Serves 2
1 large ( or 2 small) sweet potatoes
few cooked small beets, sliced
arugula (or lettuce) leaves
Dressing:
yogurt
lemon juice
flaxseed oil
dill weed, dried or fresh
Cook the sweet potatoes gently in their skins until cooked.  Allow to cool. Cut into slices and
place the sweet potato and beet slices overlapping on a plate o f arugula  (or lettuce) leaves.
Drizzle on the dressing and serve immediately.
Corn
Corn may be baked in the husk wrapped in foil. Bake in low oven at 300°  F (149 ° C) for 1 hour
or place in boiling water for approximately 7 minutes.
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Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
1 or 2 corn cobs
flaxseed oil
parsley, chopped
Leave the corn in its outer leaves and wrap in baking foil.  Bake at 350 ° F (180° C) for about 1
hour.  When cooked, peel back the leaves and allow to cool slightly. Pour on some flaxseed oil  to
which some chopped parsley has been added.  Serve as an appetizer or a side dish.
Corn with Mixed Vegetables
2 ears of corn
3 stalks of celery, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
2 zucchini squash, sliced
Husk the corn and cut the kernels off. Slice the other vegetables into small pieces. Put the corn
in a baking dish and add the vegetables. Bake at 200° F (93 ° C) for 1 hour.
Corn with Orange Juice
2 ears of corn
1 glass of orange juice
Husk the corn, cut off the kernels and put it in a baking dish with a lid. Bake at 250° F (121 °
C) until soft. Pour the corn juice off and add the orange juice. Let set 5 to 10 minutes before
serving.
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Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
10 oz. whole green beans
yogurt
2 oz. onion, finely chopped
Cook the beans gently. Just before the beans are ready, gently heat the yogurt with the chopped
onion.  Put the beans into a warm serving dish and pour on the yogurt dressing.
Creamed Corn
3 ears of corn
1 green bell pepper, sliced
Husk corn and cut off the kernels. Put kernels from 2 ears in a blender and blend. Add the
kernels from the third ear to the blended corn. Place in a baking dish and put the sliced green
pepper on top and bake in the oven at 200-250° F (93-121° C) for 1-1/2 hours.
Creamy Cabbage
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
white cabbage, shredded
1 small onion, chopped
2 tbsp. thick yogurt
1 tsp. dried dill  tops, chopped (or crushed dill seeds)
Shred the cabbage and chop the onion. Add a little water to cook.  When cooked and tender, add
the thick yogurt mixed with the dill  tops (or seeds).
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soup stock
1 onion, chopped
1 eggplant, sliced
2 tomatoes, sliced and skinned
Put some soup stock (see “‘Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing
Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. X) in bottom of large covered baking dish. Add onion,
eggplant and tomatoes in layers. Cover and bake in low oven at 300°  F (149 ° C) for 2 hours.
Eggplant  Fan
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves 2
1 large onion, sliced
1 large eggplant, sliced
1 large firm, ripe tomato, sliced
thyme and marjoram
1 small clove garlic, chopped
Slice the onion into rings and cook gently in a thick-bottomed saucepan  while preparing the
other ingredients.  Cut eggplant  into 4 or 5 lengthwise slices, stopping 3/4 in ch from either end.
Slice the tomato into twice as many slices as there are cuts in the eggplant. Arrange the eggplant
on top of the onions in a fan shape, and fill the cuts with the tomato slices.  Sprinkle with herbs
and chopped garlic.  Cover and cook gently, on top of the stove,  or bake gently in a low oven at
300° F (149° C) until the eggplant  is soft.
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www.thegersonway.comEggplant  Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2
1 eggplant
1 small onion, chopped
parsley, chopped
2 tomatoes, sliced
1-1/2 tbsp. vinegar
little flaxseed oil
Bake the eggplant  for about an hour at 350 ° F (180° C). Chop the onion and parsley and slice
the tomatoes.  Combine with the cooked eggplant. Add the vinegar and flaxseed oil.
Eggplant,  Stewed
1 eggplant, cut into cubes
2 onions, chopped
3 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
Combine all ingredients in a stew pot. Stew approximately 30 minutes (until tender). Do not add
water.
Fancy Garlic Potatoes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 1-1/2 to 2 hours
potatoes, sliced
flaxseed oil
garlic, crushed
Cut the potatoes into slices, almost through to the base, but not quite.  Put into a casserole dish
with only enough water to cover the bottom.  Cook in the top of oven at 325 ° F (170° C) for 1-
1/2 to 2 hours  or at 350° F ( 180° C) for 1 hour.  Mix together the flaxseed oil and crushed garlic.
Put the potatoes onto a serving dish and, when slightly cooled, pour on the dressing.  Serve
immediately.
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www.thegersonway.comFennel Treat
1 fennel bulb
1 large tomato, cut into 1/4-inch  slices
2-3 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced thinly
Cut off stalks and leaves from fennel. Slice bulb in half lengthwise to give two flat halves. Rinse
them under running water to remove sand and put them in a baking dish with cut side up. Cover
halves with tomato slices and place garlic slices on top of tomatoes. Cover dish and bake at
250° F (121 ° C) for 1 to 2 hours. Serve with a baked potato and a salad of grated carrots on a
bed of pretty greens.
Festive Broccoli (or Festive Green Beans)
1 large head broccoli (or 3-1/2 cups sliced green beans)
1 small onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 medium sweet red (or yellow) bell pepper, cut in strips
2 tsp. lemon juice (optional)
1/4 tsp. dried (or 1 tsp. fresh) dill weed
Select dark green head of broccoli with no yellowing. Cut into spears, peeling tougher stalks at
base. Place onion and garlic in pot. Cover and stew on low flame for 45 minutes or until tender.
Add pepper strips for the last 20 to 25 minutes of cooking. Add lemon juice just before serving
(lemon will discolor broccoli if added during cooking). Sprinkle vegetables with dill and serve.
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Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves 2
French beans


,
minerals,
vitamins,
enzymes.
hormones
and
other
substances.
It
is
used
immediately
after
elimination
from
the
body.
There
are
two
types
-
from
a
healthy
person
and
from
a
sick
person.
A
healthy
person
is
advised
to
use
urine
for
the
prevention
and
maintenance
of
hormonal
balance
and
also
with
the
aim
of
saving
the
organism's
energy
and
material
resources.
The
urine
of
a
sick
person
is
used
as
panacea.
Cooled
urine
loses
many
of
its
excellent
properties:
especially
the
ability
to
generate
heat
and
the
structure
of
liquid
crystals.
Under
the
influence
of
light,
it
decomposes,
oxidizes,
deposits
form
in
it,
etc.
8)
Old
urine
Old
urine
is
called
stale
urine,
in
which
the
first
symptoms
of
the
decomposition
of
protein
substances
are
manifested,
it
smells
of
ammonia.
An
important
feature
of
this
urine
is
that
it
gradually
loses
its
magnetism,
luminescence,
and
internal
structure.
Therefore,
during
use
(drinking,
massages),
it
will
first
drain
energy
from
the
body
in
order
to
restore
its
former
magnetism,
phosphorescence
and
liquid
crystal
structure.
This
property
of
old
urine
was
also
recognized
by
the
ancient
yogis
who
warned:
"Never
use
urine
for
massage
that
has
not
been
previously
evaporated
to
one-third
of
its
original
volume."
I
also
do
not
recommend
that
you
use
it
directly
(although
John
Armstrong,
the
founder
of
modern
urine
therapy,
is
of
the
opposite
opinion
opinion).
However,
it
is
possible
and
necessary
to
accumulate
this
urine
with
the
aim
of
later
evaporation.
9)
Very
old
urine
As
soon
as
the
urine
starts
to
smell
of
ammonia,
it
is
a
sign
of
the
breakdown
of
the
proteins
contained
in
it
and
the
change
of
acidic
pH
towards
alkaline.
If
we
judge
such
urine
from
the
point
of
view
of
Professor
Filatov's
results
with
the
use
of
biogenic
stimulators,
then
it
is
a
healing
liquid.
Filatov
assumed
that
not
all
tissues
and
organs
are
affected
by
death
suddenly.
Those
that
live
on,
even
when
the
organism
as
a
whole
has
died,
under
the
influence
of
extremely
unfavorable
conditions
secrete
some
kind
of
highly
active
substances
ofresistance,
which
the
professor
called
biogenic
stimulators.
Let's
just
remember
that
biogenic
stimulators
do
not
act
on
a
certain
organ
or
function,
but
simultaneously
and
strongly
on
the
whole
organism.
Extremely
unfavorable
conditions
arise
in
decomposing
urine,
under
which
biogenic
stimulators
are
excreted.
The
maximum
of
these
biogenic
stimulators
should
occur
in
urine
between
the
3rd
and
7th
day
of
its
storage
at
a
temperature
of
20
degrees
Celsius.
This
property
of
old
urine
was
intuitively
noted
by
Armstrong,
who
states
in
his
book
"Living
Water"
that
"old
urine
with
an
odor,
or
old
urine
mixed
with
fresh,
is
best
suited
for
massages
and
anointing."
Therefore,
it
is
possible
to
use
even
very
old
urine
externally
as
a
strengthening
and
stimulating
agent,
the
effect
of
which
consists
in
changing
the
pH
towards
an
alkaline
environment
capable
of
breaking
down
various
deposits
of
acidic
origin.
The
pungent
smell
of
ammonia
helps
urine
to
open
skin
pores
and
better
penetrate
the
body's
organs.
In
addition,
the
smell
of
ammonia
increases
or
stimulates
a
person's
working
abilities.
I
remember
how
we
had
a
class
in
the
middle
class
in
Staré
Plzeň
just
opposite
the
toilets.
Back
then,
they
were
still
the
ones
with
the
groove
painted
with
carbol.
In
the
summer,
the
smell
was
really
unbearable.
The
deputy
director,
whom
we
called
Baba
Pokorná
(she
taught
Russian
and
chemistry),
always
reassured
us:
"You
guys
are
stupid,
this
smell
is
healthy,
it
can
only
benefit
you."
Now,
after
forty
years,
I'm
starting
to
understand.
If
we
remember
the
recommendations
of
ancient
healers,
it
is
a
good
idea
to
use
urine
with
a
similar
odor
during
detoxification:
when
the
skin
pores
are
enlar ged,
toxins
are
better
excreted
from
the
body,
and
the
ammonia
smell
itself
serves
as
a
support
agent.
It
is
also
used
as
an
anthelmintic.
It
cleans
the
blood
vessels
well,
removes
clots
from
them
thanks
to
its
strong
action
of
ammonia
vapors,
which
set
everything
in
motion.
As
a
result,
purgatives
occur
processes,
dead
basic
tissues
are
torn
off.
The
stronger
the
alkaline
environment,
such
as
ammonia
in
urine,
the
better
it
removes
and
dissolves
dead
tissue.
This
process
is
stopping
in
healthy
acidic
tissues.
It
can
also
treat
urinary
retention,
which
in
some
cases
is
caused
by
spasms
and
withdrawals.
And
it
is
the
smell
of
ammonia
that
spreads.
Here
are
some
methods
of
using
very
old
urine:
a)
Enemas
with
1
liter
of
old,
slightly
smelly
urine
are
used
to
cleanse
the
large
intestine
of
sludge
and
parasites.
It
should
not
be
stored
for
more
than
3-5
days
at
a
temperature
of
about
20
degrees.
Urine
with
a
strong
smell
is
not
suitable,
it
could
cause
an
alkaline
burn
of
the
colon.
The
smell
must
be
there,
but
only
faint.
b)
To
clean
the
vessels
and
remove
blockages
(thrombi),
it
is
necessary
to
make
poultices
from
old
urine.
First,
we
use
urine
with
a
slight
odor,
gradually
we
get
used
to
old
urine.
c)
The
same
compresses
also
help
in
dissolving
salts,
we
apply
them
to
painful
places,
e.g.
joints.
The
older
the
disease,
the
stronger
(with
a
greater
smell)
the


