 mind’ s limiting thoughts, while
A wareness is absolute abundance.
When you wake up and begin living your life as A wareness, your life will be
beyond anything you can imagine now. Y ou will find the world utterly
magnificent, bur sting with beauty and loveliness, and you will see with clear
eyes tha t everything is on track, nothing is out of place, and all is well. When
our min d is running our life, w e’re prevented from seeing the world as it
really is.
The ego ic mind takes issue with most things and objects to them  vehemently.
Through its ego-centeredness and inability to see the full picture, it will judge,
criticize, and find fault, and d ue to its limited perspective o f life, it must
perceive problems.
“W aking up is unpleasant, you k now. Y ou are nice and comfort able in bed. It
is irritating to be woken up. That’ s the reason the wise guru will  not attempt to
wake people up. I hope I’m g oing to be wise here and make no attempt
whatsoever to wake you up if yo u are asleep. It is really none of my business,
even though I say to you at times, ‘W ake up!’”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
There’ s one purpose in life for every one of us—to wake up to who we are,
A wareness, and enjoy this incre dible spectacle of the world. W hen you wakeup, you will be in  th e world but n ot of  t he world, which means you w ill be
completely free from the challenges of the world.
As I  outlined in  the three-step A wareness Practice in the previous chapter,
after you’ve woken up to the truth of A wareness, the final step is to stay
consciously as A wareness and not be pulled back into the mind and the ego.
Some people wake up suddenly and stay that way permanently, and for others
awakening seem s to be a process. Everyone, however, says that the process of
awakening continues to deepen with no end.
“It i sn’ t any longer possible to say—this is about saints, this is about Zen
monks, this is s omething you must wait lifetimes to have. Or—this is for
serious spiritual  practitioners, or for people who don’ t revel in the physical
life, or for people who believe a certain way... Know th at you can go there,
can be there, ca n live a life that is unencumbered. Y ou do no t have to earn
this, or deserve it. It’ s free, already here. It isn’ t a reward. It’ s innate.”
Jan Frazier, fr om  Opening the Door
W aking up to who you really are is the way out of all  negativity and the way
to permanent happiness. It is the destiny of every human on earth. It is your
destiny. Y ou can make it your life now!
The Mountain of Consciousness
Many y ears ago, the Imperator of the European Rose Cross Order shared a
metaphor to help me understand the levels of Consciousness and A wareness.
He called it “the mountain of consciousness.”
If you’re at the base of the mountain in the valley, you can’ t see very far. Y our
perspective is narrow and limited, and you can’ t see what’ s ahead of you or
what’ s around any corner. Because you don’ t know what’ s beyond the valley,
there is a great fear of the unknown.
As y ou climb th e mountain, you begin to notice changes. Y our perspective of
life expands as you get higher, because you can see farther and you can see
past some of the things that were blocking your view at the bottom of the
mountain. Thing s look dif ferent a little higher up because you can see them
more clearly, and while still fearful, you’re not nearly as fearful as you were
in the valley.
Higher again up the mountain, the atmosphere is dif ferent, the  vegetation is
dif ferent, and you can see much farther than you could be fore. Life looks
very dif ferent here, and because you can now see a lot of things that were
hidden from you before, your fear of the unknown is diminishing.When y ou reach the top of the mountain, you can see everything in all
directions. Nothing whatsoever is hidden from you. Y our vision  of the world
and beyond is fu lly expanded in every direction. Y ou can see the people in the
valley a nd their  limited perspective, and you know from wher e you are that
there’ s n othing for them to fear. Y ou can also see the peop le who are at
various stages on their way up the mountain, and the various limitations of
their perspective. And where you stand, at the top of the mountain, you can
see the sheer ex quisite beauty and perfection of absolutely everything. Y ou
see that nothing is out of place, a nd there’ s nothing for anyone to  worry about,
or be afraid of.  The spectacle, the wonder, and the mystery of life that is
revealed to you is nothing shor t of magnificent, and when the people in the
valley can see the magnificence of what you can see, they also will be free.
“When we stand on top of a mountain or look at the stars we are sensing
infinity, which is what we truly are, and why so many people cr ave that sense
of expansiveness.”
David Bingham
“At a higher level of consciousness, none of this personal mind stuf f matters
at all, for you are standing on the mountaintop of your own being, and all
below y ou are clouds passing. Y ou come to a point where noth ing matters at
all! Nothing, nothing, nothing! And all is perfection only.”
Mooji, fr om  White Fire, second edition
Now tha t you know who you are, you have begun the awakening process! The
only obstacle to permanently be ing who you are is your mind. Y our mind is
your gr eatest power in the material world, because it will generate any
material thing, event, or circumstance you want, but if you believe its negative
thoughts, you will use its crea tive power against yourself. There’ s nothing
wrong with the mind, it only becomes troublesome when you believe it’ s who
you are.
When your mind tries to speak on your behalf, remember that the voice you
hear in your head is not you. Y our mind is not even an actual entity, but aprocess—a mechanical process. It’ s just made up of thou ghts, and the
thoughts it produces are coming from programs formed by your beliefs and
held in your subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is the storehouse of
our beliefs, memory, personalit y traits, automatic processes, and habits, and
its operation is no dif ferent from that of a computer; it’ s completely
mechanical.
Y our subconscious mind receives information from the conscious mind, which
is yo ur t hinking mind, and it ac cepts all the data that the thinking mind puts
into it. The subconscious mind doesn’ t discriminate with any of the
information coming into it, but instead accepts everything that the thinking
mind believes is true.
So b asically our mind recycles thoughts according to our belief s and holds us
prisoner with those thoughts by severely limiting our life—until we wake up
and see that our thoughts and our mind are not who we are!
“W ould you rather play the game of limitation or would you rather be free?
That sim ple que stion is a key to dropping our obsession with  being limited
body-minds. If you think you ar e your body-mind and the stories that you tell
yourself and others about being that body-mind, then you wou ld rather play
the game of limitation.”
Hale Dwoskin, fr om  Happiness Is Free
The firs t step to freedom is when we understand that our thoug hts create our
life. What you think is what manifests. Y ou won’ t  h ave the life y ou want if
you give  your attention to thoughts of what you don’ t want. And you will  have
the l ife you wan t if you give your attention only to thoughts o f what you do
want! When you un derstand this fully, you become very aware of your
thoughts, and it puts you well on the path of awakening, because your
awareness of your thoughts n ot only stops you from belie ving negative
thoughts, but it means you are becoming more aware.
The Secr et  b ook and docum entary explain  the power you have to create y our
life on all subje cts—health, relationships, money, work, happin ess, and even
the wo rld—through your thoughts. If you don’ t yet understand the
phenomenal power you have through your thoughts, I ur ge you to get a copy
of The Secr et, or borrow one from a friend or a library. The Secr et  has
changed the lives of tens of mil lions of people, and becoming m ore aware of
your thoughts is an excellent fir st step in the wonderful process  of waking up
to what we really are.C H A P T E


-
rupts hormone production in the hypothala-
mus -pituitary system. As a result, the egg loses
viability.
• Polycystic ovary syndrome: PCOS is charac-
terized  by the growth of cysts and two -fold en-
largement of the ovaries, with a white coating
of the ovaries. This condition impairs hor-
mone metabolism and leads to immature folli-
cles and no mature cells.
• Cervical canal problems: cervical mucus is so
thick that the sperm dies after getting there.
• Cervical erosion.
• Fallopian tube obstruction or damage.
• Scarred ovaries: this condition can be caused
by surgery. Scars prevent follicle growth and
ovulation.
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ovary without participating in fertilization.
• Endometriosis: the disease disrupts oocyte
maturation, egg fertilization and/or the attach-
ment of a mature and fertilized egg to uterus
walls.
• Uterine malformation: the  egg can’t attach to
the endometrium, the inner layer of the uterus.
If there’s no congenital pathology or absolute
infertility, dry medical fasting is effective in
eliminating many causes of infertility.
Dry fasting effects:
• Normalizes hormone level and treats ovarian
dysfunction.
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nates cervical erosion and scar tissue, and re-
stores normal vaginal flora.
• Gastrointestinal tract function is normalized,
and its failure is one of the causes of gyneco-
logical disorder s.
• A very high level of free sex hormones in the
blood during fasting results in greatly en-
hanced sexuality. Contrary to popular belief,
hunger increases sexuality, rather than de-
creases it.
Only very few women are affected by absolute
infertility. In most  cases, infertility is the effect
and consequence of other conditions. The ability
to conceive returned to many women after re-
storing their health. Based on their experience,
fasting is invaluable in treating the effects and
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infertility. It’s worth noting that women who
easily conceive, but have abortions because of
their inability to carry a baby to term, can fully
restore health through fasting and give birth to
healthy babies. Elimination of the toxic state and
subsequent improvement of their nutrition al-
low them to avoid abortions.

