Emotional releasing (crying, anger, laughter, etc.) Heavy thoughts (lack of clarity)
Skin splitting where heavy toxins exist
Excessive itching
Mercury tooth fillings can be pushed out by the body
Rectal bleeding from past or present hemorrhoids or lesions
You may experience one or several of the above cleansing effects. Don’t
panic. You want these. I love to see dark-green mucus coming out of my
patients. That’s an excellent sign that they are doing the program correctly
and are benefiting from it. It is always smart to work with a qualified healthcare practitioner who
has had advanced experience with detoxification and its side effects. STRONG CLEANSING EFFECTS
Paralysis of any part of the body
Black mucus discharges from the lungs
Heavy brown discharge or blood in the urine with associated kidney pain
Heavy black discharge from the bowels with diarrhea
Tumors popping out all over the body
Loss of sight
Loss of hearing
Severe dizziness (or vertigo)
Severe fatigue
Abscesses developing all through the mouth
Loss of fingernails or toenails
Excessive weight loss (this can result when a pancreatic weakness exists)
Severe shortness of breath (use an antispasmodic or inhaler)
Temporary deep depression, released through crying, anger, laughter,
etc. Mental confusion
Skin cracking open
Teeth becoming loose (major)
Old suppressed symptoms (like the case of “poison ivy”) reappear
Most people do not experience this severe level of detoxification. It
depends upon the individual and how toxic he or she is. How many
medications a person is taking is also a factor. A few people who have chosen
to suppress their body’s need to cleanse itself (through steroids like
prednisone) will have some deeper issues. However, those who are more
likely to experience the severe effects are the chronically toxic from birth,
who manifest cancer, H.I.V. and/or other serious illnesses. TWO CASES OF CLEANSING

Let’s examine two cases that exemplify the healing crisis. Case #1
A thirty-six-year-old female with pancreatic cancer. This was the
degenerative type of cancer that shut her pancreas down. Very little of any
digestive activity was left. When she ate any food, it came out in her stoolsthe same way it was eaten. Her gastrin levels were extremely high. During her
program she had at least forty golf-ball-size tumors “pop” out all over both
legs. The medical doctor told her that her cancer had spread throughout her
body. However, I kept her on a fruit diet and within three weeks or so the leg
tumors were all gone. A month later she went to the dentist because one of her teeth became
loose. The dentist
told her it was abscessed and pulled it. When she found a
second loose tooth, the dentist again recommended pulling it. Luckily, her
monthly appointment to see me took place before the second tooth extraction. I told her it was just a symptom of her healing crisis and to be patient. By the following week her mouth was full of abscesses and most of her
teeth were loose. But a week or so later, all the abscesses were gone. All her
teeth were tight and her mouth felt “clean” and healthier than ever. Her sense
of taste improved dramatically as well. After eleven months there was no
cancer left, and she is alive and well today. Case #2
A thirty-two-year-old female who had a C3-C4 cervical spine severation from
a head-on collision. She had been immobile for twelve years. Besides the
standard healing (cleansing) processes, she went through some tough
emotional releasing. One night she might call me crying deeply. The next
night she would call me laughing uncontrollably. This emotional release went
on for almost two months. Her caregiver wanted to hang me! However, I
assured him that this was her emotional body cleaning itself out. The car
crash that left her paralyzed in her late teens had also resulted in the death of
the other driver. For twelve years she had held in all the feelings that you can
imagine would be associated with such a situation. To make a long story
short, in eleven months she had total neurological reconnec-tion, with free
and conscious movement of any part of her body, with total feeling. Because
the cleansing had assisted her in removing this deep grief, she also became
more emotionally stable and her healing process was accelerated. These two cases are among thousands that I have witnessed in my thirty
years as a healer, yet they represent extremes. Some healing crises deserve the
“Wow” factor, as these two did, but most are the “Oh, that was nothing …”
type. Most of you will probably have mild to moderate symptoms at most. SPECIAL NOTEFor those taking multiple chemical medications, have your healthcare
practitioner help you to wean (or titrate) off of these. The advantages of
leaving these medications behind will become self-evident as your blood
sugars normalize, and your blood pressure drops back to normal. High blood
pressure is obviously a reflection of obstructions in the body and acidosis. Most people with high blood pressure actually have low blood pressure. When their bodies are detoxified, their blood pressure will reflect this. Your
systolic rate can drop into the low 100s, 90s or even 80s, depending upon
how weak your adrenal glands are. No matter what your healing crisis looks like, never lose sight of your
goal: total health. Achieving your goal will be worth the discomfort of any
symptoms. Never fear a healing crisis or cleansing, as these are as natural as the
sunrise every morning. Look forward to these cleansings. With each one you
will feel better, and you’ll be much healthier for your efforts. END RESULTS OF A CLEANSING PROCESS

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

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

It is important to be smart in helping your body to detoxify itself. Again,
there can be a fine line between helping or hindering it. Have some common
sense about this whole process of detoxification. Each person is unique. What
an asthmatic goes through may be totally different than a case of uterine
cancer. The healing process is truly magnificent. It’s part of a “Letting Go” that


 you are loaded with toxic poisons, fasting
will flush these poisons out of the body and you will
feel a little uncomfortable, but these are momentary
experiences and should cause no concern. This meansonly that fasting is working for you. You know you are
fasting to purify the body of the accumulated toxic
poisons and waste. When you feel uncomfortable, youcan say to yourself, “This is only temporary. This will
pass as soon as these old toxins are flushed out of my
body. ” And what miracle rewards you’ll receive for thesmall, temporary discomfort you may have experienced. Your eyes become brighter and all the natural senses
of the body seem to be sharper. After a fast, your foodtastes better – the fruits and the vegetables taste so
marvelous, because of your newly revitalized taste sense. Your body seems to be tireless and you will sleep like a
baby after a fast. There are so many rewards from a fast
that only a person who has actually fasted can truly
realize the great benefits that are achieved. Don’t be a Slave to Foods
Most humans are slaves to foods; they must have
breakfast, lunch and dinner at regular meal hours everyday, year in and year out. They eat whether they are
hungry or not, and their poor bodies are burdened by
overeating. and usually poor nutrition as well. Nowonder we have so many physical wrecks. One of the
greatest nutritional teachers in the world, Professor
Arnold Ehret, said, “Life is a tragedy of nutrition. ” Howtrue is the old trite saying, “Man digs his grave with his
knife and fork. ” Many people never give their stomachs
a rest. They continually stuff and work the digestive andeliminative functions with an overabundance of food. This excessive burden means that the functions of
digestion and elimination become so overworked andso exhausted that they simply collapse. The entire body
then becomes enervated. Millions suffer from fatigue. 52
Many dishes, many diseases. –  Ben Franklin
If mankind profits from its mistakes, we have a glorious future ahead of us. Fasting Program Regularly Removes Toxins
After a fast, you will find you don’t need as much
food as you used to eat. The fast shrinks your stomach
and you will feel lighter, look better and have more
vitality on 2 the food you were accustomed to. I am an active man physically, yet I eat only two
light meals daily. I never snack between meals. Nibbling
and compulsory eating have been eliminated from mylife by my years of the
 24 hour weekly fast and my fasts
lasting from  7 to 10 days, 3 or 4 times a year. After the
fast, your eyes sparkle and your skin tone improves. Notice the more energy and vitality you have. Your heart
sings a lighthearted song because your body is cleaner
and healthier. It’s not burdened with fighting toxicpoisons. Your fasting program keeps lifting the toxins
from your bloodstream and vital organs regularly. Plan Your Fasting Program Today
So if you want to enjoy all these great benefits, be a
strong positive person, plan a fasting program for
yourself, and live strictly by it. Don’t tell anyone you
are going to fast, because the average person is ignorantof the facts of fasting and they are not qualified to
criticize your health program. I never discuss my fasting
with people who have no knowledge of the miracles offasting. Why should I discuss it with them. They are
still full of fears held by the average person; that if they
miss a few meals, they will starve to death. So beintelligent enough not to tell others what you are doing. You will simply get a lot of worthless advice. Many times
while I am fasting for a week I conduct large HealthCrusades and I tell no one I am on a complete fast. Your
fasting time is very personal and it belongs to you, not
to anyone else. If you have faith in it, that’s all that’snecessary. You are putting faith in God and Mother
Nature’s oldest and most respected way of purifying,
renovating and rejuvenating your body – fasting. 53Your Mind Must Rule Your Body
To Fast Successfully
Remember, “Flesh is dumb. ” It has no intelligence
or reasoning power. If, after reading this book, you areconvinced, without any reservations, that a fastingprogram is going to elevate you to greater heights ofliving, then your mind becomes the master of your flesh. Your mind must be stronger than the desires of your
flesh, because your body has long been conditioned tohave food put into it at various intervals of the day. The average person gets up and eats breakfast whether
hungry or not. When the stomach does all the directing,the mind tags along with it’s desires. So, through reflexconditioning, the stomach expects food for breakfast. To me, breakfast is a worthless meal. The body has been
at rest all night. It has not expended energy, so whyshould a person get up after the inactivity of sleep andput a big breakfast into the stomach. I will tell you again,“You must earn your food with physical activity. ”
No Heavy Breakfast Plan is Best
Another reason why I’m a believer and follower of
the “No Heavy Breakfast Plan” is because the big breakfast
can drain most people of the precious energy gathered
