. When we go with it, like in the Tao
where the willow tree bends with the wind but does not
break, there is no resistance. Instead of being the oak
tree that resists the sensation, tries to fight it with will
power and then breaks, we can be like the willow
tree, going with the sensation and letting go of resist
ing it. In fact, we welcome it. It is like we are saying,
"More. "We want more wind, more of this inner expe
rience.As we call forth more of this, sit with the inner
feeling, and just be with it, it will run out. It is a good idea to start this process on a weekend 338 HEALING AND RECOVERY
when at home and we can stop everything and just
sit, or better, lie down and focus on it. Ifwe do not let
anything distract us from being with the sensation, it
will suddenly disappear in a matter of minutes. After
it disappears, we can go about our business. After we
become used to this technique, we do not have to
stop any activities at all. When the experience comes
up, we just sit or lie down, concentrate on it, and fix
attention on welcoming it. It is like we are opening
the barn door and allowing the sensation to come in
willingly, being with it but not doing anything about it. We want to break the cycle of labeling the sensa
tion as 'hunger' when it appears and then satisfying it
with food. Doing that just reinforces the cycle, making
ourself the victim and at the effect of that behavior
pattern. Instead of that, the self stands aside from this
sensation and begins to master it so that we are no
longer at the effect of it; we becomes the master..In Zen, there is the famous series of ox-herding
pictures. The ftrst picture shows a monk hanging onto
a rope that is attached to the ox, and the ox is drag
ging him across the ground. The monk's knees are
bruised, his ears are bleeding, and he is a mess. In the
next picture, the monk has the ox tied to a tree with
the rope. The monk has caught the ox and identifted
the problem. In the third picture, the monk is riding
on top of the ox. He has become the master. He is no
longer the victim at the effect of it. HoW did he do
that? That is what this process is all about. We are
going to tether this ox right now by identifying the
pattern that has to be handled, and then we are going
to be on top of it.The person that we are now stands 339 LOSING WEIGHT
independently above and beyond and becomes the
master of this very simple thing to solve. It is merely
the willingness to experience what, in the beginning,
may seem like some discomfort, or, in other words, to
experience this sensation without satiating it right
away.As we do this, the reflex weakens. But what do we do about our eating during the
day? We do what is called 'anticipatory eating'. It
means to never eat when we are hungry.The first two
days, and probably for the ftrst week or two, we never
allow ourself to eat when we are hungry. Instead, we
let go of the hungriness by using this radical-truth
technique and anticipating the periods of hunger. We
know our own hunger patterns, so instead of waiting
until we are hungry and then eating, thus reinforcing
the pattern, we anticipate the hunger periods. We
know that habitually we will be hungry around six
o'clock, so instead of waiting until we are hungry and
satisfying it, thereby reinforcing our conditioning, we
anticipate it.At 4:45 PM, when we are not even hungry
yet, we have a cheese sandwich. The technique is simple-eat when we are not
hungry and do not eat when we are, thus substituting
this technique for the hunger pattern. How long will
it take before we disappear hunger, and what is going
to happen? We.will no longer experience hunger or
appetite; they just seem to disappear. By the second
day, we will notice that the pattern is already so weak
that we will barely notice it. How many minutes a day
will this take? It may take a total of thirty minutes on
the ftrst day. You will notice that if you do nothing
about the hunger sensation and really let go of resist340 HEALING AND RECOVERY
ing it, it will disappear in a matter of minutes. After
doing this a number of times, the sensation will disap
pear in a matter of seconds. We will know that if we
sit down and let go of resisting the sensation, it is over
in seconds, and we are no longer at the effect of the
appetite. We are no longer driven by it and can be
absolutely free of it. In place of this pattern, we may feel a sort of
blankness or emptiness. Where there once was
hunger and the drive to eat, along with an appetite,
enthusiasm about it, and then the satiation, it now
seems like nothing is going on in that space in our
life. Now we can do some other pleasurable activity,
such as rewarding ourself by taking the time to read
the book we have been wanting to read and never
had the time. Now that we are not out in the kitchen
eating all the time, there is time to read for enjoyment
instead of feeling guilty because we have more impor
tant things to do.We can discover something we really
enjoy doing. One thing to do, for instance, is to take a nap. All
the time spent shopping for food, preparing it, eating
it, and cleaning up afterward can take up a great part
of the day.With this new pattern, it gives us time for a
short nap. After a twenty-minute nap, we feel fantas
tic. After a twenty-minute hunger engorgement, we
usually do not feel fantastic; instead, we feel horrible. We just had four Milky Ways, a caramel sundae, and
finished off a piece of cheese and now, instead of feel
ing happy, we feel guilty. The way off the guilt trip is to really know that
there is a very simple technique. It sounds so simple, 341 LOSING WEIGHT
but that is why it works.The things that are extraordi
narily complicated are generally far from the truth. The truth is usually amazingly simple. As people at
Alcoholics Anonymous have discovered, they stay
away from one drink one day at a time. It sounds too
simple.The intellect says,"Nonsense! I know that. "The
intellect knows this but the self does not know that. We only know a thing from personal validation
through our own inner experience. It usually takes exactly one day to get off eating,
hunger, and appetite if we allow ourself to be repro
grammed. We will notice that as time goes on, weare
beginning to look forward to meals and starting to get
into the habit pattern of getting hungry and satisfying
the feeling. It is very simple to back off and just
release ourself by using this technique a few times.AlI
we have to do is allow that feeling of hungriness to
come up, be with it, welcome it, and wait till it runs
out, which handles it (usually five minutes or less).We
might have to do it again if we have really gotten into
holiday indulgence for a number of years. There is another thing that happens as we do this. There is a center in the hypothalamus at the base of
the brain called the 'appestat'. It sets our degree of
satiety and the amount of satiety that we search for. The less we eat, the more we turn down the setting
on the appestat. Satiety is something else that is not
really understood by traditional scientific medicine. Scientific medicine talks about calories as though one
calorie were the same as any other calorie. However,
we know that satiety plays a great role in our hunger
and weight problems. Satiety is more important than 342 HEALING AND RECOVERY
calories; therefore, the diet I follow would make most
people who follow diets faint. However, I know what
creates a feeling of satiety within myself, such as a
hamburger smothered in onions. By the time I finish
that, I am totally filled up, satisfied with meat, cheese,
and similar foods. Cheese is not on anybody's reduc
ing diet. We know that cheese has a satiety factor, so
once one has eaten a certain amount of it, the
appetite is satisfied. We also know that calories are released at differ
ent rates. Fats, for instance, are released at one rate
and protein at another.We know that it takes a certain
number of calories to burn up every gram of protein,
so.one of the tricks we can use to speed up the
process of weight reduction is to go for a high-protein
diet. This is not about diet, but I will just throw in a
few tricks that I have observed clinically. Eating sugar on an empty stomach is seriously
deleterious to the goals of the program. Why?


 negative outlook on life, which a cancer diagnosis can turn into black despair, and
PNI tells us what that means in terms of reduced immune competence. It has been observed that cancer often appears 18 months or two years after some adverse life
event, such as divorce, bereavement, financial crisis, loss of a job or of an important relationship,
and so on. Experience with clients has shown me that those events only represented for them
the last straw; that they had long existed in an impossible existential situation that apparently
could neither be borne nor changed. LeShan and Carl Simonton, M.D.5 call this setup a life trap,
which they describe in detail. My case material bears out its power, and the fact that those who
feel unable to break free eventually reach a stage when they don’t care whether they live or die. As many of them put it, “Something snapped inside me.” I suspect it was the last strand of their
frayed will to live. The Role of Stress
 I am often asked whether stress can cause cancer. I don’t think it can, certainly not by itself. But it can be the ultimate extra burden that pushes an already weakened, barely functioning
immune system over the edge, so that it can no longer dispose of the irregular maverick cells that
every healthy organism produces in vast numbers every day. Yet without the eternal vigilance of 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 168Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.coma well functioning immune system there is nothing to stop a few of those irregular cells to initiate
a malignant process. What we are dealing with here is the mysterious interaction of biochemistry and emotions,
which we have only begun to explore and understand. But there is already enough orthodox
clinical—as opposed to anecdotal—evidence to prove that inner attitudes can make a big
difference to survival. For example, British researcher Stephen Greer 6 interviewed a group of
women three months after they had undergone mastectomies, to find out how they were coping. He found four distinct types among them who showed respectively fighting spirit, denial, stoic
acceptance and hopelessness. After 5 and 10 years, 80% of the fighters, but only 20% of the
hopeless had survived. These rates had nothing to do with medical prognoses. In the U.S., David Spiegel, M.D.,7 invited 36 women with metastasized breast cancer to
attend weekly meetings for a year, where they could share worries and sorrows, encourage each
other, and make their mental attitude positive. A control group of 50 women attended no such
meetings. Spiegel only wanted to discover whether the group meetings enhanced the members’
quality of life, which it certainly did. But he was amazed to find that they also lived twice as long
as the members of the control group. Another interesting insight comes from US oncologist Bernie Siegel, M.D.8, author of several
best-selling books that have helped to extend public understanding of the body-mind link in
health and sickness. He claims that 15-20% of cancer patients consciously or unconsciously want
to die, no doubt to escape a difficult life trap. 60-70% wish to get well, but are passive and expect
the doctor to do all the work. 15-20%, however, are exceptional: they refuse to be victims, they
research their disease, don’t obey the doctor automatically but ask questions, demand control and
make informed choices. In Dr. Siegel’s words, “Difficult or uncooperative patients are most likely
to get well.” Apparently they have a more warlike immune system than docile patients. First Aid for the Mind

