In 1966-1967 the writer undertook a study of whether the geo
physical environment is correlated with the electric potential in
one form of living system, a tree. Burr had shown that the electric field of living systems is re
lated to their biological activity and presented evidence that
indicated bioelectric fields to be a fundamental property of such
systems. With over 20 years of electrical potential measurements
made in trees, however, he was unable to associate specific en
vironmental factors with tree potentials. Systematic variations
related to temperature, humidity, pressure, rainfall, and illumin
ation were not evident in his record, although diurnal, seasonal,
and possibly monthly cycles could be seen. It was suggested by Burr that the moon's synodic period as
well as the II-year sun-spot cycle could be detected. But more
rigorous analysis of the data was needed in order to determine if
the geophysical environment was in fact influencing tree poten
tials. Burr supplied his complete records for this purpose. They were
in the form of tabulated hourly values for two trees during the
period 1953 through 1961. Subsequent data have not been re
duced but are available in the form of charts from a graphical re
corder. These records are continuous up to date and contain air
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and earth electrical potentials as well as those of two trees on the
same time scale. Future research should utilize these later data. 2
There are two possible sources of variation in the relatively
steady electric potential in a living system; internal and external. Some of the endogenous forces are well known. Brain waves,
heart waves, and the electrical correlates of nerve-muscle prepara
tions all show changes in electric potential associated with bio
logical activity of the system. In general, such measurements
can be made under essentially standardized conditions to pre
clude the influence of relatively slow changing environmental
factors. Since variations in continuous recordings of the endo
genous parameters are of short duration relative to the rate of en
vironmental changes, adequate control of the experiment is
possible. It is known that factors such as barometric pressure, heat,
humidity, and light will influence these measurements. Prob
ably electro-m agnetic radiation, cosmic rays, geomagnetism, and
the electrical characteristics of the atmosphere will do this also
to varying degrees. Control of all possible exogenous factors
would be extremely complicated, if not impossible. In lieu of rigorously controlled laboratory experiments, Burr
took another approach. He chose a living system from which con
tinuous records could he obtained for many years. A large old
tree was ideal for this, in that the application of electrodes would
cause a minimum of disturbance of its normal functioning. * Also
it was expected that the tree would continue to live for a long
time, providing the same source for the measurement of an elec
tric potential difference. Simultaneous records of temperature, humidity, barometric
* Two electrodes were placed in the tree trunk at heights of 1 and
4 feet from the ground. The upper one was connected to the positive
terminal of the voltmeter and the lower one to the negative terminal
and grounded. The electrodes wpre inserted through holes in the
bark in contact with the undistu rbed cambium. SELEC TED PAPERS
pressure, sunlight, weather conditions, atmospheric potential
gradient, earth potential gradient, and cosmic rays were expected
to provide a basis for correlations with tree potentials. Over a
long period of time, it was reasoned, the external factor or
factors, that caused changes in the tree potential, would become
evident. Burr thus instrumented two trees, a maple and an elm, on his
estate in Old Lyme, Connecticut, starting in 1943. These pro
vided continuous records (except for brief equipment malfunc
tions). However, one of the trees died in 1966. In addition, during
the early phases of this work, a maple tree was simultaneously
measured in New Haven, Connecticut, and provided a basis for
comparison between trees 40 miles apart. Besides the tree potentials, Burr measured temperature, hum
idity, barometric pressure, and estimated cloudiness and weather. He could find no relationship between the common meteoro
logical factors and tree potentials. The one exception was the
passage of some thunderstorms, when tree potentials exhibited
anomalous behaviour. * Simultaneous measurements between two
electrodes in the earth showed parallel anomalies, except the
earth potential graphical trace is 'noisy' for several hours before
passage of a squall line and quiet afterwards. If more commonly considered meteorological variables did not
correlate with fluctuations in tree potential, Burr reasoned, one
should look at other environmental factors such as atmospheric
electricity and possibly cosmic influences such as gravitational
tides, solar activity, and cosmic radiation. Accordingly, he in
stalled equipment to measure the potential between electrodes
in the earth (about 10 metres apart) and the potential gradient
of the air (using the standard electrometer-polonium probe instru
ment). It was found that the air and earth potentials fluctuated
exactly in phase with the tree potentials. However, sometimes
only one (either one) of the trees would fluctuate. No explanation
* This may have been due to the tree going into corona and a
voltage drop occurring betw een the electrodes. Such an effect was
demonstrated by the author working at the Langmuir Labora tory,
Socorro, New Mexico, during the summer of 1965. 168 1I 19 20 2.1 20 MAY 66
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Figure 1. A typical days record of electrical potential difference
in the air, earth, maple tree, and elm tree. SEL ECTED PAPER S
is available for this behaviour which remains one of the intrigu
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do not know the answer but, as we have seen, the design of the
human nervous system permits incredibly-complex permutations
and combinations, and it is activated by ideas, external and in
ternal, which induce a great variety of responses. Consider, for instance, the different neural responses to a
beautiful piece of silver in a jeweller's window by two men,
equally impoverished and in need of cash. One will wistfully
admire its beauty and walk on; the other will smash the window,
grab it and run to the nearest 'fence' to have it melted down. Their nervous systems have responded differently to the same
stimulus. Perhaps, as we learn more about the relationships between the
L-field and the mind we may gain some insight into why people
respond so differently to the same idea or impulse. Meanwhile,
We can at least be certain that what we call 'good' and 'evil' are
an inherent part of the design of the Universe-for what purpose
we do not know-because there can be nothing outside that
design. 131 THE CONTINUING ADVENTURE
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Let us look over the log of our voyage of discovery and see
what its results mean to you and to me:
Since you and I are components of the field of the Universe,
we are all tied together in the same bundle of field properties. None of us can ever be independent of the universal field or of
our own individual fields. We are part of a designed whole which is not chaos but organ
ized in law and order and which, over untold centuries, has
slowly evolved the design and differentiation of the human nerv
ous system. There is no reason to suppose that this is not also
true of the Universe itself. It is extremely doubtful that it was
created with one big bang and highly probable that it is still in
the process of growth and development. This is a slow process and we cannot hope to convert the
Universe to our hopes or desires by tomorrow morning. We our
selves are the products of this slow process of growth and de
velopment and neither the great religious leaders, nor the great
authors of pragmatic law nor any other factors that we know of
can change or hasten it. Though neither you nor I know the ultimate goal of the Uni
verse in general or of man in particular, we can at least be certain
that growth and differentiation are going on everywhere and all
the time and that this process is not chaotic but has direction and
an ultimate goal. This gives meaning to our existence because we are a part of
this process and because the process must have some purpose,
even though we cannot discern what it is or see the end result. Perhaps the purpose of the Designer is to observe, by experi
ment, the results of the reactions between field forces and material
things, just as human organisms have to learn by experience and
experiment. If this is so there is probably no such thing as an
absolute set of values. The Universe is developing and so are
we; and man's sense of values is likely to change as the Universe
changes. What is true to the man of today will not necessarily
be true to the


healing crisis" and is especially
toxic and feeling bad. Such a bath works best after the skin brushing and use of a
loofah sponge. A tub is filled with warm to hot water and 4 or more cups of Epsom
salt are dissolved in it. This bath is quite relaxing and good for tense, sore muscles,
and may be taken as often as needed. Every fourth night the cancer patient should be rubbed from head to toe with a
mixture of olive oil and castor oil in equal parts. Then a hot soaking bath should be
taken for 15 minutes to allow the oil to penetrate. This is followed by going to bed
under heavy covers for about one hour to sweat the poisons out. Then a cleansing
shower is taken. This may be discontinued after three months. Irrigating the Nostrils
Salt-water irrigation of the nostrils is very helpful with nasal mucus and sinus
congestion alike. If one cannot breathe through the nose, he or she is bypassing a
crucial filtering mechanism which warms and humidifies the air, and which removes
large amounts of smoke and dust before this air reaches the back of one's throat. Mouth breathing places incalculable stress on the lungs, nearly equivalent to that of
cigarette smoking if one lives in urban pollution. 99
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To irrigate the nostrils, dissolve 1  teaspoon of sea salt in 16 ounces of warm water
in a bowl of appropriate size. While bending forward, block one nostril and place the
other below the water surface in the bowl. The water should be gently pulled up the
nostril until one can taste the salty mixture trickling to the back of the throat; then it
should be blown out. This should be repeated with the other nostril and alternated
several times. Breathing Exercises
Breathing exercises should follow the cleansing of the nostrils. If done on a regular
basis, these yield tremendous benefits. They increase the body's supply of oxygen
(which is the basic currency for repair and for burning up toxins), step up the removal
of waste products and stagnant air from portions of the lungs otherwise unused, and
exercise the diaphragm — which serves as a pump for the flow of oxygen and nerve
energy. Deep breathing yields a multitude of benefits through maximum use of lung
capacity. Rapid breathing is an energizing exercise, which promotes flow of energy into the
lungs and digestive organs. It should be done before meals, after being in a stuffy
room, or whenever a lift is needed. Alternate-nostril breathing has a calming effect on the nervous system. It can be
used effectively to overcome anxiety states and insomnia, and sometimes to relieve
headaches. Breath is the external manifestation of our life force. It is our very life. We can live for
a while without food or drink, but not without breath. Exercising
In almost every case of cancer, particularly those cases of long standing, the protein
from the muscles has been used to maintain life. In other words protein metabolism
has been so poor that the body had to take protein from the muscles and, to a very
great degree, the muscles have been consumed. After the cancer is destroyed, the muscles begin to rebuild. This takes
approximately three years. If the muscles are exercised strenuously during this time a
hernia may develop. For this reason we have found it best to replace strenuous
exercise with a brisk walk at least once a day for three years following therapy. 100
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Diagram  Of Digestive  System
Esophagus
Food is carried down I he
esophagus by peristaltic
action and enters the stomach
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must be in an enteric
matrix. Food is broken
