1 to
1,000. (see Appendix A: Map of Consciousness.) These ener gy fields
reflect and dominate human consciousness.
Everything in the universe radiates a specific frequency or minute
ener gy field that remains in the field of consciousness permanently. Thus,
every person or being that ever lived and anything about them, including
any event, thought, deed, feeling, or attitude, is recorded forever and can be
retrieved at any time in the present or the future.
T echnique
The muscle-testing response is a simple “yes” or “not yes” (no) response to
a specific stimulus. It is usually done by the subject holding out an extended
arm and the tester pressing down on the wrist of the extended arm, using
two fingers and light pressure. Usually the subject holds a substance to be
tested over their solar plexus with the other hand. The tester says to the test
subject, “Resist,” and if the substance being tested is beneficial to the
subject, the arm will be strong. If it is not beneficial or it has an adverse
ef fect, the arm will go weak. The response is very quick and brief.
It is important to note that the intention, as well as both the tester
and the one being tested, must calibrate over 200 in order to
obtain accurate responses.
Experience from online discussion groups has shown that many
students obtain inaccurate results. Further research shows that at calibration
200, there is still a 30 percent chance of error. The higher the levels of
consciousness of the test team, the more accurate are the results. The best
attitude is one of clinical detachment, posing a statement with the prefixstatement, “In the name of the highest good, _____ calibrates as true. Over
100, Over 200,” etc. The contextualization “in the highest good” increases
accuracy because it transcends self-serving personal interest and motives.
For many years, the test was thought to be a local response of the
body’ s acupuncture or immune system. Later research, however, has
revealed that the response is not a local response to the body at all, but
instead is a general response of consciousness itself to the ener gy of a
substance or a statement. That which is true, beneficial, or pro-life gives a
positive response that stems from the impersonal field of consciousness,
which is present in everyone living. This positive response is indicated by
the body’ s musculature going strong. There is also an associated pupillary
response (the eyes dilate with falsity and constrict to truth) as well as
alterations in brain function as revealed by magnetic imaging. (For
convenience, the deltoid muscle is usually the one best used as an indicator
muscle; however, any of the muscles of the body can be used.)
Before a question (in the form of a statement) is presented, it is
necessary to qualify permission;  that is, state, “I have permission to ask
about what I am holding in mind” (Y es/No). Or, “This calibration serves the
highest good.”
If a statement is false or a substance is injurious, the muscles go weak
quickly in response to the command, “Resist.” This indicates the stimulus is
negative, untrue, anti-life, or the answer is “no.” The response is fast and
brief in duration. The body will then rapidly recover and return to normal
muscle tension.
There are three ways of doing the testing. The one that is used in
research and also most generally used requires two people: the tester and
the test subject. A quiet setting is preferred, with no background music. The
test subject closes their eyes. The tester must phrase the question to be
asked in the form of a  statement.  The statement can then be answered as
“yes” or “no” by the muscle response. For instance, the incorr ect  form
would be to ask, “Is this a healthy horse?” The correct form is to make the
statement, “This horse is healthy,” or its corollary, “This horse is sick.”
After making the statement, the tester says “Resist” to the test subject
who is holding the extended arm parallel to the ground. The tester presses
down sharply with two fingers on the wrist of the extended arm with mild
force. The test subject’ s arm will either stay strong, indicating a “yes,” or go
weak, indicating a “not yes” (no). The response is short and immediate.A second method is the O-ring method, which can be done alone. The
thumb and middle finger of the same hand are held tightly in an O
configuration, and the hooked forefinger of the opposite hand is used to try
to pull them apart. There is a noticeable dif ference in the strength between a
“yes” and a “no” response.
The third method is the simplest, yet, like the others, requires some
practice. Simply lift a heavy object, such as a lar ge dictionary or merely a
couple of bricks, from a table about waist high. Hold in mind an image or
true statement to be calibrated and then lift. Then, for contrast, hold in mind
that which is known to be false. Note the ease of lifting when truth is held
in mind and the greater ef fort necessary to lift the load when the issue is
false (not true). The results can be verified using the other two methods.
Calibration of Specific Levels
The critical point between positive and negative, between true and false, or
between that which is constructive or destructive, is at the calibrated level
of 200 (see Map in Appendix A ). Anything above 200, or true, makes the
subject go strong; anything below 200, or false, allows the arm to go weak.
Anything past or present, including images or statements, historical
events, or personages, can be tested. They need not be verbalized.
Numerical Calibration
Example: “Ramana Maharshi’ s teachings calibrate over 700.” (Y/N). Or,
“Hitler calibrated over 200.” (Y/N). “When he was in his 20s.” (Y/N). “His
30s.” (Y/N). “His 40s.” (Y/N). “At the time of his death.” (Y/N).
Applications
The muscle test cannot be used to foretell the future; otherwise, there are no
limits as to what can be asked. Consciousness has no limits in time or
space; however, permission may be denied. All current or historical events
are available for questioning. The answers are impersonal and do not
depend on the belief systems of either the tester or the test subject. For
example, protoplasm recoils from noxious stimuli and flesh bleeds. Those
are the qualities of these test materials and are impersonal. Consciousness
actually knows only truth because only truth has actual existence. It does
not respond to falsehood because falsehood does not have existence inReality. It will also not respond accurately to nonintegrous or egoistical
questions.
Accurately speaking, the test response is either an “on” response or
merely a “not on” response. Like the electrical switch, we say the electricity
is “on,” and when we use the term “of f,” we just mean that it is not there. In
reality, there is no such thing as of f-ness. This is a subtle statement but
crucial to the understanding of the nature of consciousness. Consciousness
is capable of recognizing only T ruth. It merely fails to respond to falsehood.
Similarly, a mirror reflects an image only if there is an object to reflect. If
no object is present to the mirror, there is no reflected image.
T o Calibrate A Level
Calibrated levels are relative to a specific reference scale. T o arrive at the
same figures as in the chart in Appendix A, reference must be made to that
table or by a statement such as, “On a scale of human consciousness from 1
to 1,000, where 600 indicates Enlightenment, this _____ calibrates over
_____ (a number).” Or, “On a scale of consciousness where 200 is the level
of T ruth and 500 is the level of Love, this statement calibrates over _____.”
(State a specific number.)
General Information
People generally want to determine truth from falsehood. Therefore, the
statement has to be made very specifically. A void using general terms such
as a good job to apply for. Good in what way? Pay scale? W orking
conditions? Promotional opportunities? Fairness of the boss?
Expertise
Familiarity with the test brings progressive expertise. The right questions to
ask begin to spring forth and can become almost uncannily accurate. If the
same tester and test subject work together for a period of time, one or both
of them will develop what can become an amazing accuracy and capability
of pinpointing just what specific questions to ask, even though the subject is
totally unknown by either one. For instance, the tester has lost an object and
begins by saying, “I left it in my of fice.” (Answer: No.) “I left it in the car.”
(Answer: No.) All of a sudden, the test subject almost sees the object and
says, “Ask, On the back of the bathroom door.” The test subject says, “The
object is hanging on the back of the bathroom door.” (Answer: Y es.) In thisactual case, the test subject did not even know that the tester had stopped
for gas


't have
what yo u wanted. Y ou have mo ved into a new world that contains the very
thing you want even if you can't see it yet. Know that you will receive it!

 Points of Power
• T o harness the f orce of love in your life to bring something yo u want or
change somethin g you don't want, the C reation Process is always the same:
Imagine it. Feel it. Receive it.
• Y our im agination connects you to what you want. Y our desire and feelings
of love create the magnetism, the magnetic power, drawing your desire to
you!
• Imagine yoursel f being with yo ur desire. At the same tillie, feel love for
what you're imagining.
 • Desire w hat you want with all of your heart because desire is a feeling of
love, and you must give love to receive what you love!
• When you imagine anything positive that you want alnd love, you are
harnessing the force of love. Push your imagination to the limits, and
imagine the best and highest that you possibly can of whatever it is that you
want.
• Whatever desire  you can imagine already exists' It doem't matter what it
is: if you can imagine it, it already exists in creation.
 • In conv ersations and in your thoughts say, "Imagine if.. " and  then
complete the sentence with what you want!
• Use props. Surround yourself with items of clothing, pictures,
photographs, and relevant objects, so you can imagine and feel the feelings
of having what you want.
• Y our senses are props too. Use all your senses to help you feel that you
have what you want. Feel it, taste it, smell it, see it, and hear it!
• When y ou have completed your part in the Creation Process,  you have
moved i nto a new world that co ntains the very thing you want even if you
can't see it yet. Know you will receive it'
Feeling Is Cr eation

"Whenever your  feeling is in conflict with your wish,feeling will be the
victor." (Neville Goddar d 1905-1972)Fields of Feelings

