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t h i n k i n g  o f  f e a r,  a n d  o n l y  a  s p i r i t u a l  e x p e r i e n c e  c a n  b r e a k
a n  a d d i c t i o n. I f  w e  w a n t  o u r  l i v e s  a n d  o u r  w o r l d  t o
g e n u i n e l y  c h a n g e,  t h e n  w e  n e e d  a  s p i r i t u a l  e x p e r i e n c e  t om a k e  i t  h a p p e n. A n d  t o  h a v e  t h a t  e x p e r i e n c e,  w e  m u s t  o p e n
o u r  h e a r t s  t o  r e c e i v e  i t. T r u s t i n g  t h e  P r o c e s s

I f  y o u  d o n ’ t  k n o w  t h e r e ’ s  a  f o r c e  o u t  t h e r e  w o r k i n g  f o r  y o u,
t h e n  w h y  w o u l d  y o u  t h i n k  t o  t r u s t  i t? W i t h  a l l  t h e  m i l l i o n s
o f  c h u r c h e s,  m o s q u e s,  t e m p l e s,  a n d  s h r i n e s  t h a t  e x i s t  i n  t h e
w o r l d,  h o w  m a n y  p e o p l e  r e a l l y  t h i n k  t h a t  t h e  G o d  w h o
c r e a t e d  t h e  m o o n  a n d  t h e  s t a r s  i s  t r u l y  l o o k i n g  o u t  f o r  t h e m? Y e t  t h e r e  i s  n o  u n i t  o f  t i m e  o r  s p a c e,  n o r  e l e m e n t  o f  l i f e,
a b o u t  w h i c h  t h e  A u t h o r  o f  A l l  T h i n g s  i s  n o t  a c t i v e l y
c o n c e r n e d. H e  l o v e s  y o u  b e c a u s e  H e  l o v e s  e v e r y t h i n g  a n d
e v e r y o n e. H e  w h o  i s  L o v e  c a n n o t  n o t  l o v e. W h a t  a n  a m a z i n g  t h o u g h t,  t h a t  e v e r - u n f o l d i n g  g o o d  i s
a c t u a l l y  t h e  n a t u r a l  o r d e r  o f  t h e  u n i v e r s e. A n d  w e  w e r e
c r e a t e d  t o  e n j o y  i t. T o  t h e  e g o,  t h a t  i s  a  p r e p o s t e r o u s  n o t i o n ;
i t  w o u l d  h a v e  u s  b e l i e v e  t h a t  j o y  i s  s o m e t h i n g  l o v e l y  t o  b e
o u t g r o w n. B u t  l o o k  a t  s m a l l  c h i l d r e n  g l e e f u l l y  a t  p l a y ;  d o
w e  k n o w  s o m e t h i n g  t h e y  d o n ’ t  k n o w,  o r  d o  t h e y  p e r h a p s
k n o w  s o m e t h i n g  w e ’ v e  f o r g o t t e n? A s  I  l i s t e n  t o  m y  t e e n a g e
d a u g h t e r  d i s c u s s  l o v e  a n d  r e l a t i o n s h i p s,  I  r e m e m b e r  h o w  i t
w a s  f o r  m e  w h e n  I  w a s  h e r  a g e. I  d o n ’ t  l o o k  b a c k  o n  m y
e a r l i e s t  f o r a y s  i n t o  r o m a n c e  a n d  t h i n k,  “ O h,  b u t  t h a t  w a s
o n l y  p u p p y  l o v e. ”  R a t h e r,  I  l o o k  b a c k  a n d  t h i n k  h o wc o u r a g e o u s l y  w e  l o v e d,  b e f o r e  w e  k n e w  w h a t  t h e r e  w a s  t o
b e  a f r a i d  o f ;  h o w  s t r o n g  w e  w e r e,  b e f o r e  a n y  o t h e r  a g e n d a s
s t o o d  i n  t h e  w a y  o f  o u r  l o v e ;  a n d  h o w  p u r e  o u r  h e a r t s  w e r e,
w h e n  t h e y  w e r e  n o t  y e t  t a i n t e d  b y  c y n i c i s m  o r  d o u b t. T h e
o l d e r  w e  a r e,  t h e  m o r e  w e  k n o w  s o m e  t h i n g s ;  t h e  y o u n g e r
w e  a r e,  t h e  m o r e  w e  k n o w  o t h e r s. A g e  o n l y  m a k e s  u s
s m a r t e r  i f  w e  r e t a i n  o u r  b r a v e r y. E n l i g h t e n m e n t  i s  n o t  a  l e a r n i n g  b u t  a n  u n l e a r n i n g,  a
l e t t i n g  g o  o f  a l l  t h e  f e a r s  w e ’ v e  g a t h e r e d  a s  w e ’ v e  w a l k e d
t h e  p a t h  o f  l i f e. A s  t a u g h t  i n  A  C o u r s e  i n  M i r a c l e s,
“ m i r a c l e s  a r e  e v e r y o n e ’ s  r i g h t,  b u t  p u r i f i c a t i o n  i s  n e c e s s a r y
f i r s t. ” *  P u r i f i c a t i o n  i s  t h e  p r o c e s s


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t h e  e n d  o f  t h e  d i s c u s s i o n,  t h e  n e w s  a n c h o r  a s k e d  o n e  l a s t
q u e s t i o n :  “ D o  y o u  w a n t  r e v e n g e. ”
A  p a i n e d  e x p r e s s i o n  c r o s s e d  t h e  f a c e  o f  e a c h  m e m b e r  o f
t h e  r o u n d t a b l e  a t  t h a t  q u e s t i o n. I  r e m e m b e r  t h e  w o m a n
s a y i n g,  “ N o,  b e c a u s e  I  c a n ’ t  i m a g i n e  a n y o n e  e l s e  h a v i n g  t o
g o  t h r o u g h  t h e  p a i n  w e ’ v e  b e e n  t h r o u g h. ” T h e  m a n  w h o  l o s t
h i s  s o n  s a i d,  “ N o,  I  t h i n k  w e ’ v e  g o t  t o  f i n d  a  w a y  t o  m a k e
t h o s e  p e o p l e  o v e r  t h e r e  k n o w  w h o  w e  r e a l l y  a r e  s o  t h e y
w o n ’ t  h a t e  u s  a n y m o r e. ” T h e  t h i r d  p a n e l i s t  s a i d  s o m e t h i n gs i m i l a r. A n d  t h e n  t h e  T V  j o u r n a l i s t,  w h o  h i m s e l f  h a d
s u f f e r e d  n o  p e r s o n a l  l o s s  o n  9 / 1 1,  s a i d  t h i s :  “ W e l l,
I  w a n t  r e v e n g e,  a n d  I  w a n t  i t  t o  b e  f i e r c e  a n d  s w i f t. ”  I t
w a s  o b v i o u s  t h a t  t h o s e  w h o  h a d  s u f f e r e d  t h e  m o s t  h a d  b e e n
l i f t e d  u p  t o  a  p l a c e  t h a t  h e  h a d  n o t. T h e y  d i d n ’ t  w a n t  t o
c o n t i n u e  t h e  v i o l e n c e ;  t h e y  j u s t  w a n t e d  t h e  v i o l e n c e  t o  e n d. T h e r e  a r e  w a r s  t h a t  t h e  v a s t  m a j o r i t y  o f  u s  w o u l d  c a l l
“ r i g h t e o u s  w a r s, ”  s u c h  a s  A m e r i c a ’ s  i n v o l v e m e n t  i n  W o r l d
W a r  I I. N o w,  a s  t h e n,  t h e r e  a r e  p e o p l e  w h o  w i s h  o u r  c o u n t r y
h a r m  a n d  w o u l d  k i l l  u s  i f  t h e y  c o u l d ;  i t  i s  c l e a r l y  b o t h  o u r
r i g h t  a n d  o u r  r e s p o n s i b i l i t y  t o  d e f e n d  o u r s e l v e s. B u t  t h e
c o n v e r s a t i o n  s h o u l d  n o t  s t o p  t h e r e. I f  o u r  f i r s t  r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
a s  i n d i v i d u a l s  i s  t o  a c c e p t  t h e  a t o n e m e n t  f o r  o u r s e l v e s,  t h e n
A m e r i c a ’ s  f i r s t  o r d e r  o f  b u s i n e s s  s h o u l d  b e  g e t t i n g  o u r  o w n
a c t i o n s  r i g h t  w i t h  G o d. N o  n a t i o n  s h o u l d  f e a r  d e e p
r e f l e c t i o n  a n d  s e l f - e x a m i n a t i o n. W h a t  w e  s h o u l d  f e a r  i s  o u r
u r g e  t o  a v o i d  t h e m. A m e r i c a  h a s  o u r  o w n  a t o n e m e n t  t o  a t t e n d  t o. A  h u m b l e
h e a r t,  t h r o u g h  w h i c h  w e  a d m i t  o u r  o w n  e r r o r s  a n d  s e e k  t o
l i v e  i n  m o r e  r i g h t e o u s  r e l a t i o n s h i p  w i t h  t h e  p e o p l e s  o f  t h e
w o r l d,  i s  a  s p i r i t u a l  a p p r o a c h  t o  o u r  c u r r e n t  s i t u a t i o n  t h a t  i s
a  h e a l t h y  c o m p l e m e n t  t o  m o r e  a g g r e s s i v e  p r o b l e m - s o l v i n g
o p t i o n s. A s  l o n g  a s  b r u t e  f o r c e  i s  d e e m e d  t h e  g r e a t e s t  p o w e r
a n d  l o v e  i s  d e e m e d  e s s e n t i a l l y  w e a k,  t h e n  w e  a r e  m o c k i n g
G o d  a n d  d e a l i n g  d a n g e r o u s l y  w i t h  o u r  f u t u r e. N o t  e v e r y  c a n c e r  c a n  b e  s u r g i c a l l y  r e m o v e d,  a n d  w h e n  i t
i s  i n o p e r a b l e,  w e  n o w  k n o w  t h a t  s p i r i t u a l  p r a c t i c e  c a n  b e
e f f i c a c i o u s  i n  h e l p i n g  t o  h e a l  t h e  b o d y. T e r r o r i s m  i s  n o t  a


 i s  c e r t a i n l y  n o  m i n i s t r y  m o r e  i m p o r t a n t  t h a n
p a r e n t i n g. B e i n g  c o n s c i o u s  a n d  a t t e n t i v e  i n  y o u r  d e a l i n g s
w i t h  a  f i f t e e n - y e a r - o l d  t r y i n g  t o  f i g u r e  o u t  h o w  t o  g e t
t h r o u g h  h i g h  s c h o o l  i s  a s  i m p o r t a n t  a s  f e e d i n g  A I D S
p a t i e n t s  i n  A f r i c a. I f  m o r e  p e o p l e  r u n n i n g  t h e  w o r l d  t o d a y
h a d  b e e n  r a i s e d  w i t h  g r e a t e r  s p i r i t u a l  a w a r e n e s s  w h e n  t h e y
w e r e  f i f t e e n  y e a r s  o l d,  p e r h a p s  t h e  w o r l d  w o u l d n ’ t  b e  i n  t h e
m e s s  i t ’ s  i n  n o w. T h e  H o l y  S p i r i t  a s s i g n s  e a c h  o f  u s  t o  t h e  p l a c e  o u r
t a l e n t s  a n d  a b i l i t i e s  c a n  b e s t  b e  p u t  t o  u s e  a n d  o u r  l e s s o n s
m o s t  p o w e r f u l l y  l e a r n e d. *  D o n ’ t  d o u b t  t h e  p l a n ;  j u s t  m a k e
y o u r s e l f  a v a i l a b l e  t o  i t. A  w h i l e  a g o,  I  w a s  v i s i t i n g  m y  m o t h e r,  t a l k i n g  t o  h e r  a n d
h e r  n u r s e. Y e a r s  a g o  I  w o u l d  h a v e  b e e n  i m p a t i e n t,  t h i n k i n g
I  n e e d e d  t o  b e  o u t  i n  t h e  w o r l d  t r y i n g  t o  d o  s o m e t h i n g
i m p o r t a n t. W h a t  I  k n o w  n o w  i s  t h a t  t h e  w o r l d  i s  w h e r e v e r  I
a m,  a n d  m y  l e s s o n s  f o r  b o t h  t e a c h i n g  a n d  l e a r n i n g  a r e  r i g h t
h e r e,  r i g h t  n o w,  i n  t h i s  c a s e  w i t h  m y  m o m  a n d  h e r  n u r s e. F o r  I  m i g h t  h a v e  t h i n g s  t o  t e a c h  t h e m,  b u t  e v e n  m o r e
i m p o r t a n t l y,  t h e y  m o s t  c e r t a i n l y  h a v e  t h i n g s  t o  t e a c h  m e. L i k e  g e t t i n g  o v e r  m y s e l f. L i k e  b e i n g  m o r e  p a t i e n t. L i k e
s h o w i n g  g r a t i t u d e  t o  t h e  w o m a n  w h o  g a v e  m e  m y  l i f e. J u s t
l i t t l e  t h i n g s  l i k e  t h a t,  h a  h a …

M Y  H O U S E M A T E  ( t h e  o n e  w i t h  t h e  m o t o r c y c l e s,  w h o  r a r e l y  c h e c k s
h i s  m e s s a g e s )  o n c e  c a l l e d  f r o m  a  v a c a t i o n  a n d  t o l d  m e  h e
h a d  m e t  a  w o m a n  h e  l i k e d  v e r y  m u c h,  a n d  h e  w a s  b r i n g i n g
h e r  h o m e  f o r  a  v i s i t. I  w a s  h a p p y  h e  h a d  m e t  s o m e o n e,  b u t  I
f e l t  s o m e  f e a r  r e g a r d i n g  o u r  l i v i n g  a r r a n g e m e n t. W a s  s h e
g o i n g  t o  l i v e  i n  t h e  h o u s e  w i t h  u s. W o u l d  s h e  l i k e  m y
d a u g h t e r,  a n d  w o u l d  s h e  l i k e  m e. W o u l d  I  s t i l l  f e e l
c o m f o r t a b l e  i n  m y  h o m e. W h a t  i f  s h e  d i d n ’ t  l i k e  u s  a n d
w a n t e d  u s  t o  m o v e  o u t. I  a l l o w e d  m y  m o n k e y  m i n d  t o  d o  w h a t  i t  n e e d e d  t o  d o,
y e t  I  r e m e m b e r e d  t h a t  m y  o n l y  m i s s i o n  i s  t o  l o v e. F o r  h o u r s
b e f o r e  I  m e t  h e r,  I  s i m p l y  p r a y e d  t h a t  o u r  m e e t i n g  w o u l d  b e
b l e s s e d. I  a s k e d  t o  b e  a n  i n s t r u m e n t  o f  l o v e  i n  h e r  l i f e. I
a s k e d  t h a t  m y  h e a r t  b e  o p e n e d  t o  h e r,  t h a t  o u r  r e l a t i o n s h i p
r e a c h  i t s  h i g h e s t  p o s s i b i l i t y. I  k n e w  t h a t  i f  I  p u t  m y  h e a r t
a n d  m i n d  i n  t h e  r i g h t  p l a c e,  t h


media exploitation. Athletes in the
falters as he nears the goal and the
the financial reward that may accompany
traditional martial arts employ specific
WHEN WE CHEER THE SPIRIT of the
anticipation of personal glory or triumph
it has little to do with true athletic
exercises to overcome any tendency
true athlete, what we applaud is a
over a rival makes him lose strength and
greatness, which proceeds from an
towards egotism. The dedication of one's
demonstration of all the significances the
form. attainment of stature of the spirit; it is
skill, performance or career to a higher
word "spirit" entails for us: courage,
One unfortunate sequence of this that we laud in the champion. Even if
