 bottom of stalk removed
Yellow squash, cut into '/2-inch slices
3 cups lettuce, shredded, or alfalfa sprouts
1 avocado, mashed or sliced
Mayonnaise or mustard
Spike or salt-free seasoning
Place vegetables in steamer, covered, over boiling water for 5-7 minutes,
or until tender when pierced with tip of sharp knife. Combine in large
bowl. Sprinkle with a little safflower oil or olive oil and lemon juice, if
desired. Heat tortillas in hot dry skillet, one at a time, until soft but not
crisp. Place in covered casserole or between two plates with small pat of
butter, if desired, on each. Place sprouts or lettuce and avocado in two
small bowls. Assemble tortillas at table, with condiments and seasoning. Each person can come up with his or her own combination. Serves 2-3. DAY FIFTEEN—MONDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One. LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
Energy Salad (see page 149) with 1 slice buttered whole-grain toast, or
cottage cheese, if desired
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail, if desired (see page 152)
Carrot-Leek Bisque*
Marinated Pasta Salad *
French Green Salad (see page 154), or Dilled Cucumbers (see page 185)
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFESTYLE • 191 CARROT-LEEK BISQUE 30 Min. 5 cups water
5 cups carrot slices
1 clove garlic, minced
1 small white onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 large leeks, sliced in rounds and soaked to remove sand
2 teaspoons dried basil
V* teaspoon dried sage
lA teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon miso, red or white, or 1 vegetable bouillon
1 tablespoon sweet butter
Garnish:
3 tablespoons sour cream (optional)
1 tablespoon chopped chives (optional)
In a soup kettle, bring water to a boil. Add remaining ingredients, except
butter and garnish, in order given. Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer 20
minutes or until vegetables are soft. Remove Vi cup carrots with slotted
spoon. Puree remaining soup in two increments in blender. Return to
heat. Add carrots and butter. Reheat and serve. Garnish with dollop of
sour cream and chopped chives, if desired. This bisque is also excellent
cold. Serves 3. MARINATED PASTA SALAD 45 Min. 2 cups broccoli florets
2 cups asparagus, sliced on the diagonal
2 cups zucchini, sliced
Prepare the vegetables. Place broccoli, asparagus, and zucchini in vegetable steamer, covered,
over boiling water for 5-7 minutes until just tender when pierced with tip
of a sharp knife. Broccoli will take several minutes longer than asparagus
and zucchini, so put it in steamer first. Remove vegetables from heat and
reserve. 192 • FIT FOR LIFE 2 teaspoons olive oil
1 large shallot, minced
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
Prepare the mushrooms. In large skillet, heat oil. Add shallot and mushrooms. Saute until mush
rooms turn glossy but retain crispness, 3-4 minutes at most. Squeeze
lemon juice over mushrooms, and set aside. Marinade:
lA cup olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (optional)
Vi teaspoon dried oregano or 2 teaspoons fresh oregano
Vi teaspoon dried basil or 2 teaspoons fresh basil
Vi teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
Fresh ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, halved or minced
Prepare the marinade. Combine oil, lemon juice, oregano, basil, sea salt, pepper, and garlic in
measuring cup. Mix well. Combine vegetables and mushrooms in large
bowl. Add marinade, and toss gently. At this point vegetables can be
refrigerated several hours or overnight. Vz pound De Cecco whole-wheat pasta or fresh vegetable fusilli
Vf cup thin red pepper strips or thin sun-dried tomato strips
Vi cup arugula, fresh parsley, or fresh cilantro, chopped
V* cup Greek olives, rinsed (optional)
Prepare the pasta. Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil in a large kettle. Add pasta and simmer,
uncovered, until just al dente, 2-3 minutes for fresh vegetable fusilli,
10-12 minutes for dried pasta. A tablespoon of olive oil may be added to
water before boiling. When pasta is ready, add a cup of cold water to
kettle to stop cooking. Drain immediately, and toss with marinated vege
tables. Add peppers or tomatoes. Add olives and toss. Sprinkle with
arugula, parsley or cilantro. Toss gently. Serves 3-4. Freeze 2 bananas, peeled, for tomonow's shake before going to bed. A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 193 AN ALL-FRUIT DAY FOR MAXIMUM WEIGHT
LOSS! DAY SIXTEEN—TUESDAY
You have now detoxified to the point where an All-fruit Day will be comfort
able and energizing. Pace your fruit intake however you like. Have 1 or 2 large
fruit meals during the day, after juice in the morning (it is easier to stay on
fruit all day if you consume nothing but fresh juice in the morning), or eat
smaller amounts of fruit at regular intervals throughout the day. Eat only when
you are hungry. Since fruit supplies the body with the fuel it needs without a
great energy expenditure, you actually may not be particularly hungry. You
will unquestionably feel light and energetic. BREAKFAST:
Fresh juice
LUNCH:
Fruit
DINNER:
Date or Strawberry Shake, * and more fruit, 1 Vi to 2 hours later, if
desired. You may substitute a Vegetable-fruit Platter (see page 156) for
the shake, if desired. DATE OR STRAWBERRY SHAKE 3 Min. 1 cup Fresh Almond Milk (see below)
2 frozen bananas
6 pitted dates or 6 fresh or frozen strawberries
Place almond milk and fruit in blender. Blend until thick and creamy. If
you like a thinner shake, use Wi bananas. Makes 1 large shake. NOTE: From now on, if you like these shakes, keep frozen bananas on
hand in freezer. These shakes are nutritious and an excellent substitute for ice cream
shakes or protein drinks. Children love them. 194 • FIT FOR LIFE FRESH ALMOND MILK. 10 Min. V* cup raw almonds
1 cup cold water
2 teaspoons pure maple syrup (optional)
Nut and seed milks were used for centuries in Europe, Asia, and by the
American Indians, and they are still used throughout the world as easily
digestible substitutes for cow's milk. Those made from almonds or sesame
seeds are excellent sources for easily assimilated calcium and they are deli
cious! Blanch almonds by adding them to large skillet containing Vi inch boil
ing water, allowing them to sit in water as it boils for about 30 seconds. The skins will loosen noticeably. Drain and pop skins off. Place blanched
almonds in blender with 1 cup cold water. Run blender at high speed for
2—3 minutes until a thick white milk has formed. If you are going to
drink almond milk straight, strain it through a fine sieve. If there is a lot
of pulp, you have not blended long enough. If you are going to use the
milk in a shake, there is no need to strain. Shakes are an ideal "smoothing out" food after an All-fruit Day. We do not
recommend having a shake on any day when you are also having cooked food. DAY SEVENTEEN—WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One. LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
Energy Salad (see page 149), or Nuts and Cukes (see page 162)
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice cocktail, if desired (see page 152)
Tortilla Soup*
New York Goodwich (see page 159), or Perfect Corn on the Cob (see
page 180)
Grandma's Coleslaw *
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFESTYLE • 19! TORTILLA SOUP 55 Min. 8 cups water
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 large white onion, chopped
2 large carrots, cut into Vi-inch slices
1 large carrot, finely grated
1 medium potato, peeled and cubed
2 cups cauliflower, chopped, or 2 cups fresh or frozen corn
4 broccoli stalks, peeled and cut into!/2-inch cubes (optional)
2 cups banana squash, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
3 cups cabbage, sliced
1 large zucchini, sliced
1 vegetable bouillon
Vi teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
Fresh ground black pepper
Dash of cayenne pepper
lA teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
4 corn tortillas
V* cup fresh cilantro, chopped
Barbecued Onions (see below)
Prepare the soup. In a soup kettle, bring water to a boil. Add celery, onion, carrots,


