pirin
was considered to be the ultimate miracle fever and pain reducer until it was
discovered that it causes the Reyes syndrome that can kill children and can also
cause severe abdominal bleeding in adults. The  fact  is  that  no  matter  how  much  research  or  how  many  amazing  or
successful  clinical  trials  have  been  performed  by  researchers  on  safe,
inexpensive medical approaches like urine therapy, if these therapies are not
perceived as profitable by pharmaceutical companies, they will simply not be
43'picked  up'  by  the  drug  companies  and  presented  for  government  approval,
which means that the public will probably never hear about the research or
receive the benefits of these substances, no matter how wonderful they are. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FIDA) does not generally research or test
medical  treatments itself  —  it  depends  on  private  companies  to  do  that. And
because  of  this fact,  the  FDA  does  not  have  firsts  hand  knowledge  of  which
treatments are effective and safe and which aren't; they rely on the company that
has developed the treatment to tell them which treatments should be marketed to
consumers. As the book, The Betrayal of Health reveals:
"The drug industry is a business. In a regrettable Catch-22, the main  sources of
information for the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry are the companies
themselves. The  'watchdog'  of  the  drug  industry,  the  Food  and  Drug
Administration, sets testing standards and then evaluates the test results submitted
by the companies. In determining whether a drug is'safe, the FDA does not perform clinical trials of
new drugs and only rarely runs toxicity tests. As a result, the FDA must make its decisions based on information provided by the
very  company  that  wants  to  market  the  drug. If  the  information  provided  is
fraudulent,  the  FDA  (and  the  public)  is  unlikely  to  find  out  about  it  until  a
significant problem occurs... Despite  the  conflict  of  interest  inherent  in  such  situations,  drug  companies
continue to be the major fonder of research on most common diseases and their
potential treatment.. And it is no surprise that the research focuses on finding new chemical methods of
managing disease — or at least symptoms. Indeed, could one expect A.H. Robbins
or SmithKline or Ciba-Geigy to fund research on therapies (such as nutrition) that
cannot be patented and will not significantly increase their market share?" The results of this unfortunate mix of medicine and money are reflected  by the lack
of attention given to research findings on urine and urea therapy. For example,
44urea,  has  been  shown  to  be  a  much  safer,  simpler,  less  expensive  and  more
effective diuretic  than the diuretic drug, Diamox (see Urea — New Use Of An Old
Agent,  next  chapter). Yet,  in  The  Physician's  Desk  Reference,  Diamox  is
mentioned  under  the  diuretic  category,  but  urea  isn't  —  unlike  simple  urea,
Diamox is a patented compound drug, insuring that the company's profits from the
drug will be maximized and protected. Another  example  of  how  money  and  medicine  don't  mix  is  the  conventional
medical community's treatment of medicinal herbs. There are numerous research
studies proving the effectiveness, safety and diverse medical applications of herbs,
yet  any  conventional  doctor  you  talk  to  will  tell  you  that  herbal  medicine  is
ridiculously unscientific and ineffective. Doctors tell you this, not because it's true, but because their medical Training is
completely  centered  around  drug  and  surgery  treatments  promoted  by  the
pharmaceutical industry
In the book, The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine, the author, Daniel
Mowrey, lists hundreds of scientific studies that not only validate the medicinal
effectiveness of herbs, but in many cases, prove that the natural herb or herbal
extract can be just as effective as its synthetic counterpart. For instance, the herb Cinchona was originally used for treating malaria and has
been clinically proven to be just as effective as the synthetic drug quinine - and the
herb is safe and non-toxic. But even though millions of pounds of Cinchona were imported for medical use
into the U.S. before the development of synthetic quinine, drug companies today
would  never  consider  recommending  or  advertising  Cinchona. Why? Because
synthetic drugs, unlike herbs or other simple medicines, can be patented and sold
for much more profit. And unfortunately, if the drug companies do not present a natural therapy such as
urine  therapy  to  the  FDA-for  approval  because  it's  unprofitable  for  them,  the
therapy doesn't get approved for use. That means that neither you or your doctor
will hear about it or use it. 45Urea is approved by the FDA and is used, as you've read, in several different
commercial forms. But urea itself is extremely inexpensive and non-patentable so
the truly important and often astounding medical breakthroughs using simple urea
in research studies have never been given proper recognition, even though the
researchers themselves have often stressed its importance and made repeated but
unsuccessful  attempts to  bring the information to the attention of  the  medical
community. Consumers, and especially doctors, over the last 50 years have been thoroughly
and  completely  indoctrinated  with  the  "a  drug  a  day  keeps  disease  away"
promotion of the drug companies, and have neglected the simpler, safer methods
like natural urine or urea therapy. But how do we know that our doctors are right
and that the drug companies are telling the truth when they say that the drugs we're
taking are safe and effective and will heal the health disorders that we're taking
them for? Chemical Drugs - How Safe and Effective Are They? Many people are afraid to try urine therapy because  it's not recommended by
conventional doctors. And our doctors, if we ask them, will  tell us that they've
never heard of it and if they have, they don't recommend it because it's never been
proven safe or effective, whereas the drugs they prescribe are scientifically proven
safe  and  effective  and  therefore  have  passed  FDA  approval  testing. Drug
companies and researchers tell us the same things about their drugs. And like the uninformed health-care consumers that so many of us are, we believe
them. But this information is, simply speaking, a big, fat lie. The statement that medical therapies like urine therapy or herbal medicines are
dangerous,  unproven  or  "quackery",  and  that  only  FDA  approved  drugs  and
therapies are safe and effective is a blatant falsehood. As you'll see after reading the research studies in the next chapter, not only does
urine therapy have enormous scientific proof and validity  on its side, but, unlike
drugs and surgery,  not one person has ever suffered adverse side effects or died
46while using urine and urea medicinally in nearly 100 years of scientific scrutiny
and use. On the other hand, of the more than edicin that are available to anyone at anytime
off  any  drug  store  or  grocery  store  shelf,  only  1/3  of  them  have  ever  been
demonstrated to be safe or effective and all are proven to have dangerous potential
side effects and overdoses can even cause death. And don't take my word for it. Listen to what a large group of medical research
scientists and doctors say about this issue in the book they wrote in 1983, entitled
Over The Counter Pills That Don't Work. This book is a real eye opener, and will
make you realize that just because a substance is FDA approved, available over the
counter in the store, or doctor recommended, it has not necessarily been proven
safe and effective:
"...Every  day,  on  television,  on  the  radio,  in  newspapers,  in  magazines,  drug
companies spend millions of your dollars to tell you about the wonders of their
special and 'unique' over the counter drugs..."
But fewer than ⅓ of these over the counter drug ingredients have been shown to
be safe and effective for their intended uses. In other words, many O TC [over-the-counter] drug products which you purchase
contain one or more ingredients which do not meet the Federal drug law standards
for safety, effectiveness, or both. Of the more than 1.0 billion dollars Americans spend each year on OTC drugs, at
least 3 or 4 billion dollars are wasted on grossly overpriced products or products
with ingredients lacking evidence of safety or effectiveness. Since all drug ingredients have risks, extra ingredients which aren't effective or
which lack evidence of effectiveness subject you to extra risks without providing
compensating benefits. So you are not only wasting your money when you buy
products with


