 need of it. Step 7: Seek out and cherish the silence. Many people who have
suffered with long-term illnesses have been able to return to their Source
through the channel of nature and contemplative silence. Spend time in
quiet meditation visualizing yourself coupled with the perfectly healthy
field of intention. Commune with this Source of all that is good, all that is
well, and practice accessing this high spiritual energy, bathing your entire
being in this light. Meditation is always healing for me. When I’m fatigued, a few moments
in silence accessing higher, loving, kind vibrations energizes me. When I
feel out of sorts, a few moments in quietude making conscious contact with
God provides me with all that I need to not only feel good, but to help
others do the same. I always remember Herman Melville’s timely words:
“Silence is the only Voice of our God.”
Here’s an excerpt from a letter written to me by Darby Hebert, who now
lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For more than two decades, she struggled
with feeling used as well as watching her own physical conditiondeteriorate. She opted for nature, silence, and meditation. I repeat her words
(with her permission) below:
For a year I lived out of boxes in an empty house. Then, to
remove myself from this negative energy field and the scorn of
people who were sitting in judgment, I moved 2,000 miles away
to Jackson Hole. The magnificence, grandeur, and peace of this
sacred, enchanted place began to work its magic immediately. I
have lived in silence for almost two years. Meditation and
appreciation have become my way of life. Leaving low energy,
and moving into high energy, with your help, has worked
miracles. I have moved from hemorrhaging eyes, internal
lesions, aseptic meningitis, and severe muscle pain to a health
that includes all-day mountain hiking and cross-country skiing. I am slowly getting off of the dangerous drugs used to control
the diseases, and I know I can do it. You have shown me the way
to being well, and I will forever be grateful. God bless you a
thousandfold, Wayne, for following your bliss and helping
others to find theirs. I hope there will come a time when I can
express my gratitude in person. Until then, I’ll see you in the
Gap. Step 8: To be health, you must totally identify with the wholeness that
you are. You can stop seeing yourself as a physical body and immerse
yourself in the idea of absolute well-being. This can become your new
identification card. Here, you breathe only wellness, you think only perfect
health, and you detach from appearances of illness in the world. Soon you
recognize only perfection in others. You stand firm in your truth, reflecting
only thoughts of well-being, and speaking only words of the infinite
possibility for healing any and all disease processes. This is your rightful
identity of wholeness, and you live it as if you and the Source that creates
all are one and the same. This is your ultimate truth, and you can allow this
dynamic aura of wholeness to saturate and animate your every thought until
it is all that you have to give away. This is how you heal, from that inner
knowing and trust of your wholeness. Step 9: Allow health to stream into your life. Become conscious of
resistance, which interferes with the natural flow of healthy energy to you. This resistance is in the form of your thoughts. Any thought that’s out of
sync with the seven faces of intention is a resistant thought. Any thought
that says that it’s impossible to heal is a resistant thought. Any thought of
doubt or fear is a resistant thought. When you observe these thoughts, note
them carefully, and then deliberately activate thoughts that are in energetic,
vibrational balance with the all-providing Source of intention. Step 10: Stay immersed in a state of gratitude. Be grateful for every
breath you take... for all of your internal organs that work together in
harmony... for the wholeness that is your body... for the blood streaming
through your veins... for your brain that allows you to process these words
and the eyes that allow you to read them. Look in the mirror at least once
every day and give thanks for that heart that continues to beat and the
invisible force on which those heartbeats depend. Stay in gratitude. This is
the surest way to keep the connecting link to perfect health clean and pure. One of the messages of Jesus of Nazareth is apropos of all that I’ve
presented in this chapter on having a healing intention:
If you bring forth what is inside you,
what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is inside you,
what you don’t bring forth will destroy you. What is inside you is the power of intention. No microscope will reveal
it. You can find the command center with x-ray technology, but the
commander in the command center remains impervious to our sophisticated
probing instruments. You are that commander. You must allow yourself to
be in vibrational harmony with the greatest commander of all and bring it
forth to serve you, rather than allowing yourself to be in a state of disrepair.OceanofPDF.comIT IS MY INTENTION TO:
APPRECIATE AND
EXPRESS THE GENIUS
THAT I AM
“Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.”

— Buckminster Fuller
Consider that all human beings have within themselves the same essence
of consciousness, and that the process of creativity and genius are attributes
of human consciousness. Therefore, genius is a potential that lives within
you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in
your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea
and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is. Perhaps
you created something absolutely astonishing and you even amazed
yourself. Then there are the moments when you make exactly the right shot
in a round of golf or a tennis match and you realize with immense pleasure
what you’ve just accomplished. You are a genius. You may never have thought of yourself as a person who has genius
residing within. You may have thought that genius is a word reserved for
the Mozarts, Michelangelos, Einsteins, Madame Curies, Virginia Woolfs,
Stephen Hawkings, and others whose lives and accomplishments have beenpublicized. But keep in mind that they share the same essence of
consciousness that you do. They emanated from the same power of
intention as you did. They have all shared the same life force animating
them as you do. Your genius is in your very existence, awaiting the right
circumstances to express itself. There is no such thing as luck or accidents in this purposeful universe. Not only is everything connected to everything else, but no one is excluded
from the universal Source called intention. And genius, since it’s a
characteristic of the universal Source, must be universal, which means that
it’s in no way restricted. It’s available to every single human being. It
certainly can and does show up differently in every single one of us. The
qualities of creativity and genius are within you, awaiting your decision to
match up with the power of intention. Changing Your Energy Level to Access the
Genius Within You
In his illuminating book, Power vs. Force, David Hawkins wrote:
“Genius is by definition a style of consciousness characterized by the ability
to access high energy attractor patterns. It is not a personality characteristic. It is not something that a person has, nor even something that someone is. Those in whom we recognize genius commonly disclaim it. A universal
characteristic of genius is humility. The genius has always attributed his
insights to some higher influence.” Genius is a characteristic of the creative
force (the first of the seven faces of intention) that allows all of material
creation to come into form. It is an expression of the divine. No one who’s considered a genius—be it Sir Laurence Olivier onstage as
Hamlet; Michael Jordan gracefully gliding toward a dunk on the basketball
court; Clarence Darrow speaking to a jury; Joan of Arc inspiring a nation;
or Mrs. Fuehrer, my eighth-grade teacher making a story come alive in the
classroom—can explain where the energy to perform at those levels came
from. Sir Laurence Olivier is said to have been distraught after giving one
of the greatest stage performances of Hamlet ever seen in London. When
asked why he was so upset after the thundering ovation from the audience,
he replied (I paraphrase), “I know it was my best performance, but I don’t
know how I did it, where it came from, and if I can ever do it again.” Egoand genius are mutually exclusive. Genius is a function of surrendering to
the Source or reconnecting to it so dramatically that one’s ego is
substantially minimized. This is what Dr. Hawkins means by accessing
higher energy patterns. Higher energy is the energy of light, which is a way of describing
spiritual energy. The seven faces of intention are the ingredients of this
spiritual energy. When you shift your thoughts, emotions, and life activities
into these realms and deactivate the lower energies of the ego, the God
force within you begins to take over. It’s so automatic that it travels faster