 release upsets (which were
explored throughout the book). It is the modern version of the instrument
for peace! For more on Spiri, visit http://spiri.ai/.
Living Miracles:  http://livingmiracles.or g. This free webs ite allows an
interested individual to sign up for a monthly newsletter, explore
volunteering opportunities, and link in more closely with Living
Miracles. It includes a free online listing of events (both local and
online) taking place within the Living Miracles community.
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free, valuable resource contains A Course in Miracles  in its entirety, in
both a text versi on and an audio  version (read by me). There is a useful
search tool for those looking to identify specific content and ideas
presented in the Course.
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the Unwind Your Mind Experience. Subscribers receive thirty days of
emails, resources, songs, prayers, and meditations, and have access to a
private online support group, along with online movies every Saturday.
All of this is of fered for free and is Course-based.
Home in Christ:  http://the-christ.net. This free website warmly
welcomes individuals with Christian upbringing into the ACIM
community by of fering Sunday Services and a range of resources that are
less metaphysical and more devotional.Non-Dual T eacher David Hoffmeister:  http://nondualteacher.com. This
free website has a collection of my talks on video that omit the concepts
of religion in ACIM yet emphasize the metaphysical and modern
nonduality concepts of ACIM.
David Hoffmeister ’s YouTube Channel :
http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidHof fmeister. This free YouTube
channel has hundreds of hours of video footage of my recorded talks and
teachings, and a large number of videos have been subtitled in foreign
languages as well.Notes
4 It is only in this moment that we are truly able to perform the miracle of for giveness.
Forgiveness of illusion is our one-way track out of fear and into freedom. See chapter
16.
5 The Holy Spirit’ s thought system, on the other hand, is something we are relearning to think
and operate from, bridging the gap of separation in our disconnected hearts and minds
and allowing us to remember our true identity as Divine Spirit. For a thorough
description of mind versus Spirit the way it is used in this book, see “Mind—Spirit” C-1
in A Course in Miracles (ACIM), Third Edition Combined V olume. Mill V alley, CA:
Foundation for Inner Peace, 2007.
12 In no situation that arises do you r ealize the outcome that would make you happy. ACIM,
W-pI.24.1:1.
12 Everything is for your own best inter ests. ACIM, W-pI.25.1:5.
12 All things work together for good with no exceptions except in the ego’ s judgment. ACIM,
T-4.V.1:1–2.
13 Into eternity, wher e all is one, ther e crept a tiny, mad idea, at which the Son of God
remember ed not to laugh. In his for getting did the thought become a serious idea, and
possible of both accomplishment and r eal effects. T ogether, we can laugh them both
away, and understand that time cannot intrude upon eternity. It is a joke to think that
time can come to cir cumvent eternity, which means ther e is no time.  ACIM, T-27.VIII.6.
13 It is r easonable to ask how the mind could ever have made the ego. In fact, it is the best
question you could ask. Ther e is, however, no point in giving an answer in terms of the
past because the past does not matter, and history would not exist if the same err ors wer e
not being r epeated in the pr esent.  ACIM,  T-4.II.1:1–3.
15 W e can’ t solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them. This
popular saying has been widely attributed to Einstein, but its exact origin is unknown.
17 Exercise: Moving from Opinions to Prayer. Prayer  simply means intention or desire. Here
it refers to the desire for truth, Spirit.
18 It states that if you find resistance strong and dedication weak, you should not fight
yourself. ACIM, T-30.I.1:6–7.
22 Lesson 2 of A Course in Miracles  teaches that  you have given everything you see all the
meaning that it has for you. ACIM, W-pI.2.
23 My thoughts ar e images that I have made.  ACIM, W-pI.15.
24 A Course in Miracles  teaches us that without attack thoughts in our mind, we cannot see a
world of attack. ACIM,  W-pI.55.3.(23):3.26 W ith the help of the miracle, the mind is turned right side up, away from its former upside-
down way of being, experiencing, and operating. The Levels of Mind Diagram,
Foundation for the A wakening Mind,
https://livingmiraclescenter.org/doc/levelsofmind.pdf.
28 That’ s not the r eason why. The pr oblem’ s not out ther e; you have to look inside.  Resta
Burnham. 2000–2002. “That’ s Not the Reason Why.” Music of Christ.  Cincinnati, OH:
Foundation for the A wakening Mind. http://livingmiracles.or g/thats-not-the-reason-why.
30 W atch the Disney movie, The Kid. Jon T urteltaub, director. 2000. The Kid, Walt Disney
Pictures.
32 It is fr om your peace of mind that a peaceful per ception of the world arises.  ACIM,  W-
pI.34.1:4.
32 The miracle is a lesson in total per ception.  ACIM,  T-7.IX.7:4.
41 This means that the experience of guilt is solely a result of the purpose the ego gives to
things. The ego’ s purpose for the body is pride, pleasure, and attack. ACIM, T-6.V.A.5.
46 For you must learn that guilt is always totally insane, and has no r eason.  ACIM, T-
13.X.6:3.
46 All anger is nothing mor e than an attempt to make someone feel guilty. ACIM, T-
15.VII.10:3.
46 A Course in Miracles states that guilt feelings are just a sign that we don’ t know that God
Himself orders our thoughts and also that we believe we can think apart from Him.
ACIM, T-5.V.7:1–6.
48 Jesus told the parable of the prodigal son, where the one son left after asking for his
inheritance. The Holy Bible, New King James V ersion.  1979. Luke 15:1 1–32. Nashville,
TN: Thomas Nelson Publishing.
49 Whenever the pain of guilt or the desire to be right arises, remember that if you yield to it,
you are deciding against your happiness, and you will not learn how to be happy. ACIM,
T-14.III.3.
51 I am the work of God, and His work is wholly lovable and wholly loving. This is how a
man must think of himself in his heart because this is what he is.  ACIM, T-1.III.2:3.
54 But the need to be defensive can only come when we have identified with an illusion of
our self. ACIM, T-22.V.6:1.
55 When the Self is realized and there is an experience of pure oneness, there are no longer
any experiences of private thoughts, yet the condition of being in this world is to believe
in those thoughts. In fact, they are believed to be the only reality. ACIM, W-
pI52.5(10):2–3.
56 If we had to give a definition of God’ s will for us, it would be perfect happiness. ACIM,
W-pI.101.
57 And yet it is only the hidden that can terrify, not for what it is, but for its hiddenness.
ACIM, T-14.VI.1:4.61 Every thought you keep hidden shuts communication of f. ACIM, T-15.IV.7–8.
62 This holy instant, this moment, is the recognition that all minds are in communication.
ACIM, T-15.IV.6.
67 This is because thoughts and images of forms are one and the same. ACIM, W-pI.15.
68 You will let Spirit decide for you. ACIM, T-5.VII.6:1 1.
69 Today I will make no decisions by myself.  ACIM, T-30.I.2:2.
74 The question becomes, Can I shift my perception and come to the trust that leads to an
experience of literally being sustained by the love of God? ACIM, W-pI.50.
79 There came a point when Jesus said to me, “Okay, that’ s the last job you will have working
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, cloves peeled
1 tbsp fr esh thyme leaves
3  tbsp melted coconut oil
1 tsp sea salt
3/4 lb (375 g) rigatoni or penne pasta
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup br eadcrumbs
3/4 cup shr edded cheddar cheese
1.  Pre heat oven to 300°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment
paper. Lightly butter a 9- × 13-inch casserole dish.
2.  U sing a sharp knife, quarter th e cauliflower. Cut each quarter into 1/4-
inch-thick slices and transfer to a bowl. Add onions, garlic and thyme
and mix to combine. Add oil and toss to coat. Roast in preheated oven for
about 20  minute s, stirring halfway through, until cauliflower is browned
on e dges and tender. Sprinkle w ith salt and toss to mix. Do not turn oven
of f.
3.  Me anwhile, cook the pasta in a lar ge pot of boiling sal ted water
according to package instructio ns. Drain and transfer to a bowl. Addroasted c auliflower and onion mixture and milk. Stir well and transfer to
the prepared casserole dish.
4.  S pread breadcr umbs evenly overtop, followed by cheese. Bake for 15
minutes or until the breadcrumbs are browned and the cheese is melted.
The best  way to coat the cauliflo wer and onion with the oil in Step 2 is
to use your hand s; if the vegetab les are cool, the oil will solidify. Don’ t
worry if it does—it will melt in the oven and be evenly distributed
when you stir the vegetables halfway through cooking them.
Reserve the bowl that you use to toss the cauliflower and oni ons;
you can  use it t o toss together the roasted vegetables and the cooked
rigatoni.Soba Noodles with Peanut Sauce
Makes 4 servings
I lo ve options and I try to b uild them into my r ecipes so  that they
appeal to cooks, kids and eve ryone in between. Experiment with this
dish by using differ ent kinds of vegetables or one of the tasty sauces in
Chapter 6.
8 oz soba noodles
2 carr ots, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 lb (250 g) gr een beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 cups coarsely chopped kale or spinach, fr esh or fr ozen
1  cup fr esh bean spr outs or gr een peas
2  cups Shiitake Peanut Sauce (p age 159) or Peanut Papaya Sa uce (page
160)
4 gr een onions, white and gr een parts, sliced into 1/4-inch pieces
1.  Bring a lar ge pot of salted wat er to a boil over high heat. Cook noodles
according to package instructio ns. Using tongs, transfer noodles to a
colander. Rinse under cool running water and set aside. Keep water
boiling in pot.
2.  A dd carrots to  pot and cook for 1 minute. Add beans and c ook for 1
minute. Add kale and cook for 1  minute. Drain vegetables and t ransfer to
a lar ge bowl. A dd cooked noodles, bean sprouts and peanut s auce and
toss to mix well. Serve warm or at room temperature.Baked Spinach
Makes 4 servings
It is fascinating  that so many  cultur es have found a way to combine
gr een leaves with cr eam. The English make a white sauce with butter,
onion, flour and cr eam for their stovetop cr eamed spinach. The Fr ench
version,  épinards à la crème,  is a simple combination of double cr eam
and butter with spinach.
        Half a world away, acr oss all of Oceania, at every occasion and every
table—fr om hu mble to grand—the young leaves of the tar o plant ar e
either first wrapped in banan a leaves or simply mixed wi th coconut
milk and baked. This dish su bstitutes spinach (or kale) for the tar o
leaves, but it still has a tr opical flavour.
1 can (14 oz/398 mL) coconut milk
1 tbsp tahini
1/2 tsp gr ound nutmeg
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 lb (500 g) spinach (or kale), steamed and chopped
1/4 cup toasted coconut flakes, fr esh or dried
1.  Preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly oil an 11- × 7-inch casserole dish.
2.  In casserole dish, combine milk, tahini, nutmeg and salt. Add spinach and
toss to mix well. Bake in prehea ted oven for 20 minutes or until spinach
is tender. Sprinkle toasted coconut evenly overtop.
Chopped frozen spinach (or kale) is an excellent green vegetable to
have on hand for one-pot dishes like this one.
T o toast coconut: Preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange coconut in an even
layer on a rimmed baking sheet and toast, stirring once or twice, in
preheated oven for 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly brown.Br occoli with Sesame Dr essing
Makes 4 servings
Easy and delicious, this stir -fry can be enjoyed hot as a side dish or
served a t r oom temperatur e as a salad. The Sesame Dr ess ing adds a
nuttiness to the overall dish that both tames and complements the
br occoli.
2 tbsp melted coconut oil
1-1/2 lb (750 g) br occoli, cut into
2-inch spears
1 onion, cut into quarters
1  cup Sesame Dr essing (page 153)
2  tbsp sesame seeds, for garnish (optional)
1.  I n a ski llet or wok, heat oil over medium heat. Add broccoli and onion
and cook, stirring frequently, for 1 minute. Add sesame dressing, stir well
and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring frequently, for 3 to 5 m inutes or
until broccoli is tender -crisp. Garnish with sesame seeds (if using).Cashew V egetable Ragout
Makes 4 servings
For a hearty ve getarian meal, serve this ragout with Coconut Polenta
(page 111) or any of the rice r ecipes in this chapter.
2 tbsp melted coconut oil
1  onion, chopped
2  cloves garlic, finely chopped
1  tbsp fr esh thyme leaves
2  carr ots, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 leek, white and gr een parts, sliced
1 sweet potato, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 can (28 oz/796 mL) diced tomatoes and juices
1 can (5.4 oz/160 mL) coconut cr eam
1 cup coarsely chopped spinach, fr esh or fr ozen
1/4 cup cashew butter
1/4 cup r oasted salted cashew pieces
1.  I n a wo k or skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Sauté onion for 5  minutes.
Add gar lic and thyme and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add
carrots, leek and sweet potato and cook, stirring constantly, for 30
seconds or until vegetables are well mixed.
2.  Add  tom atoes and juices and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for
15 minu tes or until vegetables are tender. Add cream and spinach and
cook for  1 minute or until spin ach is wilted. Stir in cashew butter and
cashews and heat through.If ca shew butter is not available, you can substitute an equal am ount of
peanut butter.Chard and Chickpeas
Makes 4 servings
Easy-peasy, as they say—so ea sy I tend to make this often. So metimes if
I’m hom e alone at dinner, this  is all I pr epar e because it’ s q uite filling.
Blanching gr eens and crucifer ous vegetables (such as spinach, kale,
br occoli, cauliflower and Brussels spr outs) destr oys the goitr ogens that,
when eaten raw, can put str ess on the thyr oid, so don’t skip Step 1.
1-1/2 lb (750 g) Swiss chard
2 tbsp melted coconut oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped pistachio nuts
1 can (19 oz/540 mL) chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup fr eshly squeezed lemon juice
1.  In a pot of salted boiling water, blanch Swiss chard for 4 to 5 minutes or
until ten der. Dra in and rinse un der cold running water. Pat dry, coarsely
chop and set aside.
2.  I n a ski llet, hea t oil over medium heat. Sauté onion for 5 minutes. Add
garlic and nuts and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. T urn heat of f
and add cooked Swiss chard, chickpeas and lemon juice. T os s well to
combine.Cheesy Baked Eggplant
Makes 4 servings
T oss an d bake, use one dish an d r elax


