’t need. I’m giving away whatever items I no longer want that are still good. I’m clearing off my walls and going ‘zen’ as I say - trying to simplify my decor as much as possible. I’m also clearing out my cupboards and moving any food and spices that are in plastic containers into glass jars. Every day I do just a bit more, and over the last few weeks, it’s really made a difference! It’s an internal and external cleanse, and I’m loving it!As for my other symptoms, I do feel some detoxing happening still. Today I felt a headache in the left side of my head and had a lot of pain in my left ear. I was sure a worm was going to come out! I had to lie down and rest for about 2 hours, and after that I felt ﬁne. This is the main reason why I continue, because I feel there is still some unﬁnished business there. As I said in the beginning, patience is the thing I need the most now. I’ve come so far that I don’t want to lose sight of potentially clearing everything. My neighbor is on Day 16 and she released another ‘handful’ of worms today. We are just in shock over how completely riddled we both were with worms! She has also done the colon cleansing many times and never saw one single worm released. Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!86If people only realized that they too might have the same problem, and if they only knew how easy it is to solve it, I can only just imagine how many of them could experience a profound improvement in their health.Day 32I’m starting to forget what life was like without this water fast. At this stage, I’m so into my daily routine that it will actually take some adjustment to get back into the eating world again! Not that I will mind, believe me...I am so looking forward to eating yummy salads and fruits again, but this time in a healthy, clean, balanced body. No worms again today, that makes 4 days straight without any worms released. Surely there is a tiny spark of light at the end of the tunnel now. My neighbor is using my experience as a gauge for what she might expect, and she is also very happy that perhaps ﬁnally, there may be an end to the worms for me. I have also had no gurgling and no cramping in my gut today.The fatigue, however, has been intense. It was another hot day today and that seems to just ﬂoor me. I feel also that my body is doing other cleansing now that all those worms are gone...it’s a typical cycle with cleansing. As the body becomes cleaner, it goes even deeper into the next phase. I’m also still having some issues with the left ear popping which I sure hope clears up in the next few days.Overall I am happy to know that at most I will have another 8 days. The important thing for me to do is stay focused and positive and be sure to keep a good plan for breaking the fast. So many people make the mistake Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!87of over-eating after even a short fast, but with a long water fast that can really be dangerous. Every day I spend some time visualizing what and how I will eat in the ﬁrst few days after the fast. I visualize taking my time to enjoy my juice and/or food and to feel satisﬁed with what I have, knowing that I have the rest of my life to eat everything I want. I’ve talked to my friend on the island about buying some organic food from her garden and I desperately hope that she will have something to offer me. Otherwise I will have to ﬁnd the foods that I know which are least treated with chemicals. I can only do the best I can with what I have.Tonight I had my third massage during the entire fast which is hard to believe considering how cheap the massages are in Thailand! To be honest, I felt so energetically and physically sensitive in the ﬁrst weeks of the fast that I really didn’t want anyone that I didn’t know touching me. It was such a strong feeling so I just allowed space for it to be what it was and didn’t question it. Today, for the ﬁrst time, I felt ready for a massage, and wow...it was amazing! I felt so good and the woman was fantastic. I booked in again for tomorrow, and I think this will be part of my routine for the remainder of the fast!Day 33Hard to imagine that it’s been 33 days without any juices or solid foods. 33 days!! How do you explain that to the average person? They would look at you in disbelief. Well, the proof is in the pudding as they say, and Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!88the truth is that I have never felt or looked so good in my entire life. You deﬁnitely don’t have to sell me on the power of water fasting for healing.No worms were released again today, and that makes me so very happy. I started to feel an overall improvement in my energy levels this afternoon, and tonight I feel downright amazing. My body feels so healthy; my skin feels so clean; my eyes are incredibly clear and it just keeps getting better and better.The only ‘symptom’ which still troubles me is the twitching in my left leg and left side of my body. Even my left eyelid has been twitching at night during the past few evenings. Something is still waiting to be cleared there, I just know it.On the good side, my tongue is ﬁnally started to look more red! During every cleanse I have ever done, I always had a large patch of white in the back half of my tongue. No matter what I did, it never changed. Dr. Richard Anderson and Dr. Bernard Jensen explain that the white ﬁlm on one’s tongue is an indicator of toxicity in the body during cleansing. Even during this fast, my tongue was white for weeks. I started to feel discouraged, thinking I would never see improvement. Then today, I looked at my tongue and it was much more red in color! Wow! This was probably the highlight of my day!I feel determined to try to go for 40 days now. I know I have the mental strength to do it, and after 33 days, what’s another 7 really? This year I will be 40 years old, and I’ve been thinking about what a beautiful gift I’m giving Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!89to my body in celebration of life and health for turning 40. One day of water fasting for every year of my life. For sure, I will always remember this experience and this year especially. I just need to be patient, stay focused and take one day at a time.My neighbor has been feeling really weak the last few days and she’s admittedly been feeling a little discouraged because she hasn’t seen any worms in 2 days. I’m trying to help her stay positive, to look back at where she was 18 days ago vs. where she is today and to see all the good that has already taken place. Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in the day or the moment, and the important thing to remember is that the body knows what to do. We have to believe that even during low days, the body is using all it’s strength to cleanse so that the next day we will be stronger, better and healthier.In the last week, I noticed that my mouth becomes so easily dry and my lips have often felt quite dry as well. I’m ﬁnding that I am naturally drinking less and less as the fast moves on, so I just need to be sure to stay hydrated at all times.Day 34I was in total shock to see yet another worm released today. It was probably about 6 inches long, but impossible to pick up from being so thin in parts...so I did my best to photograph what I could.I should have suspected it last night because I had a lot more twitching everywhere...in my legs, arms and even in my back. Buggers! Admittedly, I feel frustrated at times.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!90Today I felt completely and totally exhausted. Luckily we had some rain yesterday and today so the temperatures have cooled down. Perhaps my body is just getting tired of this 34-day battle. And I really do feel like it’s been a battle. These worms have such a strong consciousness and will to survive...it really does feel like an evil energy inside of me.I wound up sleeping for about 3 hours today. It took all of my energy to eventually get up. Later, my energy levels increased. I just need to be gentle and patient with myself and know that I am doing everything I can. This cleanse is something that will beneﬁt my body and my health for the rest of my life. I need to remember that.Day 35What a shock it was to see 4 worms released today! I could hardly believe my eyes! Two were about 6 inches in length, one 7 inches and the other was smaller, perhaps 2-3 inches. On Day 35!! Now I completely understand why I was so wiped out yesterday and why I had this feeling of a real ‘battle’ happening inside of me - because it was! Luckily the strength, willpower and purity of my body won! Wow, I just cannot believe how many worms I was infested with...absolutely disgusting. So