 containing mouthwashes to
an increased risk of oral cancer. In addition to this, there are cases of
accidental poisoning in children. That right there is enough to make me
want to make my own!Mouthwash
-Mouthwash is great, but it is
no substitute for brushing or
flossing, even though mouthwash
commercials make it seems like
20 seconds of swishing is the
same as going to the dentist for a
teeth cleaning. -Do not use tap water, as it
contains various chemicals
that can affect teeth and gums
negatively. Use filtered or distilled
water instead. -Some of the recipes below
include essential oils-be sure
to avoid adding too much or
swallowing these, as it could
cause some digestive upset
(I have never had a problem
personally, but some people
might.) -If you would rather avoid
essential oils, you can boil herbs
to draw out their beneficial
properties. These mixtures should
be kept in the refrigerator for a
maximum of 2 weeks. 259Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingThis refreshing mouthwash contains peppermint and rosemary, the former to give that cooling tingly minty fresh
sensation so many people love, the latter because it contains constituents that may help fight odor causing
“germs” in the mouth. The anise seeds can also eliminate bacteria that contribute to odor.Rosemary Mint Mouthwash
-2 ½ cups of water
-1 ½ tablespoons of fresh
rosemary leaves OR 3 drops of
rosemary essential oil
-1 ½ tablespoons of fresh
chopped mint leaves OR 4-5
drops of peppermint essential
oil
-1 teaspoon of anise seeds
-A container with a tightly
fitting lid1. If you are steeping the herbs, place the rosemary, peppermint, and
anise seeds in 2 ½ cups of water in a pot over medium-low heat. Infuse for 20 minutes, strain, and bottle once cooled. To use, swish a
tablespoon around in your mouth for 1 minute. Keep in the refrigerator
for up to 2 weeks. 2. If you are using essential oils, omit the anise seed and simply add 4-5
drops of peppermint and 3 drops of rosemary essential oil to 2 ½ cups
of water. Swish 1 tablespoon around in your mouth for 1 minute. Be sure
to give the bottle a good shake before using-this will last up to a month. 260Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MouthwashY ou will need… DirectionsPerhaps my favorite mouthwash, this recipe contains cinnamon powder, honey, baking soda, and lemon juice. Unlike mint, which tends to simply mask the smell of bad breath, cinnamon truly kills off odor causing bacteria,
reducing it by up to 50%. Honey sweetens the flavor a little bit, without adding a bunch of artificial sugar to the
blend. It also has antibacterial properties. The best kind of honey to get is Manuka honey (from New Zealand) as
it contains 127 times the amount of methylglyoxa, the antimicrobial agent that kills off bacteria, than other types
of honey. Lemon juice has a refreshing citrus smell, and also stimulates the salivary glands-helpful, since a dry
mouth contributes to bad breath. Baking soda also works against bacteria, and may help whiten teeth.Cinnamon Mouthwash
-2 lemons
-1/2 teaspoon-1 teaspoon
baking soda
-1 ½ teaspoons of honey
-1 cup of warm water
-1/2 tablespoon of cinnamon
-A bottle or jar with a tightly
fitting lid1. Put cinnamon, baking soda, and warm water into your container. 2. Stir in the lemon juice and honey. 3. Shake well to combine everything. When you need to freshen your
breath swish/gargle 1-2 tablespoons for 1 minute. Shake before each
use in case any cinnamon has settled on the bottom. This will keep for
2-3 weeks in the refrigerator. 261Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MouthwashY ou will need… DirectionsTea tree oil has antimicrobial properties, while the peppermint helps masks the smell of bad breath and the
flavor of the tea tree oil. Be sure not to swallow this mixture, as the internal effects of tea tree oil have not been
carefully studied.Tea Tree Peppermint Mouthwash
-1-2 drops of tea tree oil
-2-3 drops of peppermint oil
-1 cup of water1. Pour the water into your container and add the essential oils. Swish 1
tablespoon for 1 minute. Shake before each use. This will keep for up to
3 weeks in the refrigerator. 262Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MouthwashY ou will need… DirectionsShampoo has some incredibly convincing tricks that it plays on the
unassuming buyer. While it can be tempting to buy fancy bottles of
shampoo, with their alluring names and grand promises of perfect hair,
there are good reasons to steer clear of it. First, it’s expensive! At least,
the “good” stuff is. Second, there’s a good chance you’re paying for a
bottle that probably has some sort of irritating chemical in it, one that
is counter-productive in the long run for what you’re trying to achieve. Third, when you make your own shampoo you do not just yourself, but
the environment, a huge favor. The packaging, the plastic bottles, the
process of making the shampoo, all of it is wasteful and polluting. At its core, setting aside any other claims commercial products dish up,
shampoo is here to keep hair looking and feeling clean. A secretion
called sebum is produced by oil glands in the scalp that keeps hair
healthy, shiny, and full. When too much sebum accumulates, hair starts
to clump and look greasy. Shampoo works by breaking down that oil
and making possible to wash out, because no matter how much water
you use, it will not wash oil out-dust and dirt perhaps, but not oil. Shampoo
-Don’t over wash your hair. If you
are prone to greasy hair, you
may need to shampoo every day,
but if not, skip the shampoo one
day and see what happens. This
doesn’t mean you have to forego
a shower, by the way. Where
too much sebum can make hair
greasy and your scalp itchy, too
little sebum and your hair will be
frizzy, prone to breaking, and/or
dull. There’s a reason our scalp
makes sebum, and it’s actually
your friend when it comes to good
looking hair. -Lather does absolutely nothing
when it comes to how well a
shampoo cleans your hair/scalp. It is a marketing hook that keeps
consumers coming back because
they are satisfied with the foamy
lather-if its lathering it must be
doing something right? No. It
makes no difference. It’s the same
as foaming toothpaste. -Keeping your hair looking good
isn’t just dependent on your
shampoo-washing habits, any
other products you use in your
hair, and heat treatments like
blow-drying and straightening all
contribute to damage or dullness. 263Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingThis recipe calls for liquid castile soap, vegetable glycerin, and optional essential oils for scent. The castile soap
is what does the grunt work, breaking down oils and what not. The vegetable glycerin keeps your hair looking
healthy, shiny, and prevents it from totally drying out-it also nourishes your scalp as well. Castile soap on its
own tends to leave hair feeling a little dry and tangled, which is where the coconut milk comes in, softening and
nourishing your hair and scalp even further. It also adds a nice, rich, sulfate-free lather…and even though lather
doesn’t do anything on its own, it’s still nice to have. Homemade Liquid Shampoo
-1/2 cup of liquid castile soap
-5-8 teaspoons of coconut milk
-3 teaspoons of vegetable
glycerin
-1/2 cup of water
-10 drops of essential oil1. Stir together all the indigents and store for up to 1 week in the
refrigerator. 264Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com ShampooY ou will need… DirectionsThis requires one ingredient that everybody should have in their home-baking soda! The fine grains scrub away
excess sebum, dirt, dandruff, you name it. Baking soda is very alkaline, so to keep your hair from becoming too
dry or brittle, follow up with an apple cider vinegar rinse. The vinegar will also wash any baking soda residue out
of your hair-just make sure to use it after you have rinsed the majority of baking soda out.Simple Baking Soda Shampoo
-Baking soda
-1 cup apple cider vinegar
-1/2 cup of water1. Mix baking soda with water to form a paste, or add to your regular
shampoo. Use as you would normal shampoo, rinse, and then use 1 cup
of apple cider vinegar diluted with ½ cup of water to balance pH levels
and leave hair shiny and healthy. 265Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com ShampooY ou will need… Directions266Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comSugar Cub


stitia l oe
dema. All dogs showed similar fmdings. When two electrodes were implanted directly in the
lung of a dog, the acute and chronic effects of direct
current (10 volts, 200 coulombs ) were as follows:
1. Acute anodic
Chlorine and oxygen gas produced a gas pocket close
to the electrode. A bleached, gray-white, dry zone was
found around the gas pocket. This zone was surround
ed by a la:ger, dry, gangrene-like, black zone. This
black zone was sharply demarcated against the sur
rounding, oondestroyed lung parenchyma and had an
increased density. On palpation it felt like a granuloma
or tumour. The surrounding lung tissue was dry close
to the destroyed black zone, but peripheral to this
194 Activation of VICC zone the tissue was oedematous. The black and white
zones showed an acidic reaction. Microscopically they
represented complete ly destroyed tissue. An increased
numlxf of granulocytes was usually seen in the veins
and in the interstitium. Thromboses were found in
many •mall vessels and capillaries. Small arteries were
often narrow and empty of red blood cells. 2. Acute cathodic
Hydrogen gas produced a larger gas pocket around the
cathodic tissue electrode than chlorine and oxygen gas
produced around the anodic tissue electrode. The tis
sue around the cathodic gas pocket was diffusely dark
ly coloured and oedematous. The tissue fluid was
pinkish and alkaline. The large amount of oedema
fluid probably partially compressed the vessels, but
active contraction of vessels, as was seen in the mesen
tery, is possibly also produced in the cathodic field. Histologically, arteries and veins usually did not
contain blood cells close to the electrode. The dark
material was probably alkaline haem, laked from red
blood cells. Conglomerates (probably blood protein)
appeared as round or oval bodies in vessels. The emp
ty blood cells could be recognized in the interstitium
by their membrane s, which showed increased contrast
between the interior of each cell and the surround ing
tissue. 3. Four weeks anodic
The appearance of this tissue was similar to that of dry
black gangrene. Volume of the tissue was decreased, as
an effect of dehydration and shrinkage of tissue by
scarring. Extensive thromboses blocked vessels. Lym
phocytes were now found in the interstitial tissue,
which was also fibrotic. The adjacent pleura was fibro
tically thickened. Fig. XIV:22a, surveys the anodic zone after four
weeks. The dark part was dominated by infiltration of
lymphocytes. Scarring was also seen at higher magnifi
cation (Fig. XIV: 22 b). 4. Four weeks cathodic
Tissue remained somewhat distended by oedema flu
id. Hyaline degeneration and phagocytosis of cells
were found alongside pulmonary fibrosis. The pleura
was thick close to the electrode. Fig. XIV: 22 c surveys the cathodic zone. The pleu
ra is locally thickened. Some fibrous septa partly cross
the lung tissue. Lymphocytes are seen in Fig. XIV: 22 d at higher magnification. Fig. XIV: 22. Chronic effects of direct current between in
trapulmonary electrodes in a dog's lung. Four weeks after
exposure to 200 coulombs at 10 V. (a and b) In the anodic
area, tissue is more dense than normal and extensh,ely infil
rnned with lymphocytes (dark regions of a) and contains
M. Discussion
This chapter surveys some tissue and cellular changes
induced by activation of a closed electric circuit in
tissue. By the use of an external direct current source
and electrodes, it is anticipated that we activate one or
several physiologic VICC branches. Functiona l and
developmental effects of activated VICC components
can in this way be driven beyond the limits of their
physiologic tolerance. Structural changes provoked in
this way should facilitate our recognition of those func
tional and structural effects in which BCEC systems
are involved. In studies of this kind one should not forget that the
amount of current per unit time flowing through a
physiologic BCEC system is by engineering standards
very low, probably often in the range of micromi·
croamperes. The current may, however, flow continu·
ously and with changing direction and magnitude
among complex systems of ionars (Chapter XIII),
which polarize against each other. The experimental use of unphysiologically high
voltage differences between eleclrodes can be expected
16-81~586 Nordnurr6m some fibrosis. (c and tf) In the cathodic area, the pleura is lo
cally thickened. The lung tissue is slightly more dense than
normal but less dense than the anodic tissue. Some fibrosis,
lymphocytes and hyaline degenerati on are present. to produce unforesee n effects in a living tissue. The
obvious risks of leading current between electrodes
over a vital organ such as the heart need no further
discussion in this connection. What must be pointed
out, however, is that preferential pathways for current
in a living tissue vary with voltage difference and
current density. This property is easily recognized if
we consider the functions of one conducting BCEC
branch, the blood vessels. Because more blood is pre·
sent in the peripheral branches t.han in the stem of a
blood vessel, the resistance to current flow must be
lower in the periphery than in the stem of the vessel. Consequently, the insulating properties of the vessel
walls must be larger in the stem {thicker wall) than in
the peripheral vessels. This balance should correspond
to actual physiologic current densities and voltage lev
els. If we overload the system either with too high
current densities or by too high energy levels, the
system goes out of order. Current will break through
at unexpected sites of least res.istance. To direct the reader's attention to one specific fun·
damental physiologic function of the BCEC, granulo·
cytes were studied as they were selectively attracted to
Activation of VICC 195 an anodic electrode, gently placed against tissue, with
the cathode in a supplying vessel. Further, a mecha
nism of flow and field interaction has been described
for selective accumulation of granulocy tes around an
electronegative electrode. It has been proposed that
these experimems simulate the endogenous spomane
ous mechanism of focal accumulation of granulocytes
in tissue. Heretofore, an explanation for this character
istic function of granulocytes has been lacking. This
explanation is also of practical interest because electro
phoretic transport of granulocytes within a BCEC can
easily be arranged with electrodes and an external
power source for po"iblc therapeutic purposes. These
experiments have also been used as a starting point
toward future revision of the unfortunate concept of
"chemotaxis". For too long this concept has served as
a loose term concealing lack of knowledge concerning
the true character of important biologic mechanisms. It would not be surprising if several separate biologic
mechanisms are included within "chemotaxis ". The
acceptance of the basic concept of BCEC makes it
possible to defme at least one such mechanism as an
electrophoretic closed circuit transport of charged cells
and chemical compounds among polarizing regions of
tissue. The acute and chronic in vivo experiments with
large doses of current were made to study secondary
healing processes in the anodic and cathodic sites of
tissue. In these sites partial reactions have been en
coumered, characteristic of spontaneo us healing of tis
sue. It has therefore been proposed that the energy
liberating, catabolic prooess in spontaneous tissue
healing might be supported by an artificial activation
of the involved circuits over implanted electrodes from
an external source of direct current power. Research to
be conducted along these lines will require consider
ably more information than is now available concern
ing induction of healing processes by direct current. We will therefore proceed with studies of partial heal
ing phenomena in a different kind of tissue, the female
breast (Chapter XVI), to broaden our base for further
discussions on therapy in Chapter XVII. Chapter XV
will now conclude the discussion of our irtitial prob
lem: the corona structures around pulmonary masses. References
t. Abramson, H. A., Moyer, L. S., and Gorin, M. B.: Electro
phoresis of proteins and the chemistry of cell surfaces. New
York, Rheinhold Publ. Co., 1942. 2. Abramson, H. W.: Electrophoresis of ceUs and proteins. New
York, Hafner Publ. Co., 1%8. 3. Adler, J.: Chemotaxis in bacteria. Science 153:708, 1966. 4. Aldrete, J. S., Sheps, S. S.~ lkrnatz, P.