 small, tender, magical moment with a child, a courageo us and conscious decision to
live our light, a physical manifest ation of a small desire, or a
physical manifestation of a miracu lous blessing.  When athletes
use their athletic talents, and invest them, scoring a winning
goal brings the ping.  When a writ er uses his writing talent, and
invests  it, book writing flow is a pin g.  When a teacher uses his
teaching talent, and invests  it, the experience of inspired
learning is the ping.  When a he aler uses her healing talent, and
invests it, intuitive healing is the ping.  Everything and anything
can be an opportunity to “ping” in the flow of our divinely designed selves.  We ping when our core vibrational essence is
living in alignment with our ultimate vibrational Source.  There are many things that we can deliberately choose  to
induce or create the feeling of the ping.  One of the easiest ways I have found to find my flow, when I am feeling good and
wanting to feel even better  /G10/G08 /G01 /G1C/G0B/G04/G03/G01/G21/G01/G12/G0F/G01/G0A/G04/G04/G0C/G02/G03/G0E/G01/G0C/G07/G1C/G01/G12/G03/G11/G01/G03/G04 eding
to rise to a better feeling state, is to listen to music.  Not just /G0F/G0C/G1A /G01
/G0F/G08/G16/G02/G13/G20/G01/G01/G21/G01/G12/G0F/G01/G10/G12/G0C/G23/G02/G03/G0E/G01/G12/G22/G07/G08/G10/G01/G10/G0B/G04/G01/G23/G02/G03/G11/G01/G07/G0A/G01/G0F/G08/G16/G02/G13/G01/G10/G0B/G12/G10/G01/G2A/G0D/G02/G03/G0E/G16/G24/G01/G1C/G02/G10/G0B/G01the truth of good feeling, the vibrational harmony with what I want to feel, and that makes my heart /G04/G03/G0C/G0E /G20/G01/G01/G18/G0B/G04/G05/G04/G01/G02 s a kind of
special music in our world today, if you deliberately look for it, that can /G04/G03/G0C/G0E a /G08/G03/G0C/G0E /G09/G01/G02/G0A/G01/G19/G07/G08/G01/G1C/G02/G0C/G0C/G20/G01/G01/G3A/G07/G08/G37/G0C/G0C/G01/G05/G04/G13/G07/G0E/G03/G02/G38/G04/G01/G02/G10/G09/G01/G0A/G07/G05/G01/G02/G10/G16/G01
vibrations simply and easily make you feel good, without effort or exception.       Today, many of us listen to music, and the lyrics within
that music, without a consciousness as to the vibrations it is drawing into our inner experience.  Some of us may continue to listen to music, that matched one of our /G17/G07/G09/G19/G05/G09 /G01/G14/G02/G22/G05/G12/G10/G02/G07/G03/G12/G0C/G01/G16/G10/G12/G10/G04/G16/G01The Power of Ping 83
or offerings, calling us to resonate vibrationally with perhaps an
outdated vibrational feeling place.  Music can either uplift us or
bring us down.  It can vibrationally  call us to the past, or to our
present.  Do you notice how certain music attracts you on  certain days, while not on others?  Do you notice how you might seek out music to induce a mood, a feeling of sentimentality, or a festive atmosphere?  Musical tones and rhythms have their own vibrational essence, and the lyrics that often fill the tones and rhythms in those songs also have their
own vibrational essence.  I have known melodies and beats that I
enjoy, with lyrics that do not ma tch my vibration.  I have also
known lyrics that I enjoy, but with rhythms, melodies, and tones that I don’t enjoy.  When we choose to become more conscious and in-tune, we can deliberately choose music that
internally matches itself in high  vibrations, that  also matches
our own desired vibration.  Once we know with greater clarity
the vibration we are seeking, we  can search to find the music
that can uplift us or inspire us, in the vibrational direction we
seek to go.  Thus, if you are s eeking to feel magical, there are
many songs that can fill our spirit  with the vibrational, lyrical,
and rhythmical essence of magic.  If its empowerment we desire, there are many songs that  beat the drum of empowered,
confident vibrations of  strength.  If it is happiness we desire,
there are many songs that sing the chor us of vibrational
upliftment and joy to us.  Music is a quick, easy bridge to good
feeling feelings, or at least vibr ational matches to our desires, if
we are conscious of its vibrational offerings to our inner life.  Music can bring the ping that makes us want to sing.  If you can find your way to be in the experience of that, then you are on your way to feeling good and in the flow of Source energy.  This ping and flow attracts your non-physical desire into the physical.  When you can sing your ping, you can feel your own sentient cue that you are in a st ate of allowing.  Our inner eyes
can more clearly see the truth of our inner light in this state, and the truth of all of our good - already existing in our present experience.
I have included this brief chapter to more consciously
invite the “ping” into our daily  awareness.  Finding easy Cosmic Wealth
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uplifting music, friendships, creative expressions, inner
visionings, affirmations, and natural blessings from Mother Earth in our daily lives - brin gs the ping that supports us to
open our hearts toward inner rising.  The better we feel, the more love we generate, the lighter the global energy becomes, and the more expansive our entire  collective cosmos infinitely
is.    85
/G14/G15/G0B/G16/G0F/G09/G08/G01/G20/G17/G09/G1A/G18/G09/G21
Universal Laws, Strings, and Time

/G1C/G01/G06/G03/G04/G06/G01/G02/G05/G06/G04/G05/G05/G16/G05/G09/G06/G01/G02/G0F/G01/G06/G17/G03/G0C/G11/G04/G0A/G06/G06/G1D/G02/G05/G06/G04/G05/G05/G16/G03/G0C/G0E/G06/G03/G04/G06/G01/G02/G05/G06/G16/G05/G1A/G06/G1A/G07/G12/G06/G19/G12/G04/G01
turn, to play your part and br ing wisdom to others.  In
your search for truth, truth will be revealed.  Seeking truth
deepens your journey... and reveals the truth – the timeless
truth of greater laws imaginabl e.  In these laws, in these
inner caverns, your prosperi ty and heartfulness grows.
              /G28 Spirit 1/5/09

The truth of the timeless essence of the non-physical
world came barreling into my life, when my own personal karmic appointment came due.  A being, an old energy, and a
profound challenge from another place, space, and time had re-
birthed itself into my experience again.  Again.  I distinctly
remember how no one in my life at the time was prepared for the conversation I needed to have, about what had unbelievably unearthed itself in my life, including /G14/G07 /G0A /G01/G01/G3A/G04/G10  I can say now,
with a clarity that comes from th e comfort of a long zoom lens,
our perceptions of time and space are only relative to /G01/G02/G03/G04 time
and space reality.  Those who feel a regular connection to the world of the non-physical likely experience the truth of timelessness themselves.  For time is an experienti al element of
the physical, and timelessness is an experiential element of the
non-physical.  Experiencing the timelessness of the nonphysical world is very similar to journeyi ng within the magic of belief,
and creating a physical world out of  one’s imagination.  It is an
experiential journey, that each of us travels, en route to true self-
discovery.  In this chapter, I transcrib e a message from Spirit, about
the concepts of universal laws, divine order, divine timing, universal connections, and the rea lities of time.  Whether or not
you yourself have felt time /G04/G