by the recharging night’s sleep. In the morning, yourenergy – physical, mental, and spiritual – should be at its
highest. With this new energy the body has created, you
can do great creative and physical work. Famous radiotalk host Dr. Dean Edell agrees. Web: www. healthcentral. com
I have shown elementary school, high school and
college students that they can do their greatest studyingearly in the morning on an empty stomach. Most
students eat an evening meal, which is their heaviest
meal of the day, and then they try to study. It’s a terrific effort to concentrate and study after
eating a huge dinner. Why does this happen. It seems
that the mind just will not work after a heavy meal. Butgive these same students a good night’s rest, get them
up early in the morning and keep food out of them for
2 or 3 hours and they will become brilliant students. 54
Eat to live, not live to eat. –Ben Franklin
You never lose until you stop trying. –Mike DitkaI have taught this “No Heavy Breakfast Plan” to
millions of our health followers and readers world-wide. Here’s the logical reason why I don’t believe in a heavybreakfast. A heavy meal requires most of the total nerve
energy of the body to handle digestion, thus the mind
becomes enervated, making people dull, sleepy andleaving the precious nerve energy at its lowest ebb. Let’s look at it from another standpoint. Through
long years of misinformation, people have been told,“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gives
you the strength, the energy and the vitality to do a
hard morning’s work, either physically or mentally. ” Thisis absolutely erroneous. It is not a true scientific fact. When you eat a heavy breakfast, through reflex action
you feel full and satisfied, but you do not gain strength. It takes hours for this food to be processed by the
digestive system before you can gain any energy or
vitality from a big breakfast. Digestion is a most highlycomplicated process. Every item of food in the breakfast
has to be broken down into fine nutrient fragments so
that the cells of the body are fed. You Must Earn Your Food by Exercising
You can plainly see that healthy eating is a matter of
conditioning and habit. I haven’t eaten breakfast for over
65 years. I get up early every morning. When at our
Hollywood home, I drive to the beautiful Griffith Park
mountain trail and hike for several hours up to the top of
Mt. Hollywood and top it off by running down themountain. If I am at our home near Malibu, Patricia and I
take long hikes and runs on the beach. I am not only a
summer swimmer, but a year-round ocean swimmer. At ourdesert home, we hike the hills and ride our bicycles. After
several hours of vigorous exercise, we return home to enjoy
our fruit meal and pep drinks. Now we are ready to do our
best creative work, planning Bragg Health Crusades, writing
articles for health magazines or writing our health books
to inspire and guide you to become healthier. 55
Watermelon and its seeds are by far the best and most natural kidney cleanser
and diuretic. It washes retained poisons and debris out of the bladder without sideeffects. Always eat melons alone and between meals. It opens your urinary systemlike a hydrant. Also try watermelon seed tea
- 2 tsps ground seeds in pint boiling
water, steep, sweeten, take 3 times daily for fluid retention and a kidney cleanser. Sometimes we do a 2 to 3 day watermelon only cleanse, try it – it’s so great. Healthy Eating Habits Keep You Youthful
Around noon or so we  will eat our main meal of the
day. We start w ith a lar ge delicious salad (recipe pg. 231). After the salad we have  one cooked yellow vegetable –
such as a baked yam or carrots – one green vegetable,such as Swiss chard, kale, mustard greens, broccoli,
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eternal,  thc ever - present, not the past and future,
not the convcntions  of thought  and time. It is the
unchanging  in the sensc  that the idea of changc is
but another word,  anothcr definition, which the
rcality called changc  surpasscs. Obviously,  if all
movcmcnt  is relacive,  therc is no absolute
movement. It would be mean - inglcss to say that
ali bodies in the universe are mov - ing uniformly
at ten thousand miles pcr minute, be - caus e "ali"
has cxcludcd any othcr body with respect  to
which  they  could  be said  to move. Mctaphysical  language  is negative  bccause  it
is
trying to say that,vords and ideas do not explain
re- ality. lt is not trying to persuade us that reality
is something likc a boundlcss mass of transparent
jelly. lt <loes not spcak of sorne  impalpable
abstraction,  but of this vcry world in wh1,h we
live. This expe - riencc  which we call things,
cc,1.ors, sounds, smells,  tastes, forms, and weights
is, in itself, no thing, no  form,  no number,  no
nothing -but at this moment  we behold it. Wc are,
then, beholding thc God which  traditional
doctrines  call che boundless,  formless,  infinitc,
eternal, undivided, unmovcd, and unchang - ing
Rcalily -the Absolute  behind  che relativc,  the
Meaning  behind  thoughts  and words. 1
Naturally
1This  is likewisc  what  Vedanta  doctrine  temu  the Sclf. the
atman,  transcending  ali expcricnced  ""things." RELICION  REVIEWED
the Meaning is meaning -less because, unlike
words,  it does not have meaning but is
meaning. By itself,  a tree is mcaningless, but it
is the meaning of the word  "tree." It is easy to see that this kind of language,
whether  in its religious or metaphysical forms,
can lead to ali manner of misunderstanding. For when the mind is  divided, and 'T' wants to
get away from present ex - pericnce, thc whole
notion of a supernatural world is  its happy
hide -out. The "I" is resisting an unhappy
change, and so clings LOthe "unchanging"
Absolute,  forgetting that this Absolute is also
the "unfixed." When life provides sorne bitter
experience, the "I"  can only support it with che
guarantee that it i s part  of the plan of a loving
Father -God. But this very  guarantee makes  it
impossiblc  Lo realize  the "love of  God," which, as
is well known, requires che giving  up of "l."
The misunderstanding of religious ideas is
vividly  illustrated in what men havc madc of the
doctrine of  immortality, heaven, and hell. But
now it should be clear that eternal lifc is the
realization that the pres - ent is thc only rcality,
and that past and future can  be distinguished
from  it in a convcntional  scnse  alone. The
moment  is the "door  of heaven,"  thc
.. straight  and narrow  way  that  leadeth  unto  life,"
be-
cause therc is no room in it for the scparate
··1." In  th is cxperience  there  is no one
expericncing  the ex- pcrience. The  "rich  man"
cannot  get through  this
1 43 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
<loor  because  he carries  too much  baggagc;  he is
clinging  to thc past  and the future. One might quote whole pages from the spiritual
litera tu re of ali times and places tO  show that
eternal  life has becn understood in this sensc. Thc
follow - ing from  Eckhart  will sufficc:
The Now -moment in which God made the first man and
the Now -moment  in which  the last man  will disappear,
ancl  the Now -moment in which  l am spcaking are ali one
in God, in whom  there  is only onc Now. Lookl The per-
son who livcs in  the light oí God  is conscious ncither of
time  past  nor of  time  to come  but only  oí onc ctcrnity....<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        When you
discover  chis, the desire to escape "merges" into
the pain it - self and  vanishes. Discounting aspirin for the moment, you
cannoc  remove your head from a headache as
you can re- move your hand  f rom a flame. "You"
equah  "head"  equals "ache. " \,Vhen you accually
see chat you are the pain, pain ceascs to be a
motive, for there is no  one to be moved. lt
becomes,  in the true  sense,  of no consequence. lt
hurts -period. This, however, is not an experiment to be held
in reserve,  as a trick,  for moments  of crisis. lt is a
way of life. lt means being aware, alert, and
sensitive to the  present  moment  al ways,  in ali
actions  and relations
98 THE  MARVELOUS  MOMENT
whatsoever, beginning at this instant. This, in
turn,  depends upon seeing that you have really
no choice  but to be aware -becausf. : you cannot
separate your - self from the present and you
cannot define it. You  can, indeed, refuse to admit
this, but only at the cost  of the immense and
futile effort of spcnding your  whole  life
resisting  che inevitable. Once chis is understood, it is really absurd to
say that there is a choice or an alternative between
thesc  two ways of life, between resisting the
stream in fruit - less panic, ancl having one's eyes
opened to a new  world, transformed, and ever
new with wonder. The  key is undcrstanding. To
ask how to do this, what is  the technique or
method, what are the steps and  rules, is to miss
thc point uttcrly. Mcthods are for  creating things
which do not yct exist. '\Ve are con- cerned  here
with  understanding  something  which  is
-the present  momcnt. This  is not a psychological
ar spiritual discipline for self-improvement. It is
simply  being aware of chis present experience,
and realizing  that you can neither define it nor
divide yoursclf  from  it. There  is no rule  but
"Lookl"
lt is no mere poetic sentiment to say that, with
the mind chus opened, we look into a new world,
as ncw  as on the first <lay of creation "when the
morning  stars sang together, and all the sons of
God shouted  for joy. " By trying to understand
everything in terms  of mcmory, the past, and
words, we have, as it were,  had our noses  in che
guidebook  for most  of our lives,
99 THE  WJSDOM'. OF INSECURITY
and have never looked at the view. Whitehead's
criti - cism  of traditional  education  is applicable  to
our whole  way  of living:
We are loo cxclusively bookish in our scholastic rou -
line. In thc Carden  of Eden  Adam  saw 1he animals
before he namcd lhem:  in the tradilional systcm, chil -
dren  named  lhe animals  before  they  saw  them. 1
In the widest  sense  of the word,  to name  is to
in- terpret  cxperience  by the past,  LO translate  it
into  tcrms of memory,  to bind the unknown  into
the sys - tem  of thc known. Civilizcd  man  knows
of hardly  any other  way  of understanding  things. Everybody,  everything, has to have  its label,  its
number,  certifi - cate,  registration,  classification. What  is not classified  is irregular,  unpredictablc,
and dangerous. Witqout  passport,  birth
cenificate,  or membership  in sorne  nation,  onc's
existence  is not recognized. If you do not agree
with  Lhc capicalists,  they


 The Costs of Confusion

Living in an age when the human being is looked upon as an
accidental production of a Universe without meaning, subject to a
nature prone to catastrophe, man is  seen as no more than a cunning,
randy naked ape. It would seem re asonable that people should grab
for the immediate pleasures and sa tisfactions that existence can
provide, without asking too many questions, particularly those
involving right or wrong, good or bad. Philosophers themselves,