203strangling them. This phenomenon should know. But ideally, a better place
limotherapy together. The second interesting phenomenon - that limotherapy except
tonic effect of bringing positive changes
in the sexual sphere, both men and women have. In men, increased sex drive in the opposite
sex, better erection, a qualitative change of the seed
fluid. No wonder many people, a man before conception took place
course of starvation for a strong and healthy offspring. In women, increased desire, intensifies sensitivity
erogenous zones (and often identifies new ones), faster growing
excitation at caresses, hasten the onset of orgasm. Except
addition, the course of starvation, many women saw the emergence of
the first orgasm of life. Possible normalization of the impaired
menstrual cycle, the disappearance of menopausal symptoms,
improving fertility and conception. These changes are primarily associated with health
the influence of fasting on all organs and systems. After all, our sexual
health depends on the overall state of the organism, and
any deterioration in the genital area associated primarily
with disabilities in its activities. During fasting is
cleansing of all organs and systems, improving nutrition of every cell,
biosynthesis moves to a new level. Improves
activity of the endocrine glands, hormonal changes
background rights. Rejuvenation occurs. More experiments SA Arakelyan
showed an improvement of reproductive function in animals during
dosed fasting. The same changes occur in humans. Fasting brings your body to the state of a young man
a distinguishing feature of youth as a time and is strongly
sexual attraction to the opposite sex. Here's how to describe GP
Malakhov. In his book "Fasting and Health enhancement of potency
and energy after the passage of semi-starvation. I starved dry summer. Water did not drink at all, and took baths
regularly. with each passing day it became harder and harder. I was lying half asleep - and suddenly I was inside the flash. Not enough,
I think, okay, and suddenly I heard a voice: "Do you want stronger
try it. "I thoughts turn to the voice:" Come for the whole
coil. Once I thought within me a whole shied
lightning. If I did not lie, you probably would have knocked off his feet. By the end of hunger dreaming. Comes up to me an elderly man
and says: "Why do you suffer. " Take my body turns
it inside out and hangs on a rope. I see with my body stream flows
Variable cloudiness. After that I started out of hunger. The effect of this hunger was overwhelming. Energy beat
fountain. within six months the women were from me no mind. I
was enough to put a hand on her stomach, so they were good, not
to say nothing of the rest. Then it all disappeared. 204
204Bronchopulmonary diseases
Bronchial asthma - a disease in which the narrowed airways
the way as increased sensitivity to some factors
cause their inflammation, reversible airway constriction. The disease is becoming more common. from 1982 to 1992
year, the number of patients with asthma increased by 42%, mortality -
by 35%. Disease is more difficult, increasingly requires
hospitalization. Bronchial asthma affects about 10 million
Americans. in Russia, the incidence of asthma also
increases and amounts to not less than 5-6% of the adult population. However, despite the touted achievements
and intensive research, today suffers from asthma
More people than ever before. Over 20 years (from 1975 to 1995
year) the number of deaths from asthma among blacks
United States increased almost threefold, from 1. 5 to more
4 per 100,000 deaths. Mortality from asthma among whites
and Asians in the same period has doubled. in a special report,
dated 23 February 1998, the newspaper New York Daily News
stressed that asthma affects 500,000 people in New York
and called the disease "silent killer". In bronchial asthma, the airways narrow in response to
the impact of factors that the respiratory tract of healthy people
not affected. Narrowing can be caused by pollen, mites
house dust, animal dander, smoke, cold air
and physical activity. During an attack of bronchial smooth muscle
spazmiruyutsya and tissues lining the airways swell
due to inflammation and produce excessive amounts of mucus. The diameter of the airways is decreased (a condition
is called bronchospasm), and a person needs more effort
to inhale and exhale. Some cells in the respiratory tract, especially the so-called
mast cells play a direct role in the development restrictions
respiratory tract. Mast cells secrete histamine bronchial
and leukotrienes - substances that cause contraction of smooth
muscles, increased mucus production and migration of some species
leukocytes. Mast cells can produce these substances,
response to foreign agents (allergens) such as pollen,
house dust mites or animal fur. However, bronchial
Asthma occurs in a rather severe form, many people do not
allergies. When a patient with asthma performs the physical
work or inhale cold air, it appears similar
reaction. Stress and anxiety can also provoke
mast cells release histamine and leukotrienes. Eosinophils - a different type of cells that appear in the airways
people with asthma - also secrete substances that
including leukotrienes and others contributing to narrowing
respiratory tract. 205
205Most of the effective action of fasting I have encountered in
treating patients with asthma when he worked at the resort
"Goryachinsk" Lake Baikal. Back when I was on the study with Professor
YS Nikolayev, he said to me: to begin treatment with bronchial
Asthma, the most important - not hormone-dependent, and rack up experience,
and good treatment results you see. To me at the reception came to a mother and daughter. My daughter was very
thin, stooped, looked about eleven, when in fact it
was fourteen years old, she has continuously kept in the hands of an inhaler. Of course, by this time I've had enough
patients with asthma, but these young and skinny I was not there,
and I certainly doubt in his heart, to take or not take. But when the mother
in tears she told the story: "My daughter went
a disco in the school with her friends, and there she had a stroke
asthma. I am on this day for some reason could not find a place for the soul as-
it was restless and anxious, and I'm off work and run
home. When I opened the apartment, she saw her little girl hanging
on the clothesline. Thank God everything worked out and were rescued. " When I asked the girl why she did it, she told me: "And
Why me such a life, because I'm even afraid to leave the apartment. " The mother said to me: "As soon as we heard that we had to resort
"Goryachinsk" treat asthma starvation, we will not hesitate to come
to you. " Of course, hearing this story, I could not refuse. The girl was very strong-willed and patient, in general, I noticed
that almost all patients with asthma are very strong-willed and have a great
desire to recover, perhaps the disease itself, and attacks of breathlessness,
give the impression of death, have an impact on
traits of their character. Took her first wet famine 14 days
weight after fasting was 36 kg and I decided to remove it from the
starvation. After the first fasting, it is not completely abandoned
inhaler, but asthma attacks were much less frequent and lighter. She consistently made fasting days and a year later came back to
starvation. After the second year of starvation, it is completely healed
from asthma, she had gone all gynecological problems, she scored
normal weight, she had two children. I met with her on
All-Russian Conference on fasting passing
in Ulan-Ude. I did not recognize her at first - in front of me was
pretty, feminine girl. When I asked her how things were going, she
told me that had forgotten what asthma. My friend the patient told me that with me to the consultation
wants to come to his friend with asthma. Came to me
"Grandfather" in their 1964 look almost 80 years - twisted,
hunched, tortured by severe attacks of breathlessness. But how
Once they have passed it, panting and gasping, began glibly
talk about her illness: "He attacks it with me, damn. Especially in spring when the work is necessary, - the gardener because I'm a she
begins to strangle me, so right in the garden and valyus. For more than
206
20635 years of torment. True, must die. No matter how much treated me -
nothing helps. " Most importantly, it is time for never
taking hormones. Hence, the chances he has, I thought to myself. I told him about our method of treatment and how to prepare. Exactly a month later he came to us in Altai. Most interestingly,
that during training (he was sitting on a vegetarian diet and cleaning
liver), he lost 10 kg. Previously, he ate meat three times a day, and when
declined it, he was very much to decrease the weight. Dry hunger he
very well tolerated, even at 4-day dropped the inhaler. Of course,
We


 body?,
A: The text recommends using dietary changes, supplements, and antifungal and antimicrobial remedies to alkalize the body, and also mentions the importance of maintaining a healthy gut microbiome.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Drink immediately or take a spoonful several times
during the day; keep in the mouth for a while before s wallowing. For more
information, see:  Urine and Urea Therapy. ANTIMICROBIAL PROGRAM
Systemic antimicrobial therapy involves cleaning the bloodstream, lymph
fluid, and internal organs of pathogenic microbes. With caution even
small children can be treated but do not use high doses during
pregnancy, if in doubt consult a naturopath. From the wide range of available antimicrobials,  I have made  a selection
of remedies with a good track record in natural medicine especially in
regard to antifungal properties. Unfortunately,  most of them are under
attack by health authorities in various countries, and you just need to go
with those that you can ob tain. Two good fungicides, mainly for external use, are sodium thiosulphate
and copper salicylate. See Copper and Zin c Salicylates. Other useful remedies that may be used in addition are propolis, extract
of Neem leaves, and the oils of tea tree, Neem tree, cinnamon,
eucalyptus, lavender, mustard, oregano or thyme. You may ingest 1 or 2
drops of dil uted essential oils four times daily. Also try direct treatment of
affected areas, such as douching, gargling, enemas and skin
applications. It is advisable to alternate between different remedies in cycles from daily
to weekly and longer. With this rotat ion it is less likely that microbes will
become treatment resistant. Also, if a strain of microbes is resistant to
one of the remedies it may be eliminated with one of the others. Further, instead of using high doses of any one remedy you may try
moderate  amounts of several different remedies taken at different times
at the same day, and you may also continue taking fresh raw garlic. However, in the beginning it is preferable for a while to build up to a high
dose of a strong remedy to dislodge or eliminat e microbes protected by
biofilms or in other poorly accessible areas. 65
 Depending on the severity of your symptoms you may continue this
systemic therapy for one to two months, or until you feel that your
microbe -related problems have disappeared or are un der control. Then
you may continue for a much longer time with a reduced maintenance
dose. If symptoms come back at a later time, then just repeat a high -
dose therapy. The recommended dosages are for average body weight, overweight
individuals may take s omewhat more and underweight individuals or
children somewhat less. These remedies may not be suitable in high
doses during pregnancy, in this case consult a health professional. For
maintenance you may use half the indicated amounts and may have
periodic breaks from therapy to see if microbes remain under control. It is common to experience occasional bouts of diarrhoea during
antimicrobial therapy. This may be from die -back reactions of Candida
and other microbes, but it may also be from toxins released b y the liver. Often this can be associated with headaches and intestinal discomfort. In this case make an attempt to clean the intestinal tract with psyllium,
garlic and lots of water, and also with enemas and possibly colonics. The
quicker you get such irr itating toxic material out of your system the better. Iodine Therapy
Iodine is an excellent fungicide. It helps to prevent and remove internal
cysts and  is especially important with breast cancer or breast problems
in general. Most commonly used is Lugol's solution. At full -strength it
contains 10% potassium iodide and 5% iodine. Each drop has 6.5 mg of
iodine/iodide. If you buy a weaker iodine solution then  take more drops than for the
standard solution. Iodoral tablets available in the US have 13 mg
iodine/iodide per tablet. Iosol, an iodine/ammonium iodide remedy, has
1.8 mg of iodine/iodide per drop. Before starting take a drop to test your reaction. This  may happen when
on thyroid medication, or with goitre or an overactive thyroid. In this case,
start with ¼ to ½ drop and increase only very slowly. 66
 With the standard program you gradually increase up to 10 drops of
Lugol's solution 3 times daily with foo d or drink. You may use water,
warm, but not hot, coffee or tea, but avoid antioxidants for an hour before
or after taking Lugol’s. Continue for 3 weeks with the full dose, but
interrupt or reduce while you experience a reaction. After 3 weeks,
continue wi th 1 or 2 drops daily more or less indefinitely. See: Iodine  for
more information. MMS – Sodium Chlorite
Acidified sodium chlorite (NaClO2) is one of the strongest broad -range
microbicides. In solution it is very alkaline and stable but when acidified
it forms unstable chlorous acid and chlorine dioxide gas (ClO2) with
strong oxidising effects. I prefer using  MMS therapy periodically, e.g., for
several weeks gradually increasing the daily amounts and frequency up
to the tolerated limit, and then decreasing again to a rest period while at
the same time increasing other antimicrobials. Jim Humble prefers
continuo us high -dose MMS treatment. For Jim’s protocols see
mmswiki.is/index.php/Main_Page  or any other of his websites. As part of the systemic therapy,  you may start taking 1 or 2 drops of
MMS, gradually inc reasing this up to a maximum of 15 drops daily or until
some nausea develops. In this case you may cut back by 2 drops and
stay at this level for several days until increasing again by 1 drop a day. Generally,  it is better to have some food in the stomach. One can also
absorb the gas from the mouth or the rectum and this usually does not
cause nausea. An alternative method for intensifying the antimicrobial program or for
overcoming an acute infection is by ta king 3 to 4 drops of acidified and
diluted MMS every hour or every 2 hours for several days. Temporarily
reduce the dose if nausea occurs. In all cases mix the MMS with five times the number of drops of lemon
or lime juice or white vinegar. Commonly a mor e effective 10% solution
of citric acid in water has been used but this causes more nausea and 67
 instead an equal number of drops of MMS and 4% hydrochloric acid
(HCl) may be used. Three minutes after adding the weaker acids or 20 -30 seconds after
adding th e HCl dilute with half a glass of water, herb tea, or juice without
added vitamin C, e.g., apple or grape juice but not orange juice. Do not
take any antioxidant supplements close to MMS; best keep them 3 or
more hours apart. To quickly stop nausea,  you ma y take 1000 mg or more of vitamin C, but
this also stops the anti -microbial activity. To avoid or minimize oxidative
damage I recommend taking MMS only in the morning and evening or
only once a day and use a combination of antioxidants, including vitamin
C, at lunchtime or several hours away from the MMS. To minimize
unpleasant side effects,  try to alkalize the body before going on a course
of MMS. The main danger after a high dose of MMS is from low blood pressure
and hypoglycaemic shock caused by fluid lo ss after vomiting and
diarrhoea. If this should happen take immediately a high dose of vitamin
C to stop the reaction, lie down, and drink lots of lightly salted and
sweetened water. A general recommendation for rehydrating after
vomiting and diarrhoea is a fluid made with 6 level teaspoons of sugar
and 1/2 level teaspoon of salt dissolved in 1 litre of water, or alternatively
use salted rice water. Further, Individuals with a tendency to haemolytic
anaemia must avoid MMS and other oxidising substances. Chlorine Dioxide Solution (CDS)  is now available over the Internet as
a concentrated solution of the gas in water. It is easier to take than
acidified MMS and does not seem to cause nausea. CDH - A New MMS Protocol: CDH means Chlorine Dioxide Holding
Solution and  stands between classic MMS and CDS. Advantages are:
It is less nauseating than MMS, causes less stomach upset, once made
it does not need activation, lasts for weeks, and appears to have better
results. 68
 For making CDH use a ratio of 22 parts of w ater with 1-part MMS and
1-part activator. To make 240ml of CDH order put the ingredients in the
following order into a 250 to 300ml glass bottle with a good sealing plastic
cap: 220ml purified water; 10ml MMS; 10ml of 3 to 4% HCl. Immediately
cap the bot tle tightly so that no CLO2 gas escapes. Shake the


