 go?” Thou has
the words of eternal life.” (John 6:66-68). I may not like what I have just heard, that I must turn to my own con -
sciousness as to the only reality, the only foundation on which all phe -
nomena can be explained. It was easier living when I could blame anoth -
er. It was much easier living when I could blame society for my ills, or
point a finger across the sea, and blame another nation. It was easier liv -
ing when I could blame the weather for the way I feel. But to tell me that
I am the cause of all that happens to me that I am forever molding my
world in harmony with my inner nature, that is more than man is willing
to accept. If this is true, to whom would I go? If these are the words of
eternal life, I must return to them, even though they seem so difficult to
digest. When man fully understands this, he knows that public opinion does not
matter, for men only tell him who he is. The behavior of men constantly
tell me who I have conceived myself to be. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenIf I accept this challenge and begin to live by it, I finally reach the point
that is called the great prayer of the Bible. It is related in the 17th chapter
of the Gospel of St John. “I have finished the work which thou gavest me
to do. (John 17:4). “And now, O Father, glorify me with thine own self with the glory which I
had with thee before the world was.” (John 17:5). “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that
thou gavest me I have kept, and one of them is lost, but the son of perdi -
tion.” (John 17:12). It is impossible for anything to be lost. In this divine economy nothing can
be lost, it cannot even pass away. The little flower which has bloomed
once, blooms forever. It is invisible to you here with your limited focus,
but blooms forever in the larger dimension of your being, and tomorrow
you will encounter it. All that thou gavest me I have kept in thy name, and none have I lost
save the son of perdition. The son of perdition means simply the belief in
loss. Son is a concept, an idea. Perdido is loss. I have only truly lost the
concept of loss, for nothing can be lost. I can descend from the sphere where the thing itself now lives, and as I
descend in consciousness to a lower level within myself it passes from my
world. I say, “I have lost my health. I have lost my wealth. I have lost my
standing in the community. I have lost faith. I have lost a thousand
things.” But the things in themselves, having once been real in my world,
can never cease to be. They never become unreal with the passage of
time. I, by my descent in consciousness to a lower level, cause these things to
disappear from my sight and I say, “They have gone; they are finished as
far as my world goes.” All I need do is to ascend to the level where they
are eternal, and they once more objectify themselves and appear as reali -
ties within my world. The crux of the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel of St John is found in the
19th verse. “And for their sake I sanctify myself, that they also might be
sanctified through the truth.”
Heretofore I thought I could change others through effort. Now I know I
cannot change another unless I first change myself. To change another
within my world I must first change my concept of that other; and to do it
best I change my concept of self. For it was the concept I held of self that
made me see others as I did. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenHad I a noble, dignified concept of myself, I never could have seen the
unlovely in others. Instead of trying to change others through argument and force, let me
but ascend in consciousness to a higher level and I will automatically
change others by changing myself. “There is no one to change but self;
that self is simply your awareness, your consciousness and the world in
which it lives is determined by the concept you hold of self. It is to con -
sciousness that we must turn as to the only reality. For there is no clear
conception of the origin of phenomena except that consciousness is all
and all is consciousness. You need no helper to bring you what you seek. Do not for one second
believe that I am advocating escape from reality when I ask you to simply
assume you are now the man or the lady that you want to be. If you and I could feel what it would be like were we now that which we
want to be, and live in this mental atmosphere as though it were real,
then, in a way we do not know, our assumption would harden into fact. This is all we need do in order to ascend to the level where our assump -
tion is already an objective, concrete reality. I need change no man, I sanctify myself and in so doing I sanctify others. To the pure all things are pure. “There is nothing unclean of itself: but to
him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.” (Rom
14:14). There is nothing in itself unclean, but you, by your concept of self,
see things either clean or unclean. “I and my Father are one.” (John 10:30). “If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.”
“But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.” (John 10:37,
38). He made himself one with God and thought it not strange or robbery to
do the works of God. You always bear fruit in harmony with what you are. It is the most natural thing in the world for a pear tree to bear pears, an
apple tree to bear apples, and for man to mold the circumstances of his
life in harmony with his inner nature. “I am the vine, ye are the branches.” (John 15:5). A branch has no life
save it be rooted in the vine. All I need do to change the fruit is to change
the vine. You have no life in my world save that I am conscious of you. You are
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenrooted in me and, like fruit, you bear witness of the vine that I am. There
is no reality in the world other than your consciousness. Although you
may now seem to be what you do not want to be, all you need do to
change it, and to prove the change by circumstances in your world, is to
quietly assume that you are that which you now want to be, and in a way
you do not know you will become it. There is no other way to change this world. “I am the way.” My I Amness,
my consciousness is the way by which I change my world. As I change my
concept of self, I change my world. When men and women help or hinder
us, they only play the part that we, by our concept of self, wrote for
them, and they play it automatically. They must play the parts they are
playing because we are what we are. You will change the world only when you become the embodiment of that
which you want the world to be. You have but one gift in this world that is
truly yours to give and that is yourself. Unless you yourself are that which
you want the world to be, you will never see it in this world. “Except ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” (John 8:24). Do you know that no two in this room live in the same world? We are go -
ing home to different worlds tonight. We close our doors on entirely differ -
ent worlds. We rise tomorrow and go to work, where we meet each other
and meet others, but we live in different mental worlds, different physical
worlds. I can only give what I am, I have no other gift to give. If I want the world
to be perfect, and who does not, I have failed only because I did not know
that I could never see it perfect until I myself become perfect. If I am not
perfect I cannot see perfection, bu the day that I become it, I beautify my
world because I see it through my own eyes. “Unto the pure all things are
pure.” (Titus 1:15). No two here can tell me that you have heard the same message any one
night. The one thing that you must do is hear what I say through that
which you are. It must be filtered through your prejudices, your supersti -
tions, and your concept of self. Whatever you are, it must come through
that, and be colored by what you are. If you are disturbed you would like me to be something other than what I
appear to be, then you must be that which you want me to be. We must
become the thing that we want others to be or we will never see them be
it. Your consciousness, my consciousness, is the only true foundation


