ra, vayu
(air) mudra, apan mudra, shunya (space) mudra and sun mudra are used for
balancing bod y elements to heal the cor responding c hakras. Gyan mudra is one of the most important and widely accepted in yoga
and meditational practices. To attain this, join the tip of the forefinger and
the tip of the thumb. To get the maximum benefits, hold together gently for
15 to 30 min utes. Beneﬁts: purifies the mind of the practitioner, improving intelligence and
wisdom. It helps to lift mood and relieve insomnia and depression, providing
a feeling of jo y. It helps people with addiction to into xicants and drug. Apan mudra: joining the tips of the middle and ring fingers with the tip
of the thumb forms the apan mudra. This mudra is associated with the
muladhara c hakra and r egulates apana v ayu. Beneﬁts: cleanses and purifies the body, facilitating the discharge of waste
material (urination and menstruation) from the body, releasing negative
energy. This is a very useful m udra for people w ho feel lethar gic. Prithvi mudra: this mudra helps to increase the earth element, hence
activating the root chakra. It is useful for people who want to gain weight. To
attain the mudra, touch the ring finger at the tip of the thumb and press
gently. The remaining three fingers should be held straight, with the palms at
the knees. Practise f or 15 to 20 min utes. Beneﬁts: this mudra cures weakness of the body and mind, increasing life
force and giving vigour to an ailing person. It helps with grounding, boosts
self-confidence and giv es peace of mind.Varun mudra: to attain this mudra, join the tips of the little fingers and
the thumbs and keep the remaining three fingers straight. Keep the hands at
the folded knees, and keep the palm tight while the rest of the hand should
be relaxed. Practise f or 10 to 15 min utes daily. Beneﬁts: helps improve circulation and skin quality and prevents
dehydration and urinary problems. It is a suitable mudra for the
swadhisthana (sacral) c hakra and associa ted imbalances. Surya mudra: join the tips of both ring fingers at the root of both
thumbs. Allow the other three fingers of each hand to remain straight. Keep
the hands at the folded knees, with the palms facing up. Put a little pressure
in the palm; the rest of the hand should be relaxed. This mudra is useful for
the manipura (solar plexus) chakra. It should be practised for 10 to 15
minutes daily. Beneﬁts: generates body heat and aids digestion and weight control. It also
relieves health problems such as diabetes and regulates cholesterol and liver
imbalances. Prana mudra: this is formed by joining the tips of the ring finger and
little finger with the tip of the thumb. It balances all vayus in the body and is
recommended f or the anaha ta (heart) c hakra and all c hakras abo ve that. Beneﬁts: energises the heart, improves the functioning of the lungs and
eyesight and r evitalises the bod y.
Abhaya mudra: this is normally practised after reciting the gayatri
mantra. As with the gyan mudra, touch the forefinger to the tip of the thumb
and raise the hands vertically to the side of your head. This mudra is useful
for anxiety-prone and fearful people, and helps to balance both the solar
plexus and heart c hakras. Beneﬁts: the mind becomes fearless, giving a feeling of courage and
strength.Shunya mudra: this mudra is attained by putting the middle finger of
both hands at the root of the thumb and pressing gently. Keep the hands on
or near the knees with the palms facing up; maintain the position for 5 to 10
minutes. This mudra regulates the space element and is thus useful for the
throat chakra and those abo ve it. Beneﬁts: strengthens the heart and gum muscles, and relieves toothache
and earache. It also regulates thyroid gland functions and helps with deafness
and vertigo. Mudras can be practised while seated, lying down, standing or even
walking. However, please ensure that the body posture is symmetrical and
centred. Its sounds easy but can be difficult sometimes when our fingers are
inflexible and rebellious and holding a position for 10 to 15 minutes becomes
tedious. Normally a mudra should be practised for a minimum of 10 to 15
minutes to have an effect; for a therapeutic effect a mudra should be
practised for up to 45 minutes. You can also perform mudras three times a
day for 10 to 15 min utes each time. Meditation
Meditation (dhyana) is the integral part of antaranga (internal) yoga. It is an
effective tool to achieve a balance of mind, body and spirit. According to
Patanjali, dhyana is the state where mental diversion stops and there is
nothing on which to focus except a continuous flow of awareness, allowing
the practitioner to connect with the higher consciousness. Meditation does not mean merely contempla tion; it originates from the
Latin word mederi, meaning ‘to heal’. It is intended to heal mental afflictions
caused by psychological stress. Various teachers promote meditation in
different forms, but the ultimate objective is the same: achieving a tranquilstate of mind devoid of thoughts and connection to universal consciousness. It may not be easy to achieve a state of thoughtlessness as the mind drifts
constantly. However, certain practices such as chakra meditation help to
steady the state of the mind by initially focusing attention on each chakra
point while chanting the chakra seed syllable and ultimately moving
consciousness to the crown chakra, staying connected there until there are no
thoughts. The benefits of meditation include a greater sense of relaxation in both
mind and body, greater flexibility of thinking and an ability to meet a
situation with freshness and insight. From the standpoint of pure physical
expression, it can help loosen the knots and tensions trapped in the body by
dissipating emotions. It can help to change both facial expression and body
posture, thereby softening and strengthening at the same time. These are
some of the possible results, but they are not the goals. Meditation helps
strengthen the positive qualities of compassion, patience and wisdom and
free us of conf licting emotions and er roneous beliefs. Chanting
Chanting, or japa, destroys sins and liberates a person from the cycles of
birth and death. Japa is repetition of a particular letter, word, mantra or
sentence; ‘naam japa’ is repetition or chanting of a deity’s name; and
‘mantra japa’ refers to the repetition of a particular mantra. This path of
spiritual practice is known as nama sankirtan yoga (path of chanting the
Lord’s name). Our subconscious mind carries millions of impressions that arise out of
our prakruti (nature). The mind, intellect and subconscious mind (chitta) are
the constituents  of prakruti, and they all function according to their owncharacteristics and create their own impressions. When we do any repetitive
activity it seda tes the mind and pr events its vriti (modifica tion). Ancient sages used to proscribe a guru mantra to their followers that was
appropriate for each one in order to balance their chakras, as they had the
ability to see the aura and understand the chakra imbalances. This is still
practised b y some sages. Chanting can be done by people of all religions and hues as per their
faith and beliefs. Chanting the name of our ishta (favourite) deity or angel
also helps to balance energies. There is so much information available now
on mantras and chanting. The market is flooded with audio tapes and CDs
of the mantra chanting; however, it is very important to understand the
energy and effect of the mantras bef ore you chant them. One of the most po werful mantras is the g ayatri mantra:
‘Om bhur bhuva s waha, tat savitur var enyam,
Bhargo devasya dhimahi, dhiy o yona prachodayat.’
This potent mantra helps clear negative energies and even entities. It
invokes the energy of the sun (the fire element) and should be chanted with
care, preferably in the early morning or late evening and in the presence of
water. The best way to chant it is to do a minimum of three japa malas (of
108 beads). Prayer beads are recommended, as chanting generates positive
vibrations that stay with the beads. Most prayer beads consist of either 27, 54
or 108 beads, which all add up to 9: the n umber of completion. Bija mantras associated with each of the chakras are easy to understand
and follow; they are short and simple to remember. Aum chanting is the best
to use for chanting. When you focus on a chakra point while aum chanting
you will be able to feel the


nd that their desires are beginning to come  true, in
deance of how reality is supposed to behave, the sudden inux of
power brings with it vaulting emotions—people feel jubilant and
triumphant; they feel fused with the very heart of nature (“I was
like an orphan who found the way home,” one woman remembers). Fear becomes meaningless, replaced with immense relief at the true
simplicity of life. Simplicity is the key. The rishis lived by a code that depen ds upon
magic rather than strugg le. Maharishi expresses this code
beautifully:
Keep your desire turning back within and be patient. Allow
the fulllment to come to you, gently resisting the tempta tion
to chase your dreams into the world. Pursue them in your
heart until they disappear into the self, and leave them there. It may take a little self-discipline, but be simple, be kind. Attend to your inner health and happiness. Happi ness
radiates like the fragrance from a ower and draws all good
things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do
not strain after the needs of life—it is sucient to be quietly
alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more
naturally and eortlessly. Life is here to enjoy. Just by being ourselves, we are borne toward a destiny far beyond
anything we could imagine. It is enough to know that the being I
nourish inside me is the same as the Being that suuses every atom
of the cosmos. When the two see each other as equals, they will be
equal, because then the same force that controls the galax ies will be
upholding my individual existence. If a man claims to be
enlightened, I only need to ask, “Do your desires eortlessly come
true. ” If he says yes, I can accept that his thinking has turned
magical. But I would also ask a second question, “On what scale do you
have your desires. ” If he says his desires are for himself, I will know
that he has not broken free of local reality. On the other hand, if hesays that his desires are for the world, I will know that the entire
universe works  on his behalf. He has mastered nonlocal reality—he
is a citizen of the eld. OceanofPDF. com12
What It Means to Be Whole
To give them the benet of the doubt, Nick’s parents did not
deliberately set out to destro y him. Quite the reverse: from the time
Nick was born they treated him like a little god. All the toys a rich
family could provide were laid at his feet, and the slightest wish was
instantly granted. His infant goos and gurgles delighted his mother
so much that she could not bear to let him out of her sight. If she
was forced to tear herself away for even half an hour, Nick’s
grandparents stepped in to take her place, and they, too, loved him
so much that they never let him out of their sight, either. For three years Nick accept ed as normal the constant gaze of
adult eyes. He was much too little to suspect that he might be under
guard. Then one day his mother took him aside and tried to make
him understand something important. Thirty-ve years later, he still
remembers the intense emotion in her voice. “You came out of me, and you are a part of me. That will always
be true,” she said. “But your father and I want you to know
something. You didn’t come the way other babies did. You were
adopted. ” Nick smiled, delighted by this new word. He was not old
enough to wonder how he could have come out of his mother and
been adopted at the same time. He only knew that he was even
more special than before. “I’m adopted. I’m adopted. ” he kept
repeating, and he immediately rushed o to tell his best friend the
good news. It took two years before he fully grasped what being
adopted meant. “My parents have always held on to me very tightly,” he told me,
“and little by little I became aware that their love was colored by a
great deal of desperation. They were obsessed with me. The reason I
was constantly watched was that they had this morbid fear that I
would be kidnapped by my real mother, like a fairy-tale prince
stolen in the night by gypsies. ”
Keeping Nick under constant  watch was the only way his parents
had of handling their fear of losing him. In itself, this anxious,
