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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2
1 lb. green cabbage
4 oz. carrots, diced
4 oz. onion, diced
2 sticks celery, diced
dill seeds
Cut the cabbage into quarters. Remove the stalk, the core and any discolored leaves.  Cook the
cabbage in a little water in a saucepan for 10 minutes. Dice the carrots, onion and celery and put
into a large oven -proof dish with very little water. Place the cabbage on top.  Scatter with dill
seeds.  Bake covered  for about 1 hour at 350 ° F (180° C) or until the vegetables are tender.
Braised Fennel with Orange and Tomato  Sauce
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 medium head of fennel
1-1/2 lb. tomatoes
1 tbsp. tomato purée
juice of 1/2 orange
herbs
green fennel tops
Cut the fennel into quarters and remove the core.  Cook gently for 8-10 minutes. Meanwhile,
cook the tomatoes to a pulp and add the tomato purée,  orange juice and herbs.  Add the fennel
and cook covered for 12-15 minutes. Garnish with fennel tops and serve.
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Bake in a covered casserole in low oven at 300 ° F (149° C)  with onions or a small amount of
soup stock (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and
Juices—The Basic Rules, p. 106) for 1-2 hours. Serve with tomato sauce.
Broccoli and Herbs
2 bunches of broccoli
4-6 cloves garlic
1/2 onion sliced
1/4 tsp. dill
1/4 cup soup stock
Peel the broccoli stems. Put garlic and onion in one pot and cook until onion becomes
translucent.
Add cut broccoli crowns and stems, dill and soup stock (see “‘Special Soup’  or ‘Hippocrates
Soup’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. X). Cook on low heat
until broccoli is tender.
Broccoli, Beans and Pears
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2
broccoli
green  beans
2 pears, peeled and chopped
Dressing:
lemon juice (or apple cider vinegar)
flaxseed oil
Gently cook the broccoli and green  beans.  Allow to cool.  Peel and chop the pears and put in a
dish together with the broccoli and beans.  Gently toss in dressing and serve with a baked potato
and a mixed green salad.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves 2
butternut squash, peeled and cored
onion
Follow the “Mashed Potatoes” recipe (see p. X) but use peeled and cored chunks of butternut
squash instead of the potato. You will probably not need the cooking water as the butternut
squash is a “wetter” vegetable.
Cabbage and Tomato Hot Pot
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves 2
1 small cabbage
1 onion, chopped
1 dessert apple, chopped
4 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped
yogurt
bread crumbs
parsley, chopped
Cook the cabbage gently in water until cooked but still crisp.  Chop the onion, apple and skinned
tomatoes, and cook gently until they form a thick puré e. Shred the cabbage and add to the puré e.
Turn into a casserole dish. Mix the yogurt with the bread crumbs and sprinkle over the top. Top-
brown under the broiler to heat a little. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1-2 hours
Serves 2-4
1 lb. carrots, diced or sliced
4 or 5 small leeks, sliced
2 medium oranges
handful of raisins
Dice or slice the carrots and slice the leeks.  Put into a baking dish with the raisins.  Add  the juice
of two oranges.  Bake in a medium oven at 325° F (170° C ) for 1 to  2 hours,  depending upon
how well-done you like your carrots.  If you wish, you can thicken the orange juice with corn
starch to make a sauce.  (Organic corn starch may be used occasionally.)  Serve with a baked
potato.
Carrot and Tomato Casserole
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2
8 oz. tomatoes, sliced or chopped
1/2 tbs p. chopped fresh sage  (or 1/2 tsp. dried sage)
2 medium  onions, sliced
1 lb. carrots, sliced
Slice or chop the tomatoes and put a layer into the bottom of a casserole dish.  Add some sage.
Slice the onions and place a layer on top of the tomatoes. Add another sprinkling of sage.  Slice
the carrot and place on top, finishing with a layer of tomato mixed with the last of the sage.
Place the casserole in the oven and bake for 1 hour at 350° F (180° C) until the carrots are
tender. Serve with a mixed green salad and a baked potato.
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carrots, sliced
soup stock
1/2 tsp. honey
Cut off the ends of the carrots and slice. Do not peel or scrape. Stew in a small amount of soup
stock (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—
The Basic Rules,” p. 106) for 45 minutes or until tender. During the last 5 to 10 minutes of
stewing, add honey for slight flavoring.
Cauliflower
cauliflower
2-3 tomatoes, sliced and chunked
Break cauliflower into sections. Add tomatoes, sliced and cut into chunks. Stew together for
approximately 45 minutes (or until tender) on low heat.
Cauliflower and Carrot Sauce
1 small cauliflower
3 carrots
flaxseed oil
Separate the cauli-florets, place them in a baking dish with a little water and cook until soft at
250° F (121° C). When ready, drain off the water. At the same time, simmer the carrots on low
heat with enough water until they are soft. Blend carrots in blender with the oil. Pour sauce over
the cooked cauliflower and place in warm oven at 250-300 ° F (121-149° C ) (turned off) for 5-
10 minutes before serving.
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www.thegersonway.comChard Rolls, Stuffed
1/2 onion, sliced
6 medium potatoes
4 carrots
3 large cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch of chard
Cook onions and potatoes in one pot. In another pot, cook carrots and garlic. When done, purée
each potful separately, then mix together. Put chard leaves in very hot water, being sure not to
overcook. Spread each leaf and remove tough center stem. Place purée in center of each leaf
and roll tightly. Display on tray and serve with tomato sauce made with tomatoes, onion, garlic
and small potato, which have been cooked and puréed.
Cooked Sweet Potato and Beet Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes


weakened
organism.
Therefore,
healing
is
slow,
various
complications
arise.
Russian
academician
L.
Štern,
however,
believes
that
these
metabolites
(dead
substances),
representing
some
kind
of
fragments
of
protein
molecules,
hormones,
enzymes,
etc.,
can
become
a
building
material
as
well
as
a
stimulator
and
regulator
of
life
processes.
Academician
Filatov
went
even
further
when
he
asserted
that
the
organism
defends
itself
with
all
available
means
during
a
serious
illness
and
mobilizes
all
defense
forces
to
fight
against
ailments.
As
a
result
of
this
extreme
mobilization,
substances
of
a
non-protein
nature
are
created
in
the
body,
which
act
not
on
individual
tissues,
but
on
the
entire
organism,
on
all
its
functions
simultaneously.
Filatov
named
these
substances
biogenic
stimulators
and
later
proved
their
effect
in
many
practical
examples.
Treatment
with
nosodes,
biogenic
stimulators,
metabolites,
which
are
all
in
an
ideal
composition
composed
in
our
urine,
brings
groundbreaking
successes.
Finally,
let's
repeat
why
urine
has
such
a
beneficial
effect
on
the
human
body
and
what
its
therapeutic
effects
are:
The
effect
of
significant
energy
savings
when
using
urine,
it
arises
because
urine
represents:
a)
a
structured
liquid,
b)
a
liquid
composed
of
certain
isomers
of
water,
c)
luminescent
liquid,
d)
fluid
containing
metabolites
(dead
substances)
that
act
as
biogenic
stimulators,
e)
liquid
saturated
with
various
salts
(trace
elements
and
minerals),
enzymes,
vitamins,
hormones,
etc.
Therapeutic
effect
when
using
urine
it
is
caused
by
urine
causing
an
acidic
reaction,
has
immune
and
antibacterial
effects,
contains
urea,
biogenic
stimulators,
and
has
a
polyhormonal
effect.
Urine
contains
information
about
specific
diseases
of
the
body,
it
is
universal
nosodic
medicine.
Urine
metabolites
act
as
stimulators
and
regulators
of
life
processes.
In
other
words,
based
on
both
scientific
research
and
extensive
practice,
we
can
reaffirmthe
conclusion
that
urine
is
the
basis
of
all
medicines.
At
the
same
time,
it
is
the
most
effective,
affordable
and
reasonable
use
and
the
safest.
Types
of
urine
and
their
peculiarities
In
A.
Maslenikov's
book
"The
Secret
of
the
Drink
of
the
Gods"
it
is
said
that
urine
cures
all
diseases.
But
when
we
started
using
urine
in
practice,
we
found
that
not
all
diseases
can
be
treated
with
it,
and
the
effect
is
not
as
fast
as
described
in
the
text
of
Shivambukalpa.
We
began
to
look
for
the
causes
and
found
important
peculiarities
on
which
the
success
of
urine
healing
largely
depends.
Let's
start
with
the
fact
that
there
are
different
types
of
urine,
and
each
has,
in
addition
to
general
properties,
some
that
belong
only
to
it
and
also
affect
the
organism
in
a
specific
way.
So
guys
urine
are
as
follows:
1)
Newborn,
children,
mature
people,
elderly,
male
and
female,
pregnant
women.
2)
Fresh,
old,
very
old,
evaporated,
cooled,
saturated
with
various
substances
and
activated.
3)
Morning,
day,
evening
and
night.
4)
First
part
(trickle)
of
urine,
middle
and
last,
even
and
odd
number
of
sips.
The
quality
and
composition
of
urine
is
influenced
by
diet,
a
person's
emotional
state,
his
physical
structure,
j
his
thinking.
It
is
also
necessary
to
take
into
account
the
influence
of
individual
phases
of
the
lunar
cycle
and
seasons.
It
follows
from
the
above
that
it
is
suitable
for
any
kind
of
disease
or
health
problem
use
your
own
urine.
Only
then
does
the
abstract
phrase
"it
is
said
to
cure
all
diseases"
become
a
concrete
and
effective
recommendation
on
how
to
treat.
Without
this
knowledge
and
many
other
factors
that
I
describe
below,
you
will
be
disappointed
and
will
not
experience
any
of
the
wonders
of
urine
therapy.
Peculiarities
of
differ ent
types
of
urine
1)
Newborn
urine
The
reaction
of
urine
in
children
in
the
first
days
of
life
is
strongly
acidic.
A
significant
part
of
the
nitrogen
excreted
in
the
urine
comes
out
in
the
form
of
urea.
Addition
the
urine
of
newborns
is
saturated
information
of
rapidly
developing
life
processes.
These
properties
of
the
urine
of
newborns
can
be
used
well
in
suppressing
putrefactive
or
fermentative
processes,
when
the
internal
environment
of
the
body
shows
increased
alkalinity
and
"putrefaction
alive"
takes
place.
The
smell
of
old
age
is
the
external
manifestation
of
this
decay.
People
who
emit
such
an
odor
are
advised
to
drink
this
newborn
urine.
Those
who
suffer
from
colon
dysmicrobia
a
similar
problems,
they
should
do
an
enema
with
this
urine.
An
excellent
way
to
urinate
helps
newborns
with
festering,
hard-to-heal
wounds,
gangrene
and
other
similar
problems.
Due
to
the
fact
that
it
contains
a
lot
of
urea,
it
can
be
used
as
a
natural
diuretic
to
remove
excess
fluids
from
the
body,
reduce
the
pressure
of
cerebrospinal
fluid,
heal
the
kidneys,
especially
if
they
are
affected
by
infection.
In
addition,
it
is
possible
to
strengthen
digestive
processes,
suppress
various
infectious
diseases,
dissolve
fibrin
(thrombi)
in
the
blood,
reduce
blood
clotting
and
use
this
urine
for
drinking
and
compresses
in
oncology.
2)
Baby
urineAs
we
have
already
said,
the
main
advantage
of
the
urine
of
children
from
1
month
to
12-13
years
is
hers
saturation
immune
substances
.
The
immune
system
(body
defense)
consists
of
central
and
peripheral
organs.
Central
organs
include
the
bone
marrow
and
thymus,
peripheral
organs
include
the
spleen,
lymph
nodes
and
lymphoid
tissue
of
the
digestive


