ed amino acids) until it
breaks them down into simple amino acids first. This process starts in the
stomach where gastric juices of HCL (hydrochloric acid) convert pepsinogen
into pepsin. Pepsin starts to break down these protein structures into
peptones/polypeptides. This is an acidic process. After the stomach moves
this “pre-digested” process into the duodenum (small bowel), the proteolytic
enzymes in the pancreas (which are alkaline) start changing the polypeptides
into peptides. Finally, as these peptides are moving along the small intestines,
your intestinal wall secretes enzymes (peptidase), which finally convert these
peptides/peptones into amino acids. This extensive process robs the body of
vital energy, only to achieve “secondhand” building materials. Plant proteins are simple structures of amino acids which are
considerably less energy-robbing. Plants, being full of electromagnetic
energy, counter-balance this energy need. Meat protein, on the other hand, is
much more structured and electrically dead. This requires a much more
radical digestive process, which robs the body of vital energy. Because of the
high acidic content, too much meat protein has also been linked to colon
cancer, the second largest type of cancer in America today. Thousands of
people die each year from the accumulated effects of eating high protein
diets. The liver, pancreas, kidneys and intestines are destroyed when protein
consumption is too high. Twenty to forty grams of protein a day is plenty,
but most people eat 150-200 grams a day. THE ENERGY OF MEAT

It has been said that meat gives you energy. Since this energy is mostly from
the adrenaline found in its tissues, this is only a stimulated energy, not a
dynamic energy. If you’ve ever visited a slaughterhouse you will see and
sense the fear that these poor creatures experience just before they are killed. Physiologically, this fear pumps the medulla of their adrenal glands,
producing epinephrine or what’s commonly called “adrenaline. ” Epinephrine
is a neurotransmitter, stimulating energy through the nervous system into the
tissues of the body. This is mostly what gives protein-eaters a heightened
sense of energy. However, after years of eating meat full of adrenaline, your
adrenal glands become weakened and lazy at producing their own
neurotransmitters. This begins to lower your blood pressure. (A systolic
blood pressure of less than 118 is low. ) As we begin to pass our adrenal
weaknesses down genetically, future generations may see multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson’s, Addison’s Disease, and other neurological weaknesses develop
from a chronic lack of neurotransmitters. High blood pressure can also be a result of adrenal gland weakness. When the adrenal glands become weak, we also begin to fail at producing
adequate steroids (our anti-inflam-matories), because meat is highly acid-
forming (which creates inflammation). The body will use cholesterol in place
of steroids where this inflammation is present. This becomes a serious
problem because lipids, in the presence of aci-dosis, stick together and plaque
themselves “in” and “onto” tissues. Energy from eating meat can also come from growth hormones fed to thecattle (or other animals) for rapid growth. Energy should be dynamic or
cellular, not created by stimulants. Dynamic energy comes from raw-food
eating where alkalization, proper electrolytes, electricity, amino acids, proper
synergistic compounds and complexes (vitamins, minerals, flavons, etc. ) are
found. A CALL TO ACTION

It is time for humans to stop the toxic consumption of animal products, which
today are so
laden with toxic hormones, antibiotics, chemicals and the like,
that they have become time bombs just ticking away inside of us. We
can
 lift
ourselves up from decay and toxicity and enjoy the vitality and internal
cleanliness that a raw fruit-and-vegetable diet will bring. Such a diet breaks
the chains of anger and despair, freeing us into the light of vibrancy and
health. Try a six-week diet free of animal products and see the difference for
yourself. It’s one thing to read and form opinions from conditioned thought. However, it’s quite another to experience it directly for yourself. All life transmutes compounds and elements into other compounds or
elements, although this process is not well understood by the scientific
community, as of yet. Your body can and does create amino acids from
carbohydrates and fats. Your body uses the constituents in your foods,
especially those biologically suited for you, to maintain and repair itself. Nature will always have mysteries for us to seek. The mind, which is
forever over-reacting, can keep the soul’s attention here in the physical world
indefinitely. The mind is like the seeker after God, forever looking for truth
when it is always right in front of him. The mind (intellec-tualism) always
likes to tear things apart to try to understand how they are made. Soul already
knows
 how things are made. Break free from in-tellectualism and enjoy the
simplicity of nature and God. It will free you from a lot of wasted energy. Become a raw-food, living-food eater and enjoy vitality and robust health. You will be much happier for it. HIGH PROTEIN DIETS CAN CAUSE DEATH
 Research studies done by some of the world’s top educational institutions
(including Simmons College and Harvard University, as reported in
The New
England Journal of Medicine
 and
The Archives of Internal Medicine)
 have
proven, over and over again, that meat protein is toxic to us when it is
absorbed through our intestinal walls. This creates acidosis, affects an
immune response and invites parasites. The following list will summarize
what we have considered in the previous sections about the basic reasons to
avoid meat and high protein diets. A protein structure is not useable by the body as such, and must be
broken down into its simplest compounds, called amino acids before the
body can use it at all. This process
requires
 energy instead of yielding
energy. Many acids are created during the digestion and metabolizing of proteins,
including uric acid (which causes gout), phosphoric acid, and sulfuric
acid. These acids are irritating and inflammatory to tissues. They also
stimulate nerve responses leading to hyperactivity of tissues. Protein is a nitrogen compound, high in phosphorous, which when
consumed in large amounts, will deplete calcium and other electrolytes
from the body. Proteins are highly acid-forming, lowering the pH balance of the body. This causes inflammation and tissue weakness, leading to tissue death. Proteins are not used as fuel by the body; they are building blocks and
carriers. When proteins are broken down by digestion into amino acids,
their main function becomes growth and repair of tissue. Simple sugars
are the main fuels for the body besides oxygen. When we try to lose
weight by burning proteins for fuel, this causes fat breakdown. However,
it also causes tissue breakdown. You can destroy liver, pancreatic and
kidney tissues by burning your building blocks instead of using proper
fuels. In people who have adrenal weakness, a high protein diet causes the liver
to create large amounts of cholesterol, which then begins to plaque
throughout the body, especially through the vascular system, liver and
kidneys. Stone formation also begins to take place in the liver and
gallbladder. Animal proteins putrefy in the body causing body odor. This
putrefaction causes a cesspool of toxins to build up in the intestines and
the tissues of the body, both interstitially and in-tracellularly This not
only creates a base for parasites to grow, but the acidity createsinflammation, which blocks cellular respiration, eventually causing
cellular death. High protein consumption does not fit our species, nor is it
physiologically sound. Animal farming, as a food source, has devastated us economically,
environmentally and spiritually. We are destroying our forests and green
land to create pastures. This is destroying our planet in many ways. It
affects the production of vital oxygen, diminishes heat protection,
destroys beauty, limits erosion protection, limits our fruit and vegetable
farming, increases toxic by-products of animals, robs topsoil and oxygen
levels from grain farming, and destroys wild animal habitats. We waste
thousands of acres in raising tons of grain needed to feed cattle and other
animals. High protein diets contain excessive amounts of epinephrine (adrenaline)
and thereby create aggression, anger and adrenal failure in humans who
consume these foods. Meat has been proven to cause intestinal cancer. It is suspected in liver
and pancreatic cancers, as well. The cesspool of putrefaction that builds
up in the lymphatic system is possibly the starting cause of lymphomas. Meat-eating societies have a much shorter life span. An example of this is
the Intuits of Northern Canada and Alaska whose average life span is
approximately fifty years. Meat is nothing more than dead or dying cells, living in their own
cesspool of stagnant, putrefying blood. And humans call this good
nutrition. Meat stimulates, irritates and inflames the sexual organs, especially the
prostate gland, leading to prostatitis. Today’s animal meat is full of growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides,
herbicides, nuclear wastes, high levels of adrenaline, and other toxic
chemicals from air and ground pollution. All of these compounds are
considered carcin


 sum of  money and attains great
prominence and power at the expense of his body and his
soul through the acquisition of evil habits that shorten his
days, thus removing himself far from God whose
closeness is the true a nd the eternal good. How many
times has a rich man been impoverished and a king lost
his kingdom, resulting in the improvement of his body
and in the perfecting of hi s soul with worthy habits,
prolonging his days and bri nging him close to God his
creator, which is the eternal good? However, your servant has to remark: Let his days be
long or short, this is the opinion of the physicians,
philosophers and some of the thinkers who antedated the
Moslem religion. Generally it may be stated th at what people consider to
be good is really bad and most  of the things that are
considered to be bad are really good. And it is not the
intention of this chapter to explain the truth of these
things, to comment on them or to learn their ways,
because at every time and in every nation works have
been composed that enable you to look into the sciences
of the intellect. EMOTIONAL STABILITY
But your servant has hinted a ll this to stir up and to
habituate the soul to accept l ittle things with a minimum
of enthusiasm. He observes the books on virtue and the
morality of the teachings, chastisements and regulations
composed by the intellectual s, until his soul becomes
strengthened and recognizes a nd knows the truth, that it is
true, and the insignificant, that it is insignificant. The
overexcitement in his soul will diminish and evil thought
will be lacking. His seclusiv eness and his avoidance of
society will cease and his soul will expand so that his
spirit can remain in any di sposition. In this condition
meditation alone can offer much help, as it decreases evil
thoughts, sadness and woes. And there is a possibility
that, considering everything with the eye of the intellect, the sad thoughts will vanish. For whatever a man thinks
that hurts him while thinki ng it, and that brings him
sadness, sighing and mourni ng, can only be one of two
kinds: either he meditates upon what has been, as when
he meditates upon money he has had and lost, or upon the
death of a person his heart grieves for; or he meditates
upon what is going to happen in the future and dreams of
what is going to happen, as when he imagines that he may
suffer a loss. And it is known through inte llectual observation that
reflection over what has happened and come to pass will
be of no avail in any resp ect, and that mourning and
sorrow over things that have passed are the activities of
those who lack intellect. And there is no difference
between a man who laments over the loss of money and
the like, and he who laments th e fact that he is a man and
not an angel or a star or a nother of the things that are
impossible. BE OPTIMISTIC
And the thought that brings worry to the spirit over
what is going to come or happen in the future lends itself
to the following observation: Whatever a man fears may
happen to him is only a matter of probability—either it will happen or it will not ha ppen. And just as it is
possible that something painful, worrisome and fearful
may happen, it is also possi ble that, because of his
reliance on God, the reverse of what he feared may
happen. Because both what he feared and its reverse are
possible. This is all that your servant felt is needed in this
chapter. CHAPTER IV