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individuals, the remains in the stomach
pancreas does not until it is reduced to a
produce enough semiliquid consistency
o) these enzymes (chyme), when it passes
all oj the time. into the duodenum. therefore
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secreted by glands in oy giant
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through the intestinal
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M etabolic Supplem entation
W e m ust p ro vid e  the p ro p e r m e ta b o lic s u p p o rt o f in d ivid u a ls
w hose physicians have diagnosed m a lig n a n t tu m o rs. These in d ivid u a ls should have th e  p ro p e r vita m in s,
m ine rals, a n ti-o xid a n ts and enzym es. W e  m ust n o t o ve rlo a d  th e  bo dy w ith  excessive n u trie n ts
th a t w o u ld  p ro d u ce  to xin s beyond th e  ca p a city
o f th e  bo dy to  rem ove such to x ic  debris. The 1994 Hatch Act
Allows Individuals and Physicians
to Support the Metabolic Needs of the Body
Since 1994 and the passage of the Hatch Act, individuals and physicians may
legally support human metabolism by diet, nutritional supplements and certain
procedures as long as they are not harmful. In fact, for many years it has been
accepted that one must add vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, amino acids, etc. to
the human diet to support and maintain health. We are bombarded daily with the
advertising of many "fortified" products that inform us of the necessity of supplying
the body's metabolic needs. Missing Nutrients
The modern diet is quite deficient in certain foods that have in the past been
mainstays of good nutrition and the support of health. The most outstanding missing
group as a whole is the organ meats, such as kidney, liver, stomach, intestinal tract
tripe, and lung. These health-building foods are unheard of and unavailable in
today's society. To get these today one must obtain them in the form of nutritional
supplements. 102
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Sweetbreads
Pancreas tissue, or sweetbreads, without question is the most deficient item in our
food chain. It should be noted that the pancreas is the most needed of all the missing
organ meats from our diets. It must be supplied in our diets or serious deficiencies
result. Low temperature processed pancreas gland enzymes are available to the public in
various metabolic formulas. These nutritional products are designed to support the
normal metabolic processes of human metabolism. Metabolic Nutritional Supplementation
Dr. Kelley's Metabolic Formulas are produced under his direct supervision. These
very Formulas are the ones his counselees have taken and used over the past 42 years
and have proven to be helpful to thousands. His metabolic Supplements are listed at
www. DrWDKelley. com, Dr. Kelley's web site. They are also available in a separate,
downloadable, E-book format. 103
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Dr. Kelley's
METABOLIC SUPPORT PROGRAM
Metabolic Nutritional Support For Health
Objective
We must provide the proper metabolic support of individuals whose physicians
have diagnosed malignant tumors. These individuals should have the proper vitamins,
minerals, anti-oxidants and enzymes. We must not overload the body with excessive
nutrients that would produce toxins beyond the capacity of the body to remove such
toxic debris. Time Commitment
It takes a minimum of four years of proper metabolic support in addition your
physician's protocol to reduce the malignant tumor mass to the point health can be
attained an the body rebuilt. This is the beginning. Following the strict procedure Dr. Kelley developed must become one's life style for years to come. Health and well
being is the goal and reward for diligence. It has taken him 40 years of constant vigil
and maintenance to remain "cancer free"
Fear
The most difficult obstacle to overcome for one afflicted with a malignant tumor
mass is the advanced technology of evaluation and monitoring of one's condition. Scans, MRI's, Cancer Marker Tests of all kinds, shapes and expenses can not treat one
malignant tumor cell. As wonderful and advanced as they are, they have caused more
damage and fear than can ever justify their existence or use. The use of such technology programs is the source of


have brought us to that willingness and acceptance to
move into the field of lovingness and the joy of realiz
ing now, out of compassion, that this is how the body
brings about self-healing. The pain serves a purpose, and we now hold it in a
different way. We are going to make lemonade out of
lemons. Instead of going into self-pity or resentment
about an illness, instead of'poor me' or being a victim,
we say, "What is that trying to tell me? What is it that
I'm supposed to learn?" We get interested in learning
about the nature of consciousness and finding out
what is underlying the illness so we can heal it through
a greater understanding. The first tools we need are willingness and an open
mind-the willingness to say that the mind is looking
at something which it is being asked to view so it can
be healed. The healing of the body comes about with
the healing of the mind. All the physical illnesses,
which I eventually let go of, fmally healed of their own
nature as a result ofhealing the thought forms in mind. All the healings resulted from the willingness to let go
of the condemnation of self and others, to let go of crit
icalness, self-pity, resentment, and all the negative ener
gies at the levels below 200, including regret, worry, 64 HEALING AND RECOVERY =---- -----'=-=--=~=__=__=__'__=__=c.::..c....:=___=_=_=__=__=____=_=..::.... ::._ _
anxiety, grievances, self-contempt, and self hatred. It
was the letting go of those things that shifted the ener
gy field to one that brought about the healing. I kept
working with it, canceling the belief systems of hypo
glycemia and gout. As each belief system would come
up, I would cancel it and say, "I no longer believe in
that. I am no longer subject to that. It is the result of a
belief system, and I have the power to cancel it. "Thus,
we begin to own that we have the power to refuse,
reject,anddeny. "I have the powerto refuse that.I don't
have to buy into that." Because these beliefsystems are so prevalent in our
culture, we naively think that they must have a certain
reality or else everybody would not believe them. The
only reality they have is on the level of a thought form. The fact that there is agreement about a certain
thought form does not give it a reality. It only means
that there is an agreement about it. Therefore, I can
refuse to buy into the collective belief systems about
all these various diseases, and I watch as those pro
grams come in. I refuse to believe in all the well-inten
tioned educational programs about all these diseases
hypoglycemia, gout, heart disease, cholesterol, etc. As
each illness is devised, we become subject to it.We are
subject to what we believe in mind. Ifwe think eating eggs is going to raise our choles
terol, and we think raising our cholesterol is going to
give us heart trouble, then eating eggs does raise our
cholesterol, and the cholesterol does give us heart trou
ble because of the power of the mind. Mind is so pow
erful that it creates the thought form which manifests
on the physical plane, thus becoming a physical reality. 65 ASSISTING HEALING
We can see that self-healing then really depends on the
reversal of the usual belief systems of causality. What
we hold in mind manifests on the physical level; it is
not the other way around. Eating the cholesterol did
not give us the heart problem; it was the belief that eat
ing a lot of cholesterol gives us heart trouble.That is a
very critical point to grasp.The beliefsystem elucidates
the entire disease picture. If we don't believe it, the illnesses disappear from
the body. At the same time, we are letting go of the
sources of unconscious guilt and stopping the rein
forcement ofthe illnesses that comes from labeling and
propagating them, thereby bringing about a fulftllment
of our own self-prophecies and watchfulness. We cannot allow the mind to come up with a belief
system without challenging it. Ifthe mind unconsciously
has been working against us, and we have been unaware
of how much power it has, we can turn it around and
use that power on our own behalf.The same power that
undid us can now work for us when we consciously uti
lize the power of mind. Now, when the thought comes
up, "I have hypoglycemia;' I stop it, I cancel it, and I say
the truth: "I am no longer subject to that. I am an inno
cent being. I am no longer subject to that." Hypoglycemia is a good example because it took
me a considerable amount of time to undo that one. After all, I had given lectures about it for many years. It
was operative clinically within me as an actual physical
reality. I did a lot of work on nutrition, especially on its
relationship to addiction, and to alcoholism in particu
lar. It was a very important issue. I was a ftrm believer
in it when I came to the understanding and realization 66 HEALING AND RECOVERY
that my ftrm belief in it was then operating within my
body, which was expressing my mind's belief in hypo
glycemia. Therefore, I had to keep. canceling it repeat
edly and stating the truth about it. Eventually, the con
dition of severe hypoglycemia disappeared, and the
abnormal blood sugars corrected themselves. After
many years with this disease, I ftnally let go ofthe belief
system of hypoglycemia and recovered from it. It took
about two years of using the technique. The various illnesses disappeared within differing
periods of time. Some of them disappeared within a
matter of days; some even disappeared within an hour. Others took months, and the hypoglycemia took the
longest, other than a blocked Eustachian tube that took
two years. (I forgot to include that on my list of illness
es.) I never gained weight and no longer had any hypo
glycemic symptoms; it just no longer existed in my life. There is the principle of watchfulness. Because the
mind is so powerful, we cannot let it get away with a
negative belief system even once. Every time the
thought, "I'm allergic" comes up, it has to be instantly
challenged and cancelled. One powerful thought, as
you can see, is sufftcient to create it on the physical
plane, so we cannot be sloppy about this work. We
have to watch it carefully within ourself. There is really no order of difftculty in the healing
of these various illnesses. This means that what the
world considers to be a severe disease is just as easy to
let go of as a minor illness. Among friends, co-workers, acquaintances, patients,
and other people I have worked with, there is a group
of people who have recovered from many serious 67 ASSISTING HEALING
illnesses totally and completely. They were given up as
hopeless, as almost dead, and yet those people who
have become my friends are extremely alive and well,
with no traces of their illnesses at all. It does not make
any difference because the truth is the truth, and that
which is false is false. It does not depend on the form
offalsehood; all that is false is false, just as all that is true
is true. Ifyour mind can create it, then your mind can
cancel it. We thereby begin to use the power of the
mind on our own behalf. The process of self-healing is handled on the level
of the specific by letting go of our resistance to experi
encing it and then canceling the thought forms. The
healing is going on in general, more powerful ways due
to our willingness to let go of all criticism and attack,
along with beginning to love the humanness in ourself
and others, and the reawakening of our awareness of
its innocence. What about the third level, that of traditional med
ical treatment? What part does it play in this kind of
self-healing? Traditional medical treatments now sur
prisingly become very effective. As we let go of our
guiltiness, which came about through our lack of com
passion for our own humanness, medical measures that
were once fruitless now begin to be effective. In other
words, during all the illnesses I had, such as migraine
headaches, ulcers, and diverticulitis, I received tradi
tional medical treatment for twenty years or more. I
was on the diets, medications, antispasmodics, and. antacids, and I did all the traditional medical things, but
they were not working; however, they perhaps kept
things from getting worse. After all, I did not have my 68 HEALING AND RECOVERY
stomach or colon removed, so the treatments were
working, but they were working against all the nega
tive programming going on within the mind.