projection of self-hatred onto “evil” others are common. It is the basis of
many psychosomatic illnesses. Shame (20) : Characterized by humiliation, as in “hanging your head in
shame. ” It is traditionally accompanied by banishment. It is destructive to
health and leads to cruelty toward self and others. In general, we can say that the lower end of the scale is associated with
lower vibrational frequencies: lower ener gy, lower power, poorer life
circumstances, poorer relationships, less abundance, less love, and poorer
physical and emotional health. Because of the low ener gy, such needy
people drain us on all levels. They tend to be avoided and find themselves
surrounded by people on the same level (e. g., in jail). As we let go of negative feelings, there is a progressive movement up
the scale to Courage and then beyond, with increasing ef fectiveness,
success, and more ef fortless abundance. W e tend to seek out such people. W e say they are “high. ” They give of f life ener gy to all living things around
them. Animals are attracted to them. They have a green thumb and
positively influence the lives of all with whom they come in contact. At the
level of Courage, the negative feelings have not all disappeared, but now
we have suf ficient ener gy to handle them because we’ve re-owned our
power and self-adequacy. The fastest way to move from the bottom to the
top is by telling the truth to ourselves and to others. The ener gy levels are also traditionally associated with the body ener gy
centers that are sometimes referred to as “chakras. ” The chakras are ener gy
centers through which “kundalini ener gy” is said to flow, once it is
awakened at the level of Courage (200). The ener gy centers (chakras) can
be measured by a variety of clinical techniques and sensitive electronic
instruments. On the Map of Consciousness, the chakras calibrate as follows:
Crown (600), Third Eye (525), Throat (350), Heart (505), Solar Plexus
(275), Sacral or Spleen (275), Base or Root Chakra (200). When we
relinquish negative feelings, the ener gy in our higher chakras increases. For
instance, instead of habitually “venting our spleen” (second chakra), we are
now described as “all heart” (fifth chakra). This ener gy system has a direct impact on the physical body. The
ener gy in each chakra flows out through channels called “meridians” to the
whole ener gy body, which is like a blueprint to the physical body. Each
meridian is associated with a particular or gan, and each or gan is associated
with a particular emotion. A negative emotion throws of f the ener gy
balance of its associated acupuncture meridian and related or gan. For
instance, depression, despair, and melancholy are associated with the liver
meridian, so these emotions tend to interfere with liver function. Every
negative feeling impairs a body or gan and, as the years go by, that or gan
becomes diseased and eventually fails to function. The lower our emotional state, the more negatively we influence not
only our own lives but also all of life around us. The higher the emotional
level of evolution, the more positive our life becomes on all levels, and we
support all life around us. As negative emotions are acknowledged and
surrendered, we get freer and move up the scale, eventually experiencing
predominantly positive feelings. All lower emotions are limitations and blind us to the reality of our true
Self. As we surrender our way up the scale and near the top, a new type of
experience begins to happen. At the very top of the scale, there occurs the
realization of one’ s true Self and the varying levels of Illumination. The
main importance of this is to note that, as we get higher and freer, what the
world calls spiritual awareness, intuition, and growth of consciousness
occur. This is the common experience of all who surrender their negative
feelings. They become more and more conscious. That which is impossible
to see or experience at lower levels of consciousness becomes self-evident
and stunningly obvious at higher levels. Understanding Emotions
According to scientific findings, all thoughts are filed in the mind’ s memory
bank under a filing system based upon the associated feeling and its finer
gradations (Gray–LaV iolette, 1982). They are filed according to feeling
tone, not fact. Consequently, there is a scientific basis for the observation
that self-awareness is increased much more rapidly by observing feelings
rather than thoughts. The thoughts associated with even one feeling may
literally run into the thousands. The understanding of the underlying
emotion and its correct handling is, therefore, more rewarding and less
time-consuming than dealing with one’ s thoughts. In the beginning, if one is unfamiliar with the whole subject of feelings,
it is often advisable to begin merely by observing them without any
intention of doing anything about them. In this way, some clarification will
occur about the relationship between feelings and thoughts. After there is
more familiarity, some experimentation can then occur. For instance, certain
areas of thoughts that tend to recur can be set aside and the feeling
associated with them identified. The feeling can then be worked with by
first accepting that it is there, without resisting it or condemning it. And
then one begins to empty out the ener gy of the feeling directly by letting it
be what it is until it runs out. Somewhat later, the former thoughts can now
be looked at and their character will be observed to have changed. If the
feeling has been totally surrendered and let go, usually all thoughts
associated with it will have disappeared entirely and been replaced by a
concluding thought which handles the matter quickly. For example, there was the case of a man who misplaced his passport
shortly before going to a foreign country. As the scheduled date of
departure drew closer and closer, his inner panic mounted. His mind raced
wildly, trying to think where the passport could have been misplaced. He
searched high and low. He tried various mental tricks to no avail. He
berated himself: “How could I have been so stupid as to lose a passport. Now there isn’ t time to get another one. ” As the fateful day approached, he
faced a real dilemma: no passport, no trip. Missing the trip had a lot of
negative consequences because it was both business and pleasure, and it
would have created a dif ficult situation. Finally, he remembered to do the
letting go technique. He sat down and asked himself: “What is the basic feeling that I’ve
been ignoring. ” T o his surprise, the basic feeling that came up was grief. The grief was associated with not wanting to be separated from someone he
dearly loved. There was also an associated fear of loss of the relationship,
or at least the weakening of it due to his absence. As he let go of the grief
and the associated fear, he suddenly felt at peace about the matter. He also
concluded that if the relationship couldn’ t handle a two-week absence, it
wasn’ t worth all that much anyway; so, there was really nothing at risk. As
soon as he felt at peace, he instantly remembered where the passport was. In
fact, it was in a place so simple and obvious that only unconscious blocking
could explain why he had not remembered it. Needless to say, all of the
thousands of thoughts about the missing passport, the failed trip and the
potential consequences instantly disappeared. His emotional state became
one of gratitude and happiness instead of frustration. Letting go can be very useful in everyday life situations, but its use in
life crises can be crucial in preventing and alleviating lar ge amounts of
suf fering. In a life crisis there is usually an overwhelm of emotion. The
crisis has tapped into one of our major areas of suppressed or repressed
feelings. In this situation the problem is not one of identifying the emotion
but how to handle the overwhelm. Handling Emotional Crises
Because this is a very dif ficult problem for most people, some details are
needed. There are several techniques to help move through emotional
disaster much more quickly, and with a better end result, than allowing it to
run out on its own. Recall the usual mechanisms that the mind consciously
uses to handle emotions, which are suppression (or repression), expression,
and escape. These are deleterious only when they are used without
conscious intent. In an overwhelm, it is often advisable to utilize them, but
doing so consciously. The purpose of this maneuver is to reduce the sheer
overwhelming quantity of the emotion itself so that it can be disassembled
and let go of in bits and pieces (this process is described below). Thus, in
this case, it is all right consciously  to push away as much of the emotion as
we are capable of at the moment. The emotion can be reduced in intensity
by sharing the feeling with close friends or mentors. By merely expressing
the feeling, some of the ener gy behind it is reduced. It is also alright in this
circumstance consciously to utilize escape mechanisms, such as going out
in a social situation to get some distance from the upset, playing with the
dog, watching television, going to the movies, playing music, making love,or whatever one’ s habit is under the


'pee', which are often more deeply rooted than we
think. Even though you may fully acknowledge that
drinking urine might be good for your health,
perhaps you cannot bring yourself to take that
first sip. Do not force yourself into anything; be
kind to yourself and give your body and feelings
time to adjust to the idea and the practice. While
44 Going With the Flow applying urine therapy, listen closely to your body
and feelings. Beatrice Bartnett presents us with some points
to think about as far as aversion to urine is con
cerned: Throughout the civilized world, blood and
blood products are used in the medical world with
out evoking the repugnance associated with urine. We often use prepacked cells, plasma, white blood
cells and countless other blood components. Urine
is nothing other than a blood product. We see ba
bies being breast-fed and we are not filled with re
pugnance. We drink cow's milk and eat cheese from
cows, goats and other animals without a second
thought. We eat dairy products in the form of blue
cheese (moulded) or as sour drinks such as yogurt
and buttermilk, not to mention all the other bizarre
things which are considered to be delicacies. Yet we cannot imagine drinking urine. As already
discussed, fresh urine simply contains the same sub
stances as those found in blood. What at one mo
ment can be excreted as your urine was part of your
blood just minutes before and flowed elsewhere
through your body, possibly through your tongue. If it is not poisonous or repugnant while in the
b10od, why is it suddenly so repulsive as urine? If it is not the colour (and it is not, because we
drink wine, beer and fruit juice of the same colour);
and if it is not the smell (and it is not, because we
consume considerable amounts of cheese which
smell much worse); and if it is not the temperature,
then perhaps it is the taste. How many people do
you know who have drunk enough urine to really
know what it tastes like? Probably not too many. Those who regularly drink their own urine say it minutes after drinking your urine. After a meal, wait
for at least an hour before drinking any urine. A higher level of hormonal discharge takes place
at night when the body completely relaxes and re
stores itself. Morning urine is therefore the most
rich in vital substances. No extra diet restrictions apply if you drink
one glass of morning urine per day, but a diet low
in salt and (especially animal) protein is prefer
able and it will ensure that your urine tastes and
smells milder. Drinking urine: once you are used to the taste, it's an easy,
safe and effective method. You can vary from a few drops up
to everything you pass. 46 Going With the Flow However, if you drink urine several times a day,
a diet low in protein and salt is essential. A lot of
fresh fruit and vegetables are recommended except,
of course, when you are fasting on just urine and
water, which method will be discussed next. In sec
tion4.6 The Influence of Food, I will discuss the influ
ence of food and drink on urine. 2. Fasting
Indication: Chronic diseases; cleansing and general
fasting. It is important to combine fasting with in"
tensive massage and enemas (see below). Only your own, fresh urine should be used. You
can fast on urine and water for one or more days;
Armstrong sometimes had his patients fast for up
. to forty-five days. It is advisable to consult a book
on fasting before starting, and to conduct longer
fasts under trained and, if necessary, medical
supervision. Fasting is in itself a very powerful method of
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        It has
subsequently been proven that this substance
destroys cancer cells. - A certain Dr. S. Burzynski isolated a peptide com
ponent in human urine called Antineoplaston. It
is now known that this substance selectively
combats the growth of cancer cells without fight
ing the growth of normal cells. (see also the let
ter of Dr. Burzynski to the urine therapy centre
in Ahmedabad, India, in Chapter 6). Many substances with an anti-cancer effect have
since been discovered in urine, a number of which
are listed and briefly discussed in Chapter 5. It has
been discovered that the substance laetrile (also re
ferred to as vitamin B17) is extremely effective in
the treatment of cancer. Although it was initially
not known how this substance could be produced,
it was subsequently discovered that when goats
The History of Urine Therapy in the West 21 persistent in his conviction and enthusiasm con
cerning urine therapy, probably because through
urine therapy, he cured himself of tuberculosis
which had been declared 'incurable'. Armstrong began urine therapy after a long and
agonising journey in which doctor after doctor
proved unable to cure him of his symptoms. On
the contrary, his condition only worsened. He de
cided to try urine therapy for two reasons. First of
all, a quotation from the Bible stimulated his curi
osity: "Drink water from your own cistern, flowing wa
ter from your own well. " (The Book of Proverbs 5: 15)
Secondly, he had childhood memories of his mother
smearing urine on his face which was swollen from
a bee sting, and of his grandfather treating animals
with urine. Armstrong is unclear as to whether this quota
tion from the Bible should be interpreted as he has,
but he does claim it to be the source of inspiration
for his beginning a forty-five day fast based exclu
sively on urine and water. He combined this fast
with massaging urine into his skin, based upon
what he found in another passage in the Bible, the
Gospel of Matthew 6:17-18: "But when you fast, anoint
your head and wash your face,. " He found that fast
ing was much easier and more pleasant if he also
massaged himself with (old) urine. After his own successful experience, Armstrong
treated hundreds of people with urine therapy. Only
after a number of years, and at the explicit request
of those he had treated, did he write a book about
his own experiences and knowledge. This is the
previously mentioned and praised book The Water
of Life. This book was and continues to be a great
20 The Water of Life source of inspiration for everyone who works with
urine therapy, both in the West and in the East. As mentioned above, Armstrong realised all too
well that his message was not in keeping with the
prevailing scientific dogma. Unfortunately, his
worthwhile results did not stimulate othei: doctors
in England to delve into this subject. Nonetheless, in other countries several attempts
have been made by doctors to bring urine treat
ments to a scientific level. They worked with urine
injections which were first performed with the in
vention of the hypodermic needle and syringe. This
method was applied in Europe as well·as in the. United States, which is apparent from The Physi
ological Memoirs of Surgeon-General Hammond, US. Army (1863) in which reference is made to this
method. These days few doctors give urine injec-:
tions; only Heilpraktiker (natural doctors) in Ger-·
11
many use this method regularly. They specifically
consider urine injections to be a worthwhile method:
of treating illnesses related to allergies. This appli
cation of urine therapy was recently highlighted on
a German commercial television broadcasting sta
tion in which several people with allergies were
shown injecting themselves with urine. The medical interest in urine and its component
increased around the beginning of this century
particularly in Germany. Experiments were con
ducted on injecting urine, and the results were posi
tive. The German physician Dr. Herz was an enthusi
astic proponent of this method and, in 1930, h
wrote a book reporting his experiences (Di
Eigenharnbehandlung, 'Auto-Urine Treatment'). were fed almonds and apricot pips, they produced
a usable dose of laetrile in their urine. The follow
ing fragment states that human beings are also con
sidered capable of producing such doses of laetrile:
"Also we as human beings produce a small amount
of laetrile when consuming apricots pips and
(almond pits). For thousands of year~ in very old
traditions of medicine, cancer patients have been
treated with urine. For us it might be interesting to
see what happens when we would replace salted
and roasted peanut~ not at all a healthy source of
nutrition, with the pips from almonds and
apricots. " "
(From: Pleidooi voor Biologische Kankerbestnj"ding,
P. H. WA. M. van de Veer, p. 60. ) A short time ago it was discovered that foetuses in
the womb use their amniotic fluid in order to de
velop their lungs. The· foetus literally 'bre


