	body’s	normal	maintenance	and	repair	process,	old	cells	are
constantly	being	replaced	with	new	ones.	If	new	cells	are	not	built	with	proper
raw	materials,	they	will	be	unhealthy	and	weak.	Such	cells	are	unable	to	perform
their	normal	tasks,	including	routine	repairs,	and	will	be	vulnerable	to	sickness
and	injury.	Ultimately,	the	body’s	self-regulation	systems	will	break	down.
Because	of	the	poor	diets	and	the	toxic	environment	in	our	society,	cells	are
often	deficient	and	toxic	when	first	created,	becoming	progressively	more	so
over	time.	This	situation	is	precarious,	with	a	large	number	of	cells	either
malfunctioning	or	functioning	at	a	borderline	level.	Similar	to	walking	a
tightrope,	falling	off	is	easy.	Any	number	of	stressful	factors	can	affect	a	person
adversely	who	is	already	deficient	and	toxic,	be	it	a	stressful	event,	a	pathogenic
organism,	a	night	out	on	the	town,	a	physical	injury	or	even	a	lengthy	airplane
flight.	Almost	any	challenge	to	a	compromised	system	can	be	the	straw	that
breaks	the	overburdened	camel’s	back.
Though	painful	to	acknowledge,	disease	sufferers	invariably	(if	unknowingly)
have	made	poor	choices	leading	to	illness.	In	the	case	of	sick	children,	the
parents	have	made	the	poor	choices.
We	are	not	taught	that	we	have	the	ability	to	and,	in	fact,	need	to	consistently
make	meaningful	choices	about	our	health.	Instead,	when	we	become	sick	we
look	to	something	outside	of	ourselves	to	explain	our	“misfortune.”	We	look	for
some	obvious	circumstance	that	can	explain	why	we	are	sick.	Do	these	excuses
sound	familiar?	“I	walked	outside	in	the	cold	air	and	.	.	.”	or	“So	and	so	was
coughing	and	sneezing	near	me	at	work	and	.	.	.”	or	“Everybody	at	little	Ricky’sschool	is	sick,	it’s	no	wonder	that	.	.	.”	or	“Obesity	runs	in	my	family	.	.	.”	We
are	accustomed	to	ill	health	as	something	that	mysteriously	lands	on	us.	We	fail
to	see	our	own	role	regarding	its	development.	When	invited	to	consider	illness
as	the	result	of	our	poor	choices,	usually	we	reject	such	a	notion.
By	placing	the
blame	for	sickness	on	excuses,	we	relieve	ourselves	of	responsibility.
However,	accepting	responsibility	for	our	health	can	be	enormously
empowering.	The	overall	competence	of	cells—	determined	by	relative	levels	of
deficiency	and	toxicity—are	the	sole	determinants	of	health.	Learn	how	to
embrace	health	and	avoid	illness	by	educating	yourself	in	how	to	make	healthful
choices	that	lower	your	levels	of	deficiency	and	toxicity	and	promote	your
cellular	health.
In	Which	Direction	Is	Your	Health	Moving?
Some	of	the	time	we	are	sick,	and	most	of	the	time	we	are	well.	This
variability	in	our	individual	health	is	almost	exclusively	the	result	of	the	choices
we	make.	In	this	fluctuation,	sickness	is	not	the	absolute	opposite	of	health.
Health	and	sickness	are	not	fixed	concepts	and	they	cannot	be	defined	in	black-
and-white	terms.	Instead,	consider	your	health	as	a	constantly	changing
continuum.	Consider	the	balance	between	sickness	and	health	as	a	scale,	with
optimal	health	at	one	end,	and	death	at	the	other.	Somewhere	in	between	is	a
diagnosable	disease.	As	life	progresses,	your	position	on	the	scale	shifts,	moving
back	and	forth	all	the	time.	At	any	time,	it	is	worthwhile	to	ask:	Where	am	I	on
this	scale?	In	which	direction	on	this	scale	am	I	moving?
The	Health	and	Performance	Scale	shown	on	the	next	page	is	simple	but
effective,	serving	to	illustrate	the	relationship	between	sickness	and	health.	In
considering	this	diagram,	remember	our	definitions	of	health	and	disease.
Optimal	health	(on	the	far	right)	is	that	theoretical	state	in	which	every	cell	is
functioning	optimally	and	you	are	absolutely	as	healthy	as	your	genetic	capacity
allows.	This	condition	is	called
homeostasis
—when	the	body	is	perfectly	in
balance	and	continually	is	fine-tuning	itself	to	maintain	that	balance.	Very	few
Americans	are	at	this	end	of	the	scale,	but	we	should	strive	toward	this	goal.
Between	optimal	health	and	death	is	diagnosable	disease.	In	this	state,	cellular
malfunction	is	occurring	on	such	a	large	scale	that	the	symptoms	of	a	medically
defined	disease	are	produced.	On	the	far	left	of	the	scale	is	death—where	all
cells	have	ceased	to	function.
The	Health	and	Performance	Scale©2002
Beyond	Health
Tragically,	more	than	three	out	of	four	Americans	have	medically	significant
cellular	malfunction—a	diagnosable	disease	of	some	kind.	The	overwhelming
majority	of	us	are	somewhere	between	diagnosable	disease	and	death!
Think	about	your	personal	health	equation,	your	position	on	this	Health	and
Performance	Scale.	Do	you	have	a	diagnosable	disease?	If	so,	you	are	located
between	disease	and	death.	Even	without	having	a	diagnosable	disease,	your
health	may	be	far	from	optimal.	Fortunately,	your	position	on	this	continuum	is
not	static;	it	can	change	depending	on	your	choices.
No	matter	your	age	or	your	current	state	of	health,	you	have	the	power	to
change	the	direction	in	which	you	are	going	and	how	rapidly	you	move	on	the
Health	and	Performance	Scale.	I	learned	this	firsthand,	in	making	powerful	life-
saving	choices,	after	it	was	declared	a	medical	certainty	that	I	would	die.	I
learned	it	again	years	later,	after	witnessing	the	illness	and	extraordinary
recovery	of	an	elderly	woman.
A	family	called	me	to	ask	for	help	with	their	bedridden	and	senile	mother.
This	woman	was	ninety-four	years	old	and	unable	to	get	out	of	bed;	sometimes
she	recognized	her	family	and	knew	where	she	was,	at	other	times	she	did	not.
Her	children	loved	her	very	much	and	did	not	want	to	place	her	in	a	nursing
home,	yet	the	burden	of	her	care	had	become	too	much	for	them.	With	nowhere
else	to	turn,	they	asked	if	there	was	anything	I	could	recommend.	My	reply	was,
“Probably	not.”	Given	the	woman’s	debilitated	condition,	I	assumed	that	her
health	had	deteriorated	beyond	repair.	At	a	certain	point,	enough	cellular
machinery	has	been	damaged	that	sufficient	repairs	can	no	longer	be	made.
Though	I	was	pessimistic	about	the	likelihood	of	any	improvement,	the	family
asked	for	my	advice	anyway.	In	retrospect,	I	found	out	that	I	still	had	a	lot	to
learn	about	the	capacity	of	the	human	body	to	heal	itself.
I	started	out	by	recommending	some	specific	vitamin	supplements	to	help
supply	certain	key	nutrients	to	her	cells.	When	I	asked	what	she	was	eating,	the
first	item	they	mentioned	was	milk.	After	years	of	study,	I	had	come	to	realize
that	cow’s	milk	is	not	an	appropriate	food	for


 Cancer, all cooking quickly generates mutagens and carcinogens in foods.
Proteins begin coagulating and deaminating at temperatures commonly applied in cook -
ing, and are devoid of nutritive value.Vitamins are ra ther quick
ly destroyed by cooking.
Minerals quickly lose their organic context and are returned to their native state as they
occur in soil, seawater and rocks, metals and so on.  In such a state they are unusable and the body often shunts them aside where they may combine with saturated fats and cho -
lesterol in the circulatory system, thus clogging it up with cement-like plaque.
28
FruiticultureHeated fats are especially damaging because they are altered to form acroleins, free radi -
cals and other mutagens and carcinogens as confirmed in Diet, Nutrition and Cancer.
Thus you can see that dead f oods make dull
, low vitality, and diseased people.
f
29
FruiticultureCooked Food Effects
by Wes Peterson, N.D.
During the past few decades there has been much research done in the area of nutri -
tion. Some of this research casts light on some important insights regarding the foods
Mother Nature off ers t
o us in its whole, raw state, and what happens when we tamper
with them.
What exactly happens to food when it is cooked?  What happens to the body if we eat
cooked food? Some key points are covered in this article.
Key Points Regarding the Effects of Cooking on Food and Health•  The food’s life force is greatly depleted or destroyed. The bioelectrical (energy) field is
altered and greatly depleted (as is graphically demonstrated with kirlian photography). Live and bioactive (raw) food is rendered dead and inert.
•  The biochemical structure and nutrient makeup of the food is altered from its origi -
nal state. Molecules in the food are deranged, degraded, and broken down.  The food is
degenerated in man y w
ays.  Fiber in plant foods is broken down into a soft, passive sub -
stance which loses its broom-like and magnetic cleansing quality in the intestines.
•  Nutr ients (vitamins, miner als
, amino acids, etc.) are depleted, destroyed, and altered.
The degree of depletion, destruction, and alteration is simply a matter of temperature,
cooking method, and time.
•  Up to 50% of the protein is coagulated. Much of this is rendered unusable.  High tem -
peratures also create cross-links in protein.  Cross-linked proteins are implicated in many
problems in the body, as well as being a fac t
or in the acceleration of the aging process.
•  The interrelationship of nutrients is altered from its natural synergistic makeup. For ex -
ample, with meat, relatively more vitamin B-6 than methionine is destroyed, which fos-ters atherogenic free radical-initiating homocysteine accumulation (which is a factor in heart problems).
•  The w
ater content of the food is decreased.  The natural structure of the water is also
changed.30
Fruiticulture•  Toxic substances and cooked “byproducts” are created.  The higher the cooking tem-
perature, the more toxins that are created. Frying and grilling are especially toxin-gen -
erating. Various carcinogenic and mutagenic substances and hordes of free radicals are gener ated in c ooked fa
ts and proteins in particular.
•  Heat causes the molecules involved to collide, and repeated collision causes divalent bonding in order for new molecules, and hence a new substance, to form. In an ordi -
nary baked potato, there are 450 byproducts of every description.  They have even been named “new chemical composit es
”.
•  Unusable (waste) material is created, which has a cumulative congesting/clogging ef -
fect on the body and is a burden to the natural eliminative processes of the body.
•  All of the enzymes present in r
aw foods are destroyed at temperatures as low as 118
degrees Fahrenheit, killing the living foods.  These enzymes, named “food enzymes, ” play
a small, yet perhaps important, role in digestion.  (The body’s own digestive secretions do the bulk of the digestion work.)