 There are simple ways to dispel the newly diagnosed patient’s sense of hopelessness and
isolation. The first step is to de-mystify the disease, discuss it openly, in a natural voice, without
avoiding the dreaded word ‘cancer.’ One of the very first advantages which the intending Gerson
patient experiences is the calm assurance with which his or her problem is approached, with the
clear message that yes, it is possible to be healed, not just put into remission (which is the best
orthodox medicine has to offer.) What the patient needs is a safe space in which to release stormy emotions, and to be listened
to with total unhurried non-judgmental attention, something that time-starved doctors and nurses
cannot give. It is a mistake to try to comfort and console too soon or offer cheerful assurances. To do that would simply stop the patient from expressing his or her true feelings. They must be 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 169Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comgiven free flow. But once that has happened, I ask a vital question: “Do you want to live?” If the
answer is yes, I ask: “Do you want to live unconditionally?” Another firm “yes” settles the matter,
while a hesitant “Yes, but…” reply hints at an undecided individual, possibly stuck in a life trap. If I ask what the rest of the sentence might be, I often get something like “if things go on as
before, I’m not sure I want to live.” That “but” needs careful exploration to make sure that it will
not undermine the healing work. The 18-24 months of the patient’s life prior to the diagnosis can
yield valuable clues. Did some major stress or trauma drive the patient to drink, drugs, or other
destructive habits, which caused significant liver damage? Gentle questioning often allows us to
identify some life trap. The next task is to show that there is a way out, other than dying. It helps to build a therapeutic partnership with the patient, in which he or she has an important
role to play. This is easy with the Gerson Therapy, which cannot succeed without the patient’s
active cooperation. If a patient tells us that 85% of people with his or her condition die within
three years, we suggest joining the 15% who don’t. (I recall with admiration the fragile little
woman riddled with cancer who, when told that she had six months to live, brightly replied, “Oh
good, I have six months to get well!” And get well she did, on the Gerson program.) I like the way LeShan4 approaches the task of shifting the mood from negative to positive. His basic questions are, “What’s right with you? What are your special ways of being, relating,
creating? What is blocking their expression? What do you need to fulfill yourself? Above all,
what do YOU want to do with your life?” Once these basics have been clarified, it is time to point
out the enormous potential open to the patient, if only he or she will ACT, NOT JUST REACT,
and start making personal decisions. Much can be achieved in a short time. The main tool of the
therapist is his or her personality and calm, reliable presence. Often this is the only solid support
in the patient’s confused, chaotic world. Other tools, such as teaching relaxation techniques,
simple meditation, and creative visualization focused on self-healing, should also be used by
trained counselors or therapists. (see Chapter 25 )
Clearing the First Hurdle
Many patients come to the Gerson therapy as a last resort, after the failure of conventional
medical treatments, which has left them with deep disappointment, loss of trust, and a lot of
severe after-effects. To embark on the Gerson program is for them a final gamble, an end-of-
the-line decision. Others choose the Gerson path at an earlier, less serious stage of their disease,
with fewer irreversible changes in their bodies, but with a poor prognosis. Either way—and this
is the first hurdle to be taken into account—they embark on an unfamiliar treatment, much of
which sounds bizarre at first. Moreover, they are aware of having stepped outside the limits of
orthodox medicine, leaving behind the network of doctors, consultant, hospitals, referrals—an
entire system which has been unable to heal them, yet still carries an aura of great power. Some
may have been rudely dismissed by their physicians, simply for daring to consider an “unproven” 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 170Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comalternative therapy. Others face pressure and doubts from family members and friends who refuse
to accept that a weird-sounding therapy may possibly succeed where modern hi-tech medicine
has failed. This kind of pressure can be debilitating for the patient, who probably also suffers from some
niggling doubts, and so the next urgent task is to make clear how and why the Gerson Therapy
works. Most people are familiar with the workings of allopathic medicine, where there is a pill for
every ill and you either recover or die, but at least things happen fast. Here, however, the patient
faces two years of unremitting effort, strict discipline and a total change from a so-called normal
lifestyle, all of which sounds pretty scary, especially because there is no guarantee of success at
the other end. This is


 the abdomen,
lower back pain, sciatic pain, kidney pain, headaches and fevers, to name a
few conditions. They can also help clean out diverticula or bowel pockets. Colon therapy is a gentle procedure, yet it can have aggressive results, as
it can break loose plaque that has been impacted upon the colon wall for
years. I’ve seen impactions removed by colonics that have been in the bodyfor fifty years or more. Many years ago, a chiropractor-friend of mine had a registered nurse on
his staff, who performed colonics. One of the nurse’s patients, who had gone
home when the colonic was finished, started feeling pain in her sigmoid
bowel a short while later. The patient waited several hours until she felt she
needed to determine what was causing her discomfort, and finally went to the
Emergency Room. There they discovered that she had cancer of the sigmoid
bowel. The colonic did not cause this, of course, her lifestyle did. However,
the colonic did expose the cancer. This was a good thing because the woman
then could do something about it. If she had not had the colonic the cancer
could have spread throughout her body without her knowing it, until it was
too late to achieve an effective cure. Exposing inflammation, such as happened in this case, can be painful and
yield some discomfort. Generally, this is why I prefer to recommend a good
intestinal (bowel) herbal formula that is designed to be anti-inflammatory and
restorative, not laxative. Herbal restorative bowel formulas will slowly loosen
and remove the plaque that has impacted upon the walls. They will also
reduce the inflammation behind this plaque and heal the bowel wall. In this
way, your healing experience becomes much smoother and less traumatic. Colonics are great for colon obstructions, as long as they’re not tumors
or adhesions. Colonics are good for the large bowel. My preference in terms
of the administering of colonics? I personally recommend Dr. Jensen’s
Colema Board® concept as the best option. I’ve seen some real success
through this process with eliminating the mucoid plaque build-up in the GI
tract. The Colema Board is designed to fit over your toilet at one end, with the
other end resting on a
chair or stool. By lying on this board (while at the
same time using a five-gallon bucket of skin temperature water), you give
yourself a high enema. However, this procedure is much more relaxing than
an ordinary enema, because you just lay there and allow the water to slowly
and gently clean you out. Dr. Jensen has created a whole bowel management program that can’t be
beat (see his book,
Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management,
 1981). His procedures help to clean the small bowel as well as the large bowel,
whereas professional colonics only affect the large bowel. With some self-
discipline, the Colema System can be done at home with the purchase of a
Colema Board. For information about his program, and for purchasing and
using a Colema Board, see
www.colema-boards.com
.I’m not against professional colonics. To maximize the benefits, change
your diet to a 100 percent raw food program and add intestinal restoratives
for a month or so before your start your colonic regime. Three to five
colonics should be sufficient. Enemas
Enemas are another great way to help yourself out in time of need, or to assist
in colon-rectal conditions such as hemorrhoids or cancer. There are many
types of enemas that one can use to help clean and open this channel. LOW ENEMAS
 — These generally clean and strengthen the descending,
sigmoid and rectal areas of the large intestine (colon). They require about
one-half to one quart of skin temperature water in an enema bag (these are
available in most pharmacies; oftentimes they are labeled as “enema/hot-water
bottle,” or “enema/douche/ hot water bottle” combination). Any number of the following herbs can be made into tea, strained, and
used in place of plain water in the enema bag. These herbs will clean and
strengthen the colon walls: Cascara Sagrada, Marshmallow Root, Slippery
Elm Bark, Plantain Leaf, Comfrey Root, Burdock Root, Gentian, etc. See,
How To Do An Enema,
 instructions below. HIGH ENEMAS
 — A high enema is necessary to achieve results higher up
in the colon, e.g. in the transverse, ascending and cecum portions of the large
intestines. What distinguishes the high enema from the low enema is often a
function of the way it is applied and the amount of water/mixture used, which
determines how far the water/mixture will go up into your colon. The same
herbs can be used as stated above. In cases of debility where extreme fatigue
is involved, high enemas can be given using fresh green juices like wheat
grass, spinach, kelp, alfalfa, barley, etc., instead of water or herbal tea. These
juices are readily absorbed through the colon wall and are electrifying to the
body, bringing much needed energy into the system. Chlorophyll is another
constituent that can be introduced into the colon via the enema method to
assist the healing and cleansing process. COFFEE ENEMAS
 — Many people use coffee enemas as these are very
stimulating to the bowels and liver. However, I never recommend them
unless your colon is “locked” and you can’t have a bowel movement. The
continual use of coffee enemas has a whiplash effect causing extreme
enervation of the colon and inflammation of the liver and kidneys. Coffee enemas also have a negative effect upon the nervous systemcreating hyper- or hypoactivity of this system. This then will have a residual
effect upon the whole body in numerous ways including nerve disorders,
severe constipation, diarrhea, bloating, edema, and acidosis. HOW TO DO AN ENEMA
1
. Purchase an enema-bag / “hot water bottle” combination from a
pharmacy. 2
. Fill the bag with 1/2 quart to 2 quarts of skin temperature water or herb-
water mixture. Always use skin temperature water no matter what you
mix it with. 3
. Hang the hot water bottle at least two feet above you. 4
. Lay on your left side as you start your enema. 5
. Use a healing herbal salve to lubricate the tip for easy insertion. 6
. Let the water (or herbal mixture) flow slowly into your colon; stopping
the flow periodically while you rest and do some deep breathing. 7
. After a few minutes, move from your left side to lying on your back, and
continue to let the water flow into your colon; then turn over to your
right side. 8
. You may wish to massage the region of your colon as it is being filled
with the mixture. This will help loosen impacted “plaque” for removal. 9
. Retain this water (mixture) somewhat, then allow elimination. 10
. Repeat until the bag/hot water bottle is empty. Use enemas wisely and when needed. There is no need to over use them. A diet of raw fruits and vegetables along with a good intestinal rejuvenator
will work much better in the long run at reestablishing the health of the GI
tract. Healing Clay
A fourth method of cleansing the bowels involves the use of clays. These are
not used as much in America as in Europe. In many countries, like Portugal,
health professionals use clay packs over the abdomen to accomplish the same
results we get with colonics. The late Dr. John Christopher has a great
intestinal powder
(Intestinal Corrective
 #2®) that includes bentonite clay and
charcoal. This has a highly cleansing and absorbing effect within the
intestines. This formula is beneficial in cases of irritable bowel syndrome and
with uncontrolled diarrhea.Summary