 your Self. This can show up as
demanding ener gy from the same person over and over again, rambling,
complaining, or asking too many questions. Make sure that you are not
asking for too much or giving too much. This is where healthy boundaries
come in. Every interaction should be balanced—treated as a co-creation. You can apply asteya by honoring your teachers and recognizing that
everything you are and everything you know has been given to you by
someone else. You learned it from a relationship or an experience, or you
heard it from a teacher. When you acknowledge this, you remain humble,
and humility is the soil in which gratitude grows. Everything that you have
is a gift. BRAHMACHARYA
Brahmacharya  translates as “that which brings you back to Source”; it
refers to ener gy management and the practice of controlling your senses so
that your senses do not control you. All of us can be dragged about by desires, by wanting to feel something
(taste, smell, see, hear something). We are pulled toward an experience
because we think it will bring us the pleasure we are seeking, when what we
actually seek is the pleasure that is inherent within the Truth of who we are. When you are disconnected from yourself, your attempts toward
happiness are attempts to fill a bottomless void that you are experiencing
within your own heart. If you are caught up in your thoughts or distracteddoing too many things at once (whether it be a situation as dif ficult as trying
to work at multiple jobs and still have time to parent or something as simple
as eating while watching TV), then you miss out on the actual experience  of
your life, and thus feel empty and dissatisfied no matter what you do. When
you are engaging in activities to satisfy your senses from a disconnected
place within yourself, you will likely choose things that only bring
momentary happiness and lead you to feeling even more disconnected than
before. You’ll overeat because you aren’ t allowing yourself to fully taste what
you’re eating. In the same way, you’ll oversleep if you aren’ t being
rejuvenated from your sleep. If you don’ t allow yourself to be nourished by
what you allow into your senses then your senses are constantly craving
more (more sex, more TV, more food, more sound, sight, taste, touch,
smell). You then overindulge, which dulls your senses, meaning that you
need more in order to satiate. Though in that disconnected state, you will
never, ever be satisfied. As always, it’ s an inner shift that is necessary—the movement from a
distracted way of existing to a more connected way of being  in your life. When you are connected to yourself, you make choices that nourish
rather than deplete you, and you are present enough to actually allow
yourself to be nourished by whatever it is that you choose. You become
present enough to not only touch, but feel; not only eat, but taste ; not only
listen, but hear; not only smell, but savor ; not only look, but see. When you
become present to what you are experiencing in the moment—chewing
each bite, tasting it fully—you become present enough to know  when
you’ve had enough. In that way, you are able to maintain balance, and thus
an ideal experience of health. Brahmacharya acknowledges that if the senses are not regulated, they
drive your life, your decisions, your relationships, your everything. They
end up controlling you. Without trying to starve the senses, yoga guides you
toward a lifestyle where you reestablish your Self as the driver, choosing
sensory impressions that serve to uplift your experience of life, bringing
you closer to your true nature. Sensory impressions (things that you see, hear, touch, taste, smell) serve
if they reconnect and remind you of who you really are. They distract when
they bind you into the maelstrom of false identification with the body,
mind, and emotions. What are you allowing in. It takes willpower and
discipline to choose what serves, rather than what would feel (taste, touch,
sound, smell) good right now. The yoga scriptures say that, of all sensory pleasures, sexual desire is
the hardest to regulate. You can see that sex has the incredible ability to
create families, though if not regulated—you controlling it, rather than it
controlling you—it can also destroy them. Because the sexual act is so
powerful—do you know of any other activity in the world that holds the
power to create life. —A yurveda encourages you to regulate it. Then,
rather than being an impulse that needs to be tended to whenever the desire
comes, it is something that you enter into with more consciousness and
intention. Yoga guides you toward sense control (or regulation) so that you can
stay balanced. If you have already eaten to your full satisfaction when the
dessert comes out, you know it would be best for you to not eat any. But the
tongue might say otherwise. You might eat the dessert anyway and end up
feeling sick. In the same way, overindulgence in any sensual activity will
lead to disharmony and depletion. Through regulation, however, you gain
the ability to discern what actually serves you in the long run from what
would serve your senses immediately. APARIGRAHA
Aparigraha  is nonattachment, nonpossessiveness or nongrasping: loving
completely with the willingness to let go, because all things (material) must
pass. Aparigraha is not an attitude of cold-heartedness. Nor is it detachment,
and thus disengagement. It is not “this is temporary, so why be attached. ”
Rather, it is the understanding that matter is always changing; form is
always changing. It’ s the realization that the body we have is temporary, butwhile it is here, we should take care of it. It’ s awareness that the forms our
relationships take are temporary and seeing that as a reason to love that
much more deeply while we can. Rather than making you detached or aloof, being aware of the reality of
impermanence helps you to engage more deeply with life and to love more
fully in relationships; it invites you to generate gratitude for the multitude
of blessings that are here, now. You stop getting caught up or burdened by
“what ifs. ” “should haves,” and “might bes. ” You instead show up in love. You do your best, without focusing on results. You love and live from a
deeper place, not swayed by circumstance (the highs and the lows) because
all of it keeps changing. What stays the same. The soul. You. Simple Practices to Uplift
Become conscious of the impressions that you are allowing
in through your senses, and as much as possible, allow
them to be light and uplifting. What type of music are you
listening to. What movies are you watching. What type of
food are you eating. All these things have a huge ef fect on
your consciousness, so choose things that bring joy and
clarity.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the role of Pitta in the body?,
A: Pitta is responsible for clarity of perception and focus in the mind, and it governs intelligence and the ability to understand.
Q: What are some physical signs of an imbalanced Kapha dosha?,
A: Some physical signs of an imbalanced Kapha dosha include inflammation, rashes, acne, and loose stools.
Q: What is the purpose of the yamas and niyamas in Ayurveda?,
A: The yamas and niyamas are guidelines for self-regulation, helping to maintain a conducive environment for growth and self-realization.
Q: What is the importance of self-care and self-reflection in building trust in a relationship?,
A: Self-care and self-reflection are crucial in building trust in a relationship, as it allows for genuine communication and understanding.
Q: What is the significance of ojas in Ayurvedic medicine?,
A: Ojas is the final product of food digestion and is essential for nourishing the reproductive organs and building ojas, which is vital for fertility and overall health.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>The following foods and spicesare deemed to nourish reproductive tissues, increase ojas, and support
fertility (provided that they are digested well):
Spices:  saffron, cloves, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger,
cumin, ajowan, turmeric
Dairy:  ghee (clarified butter), raw butter, cream-top milk, yogurt,
paneer (fresh cheese)
Sweeteners:  dates, honey, maple syrup, sucanat (unrefined whole
cane sugar), jaggery (unrefined brown sugar)
Nuts and seeds:  black sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, soaked
almonds, soaked walnuts
Grains and beans:  urad dal (black gram dal), mung dal, whole grains
Produce:  fresh, local organic juicy fruits and vegetables
In the months prior to conception, avoid consuming substances that
diminish ojas: for instance, foods that are highly starchy, antibiotic- and
hormone-laden meat and milk, nonfat or low-fat milk, canned foods, foods
containing preservatives and other chemicals, artificial sweeteners, MSG,
artificial flavoring and coloring, alcohol, caf feine, tobacco, soda, nicotine,
trans fats,