who in the past have preoccupied themselves with the ideal, have
come to the conclusion that only existence counts, that ideals are
one more manifestation of illusion. For those who believe that ma n is naturally an idealizing
creature, however opportunistic and existentialistic he may appear,
the modern situation can only be interpreted as the crisis of blindness and atrophy brought about by long ages of confusion, originally initiated by nature's own hostilities in the trials of the Ice
Ages, but perpetuated ever since by an inability to feel and think
clearly again. After many thousands of years of endeavouring to find the lost wisdom of which every one feels his due, the modern age has come to accept the impossib ility of wisdom. It is a tragic
situation, all the more tragic in that science has come to confirm the
apparent futility of man. Although most people do not like the effort involved in feeling
and thinking deeply about such problems, and prefer to take life as it comes, clearly the way out of the present confusions, with their
roots in the most distant past, can only be found by some very deep and passionate thinking indeed. In facing the problem examined in
this book—the question of right eating—a practical resolution it not
enough. To have any effect, it must be backed by belief that man has meaning, that essence is what primarily matters, for existence
can only have meaning when it complies with essence, with the rules set by nature for human existence, the opposite of the usual
opportunism. The problem is a circuitous one; living existentially, one comes
to believe that only existence matters. In the case of food and feeding, it is simply not felt po ssible that there can be any ideal
pattern; like all things, food is an occasion for the natural
opportunist scramble. It is generally believed that the gory,
gluttonous, promiscuous Primal Horde is only held down by social
censure, by the primitive law of an eye for an eye, and today, law and censure in themselves are being dismantled in a rising, officially backed opportunism. We have all become petty criminals,
and no longer much troubled by the fact. This turn of events is not only disastrous in its inhuman
consequences, but is irrational, for the most elementary lesson that biology should have to teach is th at nature not only favours the fit
and eliminates the unfit, but rewards only the fit, mercilessly punishing the unfit. This does not depend on any ulterior meaning or morality in the working of nature. It is a purely practical,
indispensable provision in the functioning of things. If reward and punishment are not a built-in provision, as fundamental as the
particular ways in which atoms combine with one another to form
the myriad substances of nature and of living things, the whirling
clouds of hydrogen gas, which appeared at the beginning of the universe some fifteen billion years ago, would still be whirling around, having accomplished nothing. Modern existentialism has been the work of thinkers with no
scientific training. Scientists, biol ogists in particular, could easily
dismantle their systems; their guilt should be that so few of them have had the courage to speak out against the falsities of so many of the widely advertised and accepted conclusions of the age. Accepting that nature works on the principles of rewards and
punishments, it should be evident that the modern opportunist,
existentialistic attitudes cannot possi bly bring genuine gratification. If there are apparent pleasures in the purely random ways in which people live, then they can but amount to illusions, certain to carry a backwash of retribution. The impartial examination of any aspect of
modern living shows this to be true, whether it be politics or sex,
medicine or feeding. The apparent rewards of power invariably bring with them the attendants of insensitivity, and the joys of so
called freedom in sex disappointments and painfulness. The trouble is that so hollow has life become, that people will not face the emptiness of the only rewards to livi ng which they believe exist, the
pleasures of the palate, of the bed, of money, of material gadgetry
and power, of the bogus communalism of urban living, of the mechanically expressed restlessness of the disturbed modern soul. So it is that most people would probably contend that the
satisfactions of the ordinary life, admitting that they involve many
departures from normality, are worth the while, the price worth
paying, if indeed there is a price at all. Almost everyone believes that it is not all that important what one eats, as long as one has variety and amount enough. There has to be something very wrong with a meal for one to be punished with a stomach ache. Uncomplainingly, the body accepts the legions of daily
transgressions of a lesser kind without protest. When catastrophe
eventually occurs—and many a ppear to escape altogether—in a
burst blood vessel, in a seizing arthritic joint, the long abuse of natural law seems quite inappare nt. Bad luck, accident, nature's
inherent imperfections seem the more likely causes. But if the majority are the victims of such confusion, it seems
hardly believable that science, and medicine in particular, do not more frequently protest against the common waywardness. Over the past two or three decades, the ev idence has been mounting, enough
to leave no doubt that man's misfortunes are largely self-inflicted, by carelessness, by greed, by stupidity, and that the price paid in
suffering is astronomical. Science clearly serves the particular
culture in which it exists; it is no independent impartial overseer. The common assumption that disease is 'natural' and naturally
inevitable, the consequences of a wayward and imperfect nature, to
be remedied only by human interference, is at the heart of much of
the confusion. One must admit that nature is not perfect, but nature
does quite often achieve perfection, even if to appreciate the refinements of this perfection, one has to go beyond the realm of appearances, as science has discovered. As insisted upon in the
course of this book, humanization must have occurred initially under ideal conditions, even if things went wrong subsequently. Health and happiness should therefore be natural possibilities,
provided the original humanizing conditions can be restored. For transgressions which have recurrently occurred in the
history of life, the cataclysms of climate and food change, of earth movements, of floodings and dessi cations, living things have an
inexhaustible reservoir of experience to call upon. Given time,
readaptation to change follows, a nd the animal survives. But if the
transgression is unnatural, as in the case of laboratory or industrial products, there is not only a complete absence of past experience to be drawn upon, but no symptom of distress following the ingestion of such substances, for symptoms  to some offending agent take
millions of years to evolve. So it is that the causes of the most
terrible, life-destroying diseases remain ignored, and syptomless, calling for no readjustments, until the body is literally overwhelmed, as is the case in many cancers. Today, every contact with the environment is contaminated
with such unnatural substances. A re cent attempt to draw up a list of
such substances ran into tens of thousands. Every year, hundreds are
being added. The official attitude  to such a dangerous situation—
that a substance cannot be conde mned until it is proved harmful—
shows a complete disdain of biological principles. Those relying on this test are mostly guilty men, often aware of the harm ultimately
likely, but more concerned with  expediency than with human
wholeness. It is often contended that the situation cannot be as bad as the
pessimists claim, for has not the human life span been extensively
increased, and are not many, once crippling diseases conquered. Medical and scientific journalists, often not scientists themselves,
are in the habit of hinting that such achievements are thanks to science's conquest over nature's natural infirmities, implying that the 'natural' life-span has been extended,  that a naturally sick nature has
been corrected. This is biological nonsense. Every species of animal
has a genetically set life-span, a setti ng closely related to its rate of
growth. If this correlation is applied to man, the most slowly
developing of all creatures, then the human life-span should be well over a hundred years. All that science has in fact achieved is the removal of unsanitary conditions and the control of diseases inherent in such conditions. The unhealthiness of Ice Age
Palaeolithic humans can be seen in the pathological torturings of
their bones, but the worst ravag es of unhealthiness probably only
came with the urbanization of livi ng, in the earliest civilizations. There are hints that when the Ice Ages ended, and before the rise of
the first civilizations, human beings lived long, whole lives, a length which has not been fully recovered. There are still isolated
peasantries in which many indivi duals live well over the century. Quite recently


ly disregarded! I could fill pages expressing the horrors of my experience with this loc kdown facility. As soon as I got there, I was offered a
plate of chicken, milk, greasy rice, canned green beans, and chocolate cake! The nurses led me to believe I had  to eat what was on
my plate or drink Ensure. Faced with these options, both of which were wretch ed nutritional abominations, I started to panic. Thinking that all my previous attempts at eating healthy and my run ning away to avoid the hospital and its food may have been in
vain, I almost had a nervous breakdown. Now under the control of CPS, I felt vulnerable without the protection  of my parents. But I didn’t lose my wits and give in. Seeing as how this American hospital was much different from the C anadian one, I realized that I would have to be persistent. Eventually, after much persuasion, I was given raw food. How did I finagle myself out of cooked food and Ensure? My guess is that my weig ht wasn’t low enough to warrant force
feeding, and I was willing to eat what little variety of raw foods the hos pital offered (mainly walnuts and some poorly ripened
bananas, apples, and oranges). Much to the disappointment of the psychiatrist who was in charge of me an d was planning to starve me into submission, a
judge ordered that she must let my parents bring me more variety of what  I would eat. Finally, the psychiatrist realized that her plans
to control me and make me eat cooked food were futile, so I was released under many  conditions. Having achieved one victory, I was soon faced with a new challenge. Not l ong after I was released from the hospital, I had my
body-fat percentage tested, and it was 25%!!! (Conventional “wisdom” c onsiders body fat in the mid-teens to be healthy for men;
however, I later learned from Dr. Graham that single digits—under 10%, i deally about 4 to 8% for an athletic male—is a truly
healthful level of body fat.) The lady who tested me was shocked that such a skinny person could be so fat! Sh e said I was looking at increased chances
