 We have separate bodies, separate minds, separate
memories and backgrounds. Separation is the foundation of our whole
existence. But part of you hates living in separation—it hates the fear,
loneliness, suspi cion, and alienation that come with being totally isolated. This part of you calls upon love to solve its pain. If only you can find
someone to love you, perhaps the separation will be healed.”
“You don’ t make my life sound very pretty,” Delaney mourned. “No,” I said. “But in their heart of hearts most people feel the pangs of
separation; it’s not a secret. Let me ask you, Do you really belie ve there’ s a
perfect somebody out there waiting for you? As common as that myth is,
the reality is different. The somebody waiting for you is always a reflection
of yours elf. Out of our loneliness, all of us seek a source of love that will
fill up the lack we feel inside, and that’s exactly what happens, no more and
no less.”
“I don’ t know how to respond to that,” Delaney said.“If you observe yourself closely  enough,” I said, “you’ll see the patterns. Most men, for example, feel a lack of tenderness, which they hope to find in
a woman. Most women feel a lack of strength, which they hope  to find in a
man. Whatever the need is, the person who fills it becomes the source of
love. “The question is, how do we keep this going? Can the person who
happens to match our needs continue to make us feel loved? I don’t think
so. We all have too much hidden inside; there is too much healing to do. So
in time the outside source of love fades; it stops being effectiv e. And then
certain truths dawn:
“You can never r eceive mor e love than you ar e prepared to r eceive. “You cannot give mor e love than you have to give. “The love reflec ted from another person has its source in your own heart. The reason love from outside sources stops working is that you haven’ t
solved separation, only papered it over.”
“So then what?” he asked. “You stand at a crossroads. You can go out again and search for love
from some new source, you can make do with what you have, you can turn
to satisfactions other than love, or you can be totally honest and give up the
search for externals altogether.”
Here we had reached a critical point. The path to love begins when you
realize that separation, loneline ss, and the pain of isolation are real. Not
many people want to face this fact, and therefore they resign themselves to
a sadly constrict ed amount of love. As a healer, love knows no limits, but
you must be willing to bring your whole being to it. Only then does the
balm of love flow. “There’ s something I really admire in you,” I told Delaney. “I think
you’ll be surprised what it is. You haven’ t settled for imitations. In some
part of yourself, you are waiting  for the real thing.” Delaney met my eyes;
he nodded ever so slightly. “It’s such a hard thing to talk about,” I said,
“this nameless longing that only love can fill. What are we waiting for? What is the real thing, if not the flood of images about roman ce, sex, and
endless pleasure  that the ideal lover is supposed to gift us with? In reality
we are the gift and we are the giver. “Duality is and always has been an illusion. There is no one out there
waiting for you. There is only you and the love you bring to yourself. Inspirit you are united with all other souls, and the only purpose of separation
is for you to rejoin that unity.”
“Which makes love the only blessing,” Delaney said quietly. We sat for a
moment, letting  his words sink in, for it was as if he spoke from my heart
too. “Yes,” I said. “Love is the only blessing, and that means  all love. If
love is the ultim ate reality, as the great teachers tell us, then the slightest
gesture of connection is a gesture of love. To reach across the wall of
separation, whet her to friend, lover, family, or stranger, is to act in the name
of love, whether we consciously realize it or not.”
We had reached a special mom ent, which we both wanted to appreciate
in silence. We had been talking in Delaney’ s office in suburban Boston, an
ordinary room, but for a moment not ordinary. The path to love always
opens unexpecte dly. Our world contains such chaos and confusion that it is
a miracle there is a path at all. Yet as long as there is separation, there will
be a bridge. “I think you’ve gotten at one of my secrets,” Delaney said after
a pause. “I had lost faith that anybody out there really would love me as
much as I wanted her to.”
“Love doesn’ t take faith,” I said. “Because separation is an illusion,
believing in it is what takes faith. Love is real. It can be held, nurtured, felt,
learned from, and depended upon. So abandon your faith. Stop wishing and
hoping, and turn your efforts to what is real. Duality is so flimsy that it is
ready to fall apart at any moment. In our imaginations we believe that love
is apart from us. Actually there is nothing but love, once we are ready to
accept it.”
OceanofPDF.comTHE PATH
IN THE WEST  what we generally call love is mostly a feeling, not a power. This feeling can be delicious, even ecstatic, but there are many things love
is meant to do that feelings cannot. When love and spirit are brought together, their power can accomplish
anything. Then love, power, and spirit ar e one. There has never been a spiritual master—not Buddha, Krishna, Christ, or
Mohammed—who wasn’ t a messenger of love, and the power of the
message has always been aweso me: it has changed the world. Perhaps the
very immensity of such teachers has made the rest of us reticent. We do not
accept the powe r love can create inside us, and therefore we turn our backs
on our divine status. India is a society where every person is divine, but only a few realize it. Strangely, the same can be said of the West. The only difference is that you
can see holy men bathing in the sacred rivers of India, while our holy men
go unnoticed, hidden from sight in monasteries or the grave. “Let them be
rich in the West,” my friend Lakshman would say loudly. “There, saints
have to be dead to be real. Ours are walking around outdoors!”
Outdoors, but not always that easy to find. Countless seekers have
traveled through India without meeting any genuine saints. Or rather they
did not perceive them to be holy. Thanks to Lakshman, a man who
combines boisterous exuberance with deep reverence, I’ve had occasion to
feel the presenc e of yogis and sages in their Himalayan caves or rickety
wooden ashram s on the Ganges. Lakshman told me a story about how he
gained his first belief in saints. We were sitting in a café in La Jolla,
California, worlds away from our origins, watching the blue Pacific roll in
the sun. “For a long time, Deepak, I wasn’ t a believer in these so-called saints. Half of them are scoundrels, idle beggars wandering from door to door,
taking advantage of people’ s innocent faith to get a handout. One suspectsthat the rest are probably psychotic. Or so I thought. My family in
Bangalore is very Westernized; we started a computer software company
ten years  before the explosion of technology in South India. We keep up our
daily puja prayers at the altar in the dining room, but it’ s a formality. “I live in an old part of the city. From my window I can see medieval
Shiva temples being blackene d by fumes from thousands of scooter
rickshaws and battered lorries. Old India and new India come together in a
war zone of screeching sensory  assault—that is what I wake up to every
day. “One morning I couldn’ t bear to fight the traffic, so I decided to walk to
work. My parents’ factory is not far from the center of town. You know
how the sidewalks are in India— impossible! Ten minutes from home I was
totally frustrated, pushing my way through a sea of peddlers, beggars,
layabouts, and twenty thousand  other working people trying to get to the
same place I was. The image of a dry Ganges flowing with humanity came
to mind. Well, it came to mind later, since all I felt at the time was irritation
and exhaustion. “Rounding a corner I saw a knot of people gathered around something. Of course they blocked the whole sidewalk, and this being India, traffic had
stopped while taxi and lorry drivers got out to have a look too. Something
in me snapped, and I furiously pushed through, shouting for everyone to get
out of my way. No one did. In five seconds I was embedded in a pack of
sh


 vibrations generated every time you repeat the
syllable.Chanting the names or mantras of the deities associated with each
chakra is a common practice in Hindu culture. All deities have their own
energy vibrations, and by chanting and praying to the deities we invoke the
energy of that deity. For the muladhara (base root) chakra, for which the ruling deity is
Ganesha, w e can chant:
‘Om shri ganeshay a namah’ or ‘Om shri gan ganpathay e namh’. The swadhisthana (sacral) chakra is considered to be the centre for
procreation and the seat of kundalini shakti. The Sanskrit word kula means
‘family’’; kuldevi is the form of Shakti, the benefactor of the family, while
kuldevata also represents the benefactor energy of the family deity. Chanting
the name of the family deity or simply ‘kuldevi’ will benefit the family and
remove any curse on it. A curse on the family can be recognised when all
family members are suffering from any kind of physical, mental or emotional
affliction or financial pr oblem. The chanting mantra f or swadhisthana is:
‘Shri kul deviyah namh’ or ‘Shri kul devtayeh namh’. Alternatively, you can chant the name of shakti dur ga:
‘Om shri dur ga deviyahe namh.’
For the manipura (solar plexus) chakra the seed mantra is ‘ram’,
which is the name of the deity Shri Ram. Chanting his name helps
strengthen the solar ple xus chakra:
‘Om shri ram, jai ram, jai jai r am.’
Alternatively, chant the g ayatri mantra, as it in vokes sun ener gy. Lord Krishna is an a vatar (reincarnation) of Lor d Vishnu, sustainer of the
universe; chanting his name helps the anahata (heart) chakra, providing
detachment, healing and courage:
‘Om namho bahgwate vasude vayah.’For the vishuddhi (throat) chakra the seed mantra is ‘humm’; chanting
the following hanuman mantra will help to generate the same vibrations,
develop courage and clear an y throat chakra blockages:
‘Hung hanumate namh. ’
The ajna (third eye) chakra is the seat of guru, the guiding principle. By chanting the following mantra we can invoke our guiding principle and
get mental clarity:
‘Shri guruvey namh.’
Alternatively, you can chant the name of ‘ Shri gurudev datt’. Dattatrey is an incarnation of the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and
Shiva. Chanting this mantra will connect us to the energy of supreme
consciousness. For the sahasrara (crown) chakra the chanting of any of the following
mantras is useful:
‘Om namo shivay a’ or ‘Shivom’ or ‘Om soham’. Whenever a japa mala or rosary is used for chanting, certain guidelines
need to be f ollowed to get the maxim um benefit of the practice:
◼Don’t cross the merumani, the central bead. When you reach the
central bead during chanting, instead of continuing and crossing
past it reverse the japa mala so that you begin from the first bead
again. The objective of this spiritual practice is to maintain the
balance in our sushumna nadi. If you carry on in one direction you
activate either of the other nadis, ida or ping ala.