principle provides the only absolute
tenacity, commitment, alignment withconsciousness occurs when an athlete
the competitor does not surrender to the
protection. principle, demonstration of excellence,
sets a new record during qualifying trials,
lust for wealth and fame so prominent in
(147) T rue athletic power is characterized
honor, respect and humility.1 T o inspire
arousing new personal ambitions, and
the case just cited, the drive to attain
by grace, sensitivity, inner quiet and,
implies filling with spirit; dispirited
then during the final competition goes to
dominance in one's sport, rather than to
paradoxically, gentleness in the non-
means dejected, hopeless, defeated. But
pieces to the puzzlement of the audience. simply manifest all the excellence of
competitive lives of even fierce what exactly does the term "spirit"
If top performers are imbued with the
which one is capable, has its own
competitors. W e celebrate the championsignify? The collective totality of human
belief that their excellence is not a
corrupting egocentric ef fect, entrainment
because we recognize that he has experience can be comprehended by
personal accomplishment but a gift by the negative forces associated
with the overcome personal ambition through spirit in phrases such as
"team spirit" or belonging to all of mankind as a
level of Pride. sacrifice and dedication to higher when we exhort people to "get into the
demonstration of man's potential, they
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with
principles. The great become legendary
spirit." That spirit is a highly pragmatic
will go strong and remain so through any
some manifestations of pride. W e all may
when they teach by example. It is not
factor which can determine the dif ference
event. well be proud when we take the
what they have, nor what they do, but
between victory and defeat is well known
The scale of consciousness may be seen
America's Cup or our Olympians winwhat they have become that inspires all
by military commanders, coaches and
in one aspect as a scale of ego, with the
medals, but that is a dif ferent kind of
of mankind, and it is that which we honor
CEOs. An employee or other group
level of 200 being the fulcrum at which
pride. It is an honoring of human
in them. W e should seek to protect their
member who doesn't enter into the spirit
selfishness begins to turn to selflessness. achievement that transcends personal
humility from the forces of exploitation
of the group enterprise soon finds himself
At the rarefied plane of Olympic pride. W e honor the endeavor, not the
that accompany acclaim in the everyday
without a job or group. competition, the disastrous
personal accomplishment, which is only
world. W e need to educate the public that
(150) From all the above it is clear that the
consequences, both in private and inthe occasion and expression of something
the abilities of these athletes and their
term "spirit" refers to an unseen essence,
public life, of motivations emanating
greater, universal and innate in the
great performances are gifts to mankind
and that although its expression varies
from levels below 200 are all too clearly
human heart. The Olympics, one of the
to be respected and defended from the
from one situation to another, the essence
illustrated by the recent debacle of figure
greatest dramas of human striving, and
abuse of the media and corporate itself never changes. 2 This essence is
skater T onya Harding. This athlete's
one which captures everyone's
commerce. vital; when we lose our spirit, we die-we
excessive zeal to capture an Olympic
imagination, provides a context which
The Olympic spirit resides within the
expire from lack of that which inspires.medal and defeat her rival Nancy should counteract personal pride. The
heart of every man and woman. Great
Clinically speaking, then, we can say that
Kerrigan by any means available led her
whole setting inspires the competitor to
athletes can, by example, awaken Spirit equates with Life; the ener gy of
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life itself can be termed spirit. Spirit is
obscured or contaminated by false
recover are specified as only that these conditions are indeed curable the
alive-ness that accompanies and is an
interpretation. "suggestions." The use of coercion (152) of
diseases. expression of alignment with life ener gy. T o more fully understand the nature of
any kind is avoided and this is From a practical viewpoint the sizable
The power of high ener gy attractor
spirit in power and how it originates and
emphasized by slogans such as, "Easy
impact of self-help or ganizations on
patterns is anabolic, sustaining life: theiroperates as a social movement, we will
does it," "First things first," and, most
society can be counted not only in the
opposites are catabolic, eventually do well to study a contemporary
spiritual importantly, "Live and let live." 6
relief of human suf fering and the
leading to death. T rue power equals life
or ganization of enormous power and
Alcoholics Anonymous respects reconstitution of families, but in savings
equals spirit, whereas force equals influence about which everything is
of freedom, in that it leaves choice up to the
of billions of dollars. Absenteeism,
weakness equals death. When an public record, one which is avowedly
individual. Its identifiable power patterns
automobile insurance rates, welfare,
individual has lost or lacks those qualities
aligned with the spirit of man and yet
are those of honesty, responsibility,
health care and penal system costs are all
we term spiritual, he becomes devoid of
flatly states that it is not religious, That is
humility, service, and the practice of
(153) greatly moderated by the widespreadhumanity, love and self-respect, perhaps
the fifty-five-year -old or ganization
tolerance, goodwill and brotherhood. AA
behavioral change produced by this
selfish and violent. When a nation veers
known as Alcoholics Anonymous. does not subscribe to any particular ethic,
movement. The cost of state-provided
from its alignment with the spirit of man,
W e all know something about AA,
has no code of right and wrong or good
counseling and group therapy atone for
it can become an international criminal. because it has become woven into the
and bad and avoids moral judgments. AA
the millions of troubled individuals
It is a common error to identify very fabric of modern society, and its
does not try to control anyone, including
served would be staggering. spirituality with religion. W e have noted
adherents number in the millions. It and
its own members. What it does instead isThe members of these or ganizations, by
that the United States Constitution, the
its of fshoot or ganizations have been
to chart a path. It merely says to its
the millions, unanimously agree that
Bill of Rights and the Declaration of
estimated to af fect in one way or another
members, "If you practice these admitting the limitations of their
Independence clearly dif ferentiate the lives of about fifty percent of
principles in all your af fairs, you will
individual egos allowed them to
between the spiritual and the religious. Americans at this time. Even where the
recover from this grave and progressive
experience a true power and that it is that
Government is forbidden to establish any
twelve-step-based self-help groups do not
fatal illness, and regain your health, self-
power which brought about their
religion, lest it impair the freedom of the
enter lives directly, they af fect everyone
respect and the capacity to live a fruitfulrecovery-which hitherto nothing on earth,
people; yet these same documents indirectly because they reinforce
certain and fulfilling life for yourself and
including medicine, psychiatry or any
presume that government's authority values by example. Let us study the
others. "7
branch of modern science, had been able
derives from spiritual principles.3
power principles upon which Alcoholics
AA is the original example of the power
to ef fect. in fact, the founders of the world's great
Anonymous is based and how this
of these principles to cure hopeless
W e can make some important
religions would be shocked at the foundation came about historically,
and disease and change the destructive observations from the story of
how the profoundly unspiritual deeds wrought in
examine the impact these principles have
personality patterns of. members, From
prototype or ganization, AA, came into
their names through history, much


. There is more natural magic in a glass full of water than any medication you are
brainwashed to use for the treatment of the conditions I have explained in this book. And I do not sell water! From:  William E. Gray (Bill)
411 Ayrh ill Avenue
Vienna, VA 2 2180 11-2-94
703-938-6330
To: Dr. Batmanghelidj
2146 Kings Ga rden Way
Falls Church, VA 2 2043
It has been one year since I first read your book, which was g iven to me as a present by Ma rcel Thevoz. Since then
my health has improved significantly. lam now 52 and in excellent health. This wa s not the case before your book
and Marcel's kin dness inspired me to make water an integral part of my life. To most people J was su ccessful and in excellent health - normal weight, unusual strength and endurance, above
average at sports, with an excellent diet (a lot of fresh vegetables and whole grains and very little mea t, animal
products o r processed food). Yet my list of complaints stre tches over the last fifty ye ars and includes: duodenal
ulcer (age 19), indigestion, colon and elimination problems (age 19 to 51), food allergies (age 12 to 17), chronic
sinus infection (age 5 to 51), chronic and acute back problems (age 13 through age 51), emotional illness and
mental confusion (age 6 to age 51). These problems were even more bewildering and confusing because lam intelligent, educated and motivated to find
solutions to problems. I have been searching for answe rs to these problems for 35 years. I have looked for answers
in: diet, diet supplementation, exercise, yoga, med itation, Traditional Religion, spiritual practices, Acup uncture,
traditional medicine, Chiropractic, Massage, Raki,  Polarity Ba lancing, 12 Step programs, and self impr ovement
books and courses, such as Est and the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. I had of course read many times about the importance of drinking plenty of water. I even investe d in reverse
osmosis water filter 6 years ago hoping that the improved taste of the water would motivate me to drink more water.In spite of this I never gave water therapy a fair chance. Until I read your book, other beverages always looked
better to me, particularly tea and coffee. At the time I read your book I had a chronic nerve injury in my upper back that intermittently prevented me from
playing golf or racket ball for a period of two years. M y arm strength was 1/3 of what it had been only 2 years
previously. I was at a low point in my life physically and men tally. I have never been drunk in my life or smoked more than 5 cigarettes in a day. At the time I was not smoking or
drinking alcohol. Yet I found myself obsessed with thoughts of caffeine, smoking and drinking. Although I have been
a frequent visitor at Chiropractic, Oste opathic and Massage therapists, I had not needed to visit medical doctor for
years. In my desperation I went to an MD who prescribed an anti-stress m edication, a pain reliever, and a muscle
relaxant. I took the prescrib ed doses and fell into a semi coma for 16 hours, and discontinued the med ication. A few
weeks later Marcel came to my home for dinner and gave me your book. Within one week of adding 2-3 quarts of water to my diet noticed I that:
• The pain from the nerve i njury went away  and I was able to beg in exercisin g.