of heart disease and many other health challenges as I got older. It looks a s though my weight-gaining strategy was working all too
well! During a visit to the doctor who was appointed to oversee my weight gain, my m other expressed deep concern about my
25% body fat and the substantial abdominal cellulite I had developed. But my doctor  showed no concern and even told us that it
was “anorexic thinking” for us to be concerned with my body-fat per centage! I’m not surprised that I became fat, considering that neither hosp ital would let me exercise. The American hospital even went
so far as to tell me to sit down if I was caught idly standing!!! This is w hy I blame the doctors for my exceptionally high body-fat
percentage. For the second time, they had blatantly ignored my mom’s r easoning—she had forewarned the doctors what she had
read—that it was vitally important for emaciated people to exer cise while they gain weight or they would only gain fat—not muscle. Even knowing that my body-fat percentage was high, I forced myself to gai n more weight every day, to meet the demands of
the doctors (they wanted me to be in the 10 th  percentile of BMI charts—where 10% of males my height and age weig h the same as
I do—even though the 5 th  percentile is normally considered acceptable). This was absurd, s ince I didn’t have enough muscle for my
age to meet this requirement without having an excessively high  body-fat percentage. I always feared being put back in the mental facility, because one of the  conditions of my release had been that if I went four
weeks without weight gain they could put me back … only next time I wou ld have to cooperate and eat hospital food! They should have known that this was unreasonable, because muscle is s low to gain. I heard that even the best bodybuilders
rarely gain more than a pound of muscle a month. I felt trapped, and I continue d to eat unhealthy amounts of avocados, nuts, seeds,
and oils to gain this weight within deadlines the doctors had set for me. In  the back of my mind, I was scared by the thought that
every pound I gained would even further add to my already-too-high body-fat per centage. I knew that I should be exercising to gain
muscle, but I was not in the best of shape, and I didn’t have enough ene rgy to motivate vigorous exercise. Further adding to the problem, I became introduced to raw potlucks. The dishes th ere mimicked all my favorite cooked
foods, only this time, they were “healthy” (… not!) Luckily, I was too lazy t o make them at home, or else I probably would have
eaten nothing else! I had completely forgotten my hygienic background of  mono fruit meals, and I had lost the euphoric joyful feeling
of simple eating. Many raw food books had it so backward, even as to proclaim fruits as the enemy beca use they had too much sugar. Thank
goodness I was never strict enough to exclude fruits, but I did limit them, which even further added to the number of calories I
consumed from fat. I felt heavy, had lots of extremely foul-smelling ga s, my acne returned in full force, and I once again suffered
from constipation. I didn’t feel healthy anymore. So, what did I do? I turned to superfoods. I thought that I wasn’t getting enoug h minerals or that I must be deficient in some
nutrient. Raw food books told me that organic food wasn’t enough, and that I mus t have wild food, and more variety, including the
full array of superfood products they sold. So I ordered jars of powdered wild vegetabl es, bags of cacao beans, and many other
“extreme” foods that were supposed to solve all my problems. But none of t hem could offset the effects of my poorly combined,
high-fat diet. It wasn’t until I met Tim Trader and Laurie Masters at the Nation al Essene Gathering in July of 2004 that I got my first dose of
811. Laurie told me that she was editing Dr. Doug Graham’s book entitled The 80/10/10  Diet. The two of them described for me
the basic concept behind the book—that “Fruit or Fat?” are real ly the only two choices for getting calories as a raw fooders. I
immediately knew that I was on the extreme fat side of “Fruit or Fat?” I told them about my situation, and they showed a gen uine
concern for my health. At Tim and Laurie’s urging, I got myself to Dr. Graham’s lectures at  the International Festival of Raw and Living Foods in
Portland later that summer. Though the event left me feeling more i nformed, it was eye-opening to see all the different opinions and
conflicting advice among the speakers. To my relief, it seemed as though Dr. Graham had sorted all this confusin g mess of information into a clear, sensible plan. Especially convincing, was his description of how blood-sugar problems, common ly blamed on fruit, are actually caused by the
impaired function of insulin due to excess fat consumption. I knew I had to ma ke some changes if I was going to be healthy. If I was
going to succeed as a raw foodist, I would have to be more discerning in my food c hoices. I would have to ask more than, “Is it
raw?”
Even after hearing Dr. Graham’s compelling speeches, I continua lly struggled with 811. I must admit, that it was at that very
same festival that I left with a CASE of cacao beans! Let me tell you, it is HARD to get over addictions. I would be lying to say that I didn’t attend the very next local raw food p otluck after my return home from the Portland
Festival. But something had changed. I was no longer ignorant. Now I knew  that this fat-laden, “combo-abombo” gourmet food
was not furthering my goal of ideal health. There’s no way I could enjoy m y raw pizza as I had before after hearing Doug’s “if it
looks like pizza, and tastes like pizza, you can be sure its going to dige st like pizza”  speech! Now I knew what I should be
doing, and if I did slip up, at least I knew  it was a slipup. At the end of August, I attended Raw stock for the first time, and it was a bl ast. Seeing 811  being practiced up close and
personal was so inspiring! I was reminded of how natural and fun it was to e at simply. Knowledge is empowering, and it really does
inspire change. After Raw stock, 811  really hit home for me. Now, it was only a matter of correcting bad habits, bat tling past
addictions, and striving for 811  every day. Whenever I have a question about 811  or other related topics, I can refer to Dr. Graham’s V egSource messag e boards. Dr.
Graham himself takes out of his own time to offer his best advice. Many peopl e on the boards offer expert advice and truly speak
out of experience. People there are friendly; no matter how silly or triv ial the question seems, usually someone


ely blissful ener gy, an Infinite Love, would
suddenly begin to radiate from the heart toward the scene of som e calamity. Once, while driving on a highway, this exquisite ener gy began to beam out
of th e chest. As the car rounded a bend, there was an auto accident; the
wheels of the o verturned car were still spinning. The ener gy passed with
great int ensity into the occupants of the car and then stopped of its own
accord. Another time, while I w as walking on the streets of a strange city,
the ener gy started to flow down the block ahead and arrived at the scene of
an in cipient gang fight. The combatants fell back and began to laugh, and
again, the ener gy stopped. Profound changes of perception came without warning in improbable
circumstances. While dining alone at Rothmann’ s on Long Island, the
Presence sudden ly intensified until every thing and every person, which had
appeared as separate in ordi nary perception, melted into a timeless
universality and  oneness. In the motionless Silence, it became o bvious that
there ar e no “events” or “thin gs” and that nothing actually “happens,”
because past, present, and future  are merely artifacts of percepti on, as is the
illusion of a separate “I” being  subject to birth and death. As the limited,
false self dissolved into the universal Self of its true origin, there was an
inef fable sense of having return ed home to a state of absolute peace and
relief from all suf fering. It is only the illusion of individuality  that is the
origin of all suf fering. When one realizes that one is the universe, complete
and at one with All That Is, fore ver without end, then no further suf fering is
possible. Patients came from every country in the world, and some were the most
hopeless of the hopeless. Grotesque, writhing, wrapped in wet sheets for
transport from faraway hospitals they came, hoping for tre atment foradvanced psychoses and grave, incurable mental disorders. Some were
catatonic; many had been mute for years. But in each patient, beneath the
crippled appearance, there was  the shining essence of love and beauty,
perhaps so obscured to ordinary  vision that he or she had bec ome totally
unloved in this world. One day a mute catatonic was brought into the hospital in a straitjacket. She had  a severe neurological disorder and was unable to stand. Squirming
on the floor, she went into spasms, and her eyes rolled back in her head. Her
hair was  matted ; she had torn all her clothes and uttered guttural sounds. Her fam ily was fairly wealthy; a s a result, over the years she ha d been seen
by innumerable physicians and famous specialists from all over the world. Every tr eatment had been tried on her, and she had been g iven up as
hopeless by the medical profession. A short,  nonverbal question arose: What do Y ou w ant done with her,
God? The n ca me the realization that she just needed to be loved; that was
all. Her inner self shone through her eyes, and the Self connected with that
loving e ssence. In that second, she was healed by her own rec ognition of
who she really w as; what happened to her mind or body did not matter to
her any longer. This, in essence, occurred with c ountless patients. Some recove red in the
eyes of the worl d and some did not, but whether a clinical reco very ensued
did not matter any longer to the patients. Their inner agony w as over. As
they felt loved and at peace within, their pain stopped. This p henomenon
can only be ex plained by saying that the Compassion of th e Presence
recontextualized each patient’ s reality so that he or she experienced healing
on a level that transcended the world and its appearances. The inner peace
of the Self encompassed us beyond time and identity. It was clear that all pain and s uf fering arises solely from the ego, not
from God. This truth was silently communicated to the minds of the
patients. This was the mental block in another catatonic who had not spoken
in m any years. T he Self said to him through mind, Y ou’r e blaming God for
what you r ego has done to you. He jumped of f the floor and be gan to speak,
much to the shock of the nurse who witnessed the incident. The work became increasingly taxing and eventually overwhelming. Patients were backed up, waiting for beds to open, although the hospital had
built an extra ward to house them. There was an enormous frustration in
that the human suf fering could be countered in only one patient at a time. Itwas like bailing out the sea. It se emed that there must be some other way to
address the causes of the common malaise, the endless stream  of spiritual