I wa nt y ou to understand what happens to you when you give love through
your good feelings because it is truly magnificent. Y our feelin gs create a
magnetic field that completely surrounds you. Every person is surrounded
by a  magnetic f ield, and so wherever you go, the magnetic field goes with
you. Y ou  may have seen ancient  pictures depicting something similar where
they sho w an aura or halo surro unding a person. W ell, the aura surrounding
each person is actually an electromagnetic field, and it's through the
magnetism of your field that su rrounds you that you attract ev erything in
your life. What determines whether your field is positive or negative at any
time is your feelings!
Every si ngle time you give love, through your feelings, words, or actions,
you add more love to the field around you. The more love you give, the
greater and more powerful is your magnetic field. Whatever is in your
magnetic field is attracting to itself, and so the m ore love in your field, the
more power you have to attract the things you love. Y ou can get to a point
where the magnetic power in your field is so positive and strong that you
can have a flash of imagining and feeling s omething good, and within no
time, it has appeared in your life! That is the incredible power you have.
And that is the phenomenal power of the force of love!
"Thr ough your ability to think and feel, you have dominion over all
cr eation." (Neville Goddar d 1905-1972)
I wa nt to share  a very simple  situation that happened in my life that
demonstrates ho w fast love can work. I love flowers and so I do my best to
have fre sh flowe rs each week b ecause they make me feel happy. Usually I
buy flowers from the farmer's market, but on this particular week it was
raining and there was no farmer's market, and no flowers. My response to
there being no flowers was that it was a really good thing because it would
make m e appreciate and love flowers even more. Instead of feelingdisappointment, I chose to feel love, and so I filled my magnetic field with
the love of flowers.
W ithin t wo hou rs I received a delivery of an enormous vase  of flowers.
From ac ross the  other side of the world, my sister had sent me the most
beautiful flowers you have eve r seen, thanking me for something I had done
for her. When you can give lo ve, no matter what the circum stances, the
circumstances must change!
Now you can appreciate why it is so im portant to choose love, b ecause
every time you give love, you increase and multiply the lov e in the
magnetic field around you. The more love you give in yo ur d ay-to-day life,
the greater the magnetic power of love you have in the field  around you,
and everything you want will fall at your feet.
This is the mag ic of what your life will be w hen you ar e giving love. M y
life did not used  to be as magical as it is now. My life used to be full of
struggle and dif ficulties, but I di scovered something fantastic ab out life, and
what I discovere d is everything I am sharing with you in th is b ook. No thing
is too big for the force of love. There is no  dis tance too great, no obstacle it
cannot o vercome; time cannot stand in its way. Y ou can chan ge anyt hing in
your life by harnessing the greatest power in the univ erse, and all you have
to do is give love!
The Point of Cr eation
Y ou can  tend to think of the things you want as really big things, but your
perspective is way out  of proportion when yo u think that way. When you
think so mething is really big, in ef fect you're saying to the law of attraction,
"This is so big it's going to be dif ficult to  achieve, and it's probably going to
take a really lon g time." And you will be right,  because whatever you t hink
and feel is what you will receive. If you think your desire is really big, you
will create dif ficulty and a time delay in receiving what yo u want. But
there is no big or small for t he law of attraction, and there is no concept of
time for the law of attraction.T o help you have the true perspective of creation, no matter ho w big your
desire may seem to you, think of it as the size of a do tl Y ou may want a
house, car, vacation, money, the perfect partner, your dre am job, or
children. Y ou may want to rece ive full health in your body. Y ou may want
to p ass e xams, g et into a partic ular college, break a world reco rd, become
president, a successful actor, lawyer, writer, or teacher. It doesn't matter
what it is you w ant, think of it as the size of a dot, because for the force of
love, what you want is smaller than a dot!
"Our doubts ar e traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win."
(W illiam Shakespear e 1564-1616)
If you find your faith wavering, just put a dot in the center of a lar ge circle
and next to the dot write the name of your desire. As often as you like, look
at your drawing of the dot in the circle, knowing your desire is  the size of
that dot for the force of love!
 How to Change Something Negative
If there is something negative in your life and you want to change it, the
process is th e same: Give love by imagining and feeling that you have what
you want. Remember that anyth ing negative is a lack of love, and so you
have to imagine the opposite of  the negative situation, because its opposite
is lo vel For exam ple, if you hav e an illness that you want to be  gone, give
love for your body being healthy.
If yo u a re using the Creation Process to change something negative, know
that you do not have to t urn the negative into a positive. That feels really
hard to do and it is not how creation works. Creation means som ething new
is created
 - wh ich automatically replaces t he old. Y ou don't need to think about what
you want to change. All you have to do is give love for what you want, and
the force of love will replace the negativity for you.
If a  person is injured and receiving medical help, but things are not
improving, it means they're imagining and feeling the injury more than
they're imagining and feeling a full rec overy. The way to tip the balance to
recovery is to imagine and feel having a full recovery, more than not having
it. The fact that you can imagine a full recovery means that it already ex ists!
Impregnate your magnetic field with good feelings about anything and
everything that makes you feel good. Ramp up your love in every area of
your life.
Feel goo d as much as you can


in that creed. And Dr. Dewey, on ce launched upon a course which he deemed that of the truth, proved no exception to the common
fate. His medical confreres at first dubbed him eccentric --even crazy. And it was not long before his presence in consultation and
in professional assemblage was  no more desired. In fact, the local medical society requested his resignation as a member of its
body. But Dr. Dewey possessed among other sterling qualities, courage, and he never wavered, but sturdily and steadily contin ued
in his chosen path until reco gnition of his discovery and of his teachings was forced, first upon his clientele, and then upon his
colleagues, by the results which his methods obtained.

Dr. Dewey is perhaps best known to the world as the strenuous advocate of the "No Breakfast Plan", and his book with this title
has circled the globe. But his other works, notably The True Science of Living, well bear careful reading, even though in the light
of later and more scientific investigation discovery, his theory and practice of the fast lea ve many things to be supplied.

It is not, however, the purpose of the author to write in criticism of the work of the pioneers in the art and science of phy siatrics,
for it is sufficient that these men first made exposition of present -day natural practic e, later to be developed and elaborated by their
disciples. And it is also to be remembered that, as is the destiny of every pioneer, they proved no exception to the rule, an d were
reviled and persecuted exquisitely by those who should have supported their  investigations, those who should have worked out
with them the possibilities of their discoveries. Intrenched authority invariably escapes ridicule and persecution, since in most
instances it is individually devoid of acumen and initiative, and is smugly content to dwell within the vicious thrall of orthodoxy.

Dr. Dewey was born at Wayland, Pennsylvania, in May, 1839. In the late fifties he entered thc employ of a local druggist, and  he
spent two years dispensing remedies and absorbing pharmaecopoeial lo re. He says for himself that at that time he came into
contact with all kinds of physicians and with all kinds of "isms" in medical practice, and that the prescription counter is a
wonderful revelator of the literary and scientific attainments of the medic al profession, yet it fails to account for the relative degree
of success of men who are without the slightest shade of scientific conception of the action of a remedy or of its indicated need as
revealed by symptoms. He further says that his drugstore exp erience led to a slowly developing conviction that, as an adaptation of
means to an end, the administration of drugs for the cure of disease is one of the most unscientific of human vocations. It i s evident
that this conviction did not then become an entit y in the doctor's mind, for it did not deter him from going. ahead with those studies
that finally brought him to the College of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Michigan. From this college he was gradu ated
in 1864 with a medical degree, and almos t immediately we find him as an acting assistant surgeon in the army of the United States
on duty at a field hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee. When discharged at the close of the war, the doctor chose Meadville,
Pennsylvania, as his field of labor, and i n the autumn of 1866 he became a general practitioner in that small city, then numbering
about ten thousand souls. Here for eleven years he followed the paths of orthodoxy, still with that slowly developing convict ion
disturbing his professional thought, u ntil, as has been related, in 1877 sudden light was given and his conviction, now confirmed,
became the guiding principle of the remainder of his life.

Thenceforth Dr. Dewey was eminently successful in a practice based upon causing his patients to abstai n from food for periods
short or long; upon inaugurating the no -breakfast plan; and upon impressing upon his followers in illness and in health the
beneficent effects of fresh air, pure water, and sunshine. But, as has been indicated, there was much in the  fundamentals of his
method that needed revision, and he was lamentably lacking, as was Dr. Tanner, in perceiving that prompt and efficient auxili ary
hygienic means must constantly be employed while the extreme process of elimination occasioned by a fast i s in progress. He
repudiated the use of the enema or internal bath, and preferred and insisted upon waiting upon the bowels to act "naturally",  as he
termed it. In later years, when the writer enrolled as a student with Dr. Dewey, her own thought led her f irst to suggest and then to
remonstrate upon this and other vital omissions in procedure, and at one time only her friendship for her preceptor prevented  a
break in relations. It was not until a few months before Dr. Dewey died that he partially acknowledg ed his error in these respects
and deplored the fact that he had continually advised against the use of the enema, which he had finally come to recognize as  the
most essential of hygienic accessories connected with a scientifically conducted fast.

The ph ysiology of abstinence from food for the prevention and relief of disease as determined by Dr. Dewey and published to the
world in his books is beyond all doubt correct. But the doctor was much astray in the hygiene necessary to the successful iss ue of
therapeutic fasting. Accepting neither the eliminative assistance of the enema nor that of daily cleansing the surface of the bo dy, he
ignored as well the dietetic requisites, both preparatory and subsequent to the total abstinence interval. And as to diet in  health, the
doctor exhibited the common failing of the medical profession, which then as now seems to consider food merely as fuel for th e
body, with but little regard for its digestibility or its nutritive content.

Dr. Dewey died from paralysis, a cond ition that arose solely from error in personal dietary. He conscientiously observed the "no
breakfast plan," which he advised for others, but food values, food adaptability, food combination, all were ignored in the t wo
daily meals he permitted himself. Me ats and fish, eggs and milk, breads and pastries, with comparatively few vegetables in
Page 6 of  72 combination, and these mostly of the starchier kinds, formed his food supply. What wonder that hardened veins, high blood
pressure, and ultimate paralysis developed!

Dr. Dewey suffered his first stroke of apoplexy on March 28, 1904. For sixteen days he fasted and gradual improvement took
place, so much so, that in several months he again became active in his profession. At that time the author was most desirous  that
the doctor accept her proved conclusions concerning the internal bath and the dietary essential when a fast is broken. But to no
avail, and her warning went for a time unheeded, until untoward symptoms again arising, Dr. Dewey consented to close his
practice and to come to Minneapolis there to be under the care and direction of his erstwhile pupil. He was delayed in departure,
and a second paralytic seizure occurred on December 10, 1904, resulting in his death on the 21st of the same month.

In personal conta ct with Dr. Dewey and in a voluminous correspondence he ever dwelt with great inspiration and broad vision
upon what he called "New Gospel of Health", emphasizing at all times the thought that the lesson he was endeavoring to impart
was one that applied to  every human ill. He said so often that he wanted me clearly to see, as he did, the divine hand in cure
through an evolution in reverse. By this he meant that disease in the structural changes involved is a matter of nature's own  work --
just as clearly as i n those structural changes by which the body was originally developed. And he further added that the cure of
disease is but an analogous process in reverse of its cause. This reasoning is clear and logical, and its conclusions are tru th.

Dr. Dewey is dea d, but his work lives, and, because his was a mind of system and of science, the foundation he laid for the new
gospel of health, which nevertheless is the oldest of hygienic truths because it is nature's own system of law, will stand fo r all time.
Natural  therapy owes to Dr. Edward Hooker Dewey both recognition and honor as the first scientifically able pioneer in the field
of therapeutic fasting.

Since the remainder of the chapter in hand deals with the personal work of the author, she will, it is hoped, be pardoned for
speaking in the first person.

