-
ation  have  been  dissolved  and  consumed  for you.  It means
two-thirds  of the pressure,  which  is wholly  an independent
activity  from  the usual  effect  of your  own  creation,  has been
released  from  acting  upon  you.  It is a Tremendous  Thing,
Beloved  Ones;  and  it makes  your  own  effort  in your  own
Call to your  Presence,  two-thirds  easier  for you.
That  has gone  into  Activity,  since  the twenty-first  of July,
since  twelve  o'clock  on the beginning  of the twenty-first.
I wish  you  might  feel  quite  definitely,  all of These  Great
Cosmic  Activities  which  sweep  into  action  for the Earth,
are a very  definite  thing.  Ordinarily,  all of the Cosmic  Ac-
tivity  of the Earth  came  in, as a Gentle  Blending  into  the
atmosphere  of Earth;  because  mankind  was  not yet suffi-
ciently  prepared;  but  as This  "I AM"  Activity  has  con-
tinued  to act thru  your  Decrees,  in Its Various  Pulsations  to
Earth;  mankind  has been  prepared.  Now  like  that  (a wave
of the hand)  It comes  in a sweep,  instead  of the Gentle
Activity  which  was  required  before.  This  is why  We want
your  Attention  to be on these  things;  because  thru  your
Attention,  much  more  can  be done  for you,  than  if you
were  not aware  of It.
Let Me  assure  you,  Beloved  Ones,  your  Attention  is so
Powerful!  Remind  yourselves  every  morning,  when  you 156 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
awake:  "Now  what  my attention  is on I become!  Where
my attention  is, there  I am"!  Then  you  won't  want  to let
your  attention  be on destructive  or limiting  things;  because
you know  you  become  what  you  contemplate.
Every  moment  your  attention  is on gossip,  criticism  or
condemnation,  you  are becoming  that  yourself!  You  may  be
ever so innocent  of any  feeling;  but if you  begin  to revolve
or discuss  criticism,  condemnation,  judgment,  hatred,  an-
ger, jealousy  and  all those  things;  you  are charging  them
into your  world,  which  you  will  have  to experience  to some
degree!  This  is why  the Power  of your  Attention  is the most
Gigantic  Thing  in the use of mankind  today!
Your  Power  of Qualification  and  your  physical  eyesight,
your  vision,  have  a triple  activity,  which  if governed  con-
structively,  will  fill your  world  quickly  with  Perfection  of
every  description!  It is why  in This  Explanation  today,  I
take the opportunity  again  to remind  you  of these  things.
Don't  think  any  one  of you  escapes!  That  is why  I want
to use this  opportunity,  to say to the Groups  in Seattle,  you
waste  your  time;  if you  allow  yourselves  to criticize,  con-
demn  or judge  anyone,  any person,  place  or condition!  You
are not  harming  any  other  person;  but  you  are harming
yourselves,  by filling  your  worlds  with  the  quality  upon
which  your  attention  rests.  You  cannot  avoid  it! So don't
be foolish,  Dear  Ones!  You  should  be thinking  about  your-
selves.  You  cannot  harm  anyone  else,  but  you  do harm
yourselves  more  than  you  will  ever  know;  by a continuation
of any  of those  activities—criticism  or gossip! DISCOURSE  VIII  157
I know  this  Good  Messenger  will  pardon  Me for inter-
rupting  with  a few  Explanations;  but do you  realize  what
sometimes  one  sentence  of gossip  will  do?  It well  wreck
human  lives!  You  do KNOW  It in your  calm  moments!
THEN,  DO  NOT  LET  ANY  EXCITEMENT  OR
FIT OF  ANGER,  CAUSE  YOU  TO  SAY  UNKIND
THINGS,  SOMETIMES  FALSEHOODS—COM-
PLETELY!  BECAUSE  ANGER  KNOWS  NO  DIS-
CRIMINATION!  IT  CARES  ABOUT  NOTHING
EXCEPT  TO  DESTROY!  IF THAT  QUALITY  IS
ACTING  IN  YOU,  THEN  FOR  THAT  MOMENT,
THERE  IS ONLY  DESTRUCTION  ACTING.
These  are vital  things!  You  who  touch  This  Stream  of
Light  and  have  come  to know  the "I AM  Presence,"  must
know  such  discordant  feeling  is not permissible;  for it is
you who  are being  destroyed,  limited  and  interferred  with!