•  After eating a cooked meal, there is a rush of white blood cells towards the digestive
tract, leaving the rest of the body less protected by the immune system. From the point of view of the immune system, the body is being invaded by a foreign (toxic) substance when cooked food is eaten.
•  A general augmentation of white corpuscles in the blood and a change in the rela -
tive proportions of different blood cells occurs. This phenomenon is called “digestive
leukocytosis. ”
•
The natural population of beneficial intestinal flora becomes dominated by putrefac -
tive bacteria (particularly from cooked meat), resulting in colonic dysfunction, allowing the absorption of toxins from the bo
wel. This phenomenon is variously called dysbacte -
ria, dysbiosis, or intestinal toxemia (toxicosis).
•  A buildup of muc oid matter is cr ea
ted in the intestines.  Mucoid plaque is a thick tar-
like substance which is the long-term result of undigested and uneliminated cooked
food putrefying in the intestines.
•  Cooked starches and fats in particular are a major culprit in constipation and clogging
of the intestines.31
Fruiticulture•  A buildup of toxins and waste material occurs in many parts of the body, including
within individual cells. Some of these toxins and wastes are called lipofuscin, which ac -
cumulates in the skin and nervous system, including the brain.  It can be observed as “liver spots”  or
“age spots. ”
•  Malnutrition occurs at the cellular level.  Because cooked foods are lower in nutrients, in addition to containing wastes and toxins, individual cells don’t receive enough of the nutrients they need.
•  There is a tendency towards obesity caused by overeating.  Because the cells don’t get
enough nutrients they are, so to speak, “always hungry” and hence “demand” more food.  Cooked food is also less likely to be properly metabolized, which is another factor in ex -
cess weight gain.
•  From time to time the body e xper
iences detoxification crises (also called purification
or healing crises). This happens when toxins are released through the skin or dumped
into the bloodstream for elimination by the liver, kidneys, and other organs.  The symp -
toms may include headaches, fever, nausea, vomiting, colds, bronchitis, sinusitis, pneu -
monia, diarrhea, etc.
•  The body can become so t o
xic that all kinds of particles, such as pollen, can cause de -
toxification crises, called “allergies. ”  An estimated 80 million Americans suffer from such
“allergies.
”
•  The immune system (which is more accurately described as our defense system), hav -
ing to handle the massive daily invasions of toxins and toxic byproducts, eventually be -
comes overwhelmed and weakened; this is a key factor in the aging process.
•  Some of the waste ma t
erial builds up in the arteries and clogs them, leading to high
blood pressure, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, strokes, etc., killing an estimated 50% of
Americans.
•  The wastes, toxins, mutagens, and carcinogens that build up within cells, as well as the
daily onslaught of excess free radicals, eventually causes some cells to become cancer -
ous, killing an estimated 30% of Americans.
•  In gener
al, the natural aging process is accelerated by cooked food.  People who switch
to raw food often become biologically and visibly younger.32
FruiticultureFrom Cancerologist Dr. Bruce Ames regarding “Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis, and the
Degenerative Diseases of Aging, ” cooking food is plausible as a contributor to cancer.  A wide variety of chemicals are formed during cooking.  Four groups of chemicals that cause tumors in rodents have attracted attention because of mutagenicity, potency, and concentration:
•  Nitrosamines are formed from nitrogen oxides present in gas flames or from other
burning. Surprisingly little work has been done on the levels of nitrosamines in fish or meat cooked in gas ovens or barbecued, considering their mutagenic and carcinogenic potency.
•  Heterocyclic amines are formed from heating amino acids or proteins.•  Polycyclic hydrocarbons are formed from charring meat.•  Furfural and similar furans are formed from heating sugars. •  Heating fat generates mutagenic epoxides, hydroperoxides, and unsaturated alde -
hydes, and may also be of importance.Leukoc yt
osis and Cooked Food
In 1930, research was conducted at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry in Lausanne,
Switzerland, under the direction of Dr. Paul Kouchakoff.  The effect of food (cooked/processed vs. raw/natural) on the immune system was tested and documented.  Dr. Kouchakoff’s discovery concerned the leukocytes; the white blood cells. Apparently, a well-known phenomenon occurred immediately after a person ate.
It was found that after a person eats cooked food, his/her blood responds immediately
by increasing the number of white blood cells.  This is a well-known phenomena called “digestive leukocytosis, ” which means that there is a rise in the number of


 key to treatment. This is
the purpose of Ayurvedic psychological therapies, particu-
larly subtle sensory therapies, mantra and meditation. We Ayurveda and the Mind
must learn the appropriate places to allow our minds to be
absorbed. These should be Sattvic influences or the mind
will remain ignorant and disturbed. We must learn to
develop the higher Samadhis so that we are not trapped in
the lower. We must learn to develop internal states of
absorption that are enduring, or our minds must remain
trapped in external absorptions and the pain of their com-
ing to an end.
Summary of the Eightfold Yogic Path
The eight limbs of Yoga reflect the process by which
our minds work, which has to be oriented the right way for
peace of mind.
1. First, we have certain values of social conduct
that determine how we relate to the world
(Yamas). Most important is the violence we allow
in our lives (ahimsa), how truthful we are, how
we use our sexual energy, what possessions we
keep around us, and what we are most deeply
attached to. These create our psychological
atmosphere.
2. Second, closely related to these are the rules of
our personal conduct and lifestyle (Niyamas). We
have a certain way of acting in which we find our
main contentment. We organize our outer life in
a certain manner. We have a certain way of look-
ing at ourselves and who we are. We follow a cer-
tain discipline or routine. We have a particular
way of seeking help or favor from others. This
determines how we live.
For example, if you want to make money, you must The Eightfold Method of Yoga II 303
place your seeking of happiness in that goal. You
must organize your outer life accordingly, eliminat-
ing those things that inhibit the achievement of
wealth. This gives you a certain identity or sense of
self. It creates a discipline, like work in the business
world. You must also gain the help of those who can
grant what you seek, like those in positions of
power.
Whatever we decide to do, even if it is the pursuit
of pleasure, creates certain values and disciplines.
We must give up one thing in order to gain anoth-
er. Life always involves choice and action always
involves some methodology to achieve the goals we
choose.
This basic lifestyle orientation underlies our psy-
chology. Wrong values and wrong practices that
arise from them cause psychological disorders.
Sometimes the value is wrong, like seeking to harm
others. Sometimes the approach is wrong, like seek-
ing love but in ways that bring us into contact with
people who exploit us. Wrong life-orientation caus-
es the mind to open itself up to factors of distur-
bance and sorrow. Yet whatever type of action we
pursue requires some basic orientation of our ener-
gies, from taking a trip to planning a career.
3. Third, based on our orientation in life, we have a
way of movement that holds the body in a par-
ticular posture. The pursuit of sexual pleasure
causes us to use the body in one way, the pursuit
of athletic excellence is another, and so on. Cer-
tain ways of orienting the body increase stress
and tension, cause debility or disease, or in other
ways contribute to psychological distress. 304 Ayurveda and the Mind
4. Fourth, we have a specific way of using our vital
energy (Pranayama). Whatever we decide to do
directs our Prana toward that particular goal.
Whatever we do, we are investing that action
with our vitality, which in turn molds our vitali-
ty. If we are pursuing art, sports, business or spir-
ituality, each will cause a particular orientation of
the vital force.
5. Fifth, we have a way of focusing our mind and
senses (Pratyahara). At any given moment there
are innumerable sensory impressions coming into
the mind and we must select a few to consider
based upon the choices we have made in our
behavior. Whether it is watching television,
working at our office desk, or just walking down
the street, we are withdrawing from certain sen-
sations in order to focus on others. If the sensa-
tions we are focusing on are unwholesome (Raja-
sic and Tamasic), then the mind must be
distorted in the process.
6. Sixth, we must direct our attention in a specific
direction (Dharana). What we choose to do in life
creates a certain focus of attention. It not only
eliminates other objects from our attention but
concentrates us on the chosen object. If that
object or goal is unwholesome, our mental ener-
gy will be concentrated in a painful way.
7. Seventh, we have certain things that we reflect
upon deeply (Dhyana) — the most constant
objects of our thoughts. We are always thinking
about something. Our thoughts circulate around
the goals we are seeking, our basic enjoyments,
acquisitions and achievements. If the main The Eightfold Method of Yoga II
objects that we reflect upon are disturbing, lim-
ited or confused, then the mental field must be
distorted as well.
8. Eighth, we must absorb our minds in those
things we most seek. This will occur in certain
peak experiences (Samadhi) that come at the end
of our striving. Even the attainment of pleasur-
able objects, like sex or food, is the culmination
of certain values and disciplines and seldom
comes without effort. The same is true for other
goals of life. However, if the object we seek is
tinged with personal craving, our absorption in it
must be transient and leaves us feeling empty,
however happy that moment of absorption may
be.
Yoga is a way of doing this process consciously, in
which we gain absorption in God or our true nature. Psy-
chological disorders occur through doing it wrongly or
unconsciously, in which we gain absorption in wrong
influences that cause us to lose power over our own con-
sciousness (lose our inner peace). Once we understand this
process, we will no longer seek those things that bring us
suffering. This requires truly understanding our con-
sciousness and how it works. Without understanding and
applying the great principles of Yoga and Ayurveda, we
cannot do this.
May you, the reader, proceed quickly and without hin-
drance on this great path of immortal life! Ayurveda and the Mind
Primary Yantra 307
Appendix 1
The following tables provide not only a summary but a
more extensive knowledge of our psycho-physical nature
and its place in the greater universe of consciousness. Top-
ics covered are the three bodies, the five sheaths, the seven
levels of the universe, the seven chakras, the five Pranas, a
table of the functions of the mind (Chitta), and a diagram
of cosmic evolution.
Table a
The Three Bodies
Our true Self, whose nature is Pure Consciousness, is
encased in three bodies or vestures. Only the gross or phys-
ical body is a body in the ordinary sense of the word. The
subtle (astral) body is built up from the impressions
derived through the mind and senses. The causal body is
made up of our most deep-seated tendencies, held in the
three gunas of sattva, rajas and tamas. The inner Self is the
fourth factor that transcends the three bodies.
Body
Gross
(Physical)
Subtle
(Astral)
Causal
Transcendent
beyond
Self (Pure
Consciousness) Composition
gross elements
derived from
food
subtle elements
derived from
impressions
causal elements
derived from
gunas
unmodified State
waking
dream
deep sleep
transcendent
consciousness (turiya) Existence
physical
astral
causal or
ideal
unmanifest
absolute Guna
tamas
rajas
sattva
gunas Ayurveda and the Mind
The physical body functions during the waking state,
in which we live in a world of physical objects, each with
its specific fonn and location in time and space. For this
body to exist, we must eat and take in the gross elements
that compose it.
The astral body functions during dream and inspired
thought, in which we live in the world of our own impres-
sions. It defines time and space rather than being defined
by them. It is sustained by impressions and the subtle ele-
ments, which are its food. It is dominated by the emo-
tional or sense-mind (Manas).