Helpful Hints in General, and in Particular, for
the Healthy and for the Sick, in Every Place
and in Every Season

ON AIRS AND WATERS
To begin with, let us discuss the improvement of the
air and then the improvement of the water and then the
improvement of food. What th e physicians call winds are
delicate fumes that are f ound in living bodies. Their
origin and main substance is derived from the air that is
inhaled from outside. And the fume that is found in the
blood of the liver and in the blood vessels that sprout out
of it is called natural wind. And the fume which is found
in the blood of the heart and in the pulsating vessels is
called the vital wind, and the fume which is found in the
ventricles of the brain and wh ich is spread in the vacuum
of the nerves is called the wi nd of the soul. Their origin
and their substance is derived from the air that is inhaled
from the outside. And if this air is malodorous, ill-
smelling and turbid, the winds change and assume the opposite character of what th ey should have been. Said
Galen: One must pay attention to the type of air that one
inhales into his body, that it should be perfectly balanced
and pure of everything that might contaminate it. Said the
author: The lighter the wind, th e greater it is affected by
changes in the air. The natural wind is thicker than the
vital wind, and the vital wind is  thicker than the wind of
the soul. With the slightest change in the air, there is a
marked change in the soul. And this is why in many
people the amount of loss in th eir soul's function is equal
to the contamination of the air, i.e., they develop a
constant fear and incapac ity of concentration and
defective memory, even though their vital and natural
functions suffer no perceptible change. SUNSHINE AND FRESH AIR
The quality of urban air co mpared to the air in the
deserts and forests is like  thick and turbulent water
compared to pure and light water. And this is because in
the cities with their tall buildings and narrow roads, the
pollution that comes from their residents, their waste,
cadavers, and offal from thei r cattle, and the stench of
their adulterated food, makes their entire air malodorous,
turbulent, reeking and th ick and the winds become accordingly so, although no one is aware of it. And since
there is no way out, because we grew up in cities and
became used to them, we can at least choose a city with
an open horizon, especially on the northeast and toward
high mountains with limited forestation and outside
water. And if you have no choice and you cannot move
out of the city, try at least to  live in a suburb situated to
the northeast. Let the house be tall and the court wide
enough to permit the northern wind and the sun to come
through, because the sun thins out the pollution of the air
and makes it light and pure. And one should place the
privy as far as possible from his permanent residence and
he should try to improve the air by drying it and
perfuming it with balsam a nd fumigation to bring about a
change. And this is most important in the care of the body
and the soul. LEAVE IT TO NATURE
In spite of your caution a nd carefulness, you will not
be able to prevent minor things from developing in the
human body. For example: Now th e stool will be soft and
now hard, one day one may find a change in his digestion
or experience a slight headach e or an ache in another part
of his body, and many similar things. And be very careful not to begin treating it medi cally, rushing to take a
medication that is supposed to remove this minor ailment. The Prince of Physicians [Hi ppocrates] warned us against
it. Nature takes care of all th ese things and one does not
have to have recourse to  medication, but should follow
healthy and good behavior. B ecause if you undertake to
medicate these minor conditions, there are two
possibilities: Either your act  will be erroneous, the
opposite of what nature intends, and you will lose and
suffer injury, or your action will be correct and you will
restore to nature its natural function, but at the same time
train your body to lag behind and to do the normal only
with outside help. This has b een compared to a beast of
burden which has been trained to move with a bridle and
so stands in its place until urged to go. You may likewise
find that the stool become s soft without any other
changes in behavior. This may persist for two or three
days without any feeling of pain or weakness. You rush
to dry it up and prevent dia rrhea and to regulate it with
the help of medication. But it was all due to nature,
impelled by the evacuating urge to expel what had to be
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        MOSES  BEN  MAIMON
(Maimonides)

The Preservation of Youth

Essays on Health

Translated from the Original Arabic
(Fi T ADBIR AS -SIHHA )

and with an Introduction by
HIRSCH L. G ORDON, M. D., P H.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q:


know the "mystery o( thc universc"  only when wc
are convinced that we know nothing about it at ali. Thc ordinary agnostic, rclativist, or rnatcrialist fails
to reach Lhis point becausc he clocs not follow his
line of thought consistcntly to its cnd -an end which
woulrl be the surprisc of his life. All too soon  he
abandons  faith,  opcnness to  rcality,  and lcts his mincl
27 TIIE  WISDOM  OF INSECURlTY
harden into doctrine. The discovery of the
mystery,  che wonder beyond all wondcrs, needs
no belief, for  we can only belicve in what wc havc
already known,  prcconccived, and imagincd. But
this is beyond any  imagination. Wc have  but to
open  the cyes of the  mind  widc  enough,  and "che
truth  will out. " II. P AI N  AND  T I M E

AT TIMES  ALMOST  ALL  OF  US  ENVY  THE  ANIMALS. They suffer and die, but thcy do not sccm to
makc  a "problem" of it. Their lives seem to have
so few  complications. They eat when they are
hungry anrl  sleep when they are tired, and
instinct rather than  anxiety seems to govern
thcir few preparations for  the future. As far as
we can judge, every animal is so busy with what
he is doing at the moment that it  ncver enters bis
hcad to ask whether life has a mean - ing or a
future. For the animal, happiness consists  in
enjoying life in the immediate prcsent -not in the
assurance that there is a wholc futurc o( joys
ahead  of him. This  is not just  becausc  thc animal  is a
rclatively
insensitive clod. Often enough bis eyesight, his
sense  of hearing and smell, are far more acute
than ours,  and one can hardly doubt that he
enjoys his food  and sleep immensely. Despite
his acute senses, he  has, however, a somewhat
insensitive brain. It is  more specialized than
ours, for which reason he is a  creature of habit;
he is unable to reason and make  abstractions,
and has extremely limited powers of  memory
and  prediction. Unquestionably the sensitive human brain
adds  immeasurably  to the richness  of life. Yet
far this
29 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
we pay dearly, because the increase in over -all
sen- silivity makes us peculiarly vulnerable. One
can be  lcss vulnerable by  becoming less
sensitive -more of  a stonc and lcss of a man -ancl
so lcss capable of en - joymcnt. Scnsitivity
rcquircs a high degree o( soft- ness and
fragility -cyeballs, eardrums,  taste  buds,  and
nerve ends culminaling in che highly dclicate
orga nism of the brain. Thcse are not only soft
and fragile, but also pcrishable. There sccms to
be no  effectivc way of decreasing thc delicacy
and pcrish - abilily of living tissuc without also
decreasing its vilality  and sensitivity. If we are to have intense pleasures, we must
also  be liable to intense pains. The pleasurc we
lovc, and  the pain we hate, but it seems
impossible to have  the former withouc the
latter. Indeed, it looks as if  lhe two must in sorne
way altcrnate, for continuous  plcasure  is a
stimulus  that 1 1 1 1 1 s t  either  pall or be in- creased. And  thc increase will  either barden  the scnsc
buds with its friction, or turn into pain. A con -
sistent diet of rich food either destroys the
appe - tite or makes  one sick. To che degree, then, that li(e is found good,
death  must be proportionately evil. The more
we are able  to. ove  another person and to enjoy
his company,  che greater must be our grie( at
his death, or in sep - aration. The further the
power of consciousness ven - tures  out into
experience,  the more  is the price  it
30 PAIN  AND  TIME
must pay for its knowledge. It is understandable
that  we should sometimes ask wbether life has
not gone  too far in this direction, whcther "the
game is worth  the candle," and whether it might
not be better to turn the course of evolution in
the only other possi - ble direction -backwards,  to
the relative  peace  of thc animal,  the vegetable,
and the mineral. Something of  this kind  is often  attempted. There
is the woman who, having suffered sorne deep
emo - tional  inju ry in love or  marriage, vows  never
to let another man play on her feclings, assuming
the role  of che hard and bicccr spinster. Almost
more com - mon is the sensitive boy who learns in
school to en - crust himself for life in the shell of
the "tough -guy"  attitude. As an adult he plays, in
self-defense, the  role of Lhe Philistine, to whom
all intellectual and  emotional culture is
womanish and "sissy. " Carried  to its final
extreme, the logical end of this type of re - action
to life is suicide. The hard -bittcn kind of per - son
is always, as it were, a partial suicide; some of
himself  is already  dead. If, then, we are to be fully human and fully
alive  and aware, it seems that,ve must be
willing to suf - fer for our pleasures. vVithout such
willingness therc  can be no growth in thc
intensity of consciousness. Yet, gcneraJly
spcaking, we are not willing, and it  may be
thought strange to suppose chac we can be. For
"nat  me in us" so rcbcls  against  pain  chat  the THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
very notion of "willingness" to put up with it
be- yond a certain point may appear impossible
and meaningless. Under  these  circumstances,  lhe life thal  we
live is a contradiction an<l a confüct. Becausc
conscious - ness must involve both pleasure and
pain, to strive  far pleasure to the exclusion of
pain is, in effect, to  strive for the loss of
consciousness. Because such a  loss is in principie
the same as death, this means that  the more we
struggle far life (as pleasure), the more  we are
actually  killing  what  we lave. lndeed,  this is thc common  auitude  of man  to
so
much that he )oves. Far the greater part of
human  activity is designed to make permanent
those ex - periences and joys which are only
lavable because  they are changing. Music is  a
delight beca use of its  rhythm and flow. Yet the
moment you arrest the  flow and prolong a note
or chord beyond its time,  the rhythm is
dcstroyed. Becausc life is likewise a flowing
process, change and death are its necessary
parts. To work  for their  exclusion  is to work
against  life. However, the simple experiencing of
alternating  pain and pleasure is by no means
che heart of the  human problem. The reason
lhat we want life to mean something, thal  we
seek  God or eternal life,  is not merely thal we
are trying to gec away from an  immediate
experience  of pain. Nor is it far any such
32 PAIN  ANO  TIME
reason Lhat we assume attitucles and roles as
habits  of perpetua. self -defcnse. The real
problem does not  come from any momcntar}'
sensicivity to pain, but  from our marvelous
powers of memory and fore•  sight -in short  from
our consciousncss  of time. For the animal to be happy it is enough that
this moment be enjoyable. But man is hardly
satisfied  with this at ali. He is much more
concerned to have  enjoyable  memories  and
expectations - especially  the latler. With these
assured, he can pul  up with  an extremely
miserable present. Without this as - surance, he
can be extremely miserable in the midst  of
immediate  physical  pleasure. Here  is a person  who  knows  that  in cwo
weeks'
time