You don't  harm  anyone  else!  You  might  affect  them  tem-
porarily,  but  very  little;  especially  you  cannot  affect  the
Students  of the "I AM,"  who  know  how  to protect  them-
selves!  Dear  Hearts,  I could  cite  to you  in your  earthly  ac-
tivity,  thousands  and  thousands  of homes  and  families
which  have  been  wrecked,  by a sudden  angry  vicious  sen-
tence  or remark.  Oh,  as you  value  your  lives,  Beloved  Ones
of the Light,  never  allow  yourselves


 Mother Nature’s Miracle Cleansers ... 35Perfect Balancer – Apple Cider Vinegar ......................38To preserve health is a moral and
religious duty, for health is the basis
for all social virtues.  We can no
longer be as useful when not well.
– Dr. Samuel Johnson,
Father of DictionariesTHE MIRACLE OF
FASTINGvi
Chapter 4: Fasting Fights Deadly Acid Crystals ........ 39
Toxic Acid Crystals Can Cement Your Joints to Make You Stiff ....39
How Toxic Acid Crystals Build in Your Body ..................40
Back Pains – The Curse of Mankind .........................42Fasting for Purification ...................................43Victory Won By Fasting, Diet and Exercise ....................44
Mother Nature Works Slowly, But Surely .....................45
Chapter 5: Scientific Fasting Explained ............... 47
Fasting is as Old as Man ..................................48Fasting Awakens the Mind and Soul ........................49The Biblical Patriarchs Fasted ..............................50Fasting – The Safe, Perfect Cleanser .........................51Don’t be a Slave to Food ..................................51Plan Your Fasting Program Today...........................52Your Mind Must Rule Your Body to Fast Successfully ............53
No Heavy Breakfast Plan is Best ............................53Healthy Eating Habits Keep You Youthful ....................55Americans Love Social Eating! .............................56Keeping Internally Clean is Critical .........................56Are You Ready to Fast, Detox and Get Healthy? ...............57Juice Fast – an Introduction to Water Fast .................... 58
Some Powerful Juice Combinations .........................59The 70% Watery Human..................................60
Chapter 6: Why I Drink Only Distilled Water!.......... 61
Hard Inorganic Minerals Cause Problems! ....................62Millions Drink Rain (Distilled) Water ........................63Distilled Water is Best for Your Health .......................64Ten Reasons to Drink Distilled Water  (list) ....................66
Chapter 7: How Long Should One Fast? ............... 67
Shorter Fasts Are Better and Safer ...........................68Why Should You Fast? ....................................69Great Benefits From Short and Long Fasts ....................70Fasting Appreciated Worldwide ............................71Pre-Cleanse Brings Better Fasting Results .....................72Here is My Fasting Program – Which I Recommend ............ 73
Breaking Health Laws – You Pay the Price! ...................74Sickness is Costly Big Business in America ....................74
Chapter 8: How to Break a 24 Hour Fast .............. 75
Follow These Instructions Carefully! .........................75Your Kidneys – The Miracle Organs .........................75
Keep Your Meals Healthy and Simple ........................78The Vegetarian Diet is Healthiest! ...........................79Contents
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George ElliotviiChapter 9: I Fast 7 to 10 Days, 4 Times a Year .......... 81
Here’s the Path to Perfect Health! ...........................81
Fasting Balances Your Thermostat Naturally ..................82Mother Nature Intended the Body and Breath to Be Sweet .......83Unhealthy Lifestyle Causes Unhealthy Life ...................84Fasting Pulls Out Toxins and Poisons ........................85Fasting Promotes Healthy Elimination .......................87How to Conduct a 3 Day, 7 Day & 10 Day Fast ................ 88
Chapter 10: How to Break Long Fasts................. 89
How to Break a 7 Day Fast ................................ 89
How to Break a 10 Day Fast ............................... 90
The Ideal Elimination Program ............................91Vegetarianism Versus Meat Eating ..........................92
Eliminating Meat is Safer and Healthier .....................94My Beloved Health Teachers and Mentors ....................95
Chapter 11: Your Tongue Never Lies .................. 97
The Body Can


 and told him so, of fering to help in any way I could.
“Does your wife smoke?” I asked, expecting that she must, since lung
cancer among nonsmokers is extremely rare.
Connor shook his head. “She doesn’ t smoke or drink. She is the most
loving person I’ve ever met, and this has to happen.”
I was silent for a moment as various thoughts ran through my mind. The
woman in question is seventy, I told myself, an age not incon sistent with
cancer. The general medical finding is that tumors are presen t in almost
everyone in old age, even if a malignancy doesn’ t manifest in declared
symptoms or become the cause  of death. We have all become used to the
fact that diseases strike randomly from a statistical point of view, afflicting
the good and wicked alike. But we find it hard to accept this when diseasestrikes close to home. My reflections seemed like puny rationalizations in
the face of Conn or’s bitterness. We both knew what he was saying: you try
to be good and loving, and look what happens to you.