	even	a
good	survey	like	Susan	Blackmore,
Consciousness
:
An	Introduction
	(Oxford
University	Press,	2004),	which	does	a	thorough	job	covering	the	many
philosophical	questions	raised	by	current	theories.	The	most	praised	authors
in	the	field	seem	to	be	skeptics	who	believe	that	mind	is	actually	an	illusion
created	by	neural	activity	and	outmoded	thinking	about	the	brain.	See	Daniel
Dennett,
Consciousness	Explained
	(Back	Bay	Books,	1992),	which	argues
aggressively	for	the	proposition	that	consciousness	is	a	materialistic
phenomenon	and	nothing	more.	Therefore,	human	consciousness	could	(and
one	day	will)	be	duplicated	by	a	computer.
For	a	more	pluralistic,	open-minded	discussion,	see	Susan	Blackmore,
editor,
Conversations	on	Consciousness:	What	the	Best	Minds	Think	About
the	Brain,	Free	Will,	and	What	It	Means	to	Be	Human
	(Oxford	University
Press,	2006),	in	which	twenty-one	thinkers	talk	in	conversational	interviews
about	the	whole	problem	of	relating	mind	and	brain.	Finally,	for	a	perspective
that	is	more	neurological,	I	read	the	fascinating	speculations	of	Humberto	R.
Maturana	and	Francisco	J.	Varela,
The	Tree	of	Knowledge:	The	Biological
Roots	of	Human	Understanding
	(Shambhala,	1998),	which	attempts	an	all-
inclusive	theory	that	follows	the	evolution	of	mind	from	a	basis	in	organic
chemicals.	It	is	up	to	each	reader	to	decide	if	Vedanta,	whose	own	all-
inclusive	theory	begins	with	consciousness	instead	of	chemicals,	stands	up	to
modern	skepticism	as	I	have	claimed.
The	discussion	of	the	five	Koshas	is	my	own	synthesis	of	traditional	Vedic
ideas.	Those	ideas	are	easy	to	explore	online	at	Web	sites	such	as
http://swamij.com/koshas.htm
.
Chapter	11:	Guides	and	Messengers
The	literature	on	angels	is	vast,	but	I	found	that	what	I	wanted	to	say	did	not
involve	the	many	historical	surveys	describing	how	angels	appear	in	various
world	religions.	However,	there	are	many	fascinating	accounts	from	people
who	have	learned	to	cooperate	with	the	devas,
creative
	agents	that	are	the
Indian	parallel	of	angels.	These	are	all	New	Age	books	that	center	on
Findhorn,	a	famous	Scottish	community	that	claimed	to	use	devas	to	growcrops	on	barren	soil,	among	other	remarkable	things.	See	Dorothy	MacLean,
To	Hear	the	Angels	Sing:	An	Odyssey	of	Co-Creation	with	the	Devic	Kingdom
(Lindisfarne	Books,	1994)	and	Machaelle	Small	Wright,
Behaving	As	if	the
God	in	All	Life	Mattered
	(Perelandra,	1997)	for	two	sympathetic	stories	of
women	who	suddenly	found	that	they	could	talk	to	devas	and	use	them	to
manifest	desires.	Both	are	at	polar	opposites	to	skepticism	and	materialism.
Chapter	12:	The	Dream	Continues
The	literature	on	reincarnation	is	quite	unwieldy	since	it	spans	every	religion
and	spiritual	movement.	The	main	source	of	popular	belief	in	reincarnation	is
probably	Theosophy,	a	movement	that	grew	out	of	nineteenth-century
spiritualism	but	also	incorporated	a	broad	range	of	ideas	from	India.	See
James	S.	Perkins,
Experiencing	Reincarnation
	(Theosophical	Publishing
House,	1977),	for	a	readable	introduction.	For	me	personally,	it	was
fascinating	to	discover	how	many	spiritual	notions	I	absorbed	as	a	child	at
home	have	been	adopted	by	the	Theosophists,	and	the	New	Age	in	general.
For	the	scientific	proof	of	reincarnation,	I	am	indebted	to	an	excellent
survey	article,	“Death,	Rebirth,	and	Everything	in	Between:	A	Scientific	and
Philosophical	Exploration,”	by	Carter	Phipps,	in	the	journal
What	Is
Enlightenment?
	(Issue	32,	March-May	2006,	pp.	60–90).	The	Web	address	is
http://www.wie.org/
,	where	subscribers	can	read	the	entire	article.
This	led	me	to	the	important	research	by	the	University	of	Virginia
psychiatrist	Ian	Stevenson	on	children	who	claim	to	remember	past	lives.	His
Web	site	is
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/
.
On	the	same	topic	an	invaluable	book	is	Carol	Bowman,
Children’s	Past
Lives:	How	Past	Life	Memories	Affect	Your	Child
	(Bantam,	1998),
in
	which	a
mother	finds	that	her	children’s	irrational	fears	of	loud	noises	and	house	fires
is	cured	by	past-life	regression,	leading	her	to	explore	the	field	in	depth.	A
Web	site	devoted	to	regressing	children	to	their	past	lives	is
http://www.childpastlives.org/
.
T
EXT	NOTES:
pp.	173–74
	I	first	became	aware	of	the	boy	who	remembered	dying	in	a	World
War	II	air	battle	from	an	ABC	News	report:
http://www.reversespins.com/proofofreincarnation.html
.
pp.	174–76
	et	passim	The	anecdotes	of	children	who	remember	their	past
lives,	mostly	derived	from	Ian	Stevenson’s	database,	are	recounted	in
Phipps,	pp.	63–70	(see	above).
p.	175
	The	quotes	from	children	reported	by	their	parents	is	from	Ian
Stevenson’s	 Web	 site,http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/
.
p.	176
	The	source	of	out-of-body	research	at	the	Monroe	Institute	can	be
browsed	at
http://www.monroeinstitute.org/
.	Another	good	article,	linking
out-of-body	experiences	and	NDEs,	can	be	found	online	at
http://www.paradigm-sys.com/cttart/sci-docs/ctt97-ssooo.html
.
Chapter	13:	Is	Akasha	Real?
I	had	already	started	writing	about	Akasha	before	discovering	Ervin	Laszlo’s
Science	and	the	Akashic	Field:	An	Integral	Theory	of	Everything
	(Inner
Traditions,	2004),	the	most	wide-ranging	argument	for	incorporating
consciousness	and	science.	Since	my	topic	was	the	afterlife,	I	wasn’t	able	to
include	the	dozen	or	more	mysteries,	ranging	from	advanced	quantum	theory,
cosmology,	biology,	and	neuroscience,	that	according	to	Laszlo	will	never	be
solved	until	consciousness	is	taken	into	account.	Readers	who	want	to
investigate	these	prevailing	enigmas	should	start	here.
Laszlo	discusses	the	Zero	Point	Field,	but	there	is	a	complete	and	very
readable	book	devoted	to	it—see	Lynne	McTaggart,
The	Field:	The	Quest	for
the	Secret	Force	of	the	Universe
	(Harper	Perennial,	2002),	which	describes
many	experiments	and	gives	detailed	anecdotes	of	various	discoveries,	in
contrast	to	Laszlo’s	method,	which	is	to	outline	and	survey	prevailing	theories
with	a	minimum	of	narrative.
T
EXT	NOTES:
pp.	202–204
	Helmut	Schmidt’s	experiments,	followed	by	the	Jahn	team	at
Princeton,	are	recounted	in	McTaggart,
The	Field
,