•I had m uch less indiges tion and gas. •My urges  and compulsive beh avior lessened  substanti ally or vanishe d. I no longe r had t o fight the ur ge to smoke,
drink, stuff myself or use excessive caffeine. • My energy levels improved. • My thinking and work improved. Please feel free to use me as a reference. I am happy to talk to anyone about water at any time. William E. Gray
Ordinary tap water, unless there is proof of its being contaminated with chemicals and heavy m etals such as lead, is
a good source of sup ply. Ta p water has the protection of chl orine as a bacteria-killing agent. The "bottled water" in
supermarkets is said to be sterilized by the addition of ozone at the time of bottling. Ozo ne, or "super oxygen,"
seems to have a bacteria-killing property. If used in time, bottled water can serve as an alternative source of supply. If you are not sure of your wat er source not being contaminated or containing impurities not safe to drink, save
yourself from this anxiety by installing a small filtration unit on your kitchen faucet. There are very effective carbon or
ceramic filter units that can save you from the hassle of buying water from the stores and having to carry its
containers day in and day out. Eventually, the "point of use" filtration of water will become standard practice in advanced societies that have a
tendency to pollute their drinking water. With the present decline in the fortunes of the municipalities, delivering
quality drinking water in their pipe systems will at one point become too expensive and impossible. It wou ld not be
practical to deliver high quality water to also use for washing and gardening. However, when one develops a taste for other than tap water, if one runs out of supply in the house, the body will be
forced to go without water just because of the difference in taste—a self-imposed preference. Usu ally, the "bad
taste" is a ttributed to dissolved chlorine in the water. Most sales agents who wish to sell water purifiers make issue
of the fact that tap water contains ch lorine. They also point to calcium dissolved in the water, often called "hard
water." If we fill an open-top jug with water and let it stand in the refrigerator or on the kitchen counter, the chlorine that is
dissolved in the water will evaporate and the smell of it will go too. The water will become "sweet" and very easily
palatable. This is h ow all restaurants serve water—out of a well-iced jug that was filled some time before its use. As
for the calcium in the water, unless the water is truly and heavily calcium-l aden, its use  is perf ectly safe. Not only is i t
safe, it is a cheap source for calcium needs of the body. The calcium is already dissolved in the water and one does
not need to go to the pharmacy to buy calcium tablets to take as a preventive measure against the osteoporosis we
see in the elderly. How and when do you think osteoporosis begins? Actually, many years before it is recognized. When hydroelectric
energy stores become depleted on and off, energy stored in the bondage of calcium to calcium in the cells and
eventually in the bones is used. When one molecule of calcium becomes sep arated from another molecule of
calcium, one unit of ATP is also released. ATP i s one unit of excha ngeable energy. Th e loose calcium is now
available to be shed. When water and calcium are taken in their natural forms, the emergency need for the release
of energy sto red in calcium bondage is decreased. This is why b ones are a great source of reserved energy. The
body is able to tap into this reservoir of energy. In any case, even heavily dissolved calcium in the water will most probably be without adverse effects. I t seems the
body possesses a most delicate need-regulated mechanism of absorption of elements from the gastrointestinal
tract. Most probably, not all the calcium dissolved in even very hard water enters the system. A recent study (in
another country and in a region with only very hard water available for consumption) has shown the calcium-laden
water consumed did not produce any adverse effects on the people who did not avoid drinking the water. In this approach to disease prevention, one will not need to stick to a strict diet manipulation to control this or that
clinical condition as long as water intake precedes food intake. Howev er, one word of advice is to limit fatty and fried
foods. Fats get converted to fatty acids and circulate in the blood. Fatty acids will  replace tryptophan that is attached
to the albumin to be stored and protected while being circulated around in the blood. The liver will attack and destroy
freed tryptophan if its free form in circu lation is more than 20 percent of its total content. In due time, excess fattyfood will deplete the tryptophan reserves of the body. This is o ne of the most important reasons why fatty foods are
not good for health. At the same time, not all fatty acids are bad for the body. In fact there are at least two essential fatty acids that the
body needs all the time and cannot manufactu re. They are: Alphalinoleic Acid, LNA, known as Om ega 3 oil, and
Linoleic Acid, LA, known as Om ega 6 oil. These fatty acids are needed for the manufactu re of cell membranes',
hormones and nerve coverings in the body. Although other fats that enter the body are used for their energy
content, O-3 and O-6 are saved and only used for the manufacture of hormones and in the structure of all of the
mem


 Out of respect for him, I would drive into
town periodically and go to class—but not very often. I would eventually learn that everything in life has
something to teach you and that it is all for your growth. But I was not ready to see that yet. To me, there was my
meditation, and then there was everything else. Though Idefinitely wasn ’t seeing my sc hoolwork as relevant to my
inner growth, I had a very illuminating experience
associated with one of my courses. The professor of the course was a respected economist
and not  at all the liberal typ e. I missed a lot of classes,
and wh en I did show up, I was barefooted and in jeans. I
doubt t hat I was his favorite  student. One day he asked
me if I actually expected to receive a good grade in the
course. He explained that I  had put out just enough
effort to  do well on the exams, but my absences and lack
of p articipation  in class did not provide the basis for a
high gra de. I knew we had a f inal paper left to write, so I
told him  I would put extra effort into that paper, and I’d
appreciate it if he would ba se my grade solely on my
exams and the quality of tha t paper. He said he would
take it into consideration. The tim e came  to write the final paper for the course. I
knew m y mental state was no t conducive to going to the
library and trying to learn en ough to write a great paper. I ha d been meditating a lot, and my mind was very still. No way was I going to spend days researching and
thinking about the topic. I would have to find a different
method if I was going to write this paper. One evening, I gathered up a bunch of writing pads
and a few pens. After med itation, I lit the kerosene
lantern and sat at the fold-out table in my van. I began
by t elling myself that I really didn’t care what grade I got
in the class sin ce I probably wouldn’t finish my degree
anyway. This removed any mental or emotional pressure. I t hen told mys elf to just start  writing whatever I thought
about the topic. I had no b ooks to refer to, just the
natural logic of a clear, unp ressured mind. I began to
write an d thoughts began to flow. I did not worry about
what I was wri ting or second-guess my thoughts. It was
very mu ch like meditation. I kept my personal self out of
it completely and just let unbridled inspiration flow.At s ome point in the process, a flash of inspiration
welled u p insid e of me. I went from not knowing what I
was going to do with the paper to knowing exactly what I
was going to w rite. It was as  though a cloud of knowing
instantly form ed back behind the quiet mind. It
happened as fast and pow erful as a flash of lightning. At
first, no thoughts were involved. It was more of a feeling,
just a definitive knowing that I now knew where the
paper was going and how to get there. Then the thoughts
began to form. They came slowly at first, then they
poured into my mind. I still  had to pull them together
into a logical flow, but the seeds were all there. It was an
amazing process to watch. I wrote and I wrote. Notepad after notepad became
filled with a totally logical pre sentation that began with a
premise, laid out its argument, and ended with a
conclusion. Along the way, there were graphs to present
logical relationships, and there were references to facts I
had previously read or heard in class. These facts would
need to be polished and footnoted later, so I simply left
space fo r them and kept on writing what was created in
my mind. I sto pped for nothing. There was no worrying
or judgment of good or bad; I  just allowed the process to
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v4. 1
aTo the MastersC o n t e n t s
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Section I
W a k i n g  U p
The Premise
1. Not with a Shout—But with a Whisper
2. Getting to Know Me
3. The Pillars of Zen
4. Absolute Silence
5. From Absolute Peace to Absolute Turmoil
6. South of the Border
7. Disconnecting the Panic Button
8. Unexpected Inspiration
9. The Promised Land
10. Building a Sacred Hut
11. Get Thee to a Monastery
12. When the Disciple Is Ready, the Master Appears
Section II
T h e  G r e a t  E x p e r i m e n t  B e g i n s
13. The Experiment of a Lifetime
14. Life Takes Charge
15. The Prince and the Pauper
16. Following the Invisible into the Unknown
17. My First Job Interview
18. Letting Go of the Rope
19. Acceptance, Acceptance, and More Acceptance
20. The Most Important Thing I Was Ever Asked to DoSection III
F r o m  S o l i t u d e  t o  S e r v i c e
21. The Call of a Living Master
22. Shaktipat
23. Gainesville Hosts a Guru
24. The Temple Is Built
25. Opening the Heart Chakra
26. Get Thee to an Ashram
Section IV
T h e  B u s i n e s s  o f  S u r r e n d e r
27. A Company Is Born
28. The Master Builder
29. Community Banking
30. The Ever-Expanding Temple of the Universe
31. Metamorphosis of a Creature
Section V
S o m e t h i n g  P r i c e l e s s  I s  B o r n
32. From the Personal Self to the Personal Computer
33. The Birth of The Medical Manager
34. The Early Programmers
35. Preparing for Launch
Section VI
T h e  F o r c e s  o f  N a t u r a l  G r o w t h
36. The Foundations of a Successful Business
37. The Industry Knocks on Our Door
38. The Temple Keeps Growing
Section VII
W h e n  D a r k  C l o u d s  B e c o m e  R a i n b o w s
39. A Touch of Magic
40. The Scary Messenger of Change
41. The Foundation Is Built for the Future
42. Meanwhile—Back at the Ranch
Section VIII
E m b r a c i n g  E x p l o s i v e  E x p a n s i o n
43. The Medical Manager Sprouts Wings
44. Medical Manager Corporation—MMGR
45. Becoming CEO
46. The Internet and Health Care
47. Merging—But Not with the Universe
48. Building Rome in a Day
49. Hanging Out in Washington
Section IX
T o t a l  S u r r e n d e r
50. The Raid
51. Attorneys, Attorneys, and More Attorneys
52. United States of America v. Michael A. Singer
53. Preparing a Defense
54. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
55. Divine Intervention
56. Returning to the Beginning
About the Author
More by the AuthorA c k n o w l e d g m e n t s
In t ruth, life is  really the aut hor of this book. She is the
one who manifested the flo w of events that were so
powerful and fascinating they demanded narration. But
life need ed me  to put pen to p aper if her greatness was to
be mem orialized. To that end, she sent exactly the right
people at exactly the right time to bring The Surrender
Experiment  into fruition. It is  with hum ility and heartfelt thanks that I tell you