19.2.6. Toxemia in Pregnant Women
Toxemia in pregnant women is a multi -symp-
tomatic condition that occurs when the female
body fails to adapt to pregnancy. It’s character-
ized by  significant changes in metabolism, func-
tion of the endocrine glands, cardiovascular and
other systems, and in the level of electrolytes or
hormones.
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malnutrition, fatigue, nervous tension, and lack
of sleep make women more prone to toxemia.
Nausea, morning sickness, and vomiting aren’t a
natural occurrence during pregnancy. However,
if these symptoms are present, in some cases
they quickly cease, while in others it may neces-
sary to terminate a pregnancy to save  a woman’s
life.
The main cause is still the subject of many dis-
putes. If we understand that this condition is un-
natural for a pregnant woman, we can conclude
that it’s absolutely necessary for her to take care
of her body and health in the early stages o f preg-
nancy.
Nature treats everyone equally. If a woman ex-
periences nausea and vomiting during
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these symptoms, resulting in her suffering.
These are explained by the intoxication of her
body, not by pregnancy. Nature attempts to en-
dow every newborn baby with health in an effort
to continue life and give the finest qualities to
any new life form. Therefore, nature is deeply
concerned with the prenatal conditions of new-
borns and, particularly, their nutrition. Unborn
babies get nutrition from the substances sup-
plied to them by their mothers’ bodies.
If the blood of a pregnant woman meets the
highest physiological standards for the embryo,
the pregnancy will be calm and even pleasant. If
it is intoxicated, the  process focused on creating
the best source of nutrition for the embryo needs
to be launched. The physiological environment
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body, must be healthy for the embryo to have
clean, healthy, and well -balanced cond itions
during the antenatal period. This means that not
only the womb should be suitable for the devel-
opment of a new life, but also the entire mother's
body. If there is no general order, there may be
no local order.
We observe how the metabolism of a pr egnant
woman intensifies and her previously dormant
glands are activated. If a woman’s lifestyle is gen-
erally healthy, her health improves. The symp-
toms that she has experienced for a long time
disappear and she starts feeling well. Nausea and
vomiting are  just a part of a general recovery. In-
toxicated women are unsuitable to give birth to
a baby. The toxins retained and deposited in the
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That’s why a radical detoxification process is
needed, and it can be accomplished by tempo-
rary fasting. The stomach and the body of the in-
toxicated woman protest. They reject food, and
the liver increases its excretory function. A lot of
bile is excreted into the stomach and is elimi-
nated through vomiting. Some women may even
have f ood aversion – it’s what the body requires
to detox.
When we realize that nature does everything
possible to prepare a clean and healthy "home"
for the emergence of a new life, we will under-
stand the need to support these efforts and stop
putting spokes in the wheel of life.
When a pregnant woman experiences mild
nausea and vomiting, she should voluntarily
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allowed in this case. Arakelyan’s water  fasting
method is the ultimate solution. The fast should
last 3 -7 days and involve anti -stress and choler-
etic herbs. It won’t cause any harm to woman or
her baby. Lo ng-term fasting can be harmful,
while a few days of fasting in the early stage of
pregnancy will definitely help, especially women
with morning sickness. A woman should go to
bed and rest in warmth, put all of her fears aside,
and relax mentally without ta king any medica-
tion.
Practice proves that fasting for 3 -7 days is suf-
ficient to improve health and stop nausea and
vomiting for the rest of her pregnancy. After
fasting for a few days, eat fruits and raw vegeta-
bles before returning to regular meals. Howeve r,
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mon diet. Pregnant women are prone to overeat-
ing, especially when it comes to proteins. They
really do need high -quality protein, but in small
quantities. Fresh fruits and non -starchy vegeta-
bles are what the y need the most. In normal
cases of morning sickness, 3 -4 days of fasting are
sufficient to restore normal well -being, so that a
woman will eat without problems in the future.
There’s no reason to reject fasting in this condi-
tion and in such cases. Why would we need food
in the presence of nausea, vomiting, and com-
plete absence of appetite, when the body throws
out everything that you eat at once? Fasting is
the only logical way to improve one’s health.

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 for breakfast. These probably
averaged 250 fat calories. Lunch was usually a salad with one avocado (and t hat addictive lemon/oil/Bragg/garlic dressing).
Between my lunch and dinner salads, I would down ¼ cup of flax oil each and eve ry day … that’s 480 calories of pure fat right
there! I often ate a second avocado at dinner, the two of them probably totaling  about 450 fat calories. The nut/seed concoctions I
made for dinner (mock tuna, salmon nori, etc.), contributed another 400 calories  of fat. That’s 1,580 calories of overt fat in my day.
My total calories probably ran about 2,000 per day—which meant that I  was eating about 79% fat! WOW!!
My “healthy” eating was somewhat legendary within my own little  world. Goodness! The salads I would concoct in the
lunchroom at my Silicon V alley offices … It was the company joke. On the  way out to local restaurants for lunch each day, the
analysts I worked with would take a field trip past the lunchroom to see w hat “shrubbery” Laurie was eating today! They called my
salad bowl “the trough.” At 88 pounds and five feet tall (I’ve been t hat size since I was 14; it has nothing to do with raw food), I
could pound down a lot of salad. Or at least it looked that way to mainstream eater s.
I spent an ungodly amount of time in the kitchen each day, even buying a se cond food processor, blender, and juicer to keep
in my office so that I could now also whip up mock tuna and other such concocti ons for lunch if I wanted … which did nothing for
my caloronutrient ratio, let me tell you!
I enjoyed my food (who wouldn’t, with all that fat and salt), and I enjoyed the a ttention I received (“Where is a tiny person
like you putting all that FOOD!?”). But I had one problem: my longs tanding fatigue and lifelong recurring bronchial infections we re
NOT getting any better than they were when I ate cooked food. It was maddeni ng!
As a child, I recall having a cold at least once every two months. Without  fail, I’d get swollen glands a day or two before the
full-on bronchial affront would begin. Next, I’d get a croupy cough, a  sore throat, and sometimes earaches. I’d always hope that the
cold would stay in my head this time, but darned if it didn’t “go down to my lung s” every single time. These “colds” never lasted less
than 8 or 10 days.
I lived on antibiotics. Mom would have us stop them early when our sympt oms went away, so we could “save” some
antibiotics. That way, we would have some on hand and wouldn’t have to wait f or a doctor’s appointment the next time. At the
slightest indication of swollen glands, I’d pop the pills … “to nip it  in the bud,” you know? W e were smart consumers!
It’s a wonder I got through school at all. I was often absent a full week of s chool in a month. I’d do my schoolwork from
home, my bedroom desk stocked with antibiotics, throat lozenges, vitamin C, and ex pectorant cough syrup. I spent a good portion
of each winter “under the vaporizer,” as we called it. The bedroom wall s and windows would be wet with condensation from the
mentholated vaporizer steam mom used to try to keep me breathing.
Somehow, though, I managed never to manifest a diagnosable disease … main ly just those incessant chest colds. They
continued unabated through my young adult life. Chronically underslept  and overstressed, I worked ridiculously long hours at my
college studies and at my jobs, living on adrenaline and working right  through my ongoing illnesses. I’d come to work with no voice.
I’d take work home and work from bed. I’m quite sure I exhausted my body to a devas tating degree.
By 1990, newly married and still working crazy hours as operations manager a t a small electronics company, I was diagnosed
with Epstein-Barre virus. Regularly sick, and dragging myself to wor k each day, I continued the downward spiral of ignoring my
body and pushing through the colds, flus, episodes of strep throat and bronchitis, a nd occasional cases of pneumonia. I remember nearly falling asleep on the road driving home from work just about eve ry day that summer. Sometimes I’d pull over and nap for
awhile, but mostly I’d talk or sing or scream out loud, slap my own face, and blast the music while I drove, trying to push my
exhausted body another 20 minutes until I could get home.
In the eighties I worked for a wealthy stockbroker who took us on incentive bonus  trips to places like New Orleans, where
we would eat at five-star restaurants night after night. I learn ed to love rich, gourmet foods and ate more than my share of prime rib
and creamy risotto. After nine years of working for this broker and her hus band, I could no longer afford my own taste in food.
Always interested in what I believed to be health and nutrition, howeve r, I tended more toward grilled vegetables and fish,
rarely if ever eating fast food. I pored over magazines for “healthy”  recipes. At home I would broil oil-coated vegetables and pour
them over corkscrew pasta topped with pine nuts and herbs, sure that I was ea ting a supremely healthful meal.
Then at age 34 (1997), I learned about raw foods from Pam Masters, a light-fille d soul who taught hundreds of people in the
San Francisco Bay Area to eat raw food and heal their bodies as she had done h erself. Pam shared with us dozens of hand-written
recipes that she had learned to make at Hippocrates Health Institut e years before. W ow! This rich, salty, fatty “health food” was
right up my alley! I loved  what I was learning, and my taste buds loved it even more.
Yet it never added up: I ate all this healthy food but still had endless sev ere head colds. Instead of getting better, it seemed as
if my colds were coming more frequently and were increasingly more vi rulent. They never lasted less than three weeks, usually
dragging on a month or more at a time. I would lose my voice completely, every t ime. I would cough violently. I would still work
right through it all. In the late 1990s, it seemed I spent more of the year wi th a cold than I spent feeling good.
Finally one day in total desperation, I phoned Doug Graham in Florida. I still  have the audiotape of that phone conversation.
W e were friends by then, so he knew of my history of chest colds … but I had n ever asked him for help, so he hadn’t laid it on the
line to me. Now I was asking, and I was in tears. First, he asked me to list for h im what I ate on an average day. He listened
patiently, then he told me what he tells nearly every raw fooders who c onsults with him: “Laurie, you’re eating way too much fat and
not nearly  enough fruit.”
Never having had a weight problem, I had no concept of how many calorie s or how much fat was in the foods I ate. I didn’t
believe that my diet could be as full of fat as he claimed, but I started inv estigating. Over the past half-dozen years, I have delved
deeply into caloronutrient calculations, verifying for myself the t remendous amounts of fat that raw fooders are eating. I learned that
nuts and seeds average about 75% fat. (Who was the rocket scientist who told u s these were protein  foods?) This kind of
information gave me motivation to make some serious changes!
Now, I have learned to eat pretty darned close to an 80/10/10  diet (cooked and raw, not the rave version). A lot of people
fall over when they hear the quantity of fruit I eat each day. Togethe r with my partner, Tim Trader, I buy bananas by the case—we
go through about 250 a week. W e frequent farmer’s markets, and our kitchen coun ter is a beautiful cornucopia of dozens and
dozens of colorful fresh fruits at all times. I start every day with a 12- banana smoothie to which I add about a pound of one or two
other types of fruit: pears, strawberries, mangos, stone fruits … wh atever catches my eye. (Y es, all that plus a couple cups of
distilled water does  fit into one Vita-Mix container; it makes nearly three quarts.) Or I ’ll eat a banana/celery smoothie, sometimes
adding parsley or kale or cilantro or other greens to it. Most days I continue e ating fruit in the afternoon (grapes, mangos,
watermelon, nectarines, etc.) and then eat a salad for dinner, usually  with cooked vegetables as well. I am working on incorporating
more whole foods and fewer smoothies … but for now this is what works for me.
My fat consumption