 secrets
of life and mind that were formerly reserved for the chosen few. The French scientist Schwaller de Lubicz elucidated this idea: "It
is certain that such a revolution in thought. is not the result of
whim. It is in fact a question of cosmic influence to which the
earth, along with everything in it, is subjected. A phase in the
gestation of the planetary particle of our solar system is completed. A new period must begin, and this is heralded by seismic
movement, climatic changes, and finally, above all, by the spirit
that animates man. " Not only do troubles press consciousness to
evolve, but changing consciousness bursts the constraints of exist-
ing order. I hope that the Taoist practices of cultivating male energy
presented here will attain higher perfection when subject to the
shock of opposing ideas, scientific study and personal experiment,
and the whole race's inventive genius. Today in China, it is for-
mally prohibited to keep secret beneficial practices: one must re-
veal all knowledge that may improve the general welfare. Hence-
forth, closely-guarded preparations of medicinal herbs, roots,
mineral waters, barks, muds, flowers, gems, venoms, as well as
yogic and meditation practices will reach perfection more quickly
by serving all. So the revelation of the Taoist secrets of sex is a contributionMale Sex Energy Is Stored In Its Seed 9
to human culture that may take time to manifest its real influence. Where a few great minds once acted, the full race of human genius
must now struggle to save our world from the dangers of its own
excess. CHAPTER 2
WHAT IS "CHI" ENERGY. "Essence, chi, and spirit are the three jewels of life.'—Book of Changes and The Unchanging Truth,
Master Ni Hua Ching
Taoist cultivation of sexual energy cannot be understood until the
Chinese concept of "chi" is clear. Chi, also known as prana, the
warm current, Kundalini power, or the electro-magnetic life force,
is very difficult to describe because this life energy is invisible and
cannot be seen. However, we can feel it. "Chi" is simply the
Chinese word for "breath. " On the physical level it is the raw air
we breathe in and out, revitalizing us and keeping us alive. Our life
hangs by this thin thread of breath every second of our lives, and
that thread is seemingly empty air. We transform that raw air by mixing it with other nutrients
and refining it into a different kind of energy, one that takes a solid
form. It becomes our blood, flesh and bones, but never loses an
inner rhythm of pulsation that flows through each cell. Our vital
organs—heart, liver, kidney, and glands—in turn refine this energy
and send chi power to the higher functions of our brain, thus creat-
ing our thoughts, dreams, and emotions. From this emerges the
human will to live and die, the power to love and ponder this
breathing planet suspended in the vacuum of space. As this "chi"12 Taoist Secrets Of Love
follows a self-perpetuating cycle, its rhythm becomes so natural we
hardly ever notice it. When was the last time you marvelled at the
simple fact you are breathing and your heart is beating. The ancient Taoist masters spent a lot of time observing the
flow of this "chi", which they recognized as the breath of the
universe that moves through everything. Chi is the glue between
our body, mind, and spirit, the link between our perception of the
inner and outer worlds. Living close to nature with few of the
distractions of modern civilization, the Taoists were able to map in
fine detail the workings of the chi energy both within the human
body and in the world at large. Later Taoists made numerous dis-
tinctions between the different kinds of "chi" that operate, so that
today in China the working heirs to their knowledge—the acu-
puncturists and herbologists—refer to as many as 32 different func-
tions of chi in the human body. The Chinese never bother trying to analyze exactly what this
"chi" is. Whether it is matter or energy or a process of changing
between the two is irrelevant. All that matters is how the chi func-
tions, in short, what it does. When you want light in your room you
turn on the lamp, the electricity flows and radiates light. You don't
analyze it, you simply flip the switch. When an acupuncturist in-
serts a needle into a point on a liver meridian, he switches on the
liver "chi" so it flows more powerfully. DIAGRAM 2
YANG ENERGY (HEAVEN)
+
YIN ENERGY
(WATER, EARTH)What Is Chi Energy. 13
CHI: ELECTRICITY OF THE HUMAN BODY
Modern scientists are beginning to describe the world in much the
same fashion that the ancient Taoists described it—as an interplay
of positively (yang) and negatively (yin) charged "chi" energies. Here is a recent description of electricity in Time-Life's science
magazine:
"Electricity is almost certainly the most elusive of everyday things: It
lives in the walls of our houses, and regulates the lives of our cells. It
bolts from the sky as lightning, and sparks from your finger if you
touch a metal doorknob after shuffling across the rug. It shapes the
structure of matter—making plastic pliable, oil slick, and glue sticky. It runs electric trains and human brains. Light is electromagnetic
radiation—and that includes everything from visible light to x-rays,
microwaves, and radio waves. The magnetism in iron magnets is
caused by the spinning of countless electrons twirling in unison, just
as the magnetic field of the earth is most probably created by the
swirling of electric currents in its molten metal core. "Your entire body is a giant electric machine: body chemistry (like all
chemistry) is based on electrical bonds. It even runs on electricity. The energy you need to see these words comes from the egg you ate
for breakfast; the egg got its energy from the corn consumed by the
hen; the corn extracted that energy directly from the electromagnetic
light of the sun through photosynthesis. "When you think about it, the universe is positively (and negatively)
electrifying. But because of the usually perfect balance between
positive and negative forces, most of the electrical power around you
is neutralized—and therefore unnervingly invisible, at least in the
normal sense. Essentially, everything around us is electrically
charged empty space. " K. C. COLE,
Discover Magazine, Feb. 1984
What is curious is that even in China today, ordinary people
take for granted that the universe is made up of these charged
energies. If asked, they would say a garlic has a very hot (chi)
energy. It warms the body: therefore the essence of garlic "chi" is
hot, or yang. In the early centuries of China, chi was expressed in
written Chinese as a blank in the top portion of the Chinese pic-
togram and as fire in the lower part. This was done so that no
"fire"—no single creative energy might be conceived of as defin-
ing chi. 14 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Chi pre-existed before everything in the physical world as
original chi, or pure energy. This neatly avoided disagreements
about the metaphysical nature of original chi (eg. is God good or
evil. ) and focused attention on its functional manifestation in the
ordinary world, as hot yang chi in fresh garlic or weak yin chi in a
diseased liver. As a result, Taoist philosophy tends to be very
pragmatic and grounded in observation of the natural organic
world. Taoist cultivation of chi energy may extend into what may
at first glance appear to be impossibly subtle spiritual realms, but it
always begins with down-to-earth and in-the-body practices. DIAGRAM 3
THE ANCIENT CHINESE CHARACTER FOR CHI ENERGY
derived from the root of fire above
and emptiness below to denote its original purity. HOW DOES "CHING", OR
"SEXUAL ESSENCE" FUNCTION IN HUMANS. For the Taoists, sexual energy is called "ching," or "essence. " It
can also be understood as a kind of "human electricity" because
like "chi" it is an invisible energy that flows through the body. However in its raw physical form, it is stored in men in their sperm
and women in their ovaries. Thus it is a kind of chi energy that hasWhat Is Chi Energy. 15
been transformed by bodily process into a more potent form. It is
raw matter distilled into a powerful essence that has the ability to
recreate the entire human organism. For men, their sperm power is
the essence of their "yang" or male energy. When you feel sexually aroused, this is your "ching" essence
expanding at a phenomenally powerful rate. Your whole being is
suddenly charged with new energy, your body fired with passion
and your heart transfixed with desire. It's like turning on the light
switch. Your entire world of touch and feeling is dramatically
changed from night to day within seconds. This happens in men
when they feel attracted to a woman because their hundreds of
millions of sperm cells begin vibrating and generating a larger field
of sexual electro-magnetic energy. It also occurs spontaneously in
the springtime. When