doors for you where there were only walls." LISA NICHOLS
When you follow your bliss you live in a constant space of
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leader, all the avatars who have ever lived. Go back and study 182 The Secret
the wise ones. Many of them have been presented to you in
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You've come to this juncture in your life, merely because
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yesterday. Every single thing you've been through, every single moment
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are, what you do, begins right now! The Secret to Life 183
MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
I believe that you're great, that there's something magnificent
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drous thing you experience, is all there, for You. Take a look around. None of it can exist, without You. No matter who you thought you
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all yours. 184 JOHN ASSARAF
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wide. He serves on international panels with spiritual luminaries
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 after these people adopt the foods of the white man, a large percentage of
the children developed irregularities of the dental arches with conspicuous facial deformities. The
deformity patterns are similar to those seen in white civilizations. Typical illustrations of this will be
seen in Figs. 55 and 56. Severe deformities of the face were frequently seen in the modernized
groups, as evidenced in Fig. 57.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 108/250FIG. 55. It is remarkable that regardless of race or color the
new generations born after the adoption by primitives of
deficient foods develop in general the same facial and dental
arch deformities and skeletal defects. Note the characteristic
narrowing of the dental arches and crowding of the teeth of
this modernized generation of Aborigines and their similarity
to the facial patterns of modern whites. FIG. 56. The disturbance in facial growth is often so serious
as to make normal breathing through the nose very difficult. This is primarily due to faulty development of the maxillary
bones. 7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 109/250FIG. 57. Deformity patterns produced in the modernized
Aborigines of Australia by white men's food. Note the
undershot mandible, upper left, the pinched nostrils and
facial deformity of all four. The data obtained from a study of the native Australians who are located in a reservation near
Sydney, at LeParouse, revealed that among the Aborigines 47.5 per cent of the teeth had been
attacked by dental caries, and 40 per cent of the individuals had abnormal dental arches. For the
women of this group, 81.3 per cent of all the teeth had been attacked by dental caries, and for the
men, 60.4 per cent, and for the children, 16.5 per cent. In this group 100 per cent of the
individuals were affected by dental caries. Palm Island is a government reservation situated in the ocean about fifty miles from the
mainland, off the east coast of Australia, about two-thirds of the way up the coast. It was reached
by a government launch. Included in the population of this reservation are a large number of adults
who have been moved from various districts on the mainland of Central and Eastern Australia and
many children who were born either before or after their parents were moved to this reservation. The food available on the Island is almost entirely that provided by the government. Of ninety-eight
individuals examined and measured, 53.1 per cent of them had dental caries. For the group as a
whole, 8.9 per cent of all of the teeth were affected; for the women, 21.2 per cent; for the men,
14.2 per cent; and for the children, 5.8 per cent. Fifty per cent of the children had deformed dental
arches, which occurred in only 11 per cent of the adults. Cape Bedford is situated about three-fourths of the way up the east coast and is so isolated that
it was necessary for us to use a special aeroplane to reach it. Landing was made on the beach. This group of people is under the management of a German Lutheran missionary. They are
dependent almost entirely on the food provided by the mission and the government. The official in
charge had spent fifty years in devoted service to these native people. We found him exceedingly
sad because of the very rapid breakdown that was in progress among the natives in his care. The
dental caries for the group of eighty-three individuals studied was 12.4 per cent of their 2,176
teeth examined. For the women, this amounted to 37.2 per cent of the teeth; for the men, 8.4 per
cent; and for the children, 6.1 per cent. Of the eighty-three individuals, 48.1 per cent had been
affected by dental caries. Many of the adults in this group had been born on plantations under the
influence of the modern nutrition, and many of the children had been born in the mission. For the
adults, 46 per cent had abnormally formed dental arches, and for the children, 41.6 per cent. We
were advised that deaths occurred very frequently from tuberculosis. This reservation does not
provide the natives with natural hunting grounds capable of providing the people with animal life for7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 110/250food. The coast for some distance inland is a series of sand dunes which are slowly being
transferred over the vegetation by wind, completely smothering it. While the coast is well supplied
with a variety of deep-water fish the natives have practically no equipment for obtaining them, a
condition which restricts them very largely to the use of the imported foods supplied by the
officials. Our next stop, using the special aeroplane, was at Lockhart River, which is about four-fifths of
the way up the east coast of Australia. Here again we were able to land on the beach near a large
group of primitive Aborigines. The isolation here is so nearly complete that they are dependent
upon the sea and the land for their foods. This part of Australia, namely, the York Peninsula, is still
so primitive that there has been very little encroachment by the white population. It will be
remembered that in this area there are no roads, the country being a primitive wilderness. Of fifty-
eight individuals examined, their 1,784 teeth revealed that only 4.3 per cent had been attacked by
dental caries. For the women, this amounted to 3.4 per cent; for the men, 6.1 per cent; and for the
children, 3.2 per cent. Some of these men had at some time worked on cattle ranches for the white
men. Of the children, only 6.3 per cent had abnormal dental arches, and of the adults, 8.7 per
cent. In this group, therefore, 91.4 per cent of all ages had reproduced the typical racial pattern as
compared with 56 per cent of the group at Cape Bedford, 62 per cent of the group at Palm
Island, and 60 per cent at LeParouse. At Lockhart River, 32.7 per cent of the individuals had
dental caries. A reservation called Cowall Creek on the west side of York Peninsula situated on the Gulf of
Carpenteria, was reached by flying our special plane to Horn Island in the Torres Strait north of
Australia and proceeding from there by boat to Thursday Island, and on, by boat, to Cowall
Creek. In this reservation thirty-five individuals were studied and found to be in a very pathetic
condition. We were told that deaths occurred frequently. Of the 976 teeth examined, 24.6 per
cent had been attacked by tooth decay. For the women, this amounted to 60.7 per cent; for the
men, 30.4 per cent; and for the children, 8.9 per cent. Forty-nine and six-tenths per cent of the
individuals studied had abnormal dental arches. Of the children 66.6 per cent had deformed dental
arches, and 9 per cent of the adults. Many of these adults had been raised in the bush. Of the
individuals studied, 68.6 per cent had had dental caries. One can scarcely visualize, without
observing it, the distress of a group of primitive people situated as these people are, compelled to
live in a very restricted area, forced to live on food provided by the government, while they are
conscious that if they could return to their normal habits of life they would regain their health and
again enjoy life. Many individuals were seen with abscessing teeth. One girl with a fistula exuding
pus on the outside of her face is shown in Fig. 58 (upper right). In their native life where they could
get the foods that keep them well and preserve their teeth, they had no need for dentists. Now
they have need, but have no dentists. It is easy to chide and blame the officials who provide them
with the modernized foods under which they are breaking, but it must be remembered that
practically all modern civilizations are more or less in the same plight themselves.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 111/250FIG. 58. Aborigines in Australia living on a reservation. The
boy at the upper left has suppurating tubercular axillary
glands. The girl at the upper right has pus running to the
outside of her face from an abscessed tooth. The boy whose
legs are shown at the lower left has a badly deformed body
from malnutrition. The girl at the lower right has tubercular
glands of the neck. An opportunity was provided for examining a group of the native Aborigines of Australia who
made up the crew of eighteen for a pearl-fishing boat. Of this group, 5.7 per cent of their 554 teeth
had been attacked by tooth decay. These individuals could be readily divided into two groups;
namely, those who had been raised in


much earlier than men. Pilot studies suggest that, aside from the
unique design of each individual, inherent racial differences may
be of prime significance in determining intensity, variability, and
polarity at various ages. Orientals showing more minus readings
than Caucasians of the same age, Negroes exhibiting far greater
field intensification of plus polarity. SE LEC TED PAPERS
5
In summary, electro-dynamic field constructs add fuel to the
assumption unifying living matter harmoniously with the opera
tions of nature, postulating that each biologic thing is organized
by a total dynamic pattern, the expression of an electro-m agnetic
field no less than non-living systems; and that as points on spec
trums, these two entities may at last take their positions in the
organization of the universe in a way both explicable and
rationaL Light has been shed on several heretofore elusive facts in
many realms of knowledge. A tenable theory has been provided
for emergence of the nervous system, developing no t from func
tional demands, but instead deriving as a result of dynamic forces
imposed on cell groups by the total field pattern. Living matter now has a definition of state based on relativity
field physics, through which it has been possible to detect a
measurable property of total state function. Since 1948 this for
the first time has included an objective, reproducible, quantita
tive measure of hypnotic states which can and do arise spontane
ously, the depth of which can be objectively measured. This has nothing to do with conventional depth scales. Hyp
nosis emerges as a natural field phenomenon which can be
independent of any 'hypnotist', occurring when anyone is con
centrating, thus discarding many experim ents on hypnotized
versus non-hypnotized subjects that do not first ascertain
whether non-hypnotized subjects were in spontaneous hypnotic
states. Irreducible factors in the causation of behaviour and somatic
disorders have been discovered, the behaviour perturbations
favouring the intensity factor, the somatic disorders emphasiz
ing the polarity vector. Hypnosis as well as health and disease
and ageing have thus been measured in terms of changing in
tensities and directions of natural energy, an approach fusing the
time-factor, or electro-cyclic phenomena, to the assessment of all
living things pervading the entire phylogenetic tree. Thus, a significant wedge has been driven into the problem
of known periodicities in certain clinical conditions, as well as
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the obvious energy of youth, the profound and protracted dis
orders frequently arising in older-age groups, and the natural
essence of 'hypnosis' itself-
During longit udinal studies of patients and controls several
infectious diseases have been monitored inadverten tly, reinforc
ing the importance of the field quantity as a unique property for
each individual at any given time, continuously changing in
accord with specific electro-cyclic periods. It appears, therefore, as
though an objective measure of those properties of protoplasmic
organization which establish the essential attributes of feel
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pointed out in his preface to a commemo rative issue on the
Electro-dynamic Theory of Life in 1962:
The moment is propitious : we may be close upon the kind
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cyclic implications of schizophrenic states. Ibid.• 53. Com
plete text to be published. 19. Ravitz, L. J. Application of the electro-dynamic field theory
in biology, psychiatry, medicine. and hypnosis. 1. General
survey. Am. J. Gin. Hyp., 1959. 1: 135-150. 20. Ravitz, L. J. History, measurement, and applicability of
periodic changes in the electro-magnetic field in health and
disease. In Rhythmic functions in tIle living system. Annals
N.Y. Acad. Scs., 1962, 98: 1144-1201. 21. Ravitz, L. J. The danger of scientific prejudice. Am. J. Gin. Hyp., 1968. 10: 282-303. 22. Russell, E. W. The discoveries of Burr and Ravitz: A new
way to test personnel. The Pentagon Seminar 'Techniques of
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FACTORS
Ralph Markson, M.A. Following is a shortened version of the original work which
was the author's Master's Thesis in the Meteorology De
partment at Pennsylvania State University in 1967. 1