 brain was in a depressive condition. There
was a depression of essential neurotransmitters in cer
tain areas of the brain that accompanied the condition. Therefore, it is possible to ameliorate the expression of
this symptom on the physical level by the use of anti
depressants. In treating all these conditions, we find it
most efficacious to treat all levels simultaneously. We
address the person in a dialogue where they begin to
examine what they had placed meaning and signifi
cance on and how they had filled the internal empti
ness of their life with things from the outside to give it
value. This process thereby created the vulnerability. We have to look at how it is held psychologically and,
at the same time, treat it on the physical level. The antidepressants available these days are very
effective. Generally it is safe to. treat the depression
of the majority of patients pharmacologically with
antidepressants as long as there is close clinical super
vision, especially in children and adolescents. Pharmacologically, they take the person from the bot
tom of the Map and lift them up to a higher level so
they are then able to respond to psychotherapy or spir
itual counseling to try to alleviate· the conditions that
brought about the vulnerability. The risks of psy
chopharmacology have to be weighed against the risk
of suicide, especially when an apathetic depression
becomes agitated (Hawkins, 2005). Facing the fear that underlies the depression
relieves the depression. The fear is that one has lost the
meaning of life. They have lost that which is of value, 371 DEPRESSION
and feel it will never be replaced. Hopelessness means
that the expectation of the future is zero. There is no
hope that a context of meaning and significance will
be recreated that will reenergize and give one's life
meaning again.This, of course, is an illusion, but at the
time, the hopelessness is based on the perception of
oneself and one's relationship to life. When treating a depressed person, we look to see
what the loss is, for example, the loss of a job, the loss
of vitality, the loss of youth, or the loss of opportunity. People become depressed at middle age and see life as
having passed them by, and now feel they have lost
their opportunity. The loss of looks for a person, such
as a middle-aged woman for whom her appearance has
been very important in her life, affects her sense ofself
value and her way of relating to the world. If she has
based her power in the world on her looks, then that
loss is a great danger to her and not just a superficial
thing, such as vanity. It is far more than that; it is her
whole sense of self-worth and value. Beauty to her has
become valuable and makes her a worthwhile person. We discover the underlying fear and get the person
to be willing to look at the fear. Instead of depression,
the person has to handle fear instead because fear has
to do with the future. "How am I going to live without
what has given my life significance? "This can be seen
in the addictions, for example. One might say that any
body who gets depressed has been addicted to placing
their survival on something outside themselves. In the addictions, if we threaten to take away the
drug upon which the person has been placing their
survival and happiness, we see terror-not just fear, but HEALING AND RECOVERY 372
absolute terror.The conviction within the addict is that
it will be impossible to live· in this world without
access to that substance, so we have the person look at
the fear and then utilize the techniques clinically that
we have found to handle fear; next, we create the will
ingness to be with it-to stop labeling it and to stop
the thoughts. They focus instead on the exact experi
ence of what is coming up as they look at that which
.is feared within mind. The person looks at it and then
goes into the radical truth of what is literally being
experienced within them. They n~ed to be willing to
surrender to that and let go of resisting the fear.As this
happens, the sensations run through the body. I ask the person, "What are you experiencing in
your body?" They report, "My mouth is so dry, I can
hardly talk. My heart feels like it is fluttering. My stom
ach feels like it is turning over. I feel cramps in my
abdomen. My knees are so weak, I can hardly stand up." Then we start with the feelings, one by one.We say,
"All right, tingling in your legs and your knees. Could
you let go of resisting that? Could you just let yourself
experience that and be with that? Stop re~isting it. Don't call it fear. Just sense what you are sensing.What
are you sensing?" The reply is,"I'm sensing a tingling in my legs." Then I ask,"Can you handle a tingling in your legs? You have handled headaches, major surgery, and deaths
in the family. I'm certain you can handle the tingling in
your legs. "The person will say they can handle that. Next I say, "Let go of resisting the tingling in the
legs. Now, how about the cramps in the abdomen? Could you let go of resisting that? Could you stop call373 DEPRESSION
ing them 'cramps'? Could you just experience what
you are experiencing and let go of resisting that? Right. Let's go up higher. What about the flip-flops in the
stomach? Can you handle that?" "Yes, I can handle that:'
"Could you just handle the experience and stop
calling it flip-flops in your stomach? How about the
beating in your pulse? Could you let go in your mind of
resisting that? Just let your pulse beat away if it wants
to. How about the dry mouth?" We get the person to realize,"Yes, I can handle that. I can handle the experience of that, but I cannot han
dle the fearful thoughts." And we agree that nobodycan
handle fearful thoughts. There is no such thing as 'haVing' fearful thoughts. Fearful thoughts create themselves by the thousands,
and as we handle one bank offearful thoughts, a whole
new bank arises. "I'll be late for the plane. I won't get
on the plane. I'm afraid of the plane. Something is
going to happen to the plane. I might go to the bath
room." The mind will just create an endless series of
fears. What it can handle is the dry mouth and the tin
gling in the legs, and then the willingness to face the
underlying fear. The ftrst thing that benefits the person is relief
from depression. They say,"Oh,I see I'm not depressed. I see that I was terrified of the future and that I will
never find happiness without what I wished for, longed
for, and desired. I was convinced that I had to have that
in order to survive and be happy:'
People who have been convinced of that and were
on sizable doses of alcohol or drugs have been as close 374 HEALING AND RECOVERY
to actually needing something to survive as anybody on
the planet could be. Yet, after they gave that up and
faced the fear of it all, they found that life was joyful,
complete, full, and enjoyable for the first time in their
lives.We know that fear is based on an illusion; there
fore, we have the courage to take the patient with us to
look at the fear, just like we take the child by the hand
to lead them. When I was a child, somebody on the block told me
about bogeymen. My mother had ridiculed bogeymen,
ghosts, and similar things but somehow, because of that
older kid's convincingness (and he acted like he knew
what he was talking about), I became afraid of bogey
men. My mother took me by the hand and led me
down into the dark basement with flashlights and
looked all overfor bogeymen. None were found there,
or in the closets, or behind the curtains, or anywhere
else in the house or attic. It is helpful to have someone with us when looking
at the fear because it is our unconscious child that is
frightened. Our inner child does not understand the
nature of real life in this world, so it comes up and says,
"Gee, without that, I won't be able to survive." As we said before, depression is often aligned with
anger turned within. What about that anger? What is
the basis of the anger? We will use the example of
somebody who bases survival on something outside
himself, such as an addict. When we threaten to take
away his bottle or supply or flush his drugs down the
toilet, he goes into a rage. Now it is very clear to us
what the source of the anger is, is it not? The source of
the anger is exactly the same fantasy as the source of 375 DEPRESSION
happiness being something outside of him and which
has been placed on some external object-a person,
place, or thing.To place the source of our happiness on
something outside ourself creates a negative energy
field because it is basically a


 “a cluster of lymph glands, the largest measuring 5 cm (2 inches).” He removed as many
as he could; afterwards W.S. was given radiotherapy. A mere four months later, in September,
a new mass appeared and the patient received more radiotherapy, which reduced the swollen
glands. However, a few months later the trouble recurred, and W.S. tried other treatments, since
his doctors told him that he had only two months to live. When he found out about the Gerson Therapy, he traveled to New York to see Dr. Gerson
(who reported on the case in his book, A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases, as Case No.18.) After about eight months on the Gerson program W.S.’s condition improved dramatically, he
recovered his energy and was able to continue working as a church artist. He did construction and
decoration work, designed stained glass windows, and mounted an art exhibition in San Diego. In 1983 W.S. wrote: “I am looking back on 33 years, eight children, twelve grandchildren and a
wonderful productive life.” In 2006, aged 88, he appeared in “Dying to Have Known,” Stephen
Kroschel’s Gerson documentary film, still functioning well and working in his artist’s studio with
several of his children.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 197Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comEndometriosis Turning into Cervical Cancer
The endometrium is the mucous membrane lining the uterus. During the fertile years of a
woman this lining is shed every month, if the secreted ovum is not fertilized and implanted in the
tissue. When the organism or the hormone system is malfunctioning, the endometrium can spread to
various sites throughout the pelvic area, including the abdominal wall. As the condition worsens
and the menstrual cycle does not get regulated, endometrial tissue may spread throughout the
body, becoming a malignancy “resembling metastatic pelvic carcinoma,” according to Taber’ s
Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. The case of S.T. illustrates this progression perfectly. This patient had gynaecological
problems at the very start of her menstrual periods. Thirty-five years later she was diagnosed
with endometriosis and had a number of D & C’s ( scraping of the uterus)  to remove endometrial
plaque. In the end she had a partial hysterectomy, yet her problems continue, and finally, in 1979,
a Pap smear showed cancer of the cervix, with atypical ( irregular, not conforming to the normal)
cells in her blood. She also noticed lumps in her breast, but these were not further investigated. A
hysterectomy was arranged for her, but she declined the operation and changed her diet. She began to investigate alternative treatments, changed her diet and fasted. Then she
remembered a lecture she had heard many years before by Charlotte Gerson and decided to go
on the Gerson Therapy. Having done so, she was surprised to experience severe healing reactions
with nausea and vomiting, but then recalled being told that she had a great deal of scar tissue in
her abdominal area, probably caused by earlier ulcers. S.T. stayed on the Therapy for two years and declares, “Never once did a bite of food enter
my mouth that I should not have eaten.”