 of surrendering, and allowing your world and
everyone in it to do as they are ordained to do. Surrendering is a mental
process: It involves taking a split second to stop yourself in your mode of
judgment or frustration and have a brief talk with yourself on the spot. Just
remind yourself  to step back and be a witness rather than a protagonist,
which you can do by providing a sanctuary for the feeling you’re judging. Invite Divine natural order in by simply allowing what you’re experiencing
to go forward without criticism  or control; in this way, you move to the
center. Think of the need to control as a signal to allow the Tao to flow
freely through your life. At first your ego-mind may loudly scoff at the idea
of the Tao being  responsible for the perfect unfolding of everything. It’s up
to you to recognize that your belief that ego can control life is an illusion. Practice r ecognizing that ther e’s a time for everything. When you’re in the middle of a tough moment, repeat the lines given to
you by Lao-tzu. I do this in yoga practice when I feel exhausted holding a
position for what seems like a too-lengthy period. I remind myself, There’s
a time for being  exhausted, and there’s a time for being vigor ous. This frees
me immediately  from my demanding ego, which is saying, You shouldn’ t be
feeling this tired. You can do the same in any moment in your life. Experiences of pain, loss, fear, anger, and even hatred seem to vanish when
you remember that this is a part of the perfect blossoming of natural law;
and there will soon be a time for comfort, peace, and love. Apply this verse of the Tao Te Ching by creating your personalized
statement when you observe things such as crime, AIDS, hunger, and war. Try something like, Yes, there seems  to be a time for such things, and I
choose not to remain in extremes of resentment and anger. But there is also
my desir e to do something about these cir cumstances— that feeling is also a
part of the natural law unfolding. I choose to act on my inner desir e to
rectify these conditions. By remaining internally peaceful and avoiding the
extremes, I will impact the world in the same loving way that the Tao
eternally manifests fr om love and kindness. It’s not what you see around you that keeps you connected to the Tao; it’s
understanding how this eternal flow works. As Ralph Waldo Emerson putit, “By atoms, by trifles, by sots, heaven operates. The needles are nothing,
the magnetism is all. ”
Do the T ao Now
Find a place where control is all-consuming and relinquish it today. Stifle
your inclination to interfere, reminding yourself as you do so that there’ s a
time for everything and you’re becoming more adept at observing
peacefully rather than taking over. Post this advice by Naomi Long Madgett where you can read it, and be
constantly reminded of your desire to live naturally:
I wouldn’ t coax the plant if I wer e you. Such watchful nurturing may do it harm. Let the soil r est fr om so much digging
And wait until it’ s dry befor e you water it. The leaf ’s inclined to find its own dir ection;
Give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself. Much gr owth is stunted by too much pr odding,
Too eager tenderness. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. OceanofPDF. comOceanofPDF. com30th Verse
One who would guide a leader of men in the uses of life
will warn him against the use of arms for conquest. Weapons often turn upon the wielder. Wher e armies settle,
natur e offers nothing but briars and thorns. After a gr eat battle has been fought,
the land is cursed, the cr ops fail,
the earth lies stripped of its Mother hood. After you have attained your purpose,
you must not parade your success,
you must not boast of your ability,
you must not feel pr oud;
you must rather r egret that you had not been
able to pr event the war. You must never think of conquering others by for ce. Whatever strains with for ce
will soon decay. It is not attuned to the W ay. Not being attuned to the W ay,
its end comes all too soon.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: According to the passage, what is the nature of the Tao?,
A: The Tao does not lord it over anything, but rather allows all creation to reveal itself with perfect timing.
Q: What is the author suggesting as an alternative to force and control?,
A: The author recommends surrendering and allowing the natural flow of the Tao, rather than trying to control or manipulate situations.
Q: What is the key to living in harmony with the Tao?,
A: The key is to recognize that the Tao is not a power-hungry and ego-dominated control freak, and instead, focus on allowing and surrendering.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of greatness?,
A: The author suggests that true greatness is not about achieving worldly success or recognition, but rather about aligning with the Tao and living in harmony with nature.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to live in accordance with the Tao?,
A: The author advises to recognize that the Tao is always at work, and to instead focus on allowing and surrendering, rather than trying to control or manipulate situations.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Therefore, nobility is r ooted in humility;
loftiness is based on lowliness. This is why noble people r efer to themselves
as alone, lacking, and unworthy. The pieces of a chariot ar e useless
unless they work in accor dance with the whole. A man’ s life brings nothing
unless he lives in accor dance with the whole universe. Playing one’ s part
in accor dance with the universe
is true humility. Truly, too much honor means no honor. It is not wise to shine like jade and
resound like stone chimes. OceanofPDF.comLiving Wholeness
We traditionally  think of wholeness as something that’s complete. “The
whole nine yards,” for instance, implies the entire distance. “I ate the whole
thing” signifies having consumed something completely. Lao-tzu, however,
seems to view the concept differently: Who leness, he writes, has roots in
humility. When  humility evokes our wholeness, we live the reality that
we’re pieces of the whole. With this attitude, you want to exist harmoniously with the entire universe
—cooperating with, and being subjugated to, other aspects of the whole. You can’t even consider interfering with any piece of it because you’re one
with it. The mom ent you begin to place yourself in a transcendent position
in relation to others, or to your world of the 10,000 things, you’re
interfering with the Tao. I encourage you to examine your concept of
wholeness based upon this 39th verse of the Tao Te Ching. I can assure you
that the world will appear to have changed when you see it through this
lens. Lao-tzu insists that the universe is whole; that is, it’s in a state of oneness. There are no parts needing separation from this state. Sky, earth, spirit, and
the 10,000 things are all parts of the whole—and what’ s more, that’s their
virtue! Now while the sky and the trees may truly be in a unified state, your
ego insists that you’r e separate, distinc t, and generally superior. But if you
can modify your ego’ s viewpoint, your life will change. When you’re cooperative and looking for signs of oneness, you’ll begin to
see and feel the interconnectedness of everything. For exam ple, your body
is a conv enient analogy for a universe all unto itself. While it is one entity,
it certainly has trillions of individual, although interconnected, cells. Just
one cell with an arrogant relationship to the whole makes all the cells suffer
and ultim ately become extinct, much like the individual who interferes with
the Tao by polluting the sky, depleting the earth, and disrupting the
equilibrium of the whole. A cancer cell that refuses to cooperate with the
cells adjacent to it will ultimately gobble them up, and if left unchecked,
will destroy the whole. Why? Because that cancerous cell has no
relationship to the whole. It will destroy itself as it kills the host upon whichit depends for its own survi val. And you’ll destroy yourself if you
participate in destroying the Tao upon which you are dependent for your
survival. Each seemingly  individual part of a whole is potentially dange rous (and
generally useless) if it doesn’ t function in harmony. What’ s true for the
chariot in this verse of the Tao Te Ching is true for you as well. Your life
needs to have a relationship with the Tao, and that relationship is
characterized by Lao-tzu as a bond forged by humility. In other words,
wholeness and humility are one and the same, so update the way you think
about your relationship to life, and play your part “in accordan ce with the
whole.”
Here’ s what Lao-tzu seems to be instructing as I read and interpret this
verse of the ancient T ao


	question	that	anybody	would	ask. “Baba,	what	about	evil?”
I	said	as	we	sat	under	our	favorite	tree,	the	old,	twisted	one	by	the	side	of	the
road. The	village	was	behind	us	now,	and	the	afternoon	was	drawing	on. “A
lot	of	people	would	claim	that	evil	is	just	as	powerful	as	love.”
“True,	they	would,”	said	Baba. He	had	his	eyes	closed	as	he	sat	in	his	cross-
legged	pose. “Evil	is	more	visible	than	love. It	leaves	destruction	in	its	path. Some	destruction	is	necessary. Plants	produce	thousands	of	seeds	for	every
one	that	grows;	if	they	all	survived,	the	whole	planet	would	soon	be	choked	to
death. “To	be	alive	means	that	you	are	part	of	a	cycle	that	destroys	things. Take	your
fingernail	and	scrape	it	inside	your	cheek.”	Baba	opened	his	eyes	and	watched
while	I	did	that. “You	have	destroyed	hundreds	of	cells	that	were	alive	just	a
second	ago,”	he	said. “So	destruction	isn’t	always	evil. Thousands	of	skin
cells	will	die	and	slough	off	from	your	body	this	week,	making	way	for	a
fresh	layer	of	new	skin.”
“But	destroying	the	life	of	others,	that	has	to	be	evil,”	I	said. “Really? You	probably	crushed	dozens	of	insects	under	your	feet	as	you
walked	along,	not	thinking	about	them,	and	billions	of	germs	are	killed	by
your	white	blood	cells	every	year. Is	any	of	that	evil?”
“It	could	be,”	I	said	doubtfully. “Yes,	depending	on	who	is	making	the	call,”	he	said. “I’m	sure	the	ants	would
rather	be	alive,	and	maybe	even	the	germs—who	knows	what	they	think?”
“Then	potentially	there’s	evil	everywhere,”	I	said.“You	have	to	decide	that	for	yourself,”	said	Baba. “Evil	is	not	absolute. It
exists	in	the	eyes	of	human	beings,	and	we	are	very	fickle,	as	you	know. Yesterday’s	evil	could	be	tomorrow’s	good.”
Baba	gave	me	an	example. “What	if	we	had	met	two	hundred	years	ago? I’d
see	you	walking	down	the	road,	and	I’d	say,	‘How	was	your	day?’	You	might
say,	‘Oh,	the	same	as	ever. I	got	up	at	four	in	the	morning	and	was
	weaving	a
rug	before	dawn. I	worked	for	eleven	hours,	but	my	master	hit	me	with	his
stick	only	three	or	four	times.’
“People	used	to	live	such	a	life	without	question,	and	some	still	do,”	Baba
said. “Isn’t	it	evil	to	beat	children	and	work	them	to	the	bone? To	us	it	is,	but
two	hundred	years	ago	such	a	life	showed	that	a	child	was	doing	God’s
work.”
“People	do	bad	things,”	I	insisted. “There’s	a	constant	battle	between	good
and	evil.”
“Yes,	but	your	soul	doesn’t	join	the	fight,”	said	Baba. “Its	job	is	to	make	evil
vanish	without	a	fight.”
“That’s	hard	to	believe,”	I	said. “Evil	doesn’t	just	disappear.”
“Of	course	it	does. All	the	time,”	said	Baba. “Imagine	that	you	are	three	years
old	and	you’ve	lost	your	mother	in	the	market. You’re	alone	and	terrified;	you
think	she’s	never	coming	back. You	might	not	even	survive. Isn’t	that	what
evil	feels	like? Then	she	finds	you	again. Presto,	the	evil	is	gone.”
“Because	the	kid	was	just	imagining	things,”	I	said. “And	that’s	how	your	soul	sees	all	evil,”	said	Baba. “You	think	you	know
what’s	really,	truly	evil? You	think	you	can	tell	the	good	guys	from	the	bad
guys? I	envy	you,	because	I	can’t. I	am	like	the	mother	rushing	to	find	her	lost
child. I	know	that	you	are	frightened	and	alone,	and	I	can’t	wait	to	show	you
that	what	you	are	so	afraid	of	is	only	imagination.”
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
This	was	a	radical	lesson	from	Baba. He	knew,	and	so	did	I,	that	millions	of
people	think	that	evil	is	cosmic. They	believe	in	the	devil	and	pray	not	to	fall
into	his	clutches. The	story	of	the	Garden	of	Eden	seems	to	tell	us	that	humanbeings	have	already	fallen	into	sin,	so	even	an	innocent	baby	is	caught	in	a
web	of	evil	that	isn’t	its	fault. How	could	Baba	claim	that	evil	is	imaginary? Even	if	you	have	a	soul,	even	if
you	go	to	heaven	when	you	die,	even	if	God	loves	all	of	us	equally,	don’t	a
huge	number	of	bad	things	still	keep	happening	in	the	world? I	have	heard
people	use	the	words
bad,	evil,	wicked,
	or
wrong
	about	all	the	following
things:
Shoplifting
Robbing	a	bank
Mistreating	children
Letting	children	do	what	they	want
Skipping	school
Killing	somebody
Buying	a	lottery	ticket
Betting	all	your	money	on	the	stock	market
Going	to	war
Refusing	to	go	to	war	and	being	against	war
You	can	see	that	this	is	a	tricky	list:	Some	things	on	it	don’t	seem	evil	at	all	to
me;	some	things	are	so	evil	they	are
	considered	crimes	or	sins;	other	things
are	considered	bad,	but	so	are	their	opposites. In	Victorian	times	children
were	beaten	and	disciplined	harshly	to	develop	“character,”	yet	today	the
same	practice	would	be	called	child	abuse. Throughout	history	war	has	been
called	evil,	but	war	resisters	have	also	been	considered	criminals	and	traitors
to	their	country. So	that’s	the	first	thing	Baba	wanted	me	to	see. Evil	is	hard	to	pin	down,	and	a
lot	depends	on	who	is	making	the	call. What	about	pain? Isn’t	it	wrong	to
inflict	pain	on	somebody? Yes,	but	running	a	marathon	brings	extreme	pain;
so	does	surgery,	which	saves	lives. There	isn’t	a	cosmic	force	called	evil;
there	are	only	situations	where	pain	and	suffering	occur. Can	these	ever	go
away? I	believe	they	can. Human	nature	can	change	through	love. It	may	happen
slowly,	but	pain	makes	all	of	us	want	to	find	a	better	way	to	live. That’s	thesecond	point	Baba	was	making:	If	you	see	someone	in	pain,	help	it	to
disappear. The	answer	to	the	question,	“Can	I	help?”	comes	in	many	forms:
When	someone	feels	afraid	and	unsafe,
	help	make	them	feel	safe. When	someone	has	failed,
	make	them	see	all	the	ways	they	already	succeed
and	will	succeed	again. When	someone	has	lost	a	loved	one,
	share	their	pain	and	grief,	but	know	that
life	goes	on,	and	no	one	is	ever	lost	on	the	soul	level. When	someone	is	overwhelmed	by	events,
	help	them	look	inside	to	find	a
place	of	peace. When	someone	feels