My work in natural therapy dates back nearly thirty years, to July, 1898, to be exact. As did Dr. Tanner, I arrived at my
preliminary knowledge by way of illness. My girlhood, which was spent in the lake re gion of Minnesota, was given over to a
healthful, athletic life, filled with every sort of outdoor exercise and work. My mother, who never touched animal food in he r life,
possessed a knowledge of dietetic combinations and of cookery, which was purely inst inctive, since there were no opportunities
cast her way


, Iowa in 1885  by Daniel David Palmer. There are now
many schools in the U.S., and graduates are joining Health Practitioners in all nations of the world to
share heali ng techniq ues. Chiropractic is popular and the largest U.S. healing profession bene fitting
literally millions! Treatment involves soft tissue, spinal and body adjustment to free the nervous
system of interferenc es with normal body function. Its concern is the functional integrity of the
musculoskeletal system. In addition to manual methods, chiropractors use physical therapy
modalities, exercise, health and nutritional guidance. W eb: chiroweb.com
F. M ATHIU S  A LEXAN DER  T ECHNIQUE : These lessons help end improper use of neuromuscular
system and bring body posture back into balance. Eliminates psycho-physical interferences, helps
release long-held tension, and aids in re-establishing muscle tone. Web:
www.alexandertechnique.com
FELDENKRAIS  M ETHOD : Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais founded this in the late 1940 s. This Method leads to
improved posture and helps create ease and more efficiency of body movement. This Method is a
great stress removal. W eb: feldenkrais.com
Touch is a primal need, as necessary for growth as food, clothing or shelter. Michelangelo knew this
when he painted God extending a hand to Adam on Sistine Chapel ceiling, he chose  touch to depict
the gift of life.  – Geor ge H. Colt
Alternative Health Therapies & Massage T echniques
HOMEOP ATHY : In the 1800 ’s, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann developed homeopathy. Patients are treated
with “micro” doses of remedies found in nature  to trigger the body’ s own defenses. Th is homeopathic
principle is a safe and nontoxic remedy and is the #1 alternative therapy in Europe and Britain
because it is inexpensive, seldom has any side effects, and usually brings fast results. Web:
www.homeopathic.or g
NATUROP ATHY : Brought to America by Dr. Benedict  Lust, M.D.,this treatment uses diet, herbs,
homeopathy, fasting, exercise, hydrotherapy, manipulation and sunlight. (Dr. Paul C. Bragg
graduated from Dr. Lust’ s first School of Naturopathy in the U.S. Now 6 schoo ls) Practitioners work
with your body to restore health naturally. They reject surgery and drugs except as a last resort. Web:
www.natur opathic.or g
OSTEOP ATHY : The first School of Osteop athy was founded in 1892  by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still,
M.D. There are now 15 U.S. colle ges. Treatment involves soft tissue, spinal and body adjustments
that free the nervous system from interferences that can cause illness. Healing by adjustment also
includes good nutrition, physical therapies, proper breathing and good posture. Dr. Still’s premise: if
the body structure is altered or abnormal, then proper body function is altered and can cause pain and
illness. W eb: www.osteopathic.or g
REFLEXOLOGY  OR  Z ONE  T HERAPY : Founded by Eunice Ingham, author of Stories The Feet Can
Tell, inspired by a Bragg Health Crusade when she was 17. Reflexology helps the body and or gans by
removing crystalline deposits from reflex areas (nerve endings) of feet and hands through deep
pressure massage. Prim itive re flexology originated in China and Egypt and Native American Indians
and Kenyans self-practiced it for centuries. Reflexology activates the body’ s flow of healing and
energy by dislodging deposits. Visit Eunice Ingham and nephew Dwight Byer ’s web:
www.reflexology-usa.net
SKIN  B RUSHING : daily is wonderful for circulation, toning, cleansing and healing. Use a dry
vegetable brush (never nylon) and brush lightly. Helps purify lymph so it’s able to detoxify your
blood and tissues. Removes old skin cells, uric acid crystals and toxic wastes that come up through
skin’ s pores. Use loofah sponge for variety in shower or tub.
Avoid All Health-Destr oying Habits: Sugar, fat, salt, r efined foods and r efined flours, chemical
preservatives, sugar soft drinks and alcohol.REIKI : A Japanese  form of massage that means “Universal Life Energy.” The Reiki Massage helps
the body to detoxify, then re-balance and heal itself. Discovered in the ancient Sutra  manuscripts by
Dr. Mik ao Usui in 1922. Web: www.reiki.or g
ROLFING : Developed by Ida Rolf in the 1930’ s in the U.S. Rolfing is also called structural
processing and postural release, or structu ral dynamics. It is based on the concept  that distortions
(accidents, injuries, falls, etc.) and the effects of gravity on the body cause upsets  and long-term
stress in the body. Rolfing helps to achieve balance and improved body posture. Methods involve the
use of stretching, gentle deep tissue massage  and relaxation techniques to loosen old injuries, break
bad movement and posture patterns. W eb: rolf.or g
TRAGERING : Founded by Dr. Milton Trager M.D., who was inspired at age 18 by Paul C. Bragg to
become a doctor. It is a mind-body learning method that involves gentle shakin g and rocking,
allowing the body to let go, releasing tensions and lengthening the muscles for more body peace and
health. Tragering can do mirac le healing where needed in the body frame, muscles and the entire
body. Web: trager.com
WATER  T HERAPY : Soothing detox shower: apply Bragg Olive Oil to skin, alternate hot and cold
water, every 2-3 minu tes. Massage body while under hot, filtered spray. Garden hose massage is
great in summer or anytime. Hot detox soak bath (diabetics use warm water) 20 minutes with cup of
Epsom salts or apple cider vinegar. This soak helps pull out the toxins by creating an artificial fever
cleanse.  Web: holisticonline.com/hydr otherapy.htm
MASSAGE  & A ROMA THERAPY : works in two ways: the essenc e (aroma) relaxes, as does healing
massage s. Essential oils are extracted from flowers, leaves, roots, seeds and barks. Thes e are usually
massaged into the skin, inhaled or used in a bath for their ability to relax, soothe and heal. The oils,
used for centuries to treat numerous ailments, are revitalizing and energizing for the body and mind.
Example: T iger balm, MSM, echinacea and arnica help relieve muscle aches. (Avoid skin creams and
lotions with mineral oil – it clogs the skin’ s pores. ) Use these natural oils for the skin: almond,
apricot kernel, avocado, and I use Bragg Organic Olive Oil and mix with aromati c essential oils:
rosemary, lavender, rose, jasmine, sandalwood or lemon-balm, etc. in 6 oz. olive oil and 4 drops of
essential oil. W eb: naha.or g
MASSAGE  – S ELF : Paul C. Bragg often said, “You can be your own best massage therapist, even if
you have only one good hand.” Near -miraculous health improvements have been achieved by victims
of accident s or strokes in bringing life back to afflicted parts of their own bodies by self-massage and
even vibrators. Treatments can be day or night, almost continual. Self-massage also helps achieve
relaxation at day’s end. Families and friends can learn and exchange massages; it’s a wonderfulsharing experience. Remember, babies love and thrive with their daily massages, start from birth.
Family pets also love their soothing, healing touch of massages. Web: rd.com/health/learn-the-art-of-
self-massage.
MASSAGE  – S HIATSU : Japanese form of health massage that applies pressure from the fingers, hands,
elbows and even knees along the same points as acupuncture. Shiatsu has been used in Asia for
centuries to relieve pain, common ills, muscle stress and to aid lymphatic circulation. Web:
shiatsu.or g
MASSAGE  – S POR TS : An import ant health support system for professional and amateur athletes.
Sports massage impro ves circulation and mobility to injured tissue, enables athletes to recover more
rapidly from myofascial injury, reduces muscle soreness and chronic strain patterns. Soft tissues are
freed of trigger points and adhesions, thus contributing to improvement of peak neuro-muscular
functioning and athletic performance.
MASSAGE  – S WEDISH : One of the oldest and the most popular and widely used massage techniques.
This deep body massage soothes and prom otes healthy circulation and is a great way to loosen and
relax tight muscles before and after exercise. See w eb: www.massageden.com/swedish-massage.shtml
Author ’s Comment:  We have personally sampled many of these Alternative Therapies. It’s
estimated soon America’ s health care costs will leap over $2.3 trillion. It’s more important than
ever to be responsible


 of perspiration even when hot E
___ itching from dryness E
___ scanty urine E
___ lack of mucus secretions E
___ many enlarged or hard lymph nodes, especially along the sides
of the neck or under the jaw E
___ large pores on the face, nose, and upper back E
___ many moles or warts E
___ frequent sneezing or coughing due to changes in air temperature
or moisture E
___ wrinkling or shrinking of the skin or mucous membranes E
___ skin that feels tight or cracks easily E
___ congestion of the nose, sinuses, or larynx E
___ frontal headaches due to dryness or congestion with mucus E
___ pain in the head or chest due to disappointment or loss E
___ shallow breathing E
___ many small varicose veins E
___ nasal or intestinal polyps E
___ thin, delicate skin E___ dry, painful, ssures or cracks of the nostrils, lips, or corners of
the mouth E
Use these questions and/or  the statements on the questionnaire to
make ve statem ents about yourself that you feel are accurate in
describing who you are. These statements, along with the map, can
be used to identify yourself according to the Five-Phase  model.

1. What concept, metaphor, or principle is at the center of your life,
and how does it motivate you?

2. What do you desire from life, and what are you seeking to
accomplish, create, assist, and support?

3. What circumstances would provide you with the optimum
conditions for satisfying your needs and fulllin g your
expectations?

4. What values and virtues do you admire and strive to engender in
yourself and others?

5. What are the fundamenta l activities and behaviors that express
your deepest intentions?

6. What do you feel is the particular talent and perspectiv e that you
bring to any relationship or endeavor?

7. What do you want from other people and from yourself?

8. What is it about your work or job that is most satisfying, most
frustrating, most dicult, most easy?
 9. What are your most trying dilemmas, conicts, and
contradictions?