 at her in disdain, but L upe was oblivious. There was a small commotion in the back as the second
song began. A man dr essed all in black with a slouched hatwas helped into a back seat. Appar ently, he was blind. During the ne xt two songs, Jonathan gradually sat up
straighter as he hear d Lupe’s voice above all the others. Her
voice had a high bell-lik e ring to it, and Jonathan listened
carefully. When the singing ended, the conductor perfor med the
“zipper movement,” and L upe smiled. Ther e was a small
commotion in the back—the man in black in the back r ow
had now vanished. As Lupe walk ed into the apartment the ne xt afternoon,
Jonathan was wrapping up a phone call. He sounded
exasperated. “ Okay, all right. I agr ee. ”
He hung up the phone and put his head in his hands. “What’s wr ong. ” L upe ask ed. “My mother’s going to be in town this week en r oute to
Hawaii. She insists on coming to visit. ”
“That’s good, isn’t it. ”
“No, it’s not good. I haven’t seen her for ages. And I
haven’t seen her for a r eason. ”
“What’s the r eason. ”
“She drives me nuts. That’s the r eason. She’s a little
dynamo of negativity. ”
“What about your father. ”
“He never travels with her. He’s glad to be lef t alone. I
don’t know if I can tak e it—I r eally don’t. She’s truly an
awful woman. She’s still trying to ﬁx me up with her
girlfriends’ daughters. ”
“I’ll help you entertain her. ”
Jonathan laughed. “That’ll be good. She’s also a bigot,
did I mention that. She’ll tr eat you lik e the maid. ”
“I don’t mind. I am the maid, in a way. ”
“You’re not the maid. Y ou’re my. ”
“Friend. ” L upe said. “Is that har d to say. ”“No, it’s not har d. Yes, my friend. ”
“What day is she coming. ”
Jonathan put his head in his hands again. “Thursday. ”
“The bingo club meets at Grandmother’s that day. We’ll
work something out. I’ll help you—”
“The bingo club. ”
“All the old people in the neighbor hood,” L upe said as
she walk ed out. On Thursday, Jonathan paced back and forth in fr ont of
his fr ont window. “Lupe, I hear someone—come look. ”
Lupe emer ged fr om the kitchen with a tray of snacks. “What’s that. ”
“Cheese nachos, the specialty of Grandma. ” She look ed
out the window. “It’s a taxi, but it’s not your mother. ”
“How do you know. “It’s a woman, but she’s tiny, and she’s wearing some
kind of fur, and it looks lik e she’s ar guing with the driver. ”
“Oh, God. It’s her. ”
“I don’t see how someone so tall as you could come out
of someone so tiny. ”
“Well, don’t ask her. I’m sur e it’s a gory story. ”
He tur ned to L upe. “I can’t believe how anxious I feel. This is just my mother. ”
“Mothers ar e very str ong inﬂuences. ”
“How do you know so much at eleven. ”
She shrugged as the bell rang. “I just tur ned twelve. ”
“Buzz her in,” Jonathan said in a hopeless voice. Lupe buzzed her in twice, and they stood listening to the
click of high heels as she climbed the stairs. L upe opened
the door, and they stood waiting. Jonathan’s mother, Belle,
stopped at the top, panting dramatically. “No elevator. What a surprise. ”As she br eathed, she took in L upe and Jonathan. L upe
could tell by her mottled hands and sunk en neck that Belle
was near her grandmother’s age, but something had been
done to her face so that the skin look ed pulled and polished. “Is this my baby. Is this my blind baby. ”
She rushed to Jonathan and wrapped her ar ms ar ound
him, knocking him back into the apartment. She burst into
tears. “ How could this be. How could you lose your sight so
young. ”
Jonathan’s face was contorted with feeling. He patted her
shoulder and dislodged her fr om his neck. “It was all a long
time ago, Mother. I’m used to it by now. ”
“Well, I’m not. I haven’t been allowed to see you—” Her
tears suddenly tur ned oﬀ as if with a spigot as she eyed
Lupe. “Is this your maid. ”
“I told you,” Jonathan said to L upe. “No, this is my friend
Lupe. She’s been a r eal help to me. ”
“A child. I hope you’r e not having an inappr opriate
relationship with her. ”
“No, Mother. Of course not. Unless dusting my apartment
is inappr opriate to you. Come in and sit down. ”
Belle sashayed in, looking ar ound the apartment with
clear distaste. “This is so small. ”
“It’s suﬃcient for me. Can I get you anything. L upe
brought some wonderful hors d’oeuvr es. ”
Belle sat down gingerly on the sofa. “I’ll have some plain
water, if you can spar e it. I’m watching my weight. ”
Jonathan sat acr oss fr om her. “Well, how’ve you been. How’s F ather. ”
Belle sniﬀed. “If you wer e really curious, you could have
contacted us. ”
“I had some issues I was handling. ”
“Yes, I can imagine. And how’s your friend—that Geor gie
person. ”
“He died years ago. I told you that. All my good friends
died ar ound the same time. ”Belle shudder ed. “From that ghastly virus. But I always
said, if you live a degenerate—”
Lupe inter rupted. “Mr. Jonathan has many new friends
here in the building. They’r e getting together today right
across the hall. ” She opened the door, rushed acr oss, and
swung open her grandpar ents’ door. The apartment was full
of every old-timer in the neighbor hood—all sitting on folding
chairs, all playing bingo. “¡Hola. ”  several called out. Belle r olled her eyes. “ Those  are your friends. They’r e
ancient. And speaking Spanish. So now you hang out with
childr en and elderly illegal aliens. ”
Jonathan was staring at the ﬂoor; a vein in his for ehead
had appear ed that L upe had never seen befor e. Despite her pr otestations, Belle took a bite of the nachos
and soon had polished oﬀ half the dish, while gossiping
nonstop. “ And Sara Evans—you know she was the last one
of us besides me who wasn’t divor ced—well, as soon as her
decree went thr ough, she found out she had brain cancer. And not the curable kind either. I said—”
“I remember Sara, vaguely. She had that ter rible plastic
surgery on her ears. ”
“That’s the one. Y ou should see her now—her eyelids
look melted, lik e candle wax. She had this new therapy
wher e they heat your skin and supposedly tighten it. But I
say, give me an old-fashioned face-lif t any day, rather than
these newfangled pr ocedur es. They never do what they say
they will. And the cost—”
“How’s F ather’s heart. ”
Thrown oﬀ track, Belle shook her head and look ed grim. “Not good. He doesn’t eat right. He can’t contr ol his own fat
intak e. The man is eighty -ﬁve years old and completely set
in his ways, so I can’t tell him what to do. Just lik e you kids. Speaking of which, I never  hear fr om your sister. When I
think of the money we spent on her education, I ﬁnd the
ingratitude stunning. Not that I e xpect to be paid back, but Ido expect a certain level of r espect. And your education—
why, we’d be millionair es if we’d—”
“I believe my art-school tuition paid oﬀ,” Jonathan said
archly. “That’s a matter of opinion,” Belle sniﬀed. Lupe, picking up ar ound them, said, “Mr. Jonathan’s art is
very famous. ”
“Well, no one I know ever hears of him anymor e. ” Belle
looked at L upe suspiciously. “Are you sur e ther e isn’t
something inappr opriate going on with you two. ”
“Mr. Jonathan, what does inappr opriate  mean. ” L upe
asked. “In


 quantities and the form in which they occur in whole plant
foods. Eating a highly mineralized form of poison makes no logical sense whats oever. Salt eaters who cease the practice can often take years to expel all of  the retained salt from their bodies. But take heart, as the
bulk of salt (and cravings) diminish significantly within just a f ew short weeks of total abstinence. I cannot overemphasize the
importance of making the commitment to wean yourself from this ubiquitou s poison. Can I use vinegar in my salad dressing? All forms of vinegar, including apple cider and balsamic, are highly toxi c to the human body. Vinegar is made by diluting one
part acetic acid (a common poison found in any chemistry laboratory … in  a bottle with a skull and crossbones) with 19 parts
water. Vinegar excessively stimulates the thyroid gland, leading to hyper thyroidism and eventually hypothyroidism and concomitant
health issues such as endocrine disorders, calcium metabolic disorders, metabolic rate disorders, fat metabolism problems, body-
weight issues, lethargy, headaches, and the classic bulging of the e yes. This stimulation also accelerates the aging process. The body pulls phosphorus from the adrenal glands to negate the effects of ac etic acid in the system. Depleted phosphorus
results in impaired function of the adrenal glands and thus, again, the  entire endocrine system. The outcome of all this can include
body odor, pains in the heart, rapid pulse, increased mucus production, chronic fat igue, and headaches. Repetitive use of vinegar
will also result in hardening of the liver. Vinegar should not be cons idered “food.”