treated animals when compared to dexamethasone or saline controls. The caudate-lentiform region is an area of the brain supplied by the lenticulostriate branches of the MCA, and because they are end-arteries, the brain regions they feed lack
a significant collateral blood supply. 209 These end-arteries are not only a common
site for thrombosis but are also difficult to treat with thrombolytics because they remain localized to the regions where they terminate, such as the caudate-putamen and internal capsule. In addition to light microscopic analysis, selective brain tissue regions from all
groups of macaque monkeys were examined by electron microscopy on a blind to treatment basis. 47 Brain sections from the nontraumatized hemisphere showed
no evidence of swelling or distortion of cellular components, including well pres -
ervation of synapses, synaptic vesicles, and unremarkable neuropil. By contrast, the traumatized hemisphere in dexamethasone-treated macaques showed severe swelling of neurons near the MCA occlusion and loss of a clearly delineated plasmalemma. 47
Ribosomes and osmophilic particles were seen to aggregate throughout the fluid-
filled intracellular space, while mitochondria in neurons appeared to be undergoing degenerative changes. Loss of neuronal mitochondria in brain tissue is known to reduce energy synthesis of ATP and make neurons more vulnerable to ischemic damage. Dexamethasone-treated animals also showed swelling of boutons (axon ter -
minals) and considerable loss of synaptic vesicles. These vesicles store neurotrans -
mitters at the axon terminal that are released at the synapse and are essential in propagating nerve impulses between neurons. Brain sections from DMSO-treated macaques showed swelling of some boutons
and synaptic vesicles within neurons, but the axo-dendritic synaptic contacts revealed TABLE 8.2
Neurological Deficits Observed in Rhesus Monkeys 24 h and 7 Days after
Occlusion of the MCA and Following No Treatment (Saline Control, N = 8)), Dexamethasone (N = 5), and DMSO (N = 5)
Neurological Status in Monkeys after MCA Occlusion
Treatment24 h Postocclusion 7 Days Postocclusion
A B C D A B C D
Saline (control) — — — 8 — — — 6
Dexamethasone — — — 5 — — 1 4
DMSO — 4 1 — 2 3 — —
Source:  Adapted from de la Torre, J.C. and Surgeon, J.W., Stroke, 7(6), 577, November–December 1976. Notes:  No neurological deficits (A); contralateral paresis, alert (B); contralateral paresis, lethar gic (C); severe
lethargy, or coma (D). Two saline-treated monkeys died on the fifth and sixth day postocclusion. Significant improvement was observed in the neurologic status of DMSO-treated animals after 24 h and after 7 days following MCA occlusion as compared to saline controls and dexamethasone-treated animals.167 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
good preservation, and little to no damage of neuronal mitochondria or neuropil was
appreciated.47 There was no expansion of the extracellular space or compression of
the neuropil as compared to dexamethasone or no treatment animals. These findings showed significantly less subcellular damage after DMSO treatment when compared to dexamethasone or no treatment macaques. In particular, loss of axon terminals and synaptic vesicles in dexamethasone- and saline-treated monkeys, but much lesser after DMSO treatment, implies impairment of synaptic neurotransmission and dys -
function of sensory-motor pathways. 47
The reduction of focal brain edema by DMSO was confirmed in a study using
ferric chloride injection into rat brain to induce the formation of lipid peroxidation and free radicals. 211 DMSO caused a decreased formation of brain peroxidation at
the injection site, as measured by the formation of NMDA, and a significant reduc -
tion of tissue edema of the injured cortex when given with or without the antioxidant tocopherol. 211
Another brief study using baboons subjected to MCA occlusion and treated
with DMSO or DMSO-barbiturate coma appeared less definitive in its conclu -
sions.213 Four baboons underwent 6  h of temporary MCA occlusion and were
treated with 1 g/kg of intravenous DMSO 30 min and 2 h after occlusion. DMSO infusion was continued for the next 8 h at 1 g/kg. The same DMSO-treated ani -
mals additionally received pentobarbital at a loading of 30 mg/kg begun 4 h after MCA occlusion. Continuous barbiturate infusion was titrated to maintain an isoelectric EEG while
not allowing a reduction of arterial blood pressure of more than 15%. 212 This group
was compared to a DMSO-only group of four baboons given similar doses but without pentobarbital therapy. A neurological score was used to assess each of the four baboons treated with DMSO–pentobarbital and DMSO alone resulted in only one baboon of four (25%) with a good survival and few deficits for DMSO alone and with good sur -
vival with mild deficits for one of four baboons given DMSO–pentobarbital. 212 All
untreated baboons had a high mortality rate and suffered severe neurologic deficits. This study pointed out the success of DMSO in only 1 of 4 baboons subjected to MCA occlusion. Possible reasons for the difference in findings from those using rhesus mon-keys could be the DMSO dose that was twice that used (2.5 g/kg vs. 1 g/kg) and speed of delivery (bolus vs. slow infusion) in the baboon study, as well as the fact that primate brains differ considerably in their vascular anatomy and physiology, including those of baboons and rhesus monkeys. 213
One major difference between baboons and macaque monkeys is the higher vul -
nerability of baboons to MCA occlusion producing marked edema and high risk of death. 214,215 This conclusion is supported by the fact that MCA occlusion in the baboon
study using DMSO resulted in a 75% mortality regardless of treatment used and 100% mortality or severely poor outcome in 8 untreated baboons. 213 Consequently,
it is likely that the MCA lesion in this baboon study may have been too severe to adequately test the value of DMSO or any other treatment. A second ischemic stroke study using DMSO was carried out by the de la Torre
team
48,64 in 45 squirrel monkeys. Survival rate was used to evaluate the efficacy of
each treatment at the end of 7 days. The left MCA was accessed via a retro-orbital craniectomy and occluded with a small Mayfield clip for 4  h. The animals were 168 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
randomly separated into groups of 5 animals/group except for DMSO only, which
included 10 animals. The following treatments were given intravenously: Group 1, physiological saline; Group 2, DMSO 1 g/kg in a 50% solution; Group 3, hemodilu-tion (HD) with 6% dextran solution to reduce hematocrit by 50%; Group 4, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) 2 atmospheres pressure for 4 h; Group 5, DMSO + HBO; Group 6, DMSO + HD. This study was prompted by controversial findings regarding the use -
fulness of HBO and HD in experimental stroke. The results of this study confirmed the potential value of DMSO in cerebral
infarction. Seven days after each treatment, 8 of 10 DMSO-treated animals were alive with 2 animals showing mild paresis of the contralateral side. Animals treated with DMSO–HD or DMSO–HBO had 50% and 75% survival rate, respec -
tively, with mild-to-moderate neurologic deficits. Animals given single HD or HBO showed 34% and 75% survival rates, respectively, but neurological outcome ranged from moderate-to-severe deficits involving hemiparesis, lethargy, and lack of alerteness. 48,64 Combining DMSO to HBO or to HD did not appear to improve
neurologic outcome after MCA occlusion when animals were examined at the end of 7 days. Using only HBO or HD suggested that these therapies by themselves were not
helpful in providing neuroprotection to the brain tissue after infarction of the MCA. The lack of neuroprotection by these agents was evident despite the increased oxy -
genation to brain cells presumably offered by HBO and increased cerebral blood flow ostensibly provided by HD as suggested by previous studies. We now know that while HBO is known to increase oxygen to tissues includ -
ing brain, it reduces CBF by reducing the powerful vasodilator nitric oxide while increasing hyperoxic vasoconstriction. 212a Conversely, HD increases CBF but reduces
oxygen delivery to brain by lowering the number of red cells in the circulation.212b
In the early 1980s when the squirrel