	pp.101–16.
p.	204
	“On	the	most	profound	level	…”	quoted	from	McTaggart,
The	Field
,	p.
122.
p.	209
	An	easily	accessible	presentation	of	the	paradox	known	as
Schrödinger’s	cat	can	be	found	online—see
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci341236,00.html
Chapter	14:	Thinking	Outside	the	Brain
Current	speculations	about	“extended	mind”—the	possibility	of	intelligence
outside	the	brain—cover	a	wide	range	of	science.	A	good	overview	is
provided	in	Part	2	of	McTaggart’s
The	Field
,	pp.	99–179,	told	largely	from
the	perspective	of	field	theory	in	physics.	For	firsthand	research	and	in-depth
thinking,	the	best	source	is	Rupert	Sheldrake,	who	made	a	first	impression
with	his	impressive	book	on	evolution,
The	Presence	of	the	Past:	MorphicResonance	and	the	Habits	of	Nature
	(Park	Street	Press,	1995),	in	which	he
brilliantly	speculates	on	how	life	could	have	evolved,	and	continues	to	evolve,
through	its	own	self-interacting	intelligence.
Undaunted	by	the	outrage	his	nonmaterialistic	theory	causes	among
Darwinians,	Sheldrake	has	challenged	them	to	replicate	his	own	experiments.
His	research	into	the	telepathic	parrot	and	other
psychic
	pets	is	contained	in
The	Sense	of	Being	Stared	At:	And	Other	Unexplained	Powers	of	the	Human
Mind
	(Three	Rivers	Press,	2004)	and
Seven	Experiments	That	Could	Change
the	World:	A	Do-It-Yourself	Guide	to	Revolutionary	Science
	(Park	Street
Press,	2002).	His	entire	output	has	been	immensely	influential	on	me,	and	I
cannot	imagine	an	open-minded	person	who	would	not	be	deeply	intrigued.
I	have	only	sketched	in	the	burgeoning	field	of	information	theory,	which
is	fascinating	but	not	yet	expanded	to	cover	a	topic	as	specific	as	the	afterlife.
My	introduction	to	the	subject	came	from	Hans	Christian	von	Baeyer,
Information:	The	New	Language	of	Science
	(Weidenfeld	and	Nicolson,	2003),
which	is	readable	and	free	of	higher	mathematics.
Savant	syndrome	has	become	a	widely	publicized	phenomenon.	My	first
acquaintance	with	it	came	from	Oliver	Sacks,
The	Man	Who	Mistook	His	Wife
for	a	Hat:	And	Other	Clinical	Tales
	(Touchstone,	1998),	which	gives	a
neurologist’s	firsthand	account	of	meeting	autistic	children	with	extraordinary
abilities.	Sacks’s	interest	in	“other	brained”	people	ventures	into	no	spiritual
speculations.	Joseph	Chilton	Pearce	does,	in
Evolution’s	End:	Claiming	the
Full	Potential	of	Our	Intelligence
	(HarperCollins,	1992).	His	lengthy	first
chapter	on	savant	syndrome	links	it	to	a	nonmaterial	field	of	intelligence	that
we	all	tap	into.	A	nice	online	article	on	savant	syndrome	and	its	link	to	genius,
“The	Key	to	Genius,”	can	be	found	at
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.12/genius_pr.html
.
I	became	intrigued	by	memes	from	online	reading.	The	Internet	is	rife
with	discussions	of	these	“mental	genes.”	For	the	definition	of	memes,	see
http://www.intelegen.com/meme/meme.htm
.	For	examples	of	memes,	see
http://memetics.chielens.net/examples.html
.	The	evolutionist	Richard
Dawkins,	who	invented	the	term,	discusses	it	in
The	Selfish	Gene
	(Oxford
University	Press,	1990).	My	fascination	with	memetic	theory	falls	short	of
agreeing	with	it,	however.
T
EXT	NOTES:
pp.	216–18
	A	full	account	of	N’kisi,	the	telepathic	parrot,	is	in	Sheldrake,
The
Sense	of	Being	Stared	At
,	pp.	24–27;	the	statistical	analysis	of	the
research	results	is	on	pp.	300–305.
p.	220
	Amit	Goswami’s	statement	“The	universe	is	always	putting	new	wine
into	old	bottles	…”	is	quoted	from	a	personal	conversation.pp.	225–26
	The	remarkable	story	of	a	musical	savant	named	Rex	can	be	found
online	 at
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/20/60minutes/main957718.shtml
p.	226
	The	story	of	the	“automobile	savant”	is	told	in	Pearce,
The	Biology
of	Transcendence
,	p.	82	(see	above).
p.	226
	The	story	of	the	child	prodigy	who	is	enrolled	at	Juilliard	was	told	on
CBS	News	and	can	be	found	online	at
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/24/60minutes/main657713.shtml
Chapter	Fifteen:	The	Mechanics	of	Creation
The	topic	of	emergence—the	appearance	of	a	new	phenomenon	in	Nature—is
discussed	lucidly	for	the	general	reader	online	at	Wikipedia	(see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence
).	I	have	also	benefited	enormously
from	the	physicist	Amit	Goswami,	who	has	written	extensively	on	creative
leaps	made	in	nature—see
The	Self-Aware	Universe
	(Tarcher,	1995).	One	of
the	boldest	attempts	to	combine	the	physical	and	spirituality	can	be	found	in
Ervin	Laszlo,
Science	and	the	Reenchantment	of	the	Cosmos:	The	Rise	of	the
Integral	Vision	of	Reality
	(Inner	Traditions,	2006).	Both	authors	are	scientists
who	refuse	to	accept	the	schism	between	the	scientific	and	spiritual	views	of
the	world.
Remote	viewing,	the	preferred	term	now	for	what	used	to	be	lumped
under	the	rubric	of	clairvoyance,	is	emerging	from	the	fringes.	Readers	can
browse	a	dedicated	Web	site,
http://www.farsight.org/

that
	contains	copious
information	on	the	subject.	There	is	also	a	recent,	extensively	researched
book,
Remote	Viewing:	The	Science	and	Theory	of	Nonphysical	Perception
(Farsight	Press,	2005).	A	veteran	of	the	military’s	secret	remote	viewing
program,	Project	Stargate,	has	written	about	his	experiences	and	outlines	how
anyone	can	learn	the	skill	with	enough	self-discipline	and	dedication—see
Joseph	McMoneagle,
Remote	Viewing	Secrets:	A	Handbook
	(Hampton	Roads,
2000).
T
EXT	NOTES:
pp.	242–43
	The	story	of	the	psychic	who	could	see	inside	the	SQUID	comes
from	McTaggart,
The	Field
,	pp.	142–46.
p.	243
	The	experiment	in	remote	viewing	that	I	participated	in	was	run	by
Marilyn	Schlitz,	director	of	research	for	the	Institute	of	Noetic	Sciences.
See	their	home	page	at
http://www.noetic.org/
.	This	site	leads	to	a	wealth
of	material	on	every	aspect	of	science,	spirituality,	and	the	paranormal.	To
my	knowledge,	this	is	the	most	extensive	and	wide-ranging	institute	of	its
kind,	and	I	have	been	inspired	by	their	work	for	twenty	years.p.	244
	“Then	at	thirteen	minutes	…”	quoted	from	an	online	interview	with
Cleve	Backster	in	which	he	also	discusses	his	astonishing	research	on
telepathy	in	plants—