◼The beads of the mala should be drawn towards yourself. The prana
vayu is active when the beads are drawn towards you and samana
vayu is active when you turn them away; we feel better vibrations
when we are drawing the mala or r osary towards our own self.The mere mechanical pronunciation of mantras is not deemed to be
chanting. A seeker should become endowed with divine emotions and
awareness of the Lord’s omnipotence. Chanting with the correct
pronunciation will help to generate divine energy. You can also weave the
chant in your breath, then you don’t have to say it out loud. For example,
inhale while saying ‘om’, hold the breath while chanting ‘shri’ and chant
‘guru dev dutt’ while releasing the br eath. This kind of chanting done with devotion invokes the bhavana of the
mantra. When a substance is repeatedly dipped in a solution it gets fully
immersed into it; thus a seeker should chant regularly with devotion and get
fully engrossed into it, merging with the mantra. This is the prime objective
of chanting. Sound
Nada, or sound and music, is the manifesta tion of sound in harmony. The
Big Bang is belie ved to be the pr ecursor for the beginning of the univ erse and
life on it. In Indian scripture ‘om’ or ‘omkara’ is not a word but the
primordial sound made before the beginning of all manifested things on
Earth. This is supported by the biblical reference to the Word, which existed
before anything else. The word ‘universe’ itself connotes the ‘sing le rhythm in
which the world is nurtured as a verse’. The idea that sound affects our health is not a new one. Sound is
resonance, the frequency at which an object naturally vibrates; it is the
representation of energy vibrations and has the ability to alter the state of
consciousness. Sound has a physiological effect on us as its vibrations are not
merely heard but also felt. The resonance can lower the heart rate, relax
brain wave patterns and promote medita tion and slee p.Mystics and sages of ancient cultures were aware of the effect music
could have on harmonising, balancing and healing human energy. Chanting
and recitation of mantras is a part of the Indian spiritual practices of bhakti
yoga. Music is a kind of sadhana (spiritual practice) and was practised by
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        This chakra is considered to be the desire centre of our being —
desires not just of physical or sexual natures but all material desires are
tasted. Desires are not needs, but they do rule some of us. When we fulfil one
desire another one crops up, leaving us always unsatisfied and wanting. When the desires are uncontrollable we call them addictions; all addictions
result from an imbalance in this chakra. Our desires are distractions in the
path of our spiritual progress; they play at a person’s mind, making them
restless and confused. As long as we are ruled by our desires we will never be
happy and satisfied in life. This chakra is related to procreation, material desires, emotionality and
emotional balance. Positioned at the pubic region, it regulates the gonads
and sex organs and is responsible for the quality and quantity of sexual
energy, as well as its exchange between self and others at physical, emotional
and spiritual planes. It is depicted as a six-petalled  lotus of vermilion orange colour. The
Sanskrit letters ‘bam’, ‘bham’, ‘mam’, ‘yam’, ‘ram’ and ‘lam’ are written on
each of the petals. Within the pericarp of the lotus is a white crescent moon. The animal associated with swadhisthana is the crocodile, which represents
the unconscious  mind and its sensuous nature. Seated on the crocodile is the
bija mantra vam. Within the bindu of the mantra is depicted the deities
Vishnu and Rakini as a form of shakti. Vishnu is the sustainer of the universe
and represents the power of preservation. Rakini shakti is depicted with twoheads, representing the duality of energy in this chakra whereby a person is
trying to attain a balance betw een the world outside and the w orld within. Ayurveda and tantra associate the water element with this chakra. Our
Earth is two-thirds water, and our bodies are made up of two-thirds water. The water on Earth is affected by lunar cycles, with the moon phases being
responsible for high and low tides, and our bodies are also affected by moon
phases. This is why some people e xperience mood swings, particular ly during
a full moon, and why this chakra is considered to be the seat of emotional
balance. According to tantra our unconscious minds record each and every
perception, association and experience, with a quarrel or bitterness having a
stronger registration. These registrations play a part in determining our day-
to-day behaviour, attitudes and reactions and create a hindrance to our
spiritual pr ogress. The vayu associated with this chakra is vyana vayu, which regulates
circulation of the fluids in the body whether it’s blood, lymph, saliva or
menstrual fluids. Physiologically, swadhisthana regulates our reproductive,
urinary and lymphatic systems, corresponds to the hypogastric or sacral
plexus of nerv es and contr ols the unconscious in human beings. Imbalances and the tools to heal them
Emotional stress is the major cause of imbalances or blockages in this ch


 such pressures, and Nick soon became
profoundly confused about the most basic issues of feeling and
identity. “I remember calling  out in anguish when I was six, asking
God why I was being tormented in this way. But what could I do. My mother said I came out of her, and yet she said I was adopted. My father claimed that he loved me, and yet he beat me for no
reason. And their whole motive, so they said, was that they wanted
me to be a real son to them. “In some strange way, it all came down to my being adopted. Whenever he hit me, my father seemed to be saying, ‘Damn it, you
may not be my son, but if I wallop you hard enough, I’ll make you
mine. ’ ”
Above the Play of Opposites
So far, I am telling Nick’s story as he told it to me, from the
viewpoint of a thirty-eight-year-old man who vividly remembers the
pain of his childhood but who has worked it through. Nick came to
me during the last phase of treatment for a serious addiction, at a
time when he was beginning to meditate—this has become the
anchor for his healed sense of self. Our talks turned on inner issues;
the strictly medical problem s of being an addict are over with. Forthcoming as Nick is today, the terror of his world as a child can
only be guesse d at by an outsider. Its real texture and feelings are
not apparent in the man I see before me. The adult Nick is a very understanding person. He has read the
books on dysfunctional families and been through the groups. Today
he can talk sympathetically about his aged father, the same man
who emerges as a monster in his tale. “My father is seventy now, but he is still emotionally brittle. It’s
hard to bring up those years  without upsetting him,” Nick said. “Inorder to love my parents as they are today, I have accepted
responsibility for my past, all of it. I want to get on with my future. ”
Nick spoke these conciliatory  words near the end of our long rst
interview. The whole time he had been talking, his voice had
remained perfectly, almost uncannily calm. But just hearing about
his father’s aggression had set my own heart pounding. I suddenly
realized that I felt more outraged by Nick’s story than he seemed to
be—and that gave me pause. When an adult is entrusted with a
guilty or shameful secret, it may cause extreme psychological
distress, but at least he has a formed personality to absorb it. Nick
has never been a person separate from his secrets. They were
molded into his psyche from his earliest years. I couldn ’t help but
wonder how much of himself Nick had to smother in order to
become so accepting. This was not a subject I intended to probe. After years of painful
eort, Nick has made himse lf into something admirabl e—he is a
good man, sane, kind, and tolerant. But being good is not the same
as being whole. The two can be exact opposites, in fact, if goodness
is the outcome of a war in which one part of the self must defeat
another. Whate ver wholeness  is, it is not a war. It is a state of mind
above conict, not touched by evil, immune to fear. This degree of
psychological freedom may seem unreachable, but the very concept
of whol eness means not split into parts, even the basic dualities of
good and bad, love and hate, black and white. Since reality can be divided endlessly, how can wholeness
possibly exist, and if it does, how can it be integrated with the
fragmented world. The ancient rishis set out to answer these
questions, and what they found was this: the human mind can be
either silent or active. In that regard, duality is unavoidable. “The
play of opposi tes,” as the Upanishads calls it, cannot be abolished. But opposites can coexist without challenging each other—and that
is the secret. For wholeness to be a living reality, one must learn
how to expand beyond the eld of duality, encompassing the most
diametrically opposed qualities of life: good and evil, joy and
suering, love and hate. Thinking about Nick, I realized that his upbringing had fostered a
“solution” that many other people have adopted, putting all their
energy into making life perfect on the outside while shoving all
their fear, anger, and guilt out of sight. In any case, it is not the
repression of pain that worries me, for psychiatry has explored that
mechanism extensively. But what about the other pole. By
pretending that everything was perfect, Nick developed a profound
disillusion that anything could really  be perfect. He equates
perfection with deception. Sadly, so do most people. One of the greatest shocks I had as a young doctor came when I
saw how divided most of my patients were. They preserved a public
facade up to the very moment I ushered them in from the waiting
room. The instant I closed  the door, however, the public self
crumbled. An overwhelming ood of pain came my way, far more
pain than their disease could have caused. A lifetime of pent-up
rage, self-doubt, grief, guilt, and remorse poured uncontrollably
from these people. I would do what I could, and after half an hour,
they just as quickly re-composed themselves, and the public person
once again marched out into the waiting room, bidding me good-
bye with a cheerfulness that was chilling. This is exactly  what it mean s to be fragmented, to live under the
sway of opposi tes. It is a condition so far removed from healing that
perfection—which could be seen as simply the natural state of life—
looms as an enemy. Many neurotic patients go into therapy wanting
to be “cured. ” But the last thing they want is to cry their hearts out
or show vulnerability or grieve over lost love or whoop with joy. Yet
that is what normal people do if they are in touch with themselves. The deep problem facing not only Nick but everyone is how to
break free of boundaries when being a prisoner is the only
comfortable way we know how to live. First of all, one has to be honest enough to admit that life is not
perfect already. Although this may sound like the easiest step, it is
often the hardest, because it has to be accomplished on the feeling
level. Looking around and saying calmly, “Yes, we could do with
some improvements here,” has nothing to do with buried emotions,
feeling trapped, angry, disappointed, humiliated, and in pain. Denyit as they will, everyone has such feelings. The reason I can risk this
blanket genera lization is that I see no one living a perfe ct life, and
since perfection is both natural and possible, something must be
denying it and holding it back. Once a skeptical disciple was visiting his guru. Modern gurus do
not all live in caves, and this one happened to inhabit a tiny
apartment in Bombay. “Is there really any dierence between you and me. ” the disciple
demanded. “I look at us, and I just see two old men sitting  in a room
waiting for their lunch. ” The guru replied, “Your level of awareness
forces you to see yourself as an old man sitting in a room. But to
me, this room and everything in it occupy the smallest speck on the
horizon of my awareness. ”
“Even if you have adopted that perspective, we still live in the
same world,” the disciple argued. “No, your world is personal, private, and unshareable. No one else
can enter it, because no one can hear or see things exactly as you
do; no one else can have your memories, thoughts, and desires. And
they are all you have. My world is consciousness itself, open to all,
shared by all. In it there is community, insight, love. The individual
contains the totality, which makes him real. You are unreal. This
private reality you accept without question, bounded by these four
walls, by your isolated body and your conditioned  mind, is
imaginary. It is nothing but a dream. ”
“Then why do you bother to be here. ” the disciple grumbled. “I don’t have to be in your dream,” the guru replied, “since I
know the truth: I am innite. But it gives me pleasure to visit your
dream, because I may coax you to wake up. ”
A Speck of Consciousness
For thousands  of years, the metaphor of waking up has been
applied to describe what it means to move from a state of ignorance
to a state of enlightenment. When a person wakes up, he opens his
eyes and sees, which he couldn’t do while asleep; he moves from a
completely inert state of consciousness to one that is alert andresponsive; he regains the sense of identity that was lost in sleep. The contrast delivered when a person becomes enlightened is said to
be just as stark. But there is a subtle point to grasp: waking up also
implies a natural process that does not have to be forced. You do
not choose to wake up


 but rather looks through  them, thus invoking a world that lies
beyond. This book is not about denying our economic problem s; it’s about
transcending them. It’s about realizing that illusions—no matter how
entrenched they might be within the three-dimensional world—cannot stand
in the presence of love. Through the authority of loving  thought, we are given the power to turn
any situation that is not love back into love, starting with thinking about it
differently. We do this by identifying our own lovelessness and being
willing to let it go. Thinking this way—which is sometimes easy,
sometimes not—is the mental habit of the “miracle-minded.”