 a call for help. I read that in A Course in Miracles. I put it there. Boy, You have an answer for everything. Which reminds Me, we only just started
getting to your questions. We were
discussing how to get your life on track. How to get it to “take off.” I was discussing
the process of creation. Yes, and I kept interrupting. That’s alright, but let’s just get back,
because we don’t want to lose the thread
of something that’s very important. Life is a creation, not a discovery. You do not live each day to discover what it
holds for you, but to create it. You are
creating your reality every minute, probably
without knowing it. Here’s why that is so,
and how that works. 1. I have created you in the image and
likeness of God. 2. God is the creator. 3. You are three beings in one. You can call
these three aspects of being anything  you
want: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; mind,
body, and spirit; superconscious,
conscious, subconscious. 4. Creation is a process that proceeds from
these three parts of your body. Put  another
way, you crea te at three levels. The tools of
creation are: thought, word, and  deed. 5. All creation begins with thought
(“Proceeds from the Father”). All creation
then moves to word (“Ask and you shall
receive, speak and it shall be done unto
you”). All  creation is fu lfilled in deed (“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us”). 6. That which you think of, but thereafter
never speak of, creates at one level. That
which you think of and speak of creates at
another level. That which you think,  speak,
and do becomes  made manifest in your
reality. 7. To think, speak, and do something which
you do not truly believe is impossible. Therefore, the process of creation must
include belief, or knowing. This is absolute
faith. This is beyond hoping. This is
knowing of a certa inty (“By your faith shall
ye be  healed”). Therefore, the doing part of
creation always includes knowing. It is a
gut-level clarity, a total certainty, a
complete acceptance as reality of
something. 8. This place of knowing is a place of
intense and incred ible gratitude. It is a
thankfulness in advance. And that,
perhaps, is the biggest key to creation: to
be grateful before, and for, the creation. Such taking for granted is not only
condoned,  but encouraged. It is the sure
sign of mastery. All Masters know  in
advance that the  deed has been done. 9. Celebrate and enjoy all that you create,
have created. To reject any part of it is to
reject a part of yourself. Whatever it is that
is now presenting itself as part of your
creation, own it, claim it, bless it, be
thankful for it. Seek not to condemn it (“God
damn it!”), for to condemn it is to condemn
yourself. 10. If there is some aspect of creation you
find you do not enjoy, bless it and simply  change it. Choose again. Call forth a new
reality. Think a new  thought. Say a new
word. Do a new thing. Do this magnificently
and the rest of the world will follow you. Ask
it to. Call for it to. Say, “I am the Life and the
Way, follow me.”
This is how to manifest God’s will “on Earth
as it is in Heaven.”
If it is al l as simple as that, if these ten steps
are all we need, why does it not work that
way for more of us? It does work that way, for all of you. Some
of you are using the “system”  consciously,
with full awareness, and some of you are
using it unconsciously,  without even
knowing what you are doing. Some of you are walking in wakefulness,
and some of you are sleepwalking. Yet all  of you are creating your reality —creating,
not discovering —using the power I have
given you, and the process I’ve just
described. So, you’ve asked when your life will “take
off,” and I’ve given you the answer. You get your life to “take off” by first
becoming very clear in your thinking about
it. Think about what you want to be, do, and
have. Think about it often until you are  very
clear  about this. Then, when you are very
clear, think about nothing else. Imagine no
other possibilities. Throw all negative thoughts out of your
mental constructions. Lose all pessimism. Release all doubts. Reject all fears. Discipline your mind to hold fast to the
original  creative thought. When your thoughts are clear and
steadfast, begin to speak them as truths. Say them out loud. Use the great command
that calls forth creative power: I am. Make
I-am statements to others. “I am” is the
strongest creative st atement in the
universe. Whatever you think, whatever
you say, after the words “I am” sets into
motion those  experiences, calls them forth,
brings them to you. There is no other way the universe knows
how to work. There is no other route it
knows to take. The universe responds to “I
am” as would a genie in a bottle. You say, “Release all doubts, reject all
fears, lose all pessimism” as if you’re
saying “pick me up a loaf of bread.” But
these things are easier said than done. “Throw all negative though ts out of your mental constructions” might as well read
“climb Mt. Everest —before lunch.” It’s
rather a large order. Harnessing your thoughts, exercising
control over them, is not as difficult as it
might  seem. (Neither, for that matter, is
climbing Mt. Ev erest.) It is all a matter of
discipline. It is a question of intent. The first step is learning to monitor your
thoughts; to think about what you are
thinking about. When you catch yourself thinking negative
thoughts —thoughts that negate your
highest idea  about a thing —think again! I
want you to do this, literally. If you think  you
are in a doldrum, in a pickle, and no good
can come of this, think again. If you  think
the world is a bad place, filled with negative events, think again. If you think  your life  is
falling apart, and it looks as if you’ll never
get it back together again, think  again. You can train yourself to do this. (Look how
well you’ve trained yourself not to do it!). Thank you. I’ve never had the process set
out for me so clearly. I wish it  were as easily
done as said —but now I at least
understand it clearly —I think. Well, if you need a review, we have several
lifetimes. Chapter 5
What is the true path to God? Is it through
renunciation, as some yogis believe? And
what of this thing called suffering? Is
suffering and service the path to God as
many ascetics say? Do we earn our way to
heaven by “being good,” as so many
religions teach? Or are we free to act as we
wish, violate or ignore any rule, set aside
any traditional teachings, di ve into any self -
indulgences, and thus find Nirvana, as
many New Agers say? Which is it? Strict
moral standards, or do -as-you-please? Which is it? Traditional values, or make -it-
up-as-you-go-along? Which is it? The Ten
Commandments, or the Seven Steps to
Enlightenment? You have a great need to have it be one
way or the other, don’t you...Could it not  be
all of these? I don’t know. I’m asking You. I will answer you, then, as you can best
understand —though I tell you now that
your answer is within. I say thi s to all people
who hear My words and seek My Truth. Every heart which earnestly asks, Which is
the path to God? is shown. Each is given  a
heartfelt Truth. Come to Me along the path
of your heart, not through a journey of  your
mind. You will never find Me in your mind. In order to truly know God, you have to be
out of your mind. Yet your question begs an answer, and I will
not step aside from the thrust of your
inquiry. I will begin with a statement that will startle
you—and perhaps offend the sensitivities
of many people. There are no such things
as the Ten Commandments. Oh, My God, there aren’t? No, there are not. Who would I command? Myself? And why would such
commandments be required? Whatever I
want, is. N’est ce pas? How is it therefore
necessary to co mmand anyone? And, if I did issue commandments, would
they not be automatically kept? How


, impatient, re
vengeful, depres sed, hateful, or any negative emotion, it’ s bec ause you are believing
thoughts! And while you hold on to those emotions by continuing to believe your
thoughts, your mind will give you even more of the same. A  depressed feeling will
produce more depressing thou ghts, giving you a depressing perspective of people,
circumstances, a nd events, which makes you feel even more depressed, and around and
around it goes. “Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.”
J. Krishnamurti, fr om  Freedom from the Known
When we believe the mind’ s negative thoughts, we get pulled into the mind-made
movie, and then we’re guaranteed to experience more stress and suf fering. “Self-inflicted misery arises when we believe negative thoughts!”
My teacher
“Y ou are  responsible for everything that you feel. They are your feelings, they are your
thoughts. Y ou turn them on, you think them, and no one else but you does it—and you
act a s th ough yo u have no control! Y ou turn a faucet that flows  on your head and you
say, ‘Oh someone is getting me all wet.’ It’ s you who’ s turning on the faucet and
getting yourself wet. So, your direction should be taking full responsibility for what’ s
happening to you. Then you’ll see by looking in the direction of ‘I am doing this’ that
you are! Then when you see that you’re torturing yourself, you’ll say, ‘My gosh, how
stupid can I be?’ And you’ll stop. Instead of torturing yoursel f, you’ll make yourself
happy.”
Lester Levenson, fr om  Happiness Is Free, volumes 1–5
T aking responsibility for everything in our life also means not blaming anyone or
anything else for something that happened. And it means not blaming ourselves. Blaming is just another repetitive program in the mind. The real you never blames—
only the mind does. What will  set you free from the mind’ s blaming and criticizingways is understa nding that it’ s y our mind  that is the sole cause of negative judgments,
and to stop believing its negative thoughts. “As long as you think that the cause of your problem is ‘out there’—as long as you
think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suf f ering—the situation is
hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suf fering in
paradise.”
Byr on Katie, fr om  Loving What Is
When we take responsibility for our own life, we no longer allow the ego and mind to
play the role of a victim on our behalf. “No tho ught eve r can dominate that which perceives the thought. Notice what it feels
like to realize this. Notice that it feels free. This is what stops the unconscious
identification with thoughts. This breaks the chain.”
Peter Dziuban, fr om  Simply Notice
It’ s A wareness that is aware of your thoughts, and it’ s A warene ss that is aware of your
emotions. The one who gets ups et is not A wareness, the r eal  you ; the one getting upset
is your mind. The one who gets angry, hurt, worried, anxious, or  disappointed is not the
r eal  you, it’ s your mind. It only feels like you because you believe your mind is you
and because you believe your mind’ s thoughts. “Like the scrolling text at the b ottom of the television screen, l et thinking just pass. If
attention is not focusing on the text, then you can be fully present to the whole picture.”
Kalyani Lawry
The Mind’ s Thr ee Thoughts
Although our mind arises out of awareness, as everything do es, our mind is not an
entity or a real thing, even though it sure seems like it is. It’ s simply a mechanical
activity or process, much like a  computer program. And just like a computer program,
it’ s repetitive. In fact, it’ s so repetitive that it only has three dif ferent kinds of thoughts. “The mi nd measures, compares,  and describes. These three thing s are all the mind does,
over and over and over again. Check for yourself with any thing you say, or with
whatever though t appears. That thought will either be the mind measuring something,
comparing something, or describing something.”
My teacher
Y our mind measures with thoughts like these: “It will take two h ours to get there.” “I’m
going on  vacatio n in one week.” “How long will it take for m y shipment to arrive?”
“I’ve lost ten pounds.” “I don’ t have enough money.”
Y our mi nd is comparing when  it thinks thoughts like these: “I prefer an SUV to a
sedan.” “I like to walk to work instead of taking the bus.” “She’ s smarter than me, and
way mo re talent ed.” “He’ s going to get the promotion over me, I know it.” “Look at
her. I wish I had her body.” “He’ s not the person he used to be.”
And your mind constantly describes things as if you can’ t see them. But you can see
what’ s h appening in your life ve ry well without mind’ s constant commentating, and in
fact that nonstop chattering prevents you from seeing the world as it really is. “Our att ention fo cuses mostly on thinking. W e become trapped i n the interpretations we
make and miss out on the fullness of living.”
Kalyani Lawry“The m ind mak es something of everything that comes along. This has become the
default mode. So much so that it little occurs to us that it could be otherwise—that the
mind re ally could for go the ma king-something of everything that comes along. Nor
does it occur to us that the mak ing-something that keeps the mind so enthralled is the
actual cause of s uf fering. W e keep thinking it’ s the stuf f that happens in life that causes
suf fering.”
Jan Frazier, fr om  Opening the Door
When your mind is describing something, it’ s telling a story. It’ s an interpretation of the
world an d realit y—it’ s imagined. Many of the mind’ s fabricate d stories are about you,
and if believed, those stories can not only cause you stress and suf fering but also greatly
limit yo ur life. When you belie ve a negative story, your life will turn into that story! Y our mind spins up a negative story about you, you add the po wer of belief to it, and
then your mind projects it into the world for you to experience it. It does it with
thoughts like these:
“I’m overwhelmed. I just can’ t seem to get on top of things.”
“I’m no good with money. It seems to slip through my fingers.”
“This disease runs in our family.”
“I’ve got a big problem.”
“I can’ t get past the trauma of it. It will af fect me for the rest of my life.”
“W e were together for years, he was the love of my life, so I’ll never get over him.”
One of the biggest lies our mind  has convinced us of is the story  that we are a body and
a mind. And b ecause we’ve believed it, it has become ou r experience. W e feel
vulnerable, fearful of what might happen to us or others, helpless against life’ s events
and circumstances, and, if that isn’ t enough, many of us are also burdened with the
belief that life w ill come to an end for us when the body dies. It’ s ironic that the real
you—the Infinite A wareness that you really are—is the direct o pposite of that story the
mind has told you. “If y ou t ake the way it works, a  human being wakes up in the m orning and for the first
moment there’ s just stillness; th en there’ s a re-engagement of th e mind, the mind kicks
in and starts saying, ‘What ha ve I got to do today? How old am I? What are my
problems? How  am I going to stop all these things going wrong?’ There is complete
identification with the story; you pull your boots on and of f you go again.”
David Bingham, fr om Conscious TV
Another story our mind has convinced us of is the story about time. T ime is a very
convenient tool that enables us to all work from the same calendar and clocks so that
we can coordina te our lives with each other and with everything that’ s happening in the
world. B ut as Einstein discover ed, time is relative; ultimately, there’ s really no such
thing as time. T ime is an illusion—a mental concept created by the mind.“If y ou try to get your hands on time, it’ s always slipping through your fingers. People
are sure time is t here, but they can’ t get hold of it. My feeling is  that they can’ t get hold
of it because it isn’ t there at all.”
Julian Barbour, physicist, excerpt fr om Adam Frank’ s book  About T ime
All that really ex ists is this pres ent moment, and try as you might