naturally",  as he
termed it. In later years, when the writer enrolled as a student with Dr. Dewey, her own thought led her f irst to suggest and then to
remonstrate upon this and other vital omissions in procedure, and at one time only her friendship for her preceptor prevented  a
break in relations. It was not until a few months before Dr. Dewey died that he partially acknowledg ed his error in these respects
and deplored the fact that he had continually advised against the use of the enema, which he had finally come to recognize as  the
most essential of hygienic accessories connected with a scientifically conducted fast. The ph ysiology of abstinence from food for the prevention and relief of disease as determined by Dr. Dewey and published to the
world in his books is beyond all doubt correct. But the doctor was much astray in the hygiene necessary to the successful iss ue of
therapeutic fasting. Accepting neither the eliminative assistance of the enema nor that of daily cleansing the surface of the bo dy, he
ignored as well the dietetic requisites, both preparatory and subsequent to the total abstinence interval. And as to diet in  health, the
doctor exhibited the common failing of the medical profession, which then as now seems to consider food merely as fuel for th e
body, with but little regard for its digestibility or its nutritive content. Dr. Dewey died from paralysis, a cond ition that arose solely from error in personal dietary. He conscientiously observed the "no
breakfast plan," which he advised for others, but food values, food adaptability, food combination, all were ignored in the t wo
daily meals he permitted himself. Me ats and fish, eggs and milk, breads and pastries, with comparatively few vegetables in
Page 6 of  72 combination, and these mostly of the starchier kinds, formed his food supply. What wonder that hardened veins, high blood
pressure, and ultimate paralysis developed! Dr. Dewey suffered his first stroke of apoplexy on March 28, 1904. For sixteen days he fasted and gradual improvement took
place, so much so, that in several months he again became active in his profession. At that time the author was most desirous  that
the doctor accept her proved conclusions concerning the internal bath and the dietary essential when a fast is broken. But to no
avail, and her warning went for a time unheeded, until untoward symptoms again arising, Dr. Dewey consented to close his
practice and to come to Minneapolis there to be under the care and direction of his erstwhile pupil. He was delayed in departure,
and a second paralytic seizure occurred on December 10, 1904, resulting in his death on the 21st of the same month. In personal conta ct with Dr. Dewey and in a voluminous correspondence he ever dwelt with great inspiration and broad vision
upon what he called "New Gospel of Health", emphasizing at all times the thought that the lesson he was endeavoring to impart
was one that applied to  every human ill. He said so often that he wanted me clearly to see, as he did, the divine hand in cure
through an evolution in reverse. By this he meant that disease in the structural changes involved is a matter of nature's own  work --
just as clearly as i n those structural changes by which the body was originally developed. And he further added that the cure of
disease is but an analogous process in reverse of its cause. This reasoning is clear and logical, and its conclusions are tru th. Dr. Dewey is dea d, but his work lives, and, because his was a mind of system and of science, the foundation he laid for the new
gospel of health, which nevertheless is the oldest of hygienic truths because it is nature's own system of law, will stand fo r all time. Natural  therapy owes to Dr. Edward Hooker Dewey both recognition and honor as the first scientifically able pioneer in the field
of therapeutic fasting. Since the remainder of the chapter in hand deals with the personal work of the author, she will, it is hoped, be pardoned for
speaking in the first person. My work in natural therapy dates back nearly thirty years, to July, 1898, to be exact. As did Dr. Tanner, I arrived at my
preliminary knowledge by way of illness. My girlhood, which was spent in the lake re gion of Minnesota, was given over to a
healthful, athletic life, filled with every sort of outdoor exercise and work. My mother, who never touched animal food in he r life,
possessed a knowledge of dietetic combinations and of cookery, which was purely inst inctive, since there were no opportunities
cast her way for its acquirement. In consequence the family table was supplied mostly with food vegetarian in character. My
father, who was of similar habit and belief, unfortunately at about the time I was seven years old, so far compromised with his
principles as to employ a medical physician upon a yearly basis to care for the family health. This physician was convinced, as
were the majority of his profession at that day, that all children harbored intestinal pa rasites, and that periodic doses of some
vermifuge were essential. Therefore I, in company with my brothers and sisters, was given some blue mass pills, a strong
mercurial preparation. I now allow, what of course I could not then suspect, that this powerfu l poison did irreparable injury to my
intestines, retarding and preventing their development and growth to such degree that even to this day I am compelled to reso rt to
the enema daily. After the blue mass experience, for a long time I was never well. No  diet, however carefully chosen, agreed with me, and life
thereafter during the rest of my childhood and well into young womanhood became a dreary search for health. In this search I
learned much of what was then taught concerning dietetics both from ortho dox and unorthodox sources, but no permanent relief
was ever vouchsafed me until in 1898 I heard of the work and the remarkable successes of Dr. Dewey. As a result of the
inspiration I thus received, with some trepidation I attempted a fast, and went four days without food. A little later I dared still
more and tried fasting for one whole week, with benefits that were so pronounced that whatever reservations I may have felt
vanished completely. Since then I have fasted many times, and, when necessary, for l onger periods. And I attribute the robust
health which now is mine as well as the comparatively lengthy span of years I have attained to the practice of what I preach,  to the
taking of my own medicine. Shortly after I began to take practical interest in fasting I made the acquaintance of Dr. Dewey, and at his invitation I placed
myself under his tutelage. I was then studying osteopathy, but, after a term spent under the instruction of Dr. Dewey, and wi th my
own fasting experience to guide me, I became con vinced that osteopathy alone was not the panacea its advocates claimed, but I
believed, as I still believe, that in conjunction with other remedial measures, among which dieting and fasting are of most i mport,
its therapeutic value might be greatly increas ed. And I have found this so. In Minneapolis, where I first located, my early practice proved a struggling one, but gradually I had the satisfaction of see ing it
grow steadily and surely, for the results that accrued from my then rather drastic applicati on of the complete fast were such as to
surprise Dr. Dewey as well as myself. Cases pronounced incurable by medical physicians recovered under the regimen I imposed,
and the symptoms presented ranged from chronic constipation, diabetes, Bright's disease, a nd syphilis to paralysis. Called to the
Pacific Coast in 1906, I decided there to remain, and in the summer of that year I opened offices in Seattle. Soon after this  I began
to encounter organized persecution from medical sources, aided by newspapers contr olled by the profession. Such deaths as
occurred under my care received the widest publicity, and the accounts written concerning them were distorted and filled with
Page 7 of  72 implication, innuendo, and threat. These articles eventually accomplished the end sought b y their authors, for in 1912 I was
brought to trial charged with having wilfully caused the death of an English woman patient through starvation. A jury divided amongst itself, but urged to decision by a prejudiced judge and by public sentiment inflamed by a public press,
determined that my crime was that of manslaughter, and I was thereupon sentenced to a minimum term of two years in the
penitentiary. I served these years day by day in anguish of body and of mind, until finally the then Governor of Washi ngton
became convinced of my innocence and of the monstrous injustice that had been done, and he granted to me an unconditional
pardon, restoring all of the rights and privileges which by reason of my conviction I had forfeited. In 1916, shortly after my  pardon was granted, I was called to New Zealand to take charge of the case of a friend, and I spent nearly
four years in that country, every day of the time devoted to a large and successful practice. But home ties and home duties b rought
me back to the h ome land, and here I continue the work with bettered surroundings, increased facilities, and with


 be forgiven. Everyone’ s ego is equally
unreal, including one’ s own. Perception is not reality. Truth arises out of subjectivity and is obvious
and self-revealing. Truth is radical subjectivity. With the collapse of the
illusions of duality, including the supposed “reality” of a separate “self,”
there remains only the state of the Infinite “I,” which is the manifestation of
the Unmanifest as the Self. Truth has no opposites, such as falsity or “off-
ness. ”
Nothing is hidden from the field of consciousness. The ultimat e truth is
beyond is-ness, beingness, or any intransitive verb. Any attempt at Self-
definition, such as “I Am That I Am”—or even just “I Am”—is  redundant. The Ultimate Reality is beyond all names. “I” signifies the radical
subjectivity of the state of Realization. It is in itself the comple te statement
of Reality.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the experience of death, according to the passage?,
A: The fierce anguish lasts for only a few moments, and is terminated by awe at the revelation of the Ultimate Reality.
Q: What is the ultimate goal of the spiritual pursuit, according to the passage?,
A: The pursuit of spiritual reality supersedes all other considerations.
Q: What is the ego, according to the passage?,
A: The ego is the imaginary doer behind thought and action, and it is not a self-created condition.
Q: What is the ultimate truth, according to the passage?,
A: Truth is relative and only true within a certain level of consciousness; it arises out of subjectivity and is obvious and self-revealing.
Q: What is the relationship between the self and the ultimate reality, according to the passage?,
A: The self is replaced by the Self, and the state of realization is beyond time or space.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Distilled Water
and
 Its
    Relationship to Health...

   Change Your Water

- Change Your Life

      Distillation Station- Aquamedia Group Companies- Copyright 2013- All
Rights Reserved

Douglas Clayton Hoover
Author

 Douglas is a retired contractor, author, freelance writer, inventor, designer,
architect and lives in San Diego, CA with his wife Alice. He is the founder and developer of
the “
Distillation Station,” the
very “first bottled water vending machines in the United States.”

The original station was placed in Bill's IGA Store, Brooklyn, Michigan, in
1976. Douglas Hoover has been studying water and its relationship to
health for over 40 years. He rarely debates with the distilled water naysayers, because, “A man with
an experience is not at the mercy of a man with an argument.”
Douglas is a living example of the miraculous health benefits of a “
fasting
lifestyle
” and drinking plenty of distilled water. In the year 1976, just a
stone's throw from the
Michigan International
 Speedway, in Bill's IGA
(Independent Grocers Association
) distilled
 water was being installed by
Doug Hoover of the Aquamedia Corporation. Nine years later, in June of
1985, the owner of Bill's IGA store reported sales
of Crystal
 Distilled
drinking water was in excess of 2500 gallons per week in addition to over
1,500 pounds
of Crystal

Distilled ice
 cubes. Brooklyn has a population of
1,300! He was excited to add
that the Crystal

Distilled drinking
 water from
the Distillation
 Station produced the highest profit margin of any item in his
store." Crystal Distilled water and ice is produced by steam vapor
compression distillation which kills all bacteria and cysts, removing
everything from the water, resulting in the purest, healthiest water
available, distilled! TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
………………...............................….….…....   6

1
   What Is Distilled Water? ………………....................   7

2
   Distilled Water – Simple Yet Misunderstood …......  16

3
   Why Do I Need to Drink Distilled Water? ….........  22

4
  What's In Your Water? …........
............................  32

5
   The Fluoridation of Drinking Water ....................  39

6
   Drinking Water and Cancer  ……….…….......
..........  42

7
   Does Bottled Water Pr
ovide Health Benefits? …....  47

8
   America – Overweight, Sick & Dying Earlier? Simple Solution: H
2
O …...........
............................. 61

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(Cont'd)

9
   Dis
tilled Water Helps Burn Fat   ................... 66

10
Cooking With Distilled Water
   .................... 70
11
  Comparing Orga
nic & Inorganic Minerals …... 78

12
  Mineral Chelates
 Are Not Created Equal …..... 82

13
  Carbon Filters: “Cheapest
” Water Treatment

... But Are They Effective? …......................... 86

14
40 Years of Fasting With Distilled Water
. …
…
.. 92

15

Fasting – Distilled Water – Exercise
............... 10
3

Preface

This book will expose the myths and falsehoods while
revealing the
 truths
about water quality and its relationship to health
and longevity
. Think of what you need to merely survive. Food? Water? Air? Cell
phones? Obviously, by the book
’
s title, I
’
m going to
concentrate on
 water. Water is of major importance to all living things;
in some
 organisms, up to
90% of their body weight comes
from water
. Up to 60-70% of the human
body is
water;
 the brain
is composed
 of over 70-72% water, and the lungs
nearly 90%. Lean muscle
 tissue contains about 75% water by weight, as
is the brain
; body
 fat contains 10-12% water and bone has 20-22% water. About 83% of our blood is water, which helps digest our food
, transport
waste, and control body temperature. Each day
humans must
 replace 2.5
to 3
quarts of
 water lost through the excretory  system,  with most of it
replaced through drinking, and the rest  from our foods. So it only stands to reason that the quality and quantity of
water we
replace daily has a direct bearing on our health and longevity. I will be sharing many statistics and facts in this book while reiterating
some of what I already said in several chapters. We all learn from
repetition, therefore it has been said that the best speakers, teachers and
preachers will tell you what they
’
re going to tell you, then they will tell you,
and then they will tell you what they told you. So you hear it three times! CHAPTER 1
What Is Distilled Water? Why is it that water (H
2
O), which is the second
simplest

substance

next to
oxygen (O), seems to be much too complicated for some medical doctors
to
figure out? Not only is water number two in importance,
 it also happens
to be the most important next to oxygen for our survival. For the survival
of the Earth, for that matter. All living things require water to survive and
without a continuous supply, the average human will perish in only a few
days. Water is required for our bodies to produce blood, lymph, digestive
juices,
lubric
ants, bile, extracellular fluid
 and cytoplasm, the fluid inside the plasma
membrane. It is common knowledge that most municipal and private water
supplies are severely polluted with everything from chlorine,
trihalomethanes, nitrates, pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals and
chemicals of every kind, to jet fuel
and pharmaceuticals. Consider
 the factthat since the government established
“
the priority pollutant list
”
 of 126
known cancer-causing chemicals:

Each year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reviews an
average of 1,700 new compounds that industry is seeking to
introduce. Yet the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act requires
that they be tested for any ill effects before approval only if
evidence of potential harm exists—which is seldom the case for
new chemicals. The Agency approves about 90 percent of the
new compounds without restrictions. Only a quarter of the
82,000 chemicals in use in the U.S. have ever been tested for
toxicity. And there are no guidelines for so called “safe” levels in
drinking water established for any of these pollutants. Some of
these pollutants can be found in every water supply
in
America
,
including rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, wells,
and municipal
water supplies. David Ewing Duncan, National Geographic
 As a consequence of this alarming condition of America
’
s drinking water
sources, the bottled water industry has developed into a $15 billion profit
industry, including bottled waters, sports drinks, water purifiers such as
reverse osmosis (RO)
,
 distillation, filtration, plus the current fad of ionizers
that produce “alkaline” water. ONE OUT OF 4 DR


 our purposes it is sucient to have a
circumscribed understanding of the Organ Networks  and their
correspondences within the Five-Phase  model. THE CONSEQUENCES OF  DISSONANCE
All the Organ Networks  are interconnected and interdependent. If the
behavior of one becomes exaggerated, this results in the depletion of
some and the hyperactivity  of others. An overly brawny Liver
depletes the Kidney, destabilizes the Heart, oppresses the Spleen, and
obstructs the Lung. If an Organ Network  becomes undermined through stress and
collapses, this triggers a dierent pattern of depletion and
overactivity. If the Liver collapses, the Spleen  and Lung become overly
strong, the Kidney  and Heart  becom e vulnerable and exhausted. A
simple excess or deciency  of one Organ Network  persisting over time
devolves into complex patterns of disharmony and disease. Diseases of excess  often migrate from one Organ Network  to
another along the ke sequence. That is, a disharmony of the Liver
may aict the Spleen. If this is not corrected, the Spleen  passes this
problem on to the Kidney, the Kidney  to the Heart, the Heart  to the
Lung. Finally, the disease comes home to roost in the Liver. Deciency  diseases often develop along the sheng sequence. Weakness is transmitted from parent to child: from Kidney  to Liver,
Liver to Heart, and so forth until the disea se returns to its point of
origin. The gravity of a disea se can be assessed by determining how
far along the sequence it has progressed and how many Networks  are
seriously aected.Wood:  Liver  Patterns
Harmonic
Collapsed
Exaggerated
Harmonic and Dissonant Patterns
A simple excess  or deciency  of one Organ Network  persisting over
time devolves into complex patterns of disharmony and disease. Diseases of excess  often migrate  along the ke sequence, whereas
deciency  diseases often develop along the sheng sequence. The
harmonic patte rn depicts the predominant Organ Network  in relative
equilibrium with the other Networks. The exaggerated  pattern
represents the predominant Organ Network  oppressing the Organ
Networks  along the ke sequence. The collapsed  pattern shows the
depletion not only of the predominant Organ Network, but of those
along the sheng sequence with encroachment of those Networks
along the ke sequence. Fire: Heart  Patterns
Harmonic
CollapsedExaggerated
Earth: Spleen  Patterns
Harmonic
Collapsed
Exaggerated
Metal: Lung  Patterns
HarmonicCollapsed
Exaggerated
Water: Kidney  PatternsHarmonic
Collapsed
Exaggerated
FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIVER PATTERN
Disease patterns usually involve two or three Organ Networks  in
addition to the one primari ly disturbed. For example, the Organs
most aected by the Liver are the Organ  it controls (Spleen ), the one
that is its controller ( Lung), and the one that is its parent ( Kidney ). If an Organ  is strong, the pattern is dierent than if it’s weak. When an Organ  is powerful, the origin of the complaints usually
involves Organs  under attack or being drained. When the Organ  is
feeble, primar y complaints usually involve the Organ  itself and
sometimes the one succeedin g it in the sheng  sequence. For example,
if the Liver is weak and the Lung is stron g, the person will contract
symptoms associated with an attack on the Liver by the Lung, such
as depression, irritability, pain in the groin or genital organ, and
tiredness. The symptoms result from the Lung literally suppressing
Liver Qi, preventing its ascension and expansion. Since the Lung domin ates the Qi, it can inhibi t the free ow of
Liver Qi and the easy expression of feelings, thoughts, and desires. This shows as a atness and dullness of response and sensation—
depression. The contractive or Yin nature of the Lung is constricting
the expansive Yang nature of the Liver. When this occurs, peristalsis
is also aected because the Liver cannot regulate the smooth ow of
Qi within the Spleen  and Stomach. Symptoms of poor digestion
occur, such as atulence and constipation, because tension in the
stomach and intestines causes a lack of motility. If the Liver is hardy and the Spleen  is frail, sympto ms manifest that
emerge from Stomach  and Spleen  dysfunction: pain and cramp ing in
the stomach and intestines, bloating, erratic appetite, nausea, loose
stools, and a feeling of weakness in the limbs. This is due to the
harsh energy of the Liver invading and restricting the performance
of the Spleen  and Stomach. If the Liver is powerful and the Lung is delicate, symptoms of
distress will be manifest in the function of the Lung such as
coughing, asthmatic breathi ng, dicult urination, rashe s, itching,
redness of the eyes, and dryness of the skin and mucous membranes.These symptoms are a manifestation of the uprising hot Qi of the
Liver invading and restricting the moistening, dispersing, and
descending function of the Lung. If the Liver’s strength causes deciency  of the Kidney, a reversal of
the natural relationship may occur whereby the child (Liver) goes
against the parent (Kidney ). This may result in hip and low back
pain, herniated disk, inammation of the reproductive organs or
dysfunctions such as infertility, impotence, excessive libido,
inammation of the genitourinary system, or the formation of cysts
and tumors, including those of the prostate, uterus, ovaries, and
bladder. When one Organ  aects  another, those adjacent to it suer. Generally, the generative sheng sequence, also referred  to as the
parent-child relationship, is more stable than the restraining ke
relationship. Since the Lung is child to the Spleen, it becomes
distressed when the parent is. When the Spleen ’s function of
generating Qi and Blood  from the transformation of nutrients is
suppressed by the Liver, it is unable to nurture the Lung. The Lung’s
ability to disperse and move the Qi becom es impaired. This
manifests as fatigue, shortne ss of breath, susceptibility to colds and
us, and the appearance of excessive phlegm in the nose, mouth,
throat, and chest. Parent to the Spleen  is the Heart. When the child suers, so does
the parent; hence the Heart  is also troubled when the Spleen
becomes disturbed. Since the Spleen  cannot eciently nourish the
blood, the Blood  of the Heart  becomes decient  (which may or may
not include actual anemia), leading to instability of the Heart Qi. This manifests as disturbances of sleep, emotions, circulation, and
an irregular pulse. The Spleen  cannot  properly restrain the Kidney,
and the inrm Lung cannot adequately nurture the Kidney. The
manifestations of this are seen at a later stage as weakness of the
back, knees, and ankles and a tendency toward water retention in
the hands, feet, and face. Chinese medicine identies disease as disorders of relationship,
not as a singular, unvarying entity. Problems recognized early on
can be dealt with before they develop into complex, deep-seated,chronic sickness. From the above example and the kind of
widespread derangement that arises, one can imagine how disease
progresses from its place of origin in the Liver Network  and spreads
throughout the body as a whole. This sort of analysis is the basis of
diagnosis and prognosis in Chinese medicine. ORGAN NETWORKS
WOOD: THE  LIVER
Like a military commander who formulates strategy and tactics, the
Liver exercises authority in collecting and directing the Blood. Since
Blood  is never stationary but constantly circulating, and since Qi
courses insepa rably through  the body with the Blood, the Liver
equitably distributes all resources, assuring the maint enance of
smooth ow. Liver-GallbladderLiver NetworkSTORING AND  RELEASING  BLOOD
The Liver bears the Yin responsibility of storing and the Yang role of
distributing the Blood. This process of regulation  determines the
quantity and pressure of Blood  in the physical body and the
evenness of emotion and consistency of behavior in the feeling
body. The force of the Liver moves upward and outward, lifting
Blood  and Qi toward  the far reaches of the head and limbs. Through
this action, the Liver facilitates the work of the Heart  and Spleen  to
adequately nourish the body with Blood  and Nutritive Essence. The
healthy sexua l and procreative role of the genital organs also
depends on the capacity of the Liver—to transmit the power of our
Essence  to another person. SPREADING  QI
The Blood  nourishes the tissue of the body and is the source, or
“mother,” of Qi. Through the task of


