 blood, it
was hard to assess responsibility on either side.
“No one knows how hard we’re trying. Right from the start we thought
our marriage had a good chance,” Della says. “A lot of issues got worked
out in advance. For instance, Frank agreed that I could keep my earnings
separate from his. We’re very meticulous about keeping accounts so that the
expenses are divided fairly. There’ s nothing worse in my eyes than a
woman who wants her own money but makes the man pay for everything.”
This was one of the first areas that exposed the rift resulting from the
extremely different backgrounds they came from. Della was born into a
well-to-do family of lawyers and judges from suburban Rhode Island. Frankgrew up in a poor section of Providence, working at his father ’s jewelry
store to put himself through school.
“Our first fight came right after we decided to become engaged,” Della
says. “I wanted my family to be the first to hear the news, and Frank didn’ t
seem to care one way or the other. So we arranged to leave law school over
a long weekend. Everything was packed, and I took out a picture of my
parents to show Frank. He freaked and refused to go.”
“It wasn ’t a picture of her parents to me,” Frank counters. “I saw the
Bentley and the two-story brick  mansion in the background. Della’s father
stood in front like the monarch  of all he surveyed. I thought, Maybe she
doesn’ t need another man to take care of her. The one she’s got looks pretty
awesome.”
In Frank’ s family having a man to provide for you was a natural
expectation for a woman. In Della’ s family there had been several
generations of financially independent women. The rift over “your money”
and “my money” went deep, despite their carefully thoughtout
arrangements over bank accounts.
Among all the people who know them, I was one of the saddest to see
these cracks develop. There were others: Frank and Della had their own
strong opinions about politics, to which they clung vociferously, even
combatively. Frank ate meat, Della was a vegetarian. Della wanted to save
money to send their two children to Montessori when they were ready for
school, Frank thought public schools were good enough. Hadn’ t they been
good enough for him?
“Lawyers” wasn’ t sufficient to explain what had happened between these
two. It seemed to me that despite their raging differences Della and Frank
shared the same worldview, epitomized in the complaining phrase “What
about me?” They love each other, but love hasn’ t conquered what I call the
return of the ego. Its return hits hard at the root of commitment. Very soon
after the honeymoon, if not on it, two people discover that they are not one.
Because this eruption in paradis e inevitably triggers a clash of wills, most
couples have a vivid memory of their first big fight. The immediate cause
of the quarrel is insignificant. What is really at stake is the return of the ego.
Complex issues  are involved. There is doubt that the other person is
“right” for you. This doubt isn’t rational most of the time, but reason has a
hard time countering fear—especially when it is becoming clear that yourbeloved cannot always be sensit ive to your needs. For women this time stirs
doubts that they will be cared for and listened to; for men it often arouses
anger over not being supported.
These ego reactions are not completely honest, however. The underlying
issues go even deeper: Can I trust you? Will you hurt me for coming close?
Why haven’ t you kept me from feeling lonely and afraid? “You’re so
inconsiderate” is code for “Why can’t you help me?” Della and Frank were
stranded at this juncture, which made forward progress in their commitment
to each other impossible. We had a chance to discuss their situation when
they attended a meditation course last spring.
“There’ s someth ing I want to suggest,” I told them, “but you’ll think it’s
too outrageous.”
Being as competitive as they are, Della and Frank pricked up their ears,
sensing a challenge. “I propose that each of you takes on a spiritual master,
a guru,”  I said. “Having a wise teacher would provide you with spiritual
counsel when disputes arise. You could explore why you’re angry and
afraid. Most of all, you’d have a source of compassion and trust, someone
who accepts you at the deepest level.”
Frank’ s doubts came up immediately. “I don’t know, I’m not really that
comfortable with the whole master -disciple thing.”
“I’m not sure it’s right for me either,” said Della, “but there’ s nothing
outrageous about what you’re suggesting. Who would be our guru?”
“Each other,” I said. The atmos phere in the room instantly crackled. My
proposal was considered outrage ous, just as I’d expected. “It’s an option,” I
pointed out, “and if you think about it, you’re both eminently qualified. You
love each other, and who know s your weaknesses as well as each other?
The possibilities for compassion are endless.”
Frank gave a nervous laugh; Della looked away. “I’m not making light of
the distress in your present relationship,” I said more seriously. “You both
feel unappreciated and pin your grievances on each other, which makes it
extremely difficult to move psychologically into a freer space. You’ve
become trapped by your reflexive reactions to each other. Your anger has
become ritualized, yet stubbo rnness makes you cling to your self-
righteousness even when you’re sick of it.
“Now consider, is it really the other person who has forced you to be this
way? You’ve both framed this marriage as a contest, a competition,sometimes a war. I sense a level  of mutual enjoyment in this combat, but at
the same time it’s become totally self-defeating. Winning your little daily
battles or even the whole war isn’t going to bring you love and acceptance.
Mature love can’t grow in that kind of framework. It can grow only if you
can find a way to frame your marriage differently. Let your spouse be your
teacher.”
“We want to love each other,” Della protested. “I mean, we do, but we
don’t always know how to show it.”
“I don’t know how you define love,” I replied. “But isn’t it synonymous
with things like acceptance, appreciation, and allowing? Loving someone
means not resisting his or her will, which is one of the first things you could
teach each other.”
I explained the ancient concept of Upaguru, a Sans krit word that can be
translated as “the teacher who is close by.” Unlike the guru, who is an
enlightened sage, anyone can serve as your upaguru—it is only necessary to
realize that each person can offer us, at any given moment, exactly what
spirit wants us to learn. When the moment is gone and the insig ht revealed,
the upaguru returns to being friend, spouse, or stranger.
Frank was suspicious. “You’re saying I should do whatever she wants,
without question? I mean, is this about total obedience?”
“Don’ t worry, Frank,” Della interjected sharply. “You’d have to listen to
what somebody says before you could obey it.”
I assured  them I wasn’ t talking about obeying another person’ s will. “A
master acts out of love,” I pointed out, “but it has a different flavor from the
love most of us have experienced. A master doesn’ t recognize a gap
between ‘me’ and ‘you.’ Filling in that gap is what he can do, because in
reality there is no gap. The distance is just an appearance, all the more
destructive when people believe in it as hard as you two do.”
Delia and Frank are much more complete people than I have portrayed,
and what I was saying rang true with their own experience. This was a
marriage that had once contained a good deal of awareness and real
commitment to learn from each other. Both partners sincerely believed in
equality and fairness. Frank had seen his passive mother turn into “the
house slave,” as he bitterly called her; he had felt unprotected from a father
who could be tender one moment and highly confrontational the next. He
was therefore very happy to have a strong woman in his life.Della also had some strong images from her past to work through: two
professional, liberal parents had devoted themselves to so many good
causes that she had spent many nights at home alone, wondering why she
wasn’ t good enough to deserve their attention. Being paid atten tion to was
extremely important to her now, but she was also aware that intimacy
triggered her old emotional wounds. Della and Frank both knew these
things about each other; they had begun on a level of honesty that made
their marriage much more than a stereotype of legal eagles whose mutual
egotism makes it impossible to get along.
In the end they didn’ t agree to my “outrageous” proposition, but they did
promise to keep it in mind. I suggested that before taking the risk of treating
each other as their spiritual masters, it would be a good


closest to being the soul.