Self-Assessment Prole
DETERMINING  YOUR TYPE
Some people rightly identify with the characteristics of many types.
But the object of this self-ass essment process is to dierentiate and
make choices. When decidin g which clothes to wear, you usually
have many garments to choose from but select one outt based on
how it ts and whether it truly suits you. Similarly, you have to try
on dierent archetypes to see if they t.But unlike clothing, you can no more change your type than you
can your parents. Your organizing force, like your blood type, is
with you for life. You can alter your hair color and your weight, but
not your height or chromosomes. You can raise your hemoglobin,
but it is to no avail to wish your blood were AB-positive  when you
were born O-negative.
In deliberating upon your type, it’s not what you do that matters,
but how and why you do it. Evie, Ed, and Susanne all spend a great
deal of time cooking. Evie manages a restaurant, Ed teaches cooking
classes and writes cookbooks, and Susanne frequently feeds her
large extended family, inviting close friends for dinners.
Evie describes her attractio n to this work: “I thrive on the
challenge of getting my sta to function at a hum— everything
planned just right so that the energy and the product are in a ow. I
enjoy the constant demand for problem-solving—when it gets too
easy, I get bored.”
When Ed is asked what he likes about food, he oers a frugal,
droll reply: “I like eating it.” Then he continues to say that what
concerns him is the form: “People seem to think I cut vegetables in
interesting ways. I like to take ingredients and combine them in just
the right way. I don’t really  care whether anybody else likes it or
not. It’s impor tant to me to have room to move around and a clean
and orderly space in which to work.”
Susanne, on the other hand, cooks specically to please her
diners: “What I love is looking down a long table full of people I
care about and having them feel good about eating food I’ve
prepared specially for them.”
Evie is a Wood  type, Ed is Metal, and Susanne is Earth. Evie is also
a perfe ctionist (a Metal  charac teristic) and often feeds her friends
(Earth ); Ed takes pleasure in getting things done (Wood ); and
Susanne works as a graphic designer, spending most of her time
doing solitary, creative work (Water ). Each embodies traits of all the
Phases  but is most motivated and characterized by one.
YEARNING  TO BE ANOTHERKosta is a large, friendly, eshy philosophy professor who is
extremely nurturing, sometimes to the point of neglectin g his own
needs. At times dissatised with his Earth  nature, he wishes he were
more like Achilles, the mythical warrior, rather than Ferdinand the
Bull, who is content to sit quietly and smell the owers. He struggles
to bolster the rude will and determination needed for him to ght
for himself and what he cares about.
Madeline is an intense doctor, a self-directed loner, a Water  type
who wishes she were more like Kosta, soft, connected, communal,
and easy to know and love. She would like to change her nature in
order to escape her limitations and fulll her longings.
Some of you will be sure of your type, others will resist
identication, especially with that which most represents you. Often
this is because you are attem pting to develop neglected  aspects of
your character. It is appropriate for you to want to cultivate the
power of polar Phases  that will give you greater scope and stability.
During times of growth or stress it is possible to confuse that which
you are striving for with that which you are. In these examples it is
the ke relationships that are at play—Kosta is seeking to develop his
Wood  aspect to compensate for the overbearing inuence of Earth,
while Madeline  needs to cultivate Earth  to expand her Water  nature.
Kosta and Madeline demonstrate the inclination to reach for and
embody what counterbalanc es them. It is the stabilizing power of
the ke relationships that restrains and counterbalances us.
UNDERSTANDING  SHENG AND  KE
When Murray, a strident and assertive Wood  type, needs to restore
himself, he retreats from projects and commitments like a reclusive
Water  type, preferrin g to spend hours in solitary reading, studying,
and going to the movies. When he is feeling at his peak, he burns
hot like a amboyant Fire type, open, charismatic, demonstrative,
and exciting, a magical communicator and teacher. Murray
illustrates how when the organizing Phase  (Wood ) is in collapse, it
gravitates toward its parent (Water ), and in exaggeration, it becomeslike its child (Fire). In times of vulnerability as well as in times of
being overcha rged, it can be a Phase  on the sheng  sequence that
masquerades as our type.
Ke implies tension, while sheng implies capacity. The sheng  triad
maintains our resources, our potential. Without tension, potential
has no spring, no motivating impulse, no egress; and without
potential, motivation has no foundation, no source, no utility.
Equilibrium is the outcome of poise between opposing force s as well
as sustenance of vital reserve s. When the organizing pattern we call
our type is harmonic, there is a satisfying complementari ty between
the nurturance of our potential and the intensity that brings it forth.
Tension without adequate potential (reserve) leads to exhaustion,
and potential without the essential ignition of intensity and striving
(tension) leads to stultication and inertia.
Usually the rst problems people experience are a result of ke
sequence con ict, which is an escalation of tension between the
primary Phase, the one it controls, and the one that controls it. This
is how the exaggerated  pattern develops. When the equilibrating
mechanism of the organism has been overwhelmed by exaggeration,
collapse  ensues, and problems along the sheng  sequence tend to
become more apparent.
We tend to dene each type in terms of the ke triad. For this
reason we see harmonizing the relationships between Earth  and
Water  (Spleen-Kidney ), Wood  and Earth  (Liver-Spleen ), Metal  and
Wood  (Lung-Liver ), Fire and Metal  (Heart-Lung ), and Water  and Fire
(Kidney-Heart ) as essential in reconcilin g conict and regaining
stability.
STEPS TO  SOLVING THE  PUZZLE
Solving the puzzle of which type you are involves several steps, but
not necessarily in a predetermined order. After reading the
descriptions of each Phase, pick one that you identify with most
strongly


	the	beginning	of	time.
The	most	astonishing	aspect	of	the	phenomenon	was	its	capacity	to
instantly	register	the	difference	between	truth	and	falsehood.	This	quality	was
beyond	time	and	space	and	bypassed	the	human	psyche	and	the	minds	of	the
individuals	involved.	It	was	a	universal	quality	of	consciousness,	just	as
protoplasm	has	the	universal	qualities	of	reactivity	to	stimuli.	Protoplasm
reacts	involuntarily	to	noxious	or	beneficial	stimuli	and	differentiates	between
the	two.	It	withdraws	from	that	which	is	antithetical	to	life	and	is	attracted	to
that	which	supports	it.	With	lightning-like	speed,	the	muscles	of	the	body	go
instantly	weak	in	the	absence	of	truth;	they	go	strong	in	the	presence	of	truth
or	that	which	supports	life.
Everything	in	the	world,	including	thoughts,	concepts,	substances,	and
images,	calls	forth	a	response	that	can	be	demonstrated	as	positive	or
negative.	The	response	is	not	limited	by	time,	space,	distance,	or	personal
opinion.
With	this	simple	tool,	the	exact	nature	of	everything	in	the	universe,
anywhere	in	time,	could	be	explained	and	documented.	All	that	ever	is	or
was,	without	exception,	radiates	forth	a	frequency	and	a	vibration	as	a
permanent	imprint	in	the	impersonal	field	of	consciousness	and	can	be
retrieved	by	this	test	through	consciousness	itself.
The	universe	stood	revealed;	secrets	were	no	longer	possible.	It	was
apparent	that	“every	hair	on	one’s	head”	could	indeed	and	in	fact	be	counted
and	that	no	sparrow	could	fall	unnoticed.	That	“all	will	be	revealed”	had
become	a	fact.
Power	Versus	Force
A	testing	procedure	was	tried	on	literally	thousands	of	test	subjects,	both
individually	and	in	groups.	The	results	were	universally	concordant,
irrespective	of	the	age	or	mental	state	of	the	test	subjects.	The	applications	of
the	discovery	were	obvious	in	the	fields	of	clinical	activity,	research,	and
spiritual	teaching.
The	discoveries	that	ensued	were	recorded	in	the	book,
	Power	versus
Force
,	as	well	as	in	a	Ph.	D.	dissertation	published	as	“Qualitative	and
Quantitative	Analysis	and	Calibration	of	the	Levels	of	Human
Consciousness.”	The	purpose	of	the	latter	endeavor	was	to	give	additional
credibility	and	scientific	validation	to	the	discoveries	that	were	not	explicable
by	ordinary	human	logic	or	the	restrictions	of	Newtonian	causality.
Although	the	numerical	scale	of	consciousness	is	logarithmic	and
numerically	presented,	the	fields	of	consciousness	that	are	referenced	arenonlinear	and	beyond	the	Newtonian	paradigm	of	reality.	The	scale	provides	a
link	between	the	known	and	the	unknown,	between	the	manifest	and	the
unmanifest,	between	duality	and	nonduality.	The	value	of	such	a	tool	was	so
immense	that	many	people	went	into	paradigm	shock	when	they	first
discovered	this	work.	That	anyone	anywhere	can	instantly	tell	the	truth	about
anyone,	anything,	or	everything	anywhere	in	time	or	space	is	a	giant	leap	and
can	be	disturbing	at	first	to	one’s	sense	of	reality.	Everyone	thinks	they	are
completely	separate	and	that	their	thoughts	are	private.
One	value	of	the	research	tool	was	that	it	could	be	used	to	check	the	truth
and	validity	of	its	own	research	and	experimental	work.	Thus,	in
Power
versus	Force
,	as	in	this	book,	every	chapter	was	calibrated.	The	book	as	a
whole	was	also	calibrated	and	found	to	be	in	the	800s,	so	the	inference	was
that	the	energy	of	the	book	itself	would	accomplish	its	own	spread	and
communication.	And,	as	such,	it	did,	all	by	itself,	with	no	advertising	or
promotion.	It	spread	to	other	countries	and	continents	and	into	other
translations.	It	eventuated	into	widespread	interest	and	distribution	and	is	used
by	study	groups	in	colleges,	universities,	and	research	departments.
On	the	Map	of	the	Scale	of	Consciousness	(see
Appendix	B
),	the	level
600	indicates	the	crossing	over	from	the	perceptual	world	of	duality	to	the
nonperceptual	world	of	nonduality.	Interestingly	enough,	the	muscle	test	and
response	itself	calibrate	at	600.	This	means	that	its	true	nature	cannot	really
be	comprehended	by	most	people,	although	everyone	can	learn	to	use	it	in	a
practical	manner.
Interest	in	the	book,
Power	versus	Force
,	came	primarily	from	spiritually
interested	people	and	groups	as	well	as	from	healers	and	those	interested	in
studying	consciousness	itself.	Although	the	book	defines	very	profound
benefits	from	applying	the	technique	to	many	areas	of	ordinary	human	life,
thus	far	there	has	been	very	little	interest	from	those	areas	of	society	that
could	benefit	instantly	and	to	a	great	degree	by	the	use	of	the	technique.
Society	has	yet	to	discover	its	profound	benefits.Section	Two
The	Spiritual	ProcessCHAPTER	3
The	Nature	of	the	Quest
Nonlinear	learning	takes	place	more	as	a	result	of	familiarity	than	by	logically
sequenced,	processed	intellection.	Consciousness	tends	to	advance	as	an
automatic	consequence	of	having	acquired	new	information.	On	review,	then,
it	is	capable	of	integrating	information	that	may	have	been	missed	or	not
understood.	Each	exposure	advances	integration	and	therefore	new	insights.
It	was	discovered	that	a	clinically	useful	diagnostic	muscle	test	had	a
much	higher	potentiality	than	had	been	previously	suspected.	Much	as	the
telescope	is	found	to	be	capable	of	revealing	the	planets	of	the	universe	and
not	just	the	goings-on	in	the	woods	or	the	neighbors’	back	yards,	the	muscle
test	was	found	to	be	based	on	a	nonlocal,	universal	quality	of	consciousness
that	was	impersonal	and	that	transcended	the	personality	or	the	particulars	of
the	test	subject.
It	was	found	that	the	response	of	the	body’s	muscles	to	a	test	stimulus	was
determined	by	an	essential	quality	of	consciousness	itself	that	is	able	to
instantly	react	to	the	presence	of	truth	by	going	strong,	thereby	giving	a	‘yes’
or	positive	response.	The	absence	of	truth	is	indicated	by	weakness,	a	‘no’
response.	Investigation	of	this	reproducible	phenomenon	was	conducted	with
thousands	of	test	subjects	from	all	walks	of	life	over	a	twenty-year	period	and
confirmed	by	teams	of	investigators.
By	clinical	trial	and	error,	research	established	that	the	muscle-test
response	differentiated	between	that	which	was	beneficial	and	that	which	was
destructive.	It	had	diagnostic	value	for	discerning	physical	disease	and
identifying	beneficial	treatments.	These	events	occurred	in	the	1970s,	leading
to	the	development	of	the	whole	clinical	body	of	information,	and	clinicians
established	colleges	of	kinesiology	and	applied	kinesiology.	These	primarily
attracted	general	physicians	and	holistic	health	practitioners.	It	also	attracted
the	interest	of	a	psychiatrist,	Dr.	John	Diamond,	who	took	the	research	to	a
new	level	and	began	to	use	the	muscle	response	to	investigate	attitudes,
emotions,	belief	systems,	music,	sounds


 ce qu’ont constaté de nombreux
experts de la santé, à savoir qu’il n’y a que 2 causes à la maladie  : la déficience et la toxicité.
Par exemple Charlotte Gerson  (qui a pris la direction de la Clinique Gerson à la suite de son
brillant père Max) a dit cela au s ujet de la maladie et le cancer.
Prélever du corps des  cellules ou du tissu et ainsi les couper de leur approvisionnement en
énergie/nutriments conduira rapidement à la déficience  ; injecter des antibiotiques dans la
mixture c’est de l’intoxication  ; ainsi  il n’y a pas de preuve solide qu’un virus cause la maladie
lorsque la déficience et l’intoxication sont déjà présents. Ceci est l’élément clé de l’idée fausse
du virus.