God has introduced into our minds an Internal Teacher, authorized to help
us cross the bridge from fear to love when we find it difficult to do so by
ourselves. The Internal Teacher is called by different names, from the
Comforter, to Jesus, to the Holy Spirit. Whatever name we use, it cannot be
called on in vain. Miracles are a divine intercession from a thought system
beyond our own, bringing inner light into a darkened world. And miracles are summoned by conviction. Conviction can be seen as an
attitudinal muscle that gives us strength to see beyond appearances and
invoke the possibilities that lie there. With God’ s help, our own particular
worldly veil of illusion—whether it takes the form of bankruptcy, recession,
or any other form of fear—is lifted, and we can see beyond it. No matter
what our problem, or its form or size, an infinite field of miraculous
possibility awaits our open-mindedness and love. “Miracles occur naturally
as expre ssions of love,” according to A Cours e in Miracles. This book is
about money, miracles, and love. SOME PEO PLE MIG HT read this book and say, “Oh yeah? Well what about
starving children  in Africa? Are they poor because their consciousness isunaligned with love?” I’d like to take this opportunity to respond to that. Starving childre n in Africa are not poor because their consci ousness is
unaligned with love; they’re poor because ours is. A billion people on earth
live in “deep poverty”—that is, on less than a dollar and twenty-five cents a
day. A billion more live on less than two dollars a day. Yet this is not an
“exception” to the rule that love casts out fear. Quite the opposite, it is a
collective lovelessness on the part of the advanced nations of the world that
allows us to accept the reality of deep poverty, thus deflecting a miraculous
solution. When we collectively make love our bottom line—making
humanitarian values rather than short-term economics the organizing
principle of human civilization—then the situation will indeed miraculously
change. Accordi ng to economist Jeffrey Sachs, one hundred billion dollars
(one-seventh of the annual military defense budget of the United States)
could eradicate deep poverty within ten years. For those intere sted in creating the political will to end the worst ravages
of hung er and poverty, visit www.results.or g. May love prevail among us
all. OceanofPDF.comChapter 1
The Law of Divine Compensation
Some people walk into a room and the word “winner” is written all over
them. You don’t necessarily know what their secret is, but you wish you had
it. Was it their childhood programming? Family connections? Some
amazing talent? As many successful people as there are in the world, there are that many
reasons for success. But one kind of material abundance derives from an
almost otherworldly charisma, a sense of magic some people carry around
with them like an aura of destiny. They may or may not have had the past
experiences one normally associates with material success; their success
seems almost to have come from something else. This book is about that “somet hing else” and the power that it gives us. It’s abou t a spiritual zone that has nothing to do with where we’ve been,
how or whether we’ve been educated, or whether we’ve succeeded so far or
have failed miserably. It’s about  the ultimate success and perfection of God,
potential in all of us whether made manifest or not, yet always available for
full expression. Each of us is pregnant with the manifestat ion of that
perfection, for that is who we are. By aligning yourself with thoughts of infinite love for
yourself and others, you gain dominion over  the lower
thought forms of the world. This way is not a substitute for any worldly path to success so much as an
inner way that informs all others. It is a path to material abunda nce through
immaterial mean s, and a set of spiritual keys to worldly power. The ways of
spirit are not the ways of sacrifice, but rather a way of openi ng yourself
fully to the infinite glories of the universe. The glories are there. They merely await your acceptance. What  follows is
an explanation of what they are, how they operate, and how you can tap
into them. THE UNIVERSE IS set up to work on your behalf. The world is not a giant,
uncaring, random expression of biological processes, but rather a living,
breathing reflection of love for all living things. The unive rse itself is
miraculous. You do not have to believe this, of course. It might not feel that way to
you at all. But spiritual laws aren’ t called “the good news” for nothing. Spiritual
truth is always at work, beyon d what the eye can see. It describes an
invisible “other  world” that exists in a realm beyond our mortal
circumstances. Our interaction with the spirit ual world is governed by our thoughts. When we know this truth and consciously align our thoughts with it—
sometimes even despite how we feel— we activate its spiritual power. We
transform our mortal circumstances by bringing our thoughts about them
into alignment with a world that lies beyond. If you think of yourself as being at the effect of a random universe that
does not care about you, then you will experience your life that way. If you
think of yoursel f as being at the effect of a loving universe that does care
about you, then you will experience your life that way. No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think
about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to
change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most
intractable situa tion, we have the power to believe that somet hing else is
possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen. This simple shift in how we think can make all the differenc e in what
happens next. How we think releases an infinite number of possibilities thatcould not have occurred had we not believed that they were possible. Such
is the power of our thoughts to attract as well as deflect miraculous
breakthroughs. Free will means you can think whatever you want to think. You cannot,
however, make untrue what is true or true what is untrue. The universe does
care about you. The universe is set up to work on your behal f. And the
universe is capable  of bringing miraculous transformation to any situation
of broke nness or lack. Regardless of what has happened in your life, the
universe is able and prepared to bring you comfort and repair. You are loved, and your purpose is to love. From a mind filled with
infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the
power to think in ways that reflect and attract all the love in the world. Such
thinking is called enlightenmen t. Enlightenment is not a proce ss we work
toward, but a choice available to us in any instant. Enlightenment is the answer to every problem. In any situation where you
seem to be at the effect of forces over which you have no control, remember
that God dwells within your mind, and there are no forces over which He
has no control. Therefore, through His power within you, there are no
mortal conditions over which you are powerless. Whenever your good is
obscured by the appearances of a nonloving world, the universe is
programmed to lift you out of that condition and return you to an abundant
state. As an expressio n of divine perfe ction, the universe is both self-or ganizing
and self-correcting. To whatever  extent your mind is aligned with love, you
will receive divine compensation for any lack in your material existence. From spiritual substance will come material manifestation. This is not just a
theory; it is a fact. It is a law by which the universe operates. I call it the
Law of Divine Compensation. Just as there are objective, discernible laws of external phenomena, so
there are objective, discernible  laws of internal phenomena. The law of
gravity, for instance, is not just a “belief.” It is true whether or not you
believe it. Spirit ual laws are not just beliefs, either; they are descriptions of
how consciousness operates. Once we know this law—that there is a natural tendency of the universe to
improve all things—then we lean naturally into the arms of God and allowHim to lift us up. We surrender our thoughts, then He uplifts our thoughts,
then our experiences change. The practical issue is whether we choose thoughts that activate or
deactivate the Law of Divine Compensation. We activate it with every


.2. There’s a Limited Supply
This thought represents enormo us resistance to a restoration of balance
on the prosperity/scarcity scale. Thoughts such as Ther e’ s only so much to
go ar ound,  and Everyone can’ t be wealthy; we n eed poor people to sustain
a balanc e in the world, so I gu ess I’m just one of those poor people  are
similar thoughts  of limitation and won’ t attract a prosperous life. In fact,
they’ll make that aim absolutely unattainable. Once ag ain, the solution for removing this kind of resistance is to pur ge
it, and replace these thoughts  with new ener gies that matc h up more
harmoniously w ith the truth of the world that you live in. T ry  thinking of
money i n the context of the oc ean: There’ s an infinite supply, more than
enough to take care of your needs. The supply of money circulating around
this glo be isn’ t diminished no matter how much you take for yourself. Why? B ecause ultimately, mon ey, like ocean water, has to return to its
source. I t just keeps circulating  as ener gy. T ake a million gallons from the
ocean, and it still remains the same. Here’ s how it works—abundance is scooped from abundance, and
abundance remains. Y ou can pur ge the idea of shortages from your mind
completely and  begin seeing money as ener gy in infinite supply. It’ s
necessary for life, just like air, water, nitrogen, and carbon. 3. I Don’t Deserve it
Here’ s a simple rule of thumb : When you don’ t believe that you’re
worthy of prosperity flowing into your life, then you’ll attract precisely
what you do  beli eve, which is, of course, a flow of scarcity and lack. If you
believe that attracting money into your life is in some way inconsistent with
a spiritual consciousness, then you erect barriers of resistance to stop this
flow. If you desire to live an abundant life and you’re attracting the opposite,
then obv iously you’re ener getic ally out of balance. Y our desire is highlyspiritual, but what you of fer that desire is your feeling of unwort hiness. And
the Univ erse being what it is, it submits back to you precisely what you
believe about being undeserving. T o change this idea and rebalance yourself
on this scale, you need to realign your desire with the ener gy of your
thinking. Y ou nee d to keep reminding yourself that you are a Divine piec e of God. Feeling as if yo u’re unworthy of God’ s abundance is the same as denying
your spi ritual essence and insulting your Creator as well. Remember that
you came here t o be just like God, but you broke away from tha t idea when
you believed more in your separation than in your unity with your Source. Begin to change this out-of-balance attitude by cultivating an inner
af firmation until it becomes second nature. Silently repeat something
similar to: I a m a piece of G od, a Divine, i ndividualized expr ession of God. I am worthy and deserving of all that God is and all that flows into my life. The abundance I desir e is on its way, and I will do everything I can to avoid
blocking and r esisting this Divinely inspir ed flow. 4. I Have Limited Abilities and Talents
If you hold a belief in your mi nd that you don’ t possess the ability or
talent to attract a bundance, then you’ve weighted your balance scale with a
lifetime supply  of scarcity. This is a huge symptom of  resistance,
masquerading a s an excuse for why you’re coming up short on the