If you remove  all personal boundaries, the jiva expands into the
Atman, pure spirit without individual experiences. Emerson and the
other Transcen dentalists called this the Over-soul. (I will follow the
simple convention of calling it the Self with a capital “s.”) When jiva
and Atman fuse, merging the individual and the cosmic self without
losing the qualities of either, one arrives at Brahman, or totality. A
person who has realized Brahman retains his individuality but
experiences himself as unive rsal, “under the aspect of eternity,” as
the church fathers phrased it. Brahman is also used to describe
reality as a whole, taking in both the objective and subjective elds
of existence, the manifest and the unmanifest. Beyon d the all-
inclusive Brahman, there is nothing.
The jiva, then, is like a single wave on the ocean; Atma n is the
water that all waves partake of equally; Brahman is the ocean itself.
If you ask which of these three is you, the answer is “all of them.”
To say that one aspect of the self is dierent from the others may beuseful on an everyday basis, but it is not the nal truth.  The self I
call “me” seems to respect the boundary of my skin, but at the same
time I naturally feel my kinship to other selves. When a child suers
in Afghanistan, I feel the pain. My sensation may not be as intense
as when I cause pain to my own body, but that simply says that I do
not share a particular set of nerves with the child.
The ancient sages knew that each person is grounded in a
concrete reality that gives him his bearings in time and space.
Nevertheless, they maintained that all selves are woven into the
same fabric of life. Karin could easily be stumbling into this state of
greatly expand ed self. However, she wants no part of it. She has
frequently stated to me in crisp tones that she did not have a
religious upbringing and nds no spiritual signicance in what is
happening to her. Clearly there is a knowledge gap here. No
tradition validates her experience for her; no elders or guides exist
to educate her further. She has been cast adrift.
On the Outside Looking In
It is not easy to live with an original experience, and Karin would
much rather return to the mundane experiences that all of us put on
like ready-to-w ear clothes. “I want to watch TV on Satur day night,
drink a glass of wine, and not think about anything,” she complains.
“I want  to be upset when my car gets dented and not feel detached
about it. I want to go back to feeling like I’m a part of life. Is that
even a possibility anymore?”
At mom ents like this, one realizes how much in limbo Karin is.
Since no convincing versio n of her present reality exists, she
remains comm itted to the unreal. Yet she is not as detached as she
appears. I sense that she is trying to connect with others all the time
but in hidden ways. I might have missed this except for a telling
incident. At one point durin g our rst talk, I wanted her to know
how impressed  I was with her level of insight, and I started out by
saying, “For a brilliant person like you—”
She cut me o with a strange look. “Why did you say that?” she
demanded.“What?”
“That I’m brilliant. What makes you say that out of the blue?”
“Well,” I explained, “it is obvious that you have more self-
awareness than ninety-nine percent of the people I deal with.”
“How can you tell that after one meeting?” she asked
suspiciously. I said I just could, and she let the matter drop. Half an
hour later, she interrupted  herself and asked, this time rather
timidly, “Do you really think I’m brilliant?” I repeated that I did.
Again, the matter was quickly dropped. When we met a few days
later, the rst words out of her mouth were “I’ve been thinking
about why you called me brilliant.”
Then I couldn’t help but notice that my compliment held a special
charm for her. It was a token, not just of my respect, but of my
aection. By calling her brilliant, I had said, “I feel close to you.”
Replaying the tapes, I nd that Karin also managed to call me
brilliant severa l times that day—apparently quite unconsciously—
and whenever she did, one heard a shy, embarrassed intimacy in her
voice.
Why was this little game of emotional hide-and-seek so important
to her? I think  it’s because she nds it much easier to intellectualize
about feeling unreal than to openly express the much more
wrenching feeling of being lost. Before their emotions get covered
over with a thick coat of denial, many children feel lost, set apart.
Karin reminds me of a wide-e yed child one might nd on the fringes
of a social gathering—a wedding reception, cocktail party, or
Thanksgiving reunion—peer ing at the adults like a fascinated
spectator at the zoo.
What the child wonders at is quite ordinary and yet very
disturbing: the casual deception of daily life. Behind the words “I
love him” or “I love her” lie guarded feelings and secret betrayals.
People who put on a show of generosity turn out to be secretly the
most selsh. Jealousy lurks under a smile. Children do not know
how to live this way, and Karin still doesn’t have the knack for it.
From her perspective, other people are living securely inside a
shared reality,  while she is outside lookin g in—“I live in another
dimension,” she mourns. This persistent feeling of isolation makesthings very fearful for her. She has no security. The rest of us are at
home; she is the eternal stranger.
Many sensitive  people feel this way. Wisdom and poetry can arise
from the situation as easily as anguish. But given how lonely such
people generally are, I can see why anguish is the most common
response. It is by relating to other people, after all, that most of us
manage to feel real in the rst place.
Three years ago, Karin asserts, she felt completely normal and
connected—she is particularly adamant on that point. She was
thirty-one and had just decid ed to break up with a man whom she
had been seeing steadily for several years. “From the very beginning
of our relationship,” she said, “I knew that Rodney was not ‘the
one,’ but we cared for each other and really enjoyed each other’s
company.” What made her nally break o with this man was her
decision to seek someone whom she really might want to marry.
This reason satised her, and the breakup occurred without rancor.
But Karin immediately starte d having doubts about what she had
done. She glossed over that part with me: “When Rodney and I
broke up, I felt a sudden sense of loss. I wondered if I had done the
wrong thing, if I should get back with him, you know, blah, blah,
blah. Then I went on with my life.” Within a month after the
breakup, she met another man, a customer at her catering business.
She fell deeply  in love with him and continues to say that their
relationship, which was brief but intense, was the closest she ever
came to marrying anyone. From the very outset, however, she knew
that his parent s, who were Orthodox Jews, strongly disapproved of
her because she was Catholic. “At rst it was okay, because I was
condent and elated, and I didn’t allow them to become involved in
my life. But after a certain amount of treatment that I considered
worse than torture.…”
Karin stopped speaking at that point. I gathered that there was a
tempestuous breakup and she had a “collapse” or “nervous
breakdown.” Whether in fact she suered an actual psychosis is not
clear. She did develop a morbid fear of having AIDS. “Whenever I
gave blood I would shake like crazy. Three times they needed my
blood that year, and I was terried that I would be infected.”Several times she called the local AIDS hotline in a panic, always to
be reassured that she had no real reason to be afraid (a fact
conrmed by all her blood tests).
It was in the midst of this dicult period that she rst began to
feel unreal. She says that the sensation was quite new and
unexpected when it rst arrived. Never in her life had she ever had
the feeling of “being out of my body” or “having my awareness up
here” (holding her hand above her head). When I told her that many
people have similar feelings without being disturbed, she curtly
responded, “What does that matter if I still feel miserable?”
I tend to believ e Karin when she says that she began to feel unreal
all of a sudden. On the other hand, I cannot buy her story that her
life was so perfect before “something


 every moment. Most of the time, we
block our reception of a miracle  by believing it couldn’ t be that easy. But do
flowers not grow easily? We think we know what we need, and what we
need to do to make things happen. But do we, really? Just try strategizing a
miracle.
People have no idea what they miss in life by discounting other people
and the gifts they bring. In a universe where all is designed to provide us
with perfect lessons in every moment, there are lessons awaiting us in the
most unexpecte d places. Perhaps you’ve made the mistake of thinking
someone “wasn ’t important,” discounting that person in some way, onlylater to learn that he or she was exactly the person who might have helped
you. Sometimes we’re so consumed with “becoming successf ul” that we
forget the importance of being successful human beings, of deeply listening
to other people, of showing up spontaneously for whatever life has to offer.
Those of us who have made that mistake have found that it wasn’ t
ultimately good for business. My father used to say frequently, “Proud days
soon pass.”
There’ s no way to rationally formulate or predict where our next miracle
will come from. In almost every moment, we’re at the right place at the
right time if we step fully into the moment at hand.