doting attention might not have been too destructive. But, as soon
became apparent, there was much more involved. “There’s something wrong with my father,” Nick said. “I guess
you could call him a misogynist, a woman-hater. He would be
shocked to hear that, becau se he is very aectionate towards my
mother, and he makes a great show of acting extremely romantic
around her, particularly in public. But in subtle ways he constantly
degrades and belittles her. I have never seen him strike her, but it
became clear to me as a young child that she lives in fear of him
and is helpless to do anything about it. ”
The same fear crept into Nick’s own life as he passed the toddler
stage. He discovered that his loving father, who hugged him so tight
and showered him with gifts, could y into a blind rage without
warning. At the most unexpe cted moments he would lash out, and
the inhibitions  that kept him from physically hurting his wife did
not apply to his little boy. “My father hit me a lot, for reasons that I could not gure out. I
never really did anything that bad. My mother and I bent over
backwards to placate my father, to always stay on his good side, but
if I said something in a tone of voice he didn’t like, or if I hesitated
to obey one of his orders, he would slap my face or spank me hard,
very hard. ”
Nick has guilty memories of hiding the bruises that his father
inicted with his hard spankings, of feeling like an innocent victim
and yet at the same time being inexplicably ashamed whenever he
was punished. “I want to be fair to my father,” he carefully
explained. “He didn’t push the violence to extremes. I wasn’t
battered. What  hurt so much was not how hard he hit but where thepunishment was coming from. What had I ever done to him to
deserve his contempt. ”
The fact that he was beaten  for the most trivial infractions—not
picking up his socks, leaving his room untidy—made it impossible
for Nick to sort out why he was being punished. Whatever the
emotions were that drove his father, they were too alien for a small
child to comprehend, and much too powerful to defend himself
against. Although Nick’s mother feebly tried to intervene, his
father’s rage ruled the house basically without opposition. Unable to ght back physically, Nick took his cues from his
mother and turned his energies to keeping the peace. Without
protest he was drawn into a conspiracy of silence, preserving the
facade of being a perfect child nestled in a perfect family. “When I
grew up, I found out that we were living out a pattern of denial that
is very common in families like ours. But at the time, I had nothing
to comp are my situation to. My mother knew what was going on,
but she turned her back, and soon I had to accept the bitter fact that
she would not try to protect me, no matter how bad things got. ”
Throwing himself into the role of model child, Nick became the
kind of ospring parents dream of having. He was an intelligent,
sensitive boy, well behaved and diligent in his schoolwork. He grew
up to be magnetically good-looking, and other boys looked up to
him as a natur al athlete and a born leader. Success follow ed success,
and yet festering underneath  it all, like rotten wood covered with
gold leaf, was a feeling of dread that never left him. “I learned to keep our secret at any price, particularly from my
grandparents—they were Greek immigrants who looked on me as
the bright, blond hope. Everyone expected the world of me, and I
wanted above all to oblige. At ve years old I felt like a little adult. I
understood adult feelings and adult ambitions, and the adult need to
guard yourself from exposure. The strain inside me was enormous,
because everyone in my family was basically living through me. ”
The deeper Nick’s parents buried their own severe emotional
problems, the more necessary they found it to manipulat e him. His
psyche became the stage for playing out their hidden frustrations. “I
accepted that I was the sacricial lamb. What Mommy and Daddyfelt, I felt, too. That was my job, to be a buer between them. I
knew it was unfair. I wasn’t being allowed any feelings of my own,
the child’s feelings that my friends had. I was never simply happy or
simply sad. My emotions were complicated, because they were
grown-up emotions shifted from my parents onto me. ”
No child is prepared for


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Divine Compensation
On Work, Money, and Miracles
Marianne Williamson
OceanofPDF.comE p i g r a p h
The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a
friendly or a hostile universe. —A LBER T EINSTEIN
OceanofPDF.comC o n t e n t s
Epigraph
Preface
Chapter 1 - The Law of Divine Compensation
Chapter 2 - The Power of Faith
Chapter 3 - Making Love the Bottom Line
Chapter 4 - Transforming a Negative Sense of Self
Chapter 5 - Releasing Anger
Chapter 6 - Beyond Guilt
Chapter 7 - Facing Our Prejudice
Chapter 8 - Spiritual Surrender
Chapter 9 - Transcending Fear
Chapter 10 - Positivity
Chapter 1 1 - Job vs. Calling
Chapter 12 - Embracing Abundance
Chapter 13 - Meditation
Chapter 14 - Prayer
Chapter 15 - Creating Wealth Through Purity of Heart
Chapter 16 - Working Miracles
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Books by Marianne Williamson
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Copyright
About the PublisherOceanofPDF.comP r e f a c e
Few areas of our thinking, or our circumstances, can be more stressful than
work and money. The late actress Sophie Tucker is credited with having
said, “I’ve been  rich and I’ve been poor, and believe me, rich is better.”
Most people would agree. At a time when the institutional  processes normally counted on to support
our finan cial good have gone south, if not completely haywire, many people
are looking for alternative route s to economic security. We want to work,
but can’t find work. We want to invest, but don’t feel we can do so safely. We want to have enough money  in the bank, and find ourselves terrified at
the thought that we might not. It is often at the moment when our way isn’t working anymo re that we
open our minds  to consider something new. Finance is just one of many
areas where an increasingly obsolete, materially based worldview is
proving inadequ ate to the chall enges of the times in which we live, and
more and more people are finding practical wisdom in spiritual
understanding. Dogmas and doctrines—both religious and economic—are
being left behind  as a deeper realization of the power of consciousness and
its primacy in the creation of human affairs becomes a more popular avenue
to a happy life. Spiritual truth is expressed in many forms, both religious and secular. I
have been a student of a set of books called A Cours e in Miracles —a self-
study program of psychotherapy based on universal spiritual themes—for
thirty-five years. As a teacher of the principles of the Course,  I’ve had the
opportunity to witness as well as experience their practical applicability. The crux of the Course,  which is not a religion and has no dogma or
doctrine, is the relinquishment of fear and the acceptance of love into ourhearts to replace it. I’ve seen miraculous transformations occu r when we
change the nature of our thinking from fear and limitation to faith and love. From a metaphysical perspectiv e, every experience begins with a thought,
and our experie nce changes when we change the thought. If we have a
problem in any area—whether relationships, health, money, or anything
else—the first place to look for a solution is in the nature of our thinking. This applies to money no more and no less than it applies to anything else. This book is a guide to spiritual principles that pave the way to material
abundance. These principles are based on my understanding of A Course in
Miracles. Theory  alone does not change our lives, but theory activated by
mental shifts and behavioral follow-up becomes nothing short of
miraculous help in even the most troubled times. THE MAIN  PRINCIPL E of A Cours e in Miracles,  and key to the peace of God,
is this: “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.” Love is the
all-encompassing reality of God and thus can have no opposite. The
absence of love, which is fear, is mere illusion. Love is the only eternal
truth, while fear is a hallucination of the mortal mind. Throughout this
book, the fear -mind will be referred to as the ego. Every thought is a cause that produces an effect. According to A Course in
Miracles,  every thought we think creates form on some level. If your mind
is in a loving place—if your thoughts are of a high, divine vibration—your
experience will reflect that. If your mind is in a fearful place—if your
thoughts are of a lower, dense vibration—your experience will reflect that. The way to change the nature of your experience is to change the nature of
your thoughts. Seeking to solve a problem merely on the level of effect is not a true
solution but only a temporary fix. Only when we address the level of cause
—the thoughts that caused the original deviation from love—do  we produce
miraculous and fundamental results. By remembering what is real while in
the presence of the unreal, we miraculously transform a problem on the
level of its cause. A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love—from
a belief in what is not real, to faith in that which is. That shift in perception
changes everything.In our ability to think about something differently lies the power to make
it different. Miraculous thinking does not represent a state of denial, at least
not in the traditional sense. It doesn’ t represent the magical thinking of
simply looking away from something horrible and pretending it doesn’ t
exist. If anythin g, it is a state of positive  denial: looking  at something and
knowing that since only love is ultimately real, nothing else has ultimate
effect. The miracle-worker does not look away from the illusions of the
mortal world


 a better way to ba lance and enjoy your life by trusting your
thoughts to attract the health yo u desire. Y ou’re able to relax and enjoy this
journey. By consciously having Spirit weigh in through the ene r gy of your
thoughts, you’v e tipped the balance in favor of your desires. Y our ego,
which id entifies with your body, has been relegated to a less do minant role. Spirit has no exc ess fat, indigestion, hunger pangs, or overeating  habits, and
this is where you’re now choosing to make your stand. Y ou’re choosing  thoughts that are in harmony with your originating
Spirit, an d in so doing there’ s no  room for being unhealthy. Bec ause you’re
more at peace in your thoughts, believing that whatever you  do can be
converted to a healthy reaction, you take on the same aut omatic new
response in your approach to exercise and physical well-being. Y our newly
balanced internal-picturing procedure af firms W illiam James’ s assertion. I am a Divinely healthy and fit human being. Thi nk i t! Say it! Believe it! Even if you’ve harbored a previous image of being overweigh t and out of
shape, s ay it anyway. Y ou’re sta rting the process of passionately believing
in some thing th at still doesn’ t exist. By af firming it and making it your
inner rea lity, you’ll activate a n ew automatic response that resonates with
your sta ted desire. The next th ing you know you’ll be going for a walk. Then perhaps you’ll participate  in something that has definite ly not been
part of the balance in your life up till now—maybe a jog, a yoga class, or a
health-club mem bership. This will all happen without trying, because you
must act upon your beliefs. The imb alance between your desire for a healthy body that feels great
and persistently unhealthy habit s is not remedied by simply changing those
habits. Y ou mus t have a firm determination to learn the art of p assionately
believing in something that doesn’ t yet exist, and refuse to allow that
picture t o be distorted by you o r anyone else. T ruly, you are not what you
eat or how muc h you exercise, but rather what you believe about the you
that you’re presently birthing in your thoughts. Keep re minding yourself: I ge t what I think about, whether I want it or
not.CHAPTER SIX
YOU CAN’T DISCOVER LIGHT
BY ANALYZING THE DARKNESS
B A L A N C I N G  Y O U R  D E S I R E  F O R  P R O S P E R I T Y
W I T H  Y O U R  H A B I T S  O F  S C A R C I T Y
“God wills us to have everything. As we express life, we
fulll God’s law of abundance, but we do this only as
we realize that there is good enough to go around—
only as we know that all of God’s gifts are given as
freely and fully as the air and the sunshine....”