Is it okay to eat frozen produce? Some damage to living foods occurs when they are frozen. Freezing can ex pand and burst cell walls, and the resulting
oxidation diminishes the nutritional value of the food. However, nuts and s eeds, which are designed to survive through cold winters,
are less damaged by being frozen. Generally, the lower the water and the  higher the fat content of a whole, fresh food, the better it
will take to freezing. As for fruits and vegetables, the practice of freezing should be minimi zed but not necessarily eliminated, as it is one of the
least-damaging ways to preserve foods (especially when a chest free zer is used instead of the frost-free variety). One advantage of
freezing food relative to other forms of preservation is that freezing  introduces no known toxins. You should be aware that eating frozen and ice-cold foods damages the essen tial bacterial colonies that live in your gut and
may be harmful to the bacteria that produce vitamin B 12. Once again, we see that eating foods as we find them in nature proves to
be the most healthful … it is true every time. Are dehydrated foods OK to eat? Dehydrated foods are not whole foods; they have had their water removed. Unfor tunately, we have not been taught to
recognize the vital value of water as it comes packaged in fresh plant foods. Fruits and vegetables are nature’s most pristine water
filters, and the water we cook and dehydrate out of them can never be adequate ly replaced. Drinking water, no matter how purified,
alkalized, or “structured,” just doesn’t compare. Dehydrated foods can never be as nutritious as the whole, fresh foods they s tarted as. Nutrient damage has been shown to
occur, even if the water is replaced. The use of dehydrates is a personal de cision, but dried foods should always be considered at
best a compromise, second in quality to whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic fruits  and vegetables. Current research indicates that vitamin B 12  changes to an analog and unusable form where it is found in dehydrated foods. This appears to be true, by the way, for spirulina, chlorella, algaes, and othe r pills and powders made from ocean plants. What about spices and condiments? In Natural Hygiene, there is a saying, “If you can’t make a meal of i t, it likely is not people food.” When people hear this
statement, they often view it as draconian and idealistic, for it rule s out the consumption of virtually all spices, seasonings, and
condiments. Yet, think about it: no creatures in nature season their f oods, nor even generally combine more than one food in a meal
(at least not for purposes of gustatory pleasure). Y es, humans are undoubtedly different than the “lower” animals. W e h ave the dexterity and the equipment to mix up grand
concoctions (“combo-a-bombs,” as R.C. Dini so aptly dubbed them), and we have  the ingenuity to create gloriously seasoned taste
treats. But I promise you, our digestive systems have not kept up with  our creativity—not by a long shot. In fact, they are virtually
identical to those of our ancient ancestors, as well as those of modern-day  frugivorous anthropoid primates. By design, we are
meant to eat one whole plant food at a time, unadorned, until we have made a mea l of it. Herbs and spices like garlic, onion, curry, cumin, ginger, cayenne, chili  powder, and oregano contain alkaloids and other toxic
chemicals. These seasonings stimulate our taste buds and nerves wh ile delivering toxins to our nervous systems. Their use should be
avoided, or at least minimized. They act as irritants in the digestive  tract, often causing the body to produce mucus for protection. They also function to disguise the bland or noxious taste of cooked foods and seduce  us into consuming foods that would not attract
us on their own. Like salt, spices provide such an intense “flavor hit” that our tas te buds lose their ability to recognize the natural but more
subtle tastes of fruits and vegetables. The same holds true for the use  of all condiments, including mustard and ketchup. Can I drink coffee on the raw diet? The beans in coffee are roasted, making them no longer a raw food item. The fa tal dose of caffeine is 10 grams, the amount in
approximately 70 cups of coffee. Caffeine is considered such a powerful drug t hat just three cups of coffee supplies enough caffeine
to disqualify an athlete from competing in the Olympic games. Many people take one tenth of the lethal dose every day. I had one patient who dra nk over thirty cups of coffee per day. His
health was failing, but it was regained when he stopped this noxious habi t, which he did overnight. Moreover, caffeine decreases the amount of pepsin in your body. Pepsin is use d in the digestion of protein. Ironically, many
coffee drinkers on the standard American diet criticize the raw diet  because they believe they would not receive “enough” protein every day, while their daily intake of coffee impedes their absorption of th e very protein they claim they need. Caffeine is also known to deplete the body of water, calcium, potassium, manga nese, and the vitamin B complex. Caffeine is
just one of many toxic substances that can be found in coffee. Should I continue taking my medications? The medical profession and its supporting industry, the medico pharmaceut ical cartel, operate from the theory that thousands
of separate illnesses exist whose symptoms can be treated or suppressed by  ingesting synthetic chemical compounds. The Natural
Hygiene approach is entirely different. We recognize that genetically inherited abnormalities exist, us ually arising from generations of poor dietary and lifestyle
choices, and that very little can be done about these. Otherwise, however, we propose that there is only one illness: toxemia. This is
a condition of unclean blood and tissues, caused primarily by improper diet and li festyle. Unchecked, toxemia and its attendant
enervation (nervous exhaustion) get progressively worse over the y ears, leading to all manner of symptoms. People find this very difficult to comprehend, but we must remember that t he symptoms are not the disease. Rather, symptoms
are actually the body’s methods of coping with toxemia. In order to “cur e” a disease condition, such as diabetes, cancer, or
cardiovascular disease, one must eliminate the underlying toxemia  of which the “disease” is only a manifestation. As you begin to eat a healthy 80/10/10  raw diet, you will no longer overload your body on a daily basis with toxic residue
from food. Your body will begin to clean your blood, tissues, and organs of their toxic ity, and the medical condition(s) for which you
are taking the pharmaceutical medicine(s) will fade away. Check wi th your doctor as your health improves, in time he or she will
likely agree that your need to medicate will become obsolete. Generally, the younger you are and the less time the body has spent in th e toxic state, the more rapidly it will clean itself. An
older person with more accompanying degeneration and accumulated toxici ty may take longer to cleanse and return to a healthy
state. Nevertheless, limited only by its vitality level, the body will  respond positively to cessation of the daily insult of cooked foods
and high-fat raw foods and to their replacement with whole, fresh, ripe, ra w fruits and vegetables. Still, food is only one part of
healthful living, and proper eating will never result in health in  and of itself. Pharmaceutical medicines are toxic substances that you introduce  into your system at your own peril


 agination, beyond human l ove, timeless and eternal, no be ginning andno end. It was c loser to me tha n my own self—closer to wha t I had ever
thought of myself or my personal identity as myself. That Infinite Love was
the core of who I was and had always been. It was an eternal Foreverness. In th at s tate, you realize that what you are is Eternal, Infinite Love. The
Reality of that which you are is not dif ferent from Infinite, absolutely
Perfect Love, with no beginning and no end. That is the Revelation of the
T ruth of  your own existence. That is the truth of everyone’ s exi stence. That
which you are is Infinite Love, which has existed forever and has no
beginning and no end. All that is needed right now is for you to realize that. The state occurred spontaneously, without thought, with no pronouns,
with no warning. In today’ s wo rld, people read this and then start looking
for a snowbank to experience i t, as if the place “caused” it to happen. Or
they ma ke a “holy” snowbank w here it occurred. (The snowbank eventually
melted, thankfully, so no one can put a holy placard in front of it. ) It was a
very profound realization, beyo nd all learning, having nothing to do with
religion or theology. There is no connection between the line ar realm of
religion and the nonlinear realm  of the mystic. One involves thinking, and
the other is beyond it. The mystic state is that of surrendering to the Self, to the ca pacity of
Divinity within to reveal Itself. And it reveals Itself when it is  karmically
propitious to do so, not necessarily when you want it to happen. It can
happen at very inconvenient t imes. Y ou may find yourself completely
incapacitated, si tting there in a state of bliss on a rock, unable to get up,
move, o r leave. The police may come and cart you of f to a hospital, but in
that state you have no say in the matter. The mystic who has realized the Self and then stays in the world to serve
a tea ching function is referred to as a sage. Self-realization, on the Map of
Consciousness, encompasses the levels 700 and up, with Raman a Maharshi
and Nisagardatta Maharaj as examples of the sage. In that state, one sees the
world in its essence. The sage tells you, “The world you see does not exist. ” This statement
confounds the ordinary mind, which assumes that its percep tions of the
world are exactly the way the world is. But the sage sees beyond
perception, whi ch is based on the illusion of separateness, and instead
witnesses the unity of all phenomena. The expressions of the rain may look
like separate raindrops; however, the rain is one. On the level of ordinary dualistic perception, there needs to be a “this”
causing a “that. ” There is always a victim and perpetrator. What would
politics be without a victim and perpetrator. The life stories of most people
turn on the drama of “they did  this to me. ” There is always a n oppressor
causing harm to the innocent on e. In contrast, the mystic sees the unity and
the truth beyond causation, beyond perception, which is emer gence. Emer gence means there is no conflict between evolution and creation,
because creation expresses itself as evolution. The Infinite Field, out of
which all phenomenal existence  arises, is the field of consciousness itself,
which is  inheren tly compassion ate and just, for “Love is the Ultimate Law
of the Universe”  (statement calibrates at 750). The field and the phenomena
are one dynamic whole, simultaneously creation and evolution. The field of
consciousness, in other terminology, is called the Buddha-nature. The field, the Buddha-nature, the state of Infinite Love, is always present,
awaiting your realization. It i s always complete. It does not go from
incomplete to complete. It is complete right from the beginning. When I lay
in the snowbank, the state was complete, instantly once and fo r all. It did
not start, get louder and louder, and creep up my legs. Sudd enly, out of
nowhere, I was in a totally dif ferent realm and it was beatific. The only
reason I  left that state was to re lieve my father ’ s agony. He ca me looking
for me in our old Model A Ford, tracing my paper route. I was in this state
of bliss, and the next thing I knew my father was shaking my ankle: “Dave,
Dave. ” I could see he would have been grief-stricken if I had n ot breathed
again. H e might have blamed hi mself for my death. So, out of lo ve for him,
I br eathed and reowned the body. The only alternative to that state of
Infinite Love, then, was another  form of love, personal love, and placing it
in front of Divine Love. The inner state of the mystic ultimately cannot be described. It
transfigures all life like a Light has come on that illuminates a ll existence,
and the Radiance makes it dif ficult to function. One learns how to live with
it in a s eminormal fashion. W ith concentration, one can fool most of the
people most of the time—looking at them respectfully and sayin g, “Oh yes. Uh-huh. That’ s right. Y eah. Mm-hmm. ” Most people never know what they
are in the presence of, just as they are unaware of their own inner Self. In contradistinction to the intellectual approach in religious education,
what we  are describing here i s the inner path. It arises from within. A
religious education can set the s tage for it, but it does not cause it. One canstudy theology day in and day out, and that study will not necessarily
precipitate an inner spiritual rea lization. However, if there is an interest in
religion, plus a certain motivation, the inner path becomes activated. The
great saints of C hristianity demonstrate that scriptural study, w orship, and
the d evotion to r eligion can end up as a mystical inner awarenes s. Suddenly
the word s dissol ve in the Realization of the inner T ruth. They call it Unio
mystica, the mystical union of self and Divinity, a state of Divine Love. DIVINE ST A TES
This radical subjectivity may reveal itself as Agape, wh ich is the
lovingness for all existence. Bef ore you get to Agape, however,  there is the
state of Unconditional Love at 540. It  shows itself a s a lovingness for
nature, f or all people, a sensitivity to the beauty of everything that exists,
and a lovingness for all creatures in the animal kingdom. Y ou love one
animal j ust as easily as another. It is a lovingness for all life and all its
expressions. Go d is the source of all that is, without exception (c alibrates as
“true”). Everyth ing and everyone are a creation of God. Nothing exists that
is not a creation of God. As consciousness evolves, Divine  States are
calibrated as follows:
God Infinity
The Creator Infinity
Divinity Infinity
Archangel 50,000+
“I” as Essence of Creation 1,250
“I” of Ultimate Reality 1,000+
Christ, Buddhahood, Krishna,
Brahman1,000+
A vatar 985
Allness 855
God (Self) as Logos 850V oid 850
Nothingness 850
Oneness 850
Omniscience 850
Omnipresence 850
Omnipotence 850
Reality as Consciousness 850
Reality as A wareness 850
Self as Beyond Existence or
Nonexistence840
T eacher of Enlightenment 800
Arhat 800
“I”/Self-Divinity as Allness
(Beatific V ision)750
Sage—Self as God Manifest 700
Self as Existence 680
“I Am” 650
Enlightenment 600
Reality as W itness/Observer 600
Sainthood 575
Reading of such states naturally ignites an interest in experiencing them. The Ma p of Consciousness may  be viewed as a map of the journey to that
ultimate human destiny, which  is, finally, an inner path. Concepts and
teachings that calibrate below 600 are comprehensible to the majority of
people, a nd the teachings in the calibration range of the 500s (L ove) have a
major influence. Although the perfection of Love to the level of
Unconditional Love at calibrati on 540 is reached by only 0. 4 percent of
today’ s overall world population, it is nonetheless comprehended as a real,
experiential possibility, and exceptional individuals who continue to evolvein consc iousness to the high 50 0s are termed “saints,” thereby serving as
models for humanity as a practical goal. The spiritual ecstasy of the very
high 500s is a lso