 as of a
Thousand  Suns  shall  descend  into  the Earth,  dissolve  and
consume  all human  selfishness  from  the planet." Today,  not  only  because  We  who  know  it, say so; but
there  are innumerable  indications  in your  physical  world,
which,  if mankind  knew  how  to interpret  them,  verify
the very  Statements  which  have  been  made  thruout  This
Activity! The  end  of the ages  is here! Mankind  can  have
Our Assistance  by the  Call  to the  "Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence." That  is the Reason  for This  Knowledge  being  re-
leased  ; and  for the Great  Golden  Age  coming  in quickly, 63 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
producing  Its Perfection  for mankind. The  people  can  co-
operate  and  help  bring  It in; or they  can go on and  refuse
acceptance  of It; and  go down  in the discord  of their  own
destruction! The  choice  is widi  mankind  today! The  Great
Cyclic  Law  will  not wait! Mankind  has been  given  opportunity,  embodiment  after
embodiment;  and  now  the Great  Cosmic  Light,  a Great
Wave  of which  is sweeping  into  the Earth  on the seventh
of this  month,  says  no longer  will  That  Light  wait  for the
choice  of mankind! It is sweeping  into  action! If mankind
insists  on allowing  the destruction  of the world  of appear-
ances  to act in This  Incoming  Activity,  then  hundreds  of
thousands  of mankind  will  have  lost their  opportunity. I trust  there  is not one  of the Beloved  "I AM"  Students
in New  York,  who  wants  to take  that  chance! Now  re-
member,  We  are  speaking  Heart  to Heart  tonight. Be-
cause  Our  Love  is so great  for you,  who  have  made  earnest
sincere  effort—in  the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence;
We insist  if you  will  stand  with  Us, you  shall  not fail—not
one! That  is how  Great  Our  Love  and  how  great  the Love
of the Messengers  is for you;  who  were  willing  to go forth,
when  they  could  have  been  Free! It seems  incredible,  Beloved  Ones,  there  could  exist
among  your  wonderful  civilization  today,  such  viciousness
in the  feeling  of mankind. I speak  plainly  to you,  Dear
Hearts;  for I want  you  to feel your  Authority,  your  Ability,
your  Power,  to stand  so firmly  with  your  "Mighty  I AM
Presence,"  no longer  can discord  touch  you  or your  world. DISCOURSE  VIII  41
We want  you  to be Free,  but We cannot  do this  for you! We can  help  you  tremendously! That  is what  I am  en-
deavoring  to do tonight;  and  I do say in all humbleness,
since  I began  This  Activity  in San  Francisco,  the western
part of your  United  States  has  made  enormous  advance-
ment. Won't  you  accept  My Humble  Efforts  here  thruout
New  York;  and  never  let a moment's  discord  touch  you  or
your  world  again ? Pour  out Love  and  Blessings  to all man-
kind—Oh,  no matter  what  their  mistakes  have  been! Man-
kind  is full of mistakes. Who  isn't? Who  shall  judge  what
mistake  is greater  than  another? All  is a falling  short  of
Perfection! Won't  you  take  that  attitude  and  just  let the
Power  of the Presence  pour  forth  Its Mighty  Activity  of the
Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love? As This  Good  Brother
called  to your  attention  tonight,  let us take  that  up in the
Activity  of the  Release  of the  Love  from  your  Presence. How  can  it be? Only  by your  attention  held  to your  Pres-
ence  and  the call thru  your  Power  of Qualification;  for the
Power  of the Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love;  to flow  forth
thru you  and  out into  your  world,  thru  those  Mighty  Light
Rays  going  forth  from  the Presence. Call  them  into  action
without  limit! The  Presence  does  not limit  you,  don't  you
see that? You can call  the Presence  to project  a thousand  or thou-
sands  of Its Rays  everywhere  to carry  out Its Harmonious
Activity  in the bodies  of mankind;  into  conditions  every-
where;  into  your  city,  to give  the Protection  which  it needs
so much. You  will  never  know  how  much,  I tell  you 42 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
frankly. Remember,  Beloved  Ones,  and  I say this  with  all
earnestness,  you  now  become  the Guardians  of the Light  in
New  York! The  Messengers  have  fulfilled  their  part  in
the United  States. The  students,  as We  told  them  in the
West,  are now  the Guardians  of This  Light;  and  those  who
turn aside  from  This  Stream  of Light,  will  regret  it thru
the time  that  is to come. This  Light  is True! The  Instruction  which  Beloved  Saint
Germain  has brought  forth  is True! The  Experiences  of this
Good  Brother  are True! and  there  is not a single  discrep-
ancy  in those  books—not  one! If mankind  would  clear
away  all viciousness  in the feeling,  the people  would  see the
Truth  which  is there;  BUT  NO  ONE  CAN  SEE  THE
TRUTH  WHOSE  FEELING  WORLD  IS FILLED
WITH  VICIOUSNESS  AND  UNKINDESS! Love,  the
Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love,  is the Open  Door  to the
Fulness  of This  Truth! Each  one  must  call  forth  the As-
cended  Masters'  Love  from  the Presence,  to take  command
of his or her mind  and  body  and  hold  Its Dominion! So tonight,  My  Joy is Boundless,  Oh Beloved  Ones,  for
having  the Privilege  of rendering  This  Service  to you. Dear
Ones,  do you  think  a thing  is not tangible,  because  you  do
not see it? Don't  make  that  mistake,  I plead  with  you! The
most  Tangible  Things  on the face  of This  Earth  or any-
where  else today,  are Those  Rays  of Light  going  forth  from
My Heart  into  yours! Don't  make  any  mistake! I am not
speaking  of this  form  standing  before  you  (Mr.  Ballard's). I am speaking  of My Form  which  stands  here  by this Good DISCOURSE  VIII  43
Messenger. My Form  and  Light  are Limitless  and  I am not
a dis-embodied  spirit,  don't  make  any  mistake  about
THAT  either! Now  Dear  Ones,  tonight,  it is My  Privilege  to anchor
These  Streams  of Light  within  your  Hearts;  and  give  you
the Courage,  Strength  and  Feeling  of your  Ability  to call
the Release  of the Powers  of your  Presence  into  action;  to
set you  and  your  world  Free  and  into  Divine  Order. This
Service  is being  rendered  for every  SINCERE  STUDENT
in New  York  tonight;  and  all who  will  accept  It, will  have
Its Blessing  and  Benefit! One  day,  you  will  know  We  are
more  Tangible  than  you  are. Our  Bodies  are  Eternal,
Wholly