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light  and  cooling  feeling  to  the  body,  unlike  protein
obtained  from  animals.
From  the  Vedic  period,  the  king  of  dhal — the  mung
bean — has  been  used  in  a  combination  with  rice  called
kichadi.  This  is  the  single  most  popular  dish  in  the
panoply  of  Ayurvedic  healing  and  cleansing  diets.  Long
known  for  their  healing  capacity,  dhals  have  been
used  in  medicinal  plasters  and  poultices.  They  are
also  made  in  pastes  combined  with  herbal  medicines
and  used  in  the  svedana  (sweating)  and  snehana  (oil
massage)  therapies,  which  are  part  of  the  panchakarma
system  of  Ayurveda.
Traditionally  in  India  dhal  was  served  with  rice
and  chapati  at  least  once  a  day.  This  is  still  true  today.
In  every  culture  where  grain  is  found,  the  legume  is
sure  to  soon  follow.  Spanish  rice  is  served  with  red
beans;  sweet  rice  in  Japan  is  served  with  aduki  beans;
soybeans  are  serve  with  jasmine  rice  in  Thailand  and
China;  arborio  rice  is  served  with  cooked  dried  peas
in  Italy;  white  rice  is  served  with  black-eyed  peas  in
the  United  States.  The  union  of  these  two  foods  has
provided  humankind's  best  sustenance.
Ayurvedically,  dhals  are  the  single  most  important
food  when  it  comes  to  combining  the  sweet  and  as-
tringent tastes.  While  vital  to  maintaining  the  health
of  all  body  types,  dhals  are  especially  nurturing  for
Pitta  and  Kapha.  The  astringent  taste  helps  to  dissolve
stomach  acids  and  to  temper  the  digestive  fires,  func-
tions vital  to  the  balancing  of  the  Pitta  dosha.  The
sweet  taste  of  dhals  lend  a  sattvic  (calming  and  har-
monious) energy  to  the  mind  and  moderate  the  ag-
gressive nature  of  Pitta.
Because  of  their  astringent  action  within  the  body,
beans  do  not  contribute  to  Kapha's  weight  gain.  Rather, the  rasa  derived  from  the  assimilation  of  beans  in  the
process  of  digestion  aids  in  the  breakdown  ol  exces
sive  fat  and  ama  gathered  in  the  bodily  tissues.  The
combination  ol  the  sweet  and  astringent  tastes  pro vides  a  rush  of  stimulation  essential  to  the  Kapha
type. Vata  types  are  cautioned  to  use  the  smaller  beans,
such  as  mung  and  aduki,  and  occasionally  urad  dhal
and  red  lentils.  Not  only  are  these  types  of  beans  more
sweet  than  astringent  in  nature,  their  protein  content
is  more  easily  assimilated  by  the  Vata  types.  Vata-
nurturing  spices,  such  as  cardamom,  ginger,  black
pepper,  asafoetida,  and  cumin,  added  to  a  bean  dish
can  counteract  the  astringency  in  the  beans  and  alle-
viate their  gas-producing  potential.
Aduki  Bean
This  bean  is  also  known  as  adzuki  or  feijao.  If  mung
is  the  king  of  beans,  this  is  the  queen.  A  small,  red-
dish-brown bean,  aduki  is  native  to  Japan  and  China.
In  Japan,  the  aduki  is  coarsely  ground  and  used  as  a
facial  scrub.  It  leaves  the  skin  glowing  and  silky.  Rich
in  nutrients,  it  is  considered,  like  mung,  to  be  a
tridoshic  bean.
Chana  Dhal
A  variety  of  the  small  chickpea,  which  is  husked  and
split.  This  pale  yellow  dhal  is  among  the  most  popular
in  Indian  cuisine.  It  is  roasted  or  fried  for  vegetable
dishes,  ground  for  chutneys,  or  fermented  and  ground
with  rice  for  making  dosas  (Indian  pancakes).  Best
for  Pitta  and  Kapha  types,  chana  may  be  used  nu.i
sionally  by  Vata  types.
Chowla
See  Lobya.
Kabli  Chana
Chickpeas  or  garbanzo  beans.  Best  tor  Pitta  and  Kapha
types,  these  beans  may  be  used  occasionally  by  Vata
types.
Kala  Chana
A  smaller,  older  variety  ol  the  chickpea;  it  is  dark
brown.  This  bean,  like  the  Japanese  aduki  and  Indian
mung,  is  ancienl  and  thus  much  more  potent  enei
getically  than  othei  beans.  Besl  foi  Pitta  and  Kapha
types,  these  beans  ma}  In-  used  occasionally  1>\  Vata
types 171
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
Lobya
Black-eved  peas  or  low  peas.  The  split  dhal  is  called
chowla.  Not  recommended  for  Vata  types.  Best  for
Pitta  and  Kapha  types.
Masoor  Dhal
This  small  legume  closely  resembles  the  red  lentil.
Generally  it  is  used  hulled  and  split  in  North  Indian
cooking.  A  relative  of  toor  dhal,  when  split  it  is  pink-
ish in  color.  Best  for  Pitta  and  Kapha  types,  these
beans  may  be  used  occasionally  by  Vata  types.
Matar  Dhal
The  common  split  peas  which  are  yellow  or  green.
Mung  Dhal
This  dhal  has  been  used  since  Vedic  times.  Also  known
as  masha  and  green  gram,  they  are  available  as  whole
mung  {sabat),  split  form  without  the  skin  (mung),
and  split  form  with  the  skin  (chilke).  Mung  is  a
tridoshic  bean.
Muth
Dew  bean.  These  beans  are  used  fresh,  as  a  vegetable,
or  dried.  They  are  greenish-brown  in  color.  Muth
may  be  used  in  any  recipe  that  calls  for  lentils.  Best  for
Pitta  and  Kapha  types,  these  beans  may  be  used  occa-
sionally by  Vata  types.
Navy  Beans
These  large  white  beans  are  exceptionally  good  in
stews  and  soup.  Best  for  Pitta  and  Kapha  types.
Rajma  Dhal
Kidney  beans.  These  are  mostly  used  in  North  Indian
dhals.  They  may  be  used  in  all  chili  dishes.  Best  for
Pitta  and  Kapha  types.
Soybean
Native  to  India,  China,  and  lapan,  the


 you,” and then you go a little more positive.
You probably didn’ t know what you were doing, like Socrates said. On
the other hand, you ought to know by now, and move on a little bit. So, you
see, you’re like a little thing like this, fluctuating in the electromagnetic
spectrum. And the spirit is what survives, and when it leaves the body, it
goes to that which it is.
So, I agree with Freud that the negative depictions of God are projections
from the human unconscious. However, Freud then went on and made a
mistake. He went further than that. He said, “Therefore, a true God doesn’ t
exist.” No. Just because a false God doesn’ t exist, doesn’ t mean a true one
doesn’ t. So, that’ s why Freud calibrated 499.
The 400s are extremely powerful and important. Love is 500; joy is 540.
And as you reach the higher levels, you find unconditional love, which, I
think, is the best goal to aim for in human life. Unconditio nal love is
reachable within the human domain. The states of enlightenment are very
difficult to reach in today’ s world, but unco nditional love means that you
leave and you move into heavenly and celestial realms.
If you want to save the world, I would suggest the first thing you do is let
go and surrender the world to God, which is the same thing other great
teachers have said. The world that you see doesn’ t even exist. It’s all a
projection of your own perception. You can let go of wanting to change it,
because all you’re changing is your own projections that you’ve projected
out there. Y ou’re not changing anything in the world at all.
Unless a man has a choice between good and evil, how’ s he going to
transcend? If you don’t have any enemies, who do you have left to forgive?
You know what I mean? I’m a failur e. I haven’ t got anybody I’d love to
forgive. Now, what ar e we going to do in the Course in Miracles?
Spiritual work is primarily yin. It’s yang by its intention, but it’s yin by
its operation. For example, I ask God what is the answer to a thing, and then
I step back and allow the space for revelation. So, progress is achieved
often without even thinking—you just have a feeling of knowing or anintuition. And then if you know muscle testing, you can just check it out for
affirmation. It has been very, very useful.
The enlightened  and divined states, the supreme God and all these things,
calibrate at 1,000 or above. As we know, the majority of the world’ s
population calibrates below 200. Why doesn’ t the world go to pieces and
just destroy itself? It gets close  to that periodically. Mankind has been at
war 93 percent of recorded time. The other 7 percent, we were too sick or
too poor, probably. The plague was on. Couldn’ t get our act together to get
out there and kill each other.
Why doesn’ t the world just self-destruct? It’s because it’s a logarithmic
scale. So logarithmically, the advance of a few points is enormously
powerful. In fact, in the United States, even just a couple of people calibrate
so high and logarithmically, the power is so great that it totally
counterbalances the negativity of mankind, which would self-destruct. So,
those who are 200 and up—readers like you—are keeping the world from
going down the tubes. The relative power, because it’s logarithmic, is so
enormous that it counterbalances the negativity.
LOWER LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Now, I just want to show the source of the evil of the ego. Because you
see, consciousne ss began at a very primitive level, the consciou sness level.
Over many billions of years, the consciousness level slowly rose. The
consciousness level of life itself, the total consciousness of life on the
planet, has evolved over billions of years, very, very slowly.
Sometimes the consciousness level of the animals has kept it up. Even
though man has been lower than 200 many times, there are many animals
on the planet that are over 200. Somebody says, “Well, the consciousness
level of man is at about 204. How come you’ve got life at 212?” It’s
because we got kitties and doggies. A dog’ s wagging a tail is at 500.
I didn’ t want to say anything that might hurt people’ s feelings. But cats
and dogs do better than people. Chimpanzees and gorillas, too. You’re safer
with Koko the gorilla than you are with most of the people on the subway.
Koko won’ t steal your purse and run. Monkeys, dogs, cats. Of course, the
more cats you have, the higher your level of consciousness. I’m a cat
supporter. Our level of consciousness at home, without the cats, would
probably collapse.Let’s not forget horses, elepha nts, and cows. These are all primarily
herbivores. When you see how life starts out, at the lowest level, and that
we come up through fish, octopus, the Komodo dragon, and other predatory
mammals, you see that life is voracious. Below consciousness level 200, it
only can survive  by eating other s. And then, as the consciousnes s level goes
higher, you get to the herbivores.
At consciousness level 200, we have wolves and foxes. Then, all of a
sudden, at the level 200, we shift to zebras, giraffes, deer, bison, domestic
pigs, elk, cows, and sheep. Do you see the shift? You eat grass  and you’re
not harm ing anybody; whereas the dinosaur has to kill. He has to kill in
order to eat. His nature is to kill. The dinosaur is not being bad or evil,
that’s just his nature. He’s reflecting the level of consciousness. So the
people on the planet who seem to be focused on killing do so because their
level of conscio usness is attuned to be less than 200. Therefore, the left
brain, the instinctual left brain  physiology, takes over, in which killing
becomes exciting, fun, and rewarding.
We talked about the 400s being, you might say, when humans reach their
greatest intellectual excellence, probably around 350 BC. In ancient Greece,
philosophically, there really hasn’ t been any improvement since that time.
And here we calibrate the great books of the W estern world, and we find it’ s
very interesting. Overall, collectively it calibrates around 460. So
intellectual excellence, intellectual truth, and reason are in the 400s. In the
old days, a liberal education meant to study all of these writers. And there is
still a foundation for the study of the Great Books. They advise you to take
10 years. So you spend 10 years studying, and you will then share a
common understanding with all the greatest minds that’ve ever lived—at
least within the intellectual and philosophic realms.
So, the difficulty of something of a very low calibration is that this then
starts off a trend that becomes self-propagating, in the form of memes. An
infection like this can then spread throughout the world. People ask me,
“How can I become spiritual?”  Well, I say, “First, just become a decent
human being. Try that. Be considerate, decent. Be responsible. If you say
you’re going to close the door when you leave, please do so.” People have
to be able to count on you. You have to be honest and value wisdom.
Wisdom is at 385. Wise people tend to be benign. They’re safe to be with—
as safe as Koko. Humane, happy, and sensible. They’re sometimes called
“the salt of the earth.”There are various energy fields or chakra systems, as I’m sure you’re
aware. One collection of energy is at the lower mind. The lowe r mind is at
155. There’s another collection of energy that we call the higher mind. They
have two different sets of values. What one setting  considers to be valid and
true and ethical, the other considers to be invalid and in fact immoral. The
lower mind, then, is very intere sted in sensationalism, and is very gullible.
It’s interested in being smart and exploiting life. So, you might
automatically think of the news. It likes to play off the sensational. It’ll take
some trivial little incident that is of no significance and give it major
airtime. And something that really is of profound importance, and really
threatens all of humanity, they give it only a glance—if that.
At 275 and up is the higher mind, and it is moving into thoug htfulness,
balance, and sensitivity to what is appropriate and what is not appropriate.
The higher mind tends to look for solutions, and tends to play off
difficulties. So, there’ s a big payof f here. For 85 percent of the people in the
world, their intellect is at this level. In America, only about 50 percent