— ERNEST HOLMES
“Every man is free to rise as far as he’s able or willing,
but it’s only the degree to which he thinks that
determines the degree to which he’ll rise.”
— AYN RAND
I
f you had to search for light, the one thing you’d obviously shun
would be the da rkness. Y ou’d know for certain that spending y our
time ana lyzing dark places and wallowing around blindly in the
dark wo uldn’ t be the way to discover and experience the light. Now
exchange the words light  and dark  i n this example  for the words abundance
and scar city —the sa me logic should now apply. Y ou can’ t find abundance
by analy zing and wallowing around in scarcity consciousness. Y et this is
often wh y a disparity exists between your desire for prosperity and the lack
of it in your life. Review the observation of fered  by Ernest Holmes in the quote at the
beginning of this chapter: “As  we express life, we fulfill God’ s law of
abundance....” Think of this a s a legally binding dictum from God, as a
law. E ven St. Paul observed that “ God is able to provide you with every
blessing in abundance.” I draw the conclusion that prosperity is something
that’ s always available, because this is descriptive of the Source  from which
we o riginated. If we came from unlimited abundance, then we must be what
we came from. Scarcity isn’ t a problem because of where you were born or what your
parents accumul ated or the state  of the economy. The so-called  problem of
scarcity is due to  the simple fact  that you tipped your belief away from your
original connection to unlimited abundance and began to live in and analyze
scarcity—the equivalent of darkness in the first paragraph of th is chapter. I
advocate makin g a shift toward analyzing the light of pro sperity and
correcting this imbalance betw een what you desire and the way you’re
living. How You Avoid Expressing Life and Fail to Fulll
God’s Law of Abundance
In o rder to exp ress life and be the recipient of God’ s ble ssing for
abundance, you need to know w hen you have thoughts and behaviors thatunbalance your desires. The voice of your balance position is something
I’ve repeatedly written about in this book: Y ou become what you think about
all day long. Here’ s a list of out-of-balance-type situations:
Dwelling on what’ s missing from your life
Conversations that are heavily weighted with what’ s lacking in
your life
Complaining to whoever will listen about all of the reasons
you’ve been prevented from having more
Cultivating an inner picture of yourself as a person who’ s just
plain unlucky
These w ays of thinking and being set into motion an ener gy pa ttern that
attracts precisely what you activate into your life. If you think scarcity,
you’ll create scarcity. If you talk to others about your lack, you’ll just attract
more lack. If you analyze your shortages, then more shortages will appear! I’m aware that this may seem simplistic—that is, just change your
thinking and money will come flying in your window! But  bef ore dism issing
this, con sider th at an out-of-balance existence is asking you to notice what
barriers and resistance you’ve e rected in a world where God is available to
provide you with all blessings in abundance. Removing Your Resistance
Y our de sire to attract prosperity represents a highly spiritual request. It’ s
perfectly attuned to the law of abundance from which you originated. Y our
imbalances are ener gies in the fo rm of thoughts that you mistak enly believe
will bring about the desired prosperity.Following are seven of the m ost common thoughts that make the
manifestation of prosperity virtually impossible. I call these the
unmagnificent seven,  b ecause each b elief practically  guarantees that you’ll
stay stuck in sca rcity in the way  that A yn Rand describes in the quote at the
beginning of this chapter. The degr ee to which you think  is the determining
factor in creating a life of prosperity. So here are the seven thought systems that keep you out of balance:
1. It’s Not God’s Will
By b laming God for not having what you need or desire, you justify a
built-in excuse for accepting your lot in life. In reality, as St. Paul reminds
us, God is more than willing to p rovide you with the blessing of abundance. In fact, God is  pure abundance, but you’r e  t he one out of balance on the
prosperity scale. By putting the responsibility for your shortages on Divine
will, you create enormous resistance ener getically. Y ou’re asking the
Universe to send you more of what you believe in. The solution to removing this barrier (which applies to all seven of these
resistance ener g ies) is changing the belief. Carlos Castaneda, writing in
Journey to Ixtlan,  s aid : “I f I really felt that my spirit was distorted I should
simply f ix it—p ur ge it, make it perfect—because there was no o ther task in
our entire lives which was more worthwhile.”
How do  you “fix it,” “pur ge it,” and “make it perfect”? By first  catching
yourself in the m idst of a fallacio us thought, and replacing that t hought with
something like I am  a cr eation of God. God is abundant. I must be what I
came fr om. Being like what I ca me fr om means that God wants me to enjoy
the fullness of pr osperity. This is how I’m going to expr ess life fr om now on. If n ecessary, print these af firmations and refer to them unt il they’re a
perfectly balanc ed reminder. Y our lack is not God’ s fault. Y ou have choice,
so you choose to reconnect to abundance or stay out of balance, believing
that that is God’ s plan for you


breathless during training and often limits your capacity to go faster and
farther. These poor breathing habits can  be the dif ference between a healthy and
vibrant life and an ill and feeble one. Overbreathing causes the narrowing of
airways, limiting  your body’ s ability to oxygenate, and the constriction of
blood ve ssels, le ading to reduced blood flow to the heart and o ther or gansand muscles. These systemic impacts af fect your health profoundly,
whether you’re a professional athlete or your main exercise is walking up
the stair s of your house. Great  sports careers can plateau or even be cut
short by  an athlete’ s overbreath ing. The lungs let the individual down, and
—no ma tter how strong the rest of the body is—unnecessary, excess breaths
take their toll. As most athletes  know, our lungs give out long before our
arms and legs. It all comes dow n to our need for that invisible yet vital basis fo r human
life: oxygen. Here’ s the paradox: The amount of oxygen your muscles,
or gans, and tissues are able to use is not entirely dependent on  the amount
of oxygen in your blood. Our red blood cells are saturated with between 95
and 99 percent oxygen, and t hat’ s plenty for even the mos t strenuous
exercise. (A few of my clients w ith serious pulmonary disease have a lower
oxygen saturatio n level, but this  is very rare.) What determines how much
of th is o xygen your body can use is actually the amount of carbon dioxide
in your blood. Y ou may remember from biology class that we breathe in
oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, also called CO 2. Mo st p eople le arn
that carb on dioxide is just a waste gas that we exhale from our lungs, but it
is not a waste gas. It is the key variable that allows the release  of oxygen
from the red blood cells to be metabolized by the body. This is called the
Bohr Ef fect. Understanding and utilizing this physiological principle will
allow you to stop overbreathing. Discovered ove r a hundred years ago, the Bohr Ef fect expl ains the
release o f oxygen to working muscles and or gans. Most people don’ t realize
that the amount of carbon dioxide present in our blood cells determines how
much oxygen we can use. The c rux of it is this: How we breathe determines
the leve ls of carbon dioxide present in our blood. When we breathe
correctly, we have a suf ficient amount of carbon dioxide, and our breathing
is quiet,  controlled, and rhythmic. If we are overbreathing, our breathing is
heavy, more intense, and erratic, and we exhale too much carbon dioxide,
leaving our body literally gasping for oxygen. It’ s v ery intuitive: If we breathe  better, increasing the amount of carbon
dioxide inside us, then we can deliver more oxygen to our m uscles and
or gans, including the heart and brain, and thus heighten our physicalcapacity. All we’re really doing  is assisting the body in working the way it
was meant to work in the first place. Bringing the Mountain to Y ou
T o understand how part two of the Oxygen Advantage works, let’ s look at
an exam ple most of us are familiar with: high-altitude training, a technique
often used by e lite athletes to i mprove their cardiovascular fit ness and to
improve their endurance. High-altitude training first came to the attention of
coaches and athletes during the  1968 Summer Olympics, held in Mexico
City at a height of 2,300 meters above sea level. Many competing athletes
found that when they returned  to sea level, their performanc e surpassed
their previous personal best, prompting coaches to question whether
athletes might perform better if they live or train at high altitude. At high altitude  the air is thin, which results in reduced atm ospheric
pressure of oxygen. The body adapts to this environment by increasing the
number of red blood cells. Think of red blood cells as your very own
Popeye’ s spinach, only they come from your body instead of out of a can. Upping the presence of red bl ood cells translates into improved oxygen
delivery to the muscles, a redu ction of lactic acid buildup, and stronger
overall perform ance, including longer endurance and a lower risk of
inflammation and injury. But of course the catch is that h igh-altitude
training is not available to most  of us—which brings me to the goal of this
book. Y ou don’ t need to go to the mountain. The mountain can come to you. I w ill show you  how to make this happen through simple tec hniques
that in ef fect tak e you up a mile high. By learning how to sim ulate high-
altitude training, you will increase the oxygen-carrying capac ity of your
bloodstream, allowing your red blood cells to fuel new capabilities. Additionally, it will help you to  sustain sharper psychological focus during
physical activity as you become less conscious of the act of breathing. This
will free you to  devote more a ttention to maintaining proper form while
exercising or formulating strategy in a competitive sport. If you reduce your breathing and properly regulate the amount of air
you take  in, you will teach your body to breathe more ef ficien tly, and youwill become healthier. No matter what your athletic baseline is to begin
with, better breathing will revo lutionize your fitness, your endurance, and
your performan ce. I know this  for a fact because I have ex perienced it
myself. I was once a chronic overbreather. Back in 1997 I  was an execu tive in the corporate world, b ut since
childhood I had experienced poor health as a result of asthma. My identity
was bas ed on everything that I wasn’ t. I wasn’ t fit, I wasn’ t he althy, and I