 dissolved  and  con-
sumed  by the Power  of Light!" and  it is done! Instead  of it
finding  action  in your  world,  it will  have  disappeared  be-
fore it reached  your  world! That  is the Power  of Alertness
and detection;  and it is why  We call with  all the earnestness
of Our  Beings,  for the students  to become  more  and  more
alert;  in the Acknowledgment  of their  Presence  and all the DISCOURSE  XXII  303
conditions  which  touch  their  worlds;  so they  may  be
prompted. Let Me also  correct  a thing  which  has been  acting  within
mankind  concerning  promptings  or the premonition  of
things. Such  a thing  is not given  as an inevitable  occurrence
to act in your  world  but you  are being  prompted  to issue
your  Mighty  Decree,  so it may  be dissolved  and  consumed. Then,  it cannot  act in your  world! Mankind  has been  ac-
cepting  premonitions  and  promptings  thruout  the centu-
ries; and  have  believed  because  Individuals  received  them,
they must  act in their  worlds. Because  such  a prompting
was received,  you  may  say:  "Be  thou  dissolved  and  con-
sumed"! and  it would  be so! Remember,  that  as you value
your  progress! Beloved  Ones,  My  Joy is Boundless! Will  you  rejoice
with  Me, in the Service  which  it has been  possible  to render,
while  the  Messenger  was  voicing  My  Words  to you! Seventy-five  per cent  of you who  are in this room,  have  en-
abled  Me to dissolve  and  consume  seventy-five  percent  of
your  own  human  creation! My Gratitude  and  Joy is very
Great! Accept  It please! Then,  as you  enter  into  the class
know  you have  entered  into  your  Eternal—your  Permanent
Freedom;  and  no longer  accept  any  condition  or appear-
ance,  as having  power  to limit  or disturb  you again. Oh, will  you feel how  Real  all this is? I am none  the less
Real,  because  you  do not see Me. Because  My  Vibratory
Action  raises  My Body  of Light,  beyond  your  physical  sight,
is no reason  why  I am not Real! I am more  Real  than  you; 3o4  THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
believe  it or not! Please  do not believe  a thing  is not Real,
because  it is invisible;  for all the Great  Powers  in the World
which  are being  used  are invisible! Many  thousands  of students  have  seen  the Calls  of the
Messengers  answered  with  definite  precision. Now,  as the
Great  Momentum  of the large  number  of students,  who  in
their  great  loyalty  are joining  in these  Wondrous  Decrees,
the Power  has become  Mighty. Many  of the things  which
were  thought  to take  place  in the World,  have  not taken
place. All of you  earnest,  Blessed  Ones,  have  been  a part
of That  Great  Service  in the Mighty  Decrees  which  you
have  issued. We congratulate  all the students  who  are able
to release  such  a Mighty  Power  of the Ascended  Masters'
Divine  Love  and Blessings,  for It is the Secret  of all things! The refusal  to accept  or listen  to human  gossip  is the
Open  Door  to solve  your  problems. There  the Out-pouring
of the Ascended  Masters  Divine  Love  and  Blessing  is the
Open  Door,  to the Out-pouring  from  the Presence,  which
will solve  all things. We rejoice,  so many  of the students
after,  such  a long  time  and many  repetitions  of This  Instruc-
tion,  are beginning  to understand,  the first  imperative  need
in their  worlds,  is to refuse  to listen  to or voice  destruction;
send  forth  discordant  qualities;  or even  to allow  them  to act
within  their  feeling. Then,  as they  pour  out Divine  Love
and Blessings  to all persons,  places,  conditions  and  things,
the Whole  Universe  will  flood  their  worlds  with  money,
supply,  happiness,  health,  strength  and  courage;  because
they are complying  with  the great  Law  of Life! DISCOURSE  XXII  305
I thank  you  for this  opportunity,  to offer  My  Humble
Assistance  in that  which  has been  rendered;  and  may  the
Glory  of Our  Happiness  ever  intensify  and  increase  within
your  feeling  world  and  consciousness! Remember—to  you
and all the students,  has been  offered  the Use  of the As-
cended  Masters'  Consciousness  and  Substance;  which  can-
not be requalified  by human  qualification. Call  It into
action  in your  world! Charge  your  body  with  It and  let Its
Perfect  Work  go on, unto  your  Full  Perfection. Then,  you
attain  your  Ascension  into  the Eternal  body  of Light. Oh,
Beloved  Ones,  how  wonderful  it is that  mankind  can have
the Opportunity  to come  home  and live within  the Happi-
ness,  the Glory  and  the Perfection  which  Life  has always
held for all Individuals;  but which  mankind  had forgotten. The Love  and  Blessings  of the Great  Host  of Ascended
Masters,  the Legions  of Light  and  the Cosmic  Beings,  flood
your  Beings  and  worlds  and  enfold  you  in Their  Eternal
Perfection. We Love  and Bless  you! DISCOURSE  XX
June  ig, 1938
DENVER,  COLORADO
Beloved  Students  and  Friends,  while  These  Words  are
spoken  to you  by the Messenger,  it shall  be My Pleasure
to release  approximately  sixty  percent  of those  in the room
from  the most  discordant  accumulation,  which  they  have
drawn  about  themselves  thru  the centuries. Perhaps  you  do not understand  exactly  what  I mean;
but you have  accumulated  more  or less discord  thruout  the
centuries  and  it is still  about  you. Few  of the students
have  used  the Violet  Consuming  Flame  with  sufficient  in-
tensity,  to allow  the Great  Presence  to have  dissolved  their
human  accumulation  completely. Tonight,  I shall  en-
deavor  to finish  that for many  of you. Since  your  sincerity,  since  your  stand  for the Light  in
Denver  has been  so unusual,  then  shall  your  reward  come
in your  own  release;  and those  for whom  it is accomplished,
will feel it without  question  within  a few days. Therefore,  tonight,  will  you  be kind  enough  to accept
the Radiance  poured  forth  to you,  about  you  and  in your
feeling  world,  to render  This  Service ? Remember,  this is at
the Call  of your  Own  Life. There  is but One  Power  in the
Universe  to act and  It is your  own  Life! We  are a Part
of That  One  Great  Life  more  in advance  than  you. Having
306 DISCOURSE  XXII  307
set Ourselves  Free  ages  ago,  We are in a position  to help
mankind  today,  and the need  is imperative! Therefore,  during  this class,  the Greatest  Work  has gone
on of any  class  of the Messengers. We  congratulate  you
on your  harmonized  feeling,  on your  Love  and  Out-pour-
ing, which  makes  this  possible;  for outside  of the Direct
Attention  to the Great  Presence  of Life,  your  Harmony
is the most  important  thing. If you but knew  it, It is the Key
to all


 strenuous
exercise when the load on the spine is greater. In 2018, scientists at South Korea’s Konyang University carrie d out a
study to monitor the effectiven ess of breathing exercises in patients with
lumbar instability and dysfunctional breathing. 22 Instability in the lower
spine causes pain even during simple activities like walking and sitting, and
it creates imbalances in the motor system. Many studies have reported that
the activ ation of muscles in the trunk is different in people with chronic
lower back pain. For instance, pain and dysfunction in the lower spine
affects the transversus abdominis muscles, leading to abnormal musclerecruitment patterns and excessive use of other supporting muscles to
compensate. 22
Twenty-seven adults aged between 20 and 40 years took part in the
study. Each person was assigned to a breathing exercise group or to a trunk
stabilization exercise group where they focused either on diaphragmatic
breathing or on physical exercises for 15 sessions over five weeks. One
focus of their breathing education was avoiding involuntary breath holding
when an extra load is applied. At the end of the study, significant
differences were observed in the lumbar area in the breathing exercise
group. Diaphrag matic breathing exercises had improved the mobility of the
sternum and ribs, allowing for thoracic extension, increasing intra-
abdominal pressure (IAP), and stimulating the abdominal muscles. 22
Back pain is incredibly common in the general population. It is also a
significant factor in sports. Lower back pain is the primary reason for
missed playing time among professional athletes. 23 Again, this is often due
to comp ensatory muscle activation. For example, dysfunctional breathing
correlates with an increased resting tone in the superficial abdominal
muscles. 24 Studies show evidence of delayed activation of the transversu s
abdominis muscle and heightened activity of the superficial lumbo-pelvic
muscles. If these muscles are overactive at rest, they can behave almost like
a corset. That bracing of the trunk, often associated with overinflation of the
lungs, may be the body’ s attempt to boost spinal stability with IAP. However, becau se the abdominal muscles are not working with the
diaphragm, it ultimately reduces stability. In treating back pain, it is important that clinicians and physical
therapists consid er the role of breathing and the respiratory muscles as well
as the stability of the trunk. While there are many exercises for the muscles
of the lumbar and pelvic regions, most fail to integrate breathin g. Adopting
a holistic, whole-body approach, in which respiratory patterns are
incorporated into various postures, makes it possible to better address back
pain. Just as important, correcting breathing pattern disorders can be
preventive, providing optimal stability for the spine and functional
movement, and better oxygenation of working muscles, meaning less risk
of injury in the first place. Dysfunctional breathing create s levels of anxiety that can be high
enough to alter physical balance and motor control. 3 Changes in respiratory
chemistry cause d by dysfunctional breathing can have profound effects on
the body ’s systems. A 2010 study of patients with back or neck pain found
that all participants had low ETCO 2. 25 Remem ber, low ETCO 2 is
considered a measure of breathing pattern disorders because it indicates a
low level of blood CO2, which is associ ated with hyperventilation. None of
the patients had had any success using manual therapy and exercise to help
with pain and mobility. However, when they practiced breathing pattern
retraining, all experienced improvements in ETCO 2, pain and function, with
93% achieving clinically significant changes. 25
When CO 2 levels are chronically low, the result is respiratory alkalosis. This causes symptoms such as decreased oxygenation of tissues and organs
(including the brain), higher pain perception, constriction of blood vessels,
and the onset of myofascial trigger points. Each of these, on their own, can
change the normal motor control of skeletal muscles. NECK P AIN
It is easy to understand why poor diaphragm control might cause back
trouble, but it may be less obvious why faulty breathing might frequently
lead to neck pain. 19 Between 10% and 20% of the population suffer with
neck pain every  year. 26 But how could  this be connected to the way they
breathe. The answer may lie in the biomechanics of dysfunctional breathing. One of the most common respiratory movement pattern faults involves
lifting the thorax with small muscles, such as the scalene muscles (the pairs
of accessory muscles at the sides of the neck), instead of allowing it to
widen naturally by IAP. This interference or “overdoing” puts a strain on
the uppe r spine and the muscles around the neck and can cause recurring
pain. 27
Like so many of the issues we’ve covered in this book, neck pain is both
caused by and the cause of dysfunctional breathing. A 2014 study observed
patients with chronic neck pain before and after a 30-minute breathingreeducation exercise. Researchers evaluated movement in muscles
including the anterior scalene muscles during normal and deep breathing. They found that pain intensit y and muscle activity were significantly
reduced after breathing reeducation. The study concluded that breathing
exercises can change breathing patterns and increase expansion of the chest,
leading to an improvement in the range of motion in the neck. 28 This
improvement could be attributed to better diaphragm function or to reduced
compensatory activity in other breathing muscles. A reduced ability of the abdominal muscles to maintain postural control
is also believed to lead to increased tone in the diaphragm and cervical
accessory muscles. In other words, when the core is not functioning well
enough to support the body, the diaphragm muscles and the breathing
muscles in the neck work harder to compensate. More muscle  tone is not
always a good thing. Instead of implying good health, it can indicate that a
particular muscle is overactive or tense. Increased tone of the diaphragm
and neck  muscle s has been observed in people with forward head posture,
chronic sinus problems, and temporomandibular joint dysfu nction,12 a
condition charac terized by pain and dysfunction in the muscles that move
the jaw and connect it to the skull. A 2002 empirical study showed a link between work-related
musculoskeletal disorders in the upper extremities and job stress. Previously, it had been unclear how psychosocial stress contrib uted to the
development of muscle and joint pain. 15 Researchers explain that the
respiratory alkalosis caused by excessive loss of CO2 during
hyperventilation triggers an unhealthy domino effect in the body, causing
physiological reactions, including muscle tension and spasm. 15
The shift from diaphragmatic to chest breathing typical in chronic
overbreathing causes biomechanical stress on the neck and shoulders. When
we breathe “big” into the upper chest, muscles in the neck and shoulders
compensate for the lack of diaphragm function. A theory centering on
hyperventilation provides a new way to understand how job stress factors
into the physi cal processes leading to work-related musculoskeletal
disorders. It also offers important insights into how employers might focus
interventions and manage individual stress in their employees. Understanding work-related injury in terms of hyperventilation provides aunique opportunity to address job stress and associated musculoskeletal
pain through breath reeducation, light exercise, and rest breaks. 15
Forward head posture can be caused by many different things, not least
being the habitu al tension that comes from spending many hours in front of
a computer screen. 29 When the head is pushed forward, the deep flexor
muscles in the neck become inhibited, while the muscles at the base of the
skull become overactive. Habitu al forward head posture can be caused by
hours in front of a screen, compounded by eyestrain and the effort of
maintaining a healthy seated posture in a sedentary job. It can also develop as the result of long-term ongoing breathlessness and
nasal congestion. Some people develop a forward head posture in childhood
due to untreated swollen adenoi ds and mouth breathing. 30,31 This can lead
to poor airway development, af fecting breathing and posture into adulthood,
and resulting in pain. (We’ll learn more about this in Chapter Eight. ) Others
begin mouth breathing as the result of chronic respiratory conditions. When
mouth breathing  is caused by nasal obstruction, the head pushes  forward as
a way to increa se airflow through the oral airway and ease feelings of air
hunger. It is likely that neck pain is directly related to chronic stress. Tension in
the neck and shoulders can be a direct result of stress, even in the absence
of a physical load. 32 The “startle” reflex, the norma l response to a sudden,
intense stimulus  such as a loud noise, may also contribute. During the
startle reflex, the shoulders lift and the head juts forward in a complex
flexion pattern that begins in the head and travels down throug h the entire
body. 33,34 These reflexive movements are normal and designed to keep us
safe, but when they become embedded in the nervous system  so that the
body defaults to this reaction under relaxed conditions or when the trigger
is no longer