state of existence, everything is relative.
Yet the principle, applied to metaphysics, yields54Bringers of the Lightsome very interesting insights.  For if a thing is noth-
ing except in the space of that which it is not, then
YOU cannot be ANYTHING except in the space of
that which YOU are not.
And so the opposite of what you wish to “be” will
appear almost as soon as your wish to “be” it is heard.
Indeed, your Soul draws these conditions to itself.And God will give the Soul everything it calls forth,
as the Greatest Gift of the Grandest Creator, in or-
der that the Soul may fulfill Itself in this, Its highestdesire.
Thus will the Soul thank God for those treasures
which are called the Conditions and Events of Life,and thus will the Soul welcome all of Life’s experi-
ences, honoring them equally, the “good” and the
“bad,” without judgment.
If you feel that you understand the concept em-
bodied in this basic principle of life, go back now to
what was said in Step 4.
We said, “Not only will there be opposition — but
the opposition will increase.   It will be greater than it
Neale Donald Walsch 55ever was before.”  We also said, “when you under-
stand why this is so, you will actually rejoice should
things take a downward turn.”
The reason you will rejoice is that you will know
— for you will see “opposition” as a sure and certain
sign — that you are on the journey of transforma-
tion; the road to glory; the higher path.
It is now important for you to also know that  in a
very real  metaphysical sense, there is “a light at the
end of the tunnel.”  The appearance and the effectof these negative opposites we have talked about is
but temporary, and their purpose is to heal forever
any negative feeling you have had about the outer
experiences of your life.
Here is how this healing occurs.
Let’s use Peace once again as our example.  Let’s
say that you are a parent, and you have made the
declaration, “I am Peace. ”  Now the moment you
make that declaration, everything unlike  “peace” will
come into your experience.  And so the kids will
start making noise — more noise than ever before!56Bringers of the LightYet now you will be at choice in responding to this,
for now you will know and understand  why this is hap-
pening.   You may choose to see this “opposite” as a gift
bearer, bringing you a chance to experience and ex-
press peace, or as a thief, stealing your peace from you.
Let’s assume you choose to be peace.  With this
commitment and focus, you do not respond in the
old way; you do not become just as noisy and cha-
otic as the kids, raising your voice and demandingthat they quiet down. You simply, peacefully and
calmly, move through the moment.
Before you know it, the kids may actually calm
down themselves, having picked up your energy.
Even if they do not, it will not matter.  You have
mastered the moment.  You have changed the expe-rience.   Staying with this focus in the days and weeks
which follow will show the children that becoming
noisy is no longer a way of getting attention.  In fact,they see just the opposite.  This will produce a great
awakening — in both you and your children.Neale Donald Walsch 57The next thing that you will notice is that more
peacefulness prevails.
So will it be in every area of your life.  Whatever
you choose to “be,” its opposite number will appear
(or it will become more apparent that it was always
there!).  Then, as you heal the illusion that this“opposite” is who you are, and move with determined
focus into the continued and ever larger expression
of Who You Really  Are, that which opposed you no
longer has any effect; you have rendered it null and
void.
And, as with all Masters, never again will you con-
demn that which others call evil, for you will know
that what you resist persists, and what you look at
disappears.  That is,  it ceases to hold its present
form, it ceases to produce its present effect.
And you will be surrounded by the darkness, yet
curse it not.  And then you, as with all Masters, willbecome a Bringer of the Light.58Bringers of the LightRecreating Step 5
Allow form to
create itself.
We come now finally to the question of Form.
What form shall your service take?  What
will being a Bringer of the Light  “look like”?
There are two ways to go about turning your heart’s
deepest desire into physical form.  You may seek tomake your desires fit into a predetermined form, or
you may allow the form to create itself.
It is strongly suggested that the latter course be taken.When we insist that our desires be made manifest
in a particular form, we, in effect, limit God.  Yet
when we leave every option open, we make a spacefor marvelous creation.Neale Donald Walsch 59One of the first questions asked by people who
wish to serve o thers is, “What can I do to be a Bringer of
the Light?”  That should be the last question people ask.
Move first toward the State of Beingness in which
a Bringer of the Light   resides, then allow the
“doingness” of your life to flow from that.
What is that State of Beingness?  It is whatever
you imagine it to be.  You get to choose. You get to
decide.
What is the Light you wish to share; that you wish
to bring to, and call forth in, others?  If you could
give it a name, what would that be?
There is something burning inside of you which
you know would, if ever fully released and fully ex-
pressed, make the lives of others better.
What is that?  What does that feel like?
Remember, it is not something you would be do-
ing.  It is something you would be being.
Is it loving?  Caring?  Healing?  You can be more
of that no matter what you are doing.
Yet the magic of it is, the more of that you are60Bringers of the Lightbeing, the more what you are doing  will fall perfectly
into place to allow you to “be” even more of that!
Trust this process.  It works.
You will discover that forms — physical ways to
“be” a thing — will suddenly start to just “show up.”
Perhaps just one example here might make what
we are trying to say a bit more clear.
A man once decided that he wanted to “be” the
thing called “healing.”  This was a State of Being
which he felt deeply within his soul, and he wishedto express that.
Now he couldn’t find a “job” out there in the so-
called “real world” which allowed him to “do that.”He looked in the want ads, but he didn’t see  many
Help Wanted ads which said, “Major national cor-
poration looking for healer,” or, “Local companyseeks healer for great entrance level position.”
Discouraged, but undaunted, he decided to open
his own business; start his own “practice.”  Still, hehad no form, no mold, into which to pour the mak-
ings of his desire.  So he created a form.  He wouldNeale Donald Walsch 6162Bringers of the Light
be, he decided, a “crystal healer.”  Or maybe a “mas-
sage therapist.”  Or perhaps a “psycho-spiritual coun-selor.”  Or a “new age minister” for a church of his
own devise.
He created a form which felt like it might work,
and opened for business.  And all was fine.  Except
hardly anyone came.  And the few who did come
didn’t get the value, so left him with little or noth-ing.  And he didn’t feel “right” asking a fee, because,
after all, he had just made the whole game up, quite
literally, and he felt ashamed and embarrassed — if
not to say, a bit guilty — to ask for or require what he
felt he did not deserve.
So he starved to death.  Not literally, of course.
But figuratively, yes.  His life by this time had turned
to Jell-o.  His partner left him, pronouncing him
“crazy” as a result of this “midlife crisis” throughwhich he was apparently moving.  His old friends,
too, thought he had flipped.  And where once he
had been really quite capable of taking care of him-self, now he was living on the county, or taking gov-Neale Donald Walsch 63
ernment welfare in some other form, or, at best,
barely eking by — but he was willing to make the
sacrifice, because, after all, he was “doing what hewanted to do.”
On his best days he could even justify  the present
state of his existence with that pronouncement.  Still,something deep inside him told him there was a “lie”
somewhere; an untruth.  A formula he didn’t know,


 of the foot away
from you, and move the other side
toward you with your left hand.
2Now reverse the actions,
moving the right hand back
toward you, pulling that side of
the foot around, while pushing the
other side of the foot away with
the left hand. Rapidly alternate the
actions, moving the sides of the
foot quickly back and forth. learning tip
for maximum effectiveness, apply
the side-to-side technique rapidly
and rhythmically. Keep your hands
level with the ball of the foot,
resting on them lightly but firmly.
Avoid pressing too hard or you will
restrict the foot’s movement. With
practice, you will find it easier to
maintain a quicker pace and will
have the strength to apply it for
longer periods of time.“Desserts” are techniques  designed to create relaxation, and they are
something almost everyone likes. These techniques can be used at the beginning
and end of a session, as a transition between techniques, and to soothe if a
recipient’s foot is sensitive. In helping to relax the foot, they make reflexology
work easier, because a relaxed person is more receptive to technique application.foot desserts 79learning tip
Applying the technique in a slow,
easy motion gets the best results.
grip the foot with a moderate
pressure, making sure the hands’
surfaces are in full contact with the
foot. Avoid gripping the toes as
this can result in them being squeezed, which is unpleasant. do
not move both hands at once,
since this causes friction.
2Now move the same hand
in the other direction, again
keeping the hand nearest the ankle
stationary. Repeat the two actions,
twisting the foot gently from side
to side several times. Move both
hands toward the ankle slightly,
and repeat the whole movement
several times again. Spinal twist
As the name suggests, this dessert provides relaxation for the
spinal reflex area along the inside of the foot. As well as
being a dessert the spinal twist works the spinal area. It also
works well for relaxing people with tired feet. For optimum
comfort, make sure all digits make firm contact with the foot.
1Hold the inside of the foot
with both hands; the thumbs
rest on the sole of the foot and the
fingers on the top. Turn the foot
with the hand closest to the toes.
The other hand remains static. 80 reflexology techniques1Hold the ball of the foot
below the big toe and
second toe. Allow your finger and
thumb tips to rest on the knobby
heads of the bones in the ball of
the foot. Move the foot away
from you with the right hand and
toward you with the left hand.
2Now practice the motions
in reverse, moving the foot
toward you with the right hand
and away from you with the left.
Repeat this several times, setting
up a rhythm. Move on to the ball
of the foot below the second and
third toes and carry out this
technique. Do the same with the
third and fourth, and then the
fourth and fifth toes. learning tip
experiment with moving your
hands in a circular motion. it will
create a unique feeling for the
foot. Be careful of your fingernails
on the top of the foot, avoid
digging them into the skin; you’ll see nail marks if you have. if you
find this part of the foot difficult to
move try applying other desserts. then reapply the sole-mover.Sole-mover
The aim of this reflexology technique is to produce
movement in the bones making up the ball of the foot. It
allows the lung, chest, upper back, and diaphragm reflex
areas to relax−all places where stress regularly builds up.
let your fingertips rest gently on the
top of the foot, with your thumb tips
on the underside.foot desserts 812Now squeeze gently with
your right hand. Build up
a rhythmic push/squeeze pattern
as you repeat the actions
several times.learning tip
if the push/squeeze pattern is firm
but gentle, this dessert is perfectly
comfortable. if the ball of the foot
looks compressed then you’ve exerted too much pressure. do