Our intestines (GI tract) are so vital that God made them one of the first
things formed when a cell initially becomes an embryo. In this early stage, the
spinal column and “gut” tissue is formed, and the gut tissue later becomes the
GI tract. Your very survival depends upon its proper functioning. Nutrients,
building materials, and fuels are absorbed from its walls, and the GI tract also
creates white blood cells, various vitamins, and amino acids. The synergistic
role of the GI system with the lymphatic system is not totally understood. But
its essential relationship to every cell in your body (via the lymphatic system)
should give you an indication of just how vital it is to keep it functioning
properly. You should “feed it” only alive, easy-to-digest foods with
electrically alive fiber so it can maintain its health. Physicians pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases of which
they know less, into humans of which they know nothing. — Voltaire, French satirist (1694-1778)

CHAPTER SEVEN
Eating for Vitality
U
p to this point we have looked at how the body works, the processes of
disease, detoxification and regeneration. We have examined our species and
the types of foods that best suit us. We have also looked at foods and their
effects on tissue. In this chapter we will discover what to eat and how to eat it. It is
important not only


arm in eating almost anything, as often as they desire
it. We are told to eat big breakfasts to furnish plenty ofenergy to last all morning. Soon after breakfast  they
consume more food, donuts, etc. at mid-morning coffee
breaks. Then comes lunch, then a mid-afternoon coffeebreak followed by the usual heavy evening meal, later
TV snacks and a bedtime snack before retiring. On top
of all this food, many people will gorge on snacks ofcandy, salted nuts, cakes, pies, cookies and ice cream,
etc. This means that food is ingested six or more times a
day, literally stuffing and overworking your stomach!Chapter 1 198The Body Can Take a Lot of Abuse! The average person believes that if they have one
good bowel movement a day, usually in the morning,that they are free of constipation. Not so – one full
bowel movement is not sufficient to remove all foodmaterial the average person stuffs into his intestinal
tract. As a consequence this rotten, putrefying, morbidwaste lies in the intestine, where it undergoesenzymatic and bacteriological changes that can cause
severe health pr oblems and maybe even colon cancer. The human body is basically strong and can take a
lot of abuse from over-stuffing, plus eating unhealthymeals. It is most difficult to tell these people who eatincorrectly and have only one bowel movement a daythat they are constipated and thus are inviting serioustroubles later. But there is one warning signal – anunhealthy tongue – that can tell these people that theyare carrying a nasty cesspool within their bodies. If these people fasted for
2 or 3 days on distilled water,
their “Magic Mirror” tongue would tell them plainly that
they are carrying a horrible mass of fermenting poison insideof their intestines. A few days of fasting will coat the tonguewith a thick, white, toxic material that has a strong odor.This whitish coating can be scraped off and examined. In
fact, you can spoon-scrape and brush the tongue clean but,in a few hours, the coating usually returns. This is anindication of the amount of putrefying toxic filth, mucusand poisons that are accumulated in the body’s cells thatare now being eliminated from the inside surface of thestomach, intestines, organs and from all parts the entirebody. This is one of the cleansing miracles of fasting. The actual amount of toxic material the average
person carries around with them is almost unbelievable!In my opinion, many physical problems are the resultof this clogging of the
30 foot intestinal tube, the cells
and the entire circulation and pipe system of the human
body. I believe that these poisons cause a constitutionalclogging of the entire human pipe system, especiallyplugging up the microscopically tiny blood capillaries.99
Open your mind, for the doors of wisdom are never shut. – Ben FranklinLearn to Read Your Tongue’s Message
Mother Nature shows the faster by coating the tongue
that his body contains toxic poisons. The characteristics of
tissue construction especially
of the powerful internalorgans –  the kidneys, liver
and all the glands – are like a
sponge. Imagine a spongefilled with a thick putrefying
paste. I have supervised
thousands of fasts and seenhuge amounts of toxins
people store in their body
trying to survive on theStandard American Diet
(SAD). During a cold, have you
ever stopped to think howmuch mucus and phlegm
passes out of the body through
the nose and throat? This is alsohow the vital organs such as thelungs, kidneys and bladder are passing out poisons during
this cleansing (mucus, phlegm, rashes, fevers, etc.) crisis. Start now to learn more about yourself by fasting and
closely watching your tongue, the spongy organ whose
surface accurately mirrors the health or ill health of every
other part of your body. The “Magic Mirror” can be aguiding star in your journey to Super Health. The more
faithfully you follow a good fasting and a natural eating
program, the cleaner your tongue will become during afast. Also when you brush your teeth, brush or spoon
scrape your tongue from the back to the tip. This is a definite signpost that you are on your New
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle Road – a life free of physical
problems and misery. This road will lead to your greatest
achievement – an Ageless, Painless and Tireless Body! So,as you go on your
24 to 36 hour or  7 to 10 day fast, note
how much cleaner your tongue becomes with each fast. This will reveal the amazing Miracles of Fasting  to you!100
Pure Water is Essential for Health and Longevity
Pure, distilled water (8-10 glasses daily) is i mportant for health. It is free of inorganic minerals and harmful chemicals. Read Bragg Book, Water – The Shocking Truth Can Save Your Life
If you truly love Nature, you will find Beauty everywhere. – Vincent van Gogh
Earth laughs and smiles in flowers. – Ralph Waldo EmersonDream big, think big, but enjoy the small
miracles of your daily life! – Patricia Bragg         TIME
I have just a little minute,
Only sixty seconds in it,Just a tiny little minute,Give account if I abuse it;Forced upon me; can't refuse it.Didn't seek it, didn't choose it.But it's up to me to use it.I must suffer if I lose it;But eternity is in it. – Unknown
“A fast with distilled water can help you heal with greater speed; cleanse yourliver, kidneys and colon; purify your blood; help you lose excess weight andbloating; flush out toxins; clear the eyes, tongue, and cleanse the breath.”
“Bragg Books were my conversion to the healthy way.”
– James F. Balch, M.D., Prescription for Nutritional HealingMan does not die of old age! It’s been proven there
are no special diseases due simply to old age. Most
diseases kill both young and old. Many diseases start
from a body loaded with toxic poisons. Keep the bodyclean by following your regular fasting program plus
eating only healthy foods. Your tongue and urine can
be your guideposts to internal purity. Watch bothcarefully with respect when you do a cleansing fast.101Chapter 12
Just Grin and Bear It
“I want to fast because I believe it would do wonders
for me, but how can I fast and yet escape the great feelingof hunger that the first
3 days of fasting produces?” That
is the question that is put to us many, many times whenI discuss the Miracle of Fasting at our Bragg HealthCrusade lectures all over the world. We can give onlyone answer “Just Grin and Bear It.”
“I tried a fast once, but I got weak and felt miserable,
I just had to start eating.” We often hear this excuse. Nowhere in this book have I stated that fasting is
easy. Eating regularly has become such an ingrained partof people’s lives that, if you take food away from them,they experience many mental and physical reactions.That is the very reason why fasting is not popular.Humans are creatures of strong habits. Most peopleautomatically eat
3 or more meals every day and not
because they have earned their food with physical activity.They have been brainwashed to believe everyone shouldeat at certain hours for three regular mealtimes. Patricia and I had the pleasure of being invited to the
grand opening of the fabulous Mauna Kea Hotel, on theIsland of Hawaii. It was an American-plan hotel, whichmeans the cost includes meals. Breakfast started at
7:30
am, luncheon began at 12:30  pm and dinner at  7 pm. We passed the dining room at these hours, the guests
were all eagerly waiting for the doors to open so theycould get at the expansive buffet. Were they hungry at exactly these hours? How could
they be? Most of the guests did nothing but relax onthe beach, socialize, drive golf carts, play cards or read! It’s a mistake to think the more a man eats, the stronger he becomes. Lack of will power and drive cause more failures,
than a lack of intelligence and ability. – Harry Banks102Don’t Live to Eat – Eat to Live & Be Healthy
The hotel guests did absolutely nothing to earn all
these meals, but they paid for them and felt they shouldbe there to eat them. The same thing happens on cruise
ships. There is always a crowd waiting for the dining
room to open so they can eat what they paid for. Food! It can be a blessing to man, but also a curse! The body can take a lot of abuse from wrong food andoverfeeding. But there comes a day when the body’s
digestive system becomes over-stuffed, overworked and
overwhelmed –  it’s then that health problems begin! Digestive troubles plague modern man. Constipation
heads the list of his miseries. Tons upon tons of pills,
powders and liquids are sold to try and flush out thewaste packed into people’s intestines and colon. Modern
man packs food into himself faster than the functions
of digestion and elimination can handle it! This is verymuch like trying to race your car with the brakes on. There is scientific reasoning that constipation is the
foundation of many other body ailments. The reasoningbehind this conclusion is sound. If constipation meansretention of waste, here’s a simple


c thcrc is hopc -and i( onc lives on
hope, dcath is indeed thc encl. But to thc undivicled
mind, dcath is another momcnt, complete like evcry
mom ent, and cannot yicld its sccrct unlcss lived to
the full -

A11d  l laitl  me <1011111  with  a will. Dcath is che epit0me of thc truth thac in cach mo-
ment wc are thrust into the unknown. Herc ali cling -
ing to security is compclled to ceasc, and wherever
thc past is dropped away and safety abandoned, life
is rencwed. Dcath is the unknown in which all of us
livcd  bcfore  birth. Nothing is more crcativc than dcath, since it is the
whole  sccret  of li(e. I t mea ns that the pase must  be
abandoncd,  that  the unknown  cannot  be avoidcd,
that  "l" cannot continue, and  that  nothing can  be
ultimatcly  fixed. \o\fhen  a man  knows  this,  he lives  for
117  THE  WISDOM  OF INSEClJRITY
the first  time  in his life. By holding  his breath,
he loses  it. By letting  it go he finds  it. U11d so  lang tiu  das nichl
hast,  Dieses:  stírb  und
werde,
Bisl clu 11ur  ein trübcr  Gasl
Auf der dtmklen  Erde. 1