 in June, 2003, Cindy has minor symptoms relating to Ascites buildup. Typically, 2 - 4 cysts (small bubbles of Ascites fluid) build in the abdomen and
stomach areas over a period of 90+ days and Cindy requires minimal parenthesis
procedures. This is a far cry from the original Ascites drains of one - three liters each. These cysts are not painful but do cause minor discomfort as they expand and press
on vital organs. For instance, she may have to go to the bathroom frequently because
a bubble might be pressing on her bladder, or, she can't east a lot at one time
because a bubble is pressing on her stomach. These are sign that she needs a drain. There are a few other bubbles inside her pelvic area, but they don't seem to be
causing her any problems. The hope is that Dr. Kelley's enzymes w ill slowly dissipate
these cysts. The following is a letter from Cindy's primary physician. It is addressed to Southwest
airlines, giving them an update on her health status. It is Cindy's hope to go back to
work as a flight attendant in April, 2005. And let me tell you, I  believe it's going to
happen! Ken
Hodgkin's Disease Testimonials
Hodgkin's disease is a moderately rare cancer of the lymphocyte system and
associated organs that claimed 1,500 lives in 1987. Physicians have classified (in the claimed 1,500) this malignancy system of four
"stages" (I-IV). Stage I  represents early, localized disease; stage IV defines advanced,
widely disseminated cancer involving many organs of the body. Stages II and III
include more intermediate forms. Physicians further categorize Hodgkin's disease by
the letters "A" and "B." The designation "A" refers to patients without symptoms. The
letter "B" identifies patients with symptoms such as fevers, chills, night sweats, and
fatigue. Hodgkin's, if untreated, is often rapidly fatal. "A single series of untreated
patients reported by Croft in 1941," writes Devita, head of the National Cancer
Institute, "leads us to believe that the course of patients with Hodgkin's disease, if left
untreated, regardless of the stage, is brief, measured in 1  to 2 years. In that series, the
median survival was less than 1  year and most patients were dead by year 2, with
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fewer than 5% alive after 5 years." At present, the "MOPP" chemotherapy regimen is the most widely recommended
treatment for Hodgkin's. This protocol employs four drugs — nitrogen mustard,
Oncovin (vincristine), procarbazine and prednisone — given once every twenty-eight
days for at least six months. As Devita explains, "Unless chemotherapy is
contraindicated for medical reasons, all patients treated with MOPP and other
combinations should be given a minimum of six cycles (a dose) or as many cycles as
needed to achieve a complete remission, plus additional cycles to consolidate the
remission. "(1) With protocols such as this, at least 50% of all patients w ill survive five
years. Michael Moreland
Mr. Michael Moreland is a 37-year old man from Washington State alive nine years
since diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. In late 1977, Mr. Moreland developed mild
fatigue and a tender swelling in his neck that rapidly increased in size. In January of
1978 he consulted his family physician, who suspected a low-grade infection and
prescribed a course of Penicillin therapy. With treatment, the swelling did decrease
slightly over a period of a week, but then worsened. In addition, Mr. Moreland began
experiencing drenching night sweats as well as sharp pain in the upper part of his
chest. Several weeks later, Mr. Moreland returned to his physician. A chest X-ray revealed
a large upper mediastinal mass, and laboratory studies were significant for an
elevated white blood count of 21,000 (upper limit of normal 10,000). Because of
these findings, on February 6, 1978 Mr. Moreland entered Vancouver Memorial
Hospital in Vancouver, Washington. On admission, Mr. Moreland was noted to have
extensive lymphadenopathy in the cervical area, described in the records as: "A very
large mass present in the left side of the neck with some surrounding smaller masses
also present. There are some more discrete masses on the right side as well, measuring up to 3 to
4 centimeters in diameter. There is a bilateral auxiliary adenopathy present." The
following day, Mr. Moreland went to surgery. Subsequent evaluation of the tissue
specimen confirmed an aggressive form of Hodgkin's disease, well-described in the
official pathology report: "There is no question that nodules are being formed in this
lymph node but in many areas the picture is more than a mixed cellularity type and
there are remarkably large collections composed mainly of malignant
reticulohitiocytic cells with lymphocyte depletion." With a diagnosis of Hodgkin's
confirmed Mr. Moreland was readmitted to Vancouver Memorial on February 13 for
additional tests. A chest X-ray showed: "Mediastinal adenopathy which is a little
more pronounced on the right. There is evidence of bilateral cervical nodes." A
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lymphangiogram, a dye study of the abdominal lymph node system, demonstrated
extensive disease, as summarized in the records: "Abnormal lymphangiogram due to
enlarged nodes caused by Hodgkin's disease at L2, L3 and probably along the right
iliac chain." On February 13, Mr. Moreland underwent a staging laparotomy — exploratory
abdominal surgery — and removal of his spleen, a procedure often performed in
patients with Hodgkin's. Although the spleen was free of disease, a periaortic lymph
node was positive for cancer. At the same time, a bone marrow biopsy was
attempted, but the specimen could not be conclusively analyzed. Mr. Moreland was
told he suffered advanced Hodgkin's disease, officially recorded as: "Hodgkin's
disease, nodular sclerosed type, stage IIIB." His doctors advised that aggressive multi
agent chemotherapy was the only hope for prolonged survival, and proposed their
standard six-month, six-cycle course of MOPP. Mr. Moreland agreed to the treatment,
which he began in late February as an outpatient at the Vancouver Clinic. After the first round of drugs, Mr. Moreland became extremely weak, fatigued, and
anorexic. His symptoms did improve over a two-week period, but while undergoing
the second cycle, Mr. Moreland became severely ill. He did struggle through a third
course, but felt so debilitated he decided to discontinue chemotherapy. The attending
physician warned Mr. Moreland that without appropriate treatment, he would quickly
die, and suggested a six-month course of radiation as an alternative. Mr. Moreland
accepted the plan and in late May received his first dose of cobalt to the chest. Once again Mr. Moreland became ill, and in mid-July, after receiving a total of
4060 rads to the chest and upper abdomen, Mr. Moreland refused further treatment. At the same time, he was not believed to be cancer-free. According to Mr. Moreland,
his doctors warned that he would die within a year, unless he agreed to additional
therapy. Mr. Moreland did not change his mind. Instead, after investigating alternative
approaches to cancer, he met with Dr. Kelley in late July and shortly thereafter began
the Kelley program.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        One should
brush up the front of the body and down the back, over all exposed skin surfaces,
until a warm glow is felt. Then one should take a warm shower and rub briskly with a
loofah sponge (available in most health food stores) to remove the layers of dead skin
loosened by the brushing. (We have found it best to take a hot shower each morning. ) Castile or other pure soap should be used — but in a minimal amount, since heavy
soaping w ill wash all the valuable skin oils off and can cause the skin to overproduce
oil in order to compensate. The hair should be shampooed frequently with a non
chemical soap or shampoo, which can be found in health food stores. At the end of the shower, one should turn the water to cool, then to warm. As one
becomes accustomed to the temperature change, he or she may go from hot to cold
and back several times. This exercises the tiny muscles in the skin, which control
dilation and contraction of the pores. As they become stronger, they can respond
better to the physiological demands of the body. After the shower, one can sit in a tub of water with a cup of apple cider vinegar
added, to restore and strengthen the acid mantle of the skin. Afterward, the body
should be dried and rubbed briskly with a towel until a warm glow is felt. Epsom salt baths may also be used to help draw toxins out of the skin. These baths
are especially beneficial if one is going through a "


