 and thin, and had
lost his hair. Despite the unfamiliar surroundings and his inability to understand English, the boy
showed remarkable discipline and consumed the unaccustomed saltless vegetarian food and the
raw juices without any fuss.
After returning to Hungary, his mother reported that in three months on the Therapy the boy’s
tumor had disappeared. Two years later she sent us some photographs of T., showing a strong,
well-developed, healthy-looking ten-year-old child.
His dramatic recovery was underscored by another fact. Prior to his journey to Mexico, being
treated in Hungary with chemotherapy, he was one of a group of seven children, all suffering from
Ewing’s Sarcoma, and all receiving the same chemotherapy treatment at the same hospital. While
T. had survived and was fit and well, the six other children from his group were all dead.
The last news of the young patient was received in March of 2006, when his mother reported
that he was then 20 years old and enjoyed continued good health.
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www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 28
Gerson Therapy Recipes
Introduction
The basics of food preparation for a Gerson patient are explained in detail in Chapter 7.
Please familiarize yourself with those instructions before attempting more varied recipes as given
in this chapter.
Recipes using yogurt should be used as per Gerson doctor’s instruction; or if the patient is
using this book on his own, a cancer patient should not use yogurt before 6-10 weeks on the strict
beginning treatment.
100% organic, unsalted rye bread is permitted and is readily available in health food stores,
including at “Whole Foods.”   However it is important not to make a meal out of a “sandwich.”
A patient should not eat bread until he/she has consumed a complete healing  Gerson meal, with
the important foods: salad, soup, potato and vegetable, and raw or stewed fruit.
Since the Gerson Therapy is work-intensive, it is also unwise to bake bread for the patient
since that is very time-consuming.  Also, the patient should not have more than two small slices of
bread in the course of the day.  Bread is a snack-type food, not valuable for restoring the body.
Recipes
Last, but far from least, this chapter contains a treasury of recipes, which add variety, pleasure
and super-healthy nutrition to Gerson-style meals. However, there are some important points to
remember. First and foremost, please study and learn by heart the basic rules for food preparation
described in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules.” If you are a Gerson
patient, newly embarked on the full intensive therapy, you need to limit your food intake to the
basic recipes contained in that chapter for the first three months and eat no dairy produce for the
first six weeks. After three months, you may introduce some variety by using different salads,
dressings and vegetable courses, always remembering that the “‘Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates
Soup’” and the baked potato are essential parts of the healing diet and must not be omitted.
 If you are not ill but wish to improve your health and well-being by switching to the Gerson
lifestyle, you may of course enjoy the recipes freely. Even so, please use the slow, low heat,
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www.thegersonway.comwaterless or minimum-water cooking method, described in Chapter 12, in order to preserve
precious nutrients.
 You will find no recipes for bread or other flour-based baked goods in this chapter. The only
acceptable bread—unsalted, organic rye bread—is available at good health food stores, so there
is no point in baking bread at home. Patients are allowed two small slices of bread a day, but only
after eating the complete Gerson meals consisting of salad, soup, potato with vegetables and fruit.
Bread must not take the place of any of these items.
  Yogurt, when permitted, must be certified organic and fat free (or extremely low fat). A few
recipes refer to “thick yogurt.” To make this, hang some regular yogurt, placed in several layers
of cheesecloth, over the sink or in a cheesecloth-lined strainer over a bowl, and allow it to drain
overnight
 The only permitted sweeteners are organic clear honey, and organic raw brown sugar, which
is available in various shades ranging from light beige to dark brown. In the recipes, these
ingredients are referred to as “honey” and “sugar.”
 In order to avoid repetition, let us list some general rules that apply throughout this chapter:
•  All fruits and vegetables must be washed before use. If the water supply in your area is
not fluoridated, purified or distilled water (produced by reverse osmosis) may be used, both for
washing produce and for cooking. If the water supply contains fluoride, only distilled water is
permissible for cooking and as a final rinse for fruits and vegetables. (see Chapter 9, “The Gerson
Household,” p. 93, for distillers, and Chapter 5, “Breakdown of the Body’s Defenses,” p. 37, for
fluoride.)
• When baking, the oven should always be preheated.
•  “‘Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” are interchangeable terms for the same staple item
of the Gerson diet. In some recipes, it is referred to as “soup stock.” For a detailed description,
see Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. 109.
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www.thegersonway.comDips
Carrot and Dill Dip
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 4-8
1 lb. carrots, scrubbed, unpeeled
4 tbsp. thick yogurt
2 tbsp. dill weed  (or 2 tsp. dried dill ), finely chopped
1 tsp. flaxseed oil
juice of 1 small lemon
Simmer carrots until just tender. Drain and leave until cooled. Put through the food mill. Mix in
thick yogurt, dill, flaxseed oil and lemon juice; mix well. Chill in the refrigerator. Serve as part
of a large salad, or as a dip with carrot, zucchini  and bell pepper sticks. Also delicious on bread.
Orange Pepper Dip
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 6
2 orange (or red) bell peppers
10 oz.  yogurt
1/2 tsp. organic tomato puré e
Seed and dice one of the peppers very finely and mix with the yogurt and tomato puré e. Slice
the remaining pepper lengthwise in half and remove the seeds. Place the yogurt mixture into
each pepper half. Place on a serving dish with thin strips of carrot, zucchini  and celery.
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www.thegersonway.comAppetizers
Celer y Root  Rémoulade Appetizer
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Serves 2-4
celer y root, grated
radic chio lettuce
2 or 3 varieties of loose leaf  lettuce (butter or red leaf lettuce)
green onions (or chives), chopped
parsley (or tarragon)
Dressing:
vinegar
water
honey
yogurt
Combine the dressing ingredients. Grate the cele ry root  and add the dressing. Place lettuce
leaves on a plat e and top with celery root. Sprinkle with chopped green  onions (or chive s) and
parsley (or tarragon).
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www.thegersonway.comEggplant Caviar Appetizer
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Serves 2
1 eggplant
water
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 tbsp. organic tomato pur ée
parsley (or cilantro), chopped
lemon wedge
yogurt
Prick the skin of the eggplant  all over. Place directly onto the oven rack (or use a small baking
dish) and bake for about 40 minutes  near the top of the oven at 375°  F (190° C), turning  once
after 20 minutes.  Remove from oven and cool.  When cool, peel away the stalk and skin, and
chop the flesh until you


ixture
of
a
large
amount
of
pus
and
also
from
the
excretion
of
various
dyes
and
preservatives
added
to
food,
e.g.
some
cheeses
or
wafers.
Most
of
the
time,
these
substances
are
in
the
first
third
of
the
stream
of
urine,
which
can
be
milky
in
color.
Next,
the
urine
is
normally
colored,
but
cloudy.
Urine
can
have
a
green
or
blue
color
when
there
is
significant
rotting
of
proteins
in
the
intestine.
Here
it
is
necessary
to
remember
the
warning
of
the
Tibetan
healers
that
if
the
urine
smells
like
food
or
product,
then
the
body
was
unable
to
digest
it.
This
kind
of
food
must
be
given
up.
If
you
want
to
continue
to
enjoy
it,
you
must
programmatically
increase
the
capabilities
of
your
digestive
tract,
e.g.
enemas.
Urine
has
a
red
or
pink
color
due
to
homoglobinuria
or
after
taking
certain
drugs:
amidopyrine,
antipyrine,
santonin,
etc.
The
brown
or
red-brown
color
of
urine
is
determined
by
high
concentration
of
urobilin
and
bilirubin.
An
increased
amount
of
bile
pigments
colors
the
urine
in
shades
of
saffron
yellow,
brown,
greenish-brown
or
almost
green.
Based
on
the
color
of
urine,
you
can
very
accurately
determine
which
foods
are
well
absorbed
and
do
not
contain
waste
substances,
concentrates
and
harmful
substances,
and
on
the
contrary,
those
which
are
saturated
with
them.
E.g.
artificial
polyvitamin
preparations
are
excreted
from
the
body
and
color
the
urine
in
a
deep
yellow
color.
Clarity
of
urine
Freshly
excreted
urine
of
a
healthy
person
is
transparent
and
phosphorescent.
After
standing,
it
becomes
semi-transparent
and
after
a
long
time
it
can
become
cloudy
due
to
deposits.
Smell
or
odor
of
urine
Fresh
urine
of
a
healthy
person
has
a
characteristic
smell.
Various
substances
introduced
into
the
body
with
food
can
add
a
certain
smell
to
it,
e.g.
garlic,
onions,
multivitamins.
Saffron
or
menthol
also
give
urine
a
specific
smell.
You
can
smell
acetone
from
your
urine
when
you
are
fasting.
In
case
of
alkaline
fermentation,
when
the
urine
is
allowed
to
stand
for
a
long
time,
the
urine
acquires
a
sharp
smell
of
ammonia.
Healthy
urine
foams
slightly.
The
taste
of
urine
Normal
urine
has
a
bitter
taste.
With
a
moderate
use
of
slightly
salty
salt,
with
mixed
food,
e.g.
meat
with
dumplings
or
bread,
it
tastes
like
mead.
If
you
take
synthetic
polyvitamins,
your
urine
takes
on
their
taste.
Urine
tastes
best
when
eating
a
natural
separated
diet.
With
a
plant-based
diet,
combined
with
short
fasts
and
cleansing
procedures,
the
urine
has
the
taste
offreshly
milked
milk,
as
well
as
its
nutrition.
Reaction
Fresh
urine
has
an
acidic
reaction
between
5
and
7
pH.
He
has
the
greatest
acidity
in
the
morning
on
an
empty
stomach.
After
eating,
acidity
decreases,
which
is
associated
with
the
secretion
of
gastric
juices.
Acidity
is
also
reduced
with
profuse
sweating.
A
large
consumption
of
fresh
fruit
juices
can
increase
the
alkalinity
of
urine,
and
on
the
contrary,
the
consumption
of
cereals
increases
its
acidity.
Urine
with
an
ammonia
odor
has
an
alkaline
reaction.
Individual
components
of
urine
and
their
properties
The
composition
of
human
urine
is
quite
complex,
as
it
is
made
up
of
about
200
components.
It
contains
such
substances
as
urea,
uric
acid,
purine
components,
nucleic
acids,
guanidine
derivatives,
histidine,
hippuric
acid,
etheric
acids,
sulfur,
rhodahides,
pigments.
Furthermore,
residues
of
proteins,
amino
acids,
glucose,
acetone,
bile
acids,
lactic
acid,
pyruvic
acid,
cholesterol,
inositol,
higher
fatty
acids,
etheric
fatty
acids,
oxalic
acid,
succinic
acid
and
others.
Urine
also
contains
pepsin,
trypsin,
amylase,
phosphatase
and
other
enzymes,
steroid
hormones,
vitamins.
Of
the
mineral
substances,
all
those
present
in
the
body,
of
the
gases
nitrogen,
carbon
dioxide
and
oxygen.
In
addition,
in
various
pathological
conditions,
the
content
of
some
components
that
are
present
in
normal
urine
in
minute
concentrations
increases.
These
are
primarily
protein
substances,
glucose,
fructose
and
other
sugars,
as
well
as
acetone,
acetoacetic
acid,
amino
acids,
fats,
cholesterol,
lactic
acid,
etc.
Other
substances
such
as
peptides,
nucleic
acids,
fibrin,
hemoglobin,
bile
acid
also
appear
in
the
urine
and
other
dyes
(pigments),
hormones,
enzymes
and
many
other
substances
that
the
sick
organism
produces
in
order
to
manage
or
adjust
the
given
Health
Problems
.
Many
drugs
and
compounds
that
have
accidentally
entered
the
body,
mostly
as
food
additives
and
preservatives,
appear
in
the
urine
either
unchanged
or
are
processed
in
such
a
way
that
the
toxicity
or
harmfulness
of
the
ingested
substances
is
greatly
reduced.
We
will
analyze
the
individual
components
of
urine
and
their
properties
with
regard
to
urinotherapy.
The
main
component
of
urine
is
water.
Water
in
the
human
body
and
fresh
urine
are
found
in
the
state
liquid
crystals
with
an
ice
structure.
Natural
water
does
not
have
this
liquid
crystal
structure
and
its
molecules
are
distributed
in
a
disorderly
manner.
In
order
for
the
water
that
has
entered
the
body
to
start
"working",
it
is
necessary
to
imprint
the
above-mentioned
structure
on
it.
It
is
assumed
that
our
organism
expends
for
the
structuring
of
1
liter
of
water,
25
kcal
of
energy.
That's
why
we
save
our
own
energy