1 Gocthc,  We,t -ostlicher  1Jiva11. "As long  as you do not know
huw  10 die and come to life again. you are but a sorry travcler
on this  dark  canh. " 118

V I 11. C RE A T I V E f  O R AL 1T Y

IT IS PERHAPS  A l'ARAOOX  TO TALK  ABOUT  CREATIVE
morality. For "morality"  is derived  from a word
meaning custom and convemion, and the
regulation  of life by rules. But morality has also
come to mean  the working of lovc in human
rclations, and in this  sensc wc can speak of a
morality which is creative. St. Augustinc
describcd itas, "Love, and do what you  will. " Dut
the problem has always bcen how to. ove  what
you do not like. lf morality is che art of living togcther, it is
clear  that rules, or rathcr techniques, have a
place in ic. For many of the problems o[ a
community are tech - nical problems -the
distribution of wcalth and popu - lation, the
proper managemcnt of natural rcsourccs,  thc
organization of family life, the carc o[ the sick
and disablcd, and the harmonious adaptation of
in- dividual  differences. The moralist is therefore a technician who is
con- sultcd on thesc problems as one consults an
architect  on building a house or an enginecr on
erec1ing a  bridge. Likc medicine, shoe -making,
cookery, tailor - ing, farming, and carpentry, living
together rcquires  a ccrtain "know -how. " le
demands the acquisition  and  use of certain
skills. Dut the moralisc  has,  in practice,  bccomc
much
119 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
more than a technical consultant. He has become
a scold. From his pulpit or his slUdy he
harangues the  human  racc,  issuing  praise  and
blame -mostly blame
-likc fire from thc mouth of a dragon. For people
do not take his advicc. Thcy ask how it is best to
act under such -and-such circumstances. He tells
them,  and they secm to agree that he is right. But
then they  go away and do something different, for
thcy find his  advice too difficult or have a strong
desire to do the  oppositc. This happens so
regularly that the moralist  loses his temper and
begins to cal. them bad names. Whcn this has no
effect, he resons to physical vio- lence,
implcmenting his ad vice with policemen, pun -
ishmencs,  and prisons. For the community  is i L S own
moralist. lt elccts and pays judges, policemen,
and preachers, as if to say, ··when I am difficult,
please  kick  me. " At first sight the problem seems to boíl down
to this: Morals are for avoiding an unfair
distribution  of pleasure and pain. This means
that  sorne indi - viduals must get less pleasure
and more pain. As a rule, these individuals will
only submil to the sacri - f-ice under the thrcat of
still more pain if they do not  co-operate. This is
based on the assumption that  cvery man is for
himsclf, and observes the interests  of che
community only to the extent that thcse are
obviously  his own  intereses. From  this,  moralists  have  evolved  the theory
that
man  is basically  selfish,  or that he has an inherent
bias
120  CREATIVE  MORALlTY
towards evil. The "natural" man lives for one
motive:  to protect his body from pain and to
associate it with  pleasure. I3ecause he can only feel
with bis own body,  he has littlc interest in the
feelings of other bodies. Thercforc he will only
take intercst in olhcr bodies  under the stimulus
of rewards and punishments, that  is, by an
exploitation of his self-interesc in rhe inter - ese
of the community. Happily, thc problem is not quite so simple. For among thc things that give man pleasure
are rela - tions with othcr human beings -
convcrsalion, eating  wgecher, singing, dancing,
having children, and co - operation in work
which "many hands make light. " lndeed, one of
the highest pleasures is to be more or less
unconscious of one's own existence, to be ab -
sorbed in interesting sights, sounds, places, and
peo- ple. Conversely, one of the greatest pains is
lo be  self-conscious, to feel unabsorbed and cut
off from  che community  and thc surrounding
world. But chis  whole  problem  has no solUlion  whíle
we
think abouc ic in cerms of the pleasure -pain
motiva - tion, or, indeed, in terms of any
"motivation" at all. For man has a moral problcm,
which other commu - nity -living animals do not
have, for the very rcason  lhat he is so much
concerned with motives. lf it is  true thac man is
ncccssarily motivated by the pleas - ure-pain
principie, there is no point whatsoever in
discussing human conduce. Motivate<l conduce is
dc- termincd  conduct;  it will be what  it will be,
no mat -
1 Z 1 Tf-lE WISOOM  OF INSECURITY
ter what anyone has to say about it. There can be
no creative morality unless man has the
possibility of  freedom. This is where the moralists make their
mistake. H they want man to change his way of
life, they must  assume that he is free, for if he is
not, ali the raging  and protesting in the world will
make no difference. On the other hand, a man
who is acting from the  fear of a moralist's
threats or from the lure of his  promises  is not
making  a free act. If man  is not free,  thrcats and
promises may modify his conduct, but  they will
not change it in any essential respect. If he is free,
threats and promises will not make him use  his
freedom. The meaning of freedom can nevcr be grasped
by the divided mind. If I feel separate from my
experi - ence,  and f rom the world,  freedom  will
seem  to be  the extent to which I can push the
world around,  and fate the extent to which the
world pushes me around. But to the whole mind
there is no contrast  of "I" and the world. There
is just one process act- ing, and it <loes
everything that happens. It raises my little finger
and it creates earthquakes. Or, if you  want to
put it that way, / raise my liul


Asia, featured in
such feasts. But with the advent of the Ice Ages, or the ending of the first great Interglacial during which humanizing conditions applied, a disturbed environment led to a disturbed way of life. It was not a
big step unfortunately for the minimal amounts of alcohol in natural
foods to give way to the higher amounts made available in especially fermented fruits, in accord with the rising subhuman arousals of a disturbed existence. So the fermented juices of fruits became linked to the Dionysian cults; as innocence was lost, so
these evidently became more orgias tic and lascivious. Quite early in
human history alas, alcohol became an active agent in dehumanization, as it still is. To say that beauty goes with h ealth, and that health is the
reward of wholeness, requires a defi nition of beauty distinct from its
usual sexy involvements. Necessarily natural beauty is designed to
enshrine sexual love, but this is different from the beauty, which is
no more than a veiled invitation to licence, evident in entertainment, in fashion, in the novel, in a romanticized sexuality not so far from embellished pornography. Natural b eauty demands purity, and is
inseparable from love. In the eyes of love, provided there is no
untoward blemish, what could be seen as sexually plain could
appear as of great beauty, a matter of internal light rather than of outward provocation, of wholeness rather than surface. That the human being, when truly human, is particularly attuned to this definition of beauty is made eviden t in art. Indeed, when it is the
'sexy' kind of beauty that prevails, one has not to do with art, but
with pornography. It is a fact, which anyone can put to the test, that a return to a
natural dietary not only restores health, but beauty as just defined. The foul breath, and humiliating body odours, supporting a vast artificial industry, give way to a na tural sweetness. It is remarkable
how fragrant the skin becomes on such a diet. The common greasy
patches on forehead and nose, the dilated pores and psoriasis, the crinkly piggy fat and sagging which deform give way to a clarity, a firmness and a harmony of movement even in long abused bodies,
and the eyes, those true portals to the soul, become bright and alive. There is enough evidence to sustain hope, that even advanced so
called incurable disease can yield to a natural restoration,
particularly when this is accompanied by a supporting restoration in human faith. But sadly, in some of the most terrible ills against which all the
skills of medicine and science remain largely powerless, the cancers and mutilations of ageing, mostly the results of human mischief and
misunderstanding of nature, the body has no experience of reaction
and defence. Death must then come, and be faced, as it must anyway, however joyful and wonderful life has been. In a civilization geared to the worship of material power, death is a most terrifying, utterly humiliating event. As nothing but an animal,
knowing only material things, death is totally unacceptable, and
those who say that they have resigned themselves to it on such terms, have in truth only shut their eyes to its ultimately humiliating power. Contemplating the wholeness and progressive achievements of life, it would be a contradiction of the entire enterprise of
Creation to produce a creature aware of itself, and so of death,
without some compensatory adaptation. Such compensations have perennially come in the form of a transcendental belief that the human being is not entirely in bo ndage to time and space, a belief
lost in the present crisis of materialism. It will have to be restored, if human beings are to recover a dignified and meaningful place in the
Creation. There is no reason why it should not be a perfectly natural
restoration. There are pointers today even in science that so called material reality is much more than space, time and substance. But while this is at present a challenge  for the individual to face for
himself, nature has equipped the human to face death, in making
death itself the culminating 'high' to living. Even following the
terrible and prolonged torments of disease, there is abounding evidence that death can come as an ecstasy, although it would seem
that the 'high' of dying is more likely to be the reward for a life lived wholely and in respect of natural law. Just as there is a natural way to living, so there is a natural way
to dying, one completely ignored by the modern age, one in fact
actively rejected by the medical profession. It is a simple way, practised by all other cultures. At the end of a long life humanly lived, the intimation of death comes with a kindness that robs it of fear. On the contrary, there is a welcome and a reassurance about it. When death comes sooner, shortcutting the natural span, death can
still be met by a letting go, when a ll hope is gone, by simply fasting
out. For those who have regularly practised the fast in the course of living, there will be the reassurance that this simple act brings with it intimations of transcendence, of purity and glory which thoroughly defy the apparent finalit y of material things. Fasting out
implies abandoning the sacrament of eating for the sacramental act
of dying. The same hallowing, reverential, grateful approach is needed, the same envelopment in  beauty, joy and purity. The
timeless association of the human and the floral should not follow, but precede death; flowers should be for the dying, not for the dead,
the reminder in such wonderful things, that nature is profoundly
humanly attuned, and that wherever the Creation goes, there will its chosen creatures, in rapturous joy and fulfilment, go also. 16. Hints for the Millennium