 is doing the thinking.Turning the brain into a thinkin g organ is an offshoot of mate rialism.
Whenever you are tempted to believe that your brain is the thinker, not you,
look around. Is your TV making  the actors in a movie do what they do? Has
the piano in the corner learned how to play Bach? Does your computer
know what you mean when you type a word? A television, a piano, and a
computer are passive instruments waiting for consciousness to activate
them. Likewise, it is pure illusion to claim that the brain can think.
The chemicals in a brain cell are the same as those in the skin cells of
your big toe, and the functioning of brain cells differs very little from the
functions of every other cell in the body. A three-pound lump of gray matter
cannot escape its status as a batch of chemicals, and we mustn’ t attribute
love, compassion, creativity, and so on to a batch of chemicals, either. The
brain isn’t even aware that it exists. Until the skull is opened to reveal it,
there is no subjective experience that says, “Here I am. I am your brain.”
Pratyahara  teaches that your brain occupies the same zone of
awareness as the rest of your body. Creative intelligence pours through
every cell; a brain cell isn’t exceptional. The creative intellige nce in your
immune system is assigned the tasks necessary to keep you healthy and
protected from disease organism s. This intelligence is so comp lex that the
immune system has been called a “floating brain,” whose home is in the
bloodstream and lymphatic system, which, by their very nature, are
constantly in motion.
A brain cell stands out because its task is to transmit words, thoughts,
impulses, desires, hopes, fears, and everything else associated with the
mind. The brain itself has never had a thought. But when merged with
the field of creative intelligence, the bodymind, the brain contributes to
the wholeness of life. Oneness is all. If you claim that the mind  creates the
brain or that the brain creates the mind, neither statement is valid without
the other being valid. This is a natural merging that gives Royal Yoga its
basis in reality.
ExerciseThe practices of pratyahara  give you more  control over your body,
which begins by finding the control switch in your awareness. Lie
comfortably on your back with your hand on your breastbon e above the
heart. Feel your heartbeat, then lift your hand away and sense your
heartbeat in your body awareness alone.
You may have to repeat this a few times, but most people can easily
sense a pulsation  in the vicinity of the heart, and many can feel their actual
heartbeat.
Now place your hands at your side and move the pulsing sensation to
your fingertips. Feel the faint pulsation of the blood coursing through your
fingers. This exercise shows you that you have more control  over body
awareness than you think. You can have the intention of your body feeling
light or heavy, warm or cold, solid or hollow. With practice, you can
intentionally make your heart rate and breathing slow down, and the
intention will be enough to create these changes. But the whole process
begins by showing yourself that you can merge into the zone of the
bodymind and move your awareness wherever you want it to go.
THURSDAY
Magical Lies
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
I vibrate in the ﬁeld of light.
I vibrate in the ﬁeld of light.
When pratyahara  talks about withdrawing the senses, the main reason
is to turn inward, but another reason is just as important: The senses cannot
be trusted. Everyone has a glimmer of this since we all know, despite the
evidence of our eyes, that the sun does not, in fact, rise in the morning and
set at night. But Yoga goes much further, declaring that the five senses wrapus in a web of magical lies. You cannot be in touch with reality, including
the reality of your true self, if you are under the spell of these lies.
Yoga describes the whole schem e of magical lies as maya, or “illusion,”
but I find that this terminology makes people uncomfortable. If this world is
an illusion, then what are we supposed to cling to? The physical world and
everything in it aren’ t going anywhere, no matter what Yoga says. Clearly,
you can’t live in the world and simultaneously call it a total lie—no one
could psychologically endure such doublethink.
Pratyahara  shows another way, which is based on an innocent-looking
word that has amazing potency: vibration. Take any object—a tree, a dog, a
skyscraper, or a molecule—and we can trace its origin to a set of vibrations.
In quantum physics, these vibrations are described as “ripples in the
quantum field.” In Yoga, there are “ripples in consciousness.” The fact that
the cosmos is held together by invisible vibrations doesn’ t change everyday
life, although it is an astonishin g fact. But vibrations in consciousness are
everyday life.
Pratyahara  doesn’t ask you to smash your way through the thickets of
maya. Rather, you learn to choose the level of vibrations you want to
identify with. Being the realm of the five senses, maya  is a gross level of
vibrations—at this level, rocks are hard, the wind is soft, roses smell sweet,
garbage stinks. Thought is a subtler level of vibration, a realm of
imagination, abstract concepts, and the whole scheme of wishes, dreams,
fears, and memories that inhabit the mind.
Go one level deeper, and you are in the realm of pratyahara, where
vibrations are born, emer ging faintly from the unbounded field of your
awareness the way that quark s emer ge from the unbounded “quantum
foam” that constantly hums and vibrates. Reality bubbles up like fizz in a
carbonated drink. But this doesn’ t describe the way that every level of
reality does a flip, completely overturning the level of reality next to it. At
the level of maya, one experience s physical qualities, like hardness, solidity,
warmth, and heaviness, and their opposites, which is why you can instantly
distinguish a rock from a feather.At the level of the mind, there is a flip, and physical qualities become
imaginary. You can see a rock or a feather in your mind’ s eye, but they
cannot be touched or weighed. This level is where most people stop, but
there is another flip if you go deeper. Now the imaginary feather and the
imaginary rock no longer exist, but the vibrations that give rise to them do.
What is a feath er without its light softness or a rock without its solid
hardness?
Both dissolve into creative intelligence. The whole rationale behind
pratyahara  is that creative intelligence contains all the essentials for
creating anythin g. To make this more personal, this is the level where you
are created, with all your essential ingredients held in place, precisely as the
essentials of a rock, feather, or any other object are held in place. In
pratyahara, your essentials  are very different from the body and mind you
experience, yet you will still recognize yourself if you list these invisible
ingredients.
THE “STUFF” THAT IS YOU
Your true essence is timeless, unborn, and undying.
Every atom of your body is an expression of creative
intelligence.
Every choice you make reverberates throughout the ﬁeld of
pure consciousness.
You are embraced by the organizing power of the ﬁeld, which
governs and regulates everything.
You occupy a unique place in creation.
You are whole because the ﬁeld is whole.
Human beings can see what they are made of and access their source in
the timeless field of pure awareness. No one can explain this, the ultimate
mystery known as self-awareness. Each of us is designed to be self-aware—
it is simply a fact of human existence. The field of pure awareness is opento all. No one can be deprived of access to their source. At the same time,
you can choose how self-aware you wish to be.
There is an almost complete absence of self-awareness at one extreme,
which is marked by fear, denial, ignorance, unconscious behavior, and
robotic conditioning. At the other extreme is pratyahara, immersing
yourself in the light, which makes you self-aware in every moment. There
is nothing more to seek or desir e out of life. Placed in the flow of creative
intelligence, you identify with your true self as naturally as you once
identified with your five sense s. You have broken the spell of maya. In
place of magica l lies, you expe rience your essence, and every gift of the
light is yours for the taking.
Exercise
You were created from the unbo unded field of pure awareness, which is
your true source. To absorb what it means to be unbounded, sit quietly with
eyes closed and take a few deep breaths. Once you feel centered and settled,
direct your atten tion to the air as it passes in and out of your nose. Visualize
each breath as a small puff of air. Now with the next out-breath, see the puff
of air getting bigger, and with the next in-breath, see the air coming to you
from a lar ger


 and allergies still are not improving, it may be that your body needs more time to ad just,
so keep up the program for another month.

And if after this time your asthma/allergies are still showing no significant signs of improvement, and you know you have stu ck
rigidly to the program, then feel free to give up, and I will admit failure in your case. I am extremely con fident this will never
happen to anybody with asthma, hay fever and who is allergic to the house dust mite. But maybe, I'll be proved wrong.

When you have relieved  yourself of your asthma and allergies and you begin to reduce your dosage of seeds, do it g radually over
the course of a few weeks. And if at any stage you feel any symptoms coming back then lift your dose a little higher again an d stay
at this level for a while. It is all about letting your body find its own level of comfort once the bulk/all o f the symptoms are gone,
and your body is receiving regular amounts of vitamin B17, as is required.

You may even find that the bulk (85 -90%) of your asthma and allergy symptoms disappear within a month or two, but that it takes
another six to twelve mont hs to rid yourself of the remainder.

This program is obviously for life, because you need B17 regularly in your diet. However, because there are so many products
with vitamin B17 in them you can add more B17 foods into your diet at a later date and reduce  your main dependency on apricot
seeds. That is obviously your choice. Cooking shouldn't really deplete any of the beans and vegetables mentioned in chapter 2  of
their B17 content.

Chapter 4. - Healing With Honey

This is a good time for me to talk a lit tle about the benefits of raw unprocessed honey. The healing effects of honey have been
know for millennia, but in our day and age the majority seem to have lost sight of this old wisdom.

Honey contains various vitamins, minerals, enzymes and more. In its  natural form, without any of the goodness filtered out
through processing, honey has been known for its beneficial effects in helping to cure allergies and asthma as well.

I take my honey (often on toast) with an extra sprinkling of bee -pollen too, which enhances its nutritional and healing properties.
Honeycomb is excellent as well. It has been said, that a person can live off honey and water alone! Infact John the Baptist w as
supposed to have lived purely off honey and locusts for food in the wilde rness. Anyway I wouldn't go trying this out yourself, but
I'm trying to force home the point here, raw unprocessed honey is packed full of nutrients!

Honey is not the major component of this program, as you will be aware by now. However, I believe it is a  hugely beneficial
natural food stuff to eat on a regular basis. I thoroughly recommend it. If you go out looking for honey, buy it raw and
unprocessed, as close to nature as possible. You can either take a few teaspoons of raw unprocessed honey daily (hop efully with
added bee -pollen), or you can use it to cook with.

However, if you begin taking honey and bee -pollen in your diet it may take a few days or so for your body to adjust. Do not worry
if you notice a slight worsening of your asthma/allergy sympt oms once you start taking honey, your body should naturally adjust. I
would suggest that if you do decide to take honey that you spend a couple of weeks on the B17 program first. This should allo w
the benefits to begin coming through and will encourage you  to stick to the program.

If after finishing the program you do start to use raw natural honey, you can always raise your intake of seeds a little for the first
few days until your body gets used to the honey. To be honest though, you probably won't have any problems at all, I'm just being
over cautious. Once you begin taking raw natural honey on a regular basis you are likely to notice raised energy levels, incr eased
mental sharpness and enhanced benefits against asthma and allergies; and quite possibly o ther benefits too.

Chapter 5. - A Few Pointers

I also advocate drinking plenty of water, six to eight medium to large glasses per day. People within western society often b ecome
partially dehydrated without even realising it. And they wonder why they ge t sluggish, perhaps a little dizzy or they feel a
headache coming on, and feel stomach pains too. Alcohol, and caffeine based stimulant drinks will increase your body's need f or
water. Less water in your system means your body cannot function as well, and reduces the body's ability to hydrate cells and get
rid of toxins and histamines.

It is up to you, in consultation with your doctor, when, and to what degree you decide to reduce your dependency on mainstrea m
medicines. I think you'll tend to reach a stag e on this program where you just feel ready to start reducing your need for mainstream
drugs. And gradually, step -by-step you should find your dependency decreases, and that your confidence in nature's remedies
grows larger and larger. I suggest you don't rush the process, just take it easy and gently.

What you are likely to find once you've been on the vitamin B17 program for a week or two is that when you have an asthma
attack the severity is reduced. If you sit quietly for ten to fifteen minutes followi ng an attack the inflammation of the airways tends
to dissipate quite naturally. Obviously you may feel uneasy about not using an inhaler/other medication in such an instance, in
which case use your medication.

As you progress through the program, you sh ould notice your asthma attacks/wheezing fits becoming less severe, and happening
with less frequency. Your body will also find it easier to return to normal following any breathing difficulties.

A similar scenario should also hold true for coughing/sneez ing fits, a runny nose, and itchy eyes and so on. For hay fever in
particular, I recommend increasing the content of raw unprocessed honey in your diet.

To be able to breathe normally again, after years of suffering from daily asthma and wheezing attacks  is an unbelievable feeling. I
know, because I've lived that experience. The feeling of freedom is immense. Is you suffer from asthma; the major goal of thi s
program is to get you to feel this freedom too. For allergy sufferers the same, free of your frust rating symptoms.

If you stick to the vitamin B17 program as laid out, I am convinced you should see a very substantial improvement in your
ailments. For asthma suffers I look for no less than an end to asthma attacks.
The vitamin B17 program should eithe r put an end to your asthma/allergy problems, or alleviate the majority of them within just a
couple of months, or sooner. Adding in some honey treatment will raise your chances of great success.

Chapter 6. - Children With Asthma And Allergies

Asthma ha s boomed within the childhood population. This should be seen as an incredibly serious concern to society. The
problem, as I see it, in its basic premise is the same as it is for adults. Children too are suffering the same dietary defic iency. After
all, th ey are simply mini versions of you and me.

So what we need to do is firstly and foremost look at ways of getting vitamin B17 back into your child's diet. And secondly w e
could do with backing this up by incorporating, yes you guessed it, raw unprocessed honey (and bee -pollen if possible) in their diet
too.

I do not have a specific program for helping children. There would be many difficulties involved with trying to get children to eat
apricot seeds, as any parent will appreciate, so we'll forget that on e.