	physical	connection,	and	it	kept	jumping	even	when	the	plants	were
separated	by	a	greater	distance.	One	can’t	help	but	be	reminded	of	the	various
studies	in	which	identical	twins	sense	what	is	happening	to	each	other	at	a
distance,	to	the	point	that	one	particular	twin	knew	the	instant	his	brother	was
electrocuted	climbing	a	telephone	pole	and	testified	to	actually	feeling	the
pain	himself.	Are	human	twins	paired	through	the	same	complementarity	that
bonds	electrons	in	deep	space?
To	say	that	consciousness	is	a	field	creates	only	the	outline	of	a	proof.
Nobody	has	accounted	for	the	gap,	and	without	that,	consciousness	remains
totally	mysterious;	in	fact,	so	do	fields.	The	gap	is	the	empty	space	between
events;	it	contains	nothing	but	itself,	and
yet
	it	seems	that	everything	comes
out	of	it.	When	we	look	at	DNA	we	are	told	by	geneticists	that	life	emerges
not	from	the	bits	of	amino	acids	strung	on	the	double	helix,	but	from	the
space	between	them.	These	spaces	are	little	understood,	but	they	play	a
mysterious	role	in	the	sequence	of	genes.	In	physical	terms	the	DNA	of
gorillas	and	humans	differs	by	less	than	1%;	the	gaps	between	visible	matter
create	the	unbridgeable	gulf	between	gorillas	and	humans.	In	the	gap	the
source	of	consciousness	must	be	revealed.
Sat	Chit	Ananda
The	Vedic	rishis	followed	the	mind	into	the	gap	and	declared	that	three	primal
qualities	were	the	foundation	of	existence:
Sat	Chit	Ananda
.	These	are	usually
translated	as	a	single	phrase,	“eternal	bliss	consciousness,”	or	individually	as
Sat	(existence,	truth,	reality)	Chit	(mind,	awareness)	Ananda	(bliss).	But	these
definitions	don’t	help	us	much,	since	they	assume	an	understanding	of	what
we	mean	in	English	by	reality,	truth,	bliss,	and	existence.	These	are	far	from
settled.	If	you	say,	“It	was	blissful	going	to	Aruba	for	Christmas.	It	changed
my	whole	reality,”	your	words	have	meaning	in	everyday	life,	but	they
haven’t	described	Sat	Chit	Ananda.
If	we	unfold	what	the	rishis	meant,	they	were	referring	to	an	experience,
which	can	be	summarized	as	follows:	Every	thought	you	have,	as	well	as
every	object	you	see	in	the	world,	is	a	vibration	of	the	universe—the	Sanskrit
term	is
shubda
.	Shubda	creates	light,	sound,	touch,	taste,	and	every	other
quality.	In	dreams	you	can	also	see,	hear,	touch,	taste,	and	smell,	but	those
vibrations	are	subtler.	They	don’t	have	the	same	feeling	as	concrete	reality.
When	you	go	beyond	the	subtle	qualities	of	the	mind,	shubda	becomes	so
faint	that	the	mind	loses	all	experience	of	an	outside	reality,	even	shadowy
wisps	of	memory.	Eventually	it	experiences	only	itself,	and	there	aren’t	anyvibrations	at	all.	You	are	at	the	source.
The	threshold	of	the	source	is	silence.	But	you	must	step	over	the
threshold	into	the	room	where	reality	is	born.	There	you	find	that	the	raw
materials	are	threefold.	Creation	springs	from	existence	(Sat),	consciousness
(Chit),	and	the	potential	for	vibrations	to	arise	(Ananda).	These	three	are	the
most	real	things	in	the	universe	because	everything	else	that	we	call	real
comes	from	them.
It’s	this	experience	of	the	source,	a	state	beginning	beyond	silence,	that
the	Vedic	rishis	considered	the	field	of	all	fields—what	physicists	call	the
ground	state	or	vacuum	state.	Being	pregnant	with	every	possible	flicker	of
energy	in	the	universe,	the	vacuum	state	still	isn’t	Sat	Chit	Ananda.	It	has	no
mind,	no	bliss.	It	cannot	be	experienced	subjectively.	By	leaving	these	factors
out,	physics	leaves	out	the	physicist,	who	pretends	that	he	isn’t	part	of	the
field.	John	Wheeler,	an	eminent	Princeton	physicist,	decades	ago	pointed	out
this	flaw:	as	we	make	models	of	the	universe,	he	said,	we	act	like	someone
with	his	nose	pressed	against	the	window	of	a	bakery,	looking	at	everything
on	display	from	the	outside.	But	there	is	no	window	separating	the	observer
from	the	universe;	we	are	not	outside	what	we	see.
Wheeler’s	suggestion	that	we	must	find	a	science	that	combines
subjectivity	and	objectivity	has	been	meagerly	pursued,	because	science
remains	stubbornly	objective,	and	it	can	afford	to	be	when	conducting
isolated	experiments.	Ultimately,	however,	there	is	a	limit	that	cannot	be
crossed,	and	we	are	quite	close	to	it.	We	can	face	the	limit	of	knowledge	in	a
simple	problem	like	prayer.
By	now	the	public	is	well	aware	that	research	on	prayer	has	validated	that
it	works.	In	a	typical	experiment	volunteers,	usually	from	church	groups,	are
asked	to	pray	for	sick	people	in	the	hospital.	They	do	not	visit	the	person	and
often	have	only	a	number	rather	than	a	name	to	go	by.	The	prayer	isn’t
specific;	they	are	asked	simply	to	pray	for	God’s	help.	The	results	of	such
experiments	have
been
	startlingly	positive.	In	the	best-known	one,	conducted
at	Duke	University	in	North	Carolina,	patients	who	were	prayed	for	recovered
faster	and	with	fewer	side	effects	than	those	not	prayed	for.	Here	we	have	one
more	demonstration	that	we	are	all	connected	by	the	same	field	of
consciousness.	The	properties	of	the	field	operate	here	and	now:
The	field	works	as	a	whole.
It	correlates	distant	events	instantly.
It	remembers	all	events.
It	exists	beyond	time	and	space.
It	creates	entirely	within	itself.
Its	creation	grows	and	expands	in	an	evolutionary	direction.
It	is	conscious.The	Vedic	rishis	began	with	these	qualities	as	their	first	principles;	in	that
regard	they	were	wiser	than	we	are,	with	our	reluctance	to	admit
consciousness	unless	we	are	forced	to	at	the	far	limits	of	a	difficult	scientific
issue.	The	field	of	consciousness	is	primary	to	every	phenomenon	in	Nature
because	of	the	gap	that	exists	between	every	electron,	every	thought,	every
instant	in	time.	The	gap	is	the	reference	point,	the	stillness	at	the	heart	of
creation,	where	the	universe	correlates	all	events.
Has	science	proved	that	the	rishis	were	right?	I	think	the	most	we	can	say
—and	it	is	a	lot—is	that	science	and	the	rishis	are	consistent	with	each	other.
They	come	from	different	worlds	but	see	with	the	same	vision—almost.
Science	is	still	burdened	by	spiritual	materialism,	the	belief	that	any
explanation	of	God,	the	soul,	or	the	afterlife	is	valid	only	if	matter	contains
the	secret.	This	is	like	saying	we	can’t	understand	jazz	until	we	diagram	the
atoms	in	Louis	Armstrong’s	trumpet.
In	the	end,	a	book	on	the	afterlife	c