of the phenomenal job that my product manager, Karen
Entner, did on this book. Her tireless and selfless service
has inst illed this work with a sense of commitment and
perfection rarely found in this world. I w ould  also like to take this opportunity to thank my
editor, Gary


arital	and	relationship	issues. If	your	relationship	has
issues,	then	the	next	time	you	see	that	person,	see	him	or	her	as	if	for	the	very
first	time. If	you	were	not	looking	through	the	past,	things	would	be	different. People	running	on	a	train	of	thought	think	negatively	about	their	relationships
all	the	time. Then,	when	they	see	the	person,	they	look	through	what	they
have	been	thinking	about. How	could	you	have	a	good	relationship	by	looking
through	so	much	junk? If	you	are	not	happy,	you	are	spending	too	much	time	thinking. If	you	don’t	get	on	with	members	of	the	opposite	sex,	you	are	spending	too
much	time	thinking. If	you	hate	your	job,	you	are	spending	too	much	time
thinking. If	you	feel	unattractive,	you	are	spending	too	much	time	thinking. If
you	think	you	are	God’s	gift	to	women,	you	are	spending	too	much	time
thinking. You	are	creating	problems	from	your	thoughts. If	you	just	let	your
thoughts	subside,	you	would	have	far	fewer	problems. The	answer	is	to	not	analyze	the	other	person. Don’t	look	through	your
collection	of	thoughts. Don’t	have	a	preconceived	idea	of	him	or	her. See	and
really	see. Hear	and	really	listen. Feel	and	really	feel. You	will	sense	freedom
when	you	get	in	touch	with	life,	as	life	is	the	prime	substance	behind
everything. The	real	world	is	life	itself,	not	a	collection	of	thoughts. Some	people	never	put	down	their	thoughts,	even	for	just	a	short	while. These
people	completely	miss	out	on	life. If	you	don’t	like	your	job,	do	it	without	thought. Don’t	let	your	mind	into
analyze	it	and	turn	your	workplace	into	a	living	hell. I	spent	a	couple	of	years
hating	a	job. I	thought	about	it	incessantly. All	this	does	is	get	you	down	and
keeps	you	trapped	in	the	job. The	more	you	think	about	how	much	you	don’t
like	your	job,	the	less	room	you	have	for	a	solution	to	enter. Very	few	thoughts	will	bother	you	if	you	are	there	step	by	step. Don’t	run	on	a
collection	of	thoughts	that	you	think	it	is. Following	time	step	by	step
involves	no	thought. As	time	passes,	go	with	time. Don’t	think	of	the	future	or
worry	about	the	past. The	past	is	exactly	where	it	is	–	in	the	past. There	is
little	you	can	do	to	change	it. Thoughts	are	imagined	as	if	they	are	real,	but	they	are	not	real	at	all. Thoughts
are	stale. They	are	based	on	past	conditioning	and	programs. But	life	is	fluid
and	ever	changing. You	cannot	get	answers	for	something	that	is	fluid	by
delving	into	old	thoughts. Feel	your	inner	body. Reduce	your	breathing! I	cannot	stop	thinking
Y
ou	might	say	that	this	all	makes	sense	but	it	is	impossible	to	stop	thinking
when	things	go	wrong. Yes,	I	agree	that	doing	it	is	more	difficult. But	at	the
same	time,	it	is	a	lot	easier	than	allowing	the	mind	to	run	off	on	a	worrying
stream	of	thought. Of	any	24	hour	day,	negative	events	generally	account	for
a	very	small	amount	of	time. It	is	our	thinkaholic	nature	which	prolongs	the
situation	in	our	mind. It	is	easier	to	build	up	your	awareness	by	stilling	the	mind	when	things	are
GOING	RIGHT	FOR	YOU. When	life	is	running	smoothly,	make	it	a
continued	practice	to	observe	your	thoughts	and	bring	COMPLETE	attentionto	the	present	moment,	or	feel	your	inner	body	or	follow	your	breath. The
more	you	do	this,	the	easier	it	is	when	things	are	not	running	so	smoothly.Old	tensions	dissolve
P
ast	events	and	old	thoughts	that	are	buried	well	beneath	the	surface	of	the
conscious	mind	will	begin	to	appear	as	you	calm	your	mind. By	living	in
presence,	watching	your	breath,	feeling	your	inner	body,	the	mind	clears	and
past	memories	arise. Both	good	and	not	so	good	memories	arise. From	thirty
years	ago,	you	might	remember	a	schoolteacher,	childhood	friends,	an
experience	that	happened	while	you	were	on	holiday,	or	something	somebody
said	to	you. Deeply	rooted	traumas	might	surface. As	the	old	memories	arise,	just
acknowledge	them	and	let	them	pass,	even	stuff	that	has	caused	a	lot	of	pain,
such	as	emotional,	physical	or	sexual	abuse. Just	view	these	past	traumas	as	thoughts. Observe	them	without	attachment
and	let	them	pass. A	mood	change,	emotional	charge	and	short-term
depression	can	be	part	of	the	process. If	you	feel	down,	accept	it	as	part	of	the
healing	process. Feeling	down	is	okay,	as	it	is	for	the	short	term	and	will	soon
pass. Bringing	acceptance	to	this	helps	speed	the	process. Deal	with	the	past
by	living	in	the	present. Doing	this	enables	the	old	thought	patterns	that	have
shaped	your	life	to	dissolve. The	good	news	is	that	you	don’t	have	to	analyze	the	past	to	address	the	past. You	don’t	even	need	to	understand	it. Just	live	in	the	now	and	allow	the	past
to	surface	and	dilute.We	all	need	help	from	life
N
o	matter	how	intelligent	we	are,	we	depend	on	life	to	help	us	along	the
way. We	cannot	do	it	alone,	nor	should	we. All	species	with	the	exception	of
most	humans	allow	life	to	assist	them,	care	for	them	and	provide	for	them. Birds,	tigers,	elephants,	snakes,	cats,	dogs,	seals,	dolphins	and	whales	are	not
worried	about	tomorrow,	nor	are	they	dwelling	in	the	past. They	have	little
fear	except	for	brief	moments	when	confronted	by	an	animal	of	prey. Why	are
humans	the	exception? Why	would	life	let	humans	down	and	look	after	every
other	living	being? You	are	not	one	with	life	if	all	of	your	attention	is	in	your	head. You	are
missing	out	on	life	and	all	that	it	is	has	to	offer. Look	at	the	state	of	the	people
around	you. You	will	see	how	caught	up	they	are	in	their	heads	thinking	about
the	past	or	future	and	seldom	having	their	attention	in	the	now. Life	is	not	a	collection	of	thoughts. Life	has	an	immense	intelligence	that	we
seldom	consider. Allow	life	to	help	you	through	life. Don’t	be	constantly
worried	and	afraid	of	whatever	situation	or	event	may	unfold. Have	trust	in
life	and	life	will	look	after	you. Your	job	is	to	let	life	live	through	you. You	enable	this	when	you	merge	with
your	inner	body	or	follow	your	breath. Your	job	is	to	live	life,	not	to	live	in	a
collection	of	thoughts	in	your	head. Living	in	your	thoughts	is	living	a	life
divorced	from	life.Let	go	of	the	wheel	of	life
I
n	a	sense,	when	we	first	let	go	of	thought,	we	feel	as	if	we	are	abandoning
control. Society,	education	and	other	factors	have	conditioned	us	into
believing	that	we	always


kink	in	a	garden	hose	and	watering	a	desperately	dry	garden
with	the	resulting	trickle	of	water! Why	hadn’t	these	soldiers	had	a	heart	attack	already? After	all,	only	10%
of	the	artery	was	open. How	could	that	be	enough? It	turns	out	that	if	the
plaque	on	the	inner	wall	of	the	artery	accumulates	slowly	over	several	years,
blood	flow	has	time	to	adjust. Think	of	blood	flowing	through	your	artery	as	a
raging	river. If	you	put	a	few	stones	on	the	sides	of	a	river	every	day	over	a
period	of	years,	like	plaque	accumulating	on	the	walls	of	the	artery,	the	water
will	find	another	way	to	get	to	where	it	wants	to	be. Maybe	the	river	will	form
several	smaller	streams	over	the	stones. Perhaps	the	river	will	go	under	the
stones	forming	tiny	tunnels,	or	maybe	the	water	will	flow	through	small	side
streams,	taking	a	new	route	altogether. These	new	tiny	passageways	around	or
through	the	stones	are	called	“collaterals.”	The	same	thing	happens	in	the
heart. If	plaque	accumulates	over	a	period	of	several	years	there	will	be
enough	collateral	development	that	blood	can	still	travel	throughout	the	heart. However,	too	much	plaque	buildup	can	cause	severe	blood	restriction,	and
debilitating	chest	pain,	or	angina,	can	result. But	this	buildup	only	rarely	leads
to	heart	attacks. 9,	10
So	what	leads	to	heart	attacks? It	turns	out	that	it’s	the	less	severe
accumulations	of	plaque,	blocking	under	50%	of	the	artery,	that	often	cause
heart	attacks. 11
	These	accumulations	each	have	a	layer	of	cells,	called	the	cap,
which	separates	the	core	of	the	plaque	from	the	blood	flowing	by. In	the
dangerous	plaques,	the	cap	is	weak	and	thin. Consequently,	as	blood	rushes
by,	it	can	erode	the	cap	until	it	ruptures. When	the	cap	ruptures,	the	core
contents	of	the	plaque	mix	with	the	blood. The	blood	then	begins	clotting
around	the	site	of	rupture. The	clot	grows	and	can	quickly	block	off	the	entire
artery. When	the	artery	becomes	blocked	over	such	a	short	period	of	time,
there	is	little	chance	for	collateral	blood	flow	to	develop. When	this	happens,
blood	flow	downstream	of	the	rupture	is	severely	reduced	and	the	heartmuscles	don’t	get	the	oxygen	they	require. At	this	point,	as	heart	muscle	cells
start	to	die,	heart	pumping	mechanisms	begin	to	fail,	and	the	person	may	feel
a	crushing	pain	in	the	chest,	or	a	searing	pain	down	into	an	arm	and	up	into
the	neck	and	jaw. In	short,	the	victim	starts	to	die. This	is	the	process	behind
most	of	the	1.1	million	heart	attacks	that	occur	in	America	every	year. One
out	of	three	people	who	have	a	heart	attack	will	die	from	it. 9,	10
We	now	know	that	the	small	to	medium	accumulation	of	plaque,	the
plaque	that	blocks	less	than	50%	of	the	artery,	is	the	most	deadly. 11,	12

So	how
can	we	predict	the	timing	of	heart	attacks? Unfortunately,	with	existing
technologies,	we	can’t. We	can’t	know	which	plaque	will	rupture,	when,	or
how	severe	it	might	be. What	we	do	know,	however,	is	our	relative
risk
	for
having	a	heart	attack. What	once	was	a	mysterious	death,	which	claimed
people	in	their	most	productive	years,	has	been	“demystified”	by	science. No
study	has	been	more	influential	than	that	of	the	Framingham	Heart	Study.FRAMINGHAM
After	World	War	II,	the	National	Heart	Institute
13
	was	created	with	a	modest
budget
4
	and	a	difficult	mission. Scientists	knew	that	the	greasy	plaques	that
lined	the	arteries	of	diseased	hearts	were	composed	of	cholesterol,
phospholipids	and	fatty	acids,
14
	but	they	didn’t	know	why	these	lesions
developed,	how	they	developed	or	exactly	how	they	led	to	heart	attacks. In
the	search	for	answers,	the	National	Heart	Institute	decided	to	follow	a
population	over	several	years,	to	keep	detailed	medical	records	of	everybody
in	the	population	and	to	see	who	got	heart	disease	and	who	didn’t. The
scientists	headed	to	Framingham,	Massachusetts. Located	just	outside	of	Boston,	Framingham	is	steeped	in	American
history. European	settlers	first	inhabited	the	land	in	the	seventeenth	century. Over	the	years	the	town	has	had	supporting	roles	in	the	Revolutionary	War,
the	Salem	Witch	Trials	and	the	abolition	movement. More	recently,	in	1948,
the	town	assumed	its	most	famous	role. Over	5,000	residents	of	Framingham,
both	male	and	female,	agreed	to	be	poked	and	prodded	by	scientists	over	the
years	so	that	we	might	learn	something	about	heart	disease. And	learn	something	we	did. By	watching	who	got	heart	disease	and	who
didn’t,	and	comparing	their	medical	records,	the	Framingham	Heart	Study
developed	the	concept	of	risk	factors	such	as	cholesterol,	blood	pressure,
physical	activity,	cigarette	smoking	and	obesity. Because	of	the	Framingham
Study,	we	now	know	that	these	risk	factors	play	a	prominent	role	in	the
causation	of	heart	disease. Doctors	have	for	years	used	a	Framingham
prediction	model	to	tell	who	is	at	high	risk	for	heart	disease	and	who	is	not. Over	1,000	scientific	papers	have	been	published	from	this	study,	and	the
study	continues	to	this	day,	having	now	studied	four	generations	of
Framingham	residents. The	shining	jewel	of	the	Framingham	Study	is	its	findings	on	blood
cholesterol. In	1961,	they	convincingly	showed	a	strong	correlation	between
high	blood	cholesterol	and	heart	disease. Researchers	noted	that
men	with
cholesterol	levels	“over	244	mg/dL	(milligrams	per	deciliter)	have	more	than
three	times	the	incidence	of	CHD	(coronary	heart	disease)	as	do	those	with
cholesterol	levels	less	than	210	mg/dL.”