Comment l’idée fausse du virus a ses racines en 1858 et devint bien établie en 1954
Lanka remonte à 1858 le développement de la fausse idée du virus  et à la ‘théorie cellulaire ’ de
Rudolf Virchow, qui a proposé une théorie que toute maladie et toute vie provient d’une cellule
unique, qui est d’une manière ou d’une autre prise en otage par un virus qui l’affaiblit et lui
permet de se reproduire.

Lanka souligne 2 problèmes avec cela  :

« La théorie cellulaire a été formulée initialement parce que Rudolf Virchow a supprimé des
découvertes cruciales sur les tissus. Les découvertes et informations en ce qui concerne la
structure, la fonction et l’importance centrale des tissus dans la création de la vie, qui étaient
déjà connues en 1858, réfutent complètement la théorie cellulaire et les thérapies géniques,
immunitaires  et anticancéreuses qui en découlent.

« Les théories de l’infection ont seulement été établies comme dogme planétaire par les
politiques concrètes et l’eugénisme du Troisième Reich. Avant 1933, les scientifiques osaient
contredire cette théorie  ; après 193 3, ces sc ientifiques critiques ont été réduits au silence.  »

Par «  théories de l’infection  » Lanka entend la théorie des germes, la théorie dominante de la
Médecine Occidentale moderne.
 Lanka décrit alors comment le changement de paradigme dans la percepti on du virus s’est produit
durant les années 1952 -1954 :
« Jusqu’en 1952, un virus était défini comme étant un poison pathogène de la forme d’une
protéine, qui, en tant qu’enzyme causait des dommages d’une manière inconnue, qui pouvait
causer la maladie et  être transmissible. Après 1953, l’année où le supposé ADN de la forme d’une
hélice alpha a été publiquement annoncée, l’idée même d’un virus est devenue celle d’un génotype
malveillant enveloppé dans des protéines. Ainsi, un changement de paradigme s’est produit entre
1952 et 1954 en ce qui concerne l’image d’un virus.  »

Il parle de la manière dont une théorie est devenue  un dogme dans l’Eglise de la Science Etablie
(alias Scientisme)  :
« Cette approche totalement non -scientifique a vu le jour en juin 1954, lorsqu’un article spéculatif
non-scientifique et réfutable a été publié, d’après lequel la mort d’un tissu dans un tube à essai
était considéré … comme preuve possible de la présence d’un virus. Six mois plus tard, le 10
décembre 1954, l’auteur princ ipal de cette opinion s’est vu décerner le Prix Nobel de Médecine
pour une autre théorie tout aussi spéculative. La spéculation de juin 1954 fut alors élevée en fait
scientifique et devint un dogme qui à ce jour n’a jamais été contesté. Depuis juin 1954, l a mort
de tissu et de cellules dans un tube à essai a été considérée comme preuve de l’existence d’un
virus.  »

Retour sur les Postulats de Koch  : pas d’Isolation, pas de Purification
Comme je l’ai traité dans Terme Parapluie COVID -19 pour opérer une Fausse  Pandémie  : Pas une
Maladie unique, Pas une Cause unique, les scientifiques dominants  d’aujourd’hui ignorent la très
importante 2ème étape des Postulats de Koch  : l’isolation et la purification du virus.
Ceci n’est pas quelque chose que vous pouvez simplement escamoter ou oublier de faire, comme
oublier accidentellement votre parapluie un jour pluvieux et vous faire mouiller un peu. Ceci est
la partie absolument ess entielle pour déterminer s’il y a un nouveau virus et s’il cause la maladie.
C’est la condition sine qua non.
Si vous ne l’avez pas isolé, alors vous avez ECHOUE à prouver quoi que ce soit, parce que
l’émanation bourgeonnante que vous pensez être un virus envahissant pourrait facilement être
un exosome  (complexe protéique capable de dégrader les différents types de molécules d'ARN
en relarguant  directement leur contenu intracellulaire dans le milieu extracellulaire  - NdT)  ou une
particule produite par le co rps lui -même.
Ceci est la raison pour laquelle toute la propagande COVID a escamoté de manière commode le
fait qu’il n’y a pas d’images de microscopie électronique du SRAS -CoV-2, puisque le microscope
électronique est un outil extrêmement important de la p remière étape des postulats de Koch, à
savoir l’identification.

Lanka continue  :
« … un virus n’a jamais été isolé selon le sens du mot isolation, et il n’a jamais, en tant que
structure unique d’ensemble, été photographié et caractérisé au moyen de méthodes
biochimiques. Les micrographies électroniques du supposé virus montrent en réali té des
particules cellulaires tout -à-fait normales de tissus et cellules en train de mourir et la plupart des
photos ne montrent qu’un modèle d’ordinateur (CGI pour computer generated images, images
générées par ordinateur).  »
 Alors qu’est -ce que tout ça a  à voir avec le COVID ?
Donc pour ramener cela à la plandémie actuelle, toutes ces mêmes suppositions et manque de
preuves sont en jeu lorsqu’on en arrive au COVID  :
« Des molécules individuelles sont extraites de particules de tissus et cellules morts, el les sont
faussement interprétées comme étant des parties d’un virus et sont, d’une manière théorique,
mises ensemble pour former un modèle de virus … le processus de conclusions consensuelles pour
le ‘virus’ de la rougeole, dans lequel les participants ont  débattu afin de déterminer ce qui
appartenait au virus et ce qui ne lui appartenait pas, a duré des décennies.
Avec l’apparemment nouveau Coronavirus 2019 chinois (rebaptisé entre -temps, 2019 -nCoV), ce
processus de conclusions consensuelles ne dure que l e temps de quelq ues clics de souris.
De la même manière avec quelques clics de souris, un programme peut créer n’importe quel virus
en assemblant des molécules de petites parties d’acides nucléiques de tissu et cellules morts avec
une composition biochimiq ue déterminée, les arrangeant ainsi comme souhaité en un génotype
plus long qui est ensuite déclaré être le génome complet du nouveau virus … dans ce processus
de construction théorique de «  l’ADN viral  », les séquences qui ne correspondent pas sont
‘gommé es’ et celles qui manquent sont ajoutées. Ainsi, est  inventée une séquence ADN qui
n’existe pas en réalité  et qui n’a jamais été découverte et scientifiquement démontrée dans son
ensemble.  »