There is an easy way though, as you've probably already guessed. Use apricot seeds when you are preparing meals and
cookies/cakes. When you make a coffee and walnut cake, perhaps make a coffee and chopped apricot seed cake instead. Or you
could put cho pped apricot seeds into salads.

Apricot seeds can be easy ground with a pestle  and mortar. And in ground form can be added to just about anything. You can add
the equivalent of a quarter to half an apricot seed to a cookie, or half to three quarters of a seed per normal slice of cake. Or place
half or a full apricot seed worth, ground up, and mixed in with your child's spaghetti bolognaise, or any meal, and so forth.

You can try adding around one quarter to one half a seed to your child's diet to begin wi th and then increase the amount as you see
fit over a number of weeks, up to one, two or even three seeds in ground form daily. Use your own judgement as a
parent/guardian; according to their age, the severity of their condition and how often they need to use their medication. Don't force
or rush anything. Just take your time, and see how your child progresses over the course of two or three months as you build more
vitamin B17 into their daily diet.

You may be amazed, as you should find that your childre n benefit just as much as you do!

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	they	have	nothing	to
do	with	the	essence	of	health	and	disease.	Disease	ensues	when	cells
malfunction.	The	symptoms	may	vary,	the	solution	is	always	the	same:
Normalize	cell	function	through	the	six	pathways.
Perception	is	everything.	Perceived	symptoms	become	the	“problem”	that
medicine	seeks	to	stop.	For	example,	if	the	perceived	problem	is	high	blood
pressure,	medicine	aims	to	lower	pressure	with	a	variety	of	toxic	drugs.	If	the
perceived	problem	is	a	germ,	medicine	aims	to	kill	the	germ	with	toxic
antibiotics.	Meanwhile,	both	of	these	problems	are	merely	symptoms	of
malfunctioning	cells.	Using	drugs	to	lower	the	blood	pressure,	therefore,	does
not	solve	the	problem	that	is	causing	the	elevated	pressure.	And	likewise	with
drugs	used	to	kill	germs.	Germs	can	contribute	to	cellular	malfunction,	but
germs	are	present	constantly	and	everywhere	in	our	environment.	Killing	the
germs	that	are	causing	an	infection	does	not	make	the	person	healthy,	nor	does	it
make	the	person	more	resistant	to	subsequent	infections.	In	fact,	they	become
less	resistant	because	the	drugs	that	kill	the	germs	also	damage	and	weaken	thebody.
When	one	has	an	infection,	masking	the	symptoms	of	the	sickness	(fever,	etc.)
serves	little	purpose	other	than	making	the	sick	person	more	comfortable.	For
example,	treating	fever	with	over-the-counter	drugs	is	a	common	practice.	Yet,
fever	is	natural	and	beneficial;	there	is	no	reason	to	use	drugs	for	this	purpose,
especially	because	the	drugs	inflict	harm.
By	focusing	on	symptoms	and	taking	drugs,	we	do	not	cure	disease;	we
merely	invent	ways	to	allow	sick	people	to	continue	living	their	lives	more
comfortably.	Short-term	relief	has	its	place	but	is	not	a	long-term	solution.	For
example,	angioplasty	may	prevent	the	immediate	death	of	a	patient	by	increasing
blood	flow	to	the	heart;	however,	only	by	eliminating	deficiency	and	toxicity	can
the	heart	disease	be	reversed,	and	this	will	not	happen	under	the	guidance	of	a
conventional	physician.
More	Than	a	Sum	of	Our	Parts
Modern	medicine,	pumped	up	with	huge	amounts	of	talent	and	money,	is	a
strange	dichotomy—technologically	advanced	and	cutting-edge,	yet	obsolete
and	ineffective.	Medicine	does	a	superb	job	managing	medical	emergencies	and
disease	symptoms,	but	is	woefully	incapable	of	curing	disease	or	promoting	a
lifetime	of	wellness.	In	medical	schools,	physicians	study	one	organ	or	system	at
a	time	and	then	specialize,	without	developing	an	understanding	of	health	or	the
body	as	a	whole.	A	lack	of	holistic	understanding	and	appreciation	transfers	to
medicine’s	focus	on	disease	rather	than	health.
Actually,	our	modern	health-care	system	is	a	disease-care	system.	Our	health-
care	providers	are	paid	for	treating	disease,	not	for	preventing	disease.
Treatments	can	continue	for	the	entire	life	of	the	patient.	Our	current	system
does	not	offer	financial	incentives	for	health,	but	provides	a	lot	of	money	for
treatments	of	disease.
We	need	to	examine	the	roots	of	modern	conventional	medicine.	“Modern
medicine”	is	based	on	a	seventeenth-century	understanding	of	the	human	body,
and	it	has	failed	to	incorporate	the	most	important	scientific	discoveries	of	the
twentieth	century.	Wrapped	in	the	cloak	of	modern	science,	at	its	core,
conventional	medicine	is	based	on	archaic	concepts	that	presently	are
scientifically	obsolete	and	invalid.
Allow	me	to	explain	what	I	mean.
Beginning	with	Isaac	Newton’s	discovery	of	the	laws	of	motion,	the	human
body	and	the	universe	both	became	regarded	as	a	clockwork	mechanism.	From
this	perspective,	anything	can	be	dissected	into	parts,	studied	scientifically	andunderstood.	Medicine	of	the	time	followed	this	mechanistic	concept:	Take	the
machine	apart,	study	the	parts,	understand	how	they	work	and	use	that
understanding	in	medical	care.	People	began	to	believe	they	could	control	health
simply	by	understanding	the	mechanical	workings	of	the	physical	body.	Many
people	still	believe	this,	although	it	isn’t	true.	Today	the	medical	establishment
continues	to	regard	the	body	as	a	complex,	glorified	machine;	the	focus	is	on	the
parts,	not	the	whole.
Disease	is	seen	as	confined	to	specific	locations	or	organs,	rather	than	as
affecting	the	whole	person.	Treatments	regularly	remove	or	replace	body	parts
without	addressing	the	reasons	that	something	went	awry.	By	assuming	the	body
is	a	machine	that	cannot	heal	itself,	the	only	effective	therapies	are	thought	to	be
those	that	come	from	the	outside,	such	as	mechanical	techniques,	surgical
invasion	and	powerful	drugs.	The	pharmaceutical	drug	industry	“fixes”	health
problems	by	adding	molecules	to	the	body	that	are	designed	to	control	the
function	of	certain	body	parts,	without	seeking	to	understand	or	remedy	the
reasons	for	the	malfunction.	A	dysfunction	in	the	body’s	self-regulating	and
balancing	mechanisms	is	caused	by	cellular	malfunction,	and	it	affects	the	whole
body,	not	just	a	part	of	it.	With	machines,	the	function	of	the	whole	can	be
predicted	by	the	sum	of	the	parts,	but	humans	are	not	machines.	A	living
organism	is	much	greater	than	the	sum	of	its	parts.	We	are	alive,	and	our	minds
influence	our	bodies.
In	the	early	twentieth	century,	Albert	Einstein	challenged	existing	perceptions
and	fundamentally	changed	the	way	people	view	the	world.	By	proving	that
matter	and	energy	are	one,	Einstein	brought	forth	a	new	field	for	studying	the
laws	of	the	universe,	quantum	physics,	in	which	human	beings	are	regarded	as
networks	of	complex	energy	systems	that	interact	with	physical	and	cellular
systems.
We	human	beings	are	not	Newtonian	in	nature,	but	rather	Einsteinian.
Humans	are	matter,	but	we	are	also	multidimensional	energy	systems,	and	our
thoughts,	beliefs	and	attitudes	create	energy	fields	that	influence	our
biochemistry	and	affect	our	health.	Yet	our	physicians	continue	to	use	the
mechanical	Newtonian	model.
No	Ground	to	Stand	On
We	are	brought	up	to	think	of	medicine	as	scientific	and	that	the	techniques
and	procedures	used	by	our	physicians	are	the	result	of	extensive	scientific
study.	Not	so.	Several	studies,	including	a	1978	report	by	the	U.S.	Office	ofTechnology	Assessment,	have	estimated	that	no	scientific	basis	exists	for	80	to
90	percent	of	all	procedures	used	in	medical	practice.
In	fact,	traditional	or	allopathic	medicine	has	no	general	theory	of	the
organism,	health	or	disease—no	unifying	framework	to	tie	it	all	together.
Without	a	theory	and	a	framework,	there	is	no	understanding	of	what	the
problems	are,	how	they	developed	or	how	to	solve	them,	and	everything
becomes	an	ad	hoc	experience.	The	mechanistic	manner	in	which	medicine	is
practiced	today	has	never	been	proven