The causal body functions during deep sleep and pro-
found meditation, in which we live in our own conscious-
ness devoid of external objects, perceived or imaginary. It
is not located as a fonn or impression in space and time,
but exists as an idea that creates time and space according
to its qualities. It is sustained by thoughts, the causal ele-
ments, which are its food. It is dominated by our deeper
consciousness (Chitta). Our true Self and immortal being
transcend all three bodies and states of consciousness. Only


 on a regular basis to re
adjust the dose. However, in real life the majority of patients cannot do that
for various practical reasons.
I generally recommend following RDA according to age. This amount of
cod liver oil on a regular basis over time would gently correct vitamin A
deficiency. The diet, which we have talked about, would also provide con
siderable amounts of this valuable vitamin. The whole nutritional pro
gramme over time would restore proper digestion and absorption of this
vitamin, as well as many other nutrients. 4. DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
1. Hypochlorhydria
People with abnormal gut flora almost without exception have low stomach
acid production. Toxins produced by overgrowth of Candida species, Clostridia
and other pathogens have a strong ability to reduce secretion of stomach acid.
What does it mean and why is it important?
The stomach is the place where protein digestion begins. Hydrochloric
acid produced by the stomach walls activates pepsin, a protein-digesting
enzyme, which starts breaking down the very complex structure of dietary
proteins into peptides and amino acids. To do its work properly pepsin
needs the pH of the stomach to be 3 or below. In hypochlorhydria not
enough acid is produced, so the pH in the stomach is not low enough for
pepsin to do its job properly.
The most studied proteins in connection with GAPS conditions, particu
larly autism and schizophrenia, are gluten and casein. In these patients the
digestive system converts them into opiate-like substances, called caso
morphin and gliadomorphin, which are thought to find their way to the
patient's brain and block a lot of normal brain activity and development.
The digestion of casein and gluten, just as digestion of all other proteins,
starts in the stomach. In a child or an adult with low stomach acidity this
digestive process goes wrong from the beginning, which sets up the scene
for the formation of casomorphin and gliadomorphin. DrW. Shaw, in the
revised edition of his book Biological Treatments for Autism andPDD, gives
an interesting example of a child, who had a very severe withdrawal re
action, when casein and gluten were taken out of his diet, with violent
behaviour and refusal to eat or drink. Indeed withdrawal of opiates in drug
addiction can be extremely dramatic. But in this child the withdrawal
symptoms were temporarily relieved by regular administration of Alka-
Seltzer Gold. Now why would simple bicarbonate Alka-Seltzer Gold have
such an effect? Maybe the answer is that by neutralising whatever little
stomach acid the child had, Alka-Seltzer Gold interfered with the digestion
of other dietary proteins with production of other opiate-like peptides,
which were giving this child a temporary "morphine fix", reducing the
withdrawal symptoms? As a result of low stomach acid production the whole process of protein
digestion in the body goes wrong from the very beginning. The
maldigested protein then passes through into the small intestine. The
intestinal wall and pancreatic enzymes, which accomplish further steps in
the protein digestion, expect the protein to arrive from the stomach in a
particular form in order to do their job properly. It is like a conveyer belt or
an assembly line in a factory. If the first person does a poor job, then no
matter how well the rest of the people in the line may work, the end pro
duct is likely to be of a poor quality. However, what happens in the body is
even worse. The problem is that in the body "the rest of the line" cannot
work properly either, because it is regulated by the "first person". This first
person is the stomach acid. Stomach acidity is the major regulator of pan
creatic and liver ability to respond to arriving food. In a normal situation
food coming from the stomach into the duodenum has to have a pH of 2 or
below to stimulate production of two very important players in the whole
digestive process. These players are two hormones, produced by the walls
of the duodenum, which get absorbed into the blood and carried to the
pancreas, liver, stomach and many other organs in the body. These hor
mones are secretin and cholecystokinin. The first hormone, secretin, gives
the stomach a command to stop producing its juices, stimulates the liver to
produce bile and lets the intestinal lining know that food is coming, so it
makes enough mucous to protect itself. But the most important thing that
it does is to stimulate the pancreas to produce alkalising bicarbonate solu
tion to neutralise the acid in the food, which has just arrived from the
stomach, because normally the duodenum and the rest of the small intes
tine have a far more alkaline pH. This alkaline pH is essential for pancreatic
enzymes to do their job of digesting proteins, fats and carbohydrates. By
stimulating production of bicarbonate secretin prepares the food for the
digestive enzymes coming from the pancreas.
To produce these digestive enzymes the pancreas needs the command
of the second hormone - cholecystokinin. If cholecystokinin is not made
by the walls of the duodenum because of too little acid coming from the
stomach with the food, then the pancreas will be sitting there idly and not
producing its digestive enzymes to deal with that food. In addition, chole
cystokinin tells the stomach to stop its activity, makes the gallbladder
empty its bile into the duodenum, ready to digest fats, and opens the gates
for pancreatic juices to flow and start digesting arriving food (F1G.7).
These two hormones are so important in normal food digestion that
without them this digestion simply cannot happen. Unfortunately, in a person with low stomach acidity that is exactly what happens. The food
comes from the stomach not acid enough to trigger the production of
secretin and cholecystokinin. So, the pancreas does not produce its juices
and bile is not secreted to work on the fats. Maldigestion and malabsorp
tion follow. Partially digested proteins, like casomorphin and gliadomor
phin and many others get produced and absorbed through the damaged
leaky intestinal wall, acting as opiates in the brain. Other maldigested pro
teins cause allergies and autoimmune reactions, draining an already com
promised immune system even further. A lot of essential vitamins, amino
acids and minerals do not get absorbed, causing nutritional deficiencies.
Maldigested carbohydrates get consumed by abnormal flora, which con
verts them into alcohol, acetaldehyde and a whole host of other toxins. Fats
do not get digested, which makes the person deficient in extremely impor
tant fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, essential fatty acids, and gives the
person pale floating stool or diarrhoea. Undigested food simply rots in the
digestive tract, poisoning the whole body.
Secretin has received a lot of publicity in autistic circles since some cases
of great improvements were seen after injecting autistic children with
secretin. Soon homeopathic forms of this hormone became available.
Cholecystokinin is available as a supplement in the USA and some parents
who tried it with their children apparently reported similar to secretin
effect. Unfortunately, the majority of autistic children show very little or no
response to this treatment, because secretin is only one factor in a very
complex digestive process. Normalising stomach acid production is a far
more important intervention in order to put the whole digestive process
right from the beginning.
Apart from literally ruining the whole digestive process, lack of acid in
the stomach has other serious implications.
Stomach acid is the first barrier for huge numbers of microbes arriving
with every bit of food or drink we put into our mouths. If the stomach is not
acid enough, these microbes have a good chance of getting into the
intestines, which they would colonise and cause trouble. They even start
growing in the stomach itself! Normally the stomach is the least-populated
area of the digestive system due to its extremely acid environment.
However, in a person with hypochlorhydria all sorts of pathogenic and
opportunistic bacteria and fungi can grow on the stomach wall, such as
Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter pylori, Enterobacterial Candida,
Salmonella, E. coli, Streptococci, etc. The most research in this area has been
done in stomach cancer patients, the majority of which show low levels of FIG. 7 Regulation of digestive process by the stomach acid. stomach acid production. Microbes, which populate low acid stomach play
a very important role in causing stomach cancer, ulcers and gastritis.
Of course, most of these microbes love to eat carbohydrates, particularly
the processed kind. The digestion of carbohydrates starts in the mouth with
the action of saliva. When the food arrives into the stomach in the normal
situation stomach acid stops this digestion. So, carbohydrates have to wait
until they arrive at the duodenum to be digested. But in the stomach with
low acidity overgrowing microbes start fermenting dietary carbohydrates,
often with the production of various toxins and gas, which can make it very
uncomfort


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Butitshouldcertainlyneverbegiventoquacks,eithermaleor
female.
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toleaveoffsomeoccupation,totrysomeotherdoctor,someother
house,pill,powder,orspecific;Isaynothingoftheincon-
sistency,forthe.seadvisersaresuretobethesamepersonswho
exhortedthesickmannottobelievehisowndoctor,because
“doctor:;arealwaysmistaken,”buttobelievesomeotherdoctor,
because“thisdoctorisalwaysright”
Wonderful isthefacewithwhichfriendswillcomeinand
worrythepatientwithrecommendations todosomethingorother,
havingjustaslittleknowledgeastoitsbeingfeasible,oreven
safeforhim,asiftheyweretorecommendamantotakeexercise,
notknowinghehadbrokenhisleg.Whatwouldthefriendsay,
ifhewerethemedicalattendant,andifthepatient,because
someotherfriendhadcomein,becausesomebody,anybody,
nobody,luulrecommendedsomething,anything,nothing,wereto
81 CttATtEluNOHOtESANDADVICES-
disregardhisorders,audtaketliatotherbody’srecommendation i
Butpeopleneverthinkofthis.
Ifsuchfriendsaudacquaintanceswouldbutconsiderforone
moment,thatitisprobablethepatienthasheardsuchadviceat
leastfiftytimesbefore,audthathaditbeenpracticable, itwould
havebeenpractisedlongago.Butofsuchconsiderationthere
appearstobenochance.
Tomethesecommonplaces, leavingtheirsmearuponthe
cheerful,single-hearted, constantdevotiontoduty,whichisso
oftenseeninthedeclineofsuchsufferers,recalltheslimytrail
leftbythesnailonthesunnysoutherngarden-wallloadedwith
fruit.
Nomockeryintheworldissohollowastheadviceshowered
uponthesick.Itisofnouseforthesicktosayanjrthing,for
whattheadviserwantsis,nottoknowthetruthaboutthestate
ofthepatient,buttoturnwhateverthesickmaysaytothe
supportofhisownargument,setforth,itroustberepeated,
withoutanyinquirywhateverintothepatient’srealcondition.
TonursesIsay—thesearethevisitorswhodoyourpatient
harm.Wlieuyouhearhimtold:—1.Thathehasnothingthe
matterwithhim,audthathewantscheering. 2.Thatheis
killinghimself,andthathewantspi'eventing. 3.Thatheisthe
toolofsomebodywhomakesuseofhimforapurpose.4.That
liewilllistentonobody,butisobstinatelybentuponhisownway;
and5.Thatheoughttobecalledtothesenseofduty,andie
flyinginthefaceofProvidence;—thenknowthatyourpatient
isreceivingalltheinjurythathecanreceivefromavisitor.
Howlittletherealsufferingsofillnessareknownorunder-
stood.Howlittledoesanyoneingoodhealthfancyhimoreven
Aerselfintothelifeofasickperson!