I asked what the prognosis was, and Connor shook his head. “No hope,”
he said. “It’ s spread everywhere.”
“How is your wife taking all this?” I asked.
Connor ’s expres sion became less defiant. “Much better than I am. She’s
still doing her volunteer work with the most incredible peace of mind, but
deep down I know that she’ s suffering.”
“Do you?” I thought. I could have simply agreed with him to show my
sympathy, but we had a candid relationship. We both sat for a while, not
speaking. It’ s very common in my experience that one person’ s tragedy isn’ t
necessarily another’s, and that if Mary Patrick was as loving as I knew her
to be, she may very well have found the inner peace to see beyond her
“dreaded” disease.
“Even saints die,” I said quietly, “and they don’t all pass away kneeling
in prayer.” I thought Connor would glare at me again or push this comment
away. He didn’ t, though. He paused, waiting to hear more.
“What I mean is that love isn’t defeated by death. Your wife has found
something that death cannot touch, with you and with your son, which
makes her situation very different from that of someone for whom the
prospect of death is terror and ultimate loss. What if death isn’t a loss?
Since you and I haven’ t experienced it, we project our own feelings onto it,
but there is another approach. You can fortify yourself with love, not as an
emotion but as your sense of identity.”
Life brings losses of every sort; death is only the most drastic and
unanswerable. At some level everyone knows that death is inevitable, but
rather than learning the nonatta chment brought by love, our response is to
cling—to each other, to things, to life itself. How can you cling to life when
it is constantly changing? Y ou might just as well try to cling to a river.
When a grieving husband says about the death of his wife, “It was like
losing part of myself,” the phen omenon is physical, even visceral. To the
ego the loss of a beloved feels like a survival threat, despite the obvious fact
that your body didn’ t perish. Another person was so closely identified with
you that you extended your identification beyond its boundaries in time and
space. Thus grief mimics love. In both instances two are felt as one.Connor reacted to his wife’ s crisis with anger, one of the first responses
of the ego to any loss. Anger says, “This isn’t fair; it’s an outrage.” The loss
seems totally unjust. If I had met him another time, Connor might have
reacted with denial instead. Denial says, “This can’t be happening.” In
denial loss is rejected and made unreal. Or Connor might have reacted with
fear, which lies deeper than ange r or denial. The voice of fear says, “I won’ t
survive.”
Although it was his wife who had contracted cancer, Connor could easily
have gone through all the now-familiar stages of dying. In the dying process
the final stages are acceptance and transcendence. Only when they have
been reached does a person stop futilely bar gaining with the inevitable.
Unlike the ego’s reactions, acceptance is a spiritual state. Acceptance
says, “This is reality, and I am at peace with it.” The dying describe this as a
beautiful stage, which often has no parallel in their lives. The way is opened
for relea sing all claims on this world and acquiring a higher vision, which is
the stage of transcendence. But the dying do not return to us, and therefore
we have to find acceptance on our own, before the crisis of death. That is
why so many spiritual traditions  speak of “dying every day” or “dying unto
death”—these are metaphors for nonattachment, the state Christ called
being in the world but not of it.
Connor and I didn’ t talk again for almost a year. When I saw him next his
wife had died. Despite an extensive course of radiation, Mary Patrick’ s
condition had deteriorated rapidly. Sometimes a person with lung cancer
can be very active up to her or his final days. Connor ’s wife had continued
to visit AIDS patients in the hospital until she was forced to admit herself.
She died peacefully with her family around her, having made her farewells
and requested that her last hours not be prolonged by life-support machines.
Outwardly Conn or seemed to have surmounted the immediate trauma of
his grief, but as he recounted these details his voice betrayed much of its
former bitterness. It hadn’ t gotten easier for him to discuss his wife’ s dying.
“Have you ever thought much about dying?” I asked.
“Never,” Conno r replied vehemently. “If I had it in my power, I’d refuse
to die. The best I can do is get incredibly angry whenever anybody else
dies.”
“You’d like to be immortal, in other words,” I said. Connor  nodded.
“What if it turns out,” I sugges ted, “that you ar e immortal? What if yourwife’ s death is trying to show you that?”
“You’re speaking in paradoxes,” Connor said abruptly. “Most people
would say that a dying person reminds us of our own fear of death.”