prosperity balance beam. Rerea d the observation made by A yn Rand. She
didn’ t sa y, “It’ s the degree of talent that determines how far a person will
rise.” She said emphatically, “The degree to which he thi nks” is the
determining factor. Y our inn er vision will trump your innate talent every time. In fa ct, if you
have th e confidence that the skills or abilities you need are readily
available, then you’re on your way. The first and most important step is
releasing any excuse that you’ve adopted about lacking ability. Then it’ s
crucial that you create an in ner picture of yourself already living aprosperous life,  even though it’ s failed to materialize yet. This is called
thinking fr om the end. It forces you to begin an action program that’ s in
balance with your inner picture. Now, and this is  a crucial part, you must become the abundance  that you
desire. That’ s right—you must be  it, rather than looking for it outside of
yourself. These three steps help you eliminate the idea that you’re where
you are because of a dearth of talent: (1) Banish the excuse of n o talent, (2)
create a n inner picture of attrac ting prosperity, and (3) act as if  by being
what you desire. Y ou’re as talented as you’ve decided to be  up until now. Change the picture... and miracle of miracles, you change your talents as
well. I wa s frequently told as a young  boy, and even as a college stud ent, that I
didn’ t po ssess th e necessary talent to be a writer or public speaker. It wasn’ t
until I decided t o follow my ow n inner pictures that my talents began to be
heard. W hy? Because the more I pursued my life from the bala nce point of
what fe lt right for me, the more practice I gained, and the more the
Universe and I w ere aligned. In that alignment I attracted and re cognized all
of the opportuni ties and guidance available to me. Had I listened to those
who pro fessed to  know better co ncerning my talents, I would have attracted
precisely what I was believing: an absence of ability. 5. I’ve Never Been Lucky
The Uni verse th at you live in, and that lives in you, operates on ener gy
and ener gy alone. “Nothing hap pens until something moves,” said Albert
Einstein. Everything is vibrating, even what seems to be motionless. Y our
Universe functions with the Law of Attraction, meaning that ener gy
matches up with similar ener g y. Y our thoughts are vibrations of ener gy. Low tho ughts—those that are out of balance with Source Ene r gy—attract
low-ener gy responses from the Universe. High, spiritually based thoughts
activate identica l vibrations that bring you what you desire in ha rmony with
your Source. That being said, there’ s no room for luck in the Universe.If y ou have an  accident, you aren’ t unlucky and you’re not at fault. Y ou’re s imply a vibrational match to whatever you collided with in that
moment. By viewing your wor ld in this way, you can begin to exercise
more choice about what you’re  matching up with. By changin g the lower
vibrational ener gy of your thoughts to higher vibrations, you set  into motion
ener gy that seeks to match your higher desires. Even if this sounds
nonsensical to your ego-trained mind, I ur ge you to begin the  process of
seeing things from a vibrationa l, rather than a good-luck versu s bad-luck,
position. That is,  I recommend that you adopt this belief system: that you’ve
attracted into your life exactly what you’ve chosen to align with. If your
luck app ears to be bad, shift you r expectations around. Make every ef fort to
stay in balance with what you do desire, rather than what you’ve been
attracting. Luck will disappear as a factor. 6. It’s Always Been This Way
When you use y our personal history to justify why you’re presently out
of b alance on t he abundance scale, you’re really saying, I ha ve a long
history of attracting scar city into my life, and I intend to continue doing
pr ecisely the same thing. Thinking that the past is responsible for your
continuing insuf ficiency is a major source of resistance. Y ou’ve probably
been taught that if you don’ t pay attention to the mistakes of the past,
you’re b ound to  repeat them. H ere’ s my take on that advice: Keeping your
thoughts on the mistakes of the past guarantees that you’ll continue
manifesting them in the pr esent! I th ink you’re better of f toss ing out your personal history of any
deficiencies that have surfaced in your life. Refuse to think about what’ s
failed to materialize unless you’re hoping for more of the s ame. A void
talking about your bleak past. Don’ t identify yourself as someone whose
childhood or early adulthood was characterized by dearth and paucity. Instead, look upon your entire history as a series of steps you  absolutelyneeded to take in order to bri ng you to the present realization of your
endless potential for abundance. Be grateful for all that failed to show up. Then shift from resistance to the
direction of manifesting your de sires, and rebalance your thinking so that it
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istics of a person who was breathing far more tha n his body
required. He breathed heavily and through his mouth, even while resting. He was getting oxygen into hi s lungs but too much, and he wasn’ t self-
regulating in the way that was natural—and indispensable—for a
competitive athlete. Through bad habits accumulated over th e years, his
body was out of sync with his br eath, and he had become unable  to meet his
own needs for CO 2. I we nt through my program wit h David, and he practiced the e xercises
exactly a s described in this boo k: reduced breathing, breath holding during
training, and keeping his mout h closed at night to train him to breathe
through his nose. T oday, David is one of the star players on his team and no
longer h as to hide his breathless ness from his coach. But he still has to hide
his love of french fries.Like David, many competitive athletes breathe excessively, re gardless
of how many years they have sp ent training. For some, no matter how hard
they trai n, they will never attain their ideal fitness. In addition, in order to
maintain their fitness, they will n eed to train more than their peers. The first
time athletes hear of the ef fects of chronic overbreathing it can  take a little
while to sink in, although of ten it comes as a revelation, answering
questions that have been at the backs of their minds for years and giving
them a whole ne w understanding of their training. By incorporating simple
practices into your existing train ing program, you can enjoy a more intense
workout withou t putting extra strain on your lungs. One factor that
dif ferentiates eli te athletes from others is their ability to exercise at a higher
intensity with reduced breathlessness. This book will he lp you to
understand the factors that allow oxygen to be released to or gans and
working muscles, enabling you to improve running economy (lowering of
ener gy e xpended during running ) and increase “VO 2  max” (the maximum
capacity of the body to transport and use oxygen). Throughout the years I have wit nessed miraculous results with all types
of athletes, including rugby players, soccer players, runners, cyclists,
swimmers, and Olympic competitors. So many of these athle tes suf fered
from excessive breathlessness, weak diaphragms, and inef ficien t breathing,
and the dif feren ce ef ficient breathing brought to their athletic ability has
been nothing short of amazing t o witness. Developing body strength while
ignoring breathi ng ef ficiency is counterproductive, and this book will show
you how  to build your respirat ory stamina alongside any athletic training
program. Harnessing Explosive Athletic Potential
While David’ s story is powerful, don’ t think that better breathing
techniques only benefit elite athletes. They can be just as transformative for
“normal” people and, in fact, are often more so. T ake the case of Doug. Doug is a high-p owered American professional in his midforties. Since
childhood he battled asthma, an d he never considered himself an athlete. Doug’ s b rother, on the other han d, was the jock. When they were kids they
would g o to the park, where h is brother played basketball with their dadwhile D oug just  watched. Doug always felt like there was something wrong
with his body. He did manage to row crew in college for a year, trying to
follow in his father ’ s footsteps, but after each training run, his lungs would
scream for mercy. His aerobic capacity—or lack thereof—limited him,
keeping an athletic lifestyle out of reach. But finally, when his father started
to become frail, he resolved to take action so that he would be around for
his own kids and grandkids. Doug started running, but he f ell into his habitual gasping for breath
after just a ha ndful of steps. He realized he needed to rebuild his
cardiovascular fitness from the ground up, and that’ s when he contacted me. By inco rporating the simple program described in this book into a busy
work an d family  life, he started  making progress. From being able to run
only ten  feet with his mouth cl osed, he progressed to running a 10K in a
few months, then a half-maratho n after a few more, and finally the Big Sur
marathon less than a year after we began working together. Doug needed to let go of lif elong breathing habits. Overbreathing
distorted his self-understanding  and turned him into someone who he
wasn’ t. I needed to convey  to Doug that inheriting t he genetic
predisposition t oward asthma didn’ t mean he was resigned to a life of
breathing problems. Asthma has been around for thousands of years, with
records dating back as far as an cient Egypt. However, it has be come much
more prevalent since the 1980s, and considering that our gene pool doesn’ t
change in forty years, it is nec essary to look at lifestyle and address the
impact t hat this has on our breat hing. Currently almost one in ten adults and
children have asthma, and if you add the number who have cyc list’ s cough,
exercise-induced asthma, or other lung-limiting conditions, the number
skyrockets. Over the  years, I have worked w ith thousands of people like Do ug who
have been diagnosed with asthm a, and it’ s nearly always the same story:
Explosive athlet ic potential is limited by a condition they don’ t think they
can ever overcome. By not add ressing the root problem, enthusiasts like
Doug often devote their formi dable willpower to training practices that
inevitably lead them back to sq uare one. It doesn’ t have to be t his way. At
first it may se em counterintu itive to think that implementing simple
techniques over a short period of time can reverse decades of limitations,
but that’ s how transformative correcting breathing is. W ith breath-holdingexercises that unblock the nose and combat wheezing or coughing,
nonprofessional athletes—even those with asthma—can lift th eir passions
to an entirely new level. Y ou may  not have major athletic goals. Some of us just want to get to a
weight t hat makes us feel goo d when we look in the mirror. For many
people struggling to attain this sense of satisfaction, the barrier  is standing
right the re—not in front of them, but inside them, in the quantit y of air they
are taki ng in. W ithout correct breathing, it’ s like walking up a down
escalator—you get nowhere. Feeling Defeated
There w asn’ t a diet Donna hadn’ t tried. Y ou’ve heard of them al l: low-carb,
South Beach, The Zone, W eight W atchers, Jenny Craig, Mediterranean,
Atkins, Slim-Fast. Y ou name it, she had been on it. Her medicine cabinet
was filled with fat burners, carb blockers, and a host of appetite
suppressants. For twenty-five y ears she had believed that with each new
diet she would f inally lose the extra forty pounds she carried, finally be able