wasn’ t confiden t. I looked despe rately for a solution to my health problems. Then I found it. My life change d forever when I discovered the work of the late Dr. Konstantin Bu teyko, a brilliant Russian physician who conducted
groundbreaking research to determine the optimal breathing for astronauts
during t he Soviet Space Race. The Cold W ar had trapped his pioneering
methods on the other side of th e Iron Curtain, but, starting in  the 1990s,
they beg an to be known in the r est of the world. Using breathing exercises
based on Buteyko’ s teachings, I successfully reversed my own sleep-
disordered breathing and chronic asthma, fully recovering from the
conditions I had suf fered from my whole life. Inspired, I left m y corporate
job and trained directly under Dr. Buteyko. Thanks to his work, my life
underwent a profound transformation. When you experience something like
that, it’ s impossible not to wa nt to share it. In my case, sh aring it has
become my passion and my profession. Over the last thirteen years I have built on Dr. Buteyko’ s inn ovative
approach and developed the Oxygen Advantage program not only for
significantly improving asthma control but also for helping to improve
anyone’ s health and fitness. I have worked with more than five thousand
individuals, running the gamut from lifelong couch potatoes to ripped-ab
Olympians. I’d like to tell you three stories about people whose lives radically
changed because they learned  how to stop overbreathing. One is a
competitive athlete, one is a ne wly converted fitness junkie, and one was
just trying to lose weight and to become a little healthier. Br eathing ExcessivelyIn the Croke Park arena in Dublin, where I’m from, more than eighty
thousand fans regularly crowd  into the stadium to watch their favorite
football teams compete. Every game feels like Super Bowl Sun day at “the
Croker.” Irish football is more than a sporting event—it’ s a passion, a way
of life, and a s ource of national pride. While the players are  considered
semiprofessional, management spends considerable sums of money on the
latest sp orts technology for the team members and closely monitors their
lifestyle and physiological parameters, 24-7. If a player eats a french fry
late at night, management knows. I me t David when he was a ris ing star at Croke Park. He was twenty
years old and tr ained five days a week with his team. He was in excellent
physical shape, but he frequently succumbed to breathlessness and
experienced nasal congestion and coughing. There was nothing more
exhilarating for David than to play in front of a packed stadium, but after
every ga me he was dogged by a barking cough, and his lungs f elt like they
were full of junk. He worked hard at his training and even harder at hiding
his symp toms from his coaches and their electronic monitors. Finally David
paid a visit to his doctor and was prescribed medication, w hich helped
slightly, but he still struggled to keep up with his fellow players and still
worried that he would be dropped from the team if his coaches found out
about his dif ficulties. When I first started working  with David, he displayed all the
character


 305–6 n,  307 n,  319 n,  330–31 n
Breath-holding exercises, 125–36, 188–89, 244–65. See also  Breathe Light
to Breathe Right
advanced simulated high-altitude training, 132–35, 133, 253,  253–54,
266
BOL T scores and, 41–43, 44, 48–49, 180, 190
Breathing Recovery, 91, 166,  166–67, 175, 248
Nose Unblocking Exercise, 61–63, 62,  244–45, 245
pulse oximeters for, 125–26
simulated high-altitude training while cycling, 130, 252
simulated high-altitude training while jogging or running, 129,  129–30,
251–52, 266
simulated high-altitude training while swimming, 131–32, 252
simulated high-altitude training while walking, 126–29, 127,  249–51,
250,  266
warm-up and, 85, 87–88
Breathing
from the abdomen. See  Abdominal breathing
in animals, 53–55
bell jar experiment, 70, 70
big breaths, 39, 45–46, 68–69, 168, 244
breaths per minute, 21–22, 76–78
chronic overbreathing. See  Chronic overbreathing
deep, 18, 21, 52, 69–70
the diaphragm and, 71–74
facial structure and, 83–84, 221–27, 229–30
heart rate and, 197–200
“less is more” theory of, 68, 191
by mouth. See  Mouth breathing
nitric oxide and, 58–61
by nose. See  Nasal breathingthe nose and, 55–61
overview of, 5–6, 19–21
philosophy of ef fortless, 67–69
physiology of, 51–52
rate of, 21, 22
regulation of, 21–25
respiratory system. See  Respiratory system
timing your, 76–78
upper -chest, 42, 52, 69, 71, 72
Breathing exerc ises, 67–68. See also  B reath e Light to Breathe Ri ght;
Breath-holding exercises
asthma and, 214
following the breath, 156–58, 181
“Breathing-friendly” foods, 53
Breathing Recovery Exercise, 91, 166,  166–67, 175, 248
Breathing volume, 21–25. See also  Body Oxygen Level T est
asthma and, 211–14, 213
BOL T score and, 41–43, 44, 51
carbon dioxide and, 22–25
timing your breathing, 76–78
Breathlessness, 32, 33, 124
asthma and, 28, 213
BOL T score and, 40–41
carbon dioxide and, 32, 33
Bronchi, 19, 20
Bronchioles, 19, 20
Bugatti V eyron, 53–54
Buteyko, Konstantin, 7, 215
Buteyko Meets Dr. Mew: Bute yko Method for Childr en and T eenagers
(McKeown), 230, 286
C
Calorie restriction, xiii
Cancer, 58, 114, 191
Capillaries, 20, 20Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), 5–6, 22–23, 25, 32–34
breath holding and, 33, 39, 108
functions in human body, 22–23, 25, 74
hemoglobin and, 26–27
improving tolerance of, 46, 108
regulation of blood pH, 28–31, 29
stop losses of, 45–46
Cardiac arrest, 207, 325 n
in athletes, 200–204, 322–23 n
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 201
hyperventilation during, 207–8, 325 n
Cardiovascular disease, 59, 200–208, 232–33
Cardiovascular health, 193–200
Cardiovascular system, and nitric oxide, 58, 193–96
Catlin, Geor ge, 53
Cheetah, 53–54, 161
Chemnitz University of T echnology, 147
Chest tightness, 28, 41, 213, 218, 270
Chi (qi), 67–68
Children
asthma and, 41, 124, 211, 214
breath holding in, 124
mouth breathing in, 57, 222–24, 227, 229
Oxygen Advantage program for, 44, 286–89
Chi-Running, 92
Chlorinated pools, and asthma, 217
Cholesterol, 59, 179, 195, 201
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 24 n
Chronic overbreathing (hyperventilation), 3–6, 23, 24–25
Alison’ s case, 29–31
anxiety and, 167–68
asthma and, 215
during CPR, 207–8
David’ s case, 8–9
diet’ s role, 52–53Doug’ s case, 10–11
heart disease and, 202–4, 205–6
impact of, 4–5
quiz to determine, 3–4
reduced blood flow and, 27–28
Concentrated and undivided mind, 161–65
Concentration, 141–45, 148–49, 152–53
Breathing Recovery Exercise, 166–67, 248
“going with the flow,” 140–43
mindfulness meditation, 146–47
observing your thoughts, 149–52
Cooldown, 91
Corrado, Domenico, 322 n
Cortisone, 98
Cottle, Maurice, 55–56
Couch potato lifestyle, 231, 232–33
Coughs (coughing), 11, 41, 118, 124, 211, 218
Craniofacial anomalies, 226–27, 229
Crawford, Lavell, 68
Croke Park Arena (Dublin), 8
Cruz, Joaquim, 121–22
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 141
Cunningham, Patrick, 221
Cycling, 17–18, 29–30, 135–36, 190
breath holding during, 130, 252
T our de France and blood doping, 96–99
Cystic fibrosis, 298–99 n
D
Dark chocolate, 197
Darley Arabian (horse), 221
Darwin, Charles, 54
Davis, W ade, 81
Decker, Mary, 121–22
Deep breaths, 18, 21, 52, 69–70
Deer, breathing in, 55Defibrillation, 201
Dehydration, preventing with nasal breathing, 119–20
De Oliveira, V alério Luiz, 121–22
Depression, 147, 181, 185
Detoxification. See  Body detoxification
Detraining, 191–92
Diabetes, 174–75, 232
Diaphragm, 71–74, 110–11
relaxing and activating, 257–58
Diet. See also  W eight loss
alkaline- vs. acid-forming foods, 52–53, 177–79
appetite suppression and, 173–74, 175, 177
chronic overbreathing and, 52–53
Donna’ s case, 11–13, 284–85
Eamon’ s case, 174–76
T essy’ s case, 182–85
Distracting thoughts, 142, 148, 152, 181
Divers. See  Breath-hold divers; Pearl divers
Dizziness, 27, 30, 76, 167–68
Dogs, breathing in, 54
Donnelly, Peter, 327 n
Doping, 95–99
Downes, John, 196–97
Dreyer, Danny, 92
Dreyer, Katherine, 92
Drinking water, 116
Dynamite, 194
E
Ef fortless breathing, 67–68
Eightlane.or g, 123
Einstein, Albert, 194
Elder persons, Oxygen Advantage program for,


is to drink lots of plain water. The scope of this paper is limited to answering whether low TDS water contributes to the loss
of minerals from body tissues, producing associated harmful side effects. The types of minerals
--e.g., calcium versus sodium, or hard water versus soft water--and the toxicity of minerals-
-e.g., lead, cadmium, brackish, or saline waters-- are not an issue in this report. Information
on the body's homeostasis mechanisms, community wat~r supplies with natural TDS less than
50 mg/L, historic use of distilled water with less than three mg/L TDS on board Navy ships,
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's response to this issue, and other evidence are
presented to demonstrate that the consumption of water with low levels of minerals is safe. 1 -ESTABLISHED DRINKING WATER STANDARDS
A review was conducted of the United States, Canadian, World Health Organization (WHO) and
European Community (EC) drinking water standards. None of them has minimum limits or
optimum levels of total dissolved solids. The U.S. recommended maximum level is 500 mg(L,
the Canadian guideline suggests less than 1,000 mg/L, and the EC maximum admissible
concentration (MAC) is 1,500 mg/L (for "dry residues"). The EC standards also list numbers for calcium (guide level of 100 mg/L) and magnesium (guide
level of 30 mg/L., and MAC of 50 mg/L), and a minimum for hardness (minimum required
concentration for softened water of 60 mg/L as Ca), and alkalinity (minimum required
concentration for softened water of 30 mg/L HC03-). However, there is no health criteria
documentation for these advisories. These levels are listed as aids to operation for water supply
systems, i.e., suggested parameters for laying down a passivating film of scale in municipal
distribution mains. Calcium, magnesium, hardness, and alkalinity conditions are not necessary
for judging the safety of drinking water. It is understood that the association of European water
suppliers, Eureau, is moving to exclude these parameters from the European legally enforceable
limits. 2 THE NATURAL CONTROL OF :MINERAL CONCENTRATION
IN THE HUMAN BODY
A better understanding of the effect of low TDS water on the human body requires a basic
understanding of the body's mechanism in this respect. Following is a description of the
relevant mechanism. Homeostasis is the maintenance of static or constant conditions in the internal body environment. This natural process controls the mineral (ion) and the water concentrations in the body fluids
within narrow limits inside and outside all the cells in all the organs and tissues of the body. The kidneys are most important in maintaining constant ion concentrations (including sodium,
potassium, calcium, etc.) through elimination and reabsorption. In homeostasis, three body fluids are involved: plasma (approximately 3/5 of the blood
volume); interstitial fluid (the fluid between cells); and intracellular (fluid inside the cells)." The