Do,youwhoareaboutthesick,orwhovisitthesick,tryand
givethempleasure,remembertotellthemwhatwilldoso.How
ofteninsuchvisitsthesickpersonhastodothewholeconversa-
tion,whileyouwouldtakethevisitor,absorbedinhisown
anxieties,forthesickperson.“Oh!mydear,Ihavesomuch
tothinkof,Ireidlyquiteforgottotellhimthat;besides,I
thoughthewouldknowit,”saysthevisitortoanotherfriend.Howcould“heknowit?”Dejienduponit,thepeoplewho
saythisarereallythosewhohavelittle“tothinkof.”There
arema)iyburthenedwithbusinesswhoalwaysmanagetokeep
acornerintheirminds,fullofthingstotellthe“invalid.”
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68 NOTESONNORSINO.
Idonotsay,don’ttellhimyourai.\ieties—Ibelieveittobe
goodforhimandgoodforyoutoo;butifyoutellhimwhatis
anxious,surelyyoucanremembertotellhimwhatispleasant
too.
Asickpersondoessoenjoyhearinggoodnewsforinstance,
ofaloveandcourtship,whileinprogresstoagoodending.If
youtellhimonlywhenthemarihigetakesplace,heloseshalf
thepleasure,whichGodknowshehaslittleenoughof;andten
toonebutyouhavetoldbunofsomelove-makingwithabad
ending.
Asickpersonalsointenselyenjoyshearingofanymaterial
good,anypositiveorpracticalsucce.saoftherigiit.Hehasso
muchofbooksandfiction,ofprinciples,andprecepts,and
theories;do,insteadofadvisinghimwithadvicehehasheard
atleastfiftytimesbefore,tellhimofonebenevolentactwhich
hasreallysucceededpractically,—itislikeaday’shealthtohim.*
Youhavenoideawhatthecravingofsickwithundiminished
powerofthinking,butlittlepowerofdoing,istoliearofgood
practicalaction,whentheycannolongerpartakeinit.
Doobservethesethings,especiallywithinvalids.Doremem-
berhowtheirlifeistothemdisappointedandincomplete.You
seethemlyingtherewithmiserabledisappointments, fromwhich
•theycanhavenoescapebutdeath,andyoucan’trememberto
tellthemofwhatwouldgivethemsomuchpleasure,oratleast
anhour’svariety.
Theydon’twantyoutobewhiningwiththem,theylikeyouto
befreshandactiveandinterested,buttheycannotbearabsence
ofmind,andtheyaresotiredOicheadviceandpreachingthey
receivefromeverybody,nomatterwhomitis,theysee.
Thereisnobettersocietythanbabiesandsickpeopleforone
another.Ofcourseyoumustmanagethissothatneithershall
sufferfromit,whichisperfectlypossible.Ifyouthinkthe“.air
ofthesickroom”badforthebaby,whyitisbadfortheinvalid
too,and,therefore,youwillofcoursecorrectitforboth.It
freshensupasickperson’swholemindtosee“thebaby.”And
averyyoungchild,ifunspoiled,willgenerallyadajjtitselfwon-
•ABmallpetanimalisoftenanexcellentcompanionfortliosick,forlongchronic
casesespecially.Abirdinacageissometimes tlieonlypleasureofaninralidcon-
finedforyearstothesameroom.Ifhecanfeedandcleantheanimalhimself,be
oughtalwaystoboencouragedandasnistedtodoso.Aninralid,ingiritifjan
accountofhisnursingbyacorseandadog.infinitelypreferredthatofthedog
“aboveall.itdidcottaH\''
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derFulIytothewaysofasickperson,ifthetimetheysjjend
togetlierisnottoolong.
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ahlecausesofdistress,youwouldtakemorej>ainsaboutallthese
things.Aninfantlaiduponthesickbedwilldothesickperson
thussuffering,moregoodthanallyoureloquence.Apieceof
goodnewswilldothesame.
Ithasbeenveryjustlysaidthatsickandinvalidsarelike
childreninthis,thereisno•proportionineventstothem.Now
itisyourbusinessastheirvisitortorestorethisrightproportion
forthem—toshowthemwhattherestoftheworldisdoing.
Howcantheyfinditoutotherwise?Youwillfindthemfar
moreopentoconvictionthanchildreninthis.Andyouwillfind
thattheirunreasonableintensityofsufferingfromunkindness,
fromwantofsymjiathy,&c.,willdis.appearwiththeirfreshened
interestinthebigworld’sevents.Butthenj’oumustbeable
togivethemrealinterests,notgossip.
Andoh!howmuchmightbesparedtothedying!Ifanxious
friendswouldbutnotaskthedyingmanto“giveasignto
assurethemofhis“eternalsalvationofhisbeing“happy
tosay“farewell;”howmuchtheywouldsparehim!
Don’tdistressthedyingfatherwith,“Whatwillbecomeof
uswhenyouaregone?”Northedyingchildwiththemother’s
longingstokeepit.Ihaveheardachildsay,“Oh,mother,
don’teewishso!Ican’tdieeasywhilethou’rtwishing 1”
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 had gross derangements of both eyeballs. After hearing the lecture on
recovery of vision, she pursued a medical protocol and practiced the letting
go technique on her sight. W ithin two days she began to experience a return
of vision. She came up after the lecture and said, “I know you are right. I
know that one sees through the mind because that is what is happening to
me. I am seeing, and I am seeing with my mind!”
T o understand how all of these healings can come about—some of
them ver ging on the miraculous—we have to revise many of our thoughts
about bodily processes, the mechanisms of healing, and how medical
treatments bring about their results. It was discovered that there is a self-
healing power within  that is activated by continual surrender.
CHAPTER
21
Q U E S T I O N S  A N D  A N S W E R S
This chapter includes verbatim questions and answers from workshops and
seminars that have been given around the world in recent years. In
anticipation of the reader ’ s questions, the most typical and frequently asked
questions about the mechanism of surrender have been included.
Religious and Spiritual Goals
There are always a number of questions regarding the application of
surrender to achieving what are generally referred to as spiritual goals,
expansion of consciousness, and religious beliefs. W e can answer many of
these questions by making a general statement.
The letting go mechanism does not conflict with any religion or
spiritual pathway or self-improvement program, nor does it disagree with
any philosophy or metaphysical position. It entails no spiritual teachings of
its own. Instead, it provides a mechanism so that self-understanding
removes the blocks to spiritual advancement. It is also compatible with the
humanistic movement. All spiritual pathways and religions emphasize the
need for expanding our capacity to love, and this is essentially what the
process of surrender is all about. By removing the blocks to love, the
capacity to love self, others, and God is expanded.
Surrender also facilitates the basic teachings of all the world’ s great
religions. The essential goal of these teachings is to surrender the “small
self,” commonly called “ego.” The letting go technique facilitates the goal
of dissolving the small self by using a simple inner process of surrender.When the small self is transcended, the true inner Self shines forth. Let us
take, for instance, the most common short means of expression of this
surrendering phenomenon as given by most religions. T ypically, they follow
this pattern:
Let go and let God.
Be still and know that I am God.
T urn your life and will over to the care of God as you understand Him.
Surrender to what is,  for God is in all things.
It is obvious that letting go of negativity facilitates the very direction
that all religions and spiritual pathways ur ge us to take. The process of
letting go is concerned primarily with feelings, and we have seen that
feelings have a profound ef fect on our thoughts and belief systems. The
experience of most people who use the mechanism of surrender is that it
facilitates their spiritual and religious goals. Those who do not consciously
have any religious or spiritual goals have remarked that it facilitates their
capacity for lovingness, which substantially increases their happiness and
well-being.
Carl Jung pointed out that, because God is one of the major archetypes
in the unconscious, each person has to take a position about God whether
they like it or not. Even the atheist has feelings about the concept of God.
So whether God exists or not, the subject has to be dealt with sooner or
later. Suppressing our feelings about God or consciously being
overwhelmed by the subject is not a satisfactory solution. The letting go
technique brings resolution to long-standing inner conflicts, both to the
atheist and to the believer.
Question : What is the relationship of letting go to the whole
concept of sin?
Answer : If we examine the negative feelings that we have been
discussing and describe them in religious terminology, we see that
what we have really been describing are the so-called “cardinal
sins.” Inasmuch as the mechanism of surrender is a way of letting
them go, it seems obvious that letting go of the attachment to these
characteristics facilitates the achievement of religious teachings in
our personal life.Question : I am not a follower of any particular spiritual pathway
but have my own personal pathway. How could this technique be
helpful?
Answer : W ithout exception, all spiritual pathways are based upon
a method of dissolving the ego. The ego includes the totality of our
negative programs. Surrendering is the process par excellence  for
letting go of negative programs. It is, therefore, the best tool to
facilitate spiritual understanding.
Question : W ill this process interfere in any way with my faith?
Answer : On the contrary: What are the obstacles to faith? Y ou will
notice that they are all forms of negativity. Consequently, letting
go of negativity would be removing the obstacles to faith.
Question : I am a nonbeliever, but I do have an interest in learning
about spiritual matters. W ould this approach be of any use to me?
Answer : The mechanism of surrender is a tool only. Y ou can use it
to remove the obstacles to making a million dollars; or you can use
it to remove the obstacles to the development of spiritual
awareness. Most people who continuously surrender report that
they discover something within themselves akin to love itself,
which is independent of the body, emotions, thoughts, and the
events of the world. Have you ever heard of anyone becoming
displeased by this discovery?
Question : Does the letting go technique contradict any spiritual or
religious teachings?
Answer : A study of the subject reveals that there is no conflict
between the letting go of negativity and any spiritual teaching.
Question : I gave up religion many years ago because it created so
much guilt I couldn’ t handle it. What would be the ef fect of using
the letting go technique?
Answer : In clinical observations over the years, guilt emer ges as
the most frequent reason for which people give up their religion. It
is because the goals seem unobtainable. Ask yourself what hasmade these goals seem unobtainable. It will always be the disparity
between what one is taught they should be, as compared to what
they perceive they really are. Instead of feeling guilty, try letting
go of all the negative feelings that come up and wait and see for
yourself what change of attitudes might occur. Again, letting go is
a tool. It can be utilized to facilitate your goals in any area of life.
How you use it is up to you. A good place to start is to let go of all
of your guilt since it fosters an emotional environment for
suf fering and disease.
Meditation and Inner T echniques
Question : How does letting go and surrendering correlate with the
dif ferent meditative techniques?
Answer : Almost all meditative techniques have as their goal the
quieting of the mind. This is the basis of the dictum from the Book
of Psalms, “Be still and know that I am God.” As most meditators
have discovered, achieving silence of the mind is the main
problem of meditation itself. This is because suppressed feelings
constantly produce thoughts, which are the main distractions in
meditation. Acknowledging and letting go of the ener gy behind
these suppressed feelings, therefore, facilitates the goal of
meditation. When the feeling behind the train of thoughts is
located and surrendered, then that entire train of thought instantly
stops.