She remains well (last report November of 2006), and is busy taking care of her aged parents
and in-laws who are in their nineties, and occasionally also of her grandchildren. Breast Cancer
In 1988 K.B., aged 70, noticed redness and swelling in the nipple area of her breast. Her doctor
at Modesto, CA, took a biopsy that proved that she had a malignant tumor; he also confirmed that
he “hadn’t got it all,” and urged the patient to have a mastectomy. She refused. A second opinion
by a physician at Stanford confirmed the original diagnosis, and K.B. was advised to undergo
surgery, followed by chemotherapy and/or radiation. Again she refused. Rejecting any conventional treatment, K.B. embarked on the Gerson Therapy at home, at
first eating only raw foods and having six enemas a day, for eight months. Then she added some 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 198Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comorganic vegetarian cooked foods. After 1 1⁄2 years the cancer was gone, but she still had some
scar tissue which she chose to have removed. A biopsy showed that the tissue was clear of any
malignancy. The Tumor Board noted in her medical records that the patient was “Cured by Diet.” K.B.,
now in her late eighties, shows up every year at a Los Angeles Health Convention! She still drinks
juices but eats “a little meat.”
This case is all the more remarkable because the patient pursued the Gerson Therapy on her
own, at home, without staying at the Gerson Hospital or having a Gerson doctor to consult. Breast Cancer with Liver Metastases
E.B.,  aged 43, reported to her doctor with a lump in her breast in January 2002, was biopsied
and told that she had breast cancer. She took no action. In January 2004 she reported to Loma
Linda University Medical Center and was diagnosed as suffering from Stage 4 breast cancer with
liver metastases. According to the medical report, her liver was ‘covered with tumors and was
shutting down; her skin and the whites of her eyes were yellow.’
E.B. was offered chemotherapy and, not knowing otherwise, she accepted one treatment. Her
oncologist stated that in view of her advanced condition he was not sure she could survive for two
months, but he hoped that chemotherapy would give her a year of life. That was when the patient
began to look for other options and found out about the Gerson Therapy. From her research she
knew that with conventional medical treatment cases of breast cancer with liver metastases had
less than a 1% two-year survival rate, so her only hope was to try an alternative protocol. After completing two years on the Gerson Therapy, E.B. was well enough to go skiing in
Tulluride, CO, one of the steepest mountains in the US. Now, after three years, judging by her
PET/CT scan of August 2006, she has a fully functioning liver and no malignancy or metastases
anywhere in her body. E.B. enjoys skiing in winter and water skiing in the summer, rock climbing, playing golf, and
riding her motorcycle. She also travels frequently. Breast Cancer Recurrence After Chemo and Radiation
A.F. discovered a lump in her breast in September of 1985. She had a biopsy and a
lumpectomy, followed by radiation and chemotherapy at the Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle. By 1989 the cancer had spread to her throat. She had more surgery, followed again by radiation. Five months later more recurrences occurred ‘all over,’ and more radiation was offered. Due to
the extreme suffering caused by the earlier radiation, she refused the treatment and went instead 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 199Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comto the Gerson Therapy hospital in Mexico. Before long she was getting better, and after about a
year was told that she didn’t have cancer any more. Seven years later, the radiation damage causing A.F. severe dryness in her throat cleared at
last and her health was truly excellent. When she returned to her original doctor and told him
that she was on the Gerson Therapy, he simply walked out of the office. A.F. continues in good
health. Melanoma
M.H. Aged 40, she was diagnosed with melanoma in her vaginal wall. This was confirmed
by biopsy and subsequent surgery, followed by 25 radiation treatments and a four-month course
of Interferon. During this treatment the cancer spread to her liver. The oncologists treating her
thought that with chemotherapy the patient might live up to nine months. Although M.H. was
extremely weak and in serious pain, she refused that option and in November of 1996 embarked
on the Gerson treatment, in spite of her oncologist’s warning against it. In September of 1997, a
scan showed that M.H. was clear of melanoma. Ten years on she remains fit and well. W.E., born in 1943, is a registered nurse. In 1996 she discovered a large mole growing on
her arm. The surgeon who removed it remarked that he had had to go very deep in order to obtain
clear margins. The diagnosis was Stage 4 melanoma. The patient’s condition deteriorated and some months later, in 1997, at UCLA spots were
found on her hip as well as a large tumor in her liver; both were biopsied and confirmed to be
melanoma. Her doctor advised her to get her affairs in order, since she didn’t


comprise the body depend upon the absorption from the bowels for their
nutrition. As previously stated, proper nutrition can be blocked from the cells
by retained waste in the colon. This leads to a toxic buildup and the
accumulation of a gluey substance throughout the intestines called “mucoid
plaque. ” This plaque causes inflammation and the breakdown of the tissues of
the intestinal walls. Mucoid plaque is mostly a by-product of refined starches, sugars anddairy products. When the walls of the intestines are coated with layers of
sticky plaque, the nutrients the body needs to properly function and perform
to its highest potential cannot be absorbed. In addition, the sticky mucoid
plaque is a breeding ground for parasitic infestation. These destructive
parasites consume any remaining nutrients left in the GI tract. We require certain intestinal parasites (known as intestinal flora) for
positive and beneficial breakdown of various by-products of digestion. A
great example of this is B-vitamins, which are created by intestinal flora
action upon starches. Generally your intestines are colonized by nonharmful
organisms which aid digestion and the breakdown of foodstuffs into other
nutrients. However, there are many destructive parasites that can flourish in
the intestines. This is especially true in the case of meat consumption, which
can perpetrate the formation and growth of all types of worms (pin, hook,
tape, etc. ) and proteolytic (protein-splitting) microorganisms. It is important
to clean the intestinal walls and heal the inflammation at the same time that the
elimination of toxic substances is taking place. A healthy diet will create a bowel movement approximately thirty
minutes after you eat. It is important to move your bowels two-to-three times
per day. If your bowels become sluggish, this will cause additional
fermentation and putrefaction of your foods. We absorb these toxins and gas
particles directly into our blood stream. This can cause headaches, cloudy or
foggy thinking, bloating, abdominal pain, and even heart arrhythmias. I’ve
known people to go thirty days without moving their bowels. Don’t miss
even one day. Diarrhea is just as bad as constipation— moving your foods too quickly
through the GI tract is just as bad as holding your foods too long. Some say
diarrhea is just another form of constipation. The former creates lack of
proper breakdown of your foods, yielding poor absorption; and the latter
causes fermentation and putrefaction of your foods yielding alcohol, acidosis,
gas and inflammation. Both create starvation within the body. FOUR WAYS TO CLEANSE THE BOWELS

Herbal Bowel Formulas
A good bowel formula (a preparation of herbs that you take on a daily basisduring your cleanse) will help break down mucoid plaque, kill only the
destructive parasites, remove the inflammation and strengthen intestinal walls. When I designed my stomach and bowel formulas, I wanted ones that
would gently move you. A formula that would be anti-inflammatory
(removing the inflammation), and would clean the mucoid plaque off the
walls, as well. My formulas would also clean out the pockets (diverticulum)
that were formed from impactions. I wanted a formula that would also
strengthen the GI tract, eliminating these pockets, as well as the ballooning
and/or the spastic conditions that we all suffer with. The problem with most
bowel formulas is that they have heavy Cayenne Pepper, Aloes, Buckthorn or
other stimulating and habit-forming herbs that cause gripping, cramping, or
excessive mucus production. These types of formulas can cause a great deal
of abdominal discomfort and are oftentimes hard to regulate. Many intestinal
formulas can become addicting; that is to say, the body becomes dependent
upon these as it does with other stimulants, leaving the opposite effect when
you stop taking them—constipation. A good bowel formula will not be addicting. It will gently move you,
clean you, remove the inflammation, and strengthen—all at the same time. Additionally, it will stimulate lymph flow and circulation within the intestinal
wall tissues themselves. (See
Chapter 8
,
Module 8. 3
 for herbal formulas for
the stomach and bowels; also see Resource Guide for companies that make
good bowel formulas. ) Colonics
Colonic therapy may also be used to assist the cleansing of the colon (large
intestine). However, the small intestine must be cleaned and cared for as well
—which is why an herbal bowel formula is also recommended. Colonics are
like a “high” enema, but have a “washing” effect upon tissue. Colon
therapists, who are generally licensed massage therapists, perform colonics. (In my opinion, every Emergency Room should have a colonic machine and
a trained colon therapist on staff. ) Colonics are great at removing impactions
of the large bowel, aiding in relief of acidosis, distention of the abdomen,
lower back pain, sciatic pain, kidney pain, headaches and fevers, to name a
few conditions. They can also help clean out diverticula or bowel pockets. Colon therapy is a gentle procedure, yet it can have aggressive results, as
it can break loose plaque that has been impacted upon the colon wall for
years. I’ve seen impactions removed by colonics that have been in the bodyfor fifty years or more. Many years ago, a chiropractor-friend of mine had a registered nurse on
his staff, who performed colonics. One of the nurse’s patients, who had gone
home when the colonic was finished, started feeling pain in her sigmoid
bowel a short while later. The patient waited several hours until she felt she
needed to determine what was causing her discomfort, and finally went to the
Emergency Room. There they discovered that she had cancer of the sigmoid
bowel. The colonic did not cause this, of course, her lifestyle did. However,
the colonic did expose the cancer. This was a good thing because the woman
then could do something about it. If she had not had the colonic the cancer
could have spread throughout her body without her knowing it, until it was
too late to achieve an effective cure. Exposing inflammation, such as happened in this case, can be painful and