 and arteries to, age and stiffen them. Fruits made for
him pure blood, and breathing the open air kept it pure. His
surplus energy demanded activity which kept the pure blood
surging through his veins. Long life, superior power and
endurance were the results. It is a hopeful sign, however, for the future health and
longevity of our race that the demand for and consumption of
fruits are rapidly increasing. Each distinct genera of fruit has a specific effect or office
to perform in the human body. Oranges, while possessing
about the same food value as milk, acts directly upon and
stimulates the activity of the liver, while apples are the best
remedy known for that "dark brown" taste so often
experienced next morning after the course dinner. The best thing to do with an  elegant course dinner late in
the evening is to leave it on the table; but insomuch as the
appetite is generally our comple te master and law giver, we
know this will not be done. Therefore, the next best thing to
do after such a debauch is to make an entire breakfast of tart
apples, thoroughly masticated. The juice of the pineapple, which contains much
hydrochloric acid, is among the best remedies known for
diphtheria. When this disease first makes its appearance, if
the juice of well-ripened pineapples be given freely to the
patient it will not only destroy diphtheria germs, but will
stimulate activity of the excretory organs, which is an action
always desired in such cases. The banana will supply the body with all the elements of
nourishment that is obtained from cereals. Many cases of
chronic stomach disorder have been permanently cured under
the direction of the authors by eliminating wholly all cooked
cereals and breads of every description and substituting
therefor the simple diet of very ripe bananas. It is believed by many people who are very fond of fruits
that bananas do not agree with them. Close observation will
show in every instance that this condition is the result of other
things with which the fruit is mixed in the stomach and the trouble can be overcome by making an entire meal
occasionally on fruits and nuts or fruit alone. The juice of
strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and dewberries is very
delicious and healthful. When it is pressed out and the refuse
discarded there is no better food in the fruit family. But the
large amount of seeds these berries contain, which are very
hard and entirely insoluble, produces in many people violent
irritation of the mucous membranes of the intestinal tract
which manifests itself in many harmful ways. Grape fruit contains many very pronounced and valuable
medicinal properties. It is a natural antidote for biliousness
when taken naturally, but the practice of eating it with sugar
counteracts almost entirely its medicinal value, as the
consumption of cane sugar is one of the causes of torpidity of
the liver. Therefore, in taking sugar with grape fruit you are
working one agency against another. Like nuts, the most
desirable feature about fruits is that they are not an article
commonly considered necessary to be cooked. Of course, the
cook has undertaken in many ways to improve them by the
application of his art, but up to date has been unsuccessful, as
is evidenced by the fact that near ly all fruits are used in their
natural or elementary state. In living upon uncooked foods we must necessarily
depend very largely upon fruits and nuts, but we should
exercise judgment, patience and toleration. We must
remember that we often suffered for our wrong eating, and
accommodating nature may have partially adjusted our bodies
to these incorrect habits. Therefore, when correct methods of
eating are employed, the wrong must be undone and
overcome, and the stomach sometimes rebels against the
change. However, the body will adjust itself much quicker to
the right than the wrong, and when the adjustment is once
made and the natural dietetic law obeyed, perfect health,
strength, endurance and vitality are the inevitable results. CEREALS. THE literary fabric of the ancient world has been woven from
a warp of fiction and a woof of fact. When we turn to it we
find the beautiful, the poetic, th e absurd and the true so mixed
together that scholars of every nation regard their separation
as worthy of their most profound thought. It was from this confusion that the word "cereal" came. Ceres was a goddess worshipped by the ancient Romans. She
occupies a most conspicuous place in the beautiful myths that
adorn the classic literature of those ancient peoples. She was
considered the head of the Agricultural Department. Her
special duty was to sit on fleecy clouds and pour from the
hollow of her mythical hand floods of sunshine and showers
of rain over the grainfields of the Caesars. Therefore, all
grains grouped together were called cereals. These articles were first used only when in a green or
soft state—that is, from the time the grains began to form in a
milky condition until they ripened and become so hard as to
hazard the integrity of the teeth. Later they were soaked in
water to soften them, and then in warm water, •which saved
time and facilitated the work of  preparation. This custom
evolved into the use of hot water, then hotter water, until
boiling or the present method of cooking resulted. In order to facilitate and lighten the labor in the
preparation of cereals, they were pounded, crushed and
broken, which custom very naturally evolved into the modern
grinding and bolting mill. When cereals are in a milky state
before they become hardened, before nature throws around
them an envelope of cellulose for their protection, they are
easy of digestion, and are excellent food. But when they have
become thoroughly ripened and hardened, each molecule of
starch, of which they are so la rgely composed, is enclosed in
another envelope which is almost  impervious to the digestive
fluids. It has been shown by modern research that cooking does
not break up this covering. The modern methods of grinding
and cooking cereals render mastication unnecessary as far as
pulverizing them is concerned. Therefore, they pass the taste-
buds under false pretenses; they deprive them of their rights;
they do not have time to perform their duties, hence they do
not pour into the mouth the amount of saliva necessary to
perform the first step in digestion. Soft, mushy foods are also responsible for the woeful
decay of teeth, which is such a conspicuous mark of civilized
man. Nature will not keep aliv e or produce, generation after
generation, any part of the anatomy that is not used. Her
system of economy is perfect. When cereals are taken in their natural state, or not too
completely pulverized, so that the teeth may be employed in
their final and complete grindi ng, they constitute a valuable
food for a normal, healthy person. This would also be better
for the teeth, and make cereal substances much easier to digest and more thoroughly c onvertible into energy. Under
the present dietetic regime, in which cereals are regarded as
the staff of life, it is safe to say that more than fifty per cent. of all stomach disorders are caused by undigested cereal
starch. VEGETABLES. THE word "vegetable," in its br oadest sense, is used to
describe everything of an herbaceous character,—everything
in plant life, not merely food products. When we consider
only that portion which is used to support animal life, its
meaning becomes much narrowed. When we consider that
portion used as food by man, it is more narrowed still. But
when we come to consider that which is or can be used in an
uncooked state, it becomes more limited still. Some very high authorities claim that vegetables are
wholly unnecessary in the sustenance of the human body, but
experience has led us to the conclusion that those containing
much chlorophyll, such as lettu ce, cabbage, celery, spinach,
parsley, onions, watercress, dandelion, etc., are very
necessary and valuable articles of food, and, many vegetables
that can be taken in an uncooked form are found to be very
rich in the organic salts so essential to the maintenance of
health. In the selection of foods, one of the safest rules to be
governed by is that all articles th at can be used in their natural
condition, as they are handed to us by Mother Nature, if they
do not offend the sense of taste and smell, are good food, and,
on the contrary, all articles that have to be ground, mixed,
fixed, cooked, greased, mushed and mussed up, are not only
unnecessary, but are not good foods. Aside from the fact that the adoption of uncooked foods
will produce the highest form of physical, mental and moral
health, its next most important office is to do away with the
enormous labor and complications in the preparation of
foods. BREAD—FERMENTATION. IN considering the adoption of uncooked foods in the
household, bread becomes the most serious problem with
which the housewife has to deal. It has become one of the
most important articles of food, and is deserving of the most
serious consideration here, because of the fact that in the
process of making, fermentation, one of the


	energy	to	make	and	sustain	the	effort	and
commitment	to	persevere. By	analogy,	one	can	have	a	car	and	a	map,	but
without	gasoline,	the	source	of	energy	and	power,	the	vehicle	does	not
move. The	destination	is	sought	because	one	is	impelled	towards	it	and
attracted	by	it. The	way	is	lighted	by	God’s	grace	as	the	Holy	Spirit,	which
is	the	Guide	and	Sustainer. In	the	end,	the	God	of	Transcendence	and	the	God	of	Divine	Love
merge	in	the	Supreme. The	Unification	of	that	which	is	loved	is	the
fulfillment	of	divine	destiny	and	the	core	of	salvation. Love	is	therefore
the	means	and	the	end. If	the	essential	dynamic	of	one’s	spiritual	seeking	is	not	spiritual
ambition	(to	get	somewhere)	but	the	progressive	surrender	of	the	obstacles
to	Love,	then	that	which	is	called	‘spiritual	ego’	does	not	later	arise	as	an
obstacle. A	given	calibrated	level	of	consciousness	is	not	better	than
another	but	merely	represents	the	level	that	is	being	worked	on. It	is	the
basic	building	blocks	that	enable	a	structure	to	ascend,	and	it	is	the
dedication	that	ensures	the	completion	of	a	cathedral. Q:	How	does	one	eliminate	the	obstacles? A:	The	spiritual	work	that	presents	itself	most	obviously	to	the	pathway	of
devotion	is	the	removal	of	the	obstacles	to	Love. All	these	obstacles	stem
from	the	errors	of	perception	that	arise	from	positionality. Positionality	is
the	originator	and	perpetrator	of	‘the	illusion	of	the	opposites’. These	arise
from	opinionating,	which	in	turn	arises	from	the	vanities	of	the	ego. These
vanities	are	sustained	and	fed	by	the	ego’s	propensity	to	overvalue	and
cherish	what	it	conceives	of	as	‘mine’. Once	a	thing	is	labeled	‘mine’,	it
becomes	a	valued	viewpoint	from	which,	like	a	prism	intercepting	light,reality	now	becomes	split	into	differences,	divisions,	and	opposing	views. Thus,	the	one	becomes	the	illusion	of	the	many. The	sense	of	‘I’	now
proceeds	to	identify	with	these	views	and	defends	them	as	the	reality	of
‘me’. Once	caught	in	the	duality	of	the	polarity	of	the	opposites,	the
ego/mind	is	trapped	and	projects	its	views	and	holds	them	to	be	an
objective	reality. Having	denied	its	authorship,	the	ego-self	now	becomes	the	victim	of
its	own	projections. The	sense	of	reality	that	accompanies	the	awareness	of
existence	is	now	ascribed	to	these	projections	as	arising	from	‘out	there’,
and	imagination	produces	an	‘objective	reality’	whose	original	source	has
now	been	forgotten. This	forgetfulness	is	reinforced	by	the	well-known
psychological	mechanisms	of	denial,	isolation,	repression,	and	projection. With	the	disowning	of	authorship,	there	is	the	relinquishment	of	power
to	a	perceptually	created	false	conception	of	a	reality	where	‘causes’	now
explain	the	phenomena	that	have	been	disowned. Because	the	perceived
dualistic	images	of	reality	are	the	very	filter	through	which	experiences	are
interpreted,	the	senses	then	reinforce	the	images	and	qualities	that	have
been	projected	to	be	external. The	physical	world	is	said	to	exist	separately
from	that	which	experiences	it. Sensation	replicates	belief	and	is	sorted
and	interpreted	in	accordance	with	the	construction	and	forms	of
perception	that	have	accorded	the	objects	of	sensation	with	separate
identities	and	discreet	and	unique	nominalization. Language	then	enforces
the	perceived	world	and	subtly	reinforces	its	appearance. An	‘objective’
universe	then	arises	out	of	arbitrarily	selected	points,	the	imaginary
distances	between	these	points,	the	imaginary	planes	and	dimensions,	and
the	illusions	of	time	and	space. In	order	to	project	the	world	of	illusion,	the	ego-self	experiences	itself
as	separate	from	its	own	creation. The	greater	the	feeling	of	separation
from	God,	the	greater	the	anguish. As	a	consequence,	the	self	now	fears
annihilation,	death,	and	even	worse—perhaps	endless	suffering	at	the
hands	of	an	angry,	retaliatory	God	who	has	been	made	angry	by	sin. The
lower	levels	of	perception	become	preoccupied	with	energies	of	negativity
that	are	the	ego’s	conceptions	of	itself	at	the	lowest	levels. It	now	fears	its
own	worst	projections	and	struggles	with	the	opposites	of	heaven	and	hell. Man	is	therefore	not	the	victim	of	an	‘out	there’	to	be	feared,	but	is
instead	its	originator. These	imaginations	are	not	even	personal	but	merely
consequences	of	the	interaction	of	the	fields	of	consciousness	with	their
hidden	inner	attractor	fields	that	determine	the	content	of	each	level	of
consciousness. The	ego’s	final	victory	is	the	belief	that	its	own	illusory
reality	created	by	its	own	projections	was	‘created	by	God’. Thus,religious	truth	becomes	obscured	by	religious	superstitions,
misinterpretations,	and	false	beliefs. It	is	important	to	realize	that	that
which	is	of	God	brings	peace,	and	that	which	is	not	of	God	brings	fear. Q:	How	can	one	avoid	such	error? A:	In	today’s	world,	the	level	of	truth	of	any	statement	or	teaching	can	be
quickly	calibrated. The	ego	has	created	many	impressive	spokesmen. It	is
also	helpful	to	remember	that	Reality	is	beyond	form	and	not	definable. Q:	You	mentioned	earlier	the	path	of	simplicity. What	do	you	mean	by
that? A:	For	the	average	person	who	is	involved	in	a	busy	world,	the	intense
requirement	and	commitment	of	a	spiritual	seeker	of	enlightenment	is
usually	impractical. This	does	not	mean	that	a	different	goal	should	be
sought,	but	that	the	means	should	be	attenuated	to	daily	life. It	is	really	unnecessary	to	comprehend	the	content	of	the	discussions
and	dialogs	that	have	been	described	primarily	to	convey	understanding	to
areas	of	human	consciousness	that	are	not	well	understood. For	significant
spiritual	growth,	only	one	simple	tool	is	required. It	is	merely	necessary	to
select	any	simple	spiritual	principle	that	is	appealing	and	then	proceed
with	its	application,	without	exception,	to	every	area	of	life,	both	within
and	without. For	example,	one	could	therefore	choose	kindness,
compassion,	forgiveness,	understanding,	or	noncritical	acceptance. One
could	choose	to	be	unconditionally	loving	or	committed	to	seeing	the
innocence	of	life. Whatever	principle	is	chosen	then	has	to	be	applied	to
everyone,	including	oneself,	without	exception,	and	with	absolute
persistence. This	process	will	bring	about	spiritual	purification	as	the
obstacles	to	these	spiritual	principles	are	brought	up	for	examination. The	accomplishment	of	the	spiritual	goal	will	require	changes	of
perception	that	will,	in	turn,	require	growth	of	understanding	and
reconceptualization. Q:	What	is	a	realistic	spiritual	goal	for	the	average	person? A:	Any	advance	along	the	levels	of	consciousness	is	significant	and	very
worthwhile. The	practical	goal	that	is	reachable	by	any	person	who	is
seriously	spiritually	committed	is	that	of	Unconditional	Love. That	is	a
transformative	level,	and	from	there,	one	can	relax	as	the