 setbacks, and loss indicate the power that the past holds over us.
In the operation of karma, a positive memory can color or control your
life, too. The high school quart erback who discovers that nothing in later
life feels quite as good as being a teenage hero is overshad owed by a
positive memory. Good or bad karma is how most people think of karma,
but Royal Yoga is concerned with the binding power of all karmas, the
stickiness that allows memories to color or control our lives.
In pratyahara, there are pract ical ways to achieve a state of awareness
where you use your memories, instead of the other way around.
GAINING CONTROL OF YOUR MEMORIES
Don’t believe everything you remember.
Substitute positive thoughts when a bad memory arises.
Don’t dwell on the past.
Feel the fear but move ahead anyway.
If a memory throws you off, take time to center yourself.
Don’t repeat the past just because your memory tells you to.
Practice being in the light through meditation.
Remind yourself that the only permanent reality is bliss.The most untrustworthy memories arise from fear. Let’ s say you want to
ask for a raise at work, but you remember that the last time you did that you
were turned down. Memory is using you if this recollection is enough to
stop you from asking for a raise; as a result, you defeat yourself. You can
reverse the situation if you realiz e that today is new, which motivates you to
go in and ask for a raise without being overshadowed by the past.
The practices for gaining contro l over your memories work as general
guidelines for everyone, but they are most effective if you have a vision of
constantly movi ng toward the light. Keep in mind that the light of pure
awareness is the ultimate healer and that being in the light place s you in the
eternal now, which the past cannot touch.
Exercise
Pratyahara  teaches  that you can defuse your karma by starving it of
attention. Attention is what makes karmic seeds sprout and grow. The
earlier you detec t them, the better. This ensures the least pain and struggle,
and once you master the following exercise, there will be none at all.
Lie on your back, eyes closed, and take a few deep breaths. Place your
attention in the region of your heart. Karma is easiest to detect as faint
sensations and emotions in the heart. In an easy way, sense your heart
becoming warm  and relaxed. If it helps, you can visualize a warm, golden
glow suf fusing your heart.
As thoughts arise, they might draw your attention, which is only
natural. As soon as you can, return to the warm glow of your heart. A
thought or sensation might be unpleasant. Say to yourself, “I no longer need
you,” and resume the exercise. If a strong negative memory or feeling
arises, open your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and let it subside. Then,
once you feel more at ease in yourself, return to the exercise.
You can choose how long to perform this exercise. It works well for a
few minutes or up to half an hour or more. But it would be best if you
started with a shorter duration. If you are dealing with a painful memory,
the attitude to take is that you can invite the memory to go. There is noreason for the past to linger over the present. All negative energy will
dissipate once you learn how you are meant to use your memories, not the
other way around.
WEDNESDAY
Exposing Three Myths
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
I share one awareness with my body.
I share one awareness with my body.
By staying in the light, you begin to dissolve the separation of mind
and body. The same creative intelligence flows through both. They share
the same source in pure consciousness. The place that pratyahara  leads
you to is neither mind nor body, however. It is a silent field of awareness,
and the faint sensations that arise in the field are like creative sparks or
impulses.
It takes a shift in your perspective to fully inhabit this field of
awareness. This is where you meet your true self. Any other version of
yourself—physical, mental, social, or emotional—is second ary, a by-
product of the flow of creative intelligence. There is no reason to judge
yourself against  these secondary selves. They spring from the one source
that all of creation springs from. The problem is that we mistake them for
who we really are. Then a set of false beliefs surrounds us and blocks the
journey to the true self.
You will dispel your old conditioning and false beliefs by resting in the
field of awarene ss; the light offers a feeling of bliss, oneness, and belonging
that no secondar y self can matc h. But Royal Yoga is also about knowledge
(vidya ) that contains truth, and truth, as the biblical adage says, can set you
free.To get closer to the truth abou t who you really are, let’s examine its
opposite. The opposite of truth  is myth, and three powerful myths about
mind and body pervade society.
Myth #1: You are captive inside your body.
Myth #2: You were created out of matter.
Myth #3: Your brain is doing the thinking.
These are such pervasive myths that you have probably never
questioned them, but if we shatter each myth, you will come closer to
merging your bodymind with the field of light. Only then will you
experience who you really are.
Myth #1: You are captive inside your body.
Can you feel yourself inside your head looking out at the world, taking
in its sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures? This is such a convincing
experience that it is hard to fathom that it is false. But Royal Yoga teaches
that it is. Y ou aren’ t “in” your head or your body at all.
Your body is a zone of awareness, and your mind shares the same zone
of awareness. Pratyahara  teaches this fundamental truth.
When the two zones of awareness are separate, you can feel like a
captive in your body because of pain, disease, and aging. The mind wants to
escape from these experiences and is driven into separation as the only way
out. But once you shatter the myth of being “in” your body, you realize that
there is only one zone—the bodymind—sharing the same life. With this
realization comes the ability to free yourself from being held hostage.
Merged as one consciousness, you open the possibility that you are not your
body or your mind. This realization frees you from pain and suffering and
makes aging irrelevant. You grow into the truth that you are timeless, and,
at the same time, bliss overwhelms any physical or mental pain.
Myth #2: You were created out of matter.
This myth was born out of the worldview that traces all of creati on back
to physi cal events, processes, and things. The thing can be as small as aquark, the event  as titanic as the Big Bang. Worldviews are consistent, but
that doesn’t make them the truth. By showing you that you can experience
yourself as one zone of awareness, pratyahara  frees you from the trap of
materialism. Y ou begin to live the truth that consciousness is all-embracing.
Proving that this all-embracing consciousness exists (call it God or the
gods, Buddha mind, Brahman) has vexed humanity for centu ries, yet we
can cut through all the confusion and conflict quite simply. The proof that
consciousness underlies everything comes down to one thing: knowing.
Nature knows what it is doing. If Nature were only random events that
shuffled matter and energy around, it would know nothing, and existence
would be meaningless. Yet every cell in your body knows how to sustain
itself by organizing hundreds of thousands of chemical reactions per
second. A cell isn’t a bag of proteins suspended in a watery  soup. It is
organized intelligence. Every living thing is organized intelligence, and
there is no reason to claim that this intelligence didn’ t precede life on Earth.
The entire cosmos leading up to life on Earth is a sequence of events
governed and controlled by creative intelligence.
Pratyahara  teaches  that you can also govern and control the events in
your body because you are the same creative intelligence that lies at the
heart of everything. The most advanced yogis achieve such an amazing
degree of control that they can consciously lower vital functions like heart
rate, breathing, and body temp erature nearly to zero, as the yogi merges
fully into the zone of awarene ss. The next step is to erase all physical
limitations. Advanced yogis can experience being in two places
simultaneously or even visiti ng other dimensions. Without exploring
pratyahara  that deeply, as Patanjali does in the Yoga Sutras, the issue of
these advanced powers— siddhis —remains apart from everyday life. But
you can achieve much more control over the physical than you realize,
thanks to the freedom of awaren ess that humans are gifted with. At the very
least, by accepting your body as a zone of awareness, you free it to heal,
evolve, strength en its immunity, and resist or reverse aging. Those
processes occur in the one shared awareness of the bodymind.
Myth #3: Your brain


There is an easy method o f getting plenty of vitamin B17 back into your bodily system. And the program we are going to use is
based largely upon using one of nature's produce in particular, the apricot seed.

The apricot seed is laden with vitamin B17. They are easy to eat, and y ou don't need to eat many to provide your body with what it
needs. Apricot seeds are also inexpensive to buy; it should work out at around $1 to $2 a week, per person.
There are a number of companies selling bags of apricot seeds (already removed from the stone) over the Internet. A bag tends to
weight 1 lb (just under 1/2 a kilo) and should contain between 700 and 850 apricot seeds (kernels).

The apricot seed is quite bitter. We will also utilise the apple seed on the program, which tastes like a bitter v ersion of marzipan.
Prune seeds, to me at least, seem a little sweeter to the pallet.

Over time you can of course begin to vary your diet more widely to include produce that has a good B17 content. Eating one or
two portions of either bamboo sprouts, lent ils, butter beans, mung beans, cassava, fava beans, macadamia nuts, linseed/flaxseed,
millet cereal, alfalfa sprouts/leaves and chick peas, daily, should provide very significant benefits to your asthma and your
allergies.

However, because you may find it  difficult to change your diet more substantially, for various reasons, we are going to take the
easy, fast and effective approach.

I doubt you'll be able to purchase apricot seeds from a health food shop or any normal retail outlet. No matter, it is eas y and
inexpensive to order them over the web. Listed below are links to various websites that sell apricot seeds. Please note, this  website
has no affiliation with any of these sites, or any site that sells apricot seeds. Alternatively you can search the w eb under the term
vitamin B17, or apricot seeds with a search engine, and this should provide links to companies that sell apricot seeds.

www.urcancercure.com

www.doc.intersessions.com/cancerchoices.com/onlineorder.html

www.zianet.com/kgriffi/

I personally, tend to eat between 5 -7 apricot seeds per day, most days. So you should find that a 1 lb bag will last you around 3 -4
months, per person. I usually order 3 or 4 bags at a time. Apricot seeds keep their freshness extremely well, especially if y ou put
them in the fridge. I've not yet had a problem with apricot seeds spoiling.

Chapter 3. - Step by Step

In this chapter, I'm going to explain the program that should really sort out your asthma and allergy problems. This program is for
adults only. For children with asthma/hay fever/allergies please read chapter 6.

It is probably b est not to attempt this program if you are pregnant, or nursing. I am totally certain this program is perfectly safe for
expectant mothers, for it is all -natural; nonetheless, I believe you shouldn't make any sustained changes to diet during pregnancy.
You could always start including some of the natural products mentioned in the last chapter from time to time with your meals
though.

If you or your child suffer from any nut or seed allergies please consult a doctor before you or your child consider using t his
program. Please use common sense at all times.

You can begin this program today, and where better a place to start than in the present!

Once you have ordered your apricot seeds on -line, you'll probably have to wait a few days for their arrival, perh aps up to a week
for international orders. This is not a problem, as we will begin the program using the simple apple.

Until your apricot seeds arrive, I suggest you begin eating two or three apples daily. And this includes eating the seeds. Cr unch up
the seeds with your teeth before swallowing.

If you can get hold of some millet cereal, and eat a small bowl daily then this would make a good addition to your apples, or  try
and eat a few butter beans daily. Or alternatively you could chomp on 10 -15 grapes  per day, including munching the pips. If for
some reason you don't eat apples then I suggest prunes as an alternative. You can add to this by eating a few macadamia nuts daily,
if you can get hold of them or by consuming a teaspoon full of linseed daily.

Prune seeds are much larger than apple seeds, so as a replacement for apples you only need take 4 -5 prune seeds in your diet for
the first few days. Often you will find tinned prunes from your supermarket contain the stone, and within the stone you will find
the seed. Obviously you need be careful when opening any stone, I suggest to avoid using your teeth. Alternatively you could use
plum seeds.

When your apricot seeds do arrive you may be surprised just how large they are. I reckon one apricot seed is a bout 10 -15 times
bigger than the average apple seed. For your first few days, you have probably been taking the equivalent of just 1 to 3 apri cot
seeds daily.

Now you have possession of your apricot seeds, and you've been on the vitamin B17 program for a  few days (to a week) its time to
raise your intake. I suggest taking 2 apricot seeds twice daily for the next two days. Keep eating a couple of apples, includ ing the
seeds or a few prunes with seeds each day, or a bowl of millet cereal, if you so wish, it's up to you. As the apricot seeds taste quite
bitter you will probably find it easier to eat them at meal times. Or try eating them with a teaspoon or two of raw unprocess ed
honey. Give them a good crunch before swallowing.

Five to nine days or thereabo uts into the program and you may already be feeling some positive results. You may find yourself a
little less wheezy and sniffley  than usual, and a little less dependant on inhalers and antihistamines. However, don't worry if you
don't feel any change jus t yet, it's early days!

After taking 2 apricot seeds, twice daily for your first two days I now suggest you increase your dose to 2 apricot seeds, th ree times
daily, for the next two days.

And after those two days raise your apricot seed intake again, t o 3 seeds, three times a day for a whole week. This program is
based on progression, taking gentle progressive steps forward. You shouldn't rush, please follow my guidelines; this lets you r body
get used to absorbing higher levels of vitamin B17.

You now will be consuming 3 apricot seeds, three times a day, and perhaps a couple of apples plus seeds, or a bowl of millet
cereal, etc. Excellent.

You should find once you are consuming 3 apricot seeds, three times daily that your asthmatic and allergi c symptoms really start
to ease up. If this is the case, brilliant. If not, don't worry.

I wish to stress here that as your asthma and allergy symptoms begin to ease up, use common sense with the way you use other
medicines. I'd advise you to continue to take your inhalers and antihistamines with you when you go out.

Following one week of taking 3 seeds three times a day, I would now like you to take 4 seeds, three times a day, for the foll owing
week.

Now you'll have been taking a much higher level of vitamin B17 than in your normal diet for around three to three and a half
weeks. I expect you to be seeing very noticeable benefits by now, and if this is the case congratulations, and stick with tak ing 4
apricot seeds three times daily for the next month.  After this time you will probably be able to gently reduce the number of apricot
seeds you take to just 5 -7, once daily. Do whatever you feel comfortable with. Continue taking 4 apricot seeds three times daily
though, if you feel you need a longer period to adjust, both psychologically and physically.