15
	The	contentious	question	of
whether	blood	cholesterol	levels	could	predict	heart	disease	was	laid	to	rest. Cholesterol	levels	do	make	a	difference. In	this	same	paper,	high	blood
pressure	was	also	demonstrated	to	be	an	important	risk	factor	for	heart
disease. The	importance	given	to	risk	factors	signaled	a	conceptual	revolution.When	this	study	was	started,	most	doctors	believed	that	heart	disease	was	an
inevitable	“wearing	down”	of	the	body,	and	we	could	do	little	about	it. Our
hearts	were	like	car	engines;	as	we	got	older,	the	parts	didn’t	work	as	well	and
sometimes	gave	out. By	demonstrating	that	we	could	see	the	disease	in
advance	by	measuring	risk	factors,	the	idea	of	preventing	heart	disease
suddenly	had	validity. Researchers	wrote,”…	it	appears	that	a	preventive
program	is	clearly	necessary.”
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than	one	kind	of
method. For	example,	iron	status	was	measured	in	six	different	ways,
riboflavin	(vitamin	B
2
)	in	three	ways,	and	so	forth. Also,	in	many	cases,
we	could	assess	the	quality	and	reliability	of	data	by	comparing	variables
known	to	have	plausible	biological	relationships. The	populations	under	study	proved	to	be	very	stable. An	average	of	93–
94%	of	the	men	in	the	survey	were	born	in	the	county	where	they	lived
at	the	time	of	the	survey;	for	women	it	was	89%. Also,	according	to	data
published	by	the	World	Bank,
4
	the	diets	at	the	time	of	our	survey	were
very	similar	to	those	consumed	in	earlier	years. This	was	ideal	because
those	earlier	years	represented	the	time	when	the	diseases	were	initially
forming.UNIQUENESS	OF	DATA
One	idea	that	makes	our	study	unique	is	our	use	of	the	ecologic	study	design. Critics	of	the	ecologic	study	design	correctly	assume	that	it	is	a	weak	design
for	determining	cause-and-effect	associations	when	one	is	interested	in	the
effects	of	single	causes	acting	on	single	outcomes. But	this	is	not	the	way	that
nutrition	works. Rather,	nutrition	causes	or	prevents	disease	by	multiple
nutrients	and	other	chemicals	acting	together,	as	in	foods. An	ecologic	study
is	almost	ideal	if	we	wish	to	learn	how	an	array	of	dietary	factors	act	together
to	cause	disease. It	is	the	comprehensive	effects	of	nutrients	and	other	factors
on	disease	occurrence	where	the	most	important	lessons	are	to	be	learned. To
investigate	these	comprehensive	causes	of	disease,	it	was	therefore	necessary
to	record	as	many	dietary	and	other	lifestyle	factors	as	possible,	then
formulate	hypotheses	and	interpret	data	that	represent	comprehensiveness. Perhaps	the	most	unique	characteristic	that	set	this	study	apart	concerned
the	nutritional	characteristics	of	the	diets	consumed	in	rural	China. Virtually
every	other	human	study	on	diet	and	health,	of	whatever	design,	has	involved
subjects	who	were	consuming	a	rich	Western
diet. This	is	true	even	when
vegetarians	are	included	in	the	study	because	90%	of	vegetarians	still
consume	rather	large	amounts	of	milk,	cheese	and	eggs,	while	a	significant
number	still	consume	some	fish	and	poultry. As	is	shown	in	the
accompanying	chart	(
Chart	B.1
),
5
	there	is	only	a	small	difference	in	the
nutritional	properties	of	non-vegetarian	and	vegetarian	diets	as	consumed	in
Western	countries. CHART	B.1:	VEGETARIAN	AND	NON-VEGETARIAN	DIET
COMPARISONS	AMONG	WESTERNERS
Nutrient
Vegetarian
Non	-	vegetarian
Fat	(%	of	calories)
30–36
34–38
Cholesterol	(g/day)
150–300
300–500
Carbohydrates	(%	of	calories)
50–55
<50
Total	protein	(%	of	calories)
12–14
14–18
Animal	protein	(%	of	total	protein)
40–60
60–70
A	strikingly	different	dietary	situation	existed	in	China. In	America,	15–
17%	of	our	total	calories	is	provided	by	protein,	and	upwards	of	80%	of	this
amount	is	animal-based. In	other	words,	we	gorge	on	protein	and	we	get	most
of	it	from	meat	and	dairy	products. But	in	rural	China,	they	consume	less
protein	overall	(9–10%	of	total	calories),	and	only	10%	of	it	comes	fromanimal-based	foods. This	means	that	there	are	many	other	major	nutritional
differences	in	the	Chinese	and	American	diets,	as	shown	in
Chart	B.2
. 1
CHART	B.2:	CHINESE	AND	AMERICAN	DIETARY	INTAKES
Nutrient
China
United	States
Calories	(kcal/kg	body	wt./day)
40.6
30.6
Total	fat	(%	of	calories)
14.5
34–38
Dietary	fiber	(g/day)
33
12
Total	protein	(g/day)
64
91
Animal	protein	(%	of	total	calories)
0.8*
10–11
Total	iron	(mg/day)
34
18
*Non-fish	animal	protein
This	was	the	first	and	only	large	study	that	investigated	this	range	of
dietary	experience	and	its	health	consequences. Chinese	diets	ranged	from
rich	to	very	rich	in	plant-based	foods. In	all	other	studies	done	on	Western
subjects,	diets	ranged	from	rich	to	very	rich	in	animal-based	foods. It	was	this
distinction	that	made	the	China	Study	so	different	from	other	studies.MAKING	IT	HAPPEN
Organization	and	conduct	of	a	study	of	this	size,	scope	and	quality	was
possible	because	of	the	exceptional	skills	of	Dr.	Junshi	Chen. Survey	sites
were	scattered	across	the	far	reaches	of	China. In	American	travel	distances,
they	ranged	from	the	Florida	Keys	to	Seattle,	Washington,	and	from	San
Diego,	California,	to	Bangor,	Maine. Travel	between	these	places	was	more
difficult	than	in	the	United	States,	and	supplies	and	instructions	for	the	survey
had	to	be	in	place	and	standardized	for	all	collection	sites. And	this	was	done
before	e-mails,	fax	machines	and	cellular	phones	were	available. It	was	important	that	the	twenty-four	provincial	health	teams,	each
comprised	of	twelve	to	fifteen	health	workers,	be	trained	to	carry	out	the
blood,	food	and	urine	collections	and	complete	the	questionnaires	in	a
systematic	and	standardized	manner. To	standardize	the	collection	of
information,	Dr.	Chen	divided	the	country	into	regions. Each	region	sent
trainers	to	Beijing	for	the	senior	training	session. They,	in	turn,	returned	to
their	home	provinces	to	train	the	provincial	health	teams. Although	the	U.S.	National	Cancer	Institute	(NCI)	of	the	National
Institutes	of	Health	(NIH)	provided	the	initial	funding	for	this	project,	the
Chinese	Ministry	of	Health	paid	the	salaries	of	the	approximately	350	health
workers. It	is	my	estimate	that	the	Chinese	contribution	to	the	project	was
approximately	$5–6	million. This	compares	with	the	U.S.	contribution	of
about	$2.9	million	over	a	ten-year	period. Were	the	U.S.	government	to	have
paid	for	this	service	in	a	similar	project	in	the	U.S.,	it	would	have	cost	at	least
ten	times	this	amount,	or	$50–60	million.APPENDIX	C
The	“Vitamin”	D	Connection
T
HE	MOST	IMPRESSIVE	EVIDENCE
	favoring	plant-based	diets	is	the	way	that	so
many	food	factors	and	biological	events	are	integrated	to	maximize	health	and
minimize	disease. Although	the	biological	processes	are	exceptionally
complex,	these	factors	still	work	together	as	a	beautifully	choreographed,
self-correcting	network. It	is	exceptionally	impressive,	especially	the
coordination	and	control	of	this	network. Perhaps	a	couple	of	analogies	might	help	to	illustrate	such	a	process. Flocks	of	birds	in	flight	or	schools	of	fish	darting	about	are	able	to	shift
direction	in	a	microsecond	without	bumping	into	each	other. They	seem	to
have	a	collective	consciousness	that	knows	where	they	are	going	and	when
they	will	rest. Colonies	of	ants	and	swarms	of	bees	also	integrate	varying
labor	chores	with	great	proficiency.