 body. These may be
religious (seeing the body as sinful) or based on personal
aversion (for example, being repelled by the body’s messier
functions).
Physical beauty or ugliness becomes a ﬁxation.
You have poor body image because you are overweight,
aging, or subject to social attitudes about physical
perfection and desirability.
You don’t feel physically lovable or desirable.
You neglect to keep your body clean, well cared for, and active.
You think that earthy people are stupid or crude.
When we list all the ways we put down our bodies, it becomes evident
that we live in a disembodied age to a shocking degree. Mass media
overloads us with fantasies of a perfect body that never ages while robbing
us of the real blessing of being embodied. The embodied state allows us to
feel the physical side of bliss-consciousness, which is a vibra nt sense of
aliveness as we move through our day.Exercise
Every step you take to welcome  your own physicality is a step into the
light. Look at the two lists above that outline the qualities of being
grounded versus the qualities of being disembodied. Pause to reflect on how
you can adopt more grounded beliefs and turn them into enjoyable actions,
like walking in Nature, partici pating in a sport, taking part in forms of
physical recreation, or going for a massage.
As you engage in this activity, no matter how simple it is—yo u might
just lie spread-eagle on the warm ground in summer or (believ e it or not)
hug a tree—refle ct on how bless ed you are to be embodied. Bring a positive
feeling toward your body whenever you can. Drop the casual habit of
disparaging your body. Through these steady steps of becoming more
grounded, you are removing another layer of obstacles between you and
your true self.
THURSDAY
Resilience
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
I bend ﬂexibly with every experience.
I bend ﬂexibly with every experience.
The physical flexibility that comes from practicing the asanas, or
postures of yoga, is visible evidence of something rooted in consciousness:
resilience. Bad things happen to everyone, no matter how much we wish
they wouldn’ t. What matters is not the bad things themselves but how
we respond after they occur. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from
pain and advers ity. The opposite of resilience is being stuck and unable to
move on.
Listing the qualities of resilien ce erases the line we draw between
physical, mental, and psycholo gical. It requires a holistic conception toreally embrace your own resilience, which can take you beyond surviving
to thriving in the face of changing experiences.
YOU SHOW RESILIENCE WHEN…
You bend and adapt to change.
Your body is ﬂexible and agile.
You are open-minded toward people who are different from
you.
You don’t exaggerate what happened in the past.
You let your emotions rise and fall naturally, without trying to
force or suppress them.
You don’t insist on always being right.
You are not afraid of what life brings you.
The future holds no apprehension.
The emotional state of others doesn’t throw you.
You can renounce the belief “My way is best.”
You face new challenges with optimism.
You view every day as a new world.
You stretch yourself in any way you deﬁne that term.
None of these qualities is meant to be forced. They are a natural part of
everyone’ s exist ence. It takes effort to move away from resilie nce into the
condition of rigidity, or stuckne ss. It isn’t necessary to go into detail about
all the ways that stuckness occurs. We all have a good grasp of what is
involved, but if you need a reminder, return to the list above and just flip
each entry to its opposite. If you don’t adapt to change, don’t approach
challenges optim istically, don’t accept people who are different from you,
and so on through the list, you are rigid and stuck.
Why do we stay stuck? We get a false sense of security from being rigid
in our ways. We put up an inflexible front to the world, yet behind it, we are
afraid to be truly open, free, accepting, emotionally honest, and optimistic.In a state of fear, something as precious as love becomes a sourc e of anxiety
if we have experienced enough unloving behavior and been scarred by it.
Learning to be resilient should proceed with an eye to your inner
comfort and discomfort. A stiff emotional body needs to be treated with
care, like a stiff physical body. The important thing is to resist the false
security of being rigid and stuck—the shell you are hiding inside is
suffocating to the spirit.
Exercise
Having read this discussion, no doubt you can see where you are
resilient and where you are stuck. There is always a path to follow that
shifts the balanc e, day by day, toward becoming more resilient. To stay on
the path, however, it must be appealing and bring satisfaction. Besides
bringing a false sense of securit y, being stuck makes you feel good, after a
fashion, because  you know that you are always right, that you don’t need to
change, and that your fixed beliefs and attitudes are fine just the way they
are.
The key warning here is that your stuckness indulges an illusion. Giving
up on love, for example, indulges a person’ s anxiety about asking for and
receiving love. Somehow you need to break the ice that makes being stuck
cold and lonely, no matter how good the front you put up. Start  by looking
over the listed qualities of resilience and, for each one, devise a step you
can take that will feel good enough for you to continue on the path.
You might stand and stretch while listening to music, moving on to
dance exercises you can do at home. You might spend more time with the
happiest people you know or show a little more affection to a family
member than either of you expect. Resilience isn’t a trait society teaches us
to value, but that doesn’ t matter. Awareness, like pure water, needs to flow,
and being resilient is how you open the gates inside yourself.
FRIDAYIn Perfect Sync
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
I live in the ﬂow of creative intelligence.
I live in the ﬂow of creative intelligence.
You are designe d to have mind and body in perfect sync. One of the
greatest deceptions in life is the helpless appearance presented by a
newborn baby. Unable to do much more than nurse at the breast, cry, and
sleep, a day-old infant doesn’ t reveal what it really is—a miracle of
organized intelli gence. In the last few days of pregnancy, for example, the
infant brain is developing millions of new brain cells a day. This process
continues after the infant is born. It is beyond imagination how a brain that
has no language, reason, fully formed emotions, or ideas prepared itself for
all of that, and more. It’s as if a house knew how to build itself from the
materials in the aisles of Home Depot.
Self-creation cannot happen  on the physical plane without
consciousness. You can’t assemb le the ingredients of a neuron and expect it
to reach  a tipping point when— V oila! —a swirl of chemical soup becomes
conscious.
If existe nce were ideal, mind and body would remain in perfect
synchronization, and in a healthy person they work flawlessly 99 percent of
the time. It takes interference to throw off the flow of creative intelligence
that unites mind and body. The symptoms of meddling are all too common.
SYMPTOMS OF BEING OUT OF SYNC
Irregular or poor-quality sleep, insomnia
Fatigue, lack of energy
Depression
Digestive problems
Overeating, loss of natural hunger rhythms
Inability to focus and pay attentionSusceptibility to colds and infections
Getting easily distracted
Sensitivity to minor stress
Slow or inadequate healing
This whole list could be titled “When the miracle goes wrong.” Each of
these symptoms indicates that the miraculous flow of creative intelligence
that everyone was gifted with at birth has become distorted. Without the
word cr eative  added, the picture is woefully incomplete. Once it has been
programmed, a computer can imitate intelligence by doing all kinds of
things the mind does, and AI (artificial intelligence) is fast reaching the day
when the imitation will be so lifelike that your computer will sound and feel
human. Already there are software programs that effectively conduct
psychotherapy, for example. A robot voice imitates a genuine therapist
using verbal prompts like “How do you feel about that?” and “When did
you start to feel this way?” User s of the program come away feeling better,
they say.
But no matter how sophisticated  AI becomes, it cannot do what you do
every second: take raw information pouring into the brain from the five
senses and create the entire three -dimensional world you perceive. Cameras
aren’ t eyes. They see nothing. Therefore, a computer camera sees nothing
until a human eye is present. When you were in the wom b, creative
intelligence created your eye from a blob of undif ferentiated cells, and
within the eye specific cells were assigned to carry out visual processing.
Yet that isn’t enough for turning visual images into something you see.
Vision


 on some experiences you consider as suffering—they’d
include instances of grief, loss, sickness, betrayal, failure,
humiliation, and so on. Now sit quietly, go inward, and be with
yourself this minute. You are the same awareness that went
through suffering but also not suffering, that experienced pain but
also pleasure, that lost but also gained. For every opposite, you
have experienced both poles. Therefore, you are not either one.
You are the unchanging awareness that witnesses change, the
screen upon which every experience plays without being an
experience. This insight holds the entire secret of bringing
suffering to an end.
YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 26

Suffering continues because we cling to memory and
grasp at experience. It is an illusion to believe that the
now can be grasped or that reality can be clung to.
Truth feels cold when there’s nothing you can do about it.
People feel the truth that l ife brings suffering, and they hate
feeling helples s in the face of this truth. The result is gre at inner
conflict. On the one hand, w e pretend to accept that lif e brings
suffering. On the other hand, we struggle to escape the feeling of
helplessness. Modern medicine ends part of the confusion and
struggle. As diseases are conquered, human beings feel more
powerful and suffering is pushed aside—for the moment.
Suffering in the form of ment al anguish has not been allevi ated,
nor has the fe ar of disease and aging, or the dread o f death.
Upgrading virtual reality is the story of modern technological
civilization. (Just as the discovery of new means of mechanized
death is  a downgrade of virt ual reality.) Suffering retains its grip
because we want to cling to g ood experiences and the memory of
better days. As long as youth, health, and happiness are rooted in
time, with good times being preferable to bad times, the re is no
escape from suffering. Clinging to virtual reality means that
suffering is part of the construct.
When y ou wak e up, you don ’t try to cling or grasp. You don’t
store up good memories and push down bad ones. There  is only
being here now. In the now there is nothing to hold and grasp,
nothing to cling to. By no lo nger clinging, you have cut off your
connection to virtual reality. Then suffering no longer clings to
you.For Today
When s omebody tells you to let go and stop holding on, does
that advice really help? The most stubborn resentments, affronts,
hurts, and anger are holding on to you, not the other way around.
No one wakes up after a bitter divorce, losing a job, or being
betrayed by a friend, thinking, “Now I’ve got something I really
want to  hold on to.” Instead, the anger and resentment come back
of th eir own accord, and they  last as long as they decide to last, not
as long you want them to last.
What y ou are actually clingin g to isn’t bad memories, neg ative
emotions, old grudges, and hurt feelings. You are holding on to
virtual reality. By waking up, you let go of your allegiance to it, and
then the bad stuff stops clinging to you. Think about something
that ma kes you really angry or resentful. When you have it in
mind, let go. You won’t be able to, not when it is still clinging to
you. In reality,  you are where you are. This place is filled with bad
things that once happened, hurts and resentments that are in
various stages: clinging tight ly, starting to let go, or almost faded
to noth ing. Virtual reality is set up so that, wherever you are,
experience clings like barnac les to a ship’s hull. Seeing this gives
you a sense of detachment, which is a sign that you are waking up.
YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 27

Suffering comes to an end when we no longer fear
impermanence. As long as we have a stake in the illusion,
we will suffer.
Children are eager to explore the world, and they love how
everything is changing. But at the same time a child wants the
security and safety of hom e. This balance becomes harder to
maintain as an adult. Change becomes threatening when there’s
no one at home to promise s afety and security. One way to hold
anxiety at bay is to pretend t hat “I,” the ego-personality, is stable
and reliable. “I” has a stake i n the world, something to maintain.
The ego  builds itself up by every kind of clinging—to pleasure,
fantasy, wishful thinking, outworn conditioning, old memories,
and false beliefs.
All t hose things are imperma nent, so it doesn’t work to build a
self wit h them as a foundation. Fear of change departs only when
you base your life on the true  self. As you wake up, the transition
from ego to true self happens naturally.
For Today
The bes t way to feel safe is when you take safety for gra nted
without worryi ng about it. Consider the commercials you see on
television for life insurance, pharmaceuticals, retirement homes,
and burglar alarms. They offe r reassurance by first bringing up the
fear tha t you are not secure a nd safe. The tactic works bec ause we
don’t really take our personal security for granted—we push
anxiety out of sight instead.
To feel how real, unshakable security feels, stop reading for a
second. Then start reading again, and stop again. In the pausebetween readin g these words, you took for granted that yo u know
how to read. T here’s no underlying anxiety about this—yo u know
it for certain—and the same is true for dozens of things you know
how to do. Thi s is how it feels when you are truly secure  without
hiding f rom underlying anxie ty. When you wake up, you will take
for gran ted tha t you have alw ays existed and always will. On that
basis, you are a gain like a child, free to explore the world and safe
from fear because you are at home always, inside yourself.
YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 28

Freedom is the natural state of existence, knowing that we
are aware here and now.
Virtual reality isn’t reliable when it comes to lasting happi ness,
security, fulfillment, love, and other things we cherish. Some
people enjoy very few of those things, and even when we get more
than our fair sh are, we fear p ossible loss. It is a bad deal to rely on
what is unreliable. You would n’t take a job from an employer who
says that he w ill toss a coin every day to determine if you  stay or
get fired. But we cling to vir tual reality with no guarantees that
things w ill work out. This is a form of bondage—the wor st form,
since the widely held belief is that there’s no alternative.
Real freedom isn’t something  you struggle to achieve, hope for,
and fee l unlike ly to win. Free dom is our natural state if we don’t
imprison ourselves. On waking up, you no longer feel bound to
virtual reality. Mental constructs lose their grip and eventually
fade away entirely. Being her e now is the same as total freedom,
because the now is gone before anything can lay claim to y ou. You
exist and you are aware—that’s enough to set you free.
For Today
All of us have our own version of what it feels like to be fre e and
its opp osite, what it feels like to be trapped, hemmed in, and
suffocated. Yet  these concepts disguise the reality, which is that
our sense of freedom is al ways bound up with its o pposite.
Retirement frees us from the demands of work; having the
children go off to college frees us from having them under our
roof. But our freedom is constrained by having a job and becoming
a parent in the first place.True fre edom isn’t bound up with its opposite. To prove this to
yourself, think  for a moment and describe what you were doing at
7:37 last Tuesday evening. What thoughts were in you r head?
What words did you say? Even if something memorable sticks
with you from last Tuesday, it takes an effort to recall it. You are
free fr om 7:37 last Tuesday evening because there  is no
attachment to it. A moment of now has fled and gone. The
moment when you started to read this lesson has fled and gone.
Your re lationship to the now is to experience it, extract what it has
to give, and move on. This is the state of nondoing and
nonclinging, which dawns as your natural state when you wake up.
YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 29