Peel and chop the onion and potato. Trim the broccoli and cut into florets. Keep a few florets
to one side and put the rest into a pot with the chopped onion, potato and bay leaf, and cover
with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the other florets and simmer for an
additional 10 minutes. Remove the bay leaf. Take the whole florets from the soup and put onto a
hot plate. Put the rest of the soup through the food mill. Add the other cooked florets. Reheat the
soup gently. Serve immediately with a swirl of yogurt. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 237Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCarrot and Orange Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. carrots, chopped
8 oz. onions, chopped
8 oz. potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 orange, juice d
pinch of thyme
Chop the vegetables and put them into a pot with the orange juice and  the thyme, and cover
with water. Bring to a boil, then simmer until vegetables are tender. Purée. Cauliflower Soup
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 large cauliflower
1 onion, chopped
1 celery stick, sliced
10 oz. yogurt
parsley, chopped
Trim the cauliflower and break into small florets. Chop the onion and slice the celery. Put into
a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Purée. Stir in the yogurt. Reheat gently before serving. Garnish with chopped parsley. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 238Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCelery, Carrot and Apple Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. celery, sliced
1 lb. carrots, diced
8 oz. sweet apples (e.g., Pink Lady or Gala), chopped
dill (or lemon  grass)
celery leaves, chopped
Slice the celery, dice the carrots and chop the apples. Put into a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, add the dill (or lemon grass) and simmer for 40 minutes. Purée. Serve immediately and garnish with chopped celery leaves. Celer y Root  and Swiss Chard Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 small celery root, scrubbed and chopped
1 medium leek, scrubbed and chopped
2 oz. Swiss chard, torn
apple cider vinegar  (or lemon juice)
parsley
Scrub and chop the celery root and leek, and tear the Swiss chard into small pieces. Put into a
pot with apple cider vinegar  (or lemon juice) and cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn down
the heat and simmer until the vegetables are soft. Purée. Serve hot or cold and garnish with
parsley. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 239Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCorn Chowder
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves 2-4
3 sticks celery, diced
1 large potato, peeled and diced
1 large onion, diced
1 large green bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 bay leaf (or a pinch of ground bay leaf)
4 ears of corn, sliced
parsley, chopped
Dice the celery, potato and onion. Remove the seeds from the pepper and dice the flesh. Put into
a pot with the bay leaf and add cover with water. Simmer gently until the vegetables are almost
cooked. Slice the corn from the cobs and add to the soup. Cook slowly until all the vegetables
are soft but not broken (about 5 minutes. ). Sprinkle with the chopped parsley and serve. Potato, Cabbage and Dill Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 medium potato, peeled and chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium leek, chopped
white cabbage, chopped
4 tsp. dried dill
chives, chopped
Chop the potato, onion and leek. Put into  a pot with the chopped cabbage  and cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and add half the dill. Simmer gently until the potatoes are
cooked. Puré e. Add the rest of the dill and reheat gently. Garnish with chopped chives and serve
immediately. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 240Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comPotato Soup
1 large onion, diced
1/2 small celery knob, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
2 large potatoes, diced
1 leek, diced
parsley
2 quarts water
Dice all vegetables. Place vegetables, parsley, and water in covered saucepan and bring to boil. Lower heat and cover. Simmer 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Mash through food mill. Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 2-4
2 medium onions, sliced
1 medium white (or green) cabbage, cut into thin strips
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp. sugar
juice of 1 large lemon
3 oz. raisins
1 qt. water
Slice the onion and sweat gently in a little water for a few minutes until softening. Cut the
cabbage into thin strips and add to onion, mixing well. Add crushed garlic. Chop the tomatoes
and add together with the sugar, lemon juice, raisins and water. Bring to a boil and simmer until
the cabbage is al dente  (about 10 minutes ). Serve this hearty soup as a main dish with bread
followed by fruit for dessert. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 241Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comTangy Tomato Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. tomatoes, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 stick celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
little orange juice
yogurt
Chop tomatoes, carrot, celery and onion. Seed pepper and chop. Put all into a lar ge pot and
cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer until vegetables are tender. Purée. Add the orange juice. Reheat gently. Add a swirl of yogurt before serving. Tomato Soup with Potato and Onion
2 large tomatoes, diced
1 medium onion, diced
2 medium potatoes, diced
1 tsp. wine vinegar
small bay leaf
Dice all vegetables. Place all ingredients in covered saucepan, cover with water and cook over
low flame for 35-40 minutes. Mash through food mill and serve hot. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 242Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comVegetables and Potatoes
Baked Pepper and Tomato Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2-4
3 red bell p eppers
6 large tomatoes
1 medium red onion, finely sliced
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
juice of 1 large lemon
3 tbsp. fresh, chopped mint
flaxseed oil
Cook the peppers and tomatoes whole until somewhat cooked but still fi rm. Skin the peppers
and tomatoes, chop roughly and place in a serving dish. Finely slice the onion and very thinly
slice the garlic. Add to the mixture in the dish. Add the lemon and mint. Mix well. Sprinkle with
a little flaxseed  oil. Baked Potato and Parsnip Rosti*
* Rosti means “broiled” or “roasted” (i.e., top-browned)
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1-1/4 hour
Serves 2
8 oz. parsnips, cored, peeled and coarsely grated
8 oz. potatoes, peeled and coarsely grated
1 onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp. fresh chives, finely chopped
herbs
3-1/2 oz. yogurt