“That’ s one interpretation. But the sight of someone dying isn’t just
painful or cruel. It’ s real. And in the real must be a spark of spirit.”
“I think dying might be too real,” Connor said with conviction.
“By which you mean too overw helming,” I replied. “In my experience,
the antic ipation of death is always unreal. What do we typically imagine
death to be—extinction? falling  down an endless hole? going unconscious
forever? But these are all projections. Can you imagine the day you won’ t
exist? Can you imagine the day before you existed? Both are essentially the
same, aren’t they? Therefore couldn’ t both just be stages of life that we
aren’ t in contact with?”
“I suppose someone with a great deal of faith could believe that,” Connor
said.
“It’s not a matte r of faith. If you enter into the process of accepting the
real, which means stripping away what is unreal, you could be free from
death, here and now. Our worldview assumes that death is an ending when
in fact dying is a transition.”
“A transition to what?” Connor asked.
“Why not find out now instead of waiting?” I asked. “No amount of
anticipation gives us a preview  of death. Fear, anger, and denial are all
mental ways of pushing away and rejecting. Why don’t we go into the fear,
the anger, the denial, and find out what lies underneath? Because we have
conditioned ourselves to believe  that clinging to life is the only way to face
death. Actually it is the worst  way. It is a response rooted in fear and
ignorance, and only when we stop clinging can we hope to find the reality
beneath the illusion—presumably what you find out when you die. Reality
is always on the move, shifting the known out from under us and bringing
the unknown into view. Dying to the known brings knowledge that cannot
be acquired any other way. The scriptures have called this ‘dying unto
death.’”
It is a commonly held tenet of psychology that death is our model of loss,
so that any loss— losing money in the stock market, having your house burn
down, being fired from your job—creates a deep unconscious terror akin to
the terro r of death. But in spiritual terms loss isn’t reality, it’s a conceptcreated in the mind. When the mind applies judgment to change, what gets
created is loss. The sun coming up in the morning is the loss of the night.
Buying a new car is the loss of money. Falling in love is the loss of solitude.
We don’t call these things losses because we don’t judge against them. The
mind has to choose to “make wrong” before the concept of loss can take on
meaning.
The law of karma assures us that every debt is accounted for, therefore
nothing can ever be lost. When you perceive that something has gone out of
sight, you assum e it is lost. But in k


 light I walked through
darkness; As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret  of God
was upon my tabernacle. JOB 29:2-4.
• Secret of youth
To recapture the days of your youth, feel the miraculous, healing,
selfrenewing power of your subconscious mind moving through your
whole being. Know and feel that you are inspired, lifted up,
rejuvenated, revitalized, and recharged spiritually. You can bub ble
over with enthusiasm and joy, as in the days of your youth, for the
simple reason that you can always men-tally and emotionally
recapture the joyous state.
The candle, which shines upon your head, is divine intelligence, and
reveals to you everything you need to know; it enables you to affi rm
the presence of your good, regardless of appearances. You walk by the
guidance of your subconscious mind, because you know that the dawn
appears and the shadows flee away.
• Get a vision
Instead of saying, “I am old,” say, “I am wise in the way of t he
Divine Life.” Don’t let the corporation, newspapers, or statist ics hold
a picture before you of old age, declining years, decrepitude, senility,
 218  and uselessness. Reject it, for it is a lie. Refuse to be hypnot ized by
such propaganda. Affirm life—not death. Get a vision of yourself as
happy, radiant, successful, serene, and powerful.
• Your mind does not grow old
Former President Herbert Hoover, now 88 years old, is very act ive
and is performing monumental work. I interviewed him a few ye ars
ago in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. I f ound him
healthy, happy, vigorous, and full of life and enthusiasm. He was
keeping several secretaries busy handling his correspondence a nd was
himself writing books of a political and historical nature. Like all gr eat
men, I found him affable, genial, amiable, loving, and most
understanding.
His mental acumen and sagacity gave me the thrill of a lif etime. He
is a deeply religious man, and is full of faith in God and in the triumph
of the eternal truth of life. He was subjected to a barrag e of criticism
and condemnation in the years of the great depression, but he
weathered the storm and did not grow old in hatred, resentment, ill
will, and bitterness. On the con-trary, he went into the silenc e of his
soul, and communing with the Divine Presence within him, he found
the peace, which is the power at the heart of God.
• His mind active at ninety-nine
My father learned the French language at 65 years of age, a nd
became an authority on it at 70. He made a study of Gaelic whe n he
was over 60, and became an acknowledged and famous teacher of the
subject. He assisted my sister in a school of higher learn ing and
continued to do so until he passed away at 99. His mind was as clea r
at 99 as it was when he was 20. Moreover, his handwriting and his
reasoning powers had improved with age. Truly, you are as old as  you
think and feel.