to st ep outside in something o ther than black, form-hiding clothing, and
finally r eclaim t he health she en joyed when she was younger. B ut after the
initial en thusiasm of beginning a new diet faded, the weight she lost would
return and a profound sense of failure would set in. When Donna came to see me, she was defeated. She ha d spent
thousands of dollars to slim do wn again and again, but she was still forty
pounds overweight—and still miserable. She had tried just as many exercise
programs as diets, but always ended up quitting because she  ran out of
breath a fter min imal exertion. As is the case for so many peo ple, oxygen
felt like an opponent rather than an ally. The sensation of intense
breathlessness limited her physical endurance far more than muscle fatigue. “I can’ t exercise because I’m too heavy,” Donna said. “And I can’ t lose
weight because I can’ t exercise.” During the few times that Donna did visit
the gym, she fel t totally self-conscious and out of place. She panted on the
treadmill while beautifully sculpted bodies decked out in form-fitting
clothing jogged ef fortlessly on e ither side of her, adding another  blow to her
self-confidence.It was a vicious cycle, but one I had seen many times before. Her body
wasn’ t p roperly metabolizing oxygen. Donna needed a simple routine that
wouldn’ t put excess stress on her body and breathing, but would give her
fast, concrete results to keep her motivated and boost her confidence. I gave
her simp le breathing exercises and encouraged her to practice breathing
through her nose while watching television or working at her desk. In two weeks, Donna lost six p ounds. She didn’ t modify her diet, but
her brea th-reduction exercises g ave a kick-start to the oxygen levels in her
blood, which caused her bod y to process foods more ef fi ciently and
naturally supressed her appetite. She benefited from one of the most
startling aspects  of my program : Substantial


ath, The  (Rama), 56
Screen time and attention spans, 143–44
Secr et Race, The  (Hamilton), 97
Sedentary lifestyle, 231, 232–33
Self-awareness, 14, 145
observing your thoughts, 149–52
Self-consciousness, 141–42
Self-doubt, 147, 150
Selker, T ed, 144
Senna, A yrton, 143
Seoul Olympics (1988), 122
Sex life, and nitric oxide, 60
Shut Y our Mouth and Save Y our Life  (Catlin), 53
Siegel, Arthur, 116
Sighs (sighing), 3, 45, 72, 199, 244, 271
Simpson, T om, 97
Simulated high-altitude training, 35, 46–49, 104–7, 249–54, 266
advanced. See  Advanced simulation of high-altitude training
benefits of, 105, 137
breath holding and, 105–7. See also  Breath-holding exercises
while cycling, 130, 252
diet and, 179–80
importance of movement for, 110
increasing BOL T scores, 46–49
while jogging or running, 129,  129–30, 251–52
while swimming, 131–32, 252
while walking, 126–29, 127,  249–51, 250
Sleep, 168–69
good breathing during, 64–66, 169
Sleep apnea, 64, 109, 168, 308 n,  312–13 n
Social media and attention spans, 143–44
Soda water, 116Spleen, 99, 105–8, 305–6 n
Sports performance, and BOL T and, 44–45
Steroid medications, 61, 213, 214
Stray-Gundersen, James, 101–2
Stress, 163–64, 174, 178, 180–81, 182–83
Stressed breathing, 72–73, 74
Strokes, 193
ST segment depression, 201–2, 323 n
Sudden cardiac death, in young athletes, 200–204
Swart, Stephen, 98–99
Swimming (swimmers), 114, 222, 298 n,  311–12 n
asthma and, 216–17
breath holding during, 131–32, 252
Sydney Olympics (2000), 131
T
T abata, Izumi, 103
T abata training, 103
T ai chi, 67–68, 92
T alking, increased breathing, 27–28
T aoism, 68
T aormina, Sheila, 131
T aping the mouth, 64–66, 80
T arahumara Indians, 80–81
T ea, 197
T eenagers, Oxygen Advantage program for, 44, 286–89
T eeth, 83, 227–29
T estosterone, 96, 98
Thatcher, Mar garet, 64
Thinking, 148–49, 152–55, 163–64
T iming your breathing, 76–78
T ongue posture, 55, 83, 222–24, 229
T our de France, 96–99, 135
T raditional Chinese medicine, 68
T riggers
for asthma, 214for rhinitis, 61
T rinity College, Dublin, 153–54, 167–68, 221
T urbinates, 55
T urin Olympics (2006), 102–3
T -wave inversion, 201–2
U
Underwater hockey, 131–32
University at Albany, SUNY, 167
University of Arizona Cancer Center, 114
University of British Columbia, 147
University of California, Berkeley, 79
University of Chicago, 141
University of Exeter, 103, 197
University of Minnesota, 180
University of Patras, 202
University of T exas, 101
Upper -chest breathing, 42, 52, 69, 71, 72
Urine color, and hydration, 116
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), 97–98
V
V asoregulation, and nitric oxide, 59, 195
V iagra, 59–60
VO 2  max. See  Maximal oxygen uptake
V olume of breath. See  Breathing volume
W
W alking, simula ted high-altitude  training while, 126–29, 127,  184, 249–51,
250
W alsh, David, 99
W arm-up, 86–88
breath-holding exercises, 85, 87–88
for exercise-induced asthma, 220
W ater intoxication, 116
W ater polo, 211, 217W ealth, and asthma rates, 211–12
W eddell seal, 105–6
W eight gain, 174, 178, 180–81
W eight loss, 173–74, 177, 179–80
Donna’ s case, 12–13, 284–85
Oxygen Advantage program for, 282–85
W eitzber g, Eddie, 59, 60
W est, John, 26
W estern breathing habits, 4–5, 80–81
“What if” thoughts, 162–63
Wheezing, 28, 40, 41, 124, 212, 213, 215, 218
W ilde, Oscar, 148
W indpipe (trachea), 19, 54
W infrey, Oprah, 98
W oods, Earl, 145
W oods, T iger, 145
Y
Y awns (yawning), 45–46, 244
Y oga, 68–69, 224, 302 n
Y ogi Bhajan (Harbhajan Singh), 224
Y ogi Ramacharaka (W illiam Atkinson), 56
Y ogi Science of Breath, 56
Z
Zátopek, Emil, 122–23
Zone, the, 140–69, 181–82
concentrated and undivided mind, 161–65
connecting with the inner body to enter, 158–60
entering at will, 143–55
following the breath to enter, 156–58
improving brain oxygenation, 165–68
living in the now to enter, 160–61
quality sleep for, 168–69A b o u t  t h e  A u t h o r
P A TRICK MCKEOWN  was educated at T rinity College, Dublin, and later
studied under the auspices of the founder of the Buteyko Method, the late
Dr. Kon stantin Buteyko. From  a very young age, Patrick suf fered from
asthma a nd relie d on an array of medicines and inhalers until he discovered
the B uteyko Method at age twen ty-six. By applying the principles from Dr. Buteyko, Patrick experienced immediate relief from his asthmatic
symptoms—a feat that more than twenty years of medication h ad failed to
accomplish. Le arning to breathe through his nose and re ducing his
breathing volume positively changed his life in so many ways. For the first time ever, Patrick’ s asthma was under control. This life -changing discovery motivated Patrick to change his career in
order to help c hildren and adults who suf fered from similar breathing
problems. Following his time in Russia in 2002, Patrick has been teaching
the Oxygen Advantage program in Australia, the United States, and
throughout Europe. He has written seven books, includin g in their
respective fields three Amazon.com bestsellers, and has been invited to
speak at dental and respiratory conferences around the world. In collaboration  with the University of Limerick, Patrick was the
instructor in a clinical study investigating the Buteyko M ethod as a
treatment for rhinitis in asthma. As published in the leading rhinitis journal
Otolaryngology,  the  results showed a 70 percent reduction of nasal
symptoms in participants, including snoring, loss of smell, nasal congestion,
and dif ficulty breathing through the nose. The Oxygen Advantage progra m is based on Patrick’ s experience of
working with thousands of clients and hundreds of health care
professionals, along with his extensive research on breath-hold training
over the past th irteen years. A number of the exercises in this book werespecifically crea ted by Patrick to help athletes to improve their sports
performance. Patrick has been interviewed internationally for radio and television,
including by Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder of the world’ s lar


 summarized his review:
The data for their conclusions, summarized in Annex 8 of the WHO unofficial
guidelines, are not very convincing from a scientific viewpoint. The volume of
water consumed per day was not indicated and the length of time of the
experiment for the human "volunteers" was not indicated (one year for rats). The
physiological changes reported apparently were based on rat and dog studies. For
dogs, the same physiological changes were observed for water containing 50
mg/L and 1,000 mg/L. 5 The conclusion of a minimum TDS of 100 mg/L is confusing and thus not very
convincing. In the human studies, diuresis was observed particularly on the second day of the
study (the increase in urine output reported to be 18%). The volume of water in
the body from the "distillate" was reported to be 50 to 100% higher than the
"other groups." The Russians also reported increased elimination of sodium,
potassium, chloride, calcium, and magnesium in the urine, and the specific
gravity was reduced. In the blood serum, the sodium was increased and the
potassium decreased. Then it was reported that the "tendency" for similar
changes were observed after consumption of 100 mg/L TDS and 1, 000 mg/L
TDS. The water intake (based on thirst) of various TDS waters was not clearly
reported. In some cases it was difficult to determine if the data were from
animals or humans. In summary, the Russian studies, as reported in Annex 8 of the WHO document
appeared not to be rigorously scientific. Dr. Wathen reviewed it from a medical point of view and wrote the following:
The Annex VIII of the report is an alleged "review" of water and salt balance
under the influence of a variety of water and salt intakes, in a variety of animals,
including humans, exposed to a variety of conditions. The review is long on
deductions, but very short on (re) presentation of solid data. Moreover, probably
only a handful of references cited in this review (assuming they are cited
correctly) may be from creditable scientific journals, that is, journals which
demand proper scientific methodology and peer review of all work, prior to
publication. Many of the cited articles may be from journals of "personal
opinion": being versed only in English, it is impossible for me to establish the
credibility of the cited work. This review cited observations on the organoleptic features of water (i.e.,
consumer appreciation of taste, odor, and color qualities) to underscore precise,
physiologic thirst slaking with specific levels of TDS --containing water in
response to volume depletion. To begin with, the quoted electroencephalographic
studies probably indicate only that a maximum number of receptor sites (taste
buds) have to be recruited through stimulation to provide a maximum brain
(alpha) wave response and that the TDS level in water providing the maximum
response was between 200-600 mg/L of salt. One would expect such a response; one might also imagine that receptor response
(sensitivity) is considerably tempered by prior salt and mineral exposure for the
individual. Organoleptic features are very, very unlikely to define whether a
given water source is healthful on non-healthful or that the amount imbibed is
appropriate to need. Moreover, taste receptor electrical activity, being unlikely
to reveal preference by the consumer, means the consumer must be asked whether
he or she prefers a given type of water. More often than not, preference reflects
prior experience (learned behavior). 6 The review refers to exposure to desert and exercise conditions for humans and
how water lost in sweating should be replaced, not with purified water but with
salt water. Who would disagree with this conclusion? With GatoradeR, for
example, selling to extremely large U.S. and world markets, one hardly needs to