For anybody not feeling any significant benefits after seven to eight weeks (and let me state, I think this is unlikely), I s uggest you
raise the dose again. Try taking 6 apricot seeds, three times daily for  the next month. You may also require adding a good
component of raw unprocessed honey (plus some bee -pollen if possible) to your diet too (local honey if possible). Three or four
teaspoons, twice daily. I also suggest you cut out coffee and other stimulan t drinks from your diet; you should really try to
consume 7 -8 large glasses of water daily instead.

I would be very surprised indeed if after all this your asthma and allergies were not showing significant signs of improvemen t.
When they do improve stick with you current intake for another few weeks and then gradually drop it to just 5 -7 seeds once daily
over the next few weeks. If your asthma


	how	to	take	charge—relying	on	medicine	alone	is	not	a	sensible	long-term
solution.Like	most	people	in	our	society,	I	grew	up	wholeheartedly	trusting	modern
medicine.	When	I	became	sick	I	took	my	physicians’	advice	without	question
and	believed	that	I	was	benefiting	from	the	most	advanced	medical	science	and
the	most	effective	treatments.	I	unwittingly	waited	in	line	at	the	pharmacy	for
my	toxic	drugs.	Not	until	I	almost	died	as	a	direct	result	of	my	medical
treatments	did	I	question	the	validity	of	this	approach,	and	then	it	was	almost	too
late.	Before	choosing	any	medical	treatment,	consider	both	benefits	and	risks.
Understand	your	choices	and	how	they	are	supposed	to	benefit	you,	and	find	out
the	risks.
What	Is	Not	on	the	Death	Certificate
A	physician	may	actually	guide	your	movement	along	the	pathways	toward
disease	rather	than	away	from	it.	That	happened	to	Harry,	a	delightful	seventy-
two-year-old	man	and	a	dear	friend.	I	was	shocked	to	hear	that	Harry	had	died	of
pneumonia.	His	story	is	important	to	relate.
Although	Harry’s	pneumonia	was	caused	by	a	bacterial	infection,	healthy
people	rarely	develop	infections,	especially	serious	ones.	Generally,	infections
occur	in	people	who	are	already	unhealthy,	whose	cells	are	malfunctioning	and
whose	immunity	is	already	compromised.	Harry	had	always	been	a	strong,
healthy	person	who	rarely	succumbed	to	colds	or	flu.	That	pneumonia	caused	his
death	seemed	suspicious.	Something	must	have	happened	to	make	him
susceptible	to	the	infection	that	killed	him.	I	sadly	surmised	that,	most	likely,
modern	medicine	killed	Harry.
Harry	had	been	suffering	pain	in	his	hip	from	a	congenital	problem.	His
doctor	prescribed	a	steroid	hormone,	cortisone.	This	drug	helps	alleviate	pain
and	inflammation,	but	it	has	nasty	side	effects.	Cortisone	damages	the	immune
system	by	inhibiting	the	production	of	antibodies	and	“killer”	T-cells.	In
addition,	this	damage	makes	localizing	infections	difficult	if	they	develop.	The
cortisone	made	Harry	vulnerable	to	infection.	He	developed	pneumonia	in	one
lung	and	was	hospitalized,	where	he	was	given	large	doses	of	antibiotics—
presumably	to	kill	the	“germs”	causing	the	pneumonia.	Pneumonia,	like	any
infection,	is	caused	by	malfunctioning	cells	and	depressed	immunity,	not	by
germs	alone.	Normalizing	cell	function	and	rebuilding	immunity,	rather	than
trying	to	kill	germs,	is	needed	for	recovery.	But	that	is	not	what	happened	in
Harry’s	case:	After	a	few	days	on	antibiotics,	he	was	discharged,	supposedly
“cured.”
In	reality,	the	antibiotics	had	increased	Harry’s	problems	because	they	furthercompromised	his	immunity.	His	already	depressed	immune	system	was	now	in
worse	shape	than	before.	Shortly	after	returning	home	Harry	developed	another
infection.	This	time	the	pneumonia	affected	both	lungs,	and	shortly	thereafter	he
died.	During	his	first	hospitalization,	Harry	became	infected	with	a	“superbug,”
an	antibiotic-resistant	germ	that	is	now	common	in	hospitals.	Antibiotics	were
useless	against	this	infection,	as	was	Harry’s	damaged	immune	system.	In	all
likelihood,	the	state-of-the-art	medical	establishment	both	destroyed	Harry’s
immune	system	and	subjected	him	to	the	untreatable	infection	that	killed	him.
Yet,	the	death	certificate	stated	the	official	cause	of	death	as	pneumonia.
At	my	sickest,	I	was	dying	from	liver	failure	that	resulted	from	the	toxic
effects	of	a	prescription	drug.	If	I	had	died,	guess	what	cause	would	have	been
listed	on	my	death	certificate?	Liver	disease.	Period.	No	mention	of	the	drug	that
made	me	sick	would	have	been	recorded.
Only	in	the	most	blatant	and	obvious	cases	does	modern	medicine	consider	or
take	responsibility	for	the	damage	it	causes.	Fears	of	malpractice	claims	only
enhance	the	resolve	of	the	medical	community	to	keep	listing	causes	of	death	as
resulting	from	the	sickness	of	the	patient,	rather	than	the	treatments	of	the
doctor.	Physicians	usually	assume	that	the	health	problems	they	cause	would
have	happened	anyway.	The	general	belief	is	that	the	negative	effects	of	drugs
and	procedures	are	worth	the	risk.	Little	wonder	that	the	cause	of	death	on	death
certificates	often	has	to	do	with	the	specialty	of	the	doctor	treating	the	disease.
Prescriptions	for	Trouble
To	understand	the	extent	of	the	damage	caused	by	the	medical	establishment,
consider	how	the	patient	can	be	sent	toward	disease	along	the	six	pathways:
•	Medical	treatments	can	cause	nutritional	deficiencies.	Antibiotics,	anti-
inflammatories	and	steroid	prescription	drugs	seriously	damage	the	human
digestive	system,	impairing	the	ability	to	digest	food	and	absorb	nutrients.
Diuretics	strip	nutrients	such	as	magnesium,	calcium,	potassium,	zinc	and
iodine.
•	Drugs	work	because	they	are	toxic;	they	interfere	with	normal	cell
function,	in	order	to	suppress	disease	symptoms.	Both	prescription	and
over-the-counter	drugs	produce	a	vast	variety	of	disease	symptoms	referred
to	as
side	effects.
•	Often	physicians	inflict	psychological	damage	on	their	patients.	When
doctors	estimate	how	long	a	patient	will	live,	or	predict	that	the	patient	will
never	walk	or	see	again,	they	can	create	a	self-fulfilling	prophecy.	Oftenphysicians	don’t	even	listen	to	their	patients’	thoughts	and	opinions,
interrupting	them	less	than	a	minute	after	the	patients	start	describing
symptoms.	Such	practices	sabotage	one	of	the	physician’s	primary	goals:	to
help	and	support	the	patient	throughout	the	entire	healing	process.
•	Many	medical	procedures,	including	surgery,	medical	X	rays	and
radiation,	physically	damage	the	body	and	ultimately	cause	malfunction	and
disease.	This	physical	damage	can	lead	to	genetic	damage.	Genetic
mutations	can	cause	cancer	and	other	diseases,	and	may	be	passed	to	future
generations.
Managing	Symptoms
Instead	of	Curing	Disease
If	you	seek	medical	treatment,	your	physician	asks	you	a	series	of	questions
and,	perhaps,	runs	a	series	of	tests	to	determine	your	symptoms.	The	purpose	of
this	activity	is	to	diagnose—	to	match	your	set	of	symptoms	with	specific	named
categories,	also	known	as	diseases.	Diagnosed	in	this	manner,	a	disease	is
nothing	more	than	a	set	of	symptoms.	After	diagnosis,	modern	medicine	(also
known	as	“allopathic”	medicine;	“allo”	=	against,	and	“pathic”	=	disease)
literally	seeks	to	“go	against”	the	symptoms	of	disease.
Symptoms	are	significant	only	because	they	attract	your	attention;	they	are
unpleasant	and	interfere	with	your	ability	to	function,	but