• We need our senior citizens
Marcus Porcius Cato, the Roman patriot, learned Greek at 80.
Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, the great German-American
 219  contralto, reached the pinnacle of her musical suc-cess after she
became a grandmother. It is wonderful to behold the accomplishme nts
of the oldsters. General Douglas Mac-Arthur, Harry S. Truman,
General Dwight David Eisenhower, and American financier Bernard
Baruch are interesting, active, and contributing their talents and
wisdom to the world.
The Greek philosopher Socrates, learned to play musical
instruments when he was 80 years old. Michelangelo was paint-ing his
greatest canvases at 80. At 80, Cios Simonides won the prize for
poetry, Johann von Goethe finished Faust, and Leopold von Ranke
commenced his History of the World, which he fin-ished at 92.
Alfred Tennyson wrote a magnificent poem, “Crossing the Bar,” a t
83.
Isaac Newton was hard at work close to 85. At 88 John Wesley was
directing, preaching, and guiding Meth-odism. We have several men
of 95 years who come to my lec-tures, and they tell me they ar e in
better health now than they were at 20.
Let us place our senior citizens in high places and give t hem every
opportunity to bring forth the flowers of Paradise.
If you are retired, get interested in the laws of life and t he wonders
of your subconscious mind. Do something you have always wanted to
do. Study new subjects, and investigate new ideas.
Pray as follows: As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so
panteth my soul after thee, O God. PSALM 42:1.
• The fruits of old age
His flesh shall be fresher than a child¶s: he shall return to the da ys
of his youth. JOB 33:25.
Old age really means the contemplation of the truths of God f rom
the highest standpoint. Realize that you are on an endless jo urney, a
series of important steps in the ceaseless, tire-less, endl ess ocean of
 220  life. Then, with the Psalmist you will say, They shall still bring forth
fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing. PSALM 92:14.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is  no law.
GALATIANS 5:22-23.
You are a son of Infinite Life, which knows no end, and you are a
child of Eternity.
• Profitable pointers
1. Patience, kindness, love, good will, joy, happiness, wisdom, and
understanding are qualities, which never grow old. Cul-tivate them
and express them, and remain young in mind and body.
2. Some research physicians say that the neurotic fear of the effects
of time may well be the cause of premature aging.
3. Age is not the flight of years; it is the dawn of wisdom in t he
mind of man.
4. The most productive years of your life can be from 65 to 95.
5. Welcome the advancing years. It means you are moving higher on
the path of life, which has no end.
6. God is Life, and that is your life now. Life is self-renewing,
eternal, and indestructible, and is the reality of all men. Y ou live
forever, because your life is God’s life.
7. Evidence of survival after death is overwhelming. Study
Proceedings of Psychical Research Society of Great Britain and
America in your library. Outstanding scientists base the work on the
scientific research for over 75 years.
8. You cannot see your mind, but you know you have a mind. You
cannot see spirit, but you know that the spirit of the game, t he spirit of
the artist, the spirit of the musician, and the spirit of the speaker is
real. Likewise, the spirit of good-ness, truth, and beauty mov ing in
 221  your mind and heart are real. You cannot see life, but you know you
are alive.
9. Old age may be called the contemplation of the truths of God
from the highest standpoint. The joys of old age are greater th an those
of youth. Your mind is engaged in spiritual and mental athletics.
Nature slows down your body so that you may have the opportunity  to
meditate on things divine.
10. We do not count a man’s years until he has nothing else to
count. Your faith and convictions are not subject to decay.
11. You are as young as you think you are. You are as strong as you
think you are. You are as useful as you think you are. You are as
young as your thoughts.
12. Your gray hair is an asset. You are not selling your gray hair s.
You are selling your talent, abilities, and wisdom, which you have
garnered through the years.
13. Diets- and exercises won’t keep you young. As a man thinketh,
so is he.
14. Fear of old age can bring about physical and mental de-
terioration. The thing I greatly feared has come upon me.
15. You grow old when you cease to dream, and when you lose
interest in life. You grow old if you are irritable, crotchety, petulant,
and cantankerous. Fill your mind with the truths of God and radia te
the sunshine of His love—this is youth.
16. Look ahead, for at all times you are gazing into infinite life.
17. Your retirement is a new venture. Take up new studies and new
interests. You can now do the things you always wanted to do when
you were so busy making a