 protein,
essential minerals and trace minerals than the commercially raised crops.
   Let me list a few food additives, without making a treatise on the subject, and give
you some idea of the inherent dangers of these additives:
   Coumarin--Used for 75 years in imitation vanilla before it was found to produce
liver damage in animals.
   Dulcin--Used for 50 years as a sugar substitute before it was found to produce
cancer in animals.
   Butter Yellow--A coal-tar derivative used as a food coloring. Has been found to
produce cancer of the liver in animals. (As a point of information, any coal-tar
derivative is carcinogenic and most of the food additives are coal-tar derivatives.)
   Mineral Oil--Was once used in salad dressings and as a substitute for food oils, but
was found to interfere with digestion and the absorption of vitamins--mainly vitamin A.
   Piperonal--An inexpensive substitute for costly vanilla flavoring. It is used
industrially to kill lice.
   Butyraldehyde--Used for a nutty flavor. Industrially, it is an ingredient in rubber
cement and synthetic resins.
   Aldehyde C-17--Used for a cherry taste. It is a flammable liquid used industrially in
aniline dyes, plastics, and synthetic rubbers.
   Ethyl Acetate--Used for a pineapple flavor. The vapor can cause chronic lung, liver,
and heart damage. This chemical is used industrially as a solvent for plastics and
lacquers.
   Methylcellulose--Thickener used in processed cheese. It is used commercially in
cosmetics and adhesives.
   Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose--Used as a cheese stabilizer and as a thickener in
ice cream and whipped topping mixes. It is found in resin emulsion paints and,
printing inks. It can cause intestinal obstruction and has produced arterial lesions (diseases in the arteries) similar to high blood cholesterol.
   8-Hydroxyquinoline--A former preservative in cottage cheese. This has been found
to cause cancer in mice and is used in contraceptives and rectal suppositories.    Alginic Acid--Used in cheese spreads to give uniformity of color and flavor. It is
used industrially in making artificial ivory and celluloid.
   Benzoyl Peroxide--Used as a bleach in domestic Gorgonzola, Blue, Provolone,
Romano, and Parmesan cheeses. This chemical destroys every trace of vitamin A.
   Resinous Glaze--An innocent term for a shellac which gives polish or glaze to
candies, such as chocolate covered raisins, etc. There is also another type of resinous
glaze which is obtained from certain insect secretions in the West Indies.
   PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone)--Used in beer for clarity and is being tested for use in
wines, fruit juices, and jellies. This chemical is also used in aerosol hair sprays.
   Coal-Tar Derivative Para ffin--Coats fresh fruits and vegetables to prevent spoilage.
   Beta-Naphthylamine--This is used to make two coal-tar dyes to color butter and
oleomargarine. Has caused bladder cancer in animals.
   Calcium or Sodium Propionate--Retards molding and spoilage in breads; it is a
fungicide. I have used this chemical in my practice and have gotten good results in the
treatment of athlete's foot.
   Chicle--Is a latex rubber used in chewing gum. Chewing gum also contains
antioxidants, synthetic flavors, and colors which are coal-tar derivatives.
   Calcium Chloride--Used in cheesemaking to set the milk in a semi-solid mass, and
in canned potatoes, lima beans, tomatoes, etc., to keep them firm or crisp. It is also
use's in the canning of milk to adjust the salt balance and prevent curdling. This
chemical is used to melt snow and to oil down dusty roads and can cause metal parts
to disintegrate. Can cause stomach irritation and kidney impairment.
   Sodium Citrate or Phosphate--This is also used in the canning of milk, but can
aggravate an already high blood pressure.
   Magnesium Carbonate--Used in bleaching cheese and also to keep the green color
in canned vegetables. Other uses are as a powerful laxative, for fireproofing wood, in
disinfectants, and in manufacturing cotton fabrics.
   Acetic Acid--Used as a dip for shrimp and other fish meats to prevent discoloration.
It is also used in the manufacturing of plastics and dyeing of silks. I have used it in a concentrated form for the removal of warts.
   Chlorine Dioxide--A dangerous toxic explosive gas, one good whiff of which will
render you non compos mentis.  This is used to bleach the flour which goes into white
bread, etc. It destroys vitamin E, among other things.
   Brominated Vegetable Oils--Used in soft drinks for uniform distribution of fruity
flavors. This has shown evidence of inducing damage in the liver, heart, thyroid, and kidneys of rats and interferes with normal fat metabolism.    Stearic Acid--A white crystalline fatty acid, usually extracted from tallow and other
hard fats. Used in making cosmetics, soaps, suppositories, and pill coatings.
   Mesityl Oxide--Used for color and flavor. This is a petroleum-based compound
found in lubricating oils, insecticides, plastic wrapping material, can linings, adhesives, inks, and varnishes. It has the characteristic odor of the urine of tomcats
and is sometimes detected in some of the plastic food wrapping material you might have around the house.
   Sodium Benzoate--A deadly poison used as a preservative in soda pop, jams, jellies,
pickles, and countless other so-called foods. Speaking of soda, caffeine is used in all
cola drinks. The concerned parent who forbids the child the ingestion of coffee or tea unknowingly allows the child to consume enormous amounts of caffeine when the unlimited use of cola drinks is permitted. Sodium Benzoate kills or inhibits all living
organisms present within the jar or other c ontainer. We are living organisms too, but
the harmful effects, because of the small doses in food products, don't make
themselves evident until years later, except in those cases of frank sensitivity which
can result in a severe reaction and/or death. (This applies to any of the myriad of
chemical additives.)
   Sulfur Dioxide--Used in processing sugar and as a bacterial inhibitor in wines,
imitation jelly, beverages, etc. Also used as a bleaching agent for many foods, such as
nuts in shells, sliced potatoes used for Fr ench fries, figs and other fruits. Additional
sulfur dioxide gets into our systems as we breathe it from the air, since it is a major pollutant from factories. It is a proven poison. It has been found to increase uric acid,
to produce inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth, to cause nausea,
anemia, malaise, etc. Sulfur dioxide can produce cancer and interfere with cell
function (as most of these poisons can). Drs. Braverman and Shapiro (biochemists)
reported that when a form of sulfur dioxide is applied to a component of nucleic acid, the basic unit of heredity, then the component Uracil is unable to perform its usual function. These findings have raised questi ons on the long-range possibility of genetic
damage.
   Polyoxyethylene Compounds--Used as a replacement for natural shortenings and as
an emulsifier in breads and reduces the quantity needed of natural ingredients. It
increases the volume of foods and is found also in biscuits, cake mixes, ice cream,
frozen desserts, pickles, etc. Has also been used in tobacco to retain moisture, but caused bladder stones and tumors in experime ntal rats and was taken out. It has been
found to cause easier absorption of pesticid e residues, gastrointestinal irritation,
changes in intestinal flora (beneficial bacteria), hives and disturbances in bile
secretions.
   DES (diethylstilbestrol)--A synthetic  female sex hormone which cheaply puts
weight, fat, and water on cattle and poultry. This is one of the most dangerous of
additives. In human beings, it has produced breast cancer, fibroid tumors of the uterus, excessive menstrual bleeding, sterility--and impotence in men and arrested
growth in children. Current research ha s found evidence of vaginal cancer in the
daughters of mothers who had taken DES, also  a relationship of cancer of the prostate
in male offspring of mothers who had taken DES.    Hydrogenated Oil--Prevents rancidity and deterioration in commercial peanut
butters and scores of processed foods and ca ndies. It alters the biological qualities in
food. In this case, the vegetable oil is su bjected to an extremely high temperature and
in the presence of a metal catalyst such as nickel or platinum, hydrogen gas is bubbled
through the oil, causing its saturation or hardening. The result is a smelly, axle grease-
like mess that has to be bleached, filtered, and deodorized. All of the essential fatty acids in the original oil are destroyed.
   Disodium EDTA--Used to promote color,