 usually best done step-wise in small
increments, aide d by motivational encouragement. A negative se lf-image
may be compounded by past failures or criticism by peers or parental
figures, resulting  in attitudes of  “I can’ t” or “I’m not worth it.” The old
adage, “If at first you don’ t succeed, try, try again,” falls on deaf ears as
apathy is usually defended with many rationalized excuses and
justifications in order to avoid shame. In some expressions, apathy may
be conse quent to clinical depression due to faulty brain chemistry that
requires antidepressants to correct the imbalance, at least temporarily, in
order to reor ganize the psyche. The clas sic coun terbalances to apathy and negative self-image are ‘faith,
hope, a nd charity’. The benefit of helping others is very well
demonstrated throughout society, whether it comes about through choice,
inspiration, or even coercion. Often, for those who have fallen very low,
even just caring for animals can serve as a very good start, as is
demonstrated by the seeing-eye-dog training programs that have been
very successful in populations of chronic recidivist prison inmates, some
of whom  even choose to stay o n past their dischar ge date to complete
their wo rk with their assigned d ogs. Apathetic geriatric patients perk up
if th e nursing ho me provides pet dogs. Current research indicate s that the
mere owning of a pet decreases the levels of depression and hypertensionand has a positi ve ef fect on health overall. Therefore, caring for other
living be ings is therapeutic as i s exhibited by hopeless alcoholics when
they beg in to help newcomers and dejected athletes recover from a
defeatist attitude by the sheer act of encouraging other team members. In sp iritual work also, group pa rticipation remotivates as a consequence
of the group’ s intrinsic spiritual ener gy. Thus, ministerial or ganizations
serve a great purpose, as do m entors, trainers, motivational speakers,
humanitarian or ganizations, the  cler gy, and inspirational teachers. The
average person usually has some limited areas of apathy, at least for
periods of time, that are areas of neglect due to economy of available
time and ener gy or interest. Spiritual apathy is also quite common as an expression of avoidance and
reluctance to face inner confli cts that thereby become a det errent to
progress and growth. These dela ys can be expected and also traversed by
prayer a nd the inspiration innate to active spiritual groups. Motivation is
aided and augmented in almost any human endeavor by having a mentor,
confidant, or trusted friend. Ap athy is often the result of isolation and
cured by  involvement in and th e activity of positive relationships that
provide a source of caringness. Apathy is indicative of the absence of
love, wh ich is its most powerful antidote. This may be situational or the
consequence of rejecting love due to egocentricity or very low self-
esteem resulting from lack of love and nurturance in early life. T o c hoose love for God activates the love of God by prayer and worship. Therefore, despo ndency may be the very trigger that opens the door to
the eme r gence of spiritual interest and progress. Many have found God
only in the pits of hopelessness  and despair. The ego is so strong that
sometimes only severe ‘hitting bottom’ is a strong enough stimulus to
activate the willingness to surrender allegiance to the ego’ s domination. When ac tivated, the spirit within is renewed, and apathy is replaced by
hope. T o  ‘pray ceaselessly’ may be the only option available to work
through some severe or prolonged periods of karmic debt. It is
sometimes refer red to as a ‘test of faith’, which is best trav ersed by
conviction that ‘this too shall pass’, and “They also serve who stand and
wait.”
Apathy, like any other obstacle on the evolutionary path, is resolved by
acceptance rather than denial. Spiritual apathy can be helped byreexposure to basic spiritual tr uths, such as provided by scr ipture or
spiritual literatu re. Reflection and meditation on verses, such as those in
the Ninety-first Psalm or other favorite passages, often reactivate
inspiration beca use of their innate high consciousness ca libration. Reinspiration is also often consequent to repeating favorite prayers,
hymns, or the playing of classical music in beautiful surroundings. Music o f high calibration presents an ener gy field directly that bypasses
the intellect and negative mentation. Music that calibrates over 500
(listed in Chapter 9 of T ruth vs. Falsehood ) has an uplifting ef fect. It can
vary all the way from the score of River dance to classi cal mus ic, the
stirring skirl of the bagpipes of the Scottish Black W atch, or even the
irresistible music of the Bee Gees. T ransient apathy can indicate resistance to facing some inner personal
defect, which is most rapidly overcome by direct admission and
acceptance. Th is reactivates spiritual movement instead of being
stultified. Even avoidance can be countered by accepting the fa ct that it
is cu rrently operative (avoiding the denial of denial). One can c hoose to
avoid an  issue consciously inst ead of being at the ef fect of it  through
avoidance. This  alternative opens the option to just not deal with the
issue cu rrently and choose instead to take a vacation from it via what
could be  viewed as ‘therapeutic escapism’, such as going to the movies,
taking a vacation, going on short trip, etc. Acceptance by conscious choice has a dif ferent consequence from
unconscious denial. Self-care is an integrous intention when done
consciously. It is an exercise in  developing self-love, especial ly if it is
dedicated to God. It is sometim es necessary to rest and recuperate in
order to become rejuvenated. This is one of the functions of play and
recreation that serves retrenchment rather than just self-indulgence. The Dualities of Apathy. As w ith other le vels, positionalities express as dualities of attraction and
aversion that have to be worked through, assisted by prayer and often the
assistance of others.CHAPTER 4. Grief. (Calibration Level 75). Intr oduction. This is the leve l of sadness, loss, and despondency. Most people have
experienced it for periods of time, but those who remain at this level live
a life of constant regret and de pression. This is the level of mourning,
bereavement, an d remorse about the past. It is also the level of habitual
losers and those chronic gamb lers who accept failure as part of their
lifestyle, often resulting in the loss of jobs, friends, family, and
opportunity, as well as money and health. Major l osses in early life m ake one later vulnerable to passive
acceptance of grief, as though so rrow were the price of life. In Grief, one
sees sadness everywhere—the sadness of little children, of world
conditions, and even the sadness of life itself. This level colors one’ s
entire vi sion of existence. Part of the syndrome of loss is the  sense of
inability to replace what is lost or what it symbolized. There is a
generalization from the particular, so that the loss of a loved one is
equated with the loss of love itself. At this level, such emotional losses
may trigger a serious depression or even death. Though Grief is the cemetery o f life, it still has more ener gy t o it than
does Ap athy. Thus, when traumatized apathetic patients begin to cry, we
know they are getting better, for once they start to cry, they will eat
again. Clinical. Grief is a universal human experience that is dif ficult to either view or
go t hrough because of its com monality and emotionality with which
people a re only  too familiar. In  minor degrees, it can be expressed as
regret, but when major, it can be incapacitating and overwhelming. The univ ersality of the experience is due to the structure and nature of
the ego, which misperceives t he source of happiness as ex ternal or
emotional and imbues it with s pecialness. In reality, the only source of
happiness is from within, and its mechanism is intrapsychic and internal. When a desired object, situation, or relationship is obtained, the  internal
mechanism goes into operation with the satisfaction of that desire
because the object, person, or condition has been imbued with special
qualities. The value is in the eyes of the beholder or of the perceived and
is not intrinsic to the desired ob ject or person itself. Therefore, grief is
linked to desire as well as ownership. Society collectively assumes that certain conditions, objects, or qualities
are v aluable, and this agreement af fects personal choice. The spiritually
evolved person who has few wa nts or attachments is relatively immune
to grief,  as the experience of the source of happiness origina tes from
within and is not dependent on externals. If the source of happiness is
acquired through ego mechanisms, it


. Dr. R. To me, it is an eye opener and a verification of  what I have believed and have tried to overcome in our own colonic
machines; but I’ve never seen anything to equal the results that you are getting. I always felt it took weeks, if not months,  of
fasting and colonies to accomplish what you are getting in a relatively short length of time. Dr. J. Do you think the colema process is thorough enough to provide long -term benefits for the whole body? Dr. R. I am sure of it. Furthermore, when you are fasting, cleansing and eliminating, nature is squeezing her spo nge. She is
throwing these toxins into the intestinal tract, and you are able to bring them out in this spectacular way. Dr. J. Have you ever seen specimens from the bowel demonstrated as well as in this cleansing program? Dr. R. Never. In all my 50 year’s  experience with colonies, I’ve never seen anything to equal this. Dr. J. From my experience with the tissue cleansing program, I can’t help feeling it is a process that would help everybody. I think
many people would profit from a good cleansing that woul d help keep them from trouble like hardening of the arteries, cholesterol
deposits, high triglycerides and so forth. Dr. R. This is preventive medicine at its best, because atoxic bowel is the sewer of the body. It is the most important elimi native
structu re of the system, and to get this cleansed out and to give it a chance to function normally, I think is fundamental. Dr. J. We have to compensate for the junk we’ve put into our bodies. I think it is almost a sin to have coffee and donuts, bu t God
only knows I was raised on them. I grew up on Danish pastry. There must be something built into my body pattern that is still ther e
to a certain extent, and I think that has to be cleaned out. This is one of those ways of going back and clearing out those t oxins
from polluted air, polluted water, junk foods and body acids induced by stress. To me, this seems the best way to compensate
for all of that. Dr. R. Let’s put it this way, it is the fastest and best way I know of. Dr. J. Don’t you feel that this along wi th nutrition provides the fundamentals to start with? Dr. R. Absolutely. Clean out, and then build upon a sound nutritional basis. Most people only come to think senously of these
problems through personal ill health and not being able to find the solution. Then we start searching. Thank God, I landed in a
naturopathic school. Dr. J. Well, I think it was a godsend that brought you here today to see this at the age of 78, after practicing 50 years. I am in the
same position, up in the 70s, and now I see some thing that I didn’t see before. Why wasn’t somebody there to tell me? Don’t you
feel that same thing about this cleansing program? Dr. R. I am convinced of it. It’s an eye opener. It gives you a new dimension to your thinking, a realization that bowel func tion and
bowel toxemia are very real and very constant problems. Dr. J. Have you ever seen anything like this before? Dr.R. Never! CASE HISTORIES
PATIENT 1
Patient complained of leg and foot problems; ulcers (open, running and partially encrusted on heel,  instep and outside ankle of
right foot; heel and instep of left foot); swollen ankles. The leg problems began two years prior to time of examination. Con ditions
previously treated without success by several physicians. Ulcers worsened. Unable to wear shoe s for over a year. Unable to wear
stockings previous three weeks due to increasing number of eruptions from ulcers. Blood pressure 80/58. Patient complained of
cold hands and feet. HISTORY. Severe diarrhea for previous seven and a half years. Seven or eigh t bowel movements per day. No relief from either
drugstore medications or prescription drugs. Hospitalized with kidney stone attack in January 1976 (four years ago) with surg ery
recommended by hospital staff physicians. Refused surgery, treated self at wif e’s recommendation with vitamins and nutritional
supplements for two months. No recurrence of kidney stone attacks since that time. (Lab test after examination showed creatin ine
level at 0.6 mg/dl —within normal range.) Family history of foot problems. Pate rnal grandfather died of gangrene which first
appeared on right foot. Physician’s diagnosis of grandfather included hardening of arteries, low blood pressure and diabetes. After
right leg amputation, gangrene appeared on left foot. Amputation of left leg f ollowed by recurrence of gangrene on stumps of both
legs. Death resulted two years after left leg amputation. Patient’s mother suffered from swollen right ankle during heat of s ummers
in Midwest. Physician advised that problem was due to heart condition. P atient reported that his brothers and sisters all had
varicose veins, as well as his paternal grandfather. Mother and one brother died of colitis. One physician who saw patient (a n
acupuncturist) diagnosed problem with feet as due to colitis, reasoning th at male children inherit mother’s problems, female
children inherit father’s problems. Patient left without taking treatments because the physician simply assumed the diagnosis. In
1976, patient had complete medical examination with EKG, chest X -ray, usual  lab tests and several biopsies of the stomach. Medical report was negative for cancer. Nothing was found wrong except kidney stones, for which patient came in. Patient stat ed
he had always had circulation problems. IRIDOLOGY ANALYSIS. Black in intestinal area indicated underactive bowel with heavy toxic settlement there. Inherent
weakness in kidney areas of irides. Adrenal glands underactive, showing that kidneys and adrenals were overworked due to toxi c
condition of blood from underactive bowel. Leg areas  underactive. Poor circulation and enervation, together with underactivity
in legs, indicated toxic settlements in leg tissues. PROGRAM. Initially, Patient eliminated fried foods from his diet, reduced meat intake, increased raw salads and added several