fully carried out can not, and still more radiation
exacerbates it. 4. As shown by case studies, radiation
and radionukleotidy derived from the human body for only 12 -
14-day hunger wet or dry for 5-7 days. At the same person
much less to lose weight than normal fasting. as a result of
mentioned processes that occur during starvation, fully
solved the problem of radiation exposure. and indeed, after
Chernobyl, an academician AI V orobiev decided to use starvation
to people affected by acute radiation sickness (when formed
ulceration in the gastrointestinal tract). Bone marrow transplantation
and the use of a powerful antibiotic in such cases is almost
hopeless, but because of famine affected people are restored
their health. For the first time in world practice, the method of fasting helped
in the case where the powerless have been others, most modern
(American, Japanese) treatment options! and no wonder, since these
treatment options - the fruit of artificial reasoning, and famine -
natural process, nothing to do with them not having. 135
135After such entry pass to the main question - why
positions are held at certain times of the year? If we combine
the date of the posts and signs of the zodiac, we see that three of the
four positions account for "fire signs". Christmas
post (40 days) accounted for a sign of Sagittarius. Lent (48
days) at the sign of Aries. Assumption (14 days) on the sign of Leo, and
Petrova duration of fasting, is not constant and varies
8 to 42 days. This fluctuation is caused by adjustment to
natural rhythms. during the active sun, when a lot of energy,
expectancy increases. in cold years, on the contrary,
terms of hunger are reduced. There's no gag -
all the laws of nature. during these periods the Earth from space
falls increased the amount of energy, acting like
radioactive, may upset the body works. Remember
work AL Chizhevskogo "Terrestrial Echo of Solar Storms, and more immediately
become clear. If at this time to fast, then the space and increased
amount of solar energy will go to creating, enhancing
biosynthesis. If you still continue to eat, the energy is not
assimilating to cause destruction of cells, and free radicals
would be depressing effect on the cells, undermining the standard of
potential of the whole organism. But bacteria and viruses in this period
from an abundance of energy is converted into an active state, and successfully
attack the weakened body. It was at this time worldwide
observed in the influenza epidemic (spring and early winter) and cholera
(Summer). during the active sun, these processes become so
pronounced that in the middle of this century died out
majority of the population of Europe! You can starve in a different time
year, but the combination of high natural energy and hunger gives
best effect by activating the "fiery principle, which
when hunger is quenched. The ancient sages have used everything and gave
the best advice, we can only follow them. Protection against adverse environmental factors
Together with native toxins formed
in the body during fasting and displays brought about poisons
- Captivated by our way of life chemistry, from the poisoned atmosphere of
water and foods. But this, however, be expected. in our
environmental conditions, these facts can not be ignored. But
Fasting also gives a remarkable preventive effect. More
long after the dry hunger maintain the highest
protective potential, with the same periodic fasting person
becomes virtually invulnerable to nitrates, phenols, sulfur
gas and nuclear power plants. Cancer prevention
When I was studying for an RTD with Professor YS Nikolaev
He told me about an interesting experiment. Students
Stavropol Medical Institute 120 white rats divided them into 4 groups. 136
136One-control, and three others exposed 3-day-starvation. The first of these three sarcoma grafted to starvation, the second during
him, and the third-after. Did not starve the control group died
completely. Of the 30 individuals who have planted sarcoma before the experiment,
killed half of the 30 who were injected in the period of fasting -
third. All those who have had injections, after starvation, were
alive. As I wrote, during the dry fasting survive the most
strong, viable cells, so even short-term
Dry fasting is a major preventive measure
against malignant tumors. Another wonderful effect
Hunger was possible to fix the American scientist. They studied
the influence of starvation on the development of severe forms of cancer. Animals
divided into two groups - experimental and control. Control group rats were exposed to radioactive
radiation. Dose was selected so as not to cause rapid death
animals, but within 2-3 weeks after irradiation, all had cancer
blood. Another group - a pilot - were more fortunate. Until
exposure the animals were receiving the full fasting. Seemed
would be weakened by fasting the body must react to this
negative impact is even more acute, the disease should be more
severe. But the results were diametrically opposed! in the experimental group compared with the control of
diseased rats decreased by 70%. Update energy? As I wrote the water - one of the best energy-
carriers. This is achieved through a unique molecular
water structure and variability of its cluster structure. Also
scientists had proved that in the human body long before the
symptom onset form local sites
"Heavy" water, water with the wrong structure - pathological
zone. Any evil eye, damage, or simply human jealousy, in short all
Negative energy is in these pathological areas. During dry fasting is replacing the old
"Dead" water for high-quality, energy-date,
"Living" water, synthesized by the body. Dry starvation - is primarily a spiritual work is strengthened,
designed for cleaning the body and soul from the parasites of
these entities, which also serves to strengthen the willpower
and to strengthen the power of positive thinking in the early stages
evolution. Dry hunger burns evenly all the organs of the body
all unfit for its evolution, not only in the mechanical
Plan, but spiritually. Since after a minimum of 7-10 days
negative energy essence, feeling his death in
lack of food, start leaving you. Because they can not stand
dry hunger and positive vibrations emitted by you. Especially
if you underpins all positive cases. Dry hunger
137
137gives the amount of energy. It sounds incredible: how is it, man
nothing to eat, spending power, and its energy increases? But the paradox
no. Being deprived of food organic, organism strongly
begins to absorb the subtle energy of the cosmos and the Environment
environment. with the same transition to normal food triggered effect
sverhvosstanovleniya - the body more intensely than before starvation,
gains energy, good for this there are all possibilities. Indeed, thanks to starve to clean the chakras and energy channels of the
which many abilities. After exiting the fast sleep
reduced to 4-5 hours, a man literally gaining strength, it
bubbling overflowing its energy. This is a remarkable state
permanently preserved, if one adheres to a healthy diet, doing
exercises come on the air and sun. Special effects
Here are the gifts that each receives from the dry fasting together
with recovery from his illness and muchivshey that - not one of them! - Of course, impossible without a deep refreshment and calm all
organism. - In the first place rather increases the total receptive
ability - increases tactile, skin sensitivity,
enhanced sense of smell, which gives interesting effects. Possible through a shop window to feel, perceive taste
lying there products know that it's an egg in the fridge already
stale, remotely perceived "disorder" in the products,
which in fact may simply be an excess of preservatives. expressed in the case of strengthening the perception there is no problem to guess
that roll up in a tin can without a label. - During the famine practically stops sweating -
skin turns from highlighters in aspirator, in which case,
interaction with any substance is not enough that it quickly
begins absorbed, even in the mouth can taste it
substance. So if you still have to during the hunger strike
do the cooking for others, it is possible to
"Touch" to determine whether enough salt in the soup. But here's the dough kneading - business
ungrateful, oil will be absorbed into the hands, not in cooking. - Very strong increases intuition, the man at the time of passage
dry fasting as a cat begins to feel abnormal
or, conversely, healing energy zone. Interestingly, the
every person they own. - Sometimes the open telepathic abilities, people start
understand each other without words. - Those who are hungry on a regular basis, notice, that starvation is developing
willpower. Unshakable determination, of course, necessary to
success in any difficult endeavor. Abstinence from food and water
24 hours makes a person stronger mentally and prepares
to make an informed choice to do and then act with a firm
determination. 138
138- Fasting awakens (often lost) sense of what kind of
amount of water and food is reasonably necessary to maintain
life. During the fasting person feels
some suffering. On the one hand, it is a natural way
develop compassion for others who suffer from hunger
and living hand to mouth. Only experiencing the same thing for yourself, you