ists, and medical doctors who tried
to highlight the importance of nasal and functional breathing patterns, only
to be ridiculed by their peers. I know Professor John Mew and his son Dr.
Mike Mew from  the United Kingdom well. I have visited their clinic and
observed them working with patients. Both have done their best to highlight
the importance of nasal breathing and received bad press within the
industry. Doctors William Hang, Kevin Boyd, James Bronson, Tamara
Gray, Carlos O’Connor, and James Bartley, along with Joy Moeller, Licia
Paskay, Barbara Greene, Samantha Weaver Moeller, and Marc Moeller, toname but a few, have also worked tirelessly in their quest to help children
and adults. I have often wondered why an industry populated with highly intelligent
people armed with dental and medical degrees has failed to realize the
importance of nasal and functio nal breathing. Breathing retraining is safe,
simple, and economically viable. It applies to major fields of dentistry,
respiration, sleep, mental, and physical health. This same question was raised during a recent panel discussion held by
the Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences (AAMS). The answers
presented by each of the panelists suggested a lack of cooperation between
dentistry and medicine, lack of scientific research, and similar arguments. These are all valid points. However, I wasn’ t so guarded in my comments. My belief is that the real reason  breathing does not receive attention from
the medical and dental industrie s is that its therapeutic applica tions do not
promise signific ant profit. One thing is certain: if there were a promise of
lucrative return—the kind of money generated by big pharma and sleep
medicine—there would be interest. For breathing to be properly integrated
into medicine, it seems necessary for there to be either the prom ise of profit
or the avoidance of the kind of loss that might be encountered when patients
raise a lawsuit on realizing they were not of fered the best treatment. I am not claiming that breathin g is a cure-all. It is not a magic bullet. My intention is not for peop le to replace traditional treatments with
breathing exerc ises expecting a miracle. However, there is a role for
functional breathing alongside medicine. I can’t help but think back to 1994 when I had an operation to fix my
nose so that I could breathe better through it. The surgeon performed a
successful procedure, but nobody told me I needed to stop my habitual
mouth breathing. I continued to experience sleep-disordered breathing for
four years until I discovered the importance of nasal breathing in 1998. Three decades later, my four-year-old daughter had surgery to remove
her tonsils and adenoids. After the operation, there was no follow-up or
advice to suggest we should help her learn to breathe through her nose. It is
never sufficient to treat the nasal obstruction. It is crucial for the long-term
outcome to change the behavior of breathing. This fact is regularly
overlooked.To realize the potential application of breathing exercises, it is necessary
to practice. You can read this whole book and understand the importance of
light, slow, and deep nasal breathing, but your efforts will be wasted unless
you apply the exercises to your health. To begin with, set aside some time each day to devote to breathing
practice. It will be the best investment in your health and well-b eing. Wake
up 20 minutes earlier in the morning, sit down on a chair or the floor, cross-
legged or in the lotus position, close your eyes, and draw your attention to
your breathing. Gently soften and slow down your breath for 15 minutes to
generate a tolerable air hunger. As you go about your day, take some attention out of your mind and
direct it to your breath. Slow down your breathing with latera l expansion
and contraction of the lower ribs. Go for a walk or head to the gym and
apply light, slow, and deep breathing while you exercise. Remember the
mantra LSD, Light, Slow, and Deep. This book contains breathing exercises for everyone. Some stress the
body, others relax it, up-regulating and down-regulating your nervous
system. Most important, when you think of functional breathing, remember it is
not limited to the studio, to your practice, or to your workout. Functional
breathing pattern s are relevant during rest, sleep, and physical exercise, for
life. On a day-to-day basis, it is likely that much of your attention is
directed outward. Modern life is full of distractions. Emails, text messages,
social media alerts, work, and family all fight for your attention—to the
point that you surrender your attention outward. It is increasingl y rare for us
to bring our attention inward. For me, this mindfulness of the breath has been life changi ng. The
ability to shift my attention from my mind to my breath, to create space
between though ts, has given me a new outlook and focused my abilities
beyond what I would have thought possible. Y ou can trust that time given to
breathing practice will never go to waste. Functional breathing is a game
changer for health and performance. As you begin your practice, be patient. Progress does not alway s travel
in a straight line. We all have ups and downs over the years, and you will
have some bump s along the road. Persevere and make a continu ed effort to
bring good breathing into your way of life, and you will reap the rewards.To assis t you, our mobile apps, which are available free of charge,
contain guided exercises and instruction. We have two apps available:
ButeykoClinic is for children, teenagers, and adults and focuses mainly on
health. OxygenAdvantage is designed to help adults with health and sports
performance. I close by wishing you the very best in your application of functional
breathing patterns. OceanofPDF.comTCHAPTER SEVENTEEN
IS NASAL BREATHING YOUR FIRST LINE OF
DEFENSE AGAINST CORONAVIRUS? hroughout this book we have examined the importance of nasal
breathing. In the case of respiratory infections, research indicates
that where facemasks fail, the nose may provide a natural filter for
dangerous patho gens. We know that the nose filters, warms and humidifies
air on its way into the body, where mouth breathing does not. But as we
discussed in Chapters Three  and Ten, it may also help protect you from a
high viral load and the severe form of COVID-19. Let’s look at the research
in more detail. COVID-19 is a new disease. Little direct research is currently available
about its development, although knowledge is growing every day. However,
studies that have been published on similar illnesses may be significant. One key paper from 2005, shortly after the outbreak of SARS (severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus) reported that nitric oxide inhibits the
replication cycle of the virus. Although the total number of deaths relating
to COVI D-19 has far exceeded those recorded during the 2002–2003 SARS
epidemic, the current mortality rate is still much lower than that of SARS,
which killed 9.6% of those infected.1
Many people have asked why coronavirus is considered to be so much
more serious than the annual outbreak of influenza. In simple terms,
COVID-19 behaves very differently from flu and is much less well
understood. It has a very high viral load, and where flu results in a crippled
immune system, this new virus attacks a very specific type of cell called a
type 2 pneumocyte.2,3Type 2 pneumoc ytes are responsible for the production and secretion of
a molecule called surfactant, which reduces the surface tension of fluid in
the lungs and contributes to the elastic properties of the alveoli. It facilitates
oxygen transport to the blood and prevents lung collapse and edema. Now
imagine this function is comprom ised and it is easy why coronavirus can be
deadly for even a young, health y person, and why it can cause damage to
organs including the heart. In laboratory tests using Vero E6 cells, the authors of the 2005 study
found that nitric oxide has an antiviral effect, specifically inhibiting the
replication of the virus during early stages of infection. Their research
showed that NO inhibits viral protein and RNA synthesis—essential stages
of viral reproduction in SARS.4
Nitric oxide (NO) is produced in the paranasal sinuses. This means that
by breathing through the nose, we harness various properties of NO
including its pathogen-killing power. NO is understood to be a vasodilator
—it plays a role in the dilation of the blood vessels in the lungs so that
oxygen can be properly absorb ed from the air. But according  to a 1999
paper by scientists Lundber g and Weitzber g5, another biological function of
nitric oxide is the ef fect it has on the growth of various pathogens, including
viruses. What this tells us is that nitric oxide in the nasal airways could
represent an important first line of defense against infection. The existence
of nitric  oxide in exhaled air was first discovered in 1991.5 Later studies
clearly demonstrated that almo st all of this NO originates in the upper
airways, with only minor input from the lower respiratory tract and lungs. Nitric oxide (NO) has also been proven to be important for