not try to squeeze and push
simultaneously. When placing your
fist, use the flats of your fingers rather than the knuckles. center
your pushing and squeezing
efforts in the ball of the foot,
rather than in the arch or the toes.Lung-press
This dessert provides relaxation to the lung reflex area in the
ball of the foot; hence its name. The art in this dessert lies in
the smooth, wavelike motion created by coordinating the
movements of the two hands. It’s somewhat like a wave’s
ebb and flow. One hand pushes and the other hand
responds with a gentle squeeze.
1Form your left hand into a
fist. Rest the flat of the fist
against the ball of the foot. Firmly
hold the top of the foot with your
right hand. Push with the fist. 82 reflexology techniques2Then turn the foot in a
counterclockwise direction
and repeat several times.learning tip
While you are moving the foot,
work against the holding hand.
By way of a variation, try bridging
the ankle with your holding hand
rather than the center of the foot.Traction
This technique is good for
relaxing the foot overall. It
counteracts the compression
of the foot that happens
each time you take a step.
learning tip
While you move the ball of the
foot toward you with the working
hand, pull at the ankle with the
holding hand.
Midfoot-mover
Prolonged standing and footwear often cause the joint
across the center of the foot to become compressed. The
end result is general stress on the foot, as well as on the
reflex areas of the midfoot. The midfoot-mover breaks up
the stress experienced by the middle of the foot.
1Span your holding hand
over the middle area of the
foot, keeping it as still as possible.
Hold the ball of the foot firmly
with the other hand and move it
360˚ in a clockwise direction.
Repeat several times.1Hold the foot firmly. Pull it
toward you, gently and
gradually. Hold for 10–15 seconds.
Then release.foot desserts 831Hold the ankle firmly with your holding hand.
Using your other hand, hold the ball of the foot
and rotate the toes in a clockwise direction to make a
complete circle. Repeat this action several times. 2Now rotate the foot in a counterclockwise
direction in a full circle. Repeat this action
several times.learning tip
rest the thumb of the holding
hand below the ankle bone. Pull
the foot toward you and then turn
it with the other hand. Ankle-rotation
This dessert also serves as an exercise. By rotating the foot in
a complete circle, you are both exercising and relaxing the
four major muscle groups controlling the foot movements. It
also helps ease fluid retention occurring around the ankles.1Use the holding hand to
keep the top of the foot
steady. Hold the big toe with the
other hand. Rotate the toe
clockwise through 360˚ slowly
and evenly several times.2Then rotate the toe in a
counterclockwise direction.
Use the working fingers to create
a firm, even pressure and exert a
slight upward pull. Apply this to
each of the toes in turn. Toe-rotation
Because it works the muscles
fully, this dessert both gently
relaxes the toes and strengthens
them at the same time.Step 1
Working the underside of the toes
The reflex areas in this sequence correspond to parts of the
head and neck. Some of these parts, such as the pituitary
gland, regulate important activities in the body. The head and
brain gather information about the outside world. Working
the reflex areas in this sequence will stimulate these structures
and enhance their functions. Before beginning the sequence,
examine the foot for any areas that need to be avoided, and
then use the desserts listed below to relax the foot.
1Hold the big toe still with
your holding hand. Rest
your working thumb just above
the pituitary gland  reflex area.
Hook in with the thumb and pull
back across the reflex area. Repeat.2Place your thumb at one
side of the neck, thyroid
gland, and parathyroid
gland  reflex areas on the big toe.
Walk across the stem of the toe
using thumb-walking technique.
Make at least two passes across
the toe, one high and one low.
3Change hands and walk your thumb across the stem of the toe in
the other direction. Make low and high passes. Repeat several times.AreAs worked
  Pituitary gland   Working with
this gland can benefit body
activities such as metabolism.
  Neck   Highly prone to tension, it
may respond well to reflexology.
  Thyroid & parathyroid glands
Help to regulate energy levels,
growth, metabolism, and blood
calcium levels: work on the toes
can improve functioning.
  Head & brain   Control all
activity, as well as processing
information from the
environment, so are a key part
of a reflexology session.
  sinuses   Reflexology can help to
keep these


 debilitating chronic health problems, consider seeing a professional who can
help you determine if your root canals are causing your health problems. Infected root canals often go
undetected by x-rays and can wreak havoc in the body. The danger of any root canal you already have
is likely related to how unhealthy the tooth was in the first place. Root canals can be tested with a
TOPAS test, electrical testing devices or muscle testing to help identify a root canal that is
significantly harming your health.
The root canal procedure hides the pain of the infection, but usually it does not get down into the bone
and tooth root tips where the infection may exist. The procedure also does not address the causative
reason why the tooth is infected in the first place. Thus hidden infections can lurk at root canal sites.
If your health is not noticeably suffering, then many dentists believe you should keep your rootcanalled teeth.
21
 Currently there is no real natural replacement for your tooth. And although we have
the means to make healthy natural tooth replacements, I would not expect this technology to be
available, successful, or affordable for at least 20 years. Once you remove your tooth there is no
turning back.
Your bite and your ability to chew are supported by your tooth, even if it has a root canal. Numerous
people have told me personally that they have regretted getting their root canalled teeth pulled
because of how it affected their chewing or bite. An alternative to pulling a current tooth with root
canal is to have your root canal resterilized with the newest technologies such as EndoCal 10. That
being said, there is a time and place for certain root canalled teeth to be removed, and doing so has
saved some people’s lives.
Safer Root Canals and Avoiding Root Canals at the Dental Office
EndoCal 10, formerly known as Biocalex is a form of calcium oxide. Holistically oriented dentists
have reported good results from using this material. The root of the tooth needs to be carefully sealed
up from toxins before this material is used.
As an alternative to a root canal, dentists can use the precision of a laser to vaporize infections in
teeth without traumatizing the dental nerve.
22
 This treatment can also save teeth from needing root
canals or crowns. So rather than ripping the entire nerve of your tooth out, the dentist helps it heal and
leaves it in place. Tooth infections can also be relieved sometimes by homeopathic injections to
stimulate healing in a specific area of the jaw. These are much better ideas than root canals.
Does Your Tooth Need a Root Canal?
A root canal is a heroic last resort treatment to spare removal of a tooth whose life has otherwise
ended. A root canal is performed to clean up dangerous material and swelling that is not healing
naturally. Without severe pain or inflammation, your tooth, while it may have a cavity, is still
probably in relatively good health. So you do not want to remove the top of it and gut its insides
unless there is no other option left.
A majority of root canals are unnecessary. I do not recommend or encourage the treatment. However
in a case where there is absolutely no other choice, you will need to decide with your dentist and
health practitioner if you want to try a carefully executed root canal or extract the tooth. If you are not
in the situation of “there is no other choice,” then you do not need a root canal. A root canal is not
usually needed with cracked teeth that can be bonded together or in the case of inflamed areas near a
tooth that could be a gum infection, not a tooth infection. If your tooth has never had a dental
treatment, and it has not been severely traumatized then there is a very high likelihood that you do not
need a root canal. If your tooth is inflamed, the inflammation can be treated with a good diet and
herbs. Holistically oriented dentists also have tools to calm an infection, such as homeopathic
injections and lasers to stimulate healing. If you have been told that you need a root canal but you do
not feel any sort of pain, swelling or inflammation, then you more than likely do not need this dental
treatment.
My concluding advice when considering whether to get a root canal is to ask yourself, “Does mybody really need this treatment?” and, “Would a root canal contribute to my improved health?”
How to Heal Tooth Inflammation or Tooth Infection (Tooth Abscess) and Avoid That Root
Canal (these guidelines are not for children)
Many inflamed or infected teeth can heal naturally. But there are many cases where they cannot heal
naturally and need the help of the dentist’s hand to protect the tooth so that it can heal. In particular,
teeth that are crowned, extensively traumatized, or with large mercury fillings can be very difficult to
heal only with nutrition. This is because we are faced with a tooth that has suffered years and years of
trauma. The trauma has come from biting forces, nighttime clenching or grinding, and a poor diet.
After years and years of abuse, the tooth finally fails. It is a tall order to reverse a tooth that far gone
with nutrition alone because it could take months to rebuild the structure of such a traumatized tooth.
The more suggestions you can follow on this list, the better your chances of healing a tooth infection
in addition to following the previously presented dietary guidelines.
Tooth Infection (Abscess) Healing Guidelines

1
.
Eat the tooth infection formula (chapter 6).
2
.
Take two teaspoons of cod liver oil, or Blue Ice™ Royal Blend per day.
3
.
Reduce biting forces by wearing a night guard.
4
.
Reduce biting stress by supplemental treatments including cranial osteopathy, chiropractic
treatments on the jaw, acupressure, acupuncture, myofascial release, to name a few.
5
.
Avoid all grains.
6
.
Do not eat any fruit or sweets at all.
7
.
Use herbal topical treatments (see “Healing Tooth Pain” in this chapter).
8
.
Natto (special fermented soybeans) or the enzyme from natto, nattokinase increases blood
circulation and can help reduce infections.
9
.
Prayer.
What is vital to understand here is that if you do have an infection, you are at a very delicate point
with regard to your health. If the infection becomes more severe, which can happen rapidly if you are
not careful, then your health is at risk. Please note that the success rate for curing a tooth infection
will be lower than that for curing a cavity, as the infection is an indication of a more severe
imbalance. Eating raw animal fats and proteins significantly increases the chance of healing the tooth
infection.
If your health is otherwise compromised, such as if you have a chronic or debilitating disease, then
please seek help from a minimally invasive dentist as the remedies here may not help you to a
significant degree.
If you are taking the correct action, the tooth infection should not progress any further and the pain
should not increase. You can expect a moderate improvement in 12-24 hours, and a more significant
improvement with noticeable pain reduction in 24-48 hours. If you do not see this type of
improvement, then you need immediate dental intervention.Understanding Tooth Infections
There are different types of infections so this description may not include the type of infection that you
have. The phases of a tooth infection are:

1
.
Rednc8ess and swelling in the gums above the tooth.
2
.
Bumps or an additional swollen spot in gum above the tooth.
3
.
Small white ball of pus forming.
4
.
Large ball of pus in gum.
5
.
Swelling in face and neck.
6
.
Fever and severe swelling in face, neck and other parts of the body.
You can easily tell if you have an infection based upon the amount of pain you feel. Swelling and
severe pain means a tooth infection. The infection can progress or regress through the different stages.
When the infection is not visible, and cannot be seen on the x-ray, then the infection is gone from the
perspective of requiring a dental treatment on a tooth. The infection still may linger hidden, but to
effect a complete resolution of the infection would require herbs, diet, homeopathy and/or manual
therapies.
Tooth Infection Topical Treatments
The odds of curing tooth infections greatly increase when using supplemental herbal treatments.

1
.
Plantain
 – Place fresh, bruised plantain leaf directly on the infected and swollen area. Wild
plantain is the best choice. To use plantain, chew it up and then place it on the inflamed area.
Plantain has the action of pulling out dead and diseased material.
2
.
Echinacea Tincture
 – Place tincture of echinacea on the inflamed area. Echinacea has the
ability to help heal infections. Also, it can be taken internally as described on the bottle.
3
.
Potato for Abscess –
Place a slice of plain, white raw potato against the abscess, and leave in
place for several hours.Focal Infections
The focal infection theory maintains that an infection in one place in the body can travel to and infect
a distant place in the body. It is the spread of toxins from one part of the body through the bloodstream
or by other means to another part. Focal infections have been proven to be connected with a large
variety of health problems including blood


 following severe traumatic brain injury, it would seem reasonable to further compare these two drugs in multicenter RCTs to assess the value of each for a life-threatening condition that has no efficacious intervention at the present time. Such an RCT would establish the safety and efficacy of each compound and could provide the first effective treat -
ment available for brain and spinal cord insults.
Moreover, we cannot overstate that an RCT of DMSO and progesterone could
result in a major medical breakthrough in preventing mortality and the psychosocial burden suffered by traumatized patients and their caretakers. A drug that could limit the damage caused by brain trauma would also be cost-effective, in view of the bil -
lions of dollars expended globally on traumatic brain injury, especially for survivors with special needs and constant care.
However, on December 25, 2014, as this book went to press, two phase III multi -
center, double-blind clinical trials using progesterone were carried out on moderate to severe TBI patients.
101a,101b These trials demonstrated no significant clinical benefit
or functional improvement following progesterone administration when compared to placebo in the patients treated for TBI.
101a,101b227 DMSO in Clinical Neuroprotection
DMSO + FRUCTOSE-1,6-DISPHOSPHATE (FDP)
FOR ISCHEMIC STROKE
Stroke is the third leading cause of death and severe disability in the United States.
In the mid-1990s, great hope was created when tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as an IV agent in ischemic stroke.
140 This drug is a clot buster that works by catalyzing the
conversion of plasminogen to the clot-breaking plasmin. tPA is the only drug currently authorized by the FDA for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
Despite almost a decade of use after FDA approval, tPA is greatly underused and
it is reported that in the United States about 1%–7% of potentially eligible patients actually receive this therapy.
141,142 The major reasons for underusing tPA is the tight
3 h window of treatment required to ensure effectiveness in patients with ischemic stroke and, also, the fear of inducing cerebral hemorrhage. When one computes the delay time often involved in reaching a hospital following an acute ischemic stroke and the time required to rule out a hemorrhagic stroke with a CT scan, this 3 h win -
dow of treatment may be difficult to attain.
It is estimated that ischemic stroke strikes about 75% of people over the age of 55.
143
Elderly stroke patients are also more susceptible to neurologic disability and adverse events related to drug treatment following a cerebrovascular insult. Partly for these reasons, elderly patients are rarely included in large randomized clinical stroke trials involving investigational drug therapy.
144
The pathobiology associated with ischemic stroke is not unlike that seen in trau-
matic brain injury since it involves numerous processes, including increased intra -
cellular Ca2+ influx into cells, glutamate excitotoxicity, loss of cell ion homeostasis,
free radical–mediated cell damage, cytokine-induced cytotoxicity, complement activation, reactive gliosis, energy failure, and infiltration of leukocytes through an impaired blood–brain barrier.
145
As with traumatic brain injury, early management of ischemic stroke stresses res -
toration of CBF to the ischemic core and surrounding region as a principal goal that can prevent further tissue damage and possibly reverse some or all lost hemispheric function.
146,147
The region bordering the stroke core is called the ischemic penumbra, an area
encompassing as much as half of the total lesion volume during the initial stages of stroke.
147 The penumbral region therefore represents a neuronal population of dys -
functional but structurally undamaged brain cells, which may be salvaged via post -
stroke therapy.148 Unfortunately, no such therapy has yet been approved for rescuing
penumbral neurons although studies in rhesus monkeys have shown the feasibility of neuronal rescue after experimental stroke using DMSO.
149–151
The rationale for using combined DMSO–FDP on ischemic stroke patients
is based on clinical and experimental data indicating the beneficial properties of DMSO or FDP monotherapy following brain and cardiac ischemia.
152–154 Because
neither DMSO nor FDP alone is able to target the multifactorial metabolic and physi -
ological abnormalities seen experimentally in animals or clinically in humans, it was considered that their combined use might provide improved neuroprotection follow -
ing ischemic stroke. Neither drug had been used for human ischemic stroke before.228 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
In previous studies, DMSO has shown a number of biological activities that
could be useful in embolic stroke therapy. These include acting as a powerful
free radical scavenger,155–158 blocking glutamate excitotoxicity,101 suppressing tis -
sue factor activity,98 preventing vascular smooth muscle migration during cardiac
ischemia,98 inhibiting the formation of thrombin,98 blocking sodium channel acti -
vation,99,100 deaggregating platelets in brain microvessels,158–160 and stabilizing cell
membranes.161–163
Additionally, DMSO has the ability to increase CBF when given for a variety of
vascular insults.75–78,113,164 DMSO has also been reported to improve neurologic and
functional outcome after stroke in animals, including nonhuman primates.155,157,159
Unlike FDP, however, DMSO does not act as a substrate for aerobic glycolysis, nor does it reduce ischemic-induced cellular acidosis, or directly increases the synthesis of the energy-carrying molecule ATP, during tissue ischemia.
These are biological activities that FDP is able to carry out as an energy substrate
glycolytic intermediate. During anaerobic glycolysis, FDP is capable of boosting the yield of net ATP twice as much as glucose on a per mole basis.
165 FDP has been
shown to reduce the harmful effects of cellular acidosis promoted by lactic acid production following cerebral ischemia
166 and to diminish the effects of brain isch -
emic hypoxia.167 These activities shown by FDP are highly desirable in combating
ischemic stroke.
Because previous experimental findings using a combination of DMSO and FDP
showed marked beneficial results when this treatment was applied for blunt head injury and for induced cerebral hypoperfusion in rodents,
87,88,168,169 this dual drug
combination was selected as a treatment for human stroke by Karaça et al.170
A total of 16 patients suffering from acute and subacute cerebral infarction was
selected to receive DMSO–FDP or standard therapy.170 The patients ranged in age
from 45 to 92 with a median age of 65.170 Eleven patients were given IV DMSO–FDP
(DMSO 560 mg/kg in a 28% solution, FDP 200 mg/kg) mixed in 5% dextrose twice daily for an average of 12 days. Five patients were given standard treatment consist -
ing of fluids, oxygen, and osmotic agents when indicated.
170
Safety and tolerability to DMSO–FDP were evaluated by recording any clinical
adverse effects to drug therapy, by MRI and by laboratory data. DMSO–FDP drug efficacy was assessed by a reduction in infarct size using MRI, as well as by any mass effect, midline shift or extent of edema, and by magnetic resonance angio -
graphic evidence of improved perfusion in affected vessels.
170
A neurologic and medical evaluation was performed on every patient immediately
before, during, and after treatments and continued after 7, 30, and 90 days following DMSO–FDP and standard treatments.
170 All but 1 of the 11 DMSO–FDP-treated
patients was followed up for 3 months after discharge from the hospital. Neurologic assessment included patients’ sensory-motor function and level of consciousness. A modified Rankin scale was used to predict outcome, and a five-point rating scale adapted from Tazaki et al.
171 was used to assess neurologic recovery.
All patients were rated as to their daily living condition as follows: (1) markedly
improved, (2) improved, (3) slightly improved, (4) no change, and (5) deteriorated or died. There were no deaths that could be attributed to any therapy in this series of patients.229 DMSO in Clinical Neuroprotection
Figure 9.6 shows the  MRI of a 63-year-old patient who had sustained a large infarct
of the left posterior cerebral artery territory 8 h before treatment. After 11 days of
twice daily DMSO–FDP infusions, MRI showed a dramatic reduction of edema and apparent reduction of thalamic involvement and lower signal intensity in gray matter.
170
A magnetic resonance angiogram is shown in Figure 9.7 of an 80-year-old patient
who was diagnosed with a right MCA infarct that resulted in a mild mass effect and large hematoma affecting the basal ganglia territory. This patient was treated with DMSO–FDP twice daily after 48 h poststroke and showed improved perfusion in the MCA territory and reduced basal ganglia involvement.
(a) (b)
FIGURE 9.6  (a) T2-weighted coronal view MRI of posterior cerebral artery (PCA) territory
infarct before treatment. White matter changes are seen