be reminded in this day and age that volume and salt losses encumbered with the
sweating of heavy exercise are best replaced with a fluid whose constituents are
more aligned with extracellular fluid in the human. GatoradeR, though billed a
being "low sodium" on its label, is in fact rather high in salt content (both sodium
and potassium) and it provides a rapid, convenient, and safe way to promptly
reconstitute vascular volume after heavy exercise. Dizziness, even syncope
(passing out), from volume depletion are thereby avoided and strength of the
individual is better sustained, due both to volume replacement and the glucose
contained within Gatorade. GatoradeR is a water source to be taken only to replace severe fluid losses
accompanying sweating; it generally averts the need for supplemental salt tablets. GatoradeR, in an opinion which may not be shared by the Gatorade Company
(Chicago, IL), is not a source which should be used to replace normal fluid and
electrolyte losses any more so than pure water should be used to accommodate
severe volume losses. In the presence of salt accompanying usual dietary food
intake (4-8 gm/day of sodium in U.S.), GatoradeR might conceivably lead to
volume excess. A 64 oz. serving of GatoradeR contains: 880 mg of sodium; 200
mg of potassium; and about 400 calories, as carbohydrate (112 grams). There
is no magical solution; one should drink what's appropriate to the circumstance. Replacement of the large fluid losses accompanying heavy exercise or thermal
exposure, therefore, has nothing to do with using purified water for normal
drinking and cooking purposes, the latter being paired with normal food intake
to meet salt and mineral needs. In normal day-to-day activity not associated with
extremes in sweatloss, the salt and minerals accompanying normal food intake
more than meet daily dietary needs of such elements, whether consuming potable
water (e.g., TDS of up to 500 mg/L) or purified water (e.g., TDS 100 mg/L) or
pure water (e.g., 0.111 mg/L TDS). Salts and minerals are· not "leached" from the human body; they are preferentially
retained or excreted, either of these events occurring relative to whether or not
one is surfeit in water or salt or both. In short, the human body is not a lead or
copper pipe which "leaches" in the presence of purified water. The Annex VIII
review is very misleading in this regard. I also think it is incredible to suggest that, in the absence of abnormal water
loading experiments, consumption of demineralized water will cause distortion of
the mucosal cells lining the GI tract. Besides, in the normal human setting, such
water is often combined with other elements (e.g., coffee, tea, fruit juices, soft
drinks, etc.) which raises its TDS prior to consumption. But, even if the TDS is not raised by some external means, through the additions
of saliva, gastric secretions, and small intestine secretions beyond the stomach,
7 there is an internal elevation in TDS of any dilute fluid one might drink. It
would be my opinion that the adsorptive portion of the GI tract, that is, the small
intestine, in the absence of extreme water loading, never sees a hypotonic solution
sufficient to cause the mucosal cells to swell or to appear damaged. There is a
tendency in this review to draw conclusions from observations in anhidrotic (non
sweating) laboratory animals (dogs, rats, and rabbits) and apply them to the very
hidrotic (sweating) human. That is, the review often draws conclusions from
fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base studies in "non-sweaters" and seems to transfer
these conclusions to the "sweaters." It is imprudent physiologically, if not
scientifically erroneous, to do so. I found the reported physiological data to be
very confusing, often at right-angles to prior knowledge. One wonders if the
responses to various levels of salt in water were confused when citing data from
the actual papers used in the review. I personally have never heard of osmorceptors being present in the gut which
might serve to regulate fluid adsorption. And certainly, I have never heard of the
liver being a repository of salt to be released to reconstitute salt levels in the
vascular compartment. This statement, I think, is borderline preposterous. The
literature cited here has been misconstrued or is comprised of essentially factitious
observations. Salt in all body fluid compartments redistributes bidirectionally in
attempts to off-set excesses or insufficiencies in extracellular fluid constituents,
particularly in the vascular (blood volume) compartment. The following responses have been received from different experts in many different fields:
WHO's Dr. Galal-Gorchev states that WHO has "no information that such (low TDS) water
would have and adverse effect on mineral balance". U.S. EPA's Dr. Edward V. Ohanian, Chief of Human Risk Assessment Branch wrote,
Drinking water supplies a number of minerals that are important to human health. However, drinking water is normally a minor source of these minerals. Typically, the diet is the major source of these beneficial minerals. I am not
aware of any data adequate to support the conclusion that water with low levels
of minerals is unsafe. The U.S. Navy has used distilled water with less than three ppm TDS aboard ship for more than
40 years. Surface


 that make you
feel sick or bad, do your best to change them to thoughts that support your
feeling good, and if that seems impossible, then do your very best to say
nothing at all. Refuse to talk about disease, and work to activate thoughts
that predict recovery, feeling good, and perfect health. Picture yourself as
healthy and free of disability. Be on the lookout for the opportunity to
literally say to yourself, I feel good. I intend to attract more of this good
feeling, and I intend to give it away to any and all in need of it. Step 7: Seek out and cherish the silence. Many people who have
suffered with long-term illnesses have been able to return to their Source
through the channel of nature and contemplative silence. Spend time in
quiet meditation visualizing yourself coupled with the perfectly healthy
field of intention. Commune with this Source of all that is good, all that is
well, and practice accessing this high spiritual energy, bathing your entire
being in this light. Meditation is always healing for me. When I’m fatigued, a few moments
in silence accessing higher, loving, kind vibrations energizes me. When I
feel out of sorts, a few moments in quietude making conscious contact with
God provides me with all that I need to not only feel good, but to help
others do the same. I always remember Herman Melville’s timely words:
“Silence is the only Voice of our God. ”
Here’s an excerpt from a letter written to me by Darby Hebert, who now
lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For more than two decades, she struggled
with feeling used as well as watching her own physical conditiondeteriorate. She opted for nature, silence, and meditation. I repeat her words
(with her permission) below:
For a year I lived out of boxes in an empty house. Then, to
remove myself from this negative energy field and the scorn of
people who were sitting in judgment, I moved 2,000 miles away
to Jackson Hole. The magnificence, grandeur, and peace of this
sacred, enchanted place began to work its magic immediately. I
have lived in silence for almost two years. Meditation and
appreciation have become my way of life. Leaving low energy,
and moving into high energy, with your help, has worked
miracles. I have moved from hemorrhaging eyes, internal
lesions, aseptic meningitis, and severe muscle pain to a health
that includes all-day mountain hiking and cross-country skiing. I am slowly getting off of the dangerous drugs used to control
the diseases, and I know I can do it. You have shown me the way
to being well, and I will forever be grateful. God bless you a
thousandfold, Wayne, for following your bliss and helping
others to find theirs. I hope there will come a time when I can
express my gratitude in person. Until then, I’ll see you in the
Gap. Step 8: To be health, you must totally identify with the wholeness that
you are. You can stop seeing yourself as a physical body and immerse
yourself in the idea of absolute well-being. This can become your new
identification card. Here, you breathe only wellness, you think only perfect
health, and you detach from appearances of illness in the world. Soon you
recognize only perfection in others. You stand firm in your truth, reflecting
only thoughts of well-being, and speaking only words of the infinite
possibility for healing any and all disease processes. This is your rightful
identity of wholeness, and you live it as if you and the Source that creates
all are one and the same. This is your ultimate truth, and you can allow this
dynamic aura of wholeness to saturate and animate your every thought until
it is all that you have to give away. This is how you heal, from that inner
knowing and trust of your wholeness. Step 9: Allow health to stream into your life. Become conscious of
resistance, which interferes with the natural flow of healthy energy to you. This resistance is in the form of your thoughts. Any thought that’s out of
sync with the seven faces of intention is a resistant thought. Any thought
that says that it’s impossible to heal is a resistant thought. Any thought of
doubt or fear is a resistant thought. When you observe these thoughts, note
them carefully, and then deliberately activate thoughts that are in energetic,
vibrational balance with the all-providing Source of intention. Step 10: Stay immersed in a state of gratitude. Be grateful for every
breath you take. for all of your internal organs that work together in
harmony. for the wholeness that is your body. for the blood streaming
through your veins. for your brain that allows you to process these words
and the eyes that allow you to read them. Look in the mirror at least once
every day and give thanks for that heart that continues to beat and the
invisible force on which those heartbeats depend. Stay in gratitude. This is
the surest way to keep the connecting link to perfect health clean and pure. One of the messages of Jesus of Nazareth is apropos of all that I’ve
presented in this chapter on having a healing intention:
If you bring forth what is inside you,
what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is inside you,
what you don’t bring forth will destroy you. What is inside you is the power of intention. No microscope will reveal
it. You can find the command center with x-ray technology, but the
commander in the command center remains impervious to our sophisticated
probing instruments. You are that commander. You must allow yourself to
be in vibrational harmony with the greatest commander of all and bring it
forth to serve you, rather than allowing yourself to be in a state of disrepair.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's message about healing and health?,
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A: The author suggests that one should practice being the kind of person they wish to attract, detach from the outcome, and let go of resistance to have the universe respond to their intention.
Q: What is the key to accessing the power of intention?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of connecting with the universal mind of intention, recognizing and letting go of resistance, and staying in a state of gratitude.
Q: How can one connect with the power of intention?,
A: The author suggests that one should practice meditation, especially Japa meditation, to radiate high-energy vibrations and attract ideal people and relationships.