 a bit of research with both plants and animals – and,
again, get his book, “Sea Energy Agriculture.”
Mike : Can people buy that through bookstores, or is this only through your site and the publisher’s site?
Hartman : I’ve even seen it on Amazon, so try Amazon or Acres USA, which is the publisher, or go
through our website.
Mike : Okay, wonderful. I’m going to do some testing with your product on some sprouts and
hydroponic plants.
How remineralization can reduce appetite cravings and produce natural
weight loss
Hartman : That sparks something in me that I haven’t said. You know, one of the results that I noticed
when I was drinking Ocean Grown  and Ocean Solution -fed wheatgrass is that, as the food gets better, it’s
more efficient on whatever consumes that food. For instance, in Florida, where our company is located,
cattle graze on what looks like the most beautiful grass for 18 hours a day. From before dawn to after
dusk, they’re grazing, and that seems peculiar because it seems like an inordinately long period of time
to get their proper nutrition. But if you go to other parts of the country where you know that the soils
are richer in minerals, cattle may graze only three or four hours a day. What you’ll notice when you
start eating seawater-fed fruits and vegetables is that you’ll be satisfied much earlier. You’ll eat less, and
you’ll lose weight if you’re overweight. This is what happened to me.
Mike : I just did a report on this saying the exact same thing. Those cravings for empty carbohydrates
go away once you are remineralized, because you just don’t have that desire for minerals. In a bigger
sense, this is an interesting way to reframe tsunamis and hurricanes and natural disasters. I mean, aren’t
these events, in some sense, the planet’s way of remineralizing the land?
Hartman : Well, I don’t know, and now that you mention it, there was an article a couple weeks ago about
how the farmers were noticing after the tsunami near Sri Lanka that the fields were just phenomenally
altered in a good way.
seawater Minerals and the Coming Agricultural Revolution
Mike : I haven’t seen that.
Hartman : I’ll email you the article, but it says exactly that—it’s the planet’s way to remineralize. Think
about it: I know the hurricane in New Orleans happened not long ago, but the levy system that runs
down the Mississippi River and other dams in the world are ways man has come along and inhibited
the planet’s ability to replenish itself. Nutrient-laden rivers are no longer able to flood and replenish the
land. That’s what’s going on. I mean, that’s the way it should’ve been done with tsunamis and annual
flooding, but we don’t allow it anymore.
Mike : Right. Again, for those reading, I’m talking with John Hartman of Ocean Grown, at
OceanGrown.com, and the products you have are Ocean Solution  and Sea Solution, which are both
concentrated ocean water loaded with natural minerals, 90 elements, as you said.
Hartman : And aerobic bacteria.
Mike : And aerobic bacteria. This is for your garden, for your produce and for boosting your personal
health through the foods you eat. Is there anything else you’d like to add to that, John?
Hartman : We could continue forever, but I appreciate your time, Mike, and we’re happy to help anybody
through the process of using our product. They’re welcome to call or write, and we’ll respond.
Mike : Wonderful, and thank you again for your time.
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<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>                                 What they say about OP – A few extracts
I have been doing OP since two years with my family members.  It is ahealthy and good habit
and has no side effects.
- Dr. Arvind M. Sangolli, M.S., Consultant Surgeon (ENT), Bangalore
I am a retired government medical officer.   Now a day, diseases are developing fast,  people
are exploited by costly drugs, tests and fees and poor people cannot afford. You know our
country is poor and the medical treatment cost is much more than before. You have to be
congratulated for the meritorious work in spreading OP to nook and corner of A.P and helping the
poor to get rid of diseases cheaply, safely and that by staying at home without drugs, tests and
fees.
- Dr.S.Subbarao, Vijayawada, A.P
OP brings out phlegm from the body. Phlegm is poison. Removal of this brings life, energy, light
and shine to the body. I can say with 58   years experience in Ayurveda,  that
OP is a therapy of potency and   power to bring health to people.
- Dr. T. Madhusudhana Rao, Ayurveda Practioner, Nuzvid.
In case of joint pains the improvement that would have resulted in eight months with my
medicines, have come within two moths of OP.   For allergy, asthma and tooth diseases,
the results are wonderful.
- Dr.S.Chandramouli, Homeopath, Gollalamamidalam, E.G. Dt., A. P
This therapy is very simple and inexpensive. Based on the benefits I gained, I strongly
recommend this therapy to heart patients as well as people suffering from asthma
and other lung infections. It has many good effects and therefore all can practice.
- Prof. M.S.Naidu, PhD, IISc, Bangalore
I am recommending OP to others. I use gingely oil. All members of my household
are now practicing OP. OP is a magic and wonder cure for all diseases.
- Prof C S Mahadevan, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
I am 82 years old. I have been suffering from constipation and piles for the last four
decades. Within two weeks of practicing OP, I started getting relief. Inflammation and piles
decreased. Decades old pain has gone just by doing OP with gingelly (sesame) oil.It is good for
all to practice.
- Padma Bhusan, Sri Kalogi Narayana Rao, People's Poet,Tirupathi, A.P
 “Many think it is a simple therapy. True it is simple, cheap, safe and sure therapy. It is gentle and
kind to the afflicted - a divine gift to the suffering humanity. "Practice it and become healthy ”.
- Swami Swaroopananda Bharati, Hyderabad
I am practicing OP daily. It is very good. I am instructing all my devotees to practice OP and they
are practicing.
- Swami Devananda, The Divine Life Society Rishikesh, U.P
OP has been brought into light and has gained great popularity and is spreading further day by
day. Those who are practicing and having faith believe that it is the nectarine gift of God to the
people.
- A.Lakshmaiah  S.P (Rtd), Visakhapatnam, A.P
People are able to regain health by OP introduced by you. ‘Health is great Wealth’ is a saying.
You have given this great wealth to the people of Andhra through OP with just one spoon of oil,
which costs very little.
- Bujji.Y, Rayalacheruvu, A.P
Ensnared by the modern methods of living, people are loosing the God given health. For those
poor souls sufferin g from diseases your “Wonderful OP Therapy” is a “Light of Hope”.
- P.Satyanarayana, Guntur
Large number of people in Andhra Pradesh regained their health by practicing your advice. So
many people, who got rid of their diseases, are going forward in their lives with renewed health
and enthusiasm.
- R.S Narayana, Tirupathi
SMALL BOOK  ON
OIL PULLING
A UNIVERSAL REMEDY
Introduction
At the dawn of twenty first century it causes doubt, disbelief and astonishment, if one advises you
to practice a therapy, which cures most diseases. In the past twelve years the curative results of
"Oil Pulling” (OP) of thousands of people provides proof beyond doubt. It is described as the 'Best
Drugless Therapy' a cure for most diseases.
The aim of this pamphlet is to provide the essential details about OP to help you to cure yourself
by practicing at home.
Dr F Karach, who proposed the oil treatment at a conference of oncologists and bacteriologists in
UDSSR, said most different diseases, could be totally cured without medicines or surgery. "With
oil therapy I have cured my chronic blood disease with which I suffered for 15 years. It healed in
three days an acute arthritis".
Diseases curable
Dr F Karach said


 is new, the process itself is not. There
have always been patients who do not follow the normal
course of healing. A tiny minority, for example, do not
waste away from cancer; others have tumors that grow
much more slowly than what the statistics for their
diseases predict. Many cures that share mysterious origins
—faith healing, spontaneous remissions, and the eﬀective
use of placebos, or “dummy drugs”—also point toward a
quantum leap. Why? Because in all of these instances, the
faculty of inner awareness seems to have promoted a
drastic jump—a quantum leap—in the healing mechanism.
Consciousness is a force that most of us undervalue.
Generally we do not focus our inner awareness or use its
real power, even in the most diﬀicult moments of crisis.
That may account for why “miracle” cures are greeted with
a mixture of awe, disbel ief, and reverence. Yet, everyone
possesses consciousness. Perhaps these miracles are
extensions of normal abilities. When your body mends a
broken bone, why is that not a miracle? As a healing
process, it is certainly complex, far too complex for
medicine to duplicate; it involves an incredible number of
perfectly synchronized processes, of which medici ne knows
only the major ones and those imperfectly.
The reason why curing cancer by yourself is a miracle but
mending a broken arm is not comes down to the mind-body
connection: The broken bone seems to mend itself
physically, without the intervention of your mind; yet, a
spontaneous cure of cancer—so it is widely believed—depends on a special quality of mind, some deep will to live,
a heroically positive outlook, or some other rare capacity.
This implies that there are two kinds of healing, one that is
normal, the other abnormal, or at least exceptional.
I belie ve that this distinction is false. The broken arm
mends because consciousness makes it mend, and the same
holds true for the miraculous cancer cure, the long-term
survival of AIDS, the healing by faith, and even the ability
to live to a great old age without falling prey to disease.
The reason why not everyone manages to take the healing
process as far as it can go is that we diﬀer drastically in our
ability to mobilize it.
We can see this in the way that diﬀerent people react to
disease. A minute fraction, far less than 1 percent, of all the
patients who contract an incurable disease manage to cure
themselves. A larger fraction, but still under 5 percent, live
much longer than average—this is conﬁrmed in the 2
percent of AIDS patients who have survived longer than
eight years, while the vast majority do not survive beyond
two. These ﬁnding s are not restricted to incurable disea ses.
Studies have generally shown that only 20 percent of
patients with serious but treatable disorders recover with
excellent results. That leaves nearly 80 percent who either
do not recover or only partially recover. Why is
unsuccessful healing so far out of proportion? What marks
a survivor as opposed to a non-survivor?
Apparently the successful patients have learned to
motivate their own healing, and the most successful have
gone much further than that. They have found the secret of
quantum healing. They are the geniuses of the mind-body
connection. Modern medicine cannot even begin to
duplicate their cures, because no cure that relies on drugs
or surgery is so precisely timed, so beautifully coordinated,
so benign and free of side eﬀects, so eﬀortless as theirs.
Their ability springs from  a level so deep that you cannotgo any deepe r. If we knew what their brains were doing to
motivate their bodies, we would have the basic unit of the
healing process in our hands.
—
As yet, medicine has not taken the quantum leap, and the
word quantum  has no clinical application. Because
quantum physics works with ultra-high-speed accelerators,
you may think that quantum healing uses radioisotopes or
X rays. But that is the opposite of what it means. Quantum
healing moves away from external, high-technology
methods toward the deepest core of the mind-body system.
This core is where healing begins. To go there and learn to
promote the healing response, you must get past all the
grosser levels of the body—cells, tissues, organs, and
systems—and arrive at the junction point between mind
and matter, the point where consciousness actually starts
to have an eﬀect.
The quantum itself—what it is, how it behaves—takes up
the ﬁrst half of this book. The second half then blends the
quantum into Ayurveda, making a marriage of two cultures
while trying to arrive at one answer. The scientiﬁc
worldview of the West surprisingly supports the vision of
the ancient sages of India. This is a journey that breaks
down barriers and ignores cultural fences. To me, the
whole story has to be found out. Chitra asked  me for it, and
so I am writing for her and all patients like her. Until they
ﬁnd an answer, their lives still hang in the balance.
EXPANDING THE TOPIC
Much can be said in favor of consciousness aﬀecting the
body, to the extent that the gap between “normal” healingand “miraculous” healing has closed even more over the
past few decades. The main obstacle, as far as mainstream
medicine is concerned, is a ﬁxed belief that the body
operates entirely like a physical machine. If that were so,
the following experiment would have failed.
The experiment was the brainchild of the pioneering
work of Harvard psycholo gist Ellen Langer, who as far back
as 1981 was testing the possibility that aging has a major
mental component. (The notion is actually ancient in origin.
The medieva l Indian philosopher and sage Adi Shankara
declared that people grow old and die because they see
other people grow old and die.)
In 1981, Langer took eight men in their seventies, all in
good health but exhibiting signs of age, and immersed
them for ﬁve days in an environment that was like time
travel going back to 1959, including the music and
television of the period, along with the movies and events
in the news. The men were told to act as if they were their
younger selves, becau se Langer had alrea dy done
experiments in which memory loss in the elderly could
sometimes be reversed by giving subjects an incentive to
remember. In other words, the mind was being motivated
to aﬀect the body.
Before enter ing the time-capsule environment, the men
were tested on various markers of aging such as grip
strength, dexterity, and how well they could hear and see.
At the end of the ﬁve days, the group had improved on
seven out of eight measures, including better vision, a
startling ﬁnding. They looked  younger as assessed by
outside judges. Thirty-three years ago Langer was
proceeding more or less intuitively, without the knowledge
into gene expression and neuroplasticity that we can turn
to today (more on those breakthroughs in later “Expanding
the T opic” sections).In another startling experiment, Langer went into a
retirement home and divided her subjects into two groups.
Both were given some houseplants for their room. One
group was told that they were responsible for keeping the
plants alive, and that they could make choices in their own
daily schedule. The other group was told that the staﬀ
would tend the plants, and in addition they were given no
choice in their ﬁxed daily  schedule. At the end of eighteen
months, twice as many subjects in the ﬁrst group were still
alive compared with the second group. (The same rationale
lies behind the accepted practice of giving the elderly a pet
to take care of. At the very least it improves their mood and
quality of life. It may prolong their lives as well.)
Aging and healing have in common that they have long
been viewed as ﬁxed processes based on strict physical
limitations. An invisible factor like making your own
choices abou t how to spend your day never ﬁgured into the
calculation. This bias has been shifting for quite a while,
but only the beginning signs were evident when Quantum
Healing  appeared. Today what’s important isn’t the
acceptance of conscious ness as a factor in healing—that
battle has been won, more or less. Instead we need a set of
new assumptions about how far consciousness can go to
alter healing and aging, not to mention intractable chronic
pain, addictions, dependency on prescription  drugs,
recovery from surgery, and so on.
Here are the basic assumptions I’d suggest:
1.Mind comes before matter.
2.Mental choices originate the messages that change
organs, tissues, and cells.
3.The body is ﬂuid and dynamic, not ﬁxed and
determined.4.Genes express whatever a person desires. They
operate through switches that the mind can access.
5.The mind-body system is a feedback loop where input
and output have many determinants, including
lifestyle, environment, behavior, beliefs, and past
conditioning.
6.Th