 OP heals “migraine head-aches, bronchitis, diseases of teeth and gums,
thrombosis, eczema, encephalitis, ulcers, stomach, intestinal disorders, gastro enteritis,
peritonitis, diseases of heart, kidney, liver, and lungs; chronic blood disorders like leukemia;
arthritis and related illnesses; Neuro-physiological paralysis, meningitis, chronic sleeplessness
and women's hormonal disorders. In terminal diseases such as cancer, Aids, and chronic
infections, this treatment method has been shown to success fully replace all others”.
I got a pamphlet on OP at a homeopathy course during December 1992. My wife and I started
practicing OP from Jan 1993 and now for over twelve years. At the age of 63 I have been cured
by OP of allergic sneezing and cold in the morning/night-of over four decades, asthma,
sleeplessness, palpitation, allergies due to food items, smells, and digestion problems for many
years. My wife aged 56 was cured of three decades’ old migraine (headache), four decades old
varicose veins and ulcers, Arthritis, blood pressure, and many other minor ailments. We suffered
from the above diseases without hope, obtaining only temporary relief from different systems of
medical treatment. OP cured our diseases without medicine after practicing for over a year.
Having lived in Bangalore for over 37 years I was fully aware and experienced about how
comfortable is weather for a healthy person and how terrible it is for one with allergy, asthma etc.
This reason prompted us to propagate this therapy to help others suffering like us. To do this I got
an English pamphlet printed on OP.
I was obsessed with the idea that OP should be brought to the notice of who ever was suffering
with any disease. We started with telling personally and also distributed OP pamphlet. Fortunately
one copy reached the editorial staff of Andhra Jyothi a Telugu daily. Few of them tried, found its
effective and curative power and published it in their Sunday supplement on Oct 3, 1993 under
the Heading "Adbhuta Chikitsa - (Wonderful Therapy) - OP" in my name. I volunteered to answer
to all queries from readers.
How OP has spread
Andhra Jyothi continuously published articles in their Sunday special for three years till
September 1996. It was described as a "Health Movement" in Andhra Pradesh, India. Many of the
experiences were also published in the paper.
Articles on OP and interviews with me on OP were published in Kannada, English, Telugu, Tamil,
Urdu dailies and periodicals at various times during the last 12 years.
I have received more than twelve hundred letters giving their experiences from the people after
practicing OP. This is in addition to a few thousand people who practiced OP with beneficial
results who either visited or telephoned me. I also had the good fortune to meet a large number of
people who had personally related their experiences regarding cures of diseases with OP during
over a thousand lecture engagements organized by Rotary, Lions and Ladies clubs,
Associations/Groups of Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Employees, Senior Citizens, and Students
in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and major cities in other states- - over a
period of twelve years.
All of them narrated how they suffered from one disease or the other without cure from other
medical treatments, but were cured only by OP.
During the last twelve years, I also responded to a very large number of telephone calls and
letters seeking help and guidance from people practicing OP.
Results of OP Survey by Andhra Jyoti
In 1996, two and half years after continuous publication of a regular column in their Sunday edtion
on OP, Andhra Jyoti a Telugu daily, conducted a survey to find out the types of diseases cured
and the effectiveness of OP.  Out of a total of 1041 respondents, 927 (89%) reported cure of one
or more diseases. People who did not report any cure were 114(11%).    The analysis indicated
cure of the following types of chronic diseases:
Pains in the body and problems pertaining to neck and above  758 cases
Allergy and respiratory problems of lungs  like asthma, bronchitis etc191 cases
Skin problems  like pigmentation, itching, scars, black patches, and eczema etc 171 cases
Digestive system -155 cases
Constipation -110 cases
Arthritis and joint pains -91 cases
Heart disease  and B.P-74 cases
Diabetes- 56 cases
Piles- 27 cases
Diseases pertaining to female  reproductive system reported by women-21 cases
Diseases like Polio, Cancer, Leprosy, polycystic kidney, neural fibroma, paralysis etc 72
Procedure for practice of Oil Pulling:
• Take one tablespoon (two tea spoons=10ml) of refined sunflower oil or sesame oil  in
the mouth on an empty stomach in the morning.
• With the mouth closed and chin up, without speed or effort, sip, suck, and pull the oil
through the teeth in a relaxed way, and also exercise the jaw as if chewing, for a total
period of 15 to 20 minutes.
• Do not gargle in the throat.
• Initially the oil is viscous but slowly it turns thin and white like milk as you continue.
• (If the oil color is yellow and has not turned white pulling is not done sufficiently long or oil
quantity is more).
• Spit out as and when the mouth gets full.
• Wash your mouth and teeth thoroughly.
• Drink two or three glasses of water.
Precautions :
• Do not swallow. However, inadvertently if you swallow, there is nothing to worry. It will go
out through motion if not digested.
• Do not spit where people walk or on vegetation. You can spit in the toilet and flush it.
• If you are allergic to a particular brand, change the brand of oil or to different oil. Make
sure the oil is good and refined.
• Keep chin up so that pulling covers the back of oral cavity and the molar teeth.
• For children of five years and above, only one teaspoon full (five ml) of oil will do.
Important note: Oils other than sun flower and sesame oils do not produce desired results.
Frequently asked questions
QIn the early morning, should we do OP after brushing and washing mouth or without
brushing and washing mouth?
ADo OP after brushing and washing mouth.  The important thing is to thoroughly wash, brush
and rinse mouth, teeth and gargle in the throat after spitting out the oil at the end of OP.
Who can Practice OP?
Anyone above five years of age
People with dentures should remove them during practice
Women can also practice during monthly periods and pregnancy.
Which is the best time for doing OP?   The best time is when you do not feel well for any health
problem on empty stomach.
How much time gap is required if we eat or drink?   If after meals leave at least a gap of four
hours before doing OP. If you drink, tea, coffee or soft drink or water give a gap of at least one-
hour.
What other Oils can be used for OP?    Dr (med.) Karach has suggested refined sunflower Oil.
Sesame Oil was prescribed in Ayurvedic texts for mouth gargles. Both oils worked well in curing
health problems. Majority has used refined sunflower oil. Some found sesame oil better.
Q  Some problems that may arise during OP : - (a) Oil does not become watery or thin even
after 30 minutes. (b) Nose block due to accumulation of mucus (c) Sneezing and coughing
(d) Phlegm in the throat gets loose and comes into the mouth (e) Urge to pass urine or
stools.
A. (a) Oil does not become watery because there is inadequate salivation and mouth is dry. In
most cases, it happens in the morning and in some cases evening also. This is mainly due to lack
of water in the body. In such cases drink water one hour  before OP.
    (b) To avoid nose block during OP wash, clean and blow your nose before starting OP. Slowly
blow out nose to clear while holding the oil in the mouth. Repeat if necessary as OP continues
    (c) Sensation/irritation may cause sneezing or coughing while doing OP.  Do OP slowly in a
relaxed state to avoid such irritation. Stop pulling and relax as irritation or sensation to sneeze is
felt. It will subside. You can sneeze or cough while holding oil in mouth. If you have to sneeze or
cough through mouth do it in the sink or some such place to avoid oil driblets spray all over or
cover mouth with tissue paper.
    (d) If phlegm comes into the mouth, making pulling inconvenient, spit and do pulling with fresh
oil again.
    (e) Urge to urinate or pass stools will arise only if you have not gone through nature’s calls
before OP. In all cases of urge to pass stools or urinate during OP, the best is to relax on the
commode and do OP.
How long will it take to cure a particular disease?
How long it takes to cure a particular disease is difficult to specify because it depends on the age,
state of health and disease, food and other habits etc of each person.
Dr Karach however said “that chronic diseases may take a year whereas acute diseases can be


rough self -care, a higher state of wellbeing is
attainable. Self-care makes daily use of the mind-body
feedback loop.
7.Ultimately, the evolution of future humanity depends
on internal balance (homeostasis) that is balanced with
the whole ecology of the planet.
There’s much more to say about each of these points, as
we’ll discover in coming chapters. But the general
conclusion is that “normal” isn’t as far from “miraculous”
as both camps, believers  and skeptics, used to think. The
choices you make today are the key to your wellbeing for
life. Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your
thoughts. Consciousness research is constantly gaining
new ground, so it’s best to assume that your potential for
mind-body mastery is much greater than anyone now
supposes.
OceanofPDF.comWhen I said that no one can honestly claim to know the
cure for breast cancer, I was telling a half-truth. If a patient
could promote the healing process from within, that would
be the cure for cancer. Healing episodes like Chitra’s come
about when a radical shift takes place inside, removing fear
and doubt at the same time as it removes the disease. Yet,
the exact location of this shift opens up profound mysteries.
It deﬁes medical wisdom to answer even the most basic
question: Was the shift in Chitra’s mind, in her body, or
both? To ﬁnd out, Western medicine has recently begun to
move away from drugs and surgery, the mainstay  of every
doctor’s practice, toward  the amorphous, often perplexing
ﬁeld loosely known as “mind-body medicine.” The move
was almost a forced one, because the old reliance on the
physical body alone had begun to crumble.
Mind-body medicine makes many doctors extremely
uneasy. They feel it is more a concept than a true ﬁeld.
Given a choice between a new idea and a familiar chemical,
a doctor will trust the chemical—penicillin, digitalis,
aspirin, and Valium do not need any new thinking on thepatient’s part (or the doctor’s) to be eﬀective. The problem
comes in when the chemical isn’t eﬀective. Recent surveys
taken in England and America have shown that as many as
80 percent of patients feel that their underlying complaint,
their reason for going to the doctor, was not satisfactorily
resolved when they left his oﬀice. Classic studies going
back to the end of World War II showed that patients left
the Yale Medical School hospital sicker than the day they
arrived. (These are paralleled by similar studies that
showed that patients with psychiatric complaints improved
more while they were on the waiting list to see a
psychiatrist than after they actually saw him—so the
situation isn’t simply one of exchanging a body doctor for a
head doctor.)
A miracle cure, then, simply throws into high relief the
need to reexamine some of medicine’s basic concepts. Our
current logic  of healing can be impressive, or at least good
enough, as when we apply penicillin to cure an infection,
but nature’s logic can be awe-inspiring. Many physicians
have stood in wonder witnessing such cures as Chitra’s
without having a clue how to explain them; the standard
term for them is spontaneous remission, a convenie nt tag
that says little more than that the patient recovered by
himself. Spontaneous remissions are quite rare—one study
in 1985 estimated that they occur once in every twenty
thousand diagnosed cancer cases; some specialists believe
they are much rarer (fewer than ten per million), but no
one knows for sure.
Recently I spent an evening with a leading oncologist, or
cancer specialist, from the Midwest, a doctor who treats
thousands of patients every year. I asked him if he knew of
any spontaneous remissions. He shrugged and said, “I feel
uncomfortable with that term. I have seen tumors
completely regress. It’s very rare, but it happens.”Did these regressions sometimes happen totally by
themselves? He admitted that they occasionally did. He
thought for a moment and mentioned that certain kinds of
melanoma—an extremely lethal skin cancer that kills very
quickly—are known to disappear by themselves. He
couldn’t explain why this happened. “I don’t stop to think
about these rare incidents,” he said. “Treating cancer is a
matter of statistics—we  go with the numbers. A huge
majority of patients respond to certain lines of treatment,
and there just isn’t time to ﬁnd out about the inﬁnitesimal
minority who recover for some unknown reason. Besides, it
is our experi ence that many of these regressions  are only
temporary.”
Did he think complete regressions were rarer than one in
a million? No, he answered, not that rare.
Then, as a scientist, didn’t he want to ﬁnd out the
mechanism that lies behind them, even if the odds are one
in a million, or one in ten million? Again he shrugged. “Of
course there must be a mechanism behind it,” he conceded,
“but my practice is not set up to look into that. Let me give
you an example: eight years ago, a man came to see me
complaining of a painful chest cough. We X-rayed him, and
it turned out that he had a large tumor between his lungs.
He was admitted to the hospital, we took a biopsy, and the
pathologist’s report diagnosed the tumor as oat-cell
carcinoma. This is an extremely deadly, very fast-growing
malignancy.
“I told my patient that he must have immediate surgery
to relieve the pressure that his tumor was creating,
followed by radiation and chemotherapy. He was quite
disturbed by the prospect of treatment and refused. I
completely lost track of him after that. Eight years later, a
man came to see me with an enlarged lymph node in his
neck. I took a biopsy, and it turned out to be oat-c ell
carcinoma. Then I realized that it was the same man.“We took chest X rays, and there was no trace of lung
cancer. Normally, 99.99 percent of untreated patients
would have died in six months; as many as 90 percent
would not live ﬁve years even with maximum therapy. I
asked him what he had done for the earlier cancer, and he
told me he hadn’t done anything—he had just decided he
was not going to let himself die of cancer. And he may
refuse treatment again with this second cancer.”
By deﬁnition, scientiﬁc medicine deals in predictable
results. Yet, whenever spontaneous remissions appear,
their behavio r is completely unpredictable. They can occur
without the presence of any therapy, or they can
accompany conventional cancer treatment. The myriad
alternative approaches to cancer available in the United
States today may each have distinct merits, but no one has
proven that they prom ote spontaneous remissions any
better than standard radiation and chemotherapy, nor are
they apparently any worse. How advanced the cancer is
seems not to matter, either. Both tiny tumors and extremely
large masses of malig nancy can disappear, virtually
overnight. Because of their rarity and because they happen
as if by chan ce, spontane ous remissions have so far taught
us very little either about  the cause of cancer or about how
an “impossible” cure is achieved.
It seem s reasonable to suppose that the body is ﬁghting
cancer all the time and winning a huge majority of the
battles. Many kinds of cancer can be induced, either in test
tubes or in laboratory animals, using toxic substances
(carcinogens), fatty diets, radiation, high doses of stress,
and viruses, among other  things. Since we are subjected to
all of these at a furious rate, they must be causing  damage
inside us. DNA is known to break down under these
extreme conditions; usually, however, it knows how to
repair itself or to detect the damaged material and discard
it.This means that early  cancers are probably  being
detected and combatted in the body on a regular  basis. If
you take this process and step it up in intensity, you have
the “miracle” of a spontaneous remission. It is no miracle
at all, in fact, but a natural process that has yet to be
explained, just as curing  pneumonia with penicil lin would
be a miracle  if you could not explain it through the germ
theory of disease. The point is that the mechanism behind
miracle cures is not mystical or random—and it deserves to
be investigated.
—
In ordinary practice, once the miracle is over, the doctor
goes back to his routine, including his routine concepts.
Even these, however, the stock -in-trade of medical school,
have buckled. To give just one example:  Since its inception
as a ﬁeld of rational scien tiﬁc study, medicine has accepted
the degeneration of brain function in elderly people as a
natural occurrence. This deterioration was thoroughly
documented with “hard” ﬁndings—as we age, our brains
shrink, grow lighter, and lose millions of neurons every
year. We have our full complem ent