It’s amazing how much our ego would separate work from love. We seem
to think that success depends on what we do, but not necessarily on who we
are. And nothin g could be furth er from the truth. Anything that deters the
flow of love deters the emer gence of our success.
One common way that people deny the flow of miracles is by rejecting
relationships on the basis that “I’m too busy with my career.” There is no
greater career than being a fully  alive, fully present, and fully loving human
being. Someone  you’re turning away from because the relati onship will
“take too much time” might be the one with whom you could have the
experiences that pave the way to the very miracles you wish for. The
universe doesn’ t categorize between “love” and “work,” becau se in reality
everything is love and everything is work!
Never think that turning away from love is a smart thing to do, or any sort
of good career move. When you stop the flow of love pouring forth from
your heart, you stop the flow of love pouring forth to your door. That
applies as much to the flow of money as to the flow of anything else. Let it
flow from you, and it will flow to you. Always.
OceanofPDF.comChapter 13
Meditation
Enlightenment begins as an abstract concept and then makes a journey
without distance  from the head to the heart. As most of us are aware, mere
intellectual understanding is not of itself enough to change our lives.
Albert Einstein claimed that the problems of the world would not be
solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we create d them. The
different level of thinking requir es a different worldview, and different brain
waves.
During our normal working consciousness, the human brain emits what
are calle d beta waves. As we settle into meditation, the brain shifts and
begins to emit alpha waves and sometimes even the deeper delta waves.
Delta waves help us access the unconscious, reduce levels of a hormone
called cortisol (known to cause stress and aging), and produce a restfulness
akin to deep sleep.

Just as we look to food to fuel our  physical selves, we
should look to meditation and prayer  to fuel our  spiritual
selves.

True meditation practice is more than staring into a candle and breathing
deeply, sitting still, slowing down our mind, and so forth. It is more than
deep relaxation.  Deep relaxation is important, but it is not meditation. All
meditation is relaxation, but not all relaxation is meditation.An actual meditation practice—such as going through the Workbook of A
Course in Miracles  or doing Transcendental Meditation, Buddhist
meditation, or other spiritual, religious, or even secular forms of meditation
—includes a technique through which words or sounds instruct the mind to
move into deeper regions. These regions hold the key not only to stress
reduction but to much, much more. Greater insight, deeper understanding,
expanded persp ective, more whole-system knowing, and deeper peace,
forgiveness, and love—all of these arise more easily from the meditative
mind. The rational mind alone cannot cause these things to occur.
In order to not only conceptualize breakthroughs but to actually
experience them, we need to embody the spiritual principles we embrace.
We want not only our rational minds but also our spirits to be reignited. We
want our psyches to be rewired. We want to experience miraculous shifts.
Such shifts are growth into our truer selves. Just as we look to food to fuel
our physical selves, we should look to meditation and prayer  to fuel our
spiritual selves.
Meditation is like spiritual exercise, developing attitudinal muscles and
making them strong. Consider it your daily workout. After a certain point in
our lives, whether in relation to physical or attitudi nal muscles, gravity
pulls down what  we don’t work at keeping  up! Flabby spiritual muscles are
things like cynicism, negativity, victim consciousness, anger,
judgmentalism, and fear. Just as we do well to exercise our bodies on a
regular basis, we also do well to exercise our minds. As A Course in
Miracles  says, we are “much too tolerant of mind-wandering.”
Meditation, again like physical exercise, isn’t something we can afford to
stop doing. We never get to look in the mirror and say, “I like my body now,
so I can stop exercising.” Neither can we say, “I feel at peace now, so I can
stop meditating.” Gravity, both physical and emotional, is at work every
day. So should we be, in order to counter it.
Just as we wash to remove yesterday’ s dirt from our bodies, we meditate
to remove yesterday’ s stress from  our minds. A meditation pract ice is one of
the most powerful boosts to our physical well-being, as well as to our
mental and emotional health. It even helps us financially! Acco rding to an
article published by the American Public Health Association, people who
practice Transcendental Meditation spend 11 percent less annual ly on health
care than does the general population.Let’s look more closely at how meditation affects our work and earning
capacities. Today’ s work environment is routinely stressful. Between the
twenty-four -hour blitz of often depressing world news and the economic
anxiety rampant everywhere, many people feel like they’re barely holding
on. Dysfunctional responses such as overeating, drinking and drugging to
excess, and self-medicating through recreational or pharmaceutical drug use
have become common responses to stress.
Things are moving too quickly, and we simply weren’ t created for that.
For millions of years our ancestors toiled with their bodies, worked the
earth, and sat around campfires in the evening telling stories. They didn’ t
fool around on the computer all day. Our challenge is to compen sate for the
wear and tear of modernity’ s assault on our nervous systems. With greater
speed comes a greater chanc e that we’ll make mistakes. We don’t
adequately think an issue through; we let fear rule a decision, digging
ourselves an even deeper hole than the one we’re already in; we fail to
connect deeply with people and situations around us, leading to all manner
of negative results.
But there is a revolution in consciousness among us, and meditation is at
the forefront. More and more people are looking to nutrition, yoga,
exercise, spirituality, and so forth to counter the dysfunction and stress of
the times in which we live.
Years ago I had made a pot of chili. When I tasted it, it was too hot;
clearly I had added too much cayenne pepper. When I called my mother and
asked for help, she told me to put a raw potato in the chili in order to absorb
the pepper. She was right: it worked! I never forgot that image, because it
reminds me of how it feels when I meditate. Meditation absorbs my crazy
thinking the way that raw potato absorbed the cayenne.
As a student of A Course in Miracles,  I read one Workbook lesson every
day—“I give my life to God to guide today,” “Into His presence would I
enter now,” “I am at home. Fear is the stranger here,” or whate ver it might
be—and while I can’t say that the practice guarantees I’ll be the best
version of myself all day, it absolutely keeps me from being the worst
version of myself. I might have  negative thoughts or feelings, but the
chances of my acting on them  are drastically reduced. And all of us, if
we’re honest with ourselves, know how important that distinction can be.It can take just one instant for a lack of impulse control to overwhelm our
better knowing. We say something we later wish we hadn’ t said; we write
an e-mail we later wish we hadn’t sent; we respond to a text message we
later wish we’d simply ignored. Or we simply weren’ t our best selves,
diminishing the trust that others have in us


 C, lycopene, beta-
carotene and tryptophan.
 4 florets of broccoli
 1 red pepper
 ½ cucumber
 Juice of 1 lime
 Handful of parsley
Green Mamba
Good for anaemia, constipation and
cleansing the body of toxins. Packed full
of
vitamins
 A, C, B and K, it also
contains iron and anti-inflammatoryproperties.
 ½ bag of spinach
 2 celery stalks
 ½ fennel
 ½ cucumber
 Juice of 1 lime
 1 cm ginger
It’s Good for You!
Lowers blood pressure and oxygenates
the blood, offers high levels of anti-
carcinogens and is a good diuretic.
Contains vitamins A, B, C and K, and is
rich in iron, sulphur and fibre. ½ beetroot
 ½ bag of spinach
 2 carrots
 ¼ cabbage
 2 celery stalks
 2 tsp flax oil
The Lion Sleeps Tonight!
Aids digestion, insomnia, scurvy, skin
and eye care, and keeps the body
alkaline. Rich in vitamins A, B and C.
 4 stalks of celery
 ½ cucumber
 Juice of 1 lime Handful of mint
Heart Smart
Natural diuretic, aids digestion and is
good for flatulence. High in vitamins A,
C, B and K.