leaves	you	feeling	soothed	and	chilled	out.	No	stimulating	hip-
hop	or	hard	rock	at	this	time!
HONOR	THE
SACRED	HOUR
Treat	the	last	hour	before	bed	as	sacred	time	for	you.	Try	reading	something
relaxing	or	spiritually	uplifting,	or	meditating.	There	are	excellent	ways	to	set
the	energetic	tone	as	you	drift	into	sleep.	(See
Pillar	6
	for	more	specifics	about
meditation.)	Your	nighttime	reading	should	be	done	with	real	books	instead	of
an	electronic	reader	that	can	disrupt	your	internal	cues	and	sleep	patterns.
During	the	sacred	hour,	what	you	avoid	is	just	as	crucial	as	what	you	engage
in.	Avoid	stressful	or	stimulating	activities.	Late	at	night	is	not	the	ideal	time	to
complete	last-minute	work	on	a	presentation,	hit	the	gym,	or	engage	in	a
dynamic	Vinyasa	yoga	flow.	It’s	also	not	the
best	time	to	get	into	a	big
emotional	discussion	with	your	partner	or	a	friend.	You’ll	be	better	off	saving
that	for	morning	tea	or	a	Saturday	hike,	if	you	can	put	it	off	until	then.
Stressful	activities	just	have	no	place	before	bedtime.	They	can	induce	your
body	to	secrete	the	stress	hormone	cortisol,	which	can	make	you	feel	more	alert.
Chill	out	and	steer	clear	of	anything	non–chilled	out.
SECURE	THE	BEST	BEAUTY	SLEEP	POSE
Research	has	shown	that	exactly	how	you	sleep	on	your	pillow	can	influence	wrinkleformation.	One	study	from	the	journal	of
Clinical	and	Experimental	Dermatology
studied	mechanical	forces	on	the	face	and	how	they	influenced	wrinkles	and
superficial	facial	changes,	including	the	formation	of	crow’s-feet	and	lines	around
the	mouth.	They	found	that	redistributing	pressure	could	help	reduce	wrinkles.
3
So	what	can	you	do?	First,	ensure	that	you	have	the	right	kind	of	pillow	(see
this
page
)	and	avoid	sleeping	on	your	stomach,	which	may	create	pressure	and
enhance	wrinkles	to	an	even	greater	degree.	Also	avoid	crossing	your	legs	when
you	sleep.	It’s	not	only	bad	for	circulation,	but	can	also	twist	your	spine,	leaving	you
feeling	unbalanced	in	the	morning.	Try	sleeping	with	a	pillow	between	your	legs,
which	will	keep	your	legs	and	hips	more	balanced.
Create	a	Personal	Bedroom	Cave
One	of	the	most	important	routines	you	can	create	is	the	habit	of
sleeping	in
an	ideal	environment.	If	you	look	at	the	sleeping	habits	of	other	animals,
regardless	of	whether	they	sleep	during	the	day	or	the	night,	you	will	find	bears
and	bats	burrowed	deep	in	cool,
dark,	quiet	caves.	Let’s	take	this	cue	from
nature	as	a	guide	to	create	an	ideal
sleep	environment.	There	are	three	factors
that	are	essential	for	creating	your	own	personal	beauty	sleep	“cave”	right	in
your	own	home.
COOL
Warm	temperatures	might	feel	great	during	the	day	when	you’re	outside,
especially	if	you	like	to	hike,	bike,	or	go	to	the	beach.	But	high	temperatures	are
not	great	for	sleep.	In	fact,	some	research	has	shown	a	connection	between
insomnia	and	elevated	body	temperatures.
4
	You’ve	perhaps	already	experienced
how	much	easier	it	is	to	sleep	soundly	when	you	can	snuggle	under	the	covers.
When	you	sleep,	your	body’s	temperature	drops	mildly,	which	actually	helps
prepare	you	to	sleep	through	the	night.
While	the
National	Sleep	Foundation	recommends	a	cool	65	degrees
Fahrenheit	(18	degrees	Celsius)
5
	for	sleep,	somewhere	between	65	and	75
degrees	Fahrenheit	(18	to	24	degrees	Celsius),	depending	on	your	particular
body	constitution,	is	a	good	range	to	help	you	drop	off	to	sleep	faster	and	more
deeply.	Some	researchers	believe	that	keeping	temperatures	steady	throughout
the	night	is	important,	and	that	if	there	is	a	rise	or	fall	in	temperature	you
might	experience	less	quality	REM	sleep.	If	possible,	set	your	home
thermometer	to	hold	steady	at	a	certain	temperature.	From	a	beauty	perspective,
excessive	heat	can	cause	you	to	lose	even	more	fluids	throughout	the	night,	and
sleep	is	already	dehydrating.	Chronic,	excessive	nighttime
dehydration	over
time	can	contribute	to	drying	out	and	taxing	your	skin.DARK
Your	whole	bedroom	needs	to	be	as	dark	as	possible.	Move	as	much	electronic
equipment	out	of	your	bedroom	as	possible	(surely	the	printer	can	fit
somewhere
in	the	living	room)	and	get	rid	of	digital	alarm	clocks	that	are
plugged	in	and	introduce	their	own	lights	and	electromagnetic	frequencies.
Then	go	through	and	use	black	tape	to	cover	any	little	blinking	lights	that	can’t
be	avoided.	Light	tells	your	brain	that	it’s	time	to	wake	up,	and	even	a	small
amount	of	ambient	light	from	your	cell	phone	or	computer	can	disrupt	the
production	of	melatonin,
6
	which	regulates	sleep	cycles.
It’s	also	very	helpful	to	equip	your	room	with	heavy	blackout	shades	that
completely	block	out	the	sunlight	along	with	outside	streetlights	or	car	lights.
This	is	especially	important	if	you	live	on	a	busy	road	or	in	a	city.	An	eye	mask
is	also	a	great	tool	to	help	block	out	light.	If	you	don’t	like	the	feel	of	a	mask,
which	can	feel	constricting	to	some,	simply	drape	a	dark	T-shirt	over	your	eyes.
Strive	for	the	complete	darkness	of	a	deeply	burrowed	cave,	trying	to	re-create
that	natural	environment	of	peace	and	relaxation.
SACRED	BEDROOM	ACTIVITIES
There	are	(probably)	multiple	rooms	in	your	house	or	apartment	for	all	the
functions	you	perform	daily	as	a	human	being.	While	it’s	not	a	bad	idea	to	work	on
your	computer	at	the	kitchen	table	or	sometimes	eat	dinner	on	your	couch	in	the
living	room	if	you	feel	like	it,	it’s	important	to	keep	your	bedroom	activities	to	the
bare	minimum:	sleep,	relaxation,	and	sex.
That’s	it
.	Ban	laptops,	TVs,	and	work
materials	from	your	bedroom.	Keeping	your	bed	only	for	relaxing	or	lovemaking	will
help	strengthen	your	mental	association	between	your	bedroom	and	sleep—or
lovemaking	and	then	sleep,	on	those	occasions!
Some	light	reading	in	bed,	especially	of	inspiring	or	spiritual	material,	is	highly
recommended.	This	content	can	seep	into	and	positively	influence	your	mind	as	you
are	drifting	off	to	sleep.	But	TV,	with	its	stimulating	lights	and	images,	should	be
avoided.	Keep	your	TV	in	your	living	room,	not	your	bedroom.
QUIET
Depending	on	where	you	live,	you	may	not	be	able	to	control	the	noise	in	your
external	environment,	which	may	include	barking	dogs,	chattering	teenagers,
noisy	car	engines,	and	the	like.	As	much	as	we	would	like	to,	we	can’t	make	all
the	outside	signs	of	life	go	away	when	it’s	time	for	bed.	But	you
can
	control	the


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STALE FOOD
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  PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION
   Thousands with the good sense and will power to change their eating habits say they have been
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THE BASIC CAUSE OF COMMON ARTHRITIS
   It is widely agreed among medical scientists th at common arthritis starts with deterioration of the
synovial membrane. As shown in the drawing on the rear cover, this membrane encloses the moving parts of the joint like a bag. Nature provides this membrane bag containing a clear white lubricating
fluid to keep blood out of the joint space, because the delicate red cells of blood would be quickly crushed between the weight bearing surfaces. Since there is no blood circulation inside the joint space
or in the cartilage, the clear white lubricating fluid must play another role as well, nourishing and
carrying away the wastes of the cartilage as it constantly grows to repair wear and tear. In a healthy joint, the lubricating fluid does this very well by a process called dialysis, by which it interchanges
essential nutritive materials and wastes with the bloodstream coursing through a rich network of tiny
blood vessels in the walls of the bag. The joint fluid is secreted by special cells lining the bag, utilizing
materials taken from the bloodstream, and is thus c onstantly made afresh as required. Excluded from
the life-giving bloodstream, the joint cartilage is entirely dependent on the services of the membrane
bag for its lubrication, nourishment, waste dispos al, and microbic protection by means of the special
joint fluid. If the joint fluid is not thus constantly freshened by interchange with the blood, the cartilage
must starve, weaken, be worn away, and perhaps be come infected by invading microbes. Healthy joints
are to a large degree self-repairing due to the consta ntly growing cartilage, but are sure to deteriorate
when not properly supplied with joint fluid.

THE BASIC CAUSE OF COMMON ARTHRITIS
   This diagram shows how a typical joint is enclosed by its
membrane bag, which makes a clear white fluid from blood to
lubricate and nourish the working surfaces. When blood circulation
through the wall of this membrane bag is choked by fatty rubbish from stale food, the joint fluid can no longer be properly made. The
joint is thus starved and begins to  fail. Various forms of arthritis
can then develop from wear and tear, infection, self-repair
reactions, etc. See text page 1.

   Medical authorities agree that the network of fi ne blood vessels in the membrane bag is subject to
being choked with fatty rubbish the same as other arteries. Also, the fibrous walls of the membrane
resemble the walls of the arteries, and the entire membrane tends to become thickened, hardened, and
deadened in much the same way as arteries are affected. This deterioration of the membrane bag
disturbs its performance in freshening the joint fluid, and the joint cartilage suffers accordingly. As described in authoritative medical textbooks, common arthritis begins with deterioration of the
membrane and consequent disturbance of the joint fluid, followed by a variety of painful and
disfiguring reactions in the joint.