pering - to go hatless, barefoot all year round, then
began to walk all year round without outer clothing, pour cold
water. Soon he developed a phenomenal ability - he
could go without food and water two weeks, could go for 2-3 hours
submerged in the sea in winter. To test himself he went out in my shorts
74
74the steppe in the snow for several hours, ran hundreds of miles of
Off-road, in the winter with no clothes drove a few hours on the tender
locomotive. During the occupation, the Germans buried him naked in the snow
or hours were taken on a motorcycle - he will not get even a cold.
In addition to health he developed a very strong psychic
and bioenergetic capacity, which helped him to heal
most complex diseases, including long-term paralysis of the legs,
psoriasis, ulcers, tuberculosis, stomach cancer, and more. He lived not
in the best manifestation of such extraordinary abilities
time - these were the years of revolution and terror of the Cheka, the Patriotic
War, the years of totalitarian rule of the Communist Party. He
many times he was arrested, 12 years in total spent in psychiatric
hospitals, but this did not break it. He tried to convey their ideas
people through the press, but it was almost impossible in those years of hard
administration. He had hundreds of followers,
which he passed on his knowledge. He died aged 85 in 1982
year.
His teaching Porfiry Ivanov called "Baby." Basic ideas
of 12 items contained in his letter that he sent to many
people. In addition, he led a record-reflections in their notebooks, a part of
which was published only in recent years.
What is the essence of teaching AP Ivanova? He believed that the man in vain
detached from nature, only in communion with it can become quite
healthy man. "Nature has it all. it has air, water, earth
- Three of the main body, who one fine day all of us
given. P. Ivanov doctrine and materialistic just in form but
into account the presence in the world around certain forces that help
person to live in communion with nature.
We are interested in what happens when we are starving in accordance with
"Kids". Energy is obtained as follows: during fasting
the body does not waste energy on the disposal of food and water. All
energy goes to the destruction of dead cells that formed
connective tissue, adhesions, tumors, etc., and rendering them
organism. Usually, when people are starving, they have a headache, and then
have a sense of hunger. According to the medicine, if something hurts
- Means it's bad. Means necessary to stop fasting, which usually
many do. But it hurts because there begins to flow
energy, there is a rapid process - reduction, but
First, they are as destructive - and why it hurts. When
no longer a headache - the output of slag begins (some
appears taste blood in my mouth, bad breath). This
goes throughout the body, but my head feels it first. Small
Item: hungry must be "dry", ie do not drink a drop of water. Water us
needed primarily for detoxification. If we do not eat that food,
which is fighting the body, which he cleans, then
Some time we will be transported freely desire to drink
water. We would not want to drink. Our body is particularly strong
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75struggles with food of animal origin and artificial
products.
Days dry fasting approximately equal to three days
fasting with water. Breath at a dry starvation appears
at the end of the first day, while "normal" fasting - at the end
third day. Starve to 42 hours, so we have to go to bed
hungry, hungry to spend all day and all morning
the next day. Eat only the third day at lunch. At first
fasting must necessarily take seriously. Fasting a
once a week - it's the small "baby", and full of "Kids" - three times
a week. Wednesday and Saturday for 42 hours, but added Monday
24 hours, ie 108 hours a week. At the big "baby" is
threefold cyclical cleansing of the body. What happens
in the body in the so-called followers of "edalnye Days of the week
(Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday)? It is assumed that these days
associated initially with the accumulation of energy reserves. Then they
distribution of requests from each cell to the chromosomes. Then
is the correction of metabolic processes, taking into account the selected
Resources and counting the trapped body of excess capacity,
which causes the need for purification and allows him to former
living conditions for acquiring skills and the psychology of the new image
life without the use and protection of any conditions of nature.
Working with the physical body
Being a man, far from all sorts of spiritual quest, P.
Ivanov focused on the work hardening is
physical body. "Harden not want, is in constant
warm, "diluted" state. as a result of our body
spreads the disease, health is declining, the heart weakens, consciousness
fades, there comes a lack of will. and no pill will not help here, so
how the human body like standing quagmire.
His system consists of daily walks or standing barefoot
on the ground or in the snow, throwing the legs, and then the whole body with cold
water bath, bathing in cold natural water twice a day, dry
fasting (without water) from Friday night till 12 o'clock on Sunday. in his
system has no special exercises to warm up the body, but nevertheless
people who hold it, showing very good results
in sports competitions. He did not give specific recommendations on
Diet, except the Board did not overeat, avoid excesses in eating.
One time he and a group of followers fasted for four days a week,
that is, 200 days a year. while all lived and worked as usual.
One important condition was the requirement immediately quit drinking
and smoking. He himself helped to do this to someone who did not succeed.
Some of his advice seemed at odds with other
sanitary systems. For example, he recommended never
do not spit and do not put out any phlegm and swallow
them. He never cut my hair, because he believed that through them our
brain gets extra food.
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76Working with the energy body
A very large part of the system is aimed at strengthening both times
energy body. Daily dousing of cold water
buckets on the street in all weather conditions - is a powerful energy shake-up
organism in which it departs from the whole alien power
(Evil eye damage) and restore the natural protective system
rights.
Much attention is paid to breathing Ivanov. He recommended
every day, morning and evening, making for three deep breaths of fresh
air. And the air had to be mentally pulled through the throat of
upper atmosphere. Ivanov knew that the air contains
energy that gives us life: "In the air surrounding the person
is the food - it's broadcast, with the air moving and penetrating
through the human body. " He knew how to use this energy
and taught it to others.
Working with emotional and mental bodies
Ivanov knew that if people are filled with
negative thoughts and emotions, it is unlikely that it can
claim to good health. in his records and on interviews he
expounding the moral and ethical norms that should
guided by the people. He taught: "Help people than you can,
especially the poor, sick, hurt, needy.
Do it with joy. Respond to the need of his heart and soul.
You acquire it friend! Win a greed, sloth,
complacency, greed, fear, hypocrisy, and pride. Believe
people and love them. Do not talk about them unfairly, and do not take
close to the heart unkind opinions about them. Liberate your mind from
thinking about diseases, ailments, death. This is your victory. " As
we see in these lines are enclosed wonderful thoughts, and if all
people followed them, then our world would be slightly different. Sam P.
Ivanov appears in them as a great enthusiast and an incurable
romantic, a believer in the fact that people can change and live
in communion with nature.
Some recommendations to work with senior
bodies of a man in the AP Ivanov, apparently not. He himself was
irreligious and took care of that person to better lived here
on the ground.
Pros and cons of P. Ivanov
By conditional pluses of P. Ivanov is the fact that she
very simple and understandable contains all the recommendations. It is very far
Philosophy of bloat eastern health systems, but it
and understandable. Ivanov himself had only a primary education, although
and engaged in self-education. He lived in a purely materialistic
country in a very difficult time, communicated primarily with workers
and employees, and its methodology is focused on this layer
population. If he was born earlier or later, or in another country
then with his super-abilities to improve the health of patients could
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77become the spiritual leader of the much larger populations. But
apparently, he was destined to go exactly your way.
By the disadvantages of conventional rehabilitation P. Ivanov
include its focus on the rural lifestyle. Resident
modern city, even every day wanting to go barefoot
on the ground and pour cold water, it will be very difficult
do. in hard to find a place where one could safely