 1 cm ginger
 Handful of mint
 Handful of parsley
 4 celery stalks
 ½ fennel
Sweet Flush
Reduces pain and fever, improves hair,skin and nails, and eases cramps and
gout.
 Handful of mint
 Juice of 1 lime
 1 cucumber
 ½ fennel
 ½ beetroot (optional)
Mootli for Mucous
Removes stomach mucous, relieves
constipation, lowers blood pressure,
oxygenates the blood and cleanses the
body of toxins.
 10 cm mooli (can be found in Japaneseshops)
 ½ bag of mint
 ½ beetroot
 1 carrot
 1 cm ginger
Green Gunge
High in iron and anti-inflammatory
properties, aids digestion, eases
diarrhoea, arthritis and acts as a natural
diuretic.
 ½ bag of spinach
 ½ fennel
 ½ cucumber
 5 florets of broccoli 2 celery stalks
 Handful of parsley
 1 cm ginger
Shots
Make these using a juicer.
Tula-Tula
This will make you sleep like a baby.
 1 celery stalk
 Juice of ½ lime
 1 tsp honeyDing-Dong
Kick starts the entire body.
 1 cm ginger
 ½ tsp cinnamon
 ½ tsp turmeric
 1 lemon or lime, juice and rinds
Oh Gracious Gut
Gets rid of tummy mucous.
 5 cm mooli
 Juice of ½ lime
 Handful of mint
 5 cm cucumberDepressurization Sensation
Instantly lowers blood pressure.
 ½ beetroot
 Juice of ½ lemon
 2½ cm gingerBibliography
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 increasing the breathing rate to 30 breaths per minute over 5 minutes
can indu ce ECG  abnormalities, what ef fects might strenuous exercise have
on an athlete’ s ri sks of cardiac d isease when you consider that ai r intake can
increase to between 50 and 70 b reaths per minute during moderate- to high-
intensity activity? Should athletes be taught how to ensure healthy
breathing volum e during exercise in order to minimize the ef fects of
hyperventilation on their cardiovascular health?Penny is a cardiac nurse who has worked at a Limerick hospital for the
past thirty years. As a fit and healthy woman of normal build, Penny
became worried when she began to experience symptoms of arrhythmia in
her s ixties. The issue had developed gradually over a few years, and Penny
described the feeling as “a lar ge  butterfly fluttering about in the  left side of
my chest,” which could occur a t any time of the day or night, sometimes
going on for eight hours or more.
It all started when Penny’ s job became more demanding and she took on
extra responsibil ities and hours. Ireland has experienced an economic crisis
for several years, leading to many cutbacks in our health service. As a
result, the frontline staf f of nurses has taken much of the brunt in the form
of extra workloads. For Penny,  the ef fect of these changes was increased
anxiety, which she saw as the main cause of her arrhythmia.
As an episode of arrhythmia began, Penny would feel a need for extra
oxygen. T o satisfy this air hunger, her anxiety and breathing would
increase, making  her heart race and further contributing to her complaint. It
was a vicious circle, as her symptoms fed back into the condition.
I m et Penny at my clinic in Limerick and observed that she b reathed
through both her nose and mouth. Her breathing was noticeab le, from the
upper chest, and there was no natural pause on the exhalation. Her BOL T
score was 8 se conds, leaving me in no doubt that she was chronically
hyperventilating: the possible source of her cardiac problems.
T o begin retraining Penny’ s breathing, I helped her to learn how to
breathe using her diaphragm. I i nstructed her to place one hand on her chest
and one hand just above her navel so that she could easily feel where her
breathing was coming from, a nd begin to direct her breathing into her
abdomen. Breathe in: abdomen out. Breathe out: abdomen in. Penny’ s next
step was  to exert a small amount of pressure against her chest and abdomen
with her  hands so that she felt a  slight resistance to her breathin g. In blocks
of 3 minutes, P enny practiced  calming her breathing, gently slowing it
down an d taking  less air into her body in order to create a slight shortage of
air. I asked Penn y to practice th is exercise for 10 minutes, 5 times per day.
The rest of her simple program consisted of breathing through her nose at
all times  and wearing paper tape  across her mouth at night to ma ke sure she
didn’ t breathe through her mouth during sleep.I met Penny several times over the following weeks, and by the third
week her BOL T score had incr eased to 25 seconds. More important, her
symptoms of arrhythmia had reduced significantly.
The exercise I gave Penny is very similar to the Papworth method
developed by Dr. Claude Lum. Dr. Lum was well known for his studies of
overbreathing an d was described as an “archetypal caring physician” who
displayed the rare qualities of b oth sympathy and patience, particularly to
those with psychosomatic dis ease. In 1959, at Papworth Hospital in
Cambridgeshire, England, Dr. Lum formed part of a team developing
cardiopulmonary bypass techniques, and during the following decades, his
interest in habitual hyperventilation bur geoned. T ogether with his team of
physiotherapists, he developed the Papworth method in order to address this
common breath ing disorder. Dr. Lum dedicated every ef fort to generate
greater awareness of hyperventilation syndrome through his writings and
lectures, many of which were published in reputable medical journals,
including the  Lancet,  the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine,  and the
Journal of Psychosomatic Resear ch. He was one of those rare doctors with
the drive and co urage to devote much of his working life to un earthing the
cause of so many common disea ses of civilization that are, at best, only just
managed with medication.
Heart Attack: A Missing Link
Myocardial infarction, otherwise known as a heart attack, occurs when
blood flow to the heart is sev erely reduced or cut of f altog ether. This
stoppage of blood results in oxygen starvation and damage or death to part
of the heart muscle.
Heart attacks often occur during or following physical exercise or
emotional stress. Both activities increase breathing volume, and when
breathing volume is greater than the body’ s metabolic needs, carbon dioxide
is removed from the lungs and blood, resulting in reduced blood flow and
reduced oxygenation of the heart.
Up t o 10 percen t of heart attack patients have symptoms attribu table to
hyperventilation. In one particu lar study, 3 to 6 percent of patie nts showed
normal findings on coronary angiography soon after they experiencedmyocardial infar ction, suggestin g that the infarctions were not in fact due to
any underlying heart disease but could have resulted from hyperventilation.
Reduced blood flow to the hea rt muscle due to hyperventilation may
then be partially  or wholly resp onsible for myocardial infarction in some
individuals. It follows, therefore, that the way we breathe, and the resultant
levels o f carbon  dioxide in our  blood, can have significant ef fects on the
health and function of our hearts.
In t he following sections we will investigate whether patients with
cardiac problem s, including those who suf fered a heart attack, b reathe more
heavily than normal and wheth er breathing exercises aimed at correcting
breathing volume may reduce the risk of further cardiac problems, and
whether hyperventilation during resuscitation can adversely af fect
outcomes.
Heart Disease and Hyperventilation
People with some types of heart disease tend to breathe more heavily and
more intensely than healthier pe ople, but many also experience a reduction
of symp toms when their breathing volume is corrected toward normal. If
these ind ividuals had practiced light breathing in the first instance, would
they have been less at risk of developing heart disease?
A study of twenty patients with moderate to severe chronic cardiac
failure showed that these individuals had a breathing volume of between
15.3 to 18.5 lite rs per minute. G iven that normal breathing volume should
be between 4 to 6 liters per minute, each of these patients was breathing a
volume of air that was enough for two or three people. This research, along
with other similar studies, show that patients with chronic heart failure
breathe too intensely. Patients who exhibited heavy breathing  were also
found to  have feelings of breathlessness during physical exercise. This
comes as no surprise when you realize that how we breathe during rest
determines how we breathe during physical exercise. Breathing noticeably
from the upper chest during rest leads to increased breathlessness during
physical exercise and the cycle of overbreathing is destined to continue.