Knowing ourselves as timeless beings, we can live
consciously. We can be what we really are—a species of
consciousness creating the human universe.
“I,” the ego-personality, grapples with the stuff of creation
every day, turning new idea s into reality. We call this progress,
and it is—of a sort. The ideas we turn into reality have an agenda
and a past. The y crop up in a context that accepts or rejec ts them


thers
(biochemical	individuality	at	work).	For	example,	people	who	are	under	stress
seem	to	be	more	susceptible	to	damage	by	EMFs.	In	general,	do	whatever	is
possible	to	reduce	EMF	exposure—starting	with	the	simple	knowledge	that	these
fields	exist,	realizing	where	they	are	and	why	they	should	be	avoided.
Microwaves	Zap	More	Than	Food
Mobile	phones	produce	a	special	kind	of	radiation	called	microwaves.
Millions	of	us	expose	ourselves	to	a	stream	of	microwaves	every	time	we	use
our	mobile	phone	for	however	long	we	talk.	Cell	phone	microwaves	are	capable
of	damaging	cellular	DNA,	thus	contributing	to	cancer	and	other	diseases.	This
damage	can	even	be	passed	on	to	future	generations.	Research	clearly	shows	that
the	microwaves	produced	by	cell	phones	alter	cell	chemistry	and	function.
A	Swedish	study	completed	in	2001	by	Professors	Lennart	Hardell	and	Kjell
Hansson	found	that	people	who	used	cell	phones	for	up	to	ten	years	had	a	26
percent	higher	risk	of	brain	cancer	than	a	control	sample	who	did	not	use	cell
phones.	Mobile	phone	frequencies	can	cause	a	dramatic	reduction	in	certain
brain	cell	proteins	and	permanently	damage	brain	cells;	the	cell	phone	antenna	is
right	next	to	your	brain.
Mast	cells	(cells	involved	with	inflammatory	responses	such	as	those	in
asthma)	were	shown	to	be	irreversibly	damaged	by	exposure	to	mobile	phone
frequencies,	with	just	ten	minutes	of	exposure	per	day	for	seven	days.	Many
people	use	their	cell	phones	far	more	than	that!	To	make	matters	worse,	digital
phones	emit	a	series	of	pulses,	and	pulsed	microwaves	are	known	to	be	more
biologically	active	than	the	continuous-wave	radiation	(analog	phones)	used	in
the	experiments	above.	Cell	phones	can	also	interfere	with	melatonin	production,
thus	interfering	with	sleep	patterns	and	possibly	promoting	cancer.	Since	little
research	on	the	long-term	effects	of	low-level	microwave	exposure	has	been
done,	the	best	course	of	action	is	to	avoid	cell	phone	use.	When	use	is	necessary,
at	least	limit	the	number	and	duration	of	your	calls.The	Threat	of	Ionizing	Radiation
Ionizing	radiation,	as	I	have	mentioned,	is	a	serious	kind	of	radiation	that	is
fairly	well	known.	This	type	of	radiation,	which	includes	gamma	rays	and	X
rays,	is	known	to	have	harmful	effects	on	human	tissue.	We	call	this	type	of
radiation	“ionizing”	because	it	results	in	the	formation	of	chemically	reactive
elements	or	molecules	called	ions,	which	alter	the	electrical	charge	in	atoms	and
molecules	within	our	cells.	Ionizing	radiation	causes	damage	to	DNA,	cells,
tissues	and	also	causes	cancer.	Therefore,	no	level	of	exposure	to	radiation	can
be	considered	safe.
Research	on	ionizing	radiation	has	uncovered	many	problems,	from	both
natural	and	man-made	sources.	In	1983,	residents	of	Montclair,	New	Jersey,
began	complaining	of	headaches	and	allergies.	Their	homes	had	been
constructed	on	a	landfill	from	a	U.S.	radium	plant	that	closed	in	the	1930s.	Their
homes	were	found	to	be	contaminated	by	“dangerously	high”	levels	of	radiation,
which	seemed	to	be	related	to	the	reported	health	problems.	Similarly,	in	Kerela,
India,	which	experiences	the	highest	levels	of	natural	environmental	radiation	in
the	world,	a	high	prevalence	of	Down’s	syndrome	and	other	forms	of	mental
retardation	are	found	among	residents.	Radiation	damage	is	also	evident	in
Japan’s	Hiroshima	and	Nagasaki	victims	and	in	the	health	records	of	former
employees	of	government	atomic	facilities.
We	have	no	control	over	about	half	of	the	ionizing	radiation	we	are	exposed	to
in	our	lives,	because	it	comes	from	natural	sources	such	as	radioactive	elements
in	our	soil,	water	and	atmosphere.	Research	the	level	of	radiation	in	the	ground
and	water	where	you	live.	If	your	local	ambient	radiation	is	particularly	high,
you	might	want	to	consider	a	different	home.	At	least	avoid	drinking
contaminated	water	and	use	ventilation	to	remove	radioactive	gas	from	your
basement.
We	do	have	control	over	the	other	half	of	the	ionizing	radiation	we	are
exposed	to—that	which	comes	from	manmade	sources,	primarily	medical	X
rays.	Seemingly	“benign”	dental	X	rays,	mammograms	and	other	radiological
procedures	can	subject	the	body	to	significant	physical	harm.	Given	that	the
overwhelming	majority	of	diagnostic	X	rays	are	not	medically	necessary,	we
should	consider	them	as	a	health	risk	and	carefully	evaluate	their	value	(risks
versus	benefits).	Whether	or	not	to	have	an	X	ray	is	your	choice,	not	your
doctor’s,	and	the	decision	should	be	made	by	you.	As	noted,	this	decision	should
not	be	taken	lightly	because	ionizing	radiation	from	medical	X	rays	and	radiation
treatment	can	cause	cancer,	genetic	defects	and	tissue	injury.
In	the	medical	and	scientific	communities,	much	disagreement	exists	aboutthe	health	effects	of	low-level	exposure	to	ionizing	radiation	in	diagnostic
procedures.	Many	have	assumed	that	low-level	exposure	is	not	a	health	threat,
but	modern	research	is	beginning	to	cast	doubts.	A	study	of	the	health	records	of
thirty-five	thousand	workers	at	a	government	bomb	plant	in	Washington	state
concluded	that	even	small	doses	of	ionizing	radiation	are	four	to	eight	times
more	likely	to	cause	cancer	than	previously	believed.	This	study,	financed	by	the
Three	Mile	Island	Public	Health	Fund	and	carried	out	by	Alice	Stewart,	M.D.,
concluded	that
radiation	delivered	in	small	doses	over	time	(as	we	are	exposed
to	today	through	common	medical	X	rays)	may	carry	a	higher	risk	of	cancer
than	the	same	total	radiation	delivered	in	a	single	dose.
Edward	Radford,	past	chairman	of	the	National	Academy	of	Sciences
committee	on	ionizing	radiation,	says	the	cancer	risk	of	low-level	radiation	may
be	ten	times	worse	than	is	generally	accepted.	Higher	radiation	doses	may	kill
off	damaged	cells,	thus	preventing	their	proliferation,	whereas	weak	exposures
damage	cellular	DNA	but	still	allow	damaged	cells	to	replicate;	thus,	cells	are
able	to	reproduce	and	proliferate	cancerous	mutations.	This	conclusion	is	the
opposite	of	what	our	dentists	and	physicians	teach	us;	the	medical	community
has	always	maintained	that	X	rays	are	safe	because	small	doses	over	time	give
the	body	time	to	repair	itself	and	are	therefore	less	damaging.	However,	instead
of	repairing,	the	body’s	cells	appear	to	suffer	damage	and	then	replicate	that
damage,	enabling	the	problem	to	spread.
The	bottom	line:	Avoid	radiation	whenever	possible.	Because	some	radiation
exists	in	the	natural	world,	we	must	focus	on	reducing	our	exposure	to	the
radiation	we	create,