distress and human suf fering. This led  to the study of the ph ysiological response (muscle-testing) to
various stimuli, which revealed an amazing discovery. It was the
“wormhole” bet ween two universes—the physical world and the world of
the mind and sp irit—an interface between dimensions. In a w orld full of
sleepers lost from their source, here was a tool to recover, and demonstrate
for all to see, that lost connection with the higher reality. This led to the
testing of every substance, thou ght, and concept that could be  brought to
mind. The endeavor was aided b y my students and research assistants. Then
a major discover y was made: wh ereas all subjects went weak from negative
stimuli—such a s fluorescent lights, pesticides, and artificial sw eeteners—
students of spiritual disciplines w ho had advanced their levels o f awareness
did not go weak as did ordinary  people. Something important and decisive
had shifted in their consciousness. It apparently occurred as they realized
they were not at the mercy of the world but rather af fected on ly by what
their m inds be lieved. Perhap s the very process of progr ess toward
Enlightenment could be shown to increase man’ s ability to resist the
vicissitudes of existence, including illness. The Self had t he capacity to change things in the world b y merely
envisioning them; Love change d the world each time it replaced nonlove. The enti re scheme of civilization could be profoundly altered by focusing
this pow er of love at a very specific point. Whenever this happened, history
bifurcated down new roads. It n ow appeared that these crucial insights could not only be
communicated w ith the world bu t also visibly and irrefutably de monstrated. It se emed that the great tragedy of human life had always be en that the
psyche is so easily deceived; d iscord and strife have been th e inevitable
consequence of mankind’ s inab ility to distinguish the false fro m the true. But here was an answer to  this fundamental dilemma, a way to
recontextualize the nature of consciousness itself and make explicable that
which otherwise could only be inferred. It w as time to leave life in New  Y ork, with its city apartment and home
on L ong Island, for something m ore important. It was necessary to perfect
myself as an instrument. Th is necessitated leaving that world andeverything in it, replacing it wit h a reclusive life in a small town, where the
next seven years were spent in meditation and study. Overpowering states of bliss returned unsought, and eventually, there was
the need  to learn how to be in the Divine Presence and still function in the
world. The mind had lost track o f what was happening in the world at lar ge. In order  to do research and writing, it was necessary to stop all spiritual
practice and focus on the world of form. Reading the new spaper and
watching televis ion helped to c atch up on the story of who was who, the
major events, and the nature of the current social dialogue. Exceptional sub jective experiences of truth, which are the province of the
mystic who af fects all mankind by sending forth spiritual ene r gy into the
collective consciousness, are not understandable by the majority of
mankind and are therefore of limited meaning except to other spiritual
seekers. This led to an ef fort to be ordinary, because just being  ordinary in
itself is an exp ression of Divinity; the truth of one’ s real self can be
discovered through the pathway of everyday life. T o live with care and
kindness is all that is necessary. The rest reveals itself in du e time. The
commonplace and God are not distinct. And so, after a long circular journey of the spirit, there was a return to the
most important work, which wa s to try to bring the Presence at least a little
closer to the grasp of as many fellow beings as possible. The Presence is silent and conveys a state of peace that is the space in
which and by which all is and has its existence and exper ience. It is
infinitely gentle and yet like a rock. W ith it, all fear disappears. Spiritual joy
occurs on a qui et level of inexp licable ecstasy


. For what. To pathogenic microorganisms "ate" our Slags
which the body does not know what to do. Then turn on the team, "temperature". and the body begins
expel zasidevshihsya "guests". The immune system throws in the course of
secret weapon, such as macrophages. and a night or two body
regaining the lost balance. If this process was applied
with pills, then they will become additional slag, which are so
and settle into not had time to cleanse the body. But people do
so from year to year. At the immunity appears drug dependence, it becomes
"Lazy", and should be - like a pack of hungry wolves. Hunger, you
167
167help show the nature of the decay products and poisons that have accumulated
in your body. It is known to every wild animal: when animals
sick, they did not touch the food. Anyone notice
that the disease is no appetite. So inherent nature. The human body is surprisingly long cost small
amount of food, switching primarily to food, air
and water. On the other hand, the body seems unable to
cope with the problem of withdrawal from the body in the normal way
too much food, how it would not have tried. If we overeat
then neustranyaemye poisons deposited in the body, and the body is forced to
cleared by the Cathars and fever. As a result of dry fasting is an active cleansing
organism from its own internal waste - an organism like
feeds on itself. Fasting - a universal and comprehensive
method, that it has almost nothing to add. During the absolute
fasting self-dissolution (autolysis) of dead cells and protein
mass increases sharply, and in this case there is no need for assistance
microbes and viruses. Therefore, they are removed by the body,
which includes the mechanisms of immune protection. Fasting DRY WITH ACUTE Zabol Vania
First of all, clarify - what is the disease. Let's disease
called a special temporary state of the organism, during which
organism from a stable state (health) functioning
transferred to another (painful), not peculiar to him. Bred
disease of the body's balance of effort (and hence
life force energy) to return to the home (healthy)
state. Acute illness is the point in time
when using the activation of vitality, energy losses
the body tries to regain its former (healthy) state. Signs of acute illness (such as temperature rise,
lack of appetite, general weakness) indicate:
- The temperature rise - the life force is activated and
work on exclusion of causative organism from the beginning as
Diaphoresis;
- Lack of appetite - indicates that the economy is vital
power by eliminating waste energy on digestion;
- Weakness - indicates that the economy is vital
power by eliminating waste energy on the physical
and secondary functional activity of the organism. People recover fully in acute condition in
if it has an adequate supply of life force,
when he saves her refusal to accept food and keeps quiet. Medication, antipyretic drugs, etc. This natural process has no place. They, on the contrary, tear it,
suppress and harm. The true doctors of antiquity and modernity did
All to help facilitate this natural process. 168
168Do not think that fasting should only be used under severe
disease that can continue to eat as long as it remains still
ability to digest food. Conversely, to skip a few
meals at the beginning of the disease is often enough
to prevent serious illness. If the functional
violations still weak, as indicated by the coated tongue,
headache, malaise, and others like them are not important
symptoms, short of starvation is sufficient to
that the organism eliminated intoxication before the develop
serious illness. If the person at the first signs of disease
take a famine in a calm atmosphere, in most cases
acute illness has been mild and non-lasting. State of discomfort for a person less pain less
temperature does not rise high, the complications of the disease
rare, weight loss is less, duration of illness
significantly reduced than that of the same person who continues
there is a diseased state. Only one conclusion - as soon as you have symptoms of acute
disease: lack of appetite and fever - once
begin to starve, and you will quickly and without complications recover. Fasting in acute infections (ARI, influenza)
Fasting during viral infection - it is the most usual
and naturally. In fact, acute infection, which manifests itself
inflammatory changes of the upper respiratory tract,
runny nose, cough, sore throat and fever,
a cathartic crises. with his help the body tries to
free from excessive power to save overload
stress and other negative factors. The effectiveness of dry
fasting is extremely high. Any inflammatory disease
is 2-3 times faster than conventional, water fasting. All
The fact that inflammation can exist without water. Any
sore place swells (swells with water). Just enough
aquatic environment can breed microorganisms: bacteria
and viruses. Water scarcity is extremely damaging to the inflammation. Organism
person is able to withstand the 10 - day of water deprivation (low
locomotor activity and high temperature). Microbes
without water are killed instantly. Oddly enough, the body itself
able to synthesize water. Oxygen, it takes from the air and hydrogen
from adipose tissue. Therefore, during dry fasting weight loss
can reach 3 kg per day, but only at the expense of water. I must say that the body has also identified water
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Q: What happens to the body during dry fasting?,
A: The body starts a process of self-cleansing, where it burns fat and toxins, and the immune system is boosted to fight off alien cells and microorganisms.
Q: What is the advantage of dry fasting over water fasting?,
A: Dry fasting allows the body to recycle its own water, reducing the need for external water and increasing the effectiveness of the immune system.
Q: What is the purpose of autolysis during dry fasting?,
A: Autolysis is a process where the body breaks down and removes unhealthy cells and tissues, which can lead to rejuvenation and renewal of the body.
Q: Can dry fasting cure any disease?,
A: No, dry fasting is not a panacea and should not be used for every disease, especially for those in the initial stages. It is effective for certain types of inflammatory processes, but not for all diseases.
Q: What is the main difference between dry fasting and starvation?,
A: Dry fasting does not require external water intake and allows the body to recycle its own water, whereas starvation in water requires external water intake and is less effective.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>"Again, in May began to swim in a cold shower... just chill...
then he was on vacation... and once went to work, catch a cold from
AC... began to cough heavily... it was August... in September
went to Taganrog, and worked in the Beacons all night in a large cold
indoors, 100 meters from the Sea of??Azov... very strongly was frozen. I became ill dorsi... chill... and the day went to bathe,
and only soaped himself - immediately cut off the hot water, and dokupyvalsya
in cold water... I do after that day was a bad feeling...