 be. What’s going on inside us matters; everything else is
cosmetic and should be treated as such. Once we remember we’re
cosmic queens, these issues won’t arise. That’s the only solution to
all our shallow traumas. We can stop trying so hard to win love and power and inuence
in the world, because on some days we’ll have those things and on
others we won’t. But if we look to them for sustenance, we will nd
despair. And growing more desperate, we will grow old. Age appalls
us because maturity appalls us, responsibility appalls us. Our thirties
are the time to get serious about being an adult, taking
responsibility for our communities and our families. Our forties
become the time for getting good at those things, for achieving some
mastery. In our fties, we should be able to shine. People in their
fties are like full-bodied wine. In our sixties and seventies, we
could, in addition to shining, start teaching others, those coming up
after us, how to do what we have done. Without a spiritual life, what are we left with? What is there to
strive for? Where do we look for clues? In magazines? Here are some basics for spiritual renewal. First of all, meditate. Do transcende ntal meditatio n (my favorite), Christian meditation,
Jewish meditation, Buddhist meditation, open-eye meditation, full-
moon meditation, Quaker meditation—it doesn’t matter. Just do it. Also, pray. Engage in some sort of daily spiritual practice—
nonreligious, religious, whatever. Above all else, try to forgive. Andlastly, treat your body well. Practice yoga or some equivalent form
of concentrated physical exercise. Do not look to your husband, your lover, your children, your job,
your money, or your therap ist to make you happy. It’s not their
function, nor within their capacity to do so. Look to yourself, to the
Goddess within you, and take responsibility for your own state of
mind. Women can be masters at negative programming. We constantly
tell ourselves what is not right: our gure, our hair, our relationship,
our job, the weather, someone else’s behavior. Sometimes, we do
this because we have legitimate complaints; at other times, we
criticize simply because it is the turn of our minds to do so. Every
time we do, regardless of why, we attack ourselves. We are
programming our subconscious—the part of the mind that hears
what we tell it and then creates more of the same—to manufacture
the life we’re describing. And then—magicians that we are—lo and
behold, we have a new, even more negative life the following day. Someone once gave me a coee mug on which is printed  ENTERTAIN
NO NEGATIVITY. If only I could be so strong. As 1992 was drawing to a
close and I gathered with friends at the approach of midnight, I
scribbled on a piece of paper, “In 1993, I will repeat no negative
stories.” We are not a little powerful; we are enormously  powerful. Every time we say a negati ve word, we lay the menta l plans for
negative thing s. There is no escaping this law of the mind. As we
think, so shall it be. Here’s another  helpful hint. Choose an armation that ts you,
your hopes and your desires. Try to stay away from specics, and
concentrate instead on the woman you want to be. You could say, “I
am a glorious  child of God. I am joyful, serene, positive, and
loving.” Write it on several pieces of paper. Pin them up in your
house or tape them to the dashboard of your car. The mind is more
powerful than are any external conditions. If you repeat your
armation ten times a day, particularly in combination with
meditation, your life will change.Spiritual techn iques cannot not work. The question is not whether
they work but whether or not we actually do them. If we remind
ourselves often of the woman we want to be, then the woman who
has been masquerading as us all these years will breathe her last
breath and give us back our life. On the days when I do these things—and having turned forty
myself, I have nally learned  how important it is to do them all—I
feel good. On the days when I don’t do them, I don’t feel as well. And I must admit that there are often days during the month when
nothing makes me happy, and that’s it. PMS is PMS. Chemical
depression is an even harder nut to crack. There are times and
conditions when despite our exercises, we continue to cry and we
continue to feel pain. I’m talking here about the broad strokes, the
vast majority of our days. Try those things—meditation, prayer,
yoga, armations—and the fabric of your life will become more
beautiful and peaceful. At times, we can nd sustenance in a spiritual retreat, a woman’s
retreat, a vacation, a time o. It’s important to have the chance to
get away from it all. But we must remember that the serenity and
peace a retreat provides should not be limited to our time away
from home; we must commit ourselves to incorporating the
conditions that foster peace and serenity into our daily lives. So
much inside us can ourish when we turn o the worldly  noise. The
search for inner peace is a life-style decision. Even when we have
children, they can learn that at certain hours Mommy needs quiet
time. As much as we crave the rest a vacation oers, we often resist it. Many of us have set up our lives so that we are consta ntly busy,
living on a kind of adrenaline that poses as energy. This is an
insidious trick of the negative mind: building a wall of frantic
activity that mitigates the experience of a meaningful inner life. We
lose a tremend ous amount of personal power and healthy energy by
allowing ourselves to be lured away from daily spiritual practice. The spiritual life is our inner life, and a woman is lost without her
connection to the God and Goddess within her.As for physical appearance—as we age, gorgeous young hunks
may or may not be interested in us anymore. For that matter, men
our own age and older might not be interested anymore. My
response to that is “So what?” We could have met up with these
same guys when we were young, and they would still have been
turned o to us anyway once we got older. Have faith in men. There’s a new breed forming, just as we’re a
new breed of women. They are quite young, some of them, and they
are older also. They are learning, they are growing, and they are
everywhere. Hold on. Just take care of yourself. Strive to live a
more loving, more beautifu l life. They won’t not nd you. Your
appeal is huge and invisible and real. What now? Agreements. Agreements that we will not hurt one
another, that we will support one another. We will protect the
children and heal the earth. We will make love an art, and we will
love like artists. A woman is meant to hold the heart of the world within her
hands. She must cater to it and minister to it and kiss it when it
cries. We are meant to keep the home res burning, the res in our
hearts. We are meant to prepare the food, the spiritual food of love
and compassion. We are meant to care for the children, not just our
own, but every child. When we do not recognize our cosmic
function, our own hearts break, and so does the heart of the world. Just as children grow by playing games in which they imagine
themselves to be grown-ups, so are we meant to grow by imagining
ourselves to be bigger than we are right now. You need not
apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart. Your
success doesn’ t take away from anyone else’s. It actually increases
the possibility  that others can have it too. Your money  increases
your capacity to give mone y to others, your joy increases your
capacity to give joy to others, and your love increases your capacity
to give love to others. Your playing small serves no one. It is a sick
game. It is old thinking, and it is dire for the planet. Stop it
immediately. Come home to the castle. OceanofPDF.comFOUR
Embracing the Goddess
A true conception of the relation between the sexes
will not admit of conqueror and conquered; it knows
but of one great thing; to give of one’s self
boundlessly, in order to nd one’s self richer, deeper,
better. —Emma Goldman
The story of many modern relationships is a variation
on a common theme: the conspiracy between men and women to
murder the Queen. Wheneve r a woman sells herself cheap or a man
is unkind to a woman or a woman gives her body where she is not
adored or a man rejects his true love—we are trying to murder the
Queen.


accept on faith the fact of its wider being and effectiveness. Skillfulness is primarily a matter of becoming an instrument for the action
of a greater mind and will. Any egocentric ef fort to dominate the world or
to originate action from the standpoint of the surface mind immediately
raises the problem of the ego controlling itself. Any system of self-control,
inasmuch as it approaches perfect self-control, also approaches perfect self-
frustration, for control implies keeping something from doing what it
normally is disposed to do. The idea of acting in accord with our nature
meets with objections on every hand. T aking the restraints of f human nature
supposedly would be like letting loose a swarm of locusts. Religious and
social groups have adopted the idea that humanity is more a work of the
devil than of God, that our bestial nature must be held in restraint by laws
and inhibitions. Thus duality is forced upon us, the necessity of presenting
one face to the world while living in solitude with another, and it is
responsible for more mental and physical ailments than all the microbes
ever discovered. Be Y ourself
 We present one face to the world and behold another in the privacy of our
rooms, and this knowledge that we are not what the world expects us to be
manifests in a kind of social conscience that makes cowards of us all. Most
of us are afraid to be ourselves. Like chameleons we change colors to suit
our backgrounds. Our opinions are formed by what people expect us to
think; our behavior patterns are based upon how people expect us to
behave; and since we are always thinking in response to outside
circumstances, we scarcely know how we feel at all and never have any
sense of self other than the one reflected in the eyes of others. “To thine own self be true,” wrote Shakespeare, “and it shall follow as the
night the day, thou can’ st not then be false to any man. ” It is important to
act in accord with your own nature. When you live sincerely and feelingly,
you become a pure channel for the expression of the Divine. Each of us is
accorded a unique individuality. As long as that individuality is unhampered
by inhibition and fear, it is capable of expressing something dif ferent and
vital, but when it is restricted and limited by apprehension, it cannot express
itself at all. The dammed-up torrent of universal ener gy then turns upon
itself, and the dual sides of the ego-nature, like the gingham dog and the
calico cat, “eat each other up. ”
Countless people are restrained from learning because they are afraid to try. In them is a false pride that is connected directly to the ego, and it will not
let them perform awkwardly because it has no humility, and it will not let
them begin anything and be novices because it cannot stand any idea of
itself that is not better than others. If we can be rid of ego-self and have
accepted that we are only an instrument of divine will and action, we are
able to embark upon the learning of a skill with the utmost humility and
deep indif ference to the opinions of others. W e can be laughed at without
shame; we can be jeered at without ridicule; we can laugh at ourselves; we
can ridicule ourselves; but all the while our vision burns brightly, and we
know that one day we will have the attainment of the skill. W e have no fear,
for fear is possible only to the ego, and the ego has been subordinated in our
nature. W e embark upon all enterprises with courage, persistence, and faith. Just because we toil endlessly at the door of creation, that door eventually
yields, and marvelous works are wrought through us because our hand is
moved by the Divine. Whatever your aspiration, remember this: the masterof that skill is within you. Those who already possess it are greatest of all. Give over the doing of your work to that master and get yourself out of the
way, and you will find that you are soon performing with consummate
knowledge and skill. OceanofPDF. com
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Creating Y our Own T alent