It is evid ent from  this research t hat the way we breathe is a contributing
factor in cardiac health, showing a positive correlation between increasedbreathing volume and the severity of chronic heart failure. No t only does
overbreathing reduce the abilit y of the heart to pump blood around the
body, an excessive breathing volume also reduces blood flow to part of the
heart muscle, causing insuf ficien t oxygenation. In a 2004 study published in
the Eur opean Journal of Car diovascular Pr evention and Rehabilitation,
fifty-five men were examined two months after suf fering a heart attack.
After following  a program of breathing exercises, the patients’ breathing
volume per minute significantly decreased by approximately 50 percent—
from 18.5 to 9.8 liters. Remembering that normal breathing volume per
minute is 4 to 6 liters, it is evident from this study that patients who suf fered
from a heart atta ck also tend to breathe far in excess of what is r equired, but
that this volume can be reduced much closer to normal simply by
implementing correctional breathing exercises.
In additi on, patients who practiced these breathing exercises showed an
increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in their arterial blood, from
33.2 mmHg to the highest point of the normal range of 44.2 mmHg. Based
on improvements to breathing volume and respiratory function, the authors
of th e study reco mmended that breathing retraining could act a s a valuable
rehabilitation measure after heart attacks.
Other studies confirm these benefits, showing how breathing exercises
can hav e lasting ef fects on respiratory function and help to reduce
symptoms of cardiac dysfunction.
Hyperventilation During


, his family and his
research.‖
The incident that precipitated his lifelong work in cancer came from a most unlikely series of events.
During his tim e as a professor, Revici saw on the operating table a young, pregnant woman, surgically
opened up, whose abdomen was full of cancer. The operating surgeon closed her up, thinking she
didn‘t have long to live. Dr. Revici never expected to see her alive agai n.
Two years later, in 1928, the apparently healthy woman returned to see Revici with her small child.
The flabbergasted assistant professor wondered how it was possible for the woman to still be alive.
The mystery would not leave his mind. He thought an d thought about it — a task he is very good at.
Several patients have commented on Revici‘s ability to literally submerge himself in their charts. He
becomes quiet and looks slightly downward, sometimes closing his eyelids, as if he were constructing
something in mid -air right in front of his eyes. Whether he used the same approach to ponder the
mystery of the pregnant woman is not known. Still, the question that occurred to no one else became
his primary interest.
He knew that neither explorato ry surgery nor pregnancy by themselves would have a curative effect on
the course of a malignant tumor, so he theorized about the possibility that her dramatic recovery was
due to the simultaneous occurrence of both events.  34
 He began to study the placenta and noticed that it was rich in fat -soluble products called lipids. He
then experimented with animals, testing different placental lipids to see if they would have any effect
on the course of cancer. Those lipids produced some tumor reductions for short periods of time, but
the tumor growth would often return. In other cases, the lipids produced an increase in tumor activity.
He went to the literature to learn what he could about lipids, but found t hat there was very little written
about them. That did not stop him, however. He devoted what spare time he could to the question —
usually in the dead of night. Meanwhile, he continued handling his professorial duties and caring for his
patients in his su ccessful medical practice.
Revici‘s active mind would lead him in other directions as well. He developed a method for purifying
motor oil that was far superior to anything available at the time. The process was especially good for
the higher purification  requirements necessary to produce aviation quality oil. As Dr. Salman has said
with awe, ―The man knows  some chemistry.‖
He knew chemistry so well that he was offered the equivalent of five million dollars by an oil company
for the patent. Revici decided  to hold on to the patent. With the help of relatives, a small oil refinery was
started, ―It cost us about six lei per liter, and we received fifty -six lei for it.‖ The new product was called
―Revoil‖. Revici lost much of his income from his invention duri ng the second World War. With the
Communist takeover of Romania after the war, he no longer received any income from it. The Revoil
process continues to be used today — to refine both aviation and automobile motor oils.
The income derived from Revoil gav e Revici the freedom to go to Paris to further his cancer research.
He left for Paris in 1936. He was followed by his wife, Dida, the following year. Their daughter, Nita,
who had learned French while attending a Romanian boarding school, joined them in Pa ris in 1938 at
the age of nine. According to Nita, now a medical editor with a Ph.D. in physiology, ―We were living in
one spacious room. My father came home for dinner. He took me to school. It was quite wonderful. I
had both my parents.‖
While still in  Bucharest, Dr. Revici was an avid art collector and would put up different paintings in the
patient lounge at the beginning of each new season. When Dida joined her husband in France, the
house was boarded up, with all the valuables crated and stored in t he house. A year or two later they
received a report from one of their relatives that the house had been entered and the crates opened. All
of their valuables, including the paintings, were stolen.
Meanwhile in Paris, possibly due to introductions made by  Professor Danielopolu, Dr. Revici
gained access to several laboratories in which to conduct his research. His work became quite
fruitful.
The Pasteur Institute was the most important and prestigious medical center in the world at that time
and today rem ains one of the world‘s leading medical research institutes. The competition to get
scientific papers published at the
  35
 Institute was extremely high. In 1937 Revici submitted five papers on lipids a nd cancer to the Pasteur
Institute with the hope that the Institute would consider publishing one of them. All five were
accepted — two in 1937 and three in 1938. His reputation soared as a result, and he was called
upon by numerous doctors to treat some o f their most difficult cases.
In the course of being invited to treat other physicians‘ patients, Revici was offered the French
Legion of Honor. The offer came as a result of his reversing the cancer of the wife of an advisor to
the president of France. Revici declined to accept the honor, because he felt that such honors were
political in nature.
A second offer of a French Legion of Honor would come as well. Revici had turned over to the French
government the patents to a number of his inventions with t he idea that they were to be used in the
fight against the invading Nazis. Once again, Revici declined the honor.
While Nita was away at a camp during the Summer of 1939, Revici had a serious lab accident,
jabbing himself with a needle containing an aggr essive virus. The virus settled in the part of Dr.
Revici‘s brain that controlled his breathing. He was placed into an iron lung, and his chances for a
complete recovery were dim. He rallied, however, and was released.
The illness has never entirely left  Dr. Revici. For the past twenty years he has developed pneumonia at
least once a year, probably as a result of the lab accident. Fortunately, he has always had his own
anti-viral medicines with which to treat himself. So far, the 100 -year-old patient has pulled through each
time.
Dr. Salman reports of a time when Dr. Revici was in his mid -eighties and sick with pneumonia. Revici
insisted that Dr. Salman give him an injection of one of the lipid medications. Within 15 minutes he
began to improve. After 24 hours Revici had completely recovered. More about Revici‘s anti -viral
medications will be discussed in later chapters.
Meanwhile, with Nita still away at summer camp, Dr. Revici‘s close friends, Gaston and Nenette Merry,
invited Dida and the ailing Emanu el to stay at their summer house outside of Paris at Fontainebleau.
Because the air was fresh and clean, they thought it might help his recovery. Not wanting to worry their
daughter about her father‘s condition, her parents hadn‘t told her of their tempora ry relocation.
Meanwhile, the administrators of Nita‘s boarding camp heard rumblings of an imminent German
invasion and promptly decided to send all their students home early. Nita wired her father, not knowing
of the illness that had befallen him, to req uest that he pick her up at the Paris train station. Nita‘s
parents never saw the telegram, however.
When she got to the train station, she waited and waited for her father. Finally, Nita was taken to the
home of the woman who ran the camp and who had accompanied her to Paris. From there Nita called
her father on the  36
 telephone.