By constantly surrendering, it is possible to arrive at an
extremely silent state of mind. This can be accomplished as one
goes about one’ s daily activities, thus greatly expanding the
capacity to meditate. Most meditative techniques are limited to a
specified number of minutes or hours during the day. It is possible
by constant surrender to reach high states of consciousness.
Question : I do not follow a spiritual pathway, but I do af firmations
and visualizations. W ill the letting go technique be of use to me?
Answer : Letting go greatly facilitates the power of af firmations.
An af firmation is a positive statement. Its power is limited by the
fact that, either consciously or unconsciously, we have multiplenegative programs that are saying the very opposite thing to the
af firmation. Y ou can discover this for yourself by noticing that, as
you write the af firmations, your mind comes up with, “Y eah, but
… ” It is these “Y eah, buts … ” that limit the power of the
af firmation and reduce its ef fectiveness. If you surrender the
obstacles to the af firmation, you will notice a rapid increase in
their ef fectiveness.
Psychotherapy
Question : I am in psychoanalysis. W ould the letting go technique
be helpful or would it be in conflict with my analysis, which is
getting progressively more expensive?
Answer : Therapists who have studied the technique agree with it.
Many psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists have learned it
and utilize it in their practices. So far, we have heard only 100%
positive evaluations of the results, because the so-called “working
through” is facilitated by the patient’ s capacity to let go of
negativity and self-limitations, which allows the therapy to move
forward much more rapidly. Psychotherapists, themselves, have
found that letting go has


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feeling, you're on a dif ferent feeling frequency, and the situation must change to
mirror your new frequency. If s omething negative has happene d in your life, you
can change it. I t is never too late, because you can always ch ange the way you
feel. T o receive what you would love, t o change anything into what you would
love, no matter what the subject, all it takes is changing the way you feel!
"If you want to f ind the secr ets of the Universe, think in terms of ener gy, fr equency,
and vibration." (Nikola T esla 1856-1943)
T ake Y our Feelings Off Automatic Pilot
Many people don't know about the power of good feelings, an d so their feelings
are reactions or responses to wh at happens to them. They have put their feelings
on autom atic pil ot, instead of de liberately taking char ge of them. When something
good ha ppens, t hey feel good. W hen something bad happens, they feel bad. They
don't realize that their feelings a re the cause of what is happening to them. As they
react with negative feelings to something that has happened, they give out more
negative feelings, and the y receive back more negative circumstances. They
become trapped  in a cycle by their own feelings. Their life goes around and
around in circles not getting an ywhere, like a hamster on a wheel, because they
don't realize that to change their life, they must change their feeling frequency!
"It's not what happens to you, but how you r eact to it that matters." (Epictatus)
If yo u don't have enough money, naturally you don't.. fee l good abou t money, but
the money in your life will never change while you don't feel good about it. If you
give out negative feelings about money, you're on a negative frequency about
money and you will receive back negative circumstances such as big bills or
things b reaking down, which are all circumstances that drain yo u of money. When
you react with negative feelings to a big bill, you give out more negative feelings
about money, which bring even more negative circumstances to you that drain you
of more money.
Every si ngle second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment
you can change the way you feel. It doesn't matter what you have felt before. It
doesn't m atter w hat mistakes you think you may hav e made.  When you chan ge the
way you feel, you are on a dif ferent frequency, and the law of attraction respondsinstantaneously! When you chan ge the way you feel, the  past has gone! When yo u
change the way you feel, your life changes.
"Do not  waste one moment in r egr et, for to think feelingly of t he mistakes of the
past is to r e-infect yourself" (Neville Goddar d 1905-1972)No Excuses for the For ce of Love
If yo ur life is not filled with eve rything you love, it doesn't m ean you're not
a good and lovi ng person. The life purpose for each of us is to overcome
negativity by choosing love. Th e problem is that mos t people love and then
stop lov ing hundreds of times i n a day. They don't give love l ong enough
for t he f orce of love to move all  the good things into their life. T hink about
it: one moment you give love thro ugh a warm hug with a loved one, and
then you  stop giving love with in minutes when you get annoyed because
you can't find your keys or you're delayed in traf fic  or you can't find a
parking space. Y ou give love when you laugh w ith a work colleague, a nd
then sto p when you get disappointed because the local lunch place has run
out of something you want. Y ou give love as you look forward to the
weekend, and then you stop when you receive your bills.  And so it
continues all through the day; y ou give love and you stop giving love, give
love and stop gi ving love, give l ove and stop giving love, from one moment
to the next.
Y ou are either giving love and harnessing the force of love, or  you're not.
Y ou can't harness the force of love with an excuse about why you didn't
love. Ex cuses an d justifying why you didn't love just add more n egativity to
your life. When you give an excuse as to w hy y ou didn 't love, you're fe eling
the same negativity again, and so you're giving out more of it!
"Holding on to a nger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of thr owing
it at someone else; you ar e the one getting burned." (Buddha 563-483 BC)
If you get annoy ed because there was a mix-up in an a ppointment,  and you
blame the other person for the mix-up, you are using blame as your excuse
not to give love. But the law of attraction only receives what you are giving,
so if you're giving blame, you must rec eive cir cumstances of blame back in
your life. It won 't necessarily come back to you from the person you were
blaming, but most assuredly y ou will receive a circumstance of blame.
There are no excuses for the force of love. Y ou get what you give period.
Every Little Thing Is IncludedBlame, criticism, finding fault, and com plaining are all forms o f negativity.
All of them bring so much str ife. W ith every little complaint and every
moment you criticize anything, you are giving negativity. Complaints about
the weather, traf fic, the govern ment, your partner, children, parents, long
lines, the economy, food, your body, your work, customers, businesses,
prices, n oise, or service seem like small harmless things, but they bring
back with them a whole host of negativity.
Throw o ut of your vocabulary w ords like terrible, horrible, disgusting, and
awful, because when you say those words, they come with strong feelings.
When y ou say them they must return to you, which means you  are putting
those labels on your life! Don't you think it would be a good idea to use
more words like fantastic, amazing, fabulous, brilliant, and wonderful.
Y ou can have w hatever you love and want, b ut you have to harmoni ze with
love, an d that means there are n o excuses for not giving love. Excuses and
justifications pr event you from receiving everything you want. They
prevent you from having an amazing life.
"All that we sen d into the lives of others comes back into our ow n." (Edwin
Markham)
Y ou don't make a connection when you complain to a store person and then
a few hours later you receive a call from your neighbor complaining that
your dog is bark ing. Y ou don't make a connection when you meet a friend
for l unch and talk negatively about a mutual friend and you ar rive back at
work to discove r big problems have developed with your major  client. Y ou
don't make a connection when your dinner conversation is about something
negative in the news and that night you can't sleep because of an upset
stomach.
Y ou don't make a co nnection when you stop to help someone w ho has
dropped someth ing in the stree t and ten minutes later you get a parking
space right outside the supermarket door. Y ou don't make a connection
when yo u happi ly help your ch ild with their homework and t he next day
you receive news tha t your tax refund will be bigge r than you thought. Y ou
don't make a connection when you do a favor fo r a friend and, that sam e
week, your boss gives you two complimentary tickets to a sports game. Inevery circumstance and moment of your life you are receiving what you
have given, whether you make the connection or not.

The T ipping Point
If yo u g ive mor e than 50 perce nt positive thoughts and feelings instead of
negative, you have reached a tipping point. Ev en if you just give 51 percent
good tho ughts and good feelings, you have tipped the scales of your life!
And here's the reason why.
When y ou give love, it not  only comes back to you as positive
circumstances th at you love, bu t as it comes back, it adds even more love
and pos itivity to your ljfe! The  new positivity then attracts more positive
things, adding even more love and positjvity to your life, and so it
continues. Every thing is magnetic, and when something good comes to you,
it magnetkally attracts more good things.
Y ou may have experienced this when you said you were having a "lucky
streak" or you were "on a roll," when one good thing after another
happened, and the good things just kept happening. The only reason those
times oc curred was because you had give n out more love than n egativity,
and as the love returned to you, it adde d more love to your life, which then
attracted even more good things.
Y ou may have also experienced the reverse happening when something


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during pregnancy, 93–95
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skin-to-skin contact, 150
sleep
co-sleeping with baby, 306
difficulties in, 109–10
essential oils for, 314, 318
excess, from kapha imbalance, 27
herbs for, 303
of newborns, 240, 243newborn’ s and mother ’s, 251–52
pitta and, 66
postpartum, 207–8
during pregnancy, positions for, 93
sleep apnea, 110
snacking, 21, 65
soul, 42, 81
ahimsa and, 37
conception and, 32
maha gunas and, 78
of newborns, 233
nourishing, 4, 80
presence of, 9–10
study of, 8
sounds
for baby in womb, 78, 80
maha gunas and, 75, 76, 77
spiritual vibrations, 83–84
sperm, 32, 54, 57, 63
spikenard oil, 319
spiritual people, associating with, 82
spiritual traditions, 38, 42
spirituality, 8, 32, 35, 52, 78–80, 233
spring, 27, 28, 60
sprouts, 274, 282, 285
Śrīla Gopāla Bha ṭṭ a Gosvāmī, Sat Kriya Sara Dipika,  138
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto, 59
stillbirth, 216–18
stress hormones, 33, 57, 151
stretch marks, 110–1 1, 182, 315
sucanat, 56, 264–65, 292–93, 297–98
sugar, 19, 275
avoiding, 28, 105, 215, 278
cane, 56, 274, 277
cravings, reducing, 313
for newborns, 260
options, 284
rapadura, 215–16
turbinado, 217–18
summer, 23, 25, 61
surrogacy, 216–18
Sushruta Samhita,  85, 100, 268, 276
svastha, 9, 14
swaddling, 252Swami, Radhanath, 42, 81, 157–58
symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD), 107–8
T
tahini
Tahini Cookies, 297–98
Tahini Sauce, 296
tamas, 73, 74, 76–77
tastes, six, 261
celebrating, 88–89
seasons and, 60, 61
sweet, 270
Teitelbaum, Marianne, Healing the Thyr oid with Ayurveda,  210
tests and procedures, 119, 134, 162–63
thyme oil, 310, 317
thyroid, 204, 208–10
time of day, 16
tongue scraping, 65
Touching Heaven  (Oakes), 215, 261, 281–82, 283, 289
travel, 84, 178, 206
trimester, first
imbalances during, 97, 100
miscarriage in, 102–3
overview, 84–85
vata in, 20
trimester, second
overview, 85–86
pitta in, 24
trimester, third, 86–87
hair-parting ritual, 113
imbalances during, 97, 107, 108–9
kapha in, 27
pain reduction during, 125
triphala, 58
true Self, 13, 44, 45, 64, 83, 233
trust
in birthing process, 122, 128–29, 142, 160, 162
in relationships, 48, 49–51
turmeric, 56, 104, 264–65
avoiding, 283
essential oil, 314, 317
Herbal Chewing Mix, 289–90
Hot Milk Tonic, 290–91kanji, 292–93
kitchari, 294–95
Warm Yam Smoothie, 292
U
umbilical cord
bathing and, 245
ceremony for cutting, 168
massage and, 247
when to cut, 154
Upanishads, 10
uterus
involution of, 203
irritable/exhausted, 155
preconception influences on, 32
strengthening, 57, 58, 212, 304, 305
V
vacha (calamus root), 153, 315
vaginas
during birthing, 149
bleeding from, 95
oiling, 151
tissues of, preparing for birth, 123, 126
valerian, 208, 318
values
choice based on, 12
guilt and, 231–32
living in alignment with, 38–39
vanilla, 207, 276, 307
vata
balancing, 21–23, 66
in breastfeeding, 263
depression and, 217
imbalances, 20–21, 62, 94, 100, 204
during labor, excess, 154–55
nesting as, 122
overview, 18–19
pacifying, foods/herbs for, 277–79, 303–4
postpartum, 174–75, 180, 201–2
preconception, 57
during pregnancy, 17, 20, 86–87, 90
sleep and, 109stabilizing, 64, 126
vitiated, eliminating, 125
weight gain and, 111–12
See also  apana vata
Vedas, 10, 11–12, 232–33
Vedic tradition
parameters in, 36
rituals, 138, 168, 220–21, 234
vegetables
Kitchari, 294–95
Steamed Veggies, 296
when to avoid, 282
See also individual vegetables
vegetarian diet, 269
Velamentous Cord Insertion (VCI), 163, 164–65
vernix, 135, 244
vetiver oil, 314, 317
vitamin B (various forms), 57, 109, 210, 269, 275
vomiting
by newborns, 243–44, 252
during pregnancy, 97, 106, 108, 149, 273
W
walking, 22, 79, 84, 87, 90–91, 178
walnuts, 56, 262, 273, 276, 284
water breaking, 144, 146, 147
water element, 15, 17, 23–24, 26–27, 91
Weed, Susan, Wise W oman Herbal for the Childbearing Y ear, 109, 256
weight gain, 27, 111–13, 209
Western/allopathic medicine, 14, 71, 301
Williamson, Marianne, 1
winter, 19, 21, 60, 61
winter green oil, 316
witch hazel bark, 181, 200
Wolf, David B., Relationships That W ork, 51
Womanly Art of Br eastfeeding, The  (La Leche League International), 261
Y
yamas, five
ahimsa, 37–38
aparigraha, 41–42
asteya, 39
brahmacharya, 39–41purpose of, 36–37
satya, 38–39
yams, 128, 279, 285
Steamed Veggies, 296
Warm Yam Smoothie, 292
yarrow, 181,


overeat even healthy foods, for your body only needs enough food (fuel) to
maintain energy. When you see obese people, it’s usually becau se they have
over-stuffed their bodies with too much food. Flesh is dumb.