Creativeness contains a secr et. Cr eative people exhibit a deep psychic
tie with the inscrutable mystery of life. They perform in their work
with the same naturalness as the flower gr ows fr om the soil, for they
have attained to a unity in mental and spiritual r elationships that make
them seem part of the things they ar e doing. The consummate artist
becomes one with their task, so allied with it in movement and being
that it becomes almost impossible to discern wher e the person ends and
the work begins. Carl Jung stated that it was not Goethe who cr eated
Faust as much as it was Faust that cr eated Goethe. One seems
absolutely dependent upon the other since each r epresents the same
thing. Faust is an extension of Goethe, just as Goethe is an extension of
Faust. The Artist Incarnate

Talent is an absolute blending of the individual with their work. Paintings of
the great painter become the painter, just as the painter becomes the great
paintings. When we see a person who exhibits a great talent, we know at
once a kind of ecstasy at this manifestation of a supreme mind and skill. All
exhibition of talent is a kind of religious experience to those who behold it,
for it establishes a communion between the Secret Self and the individual. There is a living superforce whose sphere of action is lar gely invisible andoutside the boundaries of our workaday world. There is something more
purposeful than atoms. There is a higher evolved intelligence than any that
is contained within the human brain. There is a door into a world beyond,
which sometimes opens and allows the individual to be seized by strange
potencies tremendously above the level of their personal abilities. When
that happens we see the artist incarnate, the person with a supertalent, who
is able in one sphere of their activity to demonstrate directly to us the
incalculable power and wisdom and beauty of the Divine. The mystery of talented people is that they are rooted directly in universal
mind, that it manifests through them without any restriction or distortion by
the ego. It is not the person who is responsible for their work, but a power
beyond and above them that is manifesting through them, using them as an
instrument. In deepest essence each person is an artist and only comes to
their complete fulfillment as an individual when they get their egoistic
nature out of the way and allow the creative talent of the Divine to work
through them, to accomplish those tasks that can best be done through their
individually honed nature. When we live out our lives focused in the ego
and bound to egoistic desires and satisfactions, it becomes impossible for us
to achieve a spiritual awakening or to fulfill ourselves as creative persons. The world of material things is too much with us. Desires to be better, to
have more, to live in material comfort, blind us to the long reaches of
existence. This little life we live is important not for the creature comforts it
brings but for the search it involves us in. Until we make our primary
purpose the discovery of who we are and where we came from and what
our relationship to life is, we must live out our brief sputtering of the candle
in complete unawareness and blind automatism, following the pressures
that develop in the outer world as they impinge upon our senses. The Cr eative V ision

When our inner soul is touched by perception of the creative side of our
nature, we see at once the disaster inherent in a conduct of life based uponmaterial goals. W e see that this thing we have always thought ourselves to
be, our ego, is illusory, that the desires growing out of ego lead us into a
maze of intricate byroads that inevitably will lose our chance at
enlightenment. W e may give up all possessions, all fame, all creature
comforts, so as to be misled no longer, and take up our existence with a
resolve to be motivated in all things through an inner light that proceeds out
of universal mind. Such enforced asceticism allows us to engross ourselves
completely in the service of the Secret Self. John the Baptist prowling the
wilderness in search of his immortal soul is no more an example of it than is
the French painter Gauguin giving up career and family to exile himself on
a South Sea island to paint pictures. Each has been touched by the creative
vision; each must serve it at all costs. When our eyes have been opened to the creative nature of the Divine, we no
longer can help ourselves — we must serve it as an instrument, and nothing
stands in our way. The creative process is impersonal; it seizes the nature
and uses it to the utmost, and the person performs feats of creation far
above anything possible to their normal conscious mind. When this force
truly predominates in our makeup, it monopolizes our ener gy. In the
awakened artist, life is ruled by the subconscious. Conscious intention
means little, and the artist is swept along on subterranean currents in which
they are firmly enmeshed and in which they joyfully participate. Common Consciousness

Participation mystique is the secr et of artistic cr eation and consists of a
swallowing up of the individual by the Secr et Self, so that the artist becomes


 For it to work in our own lives we have to imitate the cause, not the
effect. Having bananas is the consequence, the result. It’s the “out there” of
success, which merely knows what’ s “in here.”
Once we have the secret of success, which is an “aha” expe rience of
finding the open  door, we can amuse ourselves with either mani festing it or
not in the world as it pleases us. Once we’ve achieved inner mastery, we
don’t have to prove it anymore. A real karate expert doesn’ t go out into the
street looking for fights. On the contrary, if a tough guy approac hes him, he
kids him out of it. He uses a dozen ways to avoid an encounter  because he
has absolute certainty and inner knowingness of his capacity. His assailant
doesn’ t know it, but he could break his neck in one single blow. Like the martial arts, success is effortless. It is grace. It is ease. It is poise. It is precision. It is focus. It is putting one’s finger on the exact center and
essence. It is not confusing cause and effect... that’s the difference. Onesecret of knowin g whether we’ve achieved this or not is the presence of joy. If we’re  tired and burned out at the end of the day, then it’s from the
monkey business of trying to grab the bananas. When we invent a better
product, the world beats a path to our door. There’ s no need to knock our
brains out. How long does it take to succeed? It takes exactly one split second. Although it may take time, for instance, to read these words, the actual
“getting it” takes only a split second. At some as-yet-unknown  instant, the
door opens and the person has the inner experience of having always
known. Once the man I mentioned earlier in the book started to dance, he
discovered that he already knew how. Psychologically, neurologically,
anatomically, what happened? Was it that his left brain connected with his
right brain? The door opened between them? The right brain, which is like
an analo g computer and connected with knowing everythin g, was not
connected with the left brain, which is like a digital computer—limited, but
capable of linear data processin g. Left-brain dancing is a pain in the neck,
awkward, dull, exhausting, and joyless. The left brain exhausts itself,  and will exhaust us, striving for the
bananas. It gets just enough of a grip on the bananas to keep struggling. In a
way it’s unfortunate if the monkey reaches one banana out of the bunch,
because now he’s a real goner. Having once had that experience, he’s going
to be certain that the way he gets the bananas is by straining  against the
bars. He’ s going to be run by that program the rest of his days. Now we understand the state of world and why it is the way it is. It
would be a very lucky monkey indeed if he struggles and falls down
exhausted, and in his exhausted state he looks out the door and a light goes
on for him. Most of the world  has gotten just enough of the bananas to
permanently trap themselves right where they are. Therefore, in the world
of real success, there is no competition. I want to pound that idea home: In the world of real success, there is no
competition. When we hit the top of anything, there is no competition there. There are very few at the top of the pyramid. For those at the top, the world
is their oyster. What’ s the problem? If someone has the best restaurant in
town, they don’t have to struggle for success. It’s automatic. People are
lined up outside the door.If someone is the best mechanic in town, are they going to have trouble
finding jobs? No. Every garage in town is going to offer them the
opportunity to work for them because they, by this time, have developed a
following of customers. There was a mechanic in the small town where I
lived who could get a job at practically any garage in town. He had a huge
following. Wherever he went, the customers went. He was the best, and
everyone knew it. People use any excuse to avoid facing the basic issues involved here. They’ll ask, “How can I be a success in the world when I don’t have any
education? I’m only a waiter.” Okay, let’s look at waiters. I knew some
back east who were headwaiters in some of the country’ s most famous
clubs. I rememb er standing outside talking to one of them one night at two
in the morning when a big stretch limo pulled up to the curb. I thought it
must be the owner’s. Much to my surprise, the headwaiter got in and rode
off in it. It was his limo! The owner had gone home hours earlier. That headwaiter made $100,000 a year. So, if you’re going to be a waiter,
then be the best waiter the world has ever seen. Treat all of the customers as
though they are royalty, and your success is guaranteed. We can see the
headwaiter ’s success is coming out of “the way he is with peopl e.” Sure, he
has to know the mechanics of his job; that’s a given. The difference here is
totally one of attitude. It’s one of energy, of motive; it’s one of coming from
power. The poor waiter comes from greed—he’ s always stretching for the
bananas. A real headwaiter doesn’t have to worry about money  at all, does
he? He gives. He manifests excellence. If we manifest excellence in the
world, we don’t have to worry about money at all. The world will seek us
out. We won’ t have to look for jobs. Other companies will constantly be
calling us and pestering us because we’ve got what they want; we’ve got
know-how. Once we know how to be truly successful in any single area of
life, we can become as successf ul in any other area of life if we so choose
and if it so pleases us. The technique is exactly the same. Edith Piaf was one of the great est entertainers the world has ever seen. She was the only performer I ever saw who brought a tough  New York
nightclub audience to its knees. When she sang, there wasn’ t a dry eye in
the room. She had the whole audience in the palm of her hand. She had the
power—the power to turn us on, thrill us, captivate us, and reawaken ourinner emotional experiences long forgotten. Nobody even understood her
words; she sang in French. The secret of all successful people is that they have “it.” The purpose of
this book is to discover what that “it” is. Some people have “it,” but they
don’t know they have “it.” They ’re unconscious and unaware. We all know
people who have great gifts in some area. If we ask them how they do it,
they’ll tell us they don’t know how they do it; they just do it. As far as
they’re concerned, there isn’t any other way to be. It’s simply the way they
are. The reason the how-to books fail to achieve their goals is becau se they’re
trying to describe left-brain style. They include the mechanics of moving
from cause and ef fect, but they still haven’ t put their finger on cause. I once did a booking for an organization, and their represent ative was
worried that we weren’ t going to sell all the seats in the theater. If it wasn’ t
going to be 100 percent succe ssful, I wouldn’ t have done it in the first
place. I told the person to relax, although I knew that he couldn’ t. Sure
enough, the theater was standin g room only and a smashing success. Why
not? Whatever we do from the space of inner knowing is certain before it even
happens. When  we’re on the right track, we have that absolute inner
certainty of knowing, and the outcome is already obvious to us. The Empire
State Building already existed from the moment there was agreement about
uniting behind the concept of erecting the tallest building in the world (at
that time). That concept, that agreement, that idea, that visio n, and that
excitement had within it the power to mobilize thousands of workers and
millions of dollars, and to becom e world famous and one of New York’s top
attractions. The assembling of all the monies from the bank, the workers,
the engineers, the architects, and the building materials was only the effect
within the world, which was mobilized, organized, and concretized by the
power behind it. One thing we notice about the laws of physics and the laws of the
universe is that force always creates counterforce. Right there  we’ve got
why we get exhausted. If we look at it, we can see that no force is possiblewithout a counterfor ce. Nothing can press against something unless there is
something to resist it. If there is no resistance, there is no pressure. Movement results in the delicate balance between these two forces. The
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Q: Why do we usually hold the tip of our nose for 2-4 seconds?,
A: We do this to achieve a sense of a very slight shortage of air.
Q: What is the maximum pause in the Buteyko method?,
A: The maximum pause in the Buteyko method is not recommended.
Q: Why do we need to take a partial breath after the pause?,
A: We need to take a partial breath to maintain the control of our breathing.
Q: What is the danger of over-breathing?,
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The	Poisoned	Needle:	Suppressed	Facts	About	Vaccination
Eleanor	McBean,	PhD,	ND
1957