yield some discomfort. Generally, this is why I prefer to recommend a good
intestinal (bowel) herbal formula that is designed to be anti-inflammatory and
restorative, not laxative. Herbal restorative bowel formulas will slowly loosen
and remove the plaque that has impacted upon the walls. They will also
reduce the inflammation behind this plaque and heal the bowel wall. In this
way, your healing experience becomes much smoother and less traumatic. Colonics are great for colon obstructions, as long as they’re not tumors
or adhesions. Colonics are good for the large bowel. My preference in terms
of the administering of colonics. I personally recommend Dr. Jensen’s
Colema Board® concept as the best option. I’ve seen some real success
through this process with eliminating the mucoid plaque build-up in the GI
tract. The Colema Board is designed to fit over your toilet at one end, with the
other end resting on a
chair or stool. By lying on this board (while at the
same time using a five-gallon bucket of skin temperature water), you give
yourself a high enema. However, this procedure is much more relaxing than
an ordinary enema, because you just lay there and allow the water to slowly
and gently clean you out. Dr. Jensen has created a whole bowel management program that can’t be
beat (see his book,
Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management,
 1981). His procedures help to clean the small bowel as well as the large bowel,
whereas professional colonics only affect the large bowel. With some self-
discipline, the Colema System can be done at home with the purchase of a
Colema Board. For information about his program, and for purchasing and
using a Colema Board, see
www. colema-boards. com. I’m not against professional colonics. To maximize the benefits, change
your diet to a 100 percent raw food program and add intestinal restoratives
for a month or so before your start your colonic regime. Three to five
colonics should be sufficient. Enemas
Enemas are another great way to help yourself out in time of need, or to assist
in colon-rectal conditions such as hemorrhoids or cancer. There are many
types of enemas that one can use to help clean and open this channel. LOW ENEMAS
 — These generally clean and strengthen the descending,
sigmoid and rectal areas of the large intestine (colon). They require about
one-half to one quart of skin temperature water in an enema bag (these are
available in most pharmacies; oftentimes they are labeled as “enema/hot-water
bottle,” or “enema/douche/ hot water bottle” combination). Any number of the following herbs can be made into tea, strained, and
used in place of plain water in the enema bag. These herbs will clean and
strengthen the colon walls: Cascara Sagrada, Marshmallow Root, Slippery
Elm Bark, Plantain Leaf, Comfrey Root, Burdock Root, Gentian, etc. See,
How To Do An Enema,
 instructions below. HIGH ENEMAS
 — A high enema is necessary to achieve results higher up
in the colon, e. g. in the transverse, ascending and cecum portions of the large
int


 it far more logical and sensible to give your body a
physiological rest every week for
 24 to 36 hours. Isn’t it
good, sound reasoning for you to take a  7 to 10 day fast
from time to time and give your body a chance to purify
itself. Give your body a chance to get rid of anyaccumulated toxins. In our modern, complex civilization
we are absolutely bound to pick up poisons and toxins. 87Fasting Promotes Healthy Elimination
I have explained to you very thoroughly that this is
a world filled with toxins and poisons. Our only salvation
is to be faithful with a regular program of fasting. This
fasting strongly promotes a healthier colon and goodelimination. It helps keep the body cleaner and healthier
by regularly purging out the vicious toxins. It can mean
a whole new, cleaner  life, because when you are healthy,you have more joy, peace and energy in your life. Colon in spastic constipation. Proper position in relation to organs:
 1) stomach 2) appendix 3) cecum 4) ascending colon  5) transverse colon 6) descending colon 7) sigmoid flexure 8) rectumB. The Spastic Colon
Normal Colon  S ick Colon
 A. The Normal Colon
   D. The Sagging Colon
 Colon in engorged constipation. Ptosis, or sagging, of transverse
colon, accompanied by
displacement of stomach. 1
34
876 5
2
Good elimination is vitally important for your health and longevity. C. The Engorged Colon88How to Conduct a 3 Day, 7 Day & 10 Day Fast
To Detox, Repair, Rebuild and Restore Health
A fast of 3 days or longer should be conducted under
ideal conditions. You should be able to rest any time you feel
the toxins passing out of your body. During this time youmight feel some discomfort. You should rest and relax quietly
until the toxins have passed out of your body. It’s best to be
at peace and alone when possible. This brief period ofdiscomfort will leave as soon as the loosened toxins have
passed out through your kidneys, lungs, skin, etc. During longer fasts don’t tell others you’re fasting. Why
not. During a fast you must keep in mind only positive
thoughts of the cleansing and the renewing miracles
happening in your body. Often others are ignorant anduninformed about fasting and project negative thoughts. Our fasting is such a very personal and quiet time that
many years ago I went into the Santa Monica Mountains inCalifornia and bought a tract of land in the wilderness of the
Topanga Canyon near Malibu. There I built a retreat cabin,
identical to Thoreau’s at Walden Pond. In that naturalseclusion, Patricia and I enjoy the quiet and peace for our
fasting time. If it’s possible for you to get away to some
secluded place and do your fast in Mother Nature’s splendorwith fresh air and solitude, you will enjoy better results. There are also some very fine health spas throughout
the world where all the conditions are perfect for a restfulfast. Inquire at health stores for any located in your area. Many of the Bragg students who fast regularly tell us that
they use their vacation as a period of fasting and purificationof body, mind and soul. Often they will go to some beautiful
spot to rent accommodations and take their fast in seclusion. I am not saying it’s necessary to go away to fast. Your homeis your castle and hopefully you will be cozy and peaceful
there. The Bragg family all regularly fast. When any one is
fasting, we have great consideration for them. We have anagreement not to ask each other how we feel during the
fast. Fasting is so personal that no one can do anything for
you during the fast, so it’s best not to discuss it with others. Relax and be thankful for your miracle cleansing. When you are on a fast of 3 days or more, you are really on
Mother Nature’s and God’s miracle operating table. Nature is ridding you of the waste, mucus, toxins
and other foreign substances in your body. 89How to Break Long Fasts
How to Break a 7 Day Fast
Remember that when you have been on a 7 day fast
your stomach and the  30 feet of intestinal tract have
contracted. When you are ready to break the fast, don’t
overeat, please eat and chew your food slowly as directed:
Around 5 to 6 pm at the end of your 7th day fast, peel
and cut up  4 or 5 organic tomatoes (or canned, salt-free
tomatoes), add cup distilled water, and garlic (mashed) ifdesired, bring to boil and turn off heat. When cool enough
to eat, serve in bowl with liquid. Spray some Bragg Aminos
over top and a dash of Bragg Vinegar and Bragg Olive Oil. Eat as much as desired. Around mid-morning of the
8th
day, have a medium salad of chopped cabbage, grated beets
and carrots, with half an orange or lemon squeezed overit. After your salad, if desired have a bowl of steamedgreens (
kale, Swiss chard, collard, mustard or beet greens )  and
peeled tomatoes, season with garlic, Bragg Olive Oil and
Aminos. Bring greens to  boil, then turn off heat. Withgreens, you may eat
1–2 slices 100% whole grain bread
that’s been oven–dry–toasted into melba toast. See recipe
below for delicious garlic toast. During the day have threeBragg Vinegar drinks and all the distilled water you wish. For dinner you may have another salad of grated
cabbage, carrots, chopped celery and avocado, with freshorange or lemon juice for dressing. Often you may not
require or desire any more food. But, if so, you may have
1
to 2 cooked vegetables; such as broccoli, stringbeans,
carrots, peas, okra, squash, etc. You may also have  1-2 pieces
delicious  whole grain garlic toast. Lightly dry–toast bread
slices in oven. Rub raw garlic cloves on both sides, spreadwith Bragg Organic Olive Oil, then spray with Bragg Liquid
Aminos and sprinkle on nutritional yeast (
large) flakes. Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together. – Sister TeresaChapter 1 090On the morning of the 9th day, you may have a
variety of fresh organic fruits such as banana, pineapple,
papaya, grapes, orange, grapefruit and apples. Or you
may have a Bragg Pep Drink (page 230). At noon you
may have a salad of grated carrots, cabbage and celery
and some  garlic toast. At dinner you may have the Bragg
Health Salad and, if desired, steamed veggies or soup. How to Break a 10 Day Fast
There is little difference between the  7 and the  10
day fast. On the 10th day around dinner time  you will
have stewed tomatoes; from then you will follow thesame schedule as given in the
 7 day fast. IMPORTANT – It’s Harmful to Your Body to Overeat. Don’t eat more than you need or desire. Remember
that you have been without food for  7 to 10 days. By
this time, you have lost the strong craving for food. Because you eat, does not mean that you are going toimmediately feel a surge of energy. It takes the body
time to adjust from a detoxifying mode to eating again. Remember – Don’t Worry About Evacuation
It may take the body a day or two to adjust to eating
again, so don’t be concerned if your bowels are sluggish. In many instances some people will have a bowelevacuation shortly after eating their first meal after afast. Elimination is different for each person, so wecannot set a standard when the bowels will move. I urgeyou to be patient with Mother Nature and don’t try toforce your bowels to move. Mother Nature has giventhe bowels their own sanitation and antiseptic system. This system will promote natural bowel movements. Youare now eating healthy foods that stimulate theperistaltic or wavelike motion of the bowels. When theydo begin evacuation, if you follow our instructions andalways eat healthy foods, you will establish healthyregular eliminations that will naturally flush the toxins
and waste matter from your body on a regular basis. Behind every successful person is themselves. – American Proverb91The Ideal Elimination Program
In my own life, by living on a diet which is rich in
bulk, moisture, water and lubrication, I have established
the following good eliminati on habits. I have a bowel
movement shortly after arising. I encourage this by a few
waist twists and leg kicks ( pg. 118) to help give me good
elimination. I told you, I don’t eat breakfast because Ibelieve the No Heavy B reakfast Plan is health ier. Several
hours after arising I then eat delicious organic fresh fruits
or a dish of fresh sliced pineapple, banana, orange,
papaya, etc., or Bragg Pep Drink or dish of prunes or
sundried apricots soaked in pineapple juice. At noon I have
my first real meal of the day, usually Bragg Raw VegetableSalad page
231.