noise	inside	your	cave.	Creating	white	noise	by	using	a	fan,	an	excellent	air
filter,	or	even	a	specific	white-noise	maker	can	help	you	sleep	more	soundly.
Another	option	is	to	block	out	the	noise	as	much	as	possible	with	earplugs.	The
more	disruptive	outer	noises	you	can	avoid,	the	more	peaceful	your	innersleeping	cave	will	be.
Bonus	Cave	Factor:
Comfort
Caves	in	nature	are	not	necessarily	“comfortable”	per	se,	as	they	are	made
mostly	of	rocks;	slippery,	damp	surfaces;	and	even	pools	of	water.	But	your
home	cave	can	deviate	from	the	strict	natural	variety	to	include	all	the	tools	to
help	you	get	comfortable	for	sleep.	These	include	soft	sheets	that	don’t	irritate
your	skin,	calming	scents,	an	excellent	mattress,	and	the	right	pillows.
What’s	the	best	kind	of	mattress?	There	isn’t	a	lot	of	scientific	evidence	to
conclusively	show	that	one	type	of	mattress	is	better	than	another	kind.
7
	Plus
the	right	mattress	for	your	neighbor	or	brother	may	not	necessarily	be	the	best
one	for	you.	It’s	best	to	lie	down	on	different	mattresses	and	see	which	one	feels
best	for	you,	especially	if	you	have	neck	or	back	pain.
Howard	Levy,	MD,	an
Emory	University	assistant	professor	of	orthopedics,	physical	medicine,	and
rehabilitation,	comments,	“If	you’re	on	too	soft	[of]	a	mattress,	you’ll	start	to
sink	down	to	the	bottom.	But	on	too	hard	of	a	mattress	you	have	too	much
pressure	on	the	sacrum,	and	on	the	shoulders,	and	on	the	back	of	the	head.”
8
	In
other	words,	a	mattress	of	medium	firmness	might	work	the	best	for	your	spine
and	give	you	enough	balance	and	support.
If	you	have	medical	conditions	such	as	chronic	obstructive	pulmonary
disorder	(COPD)	or	frequent	heartburn	from	gastroesophageal	reflux	disease
(GERD),	you	may	want	to	utilize	an	adjustable	bed	that	can	help	you	elevate
your	head	at	night	when	you	sleep	to	help	you	breathe	easier	and	experience
fewer	symptoms.	If	you	have	allergies	to	dust	mites,	try	getting	a	washable
mattress	cover	that	you	can	slip	on	and	off	and	wash	easily.
The
Better	Sleep	Council	recommends	spending	at	least	15	minutes	on	the
bed	in	the	store	before	buying	it,	as	it	may	take	that	much	time	to	relax	and
really	feel	out	your	new	mattress.
9
	So	don’t	be	embarrassed	to	march	right	into
the	store	and	plop	down	on	the	mattresses	for	a	little	while	on	each	one.	It’s
your
	beauty	sleep.	Set	aside	a	few	hours	on	a	Sunday	afternoon,	roll	into	the
local	mattress	stores,	and	prepare	to	spend	some	time	curled	up	on	the	various
beds	you	find.	Toting	a	good	read	along	is	totally	optional	(but	recommended!).
Pillows	are	also	pretty	important	when	it	comes	to	sleep	comfort.	They	can
greatly	contribute	to	your	beauty	sleep	or	diminish	it.	If	you	have	headaches	or
aches	and	pains	through	your	neck,	shoulder,	or	upper	back,	your	pillow	can
either	help	provide	relief	or	exacerbate	these	pesky	issues.
The	position	you	sleep	in	also	has	some	influence	over	the	type	of	pillow	youshould	choose.	If	you	sleep	on	your	back,	look	for	a	thinner	pillow	so	your
head	and	neck	are	not	positioned	too	far	forward,	which	can	consistently	throw
you	out	of	alignment.	You	can	also	seek	out	a	pillow	that	has	a	more	structured
shape	in	the	lower	part	to	help	cradle	your	neck	and	provide	more	support.	If
you	sleep	on	your	side,	look	for	a	firmer	pillow	that	can	stabilize	your	neck	and
head	and	keep	them	from	dropping	down	too	far.	This	will	help	fill	in	the
space	between	your	ear	and	shoulder	and	give	you	enough	support	to	avoid
tension	or	cramps	that	keep	you	from	falling	asleep	or	wake	you	up	with	an
aching	neck.	Stomach	sleeping	is	not	recommended	for	skin	beauty	reasons	(see
this	page
),	but	if	you	do	choose	to	sleep	on	your	stomach,	try	looking	for	a	flat
pillow	or	using	one	underneath	your	stomach	to	help	support	your	lower	back
and	spine.
The	right	scents	can	also	bolster	your	sleep	on	a	nightly	basis.	The	keys	to
enhance	all	the	moods	in	the	universe,	including	drowsiness	and	relaxation,	are
found	in	nature.	Certain	essential	oils	distilled	from	nature’s	bounty,	especially
lavender,	neroli,	vetiver,	valerian,	chamomile,	and	clary	sage,	activate	alpha
wave	activity	in	the	back	of	your	brain,	which	leads	to	relaxation	and	helps	you
sleep	more	soundly.	Lavender	is	believed	anecdotally	to	stimulate	the	pineal
gland	and	the	secretion	of	melatonin,	perhaps	promoting	sleep.
You	can	try	making	your	own	room	or	pillow	spray	by	mixing	a	few	drops	of
these	essential	oils	(alone	or	a	combo	that	suits	you)	and	some	distilled	water
into
a	spray	bottle.	Another	option	is	to	buy	an	essential	oil	ring	for	the
lightbulb	in	the	lamp	at	your	bedside	table.
PET	LOVE
Do	your	furry	friends	belong	in	your	cave?	Dogs	and	cats	may	be	unconditional
sources	of	love	and	comfort,	but	some	research	has	found	that	having	your	cats
and	dogs
sleep	in	the	bed	with	you	can	wake	you	up	during	the	night	and	interfere
with	your	best	sleep.
10
	While	you	love	your	four-legged	friends,	it	might	be	best	to
have	them	sleep	in	their	own	space	away	from	yours.
The
Best	Foods	for	Sleep
Many	people	don’t	realize	that	what	they	do	(and	don’t)	eat	can	have	a	dramatic
impact	on	the	quality	of	their	sleep.	Certain	foods	have	different	properties	and
qualities	that	can	help	promote	Peak	Beauty	Sleep.	Try	incorporating	these
foods	into	your	dietary	routine	in	the	afternoons	and	evenings	to	enhance	your
sleep	at	night.HEMP	MILK
Hemp	milk	is	high	in	the	amino	acid	tryptophan,	which	is	a	precursor	to
serotonin	and	helps	to	promote	sleep.	It	also	contains	all	the	essential	amino
acids	and	lots	of	minerals.	Try	the	Evening	Replenishing	Elixir	on
this	page
,
which	is	made	from	a	hemp	milk	base.
WHOLE,
UNREFINED	CARBOHYDRATES
Try	some	quinoa,	brown	rice,	amaranth,	gluten-free	teff-	or	brown	rice–based
wraps,	or	buckwheat	(soba)	noodles.	Carbohydrates	increase	the	level	of
tryptophan	in	your	blood,	helping	to	promote	sleep.
BANANAS
Bananas	help	promote	sleep	because	they	contain	the	natural	muscle	relaxants
magnesium	and	potassium.	They	also	have	carbohydrates	that	will	make	you
sleepy.	They	are	a	low-water,	starchy	fruit	that	digests	slowly,	so	you	can	have
one	ideally	a	few	hours	before	bed	if	you


 the body forces are set in motion tryi ng to remove the blockage so nourishment can get
into the starving joint. The membrane may become inflamed, swollen, and painful in trying to throw
off the fatty rubbish. Blood circulation in the pore spaces of adjacent bone also is often partially
choked. Body repair forces eat away portions of this deadened bone, and re-deposit it around the rim of the weakened joint in an attempt at reinforcement. The cartilage may be worn through or eaten away,
so that the bones grate together. With the protecting joint fluid depleted or defective, microbic
infections may develop. These infections may involve microbes of a kind which live by depositing stony minerals like those which deposit tartar (dental calculus) on the teeth, producing formless stony
masses on the bones, sometimes plastering them solidly together. Stone-forming microbes are abundant
throughout the world, depositing masses of rock on the bottom of seas and lakes, and forming the hard rough fouling under commode rims.

   Authoritative scientific publications take us practically up to this point, and the good news is this:
Fatty rubbish from stale food is the cause of the membrane bag deteriorating, and the Fresh Food Diet
permits it to recover. As the membrane improves, the joint receives nourishment and can begin to
recover. Within a few weeks the swelling and pain begins to fade away. Even people who had no severe arthritis symptoms notice that their shoes and gloves become looser as their joints return to a normal condition. Numerous people with severe arthr itis have reported that their condition has greatly
improved on the Fresh Food Diet, permitting them to go back to work again.
   This discovery being relatively new, it is too early to predict the extent of improvement possible for joints with severe deformities, bones grown together, etc. Some of these may be helped by surgery after
the disease process has been stopped by improved diet. It has been shown that healthy joints have great
powers of regeneration, and there is good reason to expect extensive self-repair after the membrane bag returns to normal. Even taking a minimum view, there is no doubt that these findings shed new light
upon the basic cause of common arthritis, and offer a practical do-it-yourself method of stopping
further deterioration and reducing pain by diet alone.