Restored	and	updated	by
Trung	Nguyen
Edmonton,	Alberta,	Canada
2018
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THE


	Melnick,	a	professor	at	the	Yale	School	of	Medicine	had	this	to

say:	"We	are	not	happy	at	the	prospect	of	inoculating	children	year	in	and	year

out	with	the	Salk	vaccine,	for	it	contains	monkey	kidney	protein	which	might

(like	the	horse	serum	in	Tetanus	Antitoxin)	produce	allergic	states	if	inoculated

repeatedly	over	the	years." All	must	remember	that	the	present	polio	vaccine

contains,	besides	monkey	protein,	horse	serum,	formaldehyde,	streptomycin	and

penicillin	as	well	as	indicator	dye	and	preservatives,	some	of	which,	are	also

allergens. Feinberg	reported	the	possibility	of	primary	sensitization	to	penicillin

in	very	low	concentrations	and	stated,	"The	amount	of	penicillin	in	polio	vaccine

is	small,	but	judging	by	its	activity	as	determined	by	us	in	tests	of	passively

sensitized	skin,	it	is	sufficient	to	produce	reactions	in	highly	sensitive	patients." Zimmerman	reported	on	six	cases	of	penicillin	reactions	to	polio	vaccine	which

were	controlled	with	penicillinase. All	physicians	know	that	once	an	allergen	is

given	to	any	individual	the	next	dose,	or	the	next	might	produce	an	allergic

reaction—and	such	reaction	could	be	fatal. The	PHS	states	that	it	is	doing	everything	possible	to	encourage	production	of

more	potent	vaccine,	which	is	an	admission	that	vaccine	to	date	has	been	weak

and	worthless. It	means	that	millions	have	received	‘Ostrich’	shots	believing

themselves	protected. Dr.	Henry	W.	Kumm,	head	of	the	National	Foundation’s	division	of	virology	and

epidemiology	recently	made	the	statement	that	the	Salk	vaccine	for	polio	may

soon	be	replaced	by	a	pill. He	stressed	that	"it	(polio)	isn’t	nearly	as	finished	as

some	people	think. The	number	of	cases	in	1958	was	larger	than	1942	when	we

had	no	Salk	vaccine." Dr.	Kumm	admitted	that	a	live	virus	vaccine	should	be

more	efficient	and	should	cost	less. Dr.	John	J.	Hanlon,	director	of	public	health

services,	city	of	Philadelphia,	Pa.,	stated	recently	that	"it	is	becoming	clear	that

we	must	switch	over	to	live	virus	vaccine	as	soon	as	the	scientists	prove	that	it	is

completely	safe	and	effective,	and	it	looks	as	though	this	will	happen	in	the	near

future." Too	long,	now,	has	the	medical	profession	only	served	as	a	medium	in

expressing	the	views	of	others. Politics	and	politicians	have	no	place	in

medicine. Misleading	and	seemingly	deliberate	false	publication	of	figures	and	comments

on	the	merit	of	the	so-called	Salk	vaccine	must	forever	be	regretted. In	North

Carolina	the	Public	Health	Service	was	claiming	advantage	for	the	vaccine	two

years	before	such	injections	were	inaugurated. The	magic	number	of	90%

effectiveness	for	the	assumed	killed	virus	vaccine	against	paralytic	polio	has

never	been	substantiated. Polio	is	a	complex	infection. There	is	a	definite	reason	which	will	explain	why	a

person	comes	down	with	non-paralytic	or	paralytic	disease	or	no	disease	at	all. It

is	only	natural	for	those	interested	in	a	specific	program	to	think	that	their	views

alone	prevail. Just	why	does	a	person,	vaccinated	triply	or	16	times	or	not	at	all

come	down	with	paralysis. Who	can	at	this	moment	say	what	the	factors	are	that

give	protection	to	one	group	and	not	to	another;	paralytic	disease	on	one	side	of

a	street	and	not	on	the	other. The	fact	that	the	total	number	of	paralytic	cases	increased	in	1958	even	though

52,000,000	had	been	triply	vaccinated	is	important	and	significant. Paralytic

disease	in	1958	was	up	43%	over	1957	in	spite	of	the	fact	that	approximately

25,000,000	more	persons	had	received	the	injections. There	is	an	old	saying	"It	isn’t	the	things	we	don’t	know	that	bothers	us,	but	the

things	which	we	know	and	which	are	not	true." I	think	J.	H.	Tilden,	M.D.,	puts	it	about	right,	when	he	said,	"It	is	exceedingly

difficult	to	secure	an	honest	hearing	for	any	criticism	of	authority. Established

beliefs	are	well	nigh	invulnerable	because	they	are	accorded	infallibility	by	the

masses	who	are	educated	to	believe	that	they	will	be	damned	for	thinking,	and

because	of	this,	few	will	tolerate	opposition	of	any	nature	to	anything	they	have

been	educated	to	believe. People	who	have	their	thinking	done	for	them	are

always	intolerant." It	is	a	truism	that	we	are	living	in	a	time	the	like	of	which	has	never	been	seen

before. We	are	front	and	center	in	a	battle	for	men’s	minds. Now	as	never	before

it	is	vital	that	we	have	the	truth,	and	yet	there	is	an	active	conspiracy	not	just	to

conceal	the	truth	but	even	so	change	the	facts. The	communications	media	are
	concentrated	in	the	hands	of	a	few	men	who	are	thereby	enabled	to	manipulate

the	emotions	of	the	American	public	at	will. In	our	present	day	world	of	new	political	techniques	and	mass	publicity

leverages,	the	unknowing	are	at	the	mercy	of	the	knowing	as	never	before,	and	it

is	not	at	all	impossible	that	a	clique	wholly	alien	in	aims	to	the	interests	of	the

nation	could	gain	the	symbols	and	controls	of	power,	masquerading	as	the

"government"	of	the	nation	while,	in	reality,	exploiting	it	as	a	colony	for	their

own	private	aims. This	raises	the	question	as	to	how	far	a	man	of	integrity	may	be	morally	and

patriotically	bound	to	pursue	a	course	he	knows	to	be	injurious	to	his	well	being. If	you	saw	the	Sister	Kenny	picture	on	TV	June	8th	you’ll	understand	what	I

mean. Orthodox	medicine	has	all	but	destroyed	competitive	methods	of	healing

such	as	homeopaths,	osteopaths,	chiropractor	and	naturopaths. However,	in	spite

of	this	people	are	getting	relief	from	such	methods. People	should	have	the	right

to	select	the	Doctor	he	thinks	can	serve	him	best. It’s	not	the	people	who	are

wrong—it’s	the	system. BEN	GAMBLE,	Edenwold	Road,	Nashville,	Tenn.

TENNESSEE	IS	TO	HAVE	ANOTHER	MONKEY	TRIAL—ONLY	THIS

TIME	IT’S	OVER	MONKEY	JUICE

BEN	GAMBLE,	Edenwold	Road,	Nashville,	Tenn.

Well,	it	took	the	best	legal	talent	the	state	could	muster,	at	taxpayers’	expense,	to

defend	their	position	while	I,	as	a	taxpayer,	must	pay	my	attorney	to	protect	my

children	from	having	their	blood	polluted	with	this	monkey	juice	which	they	say

has	been	80%	effective	in	preventing	polio. On	the	face	of	it,	you	know	that’s	not	true	and	the	records	show	we	have	more

polio	this	year	than	last. I	may	be	a	"craggy"	faced	person	as	stated	in	June	28th	issue	of	the	Sunday

Tennessean	and	I	may	even	be	one	of	the	thousands