 duodenal
ulcers disappeared after three acupuncture treatments. All the above illnesses and surgeries were
processed and handled as described by letting go of
resisting in every instant, canceling the belief systems,
and totally surrendering to Divine Will. All healing was
accomplished without narcotics or anesthesia. The
whole series of illnesses was consequent to karmic
proclivities that were surfaced by intense inner spiritual
work, which speeded up their emergence initially but
later facilitated their seemingly miraculous healing and
disappearance. Mental systems had to be questioned to fmd out
what was going on because it was obvious that a per
son with so many illnesses could hardly be said to be
free of conflict. I began to study my perfectionism and
see how this tendency, which allowed me to forgive
others but did not allow me to forgive myself, was cre
ating an intolerance ofmy own humanness.As you can
see, to be intolerant and condemn and attack all these
things within oneself produces unconscious guilt
about one's own human limitations. The origin of this mental proclivity began in child
hood in the form of moral scrupulosity and fear of sin. I had to move to a willingness to accept, love, and for
give my own humanness, acknowledge that it was only
human to have imperfect feelings, and to let go of
attacking myself for being human. Therefore, I had to
look into the essence of seeing what is the inner core
and essence of one's humanness. This took me to the
awareness of the intrinsic innocence within conscious
ness itself. I then had to look at the nature of conscious59 ASSISTING HEALING
ness. How does the child, in its innocence and lack of
negativity, end up with so many programs within the
mind to create all these illnesses? We can find the answer when we look at the nature
of innocence and track what happens to it in the child. The child's innocence might also be compared to the
hardware of a computer. The hardware is innocent, and
it is the software that goes through the hardware, cre
ating the output. However, the hardware is not affected
by the software itself.We look at the child and see the
innocence of its consciousness. How does all the nega
tive programming come in to the innocent child? It
comes in because of innocence; the child believes any
thing it is told. It is out of its lovingness and trust of its parents, its
teachers, and the world of television, commercials, and
society that the child becomes programmed. The inno
cence ofthe child becomes progressively less apparent
because it is now displaying all the programs it has
picked up out of that primary innocence. It starts to
believe the prejudices of its parents and playmates,
such as little sly remarks like, "We don't play with cer
tain kinds ofpeople. "What buys that negative program? It is the innocence of the child, which remains within
our consciousness throughout our life. It is always
going on. It is out of that innocence that we buy into
error, but the inner innocence itself is unsullied. We
have to go back into the recognition of that inner inno
cence in order to forgive ourselves as well as others. That inner innocence allows us to learn anything
new:The innocence ofthe child never changes; in fact, it
is the innocence of the child within you that is reading 60 HEALING AND RECOVERY
these words this very second. It never changes; it is that
same trusting, believing, and 'hoping to hear the truth
and be open to it' innocence that continues. Even ifyou
do not believe what you are reading now, it is because
some opposite program within your mind says, "Don't
trust. "And it was your innocence that bought the pro
gram of"Don't trust anybody:'
Even the mistrusting person is doing so out oftrust. They are trusting the truth of that statement. Maybe
one day their father said, "Don't trust anybody out
there," and it was their innocence that bought the dis
trust. Yet the innocence itself is unsullied and
untouched because it never changes. It is the inherent
nature of consciousness itself. It is the hardware of the
computer, and no matter how many negative thoughts
were heard, the programs that are played through the
mind do not affect the hardware, leaving it untouched,
unsullied, pristine, and pure.That inner pristine purity
is still within all of us. That bring us to compassion because we now see
how we picked up programs as we grew up in youth
or adolescence. For example, we do not want to admit
that we have negative thoughts, feelings, or even fear,
or that we have desire or feelings of loss, regret, or
hopelessness. These are not acceptable.The self-hatred
and guilt then accumulate from the constant rejection
. ofour own humanness. As a result,we have to move to a
better, healing way of being with ourself. It is easy to do
by merely choosing to be compassionate and forgiving. The decision came to me to be that way about
myself, the same as I was about others, because ifI am
that way about myself, then automatically I am that way 61 ASSISTING HEALING
about others.That which I forgive in others I automat
ically forgive in myself because all I am seeing out
there is myself projected into the world. With the undoing of all this negativity and the
replacement of the low negative energies by a positive
energy, we begin to experience the world, ourselves,
and our relationship to life in a different way.We begin
to experience an inner joyfulness as a result ofour will
ingness to let go of condemning ourself and others. This then becomes a habit and the way we are in the
world. Intention to be a source of healing to ourself
and others sets up a context. What does context mean? Intention sets up con
text. Our intention to be this kind of person then sets
up the whole energy of our consciousness and aligns it
so that we begin to see things that way. In other words,
there is an actual alteration of perception. We literally
begin to see the world through forgiving, healing, and
compassionate eyes. We are not talking about sympa
thy, which is in the lower energy fields; we are talking
about a lovingness as an inner decision to be that kind
of human being towards ourself and others. There is
the willingness to let go of being critical, along with
our moraliZing 'right and wrong' attitude that occurs
when we polarize ourselves with others by saying,"My
position is right and your position is wrong." Because the body expresses what the mind
believes, this decision then begins to affect the body. We can track down the mechanics of that with muscle
testing.When we hold a loving thought in mind or pic
ture somebody in a loving way, our arm is strong when
someone tests its resistance. When we hold an unloving 62 HEALING AND RECOVERY
thought in mind, the arm will instantly go weak
because the body is immediately reflecting what the
mind believes. As we move into the decision to be forgiving and
compassionate, to be that which supports and nurtures
life instead ofcondemning it or moralistically putting it
down and getting into a'make wrong' scenario, and as
we become willing to let go of the'make wrong', we
let go of attacking ourself for being ill. Some people
who are involved in spiritual work or metaphysical
studies will compound the problem by making them
selves wrong because they have a physical illness. It is
helpful to have the willingness to accept whatever is
being expressed on the physical level, to look within
our own consciousness to see what is being brought to
our attention, and to see that whatever is occurring in
our life is happening in order to come up to be healed. Instead of being ashamed that we are a spiritual
seeker with a physical illness, we instead become
thankful and say, "Aha! Something is coming up to be
healed. "We want that capacity to bring up the various
things to be healed; thus, it is a sign of progress, not of
falling back.We can be happy that we have a chance to
heal these things that, paradoxically, are actually
brought up by major or rapid spiritual progress (Le.,
karma). Most of the great mystics of history had
records of many physical illnesses (e.g., see"Mystics" in
Encyclopaedia Britannica). An illness is merely our consciousness calling atten
tion to something that needs to be looked at.There is
something about which we are feeling guilty, fearful, or
other negative emotion. There is a belief system we are 63 ASSISTING HEALING
holding that has to be let go of and cancelled. There is
something that has to be forgiven, and something with
in us that has to be loved, so we thank: whatever it is for
bringing it to our awareness. We say,"Thank: you, ulcer. I see.You forced me to look at the way in which I was
condemning myself and not loving myself.Thank: you,
hypoglycemia, for showing me how much I have been
living in fear." We thank: all· our illnesses because they


vival on something outside themselves. All the negative energy fields are based on placing
the source of our happiness externally. This results in
being vulnerable and also being the potential, hopeless
victim. Being the victim means perceiving a cause as
being outside ourself. Therefore, the vulnerability to
depression is present as long as we think the source of
our happiness is something outside ourselves. The common frailty of human consciousness is to
make happiness dependent upon externals, such as say
ing, "Well, when I get that degree, then I'll be successful
and happy," or, "When I learn that foreign language; or
get to move into that apartment; or get that fur coat or
new car; or when I get that advanced college degree; or
when I get that relationship; or, if I could just change
that person out there; if I could get my aunt to stop
drinking; if our company would only come out of the
red and go into the black, then I will be successful. " It
is always 'out there'. Placing the source of our happi
ness outside ourself is putting us in the position of 367 DEPRESSION
being vulnerable to depression, anxiety, fear, and a
potential loss. It is only by owning ourself as the source
of happiness, as the experience of our existence, inde
pendent and beyond that which happens within the
world, that we become immune to depressive episodes. Each time we look at the Map of Consciousness, it
is from a different perspective with a different emphasis. It alters our understanding ofthe nature of human con
sciousness as we approach it from a different context
with a broader understanding. The levels of conscious
ness have either a positive or a negative direction, with
a crucial intersection in the middle at the level of
Courage, which is crossed over by telling the truth. Section summary:

Please provide accurate summaries according to given requirements. Summary:
**Release from Suffering**: Emphasising Acceptance & Empowerment

* Resistance fuels sufferring (`entrapping`)
	+ Transformation = `Consciounsess` => Free-dom. *
    * Healing requires releasing labels/identifications w/felt sensations/hungers/pains -> **Letting Go**

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Next sections summarize various topics related to recovery/healing strategies incorporating concepts outlined earlier;

•   Losing Weight - discusses unconventional approaches involving meditation,
    visualization practices,