BLOOD CHOLESTEROL
   When a blood cholesterol test is made during or soon after a rapid loss of weight, it will often show a
temporary increase. This occurs because as the body becomes smaller the blood volume is
correspondingly decreased, so naturally if we have the same total quantity of cholesterol floating in a decreased quantity of blood, the concentration of c holesterol in each drop of blood will be greater.
Also, cholesterol previously contained in the fat we have lost has been released into the bloodstream,
causing a further temporary rise in the blood cholesterol number.

   If weight is lost rapidly, a temporary cholesterol rise should therefore be expected. It must be
remembered that the abnormal cholesterol built up in the blood by eating stale food is a durable material, which cannot be eliminated as rapidly as fat. People going on the Fresh Food Diet often lose
some flabby fat very promptly, and it is important not to be discouraged by a temporary rise in
cholesterol as above described. A few weeks after weight loss stops, the blood cholesterol should start to gradually drop. If it fails to drop fast enough to suit you, double check to be sure you are really
following the diet. Read it over again and check each item you are eating to avoid mistakes. It is better
for weight loss to be slow and gradual, not more than two pounds a week at most. Rapid weight loss can be weakening, and may cause haggard appearance and loose wrinkled skin.

(Continued after Table of Contents)
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Humans Are Built and Re-built from Food What Does Our Food Contain? What Is Man's Proper Food?
Arteriosclerosis, A Disease of Civilization
Stale Food—The True Cause of Arteriosclerosis
Fresh Food—The Cure for Arteriosclerosis
The Cholesterol Theory—A Tragic Blunder Effects of Fresh Food on Humans
Excessive Fatness in Human Beings
Sex and Stale Food
Microbes and Man
Teeth and Stale Food Physical Strength and Resistance to Injury
Fatty Rubbish and Filth in Flour
Bran in Flour and Cereals
Quality of Meat and Eggs
Smoked and Salted Meat and Fish General Food Practices
Menus and Beverages
How Good Livestock Products Can Be Obtained
The Good Quality of Vegetables and Fruits
Sun-Dried Foods Refined Oils and Shortenings
Chocolate and Cocoa
Sugar Drugs, Vitamins and Food Concentrates
Yeast As a Vitamin Food
The Use of Localized Heat
Eating and Drinking Habits
Meat Eating Habits Indigestion, Bowel Problems and Ulcers
Where the Housewife Reigns Supreme
Cooking
The Fresh Food Diet for Avoiding and Curing Arteriosclerosis
Diet and the Medical Profession Future Improvements in Food Supply
Criticism of These Findings
A General View
Sources of Information List of References
  DIABETES AND SWEETS
   Ordinary sugar (sucrose) is normally changed by the digestive juices of healthy people into invert
sugar, which can be easily utilized by the body. But any sucrose absorbed into our system unchanged cannot be utilized as food, acts as a toxin throughout the body, and is excreted in the urine. This helps
explain why some people will show sugar in the urine only after eating ordinary sugar. They are not
truly diabetic, but they do have a weakened digestive system. These people are greatly helped by avoiding ordinary sugar. Honey is a good substitute for sugar, because it is pre-digested by the bees and
changed to invert sugar, thus it can be more safely utilized by these border-line diabetics who cannot
fully invert ordinary sugar. Authorities: Dr. E. V. McCollum, Johns Hopkins Univ., "History of Nutrition." McGraw-Hill Encyc. of Science 5-541, 13-236-239.

   It has recently been found that honey contains valuable natural digestive enzymes which can help us
digest our food. A couple of teaspoonfuls after meals makes a nice dessert, and often will do wonders
toward better digestion, increased strength, and im proved appearance. Delicious between-meal drinks
can be quickly made with honey. A few spoonfuls dissolved in a cup of warm water or milk make a tasty aromatic drink to replace coffee or tea. A dab of butter melting on the top gives extra flavor.
Caution: Too much heat scalds honey and gives it a bitter after-taste. The warm water or milk should
not be too hot to bear on the hand. Honey varies greatly in color, taste, and dietary effect, so it is advisable to try several samples to obtain a supply which you find agreeable. Some types of honey are
too laxative in sensitive individuals. Honey from the colder and drier regions is often very mild and
good.

EAR NOISES, DEAFNESS AND DIZZINESS
   Ear noises, deafness, and dizziness sometim es result from temporary conditions which can be
remedied by a good doctor or ear specialist. In older people these problems are very often caused by
gradual deterioration related to diet, and sometimes can be improved or corrected by the Fresh Food Diet. Heat treatment as described on page 32 often speeds relief, especially from dizziness. Heat is
applied to the ear area by placing an electric heating pad under the back of the neck and head while
lying on the back in bed. The heating pad should be pulled up against the ears on each side and held there by pillows. Heat should be applied for fifteen to thirty minutes, three times a day. Stay in bed for
a few minutes after removing the heating pad, aris e slowly, and watch your step, to avoid danger of
falling. This treatment increases blood circulation and helps clear arteries in the ear and neck area.

LUNCHES
   Good lunches can be put up without bread. Irish or sweet potatoes cooked in their own skins are good
lunch items, eaten with butter. Raw carrot and celery sticks, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, radishes, etc.,
can be cleaned and cut ready to eat. If salad dressing containing oil is used, it should be put up separately and added at mealtime to prevent deterioration. Meats for lunches should be without gravy
or juice, like roast beef, chicken, etc. Stew type  foods or ground meats in a wet form should be avoided
in lunches because they rapidly ferment and break down into fatty rubbish. Raw fruits, nuts, honey, etc., make good dessert and snack items. Containers can be formed up by hand from heavy type
aluminum foil. Large mouth fruit jars of small size are convenient to eat from, as well as snap top thin
plastic food containers. Plastic or dry paper cups are useful, but waxed paper should be avoided because the wax dissolves into the food. Disposable plastic forks and spoons are available. Salt, pepper,
and sugar can be bought in disposable one-time paper packets.

INSOMNIA CONTROL
   For sleep to come easily, the mind and body should be calm and at rest. If the heart is pounding fast
due to excitement, worry, emotion, stimulants, or recen t exercise, it may be hard to fall asleep. A rapid
heart rate and consequent sleeplessness may also be caused by a full stomach and by cold beverages
drunk at bedtime


 the computer
language to begin with. Because of this, I could just sit
down at the c omputer and  write perfectly structured
code. We are back to our earlier discussions of
inspiration and where it comes from. Beethoven heard
music a nd he wrote it down. Artists have creative visions
and they manifest them. I never saw The Medical
Manager all at once in some grand vision. Nonetheless,
every d ay the constant flow of inspiration let me know
exactly where the program n eeded to go. I simply sat at
the computer and wrote down the spontaneous stream of
inspired thoughts in the form of code.
I w rote  and wrote with a fervor and passion that was
almost frightening, first the patient record, then the
medical procedures that needed to be billed. Everything I
did, I did to the absolute best of my ability. I was not only
writing a program for these two clients; I was writing the
best pro gram I possibly could as my gift to the universe.
The flow of ins piration was such that I was not allowed
to cut a single corner. This c ommitment to detail would
end up distingu ishing The Medical Manager from almost
all competitive medical billing systems on the market. In
short, t his thing wanted to be as close to perfect as
possible regardless of how long it took or how
unreasonable it appeared from a business perspective.
The fact is, there never really was a business
perspective. I figured I could probably sell the program
to s ome other doctors in tow n, but I never once thought
about b roader distribution. I was able to cover the cost of
program development out of my own pocket because of
the per fection of how events had unfolded. And I don’tuse the  term perfection lightly. During the time I was
writing the medical billing system, a subdivision opened
up in the wo ods just one mile down the road from
Temple property. Built with Love landed a number of
contracts for custom houses  in that subdivision, which
meant I didn’t have to go any where to handle the jobs. In
addition, Personalized Programming had its existing
clients. I hired a young man part-time to help me do
some of the small custom programming jobs for those
clients. I trained him on the old programs I had written,
and I reviewed and tested hi s code. Without realizing it,
while I thought I was training him, it was really me who
was getting trained on how to manage programmers.
That was a sk ill I would definitely need in the near
future. Turns out, I was destined to manage hundreds of
highly skilled software developers.3 4.
T h e  E a r l y  P r o g r a m m e r s
N o p erso n in their right mind would think that they were
going t o sit down and write an entire medical billing
system on their own. I, how ever, was not in my right
mind. I  had accepted the project as the next task given to
me by the flow  of life. That was a very holy thing to me.
My entire spiritual path was focused around my
experiment with surrender. In order to keep my distance
from the inner chatter, I still maintained my regular
meditation schedule and c ontinued my moment-to-
moment practice of centering myself. Every time I sat
down at the co mputer to work on the program, I took a
breath and remembered that  I was writing this as a gift
to the universe. I was sitting  on a tiny planet spinning
through outer space, and this  was the task that had been
given to me. I t never even occurred to me to ask for
assistance.
The program was about half complete when my
guardian angel sent me unasked for, but much needed,
assistance. Some moments in our lives are marked by
destiny. Such was the brief moment in time that
occurred one fall day in 1980. I was navigating through
the Sun day morning crowd on the Temple porch when a
young l ady app roached me. I did not recognize her, and
she spoke so softly that I could hardly hear her above the
crowd. As a way of introducin g herself, she said that she
had just graduated from the University of Florida where
she had  taken a few programming classes. She had heard
that I had been programmin g and wanted to work with
me, even if it meant no salary to begin with. Her name
was Barbara Duncan.I certainly needed help, but I couldn’t imagine how
anyone could help me. I had been writing the program
directly from my mind into the computer. There were no
hook points where someone e lse could tie in. In addition,
I di dn’t know this person, and she seemed very shy.
Fortunately, I  was well trained in watching these
thoughts pass  through my mind, rather than blindly
listening to them. I simply st opped for a moment, took a
breath, and recognized all this negativity as my mind’s
initial resistance to change. I immediately let go and
surrendered to the reality of the situation: this person
had sincerely offered her services, and I was certainly in
need o f help. I told her that because I was used to
working alone, I couldn’t make any promises. However, I
was willing to give it a try. We set up for a meeting in a
few day s, and I told her that she should think about a
reasonable starting salary because I wanted to
compensate her.
The level of talent and competence that was hidden
inside this person who just happened to show up at the
Temple is beyond my com prehension. Barbara was
definitely very scared and shy in the beginning. Then for
the next twenty years she kept stepping forward to accept
and excel at whatever was asked of her. She also started
coming to all t he Temple’s daily services and moved in
shortly after starting to work  for me. Barbara was really
Personalized Programming’s first full-time employee,
and she became a foundation block of both the company
and the  Temple community. It turns out that this shy
young l ady I met on the Temple porch that day had a
brilliant mind and the heart of a warrior.
When Barbara started working for me, I was already
halfway done with the program. I had never actually
verbalized my thoughts to anyone, so sharing my vision
for the overall system with another person helped
tremendously. We made a wonderful team, and it was
clear that Barbara was perfectly capable of taking myvision and running with it. This became essential once
the number of programmers began to grow. In short,
Barbara was a gift from God. She showed up exactly
when I needed her, at a time I was not even wise enough
to know that I  needed her. I never looked for her; she
just appeared.
In truth, it was the same with Radha. From day one
she took responsibility for all the accounting and office
management functions of the businesses and the
Temple. Thirty  years later she is still living at the Temple
and managing its affairs. It w as as though these people
were ha ndpicked for the disciplined spiritual lifestyle of
the Temple and were also pe rfectly suited for the highly
skilled jobs that were being created. I saw this happen
again and again as the busine sses expanded. It felt like I
was dancing with the perfection of the universe. I didn’t
fully re alize it at the time, but witnessing the results of
my surr ender experiment was doing more to get rid of
the bur densome sense of “me” than my hours of spiritual
practices. I was well aware t hat I was not causing these
events t o unfold so perfectly, but I was deeply honored to
watch the perfection of life unfold before my eyes.
We brought on a couple of additional programmers
over th e next year. By the time we were done with the
first ve rsion of the software, there were four of us
working full-time. We needed the additional help coding
mostly because  the designs Barb and I were turning out
were never the simplest way to get things done—they
were sim ply the best way. Fo r example, one of the most
interesting and important modules we wrote was the one
that printed the insurance claim forms. I remember the
days I spent with my clients going over their insurance
billing needs. You basically h ad to be a rocket scientist to
understand all  the minute dif ferences between how these
practices were  filling out th e supposedly standardized
forms. But they insisted that each of these differenceswas ess ential in order to get properly paid by different
insurance companies.
Barb and I managed to develop a very sophisticated,
template-driven system that would allow the practices
themselves to specify how they wanted to fill out the
forms for any particular insurance company. We were
committed to developing a s ystem that would perfectly
handle a practice’s insurance billing needs, and this
became one of the main reaso ns for the rapid acceptance
of th e software. In a very sh ort period of time, Medical
Manager practices would be defining hundreds of
different templates needed to handle the nation’s
insurance companies.
This pr ovides a glimpse of t he level we went to with
The Medical Manager, even with the very first version.
We kept bearing down and doing everything to the best