In happier times, fruits and salads feature more predominately
in the dietary, just as they go out in darker times. The head gardener
of James II, was of the opinion that an ordinary salad should have at least 30 ingredients (mentioned in the Popular Encyclopaedia of
Gardening, by H. H. Thomas and G. Forsyth). The tender roots of
daisy, of fennel, of angelica and campion, as well as of carrot and parsnip were used. Leaves of wild and cultivated plants, whose names are likely to sound foreign to many a city-dweller but which abound, were also popular—dandelion, cowthistle, primrose, violet, tarragon, rocket, sage, hyssop, marigold, marjoram, leek tops,
purslane, cowslip, basil, borage, chevil, daisy, vine and marrow
tendrils, sorrel, scurvy grass, broom  and elder buds and many other
things, procurable without cost by the diligent. Flowers were also added liberally, those of dandelion, angelica, nasturtium, rose, primroses, etc. The happy Elizabethans were especially fond of
salads, and seldom had a meal without one. Just as fruits should be available at all times, the humanizing
decoration in every room, in ev ery office, and eaten whenever
desired, so the salad should form the artistic focus of every meal. As John Evelyn, the salad authority of the seventeenth century remarked, the picking and preparing of salads is a great and
legitimate art, giving much pl easure and healthfulness in its
practice. If one has no back garden, many things can be grown from
seeds in boxes, from the common'mustard and cress' to the
germinating shoots of cereals, of wheat, barley, maize. If you buy or
are given roses, eat one! If you are lucky in having something of a
garden, or access to a growable patch, there is no limit to your contribution to health and joy. Ma ny vegetables allowed to flower
make beautiful flowers, e.g., the Jerusalem Artichoke, which,
incidentally, is delicious grated raw with olive oil, giving very much
less wind than when cooked. This is true regarding the artichoke as
well. There are few more beautiful flowers than the enormous nettle
of the artichoke. Cardoons are easier to grow in England than artichokes proper. The hearts are delicious raw, and the leaves can be wrapped with newspaper and blanched, the tips eaten raw and the rest cooked as a delicious vegetable. To extend the role of fruits, when they are scarce or expensive,
the 'rawcost' of the Scandinavians and the Swiss can be resorted to. The principle is to batter the fibres of the harder parts of roots and leaves so as to make them approach  the softer consistency of fruits,
enabling them thereby to be eaten in the larger quantities needed for
meeting the needs of vitamin C and bulk generally. Although this
can be done by hand chopping and macerating, there are many mechanical gadgets which save much time. As earlier mentioned, one should not become geared to a fixed
pattern of eating in a family; even  in entertaining, spontaneity can be left greater opportunities, and meals should be joyfully prolonged
with long intermittences—many courses need be no more than attractive snippets! It is however usually more convenient to prepare
the day's eating after a breakfast of cereal, fruit and light tea or
herbal. The main meal is best taken during the day, not late at night.


 get enough calories, I chose to eat wh at was raw, wild, fresh, and available. This included
lots of veggies and garden greens, as wells as non-sweet fruits like t omatoes and cucumbers. Yes, I was eating bananas, papayas, guavas, jackfruit, cherimoyas, orang es, and many other fruits, but not in sufficient
quantities to meet my caloric needs. However, there were plenty of coconu ts, avocados, and macadamia nuts all around, so I used
these high-fat foods to meet my caloric needs. I was fine for about the fir st month, then I noticed some wounds not healing very fast
and even getting worse with time. I had developed a staph infection quite simply by eating lots of fats mixed wi th lots of sweet fruits, and my energy was drained. I was unable to perform intense physical activity, and my wounds were st ill not healing. After a month of trying to let my body heal
itself while still eating the same way, I realized I was preventi ng my body from healing by eating the coconuts, avocados, and mac
nuts. So I began a water fast that lasted nine days, during which I got lot s of rest and completely healed all my wounds and gained
back my vitality. This demonstrated to me once and for all that the low-fat raw vegan diet w as the only way for me. Since the fast, I have
thrived each and every day by eating large quantities of sweet fruit s and large nonfat salads in the evenings. I keep my fat percentage
between 7 and 13%, and I have never felt better. Thanks, Doug, for teaching me t he science that makes my body thrive. Julie Wandling, Akron, Ohio
Four years ago, I weighed 315 pounds, with high blood pressure of 199/100 and very high chol esterol. I was experiencing
severe chest pains, ringing in the ears, dizziness, and overall body pain. I never slept well and was basically miserable in my own
body. The doctor told me I was borderline diabetic, and I was living on muscle  relaxers due to chronic lower-back pain—all at age
35! In 2000, I discovered The Hallelujah Diet and from there Dr. Doug Graham. My m om and I adopted the raw food diet and
immediately experienced physical benefits. After becoming Health  Ministers, we started a support group and invited Dr. Graham to
visit. After hearing him speak on the benefits of fruits over fats, I be gan limiting nuts, seeds, and oils and increasing fruits. I had
always been told to avoid fruit because I was obese, so this was a bit scary at  first. One doctor even told me never to eat bananas as they would cause me to become diabetic! Now I thrive on bananas. Needless to say, we’ve had Dr. Graham come back to
speak for us several times now! Besides being a great lecturer, he is f un to play with. My two boys, Corbin and Ryan, changed their diets along with me and have exper ienced awesome health ever since. Both
love when Dr. Graham comes to visit because he plays tennis with  them—soon they will be beating him! They eat cases of fruits
every week along with plenty of salads and a few cooked vegan foods. They are tr aining everyday and playing tournament-level
tennis every weekend at ages 13 and 10 respectively. Ask them their fav orite food and they will both reply, “Banana smoothies!”
Dr. Graham says something in his lectures that really prompted u s to not just exercise but to play hard—he said we need to
“earn our fruit.” I am happy to report that four years later, I have lost  125 pounds, my blood pressure averages 110/70, and my
cholesterol is 153! I play hard and live a full, pain-free life! Dr. Samuel Mielcarski, Roswell, Georgia
As a child, I loved to eat. I was never overweight, but I experienced a plethor a of other problems, such as joint pain, lethargy,
mood swings, gas and bloating, and feeling feverish, anxious, and sometimes  really depressed. As I moved into to my teenage years, I was informed that these issues we re just part of being a teenager and that I would
“grow out of it.” When I hit my early twenties, I was still waiting to g row out of the problems I was having, but they persisted and
eventually worsened instead. I was always a competitive athlete growing up, and after college I deci ded to compete in an amateur body-building
competition. In 1998, at the age of 25, I found myself on stage holding a second-place t rophy at the Mr. Atlanta Body Building
Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. I appeared to look great to those watching the show, but this greatness was m erely superficial. I did not look so great on the
inside, as became evident in the weeks following the competition. It was t hen that my typical childhood and teenage symptoms
began to worsen, compounded by significant intestinal pains and urogenita l problems, including prostatitis. Prostatitis is a condition where the prostate gland (the chestnut-l ike structure that sits below the bladder and surrounds the
urethra in a male) becomes inflamed and irritated. This condition can l ead to problems with urination and sexual functioning. It became apparent to me that I had this condition when on several occasion s I felt the need to urinate but was unable to do
so. This was a most frightening experience at the time. I sought a profe ssional opinion from a urologist, who confirmed the diagnosis
of chronic prostatitis. When I asked him about the cause of this conditi on, he said, “W e are not really sure, but it appears to be a
cluster of infections that collect in the prostate region of the b ody.” When I asked about a possible link between my diet and the
intestinal pains, bowel irregularity, and prostate problem s I was having, the doctor just said, “I suppose there could be a link.”
I was determined to find the cause and rehabilitate it, and without drugs! Concurrently with rehabilitating myself from poor
health, I discovered the science of Natural Hygiene. Implementing t he principles of this true health-care system as part of my
rehabilitation, I was somewhat successful in conquering the cause  of the problem, as well as preventing other problems from
developing. I had several signs and symptoms of cancer already, and I was in  the prime age group for developing testicular cancer,
despite being told by some medical doctors, “Y ou are too young to have such problems.”
A year after the competition, I was feeling better, but not 100% better. When  it came to restoring my health, I wanted
perfection. It was at this time that I met Dr. Doug Graham at a Raw Pas sion event. Dr. Graham provided me with profound dietary
advice. He explained the concept of a raw vegan diet in simple terms, and it  all made sense to me. I realized that although I had
made many healthful changes in my life, my diet was still in need of s ome adjustment. The ways I ate as a child and during the body
building competition were not truly healthful, as evidenced by the disea se and distress I suffered while consuming such a diet. After implementing the low-fat raw vegan dietary and lifestyle pr inciples Dr. Graham shared with me, my body was finally
restored back to optimal health and well-being. Dr. Graham showed me that bodil y building was more important than just body
building. I still love to eat. The difference now is that I don’t suffer the usual  symptoms and distress I used to experience when doing so. From one doctor to another, thanks so much, Dr. Graham, for all  your help! Laine Smithheisler, Nashville, Tennessee
I did not become raw because I had any noticeable illnesses, nor did I do it  for animals’ rights. I was young, in good shape,
mentally stable, and was a member of a loving, albeit somewhat dysfun ctional, family. I still can’t put a finger on why I became raw. I just did, and much of the time that seems like an oddity in the raw communi ty. Yet, I have the feeling that a silent majority of people out there have  had similar experiences of just happening to come into
contact with the idea of raw foods. I want these people to know that a healthie r lifestyle is indeed relevant to them. However, I
don’t want anyone to have to make the mistakes I did by following a high-fa t raw diet supplemented with dehydrated foods. Because raw foods is much more widespread and  mainstream today, everyone should be able to find the “right” sources ; in effect,
bypassing the hurdles that those of us who had no other knowledge ran straig ht into. After two and a half years of eating completely raw (May 2002) and at the you ng age of eighteen, I began experiencing extreme fits of pain, which would endure for entire nights. It felt like  someone was pressing down on the center of my chest while
thrusting my stomach into my chest—like a heart attack mixed with a cid reflux. For the next six or seven months, I let this continue,
and continue it did—frequently (cycles of one or two nights a week followe d by a few