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capacity and therefore the ease with which the infant head may pass through the birth canal. In Dr.
Vaughan's wide experience she has observed two ways by which a rough estimate of the pelvic
shape and capacity may be anticipated: first, by the gait of the individual, because the angle of the
hips is determined by the shape of the pelvis; and second, by the teeth and jaws. She has
recognized an association between facial and dental arch deformities and deformed pelvis.
    During my investigations in eastern Australia I was informed that the birth rate among the whites
had declined over a large area and to such an extent that many families had no children and many
women could produce only one child. The diets used in that district were very largely refined
white-flour products, sugar, polished rice, vegetable fats, canned goods and a limited amount of
meat. The alarm regarding the declining birth rate in Australia has recently been a matter of
discussion by the New South Wales legislature as indicated by an Associated Press dispatch from
Sydney, Australia, dated August 1, 1938: "A'stork derby' with sweepstakes prizes was proposed
in the New South Wales Legislature today to boost Australia's falling birth rate."
  A report just received from the Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, presents figures for the average amount of the various foods used in different income
groups in different parts of the United States. These showed that in general about one-third of the
income up to $2500 was spent for food per family; further, that the total flour equivalent ranged
from 0.39 to 0.50 pound per capita per day. These quantities will furnish about 829 to 1063
calories per day, per capita. It will be seen at once that this provides a large number of the calories
required for growing children and sedentary adults per day. With this number of calories derived
from refined flour products there is no adequate provision for a normal amount of such body-
building materials as minerals and vitamins. These have been removed, largely, in the milling
process, and are largely denied to our modern civilization insofar as the cereal foods are
concerned. This includes vitamin E, so essential for the functioning of the pituitary gland, the master
governor of the body.
    One of the most important lessons we may learn from the primitive cultures is the detail of their
procedures for preventing dental caries. Since I have devoted an entire chapter (Chapter 16) to
this I will make only a brief comment here. Simply stated, the practical application of the primitive
wisdom for accomplishing this would involve returning to the use of natural foods which provide
the entire assortment of bodybuilding and repairing food factors. This means the recognition of the
fact that all forms of animal life are the product of the food environments that have produced them.
Therefore, we cannot distort and rob the foods without serious injury. Nature has put these foods
up in packages containing the combinations of minerals and other factors that are essential for
nourishing the various organs. Some of the simpler animal forms are able to synthesize in their
bodies some of the food elements which we humans also require, but cannot create ourselves. Our
modern process of robbing the natural foods for convenience or gain completely thwarts Nature's
inviolable program. I have shown how the robbing of the wheat in the making of white flour
reduced the minerals and other chemicals in the grains, so as to make them sources of energy
without normal body-building and repairing qualities. Our appetites have been distorted so that
hunger appeals only for energy with no conscious need for body-building and repairing chemicals.
    A first requisite for the control of tooth decay is to have provided an adequate intake of the
body-building and repairing factors by the time the hunger appeal for energy has been satisfied. A
sufficient variety of foods must be used to supply the body's demand for those elements which it
needs in large quantities, that is, calcium and phosphorus, and the other elements which it needs in
smaller quantities, though just as imperatively. One of the serious human deficiencies is the inability
to synthesize certain of the activators which include the known vitamins. This makes necessary the
reinforcement of the nutrition with definite amounts of special foods to supply these organic
catalysts, especially the fat-soluble activators, including the known vitamins, which are particularly7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 247/250difficult to provide in adequate quantities. I have shown that the primitive races studied were
dependent upon one of three sources for some of these fat-soluble factors, namely, sea foods,
organs of animals or dairy products. These are all of animal origin. I have indicated in Chapter 16
the nutritional programs that have proved in clinical testing adequate for providing the body with
nutrition that will not only prevent tooth decay, but check it when it is active. The stress periods of
life, namely, active growth in children and motherhood, do not constitute overloads among most of
the primitive races because the factor of safety provided by them in the selection of foods is
sufficiently high to protect them against all stresses. I have indicated the type of nutrition that is
especially needed for these stress periods in our modern civilization. Also, that it is not necessary
to adopt the foods of any particular racial stock, but only to make our nutrition adequate in all its
nutritive factors to the primitive nutritions. Tooth decay is not only unnecessary, but an indication of
our divergence from Nature's fundamental laws of life and health. (See Chapter 16 for primitive
menus.) The responsibility of our modern processed foods of commerce as contributing factors in
the cause of tooth decay is strikingly demonstrated by the rapid development of tooth decay
among the growing children on the Pacific Islands during the time trader ships made calls for dried
copra when its price was high for several months. This was paid for in 90 per cent white flour and
refined sugar and not over 10 per cent in cloth and clothing. When the price of copra reduced
from $400 a ton to $4 a ton, the trader ships stopped calling and tooth decay stopped when the
people went back to their native diet. I saw many such individuals with teeth with open cavities in
which the tooth decay had ceased to be active.
    In undertaking to make practical application of primitive wisdom to our modern problems, the
field is so broad that only a limited number of items may be included. It is important to emphasize
the difference between the procedures used in the preparation of boys and girls for life in many of
the primitive groups, and in our modern social organization. Few people will realize the remarkable
training given the primitive children, with the fathers and mothers as tutors. To illustrate, among the
Indians of the far North in Canada near the Arctic Circle, the girls rather than the boys select a
companion for life. This is done with the help of her parents. Before a boy is considered worthy of
consideration he must demonstrate that he can build the winter cabin, provide the firewood for
maintaining the home of the parents, and all of the provisions of wild game, during the trial period
of several weeks. After an adequate demonstration of bravery as well as of skill, in which the boy
must kill a grizzly bear, he is accepted into the home for a period of trial marriage. The girl has the
privilege of making her choice by trial, but when the choice is made there is complete faithfulness
on the part of both. Girls are prepared for life's duties by being taught to make clothing, prepare
food, care for children and assist in the maintenance of the home. I have seldom, if ever, seen such
happy people as these forest Indians of the far North.
    In Chapter 10, in discussing the Australian Aborigines, I have similarly described the
preparation of boys for the responsibility of manhood. No modern college graduate has to win his
spurs under more exacting examinations and tests than do those boys.
    In Africa several specialties call for special training. The medicine men spend several years
under the training of a tutor. Each boy must provide a specified number of cattle per year which
are eaten by the group.
    Probably the most indelible impression that is left by my investigations among primitive races, is
that which came from examining 1,276 skulls of the people who had been buried hundreds of
years ago along the Pacific Coast of Peru and in the high Andean Plateau, without finding a single
skull with the typical marked narrowing of the face and dental arches, that afflicts a considerable
proportion not only of the residents in modernized districts in Peru, but in most of the United States
and many communities of Europe today. I know of no problem so important to our modern
civilization as the finding of the reason for this, and the elimination of the cause of error. Perhaps
few will recognize the significance of this important point. This may be the reason why the prospect
is not encouraging.
    One of the important lessons we should learn from the primitive races is that of the need for
maintaining a balance beween soil productivity, plant growth and human babies. Even in a country7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 248/250with so low a fertility as obtains in the greater part of Australia, the Aborigines for a very long
period were able to maintain this balance. Their system of birth control was very efficient and
exacting.
    A survey made by a committee


. Inhale easily through your left nostril.
Close the left nostril with the two middle fingers and exhale out of the
right nostril. Inhale easily through the right nostril.
In Pranayama, the hand changes positions with each exhalation of
breath.In Pranayama, the hand changes positions with each exhalation of
breath.
Alternate nostrils for 5 minutes. Then lower your arm and sit back
comfortably with eyes closed for 1 or 2 minutes. You can proceed
immediately to meditation if that is your next activity.
Note that you begin each breath on the exhale and finish on the inhale—
this is different from most Western breathing exercises, which begin by
taking in a deep breath. In Pranayama, you do not need to take deep breaths.
Just let your breathing come naturally but a little slower and deeper than
usual. If at any time you feel like breathing through your mouth, go ahead,
then return to the exercise as soon as you feel comfortable again. For many
people the pattern of breathing changes at times; this is normal and a good
sign that you are reaching a more balanced style of respiration.
OceanofPDF.comCHAPTER 14
SEASONAL  ROUTINE— BALANCING THE WHOLE YEAR
One of the lesso ns of the quant um mechanical body is that a person does
not stop at the boundary of his skin. His existence continues outward
throughout nature. Vata, Pitta, and Kapha are at play everywher e around us,
linking our physiologies to the world at large. That is why your body
changes with the weather, sensi ng rain in its bones or growing lazy during
the first awakening days of spring. Your doshas are keeping a weather
watch for heat, cold, wind, humidity, and all the other variations that the
seasons bring.
When a cold, dry wind begins to blow, the Vata inside you responds,
because it too is cold, dry, and moving. It senses that someth ing akin to
itself has begun  to dominate the scene. Each dosha recognizes a particular
kind of weather that brings it out, according to the principle of “like speaks
to like.”
Cold, dry weather, along with wind, accumulates Vata. Hot weather
accumulates Pitta, more so if it is also humid. Cold, wet weather or snow
accumulates Kapha.
The word accumulate means that a dosha is increasing in response to
surrounding influences; if it increases too much, the accumulation goes on
to aggravation, a serious stage of imbalance. The reason a dosha can affect
you out of seaso n, as when you get a cold in summer, is that there is a delay,
or a spillover effect. It takes time for a dosha to accumulate to the point
where it begins to disrupt your body’ s functioning. The first weeks of
autumn may seem perfectly comfortable until you suddenly notice some
anxiety or a twinge in your joints, signs of Vata aggravation.The principle at work here is the same as with a morning hangover: It
takes a while for your body to process a mistake and spit it out in the form
of a symptom. Vata moves the quickest, so its imbalances tend to show up
fastest, followed  by Pitta, which might take a month before causing visible
trouble, and finally Kapha, which typically remains “stuck ” like cold
molasses all winter, only to “melt down” and flow in the spring (having a
runny nose and sinus problems in April or May indicates that you needed to
take better care of Kapha in February).
DOSHAS AND THEIR SEASONS
As with the rhythms of the day, there are master cycles matched to the
doshas that run throughout the year. Our bodies automatically flow with
these changes as long as we do not interfere. Ayurveda divides the year into
three seasons in place of the usual four.
Kapha season falls in spring—mid-Mar ch to mid-June.
Pitta season falls in summer and early autumn—mid-June to mid-October.
Vata season bridges late autumn and winter—mid-October to mid-Mar ch.
A complete yearly cycle takes us through Kapha, Pitta, and Vata, in that
order, mirroring the daily cycle. The calendar season that gets absorbed is
autumn, because it is divided between two doshas. Autumn is considered
Pitta as long as hot weather prevails and Vata as soon as it turns cold, dry,
and windy. Peop le who have a predominance of Vata will walk outside on a
crisp October day and feel that the weather is extremely conge nial to them
—perhaps too much so. The lively, exhilarating quality of fall is only a step
away from the fatigue and depression that some people feel at this time of
year. The Vata wind seems to fan their inner spark and then blow it out. So
one has to be attentive to balancing the whole year, particularly when your
body type approaches its vulnerable period.
The three Ayurvedic seasons are only approximate and have to be
adjusted accordi ng to local conditions. In India, for example, there are sixseasons, in keeping with the arrival of the monsoon and other climatic
changes that we do not have in the continental United States. On the other
hand, many areas of Florida have practically year-round Pitta conditions,
giving way to a brief Vata or Kapha winter.
It is not really the calendar but nature itself that tells us when the doshas
will be influenc ed. Any damp, cold, overcast day will cause an increase of
Kapha, whether  it occurs in fall, winter, or spring. The doshas have the
keenest of weather eyes. Even in Florida, they adapt to the minor shifts that
prevail in the climate, enabling one to experience a comple te cycle of
Kapha, Pitta, and Vata during the year.
FOLLOWING A SEASONAL  ROUTINE
Traditionally, Ayurveda advises that everyone should follow a seasonal
routine (ritucharya ) to preserve balance as the seasons change. This routine
does not involve major alterations in your lifestyle, only a shift of emphasis.
You should always maintain your Ayurvedic daily routine—that remains of
primary importa nce—and continue to follow the diet that pacifies your
major dosha (or the one speci fied by a Ayurvedic doctor), with certain
variations to blend into the season.
KAPHA  SEASON (Spring and Early Summer)
Favor a diet that is lighter, drier, and less oily than during other seasons.
Heavy dairy products (cheese, yogurt, and ice cream) should be reduced,
since they especially tend to aggravate Kapha. Favor warm food and drink.
Eat more foods with pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes and fewer with
sweet, sour, and salty tastes.
PITT A SEASON (Midsummer Through Early Autumn)Agni is naturally low during hot weather, so you may find that your
appetite decreas es in summer. Respect this change by not overe ating. Favor
cool food and drink, but not ice cold. Your body will want more liquids in
hot weather, but it is important not to douse the digestive fire by drinking
cold liquids after a meal. Favor sweet, bitter, and astringent tastes and
reduce sour, salty, and pungent ones.
VATA SEASON (Late Autumn Through Winter)
Favor warm food and drink, heavier food, and a more oily diet than you
do durin g the rest of the year. Make sure your food is well cooked and easy
to diges t, accompanied by plenty of warm liquids (hot water or Vata tea is
best). Eat more of the sweet, sour, and salty tastes and less of the bitter,
astringent, and pungent. Avoid dry or uncooked foods (especially salads and
raw fruits and vegetables). Don’ t worry if your appetite increase s—this is a
natural tendency  in winter and helps pacify Vata dosha; however, be sure
not to eat more than you can comfortably digest.
Two other general points apply:
Eat fresh produce at all times of year, preferably those that are grown
locally.
Avoid foods that are not locally in season—for example, fewer
tomatoes or lettuce in winter, fewer grains in summer, no fruits
shipped half-ripened from other locales, and so on.
As you can see, the seasonal routine involves mostly the commonsense
adjustments in eating habits that we already follow. But look around a
restaurant on a frigid February day and notice how many diners still order
chilled salads and ice cream; not knowing any better, almost everyone will
be drinking ice water, beer, or cold white wine—all of which are
aggravating to Vata during its most prominent season.In general, the season to be most vigilant about is the one your body type
matches—summer for Pittas, winter for Vatas, spring for Kaphas. These are
times when you want to be especially faithful to your body-ty pe regimen.
Also, at the turn of every season Vata dosha tends to become more
vulnerable, so it is good to be careful about Vata when winter turns to
spring, spring to summer, and so on, because this is typically when seasonal
colds and flu strike.
If you have two doshas