 SYMPTOMS
Anxious.Complaintsfrom:mentalstrain;shock.
Poorconcentration.Confused.Conscientious.
Dislikesconsolation.Irritable.Jumpy.Mild.
Sensitivetonoise;topain.Restless.Lackof
self-confidence. Shy.Sluggish.
Worseforbeingconsoled.Thesearepeoplewhotypicallylackstaminaboth
mentallyandphysically-wholack'grit'(flintiness).
Theybecomewornouteasilyfromtoomuchwork
(usuallymental)becausetheydonothavethestamina
tokeepgoingunderstress.
Alternativelytheycanbevery'gritty'-abletowork
allhoursunderpressure,extremelyconscientious
andabletosustainsuperhuman featsofendurance.
Theycollapseonlywhenthejobinhandhasbeen
completed.
Theyareveryshyandexceedinglyanxiousabout
appearinginpublicbecausetheyfeartheywillfailor
dobadly.Theyareunassertive,lackinginconfidence
andwillgivewayratherthantakeapositionandfight
forit,althoughconverselytheycanbestubbornand
wilfulanddevelopfixedideas.
Theybecomeirritableiftheyareconsoledwhen
feelinglow.Theyfeelrestlessandnervousinside
andbecomeover-sensitive tonoise,especiallysmall
noises,andwillstartleeasilyfromunexpectednoises.
NB.A'Silicatype'maywellneedPulsatillaifheorshe
developsanacuteillness,andconversely Silica
isoftenneededafterPulsatillahasworkedwellbut
somesymptomsremain,forexamplethecough(see
below).
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Abscesses
SymptomsAbscessesofglands;ofrootsofteeth.
Silicawillbringtoaheadabscessesthatareinthe
processofforming.
Athlete'sfoot
SymptomsCracksbetweentoes.Withsweat:onfeet;
profuse;smelly.
Backache
SymptomsPains:sore,bruised;stitching.Withlame-
ness;stiffness;weakness.
Worseongettingupfromsitting;atnight;for
pressure;forsitting.
Causesafallontotheback;injurytococcyx;manual
labour.
Bedwetting
Causesinjurytoback;worms.
Forchildrenwhowetthebedafterafallorafteran
attackofworms.
Breastfeedingproblems
SymptomsBreasts:inflamed;painful;lumpy.
Nipples:cracked,inverted.Pains:inbreast;cutting;
stitching.Breastabscesses.
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Silica(Sil.)•151
Worsewhilenursing;inleftbreast.
Themotherexperiencessuddensharppainswhilethe
childisnursing.Thebackmayachewhilenursing.
Brokenbones
SymptomsBonesslowtomend.
Commoncold
SymptomsNasalcatarrh:dry;hardcrusts;smelly;
thick.Sinusespainful.Senseofsmell/taste lost.
Sneezingdifficult.
Sinusesbecomeblockedup;thenoseisdryand
blockedandthenostrilsbecomesoreandulcerated.
Constipation
SymptomsIneffectualstraining.Painburningafter
stool.Stool:hard;knotty;large;'shy'.
Worsebefore/duringmenstrualperiod.
Themusclesinthebowelsareweak,makingitdifficult
topassstools;thestoolsarepartiallyexpelledandthen
slipback.
Corns
SymptomsCornsinflamed;soft.Pains:sore;tearing.
Cough
SymptomsCoughirritating.Mucus:lumpy;thick;
yellow.
Betterforhotdrinks.
Worseinmorningonwaking;forgettingcold;for
uncoveringfeetorhead.
Silicaisespeciallyusefulforlingeringwintercoughs
thatstartaftergettingchilled,orwetandchilled,
andthatdonotclearupeasilywiththeindicatedor
constitutionalremedy.
Diarrhoea
SymptomsInteethingchildren.Flatulence:wind
smelly.
Betterforheat;forwrappingupwarmly;forwarmth
ofbed.
Causesteething.
Earache
SymptomsEar:feelsblocked;itchingintheears.
Pains:behindtheear;tearing.
TheEustachiantubeisitchyandfullofmucus.Ifthere
isadischarge itwillbebloody,smellyandthick.
Exhaustion
SymptomsExhaustionnervous.
Causesdiarrhoea.Eyeinflammation
SymptomsDischargeyellow.Eyesore.
Worseforcoldair.
Causesaforeignbodyintheeye.
Thissorenessandinflammation iscausedbyaforeign
bodyintheeye.Iftheforeignbodyisstilllodgedinthe
eye,Silicatakeninternallywillhelptoexpelit.
Fever
Worseformovement;forbeinguncovered;inthe
evening;atnight.
Thepatientfeelsicycoldandshiveryallday,andthis
maybeone-sided.Thesweatisprofuseandsour
smelling,andifitissuppressedinanywaythiswill
exacerbatethegeneral(andspecific)condition.
Fingernails
SymptomsNails:spliteasily;weak.Withwhite
SPOTS.
Flatulence
SymptomsWind:smelly;obstructed(difficultto
expel).
Gumboils
Simplegumboilswithnoothersymptomsrespond
verywelltoashortcourseofSilica.
Headache
SymptomsPains:inbackofhead;inforehead;
spreadingtotopofhead/toeyes/torighteye;in
sinuses;burning;hammering;pressing;sore,bruised;
throbbing;violent.
Betterforclosingeyes;forlyinginaquiet,darkroom;
forheat;forwrappinguphead.
Worseforgettingchilled;forgettingfeet/headcold;for
daylight;forgettingupfromlyingdown;forjarring;
forwalkingupstairs/heavily.
Causescoldair;dampweather;draughts;eyestrain;
overwork;workinginartificiallight;travelling(car,
coach,train,etc.).
Thisheadache isoftenaresultofsinuscatarrh;it
settlesovertheeyesandtheforeheadfeelsheavy.The
headandfeetwillfeelcold.
Injuries
SymptomsCuts/wounds:slowtoheal;inflamed;
painful;withpus;withforeignbody;suppurate.
Scars:becomelumpy;breakopen;painful.
Causessplinter.
Silicacutsandwoundsbecomeinfectedeasilyandheal
slowly;theskinlooksunhealthy.
152•Spongiatosta(Spo. INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Insomnia
SymptomsVividnightmares.Sleeprestless.
Worseaftermidnight;afterwaking.
Mumps
SymptomsGlands:painful;swollen.
Betterforheat.
Worseforcold.
Sorethroat
SymptomsThroatdry.Glandsswollen.Pains
stitching.Tonsils:swolleninflamed.Withhair
sensationatbackoftongue.
Worseforgettingcold;forswallowing;foruncovering
throat.
Splinters
SymptomsWoundinflamed.
Silicatakeninternallywillhelptopushoutforeign
bodiesfromtheskin,especially ifthewoundhas
becomeinflamed. Ithealswoundsoncethepushas
starteddischarging.
Teething
SymptomsPainfulinchildren.Difficult.Slow.
Withdiarrhoea(seeabove);toothache(seebelow).
Silicachildrencantakeyearstoproduceteethandwill
getcoughs,coldsanddiarrhoeaduringthistime.Silica
willhelpwiththeinfectionsandwiththeteeth.
Toothache
SymptomsSwelling:offace;ofglands.
Betterforwrappinguphead.
Worseinwinter.
Causesteething;abscess;winter.
Vomiting
SymptomsIsbreastfedbabies.
Worseformilk.
Thisvomitingoccursinbabieswhorefusetheir
mothers'milkand/orvomititup.Reconstitutedmilk
maybenobetter.
Spongiatosta(Spo.)
Familyname:Ceratospongiae
Othername:seasponge
Spongesareoneofthemostprimitiveformsoflife
knowntomanandarefoundinseasworldwide.Theyattachthemselvestorocksandwereregardedbyearly
naturalistsasplantsbecauseoftheirbranchingform
andlackofmovement,buttheyactuallycontainboth
DNAandRNAaswellasmanyothersubstances
commontoallanimallife.Spongeshaveremarkable
powersofregeneration:anypiececutorbrokenfrom
anadultspongewillattachtoasuitablesurfaceand
re-formintoanewplant.
Acommercialspongeissimplythe'skeleton'that
surroundsthenumerouscellsoftheanimal.The
spongewasafamiliar