 acts holographically rather
than by precise anatomic localization. ) Scientific:  The method of inquiry into nature specifically designed to
derive predictable laws of physical properties. Modern scientific theory
began in the 16th century with René Descartes’ s Discourse on Method,
followed by Francis Bacon’ s inductive inquiry and Isaac Newton’ s
Principia. J ohn Locke f irst used the te rm scientific  and proposed that
certainty about the interaction of physical events was based on data arrived
at by physical sensation. These concepts resulted in a m odel of a
mechanical, predictive universe, but this view was upset by a modern
quantum theory,  which states tha t at the subatomic level, the laws of chance
replace deterministic laws. History has noted that science does not advance by an extension of
established theo ries, but instead takes leaps by a shift of par adigm. The
inference is that science is mere ly a reflection of a point of view, and there
is n o real sepa ration between observer and observed. Relativity theory
further states that matter equals ener gy, depending on one’ s point of
reference. David Bohm’ s holographic model predicates an explicit order
based on  an implicit order. For m becomes the consequence of inference,space and time are nonlocalize d, and there is no “here” or “there” (the
nonlocality of quantum wholeness). The universe thus described contains
an infinite number of dimensions and higher -dimension realities. Self  (capital S ): The Self is beyond, yet innate in, all form—timeless,
without beginning or end, changeless, permanent, and immortal. Out of it
arises awarenes s, consciousnes s, and an infinite condition of  “at home-
ness. ” It is the ultimate subjec tivity from which everyone’ s sense of “I”
arises. Strange attractor:  A term coined by David Ruelle and Floris T akens in
1971, in a theor y that stated that three independent motions ar e all that is
necessary to produce the entir e complexity of nonlinear patter ns of the
universe. A strange attractor is a  pattern within a phase space. The pattern is
traced by  the dynamic points in time of a dynamic system. The c entral point
of an attractor field is analogous to the center of an orbit. Attractors are
fractal and therefore of infini te length. The graphics of at tractors are
depicted by taking a cross se ction of a so-called Poincaré map. The
topographical shaping of phase  space creates an attractor such  as a torus,
like a folded donut. Universe:  The re m ay be seen to be an infinite number of dimensions to ou r
universe. The familiar three-dimensional universe of conventional
consensus is only one, and is merely an illusion created by our senses. The
space be tween planetary bodies is not empty but filled with a se a of ener gy;
the potential ener gy in one square inch can be said to be as great as that of
the whole mass of the physica l universe. David Bohm has p roposed the
model of enfolded/unfolded sta tes of being, with an explicit order and an
implicit order of reality, comparable to the manifest/unmanifest states of
reality th at have been described for centuries by those who have achieved
Enlightenment and experienced nonduality. In the causality model. the A
 B
 C is  the unfolded, explicit, man ifest, discernible universe
of form. The ABC is the enfolded, implicit, unmanifest potential beyond,
which is the for mless, infinite matrix of both form and nonform—which is
omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. R E S O U R C E S  F O R  F U R T H E R
S T U D Y
Chapter 1
Power vs. For ce: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, Author ’ s
Of ficial Authoritative Edition (Hay House, 2013)
Success Is for Y ou: Using Heart-Center ed Principles for Lasting Abundance
and Fulfillment  (Hay House, 2016)
Healing and Recovery  (Hay House, 2015)
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surr ender  (Hay House, 2014)
Chapter 2
Power vs. For ce
Letting Go
Chapter 3
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment
(Hay House, 2015)
Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man  (Hay House, 2015)
T ruth vs. Falsehood: How to T ell the Differ ence  (Hay House, 2013)
Book of  Slides: The Complete Collection Pr esented at the 2002–2011
Lectur es with Clarifications  (V eritas Publishing, 2018)Chapter 4
Healing and Recovery
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness
Letting Go
Chapter 5
Success Is for Y ou
Chapter 6
Healing and Recovery
Power vs. For ce
Chapter 7
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness
Book of Slides
Chapter 8
Discovery of the Pr esence of God: Devotional Nonduality  (Hay House,
2013)
The Eye of the I: Fr om Which Nothing Is Hidden  (Hay House, 2016)
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness
Chapter 9
I: Reality and Subjectivity  (Hay House, 2014)
The Eye of the I
T ranscending the Levels of ConsciousnessDiscovery of the Pr esence of God
Book of Slides
Conclusion
T ranscending the Levels of ConsciousnessB I O G R A P H I C A L  A N D
A U T O B I O G R A P H I C A L  N O T E S
BIOGRAPHIC SUMMAR Y
After serving in the U. S. Navy during W orld W ar II, Dr. Hawkins
graduated from the Medical Col lege of W isconsin in 1953. For  the next 25
years, he lived in New Y ork, where his pioneering work as a psychiatrist
brought major clinical breakthroughs, especially in the treatment of
schizophrenia and alcoholism. His research findings were published widely
in medical, scientific, and psyc hoanalytic journals. As medical director of
the Nor th Nassau Mental Health Center (1956–1980) and director of
research at Brunswick Hospital  (1968–1979) on Long Island, he had the
lar gest p ractice in New Y ork. Dr. Hawkins also served as a psychiatric
advisor to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist monasteries. In 1973, he co-
authored Orthomolecular Psychiatry  w ith Nobel La ureate chemist Linus
Pauling, initiating a new field w ithin psychiatry and leading to appearances
on the T oday  show, television interviews with Barbara W alters, and The
MacNeil/Lehr er NewsHour.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the concept of "nonduality" in the context of the text?,
A: Nonduality refers to the state of awareness that transcends the illusion of separation and duality, where the observer and the observed are one, and the experience of time and space is an illusion.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>see also  A BC of success; addiction recovery; evolution of
consciousness; health and happiness
columns of, 50 – 55
compassion and, 116 – 117
database of consciousness, 40 – 42
essence of path, 303 – 307
fulcrums of advancement on, 63 – 64, 84 – 85
inception of, 5Levels of Consciousness as column on, 50
“lower” and “higher” levels of, 15
non-linear nature of, 25
overview, xiii – xx
Practical Application for, overview, 133 – 135
Q&A about, 55 – 62
scientific background of attractor patterns, 42 – 50
study-group questions about, 310
T welve Steps related to, 21
understanding consciousness calibration for, 35 – 39
Map of Consciousness Explained, The  (Hawkins, lecture), 20
Map of Consciousness  (Hawkins), 19 – 22
maternal caring, evolution of consciousness and, 100 – 101
McClelland, David, 13
mellow state, 184
merit, calibration and, 56 – 57
Merrick, Joseph (“Elephant Man”), 51 – 52
morphogenetic fields (M-fields), 280
Mother T er esa  (film), 13
mudra, 83
Munich Agreement, 113
muscle testing, 36, 317 – 321, 355 – 356. see also  kinesiologic method/kinesiology
mystical experience. see also  spiritual truth
devotional nonduality and, 297
Enlightenment of, 255 – 257
overview, 257 – 261
N
Napoleon, 54
negative programming, overcoming, 142 – 145
neuro-linguistic programming (N