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pain inflicted on others. They don’t have the concept of enemies, since they
know that all of us emanate from the same divine Source. They enjoy the
differences in the appearance and customs of others rather than disliking,
criticizing, or feeling threatened by them. Their connection to others is of a
spiritual nature, but they don’t separate themselves spiritually from anyone
regardless of where they might live or how different their appearances or
customs may be from their own. In their heart, connectors feel an affinity to
all of life, as well as to the Source of all of life. It’s because of this connecting link that connectors are so adept at
attracting into their lives the cooperation and assistance of others in
fulfilling their own intentions. The very fact of feeling connected means
that in the connectors’ minds, there’s no one on this planet who they’re not
joined up with in a spiritual sense. Consequently, living in the field of
intention, the entire system of life in the universe is available to access
anything their attention is on, because they’re already connected to this life-
giving energy system and all of its creations. They appreciate this spiritual
connection, and expend no energy on depreciating or criticizing it. Theynever feel separated from the assistance that this entire life-giving system
offers. Therefore, connectors aren’t surprised when synchronicity or coincidence
brings them the fruits of their intentions. They know in their hearts that
those seemingly miraculous happenings were brought into their immediate
life space because they were already connected to them. Ask connectors
about it and they’ll tell you, Of course, it’s the law of attraction at work. Stay tuned vibrationally to the Source of all life that intended you, and
everyone else here and all of the powers of that field of intention will
cooperate with you to bring into your life what you desire. They know that
this is how the universe works. Others may insist that connectors are just
plain lucky, but the people who enjoy the power of intention know
otherwise. They know that they can negotiate the presence of anything they
place their attention on as long as they stay consistent with the seven faces
of intention. Connectors don’t brag about their good fortune, but are in a perpetual
state of gratitude and radical humility. They understand how the universe
works, and they stay blissfully in tune with it, rather than


tances (Nordenstrom's nomenclature: BCEC, Biologi
cally Closed Electric Circuits). One specific circuit
particularly considered in this book is called VlCC
(Vascular-Interstitial Closed Circuit). The activation of
such a circuit must lead to various physiologi cal ef
fects and possibly structural modifications. VIII Forewords The new concept of energy conversion in tissue over
biologically closed electric circuits (BCEC) described
in this book offers a unified theory even for such
diverse phenomena as acupuncture and the effect of
electromagnetic fields on man and increases our un
derstanding of the mechanism of tumour growth. The test of a good theory is if it indicates further
experiments. The treatment of lung tumours by direct
current was such an experiment which has produced
positive results in those patients treated so far. This
encouraging application alone justifies the concept of
BCEC and should encourage us to seek further appli·
cations of this theory. I once heard a Professor say that writing a book
was like giving birth to a baby. This book took my
friend many hours of toil, not only in its conception
but in meticulous measurement and experimentation. The time, in my opinion, is ripe for a new look at the
importance of electricity in biology and therefore I am
sure that this is a book not "born premature ly". Bernard W. Watson, Ph.D. Professor of Medical Electronics
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
London, England
Nordenstrom's new views may appear startlin~t to
most physiologists, who are familiar with the old ideas
of local nerve circuits, injury potentials, electrotonus,
etc, which appear in the traditional textbooks. An
important distinction, however, is the question of di
mensions and location. While the nerve events take
place in domains with the magnitude of millimetres,
Nordenstrlim' s BCEC represent electrogenic systems
for long range selective transports of material and dis
tant functional effects in the entire body beyond cen
timetric even to the metric range, i.e., between
organs. I will now comment particularly on two physiologic
aspects related to Nordenstrlim's concept of BCEC:
I. The electric current as a driving force for water
movement, i.e., electroosmos is,
2. The energetics of the current flow. For more than a century electric potentials and
currents have been discussed as driving forces for ions
in the body fluids, mostly relating to nerve and mus
cles. The fact that theoretically, electrical forces are
involved in the transport of the universal solvent,
water, has by and large been neglected. The enormous literature on "fluid balance" and "oedema formation"
is based mainly on purely colloid-osmotic concepts. This is paradoxical, because the fixed charges, located
in the ionic structure of protein-lipid membranes of
the body, ought to mediate a force moving the mobile
solvent water, providing an electric potential field is
present. This is certainly the case in most living mem
branes and is also shown by Nordenstrom in his pro
file mapping mentioned above. The complex nature of
electroosmosis may be unfamiliar to medico-physiolo
gists, but is explained in many of the informative
illustrations in his book. However, in spite of the theoretical probabilit y of
the importance of electroosmosis, the evidence for
its significance in biological material has been scanty
and inconclusive. The reason may be that the
systems studied have been on the microscopic or cellu
lar levels. The detection of small degrees of swelling
and shrinkage indicating water-transfer is vety diffi
cult. Only recently, I. Tasaki and K. Iwasa reponed,
for the llrst time, such events during action potentials
on isolated, unmyelinated nerve fibres, using a sophis
ticated mechano-optical device (Upsala J Med Sci 85,
211-215, 1980). At this "to be or not to be" stage of in vivo electro
osmosis, Nordenstrom's new views on macroscopi c sys
tems may change the scenario radically. Nordenstrom
deals with the loose, spongy lung (and breast) tissue,
where the mechanical restriction to swelling-$hrinkage
is minimized as.compared with more compact cellular
assemblies. Here the BCEC systems have ample space
to operate. An additional advantage is that the direct
observation by X-ray or histological or local biochemi
cal analysis (of water--fat ratios, etc) could be utilized. The fmal results ci numerous experiments, some
with ingenious model systems, lead the author to the
conclusion that long distance control of water shifts
operates; this is identified tentatively as electroosmosis
and/or electrophoretic effects. Most interesting with
respect to electrophoresis are some illustrations of the
massive accumulation of different blood cell elements
in certain vascular areas, exposed to external current
flow. These experiments must reactivate discussions on
Many important discoveries have been made through
further investigations of seemingly trivial features that
may well have been generally observed, but neglected. Pulmonary radiography has undoubtedly been one of
the most widely performed radiographic examinations
over the years. When Bjorn Nordenstrom's curiosity the process of leukopedesis. These citations may serve
as examples of the many effects which are logical
consequences of an acceptance of the principle of
BCEC. As implied above, the energetics of the electric cur
rent production is involved. Nordenstrom clearly real
izes that this is a "big" problem. He distinguishes the
energetic behaviour of, what he calls, ionars (collec
tions of ions) from ergonars (collections of ergons, i.e.,
nonionic energetic components) in the release of elec
tromotive forces and the modulation s of conductivity
of BCEC systems. Thus he approaches the riddles of
biological current formation, i.e., the "fuel cells". This is indeed a crucial problem in electrobiology. The
great variety of terms in the contemporary literature
such as salt baneries, active transport, ion-pumps,
metabolic potentials, channels, gates, etc bear witness
to the fact that the links between metabolism and
electric currents are only vaguely understood, at least
at the present. It is therefore evident that many of the
electrochemical steps in the generation of electromo
tive forces to drive BCEC systems have to be consid
ered in the future. Nevertheless, the primary energetic
prerequisite for transport of currents over BCEC chan
ntis, i.e., metabolic potential differences, are since
long well established facts. At this point I conclude my review of Professor
Nordenstrom's great interdiscip linary work by turning
back to its origin, the observations of new structures in
pathological.conditions and the following advances:
electrochemical treatment of tumours, the thorough
analysis of the mechanism of water transport, and
many other consequences of biologically closed electric
circuits, aU ftne achievements. The overriding impli
cation is the realization that electric current can act on
ti!Sue structure formation and by virtue of that panki
pate in regulation of cell function and tissue transfor
mation. This has an impact for the future and is also a
bridge between clinical and theoretical sciences. Torstrn Teore/1, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Physiology
University of UppsaJa, Sweden
led him to look into the mecbartism behind the corona
that can be radiographically demonstrated around pul
monary lesions, he encountered a hitherto unknown
biological system. The further evidence the author presents in favour
of his concept of Biologically Oosed Electric Circuits
Forewords IX (BCEC) is remarkable, and takes the reader on a fasci
nating and thrilling journey through the tissues of
the human body in health and disease during which
generally accepted ideas of pathogenetic mechanisms
are challenged. Thus, fundamental tissue reactions
such as fibrosis and scarring, thrombosis, pathological
vascularization, leukocyte accumulation, etc are given
alternative explanations to those generally accepted. Hitherto obscure and vividly debated reactions such as
oral galvanism and the effects of acupuncture are ex
plained. The concept of BCEC is based not merely on sound
speculations but is supponed by careful and uncon
ventional experiments. The author's lomg experience
of close cooperatio n with pathological anatomists has
made it easy for him to relate the concept of BCEC to
X Forewords structural tissue alterations. The book can, in fact, be
regarded as an alrernative introduction into the fuld of
pathological anatomy. A hallmark of a good book is a feeling of losing a
good friend and stimulating company when you close
it after having read its last page. This was my feeling
when my reading of this book was over. I do not feel
too sorry, however, because I will repeatedly go back
to this new friend of mine to benefit from its rich
source of stimulating ideas for funher research. Ame Lj~mgqvist, M.D. Professor of 1'1tbology


, cre
ates a source of liberation of energy. The developing
physicochemical energy potential can easily be recog
nized by its electric potential ("tlmric injury porm
tiaf'). By means of a second prerequisite, the proposed
biologically closed electric circuit (BCEC), available en
ergy will be :released efficiently, permilling electro
phoretic and electroosmotic transport s between the
injured and surrounding noninjured tissues. Assuming these two important components, the de
velopment and appearance of many of the characteris
tic morphologic changes in and around breast ru
mours, like those of lung rumours, can be explained. Breast tissue becomes injured in a variety of ways,
e.g., trauma, focal necrosis from nutritional distur
bances within a lesion, haemorrhage and infection. Our first task will therefore be to explore the electric
properties of tumours in the breast. 1. Case material and methods
Measurements of tissue profile of electric potential
were made in mammary rumours of 16 consenting dicular to the surface of the tumour (D. A thin radiolucent
"A" zone outlines the periphery of the tumour. Overlying
skin is "thickened" and retracted (arrows). patiems. These studies were performed in association
with diagnostic biopsy and implantation of metal indi
cators immediately before surgical treatment. The aim
was to search for possible spontaneous electric polar
ization in breast tumours similar to the findings in
pulmonary tumours. The same type of nonpolariz.able, silver-silver chlo
ride electrodes with potassium chloride bridges was
used as in the final series of measurements of potential
in lung tumours. The DC potential was measured
between a grounded electrode in the subcutis of the
ipsilateral shoulder and the "exploring" electrode,
which was moved through the tumour and the adja
cent tissue. Retraction of the exploring electrode was
obtained by means of the driving mechanism of the
recording instrument, the Grass chart writer (Modd
7B, Polygraph, Grass Instrument Company, 101 Old
Colony Avenue, Quincy, Mass. 02169, USA), in order
to assure as good a correlation as possible between
electrode position and tracing. Localization of the rumours and introduction of the
electrodes were made with a stereotaxic instrument
previously developed by our group (16, 76) for biopsy
of nonpalpable breast lesions (Fig. XVI: 3) (Manufac
tured by TRC AB, P.O. Box 50100, S-10405 Stock
holm, Sweden). This insuume.nt allows the insertion
of biopsy cannulas (75) to a predetermined place in the
breast with a precision of ±0.5 mm. After the x, y and
z coordinates in the system were calculated, the elec-
BCEC in cancer of the breast 205 a
I
c
2mV! 206 BCEC in cancer of the breast Fig. XV/:3. Stereotaxic
radiographic unit devel
oped for exact localization
and percutaneous needle
biopsy of nonpalpable
breast lesions. The instru
ment was used in this
study for the insertion of
nonpolarizable electrodes
to measure electric poten
tials of breast tumours and
their surroundings in rela
tion to a grounded refer·
ence electrode in the sub. cutis. <rode was inserted perpendicu larly to the x-ray beam
in the plane of the calculated z-coordinate. It was then
possible stcrcoradiographically to document the posi
tion of the electrode in relation to the surfaces of a
tumour and the skin. 2. Results
Electric potential measurements in I 6 mammary carci·
nomas and surrounding tissues revealed characteristic
patterns. Fig. XVI: 4a shows the radiograph of a
breast cancer. Small radiating structures extend more
or less perpendicular to the surface of the tumour. In
Fig. XV/:4. Electric potenti21 of a breast carcinoma. Mam
mography (a) shows an undifferentiated fibrous breast can
cer, appearing as a lobulated tumour (64-year-old
woman). Some radiating and thjn.. circular" structures (ar
rows) are evident at a distance from the cancer. (b) Position
of the inserted electrode. (<)Potential tracing obtained as the
electrode was evenly retracted. The cancer contain.s a W
shaped negative potential in relation to surrounding tissue. An ecg is superimposed on the tracing. Correlations between
the measured potentials and ~pc<:ific anatomic sites were ob~
tained by using the chart driving device to retract the elec
trode. Grounded reference electrode in the subcutis of the
shoulder. Fig. XVI: 5. Electric poten
tial of a well differentiated
ductal breast carcinoma (ar
rows) in a 57-year-old wom
an. (a) Craniocaudal, (b) lat
eral xeroradiographs. (c) Three tracings of potential
through the tumour are
shown. (d) The postoper
ath·e specimen contains
three bleeding tracks, repre
senting the three paths of
the electrode. W -shaped po
tential inside the tumour is
negative relative ro sur
rounding tissue. Ecg is su
perimposed in the tracings. Grounded reference elec
trode in the subcutis of the
shoulder. c
the breast tissue around the tumour some thin struc
tures (arrows) may also be seen in a circular arrange
menl. Such thin structural alterations are common
around breast carcinomas, but to the knowledge of the
author, have not been described previously (see also
Figs. XVI: 1, 6, 14b, 22 and 23). The exploring electrode is shown in Fig. XVI: 4 bin
the breast before it was slowly and evenly puJJed out. Fig. XVI: 4c shows the tracing of the tissue profile of
electric potential as the needle was pulled out. The regular fine changes represent a superimposed ecg. Inside the tumour the tissue potential was 5 m V nega
tive compared with the tissue surrounding the tumour. In the central part of the tumour the negative potential
was elevated 2.5 mV, making the profile of potential
look like a W.