You are vaccinating yourself either way. {3}
URine TbeRap(V
Otbeuwise Known as
Sbivarnbu -Arnauoli -Manav Mootua
URoteuapia {Spanisb}
Lets Recap
Let Us StaRt again at Conception
At conception our entire cell growth and later organ growth
was aided within the embryonic fluid. This embryonic fluid in the second month is the core aid
in the proper growth of our lungs. This embryonic fluid is made up of urine first from the Mother
and later the fluid is of urine from that mostly of the child as well. After birth it has been taught by society that urine is a waste product. Dirty. Uric acid. Horribly pungent in smell. Let's use reason. SOLID excretions are in fact waste product that is mixed with liquid. Consider Urine. This liquid portion voided to the outside of the body is Gods pharmacy. It is specifically made with our private, specific code attached for
our protection to the body. It is not dirty. The fact is that it is the serum of our blood. It is not only a clean substance but also a sterile substance. 18 It consists for the most part of water {95%} and for the remaining part
beneficial substances which have just been micro-filtered by the body's
finest natural filters. Millions of filters. Urine is filtered blood. It is our "Medicine". Consider Urine as our personal "House Pharmacy". How can you loose? It is only the social stigma that you may be
aggressively holding onto that will keep you from a
very healthy life. Cotttet\ts \Vitl1itt Vrittc
RemembeRing Uuine is tbe plasma o~ Bloob
Snorganic $ubsfanc~s
Chloride, Sulfur, Phosphorus, Bicarbonate, Bromide, Fluoride, Calcium,
Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Mercury, Lead, Cobalt, Copper and
others per Human dependent on supplements taken. Nifrog~n-confaining subsfanc~s
Nitrogen, Serotonin, Urea, Choline, Carnitine, Creatine, Dopamine,
Adrenaline, Creatinine, tryptamine, bilirubin,
and others per Human dependent on supplements taken. Gmino Gcias
Alanine, methionine, Glycine, Histitidine, Leucine, Lysine, Carnosine,
Serine, Hydroxyproline, Menthionine Galactosylhydroxylysine, Tyrosine,
Valine,, Phenylalanine and others dependent on foods consumed. F'rof~ins
lgA, lgM, lgG, Haptoglobin, Albumin, Transferrin
And others per Human dependent on foods consumed. &nzym~s
Urokinase, Alpha-amylase, Lactatdehygrogenase, Gamma
glutamyltransferase, Alpha-amylase, Uropepsinnogen, Lysozyme,
Protease, Beta-N-acetyglucosiminidase, and others per Human dependent
on supplements and food consumed. 19 ~arboq)?araf~s
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immediately and not longer than ten minutes later after release
for best results. Best at nighttime. Prior to bed. Urine is sterile as it is released. That is your pharmacy, your medical support. As it hits the oxygen in open air the urea breaks down in the liquid and
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22 48 hours if not the first 24 hours. Your hair will pleasure the rinsing at night of fresh warm Urine immediately
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that many will question what do you do to have such beauty. You will need to consider what you will say when asked by friends,
your best friend, your boss, and strangers. Oh yes, your spouse. What will you tell him when he asks why he or she is


,
that their threats aren’ t working, most relinquish control. Not without a
fight though. ”
She nodded. “I can handle it,” she said. “He won’ t like it one bit, but I’m prepared to
face his anger. It’s not going to stop me. I’ve got my support group, and the
women there are encouraging me. I finally have got a strong network of
friends who will stand by me. ”
We discussed how it was perfec tly normal for Jed to resist change. No
one makes significant changes  without some resistance. This is to be
expected. Resistance is a natural part of the change process. If you understand this
and expect it, you are likely to tolerate the stress of it better. When you
realize that you resisted change, you are better able to understand that he
will resist change too. He has to go through the same process you have gone
through. We don’t leap into change. We inch into it, sometimes kicking and
screaming. Why  should we expe ct anything less from a man whose world is
about to be turned upside down. Kat and I discus sed how her husband had to go through the process of
resistance. Resistance—actually a stage of grieving—is a necessary step
toward ultimate acceptance and change. “He will have to see and feel that you mean business,” I said. “It will be
natural for him to resist your change and push back. It’s worke d before, so
why not now. He’ll test you to see if you mean business. Expec t him to try
to bargain with you, offering a token of change. At that point it is critical
that you not accept anything less than what you need. You will never have
more influence than when you leave and he is left floundering. ”
“What do you mean. ” she asked. “What I have seen thousands of times is that when women become
strong and courageous enough  to leave, their mate feels threatened and
struggles to regain control. If they cannot regain control they may act
erratically. Your husband may become angrier. However, when  he realizes
you are not going to back down, he will likely come to the stark realization
that the only path is through  the problem, not around it. The only path for
him is to squarely face what you are insisting upon. Change. Now. ”Kat sat silently. Her conviction seemed to crumble. “Am I doing the right thing. ” She looked suddenly scared. She was going through very natural doubts and fears, reconsidering her
course of action. Taking the leap of change nearly always comes with
doubts. We cannot fully predic t what will happen, and it’s a lot easier to
cling to the world we know rather than face the one we don’ t. “I can’t tell you what is right or wrong, Kat,” I said. “You need to act on
your own convictions. This is a time to listen carefully to the Lord and His
promptings. Do you have peace about your decision. ”
“I have thought a lot about the Scripture that says, ‘The peace of God,
which transcend s all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in
Christ Jesus. ’”
“Yes,” I said. “That is a great promise. ”
“Do you think what I’m doing is sound.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the first step in the healing process?,
A: Grieving your losses
Q: What is the author's advice for those who are struggling to make changes in their lives?,
A: I remind myself that I'm doing the best I can, and I must look forward, not backward.
Q: What is the author's message in the chapter "Recovering from Narcissistic and Emotional Abuse"?,
A: The message is that change begins with you, and you have the power to make choices that will lead to a blessed life.
Q: What is the author's advice for those who are struggling to accept the truth?,
A: I must admit I wasn't always pleasant about it, but I finally adjusted, and I realized that change is difficult, but it is necessary for ultimate freedom.
Q: What is the author's advice for those who are struggling to make progress in their healing journey?,
A: I have learned to pay attention to right now, and that is what this chapter is about.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>I had gone over their guarantee in detail with them, making
sure I would be satisfied with the agreement. I walked out of the phone store with a smile and a new phone. All was
right with the world as my yearning for the latest tech gadget had been
satisfied. My excitement, however, was dashed quickly as I discovered aspects of
the phone I didn’ t like. Not one to make a hasty retreat, I decided to give
my new relationship with the phone a few days to settle in, to see if we
might grow in fondness to each other. We didn’t, and a few days later, still well within the guarantee period, I
headed back to the phone store.“I’m not happy with this phone,” I told the stony-eyed clerk. “What’ s the problem?” she asked. “Not one thing,”  I said. “I just don’t like the way the phone functions. It
isn’t what I hoped for. I’m going to shop for a new phone.”
“Oh,” the clerk said. “If the phone is functioning right, we can’t take it
back.”
“What?” I asked incredulously. “I was told there was a money-back
guarantee if I didn’ t like the phone.”
“No,” she stated  bluntly. “There has to be a malfunction with the phone
for the guarantee to go into ef fect. W e would then of fer a replacement.”
“But that wasn’ t the agreement,” I pleaded. “I’m afraid it is,” she said. “That is company policy, and there is
nothing I can do about it.”
“I’d like to talk to the manager,” I protested. “She’ s not in today, but I can give you her card,” she said. I took her card and made one final plea. “So there is really nothing you
can do?” I asked. “No, I’m sorry.”
She didn’t look sorry, act sorry, or seem sorry. I was annoyed, to say the
least. I went home and comp lained to my wife, who offered sincere
sympathies, having dealt with unscrupulous and dissatisfying phone and
cable companies herself. Over the next several days, I made phone calls and had lengthy
discussions, but to no avail. My wife and I discussed our options and settled
on small claims court. It would be David taking on Goliath, but that was
how it had to be. I spent days collecting data, preparing for court. I was sure of my
position and knew I was in the right. Still, I was taking on a giant of a
company that was not backing down. To make  a long story short, I remained convinced and convicted that
this company should be held accountable to their policies. I decided I
needed to fight this battle, preserve my dignity and boundaries, and
proceed. Right makes might, right? In the end, David won. What was important, however, was not the
victory but preserving my dignity. I made another statement to those in my
world about how I wanted to be treated. I recouped my money, chose adifferent phone company, and protected my boundaries—the theme of this
important chapter. What Ar e Boundaries? There is a lot of confusion swirling about regarding boundaries. With
everyone clamoring for their rights, healthy boundaries get lost in the mire. Boundaries—markers of the space between where you end and I begin
—are not what most people think about. We feel the impact of poorly
defined boundar ies. We feel the result of someone barging their way into
our world or our head, and then we react. It’s time to stop reacting and to start methodically consideri ng your
values and what you want prote cted from others. Then you can get on with
the task of setting and enforcing those boundaries. Allow me to again define boundaries. I believe it is a very
misunderstood concept. Boundaries are what separate you from me. They are like fences that set
you and what is important to you apart from me and what is important to
me. You have your house and yard, and I have mine. I may invite you over
to play—using the gate in the fence—and you may invite me over to play as
well as long as I honor what is important to you. Boundaries—that fence
with the gate—allow me to come and go and allow you to come and go
with safety and dignity. Townsend and Cloud note, “Bou ndaries help us distinguish our property
so that we can take care of it. They help us to ‘guard our heart with all
diligence.’”2
Talking about boundaries is easy; implementing them is another matter. Depending on how you’ve been  raised and the models you’ve had in your
life, boundaries may not be part of your thinking and vocabulary. As a
result, you may make mistakes like these:
1. Failing to define your values. If you haven’ t spent time reflecting on
what is important to you or don’ t evaluate what you want protected,
you are not likely to protect it. For example, if having freedom to
make personal choices is important, you won’ t know to protect