 in our body called
telomerase. This substance both repairs and maintains the ends of our
chromosomes, which facilitates health and longevity.21 Tapping helps access
presence—that elusive state of which Buddhists speak.
In reading and exploring EFT, how has tapping af fected your body so far?
What have you noticed physically during and after tapping? Reports of
feeling lighter, more energized, more optimistic, increased vitality, and
better sleeping are common. After people experience neutrality or a
cognitive shift through tapping, they may notice a feeling of calm,
expansiveness, or lightness in their bodies. If they have not felt their
emotional or sensory feelings around a “big” issue and are only now
tapping into the intensity of it, they might feel really sleepy or shaky after a
session. Occasionally when a client reports feeling trembly or shaky during
a session, I suggest we shake a bit before we continue tapping.  Shaking or
vibrating is a natural reflex that releases muscle tension and calms the
nervous system. Trauma Relea se Exercise (TRE) is all about shaking to
prevent trauma.
When in the midst of a big upset, many people report feeling awful,
experiencing spiking unbearable  pain, nausea, fatigue, shakiness, heaviness,
numbness, or other interesting feelings as they tap. These troubled
sensations and feelings all pass quickly.
Since the body and mind are intimately connected, we can focus on the
physical sensations a person is feeling relating to an emotion al issue or
troubling event. This relationsh ip is of great benefit, especially for those
who have “big” emotions about an event or situation. It is possible to focus
entirely on a person’ s physical symptoms to collapse a deeply troubling
emotional event  while not getting lost in the depths of the emotion. You can
consider physical aspects just as you would emotional aspects—individual
components that are holding a specific incident in the energy disturbance.
The technique you will learn now is called Chasing the Pain.Introduction to Chase the Pain
Still having a hard time believin g that pain can jump around in your body
and that it is tied to a feeling you are experiencing? Still believ e it’s all in
your head? Well, in a sense, it is. The state of your mind often  affects the
state of your body. For exampl e, a client whose leg was amputated at the
thigh some two-plus decades prior suffered phantom limb pain for nineteen
years—until she tried EFT. In my own EFT practice of fifteen years, I have
never come across someone who had worse pain. Her pain on a good day
was about a 9 in intensity. She typically described it as if someone were
taking pliers and trying to pull of f her toe (that wasn’ t there).
At age 74, Arianna was unable to function without taking pain meds,
requiring up to six a day, the maximum, and it had some unpleasant side
effects. I don’t think I have ever come across a more conven ient storage
space for undig ested traumatic exper iences and emotions than a leg that
isn’t present in the way that most of us would agree a leg is present. As we
worked, tapping  on the specific painful memories/events using Tell the
Story, one at a time inside what we called her “unleg,” her pain resolved to
the point that she no longer needed pain medication.
Now, when pain does arise, she does her pacing, which means she taps as
she wheelchairs  from room to room until the pain subsides. Arianna has
also resumed activities such as going to church, taking daylo ng outings,
writing books, and more.
What happens most times is when a person taps on one specific event, the
pain in their bodies jumps all over the place during the unraveling of the
story’ s intensity, dissipating with the resolution of the ener gy disruption.
In Arianna’ s case, her pain would jump all around her foot and leg that
weren’ t there. So, if we were tapping Tell the Story on a specific event,
such as “When I got the phone call from the hospital about Danny,” or the
“Wild West Fiasco,” the unbearable pincer pain might start at the toe and
then expand to all the toes, then it would change to a burnin g sensation,
then it might feel like her whole foot was being sawed off at the ankle, thenit would shift again to a scrat chy feeling, and then it woul d disappear
completely—in exact accordance to her complete neutrality around our
tapping tar get.
While Arianna was feeling this pain, I wasn’ t insensitive to her anguish,
but I also knew that the pain was relating to the part of the story that she
was on in Tell the Story. I was merely tracking her pain as we kept the
primary focus on the story’ s emotional aspects she was unraveli ng with Tell
the Story. It was pretty profound.
Please note, I managed these sessions extremely closely so she didn’ t get
lost in any messes after the sessions. She also had mental health support and
other resources in addition to working with me. As we had rapport and a
longer -term clinical relationship, I knew how much she could handle. This
is important especially when working with severe trauma, as she had
experienced. If you find yoursel f falling deeper into a hole and tapping isn’t
helping, it means you need additional resources, such as a mental health
expert and an experienced EFT professional. I have also worked in
conjunction with mental health professionals per legal permission of the
client.
Gold Standard EFT T echnique: Chasing the Pain
Chasing the Pain is the physical  counterpart to the Tell the Story and Movie
techniques covered in Chapter 4. This time, however, the story is not one
you tell with your words—it’ s the one your body is generously sharing with
you as the pain or awareness shifts throughout it while you tap. For
example, perhaps the emotional upset relating to something that happened
between you and your partner this morning is a 10 on the rating scale. In
your body, you feel tightness in your shoulders as you think of the words
that were said. Instead of going into the story about the argument, start
tapping on the body sensation,  creating an EFT setup that reflects the tight
shoulder feeling. The pain often shifts, as the technique’ s name implies.
Maybe now the awareness of pain might shift to your heart, which feels
heavy. You would then tap on the heavy heart feeling. Then the pain mightjump back to the shoulders but perhaps a little bit down to the right. The
pain can literally  jump around like a ping-pong ball in a high-stakes game.
Your job is to track the pain and tap on it as it moves around until finally
you experience relief from both pain and the starting emotiona l upset. As
the physical pain lessens, the tapper also experiences an emotional release.
If you don’t have a specific incident relating to your body concern, no
matter. You don’t even need to know the specific incident upon which you
are tapping because your body knows and is doing the work on your behalf.
You can feel your way through the story with your body as guide.
Chase the Pain also allows you to sneak up, if you will, on an emotional
issue by tapping  on the symptoms in the body relating to the issue. It spares
the user excess emotional pain by focusing on physical symptoms instead.
The conscious mind gets so caught up in tracking the physic al, that the
normal walls a person would put up in going to a painful emotional place
are bypassed altogether. Sneaky, and it works—quickly.
The Chase the Pain technique often links a body sensation to a specific,
emotionally charged incident and then releases both the pain and charge of
the event; oftentimes the body sensations will do it for you. Sometimes, you
will need to tap on the emotional aspects relating to the event.
Is knowing what the incident was to resolve the physical symptom
essential? No. For example, many of us experienced birth trauma—fetal
distress syndrom e, premature labor, a C-section, induced birth, suction birth
—when we were born, and the ensuing fear of being stuck in the birth canal
or separated from mother post-b irth. We have no conscious memory of that
or what any ensuing emotions are linked to, yet the sensory feelings and
emotions are still there. We can tap on the body feeling; we don’t need to be
conscious of the content. It’ s okay to tap on feelings that arise.
With Chase the Pain, we are not trying to get rid of pain or symptoms;
rather we are softening into them. We are nonresistant, going into the
feeling of the symptoms fully and deeply with our full attention while
tapping, in full acceptance with an affirmation. We simply chase the pain
around the body, a process that often leads to core issues still held in thebody’ s tissues that in my practice leads to regular relief from physical
symptoms. Addressing the physical can resolve the emotional. Addressing
the emotional can resolve the physical. They are interwoven by design.
After all, it’ s within the body where feelings first arise.
This syner gistic combination is powerful enough that it can in many cases
bring relief to numerous body  symptoms, unraveling the incidents and
emotions underl ying the physical pain altogether. Please note


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“ W h a t  a m  I  n o t  c o n t r i b u t i n g  h e r e? ”  T h i s  i s  t h e  b i r t h  o f  o u r
b e t t e r  s e l v e s — a  g r a d u a l  a n d  c o n t i n u o u s  p r o c e s s,  a s  i n  a n y
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l o v e.
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w h a t e v e r  w e  b e c o m e  i s  t h e  w o r l d  w e  w i l l  i n h a b i t.  W e  c a n
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t o  r e m e m b e r  i t ’ s  a  v a s t  i l l u s i o n.  W e  d o n ’ t  b e c o m e  m o r e
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a n d  h i s  w i f e,  D i a n e  C i r i n c i o n e,  f o u n d e d  t h e  C e n t e r  f o r
A t t i t u d i n a l  H e a l i n g  i n  1 9 7 5.  A t t i t u d i n a l  h e a l i n g  i s  a
p r o c e s s  b a s e d  o n  A  C o u r s e  i n  M i r a c l e s,  t e a c h i n g  t h a t  i n
e v e r y  m o m e n t  w e  c a n  c h o o s e  l o v e  o v e r  f e a r,  p e a c e
r a t h e r  t h a n  c o n f l i c t,  a n d  e x p e r i e n c e  t h e  p e a c e  t h a t
f o r g i v e n e s s  b r i n g s.  T h e  C e n t e r s  f o r  A t t i t u d i n a l  H e a l i n g
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t o  h e a l  a  r e l a t i o n s h i p  a n d  l i v e  l i f e  t o  t h e  f u l l e s t.

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3 3  B u c h a n a n  D r.
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a n d  t h e i r  R a c i a l  H e a l i n g  g r o u p s  t a k e  p l a c e  a t  t h e
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t h e  l a s t  W e d n e s d a y  o f  e v e r y  m o n t h.
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 A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s

W r i t i n g  a  b o o k  c a n  t a k e  o v e r  y o u r  l i f e  f o r  a  w h i l e.  T o
t h o s e  w h o  s u p p o r t e d  m e  w h i l e  I  w r o t e  t h i s  o n e,  I  a m  d e e p l y
g r a t e f u l :  T o  B o b  B a r n e t t,  w h o s e  s t e a d y  h a n d  h a s  s t e e r e d  m y
l i t e r a r y  c a r e e r  f o r  y e a r s.  I  p r o f o u n d l y  a p p r e c i a t e  h i s  s a g e
a n d  i n v a l u a b l e  c o u n s e l,  b o t h  o n  t h i s  b o o k  a n d  o n  p r e v i o u s
o n e s.  I  c o n s i d e r  m y s e l f  e x t r e m e l y  f o r t u n a t e  t o  h a v e  h i s
g u i d a n c e  i n  m y  l i f e.
T o  S t e v e  H a n s e l m a n,  f o r  w e l c o m i n g  m e  b a c k  t o  H a r p e r
C o l l i n s  a n d  f o r  m a k i n g  m e  f e e l  l i k e  I  b e l o n g  t h e r e.  I  h o p e
t h i s  b o o k  i s  w o r t h y  o f  h i s  c o n f i d e n c e  a n d  f a i t h.
T o  M i c k e y  M a u d l i n,  f o r  t a k i n g  a s  m u c h  c a r e  w i t h  m y
n e r v o u s  a u t h o r ’ s  p s y c h e  a s  w i t h  m y  w o r d s.  T o  T e r r i
L e o n a r d,  C l a u d i a  B o u t o t e,  J e n n i f e r  J o h n s,  P r i s c i l l a  S t u c k e y,
L i s a  S p i n d l e r,  a n d  J i m  W a r n e r,  t h a n k  y o u  f o r  y o u r
p r o f e s s i o n a l  e x c e l l e n c e  a n d  g e n e r o u s  s u p p o r t.
T o  A n d r e a  C a g a n,  f o r  b e i n g  t h e  m u s e  w h o  o n c e


 bad —than every interference —and can correct
every evil effect that is not fatal, if the influence is
removed.