	for	restoring	your	hair’s	pH	balance	as	well	as	helping	remove	any
product	residue.	Rosemary	helps	stimulate	the	scalp	and	promote	hair	growth.
1	cup	organic	apple	cider	vinegar
15	drops	rosemary	oil
¾	cup	warm	water
Combine	the	ingredients	and	pour	over	damp	hair,	being	careful	not	to	get	the	rinse	into	your	eyes	or
on	your	face.	Massage	for	a	few	moments	and	rinse	out.
Top	Ingredients	for	Hair	Care
To	pinpoint	the	best	possible	ingredients	in	shampoos	and	conditioners	to	help
nourish	your	hair,	it’s	important	to	look	beyond	the	slogans	and	pretty
packaging	devised	by	marketing	companies.	Of	course,	the	products	you	choose
must	match	your	individual	hair	type,	but	there	are	some	ingredients	that	are
known	to	work	universally	well	for	different	types	of	hair.	Products	includingthese	ingredients	can	be	sourced	at	health	stores,	but	they	also	are	increasingly
common	and	easy	to	find	at	your	local	grocery	store	or	pharmacy.
SHEA	BUTTER
This	is	a	great	natural	emollient.	It	coats	the	surface	of	your	hair	strands	with
oil,	reducing	the	amount	of	water	that	is	lost	so	that	your	hair	stays
hydrated
and	luscious.
COCONUT	OIL
This	is	a	perfect	fatty	emollient	to	seal	moisture	into	your	hair.	Coconut	oil
helps	make	your	hair	shiny	and	healthier.
PURE
ALOE	VERA	GEL
Great	for	soothing	your	scalp	and	hair	follicles,	aloe	vera	is	said	to	also	contain
an	enzyme	that	stimulates	hair	follicles,	helping	to	promote	healthy	hair
growth.
VEGETABLE	GLYCERIN
This	acts	as	a	natural	humectant,	meaning	it	attracts	water	and	acts	as	a
protective	moisture	layer,	which	will	help	your	hair	stay	moisturized	while
avoiding	frizziness.
JOJOBA
This	is	a	great	natural	hair	oil,	which	can	soothe	damaged	ends	and	make	your
hair	look	shiny	but	not	greasy	by	balancing	your	hair’s	oil	production.
CASTOR	OIL
This	is	a	humectant	and	an	antifungal	that	helps	prepare	the	hair	for	better
growth.
CERAMIDES
Ceramides	mend	damaged	and	broken	hair	fibers	by	“gluing”	them	back
together	and	reinforcing	your	hair’s	structure.	They	also	help	to	smooth	out
frizzy	or	unmanageable	hair.
ANTIOXIDANTS
Antioxidants	work	great	inside	your	body	and	also	help	to	nourish	your	hairfrom	the	outside.	Applied	topically,	antioxidants	can	help	protect	your	hair
from	free	radicals	and	even	protect	the	integrity	of	your	hair’s	vital	color.
HYALURONIC	ACID
Popularly	used	in	skin	care	(see
this	page
),	hyaluronic	acid	is	also	useful	for
beautiful	hair,	as	it	helps	to	lock
hydration	into	your	hair	strands.
ACIDIC
INGREDIENTS
In	this	case,	acidity	can	be	a	good	thing!	Just	as	applying	apple	cider	vinegar	can
cleanse	your	hair	follicles	of	debris	and	balance	your	hair’s	natural	pH,	other
natural	acids	in	shampoo,	such	as	sodium	citrate	or	citric	acid,	perform	the
same	functions	on	a	milder,	more	regular	basis.
PANTHENOL
Panthenol	is	a	form	of	vitamin	B	that	treats	and	prevents	damage	to	your	hair
from	pollution,	free	radicals,	and	sun	exposure.	It’s	water	soluble,	penetrating
the	hair	and	acting	as	a	great	moisturizer	that	locks	moisture	into	your	hair
after	cleansing.
ZINC
You	can	ingest	the	essential	trace	element	zinc	from	eating	nuts	and	seeds,	such
as	pumpkin	seeds.	In	shampoo,	zinc	can	soothe	the	scalp,	fight	chronic
dandruff,	and	regulate	excess	sebum,	thereby	preventing	excessively	oily	hair
and	even	hair	loss	that	results	from	clogged	hair	follicles.
RADICAL	BEAUTY	TIP:	KEEP	YOUR	TRESSES	SHINY
Everyone	loves	hot	showers.	That’s	all	good,	but	be	sure	to	end	your	shower	with	a
cool	rinse.	(See
this	page
	to	read	why	alternating	temperatures	in	the	shower	is	a
great	beauty	practice	in	general.)	The	cool	water	will	tighten	up	your	hair	follicles
and	cuticle,	keeping	your	hair	shinier.	Plus,	you	will	feel	refreshed!
Hair	Ingredients	to	Avoid
Your	hair	follicles	are	very	vacuolated,	meaning	they	are	rich	in	blood	vessels
that	are	close	to	the	surface	of	your	scalp.	Therefore,	whatever	is	in	your
hair
products	is	quickly	absorbed	into	your	bloodstream	and	into	your	system.
Being	aware	of	the	toxic	additives	in	many	common	hair	products	and	avoiding
them	goes	hand	in	hand	with	eating	organic	foods.	It’s	important	to	avoidtoxins	from	entering	and	circulating	around	your	precious	body	from	any
source	so	they	do	not	in	any	way,	shape,	or	form	detract	from	your	natural
beauty.	Unfortunately,	there	are	thousands	of	chemicals	used	in	different	hair-
care	products,	so	it’s	up	to	you	to	scan	ingredient	labels	and	be	on	the	lookout.
Here	are	some	of	the	most	common	harmful	ingredients	that	are	important	to
avoid.
SULFATES
Ugh.	These	nasty,	cheaply	produced	chemicals,	which	include	sodium	lauryl
sulfate	(SLS),	sodium	laureth	sulfate	(SLES),	and	other	forms	of	sulfate,	are	used
in	shampoos	(as	well	as	floor	cleaners,	engine	degreasers,	and	kitchen	degreasers
like	dishwasher	soaps)	to	create	foam.	It’s	easy	to	love	a	foamy	shampoo	and
feel	like	you’re	really	cleaning	your	hair,	right?	But	sulfates	can	be	considered	a
toxin	that	creates	irritation	and	itching,	as	well	as	more	serious	issues.	A	report
from	the
Journal	of	the	American	College	of	Toxicology
	notes	that	this	ingredient
has	a	“degenerative	effect	on	the	cell	membranes	because	of	its	protein
denaturing	properties,”
1
	and	that	“high	levels	of	skin	penetration	may	occur	at
even	low	use	concentration.”
2
	Some	studies	have	noted	that	sulfates	can	enter
and	maintain	residual	levels	in	the	heart,	liver,	lungs,	and	brain	from	skin
contact,	and	by	depositing	on	the	skin	surface	and	in	the	hair	follicles,	they	can
cause	damage	to	the	hair	follicle.
3
,
4
	Other	research	has	shown	that	sulfates	can
create	irritation	to	and	impair	your
immune	system.
5
ETHYL	AND
ISOPROPYL	ALCOHOLS
These	petroleum-based	alcohols	can	be	very	dehydrating	to	your	hair,	leaving	it
dry	and	eventually	leading	to	breakage.	Certain	nonvolatile	or	fatty	alcohols,
however,	such	as	cetyl	alcohol,	are	okay,	as	they	have	a	higher	carbon	count	so
they	are	oily	and	actually	condition	hair.	Be	sure	to	check	labels	for	specific
names.
FORMALDEHYDE
Commonly	used	as	a	preservative


 walls thin; mucosa corrugated and pale.

Death by fasting:
    Several cases showed extreme dilation; two were in st ate of cirrhosis; none showed contractions except Case 3 (hour -glass), and
Cases 10 and 11 (cirrhosis). Other variations as noted.

INTESTINES
Death by starvation:
    Show uniform contraction as to lumen and length; walls usually thin and transparent t o light; their atrophy in this connection is
characteristic. Sometimes empty; sometimes containing dark mucus; sometimes distended with gas.

Death by fasting:
    The condition of the intestines is specifically noted in all cases. There were no general characteristics, but in no instance were
the walls unduly thin.

KIDNEYS
Death by starvation:
    Do not seem to suffer.

Death by fasting:
    Suffered as noted.

SPLEEN
Death by starvation:
    Not noteworthy.

Death by fasting:
    Normal in majority of eases. Disintegration noted in Case 4, atrophy in Cases 6 and 7.

PANCREAS
Death by starvation:
    Always atrophied, sometimes to practical disappearance.

Death by fasting:
    Atrophy noted in Cases 6 and 7; hypertrophy wi th cirrhosis in Case 4; incipient cirrhosis in Cases 10 and 11. Others normal.

OMENTUM
Death by starvation:
    Transparent and destitute of fat.

Death by fasting:
    In all cases some fat; in Case 4 excessive fat. Transparent in no case.

LIVER
Death by starvation:
    Unaltered except in size, which is lessened.

Death by fasting:
    Noted in all cased There were no general characteristics; the organ varied in size and structure with the individual.

GALL BLADDER
Death by starvation:
    Usually full; contents staining adjacent tissues.

Death by fasting:
    Case 8 was the only instance in which there was staining of adjacent tissues. Others were as noted or normal.

Page 70 of  72     One fact of significance shown in the post mortem findings and in the comparison noted above is that, no matter how general
were the defects in other organs, nor how emaciated the body, unless they themselves were organically imperfect, the heart, t he
lungs, and the brain were normal in size and in functioning ability. It may be added that, although not always specifically s tated,
the brain in each instance in the cases cited was thoroughly dissected.