, heaven, and hell. But
now it should be clear that eternal lifc is the
realization that the pres - ent is thc only rcality,
and that past and future can  be distinguished
from  it in a convcntional  scnse  alone. The
moment  is the "door  of heaven,"  thc. straight  and narrow  way  that  leadeth  unto  life,"
be-
cause therc is no room in it for the scparate
··1. " In  th is cxperience  there  is no one
expericncing  the ex- pcrience. The  "rich  man"
cannot  get through  this
1 43 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
<loor  because  he carries  too much  baggagc;  he is
clinging  to thc past  and the future. One might quote whole pages from the spiritual
litera tu re of ali times and places tO  show that
eternal  life has becn understood in this sensc. Thc
follow - ing from  Eckhart  will sufficc:
The Now -moment in which God made the first man and
the Now -moment  in which  the last man  will disappear,
ancl  the Now -moment in which  l am spcaking are ali one
in God, in whom  there  is only onc Now. Lookl The per-
son who livcs in  the light oí God  is conscious ncither of
time  past  nor of  time  to come  but only  oí onc ctcrnity. Section summary:

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* Avoid repetition. * Focus mainly on main points
* Highlight critical concepts

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Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of a "you" and "head"?,
A: The author believes that the concept of a "you" and "head" is an illusion and that one cannot separate themselves from their own experiences.
Q: What is the author's view on the nature of reality and the universe?,
A: The author believes that reality is a single, undivided process, and that the concept of a separate "I" is an illusion. He argues that this is not a philosophical or scientific concept, but a way of life.
Q: What is the author's stance on the concept of freedom and morality?,
A: The author argues that true freedom and morality come from being aware of the present moment and accepting the unity of the universe. He believes that the concept of "freedom" and "motive" is an illusion, and that the traditional moral system is based on a misunderstanding.
Q: What is the author's view on the relationship between science and religion?,
A: The author believes that science and religion are not separate entities, but are both concerned with the same world. He argues that the traditional view of science and religion is based on a misunderstanding and that they should not be seen as separate or distinct.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of morality and the nature of God?,
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nor from chance, Cor he lives in the Now -moment that is,
unfailingly,  "in verdure  newly  ciad." When you are dying and coming to lifc in each mo -
ment, would -bc scicntific predictions about what
will happen  aftcr  death  are of little  consequencc. The  wholc glory of it is that we do not know. Ideas of  survival and annihilation are alike bascd
on the past,  on memories of waking and sleeping,
and,  in their  diffcrent ways, the notions of
evcrlasting continuity  and everlasting
nothingness  are without  meaning. It necds but slight imagination to rcalize that
ever - lasting time is a monstrous nightmare, so
that be - tween heaven and hell as ordinarily
understood there  is littlc to choosc. The desire to
continue always can  only seem auractive when
one thinks of indef inite  time  rather  than  infinitc
time. lt is one thing to  have  RELIGION  REVIEWEO
as much time as you want, but quite another to
have  Lime  without  end. For there is no joy in continuity, in the
perpetua!. Wc desirc it only because the prcsent is
empLy. A pcrson who is trying to cat moncy is
always hungry. When someone says, "Time to stop
nowl" he is in a  panic because  he has had nothing
to eat yet, and wants more and more time to go on
eating money,  ever hopeful of satisfaction around
the comer. We do  not really want continuity, but
rather a present ex - pcrience o( total happincss. Thc thought of wanting  such an expcricnce to go
on and on is the result of be - ing sclf -conscious in
thc experience, and thus incom - pletely aware of
it. So long as there  is the  feeling of  an "I" having
this experience, thc moment is not all. Eternal life
is rcalized when the last trace of differ - cncc
between  ·T' and "now"  has vanished -when  thcre
is just this "now"  and nothing  else. By contrast, hell or "cverlasting damnation" is
not Lhc everlastingness of time going on forever,
but of  the unbrokcn circle,  the continuity  and
frustration  of going round and round  in pursuit of
something  which can ncver be attained. Hcll is  the
fatuity, the  cvcrlasting impossibility, of self -love,
sclf-conscious - ncss, and sclf-possession. lt is
trying to sec one's own  cyes,  hear  one's  own  ears,
and kiss  one's  own  lips. To see, however,  thaL  life is complete  in each
mo-
ment -whole, undivided, and evcr new -is to
under - stand  the scnse  of the doctrine  that  in
eternal  life THE  WJSDOM  OF INSECURITY
God, the undefinable this, is ali -in-ali and is the
Final  Cause or End for,vhich  everything exists. Because  the future is everlastingly unanainable,
and, like the  danglcd carrot, always ahead of the
donkey, the ful - fillment of the divine purpose
<loes not líe in the fu - ture. lt is found in the
present, not by an acl of resig - nation  to
immovable fact, but in seeing that there is no one
to resign. For this is the meaning of that universal and
ever - repeated religious principie that to know
God, man  must givc up himself. lt is as familiar as
any plati - tude,  and yet nothing has bccn  harder to
do, and  nothing so  totally misunderstood. How
can a self,  which  is selfish,  give  icself up? Not,  say
the theo - logians, by its own power,  but through
the gift of  divine grace, the power which enables
man to achieve  what is beyond  his own strength. But is this grace  given to ali or to a chosen few,
who, when they re - ccive it, have no choice but to
surrender themselves? Sorne say that it comes to
ali, but that there are those  who accept its aid and
those who refuse. Others say  that it comes to a
chosen elect, but still, for the most  part, insist that
the individual has the power to take  it or leave
it. But this does not solvc thc problem at all. It re -
places  the problcm of holding or surrendering the
self by  the problem of accepting or refusing divine
grace,  and the two problems  are identical. The
Chris -
146 RELIGION  REVIEWED
tian religion contains its own hidden anwer to
the problem in thc idea that man can only
surrender  himself "in Christ." For "Christ"
stands for the real - ity that there is no separatc
sclf to surrender. To give  up "I"


 Later in the evening, a warmed soup, a light vegetable dish or a cooked fruit pudding should be sufficient. The main meal should begin with  fruits or rawcost, and end
with them; the salad dish should be  laid as the centrepiece, available
to be dipped into while the ot her courses are eaten. On a natural
diet, one barely needs to drink at meals. It is ill-conceived to drink large amounts of commercial fruit drinks during meals. If wine is
taken on festive occasions, it is not a bad idea to dilute it, and
prepare it as a wine cup, with various herbs, rather than drinking it neat. A day on fruits is a splendid idea. Once a week should suffice,
but if one begins to feel jaded, irritable, tired, or at the first tremors
of a cold, of an ache, then one should go on fruits, and stay on fruits
for several days if necessary. If one is unwell, the quantity of fruits should be cut down, and fruit jui ces, adequately diluted, taken
instead. In more severe disease, nothing but diluted fruit juice should be taken. Except in chronic overfeeding or advanced degenerative disease, anything more than a short fast is not
recommended. In looking through the recipe books, one can pick those needing
the least cooking, just as one can usually leave out the more questionable items like eggs, substituting by a flour sauce, or nut or lentil padding. Undue cooking can be avoided by soaking. For
instance, if rice is soaked for 24 hours, it needs little more than a
few minutes simmering. A tasty risotto can be prepared from such rice, by adding finely chopped raw items, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and other vegetables, sprinkled with grated nuts. Those who cannot have their cereals firm, owing to chewing troubles, can further break down soaked grains in a blender. Lentils, soya and other hard grai ns and seeds, can be similarly
soaked, up to 48 hours and more, acquiring in the process a delicious sweetness. Thus soaked, le ntils will cook adequately in ten
minutes simmering. A useful thickening is provided by semolina, obtainable for making gnocci in several grain sizes. Added to
soaked lentils, mushed cereals or soyas, and lightly cooked, a
sufficiently solid mixture results, wh ich can be used either'sour',
with vegetables and spices, or'sweet', with fruits, or dried fruits. A flour sauce is also useful, obtained  by stirring sufficient wholemeal
flour in oil, cold, to make a creamy paste, followed by gentle heating for two or three minutes, followed by adding water,
vegetable juice or skimmed milk. S our milk can also be used, the
curds resulting beaten down to form a uniform mixture. For a change, wine or cider can be used. Cold or warm sauces, with infinite varieties of taste, can be prepared by making this mixture more dilute. Do not skimp on uncooked oil; pour it liberally on foods. The
human love of fat is really a love of soft fat, of oil, first relished in mother's milk, and later in the oil plentiful in the germ of seeds and
cereals. It helps to keep the tissues firm and young. Much harm is done by the popular recipes for slimming,
usually recommending an increase in unnatural foods like meat, and
cutting down on essential human foods like cereals, fruits and oil, with the result that as one becomes more lean, so one becomes more toxic, twisting a few more of the spirals of the degeneracies which will ripen in old age. Body fat is indispensable for health, for the
proper support of organs as for a normal reserve of energy which
the body is designed to carry. But as every farmer knows, a fact
apparently ignored by most human nutritionists, one can decide the kind of fat laid down by the kind of fat eaten, soft or crinkly, streaky or hard. Saturated fats, the fats in all animal foods, lay down hard
fat in the tissues, which deforms th e normal aesthetic lines of organs