   Stimulants, continued over a long period, cause a gradual
deterioration, and finall y, unless the habit is stopped, end
fatally. Toxin is a stimulant and a natural product of
metabolism. When the body is normal, the toxin is removed
as fast as generated; but when any enervating habit is
practiced beyond the power of recuperation, the toxi n
accumulates, and Toxemia is established —which means
that the body has lost its protecting power. Now, if vaccine
or any infection gains entrance into the blood, “there is no
knowing where the effects will end.”

   Toxemia throws light on this perplexin g point. When an
infection takes place in a person with normal resistance,
creating a vaceinia —a local skin inflammation —and pus -
formation occurs, it usually ends with the healing of the
abcess. If inoculation of smallpox virus is made in the
Jennerian way, by inserting the virus subcutaneously —
splitting the skin and rubbing it in —violent septic infection  takes place, causing death in many cases. Laws were
passed in England many years ago prohibiting this practice.

   In toxemic subjects, a local infecti on set up by the virus
of sepsis from any source vaccination, a badly cared -for
injury, a wound that fails to drain, an infected tooth, sinus,
etc.—causes a septic fever of a malignant type, which is
liable to end in death or in invalidism. A system badly
enervated and toxemic, has little power to resist; and when
the blood is very toxemic, it is very vulnerable to the
influence of any infection.

   Where the infection is not so malignant as to overwhelm
the system, due to the virulence of the infecting a gent, or to
the enervation and toxemic state being so great as to have
destroyed resistance, the patient may rally from the crisis
and get well under the proper management. If, however, the
management is bad, the patient may linger in a state of
semi-invalidism for a few months or years, and finally die.

   Mr. Roosevelt’s illness and taking -off at least twenty -five
years too soon was a pronounced type of such
derangement. The great and forceful man was
pronouncedly toxemic. He was injured, as everybody
knows, on one of his trips into the jungles. Infection took
place, which probably would have killed a less robust man. He returned home, and continued enervating habits,
preventing his fine body from cleaning house.

   Such cases can be brought back to th e normal, but never
under conventional treatment.

   When toxemic subjects are infected, the infection will
never be eliminated entirely until enervation and Toxemia
are overcome. Unless patients of this character are put to
bed and fasted until eliminat ion is completed, then fed
properly, and taught how to eat within their limitations, and
unless they are willing to give up all enervating habits,
there is no hope of their ever getting well. These subjects
often develop tuberculosis, Bright’s disease, and  other
lingering so - called diseases. Our federal hospitals are full
of young men who will never get well; for Toxemia is
developed faster than it is thrown ok. Scientific medicine is
helpless.

   Nature’s order is interfered with by enervating habits
until Toxemia is established; then a vaccination, or an
infection from any source, acts sooner or later as a
firebrand in causing the most vulnerable organ to take on
organic change. The organ, however, has nothing to do
with cause, and directing treatment t o the organ is
compounding fallacy. Types of such nonsense are blood - transfusion for pernicious anemia; gland treatment for
gland impotency; cutting out stones, ulcers, tumors, etc.

   There is no question but that one of the most pernicious
practices i n vogue today is treating so -called disease with
disease, and immunizing with the products of disease.

   One of the first things to do to get rid of any so -called
disease is to get rid of Toxemia; for it is this state of the
blood that makes disease pos sible. Infection, drug -and
food-poisoning may kill; but if they do not, they will be
short-lived in a subject free frown enervation and Toxemia.
Conversely, the poisoning will linger in the system until
Toxemia is overcome; then elimination will remove all
traces of infection.

   Syphilitic infection in a pronouncedly toxemic subject is
thrown into great virulency by conventional treatment. The
infection is the least offender of the trio. Add fear and
wrong eating, and we have a formidable symptom -
complex, justifying all that professional syphilomaniacs say
and write about the disease. Remove Toxemia, drugging,
fear, and vile eating, and there is little left. What there is
can easily be thrown out by nature.
 WE are builders of tomorrow, and we need not pa y a
fortune -teller—a doctor, lawyer, preacher, banker —to
tell us what will happen to us tomorrow. “Nothing will
happen. The inevitable will come. We shall inherit the
fruits of today’s sowing.
 Poise

   THE state or quality of being balanced. Figurativ ely,
equanimity; repose.
   Equanimity —Evenness of mind or temper; composure;
calmness. (Standard Dictionary.)

   I presume that, to be technically poised, we should be
anatomically, physiologically, and chemically balanced;
but, as asymmetry is the rul e, we cannot hope to be
balanced. We can, however, strive for equanimity —
evenness of mind and temper.

   Contentment comes with striving, not with possession.
Apparently this is not always true; for we see people very
dissatisfied and unhappy who are bus y.

   Someone has said: “Blessed is the man who has found
work.” This means that he is fully occupied and contented
with his work, not its emoluments. No man is satisfied with
work that has nothing in it but the dollars he gets out of it.
Nothing but cre ative work satisfies the mind.

    What is there in it? Advancement, self -development, and
a chance in the future to do good are about as little as will
satisfy ambition.

   To make for contentment, the work must occupy and
satisfy the mind. Idle minds  are dissatisfied minds. If asked
what prescription I would give children to secure their
future happiness, I would say: Teach then to love work!
work! work! We have overworked the old saying: “All
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Now it is
reverse d to: ‘`All play and no work makes Jack a bandit. ‘

   If parents cannot keep children busy, the city, county, or
state should furnish work —not in industrial schools, but the
work that is best suited to each child. A child must be busy.
Christ got busy a t twelve years of age and earlier. We must
be busy.

   As I said, contentment comes with striving, not with
possession. This is a law of psychology as l well as of
physics. We should be happy that we are not contented; for;
if we were, we should not have  anything to overcome —no
reason for striving —and, of course, fail to enjoy the work
and labor of attaining.

    “Man never is, but always to be blest. (Pope.)” Because
Pope made that statement, it should not be taken too
seriously. I have found many peop le blest who did not
know it. There are more blessings in disguise than are
found in the limelight. One of the commonest blessings of
mankind is that about ninety -nine per cent of our wants we
never realize. If most people could cut out time as often as
they wish, their lives would be greatly shortened: “I wish it
were this time next year.” “I wish now were ten years from
now; I should then be through college and established in
business.”

   The disposition of most people is to seek abridgement.
Nature ab hors a vacuum, and that is what abridgements are.
“Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford” is the ideal of all.

   Short -cuts to success; a salesmanship that means coercing
the vacillating —those of weak will, those who can be
persuaded to buy prematurely, those who do not know their
own minds; in short, inducing people to buy what they do
not need and cannot afford is called good salesmanship.
What is the matter with the people today? General
indebtedness. The sales -people have made more than they
know how to spend


and sitting positions. She has greater freedorn of n1ovement in
riding positions when she squats rather than kneels astride him.
Her legs give her enough leverage for maximun1 desired stimula
tion of any area of her rnoon grotto.
In most riding positions, after insertion the woman moves her
torso up and down. Then, to enjoy varying sensations, she can
move her pelvis in an oval track. During the downward move
ment, if she leans slightly forward and pushes her pubis slightly
to the back, her clitoral area may be stimulated by her partner's
organ. During the upward movement, if she leans slightly back
ward and pushes her pubis slightly to the front, her sensitive front
vaginal wall may be stimulated by the tip of the jade stalk. At the
deepest penetration, she may pause for a while, so that his stalk
head can massage her flower heart. An adept and creative woman
can change her up-and-down, front-and-back movements to vary
ing rice-husking motions-sideways, rotary, or corkscrew. In
short, she can stimulate her clitoral area, her front vaginal wall, or
her cervix at will.
For centuries many femmes fatales of ancient China
empresses, priestesses, women of literature and art, renowned
courtesans-practiced an exquisite erotic technique. This form of
internal coital dynamics gives a woman's organ a life of its own, so
to speak. Once a woman has learned to control specific sexual
nerves and muscles, she is able to bring on vaginal quiverings vol
untarily. This ability, unknown to most women, occurs involun
tarily to a few women at the height of sexual ecstasy. The ancient
Taoists who probably devised the conscious trick and developed it
over the centuries did not give it a name; I have dubbed it the But
terfly Quiver.
Today the Butterfly Quiver is not exclusively Chinese. In
dians practicing Tantrism know it. The French treasure it as pom
poir. Even in the United States it is familiar in the form of the
Kegel exercise, mentioned earlier. Undoubtedly, there are women
all over the world who arc gifted with the natural ability, or who
2JI have individually discovered and cultivated it, perhaps secretly. In
the modern bedroom, a woman who has mastered the Butterfly
Quiver can create incredible results for her partner and reap them
herself
The complex muscles in the pelvic area include both volun
tary and involuntary muscles. For this erotic technique two spe
cific groups are crucial: the constrictor cunni, which encircles the
vaginal rim, and the levator vaginae, which surrounds the vaginal
canal farther up (see the illustration on p. 177). Some women can
activate all the pelvic muscles together, but very few-either
through a natural gift or persistent practice-can activate at will
these two groups of muscles, jointly or separately.
If a woman times her internal movements with her part
ner's thrusting during intercourse, she may experience a many
splendor ed thrill. She can relax her muscles when the jade stalk is
advancing; then, when it is deep inside her, she can activate the
constrictor cunni to grip the root of the stalk or use her levator
vaginae to massage the middle of the stalk. While her partner is
inside her and both are at rest, she can titillate her captive lightly
with the Butterfly Quiver, pulsating like butterfly wings, or force
Stim ulations itl woman-riding positions
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stimul atitrg the G spc>t Or)?asmic BrinkmanJhip and Madtiple 0�
hin1 to ejaculate with a convulsive tnilking. After his ejaculation,
she can usc the constrictor cunni to hold the root of the phallus
tightly to prevent the loss of his crt'ction.
To becon1e expert at the Butterfly Quiver, a woman tnust
educate her sexual nerves and n1usclcs. Repeated and persistent
practice of erotic exercises centeri ng around the pubic squeeze
(sec chapter 13) is essential.
MuLTIPLE O's oR THE BIG 0?
Individuals who enjoy sophisticated lovemaking control their
own orgasm and help control that of their partner. With occa
sional exceptions, seasoned couples do not zip toward orgasm. In
stead, like gourn1ets at a feast, they sample and savor the delicacies
before them, leisurely and repeatedly, until they are satisfied. This
is the quintesse nce of eroticism.
We hear many myths and "authoritative" pronouncements
about orgasm. The ancient Taoists ingeniously devised orgasmic
brinkmanship, but some of thern cherished the dogma of abso
lute nonejaculation for the man. Some Western sexologists have
advocated male ejaculation at every sexual union; others have in
sisted on simultaneous male and female orgasms. The Victorians
believed that women were incapable of orgasms. Freud's distinc
tion between clitoral and vaginal orgasms in women first was ac
cepted, then was discarded, and now may be coming back in a
revised version. Fortunatel y, many of today's sexologists have
more liberal views about orgasms than did their predecessors, and
many of the old myths and dogmas are behind us.
For today's lovers the choice is wide open. If a man and woman
believe that the sole purpose of sex is propagation of the species,
they can simply agree to have the man ejaculate as soon as possi
ble. With today's advanced technology, they can even have in vitro
fertilization and test-tube babies. Procreation without recreation
enables thetn to bypass any sexual activity. But if partners want to
procreate through natural, physical activity, or if they just want to
make love without making babies, it pays for them to practice the
Art of the Bedchamber. Giving pleasure to each other by master
ing erotic techniques and controlling orgasn1 is a natural and le
gitimate goal for partners in bed.
233 ·"-N C I E N T S f: C R F T S t: 0 R M 0 D E R N I ( ) V t; I� S
All sop histicat ed lovers know that pleasu re delayed is pleasure
magnitied. Skillful lovers kno w how to excite and tease their part
ners to the edge of thei r precipic e, pull them back from the brink,
then push then 1 forwar d agai n. This stop-and-go strateg y, repeat
edly and carefully applied, can lift partners from plateau to pla
teau, each higher than the last, until they explode in ecstasy.
From love-play through coitus, a man who is good in bed can
combine brinkmanship and other techniques to lead his partner
all the way to her brink. He can try to bring her to a series of
orgasms, perha ps superficial and diffuse, or to one Big 0, deep
and explosive. The former is the likely result of clitoral-oriented
love-play and coitus; the latter of techniques aimed especially at
the front vaginal wall and the cervix.
Unless she is fettered psychologically or has a physiological
defect, any woman can be brought to the height of passion. A
woman in ecstasy is one of nature's loveliest sights-not only a
boost for her partner's sexual ego, but also one of the most power
ful aphrodisiacs available to him. A man who is good in bed is re
warded in more than one respect. In a sexually excited woman,
the vulva, clitoris, and vaginal passage are all highly congested;
the folds of the vaginal walls swell and bulge, and the cervix dips
downwar d. These alterations, and the ample lubrication of all
these parts, mean a soft, warm, elastic embrace for the man.
When a woman is near a much-delayed, intense orgasm, she
can please her partner with the Butterfly Quiver. If she has trained
herself in the maneuver, she can initiate it herself at the critical
moment; if she is untrained, her partner's skill may have brought
her to such a state that her grotto muscles go into similar involun
tary convulsions. Either way, this can easily send both partners
into extraordinary ecstasy.
Recent-and still controversial-findings indicate that in
many women the Big 0 may be accompanied by a gush or spurt.
This results especially with such positions as Wild Horses Leap
ing and Donkeys of