Almost miraculous good fortune prevented a potential tragedy. Revici answered the phone just as he
was just about to leave the apartment. He had just come back to get some blankets because of the cool
night air in the country. It had been his first trip back to the Paris apartment in several weeks. If he
hadn‘t been there at that exact moment, eleven -year-old Nita would have been at a loss, with no idea of
where to find her mother and father.
After a period of time known as ―the phony war‖ th e Germans out -smarted the French military and
outflanked the Maginot Line in their invasion of France, putting Paris at imminent risk. Still, Nita‘s
parents decided to remain for the time being in Paris. In the autumn of 1939 Nita was sent to La
Rochelle i n southwestern France with her twenty -three -year-old cousin, Fanita, to place them out of
danger.
Unfortunately, La Rochelle happened to be the home of a French arsenal and naval center, and, as
such, the city became a frequent target for the German air f orce. According to Nita, ―The bombs went
boom, boom, boom every night. We spent the nights underground listening to the terror above.‖
Because of the imminent Nazi invasion of Paris by the Germans, Nita‘s parents notified Fanita that they
would drive to La Rochelle to reunite with her and Nita. From there they


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SECTION XIV - MISCELLANEOUS

 Although not specifically on Aloe Vera, I recommend the reading of Sharma's article on Phytochemical
Synergism in "Alternative therapies in clinical practice". This concept, foreign to allopathic medicine,
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Anderson, B.C.. Aloe Vera Juice: A veterinary predicament. The Compendium on Continuing Education
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biological response modifier (acemannan) in veterinary clinical medicine. International Congress of
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Garnick, J.; Hanes, P.J.; Hardim, J.; Thompson, W. Changes in root sensitivity with toothpastes
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Mar. 125-127.

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SECTION XV - SIDE EFFECTS AND TOXICOLOGY
 Aloe Vera gel itself produces virtually no side effects and is extremely safe! Occasionally a discoid form
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Solid Deoderant ................................................................................................................................................................ 243
Powder Deoderant ........................................................................................................................................................... 244
Homemade Gel Deoderant ........................................................................................................................................... 245
Face Scrubs
Kiwi Sugar Scrub ................................................................................................................................................................ 247
Vanilla Brown Sugar Scrub............................................................................................................................................. 248
Soothing Lavender Scrub ............................................................................................................................................... 249
Lotion Bars
Basic Lotion Bar ................................................................................................................................................................. 251
Calming Lotion Bars ......................................................................................................................................................... 252
Masks
Break-Out Buster .............................................................................................................................................................. 254
Break-Out Buster (sensitive skin version) .................................................................................................................. 255
Sunburn Soother ............................................................................................................................................................... 256
Mud Mask ............................................................................................................................................................................ 257
Wrinkle Reliever ................................................................................................................................................................ 258
Mouthwash
Rosemary Mint Mouthwash ............................................................................................................................................ 26010Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comCinnamon Mouthwash ..................................................................................................................................................... 261
Tea Tree Peppermint Mouthwash ................................................................................................................................ 262
Shampoo
Homemade Liquid Shampoo......................................................................................................................................... 264
Simple Baking Soda Shampoo ..................................................................................................................................... 265
Sugar Cubes
Sugar Scrub Face Cubes ................................................................................................................................................. 267
Sugar Scrub Body Cubes ............................................................................................................................................... 268
Toothpaste
Coconut Oil & Baking Soda ........................................................................................................................................... 270
Baking Soda Paste ............................................................................................................................................................. 271
Sea Salt Scrub .................................................................................................................................................................... 272
Household
Abrasive Cleaners
Soda & Sponge .................................................................................................................................................................. 275
Soda & Salt .......................................................................................................................................................................... 276
Air Fresheners
Simmering Smells .............................................................................................................................................................. 278
Spray Air Freshener .......................................................................................................................................................... 279
Diffuser ................................................................................................................................................................................ 280
All Purpose Cleaner
All Purpose Cleaner ......................................................................................................................................................... 282
Carpet Cleaner
Liquid Castile Soap .......................................................................................................................................................... 284
Castile Soap & Baking Soda .......................................................................................................................................... 285
Bring Out the Borax ......................................................................................................................................................... 286
Dish Soap .......................................................................................................................................................................... 287
Drain Cleaner
Drain Cleaner ..................................................................................................................................................................... 289
Fabric Softener
Liquid Fabric Softener ...................................................................................................................................................... 291
Fabric Softener Crystals ................................................................................................................................................. 292
Dryer Sheets ...................................................................................................................................................................... 293
Floor Cleaner
Mild Mop ............................................................................................................................................................................. 295
Extra Tough Floor Cleaner ............................................................................................................................................. 296
Pine Scrub ........................................................................................................................................................................... 297
Glass Cleaner ............................................................................................................................................................... 298
Jewelry Cleaner
Shining Silver ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30011Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comGleaming Gold ................................................................................................................................................................... 301
Shimmering Gems ............................................................................................................................................................ 302
Laundry Detergent
Liquid Laundry Detergent .............................................................................................................................................. 304
“Lazy” Liquid Laundry Detergent ................................................................................................................................. 305
Powder Laundry Detergent ........................................................................................................................................... 306
Metal Cleaner
Salt & Vinegar .................................................................................................................................................................... 308
Lemon, Flour & Salt for Rust .......................................................................................................................................... 309
Salt, Vinegar & Flour Paste ............................................................................................................................................. 310
Scented Baking Soda
Lemony Baking Soda........................................................................................................................................................ 312
Jasmine Baking Soda ........................................................................................................................................................ 313
Citrus & Rosemary Baking Soda ..................................................................................................................................... 314
Scented Vinegar
Citrus Vinegar ..................................................................................................................................................................... 316
Tea Tree Oil Vinegar .......................................................................................................................................................... 317
Lavender Vinegar .............................................................................................................................................................. 318
Fir Vinegar ........................................................................................................................................................................... 319
Shoe Polish
Olive Oil & Lemon Juice .................................................................................................................................................. 321
Coconut Oil ........................................................................................................................................................................ 322
Banana Peel ....................................................................................................................................................................... 323
Stainless Steel Cleaner ...................................................................................................................................... 324
Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Tea Tree Oil Toilet Bowl Cleaner .................................................................................................................................. 326
Resources
Mountain Rose Herbs ...................................................................................................................................................... 328
Aromatics International ................................................................................................................................................... 328
Bulk Apothecary ............................................................................................................................................................... 328
PubMed ............................................................................................................................................................................... 328Copyright 2014 everydayroots.
To ensure you have an easy and enjoyable time navigating this book, take a few minutes to read through this
section. It will explain how everything is laid out, as well as point out a few general things that are good to know
as you go about your adventures.How it All Works
13Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comLayout
The book is divided into four sections-Health, Beauty (conditions), Beauty (recipes), and Household. Some
chapters will have a “tips & troubleshooting” section. The tips given are meant to be used in conjunction with
the remedies in the chapter. They aren’t quite full remedies themselves, but can really work to enhance the
other remedies you are using. The troubleshooting is to help work through some common problems you may
encounter when making a recipe.
General Safety
A lot of these recipes involve working around heat and with hot waxes and oils. Exercise common sense, and
always be careful and vigilant. Also keep in mind that just because something is natural, does not mean it is
completely safe! Always check with a medical professional when using home remedies, and be aware of any
allergies/conditions you have, or medications you are on. Because of the risk of botulism, do not give honey
in any form to any child under the age of 2 years. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, do not try anything
without first consulting your doctor. For that matter, regardless of who you are, always get professional advice.
I would really rather we all stay healthy, safe, and happy.