and limbs, and accounts for the ugly deformities, layerings and
bulges of even quite young people today. Hard fat further damages the cells in which it is laid. The soft fat laid down from vegetable oils does not deform in
this way, unless grossly abused, and even then the limbs tend to
remain smooth, the bulges not necessarily ugly. There is a sexual
difference in the way fat accumulates. Male sex hormone has a specific effect on metabolism generally, helping to keep the body lean, an indispensable condition for healthy, efficient muscles, a male prerogative. When the male  sex hormones wane with age,
wisdom would decree that the level of eating should decrease. It is
usually the reverse that applies, resulting in the monstrous
deformities of a majority of ageing civilized males. The female hormones, on the other hand, enc ourage the deposition of fat on
those areas of maximal erotic appeal, the breasts, the hips and buttocks, sites, alas, readily sabotaged by overfeeding. The
predilection for skinny women, as now prevails in the fashion
world, is probably a homosexual de-feminization of women. Of greater concern to aesthetics, soft fat is easily mobilized and
removed from the depot tissues, while hard fat, once laid down, can be very difficult to remove in a synchronized manner that leaves the body aesthetically whole. Even after prolonged dieting, it tends to
remain in the weary sagging ti ssues in the backwater areas where
circulation is the poorer, particularly the belly and hips. The reason is that the space left as soft fat is mobilized, is rapidly filled up, as the healthy, elastic protoplasm boun ces back into shape. But owing
to the damage done to the cells by hard fat, elasticity is lost, so that
the spaces left become filled with wa ter. This can persist for a long
time, accounting for the fact that weight loss on dieting appears so slow, and, what is even more frustrating, as soon as a 'normal' diet with fat is resumed, these spaces become rapidly occupied by fat again. Few subjects are so confused as that of dieting, of overweight,
in which an absence of any notion of normality is apparent at every
turn. Undoubtedly, when overweight is due to hard fat eating, it is a killer. Soft fat, unless in cons iderable excess, is probably less
dangerous. There is evidence that the incidence of circulatory and heart diseases is significantly less in the overweight Italian emigre
communities in the States, living largely on pasta and much
vegetable oil, than in the community generally. The real test of adequate or excess adiposity is the resulting aesthetics or inaesthetics. When fat, even soft, becomes unattractive, it is bad
without further question. Exercising the body daily should be a pleasure, not the
punishment it often becomes in the various cult systems. If one
cannot walk sufficiently daily—two or three hours—then on several occasions during the day one can ambulate joyfully, wherever one happens to be, alone or communally, with music or without, in freedom and abandon, going through the kind of natural movements one would naturally perform as a native food gatherer—reaching for
imaginary apples, bending to pick imaginary berries, thrusting,
raising, bending, jumping, dancing, jogging. Evidently one should take up  this kind of spontaneous
exercising of the entire body, eye and mind in the ways to which it has been adapted through millions of years of evolution,
progressively, all the more carefully and gently the longer one has
remained a sedentary, indolent victim of urbanism. People with heart trouble should not try them at all, and if any malaise is felt while doing them, one should stop immediately, and rest. Pleasure, a sense of enhancement of vitality, a burst of joy in living, are the
assurances that all is well. The proper balance to exercise is relaxation, not a sedentary
fidgeting, a tense, anxious stationary restlessness which most people understand by 'doing nothing'. The natural ability to relax, a letting go rather than a concentrated effort, is so far lost, that it must be diligently practised in order to be recovered. One can start in a small
way, relaxing the fingers, then the hand, then the arm, and
progressively the entire body. Once acquired—it cannot be consciously imposed—the mind itself is predisposed, the electric patterns of the brain change, and it can even become possible to
affect the Birger rhythms, the heart beat, the blood pressure in a
favourable direction. Breathing is a key way of obtaining this
desirable state, but the popularly advocated 'deep breathing' can be
unpleasant, even dangerous, when undertaken in the usual anxious, agitated state of mind. Over-breathing, by washing out too much carbon dioxide from the blood, can produce alarming panic symptoms. Deep breathing, gently, harmoniously, slowly, should
therefore only be practised when an initial ability to relax
muscularly has been reached. On the other hand, eye relaxation can be beneficially practised from the start—head back to increase
drainage in the anterior chamber of the eye, sitting or lying in a relaxing position, in quiet or listening to soft music, to poetry, the
eyes closed, while the muscles of th e lids are increasingly relaxed,
so that often


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feel homesick... like one has left one’ s home for some kind of a task
one has agreed to. Whenever I g o into that state, there is no form. One
just diss olves in to infinite, golden love. It is so exquisite that it makes
one cry to have  to come back into the body again. The only reason
you can  leave it is because you know it is there forever, and that you
will return forever.13
One time, he told me, he was alone in the woods and a bliss state took
over. He was aware that vultures were circling his body, poised to descend
as soon as the last breath left his body. But he realized he might as well stay
in the body if it helped others, b ecause the bliss was forever and always. He
surrendered the body completely to be an instrument of service in the
world, allowing it to be reener gized. As soon as this happened, the vultures
flew away. He g radually acclimated to the new state of consciousness and returned
to his psychiatri c practice, which became the lar gest in the United States. His exp anded spiritual state led him to see beyond the limits of
conventional treatments to the inner humanness of his patients. He was
unstoppable in trying every avenue of treatment for his patient s, no matter
what his more conventional p eers had to say about it. Because of the
dramatic healing of hopeless patients, Dr. Hawkins appeared on major
network television shows during the 1970s and ’80s. His pioneering work
in many areas of human suf fering resulted in numerous national and
international rec ognitions, listed  in the About the Author section at the back
of the book. Despite these successes, his “o ne patient at a time” ef forts as a doctor
seemed like a drop in the bucket to him: “There was enormous frustration in
that the human suf fering could be countered in only one patient at a time. It
was like bailing out the sea.”14 He was  dedicat ed to find a means of inner
transformation that could help multitudes. Here we think of the Buddha,
who, after his awakening, laid out the Eightfold Path. Or we think of Bill
W ilson, who, having had his fatal and hopeless alcoholism relieved by a
suf fusion of Light, developed the T welve Steps for recovery.As D r. Hawkins probed the pr ocess of healing among patients in his
hospitals, he noticed that it had little to do with what he actually did or
prescribed as a doctor, and more to do with the inner consciousness that
radiated love. He noticed also that patients of certain doctor s tended to
improve, while the patients of other doctors mostly declined o r stayed the
same—even when the drug and treatment protocol was the same in all
cases. In h is address for the annual Landber g Lecture at the Univ ersity of
California at San Francisco (UCSF) Health Sciences Center on April 25,
1997, he recollected some obser vations from his time of clinica l practice in
New Y ork when physicians were prescribing various vitamins as part of the
treatment for schizophrenia: “[T ]he amount of side ef fects tha t a doctor ’ s
patients have depends on the consciousness of the doctor. It doesn’ t depend
on the medicine.”15 The  patients of one particular doctor in New Jersey, for
example, manife sted a type of skin discoloration with the use of vitamin B3. However, the patients of other doctors had no side ef fects at all and, in fact,
responded well to the treatment. What was the secret of the successful
doctors? He saw that the h ealing ef fect related to their level of
consciousness. T he higher the physician’ s level of consciousness, the more
likely the patients were to he al. This would make sense to  spiritually
oriented people. But how to present it to a society steeped in a rational,
linear mind-set? How to demonstrate that it’ s the inner consciousness that
determines outcome and not the outer actions? Inner Discoveries
Pointing to himself, laughing, D r. Hawkins recounted, “This was always
a mi sfit and a peculiar entity on the planet here! Suddenly with out warning
the levels of con sciousness would advance and I would be stun ned out of a
capacity to function. That’ s why it was necessary to leave the psychiatric
practice in New Y ork. Just walked away from it, because in that profound
inner silence, there’ s nothing you can say to anybody. Y ou load your
favorite tools into the old truck  and drive to a small town in Arizona. Y ou
have a cot, a piece of cheese, a candle, and a cat—what else do  you need? Everyone was thinking, Y ou’ve l ost your  mind. S o, when all y our friends
think you’ve lost your mind, you’re probably in a good space!”16He left his huge clinical practice and multimillion-dollar life in New Y ork
and mov ed acro ss the country to Sedona, a small town in A rizona. For
many years, he lived the life of a hermit, detached from the world. This
period was crucial in that it gave him space to explore the nature of
consciousness from the inside out. Out of these subjective realizations
emer ged the discoveries that are  the basis for the Map of Consci ousness and
his sub sequent body of work, which came to be called Devotional
Nonduality. A s he writes in  Power vs. For ce : “ While  the truths reported in
this book were scientifically d erived and objectively or ganized, like all
truths, they were first experienced personally.”17
This has been t rue of all great teachers and pioneers of consciousness,
has it not? In rec ent history, we think of the famous Swiss psych iatrist C. G.