Have you over-fueled your body? If so, you are not getting away with this
harmful habit, you are abusing your health and cheating yours elf! Keep in
mind that as we live longer, the internal abdominal structure and stomach
muscles relax more. This is called visceroptosis, or droopy tummy. It’s a
common con dition among older people who overeat and don’t exercise their
waist muscles. It can be a contributing cause of constipation, body
sluggishness, prolapsed liver and even hernias.
When the abdominal wall becomes lazy, the droop is compoun ded by fat
layers of flab, then trouble starts inside the abdomen. Most people by 40 have
a prolapsed abdomen. Become a people-watcher and you will notice this is
true! Some need  a surgical tummy-tuck (removes excess flab) to give them
flat stomachs. (Caution on lipo-suction. ) Don’ t let abdominal muscles
droop! Make every effort to recapture firmness. It’s amazing how quickly
muscles respond to good posture, weight training and exercises!
Bragg Posture Exercise Promotes Youthfulness
Tighten the butt, suck in stomach muscles, lift up ribcage and stretch up
the spine. Keep the chest up and out, shoulders back and lift the chin up
slightly and line the spine up straight (nose plumbline straight to belly
button). Drop the hands to the sides and swing arms to normalize your
posture. Do this exercise before a mirror and see miraculous changes. You
are retraining and strengthening your muscles to sit, stand and walk tall and
straight for more youthfulness and health!Remember – Y our postur e can make or br eak your health!Excerpt fr om Bragg Back Book. Be a Bragg Crusader, copy and shar e with family, friends, etc.
Your postu re carries you through life from your head to your feet. This is your human  vehicle and you
are truly a miracle! Cherish, respect and always protect it by living The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle.  –
Patricia Bragg
Good postur e helps pr event backaches and r elated pr oblems.The above Food Guide Pyramid illustration represents a more ideal way of
eating for achieving optimal nutrition, health and wellness. You will notice
that this Food Guide Pyramid is based on healthy organic plant foods, with
emphasis on pure water, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, vegetable protein
foods, non-dairy calcium foods,  and raw nuts and seeds. Eating a diet based
on these dietary guidelines will help get the nutrients you need for optimal
health. It ’s not only the best type of diet for wellness, disease prevention and
longevity, it also provides the right balance for building a healthy nervous
system.
Pure Water:  At the found ation of the pyramid is pure water. We
recommend drinking pure distilled water as the best type of water for the
body. Drink at least eight – 8 oz glasses of water daily and even more if your
lifestyle (sports, work, etc.) requires it.
Whole Grains: Whole grains are the next level of the pyramid. Avoid all
process, refined grain products  and eat only unrefined, whole grain bread
and cereal products. Grains such as whole wheat, brown rice, oats, millet,
quinoa, as well as 100% whole grain breads and cereal s are the best. One
serving of whole grains is equal  to 1 slice whole grain bread, 1 ounce ready-
to-eat whole grain cereal, 1 cup cooked whole
grains such as brown rice, oatm eal or other grains, 1 cup whole wheat (or
other whole grain) pasta or noodles, and 1 ounce other whole grain products.
We recommend eating 3–4 servings of whole grains a day.Vegetables : We recommend eating as many of your vegetables organic
and raw (uncooked, in salads, garnishes, juices, etc.) as possible! When you
cook vegetables, do not overcook them. Steaming or lightly stir frying is
best.
The more colorf ul your vegetables, the better they are for your health as
they contain more valuable nutrients and healthful phytochemicals. Eat a
wide variety of vegetables daily. One vegetable serving is equal to 1 cup
cooked vegetables or 1 cup raw uncoo ked vegetables,  1 cup salad, ¾ cup
vegetable juice. We recommend  having 6 to 8 or more vegetable servings
daily.
Fruits: Like vegetables, the more colorful the fruits the better they are for
you. Try to have  organic fruits as much as possible. One serving of fruit is
equal to 1 medium apple, banana, orange, pear or other fruit, ½ cup fruit, ½
cup of fruit juice or ¼ cup dried fruit. We recommend  eating 4 to 6 servings
or more of or ganic fruits daily.
Calcium Foods:  These are plant-derived calcium-rich foods. Plant source
of calcium are healthier than dairy products because they do not contain
saturated fats or cholesterol. Health calcium-rich foods contain s foods such
as soymilk, tofu, broccoli and green leafy vegetables. Example s of serving
sizes of plant-de rived calcium-ri ch foods include; 1 cup soymilk, ½ cup tofu,
⅓ cup almonds, 1 cup cooked or 2 cups of high calcium raw greens (kale,
collards, broccoli, bok choy or other Chinese greens), 1 cup of calcium-rich
beans (e.g. soy, white, navy, Great Northern), ½ cup seaweed, 1 tablespoon
blackstrap molasses, 5 or more figs. We recommend having 4 to 6 servings
of healthy non-dairy sources of calcium rich foods daily.
Beans and Legumes:  This group are the healthy protein foods. Vegetable
protein foods are more optimal compared to animal protein foods. Vegetable
proteins do not contain the artery clogging saturated fats and cholesterol
found in animal foods. They also contain protective factors to prevent heart
disease, cancer and diabetes. Vegetable proteins are high quality and provide
the body with the essential amino acids that it requires. One serving of
vegetable protein foods include; 1 cup cooked legumes (beans, lentils, dried
peas), ½ cup firm tofu or tempeh, 1 serving of “veg gie meat” alternate (e.g.
veggiebur ger patty or soy patty), 3 tablespoons nut or seed butter, 1 cup soy
milk. W e recommend having 2 to 3 or more vegetable protein servings daily.Health Fats, Omega- 3 and other Essential Nutrients:  This group
includes essential and healthy fats and other nutrients. Servings of healthy
fats include; 1 teaspoon flax seed oil, 1 Tbsp. of Bragg organic extra-vir gin
olive oil, 3 Tbsps. raw walnuts. Other healthy essentials at the top of the
pyramid include ground flax seed and nutritional B-Complex supplements
that provide vitamin B12, includ ing Bragg Nutritional Yeast (delicious
seasoning). Provide your body with the nutritional supplements your body
requires for optimal health.
There’s no substitute for a healthy diet of or ganic fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. V itamin
deficiency usually occurs only after many weeks or months of intake below r ecommended daily levels.
– Complete Guide to Natural Healing
Seek and choose whole foods, organic fruits, vegetables and organic whole grain cereals, breads, etc.
rather than commer cial, canned, refined white flour, sugar products and other highly processed goods
in the center aisles.
Internal Cleanliness is the Secret of Health
What you want to strive for is a clean, toxicless body! Gradually include
more organic fresh raw fruits and raw vegetables in your diet. Have fresh
fruits in the morning and a large raw, combination vegetable salad at noon. If
you like, you may have some fresh fruit for dessert. Eat a yellow vegetable,
such as a yam, sweet potato, yellow squash or carrots, and a green vegetable
every day. Cook vegetables by baking, steaming or wok (stir-fry) them.
Remember to save some raw vegetables for your cleansing Bragg Raw
Organic V egetable Health Salad (on page 123).
The body is self-clean sing, self-corr ecting  and self-healing when you give it a chance with a fasting
cleanse and living a healthy lifestyle! – Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D., Pioneer Health Crusa der & Lifestyle
Educator
Flaxseed is high in fiber, omega-3 and phytonutrients called lignans.
With your main meal you may have and want a more concentrat ed form of
protein. Our favorite and healthiest proteins are vegetarian! If you insist on
eating animal proteins, have (hormone-free) not over 2 times a week. Your
diet should include raw nuts and seeds: almonds, cashews, peanuts, pecans,
pumpkins, sesame, sunflower, walnuts, etc. and avocados. Enjoy beans,brown rice and legumes, soybeans and tofu as often


 which there
can be no substitute, constructed for the apprehension of
truth.…  Without the develo pment, the perpetual chang e and
the inexhaustible series of adventures which constitute life, the
universe, or absolutely valid truth, would remain
unknown.…  Reality happens to be, like a landscape, possessed
of an innite number of perspectives, all equally veraciou s and
authentic. The sole false perspective is that which claims to be
the only one there is.