telling interesting facts from his own experience. If starvation
is a man, it is most often a girl is born, if a woman
then the boys. As in nature - if the young leader of the pack, then the law
biological expediency he did not have many competitors,
and more females are born, if the old leader, he needed a replacement. Why it is very useful to fast prior to conception of the child both
parents? Does this improve on the genes? Our modern ecology
191
191and food terrible. The first punishment for it - a lot of diseases
and rapidly growing feebleness, passing into deep degeneracy. many tribes have ancient custom - all men before conception
children are receiving starvation. Often latent viral infection is intracellular, substituting
nucleic acid in a cell on their own, non-standard, is
considerable strain on the genetic apparatus, immune
system for the destruction of unconventional protein structures,
disrupts the immuno-genetic barrier. Viral infection, penetrating
through the placenta, the most commonly affects the structure of the brain
brain, respiratory, cardiovascular and urogenital systems
virtually impossible to modern drug therapy. An important aspect that determines the sine qua non
development of chronic diseases, is the so-called failure
immune barrier. Expressed in this breakdown is mainly the loss of
body's ability to fully and timely correction
the immune system to destroy all non-standard
unusual for this particular person. That is
in the human body loses focus on preservation
physiological cells and destroy abnormal tissue
or improper for him to protein structures. Inadequate
and non-redeemable immune response in this case become
pathological, harmful to the body. as a result of healthy
cells of various organs and systems are destroyed
and eventually to premature destruction. at the same time
pathological tissue can survive, propagate
and prosper. " This chaos in immunogenetic apparatus
can be fixed by inheritance, that is transmitted in the form
defective genes to future generations of people. Naturally,
children or grandchildren of these chronic diseases can be manifested
at a younger age and occur most malignant. Carrying out the same prophylactic course of dry or even just
Wet starvation future mother and father in the period before
conceiving a child provides reproductive health, birth
healthy child and mother's ability to breastfeed
Up to 2 years. Dosed fasting qualitatively and quantitatively
restores immunogenetic apparatus, strengthens
barriers of cells, organs and systems, simply put, remove
immunodeficiency state of the body, and revives the depot,
improves the function of the hypothalamus (a control panel of the endocrine
and nervous systems, directly connected with the work
immunogenetic unit), providing long-term health
preventive effect on the body. Due to renovation
genetic apparatus of cells during starvation formation of new
stem cells, and in some organs appear extensions. of removing old, damaged cells and the appearance of
New stem tissues and organs of the body become much
192
192younger. Man, as it undergoes major repair, each
body, every molecule, every atom of the body become more
strong and harmonious. Pregnancy - is a normal biological process, this
process must be accompanied by pain, discomfort
and an abnormal condition. Observed that wild animals in this
position does not suffer from nausea and vomiting. It is also known that these
unpleasant symptoms are unfamiliar to so-called primitive
women, but more than half the women of the civilized world
suffer from this. in gynecology is a condition called toxicosis
pregnant. Toxicosis of pregnancy - mnogosimptomnye state
which occur when the processes of adaptation
women in pregnancy. At the same time may experience significant
changes in metabolism, the functions of the endocrine glands,
cardiovascular and other systems, the content of electrolytes,
hormones. Predispose to the emergence of various toxicoses
disease, carried before pregnancy or during her
malnutrition, nervous stress, overwork,
lack of sleep. Nausea, morning sickness and vomiting are not
naturally during pregnancy. But if they are, in some
cases are rapidly disappearing in other, more lengthy, often
lead to the artificial termination of pregnancy in order to
save the life of the mother. and the reason for all this - still a matter of
many disputes. If we understand that the malaise - a condition for
pregnant unnatural, it is possible to further conclude that, at the
beginning of pregnancy, women absolutely needed to be brought
full-order your own body and physiology. Nature has no
pets and special relationship to someone else. If a woman
suffering from nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, then she
itself to provoke them to read his life, laid the foundation
her suffering. This suffering is not explained by the fact of pregnancy, and
the fact of poisoning her body. in efforts to prolong life,
in an effort to reward any new form of life the best
qualities of nature tries to give every newborn
child health. Nature, therefore, deeply concerned
prenatal child's environment and especially its food. Unborn child eats substances supplied to him
the body of the mother. and if the blood of pregnant physiologically
satisfies the best interests of the embryo, the pregnancy and
will proceed calmly and even pleasant. If it is poisoned,
something should happen the process for creating
best source of nourishment for the embryo. Physiological
environment of the child, that is, the mother should be
put in order, to the embryo could have clean, healthy
and well-balanced conditions during fetal
existence. This means that not only the womb must be acceptable to
193
193Development of a new life, but the whole body of the mother. If there is no general
order, then there can be local. We see the general metabolism of pregnant women
accelerates, its glands, dormant until now, wake up to
new activity, and if the image of the mother's life in general
healthy, the woman's health is improving. Symptoms from which
She has long suffered, disappeared, giving way to a good
being. Nausea and vomiting are nothing more than part of an overall
recovery. Intoxicated woman is not suitable for the birth of a new
life. Toxins, arrested and deposited in her body,
are poisons in their composition and must be removed. This
requires a radical cleansing process, and it can be
implemented a temporary cessation of food intake. Stomach and the body of poisoned women protesting, they
reject the food, the liver increases its excretory function. Much bile spewed into the stomach and removed through vomiting. May even develop a physical aversion to food - such
requirement of the body to carry out cleaning. If we have once
understood that nature does everything for the preparation of a clean and healthy
"Home" for the emergence of a new life, we would understand the need
help her in these efforts and does not stick to stick in the wheel of life. Suppression of vomiting with medication does not benefit, and
worsens the general condition and extends the period of vomiting and nausea. Expectant mother, clinging to the false idea of??the need
a large number of good nutritious food, which continues
So even if one type, the smell and the thought of food makes her
nausea, only strengthens their painful condition
and prolongs the suffering. It has been said that all of these complaints
illness and nausea may cause only a few countries,
At first glance, the requirement - to stop eating, because it
the only way the process of cleansing the body of accumulated
toxins. The ignorant will continue to have, despite the obvious
requirement of the body not to eat, but nature will take its,
in the end it just throws all the way through vomiting. Whether it's breakfast,
lunch or dinner - all undesirable. Once a pregnant woman feels weak approximation
nausea and vomiting, she should immediately voluntarily terminate
there. Of course, dry starvation in such cases, the conduct in no way
If you can not. It is best done on wet starvation
Arakelyan, preferably for a period of 3-7 days, with taking anti-stress,
choleretic herbs. It will not hurt her or the baby. Long
fasting can be harmful, a few days of abstinence in the early
pregnancy (which is especially recommended for women with morning
malaise) necessarily pomozhut. A woman should go to bed and rest in a warm, discarding all
fears, and mentally relax. Do not take any medicine. 194
194Experience shows: fasting from 3 to 7 days is enough to cause
organism in order and save a woman from nausea and vomiting on
rest during pregnancy. After fasting for several days should eat
fruits and raw vegetables, and only then move on to normal
nutrition. Under the normal course, I do not mean conventional
diet. A pregnant woman is prone to overeating. especially proteins. She really needs a very high-quality protein,
but in small quantities. Her biggest need - a fresh
non-starchy fruits and vegetables. In ordinary cases of morning sickness for 3 to 4 days of fasting
sufficient to restore normal health, so that
later a woman eats without indirect surface. There is no reason to give up fast in this state and in
such cases. Indeed, what will attain a meal with nausea,
vomiting and complete lack of desire to eat when the body immediately
throws out everything that eats? Starvation


ria
damaged by microbes or acetaldehyde anywh ere in the body  but
especially in brain and muscles. Ketoacids are the main component of a low -carbohydrate ketogenic diet
which provides energy for normal cells but starves microbes and cancer
cells. Ketoacids act as replacements for carbohydrates and ar e not
stored in the body; any surplus is expelled through the kidneys. Therefore,  they do not cause any weight problems. Instead with
overweight they help to reduce weight while with underweight they
provide additional energy to gain weight. They also help  to overcome
chronic fatigue and muscle weakness. A disadvantage of ketoacids can be increased acidity of the body which
may require additional bicarbonate. However, also the opposite may
occur, because ketoacids reduce the excessive production of lactic a cid in
cancer cells and other damaged cells the body may become more alkaline. 20
 Often  take coconut oil by mixing a spoon ful with most food. During  an
intensive therapy use 50 to 70ml daily. You may also mix it with other
oils, such as olive oil or linseed oil, and mix opened capsules of oil -
soluble vitamins and antioxidants with it. Omega -3 Oils may be used  as fish oils, krill oil and linseed oil. We need
especially the long -chain fatty acids EPA and DHA. Many individuals can
make these internally from lins eed oil, but many others lack the
necessary enzymes. Therefore,  it is safer to use fish oil in addition to any
linseed oil. Krill oil is most easily absorbed and recommended for those
with underweight and malabsorption problems. Halibut liver oil capsules
are especially high in vitamin A but need additional vitamin  D. When
using fish oils also take vitamin E  for antioxidant protection. Linseed oil  or 'flax seed' oil contains 50% linolenic acid and 20% linoleic
acid. It must be cold -pressed, and when opening a new bottle add some
vitamin E from a capsule at a rate of about 2 -4 mg per ml of oil. When
starting a large bottle, immediately fill into several small bottles and
always keep refrigerated or  freeze for longer storage. Ground linseed contains ab out 35% linseed oil and  is also
recommended to improve bowel activity. Preferably buy whole linseed
and grind it yourself in a coffee grinder immediately before use or
refrigerate or better freeze it for storage. Fruits  need to be used with care. Commerc ial fruits may be heavily
sprayed, and their high sugar and acid content can cause problems for
individuals with a sensitive skin or low blood pressure. You may partly
neutralize fruit acids, with sodium bicarbonate, and use fruit containing
fat such as avocado or coconut cream. Normally, use fruit mainly before
or between meals. On the other hand, individuals with insensitive skin
and raised blood pressure do well with fruit and may often have just fruit
instead of a regular meal. Breakfast  is commonly based on cereals. However, grain -based and sweet
foods cause problems for most individuals. Especially those with overweight,
Candida or blood sugar problems will do better using legumes and other 21
 proteins for breakfast, such as lentil or pea soup, or sprout salad, hommus
(from chickpeas), eggs, and nuts but also quinoa or chia seeds. Quick and
easy to prepare are split red lentils which do not need to be soaked. You may also make a porridge or smoothie with protein powd ers such
as whey protein isolate, barley or wheat grass powder, spirulina,
chlorella, bee pollen, and the addition of any of the following: ground
linseed, chia seeds, seed yogurt, nut butter or soaked nuts and oily
seeds, fresh coconut or dairy cream, coc onut oil or grated coconut, olive
oil, avocado, egg or egg yolk, cheese or cottage cheese, lecithin,
bananas or other fruit. Preferably cook any cereals or starches together with legumes, such as
lentils, peas, chickpeas or beans. Legumes also combine wel l with
vegetables as a cooked evening meal, as for instance lentil soup with
pumpkin, carrot, or sweet potato. Sourdough bread ( e.g., spelt or rye) allows better absorption of minerals,
while gluten tends to be pre -digested and causes less problems than in
yeast baked bread. But generally, if you do use cereals, use mainly non -
gluten grains, such as rice, millet, co rn and buckwheat, or arrowroot,
sago and tapioca. Vitality of cooked food
Fresh raw vegetables are high in vitality. During cooking vital energy
released from fresh food may remain in the water but will escape together
with any steam. Therefore,  cook at l ow heat with a tight lid to minimize
loss of steam. During storage the content of bioenergy will gradually
diminish, but re -heating a cooked meal over 50°C will cause most of the
vital energy to be lost. It has been known for over a century that each meal of cooked food
causes a temporary increase in white blood cells, a process called
‘digestive leukocytosis’ (also spelled leucocytosis). Leukocytosis
generally indicates an infection, inflammation, tissue damage or
presence of toxins. Leukemia is a for m of leukocytosis. 22
 Dr Paul Kouchakoff made the most detailed study of this phenomenon
which was presented 1930 to the First International Congress of
Microbiology in Paris. He found that leukocytosis does not happen after
eating raw food, and can also be p revented in cooked food by the
addition of at least 10% of fresh, raw food, see www.conscious -
cook.com/dr -paul-kouchakoff -the-influe nce-of-food-cooking -on-the-
blood -formula -of-man
The higher the food has been heated, the stronger is its negative effect
on the immune system. Processed foods and synthetic ingredients cause
an even stronger response than cooked whole foods. Up to a certa in
critical temperature, which is different for different foods but generally
about 90°C, no leukocytosis occurs. Amazingly, even water heated over
87°C causes leukocytosis. Furthermore, the quantity of heated food does
not matter. Even 50 mg has the same effect as a much larger amount. My interpretation of this phenomenon is that it cannot be caused by the
destruction of enzymes in cooking, because then heated water would not
react. Therefore,  I believe that it is caused by the lack of bioenergy in
food he ated above its critical temperature. In addition to adding raw food,
cooked food may be re -energised by exposing it to energised water,
sunshine, magnets, crystal or pyramid energy, but that has not yet been
investigated. All of this is completely ignored by conventional research. A good way of using vegetables is to blend or juice them, sip the juice
raw with, before and after the meal, and cook the residue (if it is not too
stringy). A high -speed blender may be best. This method is good for
leaves, carrot s, beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin/squash and
similar veggies, and needs only a very short cooking time. Low Carbohydrate Diet
As Candida needs carbohydrates as food, a good way to reduce its
activity, especially in the intestinal tract, is to go for one to two weeks on
a low carbohydrate diet. This is best done immediately before and during
the first part of the intestinal cleanse. This will keep blood sugar levels
low and restrict fungal growth in other parts of the body. 23
 Eat mainly meat, poultry, fish, eggs and protein powders such as
spirulina, wheatgrass powder, whey protein isolate (not concentrate!) and possibly pea protein isolate. The healthiest way is to use organic,
grass -fed, or free -range products and eat them raw, e.g. as minced  meat. This has all the necessary enzymes and vitality for digestion. A recommended way to predigest raw flesh food and make it microbial
safe is to soak fish or minced meat overnight or for several days in
vinegar or lemon juice. For carbohydrates use lea f vegetables and some
legumes. Vegetarians may use mainly green vegetables, such as spinach and
those of the cabbage family, rather than potatoes and cooked root
vegetables such as carrots. However, pumpkin/squash, fresh raw carrots
and other grated or ble nded raw root vegetables as well as raw vegetable
salads are slow -digesting and highly recommended. These may be
combined with sprouted legumes, such as lentils, mung beans, green
peas and chickpeas (also called garbanzo beans). In addition,  continue using  about 5 x 1 tablespoon of virgin coconut oil. This helps to produce ketoacids which replace carbohydrates for energy
production. Also inform yourself about the advantages of a ketogenic diet
and what to watch out for. Instead of or as part of the Low Carb ohydrate Diet you may also use the
Psyllium Cleanse as detailed in Chapter 5. Another possibility is a Urine
Fast. This is especially effective against Candi da and is better tolerated
than a water fast. With cooked protein