concentration of sodium ions is highest outside the cell and that of potassium ions is highest
inside the cell. When the osmotic pressure is high on one side of the cell membrane (high
concentration of ions) and low on the other side, water moves across the cell membrane from
the dilute side toward the other side to equalize the osmotic pressure. This phenomenon is
known as osmosis. [This is unlike reverse osmosis which occurs when outside pressure is
applied to the concentrated side, pushing the water back to the dilute side.] The normal
osmolality (concentration of ions) of all these fluids is about 300 milliosmoles per liter (mOsm/L
(-9,000 ppm). Any changes from normal in ion concentration across the cell membrane is corrected in one
minute or less because water moves quickly through cell membranes. Thus, small changes in
osmolality from drinking purified water (0 to 100 mg/L TDS) are quickly brought to
equilibrium. The kidneys control the overall concentration of the constituents of body fluids. It filters about
180 liters (165 quarts) of water per day, but over 99% is reabsorbed and only 1.0 to 1.5 liters
are eliminated as urine. If the osmolality of the fluid to be filtered by the kidney is lower than
normal (low solute concentration -such as low TDS water) nervous and hormonal feedback
mechanisms ca-q~~ the kidney to excrete more water than normal and thus maintain the ion
concentration iri,the body fluid to normal values. The opposite is true if the ion concentration
of the fluid to be filtered is higher than normal. This kidney homeostatic mechanism keeps the
body fluid osmolality normal. The osmolality of the fluid to be filtered by the kidney is
controlled to + 3% to maintain it at the normal level of 300 mOsm/L. The three basic
hormonal and nervous control systems triggered by abnormal ion concentration in the body fluids
to be filtered by the kidney are antidiuretic hormone (ADH) from the pituitary gland, aldosterone
from the adrenal glands, and thirst (as osmolality rise of about 1% causes thirst). Because of these kidney control mechanisms, drinking one liter of water would cause the urine
output to increase about nine times after about 45 minutes (due to absorption of water in the gut)
and continue for about two hours. Thus, the concentrations of solutes in the blood and other
body fluids are quickly maintained by the kidney through homeostasis. These control
3 mechanisms keep the sodium concentration at ± 7%. Calcium secretion is controlled by
parathyroid hormone to + a few percent in the extracellular body fluid. Also, saliva increases the ion concentrations during water intake. The concentration of sodium
chloride in saliva is typically 15 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L) or 877 mg/L; that of
potassium ion is about 30 mEq/L (1170 mg/L). As low TDS water is consumed, it is combined
with saliva which increases the TDS before it reaches the gut to be absorbed, (e.g., each one
milliliter of saliva can increase the TDS level in eight ounces of water consumed by about 10
mg/L). Thus, based on the above highly credible and up-to-date textbook knowledge* it is evident that
consumption by a healthy person of low TDS water alone cannot cause unhealthy systems. ['Healthy person~ means free of disease, hormonal problems, etc., and not necessarily a healthy
diet.] Of course, homeostasis is maintained by diet as are other body functions. If homeostasis
is not maintained because of major diet deficiencies, disease, or hormonal dysfunction,
consuming low TDS water would be a minor (if any) factor in any observed symptoms. It is
apparent that disease, physiological dysfunction, or major nutritional deficiencies may cause a
"leaching'' problem, but not consuming one to two liters of low TDS water on a daily basis. *Guyton, Arthur L., M.D. Textbook of Medical Psychology Eighth Edition, W.B. Saunders
Company, Philadelphia (1991). 4 LITERATURE SEARCH AND REVIEW
During the last 12 months, several literature searches have been undertaken to bring out studies,
reports, reviews, and related information that may be of value to reach conclusions that would
be scientifically supportable. These searches can be outlined as follows:
• Request of expert review by U.S. EPA, Dr. Lee T. Rozelle, and Dr. Ronald L.
Wathen of an annex (Appendix) attached to a report submitted to WHO prepared
in 1980 by two Russians, G.I. Sidorenko and Y.A. Rachmanin, on the general
subject of desalination. • Letters sent out to various experts ·and informed parties, including inquiries sent
to the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. EPA, and U.S. Department of
the Navy. • A comprehensive search of the Medline medical literature database for articles
related to low TDS water and homeostasis. • A search of A WW A's W ATERNET database for articles with key words
describing low TDS waters and salt "leaching," etc. (No articles were found.) • Review of published information regarding the levels of TDS in many public
water supplies. A review of the literature has shown that there is very little information published in western
scientific literature that relates the consumption of low TDS water to physiological effects on the
human body. A report "Guidelines on Health Aspects of Water Desalination" prepared by G.I. Sidorenko and Y.A. Rachmanin of Russia in 1980 and submitted to the World Health
Organization contains an annex (Appendix), 6V2 pages long, reviewing work that has been
reported in the Russian literature. The present literature search did not unearth any official
translation of any of the articles cited in that annex. The annex concludes that consumption of
water with less than 100 mg/L disturbs the body's water/salt balance, promoting the release of
sodium, potassium, chloride, and calcium ions from the body of animals or humans, imposing
a stress on the mechanism of homeostasis, promoting changes in the gastrointestinal muscles and
mucosa, and reducing the thirst quenching capacity of the water. This annex has been intensively reviewed by many scientifically oriented individuals, including
Dr. Lee Rozelle and Dr. Ronald L. Wathen. Dr. Rozelle


dominant role in your physical experience. Becoming a healer by healing oneself involves another one of those
imaginary somersaults into the inconceivable, wherein you land upright and
balanced in your thoughts, face-to-face with your Source. You realize,
perhaps for the first time, that you and your Source are one when you let go
of the ego-mind, which has convinced you that you’re separate from the
power of intention. Healing others by healing yourself. In Lynne McTaggart’s book The
Field, which I’ve mentioned previously, the author has taken the time and
trouble to report the hard scientific research conducted around the world in
the past 20 years regarding this field I’m calling intention. In a chapter that
is relevant here, called “The Healing Field,” McTaggart describes a number
of research studies. Here are just five of the intriguing conclusions that
researchers have come to concerning intention and healing. I present these
to you to stimulate an awareness of your potential for healing the physical
body you’ve opted for in this lifetime, as well as the corollary capacity to
offer healing to others. (I haven’t reiterated the obvious need for a healthy
diet and a sensible exercise routine, which I’m assuming you’re aware of
and practicing. Bookstores now have entire sections on healthy alternatives
for this purpose. ) Five Conclusions about Healing from the
World of Hard Research
1. Healing through intention is available to
ordinary people, and healers may be more experienced or
naturally talented in tapping in to the field. There’s physical
evidence that those who are capable of healing through
intention have a greater coherence and a greater ability tomarshal quantum energy and transfer it to those in need of
healing. I interpret this scientific evidence to mean that
deciding to focus life energy on being in coherence with the
power of intention gives you the capacity to heal yourself and
others. This means essentially abandoning the fear that
permeates your consciousness. And it also means recognizing
the fear-based energy promoted by much of the health-care
industry. The field of intention has no fear in it. Any disease
process is evidence that something is amiss. Any fear
associated with the disease process is further evidence that
something is amiss in the working of the mind. Health and
peace are the natural state when that which prevents them is
removed. Research shows that healing through intention,
which is actually healing through connecting to the field of
intention, is possible for everyone. 2. Most authentic healers claim to have put out
their intention and then stepped back and surrendered to
some other kind of healing force, as though they were
opening a door and allowing something greater in. The most
effective healers ask for assistance from the universal Source,
knowing that their job is to be uplifting and allow the Source
of healing to flow. Healers know that the body is the hero, and
the life force itself is what does the healing. By removing ego
and allowing that force to flow freely, healing is facilitated. Medically trained professionals often do the opposite of
allowing and uplifting. They frequently convey the message
that the medicine does the healing, and communicate disbelief
in anything other than their prescribed procedures. Patients
often feel anything but uplifted and hopeful, and diagnosis and
prognosis are usually fear based and excessively pessimistic to
avoid legal proceedings. Tell them the worst and hope for the
best is often the medical operating philosophy. The ability to heal yourself seems to be available to those
who have an intuitive knowing about the power of the Spirit. The healing inner speech has to do with relaxing, removing
thoughts of resistance, and allowing the spirit of light and love
to flow. A powerful healer from the island of Fiji once told me
about the efficacy of the native healers. He said, “When a
knowing confronts a belief in a disease process, the knowing
will always triumph. ” A knowing is faith in the power of
intention. A knowing also involves an awareness of always
being connected to this Source. And finally, a knowing means
getting one’s ego out of the way and surrendering to the
omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient Source, the power of
intention, which is the source of all, including all healing. 3. It didn’t seem to matter what method was used,
so long as the healer held an intention for a patient to heal. Healers relied upon profoundly different techniques, including
a Christian image, a kabbalist energy pattern, a Native
American spirit, a totem, a statue of a saint, and incantations
and chants to a healing spirit. As long as the healer held firm to
an intention and had a knowing beyond any and all doubts that
he could touch the patient with the spirit of intention, the
healing was effective as measured by scientific validation. It’s crucial for you to hold an absolute intention for yourself
to heal, regardless of what goes on around you, or what others