 ourself at one with our current experience
and aligned with the flow of the universe. We no longer separate ourself from
the totality of experience as an independently existing entity that either likes
its experience and wants to hold on to it or dislikes its experience and wants
to get rid of it. As a result, our true nature of peace and happiness shines.
     The happiness has not been caused by anything outside of ourself. It is
simply the natural condition of our self, which previously was obscured by
the activity of seeking and resisting and is now revealed.
     When my son was six or seven years old, I gave him a pair of goalkeeping
gloves for his birthday. He impatiently tore open the packaging, gazed at the
gloves and exclaimed, ‘Oh, I love getting new things!’
     Without realising it, he had intuited that it was not the gloves themselves
that gave him that moment of joy. It was their newness that had the power
to put an end to the state of expectation – that is, the future – and bring
him directly into the present.
101you are the happiness you seek
     And how do we escape the present and venture into the future? Through
thought. For my son, the gloves temporarily put an end to thought, and in
its absence, the presence of awareness lying just behind thought, and usually
veiled by it, was experienced. That is, it experienced itself.
     Had the gloves themselves been the source of happiness, then whenever he
had the gloves with him, he would have been happy. Suffice it to say that this
was not the case! For a few days the gloves retained their capacity to bring him
into the now, that is, to the experience of happiness, and for as long as this
lasted, he continued to enjoy them. But in time they lost this capacity and, al -
though he continued to use them, they were no longer a source of happiness.
     Most of us will be able to relate to this story. We need only substitute for
the goalkeeping gloves the object, substance, activity, circumstance or rela -
tionship of our choice. Believing that the object itself was the cause of the
happiness we previously experienced, the mind sets out in search of another
such object or experience, thereby perpetuating an endless cycle of seeking
and disappointment, punctuated by fleeting intervals of happiness.
     In this way, apart from relatively brief periods of respite, most people’s
experience is characterised by the state of seeking and resisting. As a result,
their innate peace and happiness remains, for most of the time, an unrealised
potential.

seeking and resistance

But I don’t desire just any old object, circumstance or relationship to put an end
to my dissatisfaction. My desires are very specific. If they weren’t, anything or any -
one would do. Alas, this is not the case!

External circumstances seem to have the power to cause happiness or un -
happiness only to the extent to which they coincide with the conditioned
layer of likes and dislikes lying in the depths of our mind. This layer of in -
dividual preferences lies between the background of awareness and the fore -
ground of objects and people, and constitutes a filter through which our
experience is mediated.
     This intermediary layer of subliminal feelings is triggered by our experi -
ence of the world and, in turn, triggers the activity of seeking and resisting.
If our experience of the world does not activate this layer of likes and dislikes,
102our innate happiness
there is no inclination in us to resist the current experience or to seek a new
experience.
     For instance, if we were neither a gardener in California nor a lawn ten -
nis player in Oxford, we would have no pre-existing attitude towards the
rain and would, therefore, neither seek it when absent nor resist it when
present. If we did not have a preference for Federer or Nadal, the outcome
of their match would not have the capacity to make us happy or sad. If my
son did not love football, the gloves would have had no power to elicit
happiness.
     In the absence of preferences and the activity of seeking and resisting they
generate, we are one with our current experience and, as a result, our innate
happiness is felt.
     Around about the same age my son received the gloves, I took him to his
first football match. Just before the game began, I asked him which side he
wanted to win. He looked at me with a puzzled expression, as if it were a
foolish question, and replied, ‘Whoever scores the most goals’.
     It was one of those disarmingly simple and uncannily wise comments
that children of a certain age sometimes make. Such comments are informed
by an innocent and luminous intelligence which has not yet been moulded
by rational thought.
     In relation to the football match, my son’s mind had not been con -
ditioned with preferences, and therefore he did not bring the past to bear
on his current experience. There was no resistance in him to the current situ -
ation because he did not have a preconceived idea in his mind as to how the
game should unfold. His state of mind was one with the current situation
in whichever direction it flowed. He simply wanted whoever was winning
to win! He wanted whatever was happening to happen.
     In time, of course, my son would grow up to overlook this understanding.
However, it attests to the intelligence that is the essence of each of our minds
and that, although obscured in most cases, is always available behind the
layers of conditioned thought and feeling.
     The same innocent, luminous intelligence was expressed some four -
teen hundred years ago by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Seng-Ts’an. His
famous poem Hsin Hsin Ming  – which could be translated as Trusting the
Nature of Awareness  – is one of the pre-eminent texts of the Zen Buddhist
tradition:
103you are the happiness you seek
T o be at peace and content is not difficult for those who have no prefer -
ences. When likes and dislikes are not present everything becomes clear
and simple. Make the smallest distinction, however, and you will be exiled
from the realm of eternal happiness which is your birthright. If you wish
to be happy and at peace, then hold no opinions for or against anyone or
anything. T o set up what you like against what you dislike is a conditioned
habit of the mind. It is a recipe for misery. When we allow things to be as
they are, things allow us to be as we are, and the peace and happiness that
is our nature emerges effortlessly. *

unconditional openness

Happiness is always present within us, latent but obscured by our resistance
to the current situation. This resistance is, in turn, activated on behalf of the
subliminal layer of our conditioned likes and dislikes. Indeed, we do not
seek any object, substance, activity, circumstance or relationship for its own
sake but rather to satisfy the demand implicit in our preferences.
     When this demand is met, our resistance to the current situation comes to
an end. We become aligned with our current experience rather than in opposi -
tion to it. In that alignment with what is, our innate happiness shines forth.
     A sane person is one who does not wait for their circumstances to align
with their preconceived ideas of how they should be. Their happiness is
prior to, and independent of, the content of experience. They do not allow
experience to determine their happiness; they bring their happiness to ex -
perience, in the form of unconditional openness to whatever it is they are
experiencing.
     I once heard a story of a ninety-two-year-old woman who, when her hus -
band of sixty years passed away, registered to move into a care home. On ar -
rival, she was greeted and taken to see her new room. As they entered the
lift, she said to her carer, ‘I love it!’ ‘What?’ enquired the carer. ‘The room’,
she said. ‘But you haven’t seen it yet’, the carer responded, perplexed. ‘That
has nothing to do with it!’ the elderly woman replied.
     T o search for happiness in objective experience is fundamentally flawed.
It is to court misery. One who sees this clearly withdraws their expectation
104* This is my own rendition of Hsin Hsin Ming  by Seng-Ts’an, compiled from numerous translations. our innate happiness
and demand that people and circumstances be a source of happiness. T o search
for peace and happiness in objective experience is to set oneself up for failure
and disappointment and to sow the seeds of conflict in relationships.
     All psychological or emotional suffering arises on behalf of our resistance,
and our resistance is something that rises up within us. No person or cir -
cumstance imposes suffering on us; we do it to ourself. Happiness is what
we are  ; unhappiness is the activity of seeking and resisting that we do.
     Unhappiness always has a cause – namely, the frustration of our expec -
tations and the subsequent activity of seeking and resisting – whilst happiness
is always causeless. In the absence of the layer of expectations and demands
through which our experience is filtered and negotiated, seeking and resisting
are not triggered. We find ourself naturally open to, and one with, the current
situation. We are in harmony with the unfolding of the universe.
     This oneness with