    Through the facts related the immediate cause of death in every case described may easily be traced to its origin. And
furthermore these facts virtually prove that organic deficiency, if not produced by drug dosage, is the direct result of dige stive
impairment. The scientific worth of this observation  is much enhanced for the reason that in these autopsies the entire organism in
each case was exhibited unaffected by recent drug paralysis. Observation also shows that the subjects in whom glands were
hardened or atrophied were invariably of an emaciated or wiry physique, while those in whom a softening of the organs had
occurred were inclined to obesity. It is also interesting to note that, where mental control was lacking at any stage of the fast, the
colon upon dissection showed displacement and distort ion, so much so that its evacuation was rendered most difficult even with
the aid of enemata.

    From the scientific viewpoint the observations included in the present chapter are of greatest import. By them the theory of
Fasting for the Cure of Disease  is fully substantiated, and proof of its efficacy as a therapeutic measure is rendered
incontrovertible.

SUMMARY OF DEATHS IN THE FAST

N
o. Sex Lengt
h of
Fast
Days  Age Height  Weight
at
Begin
ning of
Fast Weight
at Death  Pulse at
begi-
ning of
fast Pulse
at
mid
fast Pulse
before
death  Temp at
begin -
ning of ast  Temp at
mid fast  Temp before
death
1 F 40 38 5'5" 124 86 82 72 86 99 98 97
2 F 57 39 5'2" 110 68 74 72 68 96 98 94
3 F 60 24 5'7" 132 75 90 104 112 97 99 96
4 F 59 35 5'8" 144 90 78 84 108 100 100 96
5 M 19 24 5'7" 110 87 80 68 60 96 97 94
6 M 30 46 5'11"  145 112 88 92 96 98 99 97
7 M 38 56 5'5" 115 70 60 68 50 94 96 94
8 M 49 22 5'6" 128 100 90 86 102 97 98 97
9 M 21 27 5'10"  125 88 56 54 48 94 96 94
10 M 35
(Diet)  34 5'9" 146 120 54 52 50 94 94 94
11 F 80
(Diet)  33 5'2" 78 65 56 60 62 94 96 94

CHAPTER XXI
NATURAL THERAPY AND THE FAST

OSTEOPATHY AND CHIROPRACTIC:
THE TENDENCY OF OSTEOPATHY TO REVERT TO MEDICINE:
THE BROAD BASIS OF NATURAL THERAPY

    AS ELSEWHERE expressed the fast in itself is primarily an eliminative agency, a process of purification, and therefore it mus t
be regarded, not as the actual restorative, curative power, but as a means to this end. Ability to recover from disease, cure  itself,
resides within the individual organism, the fast, together with its accessories, permitting, and at times even compelling, ga thered
body impurity to be eliminated through the various natural, normal channels of evacuation. It prepares and furnishe s a restored and
renovated foundation upon which a new and healthy physical structure may be re -erected.

    The accessories utilized in fasting have been in greater part explained and elaborated. But one important auxiliary agency th at is
daily brought into play during the regimen imposed is that of body manipulation, including adjustment and correction of bony
lesions, be the latter located in the spinal column or elsewhere. In this connection two distinct schools of healing have ari sen
within comparati vely recent time, those of Osteopathy and of Chiropractic.

    Osteopathy, the theory of which was first propounded by Dr. A. T. Still in 1874, is defined as "that science or system of hea ling
which treats disease of the human body by manual therapeutics  for the stimulation of the remedial forces within the body itself, for
Page 71 of  72 the correction of misplaced tissue, and for the removal of obstructions or interferences with the fluids of the body, all wit hout the
internal administration of drugs or medicine." It may perhaps serve to make this definition more lucid if Dr. Still's own
interpretation of his discovery is added. It is this: -- "Osteopathy deals with the body as an intricate machine, which, if kept in
proper adjustment, nourished and cared for, will run smoothly into ripe old age. When every part of the machine is adjusted and in
perfect harmony, health will hold dominion over the human organism by laws as natural and immutable as are the laws of
gravitation. Every living organism has within it the power to manufacture and prepare all chemicals, materials, and forces needed
to build and rebuild itself, together with all of the machinery and apparatus required to do the work in the most perfect man ner,
producing the only substances that can be utilized in t he economy of the individual. No material other than food and water taken in
satisfaction of the demands of the appetite can be introduced without detriment."

    The name, Osteopathy, derived as it is from two Greek words, osteon, a bone, and pathos, su ffering, is not such a misnomer as
at first might appear. The osteopathic theory, it is seen, is based on the belief that disease is caused by some part of the human
mechanism being out of proper adjustment, as in the ease of misplaced bone, cartilage or l igament, adhesions or contractions of
muscle, any one of which results in unnatural pressure on, or obstruction to, nerve, blood, or lymph. Osteopathy, then, throu gh the
agency or use of the bones, especially the long ones which are employed as levers, see ks to adjust the misplaced parts. It pays
attention to all portions of the organism, but it devotes much of its work to the spinal column, which, owing to its complex
structure, is liable to several forms of sub -dislocation, depending upon the region in wh ich they may occur. The


, as was the fully uniformed deputy standing
by the car. In  all these years, I had never seen law
enforcement out here. The deputy called out to me, “Are
you in charge here?” The voice in my head was frantically
trying to figure out what was going on. Why is a deputy
here? I s some thing wrong? Did he look in the Temple
and see  all the strange religious icons? This is north-
central Florida; am I in trouble?
Despite all this internal noi se, I managed to utter a
fairly normal sounding, “Yes, sir, I am in charge. How
may I help you?” Pointing to the Temple, Deputy
Knowles asked me if I had built the building. When I told
him that I had, he asked if I would consider building an
addition onto his house. It seemed he loved the rustic
cedar lo ok of the Temple and was impressed with the
quality of the carpentry. H e had been looking for abuilder to enclose and remodel his garage into living
space.
I was dumbfou nded. I had never even thought of such
a th ing. Sure, I  had built a few buildings on my own land,
but I had neve r thought of building for someone else—
not to mention  someone official, like a sheriff’s deputy. I
stood there for a moment as two contrasting responses
went on inside my head. First, the voice was saying, No
way, I don’t want to do this. I’m busy. I have my job at
Santa Fe, and I’m not a build er, anyway.  Second, there
was a quiet, pe aceful sense of awareness that didn’t have
to say a word. It simply knew  that my vow of surrender
to life required me to see where this would lead. I took a
breath, looked up at the offic er, and said, “Yes, I would
be g lad to help  out with your project.” There—it was said,
just like the other times. No w I would get to see what
magical rabbit hole this new act of surrender would lead
me down.
Deputy Knowles was the perfect person for my first
construction jo b. He knew ju st what he wanted, and he
allowed me to do the job on a cost-plus basis. That was
essential since I was in no position to give him a firm bid
or pay for the materials myself. Given what I was
accustomed to earning in those days, I’m sure I did the
job for far les s than anyone else would have. I would
need an  assistant, and Radha, one of our new Temple
residents, volu nteered. She was on her Christmas break
from the university, and she assured me that she could
handle a hammer and carry  her load. We strapped on
aprons and drove into town to do some building.
That job, completely unasked for and unexpected,
became the start of my construction company, Built with
Love. Officer Knowles was so  pleased with the job that he
passed the word around. In no time at all, I was doing
numerous hom e improvement jobs for officers and staff
at the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department. I still had
my pon ytail, a nd always worked in sandals, but no oneseemed to mind. Radha coul d only help part-time, so I
did some of th e jobs by myself. I put in fireplaces, closed
in a few gara ges, and added a number of porches. I
treated each job as if the un iverse itself had given it to
me—because it had. Just as th e retreats had taught me to
serve, so doing home improvement work for all these
wonderful people became part of my spiritual practices. I
was given the opportunity to bring joy into the lives of
people I  didn’t even know. I really liked that aspect of the
work, a nd I would have gladly done the jobs for free. But
that wa s not what was happening. I was going to have to
learn to deal with accepting money and running a
business. Life was making m e let go of my spiritual self-
concept, and I was staying very conscious about not
replacing it with yet another one. I simply put my whole
heart in to wha tever I was doi ng. There was no difference
between teaching my classes at Santa Fe, meeting with
people for morning and evening services at the Temple,
running spiritual retreats, or doing a construction job.
All these tasks had one thin g in common: they had all
been given to me by surrendering to life’s
incomprehensible flow.2 8.
T h e  M a s t e r  B u i l d e r
W hen something is meant to be, it’s fascinating watching
it un fold, one event after the  other. To begin with, I had
to deal with th e money that was coming in. These were
all small home improvement jobs, but they were bringing
in m uch more money than I was used to dealing with. It
turned out that Radha had some experience in
bookkeeping. D uring summer vacations, she used to help
out in the bookkeeping department at the Florida Farm
Bureau, where her father was president. I’d never seen
anyone use an adding machine as fast as her fingers
could fly across the keys. I ha d minored in accounting in
college, so together we set up the company’s books. I
imagine my CPA brother-in-l aw, Harvey, must have been
surprised when I called him for advice on setting up a
business. He filed the pape rwork to incorporate Built
with Love and offered to look over the books and handle
the annual tax returns. This had to be the smallest
business in the world that had a CPA. As usual, it all
seemed like overkill to me, until the next unlikely event
took place.
Not long after the start of Built with Love, we were
meeting on the field one Sund ay after services. It was our
tradition to get together in a big circle for community
announcements before sharing tea and cookies. After
announcements, a man came  up to me and said he had
heard I  was doing some building. I concurred, and he
asked m e if I could use a b uilder license. Any permits
needed so far had been pulled by the home owner, but it
would be good to have a contractor license in case
anything bigger showed up. I told him I would beinterested, and  he informed me that he had a builder
license that I could use. He had the look of a devoted
hippie, and I hadn’t pictured him as a licensed
contractor. I asked him how he came about having a
license. He told me that a few years earlier there had
been a period of dispute bet ween the county and state
licensing agencies. During t hat time, anyone could fill
out the paperwork and be iss ued a contractor license. He
had don e just that, and now he had an active license. It
seemed too good to be true. I called the county the next
day and  asked about the license number he had given
me. I was informed that the license was active and in
good standing, and I was free to work out any
arrangement w hereby Built with Love could utilize the
license.
Just in case the flow of l ife hadn’t already been
impressive enough, I was now a licensed contractor. And
it w as a good thing, because  I soon had a very special
building project to do on Temple property. It seems
Donna’s twelve -by-sixteen-foot cabin was not going to be
big enough to house both her and the child she was
expecting. I would not have h ad the wherewithal to build
an addition onto her house just a few months earlier. The
perfection of the Universal Flow I had been surrendering
to had taken care of the pr oblem before I even knew
there was one. We hadn’t ch anged our lifestyle, so the
funds that Built with Love had been earning all got
plowed back into the Temple’s property. I knocked out
an entir e side of Donna’s cabi n and built an addition that
included room for a crib and a proper bathroom.
Our daughter, Durga Devi, was born in August 1977.
Amrit, Mataji, and many others sent her traditional gifts
of bless ings fo r health, prosperity, and spirituality. She
was born into what had become a spiritual community. It
was going to be very interesting to see how she would
grow up.You would think that it was time to settle in and digest
all the changes  that had taken place in our lives. I had
always lived within my means, even when earning $350
a m onth as a part-time teacher at Santa Fe. Now, Built
with Love was earning me a  few thousand a month on
top of my Santa Fe salary. There was certainly no need
for more income—at least that’s what I thought. It had
become a pattern of mine to think, or wish, that an
energy flow was complete when, in fact, it had just
begun. It’s a good thing I was following the energy and
not leading it, because the Universal Plan was always
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whichcanpoisonthesystemandcauseseverein-
flammationofthestomachandintestines). Itwasused
forcolic,usuallyincombinationwithotherherbssuch
ascolocynthis,andwasfoundtostimulatetheglandu-
larsystemwhengiveninsmalldoses.
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gatheredbeforethefruitisripeandchoppedand
poundedtoapulp,thenlefttostandinalcoholbefore
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GENERALSYMPTOMS
Dischargeswatery.
Worseaftermidnight;mid-morning.
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wherethepatientfeelsweakandfaintafterthestool
(seebelow).Generallyspeaking,thesepeopleoften
feelattheirworstand'orthediarrhoeaisatitsworstin
theearlyhoursofthemorningormid-morning.EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Thisremedydoesnothavestrongemotionalsymp-
toms,thoughpatientsmaybetalkative,excitableand
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theirsleep.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Diarrhoea
SymptomsInchildren.Belly/stomach: gurgling;
rumbling.Alternatingwithconstipation/headache.
Stools:frequent;gushing;involuntary;painless;pro-
fuse;smelly;sudden.Withexhaustionafterpassing
stool.
Worseafterdrinkingwater;immediatelyafterdrink-
ing;aftereating;forhotweather;mid-morning;
around4a.m.;atnight.
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suchasaheadacheorevenconstipation.Thereismuch
rumblingandgurglingintheabdomenbeforeastool,
andtheremaybedullachesorcrampingpainsaccom-
panyingthegurgling.Thestoolsareusuallypainless,
andareprofuseandwateryandliterallyshootout.
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consistency,thatis,white,yelloworgreen.Theyare
usuallyaccompaniedbyloudwind.These'evacu-
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andweak.Thegutssoonfillupagainandanother
stoolmustbepassed,sothatpeoplesufferingfrom
thistypeofdiarrhoeawillneedtovisitthetoilet
frequently.Theymaythinkthattheyaregoingtopass
wind(whilstsittingonthetoilet)butdiarrhoeashoots
outinvoluntarily. Itoftencomesonimmediatelyafter
drinkingwater.
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INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Pulsatillanigricans(Puis.)•135
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standforatimebeforebeingstrainedandsuccussed.
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measles;gettingwet;gettingfeetwet.Discharges:
thick;yellow;bland.Dislikes:bread;hotfood/drinks;
fatty,richfood;meat.Faintnessinawarmroom.
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partslainon;wandering.Symptoms:right-sided;
changeable.Taste:mouthtastesbadinthemorning.
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pressure;forwalkinginfreshair;forcrying.
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food;forgettingfeetwet;forheat;instuffyrooms;at
twilight;forwetweather;forwind.Pulsatillahassuchawiderangeofactioninallage
groupsthatithasbeencalledtheQueenof
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roomagain.However,theyaresensitivetogettingwet
ortobeingexposedtowet,windyweather,andthey
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wet.Theyandtheirmoodsarechangeable.
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 CALL TO ACTION