might offer you in the way of discouragement or “getting real. ”
Your intention is strong because it isn’t ego’s intention, but a
match-up with the universal Source. It’s God-realization at
work in your approach to healing and being healed. As an infinite being, you know that your own death, and the
death of everyone else, is programmed in the energy field from
which you emanated. Just as all of your physical characteristics
were determined by that future pull, so, too, is your death. So
let go of fear of your death, and decide to hold the same
intention that intended you here from the world offormlessness. You came from a natural state of well-being, and
you intend to be there in your mind, regardless of what
transpires in and around your body. Hold that intention for
yourself until you leave this body, and hold that same invisible
intention for others. This is the one quality that all healers
shared. I encourage you to emphasize it, too, right here, right
now, and don’t let anyone or any prognosis deter you from it. 4. Research suggests that intention on its own
heals, but that healing is a collective memory of a healing
spirit, which can be gathered as a medicinal force. Healing
itself may in fact be a force that’s available to all of
humankind. It’s the universal mind of intention. Further,
research suggests that individuals and groups of individuals
can gather this collective memory and apply it to themselves
and to those who suffer with epidemic diseases as well. Since
we’re all connected to intention, we all share the same life
force, and we all emanated from the same universal mind of
God, it’s not so far-fetched to assume that by tapping in to this
energy field, we can gather healing energy and spread it to all
who enter our enlightened spheres. This would explain the
enormous collective healing power of saints, and make the
case for each of us holding the intention to eradicate such
things as AIDS, smallpox, worldwide influenzas, and even the
cancer epidemic we live with today. When illness is viewed in isolation, it’s disconnected from
the collective health of the universal field. Several studies
report that the AIDS virus seems to feed on fear, the kind of
fear that’s experienced when a person is shunned or isolated
from the community. Studies on heart patients reveal that those
who felt isolated from their family, their community, and
especially their spirituality, were more susceptible to disease. Studies on longevity show that those who live longer have a
strong spiritual belief and a sense of belonging to a community. The capacity to heal collectively is one of the powerfulbenefits that’s available when you raise your energy level and
connect to the faces of intention. 5. The most important treatment any healer can
offer is hope for the health and well-being of those who
suffer disease or trauma. Healers do a self-analysis of what’s
present in their consciousness before they focus on someone in
need of healing. The key word here is hope. The presence of
hope conveyed boils down to faith. I would also call it
knowing, a knowing that connection to one’s Source is a
connection to the source of all healing. When we live this way,
we always see hope. We know that miracles are always a
possibility. Staying in that mind-set, fear and doubt are
banished from the landscape. If you give up hope, you change
the energy level of your life to vibrate at fear and doubt levels. Yet we know that the all-creating Source of intention knows no
fear or doubt. My favorite quote from Michelangelo is on the value of
hope: “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is
too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. ”
Just imagine—the intention of healers and the hopes they have
for themselves and others may be even more important than
the medicine being offered. The simple thought of dislike
toward another impedes the potential for healing. Lack of faith
in the power of Spirit to heal plays a deleterious role in the
healing process. Any low-energy thoughts you have undermine
your ability to heal yourself. All five of these research-backed
conclusions lead us to an awareness of the importance of
shifting our focus and connecting to the all-healing field of
intention and harmonizing with it. From Thoughts of Sickness to
Intentions of WellnessYou’re probably familiar with the phrase “And God intended, ‘Let there
be light. ’ and


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Electric Circuits
1/lll/111111 I 11111111/IIIJI R320-KZY-X1H 2 Biologically Closed
Electric Circuits
CLINICAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND
THEORETICAL EVIDENCE FOR AN
ADDITIONAL CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
by
Bjorn E. W. Nordenstrom, M.D. Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Nordic Medical Publications © 1983 BjOrn E. W. Nordenstrom, Karolinska lnstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce material from this book must be obtained from the author. This book may be obtained from
Nordic Medical Publications
Grev Turegatan 2, S-114 35 Stockholm, Sweden
Graphic Design by jerk-Oiof Werkmaster
Printed in Sweden by Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1983
ISBN 91-970432-0 -6 FOREWORDS
To contribute a preface to!his work of Bjorn Norden
strom is an honour for a French-speaking colleague, but
above all it is a great responsibility wi!h respect to the
international scientific community, because the opin
ions expressed in!his preface have the potential of
influencing!he speed of diffusion, :study, and accept
ance of the extraordinarily original and fruitful ideas
of this work. "Biologically Closed Electric Circuits"
marks no less!han a major point in!he evolution of
our understanding of biologic science. Nordenstrom's theory offers impcortant implications
throughout the entire range of normal and pathologic
physiology. With profound conviction, I dare assert
that no vital process can be fully understood without
considering this new electrophysiologic theory. A vast
field of multidisciplinary research is opening before
us. Numerous concepts which today are confused,
including even chemotaxis, are here clarified. Consider a collection of tissues, organs, interstitial
fluid, blood vessels, lymphatic channels and excretory
canals. Such tissues, e.g., vessels, were found to func
tion as insulated electric "cables". Their contents of
blood plasma conduct current effectively inside the
relatively insulating vessel walls to join the conducting
interstitial tissue fluid over!he blood capillaries. Dif
ferences of electric potential (no matter whether cre
ated normally, pa!hologically or artificially) will create
electric fields throughout the body. Current will flow
preferentially in conducting pathways, inducing ionic
and electroosmotic transports over both short and long
distances. These transports will produce diverse bio
logic effects. This idea, so simple and logical, is supported by
numerous experiments in this work. As!he course
of experimentation progressed, Bjorn Nordenstrom
found himself led beyond!he concept of!he biological
ly closed electric circuit to predict!he existence in
organisms of an electrical circulatory system-a sys
tem not only as complex as!he circulation of!he blood
but also one which intervenes in all physiologic activi
ties. Biopotentials have fascinated me for many years, and
when I found that small positive potentials existed on
skin carcinomas relative to normal tissue I searched for
an explanation, feeling that it was of fundamenta l
importance. To!he reader of this book I offer specific advice:
begin by reading not only!he summary Chapter I but
also on pages 327-328 the 27 lines of Section G
("Physiological capacity of BCEC systems"), which
will immediately stimulate one's interest in this new
theory and incite a wish to deepen one's knowledge
of it. This work is very clear. I feel little need for lengthy
considerations of its scientific merit, but I cannot resist
emphasizing the fascinating and broad medical scope
of this book, i.e., a new view on carcinogenesis and a
therapeutic mode against cancer which theoretically
offers possibilities against diverse inflammatory states,
fractures, atheromas and neurologic complications of
various diseases (e.g., hepatic coma). Moreover, this
book offers new scientific ba~ which will reorient
future research on a wide range of hitherto poorly
understood processes, e.g, acupuncture, oral galva
nism, meteorologic influences on human beings, types
of adipose tissue, diverse secretory mechanisms, diur
nal cycles and embryogenesis. This list of disparate
functions leaves unmentioned many other applica
tions. In particular, extrapolation of!he theory at!he
intracellular level offers many possible consequences. The coming years will see a wealth of experimenta
tion derive from this new approach to electrophysio
logy. Its full importance is today impossible tO appre
ciate. For example, disparities of findings noted here
tofore between in vitro and in vivo work can now be
assessed anew. The implications of Nordenstrom's
theory appear far-reaching even beyond today's most
enlightened suspicions. Jacques C. Hauton, D.M. D.Sc. Professor of Biochemistry
lnstitut National de Ia Sant~
et de La Recherche MMicale
Universit~ d'Aix ~Marseille 11, Fr.tn~
(tranSlation from Frtncb,
John H. M. Austin, M.D.) It was my search for more information that led me
to Bjorn Nordenstrom. The vast amount of material he
had collected in searching for an explanation of!he
corona structures around a variety of pulmonary neo
plasms and inflammatory lesions, surprised me. Forewords VII This book is an account of his research and, as so
often happens, it touches on fields beyond th' 'lriginal
observations. The potentials, although small, which he
measured in many tumours seemed to be a major
factor in water transport, cell movement, etc. Repro
ducing these electrical conditions in vitro as well as in
vivo produced histological evidence of cellular trans
formations, migration of cells and ions and transport
of tissue water, indicating that electrical forces must be
of fundamental importance to maintain, e.g., homeo
stasis. The way in which the morphology of breast adipose
tissue changes under the influence of small D.C. cur
rents and, in particular, how the histology is so differ
ent according to the position of the tissue in the poten
tial gradient, is convincing evidence of cellular changes
brought about by electricity. The extracellular fluid and its regulation we know is
fundamental to controlling cell division. Ionic differ
ences lead to potential differences in the body between
cells and between one organ and another. Currents of
the order of microamperes flow across the edge of
wounds, and limb regeneration, even fmger tip regen
eration in children, has been reported to be connected
to these currents. Prngre~ ~ in Nantral Science, including Medicine, de
pends on the interaction between ideas and tech
niques. In this book both aspects are amply represent
ed. 1 may venture that the superb X-ray technique of
Nordenstrom revealed to him new structures around
tumours in the lung and the breast which he calls the