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Here’s an abridged version summarizing key points regarding Release from Suffernng:

You won’t grasp liberation unless you abandon struggling and embracing reluctance towards agony/suifering;
Resilience stems from facing difficulties authortically;

By relinquishing resentment toward ache /pain/wish/dread → Liberation. (Note: Please verify accuracy. )

For additional requests please specify whether Anti-Reiteration Mechanisms are included. Additional request clarification:

Would anyone kindly clarify/rephrase “Anti-Restatement” mechanism(s). From reading Chapter III, Part V, Sections IV-VII, etc.,…

(Illustrations/explanations provided)

A concise definition/example might suffice – e. g. : avoiding repetition/non-overlapping phrases. Could explain briefly. Thank you. Edit:**Clarification Request**
To confirm, you'd appreciate assistance clarifying/break-down examples explaining "**Antii-restatement Mechanics". Essentially seeking alternative phrase formulations/phrasing styles ensuring coherence/readability. Justify with illustrations/examples. Waiting patiently.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the key to releasing suffering and pain?,
A: It is necessary to let go of resisting and struggling, and instead, choose to be with the sensation and welcome it.
Q: What is the author's approach to losing weight?,
A: The author suggests that it is not about dieting or exercising, but rather about using consciousness techniques to reprogram the mind and body.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the medical model of weight loss?,
A: The author disagrees with the traditional medical approach, which focuses on diet and exercise, and instead suggests that the problem lies in the mind and can be solved through consciousness techniques.
Q: What is the key to overcoming the cycle of overeating and guilt?,
A: The author suggests that it is necessary to let go of resistance and guilt, and instead, focus on loving and accepting the body, rather than trying to control it.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of self-worth and self-esteem?,
A: The author believes that self-worth and self-esteem come from within, and that it is essential to reprogram the mind to focus on self-love and acceptance, rather than trying to achieve it through external means.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>In
this case, the telling of the truth is that "My happiness
does not depend on anything outside of me. I, of
myself, am the source of my happiness by my own
inner decisions, integrity, intentions, and by the way I
see myself and my relationships with the events of life." At the bottom of the Map is maximum victimhood
in which the total source of our happiness has been
placed outside ourself. The loss of that brings about
self-contempt and self-hatred. There is nothing within
the self now to love because that which was loved was
seen as something outside ourself. At the stage ofApathy, which we know as hopeless
ness and despair, there is a state of no energy, so a
person in that state is in a severe clinical depression. The person is usually unresponsive and may sit in a
chair, staring blankly out the window. They are fre
quently unresponsive to any communication and are
unable to talk.Very often they stop eating and may not
be able to sleep or function in the world.These are the 368 HEALING AND RECOVERY
severe forms ofdepression, which also have a biochem
ical basis in the brain that leads to seeing life as sad, the
future as hopeless, and themselves as empty and worth
less. The concept of the God of that kind of world is
one who ignores and does not care for them. It is a
state of total unlovingness and feeling unloved. Our clinical experience indicates that the three
lower states of hopelessness and helplessness, which
we collectively call despondence and depression, arise
as a consequence of the failure to have handled the
energy field above it, which is called Fear.The person
is not facing the underlying fear because the depres
sion arises from the loss of meaning. It is not the thing
outside ofthem that the person has placed their happi
ness on that is the difficulty, but the meaning they have
attached to it. It is not the college degree but the mean
ing of that degree. It is not the relationship but the
meaning of the relationship. It is not the position or
title of president of the company, or the financial suc
cess, or haVing the right address, but their importance
and value.What we project onto a thing, or the way we
hold it, depends on the meaning we give to it. In and of
itself, it has no meaning; it merely is. Meaning is a mental construction that we have pro
jected out, thereby assigning value to something. The
value arises out of our own mentaVemotional values
that are being projected onto something outside of us. This results in seeing ourself as separated from· the
source of happiness. There is'me', and then there is
that 'outside of self' from which we feel separated. There is the fantasy that if we could reunite with that,
have that, control that, then that would heal the inner 369 DEPRESSION
feeling of lack and separation. To feel separated from
that which we want is to unconsciously feel separated
from God.The view of God in these depressed states is
one of being totally separated from the source of our
happiness. The way to get out of a depression is to look at the
underlying fear. What is the fear? We have used the
actual clinical example of the woman who received a
telegram from the Department of Defense that her
son was killed in action. She is rocking back and forth
in her chair and staring out the window. Several
weeks later a telegram arrived stating there had been
an error, they regretted the error, and that the son was
still alive.When the family told her this, she just kept
on rocking back and forth, staring out the window. "Mother, mother," they said as they shook her, "didn't
you hear? Joey is not dead. He is alive and fine. He is in
an R & R camp in Vietnam." However, she just kept on
rocking. Something had happened. The energy field, the
state she had obviously been holding, was that of her
son and her relationship to him as a major source of
happiness. Being a widow, that relationship was prime
in her life. Now something had happened; the energy
of the field had brought about a change in the brain
chemistry. We can see that in this instance, the shift in
the brain chemistry is a consequence. Due to the loss
of meaning in her life, the energy field then expressed
itself on the level of brain chemistry. All things are physical, mental, and spiritual. Spiritually, the meaning here was the separation from
God; emotionally, it was the significance of this rela370 HEALING AND RECOVERY
tionship; and on the physical level, it was the brain
chemistry. There was a shift and a loss of neurotrans
mitters.The