   When blood circulation in the membrane fails and the joint begins to starve, automatic repair
responses by


 Plus in California. I
don’t recall how I selected that particular software, but as
I look back now, it must have been an inspired decision—
I ended up having some serious destiny with that
company.
By late 1979, I was doing more and more work selling
the accounting  package and the related hardware and
support. I took such good care of my clients that even
Systems Plus began referring  customers to me. Just as I
had learned all my programming skills through the jobs
that came to m e, so these new jobs were teaching me
how to analyze, implement, and support the
computerization of various-sized businesses.
Word spread like wildfire, and the demand for my
products and  services kept increasing. Between
references from Systems Plus, Radio Shack, and my
existing clients, I started  getting requests from
businesses sca ttered across the state. But I was only one
person, and I was very committed to attending morning
and evening services at the Temple. To avoid overnight
business trips,  I just let those opportunities go and fully
surrendered to putting my spiritual practices first. I
would have gone on like that, but then James showed up.
James Pierson was a very sin cere seeker who had just
moved into one of the houses on Temple property. Asperfection wou ld have it, James had a pilot’s license. One
day he overhea rd me discussing my inability to take on
out-of-town cli ents, and he o ffered to fly me around. If
we rented a small, single-engine plane for the trips,
James’s rates were more than reasonable. We began to
do day trips to the out-of-town clients who were willing
to p ay a prem ium for my services. These tended to be
upscale businesses, like a client in West Palm who
brokered private jets. With life as my teacher, little by
little th is non-suit-wearing hippie from the woods of
Alachua was learning to deal professionally with
successful businesspeople. My formula for success was
very sim ple: Do whatever is put in front of you with all
your heart and soul without regard for personal results.
Do the  work as though it were given to you by the
universe itself—because it was.
Personalized Programming was always an exciting
business. Now I got to fly abo ve the clouds in a tiny two-
seater p lane. I would often look out over the expansive
sky and  wonde r, How did I get here?  I ha d m oved out to
the woo ds to drop out and devote my life to my spiritual
practices. I never left the woods, and I never for a
moment took my life back. N ow a boutique business in
West Pa lm, one of the most affluent cities in the United
States, had hired me to fly down and computerize the
business. It was all beyond my comprehension. I was
never even trained in any of this. I was just living in a
fairy tale.3 3.
T h e  B i r t h  o f  T h e  M e d i c a l  M a n a g e r
P ersonalized Pro gramming ha d grown into a successful,
one-man company. In 1980, my brother-in-law, Harvey,
suggested that I incorporate the business for liability
purposes. I remember how unnecessary it seemed to
incorporate yet another bus iness. Still, I accepted his
advice and registered Perso nalized Programming with
the State of Florida. The State sent me a stock certificate
for the business, which I stuck in my safety deposit box
at the bank. The certificate had a beautiful official-
looking seal on it, but it had no real value to anyone but
me. Nonetheless, Personalized Programming, Inc. was
now a legal corporation in the State of Florida.
I r eally loved t he work I was doing with Personalized
Programming. If anything, my passion for computers
had grown stronger since that first day in Radio Shack.
Each co mputer I installed was like a dear friend I left
behind to serve my clients. I may have looked like a one-
man co mpany, but in reality I had left my workers at
every one of my clients’ sites. They worked for free day
and night, and they never complained.
Once I  starte d selling and supporting full system
solutions for my clients, P ersonalized Programming
began generating more than a hundred thousand dollars
a year. That was a far cry from the five thousand I was
earning at Santa Fe just a few years earlier. In addition,
Built wi th Love  was still earn ing a decent living. Through
all t his, I had hardly changed my lifestyle. The money the
businesses were earning got donated to the Temple to
support land purchases and the expenses incurredserving the community. The perfection of how everything
was unfolding was enough to silence the personal mind.
It was around that time when I noticed that my mental
concepts separating worldly  and spiritual  had finally
dissolved. Ever ything began to appear as the miraculous
perfection of the flow of life.
If I’ d had my way, I would h ave continued my life in
that direction. But somehow it seems that in my
experiment with surrender—I never have my way. So it
was in early 1980 when I received two phone calls on the
same d ay that would end up  initiating the next stage of
my phenomen al journey. The calls seemed innocent
enough; they were from people looking for a medical
billing system.  What they w anted was the ability to do
patient and insurance billing using a personal computer.
I didn’t have a system that could do that, but I told them
I would look around and get back to them.
After some searching, I found a system through a
contact I had in Miami. I t was supposed to be a
nationally distributed software package with successful
installations. I  should have checked references. I got
literature and pricing on the system and got back to my
prospective cli ents with a bid. I had no idea what I was
getting into. Once I started testing the software, it didn’t
take long to realize that the package was absolute
garbage. There was no way I was going to represent that
software.
When I called my clients to give them the bad news,
they each had the same res ponse. They said they had
heard t hat I was a very reliable programmer who had
written custom  software for numerous businesses. Why
couldn’t I write software for their medical practice
business?
I re member I was sitting o n the floor of my small
office. The little voice in my  head was going on about
how it took s o long to write software versus selling
someone else’s. Writing a patient and insurance billingsystem would be a much larger project than anything I
had eve r done. I told my clients that it could take as
much as two years to finish such a system.
Unfortunately, they both said they were willing to wait if
they could give input along the way. I definitely didn’t
want to get int o a programming project of that size. But
though there was no definitive agreement with these
clients, there was my agreement to honor life’s flow. My
mind be came s till as I realize d that I really had no choice
but to surrend er to the situa tion life had put me in. It
was jus t like all the other ti mes I let go when I didn’t
want to. I took a deep breath  and told both clients that I
would try my best to write a billing system for their
medical practices.
The moment I hung up from these phone calls, I
reached over and picked up the standard insurance claim
form th at was lying on the  floor next to me. I had
obtained it earlier to see what an insurance bill looked
like. I began th inking about how I was going to structure
a program that would collect  and store the diverse data
necessary to fill out this fo rm. Little did I know that
those first thoughts were the start of a journey into the
computerization of the medic al industry that would span
almost three decades. People have often asked me how
back in  1980 I had the fore sight to focus Personalized
Programming on the medical industry. Now you see that
the answer is simple: I didn’t do a thing except serve with
all m y heart a nd soul what life brought before me. But
the scope of the task I had been given this time was way
beyond anything I had ever faced.
There were no meetings, or budgets, or project plans.
There w as just me. I immediately started to code the
software that would come to be called The Medical
Manager—a product that would end up revolutionizing
the U.S. medic al practice management industry. I know
it is difficult fo r people to un derstand, but to me writing
code was the sa me as having a conversation with anotherhuman being. I didn’t have to  think about what I wanted
to s ay or how  to say it. There was just a natural flow
directly from the stream of my thoughts into the
machine. When I was writing a program, the voice in my
head wo uld speak in the computer language I was using.
I didn’ t think  in English and then convert to the
language; my primary thoughts were in