 occur on the
3rd- 5th day, after the 3rd or even the 2nd day
from the beginning of the DF. The sooner the ac-
idotic crisis appears, the sooner it passes, the
longer time is left for organic renewal. The high-
est acidification peak  arises at the same time of
the crisis and this causes an acute exacerbation
of all chronic pathologies. Based on the degree of
acute aggravation, it is possible to understand
how successful the fast has been to unhook one
or the other disease and to "eradicate" it from the
body. If the acute aggravation is pronounced,
complete healing can be expected. If instead it is
weak it means that the mechanisms induced by
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problems. In that case, after some time it will be
advisable to repeat the fast to ensure that it takes
care of the residual pathologies. After the aci-
dotic crisis has "eradicated" the disease from the
body, the defense forces previously occupied in
resolving the disease are released and therefore
become m ore available overall. Hence the con-
clusion: as long as the fasting organism does not
overcome the first acidotic crisis it will not be
able to establish the healing of chronic diseases
and the increase of its immune defenses. The third phase of the dry fast is called the
"compensation or adaptation phase". The dura-
tion of this phase is individual. On average it
starts from the 5th day of DF and ends on the
8th. At this stage there can be an improvement
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comfort. T his improvement can follow a wave
pattern. The feeling of hunger disappears com-
pletely, while thirst may increase. The duration
depends on the fat deposits present in the body. This phase ends with the second acidotic crisis,
which takes place from the 8th  until the 11th
day. Between the end of the first acidotic crisis until
the beginning of the second, the organism makes
reserves of vital forces. During the metabolic ac-
idosis in some people the main disease worsens,
the state of mind and health deteriorate, strength
is lost, sleep disappears and body temperature
often increases. These symptoms indicate that
fasting has begun to "eradicate" the disease. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frIf in the first two phases of fasting tissue autol-
ysis was the only source of nutrition, during the
secon d acidotic crisis autolysis basically acts as a
natural surgeon. Therefore, to achieve a com-
plete therapeutic effect it is necessary to go
through this second crisis. To express it in fig-
urative terms, it can be said that if the first aci-
dotic crisis eliminates "the stem of the disease",
the second destroys "the root". To understand
how tumors and pathological structures are dis-
solved in a fasting organism, it is necessary to
fully understand the process of autolysis, which,
although very common in nature, it is normally
ignored by physiologists. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr8.4. Autolysis
   The term "autolysis" is of Greek origin and lit-
erally means "self -dissolution". Autolysis is the
ability of biological entities to decompose their
structures through a hydrolytic method thanks
to the action of enzymes and phagocytes. To better understand this mechanism we will
examine it on the basis of examples that exist in
nature. The plant kingdom abounds with exam-
ples of autolysis, but a few will be enough for il-
lustrative purposes. All bulbs,  such as an ordi-
nary onion, contain within themselves a new
plant, surrounded by enough nourishment to
survive a period of rest during which it has no
possibility to take nutrients from soil and air. The onion can safely germinate in a bucket or in
the bag  where it is stored. It produces shoots and
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sprouts. The bulb gradually becomes soft and at
the end turns into a wrapping for the plant. As
the plant grows, it uses up the remaining con-
tents of the bulb and as similates the shoots. Beets, turnips and many other tubers grow in a
similar manner. They get the nutrients for
growth through the autolytic absorption of the
contents of the tuber and even when they extract
nutrients from the earth they continue to pro-
duce stems and leaves and to grow. Humans have general reserves located in the
bone marrow, in the liver, in the blood and in the
fatty tissues, and also private reserves, available
to every single cell.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Posobye
dliya vrachey  (Methodological Recommendation for application of
FDT (RDT) in Rehabilitation Medicine. A Manual for Physicians),
Moscow 2005. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www. dryfasting. infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail. frThe incomplete or water fasting  (with nor-
mal water intake): is the most commonly used in
the clinical practice of the RDT. The absolute or dry fasting:  from a physio-
logical perspective, during this type of fasting the
body does not undergo a deficit of liquids be-
cause every kilogram  of splitting lipid mass (gly-
cogen) releases up to 1 liter of endogenous water
(metabolic). In a normal environmental temper-
ature, the organism does not lose large quantities
of liquids through pulmonary and cutaneous
perspiration: between 1. 5 to 2 liters a day, so the
water deficit does not exceed 0. 5 -1 liter per day,
i. e. physiologically admissible values under con-
ditions of reduced basic metabolism.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the main advantage of dry fasting compared to water fasting?,
A: Dry fasting is objectively better tolerated than water fasting.
Q: According to the text, what is the reason for the better tolerance of dry fasting?,
A: The absence of hunger and the body's ability to synthesize its own water and energy.
Q: What is the main disadvantage of the Lavrova method?,
A: The length of the fasting period, which can be time-consuming.
Q: What is the purpose of the second acidotic crisis in the dry fasting process?,
A: To eliminate toxins and foreign substances from the body.
Q: What is the primary mechanism of autolysis?,
A: The process of self-dissolution of biological entities through the action of enzymes and phagocytes.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>All living beings can use one
or the other reserves for  their nourishment if
they cannot obtain nutrients from external
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(in case of illness, for example). It is possible to cite many examples of autolysis,
but the ones offered are sufficient to clarify that
it is a common phenomenon. It remains to be
said that the body itself manages this process,
like all other life processes, and that autolysis is
not an uncontrolled and blind action like an ele-
phant striding through glassware. Fasting practices provide many examples of the
organism's control over the process of autolysis. For example, it is possible to note that body tis-
sues disappear according to the degree of their
usefulness: fats and pathological thickenings dis-
appear first and other tissues follow only aft er-
wards. Within all living things, from worms to
humans, during the fasting period different
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their weight. Usually the liver loses more weight
than other parts of the body, especially in the in-
itial period, and this is due to the loss of glycogen
and fat. The lungs lose almost no weight and the
brain and the nervous system even less. Vital or-
gans feed off of accumulated reserves and less
important tissues, which means that abstinence
from food can eventually be harmful only after
the depletion of reserves. The organism has the ability to shift its chemi-
cal


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Directions

1. Pour	simmering	water	into	a	saucepan. Then,	add	tea	bags	and	fresh	mint
leaves. Cover	and	steep	for	about	10	minutes. 2. Then,	discard	tea	bags	and	mint	leaves. Sweeten	with	natural	sweetener	of
choice. 3. Add	4	cups	cold	water	and	lime	concentrate. Serve	over	ice	cubes.Chinese	Spearmint	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 1	tablespoon	loose	Chinese	green	tea

1. 5	cups	boiling	water

1. 2	bunches	fresh	spearmint,	rinsed	and	drained

1. 1/3	cup	honey

Directions

1. Combine	Chinese	green	tea	and	5	cups	boiling	water	in	a	teapot;	steep	for	2
to	4	minutes. 2. Add	spearmint	and	honey,	stirring	until	well	combined. Steep	for	4	minutes
more. Strain	your	tea	and	chill	until	ready	to	serve;	enjoy!Orange	and	Apricot	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 3	(11.5-ounce)	cans	apricot	nectar

1. 2	quarts	brewed	tea

1. 1/4	cup	fresh	orange	juice

1. Agave	nectar,	to	taste

Directions

1. Stir	all	the	above	ingredients	in	a	pitcher. Then,	transfer	prepared	tea	to	a
refrigerator. 2. Serve	well	chilled	over	ice	cubes. Garnish	with	orange	wedges.Raspberry	Grape	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	raspberries

1. 4	cups	water

1. 2	family-size	tea	bags

1. 3	cups	grape	juice

1. 1	lime,	sliced

1. 1	(16-ounce)	bottle	orange	soft	drink,	chilled

Directions

1. Process	raspberries	in	your	food	processor	until	smooth. Pour	raspberry
puree	through	a	fine	strainer	into	a	large	container	in	order	to	discard
raspberry	seeds. 2. Bring	4	cups	of	water	to	a	boil	in	a	large-sized	saucepan. Remove	from	heat
and	add	tea	bags. Then,	cover	and	steep	for	about	5	minutes. 3. Discard	tea	bags. Add	raspberry	puree,	grape	juice,	slices	of	lime,	andorange	soft	drink. Stir	to	combine. Sweeten	with	some	natural	sweetener
such	as	agave	nectar,	stevia,	or	honey. 4. Cover	and	chill	overnight. Serve	well	chilled.Raspberry	Hibiscus	Refresher
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1. 4	cups	boiling	water

1. 8	hibiscus	tea	bags

1. 1/2	cups	agave	nectar

1. 2	cups	sparkling	apple	cider,	well-chilled

Directions

1. Pour	boiling	water	over	tea	bags. Cover	and	steep	for	10	minutes. Now
discard	tea	bags. 2. Stir	in	agave	nectar. Now	chill	until	ready	to	serve. Pour	in	sparkling	cider;
serve	over	ice	cubes.Ginger	Orange	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1. 4	tea	bags

1. 6	cups	boiling	water

1. 4	orange	tea	bags

1. 1/2	lemon,	juiced

1. 1/2	cup	honey

1. 1-inch	ginger	root,	peeled	and	sliced

1. Cold	water,	as	needed

Directions

1. Place	tea	bags	and	boiling	water	in	a	large-sized	jar;	then,	steep	about	30
minutes. 2. Remove	tea	bags	and	stir	in	remaining	ingredients. 3. Lastly,	allow	to	chill	in	the	refrigerator. Serve	well	chilled	over	ice	and
enjoy!Cherry	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1. 3	(11.5-ounce)	bottles	cherry	nectar

1. 2	quarts	brewed	green	tea

1. 1/4	cup	fresh	lemonade

1. Agave	nectar,	to	taste

Directions

1. Stir	all	the	above	ingredients	in	your	pitchers	or	bottles. Then,	transfer	tea
to	a	fridge. 2. Serve	well	chilled	and	garnished	with	lemon	wedges	if	desired.Berrylicious	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1. 6	cup	water

1. 2	black	tea	bags

1. 4	mixed	berry	tea	bags

1. Agave	syrup,	as	per	taste

1. 1	tablespoon	orange	juice

1. 3	tablespoons	fresh	mint	leaves

Directions

1. Bring	water	to	a	boil. Pour	boiled	water	over	tea	bags	in	the	pitcher;	steep
tea	bags	for	about	10	minutes. 2. Then,	discard	tea	bags. Chill	covered	for	about	2	hours. 3. Stir	in	agave,	orange	juice,	and	mint	leaves. Serve	well	chilled	and	enjoy!Blackberry	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1. 5	cups	water

1. 5	strawberry	tea	bags

1. 2	cups	frozen	blackberries

1. 1/3	cup	honey

Directions

1. Steep	strawberry	tea	bags	in	5	cups	of	water	for	8	to	10	minutes. Allow	to
chill	overnight. 2. In	a	blender,	mix	2	cups	of	frozen	blackberries,	1	cup	of	steeped	tea	and
honey. 3. Add	blackberry	puree	to	the	steeped	tea,	stir,	and	pour	into	glasses.Strawberry	Lemon	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	20	minutes	|	Servings	10)

Ingredients

1. 10	tea	bags

1. 1	cup	strawberries

1. 1	cup	fresh	lemon	juice

1. 1/2	cup	agave	syrup

1. 3	cups	sparkling	water

1. Berries	for	skewers

Directions

1. Bring	10	cups	of	water	to	boil. Turn	off	burner	and	add	tea	bags;	now	allow
to	steep	completely. Pour	tea	into	a	pitcher	and	allow	to	chill	completely. 2. Put	the	strawberries	and	lemon	juice	into	your	food	processor	or	a	blender;
purée	until	smooth. Then,	strain	puréed	mixture	in	order	to	discard
strawberry	seeds. 3. Add	strawberry	purée	to	the	tea	in	the	pitcher. Stir	in	agave	syrup	andsparkling	water. Stir	to	combine	well. Garnish	with

fruit	skewers.Tropical	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	20	minutes	|	Servings	12)

Ingredients

1. 12	cups	boiling	water

1. 12	tea	bags

1. 1	cup	pineapple

1. 1	cup	fresh	orange	juice

1. 1/2	cup	agave	syrup

1. 3	cups	lemon	soda

Directions

1. Place	boiling	water	and	tea	bags	in