Marianne W illiamson was speaking at the P alace of F ine
Arts. She got me a tick et to the sold- out event, and as I sat
in the audience I was stunned. I watched as Marianne boldly
called people to a higher vision for themselves and the
world. I hear d her unabashedly implor e us to step out of the
smallness of our own ego -center ed lives and into the
grandness of serving as part of a divine mission. Although Iwas listening intently to the wor ds she spok e, I was mor e
overcome by her pr esence. I lef t ther e completely in love
with Marianne W illiamson. I returned to my apartment, intent to discover the parts of
myself that I so clearly saw in her. I loved that she had the
courage to speak the truth, even if it meant shocking people
in order to wak e them up. Also I admir ed the way she was
able to clearly articulate a diﬃcult message, speaking with
such eloquence that her wor ds penetrated into people’s
minds and hearts. I was enamor ed with the depth of
concer n she seemed to feel for humanity and the sense that
she was dedicated to something lar ger than just her
individual life. I also envied her beauty, her sense of style,
and her willingness to look lik e a hot, se xy woman and not
one of the many ster eotypical frumpy spiritual teachers. She
took the stage looking gor geous and sophisticated, yet her
holiness came thr ough loud and clear. As a dedicated student of pr ojection, I look ed beyond her
behaviors and tried to discover the underlying
characteristics that gave rise to those behaviors. I ask ed
myself, “What kind of person is able to just be herself on
stage?” Clearly, an authentic person. “What kind of person
would car e so deeply for the r est of the world?” A selﬂess
person. “What is the quality that allows Marianne to speak
up, to tell the truth even when it’s shocking or scary?” I
heard very clearly—a bold person. I look ed at my list of qualities, which r ead, “bold,
authentic, and selﬂess.” None of them wer e characteristics I
owned or acknowledged within myself. Those who know me
now may ﬁnd this har d to believe, but back then I was not
somebody who told it lik e it is. A fraid of losing the appr oval
of those I loved, I skirted ar ound issues and lack ed the self -
conﬁdence to even stand in fr ont of a r oom without shaking. I was mor e concer ned with looking good than I was with
saying something that would change people’s lives. I was
more concer ned with saying it nicely than with beingstraight or authentic. Y et I knew that if I saw these str engths
in Marianne, the potential for them must e xist also within
me. I began practicing being mor e authentic with people and
challenged myself to speak up even when I wanted to be
silent. T o develop the visionary part of myself, I started my
day with a prayer for the world and followed with a daily
prayer for myself. To be mor e selﬂess, I focused on what I
could give rather than what I could get. Marianne’s
magniﬁcence r eﬂected back to me my own hidden potential. By seeing her light, I literally glimpsed who I could be in the
world if I had the courage and the tenacity to acknowledge
that the str engths I attributed to her wer e also my own. This
is not to say that they don’t e xist in her as well; clearly they
do. Boldness, authenticity, and selﬂessness ar e universal
qualities; each one of us has the right to e xpress them in
our own unique way. Befor e I br oke the trance of my light pr ojection on
Marianne, I wanted my ﬁrst book to be as beautiful and
poetic as her gr ound-br eaking book A Return to L ove. But as
I surrender ed to the unique unfolding of these qualities
within me, I r ealized that I was being guided along a
diﬀer ent path. My mission was to be the Champion of the
Darkness rather than the F irst Lady of the Light. This was
the divine plan for my life, and I never would have glimpsed
it if I hadn’t embraced all of my pr ojections. Taking back our light fr om those we’ve pr ojected it onto
opens the door to an unimaginable futur e. I never dr eamed
that I would one day write a book with Marianne W illiamson,
that we would become friends, or that we would support
one another in the fulﬁllment of a collective mission. This is
what’s possible when we tak e responsibility for the light we
see and admir e in others. Instead of staying in the trance,
we own up to the part of us that is aching to come forth and
do the work to own it within ourselves.Whatever inspir es you is an aspect of yourself. Any desir e
of the heart e xists to support you in discovering and
manifesting it. If you have an aspiration to be something, it
is because you have the potential to manifest the quality
you ar e seeing and the behavior that this quality will bring
forth. It will not necessarily be in the e xact way that others
are expressing the quality, but in your own way. In my workshops, I always pick a diﬀer ent celebrity and
ask people in the audience to shar e with me what they love
most about the person. R ecently I chose Bono, and of
course I hear d at least twenty diﬀer ent qualities that people
love about him. One person loved his talent; another raved
about his cr eativity; another, his charisma. Some wer e
enamor ed with his vision, while others wer e inspir ed by his
leadership, his selﬂessness, or his gener osity. They each
shouted out the quality they attributed to him as though
everybody couldn’t help but see it and would naturally
agree. But this is rar ely the case, because each person saw
him thr ough the lens of their disowned self that wanted to
come out and be embraced. Everyone had diﬀer ent
perceptions, because everyone had pr ojected a diﬀer ent
piece of their light onto the scr een of the man named Bono. In this e xample, Bono is serving as a gr eat mir ror for all
those who follow him to ﬁnd the hidden aspects of
themselves. He gives people the opportunity to tak e back
their own light and ﬁnd e xpression for the qualities they see
in him. All celebrities have the power and r esponsibility to
not actually claim people’s pr ojections. In fact when they do,
they of ten get trapped in their own illusional self, which
promises to mak e their own shadow act out. Instead, their
job is to r eﬂect the pr ojections back to all those who ar e
transfer ring their light to them. Remember, our shadow is of ten so well hidden fr om us
that it’s nearly impossible to ﬁnd. If it wer en’t for the
phenomenon of pr ojection, it might stay hidden fr om us for
a lifetime. Some of us buried our shadow traits when wewere three or four years old. When we pr oject onto other
people, we have an opportunity to ﬁnally ﬁnd these buried
and hidden tr easur es. INTEGRA TING THE SHADOW
By now, you might be able to acknowledge that the shadow
—with all its pain, trauma, and strife—is an indestructible
part of who we all ar e. No matter how har d we try, we will
never succeed in getting rid of it or squelching its pr esence. We do, however, get to decide if we will allow it to destr oy
our life and r ob us of e xperiencing our gr eatness, or if we
will milk it for all its wisdom and use it to pr opel us into the
most e xtraor dinary version of ourselves. W e have all tasted
the sweetness of love, the sour disappointment of loss, the
bitter ness that r emains af ter a heartbr eak. Every one of
these e xperiences is part of our divine, unique r ecipe. W e
wouldn’t be who we ar e without them. Most of us suﬀer
from the painful and unwanted parts of our r ecipe, but ther e
are some e xtraor dinary people who choose to use their pain
to heal their heartache and contribute to the world rather
than get suﬀocated by the shadow aspects of their past. John W alsh, the host of America’s Most W anted,  did just
that. The death of a child is one of the toughest ingr edients
any one of us could imagine having to survive, yet many


. All	cellsrelease	metabolic	waste	products	into,	and	take	up	nutrients	from,	a	surrounding	solution,
called
extracellular	fluid
	or
connective	tissue. The	degree	of	nourishment	and	efficiency	of
the	cells	depends	on	how	swiftly	and	completely	waste	material	is	removed	from	the
extracellular	fluid. Since	most	waste	products	cannot	pass	directly	into	the	blood	for
excretion,	they	accumulate	in	the	extracellular	fluid	until	they	are	removed	and	detoxified
by	the	lymphatic	system. The	potentially	harmful	material	is	filtered	and	neutralized	by
lymph	nodes
	that	are	strategically	located	throughout	the	body. One	of	the	key	functions	of
the	lymphatic	system	is	to	keep	the	extracellular	fluid	clear	of	toxic	substances,	which
makes	this	a	system	of	utmost	importance. Poor	circulation	of	blood	in	the	body	causes	an	overload	of	foreign,	harmful	waste
matter	in	the	extracellular	tissues	and,	consequently,	in	the	lymph	vessels	and	lymph	nodes
as	well. When	lymph	drainage	slows	down	or	becomes	obstructed,	the	thymus	gland,
tonsils,	and	spleen	start	to	deteriorate	quite	rapidly. These	organs	form	an	important	part	of
the	body’s	system	of	purification	and	immunity. In	addition,	microbes	harbored	in
gallstones	can	be	a	constant	source	of	recurring	infection	in	the	body,	which	may	render
the	lymphatic	and	immune	systems	ineffective	against	more	serious	infections,	such	as
infectious	mononucleosis,	measles,	typhoid	fever,	tuberculosis,	syphilis,
	and	the	like. Owing	to	restricted	bile	flow	in	the	liver	and	gallbladder,	the	small	intestine	is	restricted
in	its	capacity	to	digest	food	properly. This	permits	substantial	amounts	of	waste	matter
and	poisonous	substances,	such	as
cadaverines
	and
putrescines
	(breakdown	products	of
putrefied	food),	to	seep	into	the	lymphatic	ducts. These	toxins,	along	with	fats	and
proteins,	enter	the	body’s	largest	lymph	vessel,	the
thoracic	duct,
	at	the
cysterna	chyli. The
cysterna	chyli	are	dilated	lymph	vessels	in	the	shape	of	sacks,	situated	in	front	of	the	first
two	lumbar	vertebrae	(see
Figure	9
)	at	the	level	of	the	belly	button. Toxins,	antigens,	and	undigested	proteins	from	animal	sources,	including	fish,	meat,
eggs,	and	dairy	foods,	as	well	as	leaked	plasma	proteins,	cause	these	lymph	sacks	to	swell
and	become	inflamed. When	the	cells	of	an	animal	become	damaged	or	die,	which
happens	seconds	after	it	is	killed,	its	protein	structures	are	broken	down	by	cellular
enzymes. These	so-called	“degenerate”	proteins	are	useless	for	the	body,	and	they	become
harmful	unless	they	are	promptly	removed	by	the	lymphatic	system. Their	presence
usually	invites	enhanced	microbial	activity. Viruses,	fungi,	and	bacteria	feed	on	the	pooled
wastes. In	some	cases,	allergic	reactions	occur. Figure	9
:	Cysterna	chyli	and	thoracic	duct