iminate procreation has brought humanity to a global crisis. It
has accelerated the danger of a war which might result in the ex-
tinction of the species. Apart from certain insects and higher apes, animals engage in
sexual intercourse for reproductive purposes only. The female re-
ceives the male only at definite mating periods, that overall com-
promise a small part of the animal's lifespan. It is clear that sex-
uality plays a different role for humans than it does for animals, and
it is critical that men and women become educated as to the pos-
sibility sex can play in their own evolution and thus affect the
balance of nature as well.CHAPTER 4
THE SEXUAL ECONOMY
"Man cannot be without woman and woman cannot be without
man. If you think intercourse is an isolated or separate act, longev-
ity is threatened and every illness arises." —from the Recipe for Making Priceless Gold
Sun S'su-Mo, physician who lived 101 years36 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Every man is born with a certain amount of priceless vital chi
energy. Some begin with more than others, but for the sake of
simplicity let us assume an average man is born with a sum of
vitality likened at $1,000,000. Over one's life span this million dol-
lar's worth of life force is spent. Some spend wisely and live heart-
ily into the 80's and 90's. When you are young you spend it faster
because it seems like such a huge amount it could never run out. Most people in our consumer society spend more money than
they earn. They borrow themselves deep in the hole, assuming
they will earn enough to pay it back later. If they fail, they face
bankruptcy or a corrective period of lean living. Through poor
habits the same thing happens with life energy, only the penalty is
loss of appetite for life, sickness, and death. Let us say that someone earns an additional 100 units of life
force daily through breathing, eating and resting. Yet he may spend
125 units of life through poor diet, smoking, gluttony, overwork,
anxiety, constitutional weakness, drug abuse and frequent loss of
the vital sex fluid. To spend the extra 25 units he must continuously
borrow vitality from the brain and organs. This theft of vital energy
from one's own million dollar reserves gradually induces mental
and physical sickness and premature aging. Conserving sexual energy is a practical way to earn 125 units
and spend 100 units or less. It's an investment in one's physical,
mental, and spiritual growth. The imbalance of one's personal
economy can be corrected by reducing the disastrously wasteful
expenditure of ejaculation. A "profit" of 25 units of vitality is then
made by transforming the conserved sexual fluid into higher mental
or spiritual energy. Eliminating other bad habits will reduce the
loss and increase the profit, but no other single factor in life is so
potent as sexual energy. If you work hard all day, you've already used up much en-
ergy. If you then have a few drinks, eat a heavy dinner and later
have sex in which you ejaculate the vital sperm fluid, you are
overspending your life's provision prematurely. Some people
would call it a day well spent, as they cannot envision anything
better in life to spend their energy on. If you continue to overtax
your resources, you may wake one morning fatigued with life, sick
with arthritis or cancer, or maybe you won't wake up at all. You
will have prematurely exhausted your vital capital and may have to
die at an age that you feel is somehow "unfair" or possibly worse,The Sexual Economy 37
suffer through your final years in life with your creative powers and
physical faculties greatly diminished. I am a Taoist living in the twentieth century near New York
City and lead an extremely busy life. I have a wife and an overly
energetic young child. I own a computer, drive a car in city traffic,
deal with teaching hundreds of students, and maintain a heavy
travel schedule flying around the U.S.I know it is possible to lead a
rich and rewarding life without exhausting oneself, and have seen
my students do the same. The more you cultivate your chi energy
with daily practice, the easier it becomes to replace energy spent
and still end up ahead. Of course, if you choose a simpler lifestyle you can progress
much more quickly. That's why many Taoists choose to live up in
the peaceful mountains. But you can live by the same Taoist princi-
ples anywhere. The universe is bountiful if you know how to live
with it. Sexual energy is one of the most abundant gifts given to us
by nature, yet most people casually toss it away without realizing
the full value of its treasure. As Americans become more aware of the importance of per-
sonal health they are seeking to change their lifestyles. Many peo-
ple are now realizing that they have been living destructively. For-
tunately, they have grown conscious before it is too late. Whether
they are jogging or taking a dance class, they wish to begin a life-
energy conservation program. First they must pay the interest on
the vital sums they have overspent from their mind and body. After
a while they may repay both interest and principal as they begin to
produce and conserve more energy. At that point they can take the
path of cultivating their chi energy into its original spirit. Have realistic expectations. You may have spent more vi-
tality than you had to spare. Concentration and patience are neces-
sary to recover it. You can spend $100,000 in an hour, but you may
need one year to earn it back. Serious physical and mental trauma,
heavy use of drugs, and frequent ejaculation all involve grossly
excessive spending. Many young people seem to have unlimited
energy. But these youths are toying with the sources of life as if on
a wild spending spree. Many older people apparently in good health are, in fact,
tottering on the brink of serious breakdown. Only the strength of
habitual self-will allows them to continue to function. When they
have a check-up—often prompted by unconscious awareness of38 Taoist Secrets Of Love
their condition—the doctor may order an immediate halt to stren-
uous exertion. Often these people collapse in the first days of their
enforced rest because the flimsy strand of willpower which kept
them going has been cut. Friends will say, "I can't believe it. Yesterday he seemed strong as an ox." If you learn to balance your
account in the sexual economy, you will be taking the most prudent
steps possible to avoid such a scenario in your own life. THE YOUTHFUL FURY OF SEXUAL FRUSTRATION
One of my main concerns is the frustration of youth in our society. Upon the quality of their thoughts and acts civilization will endure
or crumble. Most male youths are more interested in sex than
almost any other subject. This is natural, as their bodies are work-
ing overtime to produce billions of sperm cells. Women cannot
imagine what an intense experience this is, as their energy cycle is
more evenly distributed over the fluctuation of a monthly men-
strual cycle. This build-up of male energy is a natural manifestation of
universal Yang energy. The development of traditional romantic
love at this stage is natural. If this expanding Yang energy finds a
receptive female to nourish it the love between them can mature
and spiritual evolution gradually awaken. The problem of ob-
sessive sex arises from a material society that stresses the value of
physical sex so highly that people remain immature all their lives
seeking to sustain a lusty image of sex that exhausts them and
ultimately blocks their evolution by stimulating them to rapid loss
of their seed. The harder youths try to grab pleasure, the more surely it
eludes them. In their frustration, many seek pleasure with increas-
ing fury, a quest for identity that leads to frequent masturbation
and promiscuity. The more often they spill out their vital seed, the
more empty they gradually become despite the temporary feeling
of gratification as the life force passes out their loins. Unrestrained
sexual frenzy can destroy a young man's fragile identity and melt
him into the mob mind cultivated by sex-for-profit industry and
sexually exploitive media shows. Higher vital energy which should
nourish the young person's true center serves instead to grease the
empty fantasy of his bed of lust. Afterward he is left with nothing. This spells spiritual disaster if the excesses are not corrected inThe Sexual Economy 39
time. This type of young man may have difficulty in his relationship
with women and ultimately this leaves a vacuum in his understand-
ing of himself and the female pole of his own male energy. For this same reason adolescents tend to fanaticism, political,
religious, or otherwise. Mao's Red Guard is but one youth group
that has propagated its reigning tyrant's brand of fascism. The
proliferation of various cults in the U.S. is strong evidence that the
young are not able to fill the void in their lives with the physical
pleasures that have become standard. If the fragile link with his
newly forming adult identity is frayed or broken by lack of love or
social nurturance, a youth has only the group psyche to animate his
life. The group mind provides the fullness their hollowness craves. As Nature abhors a vacuum, their own emptiness despises itself. These remarks apply to adults in our sex obsessed society as
well; many are desperately