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www.thegersonway.comThe Leukocyte (White Blood Cell, WBC) Count
Reporting on the number of white blood cells (WBCs) found in a microliter (cubic
millimeter) of whole blood by use of a hemacytometer or Coulter counter, the leukocyte count
varies with strenuous exercise, stress, or digestion. It’s used to detect infection or inflammation,
the need for further tests such as the WBC differential or bone marrow biopsy, and the response
to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The WBC count ranges from 4.1 to 10.9 x 1011. An elevated count signals infection such as an
abscess, meningitis, appendicitis, or tonsillitis, and it may indicate leukemia, tissue necrosis from
burns, myocardial infarction, or gangrene. A low count shows bone marrow depression from viral
infections or from toxic reactions such as those following treatment with antineoplastics, mercury
or other heavy metal toxicity, benzene or arsenic exposure, and invasion by the organisms of
influenza, typhoid fever, measles, infectious hepatitis, mononucleosis, and rubella. The White Blood Cell Differential
Being a relative number of each type of white blood cell, the white blood cell differential
test is determined by multiplying the percentage value of each WBC type to give an absolute
number of each kind of the 100 or more WBCs. There are granulocytes, agranulocytes, juvenile
neutrophils, segmented neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, large lymphocytes, small lymphocytes,
phagocytes, histiocytes, and so on. The WBC differential evaluates the body’s capacity to resist and overcome infection, various
types of leukemia, the stage and severity of infection, allergic reactions, severity of allergic
reactions, and parasitic infections. There is a long list of reference values in the WBC differential
test, divided into adult and child. For example some of them are:
For Adults—   Relative  Value (%)   Absolute Value (mcL)
Neutrophils   47.6-76.8    1950-8,400
Lymphocytes   16.2-43      660-4,600
Monocytes      0.6-9.6        24-960
Eosinophils     0.3-7        12-760
Basophils        0.3-2        12-200
To make an accurate diagnosis, the test examiner must consider both relative and absolute
values of the differential counts. For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are diagnosed
by them, please see Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to A
Cancer Therapy: Results of Fifty Cases: Practical Guidance, Resources and Recipes for Gerson Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 194Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comTherapy Patients. To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute, in
Bonita, California. The Routine Urinalysis
Elements of routine urinalysis include the measurement evaluations of physical
characteristics, specific gravity and pH, protein, glucose, and ketone bodies, plus examination of
urine sediment, casts, and blood cell crystals. The analysis of urine is an exceedingly important
test that tells a lot about the internal workings of a person. Routine urine test results have a great
number of implications for how the physiology is functioning or how it is responding to the diet,
nonpathologic conditions, specimen collection time, and other factors. For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are evaluated by urinalysis, please see
Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to  A Cancer Therapy:
Results of Fifty Cases: Practical Guidance, Resources and Recipes for Gerson™ Therapy
Patients. To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute in San Diego,
California. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 195Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 27
CASE HISTORIES OF
RECOVERED PATIENTS
The following well-documented stories of recovered Gerson patients are just a very small
sample of the considerable collection of such records in our archive. All of them refer to
patients thoroughly diagnosed by biopsy, done mostly in U.S.hospitals; almost all of them were
in a so-called terminal condition with widespread cancers that have never been cured by orthodox
means. We chose them in an attempt to include as many kinds of malignant disease as possible,
since we know from long experience that individuals thinking of pursuing the Gerson Therapy
always want to know first whether anyone suffering from “their” cancer has ever recovered. This
selection aims to answer their questions. The Gerson protocol is often attacked on the grounds that it has never been subjected to a so-
called proper test, i.e., a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. This kind of
test, however, has taken over fairly recently from another, centuries-old way of judging medical
treatments, which was based on clinical results. In other words, as Dr. Gerson often stated, “It’s
the result at the sickbed that counts,” a self-evident view that would be hard to dispute. The currently favored randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial, however,
is not concerned with individual patients. It requires a large group of individuals and is called
double-blind, because neither the doctor nor the patients know who is receiving the new drug
under testing and who is not; this is meant to exclude psychological or other external influences
that might interfere with the working of the drug. Clearly, this method is suitable for testing a single drug—but useless for any therapy that
involves a total change of lifestyle, such as the Gerson treatment. Just consider for a moment
the impossibility of administering coffee enemas or serving fresh juices 13 times a day without
patients realizing that something radical is going on. Besides, the mainstays of conventional
oncology, namely radiation treatment and chemotherapy, have never been subjected to randomized
double-blind clinical trials. Only various kinds of chemotherapy have been tested against each
other ; never chemo- vs. non-chemo treatment. Yet all the time many books and academic studies
have been published by physicians and other scientists, attesting to the failure of chemotherapy. One of the latest books is The War on Cancer: an Anatomy of Failure, by Guy B. Faguet, M.D. 2005. (Springer, ISBN-10, 194020-3618-3.) In view of this, critics of the Gerson Therapy should perhaps demand the application of Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 196Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comrandomized double-blind clinical trials to chemotherapy before attacking a method they are
totally unfamiliar with..
Now read on... Highly aggressive Lymphoma
Born in 1943, S.M. was 47 years old in 1990 when she developed several swollen lymph
nodes, and, after having them biopsied, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Two
years later, in the summer of 1992, she arrived at the Gerson hospital with extensive edema ( fluid
accumulation ) in her legs, hips and buttocks, and also around a large, melon-sized tumor in her
abdomen. She embarked on the Gerson Therapy as the only treatment for her condition and was
not “tapped” to remove the fluid from her body. In the first five days on the full Gerson program,
with many trips to the bathroom, S.M. lost 28 pounds. In February of 1993, when the patient was re-examined by her doctor in Wenatchee, WA,
the MD’s report read: “Her lymphedema seems to be resolved (medical term for cleared up). Her lymph nodes are no longer palpable ( cannot be felt)  and the patient is feeling well. However,
she has severe carotenemia ( harmless  carrot-colored discoloration of the skin, common in many
Gerson patients), and she still refuses chemotherapy.” Understandable, since she no longer had
any swollen lymph nodes! S.M. continued in good health and testified about her recovery at a
convention in Seattle in 1998 and was active in her husband’s business at last report in 2002. At age 32  W.S. was a struggling young artist with a wife and three small children. When he
noted a mass in his abdomen, he was sent to surgery in May of 1951 in Cincinnati, OH. The doctor
reported


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Onions

Asparagus

Pea pods (optional)

Green beans (optional)

Place your desired veggies into a stainless steel steamer, and steam for 5 to 7
minutes. You may wish to put these steamed vegetables over whole grain
brown rice with an onion or veggie sauce. *Stainless steel “leaf” steamers are inexpensive and can be purchased at any
department store that carries kitchen utensils. They are made to fit down into
saucepans. Avoid all aluminum cookware. Stir-Fried Veggies
3 tablespoons olive oil
 Chopped vegetables of your choice (including bean sprouts)

Add olive oil to skillet. Heat oil and add chopped vegetables (the sky is the
limit where your choices are concerned). Stir-fry for approximately 5–10
minutes, but don’t overcook. Season to taste with your favorite herbal spices. Short-Grain Whole Brown Rice
1 cup of short-grain brown rice

2 cups of water

Rinse rice and put into a pot with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, cover and
cook on low heat for 45 minutes until all water is absorbed. Millet Cereal
Use this once a week only. Prepare according to package directions, or as you
would oatmeal. Use rice milk only. Sweeten with honey, molasses or maple
syrup. Your food determines in a large measure how long you shall live – how
much you shall enjoy life, and how successful your life shall be. — Dr. Kirschner,
Live Food Juice

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Power of Herbs
W
hen I started using herbs and herbal formulas over twenty-seven years ago,
my success in my clinic skyrocketed. I began to see much deeper cleansing
and healing—true regeneration and vitality—in tissues. Previously, with
supplements, I would see
some
 improvement, and maybe some symptoms
eliminated. However, these symptoms would return when the
supplementation was stopped. Today, the use of herbs (botanicals) is vital to the restoration of the
human race. Their power to invoke the cleansing and regeneration process
can’t be equaled by manufactured supplements or chemical medications. Where chemical medications suppress and hold toxins in the body, herbs pull
and clean these toxins out as well as strengthen the cells. Because herbs
haven’t been hybridized they haven’t lost their powerful nutritive and
electrical properties. From a spiritual viewpoint, herbs carry the “original awareness” with
which they were created. When an herb’s “consciousness” or awareness
unites with the consciousness of a human cell, this empowers the cell to
function as
it
 was originally created. As DNA and cellular activity changes,
this yields greater vitality to cells, tissues, or glands. With their powerful
cleansing actions, herbs empower the body to clean itself out of all
obstructions, thereby enhancing blood, lymph, and neuro (energy) flow to
the cells. The original power (consciousness), nutrition, and active ingredients that
herbs have can make the difference between life and death. We have come to
a point genetically in our cellular patterns where treatment is no longer
effective. The chemical toxicity levels in our air and from our foods is so
high that acidosis and deterioration is affecting everything—our buildings,
statues, water supplies, animals, and especially ourselves. In the last 100 years
humans have done what no other animal has ever done in billions of years:
we have destroyed the earth. If you wish to survive this, changing your
approach from treatment to detoxification is essential. If you
do not alkalize
and clean out the poisons that are killing your body, your chances of getting
healthy remain very low.This book is aimed at changing your viewpoint about treatment. It has
been my life’s work not to treat, but to detoxify and regenerate. This is
especially true in chronic and degenerative disorders, such as diabetes (type
I), cancer, arthritis, and MS. One cannot just treat these conditions. The
tissues (organs and glands) that are failing must be restored. Herbs have been used for ages by humans and animals for the treatment
of disease as well as for nutrition. Herbs are non-hybrid vegetables. Their
nutritional, electrical, and medicinal content is much greater than most hybrid,
garden vegetables. The uniqueness and superiority of herbs lies in their
strong medicinal compounds, or what I call their restorative properties, which
include acids, alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, coumarins (clotting factors),
tannins, (astringent properties), antioxidants (immune), bitter principles and
much more. A list of many of these herbs and their effects upon tissues will
be found in
Module 8.2
,
Power Herbs. The restorative principles in herbs can enhance, cleanse and provide
nutrition to cells and tissues, thus affecting cell and tissue response. Herbs
increase the blood and lymph flow within tissues, which increases nutrition to
cells and allows them to eliminate their wastes. Herbs are “tissue-specific” in that each herb was designed by God to
affect a specific type of tissue or part of the body. The beauty of God’s herbs
is that they can and do affect many different types of tissues at the same time. Examples of this would be Licorice Root, Saw Palmetto Berries, and Chaste
Tree Berries. These herbs not only affect the endocrine gland tissues but also
have a broad range effect upon the body. They strengthen the vascular
system, enhancing male and female organs, and are anti-inflammatory as
well. Parasite herbs such as Black Walnut Hull and Pau d’Arco not only kill
parasites but enhance the immune system and the endocrine gland system. They have a broad range effect, killing all types of parasites, including, but
not limited to yeasts, fungi, molds, bacteria, viruses, flukes and worms. Antibiotic drugs, on the other hand, only kill bacteria, and at the same time
stimulate yeast growth. Because antibiotics are sulfur-type drugs, this
inorganic sulfur accumulates in body tissues causing tissue impairment. The
parasitic herbs are also cellular proliferators, which means that they rebuild
and strengthen cells. The true beauty and importance of using botanicals is
that they affect the whole body in a positive manner. I have used huge amounts of herbs in my career (many times on just one
client), and have seen only positive results in my thirty years of practice. Our
clinic has become world renowned for its successes, where others have failed.We have not seen any negative interaction with herbs and chemical
medications, but this is always a possibility. The goal, of course, would be for
the patient to become free of all chemical intakes. It is my opinion that herbs are mainly meant to be consumed raw and
uncooked, or in a tincture form, whereby digestion is minimal and absorption
is optimal. However, the roots, barks, and tubers can be boiled and still have
a great affect upon liver, pancreatic and GI tract function. Boiling, of course,
destroys the water-soluble constituents such as the vitamin C-complexes
(flavonoids), the B-vitamins, and the like. Boiling or heating the herbs can
also saturate (bond) the fats. However, most of the time, when you are using
boiled teas, you are treating symptoms and are trying to promote an
immediate action in the body. Most of the active medicinal properties are not
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        Many of these foods inflame and weaken their structure. Some foods act like
glue and actually adhere to its walls. Many other foods are so abrasive that
they cause excessive mucus to be produced from the intestinal walls to protect
itself. This mucus is stored along the bowel walls and interstitially in its
structure. All of the above affect your GI tract’s ability to digest food and
absorb nutrition. Your GI tract also plays a valuable role with the lymphatic system. The
lymphatic system is your sewer system. It must have a way to eliminate
wastes from the body. The kidneys, GI tract and the skin are its main avenues
for this purpose. When the skin, kidneys, and especially the colon become
impacted or obstructed, the lymphatic system becomes backed up. You can
imagine what would happen in your home if your septic tank became
blocked. The wastes from your toilet would back up and spill over. Most
people would leave their house at this point. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves of the autonomic nervous
system control your digestive tract through the neurotransmitters produced
from the adrenal glands. Weak adrenal glands can cause nerve weakness,
causing constipation. Many overlook this relationship that the adrenal glands
have to both nerve weakness
(which can cause constipation) and their steroid
production in response to inflammation. It always pays to strengthen your
adrenal glands at the same time that you are regenerating your GI tract. The importance of keeping your intestinal tract clean and healthy cannot
be overstated. Remember that this is your main canal of digestion, which is
where the breakdown of your foods into fuels and building materials takes
place. After your food is digested, it is then absorbed through the lining of
the intestines through the villa. Absorption of the nutrients from the foods
you eat is just as essential as the digestive process. The billions of cells that