corona structures. In the search for their origin he
made use of various techniques, which led to, e.g., a
mapping of the electric potential distribution across
tumours and normal tissues in vivo and in tissue mod
els. This started a new train of ideas. All the evidence pointed to the existence of local
electric current flow on a 17UZCroscopic scale in living
tissue. His overall conclusion is that the blood ves
sels, not excluding even the large ones, are current
carrying cables which, in combination with other con·
dueling tissue media as, e.g., interstitial tissue fluid,
allow closed electric circuits to operate over largt dis


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R., Jr.: Basement membran es. IV. Epithelial origin and im
munologic cross reactions. Am. I. Pathol. 45: 929, 1964. 11. Porter, K. R.: Morphogen C$iS of conn~tive tissue. In: Su:·
phens, C. A. L., Jr., and Stanfield, A. 8. (c:ds. ): Cellular
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as, 1966, p. 6. ·
ll. Stc:inkoff, H., and Aviles, C. H.: Contrast enhancement re·
sponse of intracranial neoplasms. Its vaJjdity (()r the differe-ntial
diagnosis of tumours in CT. In: Lauksch, W.• and Kazner, E. (cd!i. ): Cranial computerized tomography. Berlin, Springer,
1976. XVI. Tissue transfonttations over
BCEC in cancer of the breast
Radiographic demonstration in the lung of corona
structures raises the important question of their possi·
ble demonstration in other organs. The variety of
pathological conditions in which pulmonary corona
structures appear indicates that these structural
changes are not specific to particular pulmonary dis·
eases. Nevertheless, the structural changes are suffi·
ciently characteristic to suggest a specific type of reac·
tion in tissue. The lungs happen to be a favourable organ for
radiologic examinations because air provides excellent
contrast with intrapulmonary structures of radiogra
phic water density. The female breast is a similarly
favoured organ, except that fat is the component pro·
viding contrast with the structures of radiographic
water density. Our mammographic collection was therefore re·
viewed to see if tissue changes in the female breast,
similar to those in lung, could be found. Even a brief
review of a series of routine mammograms of breast
carcinomas showed structural changes easily recogniz·
able as similar to corona suuctures around lung le·
sions. A number of structural changes around carcinomas
of the brc.ast have been well described, i.e., radiating
structures, '"skin thickening ", skin retraction and mi-crocalcifications (2, 6, 14, 19, 21, 30, 31, 38, 41, 42,
48, 49, 55, 60, 66, 67, 82). The presence of these
particular structural alterations, however, lacks as yet
a fully acceptable explanation. In part they are even
interpreted incorrectly. Moreover, this chapter idcnti·
fics additional radiographi cally visible structures
around breast cancers, similar to those around lung
cancers. These changes have, to the author's know·
ledge, not been described previously and consist of the
radiolucent "A" zone, the formation of archt$ and arcades
and the presence of circularly arranged structures in the
tissue surrounding certain cancers. Also corresponding
to the corona complex in the Uung are radiating fibrous
srnwurts, skin thickening and skin retraction. We wiU
therefore start to make an inmxluctory identification
of structural components of the corot~a complex of the
breast. Their development and significance will be the
subjt'Ct of further analysis later in this chapter. The mammognphic images shown in this chapter
are all made with compression technique, except for
the xcroradiographs, which do not require compres·
sion. Some of the radiographically demonstrable changes
in tissue around a breast cancer are shown in Fig. XVI: I. Thin radiatit~g structures extend perpendicular·
ly to the surface of the tumour, a "radiolucem" zone is
BCEC in cancer of the breast 203 Fig. XV I: I. Corooa structures around a ductal breast caret·
noma (62-year·old woman). (a) Thin radiating structures
emerge from the surface of the tumour. (b) The same tU·
mour (different exposure aod projection ) shows calcification,
a peritwnoural radiolucent ''A" zone (dark "halo" around
the tumour), so-called skin thickening (corresponding 10 a
hydropic "8" zone), skin retraction and circularly arranged
$tructu~ s (arrow)at the periphery of the radiolucent "A"
zone. adjacent to the tumour and calcijicatio" is in the ru·
mour. In many other cases scattered microcalcifications
are presem. These morphologi c changes in cases of
breast cancer are often accompanied by what is called
thickening and local retraction of the ski11 (Fig. XVI: I b),
which represents a special case of a "B" zone. Some of the radiographically demonstrable coronal
changes in breast cancer are also shown in the xcrora·
diograph in Fig. XVI: 2. A radiolucent zone 2-3 mm
broad surrounds the carcinoma. Many thin radiating
structures extend from the surface of the tumour into
the surrounding breast tissue. The skin adjacent to the
tumour also appears thickened and retracted toward
the cancer. Some microcalcifications were also found
histologically in th.is tumour after mastectomy. As in the lung, corona structures in the breast ac·
company a wide variety of pathologic conditions. Dif·
ferent morphologic observations have been the subject
204 BCEC in cancer of the breast of many fruitless attempts in the past to obtain "reli·
able" diagnostic or radiologic signs of malignancy,
especially in lesions of the breast and lung. Radiogra·
phic demonstration of mammary microcalcifications,
when present in groups of more than 10 particles, has
been considered specific for malignancy (52). "Malig·
nant microcalcifications " are, however, not specific for
malignancy (14, 55). Microcalcifications remain useful
in the mammographic analysis of possible carcinoma
of the breast but their demonstration can no longer be
regarded as pathognomonic of cancer. Similar statemeots can in the author's opinion be
made about many other diagnostic signs in current
use, e.g., radiating fibrous structures, "skin thicken·
ing" and retraction, increased calibre of mammary
vessels and local increase of temperature in the breast. As long as the pathogenesis of these different
changes in tissue remains unclear, attempts to evaluate
their diagnostic and biologic significance will continue
as gropings in the dark. Final proofs of all possible correlat ions between the
observed structural changes around tumours and che.ir
underlying pathophysiology are an impossibility to
present at this time. Nevertheles s, the author hopes
that the evidence from breast lesions, just as from lung
lesions, will focus the reader's attention on the ability
of the concept of activated, biologically closed electric
circuits (BCEC) tO explain structural development in
tissue injury and particular ly around cancers. Like lung cancers, cancers of the breast vary in their
radiographic appearance. One or several of the radio
graphic signs shown in Figs. XVI: I and 2 may be
absent. It is understandab le that variations in the ap
pearance of the tissue around breast tumours have for
a long time been thought to depend on such factors as
the structural or cellular rype of the tumour. Evidence to be: pre-sented in this chapter suggests
that locally polarizing injuries inside a breast carcino
ma act through a BCEC to induce morphologic
changes both inside and outside the cancer. Such in·
juries are commonly encountered in tissue as nonspeci·
fie degrading processes, including inside malignant
tumours. Degradation of tissue can be looked on as
nonspecific, but it still must be regarded as a h.igbly
specific part of • biologic cycle. It represent s the final
phase of living cellular structures. Often it also repre·
sents the beginning of integration of material and encr·
gy into new structures. BCEC systems enable morphology to be regarded as
a manifestation of ongoing physiologic events. As long
as morphology is regarded statically, our possibilities
to understand morphologic variability will be stunted. Electric polarization in breast tumours will now be
described. Correlations will be shown to be possible
between certain morphologica l changes of brt-ast lc·
sions and their electric properties. Fig. XVI: 2. Corona structures around a breast carcinoma
(68-ycar-old woman, xm>radiognpb expoeed without rom
pr<$Sion of the breast). Radiating structures extend pupen-
A. Electric polarization in
breast cancer
In the breast, as well as in the lung or any mher tissue,
any local injury, e.g., focal bleeding or necrosis


! It compels  your  Freedom! It is not
a matter  of can It be accomplished;  but  It does  compel  It
at your  Call! Now  will  you  not accept  This  tonight  in Its Fulness? With  GREAT  FIRMNESS  set about  your  application,
knowing  It cannot  fail. Then,  it only  means  a sufficient
amount  of your  application  to produce  the results  you  re-
quire. Do not waver  in your  application. Go on, and  on, and
on, until  results  are there. I tell you that  you  cannot  fail! All
the Ascended  Ones  tell you  the same  thing,  because  of Their
Own  Achievement! If you  let your  feeling  world  resist,
then  you  but delay  your  Freedom;  but if you  will  call your
Presence  to give  you  now,  the Full  Feeling  of Its Victory,
your  Victory—then,  do you  not see how  quickly,  you  will
enter  into  the Fulness  of Its Power? Joyous,  Wonderful  is the Privilege  within  your  grasp! 56 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
Do not give  way  to human  concepts,  to human  impulses
which  would  say to you:  "Oh  no, no, you  are just deceiving
yourself,  you  are not  gaining  the  Victory  you  think  you
are." That  is what  your  human  intellect  would  say to you. Then  you  say to it: "You  have  no power! No longer  do you
govern  my world! You  have  led me into  limitations  for the
last time! Now  then  step  aside! Get  out of my way! "I AM"
going  into  the Light! "I AM"  going  into  the Light!" The
Life that  enables  you  to speak  Those  Words,  is the Power
which  carries  you  forward  to Victory  in the Light! There
is naught  which  can  stay  your  progress—naught  that  can
stay the Expansion  of your  Light! Stand  firm  and  unyield-
ing! Know  your  Victory  is Certain! Why? Because  God,
the "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  which  is beating  your  Heart
and giving  you  Life  is your  Certain  Victory! Naught
in the world  can  prevent  It—not  even  your  own  human
creation! Remember,  one-third  of your  accumulation  of the cen-
turies  has been  dissolved  and  consumed  for you! One-third
of your  probation  is set aside! Oh,  can you  not,  will  you  not,
accept  THAT  in the  Fulness  of what  It means  to you? Try,  for one  moment,  to comprehend  what  It means! Ask
your  Presence  to give  you  the Full  Comprehension  of what
It means  to you;  of the Great  Assistance  which  is being
given;  of the Great  Cosmic  Light  which  makes  all possible
for you  now. In the great  quantity  of disembodied  intelligences  which