Donc en gros


 appear out of nowhere. There will be
friends and strangers who want to express their opinions and share their
stories about someone who attempted to do what you are working on. This
is when having learned to differentiate between subjective or objective
attention and practicing choosin g one or both becomes critically important
to your success. Start with subjective attention.
Put your subject ive attention on the I am that you have firmly planted in
your imaginatio n, and refuse to allow any external data to interfere with
directing your loving attention on the subjective I am. Attend first to the
feeling within you by giving it your wholehearted attention rather than
reacting toward  the external person or influence. Redirect your attention
with trust, love, and kindness  from outside to inside. This is called
subjective attent ion. This is the way that you operate whenever the subject
matter of the future you and all that you are manifesting arises in your field
of awareness.The objectified opinions and information that enter your field of
awareness are excellent reminders to redirect your attention to love for, and
belief in, your ability to mani fest wishes fulfilled. Once again, Neville
reminds you that “When you are able to control the movements of your
attention in the subjective world, you can modify or alter your life as you
please. But this control cannot be achieved if you allow your attention to be
attracted constantly from without.”32
If you have read my books and listened to my lectures over the years, you
have heard me cite Carlos Castaneda’ s work on many occasions. He was a
great teacher for me, often tellin g powerful stories about the exalted world
of impeccability, where one transcends ordinary levels of awareness. I’ve
become friendly with his wife, who recently celebrated her 90th birthday.
She told me she’d written a four-line poem that expressed Carlos’ s ideas as
well as those of Neville, whose many lectures she had attended  as a young
woman. I asked her to send it to me so that I could include it in this section
on using your attention to create the objectified life you desire.
I place it here for you to consider:
When you think, choose car efully
The thoughts of things you’d like to be …
Thoughts entertained in the minds of men
Become T omorr ow’s objectified whims.
— M ARGARET  RUNY AN CASTANEDA
As you read and reread Margaret’ s words, note that everything  that you
materialize into this objectified physical reality is really nothing more than
a whim, but in order to experience it as your reality—though it is but an
illusion, since all is continuously changing—it must come from the
subjective  thoughts that you, and only you, must choose very carefully.
I am asking you here to ignore every bit of information that’s directed at
you if it in any way contradicts the I am you’ve placed in your imagination.
This is particularly relevant when it comes to the data you receive from
your own senses. Yes, I am saying that even your own eyes and ears are
objective inputs. An x-ray that shows you have a tumor that you can feel
with your fingers contradicts the I am in your imagination that says, I am
perfect health.  You want to decide to live from the end you’re wishing for—not towar d an end that others have decided for you. Thus, you must discard
what your senses tell you, and stay with your subjective attention,
persistently and adamantly proclaiming, I am perfect health. Your
subjective attention is unrelated to what you have conditioned your
subconscious mind to believe to be your reality as indicated by what your
five senses so convincingly tell you. You are the I am that I am, and “that”
is your tumor -free existence.
Redirect your attention away  from debates aimed at disputing or
convincing an external attitude and toward placing your attention on the
feeling  of the wish fulfilled. The outcome depends on your inner attitu de—
your subjective attention. You might consider being like a pit bull—teeth
firmly planted on a rubber bone. You must attach yourself spiritually to
what you have placed in your imagination as a future fact, and never allow
anyone, anything, any circumsta nce, no matter how persuasive their case, to
alter what you know to be your destiny. Every single item that brings up the
subject of what you are in the process of creating for yourself must
immediately trigger in you a response of putting all of your mental,
emotional, and physical attention on the I am that you have placed in your
imagination. This is where using that wonderful trash button will be
immensely useful to you.
You can do everything right in the first three foundations of a wishes
fulfilled life, but if you allow your attention to be diverted by an outer
stimulus and abandon even for a moment the I am in your imagination, you
will delete the entire project. Develop a healthy attitude toward your highest
self, and all that it beckons you to be, by redirecting a habit of being
influenced by outer objective factors to trusting your ability  to choose
subjective attention, and focusing on inner rather than outer directives.
Abraham Maslow spent a good part of his adult life researching and
writing about the idea of self-actualization. He described  the small
percentage of people he called “self-actualizing” as living at the
extraordinary level of conscious ness that I mentioned in the opening pages
of this book. I vividly recall Dr. Maslow’ s assertion that one of the highest
qualities these self-actualizers possess is the inclination to be independent
of the good opinion of others.  Dr. Maslow presented his data and explained
it brilliantly to the academic community.I’m deeply attracted to this idea of living extraordinarily—independent of
the good opinion of others—stressing it in many of the books and
recordings I’ve produced, starting in 1971. Dr. Maslow passe d away on
June 8, 1970, the same day I received my doctorate degree—I’ve often felt
that in some mystical way, he was passing the baton to me.
Choosing to be aware of your attention and managing to select subjective
attentiveness harmonizes with one of Dr. Maslow’ s most significant
attributes of living a self-actualized life: trusting yourself. When you trust
yourself to decide what is to be your destiny, you don’t allow externals to
discourage or influence you. What you place your attention on is your
burning desire and intense yearning combined with an intention to make
that your reality. You never allow outer circumstances to defle ct you from
your desires. This inner picture in your imagination is undisturbed by
opinions or provocations that originate outside of yourself.
Subjective attention means that you and only you are the subject that
impacts the burning desires in your imagination. Remember, these ideas in
your imagination are simply thoughts that are being treated by you as
present facts. You are living and feeling as if your future dream  is a present
fact. Allowing a research report,  news story, contrary opinion, contradictory
incident, pronou ncement by a government agency, new law, or anything
else to take your attention away from the wishes in your imagination
dismantles and destroys your desired outcome.
You must have faith, and faith is attained through complete trust and
confidence in the power of the one universal mind, which you are
inextricably a piece of. It is the God-realized you that placed those thoughts
and feelings into your mind and your body. You are the subject here, and
therefore you must trust in your subjective attention and not allow external
objective factors to hold sway over how you use your attention.
One of the reasons I’m able to write about the hidden power of
manifestation buried deep within each of us is that during childhood I
unconsciously practiced these ideas while in foster homes—and they simply
became a part of who I am. Throughout my life I’ve been labeled
“stubborn,” “obsessive,” “headstrong,” and “unyielding” when it comes to
what I have in my imagination and seeing it become my physical reality.
In order to assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, you must be able to
feel it in your body long before your senses are aware of it. This requirestenacity on your part and an unwillingness to allow your imagination,
where all things are created, to be objectified by anything external to
yourself. When you are adaman t about not letting your attention be directed
by outer influences, you are in the process of developing a habit that works
for, rather than against, you. Your inner pictures and the corresponding
feelings that are connected to your vision belong only to you, and you begin
to treat this inner world of thoughts and feelings as sacred territory. You
make the shift from believing  to knowing, and what you absolutely know  is
not tinged with doubt. As William Shakespeare put it, “Our doubts are
traitors.” Anyone or anything trying to diminish your inner feelings with
doubt is a traitor to be banished.
With a recent diagnosis of leukemia I’ve done precisely what I’m writing
about, in the same way that I have for my entire life, concerni ng my own
fate and my own well-being. What I know for certain is that there’ s an
emotional comp onent to every illness. As I indicated earlier, I view my
elevated


 r emains within their minds. These
puriﬁed beings ar e called the Enlightened ones. Light means
understanding. The enlightened “understand.”
Enlightened people don’t have anything we don’t have.
They have perfect love inside, and so do we. The diﬀer ence
is that they don’t have anything else. Enlightened beings
—‘Jesus and others—e xist in a state that is only potential in
the rest of us.’ The Christ-mind is mer ely the perspective of
unconditional love. Y ou and I have the Christ-mind in us as
much as Jesus does. The diﬀer ence between him and us is
that we ar e tempted to deny it. He’s beyond that. His every
thought and action stems fr om love. The unconditional love,
or Christ within him, is ‘the truth that sets us fr ee,’ because
it’s the perspective that saves us fr om our own fearful
thoughts.
Jesus and other enlightened masters ar e our evolutionary
elder br others. A ccording to the laws of evolution, a species
develops in a certain dir ection until that development is no
longer well adapted for survival. A t that point, a mutation
occurs. Although the mutation doesn’t r epresent the
majority of the species, it r epresents the line of evolutionbetter adapted for the species’ survival. The descendants of
the mutation ar e then the ones to survive.
Our species is in tr ouble because we ﬁght too much. W e
ﬁght ourselves, each other, our planet, and God. Our fear -
ridden ways ar e threatening our survival. A thor oughly
loving person is lik e an evolutionary mutation, manifesting a
being that puts love ﬁrst and thus cr eates the conte xt in
which miracles occur. Ultimately, that is the only smart  thing
to do. It is the only orientation in life which will support our
survival.
The mutations, the enlightened ones, show the r est of us
our evolutionary potential. They point the way. Ther e is a
diﬀer ence between a wayshower and a crutch. Sometimes
people claim they don’t need a crutch lik e Jesus. But he’s
not a crutch; he’s a teacher. If you want to be a writer, you
read the classics. If you want to mak e great music, you
listen to music composed by gr eat musicians who have
gone befor e. If you’r e studying to be a painter, it’s a good
idea to study the gr eat masters. If P icasso came into your
room while you wer e lear ning to draw and said, “ Hi, I have a
couple of hours…would you lik e some hints?” would you say
no?
So it is with spiritual masters: Jesus, Buddha, or any
other enlightened being. They wer e geniuses in the way
they used their minds and hearts, just as Beethoven was a
genius with music, or Shak espear e a genius with words.
Why not lear n from them, follow their lead, study what they
were doing right?
A Course in Miracles  uses traditional Christian
terminology, but it uses it in very non-traditional ways.
Words lik e Christ, Holy Spirit, salvation, Jesus, etc., ar e used
for their psychological rather than r eligious signiﬁcance. Asa student and teacher of A Course in Miracles, I have
learned much about the r esistance that many people have
to Christian ter ms. As a Jew, I thought it was only other Jews
who would have a pr oblem with the wor d Jesus. But I was
wrong. It’s not just Jews who get nervous at the mention of
his name. Say the wor d Jesus to a gr oup of moderate
Christians, and ther e is lik ely to be as much r esistance to
the topic as ther e is in anyone else.
I understand why. As it says in the Course, “some bitter
idols have been made of him who would be only br other to
the world.” So many Christian ter ms have been used to
create and perpetuate guilt, that many thinking people have
decided to r eject them entir ely. In many cases, in fact, the
problem is worse for Christians than it is for Jews. Jewish
childr en ar e usually taught nothing at all about Christian
terms. F or many Christian childr en, on the other hand, these
words wer e char ged with guilt, punishment, and fear of hell.
Words ar e just wor ds, and new ones can always be found
to replace ones that oﬀend. In the case of Jesus, however,
the pr oblem isn’t as simple as just coming up with another
word. Jesus is his name. Ther e’s no point in pretending that
his name is Herbert. By automatically r ejecting Jesus, based
on what some traditional Christians have done with and in
his name, many people have thr own out the baby with the
bath water. In relation to A Course in Miracles  and other
esoteric pr esentations of Christic philosophy, they have
rejected the material oﬀhand based on its language. They
have fallen into a mental trap which in Alcoholics
Anonymous is called “contempt prior to investigation.”
Years ago, I was attending a dinner party in New Y ork
City. The topic of conversation at the table was a novel that
had r ecently been published. Someone ask ed me if I had
read it. I hadn’t, but I had r ead the book r eview in the NewYork T imes. I lied and said, “Y es.” I was so appalled at
myself. I hadn’t r ead the book, but I had enough infor mation
to pretend, for a moment, that I had. I was willing to let
someone else’s opinion stand in for my own.
Not long af ter that, I thought of that incident when I was
deciding whether or not to r ead a book—namely, A Course
in Miracles —that dealt in any way with Jesus. I hadn’t
learned anything about him as a child. I had simply been
told “W e don’t r ead that, dear.” But Jews ar e also known for
encouraging intellectual achievement in their childr en. I had
been taught—although you would never have known it the
night of that party—to r ead, and to think for myself—and so
I did. T o me, A Course in Miracles  does not push Jesus.
‘Although the books come fr om him, it is made very clear
that you can be an advanced student of the Course and not
relate personally to him at all.’
The Course understands our r esistances but it doesn’t
cater to them. It is time for a huge r evolution in our
understanding of Christic philosophy, and most particularly
in our understanding of Jesus. The Christian r eligion has no
monopoly on the Christ, or on Jesus himself. In every
generation, we must r ediscover truth for ourselves.
Who is Jesus? He is a personal symbol of the Holy Spirit.
Having been totally healed by the Holy Spirit, He has
become one with Him. He’s not the only face the Holy Spirit
takes. He is a face. He is deﬁnitely a top of the mountain
experience, but that’s not to say he’s the only one up ther e.
Jesus lived within this world of fear, and per ceived only
love. Every action, every wor d, every thought was guided by
the Holy Spirit instead of the ego. He was a thor oughly
puriﬁed being. T o think about him is to think about, and so
to call forth, the perfect love inside ourselves.Jesus r eached total actualization of the Christ mind, and
was then given by God the power to help the r est of us
reach that place within ourselves. As he says in the Course,
“I am in char ge of the pr ocess of A tonement.” Sharing God’s
vision of things, he has become  that vision. He sees each
one of us as God sees us—innocent and perfect, loving and
lovable—and he teaches us to see ourselves that way. That
is how he leads us out of hell and into Heaven. T o see with
his eyes is to atone for our er rors in per ception. That is the
miracle he works in our lives, the mystical light that bursts
forth within our souls. Our minds wer e created as altars to
God’s Son. He r epresents God’s Son. T o worship Him is to
worship the potential for perfect love which lies within us all.
Fairy tales ar e mystical allusions to the power of the
inner self, handed down fr om generation to generation.
They ar e stories of transfor mation. T ales lik e Snow White
and Sleeping Beauty ar e metaphors for the r elationship
between the ego and the divine mind. The wick ed
stepmother, which is the ego, can put the Sleeping Beauty
or Christ within us to sleep, but she can never destr oy it.
What is cr eated by God is indestructible. The most
destructive thing she


 when it
happens, when the resistance ar ises. Observe how your mind c reates it,
how it labels t he situation, yourself, or others. Look at the  thought
process involve d. Feel the ener gy of th e emotion. By witnessing  the
resistance, you will see that it s erves no purpose. By focusing all your
attention on the Now, the uncon scious resistance is made conscious, and
that is the end o f it. Y ou canno t be conscious and  unhappy, conscious
and  in nega tivity. Negativity, unhappiness, or suf fering in whatever form
means that there is resistance, and resistance is always unconscious.