nutritional supplements. He reported, “The bowel has improved considerably...with bowel movements reduced from seven or eight
per day down to twice a day. The feet, unfortunately, got worse.” Patient was then placed on a seven -day tissue cleansing program
which included two colemas per day, morning and night. (Colemas are not as strenuous as colonies but are more effective than
enemas.) Fasting diet included broth, herb teas, vitamins, nutritional supplements and juice mixed with bulk and clay water. Clay
packs and aloe vera were applied externally to the legs. On the fourth day, Patient reported, “The swelling in my right ankle is
gone. It is now normal. The sealing or encrustations on my feet, ankles, insteps and heels, began to fall away. I would say t here is a
60-70 percent improvement. I am elated over the results.” Examination at this time showed strong improvement of ulcerated areas
around feet. Patient is usinq skin brushing and cold water packs on body. Goal was to increase circulation and life force. Dulse was
used to quicken the thryoid, and Dren -C was used to improve circulation. Pancreas substance was taken to dissolve the heavy
mucus lining in the bowel. The elimination of mucus from the bowel was an important step toward improved assimilation of
nutrients from food after end of tissue cleansing program. When the seven -day program had ended, Patient’s feet had cleared up almost entirely. Ulcers no longer draining. Skin healing,
becoming clear. Patient had worked very hard, co -operating with the pr ogram entirely. When asked for his response to the results
of the seven -day tissue -cleansing program, Patient reported, “It is almost miraculous! My wife and family are going to find it
difficult to believe what they see when they arrive.” Patient was advi sed concerning the necessity of changing former food and
other life habits to an improved nutritional and exercise regimen, to bring about general upgrading of health and to avoid
recurrence of ulcerated leg problem. He was told that he had a year’s work a head of him. Although the ankles were now normal at
the beginning of each day, swelling continued to occur around 11 a.m. or noon, particularly in the right foot. On the day pat ient
returned home, he was able to wear shoes comfortably for the first time in  over a year! PATIENT 2
Patient’s complaints were psoriasis, diabetes and arthritis. HISTORY. Patient developed psoriasis 7 years ago. First symptoms were scaling of scalp and of facial skin under beard. Condition became progressively worse until 3 years a go, when fingernails began showing pits and creases. A year later, Patient
developed diabetes and began taking insulin. Six months after the appearance of the diabetes, arthritis set in. First symptom s
were fluid in the knee and inflammation of the elbow, A physician diagnosed the condition as psoriatric arthritis. Patient found that
Western medicine could do nothing for his condition. He was taking 20 aspirin per day for relief from arthritic pain, insulin  shots
for the diabetes and the psoriasis was growi ng worse. He began to experience depression and hopelessness. IRIS ANALYSIS. Inherent weaknesses in bowel and bron


prejudices. One of the most difficult things for man to give up is his su -
perstitions, his prejudice. He holds on to these as though they were the
treasure of treasures. When you do become cleansed and you are free, then the womb, your
own mind is automatically healed. It becomes the prepared ground where
seeds, your desires, can take root and grow into manifestation. The child
you now bear in your heart is your present objective. Your present longing
is a child that is as though it were sick. If you assume you are not what
you would like to be, the child for a moment becomes dead because there
is no disturbance anymore. You cannot be disturbed when you feel you are what you want to be be -
cause if you feel you are what you wanted to be, you are satisfied in that
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenassumption. To others who judge superficially you seem no longer to de -
sire, so to them the desire or damsel is dead. They think you have lost
your ambition because you no longer discuss your secret ambition. You
have completely adjusted yourself to the idea. You have assumed that
you are what you want to be. You know, “She is not dead, she but sleep -
eth. ” “I go to awaken her. ”
I walk in the assumption that I am, and as I walk, I quietly awaken her. Then when she awakens I will do the normal, natural thing. I will give her
to eat. I will not brag about it and tell others, I simply go and tell no man. I feed this state I now like with my attention. I keep it alive within my
world by becoming attentive to it. Things that I am not attentive to fade and wither within my world, regard -
less of what they are. They are not just born and remain unfed. I gave
them birth by reason of the fact that I became conscious of being them. When I embody them within my world that is not the end. That is the be -
ginning. Now I am a mother who must keep alive this state by being at -
tentive to it. The day that I am not attentive, I have withdrawn my milk
from it, and it fades from my world, as I become attentive to something
else in my world. You can either be attentive to the limitations and feed these and make
them mountains, or you can be attentive to your desires; but to become
attentive you must assume you are already that which you wanted to be. Although today we speak of a third-dimensional and a fourth-dimensional
focus, do not think for one moment these ancient teachers were not fully
conscious of these two distinct centers of thought within the minds of all
men. They personified these two, and they tried to show man that the
only thing which robs him of the man he could be, is habit. Although it is
no law, every psychologist will tell you that habit is the most inhibiting
force in the world. It completely restricts man and binds him and makes
him totally blind to what otherwise he should be. Begin now to mentally see and feel yourself as that which you want to be,
and feast upon that sensation morning, noon, and night. I have scoured
the Bible for a time interval that is longer than three days and I have not
found it. “Jesus answered and said unto them, destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up. ” (John 2:19). “Prepare your victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jor -
dan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to
possess it. ” (Joshua 1:11). More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenIf I could completely saturate my mind with one sensation and walk as
though it were already a fact, I am promised (and I cannot find any denial
of it in this great book) that I do not need more than a three day diet if I
remain faithful to it. But I must be honest about it. If I change my diet in
the course of the day, I extend the time interval. You ask me, “But how do I know about the interval. ” You, yourself deter -
mine the interval. We have today in our modern world a little word which confuses most of
us. I know it confused me until I dug deeper. The word is “action. ” Action
is supposed to be the most fundamental thing in the world. It is not an
atom, it is more fundamental. It is not a part of an atom like an electron,
it is more fundamental than that. They call it the fourth-dimensional unit. The most fundamental thing in the world is action. You ask, “What is action. ” Our physicists tell us that it is energy multi -
plied by time. We become more confused and say, “Energy multiplied by
time, what does that mean. ” They answer, “There is no response to a
stimulus, no matter how intense the stimulus, unless it endures for a cer -
tain length of time. ” There must be a minimum endurance to the stimulus
or there is no response. On the other hand there is no response to time
unless there is a minimum degree of intensity. Today the most fundamen -
tal thing in the world is called action, or simply energy multiplied by time. The Bible gives it as three days; the duration is three days for response in
this world. If I would now assume I am what I want to be, and if I am
faithful to it and walk as though I were, the very longest stretch given for
its realization is three days. If there is something tonight that you really want in this world, then expe -
rience in imagination what you would experience in the flesh were you to
realize your goal and deafen your ears, and blind your eyes to all that de -
nies the reality of your assumption. If you do this you would be able to tell me before I leave this city of Los
Angeles that you have realized what was only a wish when you came
here. It will be my joy to rejoice with you in the knowledge that the child
which was seemingly dead is now alive. This damsel really was not dead,
she was only asleep. You fed her in this silence because you have meat no
one else knows of. You gave her food and she became a resurrected living
reality within your world. Then you can share your joy with me and I can
rejoice in your joy. The purpose of these lessons is to remind you of the law of your own be -
ing, the law of consciousness; you are that law. You were only uncon -
scious of its operation. You fed and kept alive the things you did not wish
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havento express within this world. Take my challenge and put this philosophy to the test. If it does not work
you should not use it as a comforter. If it is not true, you must completely
discard it. I know it is true. You will not know it until you try either to
prove or disprove it. Too many of us have joined “isms” and we are afraid to put them to the
test because we feel we might fail; and, then, where are we. Not really
wanting to know the truth concerning it, we hesitate to be bold enough to
put it to the test. You say, “I know it would work in some other way. I do
not want to really test it. While I have not yet disproved it, I can still be
comforted by it. Now do not fool yourself, do not think for one second that you are wise. Prove or disprove this law. I know that if you attempt to disprove it, you
will prove it, and I will be the richer for your proving it, not in dollars, not
in things, but because you become the living fruit of what I believe I am
teaching in this world it is far better to have you a successful, satisfied
person after five days of instruction than to have you go out dissatisfied. I
hope you will be bold enough to challenge this instruction and either
prove or disprove it. Now before we go into the silence period I shall briefly explain the tech -
nique again. We have two techniques in applying this law. Everyone here
must now know exactly what he wants. You must know that if you do not
get it tonight you will still be as desirous tomorrow concerning this objec -
tive. When you know exactly what you want, construct in your mind's eye a
single, simple event which implies fulfillment of your desire, an event
wherein self predominates. Instead of sitting back and looking at yourself
as though you were on the screen, you be the actor in the drama. Restrict the event to one single action. If you are going to shake a hand
because that implies fulfillment of your desire then do that and that only. Do not shake hands and then wander off in your imagination to a dinner
party or to some other place. Restrict your action to simply shaking hands
and do it over and over again, until that handshake takes on the solidity
and the distinctness of reality. If you feel you cannot remain faithful to an action, I want you now to de -
fine your objective, and then condense the idea, which is your desire, into
a single phrase, a phrase which implies fulfillment of your desire, some
phrase such as, “Isn't it wonderful. ”
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 human form, made to perfection. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
Scripturally we could say that we are the image and the likeness
of God. We could say toe are another way that the Universe
is becoming conscious of itself We could say that we are the
infinite field of unfolding possibility. All of that would be true. "Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible
and untouchable." You are God in a physical body. You are Spirit in the flesh. You are
Eternal Life expressing itself as You. You are a cosmic being. You
are all power. You are all wisdom. You are all intelligence. You are
perfection. You are magnificence. You are the creator, and you are
creating the creation of You on this planet. JAMES RAY
Every tradition has told you that you were created in the
image and likeness of the creative source. That means that
you have God potential and power to create your world,
and you are. The Secret to You 165
Maybe you've created things to this point that are wonderful
and worthy of you, and maybe you haven't. The question
I'd ask you to consider is, "Are the results you have in your
life what you really want? And are they worthy of you?" If
they're not worthy of you, then wouldn't now be the right
time to change those? Because you have the power to do that. "All power is from within and therefore
under our control." JACKCANFIELD
A lot of people feel like they're victims in life, and they'll often
point to past events, perhaps growing up with an abusive
parent or in a dysfunctional family. Most psychologists
believe that about 85 percent of families are dysfunctional, so
all of a sudden you're not so unique. My parents were alcoholics. My dad abused me. My
mother divorced him when I was six.... I mean, that's
almost everybody's story in some form or not. The real
question is, what are you going to do now? What do you
choose now? Because you can either keep focusing on that, 166 The Secret
or you can focus on what you want. And when people start
focusing on what they want, what they don't want falls
away, and what they want expands, and the other part
disappears. "A person who sets his or her mind on the
dark side of life, who lives over and over
the misfortunes and disappointments of
the past, prays for similar misfortunes and
disappointments in the future. If you will
see nothing but ill luck in the future, you are
praying for such ill luck and will surely get it." LISA NICHOLS
You are the designer of your destiny. You are the author. You
write the story. The pen is in your hand, and the outcome is
whatever you choose. If you go back over your life and focus on the difficulties from the
past, you are just bringing more difficult circumstances to You now. Let it all go, no matter what it is. Do it for you. If you hold a grudge
or blame someone for something in the past, you are only harming
You. You are the only one who can create the life you deserve. As
you deliberately focus on what you want, as you begin to radiate