Everything is one to one... eventually I went on coughing and coughing... In late September he went to the doctor... She listened to my lungs and said,
I have a wheezing... I made a parallel X-ray (X-ray
showed - an inflammation of the upper parts of the lungs)... In general, the doctor prescribed
I tsefran antibiotic. Appointed a course of treatment - 5 days... I drank,
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173and I felt better... and my doctor she got sick, went to the doctor - was
another woman - and she said she does not hear the rattles... I'm glad...
but a week later began coughing.. Here - here, I felt that I
in a trap... and work a lot and get sick once... So I began to conduct
3 - day dry hunger... The first time I spent dry fasting... I was very pleased... During fasting - I, as luck would have worked
a lot, and even water leaks at entry into the house, and I dug a ditch on the
street than the addition itself zastuzhal. In general, after 3 days
I felt fine... and stopped the hunger strike... Again weeks
after 2 was cough... (Due to kanavokopaniya). Just in case
went to the hospital... The doctor listened to me - and said that no wheezing... Sent to X-ray. When looked at X-ray - the doctor said
- That the image of me as a healthy person... It inspired me...
and just in case I was directed to TB prophylactic center... and here's how I
seen enough to tubikom patients, the entire hospital, I was shocked... and this
same day, I was really feeling like I got to get better... I
has become a real spitting... and ended up... I'm not TB prophylactic center
went because there is no need... CONCLUSION: The lung inflammation is also
cured... Enough for 3 days of dry fasting, and within 2 weeks, all
become the norm... I'm happy... "
At one time, when I just started to do a dry starvation
while fishing on Lake Baikal, I fell through the ice. Frost was


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        Thanks to God for the form in which it has made me arrive my healing. TESTIMONY 64*
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Alicia De Higareda {Mexico}
I am cured of hypertension in only three months. I have not taken a single tablet, only Urine. Doing an fasting of 3 days,
1 feel very we11 and I am already working thanks to God. TESTIMONY 65*
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Araceli Ramos C. { Mexico }
Blessed it is God,
I have cured myself through the Urine of diabetes, fungi in the feet and sinusitis. God blesses them follow ahead, thanks. 90 TESTIMONY 66*
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Ora. Margarita G. of Guzman { Mexico }
I have 35 years of age. I am diabetic for 11 years with insulin and 3 years with homeopathic medicine. At the moment I am on no drugs, only the fasting dose of Urine. f am controffed totaUy. TESTIMONY 67*
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Martha L Lopez { Mexico }
In the second week of my Urine-therapy, my vomiting along with chronic
difficufties disappeared in the morning. My daughter of 9 years with learning problems, improved her qualifications. She knows the tables and already she multiplies with ease. TESTIMONY 68*
D1AB£T£S
Hortensia To Rodriguez {Mexico}
In January 1996 they detected me having diabetes and tested me three times. I started with the Urine-therapy in March. After 15 days I went to make an analyses and I realize that I lowered to 145. Later 11eft it and 1 again initiated it one week ago, because 1 had a relapse; right
now I feel very well
TESTIMONY 69*
C1ST1C£RCOS1S
Irene Or of Hernandez { Mexico }
MY disease is cerebral Cisticerc6sis, I have taken my Urine 4 months and the
tumor in my head went away. They gave chemotherapy to me. I know that the best thing than God has given me is my health and although I
appear ill in my studies, in my body 1 do not feel anything bad. Every day I thank God to let me live with my husband and children. 91 TESTIMONY 70*
CANC£ROVS TVMOR
Mrs. Maria R. Sanchez { Mexico }
I was healed of a cancerous tumor that I had. In three months THANKS TO GOD,
I am cured and I feel very well. I ask everyone who believes in God to know that
diseases are a disguised blessing, as Jesus said. TESTIMONY 71 *
D1All£T£S
Maria of the R. Rivera { Mexico }
I was cured of diabetes taking 3 months my Urine with only 1 fast of three days. I am also cured of the nerves. This I did by means a person whom recommended to me that it take my Urine
and thanks to God atreadyl am cured. TESTIMONY 72*
D1AD£T£S
Irene Alvarez. { Mexico }
I am cured of diabetes taking Urine once in the mornings for one month. After doing a study of my glucose I find it had lowered. I also felt better in my heart and this was confirmed by the doctor
after doing an electrocardiogram. TESTIMONY 73*
£Pll£PSV
Yessica L. Delgadillo {Mexico}
I was ill of epilepsy. I was with allopathic methods for one year and instead of feeling some
improvement I felt worse. I began to loose my hair and my gums were inflamed. My disease was very hard for me and for my parents
who worried a lot when my eyes were rolling in my head
and I lost consciousness and had a lot of saliva in my mouth. I had other diseases in my throat, which were very prevalent every fifteen days. My Parents took me to the doctor and he prescribed penicillin that ended my
defenses. Later I tried a homeopathic but he was useless. I did not manage to cure myself until my parents asked
God and he listened to them. 92 My parents went to speak with the father of the temple and he gave us a gift. U was a book that taught them of Urine-therapy. In addition the Father commented that another Father had cured himself of the
same problem of epilepsy as I had. My parents told me to do it. They aJso took it for some sUght diseases that they have. Thank God we felt very well. In only two days taking it I have not returned to have any attacks much less to
suffer any colds or flu. I thank God for this medicine that was given to me and for
this faith that always I have had in him. He is the main thing to heal a11 and thanks
to him for this spring of life that returned my health. TESTIMONY 74*
PROBLEMS lN CARTllAG£S
Lupita S. Castaneda { Mexico }
It had problems of my cartilage. I am an athlete and I went to tears when I realized I no longer could run any more. So I began to take Urine for four months and I have felt far better little by little. Thanks to God I continue running. TESTIMONY 75 *
HVP£RT£NS10N AND COllTlS
Dr Teresa S. Rivas {Mexico}
I practice different alternative therapies. Days ago my mother called me by telephone telling me, " Daughter, I am very bad. I feel that I will die. I have very high pressure and my pupils are very expanded. My stomach feels very inflamed. 1 feet that 1 am going away to die. Then I said to her, " Mother, fast for three days and drink your Urine. Mix the Urine with mud and rub it on the stomach and kidneys ". I was very surprised when she called me on the following day to say
that she felt like she was 15 years old. TESTIMONY 76*
VlC£RS GASTR1T1S. COllTlS
Mr. Ramon P. Gonzalez { Mexico }
My sufferings that got better are, ulcers, gastritis
(very acute acidness of my stomach for 45 years), nervous system very altered,
very strong disquiet, insomnia, colitis, and pains of my kidneys. I am very improved. 93 My problem with my prostate is a burning sensation and hemorrhoids. They disappeared after taking my Urine from 25th from March of 1995 to date. I feel better with many energies. TESTIMONY 77*
D1AB£T£S AND COLlTlS
Ma. Magdalena Bermudez { Mexico }
Without going to a conference,
I began to take my Urine by the desperation from my disease (diabetes). I listened that they had to make a fast. 1 wanted to prove it's possibilities but my stomach loosened and 1 moved black
particle balls out. I was scared to make the therapy further. Later I was told that it was a normal reaction. I then returned to the therapy and did not take insulin during that month. A great change came in my body.


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Q: What is the purpose of the book "Taoist Secrets of Love"?,
A: The book is not just another philosophical treatise on the subject, but a practical guide to help men and women cultivate their sexual energy and achieve spiritual growth.
Q: What is the author's intention in writing this book?,
A: The author, Mantak Chia, aimed to share his knowledge with Westerners, which was previously kept secret by Taoist Masters.
Q: What is the main difference between Western and Eastern perspectives on sexual energy?,
A: The Western world has a different understanding of the role of sexual energy, as it is often seen as a source of pleasure, whereas in Eastern traditions, it is viewed as a means to achieve spiritual growth and harmony.
Q: What is the primary goal of the Taoist method of cultivating sexual energy?,
A: The primary goal is to transform the sexual energy into spiritual energy, allowing for a deeper connection with oneself and others, rather than just seeking pleasure.
Q: What is the author's stance on the use of sexual energy?,
A: The author emphasizes that the focus should be on cultivating and transforming sexual energy, not just seeking pleasure or using it for personal gain, but for personal growth and spiritual evolution.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>When lovers are in close embrace subtle Yin and Yang energies are
concentrated into vortexes from the sexual region to the head and
eventually remain in the head at all times. WHY HAS THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF SEX
BEEN KEPT A SECRET? Our race has finally grown aware of the need to conserve natural
resources, lest we consume ourselves to total ruin. Fresh water,
soil, forests, and fuels must be spared, food produced more effi-
ciently, building and transportation accomplished with less waste. We have already exhausted a major portion of the readily recover-
able riches of the planet. The cost of basic commodities skyrockets
because, with the few resources left, we continue to over produce
inefficient machines such as cars and unproductive military arma-
ments—tanks, missiles, etc. Everyone is eager to conserve natural resources, but few even
dream of conserving the most critical resource of all: one's own
vital energies. The careful harboring of the energy stored within
man's seed is a truly rational energy program. Yet this aspect of
conservation is entirely overlooked by politicians and health
experts.6 Taoist Secrets Of Love
One reason for this neglect is simply general ignorance of the
ancient and highly secret methods used in the past. Taoist Masters
gained knowledge of these methods through unknown millenia of
relentless searching for the secret principles animating matter. These methods are the fruit of many generations of inspired medi-
tation by sages coupled with my close observations on modern life. This book fashions into a unified whole my personal experience of
the teachings. The Taoist masters felt bound to reveal their potent secrets to
only the most select disciples, those who had proven their devotion
to the Master's ideals by years of arduous self-sacrifice and ser-
vice. Why did the Masters feel so strongly compelled to hide their
tremendous knowledge from the public? The reason for this secrecy is not easily comprehended by the
western public today. The mass media have fostered a state of
mind in which anyone's life is everyone's business: the most inti-
mate details of private sex life are the most greedily lapped up. Advertisers assure their clients today "Nothing sells unless it is
sexy." This mentality has made sex, in America, into a disposable
commodity, making it harder in our private lives to experience sex
as an intimate pleasure that can be cultivated over time to ever
deepening levels. Today sex is often consumed and thrown away
as soon as the lover becomes old or an inconvenience. Even the
women in the harem of Chinese Emperors and aristocrats fared
better, being assured of material comfort for life in exchange for
their sexual favors. The court society favored the position of men,
but at least the female sexual energy was respected for its healing
benefits and honored as being necessary for the spiritual develop-
ment of the male. A classic Taoist story tells of a woman who learned the pro-
cess of sexual transformation and exchanged her yin energy with
her lover's yang energy and thereby achieved Immortality. She
thus became the guide to ancient emperors on the subject of love. There is a recorded historical instance of a palace maid in 690 A.D.