Sur ely I can be conscious of my unhappy feelings?
 W ould y ou cho ose unhappiness? If you did not choose it, ho w did it
arise? W hat is its purpose? Who  is keeping it alive? Y ou say tha t you are
conscious of your unhappy feelings, but the truth is that you are
identified with them and keep the process alive through co mpulsive
thinking. All that  is unconscious. If you were conscious, that is to say
totally present in the Now, all ne gativity would dissolve almost instantly.
It could not survive in your presence. It can only survive in your
absence. Even the pain-body ca nnot survive for long in your presence.
Y ou kee p your unhappiness aliv e by giving it time. That is its lifeblood.
Remove time through intense pr esent-moment awareness and it dies. But
do you want it to die? Have yo u truly had enough? Who would you be
without it?
Until yo u practice surrender, the spiritual dimension is something you
read about, talk about, get excited about, write books about, think about,
believe in — or don’ t, as the case may be. It makes no dif ference. Not
until you surrender does it becom e a living reality in your life. W hen you
do, the ener gy t hat you emanate and which then runs your life is of a
much hi gher vibrational freque ncy than the mind ener gy that still runs
our world — th e ener gy that created the existing social, political, and
economic structures of our civilization, and which also continuously
perpetuates itself through our educational systems and the media.
Through surrend er, spiritual ener gy comes into this world. It c reates no
suf fering for yourself, for other humans, or any other life form on the
planet. U nlike mind ener gy, it does not pollute the earth, and it is not
subject to the law of polarities, which dictates that nothing can exist
without its opposite, that there can be no good without bad. Th ose who
run on mind e ner gy, which is still the vast majority of the  Earth’ s
population, rem ain unaware of the existence of spiritual ener gy. It
belongs to a dif ferent order of reality and will create a dif ferent world
when a suf ficien t number of humans enter the surrendered sta te and so
become totally free of negativity. If the Earth is to survive, thi s will be
the ener gy of those who inhabit it.
Jesus referred to this ener gy when he made his famous prophetic
statement in the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the gentle; they
shall have the earth for their possession.” It is a silent bu t intense
presence that dissolves the unconscious patterns of the mind. They may
still rem ain active for a while, but they won’ t run your life anymore. Theexternal conditions that were being resisted also tend to shift or dissolve
quickly through surrender. It is a powerful transformer of situations and
people. If conditions do not sh ift immediately, your acceptance of the
Now enables you to rise above them. Either way, you are free.
SURRENDER IN PERSONAL RELA TIONSHIPS
What about people who want to use me, manipulate or contr ol me? Am I
to surr ender to them?

They are  cut of f from Being, so they unconsciously attempt to get ener gy
and pow er from  you. It is true that only an unconscious person will try to
use or manipulate others, but it is equally true that only an unconscious
person can  be used  and manipulated. If you resist or fight unconscious
behavior in others, you become unconscious yourself. But surrender
doesn’ t mean that you allow yourself to be used by unconscious people.
Not at all. It is perfectly possible to say “no” firmly and cle arly to a
person or to walk away from a situation and be in a state of complete
inner no nresistance at the same t ime. When you say “no” to a pe rson or a
situation, let it come not from reaction but from insight, from a clear
realization of what is right or not right for you at that moment. Let it be a
nonreactive “no, ” a high-quality “no,” a “no” that is free of all n egativity
and so creates no further suf fering.

I a m in a situation at work that is unpleasant. I have tried to surr ender to
it, but I find it impossible. A lot of r esistance keeps coming up.

If you cannot surrender, take  action immediately: Speak up or do
something to bring about a change in the situation — or remove  yourself
from it. T ake re sponsibility for your life. Do not pollute your b eautiful,
radiant inner Being nor the Earth with negativity. Do not give
unhappiness in any form whatsoever a dwelling place inside you.
If you cannot tak e action, for ex ample if you are in prison, then you have
two choices left: resistance or su rrender. Bondage or inner freedom from
external conditions. Suf fering or inner peace.

Is no nr esistance  also to be practiced in the external conduct of our lives,
such as nonr esistance to violen ce, or is it something that just concerns
our inner life?

Y ou only need to  be concerned w ith the inner aspect. That is primary. Of
course, that will also transform  the conduct of your outer life, your
relationships, and so on.
Y our relationships will be changed profoundly by surrender. If you can
never accept what is, by implication  you will not be able to accept
anybody the way they are. Y o u will judge, criticize, label, r eject, or
attempt to change people. Furt hermore, if you continuously make the
Now into a means to an end i n the future, you will also make every
person you encounter or relate with into a means to an end. The
relationship — the human being — is then of secondary importance to
you, or of no im portance at all. What you can get out of the rel ationship
is primary — be it material gain, a sense of power, physical pleasure, or
some form of ego gratification.
Let me illustrat e how surrender can work in relationships. When you
become involved  in an ar gument or some conflict situation, perh aps with
a pa rtner or som eone close to yo u, start by observing how defen sive you
become as your own position is  attacked, or feel the force of your own
aggression as you attack the other person’ s position. Obs erve the
attachment to your views and opinions. Feel the mental-emotional
ener gy b ehind y our need to be right and make the other person wrong.
That’ s t he ener gy of the egoic mind. Y ou make it conscious by
acknowledging it, by feeling it as fully as possible. Then one day, in the
middle of an ar gument, you will suddenly realize that you have a choice,
and you may decide to drop your own reaction — just to see whathappens. Y ou surrender. I don’ t mean dropping the reaction just verbally
by sayin g, “Oka y, you are right,” with a look on your face that says, “I
am above all th is childish unconsciousness.” That’ s just displa cing the
resistance to another level, with the egoic mind still in char ge, claiming
superiority. I am speaking of le tting go of the entire mental-e motional
ener gy field inside you that was fighting for power.
The ego is cunning, so you have to be very alert, very present, and totally
honest w ith yourself to see wh ether you have truly relinquished your
identification with a mental position and so freed yourself from your
mind. If you sud denly feel very light, clear, and deeply at peace, that is
an u nmistakable  sign that you have truly surrendered. Then obse rve what
happens to the o ther person’ s mental position as you no longer ener gize
it throug h resistance. When identification with mental positions is out of
the way, true communication begins.

What ab out nonr esistance in the face of violence, aggr ession, and the
like?

Nonresistance d oesn’ t necessarily mean doing nothing. All it means is
that any “doing” becomes nonreactive. Remember the deep wisdom
underlying the practice of E astern martial arts: Don’ t resist the


. I have lush, thick, dark hair.
Does your final score show two dominant doshas rather than one? If so,
don’t worry; you belong to the vast majority of people who have two strong
doshas in their personality, with the third one being less active. Very few
people are pure vata, pitta, or kapha, and even rarer are those with a
tridoshic personality — that is, when all three doshas are almost equally
strong.
Let me give you a sample score. Let’s say you had eight vata points,
seven pitta points, and nine kapha points; your dominant doshas would
obviously be kapha and vata, in that order. Therefore, a vaidya would call
you a kapha-vata. Using this example, it should now be easy for you to tell
which of these ten doshic types you are:
1. vata
2. pitta
3. kapha
4. vata-pitta
5. pitta-vata
6. vata-kapha
7. kapha-vata
8. pitta-kapha
9. kapha-pitta
10. vata-pitta-kaphaIn each case, the dosha mentioned first is your dominant dosha. Thus,
vata-pitta and pitta-vata might sound similar, but they are not; one has a
higher air quotient and the other a higher fire quotient.
What if you discover that you are a rare tridoshic, or vata-pitta-kapha
type? Vaidyas say this is both good and bad news. The good news is that
you were born with all five elements nearly balanced in your personality.
The bad news is that tridoshic people can find it more difficult to maintain
balance. Also, imbalances are more difficult to pinpoint and treat in people
with no clearly dominant dosha.
Remember: whatever your dominant dosha, each of us has all three
doshas in us. Existence is not possible without any one dosha. It is just that,
in most people, one dosha seems to be less active than the other two.
I know what you are asking at this point: how does knowing my dosha
type really help?  It helps tremen dously. Let’s say you have just discovered
you are a pitta-vata type of person. This tells you that the heati ng qualities
of fire are dominant in your personality, followed by the dry qualities of air.
In order to maintain good health, your primary goal should be to make sure
that your pitta does not get aggravated. That is, you should eat cooling
foods, avoid hot weather, and stay in the company of relaxed people who
offset your intense personality. In addition, you should drink plenty of
water, which not only cools pitta but also counters the dryness of vata
dosha. This is, of course, just one example. Each dosha combination
requires a dif ferent balancing strategy.
dosha imbalances
What happens when there is an imbalance? How will you know which of
your doshas is out of balance? What can you do to correct it? For answers
to these and similar questions, read the lists below:
Vata
When Vata Is In Balance:•   You are creative and full of enthusiasm;
•   You make lots of friends, feel happy, and spread cheer;
•   Your mind is clear and alert;
•   Your bowels work well, and your urinary tract is healthy;
•   Your bodily tissues function as they should;
•   You sleep soundly and wake up refreshed;
•   Your resistance to disease is good, and you feel ener getic.
When V ata Is Out of Balance:
•   You worry and fret;
•   You’re restless and easily tired;
•   You tend to be oversensitive and indecisive;
•   You cannot sleep;
•   Your skin feels rough and dry;
•   You start to lose weight and look gaunt;
•   You suf fer from constipation.
Typical V ata Complaints:
•   Pain
•   Cramps
•   Chills
•   Spasms
Your V ata Goes Out of Balance When:
•   You exercise too much;
•   You don’ t maintain a regular sleep pattern;
•   You suf fer a fall or fracture;
•   You suppress natural ur ges, such as hunger, thirst, sleep, and sex;
•   You are exposed to cold weather;
•   You are grieving or afraid;
•   You are angry or agitated;
•   You observe a fast;
•   You eat pungent, astringent, and bitter foods.Vata Calmers:
•   Get more warm, oily, heavy, sweet, sour, and salty foods in your
diet;
•   Redu ce your intake of light, dry, cold, pungent, bitter, and astringent
foods;
•   Avoid stimulants like cof fee and alcohol;
•   Eat warm cooked foods;
•   Be in warm environments;
•   Give yourself a daily massage with a good-quality sesame oil;
•   Go to bed early and follow a regular routine.
Pitta
When Pitta Is In Balance:
•   You are focused and ener getic;
•   You are courageous and chivalrous;
•   You are creative, or ganized, and often an excellent public speaker;
•   Your heat and thirst mechanisms function well;
•   Your complexion is lustrous;
•   Your digestion is perfect;
•   Your skin and body feel soft.
When Pitta Is Out of Balance:
•   You tend to be sarcastic, impatient, and irritable;
•   You can be bossy and tend to be a perfectionist;
•   You don’ t get adequate sleep;
•   Your complexion is yellowish;
•   Your digestion is upset;
•   Your body feels excessively hot;
•   You suf fer from inflammatory skin conditions.
Typical Pitta Complaints:
•   Heartburn•   Soreness
•   Fever
•   Hot flashes
•   Ulcers
Your Pitta Goes Out of Balance When:
•   You are angry;
•   The sun is too strong;
•   You are fasting;
•   You eat or use sesame or linseed products;
•   Your diet is rich in sour foods, such as yogurt, wine, and vinegar;
•   You’re working too hard and straining to meet deadlines.
Pitta Pleasers:
•   Use cooling spices such as fennel, coriander, and cardamom in your
cooking;
•   Take cool baths;
•   Avoid hot temperatures and hot food;
•   Drink plenty of water;
•   Find time to relax and do things you like;
•   Don’ t overwork;
•   Eat your meals — especially lunch — on time.
Kapha
When Kapha Is In Balance:
•   You feel stable in mind;
•   You act with courage and dignity;
•   You feel af fectionate and for giving toward others;
•   You feel strong;
•   You are filled with ener gy;
•   Your joints are well lubricated and supple;
•   Your body is well proportioned.When Kapha Is Out of Balance:
•   You feel lethar gic and lack motivation;
•   You tend to oversleep;
•   Your joints feel loose;
•   You gain excessive weight;
•   You suf fer from respiratory problems;
•   Your sinuses trouble you;
•   Your complexion is pale;
•   You feel cold.
Typical Kapha Complaints:
•   Congestion
•   Fluid retention
•   Lethar gy
•   Joint pain
Your Kapha Goes Out of Balance When:
•   You sleep during the day;
•   You are depressed;
•   You eat heavy, rich food;
•   Your diet is heavy in sweet, sour, or salty foods;
•   You consume a lot of dairy products.
Kapha Controllers:
•   Follow a kapha-regulating diet prescribed by a vaidya;
•   Apply wet-heat fomentation, such as a warm sesame oil massage;
•   Get more exercise;
•   Get fewer hours of sleep, with no daytime naps.
the four dos of dosha-watching1. Do consult a vaidya. Although charts and questionnaires make the
job of identifyin g your dosha type quick and easy, it is always best to
have your pulse read by a qualified Ayurvedic physician whose
trained eye will give you the most accurate assessment of your dosha
type and who will suggest ways to balance those that are deplet ed or
in excess.
2. Do try to deduce your own doshas, too. Though I just said that a
vaidya is best qualified to assess your doshas, there’ s every reason
you should also take a self-asse ssment quiz from time to time.  This
helps you get in touch with your changing preferences, emotions,
and habits — which, in turn, affect the balance of your doshas.
Further, answering such questions can point your attention to small
problems you might have been ignoring.
3. Do observe people around