Essential Oils
One common theme you will notice throughout this book is the use of essential oils. If you are new to the
world of home remedies or natural living, you may be puzzled by these tiny little bottles that everybody makes
such a big deal out of. They may seem exotic, hard to come by, or not worth your time or money. To this I
say they are no more exotic or difficult to order than anything else on the internet, and they are


. To the right of the specimen
the reaction was alkaline, to the left acidic. These reactions
at the surfaces of a specimen are less obvious than the corre
sponding reactions in vivo illustrated in Fig. XII: 18.
a
--branes and cell membranes should be looked at anew.
Filn'ous membranes can actually be produced easily not
only at electrode surfaces but also between elecrrodes in
tissue, as will be shown in Chapter XVI. The principle
of existence of a biologic equivalent to an electrode ·
electrolyte interface will now be presented.
Reactions at interfaces in BCEC systems can be
anticipated to lead to a large variety of structural
developments. To test the hypothesis that the develop
ment of fibrous membranes, e.g., intraabdominal or
gan capsules, may be a BCEC-induced phenomenon,
the following experiment was performed in vivo in
three dogs.
A platinum electrode (I) was inserted via a catheter
from a femoral vein into the inferior vena cava of the
anaesthetized animal (Fig. XII: 18). Another platinum
electrode (11), shaped like a small disc, was placed in a
glass tube (8 em long and 0.8 em wide) filled one-third
full with a mixture of 0.9% KCI+l% agar-litmus.
The abdomen of the animal was opened so that the tip
of the agar-salt bridge of electrode II could be placed
against the surface of the liver, the spleen or a kidney.
Fig. XII: 18 a shows the exposed surface of the spleen
with electrode II to the left and a "blank" bridge Ill to
the right, witl)out a platinum electrode. This salt
bridge was used to check possible SDOntaneous diffu
sion at the contact between the bridge and organ
surface. Current was then led between electrode II in
contact with the test organ and electrode I in the
inferior vena cava. Potential differences between 2 to
20 volts were tested between 10 to 30 minutes, each
test with new salt bridges.
Fig. XII: 18 b shows the colour changes of KCI
Iitmus-agar cylinders after two experiments each with
10 volts potential difference applied for 15 minutes.
To the right, after the electrode bad been anodic ( + ),
chlorine has partly bleached the otherwise acidic red
electrode end of the cylinder. Its other end, which bad
been in contact with the splenic surface, shows a blue
alkaline reaction. The middle cylinder shows this ex
periment after the electrode had been cathodic (-).
The electrode end of the cylinder shows an alkaline
reaction. The left salt bridge showed only some con
tamination of blood on the contact surface against the
organ, but no litmus reaction.
The experiment s were then repeated with 20 volts
potential between the electrode in the inferior vena
cava and the electrode with a salt bridge interposi
tioned against the splenic surface. The result is shown
in Fig. XII: 18c. The right cylinder shows in principle
the same reactions as the right cylinder in Fig. b. The
middle cylinder, however, shows an additional inter
esting reaction. The alkalinity at the cathode is accom
panied by a bright, red zone of acidity, corresponding
to the site of contact with the splenic surface. These
fmdings were consistent in the three dogs studied, with application of the electrode bridges at different
sites on the hepatic and splenic surfaces.
These studies also showed a clear tendency for an
alkaline reaction of the salt bridge to be more easily
produced at the organ surface than an acidic reaction.
Furthermore, it was found that when electrode II was
made anodic, the organ surface under the salt bridge
shrank and became dry. When the electrode was made
cathodic, a profuse flow of tissue water appeared
around the bridge. These findings appear to represent
an expression of electroosmotic water transport.
For comparison, Fig. XII: 18 d, e illustrates the de
velopment of redox reactions at the surface of an
electron conductor, a platinum foil, positioned in the
mid-part of a KCI-litmus agar cylinder when current is
led through the cylinder between two platinum elec
trodes at either end. The same types of surface reac
tions are created on the inserted foil as were created on
the surface of the spleen.
Electrophoretic experiments were also performed on
fresh specimens of dog liver. Thus, Fig. Xll: J9a
shows a liver specimen in the middle part of a glass
tube with KCI-agar-litmus bridges and platinum elec
trodes before treatment. After application of 20 volts
between the electrodes (Fig. XII: 19 b), blue and red
colouring developed adjacent to the platinum cathode
and anode. Corresponding to the interface between
specimen and salt bridge, blue colouring developed on
the anodic side and red on the cathodic side.
These reactions adjacent to biologic material should
not be accepted without reservation as proofs of the
existence of analogues to electrode reactions at the
surfaces of various organs. Alkaline and acid com
pounds may, for example, have been produced by
tissue metabolism. Under the influence of the applied
electric potential between the electrodes, such com
pounds may have separated electrophoretically and
therefore given the observed litmus reactions. It
should be noted that these reactions were found to be
more pronounced in vivo than in vitro. This finding is
remarkab le in that the in vivo experiments should be
influenced by the buffering capacity and circulation of
the tissue fluids.
The experiments do indicate, however, that inter
phase transports may take place within a closed elec
tric circuit, including the surface of an organ. If bio
logically closed electric circuits become accepted as a
biologic mechanism, the development of several im
portant structural components, e.g., organ capsules
and perhaps also basemem membranes and other fi
brous membranes, may become explained.
Let us anticipate for a moment that the functional
activities of an organ such as the liver (Chapter VI,
Fig. 19) cause it to polarize against a nearby structure,
such as the abdominal wall. The abdominal muscles
also produce metabolic polarization which shou ld flue-
Biologically closed electric circuits 133 potential
between polarizing
organs or structures
Fig. XII: 20. Suggested principle for development of bio
logical mcmbrnncs as organ capsules. Metabolic activities in
nearby tissues or between adjacent organs create differences
of potential, giving rise to a driving electromotive force
through a biologically closed electric circuit (BCEC). Asyn·
chronous times of polarization of adjacent tissues or organs
ruate in intensity, asynchronously in relation to the
polarizations of other organs, including the liver. If
such structural units are joined in a closed electric
circuit, an electrophoretic interphase deposition of ma
terial from the organs and the fluids positioned be
tween the structures should take place. This deposi·
tion is illustrated schematica lly in Fig. XII: 20. The
asynchronicity of the metabolic polarizations of two
adjacent organs, such as the liver and the abdominal
wall, accounts for a two-way current. A kind of ebb
and flow effect on material is thereby induced, which
might be the prerequisite for a complete and suitable
composition of the membranes of both organs. As
material accumulates at polarizing organ surfaces or
other structural interfaces, the polarizing current will
diminish and eventually cease. Consequently, the
thicknt'SS of the membranes should be determined by
the driving force of the metabolic polarizations.
An "evetyday observation" which may partly sup
port this theory is the development of a fibrous capsule
around cardiac pacemaker devices in the subcutis and
around intracardiac pacemaker electrodes. In these
instances part of the closed circuit is the wiring of the
device and part is the electrically conducting material
in the tissues. When the fibrous material has obtained
a certain thickness, successful function of the pace-
134 Biologically closed electric circuits account for ebb and flow transpOrt. Materials then become
depOsited against electrode-equivalent surfaces of the circuit,
or are deposited by trapping and surface adsorPtion in adja·
cent tissue matrices. When the membrane has obtained a
certain thickness, the polarizing current may be anticipated
to cease..
maker requires either the driving potential difference
to be increased or one has to replace the pacemaker
and the inrracardiac electrode.