good feelings, the law of attraction will respond. All you have to do
is make a start, and as you do, you will unleash the magic. The Secret to You 167
MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
The beautiful thing about the law of attraction is that you
can begin where you are, and you can begin to think "real
thinking," and you can begin to generate within yourself a
feeling tone of harmony and happiness. The law will begin to
respond to that. DR. JOE VITALE
So now you start to have different beliefs, like, "There
is more than enough in the Universe." Or you have the
belief that, "I'm not getting older, I'm getting younger." We can create it the way we want it, by using the law of
attraction. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
And you can break yourself free from your hereditary
patterns, cultural codes, social beliefs, and prove once and for
all that the power within you is greater than the power within
the world. DR FRED ALAN WOLF
You may be thinking, "Well, that's very nice, but I can't do
that." Or, "She won't let me do that!" Or, "He'll never let me
do that." Or, "I haven't got enough money to do that." Or,
"I'm not strong enough to do that." Or, "I'm not rich enough
to do that." Or, "I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not." -
Every single "I'm not" is a creation! 168 The Secret
It is a good idea to become aware when you say, "I'm not" and
to think about what you are creating as you say it. A powerful
insight shared by Dr. Wolf has been equally documented by all the
great teachers with the power of the words I am. When you say "I
am,' the words that follow are summoning creation with a mighty
force, because you are declaring it to be fact. You are stating it with
certainty. And so immediately after you say, "I am tired" or "I am
broke" or "I am sick" or "I am late" or "I am overweight" or "I am
old," the Genie says, "Your wish is my command." Knowing this, wouldn't it be a good idea to begin to use the two
most powerful words, I AM, to your advantage? How about, "I
AM receiving every good thing. I AM happy I AM abundant. I AM
healthy. I AM love. I AM always on time. I AM eternal youth. I AM
filled with energy every single day." In his book The Master Key System, Charles Haanel claims that there
is an affirmation that incorporates every single thing any human
being can want, and that this affirmation will bring about har-
monious conditions to all things. He adds, "The reason for this is
because the affirmation is in strict accordance with the Truth, and
when Truth appears every form of error or discord must necessar-
ily disappear." The affirmation is this: "I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, lov-
ing, harmonious, and happy." If it sounds like work to drag what you want out of the invis-
ible and into the visible, try this shortcut: see what you want as The Secret to You 169
absolute fact. This will manifest what you want with the speed of
light The second you ask, it is fact in the Universal spiritual field,
and that field is all that exists. When you conceive something in
your mind, know it is a fact, and that there can be no question
about its manifestation. When Henry Ford was bringing his vision of the motor vehicle into
our world, people around him ridiculed him and thought he had
gone mad to pursue such a "wild" vision. Henry Ford knew much
more than the people who ridiculed him. He knew The Secret and
he knew the law of the Universe. "Whether you think you can or think you can't,
either way you are right." Do you think you can? You can achieve and do anything you want
with this knowledge. In the past you may have underestimated
how brilliant you are. Well, now you know you are the Supreme
Mind and that you can draw anything you want from that One
Supreme Mind. Any invention, any inspiration, any answer, any-"There is no limit to what this law can do for
you; dare to believe in your own ideal; think of
the ideal as an already accomplished fact." 170 The Secret
thing. You can do anything you want. You are a genius beyond
description, so start telling yourself that and become aware of who
you really are. -MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
Are there any limits to this? Absolutely not. We are unlimited
beings. We have no ceiling. The capabilities and the talents
and the gifts and the power that is within every single
individual that is on the planet, is unlimited. All your power is in your awareness of that power, and through
holding that power in your consciousness. Your mind can be like a runaway steam train if you let it. It can take
you off to thoughts of the past, and then take you off to thoughts
of the future by taking past bad events and projecting those into
your future. Those out-of-control thoughts are creating too. When
you are aware, you are in the present and you know what you are
thinking. You have gained control of your thoughts, and that is
where all your power is. So how do you become more aware? One way is to stop and ask
yourself, "What am I thinking now? What am I feeling now?" The
moment you ask you are aware, because you have brought your
mind back to the present moment. The Secret to You 171
Whenever you think of it, bring yourself back to the awareness of
now. Do it hundreds of times each day, because, remember, all of
your power is in your awareness of your power. Michael Bernard
Beckwith sums up the awareness of this power when he says, "Re-
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Chapter 10
ISOLATED AND MODERNIZED AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
OUR problem of throwing light upon the cause of the physical breakdown of our modern
civilization, with special consideration of tooth decay and facial deformity, requires a critical
examination of individuals living in as wide a range of physical conditions as may be possible. This
requires that the Aborigines of Australia be included in this examination of human reactions to
physical environments. These were studied in 1936. In selecting the individuals in the various groups special effort was made to include children
between the ages of ten and sixteen years in order to have an opportunity to observe and record
the condition of the dental arches after the permanent teeth had erupted. This was necessary
because the deciduous dentition or first set of teeth may be in normal position in the arches with a
correct relationship between the arches, and the permanent dentition show marked irregularity. The shape of the dental arches of the infant at birth and the teeth that are to take their place in the
arches have considerable of their calcification at birth. The development of the adult face,
however, does not occur until the permanent teeth have erupted. The general shape or pattern is
largely influenced by the position and direction of the eruption of the permanent teeth. These
studies, accordingly, have included a careful, detailed record of the shape of the dental arch of
each individual. The Australian Aborigines constitute one of the most unique primitive races that have come out
of the past into our modern times and they are probably the oldest living race. We are particularly
concerned with those qualities that have made possible their survival and cultural development. The Aborigines are of special interest because they have come out of a very distant past and are
associated with animal life which is unique in being characterized as a living museum preserved
from the dawn of animal life on the earth. Many of the animal species that are abundant in Australia
are found only in fossil form on other continents. The evidence indicates that they crossed on a
land bridge which connected Australia with Asia. After the bridge was submerged the animals
persisted in that protected island continent which never has known any of the animal species of
later development. Among these animals the marsupials play an important role and constitute a
large variety. The American continent has only one or two of the many forms found in Australia. These are the opossum of the marsupial family and the sloth. One of the most curious animals living
on the earth today, or that has left its remains in the petrified skeletons of early periods of the
earth's history, is the duckbill platypus. It has the unique distinction of having the characteristics of
several animal species. It lays eggs like a bird and hatches them with the heat of its body in its
pouch. It has webbed, five-toed feet, like the water birds, a bill like a duck and hair and tail like a
beaver. The typical marsupial pouch for carrying its young, is another characteristic of this strange
animal. Like other mammals it provides milk for its young. Its milk is similar in chemical
constituents to that of other mammals. Most rudimentary in form are the mammary glands of the
platypus. The young, when hatched in the pouch, nuzzle the lining membrane of the pouch and the
milk exudes through minute openings. There is no nipple. The animal lives chiefly in the water. Its
home is built above the water level on the bank, but the entrance to it is underneath the water. They are exceedingly playful creatures, apparently more at home in the water than on land. They
live on both animal life and plant food found under the water. They seem to be related to an early
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    The Aborigines are credited with having the most primitive type of skeletal development of any
race living today. The eyes are very deep set, the brows very prominent giving them an expression
that identifies them as a distinct racial type. See Fig. 52. Professor Weidenreich has shown that
they resemble in this regard the recently discovered ancient Peking man. While they are still in the
Stone Age stage in their arts and crafts, they have developed further in some respects than has any
other ancient race. Their skill in tracking and outwitting the fleet and very cunning animal life of their
land is so remarkable that they have been accredited with a sixth sense. They have been able to
build good bodies and maintain them in excellent condition in a country in which the plant life, and
consequently the lower animal life can be maintained at only a very low level because of the
absence of rain. Over half of Australia has less than ten inches of rain a year. It is significant that
the natives have maintained a vigorous existence in districts in which the white population which
expelled them is unable to continue to live. Among the white race there, the death rate approaches
or exceeds the birth rate. FIG. 52. The Aborigines of Australia are recognized to be the
oldest living race of mankind. Note the prominent eyebrows
and deep set eyes. The man at the upper right is holding his
spears and wamara, or spear thrower. They are very fond of
decorations on their bodies. Little baldness was seen even in
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gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 104/250    They have developed a device for throwing spears, which makes them more deadly than any in
the world. I witnessed a group of the present-day natives throwing their spears at a target which
consisted of a banana stalk much smaller than a man's body. They threw the spears from a
distance which I estimated to be seventy-five yards. About thirty spears were thrown and several
pierced the banana stalk and the others were stuck in the ground close around it. This was
accomplished by means of a wamara or throwing stick approximately as long as the arm, with a
strong hand grip at one end and a device on the other end for engaging in a depression in the butt
of the spear. This was thrown by poising the spear about the level of the shoulder, the spear
supported by the fingers of the hand which swung the throwing stick. The latter extended back
over the shoulder. The impact of their spears has often been demonstrated to be sufficient to
completely penetrate a man's body. Their method of tempering wood for the points of the spears
was such that the spearheads offered great resistance. A throwing stick is shown in Fig. 52 (upper
right). These natives decorate their bodies with paints for dances and sports. They know the habits of
all of the animals and insects so well that they are able to reproduce the calls of the animals and
thus decoy them into traps. Some of the water birds maintain sentinels at lookout points to guard
those in the water. The Aborigines are able to decoy these birds by most ingenious methods. They
travel with their bodies disguised by grass and shrubbery and enter the water with a headgear
made from feathers of one of the birds. Once in the water, they then maneuver in a manner similar
to that of the birds and go among the flock of wild ducks or swans. Working entirely under water,
they draw the birds under one by one and take load after load to shore without raising the
suspicion of the flock. When working among the kangaroos they are so skilled in preparing
movable blinds that they can kill many in a grazing wild pack without alarming the rest, always
striking when the animal is grazing. Their skill at fishing probably exceeds that of any other race. They are so highly trained in the knowledge of the habits of the fish and the type of movement that
the fish transmits to the water and to the reeds in the water, that one of their important contests
between tribes is to see how many fish can be struck in succession with a spear, the fish never
being seen, their only information as to its whereabouts being the change in the surface of the water
and movement of grasses that are growing in the water as the fish moves. The fish are started by
the umpire's striking the water. The experts bring up a fish six times out of eight. These fishing
contests are held along the banks of lakes and rivers where the water is deep enough for some of
the reeds and grasses to come to the surface. The contestants travel in canoes. The native canoe is cut in one piece from the side of a tree, the cutting being done with stone
axes. The canoe offers an exceedingly treacherous platform from which a standing man must throw
his spear. For some of the contests the canoe carries a paddler, but in the most exacting contests
the spear man must manage his own flat-bottomed canoe. The skill of the Aborigines in tracking is so phenomenal that practically every large modern town
or city in Australia has one or more of these men on its police staff today to track criminals. For
weeks, they carry the detailed information about the characteristics of the prisoner's foot across
the desert, and when they come across the man s foot print they recognize it among all others in
the same path. Every leaf that is turned over or grain of sand on bare rocks has meaning for them. Their social organization is such