 to warm, the temperature
typical of late spring through early fall. This can also be done
sitting inside your house naked with the windows open. Do not use
this practice as a way to exciting your sexual fantasies as it will
waste the chi. Think about how healthy you feel. HARMONIOUS ENERGY FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL
In Chinese practice Heaven is Yang or male and Earth is Yin or
female. When both lovers are of the same sex, there are two poles
of Yang (homosexuals) or Yin (lesbians). There is an inherent im-
balance in this type of relationship which favors instability and
violence, and blocks progress to higher levels of balancing sexual
energy. To attain a more harmonious balance it is essential for those
that love their own sex to find a source of the opposite type of
energy; otherwise, they will receive too much imbalanced force.252 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Fortunately, there are sources of female energy which the
male may absorb to his great benefit. Likewise there are available
means whereby the lesbian may obtain additional yang energy. This is because man and woman are not the only sources of yin and
yang but small reservoirs of these energies which stream through
creation. The key is in the very first line of this chapter: heaven is male
and earth is female. Thus the man who needs yin energy but prefers
not to receive it from its human container will absorb it from the
earth; and woman will draw in the male potency from its source,
the heavens. For the man to draw in the yin energy, he lies belly down,
embracing the earth. One leg is straight and one bent at the knee. He will pull in the energy from the earth. He must try to have no
sexual thoughts. The genitals should not touch the ground, but
hang a little above it. Relax and gather your concentration by
breathing deeply in and out through the nose. Think the power
DIAGRAM 38
The earth, yin energy can be gathered
using this palms down position. Think the earth energy
up into the penis, up past Hui-Yin into the spine
up the back to the head.Exercises To Increase Male Potency 253
from the earth slowly into the penis. This basic practice applies to
man: think the power up through your breathing. As you inhale, draw the power up as if you were absorbing up
fluid in a Straw: the fluid is the power and the straw is the penis. From the penis draw it past the hui yin, chang-chiang, and up the
back to the head. Store the yin power in the head. In due course it
will overflow the crown and move down the front of the body and
return to the hui yin. When this point is reached, you may bring it
up the front of the body to the navel and work the centers navel,
solar plexus and heart, respectively, in the manner described in the
Yin-Yang Exchange. Put away all obsessive erotic thoughts or it
will cause the power to drain out. HOW TO ABSORB SEXUAL ENERGY FROM THE SUN
Throughout the civilized world there is an increasing enthusiasm
for nudism and nude sunbathing. Our body can in fact absorb en-
ergy from nature. Some parts are more absorptive of the life energy
than other parts. The lower part of the body, penis and testes
especially, can absorb more power than other lower parts (per-
ineum and Hui Yin). During the course of civilization, man has hidden the re-
productive organs as secret things. So we have what is commonly
called "underpants" and "panties" to protect from the outer
world. That is the part that can absorb much natural energy to
strengthen the body or greatly increase force and endurance in sex
life. The more we keep it hidden from nature the weaker the parts
will be. It will effect your entire body deleteriously. This method of absorbing the solar power into the penis is
regarded as top secret and rarely revealed. Practice: Morning sun from 7 to 11 is much preferred or 3 to 6
in the afternoon. If the sun is not too strong we can gradually
absorb its power into the glans (head) of the penis much easier. To expose to the sun, hold stem of the penis with one hand
and use it to rub the glans until penis is erect. Put it down facing
towards the sun and imagine the power coming into the glans,
absorbing it, so that it fills the organ with warm power. It will fill
the entire organ with energy if your thought is properly concen-
trated. When your penis softens, do the whole procedure again. Do
this exercise three to four times.254 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Pull the testes up and expose them to the sun. Use your right
hand to rub the Hui-Yin and imagine the power being absorbed
through the Hui-Yin to the whole genital region, and especially the
testes. Rub the testes with both hands gently for a few minutes. Rub the stem of the penis (which is beneath all the glands) and the
prostate gland by using one hand to hold the testes up and the other
to rub gently. Start with 5 to 10 minutes and increase gradually up
to, at most, one hour. This may require months to attain. The lower part of the body is rarely exposed to sun. Moderate
exposure to the sun, in this way, is a preventative measure against
skin disease in this part of the body as well as a strengthening
measure. This sensitive part will feel much stronger and less sen-
sitive, thus reducing the difficulty of withholding or retaining the
seminal fluid. DIAGRAM 39
Massage the testes,
Expose Hui-Yin
(Perineum) to the Sun
for a few minutes.I
Hui-Yin. The gate of
death and life; perineum
When rubbing the glans, start with light rubbing and don't
heat too much. When rubbing the Hui-Yin begin gently and gradu-
ally; take care not to injure yourself. Injuries to the reproductive
organs are the hardest to cure. Be sure to be in a covered place and don't show other people,
so that you don't get in trouble. Some people might find these
meditations and hygienic practices provocative. These exercises
will greatly help reduce premature ejaculation, impotence, and
nocturnal emissions. The second position I recommend is the "head stand",
"shoulder stand", or lying on the back with hands under back ofExercises To Increase Male Potency
DIAGRAM 40255
Sucking in the
Sun's energy
fills the organ
with warm power
Circulate the Solar
energy inside the Microcosmic
Orbit
lower thighs to hold the anus, Hui-Yin, scrotum, and penis up to
the sun. People never expose these parts to the sun though they are
highly permeable to energy and readily draw it into the body. Male and female reproductive organs are never exposed to
solar energy. Yet the organs are very powerful. They can expel
energy or absorb it in from the universe, but because man ignores
this method by wearing clothing that close this way of absorbing
power from the universe. The best position is the head stand, with
the two legs facing down. Absorb with your mind the solar power
through the anus and penis in from both directions to the prostate
and then forward into the scrotum. Keep the scrotum warm and try
not to expose too much at first; start with 1 or 2 minutes. Do not
absorb excess heat, because the scrotum can't be too hot or the
sperm cells will die, and that defeats our purpose.CHAPTER 16
ACUPUNCTURE, MOXIBUSTION
AND HERBS CAN HEAL
WEAKENED SEXUAL ENERGY
ACUPUNCTURE-MOXIBUSTION METHOD TO HEAL
IMPOTENCE
Moxibustion is a very old Chinese tradition more than 5,000 years
old. It is a way of increasing the chi energy to stimulate the glands,
organs, nerves, and circulation of blood using heat applied to acu-
puncture points. Moxa or moxa-rolls can be bought from a Chinese
store selling acupuncture equipment. You can also use a cigar or a
cigarette, but the moxi-roll is better, although both will give you a
lot of smoke in the house. You can also use a fish tank heater
attached to a long glass tube. The best way to overcome impotence is to generally keep
oneself healthy and to protect oneself from excessive sexual stim-
ulation, which will only fan the flames of your feeling of impotence. You should abstain from sex for a period, make sure you sleep and
eat well until your health and sexual potency recovers. If you
modify your life-style to allow a renewal of your life energy, moxi-
bustion and acupuncture can be used to quicken the recovery of
your potency by aiding the flow of chi energy to your hormonal
system and reproductive organs. You can treat yourself at most points, but should probably
obtain a good book on acupuncture or moxibustion to aid you with258 Taoist Secrets Of Love
the location of the points described here. DO NOT moxa any
points on the body at random, as some are forbidden to moxa heat
as dangerous. Without further instruction, you should moxa only