 their own climate. This ability to adjust to climate is
only one of the many fasting miracles that happen to
the body. Fasting gives the body a chance to flush outthe toxic poisons and build up its Vital Nerve Force. But, as I have stated earlier, when I go to the cities
that are locked in freezing weather, I find that their hallsand auditoriums are overheated. There is so little oxygen
in the air that my body will naturally absorb some of
the carbon dioxide that people expel from their lungs
during their breathing process. That is why my spring83
Health is the most natural thing in the world. It is natural to be healthy
because we are a part of Mother Nature – we are nature. Nature is trying hardto keep us well, because she needs us in her business. – Elbert Hubbardfasting is so valuable. I want that  10 day fast to flush out
of my body any accumulated toxins, plus any other toxic
poisons that are found in those artificially heated halls. That’s why my springtime fast is always 7 to 10 days. Then when summer rolls around, I take a  7 day fast
in late July or August. This is the easiest of all my fasts
because I have been eating large amounts of luscious,fresh fruits and garden-fresh organically grown
vegetables. I believe I enjoy my summer fast more than
any other. In fact, this fast is so easy that I never stopeither my heavy physical exercise or mental activities. My autumn fast can be anytime in late October or during
November. It also extends from
 7 to 10 days. Fasting truly has many cumulative miracle effects. I
fast about  75 days a year. It is a great physiological rest I
give my body and digestive organs. This includes myliver, gallbladder, and all other faithful organs, including
the ones producing hormones, that are running my body
and keeping me healthy. The physiological rest that Igive my pancreas allows it to produce ample insulin. This also goes for the stomach, where so many digestive
juices are needed to handle and digest my food intake. Mother Nature Intended the Body and
Breath to Be Sweet and Free from Odors
You will find after a fast that you’ll have more saliva
which contains the important enzyme amylase. You will
discover that your mouth will taste sweeter and yourbreath will be clean. The more you fast, the less mouth
and body odor you will have. I never need deodorants. Several years ago I supervised a fasting program for a
student who came to California from New York. His
problem was a terrifically bad body odor that exuded
from every part of his body, particularly from under hisarms, the palms of his hands and his feet. The odor can
only be described as putrid. It wasn’t that the man didn’t
take baths – because he told me that he took as many as843 and 4 hot, soapy showers or baths daily and would use
all kinds of deodorants or antiperspirants. But it was all
to no avail, for that horrible body odor persisted. He
was becoming a nervous wreck because he felt like asocial outcast. He not only had a bad body odor, but he
had such heavy halitosis his breath could knock you
over. He used gargles, lozenges, chewed mint gum, butstill that rancid, bad breath persisted. Unhealthy Lifestyle Causes Unhealthy Life
When questioning this man before putting him on
his first fast, I found that he had been enervated byterrible lifestyle habits, overwork, marital difficulties and
heavy financial responsibilities. When you enervate
yourself, over-expend your nervous energy and exhaustyour Vital Force, the elimination organs can’t do their
job effectively and efficiently. This man was plainly
suffering from chronic nervous fatigue. His eating habitswere unhealthy. His working day was so busy that he
would gobble a sandwich and wash it down with coffee. He simply didn’t take time to prepare healthy meals. Hewas constipated and his elimination was off it’s rhythm. I told him it had taken years to get his body into this
decaying condition and that a program of fasting andnatural living would take time to accomplish its mission. But he was an intelligent and logically thinking man
and fully cooperated with our Bragg Healthy LifestyleProgram. I started him on a series of
 36 hour fasts and
between the fasts, I gradually added more raw fruit and
vegetables to his heavily concentrated diet of refinedsugars, fats and meat. I believe there must be a transition
period between changing from a unhealthy diet to a
healthy diet. It’s best not to force the body to changequickly. You must take things slowly. Instead of eating
meat
 3 times a day, he now ate meat only once a day. He
had been a great eater of white bread, so I substituted
100%  whole grain breads. It’s best oven dry toasted. Use your feet as Mother Nature intended. Give them every possible freedom. Go barefoot every chance you get. I do. For more info read Bragg Foot Book. Famous Dr. Scholl said, “The Bragg Foot Program is the best”. 85Fasting Pulls Out Toxins and Poisons
In time I put him on a 7 day fast. The first three days
were rough because he was now eliminating largeamounts of toxic poisons. He vomited some mucus andyellowish-green bile during the first
4 days. When
nauseated it’s best to drink water, then vomit toxins outthat have collected in your stomach. You will feel betterright away. The
5th day he broke out in a cleansing rash
that lasted a few days, then vanished. The odor that camefrom his body and breath was almost unbearable. Hegave me a specimen of his first urine  every morning. He sealed it tightly, dated it and stored it on a shelf tosettle. Be sure and do this. Fasting is a cleansing-healingmiracle. The proof is the foul urine that comes out. I am well-acquainted with the sickening odor of
putrid urine, being a health practitioner. In my manyyears in the health field, I’ve spent time in hospitalsand health spas inspiring patients to cleanse; recovertheir health; be strong; always live a healthy lifestyle;and treasure and protect their life. After his
7 day fast, I eliminated more refined foods
and gave him more raw fruits and  raw vegetables. Afterseveral more weeks, I put him on a
 10 day fast. This was
a much easier fast for him, but he still eliminated heavyamounts of toxins. This is called the “latent poison” thatbecomes concentrated in the cells of the body. It takestime with regular fasting and a cleansing diet of freshorganic fruits and salads and the Bragg Vinegar Drink(page
230) to slowly dislodge these deeply stored toxins. Often people will say to me, “Well, with all due
respect to your philosophy of living, I am a perfectlyhealthy person. I eat what agrees with me, drink all thecoffee I want and eat what normal people eat. ” But Iknow better, I know poisons are accumulating in theirtissues. I know some day it will break loose and theywill become deathly ill with a variety of illnesses – aches,pains, headaches, colds, flu, rashes, etc. – as this healingcrisis is trying to clean out the toxins. That’s what diseaseand sickness are – Mother Nature trying to cleanse andpurify the burdened body of toxins, accumulated since
childhood, by pushing these toxins out. 86
No man can violate Nature’s Laws and escape her penalties. – Julian JohnsonYou Pay For Your Sins Sooner or Later
Many people inherit constitutions of steel through
heredity. They can laugh and flaunt at God and Mother
Nature’s Laws and seem to get away with it. Inevitably
the day of reckoning always arrives, the day whenMother Nature starts a purification by some form of
elimination. I have seen so-called healthy people who
thought they could eat and drink anything, smoke, losesleep and work
 long hours – suddenly collapse with a
heart attack, stroke or illness. Sadly, I have seen many
of these powerful people go to an early grave due totheir disregard of common sense health laws. So I knew that my student had to be handled very
carefully. It pleased me that he kept up his programpersistently and faithfully. It took almost a year of weekly
24 to 36 hour fasts and strong adherence to The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle to defeat his annoying body odors. Today that man has a sweet, clean breath. There is no
longer any putrid odor exuding from his body. He is an
entirely different man. He not only defeated the enemieswithin his body, but he looks and feels
 20 years younger. He’s now handsome, youthful and vigorous, with
personal magnetism. He’s more relaxed because he has
a healthy body and a healthy, peaceful mind. Now itmust be very plain and obvious to you why I use fasting
as an effective, safe method of detoxifying the body. Most
people wait until something happens to their healthbefore they take action – and sadly it’s often too late. An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Ton of Cures. Those of you who are reading this book should not
wait until Mother Nature shocks you into detoxification. Isn’t