Circular membrane -like structures will also be
shown (Chapter XVI) to develop from interPhase de
position of material between "A" and "B" zones
around polarizing breast cancers. Funhcrmore, it will
be seen that such interphase structures can be pro
duced by closed circuit transports between electrodes
and against electrode surfaces in tissue. Mixed anodic
and cathodic fibrous material produced in this way
adjacent to platinum electrodes in tissue will be seen to
be strikingly similar histologically to fibrous mem
br


nnism!Q, ill
Organ ca.,.ulcs!1!. ~ ill
Oscillations by bubbles of nH2 and n01
164
O.mosis 135. 199,322. 323
Osmotic and hydrostatic forces ill
Osteosarcoma ~
Ovalbodies W
Overlap repulsion fore~ ZS.
OverpotentiaJ 163. 282
Oxygen, saving of energy 170', 320
Oxyhaemoglobin 1.&Q
OxymYQSiobin ill
p
Paoern.aker devices ~ ~ ~ ill
Packages (vesicles) of nonionic-products
(ergonan) W
ParaiJel-coupled biological con.ducting
branches ill
356 Index Patholosia.l vessels 8, 255. 266
Pathways for the: electric current l1L ~
!21.~
Pattern of flow of current 2.31
Pelvic sarcoma Z2f>
Peptides and proteins 120
Perfusion of a ~thtrtl'i!ed M<>ncllill ar.
tery 123.314
Perianodic necrosis 2M
Pericyte appara[US ~!!L ~ ill
Pericyte process W
Perifocal oedema ~ 223
Perifocal striate fibrosis Z::b, ~ ~ 212. ~ --
Peritumoutal atrophy of fat 224. 260
Pcritumoural fibrosis l1.. l2. rL, ilL U.S.,
~
Permeability of blood vessels!.ll..
129-132, 143, 2JlQ
Permeable ions 3l2.
Permeable sieve 122
Pennselective membrane W
Phagocytic acti v:i ty 137. 194
Pharmaceutical s, e-lc:ctrophoretic accumula-
tion of lZ6
Phosphate groups 2M
Phosphal idc:s of cephalin types 2M
PbysioocbcmicaJ energy ~ ISZ-172.
205.319
l'hysiolosic "demand" potential of a BCEC
circuit ~!1!r, ~ 318-324. see also
Glossary J demand potential
Physiological effects of BCE;C sysu:ms 32!
Pbysioll)8ical heal~ Z1l!
Piuoelectric polarization of bone lli
Pi$ment in red blood cells lJ!!bm
Pinocytosis ~ 146, ~.312
PinOC)10tic vesicles lli
Plasmatic zone 1.3:6
Plasmin 1.22
Platelets, surface charge W
Platinum electrodes 281.
Platinum loop Z1ll
Pleomorp hic carcinoma 20.
Pleural and peritoneal fluid W
Pleural drainase tube 273. 280. 292
Pleural retraction pockets ~ ~ & l1,b
ill
PJeural thickening 19. 21. 195
Pliability of the cell W
Pneumothorax 273,280,292,313
Polarity in corrosion W
Polarization l!dl
by the ruberculous agent ill
ofblood 62:Z.l
oftumoun 46-53.63-67,199.203-2 11,
ill:lli
products 119. 134. 143
Polymers} fonnation of M
Polymorphonuclear cdls 262
Polypeptide precursors of collagen Z:lO.
Poorly differentiated squam.ous cell carci-
nonuoflung m
Pores, endothelial ill
.. Positive chemotaxi s.. by bacteria ill
Postmonem contraction of material t.:H
Potential measurements for differential
di11,gnosis ~ 2.ll
Precapillary sphincters UZ
Precipitate
as a "8" zone 120. 14J-n46
Precipitation of calcium ~ 1 ~ ~ llL lli
Precursors for cathodic and anodic fibrous
tissues ~ Prefettntial adsorption 110.
Prefe~ntial attnction W
Preferential pathways for c.urre.nt!1L
ill.!21.~
Premedication 225
Premenstrual phase ill
l'ffilperative nt<dle biopsy 2lll!
Pressure of gas at electrodes 1~ 22j
Pressure variables in elcctrooSJnO$is &I
Pressure-volume factor 157. ISS
Primary cancen, treated m 11.0.
Primary destruction of DU!tignan t tumours
lli
Primary injury 286.
Primary ionization ill
Primary processes of pericytes ll2
Primiti\'e channe.l in fibrous tissue 2!!
Primiti\'e plactopbores ~21m
Principle
for development of biological mem
branes l.Y.
of a driven S)'Stem 163::.112, llO
of biologically dosed electric circuits
(BCEC) 4, 112-150, 152-ln, 318
of molecular fon:es 75-77, 93-104.llJ!
Processor for direct current treatments m
Production of ionan and ergonars 164.
~
Productive fibrosis 211.212,228
Profile of e&ectric: potential
in breast rumours 2ab2.ll
in lung tumows 46-53. ~
Profiles of potential, variability of zo.
ProgreMive injuries ill
Prostaglandins!2!!, ill
Prosthetic group of myo-and haemoglo
bin ~
Protection as a function of the environ
ment LiS.
Proteolytic activities 2.ll.
Protons
diffusion Zl
liberated as part of hydrolysis l2D
liberation of z.b l!d::.ill
Protrusions and electrical edge enhance.
men.t 9~104. 266
Proximal histidine ill
Pseudoc:ry>tallinic aggregates l!l!
Pseudopods 1M, ~ 263. 264
Psychological factors in oral galvanism ill
Pulmonary adenocarcinoma Z26
Pulmonary angiogram 228.
Pulmonary oedema,U
Pulmonary tuberculosis l.ll
Pumping of blood; an ind_iscriminate bulk
transport ill
Q
Quadripan itc energy of ergonars and ion
ars U2
R
Radial SC"-.t.r tissue ill
Radiating scar tissue 21Z
Radiatingstru ctures ~~zm,m212, ill --
bctwcc.n "ce-lls" ill
in cells 1.&1
of dl~coruinuou! type 22
without"A"or "B.. zones lli
Radi>tion therapy ill
Radi<als from the ON A lli
Radiographic intravascular contra-st
medium ill Radiographic signs of corona s.trucrures ~
Radiogrophy
breast U
cbC$t U
oblique fll;ms 11
quality of U
Radiolucency of water-deple ted zone 2llO
Radiolu«nt "A" zone, see "A" zone
Ractiopaque "B" zone, see "8" zone
Radiopaque,line in bone ill
Randomness of distribution 28
R.tnvic:r•s nodes ill
Rapid pre~Sure phase in electrophoresis &5.
Rate of «lluftar di!Bth l2!l
Rates of production and elimination of gas
l1i
Receptor fumction of BCEC for external
electromagne tic forces ~
Recombination of ions l!dl
of prorons and hydroxyl ions 82. 179
products 211
zone ~ W
Redistribution
of blood 6ow 2llO
of movable particles 93-104. ill
Redox and diffusion potentials ~
lZll
Redox half·ractions of ions and c:rgon.s w
Redox i.oterph.ases i, 1~150. ill
Redox potentiaJs ~ W
Redoxreacti-ons 113 1¥6150
and fibrous mc:.mbrane s ll2
in BCEC S)'ttc:ms S.
Redox sites of endothelia l membranes ~
.IMd.lJl
Redox stt-ps in the capillary walls i..
144-150,322
Redox systems 160.
Red·yellowish zone in fat tissue: L ~
Referc.nce tissue:: 121
Referred pain ill
Regional bio.logic effects 2RZ.
in smaU arteries exposed to an electric
field ill
of anerioles and arterial capiUariC$ W
Regional perfusion of cytostatic com
pounds ill
Regions of d.q:n.dation lli
Regressing polarization of a lesion 1ll...
ill
Regressio n ofcantt,r 212.295. 309