The tracings usually vary depending on the course
of the electrode pass.ing through the tumour. For ex
ample, Fig. XVI: 5 (craoiocaudal (a) and lateral (b)
xeroradiographs) shows a carcinoma in the medial and
BCEC in cancer of the breast 207 Fig. XV 1:6. Mammograms of ductal breast carcinoma (80·
year·old woman, G. P.) before measurement of electric po·
tcntial (sec Fig. XVI: 7). (a) The tumour is surrounded by
radiating strucrures. Arches are suggested (arrows). (b) Firm
<:ompression stretches these arc-hes, which now form a circu-
superior part of the left breast. No radiolucent zone is
seen, but the cancer does show some irregular radiat·
ing structures. The postoperative specimen (d) demon·
strates in the tumour some small haemorrhages,
produced during the preoperative needle biopsy and
insertion of the needle electrode. The three electric
potential recordings in Fig. XVI: 5 c show negative w.
shaped deflections as the electrode passed through the
tumour. The amplitude of the superimposed ecg re·
mained unchanged. An explanatio n for the slightly different appearanc es
of the three tracings in Fig. XVI: 5 c may be that a
spontaneo us redistribution of material has taken place
inside the degrading tissue and between it and sur
rounding tissue. Small differences in the site of pas
sage of the electrode will result in different proftles of
potential, as illustrated in one patient with seven trac
ings of potential from slightly different parts of the
tumour (Figs. XVI: 6 and 7). Two radiographs of this
208 BCEC in cancer of the breast -
br structure (arrow). This result is possible because of the
existence of pcritumoural "B" zone oedema (sec Table
XVI: 2 for analysis of tissue water). (c) Lateral and (d) fran·
tal views of electrode in relation to the cancer before one of
the measurements of potential. tumour (Fig. XVI: 6a, b) reveal very thin radiating
structures at its surface. Fig. XVI: 6a shows some
arches in the peritumoural tissue (arrows). On firmer
compression of the breast a circular structure can be
seen (Fig. XVI: 6 b, arrows), wbich is partly composed
of stretched arches (left


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Its Action! You  are That  Light! You  are the Guardians
of That  Light! Claim  Its Fulness  and  abide  therein! Your
Victory  is certain,  because  "I AM"  the  Victory  of every
child  of Earth! In Fondest  Love,  We  enfold  you,  Oh Beloved  Children
of the Light. DISCOURSE  VI
PHILADELPHIA,  PENN. May  23,  7937
Your  Infinite  Opportunity,  Oh  Children  of Earth,  is
filled  with  a Charged  Glory,  yet unknown  and  experienced
by mankind. Yours  is the Joy,  the Happiness,  the Power  of
having  come  to know  your  own  God-Self,  the "Mighty  I
AM." You  may  wonder  why  so many  times  the expression
is used—"Your  'Mighty  I AM  Presence'";  because  It is the
Mightiest  Intelligence  in the Universe—the  Governor  of
your  worlds,  if you  please,  and  the Governor  of the Whole
Universe! It has provided  for you  a Higher  Mental  Body,
Your  Own  Christ  Self,  by which  It releases  Its Powers  to
YOU  WITHOUT  LIMIT. When  you  will  once  set aside  human  desire,  or call your
Presence  into  action  to give  you  the Strength  to set aside,
your  human  concepts;  and  allow  the Light  of your  Presence
to illumine  your  Mind  and  charge  your  feeling  world  with
Its Mighty  Harmony;  then  you  will  quickly  enter  into  all
Freedom  which  is yours. Do not longer  allow  your  human  concepts  to dominate
your  world  and  limit  you! There  is no limitation  in all
the Universe,  but that  which  Individuals  create  for them-
selves ! I say to you  tonight,  every  one of you  has the Power
to release  yourself  at once,  if you  will! We  see and  know
within  your  Heart  the Light,  the Power  and  Ability  which
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are there! I say to you,  assert  your  Dominion! Do not allow
your  human  self longer  to dominate  you! Because  you  might  have  made  mistakes;  and  because
you have  surrounded  yourself  by your  own  human  creation,
still they  have  no other  power  except  what  you  give  them! I say to you tonight:  Assert  your  Dominion  in the Power  of
the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence;  and  no longer  al-
low the outer  world,  to limit  or deprive  you  of that  which
your  Great  God-Self  holds  ready  to release  at any  given
moment;  when  Enough  Love,  Enough  Kindness,  Enough
Harmony  go forth  from  your  feeling  world  to that  Mighty
Presence. Then,  will  the Door  be opened  wide—the  doors
of doubt  and  fear  swept  aside,  by the Hands  of your  Pres-
ence;  to glorify  you  and  send  you  forth  a Glorified  Being  of
Freedom. No longer  need  mankind  remain  in chains  of its own
forging! Only  as the people  refuse  to accept,  apply  and  con-
tinue  to apply,  until  the results  are there,  may  they  be de-
prived  of Freedom. You are  Beings  of Light! Do  not  allow  yourselves  to
linger  longer  in the world  of human  creations! You  have
learned,  you  have  found  your  Source! You  have  found  and
have  the Scepter  of Dominion  in your  hand,  by the Accept-
ance  of your  Presence,  your  "Mighty  I AM." Allow  It by
Harmony  maintained,  to flow  forth  into  your  world  like  a
Mighty  River  and  produce  Its Perfection  there. On the Planets  whose  Light  has expanded  more  than  the
Earth,  there  are those  Beings  of Natural  Light  and  Free-DISCOURSE  VIII  63
dom. On your  Beloved  Venus,  whose  Assistance  has so long
come  to the Earth,  They  know  what  Peace  and  Harmony
mean. They  live  in the  Glory  of Its Infinite  Expression
naturally! So you  of Earth  shall  come  to know—notice
Those  Words—SHALL  COME  TO  KNOW  your  Do-
minion,  in the  Acceptance  of your  "Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence." There  is no power  of human  creation  or otherwise,
which  will  longer  have  power  to detain  you,  in your  world
of human  creation! The Great  Cosmic  Light  has  said:  "You  must  produce
More  Light,  for there  must  come  changes  within  the Earth,
which  will  cause  It to be produced"! Your  opportunity
is here,  Oh Beloved  Children,  if you  will  call your  Presence
forth  and  stand  by It; never  doubting  or fearing  Its Ability
to flood  your  world  with  Its Harmony  and  Perfection. Those  who  still  insist  upon  sending  forth  discord  from
their  feeling  world,  must  reap  its result. Make  no mistake
about  that! How  gladly  We would  lift you  out of all those
human  creations,  if you  would  but  just  be FIRM  AND
STRONG. Glorify  yourself  in the Fulness  of the Oppor-
tunity  which  is yours. Then,  you  will  find  the Glory  of that
Freedom  filling  your  world  and  causing  it to be the Per-
fection  which  every  Heart  knows;  and  has been  reaching
and reaching  and  reaching  to find. Your  Light  is the Light  of God! You  have  heard  the
expression:  "America  is the Heart  of the Earth;  the Land
°f the  'I AM';  the  Land  in which  must  come  the  First
Ascended  Master  Freedom  to mankind"! 64 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
May  I remind  you  tonight,  your  Goddess  of Liberty  in
the Harbor  of New  York  is but the symbol  of the Great
Being,  Who  will  one day come  to be known  to the children
of Earth! I say to you,  one day That  Great  Being,