:59 pm97Eug Enia caryophyllatakey medicinal plants
Tincture  (to make, p. 292).
For flatulence, take 20 drops
with water 3 times a day.
Essential oil  For toothache, dab 1–2 drops of oil
onto cotton wool and rub over the affected tooth.Infusion  For colic, infuse 2 cloves
in 1 cup (150 ml) of water ( see
p. 291). T ake 3 times daily.Leaves and
stems are
occasionally
used for oil
extractionEugenia caryophyllata syn. Syzgium aromaticum  (Myrtaceae)
Clove
Habitat & Cultivation
Originally from the Molucca Islands
(Indonesia) and the southern
Philippines, cloves are now grown
extensively in T anzania and
Madagascar, and to a lesser extent
in the West Indies and Brazil. The
tree is grown from seed in spring or
from semi-ripe cuttings in summer.
Twice a year, the unopened flower
buds are picked as they develop,
and then sun-dried.
Key Constituents
■ Volatile oil containing eugenol
 (up to 85%), acetyl eugenol,
 methyl salicylate, pinene, vanillin
■ Gum
■ Tannins
Key Actions
■ Antiseptic
■ Carminative
■ Stimulant
■ Analgesic
■ Prevents vomiting
■ Antispasmodic
■ Eliminates parasitesResearch
■ Volatile oil  Argentinian research
in 1994 showed clove’s volatile oil
to be strongly antibacterial. Eugenol
(a phenol) is the largest and most
important component of the volatile
oil. It is strongly anesthetic and
antiseptic, and therefore useful in
pain relief for toothache, and as
an antiseptic for many conditions.
■ Acetyl eugenol Acetyl eugenol,
another component of the volatile
oil, has been shown to be strongly
antispasmodic.
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Ancient all-purpose remedy
Cloves have been used in Southeast
Asia for thousands of years and were
regarded as a panacea for almost all ills.
■ Antiseptic  The antiseptic property
of cloves makes them useful for
treating certain viral conditions. In
tropical Asia, they have often been
given to treat infections such as
malaria, cholera, and tuberculosis,
and parasites such as scabies.
■ Antispasmodic  Digestive
discomfort, such as gas, colic,
and abdominal bloating, can be
relieved with cloves. Their anti-
spasmodic property also eases
coughs and, applied topically,
relieves muscle spasms.
■ Mind & body stimulant  Cloves
are a stimulant, both to the mind
(improving memory) and to the
body as a whole, and have been
used as an aphrodisiac in India and
in the West. The herb has also
been used to prepare for childbirth.
It helps stimulate and strengthen
uterine muscle contractions in labor.Clove tree
An evergreen,
pyramid-shaped tree
growing to 49 ft
(15 m). The tree is
strongly aromatic.
■ Additional uses  Besides all their
other uses, cloves can be used to
treat acne, skin ulcers, sores, and
styes. They also make a potent
mosquito and clothes moth repellent.
Oranges that had been studded with
cloves were used in the Moluccas as
insect repellents.
■ Western herbalism  Despite the
bewildering variety of their therapeutic
uses, cloves are underrated in the Cloves  are pink when unripe, but later
turn brown when they are dried outside
in the sun.Parts Used
Key Preparations & Their UsesFlower buds  are
picked unopened
and dried for use in
infusions or powders
and for oil extraction.
Dried flower
buds (cloves)Fresh flower
buds
West. They are used regularly only
in mouthwashes, and for their local
anesthetic effect, for example in
relieving toothache.
Self-help Uses
■ Acne & boils, p. 305.
■ Fever, p. 311.
■ Fungal skin infections, p. 304.
■ Neuralgia, p. 308.
■ Toothache, p. 308.Cloves, the dried flower buds of the clove tree, are
best known as a spice, but are also highly valued as an
herbal medicine, particularly in India and Southeast
Asia. Native to the Molucca Islands, cloves were one
of the earliest spices to be traded and were imported
into Alexandria in 176 ce. The cloves contain the best
essential oil, but the stems and leaves of the tree can
also be distilled for their oil.
 QCautions  External use can cause dermatitis. Do not take essential oil internally
except under professional supervision.
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98Filipendula ulmariaKey medicinal plants
Creamy white
flowers smell
of almondsFilipendula ulmaria (Rosaceae)
Meadowsweet, Queen of the MeadowMeadowsweet
A perennial reaching  5 ft (1.5 m), with toothed leaves and clusters of creamy, scented flowers.
Meadowsweet was called “meadwort”
in the Middle Ages, as it was used to flavor mead.
Habitat & Cultivation
Native to Europe, meadowsweet
grows easily in damp places, preferring ditches and the banks of streams and rivers. It seeds itself freely, but can
also be propagated by root division  in autumn or spring. Leaves and flowering tops are harvested in summer when the flowers open.
Key Constituents
■ Flavonol glycosides
 (approximately 1%), mainly   glycosides of quercetin
■ Phenolic glycosides (salicylates)
■ Volatile oil (salicylaldehyde)
■ Polyphenols (tannins)
Key Actions
■ Anti-inflammatory
■ Antirheumatic
■ Astringent
■ Diuretic
■ Stimulates sweating
Research
■ Salicylates The salicylates are
aspirin-type substances that help to reduce inflammation and
relieve pain, for example in arthritic conditions. However, they do not have the blood-thinning properties  of aspirin.
■ Protective combination
Unlike aspirin, which at high doses causes gastric ulceration, the combination of salicylates, tannins, and other constituents acts to protect the lining of the stomach  and intestines, while providing the anti-inflammatory benefit of the salicylates. Meadowsweet clearly illustrates the fact that herbal medicines cannot be understood  by considering their constituents  in isolation.
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Acid indigestion The herb
is a key remedy for acid indigestion
and gastroesophageal reflux,
and can quickly help to improve troubled digestions. Its mode of action is not well understood,
though its anti-inflammatory action
is clearly important.
■ Arthritis Meadowsweet is
commonly taken as a remedy for rheumatic and arthritic problems such as osteoarthritis, gout,
lumbago, and sciatica. It is a mild diuretic and is thought to help the kidneys to clear acid residues from the body, thereby relieving joint inflammation, which is often associated with acidity.
■ Digestive remedy
Meadowsweet is a safe remedy for diarrhea, even in children, and is  used with other herbs for irritable bowel syndrome.■ Other uses Meadowsweet has
traditionally been taken in much the same way as aspirin—to ease the pain and discomfort of headache, colds and flu, and toothache.Parts Used
Key Preparations
& Their UsesFlowering tops and leaves
contain salicylates that reduce inflammation. They are harvested in summer.
Fresh flowering
tops and leaves
Infusion Make by adding freshly boiled water
to the herb (see p. 291). For indigestion, take 1/2 cup (100 ml) every 2 hours.Tincture (to make, p. 292).
For painful joints, soak a pad in 5 tsp
(25 ml) tincture and apply to the area.
Self-help Uses
■ Acidity with gastritis, p. 307.
■ Arthritis associated with acid
 indigestion or a peptic ulcer, p. 313.
■ Heartburn, p. 317.Tablets T ake for
rheumatic aches.In medieval times, meadowsweet was a favorite
strewing herb—Gerard wrote in his Herball (1597) that “the smell thereof makes the heart merry and joyful and delighteth the senses.” Salicylic acid isolated from the plant was first synthesized in  1860 and later used to develop aspirin. Nowadays, meadowsweet is taken for gastric problems and inflammatory conditions, such as arthritis.
 QCaution Do not take if allergic to aspirin.Dried flowering tops
and leaves
Decoction (to make, p. 291). For diarrhea, take 3⁄4 cup (150 ml) 2–3 times a day.
Powder  For acidity, take 1⁄2 tsp mixed with


 (500 ml)
infusion or decoction, or 5 tsp (25 ml) tincture
diluted in 2 cups (500 ml) of water.
Tablets or capsules  (to make, see p. 292). Many
herbs are available over the counter in both forms.
T ake according to the instructions on the packet.
Tinctures  (to make, see p. 292). Some tinctures
are available ready-made. T ake tinctures with cold
water unless specified. Sometimes the number
of drops recommended is given as a range, e.g.
20–40 drops. In these cases, start with the lowest
amount and increase by 5–10 drops per dose
as required.
Essential Oils
Do not take essential oils internally unless advised
to do so by a professional practitioner. For
external use, dilute essential oils with a carrier oil,
such as sunflower or almond, in a ratio of 1 part
essential oil to 20 parts carrier oil; e.g., 5 drops
essential oil to 1 tsp (5 ml) carrier oil. For a bath,
add 5–10 drops of neat essential oil to the
running water. To use essential oils in massage,
see p. 297.
Other Information
For other preparations, weighing & measuring,
and equipment, see pp. 291–297.
Self-help
Lifestyle, diet and exercise advice is given in this
section. In general, these suggestions do not
provide a “quick-fix” solution and need to be
followed long term if they are to be effective.
They should be used in addition to the
recommended herbal remedy. By ensuring that
your body has the right nutrition and level of
fitness, you protect yourself against many ailments
such as infections and circulatory problems, as
well as increase your chances of a speedy and
effective recovery.
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300
herbal remedies for home useAllergies
Allergies often develop when the body’s immune system
overreacts to an external irritant such as pollen, insect stings, and certain plants, or internal substances such as chemicals and foods. The allergens trigger a reaction in those who have a built-in or natural sensitivity. In the long term, allergies are treated by both reducing contact with allergens (if known) and working to reduce the body’s oversensitivity. Herbal remedies can bring relief to some
allergic states and are helpful in gradually reducing allergic reactions. See also Skin Rashes, p. 303.
Allergic Rhinitis, Including Hay Fever
EczemaNettle
(Urtica dioica)
Allergic rhinitis is an umbrella term for allergic
reactions to irritants such as pollution, dust,
or pollen. Allergic rhinitis may occur year round, while hay fever is usually caused by seasonal grass or pollens. Symptoms include sneezing; copious nasal mucus; sinus congestion; watery, irritated eyes; and even asthmalike wheezing. Self-treatment will help relieve mild conditions, but for severe attacks, consult
a professional practitioner who can prescribe herbs such as ma huang (Ephedra sinica, p. 95). See also Congestion, Sinus Problems, & Earache,  p. 312.
Diet
Reduce your intake of or cut out mucus-forming foods such as dairy, eggs, sugar, white flour, fatty foods, and alcohol.
Characterized by red, inflamed skin, eczema
causes irritation, flaking, scaling, and tiny blisters. Although it is often the result of an allergic reaction to certain substances, eczema can also be inherited, result from prolonged contact
with an irritant, or it may simply appear for
an unknown reason. It is best to consult a professional practitioner as eczema is difficult
to self-treat. However, the following remedies, taken for at least a week, can bring relief. Two remedies may be used at once. Chickweed reduces soreness or itchiness, and oats can be used to impart a soothing, emollient effect to bathwater. See also Skin Rashes, p. 303.
Self-help
To avoid scratching, cover the affected area  with an absorbent, non-irritating material such  as cotton.
 QGeneral caution If there is no improvement,
or if the condition deteriorates, consult a
professional practitioner.General Remedies
Herbs Nettle (Urtica dioica, p. 146), elderflower
(Sambucus nigra, p. 132)Remedy Make a nettle infusion. T ake 12/3–21/3
cups (450–600 ml) a day for 3 months at a time. Alternatively, make an infusion with 1 tsp of each herb to 11/4 cups (300 ml) of water and take daily for 3 months at a time.
Herb Baical skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis, p. 134)
Remedy Make a decoction from the herb and
take 11/4 cups (300 ml) a day.
Hay Fever
Herb Elderflower (Sambucus nigra, p. 132)Remedy Make an infusion and take 11/4–12/3 cups (300–450 ml) a day. T ake for a few months before, as well as during, the hay fever season.Allergic Rhinitis with Congestion
Herbs Eyebright (Euphrasia spp., p. 209),
common plantain (Plantago major, p. 251), goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea, p. 271), boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum, p. 208)Remedy Make an infusion with one or a mixture
of all of the herbs and drink up to 12/3 cups a day.
Note Use this remedy especially for copious, watery
mucus.
Herbs Echinacea (Echinacea spp., p. 92),
marshmallow (Althaea officinalis, p. 165),
elderflower (Sambucus nigra, p. 132), thyme (Thymus vulgaris, p. 143)Remedy T ake 1 tsp of equal parts of each
tincture 3 times daily with warm water.
Note Use this remedy especially for thick
yellow / green mucus and sinus congestion.
General Remedies
Herbs Peppermint (Mentha x piperita, p. 114),
chickweed (Stellaria media, p. 272)Remedy 1 Make peppermint lotion by infusing
1 tsp of herb to 3/4 cup (150 ml) of water. Leave for 10 minutes, then strain and cool. Use to wash gently over the affected skin 2–3 times a day.Remedy 2 Apply chickweed ointment, cream,  or freshly squeezed juice up to 5 times a day.Option Add 2 drops of peppermint oil to  1 tsp of any of the chickweed preparations.
Herb Gotu kola (Centella asiatica, p. 76)
Remedy Dust the affected area with powder  2–3 times a day. Alternatively, mix the powder  with enough water to make a thick paste and spread over the affected area 1–2 times a day.
Eczema with Weeping Skin
Herb Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana, p. 102)
Remedy Apply lotion or cream up to 5 times  a day (the lotion is preferable). Alternatively,  make a decoction with 2 tsp of leaves to 3/4 cup (150 ml) of water. Leave for 15 minutes, strain, and cool. Use as a wash up to 5 times a day.
Herb German chamomile (Chamomilla
recutita, p. 77)
Remedy Make an infusion using 50 g of herb
to 3 cups (750 ml) of water. Apply directly to the itchy area when cool, or add the hot infusion to a warm bath and soak in it for at least 20 minutes.
Herb Oats (Avena sativa, p. 175)
Remedy Fill a muslin (or similar) bag with
milled oats and place under a hot tap while running a bath. Relax in the bath for
5–10 minutes. QSeek immediate professional
advice for:
■ Life-threatening allergies, such as asthma.
Consult a professional practitioner prior to
taking any herbal remedies for such conditions
■ Any allergy that shows signs of deterioration
after taking an herbal remedy
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Anemia
High Blood Pressure & ArteriosclerosisAsthma is usually triggered by an allergic
reaction to substances such as pollen, dust,
animal hair, or certain foods, but may also be
related to an infection. The listed remedies will
relieve immediate symptoms, but in order to
find the cause of your ailment, or for long-term
treatment, it is best to consult an herbalist. All
the herbal remedies that are suggested here can
be taken alongside conventional treatment.
Herbs such as nettle, thyme, cramp bark, and
echinacea help to ease breathing