José Ortega y Gasset
“The Doctrine of the Point of View,”
The Modern Theme
JUST AS NATIVE FLORA TRANSPLAN TED TO ANOTHER REGION ADAPTS TO the
new environment in order to survive, so theories conform to cultural
settings and historical ages in order to remain relevant. Translating
age-old concepts from one culture to another in itself alters them.
But in these next chapters we have gone a step further by exercising
our imaginatio ns and daring ourselves to cut a new trail through the
old territory of Five-Phase  thinking.
We are reinventing as well as recapitulating classical concepts in
order to address the concerns of the people who walk through our
clinic doors. On the one hand, they just want their troubles to
disappear, they want to be “xed” so that they can go on with their
lives unimpeded. On the other, they are curious about the origin
and meaning of their diculties and discomforts, suspecting thatgreater insight will enable them to avoid future problems. People
want to know: “How come I have the trouble that I do? Where does
it come  from?  How can I understand it? What can I do about it?
How can I prevent it in from recurring?”
Five-Phase Theory  aords a particularly comprehensive, complex,
yet manageable schema for self-understanding. It is an enduring
conceptual system, as worthw hile to us today in America, modied
and developed to conform to our culture, as it was in early China.
It is a tool to aid us in the observation of what is otherwise too
hidden, too blurred, or too beyond reach: the inner, the social, and
the transcendental. As a microscope brings the invisible world into
view, this thinking is a lens through which we can behold the
workings of our internal process. As a pair of reading glasses
claries what is in front of our noses, these ve patterns of
movement bring into focus our relationships—our way of
interacting with the world. As a telescope magnies the
constellations, this paradigm helps us grasp the vast scheme of the
universe, aidin g us in the divination of our certain place between
heaven and earth.
FIVE PHASES DISTINGUISH  FIVE TYPES OF  PEOPLE
Our rendering of Five-Phase Theory  postulates that we have styles of
being in the world, inclinations, and gifts akin to the ve seasons
and powers. We are characterized by a hidden and ineable
organizing force through which all of our experience is incorporated
and expressed.
Within each of us there is a particular Phase  around  which  the
others spin, the source from which our deepest impulses issue forth.
This Phase  is our type, the primal ontological matrix that initiates
and governs the forming of our unique existence. We can distinguish
ve types—each of which possesses an inner landscape as distinct as
the desert is from the jungle, as dierent as the pale dry leaves of
autumn are from the aming red dahlias of summer.By learning how we are “put together”—how our soma and
psyche are organized—our nature is revealed. When we know
ourselves, we can behave accordingly. Self-recognition is a
prerequisite for self-mastery. By applying the language of Five-Phase
Theory, we can wrest le with the existential issues of identity (Who
am I—how am I put together?), of purpose (What am I here to do?),
and of destiny (Who will I become, and how can I make the best of
it?).
Five-Phase  analysis can inform us about our virtues and frailties,
helping us to be wiser in our choices about what to pursue and what
to avoid. Unearthing the archetypal roots of our character provides
insight into our aptitudes, relationships, desires, and dreams as well
as our health ailments, emotional xations, mental doubts, and
spiritual dilemmas.
Although Five-Phase Theory  is old, the idea of Five-Phase  “types” is
our eort at grafting a Western psychospiritual branch  onto the
trunk of traditional Chinese medical thought. By fusing Chinese
traditional meanings with Western cultural metaphors, we are
expanding the ancient Five-Phase  constructs into a
phenomenological 1 model  that unies physic al, emotional, and
mythical realm s of human experience and behavior. 2 We oer this
version of Five-Phase  thinking as our attempt at bridging Eastern and
Western ideas about medicine and human process.
INDIVIDUAL  PSYCHOLOGY  IN CHINESE  MEDICINE
Psychology as we know it has not existed in classical Chinese
medical thinking and remains of little importance in contemporary
Chinese culture. Rather, Confucianism, with its emphatic focus on
the social order, has dominated Chinese medical philosophy, ethics,
and practice. In China today, individual development and welfare
remain second ary to the good of society as a whole. Within this
context, the psychology of individual personality has not maturedbeyond the somatic-psychic correspondences articulated during the
Han dynasty (200 B.C.–A.D. 200).
This cultural history has translated into medical values: a healthy
person is dened as a productive person, suciently adjusted so as
not to threaten  the status quo. A sound mind is assumed  to be the
natural outcom e of a t body and a correct relationship with family
and society. This is the distance that individual psychology travels.
The logic is that if people are in harmony with others in their family
and society, they are presumed to be happy within themselves. The
biological striving for self-determination is molded within a
relatively rigid and static social model of a contented individual
who exists to serve the family, the clan, and the state. 4
In the West this set of assumptions is reversed. Individualism and
personal development are elevated and rewarded as primary values.
Within the social order, the common good is expected  to be the
natural outcom e of individual freedom and fulllment. The logic is
that if people are satised with themselves, they will be productive
and cooperative members of society. In this context, the psychology
of personality assumes great signicance. We strive vigorously
toward self-development, always testing the constraints imposed by
the need for social stability.  Society in our culture is supposed to
serve the individual.
Even though in China’s history there has been greater concern
with social role than with the issues of inner life and self-identity,
generally Chinese philosophy claims that the basis for human
evolution, freedom, and strength derives from harmony with nature,
being familiar with and knowledgeable about the life process.
Because Chinese medicine conceptually denies the division between
soma and psyche, arming the unity of body and mind, this lays
the groundwor k for us to use the thinking of Chinese medicine in
ways the Chinese themselves have not pursued.
FIVE-PHASE  THEORY FOR  SELF-UNDERSTANDINGThe Five Phases  are not “things,” but rather descriptions of primal
forces within a universe of larger and smaller, contracting and
expanding, interacting and cogenerating systems. This relational
continuum is bounded at one end by more dense and tangible forms
(Yin) and at the other by less tangible, more amorphous and diuse
forms (Yang). These ve forces trace process—from its inception
through the Phases : consolidation  and potentiation belongs to Water,
expansion and initiation to Wood, compl etion and fulllment to Fire,
contraction and release to Metal, and stability and poise to Earth.
The cosmos embodies all the Phases, as does each human  being and
process. Every individual swirls like a planet, enveloping a hidden
core and displaying a surface terrain, represented by the poles of
Water  and Fire, Kidney  and Heart. Rotational movement occurs
within the context of opposition between the centripetal
(contractive) and centrifugal  (expansive) forces of Metal  and Wood,
Lung and Liver. The axis of revolution and the center of gravity and
mass is represented by Earth, the Spleen, holdin g all other forces in
harmonic tension.
This energetic model describes interaction, how the life force
pulsates, inspiring and expiring, generating and degenerating,
charging and discharging. Just as the magnetic needle of a compass
always represents north and south, so Water  always  repres ents the
force that stores, accumulates, and generates charge, that restores
after release; and Fire always symbolizes the end point of expansion,
consummation. Lines of correspondence between the energies of the
Five Phases  and individual structure and process establish “character
types.” 5
Carl Jung established “archetypes”


	all	that	exists	as	equal	expressions	of	innate	Divinity.
Inasmuch	as	‘relationship’	is	a	concept	of	dualistic	mental	observation,	in
Reality	there	are	no	relationships.	Everything	merely	‘is’	and	exhibits	the
beingness	of	existence.
Similarly,	without	the	interposition	of	a	functioning	observer	with	its
innate	categorization	of	thought,	there	is	neither	change	nor	movement	to	be
explained	or	described.	Each	‘thing’	is	merely	evolving	as	an	expression	of	its
divine	essence.	Evolution	therefore	takes	place	as	a	manifestation	of
consciousness,	and	it	takes	expression	from	higher-energy	abstract	levels	to
lesser	but	more	specific	forms,	and	finally	into	physical	materiality.	Thus,
creation	manifests	from	the	abstract	formless	through	progressive	form	into	a
final	energy	pattern,	and	then	into	concrete	materiality.	The	power	to	become
manifest	is	the	expression	of	divine	omnipotence	as	continuous	creation.
Creation	is	the	Present	and	the	Now.	This	Now	is	continuous	so	that
neither	beginnings	nor	endings	are	possible.	Visibility,	or	materiality	itself,	is
merely	a	sensory	phenomenon	and	not	a	necessary	condition	for	existence,which	is	in	itself	formless	yet	intrinsic	to	all	form.
Because	everything	is	always	in	the	process	of	creation,	it	means	that
everything	is	an	expression	of	Divinity,	or	it	would	not	have	the	capacity	to
exist	at	all.	The	realization	that	everything	which	exists	reflects	the	Divinity
of	Creation	is	why	it	is	worthy	of	respect	and	reverence.	This	accounts	for	the
reverence	for	the	spirit	within	all	living	beings	and	nature,	which	is
characteristic	of	many	cultures.
All	sentient	beings	are	equal.	Only	material	manifestation	is	subject	to
cessation,	and	essence	is	unaffected	and	retains	the	potentiality	of	reappearing
in	material	form.	Essence	is	affected	only	by	the	forces	of	evolution	itself.
The	emergence	of	material	form	from	essence	is	influenced	by	the	presence	of
that	which	is	already	in	form.	The	content	of	material	manifestation	may
therefore	facilitate	essence	manifesting	as	form,	or	it	may	not	be	favorable,
depending	on	conditions.	One	might	say	that	Creation	fulfills	its	own	inner
divine	instructions	or	tendencies.	Traditionally	this	tendency	has	been	called
destiny,	which	is	the	unfolding	of	the	potentiality	and	the	reflection	of
preexisting	conditions	(the	classical	Sanskrit	‘gunas’	of
rajas,	sattva,
	and
tamas
,	or	action,	awareness,	and	resistance).Thus,	man	can	influence
conditions	in	order	to	potentiate	the	manifestation	of	desired	eventualities.
Through	choices	human	consciousness	can	influence	outcomes,	but	the	power
of	creation	is	the	province	of	God.
The	nature	of	creation,	which	is	beyond	time,	space,	and	causality,	is	self-
revealing	and	presents	itself	to	the	consciousness	of	Awareness	as	a	gift	of	the
Presence.	All	things	are	intrinsically	holy	in	the	divinity	of	their	creation.
When	the	criticalness	and	discrimination	of	dualistic	perception	are	set	aside,
the	absolute	perfection	and	beauty	of	everything	stands	revealed.
Art	seeks	to	abstract	this	awareness	when	it	takes	one	moment	in	time	and
freezes	it	in	photographic	art	or	sculpture.	Each	stop	frame	depicts	the
perfection	that	can	be	appreciated	only	when	a	single	view	is	isolated	from
the	distortion	of	the	superimposed	story.	The	drama	of	every	moment	of
existence	lends	itself	to	preservation	when	art	saves	it	from	the	extinction	of
transformation	of	material	form	called	history.	The	innocence	intrinsic	to	any
given	moment	is	apparent	when	that	moment	is	taken	out	of	the	context
projected	onto	a	sequence	of	selected	moments	that	then	become	a	‘story’.