becoming the Empress on the death of the Emperor. Empress Wu,
respected for her mastery of the art of love, ruled wisely for several
decades until her death. The ancient Taoist masters were not superstitious. They were
natural scientists who laid the foundation for amazing technologi-
cal advances in medicine, chemistry, biology, navigation, andMale Sex Energy Is Stored In Its Seed 7
many other fields that would not be discovered by western scien-
tists until 2000 years later. Nor did they crave exclusive possession
of their potent knowledge. They had their reasons for secrecy, and
their reasons were well-founded at the time. They were custodians
of the doctrine taught to them by their masters, and feared the
misuse of the great force unlocked by the secret principles. Per-
haps, they felt an obligation to protect the public from its tendency
to distort the purest teaching to suit its own base instincts. In rural
China, which was much less populous then, someone with such
esoteric knowledge could easily become a chieftain or a king. A
warrior could use his power to defeat his opponents. The Taoist Masters thus thought it dangerous to spread their
teachings too widely, and passed them on to only a few chosen
disciples before departing their earthly life. To guarantee that the
formulae not be used for selfish purposes, these Masters often
transmitted to each disciple only a part of the doctrine. Thus, only
if the disciples banded together and shared their learning could the
supreme potencies be unleashed. If anyone selfishly withheld his
learning, they would never receive the whole doctrine. In the
course of many generations, fragments of the innermost secrets
came to be regarded as the whole. My attempt is to reunite many
disparate parts into an organic whole which I believe similar to the
most ancient and complete teachings. WHY REVEAL THE SECRET NOW? Why violate the traditional Chinese teaching method and expose to
the general public these powerful principles? The simple reason is
that the historic moment is already late. The human condition is
too desperate to deprive our species of a potentially great infusion
of vital energy. If the human race is not quickly infused with a new
life energy to render it more harmonious than it has been for most
of the last 2,000 years, we are all, earthly Masters and mortals,
threatened with an untenably harsh existence, if not extinction. There are so many wizards of the computer, stock market,
test tube, and spectator sport, but so few of the art of life. Our race
spends its brief span fiddling with statistics, black boxes, noxious
chemicals, and above all, with meaningless words. A majority of
Americans daily pass more than six hours in a mesmerized trance
induced by a colored shadow dancing in a box of glass. These8 Taoist Secrets Of Love
machines have inadvertently become instruments of our own de-
struction; a tv programmed mind is not a free mind. Too few de-
vote even one second to entering deeply the great current of life
hidden within ourselves. Yet all the technological energy is eagerly
sought is an apish imitation of the electrifying ecstasies found hid-
den within the body and mind. There are positive signs; in Taoist thinking, any excess even-
tually leads to its opposite. Despite the current mediocrity of most
popular culture, there are tremendous forces driving the race into
expanded consciousness. It is clear that the reason for the chaotic
state of planetary affairs is the revolutionary advance in human
consciousness. In simplest terms, hydrogen bombs hover above us
only because we are clever enough to conjure them up. Hatred
contains the seeds of love. We have created a crisis in order to
force a solution demanding that we restore our balance with one
another and nature. Among the most important implications of this soaring up of
consciousness is that the ordinary man will be admitted to secrets
of life and mind that were formerly reserved for the chosen few. The French scientist Schwaller de Lubicz elucidated this idea: "It
is certain that such a revolution in thought... is not the result of
whim. It is in fact a question of cosmic influence to which the
earth, along with everything in it, is subjected. A phase in the
gestation of the planetary particle of our solar system is completed
... A new period must begin, and this is heralded by seismic
movement, climatic changes, and finally, above all, by the spirit
that animates man." Not only do troubles press consciousness to
evolve, but changing consciousness bursts the constraints of exist-
ing order. I hope that the Taoist practices of cultivating male energy
presented here will attain higher


 becomes your new Source of pleasure, expressed in
the wonder and bewilderment you feel. Y es, of course you continue to enjoy
your meals, but your pleasure is in being at one with what allows it all to
transpire. You know that you can’t find, hear, see, or touch the Source, yet it’s
always available  and can never be depleted. The music that you hear isn’t
the Tao; the Tao is the invisible energy that fills the empty spaces that give
you so much joy. And that happiness you feel is the eternally available and
longed-for pleas ure of transcending the physical limitations of a human
body. Touching the Tao is way beyond any of the sensory pleas ures that we
somehow believe will satisfy that longing for transcendence. Addictions beco me impossible because you no longer try to get worldly
pursuits to satisfy you. It’s like realizing that you can fly when you’ve been
walking faster and faster, but never getting enough speed or altitude—you
kept trying to satisfy a natura l longin g to be aloft through the pleasure of
rapid walking. Now you observe the way nature flows: You clearly see it
never asking for more, never using up more, and absolutely never
demanding that it be provided with more than is necessary to maintain a
perfect balance. The realm of passing pleasures is no longer your central
place of 35th Verse self-identification. You’re at peace, feeling secure and
happy because you’ve changed your worldview to include the infinite Tao... how could addictions ever compare? Imagine a heroin addict believing that peace, security, and happiness are
available with an inexhaustible supply of opiates. That scenario is
impossible because the pleasure  that drugs bring lasts but a few seconds,
and then the opposite of peace, security, and happiness clicks in. The addictkeeps trying to fly by running faster—ultimately he comes to despise his
life and destroy himself in the process. Such is the destiny of those who
seek the pleasures of the world of the senses to fulfill their longing and
natural ability to transcend the physical plane. Here’ s what Lao-tzu is offering  you in this profound verse of the Tao Te
Ching:
Notice the eternal bliss that’ s always with you— even when the
delicacies ar e out of sight! Change your way of thinking of yourself as a totally physi cal being. Instead, recognize that worldly pleasures that tend to be overdone are
attempts to transcend the physical, which isn’t going to happen without
tapping into your natural connection to the Tao. Stop equating sensory
delight with the Tao-inspired bliss that’s available to you. Enjoy all that you
experience through the senses: Love your fine dining, bask in the melodies
of your favorite music, and be appreciative of the excitement of sexual
energy. But notice that this is all coming from your sensory self, which is
happily adaptab le to this world. Then seek your “Tao self,” which
transcends the physical, and explore its pleasures. Reexamine what true, lasting, enjoyment is. Even though the ef fects of the
Tao may initially have no appeal to your seeing, hearing, touching, tasting,
and smelling faculties, they’ll fulfill the longing you’re trying to sate with
worldly pursuits. When you’re chasing any passing fancy, begin
recognizing its value in the here and now, but stop trying to get it to satisfy
a greater longing. Introduce transcendent thankfulness to your everyday life. Make it a daily practice to give thanks for the presence of the eternal Tao
that’s always with you. From an appreciative viewpoint, the world that you
formerly desired  will begin to look different. In the grateful Tao awareness,
feelings of being incomplete when worldly pleasures are unavailable are
replaced with a transcendent thankfulness. What used to be a need for a
worldly delight is replaced with gratitud e and contentment for being aware
of the aspect of you that is the Tao, free of physical and earthly limitations
and confinement. Living with conscious appreciation of the Tao will attract
more people and experiences, enriching your balance of morta l and eternalawareness. Open yourself to the unlimited love and abundance of the Tao
and you’ll attract more of that same love and abundance to you. Your world
has changed because you see the Tao where you previously only noticed
your mortal self needing worldly pleasures. Do the T ao Now
Go on a 24-hou r fast. When you feel hunger pangs, switch your thoughts
to gratitude for the eternal force that’s always with you. Warmly let your
physical self know that it will be fed when the fast is over, then switch to
the Tao self that’s unaware of hunger. Enjoy the different nature of the Tao
self by concentr ating on locating its energy flowing through your body. It
will reveal itself—perhaps as contented, exhilarated, or blissfu l. Note the
difference between how this feels compared with worldly pleasures. OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com36th Verse
Should you want to contain something,
you must deliberately let it expand. Should you want to weaken something,
you must deliberately let it gr ow str ong. Should you want to eliminate something,