It is time for humans to stop the toxic consumption of animal products, which
today are so
laden with toxic hormones, antibiotics, chemicals and the like,
that they have become time bombs just ticking away inside of us. We
can
 lift
ourselves up from decay and toxicity and enjoy the vitality and internal
cleanliness that a raw fruit-and-vegetable diet will bring. Such a diet breaks
the chains of anger and despair, freeing us into the light of vibrancy and
health.
Try a six-week diet free of animal products and see the difference for
yourself. It’s one thing to read and form opinions from conditioned thought.
However, it’s quite another to experience it directly for yourself.
All life transmutes compounds and elements into other compounds or
elements, although this process is not well understood by the scientific
community, as of yet. Your body can and does create amino acids from
carbohydrates and fats. Your body uses the constituents in your foods,
especially those biologically suited for you, to maintain and repair itself.
Nature will always have mysteries for us to seek. The mind, which is
forever over-reacting, can keep the soul’s attention here in the physical world
indefinitely. The mind is like the seeker after God, forever looking for truth
when it is always right in front of him. The mind (intellec-tualism) always
likes to tear things apart to try to understand how they are made. Soul already
knows
 how things are made. Break free from in-tellectualism and enjoy the
simplicity of nature and God. It will free you from a lot of wasted energy.
Become a raw-food, living-food eater and enjoy vitality and robust health.
You will be much happier for it.
HIGH PROTEIN DIETS CAN CAUSE DEATH
 Research studies done by some of the world’s top educational institutions
(including Simmons College and Harvard University, as reported in
The New
England Journal of Medicine
 and
The Archives of Internal Medicine)
 have
proven, over and over again, that meat protein is toxic to us when it is
absorbed through our intestinal walls. This creates acidosis, affects an
immune response and invites parasites. The following list will summarize
what we have considered in the previous sections about the basic reasons to
avoid meat and high protein diets.
A protein structure is not useable by the body as such, and must be
broken down into its simplest compounds, called amino acids before the
body can use it at all. This process
requires
 energy instead of yielding
energy.
Many acids are created during the digestion and metabolizing of proteins,
including uric acid (which causes gout), phosphoric acid, and sulfuric
acid. These acids are irritating and inflammatory to tissues. They also
stimulate nerve responses leading to hyperactivity of tissues.
Protein is a nitrogen compound, high in phosphorous, which when
consumed in large amounts, will deplete calcium and other electrolytes
from the body.
Proteins are highly acid-forming, lowering the pH balance of the body.
This causes inflammation and tissue weakness, leading to tissue death.
Proteins are not used as fuel by the body; they are building blocks and
carriers. When proteins are broken down by digestion into amino acids,
their main function becomes growth and repair of tissue. Simple sugars
are the main fuels for the body besides oxygen. When we try to lose
weight by burning proteins for fuel, this causes fat breakdown. However,
it also causes tissue breakdown. You can destroy liver, pancreatic and
kidney tissues by burning your building blocks instead of using proper
fuels.
In people who have adrenal weakness, a high protein diet causes the liver
to create large amounts of cholesterol, which then begins to plaque
throughout the body, especially through the vascular system, liver and
kidneys. Stone formation also begins to take place in the liver and
gallbladder.
Animal proteins putrefy in the body causing body odor. This
putrefaction causes a cesspool of toxins to build up in the intestines and
the tissues of the body, both interstitially and in-tracellularly This not
only creates a base for parasites to grow, but the acidity createsinflammation, which blocks cellular respiration, eventually causing
cellular death.
High protein consumption does not fit our species, nor is it
physiologically sound.
Animal farming, as a food source, has devastated us economically,
environmentally and spiritually. We are destroying our forests and green
land to create pastures. This is destroying our planet in many ways. It
affects the production of vital oxygen, diminishes heat protection,
destroys beauty, limits erosion protection, limits our fruit and vegetable
farming, increases toxic by-products of animals, robs topsoil and oxygen
levels from grain farming, and destroys wild animal habitats. We waste
thousands of acres in raising tons of grain needed to feed cattle and other
animals.
High protein diets contain excessive amounts of epinephrine (adrenaline)
and thereby create aggression, anger and adrenal failure in humans who
consume these foods.
Meat has been proven to cause intestinal cancer. It is suspected in liver
and pancreatic cancers, as well. The cesspool of putrefaction that builds
up in the lymphatic system is possibly the starting cause of lymphomas.
Meat-eating societies have a much shorter life span. An example of this is
the Intuits of Northern Canada and Alaska whose average life span is
approximately fifty years.
Meat is nothing more than dead or dying cells, living in their own
cesspool of stagnant, putrefying blood. And humans call this good
nutrition.
Meat stimulates, irritates and inflames the sexual organs, especially the
prostate gland, leading to prostatitis.
Today’s animal meat is full of growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides,
herbicides, nuclear wastes, high levels of adrenaline, and other toxic
chemicals from air and ground pollution. All of these compounds are
considered carcinogenic. We find more cancer in cows, pigs and
chickens today than ever before. And humans eat this. Some meat
producers (farmers and ranchers) have also lost their integrity and sense
of decency, and are grinding up their sick and dying cows, pigs and
chickens and mixing this “dead,” often “diseased,” meat into their regular
animal feed. This leads to “Mad Cow” and “Hoof and Mouth” disease.
We see this now, especially in Europe, where meat growers have been
feeding dead sheep meat to living cows. Cows are vegetarians. Hogs are
not true meat eaters, either. This eventually leads to acidosis and diseasewithin these animals, just as it does within humans.
High protein diets lower manganese levels resulting in spasms,
convulsions, neurotransmitter issues (myasthenia, S.O.B., heart
arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, etc.), neuromuscular problems,
Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Meat is full of dead blood cells (hemoglobin), which are full of iron.
However, iron is a mineral, which if consumed in abundance can become
toxic, especially oxidized iron (not plant iron). Iron toxicity creates a
multitude of reactions within the body, including:
Decrease in chromium (needed in insulin transport issues)
Decrease in zinc (needed in insulin and energy production)
Damage to liver, pancreatic and kidney tissue
Lowering of calcium and calcium absorption and utilization
Increase in sodium levels (hence creating edema)
Increase in nitrogen and phosphorous levels (thus increasing acidosis)
Dizziness, equilibrium and spastic conditions by decreasing manganese
levels
Meat eating leads to high blood pressure from sodium retention and lipid
coagulation.
Meat eating with vitamin C supplementation enhances iron absorption,
thereby magnifying iron toxicity
Red meat eating is linked to the increase of N-Nitroso compounds from
intestinal bacteria, which can be cancer-causing to the intestinal walls.
Meat eating is known to be one of the chief and most direct causes of
tooth decay.
These are just a few examples of why high animal-protein diets are
destroying the human race. Wake up and enjoy life without animal
products. Your body will love you for it, as it becomes odor-free and
vibrant. Love your planet and its animals too.
COMPLETE PROTEIN OR COMPLETE MYTH?

There is a myth about the need for “complete” amino acids or “complete
proteins” in the human diet. We have struggled with this misinformation for
years. Basically, the misinformation says that unless you eat foods containing
all the essential amino acids in one meal you will not have what you need to
create a “complete protein” and therefore your body will be protein deficient.
This is one of the primary arguments for the consumption of meat and dairyproducts, or the consumption of soy products, beans, and white flour.
Consider, however:
What is the diet of a wild horse, an elephant, or a cow? These are
herbivores and their strength is well known. Their diet is 100 percent
grass and vegetable matter. If they needed the “complete protein” that is
claimed, they must be getting it from plants.
70 to 80 percent of a grizzly bear’s diet is grass. Bears don’t eat much
meat. When they do, it’s generally the fat (not the protein) structure that
they’re after. Bears are omnivores.
We are the highest species in the frugivore category, which is not
designed to eat meat.
Raw foodists who eat a balanced variety of fruits