 helm of this pinnacle of perfection is the
brain, overseeing all these miraculous activities, making sure everything
is working with a precision that would make the work of a master watch
maker look clumsy. The brain consists of more than twenty-five billion
cells that are the most highly developed of any known.
Looking at an individual cell, you will be even more impressed. A
single cell cannot be seen without a microscope, yet what goes on within
a cell is astounding. The wisdom of a single cell is said to exceed all the
accumulated knowledge of the human race to date. Even the smallest
cell in your body is about one billion times the size of its smallest compo
nent! The cell is the site of more chemical reactions than all the chemi
cal factories in the world combined. There are thousands of components
in a cell: chromosomes, genes, DNA, organelles, mitochondria, en
zymes, hormones, amino acids, and thousands of various chemicals and
compounds too numerous to mention. And no one on this earth can
explain what makes an individual cell operate. All the thousands of dif
ferent functions can be categorized, but the force behind these functions
is beyond our comprehension. In other words, the innate intelligence of
the body is infinitely more sophisticated than our thinking minds. And to
think there are over seventy-five trillion (75,000,000,000,000) of these
astounding cells working with pinpoint perfection for some sixty, seventy,
eighty years, or more!
Inside each cell is a nucleus that contains chromosomes that contain
NATURAL HYGIENE • 17 genes. And inside genes is the stuff of life: DNA. DNA is what deter
mines what color your eyes are, or what fragrance a flower will have, or
the iridescence of a bird's feathers. If you took all the DNA from all the
genes of all your seventy-five trillion cells, it would fit into a box the size
of an ice cube. Yet if all this DNA were unwound and joined together,
the string would stretch from the earth to the sun and back more than
four hundred times! That's almost eighty billion miles!
Let's use an analogy to help you understand the size of the numbers we
are talking about and what cooperation of titanic proportions is necessary
to coordinate them. Consider that there are some four billion inhabitants
of the earth. Now, I realize that it would be difficult to envision even a
few million of those inhabitants getting together and cooperating harmo
niously in all things. If that seems difficult, then imagine all four billion
individuals on earth acting in unison. As impossible as it seems, com
pared with the inner workings of the body, that is nothing! Imagine eigh
teen thousand earths, each with four billion inhabitants and every last
one acting in unison. All have the same political beliefs, the same re
ligious beliefs, and the same intellectual beliefs, and all are working for
the exact same goals. Ha! There's more of a chance of the moon being
made of green cheese. But that is precisely what the trillions of cells in
your body do every day!
One human cell in the laboratory, free from all bodily influences, will
divide some fifty times before dying. If all our cells divided that often, we
would reach a weight of more than eighty trillion tons! Only with such
staggering thoughts as these is it possible to grasp some idea of the infinite
intelligence necessary to coordinate the activities of such an astronomical
number of cooperating cells.
As one last illustration, imagine yourself writing an extremely impor
tant letter to a friend, while simultaneously watching your favorite TV
program and listening to a positive-mental-artitude tape. How well will
you perform these three functions? Probably not too well. Now, at the
same time, prepare your dinner and wash the floor. Forget it. Trying to
do those five tasks at the same time leaves no chance for any of them to
be performed with any high level of efficiency. And that's only five ac
tivities. Your body is performing quadrillions of processes twenty-four
hours a day! Not millions or billions or even trillions, but quadrillions!
And not haphazardly, but with pinpoint perfection, carrying on all the
metabolic and life-sustaining processes of your existence. When we view
the vasrness of the human body's faculties and processes, we must stand
in awe of the enormous intelligence displayed.
Considering these facts, is it at all conceivable that this truly magnifi
cent machine would be left without the mechanism to achieve a proper
18'FIT FOR LIFE body weight? No! It is inconceivable. Mechanisms for the body's self-
preservation are built in at birth, HEALTH IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT, AND
BEING OVERWEIGHT IS NOT HEALTH. The same way a plant will reach
for the light source from wherever it is located in a room, so your body
will forever strive for perfection. As an automatic biological process of
existence, just like breathing and blinking your eyes, the human body
ceaselessly strives to be fit. The secret is to learn how to facilitate the
process rather than thwart it. Every way we interact with our environ
ment affects our well-being, but in no other area of life are our biological
needs violated more flagrantly than in our diets. If you have a weight
problem, there is no question that the food you are putting into your
body is the major factor contributing to that problem. From every area of
the healing profession, more and more information is coming to light
concerning the relationship of food to your well-being.
A letter from Dr. David Reuben to his fellow physicians in his best-
selling book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Nutrition
said, "There is a whole category of substances that have a far more in
tense effect on our patients than drugs. That category is food—and
through no fault of our own, we have neglected that particular area of
medicine. Our medical education neglected it, our internships neglected
it, and our residencies neglected it. And for good reason—we had to take
care of great masses of sick people.
"But now it is becoming obvious, with each successive issue of our
most responsible medical journals, that many of these'sick people' are
sick specifically because of what they are eating—or not eating." He then
added, "People of America, the greatest threat to the survival of you and
your children is not some terrible nuclear weapon. It is what you are
going to eat from your dinner plate tonight."
The Dietary Goals for the United States, prepared by the staff of the
Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, United States Sen
ate, states: "As a nation we have come to believe that medicine and medi
cal technology can solve our major health problems. The role of such
important factors as diet in cancer and heart disease has long been
obscured by the emphasis on the conquest of these diseases through the
miracles of modern medicine. Treatment, not prevention, has been the
order of the day.
"The problems can never be solved merely by more and more medical
care. The health of individuals and the health of the population is deter
mined by a variety of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors.
None of these is more important than the foods we eat!"
If it can be assumed that the incidence of the number-one and
number-two killer diseases (heart disease and cancer) in this country can
NATURAL HYGIENE • 19 be decreased by people knowing how and what to eat, imagine what it
could do for the problem of overweight, often a precursor to these killers.
How fortunate! Now that it is finally apparent that the foods we eat,
obesity, and degenerative diseases are very much interrelated, we can
relate that discovery to an entire field of knowledge devoted to the effect
of food on the human body.
It is interesting that the field of Natural Hygiene has existed in this
country and been utilized by thousands of people for over a century and a
half, and yet very few people have even heard of it. Very possibly you
have never heard of it prior to this introduction. During my seminars I
ask every audience, "How many of you have ever heard of Natural
Hygiene?" Less than one percent ever raise their hands! It is strange that
such a simple, practical, and successful area of health care is so un
known. Aside from its not receiving very much attention in the media,
the reason for its obscurity is that its principles have never before been
capsulized into a viable program for people to utilize.
What Marilyn and I have done is synthesize the basic fundamentals of
Natural Hygiene into a series of commonsense, easy-to-follow dietary
principles that facilitate the goal of eliminating obesity and alleviate the
necessity for dieting. According to Jack D. Trop, past president of the
American Natural Hygiene Society (which was formed in 1948): FIT FOR
LIFE "simplifies the basic fundamentals of Natural Hygiene and brings
them to a large public forum for the first time in history."
Natural Hygiene is a vast subject with a tremendous amount to offer
the serious student. For some in-depth material, books, periodicals, and,
in my opinion, the finest correspondence course on Natural Hygiene
available anywhere, contact the American College of Health Science,
6600-D Burleson Road, Austin, Texas 78744.