you must deliberately allow it to flourish. Should you want to take something away,
you must deliberately grant it access. The lesson her e is called
the wisdom of obscurity. The gentle outlasts the str ong. The obscur e outlasts the obvious. Fish cannot leave deep waters,
and a country’ s weapons should not be displayed. OceanofPDF.comLiving in Obscurity
A large part of your growing-up life lessons revolved around the words
Notice me! You were taught that the more attention you received,
particularly for being a “good little person,” the more status and approval
you’d get from your peers (as well as the adults you knew ). Become
number one, you were told, earn that gold star, win that championship, get
the best grades, become valedic torian, attain that letter sweater, gather up
trophies, and so on. Such lessons were all about rising to the top of the
crowd and evaluating yourself based on how you stacked up competitively
with everyone around you. When you change the way you think about your place in the great scheme
of thing s, you’ll discover that “the wisdom of obscurity” allows you to
eliminate competition from your life and retreat into quiet strength. In other
words, Lao-tzu is asking you to take it easy and base your view on entirely
new criteria. As you do, your world will begin to reflect a gentle, low-key
soul who outlasts those who measure their strength by how much status
they have compared to their peers. This verse opens with the idea of understanding the dichotomous nature
of the material world and then encourages you to become an astute observer
of your life. Feeling belittled means that you must know what it’s like to be
important; the idea of being weak grows out of having known what it’s like
to feel strong. As one translation of the Tao Te Ching (The Way of Life
Accor ding to Lao Tzu, translated by W itter Bynner) reminds us:
He who feels punctur ed
Must once have been a bubble,
He who feels unarmed
Must have carried arms,
He who feels deprived
Must have had privilege... Avoid the pitfalls of feeling weak, unimportant, stressed, or fearful by
transcending the thinking that got you there in the first place. Keep in mindthat if you feel weak, you must  have had the opposite perception of being
strong at least once. If you experien ce stress, you have an idea of what
being unstressed is like. By becoming independent of the need to compare
yourself and fit in, you choose the path that Lao-tzu calls “the wisdom of
obscurity”—that is, you release your need to be more anything in the eyes
of others. Lao-tzu concludes this elegant verse with the metaphor of fish leaving the
deep water—when they try to examine the surface and see the “big world”
beyond those depths, the little guys no longer endure because they’re
captured by a net. Hence, you find the great lesson of this 36th verse: Stay
under the radar and you’ll outlast all who strive to be recognized. When you
shift to this viewpoint, your desire for obscurity will surpass your need to
be seen as strong and above everyone else—and you won’ t end up all alone
in your trophy room! Here’ s what Lao-tzu offers you from 25 centuries ago, when he dictated
this enduring tome of wisdom:
Strive to know oneness by seeking awar eness of opposites. Make every effort to stay in a state of oneness in your mind. For example,
if you’re tired, remind yourself that you know what being rested is like. Recognize the opposing feelin g so that you can know both of them
simultaneously. Do this with any sensation: If you’re depressed, weak,
jealous, unloved—anything—the antithesis of what you’re going through is
within your experiential fram ework. Seek the 36th Verse opposite feeling
right in the mom ent and be at one with it in your mind, for this will provide
you with a balanced sense of being at peace within yourself. This is
oneness, wherein you entertain extremes and use your mind to be like


our	soul	for	help	and	encouragement. Let	go	and	allow	the	results	to	take	shape. Act	when	you	feel	clear. Don’t	take	any	action	when	you’re	in	doubt. Don’t	spread	confusion;	have	faith	in	your	purpose. Don’t	act	on	anger,	anxiety,	or	other	negative	impulses. Expect	the	best. Accept	every	result	as	the	best	you	can	do	at	that	moment. Don’t	blame	yourself	for	setbacks	and	obstacles. Don’t	shrivel	up	and	go	tight	inside	when	something
goes	wrong. Be	open	to	the	lesson	that	every	setback	contains. Don’t	blame	others. Know	any	outcome	is	possible. Put	the	past	behind	you. Trust	in	a	better	future. Don’t	accept	bad	outcomes	passively—change	whatever	has	to	be	changed
within	yourself. Don’t	force	or	control	the	situation.Don’t	go	off	in	fantasy. Try	to	be	as	present	as	possible,	without	distraction. Feel	safe	and	centered	inside. Check	all	around	you	for	signs	that	you	are	on	the	right	path. Be	responsible	for	your	own	destiny. The	flow	comes	down	to	one	thing:	Spirit	can	accomplish	anything	once	you
get	out	of	its	way	When	you	are	truly	in	the	flow,	there	is	much	less	struggle
and	stress. You	don’t	have	to	try	so	hard. Yet	I	mostly	go	back	to	this	list	when	I’m
not
	in	the	flow,	when	I	need	a
reminder	of	all	the	blocks	that	make	life	difficult,	such	as	negativity,	criticism,
losing	trust,	getting	tense	and	tight	inside,	and	so	forth. These	are	just	the
opposite
	of	what	the	list	tells	me	to	do. When	you	stop	blocking	yourself,	you
can	get	back	to	your	calm	and	confident	center. When	you	run	into	problems,
turn	them	into	spiritual	lessons,	such	as	learning	to	be	patient	and
	courageous. Nobody	grows	if	everything	comes	too	easily	all	the	time. But	you	shouldn’t
consider	struggle	to	be	the	normal	or	right	way. God	is	asking	for	cocreators,	not	soldiers. As	spirit	grows	with	you,	you	will
find	that	being	a	creator	is	much	easier	and	hugely	more	fun	than	winning	any
fight.Pure	Gold
D
o	you	talk	to	God?”	I	asked	Baba. “Does	he	talk	to	you?”
“In	a	way,”	he	said. “I	don’t	hear	his	voice,	but	I	know	what	God	wants
anyway. That’s	the	easiest	thing	in	the	world.”
“Really?”
Baba	had	decided	that	we	could	rest	for	a	while	from	our	tramping. He	found
a	stream	deep	in	the	woods,	and	we	were	dangling	our	feet	in	it	to	cool	off. “Nobody	seems	to	think	it’s	easy	to	figure	out	what	God	wants,”	I	said. I
wondered	if	Baba	had	another	of	his	tricky	answers	up	his	sleeve. “No	tricks	this	time,”	he	said. “Who	could	fool	God? Although	everyone	tries
to,	all	the	time.”
I	thought	he	was	going	to	launch	off	on	that	subject,	but	he	gazed	into	the
water	for	a	long	time. “This	whole	situation	is	muddy,”	he	said. “So	maybe
you	can	tell	me,	what	could	God	want	if	he’s	all-powerful—not	to	mention
that	he’s	not	talking?”
“He	could	want	a	lot	that	I	haven’t	figured	out	yet.”
“Don’t	look	so	nervous,”	Baba	said,	smiling. “Maybe	God	isn’t	like	a	tough
boss	who	demands	more	than	you	can	give,	even	working	overtime.”
“That	would	be	a	relief,”	I	admitted. “But	I’d	rather	hear	what	you	were	going
to	tell	me.”
“God	can	want	only	one	thing,”	said	Baba,	who	then	told	me	the	following
story:
One	day	in	a	rich	man’s	house	nobody	was	home,	and	all	his	expensive	things
started	an	argument. “I’m	the	most	precious	thing	here,”	a	gold	ring	declared	proudly.“No,	you’re	not,”	a	gold	necklace	said	even	more	haughtily. “Look	how
complicated	and	beautiful	I	am. No	simple	little	ring	can	compare	with	me.”
“You’re	both	wrong,”	said	a	gold	watch	with	disdain. “I’m	ten	times	more
complicated	than	any	necklace,	and	besides	that,	I’m	useful,	too.”
The	argument	only	got	worse,	until	a	grandfather	clock	in	the	corner	broke	in. “You’re	all	wrong,”	he	said. “A	ring	isn’t	the	same	as	a	necklace,	and	a
necklace	isn’t	the	same	as	a	watch. But	you	are	all	made	of	the	same	pure
gold,	and	that	makes	you	equal.”
Baba	looked	at	me	when	he	finished	his	tale. “Do	you	see	what	it’s	about?”	he
asked. “God	is	like	the	grandfather	clock,	who	sees	everyone	as	spirit,	but	we
go	around	seeing	differences. We	think	that	what	we	look	like,	what
	we	say
and	do,	determines	who	we	are. That’s	why	God	wants	only	one	thing:	He
wants	us	to	drop	our	disguises. Once	you	see	yourself	as	he	sees	you,	there	is
nothing	more	that	God	could	ever	want.”
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
This	lesson	made	me	breathe	a	sigh	of	relief. I	used	to	worry	a	lot	about	what
God	wanted	me	to	do,	and	even	more	about	what	he	might	do	to	me	if	he	got
angry. It	seemed	incredibly	difficult	to	figure	out. Being	“holy”	and	yet	a
normal	kid	at	the	same	time	didn’t	seem	possible. But	Baba	taught	me	that
being	spiritual	has	nothing	to	do	with	pretending	you’re	holy	or	trying	to
imitate	someone	you	think	is	holy. You	are	spiritual	when	you	stop	pretending
that	God	is	anywhere	but	in	you. That’s	what	Baba’s	parable	was	about. The
pure	gold	in	the	story	is	the	most	valuable	thing	on	Earth,	and	so	is	spirit. The
only	thing	that	comes	close	is	air,	which	you	can’t	put	a	price	on,	even	though
it	sustains	all	life. I	have	heard	people	say	that	human	beings	are	angels	in	disguise. Each	of	us
has	been	given	a	mission	here	on	Earth,	but	after	we	get	our	orders,	God
erases	the	memory	at	birth	so	that	we	can	have	the	adventure	of	finding	out	on
our	own	what	we’re	meant	to	do	down	here. I	like	that	idea,	but	a	person	can
have	a	divine	mission	without	being	an	angel. The	following	story	may	strike
close	to	home:
When	God	created	the	world	he	summoned	his	angels	and	said,	“I	am	making
human	beings	in	my	image. They	will	be	creative,	intelligent,	and	good.Everything	divine	will	be	theirs	by	birthright.”
The	angels	said,	“But	if	they	know	the	truth	about	themselves,	their	lives	will
be	too	smooth	and	boring.”
“Then	I’ll	hide	the	truth	on	the	highest	mountaintop,”	said	God. “Human	beings	can	easily	figure	out	how	to	climb	the	highest	mountain,”	the
angels