Jung, who, after his break with Sigmund Freud, spent many yea rs detached
from the  world, exploring his own inner depths, out of which he  created the
body of work that gifted the world with knowledge of the  “shadow,”
“archetypes,” “ collective unconscious,” “complexes” (for example,
inferiority), and dream interpreta tion. He said that his whole lifetime’ s work
stemmed from those years of inner investigation. Dr. Haw kins, during his “hermit” years, was often in a formless state,
even for getting he had a body. He tells the humorous story of how he was
shocked when his “spirit” was going freely throughout the house, walking
through walls, and then suddenly his body slammed into a wall! And
another time he caught a glimps e of a “person” in the mirror, surprised that
someone else was in the hou se—then realized it was none other than
himself! His goal of exploring  states of consciousness was to  refine the
healing mechanisms within consciousness itself and to “perfect” himself as
an in strument. For example, he discovered that the “body tends  to obey the
mind,” and he w as able to heal his body of many serious disea ses through
the consciousness method described in Chapter 4. He wrote a letter to his
famous friend and co-author in  science, the Nobel Prize–winning chemist
and peacemaker Linus Pauling, exuberant about discoveries in “right-brain
consciousness” and the “healing of 15 dif ferent diseases” within himself.18
Dr. Hawkins was propelled by the question: What is the missing link
between the body and mind, the seen and the unseen? Br eakthr oughThe crucial discovery came in t he 1970s, when he witnessed ps ychiatrist
John Diamond demonstrating behavioral kinesiology —that is, using the
muscle-testing r esponse to evaluate the dif ferential impact of positive and
negative stimuli upon the body. In a widely used method, the patient holds
out an arm in horizontal fashion, while the medical practitioner gently
presses down at the wrist. The patient’ s arm (deltoid muscle) do esn’ t budge
in the presence of truth and po sitive stimuli, but the arm insta ntly falls in
the pres ence of nontruth or n egativity. For example, in Dr. Diamond’ s
research, a smile made people go strong, as did classical music and truthful
statements; that is, the deltoid muscle stayed strong and their arm remained
horizontal. Negative stimuli, such as “I hate you,” or re cordings of
politicians comm itting a known deception, made people go weak; their
deltoid muscle instantly weake ned, and their arm dropped. “The body
doesn’ t lie,” Dr. Diamond concluded. Unlike o ther doctors who saw kinesiology as a localized phen omenon,
Dr. Haw kins saw it through the lens of his own expanded awareness of the
interconnectedness of consciousness itself. “The Map of Co nsciousness
came about because I was w itnessing a class in kinesiology and the
explanation that  was given for the kinesiologic response was o ne of local
causality. Through my own inner experiences, I’d gone way


��nish the fast and I can go directly into a 30-day program to really knock any lingering worms or eggs on the head.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!68While looking at the humaworm formula of herbs, I started to wonder if I should also be taking some natural parasite herbs now. After all, won’t the herbs be even stronger and more effective when I’ve had nothing but water for 17 days?So, last night I took 3 drops of black walnut/wormwood/clove tincture which I already had at home. (This tincture does not contain any alcohol). I mixed it into water and drank it.Wow! Within 3 minutes, I could feel it immediately. I felt heat in my brain, popping in the ears and even my vision went a bit blurry for a few minutes. I was so happy to experience a reaction.I continued to feel ‘die-off’ effects for another 30 minutes and then I took 2 more drops in water, and again, experienced the same.This morning I passed about 15 small worms at least, all very small, about 1-2 inches and all very skinny. For sure, I will continue with the tincture.Day 19Today I experimented with taking more of the black/walnut/wormwood/clove drops. I took some every 2 hours throughout the day, and I did not notice a huge difference in how I felt for doing so. In the future, I think I will simply take some every 12 hours, once in the morning and once at night.I had no worms today, but I did feel some ‘relief’ in the symptoms I’ve been having. I felt less burning in the left ear and less muscle twitching overall.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!69I know I need to rest more and avoid any stress in my life right now. As much as I can, I am trying to keep the phone off and avoid having people stop by. Overall my feeling is very positive and hopeful.I’m thankful to still be keeping my mind engaged in working on my website, creating more material for the blog, reading health books and catching up on a lot of backlog. For me, it is the one thing that keeps my mind entirely focused away from food. I don’t even think about it. Cleaning my body of these worms if my biggest priority right now,  I have the rest of my life to eat, and will certainly enjoy food more when I am the only one digesting it!!My neighbor did ﬁnally start her water fast, and it’s been great having each other to support and discuss our experience. Day 20I had some worms released today, but they were so thin that it was impossible to get them on paper to photograph. They would all either break or split. There were about 5 or 6 worms in total and they measured about 1-3 inches in length. Of course they are getting skinny now because they have not eaten in 20 days either!!I still have the ever-so annoying twitching of the muscles and an occasional bit of burning and then clogging in the left ear. I have to remember where I was and how I felt 20 days ago vs. how I feel and where I am today and remember that progress is being made.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!70Funny enough, my neighbor is experiencing almost parallel symptoms as me - popping of the ears and severe headaches especially, in the ﬁrst few days of her fast. As a side note, the ‘lump’ I mentioned on Day 15 just under the skin on the right side of my back is completely gone. Completely gone!!Day 21I had a lot of pain in my gut today, all on the left side, which has always been the main area of trouble with pain and ‘gurgling’ for the last 4 years. I had to lay down a lot and just let it pass. I kept reminding myself that this will lead to progress and healing.There were no obvious worms from the enema today.At times, the pain in my gut felt like a hot poker searing into my colon. Very intense. I am quite sure that this is the area where the worms ‘broke out’ of the colon and started migrating to other areas of the body. This is also the exact location where I seemed to have constant ‘gurgling’ in the gut. Now I know that is a very common indicator of worms.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!71The Fourth Week: Yep,Worms Day 22I’m feeling lethargic today.I did see one small worm released today, about 2 inches in length, but he fell apart when I tried to move him to paper for photographs.I’ve had a lot of pain in the gut and a lot of gurgling today. I had stopped taking the black walnut/wormwood/clove, but when the gurgling became really intense, I decided to take it again, and I felt almost instantly better.I guess I stopped taking the herbs before because I felt like I was somehow going against the purity of a total water fast, but I also see the importance of letting go of the ego and doing what is best for the body. Clearly the tincture seems to be helping.I am wondering what’s with the excessive gurgling today? I wonder if it’s the eggs hatching and getting agitated and hungry before dying? It could certainly be possible,I tried to look up the incubation time for the ascaris eggs online to see if at 22 days, I should be expecting old eggs to hatch. Some websites say it takes 2-3 weeks; others say it’s 2-4 weeks. It would make perfect sense that at this point in my fast, eggs laid before I started are now hatching.It certainly motivates me to try to continue to 28 days to get the full incubation time for any more possible new eggs.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!72Mental note:  Change toothbrush immediately after the fast so as not to reinfect with any eggs.Day 23Last night I felt amazing! I was up until 3 am and full of positive energy! This morning I passed 5 worms STILL! Wow, it’s such a reason to stay focused and continue. The worms are skinnier and skinnier now, which is really no surprise since they are starving inside their host - yeah!It’s becoming so difﬁcult to photograph the worms now because they are so thin and delicate.This afternoon I started to have more pain in the left side again and so much gurgling - it was almost ridiculous. More unhappy eggs hatching or hungry worms wreaking havoc before they go. I have to remember that with every day and every enema, I am stronger and the highest healing power of love ﬁlls me more and more.Day 24Today I passed more worms, one that was over 12 inches long! I was able to photograph this one, but it was not possible to spread it all the way out.I had so much pain in the left side of my gut again yesterday. Today the pain is intermittent; at times I just need to lie down and then it passes after about 30 minutes.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!73I’m feeling waves of heat, unwell-ness and the ‘hot poker’ pain in my gut. I’m embracing it as a healing crisis, knowing that my body ﬁnally has the strength to heal itself.This afternoon, I decided to make some garlic-infused water to bring in another good natural parasite killer. After passing worms for the last 16 days and having fasted now for 24 days, I am feeling that I need to be more pro-active to really get a handle of these buggers. After all, I can only safely fast for 40 days. I do not want to see worms still coming out on Day 39, if I even continue that long!For the ‘infusion,’ I took 1/2 of a small clove of garlic and I blended it in a mini-food processor, then added water. I let the water infuse for about 10 minutes, and then I drank only the water. The garlic remained settled at the bottom of the glass.I started to have more ‘die-off’ symptoms immediately - headache, nausea and instant fatigue mainly, so I just rested and allowed it to pass. About an hour later, I felt full of energy and very good!I think I will continue to take this ‘infused’ garlic water 1x daily for the rest of the fast.Day 25Last night I started to feel hungry for the ﬁrst time in 24 days. I started to wonder if the garlic ‘infused’ water somehow stirred up my appetite. I still had worms coming out even yesterday, so I knew that I was not ﬁnished with the cleansing. So why the hunger?Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!74This morning my answer arrived:  my menstruation started. What a relief to know that I was just reacting normally to the change in hormones. I’m also very happy to see my natural 28-day cycle is completely on time and unaffected by the long water fast. The body is truly so amazing!There were no worms in my enema today. Overall, the severity of my ‘symptoms’ have lessened over the past 2