are being  taken  out of the atmosphere  of Earth,  you  will DISCOURSE  VIII  57
be Greatly  Blest. That  could  not be done  before. Will  you
not with  Me,  try in My Radiance,  to comprehend  the Vast-
ness of this? Oh,  the Limitless  Assistance  being  given  to
mankind! It is as your  people  say in California—so  "Un-
usual" ! Beloved  Ones,  enter  into  This  Comprehension  now
—as I utter  Those  Words! Feel  It! Enter  into  your  compre-
hension  so It may  act within  your  world  All-powerfully! I rejoice  that  I have  been  able  to render  you  and  your
city This  Service  and  how  far reaching  It is. Will  you  not
enter  into  it Individually,  and  in your  Groups,  sustaining
the Greatest  Harmony  possible? I do not  ask  you  to be
wholly  Perfect;  but I do ask you  to maintain  Harmony  In-
dividually  and  in your  groups;  so the Completeness  of This
which  is now  set into  operation,  may  claim  Its Great  Vic-
tory before  the end  of this  year! We  are doing  everything
possible  for your  Assistance  and  for your  city. It seems  to
Me all, every  one  in your  city,  should  be willing  to accept
Our Assistance  and  co-operate  with  It, to the Fulness  of all
It means  to you. Oh, how  great  is the  Rejoicing  of the  Great  Host  of
Light;  because  so many  of mankind  are  understanding
This  Great  Presence;  calling  It into  action  for the Blessing
of all. For your  encouragement,  this  morning  in Europe,  a
Transcendent  Miracle  was  performed. I doubt  not you  will
see mention  of it in your  papers. Go on, and  on, and  on,
Beloved  Ones,  in your  Mighty  Call  to your  Presence;  in
your  Mighty  Decrees,  flooding  the  mental  and  feeling
world  of mankind  with  Our  Great  Perfection;  for the Call 58 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
in Those  Decrees  which  are sent  forth  like  a rocket,  does  do
Its Perfect  Work. Great,  Great  is your  Privilege  in giving  This  Assistance  to
America  and  the World! Glorify  yourselves  as you  feel the
Transcendent  Privilege  which  is yours! Tonight,  while
These  Words  are being  spoken  to you,  the Final  Activity  is
being  given  for your  Freedom,  if you  will  accept  It. There  are many  of you  who  have  seemed  to have  the
appearance  of age,  who  can transform  yourselves  in a short
time. Won't  you  try it, knowing  that  your  Life  only  requires
Harmony  in your  feeling,  to Beautify,  Perfect  and  bring
back  to your  form,  its youth  and  beauty ? It is not vain  to
wish  to be beautiful,  in order  to express  Perfection. It is not
vain  to have  a form  of Perfect  Health,  to respond  to your
desire  for Service  to the  Light  and  produce  Perfection! Mankind  just  lost  the way  and  now  is finding  It again,  in
Our Home  of Eternal  Perfection,  the "Mighty  I AM." To-
night,  let us think  of it, as a Great  Home  Coming. Forget
this building,  your  old world  for a moment. FEEL  you
have  entered  into  This  New  World,  where  all the buildings
are Beautiful  and  Perfect;  where  there  is Happiness  and
all good  things. Then  in THAT  FEELING,  charge  your
feeling  world  with  Its Reality,  Eternally  Sustained. As you
go into  the outer  world  again,  you  will  find  Completeness,
Abundant  Supply,  soon  finding  its appearance  in your
world  and  use. Call often  on the Law  of Forgiveness  for all mistakes,  and
then  say:  "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Presence! thru  your DISCOURSE  VIII  59
Mighty  Violet  Consuming  Flame,  wipe  out all memory,  all
appearance  of mistakes  which  has  found  action  in my
world." See how  soon  changes  will  take  place;  and  in the
place  of that  which  has been  disturbing  and  terrifying,  will
come  Peace  and  Rest  which  passeth  understanding. Then,
out of the Presence  will  pour  everything  you  require. It is
a Law  of your  Being. It cannot  fail! You are the Decreer  of your  world! Decree  Its Perfection! Turn  your  attention  where  Perfection  is, and  Perfection


,  to no longer  give  power  to per-
sons,  places  or conditions  to interrupt,  interfere  with—or
limit  you  in any  way. Now  in order  to comprehend  this, 282 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
you must  realize  not one thing  can enter  your  world  or any
condition  whatever,  except  thru  your  attention,  by which
you connect  your  own  Life  Stream  with  it. It is IMPOS-
SIBLE  FOR  ANYTHING  TO  REACH  OR  ENTER
YOUR  WORLD  WITHOUT  YOUR  ATTENTION
UPON  IT. That  is why,  Beloved  Ones,  today,  please  close  the door
and seal  it, on everything  which  has  been  in the past—up
to this  hour. Close  it now  and  let Me help  you  to close  that
door. Lock  it and  seal  it, so not once  again,  does  your  at-
tention  ever  go back  to what  has been,  whether  it is good,
bad or indifferent. Erase  it. Shut  the door. Then  as you
turn  and  face  your  "I AM  Presence,"  know  henceforth,
only  Its Intelligence,  Presence  and  Power,  with  all Its Glory
and Harmony,  are acting  in and  thru  your  body  and  feeling
world. Then,  you  will  rejoice  so much  at the changed  con-
ditions. Your  Life,  world  and  activity  will  be filled  with
successful  achievement,  with  happiness  which  you  cannot
comprehend,  until  you  do that. Beloved  Ones,  do you  think  what  you  have  called  hap-
piness  up to this  time,  is Real  Happiness. Oh,  you  cannot
believe  how  Great  the  Happiness  from  your  Presence  is,
until  you  begin  to experience  It. I tell you,  the Happiness
in the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence,  is the only  Real
Source  of Happiness  in This  Universe. It continues  to pour
in at your  Call  and  as you realize  the imperative  need,  is for
you to keep  your  feeling  harmonious. Then  no longer  your
qualification  of discord  clothes  your  Life  Energy. You  will DISCOURSE  XVIII  283
feel and  know  definitely,  the Energy  has poured  forth  just
like a Mighty  River  out into  your  world  of action—harmo-
nizing  everything  and  holding  Its Dominion. When  some-
thing  is required,  and  you  hold  the Harmony;  then  by a
Decree,  it comes  forth  and  acts  in your  world  with  the
Speed  of Lightning. That  is the Law  and  Action  of the  "I AM  Presence. " There  are thousands  and  thousands  of the students  today,
who  have  experienced  It time,  and  time  again. They  are
realizing  the only  reason  why  their  application  has not pro-
duced  extraordinary  results  in the  past,  was  because  un-
known  to themselves,  discord  was  still acting  in the feeling. While  the intellect  was  refusing  it, still  in the feeling  the
qualification  of discord  was  going  on;  qualifying  the en-
ergy  with  the discord  of the past. You  cannot  afford  to do
that. YOU  MUST,  BELOVED  ONES,  TAKE  YOUR
STAND  AND  SHUT  THAT  THING  OFF  OR  SAY
TO YOUR  FEELING:  "STOP. BE  SILENT". TURN
YOUR  ATTENTION  TO  THE  PRESENCE  AND
HAVE  ITS  GLORY  AND  BLESSING. You do not perhaps  realize,  how  firm  you  must  be, to-
ward  your  own  feeling  world. When  it has gained  a mo-
mentum  of centuries,  you  are under  its pressure. You  might
say to Me:  "Well  suppose  I don't  know  I have  lived  before. Do I still  have  the accumulation  of the centuries  in this
embodiment". Yes. I will  explain  to you  why. Because
in all of the accumulation  of the centuries,  even  though
you did  not know  it could  be dissolved;  if you  have  not 284 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
set the Law  of Life  into  action  which  would  dissolve  it,
then  it still  remains. All the  accumulation,  all the  discord  which  has  been
in your  experience  of the past,  still  remains  about  you  and
in your  world. Believe  it or not. You  meet  all that  accumu-
lation,  when  you  come  back  into  this  embodiment. It is just
waiting  there  for you,  because  it belongs  to you;  and  you
cannot  get away  from  it, until  you  know  this Presence  of all
Life;  and  call It to use the Violet  Consuming  Flame  to dis-
solve  and  consume  every  bit of your  accumulation  of dis-
cord. The  Mercy  or Glory  of your  Presence,  will  at your
call, dissolve  and  consume  every  particle  of your  accumula-
tion of discord  of the centuries;  in a few  weeks  or a few
months  at most,  if the person  is very  sincere  and  in earnest. Therefore,  Beloved  Ones,  you  have  in your  hands  the
Dominion  to set yourselves  wholly  Free,  no matter  what
the mistakes  of the past  have  been. Is there  any  Greater
Mercy  than  the Presence  of Life,  which  says  to wayward
mankind:  " 'I AM'  not interested  in your  mistakes. I want
you to be Free. As quick  as you  will  listen  to Me,  and  turn
away  from  whatever  has  caused  you  to create  the discord
and limitations  which  you  experience,  then  'I AM'  ready. 'I AM'  the Presence  of all Life,  ready  to forgive  your  mis-
takes,  at your  Call  on the Law  of Forgiveness. 'I AM'  ready
to forget  all which  has been;  and  then  set the Violet  Con-
suming  Flame  into  action  to dissolve  and  consume  every
particle  of that  for you. ". Do you  know,  every  one of blessed  mankind  is so good  at DISCOURSE  XVIII  285
Heart;  but  because  destructive  conditions  have  beset  the
people  sometimes,  it has made  them  feel  almost  fiendish. That  does  not belong  to them—never. It is an imposed  con-
dition  from  the generated  creation  of mankind's  discord. The Blessed  Ones  do not know  that  and  sometimes  yield
to destructive  force;  causing  themselves  to loose  their  phys-
ical Freedom  for an entire  embodiment. Look  at your  institutions,  your  asylums,  youi  institutions
of incarceration,  your  prisons,  full  to running  over.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What does the speaker mean by "your feeling is following the activity of your attention"?,
A: The speaker means that one's feeling and attention must align with their intention and call to the "I AM Presence" to produce results.
Q: What is the key to understanding the Law of Life?,
A: The key is to understand that the Law of Life is not a personality, but a Principle that governs all actions.
Q: What is the role of the Ascended Masters in this process?,
A: The Ascended Masters are not just individuals, but rather the governing authority of the universe, and their role is to guide and assist in the application of the Law of Life.
Q: What is the purpose of the Violet Consuming Flame?,
A: The Violet Consuming Flame is a powerful tool to dissolve and consume all discordant accumulation, and to bring about a complete release from all limitations.
Q: What is the most important thing to understand in the "I AM" Activity?,
A: The most important thing to understand is that the Law of Life is the governing authority, and one must take responsibility for their own actions and not blame others or external circumstances.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Be thou