,’ and was depicted in iconography as having
feathers. In Indian alchemy those who have attained yogic
powers ‘can ﬂy like fowls in the air’ or ‘pass
instantaneously from one place to another.’ In the West the
soul is sometimes depicted as winged or ﬂying
heavenwards.
The Shaman,  who adopts the feathered robe to ﬂy to the
spirit world, can also visit the underworld; but although
there appear to be close aﬀinities between shamanism and
the magical element in Taoist alchemy, there is more of
ascent than descent in the latter. The Shaman merely
visits the other worlds then returns to the body; the
alchemist, the feathered hsien, represents a totally
spiritualized body, total freedom from the limits of the
earthly and physical state, freedom from the world of
senses. Flight is also often another term for ecstasy, for
the mystic's experience of total liberation and freedom; it
is also symbolic of the unrestricted powers of the mind. As
the Rig V eda says: ‘He who knows has wings.’ For Chinese
alchemy it is one of the chief powers of the hsien  and is
associated closely with the cult of immortality since it
implies the ability to transcend all mortal limitations and
to pass from one world to another and enter the realm of
spirits.
There is the story of King Chao (515-488 B C) who said to
his minister: ‘The writing s of the Chen dynasty state that
Chung-li was actually sent as an envoy to the inaccessible
parts of heaven and earth; how was such a thing possible?
Tell me whether there is any possibility for people to
ascend to heaven?’ The minister explained that the true
meaning of this tradition was spiritual; those who wereupright and could concentrate were able ‘to rise to the
higher spheres and to descend to the lower, and
distinguish there the things which it would be proper to
do.’
Flight is one of the most fundamental longings of
humanity and runs through all myth, religions (‘taken up
into the seventh heaven’), legends and fairy tales and
dominates the dream world. Jung's extensive studies in
alchemy rose from the discovery of alchemical symbolism
frequently occurring in the dreams of patients who knew
nothing of alchemy. This dream-ﬂight alchemical
symbolism conformed to the ‘work’ of alchemy in helping
to bring about the proces s of integration in the individual;
these symbols ‘are part and parcel of the self, bringing
with them something of the unconscious which ﬁnds
expression in a feeling of eternity and immortality.’
There was no question of ‘possession’ in the ﬂight of the
Taoist hsien  who ‘went up to heaven’ since the ability to ﬂy
was the result of long years of yogic practices and of the
search for the elixir; it presupposed self-mastery, a perfect
incorporation into the cosmic rhythms and a balanced,
healthy, scholarly mind which had nothing to do with
shamanistic-mediumistic possession. On the other hand,
many of the accounts of going up to heaven may be
symbolic of out-of -the-bod y experiences, when, relieved of
the weight of the body, the soul is freed from the laws of
gravity, or of the mystic experience of total liberation from
all earthly limitations.
Although actual ﬂight is less employed symbolic ally in
western alchemy, the symbol of ascent is introduced in the
form of the ladder. Initiation ceremonies are depicted by
the alchemist climbing a seven-runged ladder, blindfolded,
but the blindfold is removed at the seventh rung and the
initiate then faces a closed door. Symbols of ascent all
imply the passage from one realm to a higher and thesame seven stages are found in the Shaman's seven-
notched pole of ascent to the heavens, the number seven
representing completeness as the sum of the earth number
four and the heavenly number three—hence the
macrocosm. The seven heavens symbolism appears almost
universally in ascent to the heavens, which, like ﬂight,
implies aspirations towards the divine, reaching the
dwelling place of supreme powers and achieving
immortality therein. Among the ‘feathered tribe’ in China,
the crane is one of the best known symbols of longevity; it
is ‘the Patriarch of the Feathered Tribe’ and an
intermediary between heaven and earth.
The Phoenix is universal in alchemy and is the
archetypal death-and-rebirth symbol. In the West, Wolfram
von Eschenbach wrote: ‘The phoenix burns to ashes, but
the ashes give him life again. Thus does the phoenix molt
and change its plumage, which afterwards is shining and
lovely as before.’ It is the consummation of the Great
Work, ﬁnal regeneration. In China it is one of the Four
Spiritually Endowed, or Sacred, Creatures: the Tortoise,
Ky-lin, Drago n and Phoenix, the last three being fabulous
and composite creatures that combine both the yin and
yang  powers. The phoenix or feng-huang, is the Vermilion,
or Fire, Bird, the substance of ﬂame. As ﬁre it is yang,
solar, but it dies and rema ins dead for three days, the dark
of the moon, and so has lunar qualities. Its composition is
also yin-yang  as it has the head of a cock, its eyes are the
sun, its beak is the cresce nt moon and it has the back of a
swallow with its wings as the wind; its tail represents trees
and ﬂowers and its feet are the earth. It also conforms to
the Five symbolism, combining the ﬁve colours which
represent the ﬁve cardinal virtues. This combi ned yin-
yang, lunar-solar quality emphasizes the interdependence
of the two powers in alchemy and their ﬁnal union.
Esoterically, the death of the phoenix, which is a self-immolation, is the death of form in the old nature to rise as
the new transformed, a higher state of consciousness.
The mirror is not only used in magic but in speculative
alchemy it is of the highest importance, the word
speculatio  meaning to mirror or reﬂect. This is the
reﬂection of cosmological truths in the rhythms of Nature,
expressed in Arabic alche my by Ibn Arabi as: ‘The world of
nature consi sts of many forms which are reﬂected in a
single mirror —nay, rather, it is a single form reﬂected in
many mirrors.’ This, again, is the ‘as above so below’ of
the hermetic tradition in which the mirror symbolizes the
intellect, the reﬂection of the cosmos. Its power, as the
Emerald Tablet says, ‘Rises from earth to heaven and
comes down again from heaven to earth, and thus acquires
the power of the realities above and the realities below.’ It
also reﬂects  the state of the soul; in perfection it is
perfectly clear and unclouded.
A mirror hanging face-downwards in a temple
establishes an axis of light by which the soul can ascend
heavenwards, but as reﬂected light it also represents the
manifest world of illusion. In this way the mirror also
combines the two great powers; it is the reﬂected light of
the moon, known as the ‘golden mirror,’ and at the same
time the disc of the sun. The ﬂash of light given oﬀ by a
mirror also symbolizes sudden spiritual realization or
enlightenment. Mirror symbolism is used frequently in
Taoism, neo-Confucianism and Buddhism, with the
diﬀerence that ‘with Buddhism external reality is to be
transcended, whereas with Chuang Tzu and the neo-
Confucianists, external reality is to be responded to
naturally and faithfully, like a mirror objectively reﬂecting
all.’ As Chuang Tzu said: ‘The mind of the Sage, being in
repose, becomes the mirror of the universe.’
Symbolism and alchemy cannot be separated. Eliade
writes: ‘To symbolic think ing the world is not only “alive”but also “open”: an objec t is never simply itself (as is the
case with modern consciousness), it is also a sign of, or a
repository for, something else.’ The whole of the
alchemical work was symbolic, covering, as it did, the
metaphysical and religious aspects in transforming base
man into the gold of perfection.
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THE ESOTERIC AND EXOTERIC
Early alchemists, whose writings were purely personal and
never intended for publication, could write as they pleased
without fear of giving secrets away to the uninitiated, the
merely curious or the grasping, but later, with the
invention of paper and printing, the possibility of a wide
distribution of knowledge occurred, and with it the need to
keep dangerous knowledge secret and out of the hands of
the ignorant or evil-minded. Thus there arose the division
between the esoteric, or secret, and the exoteric or
general knowledge, the one for initiates only, the other
open to