Once	converted	into	a	story	by	the	dualistic	mind,	the	terms	‘good’	or	‘bad’
are	then	applied.	One	can	readily	see	that	even	the	terms	‘good’	or	‘bad’	refer
in	their	origination	to	what	is	really	merely	human	desire.	If	something	is
desired,	it	becomes	a	‘good’,	and	if	undesired,	it	becomes	a	‘bad’.	If	human
judgmentalism	is	removed	from	observation,	all	that	can	be	seen	is	that	form
is	in	constant	evolution	as	‘change’,	which	is	neither	intrinsically	desirablenor	undesirable.
Everything	is	manifesting	its	inherent	potentiality	as	determined	by	its
essence	and	prevailing	conditions.	The	splendor	of	all	things	is	that	by	their
very	existence,	they	manifest	the	glory	of	God’s	creation	as	existence	itself.
By	virtue	of	merely	‘being’,	each	and	every	sentient	and	insentient	thing	that
exists	is	fulfilling	the	will	of	God.	It	is	because	of	divine	intention	that	the
unmanifest	becomes	manifest;	creation	is	the	name	of	the	process	that	we
witness.
Because	the	nature	of	Creation	is	not	apparent	to	ordinary	consciousness,
the	mind	manufactures	conundrums	that	have	no	answers,	e.g.,	how	can	a
‘good’	God	allow	so	much	that	is	‘bad’?	Beyond	dualistic	perception	and
arbitrary	categories	of	manifestation,	there	is	neither	good	nor	bad	to	be
explained,	and	it	can	be	seen	that	the	universe	itself	is	harmless.	The	human
mind	constructs	its	scenarios	of	goals	and	desires,	and	events	are	either
concordant	with	them	or	not.	Both	tragedy	and	victory	occur	only	within	the
limitations	of	the	dualistic	mind	and	have	no	independent	reality.	Everything
in	this	world	seems	to	arise	and	then	dissolve	within	the	limitations	of
perception.	Inasmuch	as	Reality	is	beyond	time,	space,	and	form,	it	is
immaterial	whether	a	‘thing’	or	a	‘person’	exists	for	a	split	second	or	for	a
thousand	years.	Thus	the	struggle	to	live	a	few	more	years	or	even	a	few	more
moments	appears	to	be	an	empty	illusion	because	existence	is	not	experienced
within	time	at	all.	This	moment	is	the	only	reality	that	is	being	experienced;
all	else	is	an	abstraction	and	a	mental	construct.	Therefore,	one	cannot
actually	live	seventy	years	at	all;	only	this	exact,	fleeting	moment	is	possible.
In	the	reality	of	nonduality,	everything	is	complete,	and	desire	is	replaced
by	appreciation.	As	life	evolves,	each	living	thing	is	the	total	expression	of	its
potentiality	at	any	given	moment.	Motivation	as	such	disappears,	and	action
takes	place	as	a	phase	in	the	process	of	potentiality	actualizing.	There	is,
therefore,	no	actor	behind	the	action.	There	is,	instead,	a	sense	of
completeness	and	total	fulfillment	in	every	moment.	Enjoyment	of	physical
needs	is	the	product	of	action	itself.	The	appetite	for	eating,	for	example,
arises	out	of	the	act	of	eating,	with	no	prior	desire	for	the	next	bite.	If	eating	is
stopped	by	an	interruption,	there	is	no	feeling	of	loss.	The	joy	of	life
originates	out	of	one’s	existence	at	any	given	moment,	and	the	awareness	of
continuous	completion	is	an	aspect	of	the	joy	of	existence.	The	totality	of	the
Oneness	of	the	All	cannot	be	‘experienced’.	Instead,	it	is	known	by	virtue	of
being	it.	The	‘I’	of	the	Self	is	the	Eye	of	God	witnessing	the	unfolding	of


 skin cleansing and to destroy intestinal
worms. Minerals: magnesium, molybdenum, sodium.
LEMON (YELLOW -GREEN)  - Stimulates brain activity and activates the thymus. It is a mild laxative and expectorant (expels mucus):
use in respiratory problems involving phlegm, asthma, coughs. Lemon is useful for dry, scaly skin disorders and bone building. It
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Minerals: gold, iodine, iron, phosphorus, silver, sulphur.
GREEN  - Stimulates pituitary gland, encourages muscle and tissue building, and breaks up hardened cell masses and clots. It is anti-
congestive, germicidal, disinfectant, purifying: use for heart problems, ulcers, cancer, wound healing, skin improvement, burn pains,
glaucoma, headaches, neuralgia. Elements: chlorine, nitrogen.
TURQUOISE (BLUE-GREEN)  - Normalising for acute disorders. It is calming, and therefore useful for headaches, for soothing
inﬂammations, sunburn and itching.  It improves, rebuilds and tones the skin: use for moist- or weeping-skin disorders. It is also
valuable for acute childhood diseases and infections, acute venereal diseases, and hyperactivity. Minerals: chromium, zinc.
BLUE  - Cooling, strongly anti-inﬂammatory, antiseptic, stops bleeding; reduces fever, pain. Use to treat all conditions marked by
redness, swelling and heat, and acute phases of arthritis, gout and rheumatism. Blue is relaxing and calming, slows the pulse, can
reduce high blood pressure, and is valuable for underweight and overactive people. Use to treat itching, irritation, irritability, insomnia,
throbbing headaches, speedy brain ; sore throat, loss of voice, burns, bruises; diarrhoea, dysentery, colitis, neuralgia, sciatica,
earache, biliousness and jaundice. Also good for treating tumour areas and red or infected skin disorders. Element: oxygen.
INDIGO (BLUE-VIOLET)  - Sedative, pain relieving, arrests discharges and bleeding, astringent. Use for piles and varicose veins.
Indigo improves the immune system during infections: use to irradiate swollen lymph glands; in whooping cough with fever and other
acute lung disorders; for convulsions and nervous irritation. It stimulates the parathyroids and sedates the thyroid; use locally for
goitre.
VIOLET  - Relaxing and soothing. It also stimulates the spleen and builds white blood cells. Violet sedates heart and muscle activity,
and calms hyperactive people. It is useful for overactive kidneys and bladder; bed-wetting; nerve disorders and overactive mental
disorders; epilepsy; insomnia. It also suppresses appetite.
PURPLE (BLUE AND RED)  - Dilates blood vessels and reduces blood pressure: slows the pulse as with palpitations (irradiate heart
area). Purple lowers body temperature, and is excellent for high fevers; it stimulates the activity of veins; is a good sleep inducer for
insomnia; decreases sexual desire and pain; is antimalarial; sedates the kidneys.
MAGENT A (RED AND VIOLET)  - Energising; improves and norma lises the emotions, the aura and the sexual system. Magenta
energises the adrenal glands and the heart muscle, normalises the heart and blood pressure, improves the circulation. It is diuretic;
useful for kidney stones; complementary to green. Mineral: potassium.
SCARLET (2 PARTS RED AND I PART VIOLET)  - arrows the arteries and raises the blood pressure; energises kidneys (diuretic);
use as a sexual stimulant or for frigidity, and for suppressed menstruation. Scarlet accelerates the birth process and expels the
placenta.
Photo-chromo therapy
Absent individuals may be treated (with their consent) by exposing their photographs or even a sample of hair or hand-writing to
suitably coloured lights. Following is an arrangement that reportedly gave especially good results: line a box with crumpled and partly
restraightened aluminium foil. Place the photo on the bottom, covered with a glass plate to prevent heat damage. Suspend from the
top a small coloured light bulb, as used in Christmas decorations or similar ways. Cover the top with more aluminium foil treated in
the same way.
Another possibility is to cover the aluminium-foil-lined box with cellophane of the desired colour and expose the box to moderate
sunlight. Exposure time may range from one hour to several hours, depe nding on the severity of the condition and the reaction of the
patient. A pendulum may possibly be used for assessing colours and exposure times.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
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While the Allopathic (“traditional” and Veterinary Medicine) medical model loves the
idea of "deficiency" and treating the "deficiencies" with isolated chemicals, vitamins or
supplements.  And the Food Industry loves the idea of “fortified” and “Balanced” fake
foods with added chemical vitamins and supplements which drive profits and create
disease. What we are really dealing with when it comes to deficiencies is cellular
malfunction and/or imbalance caused by toxemia/acidosis in the body (an over acid state
of the body) and flooding the body with unnatural amounts of any given element.
As wastes build in the body, from years of dietary indiscretion, they begin to damage the
cells and cause malfunctions. The wastes are acidic so the body uses things like mucus
to protect the cells from the acidity and the mucus in turn blocks the absorption of the
elements within the food, which overtime leads to the "deficient" state.  Mucus in the
bowels leads to less food being absorbed by the body.  Mucus,fat, cholesterol or lymph
fluid around the cells leads to elements not being able to properly enter the cells.
We aren’t actually deficient in things we are either malabsorbed, meaning the bowels are
coated in mucus and therefore not absorbing things as they should. We are in an acidic
state, meaning the body is protecting the cells but blocking efficient absorption.  Or we
are out of balance. Meaning we have taken in unnatural amounts of one element and it
has caused an imbalance in other elements. So when we have a “deficiency” and then weadd an unnatural source of that element (Vitamin, Supplement or other fractionated food
like substance) then we throw everything out of balance.
The only way to correct the imbalance is to just stop putting in all unnatural elements,
stick to whole foods in their whole raw form and then just give the body a little time to
get the junk out and return to homeostasis.
 To quote TC Fry :
“The deficient soil/deficient food complex is fostered among health seekers by
fractionated food purveyors who are peddling a synthetic manufactured
supplement or so-called natural supplements, both of which are far inferior to
whole foods. Supplements can in no way make good any partial deficiency that
may exist. The synthetic supplements are not usable in any circumstances, and the
body treats them as drugs. It is the stimulus of drug effects that we mistake for
health effects. We mistake the energy an exhausted horse shows under the whip as
beneficent when, in fact, it is pathogenic. Even if part of the supplements are
obtained from organic sources (as a fraction of a given supplement, say 5 to 10%
only) so they can be represented as natural, they are still worthless. They're also
worthless if extracted entirely from organic sources. The body uses nutrients in
context with other nutrients as a team.”
“Juices are fractionated foods subject to oxidative deterioration. Oxidation occurs
quickly. For example, orange juice can lose up to 60% of its vitamin C within an
hour after juicing. Iron is oxidized very quickly in all foods. This may be observed
visually if an apple is broken open and exposed to air. Oxidation creates toxic
byproducts. An example of this is cooking, which is a much accelerated process of
oxidation as well as heat degeneration.”
“Quoting Ian Fowler from his excellent article, "Fundamentals of Feeding" which
appeared in Dr. Shelton's Hygienic Review in June 1978, "Consuming extracted
and artificially concentrated items results in a sudden influx of nutrients which
necessitates rapid accommodation and adjustment