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scription of the  universe and  its origins. It is a
way  of representing  a knowledgc  of the present. Reli - gious symbols are spccially characteristic of
Chris - tianity, Islam, and Judaism, whcreas
doctrines of thc Oriental  type  are more
metaphysical. We said that sciencc and rcligion are both
calking  about the same world, and throughout this
book we  have never been concerned with
anything but every - day life, wilh things which can
be seen, felt, and ex - perienccd. We shall  thereforc
be told,  by religio us critics, that we are rcducing
rcligion to "naturalism,"  that we are identifying
God with  naturc, and mak - ing a mockery  and
travcsty  of religion  by taking  away  "its essential
supernatural  content. " But when  you ask theologians  what  thcy  mean
by
the " supcrnatural," thcy burst immediately into
sci- entific  language. They  talk about  a God  having
"concrete  reality clistinct  from  this universc,"  and
speak of him in tcrms of past history and future
pre- dictions. They insist  that  thc supernatural
world  is not of the same  "ordcr" as thc universe
studied by  science, but exists on anothcr plane of
being invisi - ble to our natural  scnses. lt begins  to
sound  likc somcthing psychic, something of the
same order as  the phcnomena of tclepathy,
clairvoyancc, and clair - audiencc. Yet this is naLUralism  purc  and simple;  it is
even
pseudo -science. For science and naturalism are
not necessarily  conccrned  only  with  things
visible  to the
138  RELIGION  REVIEWED
senses. No one has seen electrons or quanta, nor
been  able to construct a sensual image of curved
space. lf psychic phenomena exist, there is no
reason to sup - pose that they cannot be studied
scientifically, and  that they are not simply
another aspcct of "naturc. " Indeed,  science  is
concemed  with  innumerable  things which
cannot be experienced with the senses,  and
which  are not present  to immediate  experience
-for example,  the entire  past,  the process  of
gravity,
the nature of time, and the weights of planets
and stars. These invisible things are inferred
from im - mediate experience by logic. They are
hypotheses  which seem to give a reasonable
explanation of ob - served events. The
theological God is exactly the same thing -a
hypothesis accounting for ali experi - ences. When a theologian makes such a hypothesis
he uses the methods of scicncc and enters the
field of  scicnce. He must expcct, thereforc, to be
qucstioned,  examined,  and criticized  by his
fellow naturalists. But the difference between the natural and
the supernatural can be understood in a
simpler and  much more useful way. lf "nature" is
the province of  science, we can say that nature is
this world as it is named, measurcd, and
classificd. Nature is che world  which thought has
analyzcd and soned into groups  called "things. " lt has, as we saw, given things an  identity by
naming them. lt distinguishes motion  from
stillness  by comparing somerhing  which  moves
139  THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURIT \'
rapidly in relation to something which moves
slowly,  though  both  move. Thus the whole world of nature is relative and is
produced by  thought and comparison. Is the head
"really"  distinct  from  the neck. Why shouldn't  we
have  made  the "thing"  called  head  include  the
"thing" called neck, justas it includes the nose. It is
a convention of thought that head and neck are
two things instead of one. In this sense, the
ancient meta - physicians are perfectly right when
they say that the  whole universe is a product of
the mind. They mean  the universe  of "things. " On thc other hand, the supernatural and
absolute  world  consists  of the mysterious  reality
which  we have so namcd, classified, and divided. This is not a  product of the mind. But there is no
way of defining  or describing what  it is. At every
moment we are  aware  of it, and it is our
awarcness. We feel and sense it, and it is our
feelings and sensations. Yet try - ing to know and
define it is like trying to make a  knife cut itself. What is this. This is a rose. But "a rose" is a noise. What is a noise. A noise is an impact  of air wavcs
on the eardrum. Then a rose is an im - pact  of air
waves  on the eardrum. No, a rose  is a rose. is a rose  is a rose  is a rose. Definition is simply making a one -to-one
corrcs - pondence betwecn groups of sense data
and noises,  but because noises are sense data, the
attempt is ul - timately  circular. The  real  world
which  both  pro-
140  TIIE  WISDOM  OF INSECURlTY
Otherwise, we can use the negative,
metaphysical  language about this undefined
reality. It is che in - finite,  not thc definite. It is the
eternal,  thc ever - present, not the past and future,
not the convcntions  of thought  and time. It is the
unchanging  in the sensc  that the idea of changc is
but another word,  anothcr definition, which the
rcality called changc  surpasscs. Obviously,  if all
movcmcnt  is relacive,  therc is no absolute
movement. It would be mean - inglcss to say that
ali bodies in the universe are mov - ing uniformly
at ten thousand miles pcr minute, be - caus e "ali"
has cxcludcd any othcr body with respect  to
which  they  could  be said  to move. Mctaphysical  language  is negative  bccause  it
is
trying to say that,vords and ideas do not explain
re- ality. lt is not trying to persuade us that reality
is something likc a boundlcss mass of transparent
jelly. lt <loes not spcak of sorne  impalpable
abstraction,  but of this vcry world in wh1,h we
live. This expe - riencc  which we call things,
cc,1. ors, sounds, smells,  tastes, forms, and weights
is, in itself, no thing, no  form,  no number,  no
nothing -but at this moment  we behold it. Wc are,
then, beholding thc God which  traditional
doctrines  call che boundless,  formless,  infinitc,
eternal, undivided, unmovcd, and unchang - ing
Rcalily -the Absolute  behind  che relativc,  the
Meaning  behind  thoughts  and words. 1
Naturally
1This  is likewisc  what  Vedanta  doctrine  temu  the Sclf. the
atman,  transcending  ali expcricnced  ""things. " RELICION  REVIEWED
the Meaning is meaning -less because, unlike
words,  it does not have meaning but is
meaning. By itself,  a tree is mcaningless, but it
is the meaning of the word  "tree. " It is easy to see that this kind of language,
whether  in its religious or metaphysical forms,
can lead to ali manner of misunderstanding. For when the mind is  divided, and 'T' wants to
get away from present ex - pericnce, thc whole
notion of a supernatural world is  its happy
hide -out. The "I" is resisting an unhappy
change, and so clings LOthe "unchanging"
Absolute,  forgetting that this Absolute is also
the "unfixed. " When life provides sorne bitter
experience, the "I"  can only support it with che
guarantee that it i s part  of the plan of a loving
Father -God. But this very  guarantee makes  it
impossiblc  Lo realize  the "love of  God," which, as
is well known, requires che giving  up of "l. "
The misunderstanding of religious ideas is
vividly  illustrated in what men havc madc of the
doctrine of  immortality