2.14: “Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long
time, without break, and in all earnestness.” Let the practice be the
outcome. Once you understand the power of each asana, you can begin to
use these poses as tools to reinvent your body, resurrect your soul, and live
in the light that is your birthright. OceanofPDF.comSIMPLE STANDING POSES
The poses that fall under this category are stabilizing,
neutralizing, and highly effective for creating steadiness in
the legs, openness in the heart, and lightness in the mind. They are beneﬁcial for beginners and therapeutic for
anyone with balance issues or injuries that affect the
knees, low back, shoulders, or neck. OceanofPDF.comMOUNTAIN POSE: TADASANA
Overview:  Tadasana is the foundation for all the other poses. Like a mountain, this pose is strong and steady. This pose helps us
to embody stability through our feet and our legs. At the same
time, we are also establishing a connection to the inﬁnite
intelligence of the universe through the crown chakra. When we
understand our physical habits in Tadasana, we can see how they
play out in all the other postures and life in general. To stand in
Tadasana is to stand in our power, in our presence, in our own
sovereign self. How-to:  Come to a standing position with your feet inner-hip
distance apart and the heels behind the widest part of your feet. Now lift your toes off the ﬂoor, spread them apart, and lower them
back down. Feel as if you could suction the Earth up through the
soles of your feet so that you activate your quadriceps and lift thepelvic ﬂoor slightly. Firm your lower abdominal muscles slightly to
support your lower back and feel the side ribs expanding with your
breath. Now let your palms face forward and feel spaciousness
across your collarbones. Allow your head and neck to ﬂoat freely
on top of your spine. Benefits:  Physically, Tadasana strengthens the ankles, legs,
lower abdomen, buttocks, and back muscles. It tones the pelvic
ﬂoor and aligns the spine for proper posture. Energetically, Tadasana helps to create a balance between
steadiness and ease. It brings us into satva guna, or homeostasis. When performed correctly, Tadasana balances all the chakras, but
it is speciﬁcally helpful in balancing the ﬁrst chakra. Engage mula
bandha. Increases apana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Relieves sciatica, helps with anxiety,
corrects poor posture, and reduces ﬂat feet. Helpful tips: Depending on the width of your hips and the
structure of your knees, you might need to move your feet a little
wider to ensure that they align with your inner hips. You can also
take a wider stance if you feel off-balance or use the wall or a chair
for support. To strengthen mula bandha, place a block or cushion
between your thighs (while standing in the posture). OceanofPDF.comUPWARD WORSHIP POSE: URDHVA HASTASANA
Overview:  Upward Worship pose is the blueprint for many of
the other chest openers that we practice in yoga. Bringing the
palms to touch, we merge the dualities of right and left. By gazing
toward the ceiling or the sky, we honor the inﬁnite intelligence that
is all around us. How-to:  From Mountain pose, inhale and lift the arms overhead,
lengthening through the side and the back of your body. Extend
through the elbows and ﬁngertips as you bring the palms together. Let your gaze lift slightly toward the thumbs, keeping the lower
abdomen engaged and the back of the neck long. Benefits: Physically, Upward Worship pose strengthens the legs,
the lower abdomen, and the upper back. It stretches the belly, the
rib cage, the chest, and the shoulders.Energetically, Upward Worship pose helps us to shift our
perspective. It is energizing and awakening, and can help elevate
our mood. It activates the ﬁrst, the fourth, and the ﬁfth chakras. Engage mula bandha and slight uddiyana bandha. Stimulates
prana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Helps with fatigue, asthma, and
indigestion. Helpful tips: If your shoulders are tight, bring your ﬁngertips
together to touch as you gaze up. You can also keep your arms
shoulder-distance apart or slightly wider. If you have any neck
issues, keep your gaze forward and your head in a neutral position. OceanofPDF.comCHAIR POSE: UTKATASANA
Overview:  We often refer to Utkatasana as “Chair pose” when, in
fact, the actual translation of the word from Sanskrit is “Fierce
pose.” This shape teaches us how to endure challenging situations
with a sense of patience, tolerance, and curiosity, tapping into the
truly powerful nature of our being, which is required for growth
and transformation. How-to:  From Tadasana, walk the inner edges of your feet in to
touch one another. Inhale, stretch your arms up alongside your
ears, shoulder-distance apart, and extend through your ﬁngertips. As you exhale, bend your knees, and allow your sit bones, or the
lower area of your pelvis, to move back toward the wall behind
you. At the same time, lift your hip bones away from your thighs
and feel the engagement of your lower abdominal muscles. Keep
the head and neck neutral and relax your jaw.Benefits:  Physically, Chair pose strengthens the ankles, the legs,
the buttocks, the lower abdomen, the upper back, and the upper
arms. It opens the chest and shoulders. Chair pose also stimulates
the abdominal organs, the diaphragm, and the heart. Energetically, Chair pose creates a strong sense of grounding
and stability. It enables us to explore our tolerance for discomfort
and how we respond to challenging situations. It activates the ﬁrst
chakra. Engage mula bandha and slight uddiyana bandha to help lift
udana. Stimulates samana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Helps reduce ﬂat feet; promotes the
rehabilitation of ankle and knee injuries. Helpful tips:  If your shoulders are tight, keep the arms parallel to
the ﬂoor, shoulder-distance apart. To help stabilize the legs, place
a block in between the knees. If balance is an issue, practice this
pose with your sacrum against the wall. OceanofPDF.comBLOWN PALM POSE: PARSVA URDVA HASTASANA
Overview:  Blown Palm pose is a graceful embodiment of the
palm tree, which can sway in the wind while remaining rooted at
the base. This pose teaches us how to be ﬂexible and ﬂuid, yet
steady and unwavering, to literally bend but not break. How-to:  From Mountain pose, stretch your arms overhead and
bring your palms together to touch. Interlace your last three
ﬁngers and thumb, keeping your index ﬁngers pointing straight up
toward the ceiling. As you inhale, lengthen through the side body,
and as you exhale, side-bend your torso over to your right,
pressing into your left foot. Keep your abdominal muscles
engaged to protect your lower back. Stay here and breathe,
lengthening both sides of your waist evenly. On your next inhale,
come back to center, keeping your arms overhead. As you next
exhale, side-bend to your left, pressing into your right foot. Inhaleand come back to center. On your exhale, lower both arms down
alongside the body. Benefits:  Physically, Blown Palm pose opens the outer hips. It
stretches the lower back, the waist, and the intercostal muscles
between the ribs. It also opens the shoulders and tones the
oblique abdominal muscles. Energetically, Blown Palm pose opens the ﬁrst and fourth
chakras. This pose helps to stimulate the body’s solar and lunar
energy channels, known as pingala and ida nadis, located on the
right and left sides of the body. Engage mula bandha and slight uddiyana bandha. Stimulates
prana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Blown Palm pose helps with asthma
and upper-respiratory congestion. It relieves sciatica and scoliosis
and can reduce the effects of ﬂat feet. Helpful tips: If your shoulders are tight, hold on to the wrist of
the opposite side from the one you are leaning toward. You can
also keep one hand down alongside your body while the opposite
arm reaches up and overhead, side-bending toward the side of the
lowered arm. OceanofPDF.comSTANDING HIP OPENERS
The greatest number of postures that we see in
modern yoga fall under this category. When done
correctly, these poses can simultaneously strengthen and
stretch most of the major muscle groups in the body. These poses are most beneﬁcial in building the muscles
of the quadriceps, which helps to prevent conditions such


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        Excellent and dramatic results with complete remission of symptoms were achieved in 28 cases, and marked improvement was observed in 52 cases, while 22 cases remained unimproved. Many of the patients treated with DMSO had been refractory to cortisone and antibiotic creams. A distinctly longer-lasting effect could be achieved when antibiotics such as tetracycline and erythromy -
cin dissolved in DMSO were applied. 33
Not all studies using topical DMSO for rotator cuff and tendinitis pain showed
positive results. In a year-long study involving 102 patients presenting with either medial or lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) or rotator cuff tendonitis were treated with topical applications of DMSO. Beneficial effects were assessed with respect to improvement in pain, tenderness or swelling, and increase in the range of motion. Forty patients treated with topical 70% DMSO aqueous solution did not report any more benefit from the drug than patients who received a 5% DMSO aqueous placebo solution. 34
A review of DMSO in otological conditions by Freeman35 in 1976 claimed that a
thorough review by him of the literature revealed no evidence that topical application of the drug was useful and concluded that although DMSO was not ototoxic, double-blind studies on patients with otological infections demonstrated that 90% DMSO 54 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
applied within the external auditory canal had no anti-inflammatory, antibacterial,
or analgesic properties, and there was no evidence that it potentiated the action of other medicines when mixed preparations were used. To support this conclusion, Freeman
35 cited 11 references in his review, most of which in fact supported the
opposite conclusion from that derived by Freeman,35 who referred to “many double-
blind studies” that demonstrated the lack of activity by DMSO but never once cited any of these reports or references. Such shoddy and scientifically lazy conclusions failing to cite any report in sup -
port of its tenet would haunt DMSO for years as the shroud of its mystique and sometimes enthusiastic hyperbole by its supporters grew exponentially to the degree of putting into question the credibility of many evidence-based and well-performed experiments, both basic and clinical, that showed either positive or negative findings for the actions of this molecule on a variety of models and systems. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), formerly known as reflex sympathetic
dystrophy and causalgia, is a chronic systemic disease characterized by intense neu -
ropathic pain out of proportion to the severity of the injury. 36 CRPS can result from
even a mild tissue trauma to an extremity, and when it does, it is typically character -
ized by swelling and severe pain of the extremity and by dramatic color and tempera -
ture skin changes. 37 There is no specific test that can diagnose CRPS, and diagnosis
is often made by the exclusion of similar pain conditions. CRPS is divided into two types: CRPS-1, which lacks demonstrable nerve lesions,
and CRPS-2, formerly known as causalgia, where the pain is generally neuropathic and more severe than type 1 and where evidence of nerve damage is present. 38
The specific cause of CRPS is not known for certain, but dysfunction or damage
to the peripheral or central nervous system (CNS) may follow a nerve injury after trauma or surgery. 39
Another theory is that CRPS is caused by an immune response that leads to the
changes seen in the skin (redness, warmth, swelling, and pain) involving proin-flammatory mediators such as TNF-alpha, interleukins 1 β, 2, 6, 8, and C-reactive
 protein,40–42 as well as increased systemic levels of proinflammatory neuropep -
tides, including substance P and bradykinin. 43 Other findings indicate that when
there are no clinical signs of peripheral nerve damage, posttraumatic focal CRPS-1 is nonetheless associated with significant loss of C-fibers and A- δ fibers in the
affected area. 44
About 50,000 new cases of CRPS are estimated to occur annually in the United
States alone (Bruehl), generally following surgery, simple fractures, crush injuries, and sprains. 38 When a limb is affected, loss of strength and decreased active range of
motion can disable the individual, resulting in continuous intense pain and psycho -
logical stress. In fact, the pain can be so intense in CRPS that it has the unfortunate honor of being described as the most painful syndrome or disease, scoring highest on the McGill pain scale (42 out of a possible 50), and considerably above such events as amputation of a digit and childbirth (see Figure 3. 1). After many randomized-controlled trials published, there is no clinical consensus
on how to treat or manage CRPS. 45
Pathophysiologically, oxidative damage by free radicals have been implicated in
the development of CRPS. 46 In addition, pain sensation that increases with time, 55 DMSO Clinical Pharmacology
also called wind-up, and CNS sensitization are important neurologic processes that
have been reported to be involved in the unfolding of CRPS. 47 In this regard, it is
interesting to note that elevated CNS glutamate levels promote wind-up and CNS
sensitization. 47
In addition, there is experimental evidence that demonstrates that N-methyl- d-
aspartate (NMDA) receptors are localized in peripheral nerves and appear to be activated following CRPS. 48 Moreover, there is compelling evidence that the NMDA
receptor has significant association in the CNS sensitization process involving CRPS. 49 This finding has led to the use of NMDA receptor blockers and free radical
scavengers as a primary target for neuropathic pain48 that can lead to central sensiti -
zation and wind-up  phenomena such as that seen in CRPS