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spikeard;rabbitroot
Sarsaparilla isaperennialclimberfoundincertainparts
ofnorthandsouthAmerica. Ithaslong,slender,
bitter-tastingrootletswhicharepoisonous iftakenin
largequantity,producingnausea,vomitinganda
temporarylossofappetite.
TheplantwasbroughttoEuropeinthemid-
sixteenthcenturybyexplorersofthe'NewWorld'andPHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Breastfeedingproblems
SymptomsNipplesinverted.
Thismakesitverydifficulttoestablishbreastfeeding.
Cystitis
SymptomsDesiretourinate:ineffectual.Painscut-
ting.Urination:slow;dribbling;canonlypassurine
whilestanding.Urine:green;pale;withmucus;with
sediment.
Worseatendofurination;duringamenstrualperiod.
Causesgettingchilled;cold,wetweather.
Thepersonmaypassurinewithoutfeelingit,butwill
experienceunbearablepainattheendofurinating,
andwillyellwiththepain.Urinatingisdifficultwhile
sittingdown,andthepersonmayonlybeableto
urinatefreelywhilestandingup.Eventhenshemay
onlymanageafeeblestream.Childrenwithcystitiscry
outbeforepeeingbecauseoftheanticipatedpain.The
kidneysmayalsobepainful(therightmoresothanthe
left)andinflamed(withcuttingpains)-itisadvisable
toseekprofessionalhelpbeforethispoint,butSarsa-
parillawillhelptorelievethepaininthemeantime.
Sepia(Sep.)
Familyname:Dibranchiata
Othernames:squid,cuttlefish
Cuttlefisharemolluscsrelatedtotheoctopusand
squid,andarefoundmostcommonlyinthe
MediterraneanandotherEuropeanseas.Unlikemost
molluscs,whichhaveshellsoutsidetheirbodies,
cuttlefishhavesoft,gelatinousbodieswithtinyshells
inside.Theygrowtoonetotwofeetlong,andswim
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Sepia(Sep.)•147
aboutrapidlybysquirtingjetsofwaterfromtheir
bodies.Theycanchangecolourandsquirtjetsofinkas
aprotective,camouflagingdevice.
Sepiaisthenamegiventothedriedbrownish-black
ink,whichisusedasanartists'pigment;therawinkis
notfitformedicinaluseandindeedwasunknownto
medicineuntilHahnemannobservedthatasickly
artistfriendofhislickedhispaintbrushfrequentlyas
heworked.Hemadeapotencyofthe'sepia'inkand
curedtheartistofhiscomplaints.
Forthehomeopathicpreparationthepurepigment
istriturated.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Catchescoldseasily.Complaintsfromgettingwet.
Cravesvinegar.Dischargesvellow.Dislikesmeat.
Facepasty.Painspressing.Sweat:cold;hot;profuse;
smelly;sour;fromslightestphysicalexertion;from
mentalexertion;frompain;onsinglepartsofthe
body.Symptomsleft-sided.
Betteraftereating;forvigorousexercise;forrunning;
forfastwalking.
Worsebeforeduring/aftermenstrualperiod;atnight;
forcold;forfasting;forgettingwet;forrest;forfrosty
air;forsweating;fortouch;forwalkinginthewind;for
mental/physical exertion;forwriting.
Sepiaisaremedythathasaprofoundeffectonthe
femalehormonesandisthereforeoftenneededduringandafterpregnancy,aroundthetimeofthemeno-
pause,andforproblemswithperiodsorproblemsthat
areexacerbatedaroundthetimeofthemenstrual
period.
ThetypicalSepiafaceisyellow,earthyandpale,
withamarkedyellownessrunningacrossthesaddle
ofthenoseanddarkringsundertheeyes.
Thesearechillytypes,withcoldhandsandfeet,
whoareextremelysensitivetothecoldinalmostany
shapeorform.Theysweateasilyandprofusely,when
experiencingstrongemotionsorwithanyexertionof
eitherthebodyorthemind.Coughingcanalsomake
themsweat.Thesweatwillsmellsourandwillmake
themfeelworseandaggravatetheirsymptoms.
Theyfeelexhaustedandrundown.Theyhaveno
muscletoneandtheyfeelandlooksaggy;theyfeelas
thoughthereissomethingheavyinsidethatisdrag-
gingthemdown.Thisisamarvellousremedyfor
prolapseoftheuterus,whateverthecause(though
thisisusuallytoomanychildrentooclosetogether),
andmeansthatthetraumaofanoperationcanbe
avoided.However,thisconditiondoesalwaysrequire
carefulprescribingbyaprofessionalhomeopath.De-
spiteSepiatvpes'weakness,theyaregenerallyworse
forrest,andexercisingvigorouslywillenergisetheir
sluggishstate.Eatingwillhelptemporarily(theyare
muchworseformissingmeals).Theydonotwantto
betouchedormassaged.
EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Angryfromcontradiction.Anxious:duringafever;
duringtheevening.Confused.Depressed.Desires
tobealone.Dislikescompany;consolation;
contradiction.Forgetful.Indifferent:toown
children;tofamily;tolovedones;towork.Irritable.
Sensitive:tomusic;tonoise;topain.Sluggish.
Tearful.Weepy.
Sepiatypesarepronetodreadfulemotionalstates,
wheretheybecomesluggish,indifferent, irritable,
weepvanddepressed.Sepiahasbeenfoundtobe
moreusefulforwomenthanformenandisespecially
neededforthetypicalworn-out-mother-without-any-
supportsyndrome,forwomenwhoareworndownby
thecaresoflifeandtoomanychildrenwithnot
enoughtimebetweenthemfortheirbodiestorecover.
ThisistheclassicalSepiapicture,thoughwomenmay
alsobesimplywornoutfromhavingtoomuchtodo
andnotenoughpersonalresourcestoseethem
through it.
Wheninthisdepressedstate,Sepiassag,mentally
andphysicallyTheysitsilently,feelingemptyand
enjoyingnothingintheirlives,andfeelingindifferent
toallthosethingsthatformerlygavethemenjoyment
-suchastheirchildrenandfamily,andtheirwork.
148•Sepia(Sep.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Theydonotwantanyhelpandwillrespondbadlyto
sympathy,preferringtobealonetoavoidanyfurther
stress.Becausethinkingissodifficultandtheirbrains
seemtohavegroundtoahalttheonlythingtheywant
todoistobequietandalone.
Theywillfeelverymuchbetteriftheydragthem-
selvesoutoftheirtorportodosomethingstrenuous,
suchasexercise,aerobics,dancingorspringcleaning.
Itisasifthecirculationhasslowedrightdownandthe
exercisegetsitmovingagain.Thisistheonlyremedy
thathasthissymptomtothisdegree.Childrenwho
needSepiamaybenegativeandsulkyandindifferent
totheirwork,thatis,toplaying!Theymaybeafraidof
beingalone,ofthedark(becauseofghosts)butthey
willnotwanttobehandledeither.Theybecomelazy
anddonotwanttodoanything,butoncetheyhave
actuallygotgoing,orhave,forexample,arrivedatthe
party,theyarequitehappyandhaveagoodtime.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Backache
SymptomsPains:inlowerback;aching;dragging
down.
Betterforpressure.
Worseduringtheafternoon;atnight;before/during
menstrualperiod;forbendingdown;forsitting.
Thelowerbackfeelsweakandtiredandasifithas
beenhitwithahammer.
Coldsores
SymptomsSoresonlips.
Commoncold
SymptomsNasalcatarrh:green;dirtyyellow;
vellow-green;dripsdownbackofthroat.Senseof
smelllost.
Constipation
SymptomsBellystomachfeelsfull.Stools:hard;
large.Strainingineffectual.
Worseduringamenstrualperiod.
Causespregnancy.
Thisisforthetypeofacuteconstipationthatcan
accompanypregnancyorawoman'speriods.The
personwillstraintopassalarge,hardstoolbutwillbe
unableto.
Cough
SymptomsBreathingfast.Couch:constantatnight;
dry;exhausting;hacking;irritating;loose;mustsitup
tocough;rattling;short;disturbssleep;tickling;vio-
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Philodendron spp.)
Spider Plants (Chlorophytum comosum)
Bamboo plant (Rhapis excelsea)
Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans)
English Ivy (Hederá helix)
Bromeliads (Cryp tan thus spp.)
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum spp.)
House-type Palms
Ficus TreeGolden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)
3
.
Always wash your fruits and vegetables before you eat them. Use a
vegetable wash or fresh lemon juice with hydrogen peroxide.
4
.
Eat an 80 to 100 percent raw food diet. Eat fruits even more so than
vegetables. Fruits are full of antioxidant and astringent properties. They
will keep your lymphatic (immune) system clean and moving. They also
enhance the strength of a cell, especially brain and nerve cells.
5
.
In traffic, keep your car’s outside air vent closed. Make sure your car’s
exhaust system is not leaking and in good order.
6
.
Use 100 percent natural hygiene products (soaps, shampoos, etc.). Read
the labels. If they have chemicals in them, don’t use them. (If you can’t
pronounce it—you probably don’t want it.) What you put on your skin
absorbs into your blood stream and circulates throughout your body.
This can damage your brain, heart, kidneys and especially your liver.
7
.
Avoid dry cleaning, as the chemicals used are extremely toxic.
8
.
Use common sense with everything you do and use. It’s your body and it
carries you around this world, as any vehicle would. If it fails—you’re
stuck. Chemicals can be extremely dangerous.
9
.
Avoid cooking. If you must cook, steam your food in stainless steel.
Always use stainless steel cookware.
10
.
Use and clean your air conditioners and air filters. Use the natural, high-
filtration-type that removes 1-micron to 3-micron size particles.
11
.
Use R/O (reverse-osmosis) or steam-distilled water. Note: Avoid storing
distilled water in plastic containers. Distilled water will leach some of the
chemicals from the plastic into itself.
12
.
Drink from and use glass as much as possible. Plastic can be toxic to
you.
13
.
Avoid walking for exercise near high traffic areas. Walk in a safe park or
wooded area instead.
14
.
Avoid florescent lighting as much as possible. Be aware of what you eat,
drink, breathe and what you put on your skin, as this is how you bring
the outside world in.
 MODULE 4.7
Poison Control Centers

Here are the telephone numbers for local Poison Control Centers in the
United States. You may want to program the numbers for your area into your
automatic dialing feature, if you have one. Please note that all phone numbers
are subject to change. Check your state’s Poison Control Center number for
accuracy.
UNITED STATES

ALABAMA
205-939-9201
205-933-4050
800-292-6678 (AL only)
ALASKA
907-261-3193
ARIZONA
Statewide
800-362-0101 (AZ only)
Phoenix Area
602-253-3334
Tucson Area
602-626-6016
ARKANSAS
501-686-6161
CALIFORNIA
Davis Area
916-734-3692800-342-9293 (Northern CA only)
Fresno Area
209-445-1222
800-346-5922 (CA only)
Orange County Area
714-634-5988
800-544-4404 (Southern CA only)
San Diego Area
619-543-6000
800-876-4766 (619 area code)
San Francisco/Bay Area
415-476-6600
San Jose/Santa Clara Valley
408-299-5112
800-662-9886 (CA only)
COLORADO
303-629-1123
CONNECTICUT
203-679-1000
800-343-277 (CT only)
DELAWARE
302-655-3389
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
202-625-3333
202-784-4660 (TTY)
*
FLORIDA
813-253-4444
800-282-3171 (FL only)
GEORGIA404-589-4400
800-282-5846 (GA only)
HAWAII
808-941-4411
IDAHO
208-378-2707
800-632-8000
ILLINOIS
217-753-3330
800-543-2022 (IL only)
800-942-5969
INDIANA
317-929-2323
800-382-9097(IN only)
IOWA
800-272-6477 (IA only)
800-362-2327 (IA only)
KANSAS
Topeka/Northern KS
913-354-6100
Wichita/Southern KS
316-263-9999
KENTUCKY
502-629-7275
800-722-5725 (KY only)
LOUISIANA
800-256-9822 (LA only)
MAINE
800-442-6305 (ME only)MARY LAND
Statewide
410-528-7701
800-492-2414 (MD only)
D.C.
Suburbs
202-625-3333
202-784-4660 (TTY)
*
MASSACHUSETTS
617-232-2120
800-682-9211
MICHIGAN
Statewide
800-632-2727 (MI only)
800-356-3232 (TTY)
*
Detroit Area
313-745-5711
MINNESOTA
Statewide
800-222-1222
Duluth/Northern MN
218-726-5466
Minneapolis/St. Paul Area
612-347-3141
612-337-7474 (TDD)
612-221-2113
MISSISSIPPI
601-354-7660
MISSOURI
314-772-5200800-366-8888
MONTANA
303-629-1123
NEBRASKA
Statewide
800-955-9119 (NE only)
Omaha Area
402-390-5555
NEVADA
702-732-4989
NEW HAMPSHIRE
603-650-5000
800-562-8236 (NH only)
NEW JERSEY
800-962-1253
MARY LAND
NEW MEXICO
505-843-2551
800-432-6866 (NM only)
NEW YORK
Albany Area
800-336-6997
Binghamton/Southern Tier
800-252-5655
Buffalo/Western
 NY
716-878-7654
800-888-7655
Long Island
516-542-2323516-542-2324
516-542-2325
Nyack/Hudson Valley
914-353-1000
New
York City
212-340-4494
212-POISONS
212-689-9014 (TDD)
**
Syracuse/Central
 NY
315-476-4766
NORTH CAROLINA
Statewide
800-672-1697
Charlotte Area
704-355-4000
NORTH DAKOTA
800-732-2200 (ND only)
OHIO
Statewide
800-682-7625
Columbus/Central OH
614-228-1323
614-461-2012
614-228-2272 (TTY)
*
Cincinnati Area
513-558-5111
800-872-5111 (OH only)
OKLAHOMA
800-522-4611 (OK only)OREGON
503-494-8968
800-452-7165 (OR only)
PENNSYLV ANIA
Philadelphia/Eastern PA
215-386-2100
Pittsburgh/Western PA
412-681-6669
Hershey/Central PA
800-521-6110
PUERTO RICO
809-754-8535
RHODE ISLAND
401-277-5727
SOUTH CAROLINA
800-777-1117
SOUTH DAKOTA
803-952-0123 (SD only)
TENNESSEE
Memphis/Western
 TN
901-528-6048
Nashville/Eastern
 TN
615-322-6435
TEXAS
214-590-5000
800-441-0040 (TX only)
UTAH
801-581-2151
800-456-7707 (UT only)VERMONT
800-562-8236 (VT only)
VIRGINIA
Statewide
800-451-1428
Charlottesville/Blue Ridge
804-925-5543
D.C. Suburbs
202-625-3333
202-784-4660 (TTY)
*
WASHINGTON
800-732-6985 (WA only)
WEST VIRGINIA
304-348-4211
800-642-3625 (WV only)
WISCONSIN
Madison/Southwestern and