When	the	cysterna	chyli	(lymph	sacks)	are	overtaxed	and	congested,	the	lymphatic
system	is	no	longer	able	to	sufficiently	remove	even	the	body’s	own	degenerate	proteins
(from	worn-out	cells). This	results	in
lymph	edema. While	lying	on	the	back,	existing
lymph	edema	can	be	felt	as	hard	knots,	sometimes	as	large	as	a	fist,	in	the	area	of	the	belly
button. These	“rocks”	are	a	major	cause	of
middle	and	low	back	pain
	and
abdominal
swelling,
	and,	in	fact,	of	most	symptoms	of	ill	health. Many	people	who	have	grown	a
“tummy”	consider	this	abdominal	extension	to	be	just	a	harmless	nuisance	or	a	natural
part	of	aging. They	don’t	realize	that	they	are	breeding	a	living	“time	bomb”	that	may	go
off	some	day	and	injure	vital	parts	of	the	body. Anyone	with	a	bloated	abdomen	suffers
from	major	lymph	congestion. Some	80	percent	of	the	lymphatic	system	is	associated	with	the	intestines,	making	this
area	of	the	body	the	largest	center	of	immune	activity. This	is	no	coincidence. The	part	of
the	body	where	most	disease-causing	agents	are	combated	or	generated	is,	in	fact,	the
intestinal	tract. Any	lymph	edema,	or	other	kind	of	obstruction	in	this	important	part	of	the
lymphatic	system,	can	lead	to	potentially	serious	complications	elsewhere	in	the	body. Wherever	a	lymph	duct	is	obstructed,	lymph	has	also	accumulated	at	some	distance
from	the	obstruction. Consequently,	the	lymph	nodes	located	in	such	an	area	can	no	longer
adequately	neutralize	or	detoxify	the	following	things:	dead	and	live	phagocytes	and	their
ingested	microbes,	worn-out	tissue	cells,	cells	damaged	by	disease,	products	of
fermentation,	pesticides	in	food,	toxic	antibodies	contained	in	most	plant	foods,	inhaled	or
otherwise	ingested	chemical	particles,	cells	from	malignant	tumors,	and	the	millions	of
cancer	cells	every	healthy	person	generates	each	day. Incomplete	destruction	of	these
things	can	cause	these	lymph	nodes	to	become	inflamed,	enlarged,	and	congested	withblood. Infected	material	may	enter	the	bloodstream,	causing	septic	poisoning	and	acute
illnesses. In	most	cases,	though,	the	lymph	blockage	occurs	slowly,	without	any	symptoms
other	than	swelling	of	the	abdomen,	hands,	arms,	feet,	or	ankles,	or	sometimes	puffiness	in
the	face	and	eyes. This	is	often	referred	to	as	“water	retention,”	a	major	precursor	of
chronic	illness. Continuous	lymphatic	obstruction	usually	leads	to	chronic	health	problems. Almost
every	chronic	illness	results	from	congestion	in	the	cysterna	chyli. Eventually,	the	thoracic
duct,	which	drains	the	cysterna	chyli,	is	overburdened	by	the	constant	influx	of	toxic
material	and	becomes	clogged	up,	too. The	thoracic	duct	is	linked	with	numerous	other
lymph	ducts	(see
Figures	9
	and
10
)	that	empty	their	waste	into	the	thoracic	“sewer	canal. ”

Since	the	thoracic	duct	has	to	remove	nearly	85	percent	of	the	body’s	daily-generated
cellular	waste	and	other	potentially	hazardous	material,	a	blockage	there	causes	backing
up	of	waste	into	other,	more	distant	parts	of	the	body. When	the	daily-generated	metabolic	waste	and	cellular	debris	are	not	removed	from	an
area	in	the	body	for	a	certain	length	of	time,	symptoms	of	disease	start	to	manifest. The
following	are	but	a	few	typical	examples	of	illness	indicators	that	result	directly	from
chronic,	localized	lymph	congestion:

Figure	10
:	Lymphatic	system	and	lymph	node

Obesity,	cysts	in	the	uterus	or	ovaries,	enlargement	of	the	prostate	gland,	rheumatism	in
the	joints,	enlargement	of	the	left	half	of	the	heart,	congestive	heart


. ” I ask ed. He answer ed, “Y ou. ”I felt an anticipatory r ejection. I was angry and I told him
so. “That’s what I mean,” he said. “Y ou obviously tak e things
so personally that I don’t think I could stand it for long. ”
I knew that this was a moment I had r epeated in various
ways with various people, and I had ask ed for healing many
times. I was open. I ask ed him, “T ell me honestly : How could
I have done it diﬀer ently. What else could I have said. ”
“You could have just smiled and said, ‘Don’t ﬂatter
yourself. ’”
I was so e xcited. I was lik e an eager actr ess working with
a great dir ector. “Oh that’s so gr eat,” I said. “ Let’s go back
and do that scene one mor e time. Say what you said again. ”
“You know, Marianne, I just have this awful feeling that if
we really got together, one of us would get hurt. ”
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Q: What does the author say is the reason we are not attracted to people who accept us?,
A: Because we are not accepting ourselves.
Q: What is the key to successful communication in relationships, according to the author?,
A: To ask for guidance and surrender to the Holy Spirit, rather than trying to control the situation.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the idea that we need to change our partners in order to be happy?,
A: The author believes that we need to change ourselves, not our partners, in order to be happy. We need to recognize and release our own wounds and judgments, and then ask for guidance and healing.
Q: What is the author's stance on the idea that we need to make a lot of money in order to be happy?,
A: The author argues that success and abundance come from recognizing and surrendering to our true nature, rather than trying to achieve them through external means.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the idea that we need to be special and impressive in order to be loved?,
A: The author suggests that we are already special and powerful because we are children of God, and we don't need to try to impress anyone or be someone we're not.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>If we wait for the
world’s per mission to shine, we will never r eceive it. The
ego doesn’t give that per mission. Only God does, and He
has alr eady done so. He has sent you her e as His personal
representative and is asking you to channel His love into the
world. Ar e you waiting for a mor e important job? Ther e isn’t
one. There is a plan for each of us, and each of us is pr ecious. As we open our hearts mor e and mor e, we’r e moved in the
directions in which we’r e supposed to go. Our gif ts well up
inside of us and e xtend of their own accor d. We accomplish
eﬀortlessly. How could L eonar do da V inci not have painted? How
could Shak espear e not have written? In Letters to a Y oung
Poet, Rilk e tells a young writer to write only if he has to. We
are to do what ther e is a deep psychological and emotional
imperative for us to do. That’s our point of power, the
source of our brilliance. Our power is not rationally or
willfully called forth. It’s a divine dispensation, an act of
grace. 4. MONEY
“Joy has no cost.”
Do what you love. Do what mak es your heart sing. And
never do it for the money. Don’t go to work to mak e money;
go to work to spr ead joy. Seek ye ﬁrst the kingdom ofHeaven, and the Masaratti will get her e when it’s supposed
to. God doesn’t have a poverty consciousness. He doesn’t
want you to have a boring life or a boring car eer. He doesn’t
have anything against the things of this world. ‘Money isn’t
evil; it’s just nothing.’ Lik e anything else, it can be used for
holy or unholy purposes. I once had a small bookstor e. A man came in one day
and told me that he was going to teach me how to mak e
money. “Every person that walks in that door,” he said, “is a
potential sale. And that’s what you should silently say to
yourself whenever a customer walks into the stor e: Potential
sale, potential sale.”
His advice sounded e xploitative to me. He was advising
me to view other people as pawns in my own scheme. I
prayed and r eceived these wor ds: “Y our stor e is a chur ch.”
Church, esoterically, means the gathering of souls. It’s not
an outer plane but rather an inner plane phenomenon. People don’t come into your place of business so that you
can get anything. They’r e sent so that you can give them
love. After I said the prayer and got the feeling that my stor e
was a chur ch, I understood that my only job was to love the
people who came ther e. I actually did that: every time I saw
a customer walk in, I would silently bless them in some way
or another. Not everyone bought a book every time they
came in, but people began to consider me their bookseller. Customers wer e attracted to a peaceful feeling in the air. People might not know wher e it comes fr om, but they can
feel it when love is being sent in their dir ection.I’m amazed when I walk into stor es and the sales people
are rude, as if they’r e doing you some kind of favor letting
you be ther e. A rude attitude is destructive to the emotional
fabric of the world. Wher e I gr ew up, we lef t a stor e with
that kind of ener gy because it doesn’t feel good to be ther e.
When our goal is making money, cr eativity becomes
distorted. If I saw money as the ultimate goal of my
teaching car eer, then I would have to think mor e about what
people wanted to hear and less about what I feel it’s
important to say. My ener gy would become tainted with
eﬀorts to get people to come back, to sell them on my
lectur es, to get them to bring their friends. But if the
purpose of my car eer is to channel God’s love, then I’m only
there to open my heart, open my brain and open my mouth. When we’r e working solely for money, our motivation is
getting rather than giving. The miraculous transfor mation
here is a shif t from a sales mentality to a service mentality. Until we mak e this switch, we’r e operating fr om ego and
concentrating on the things of this world rather than on
love. This idolatry casts us into alien emotional ter ritory,
wher e we ar e always afraid. W e’re afraid of either failur e or
success. If we’r e closer to success, we’ll fear success. If
we’re closer to failur e, we’ll fear failur e. The issue isn’t
success or failur e. The issue is the pr esence of fear, and its
inevitability wher ever love is absent. Like everything else, money is either holy or unholy,
depending on the purposes ascribed to it by the mind. W e
tend to do with money what we do with se x: we desir e it but
we judge the desir e. It is the judgment that then distorts the
desir e, tur ning it into an ugly e xpression. Because we ar e
ashamed to admit that we want these things, we have
insidious ways of pr etending that we don’t—such as
condemning our desir es even as we act them out. The lossof purity is in us, then—not in money or in se x. They ar e
both just canvasses onto which we pr oject our guilt. Just as the fearful mind is the sour ce of pr omiscuity and
sex is mer ely the vehicle thr ough which it is e xpressed, so
money is not the sour ce of gr eed. The mind is the sour ce of
greed, and money is one of the places wher e it e xpresses
itself. Both money and se x can be used for holy as well as
unholy purposes. Lik e nuclear ener gy, the pr oblem isn’t the
energy, but how it is applied. Our judgment of wealth is actually an ego ploy to mak e
sure we never have any. I was once driving ar ound a very
wealthy neighbor hood in Houston and I thought, “These
people work for huge multi-national corporations that
oppress people thr oughout the Thir d World.” Then I stopped
myself : How do I know what all those people do for a living,
and how do I know what they do with their money? My
judgmental attitude, masquerading as political
consciousness, was actually my ego’s way of trying to