complaints.Forittoworkwellinachestcomplaint,
thedifficultexpectorationandcharacteristicloudrat-
tlinginthechestmustbepresent;thiscanusuallybe
heardbeforeenteringtheroom,whetherthepatient
haspneumonia,bronchitis,whoopingcough,orany
chestinfection.Bringingupphlegmonlytemporarily
relievesthecomplaints.Thecoughismadeworsein
childrenbytheirgettingangry.Theymaycoughand
yawnalternately.Theremaybeticklinginthelarynx
whichaggravatesthecough.Vomitingisalsodifficult
-thepatientmayretchineffectuallyandmayhaveto
situptocough.
Nausea
SymptomsNauseaintermittent.
Bettertorbelching;forvomiting.
Thenauseaisfeltinthechestoraweightonthechest,
andisasintenseasthatassociatedwithIpecacuanhabut
notsopersistent.Vomitingandbelchingprovideonly
temporaryrelief.Sometimesthedesiretovomitmay
beaccompaniedbyineffectualretching(itdoesnot
producevomiting).
Vomiting
SymptomsVomitsour.Vomiting:difficult.With
FEVER.
Worseforcoughing.
Thevomitingmaybeaggravatedbyeatinganddrink-
ing,andmaybeworseifthepatienthasafever(the
higherthetemperaturethestrongerthevomiting).
APISMELLIFICA(Ap.)
Familyname:Hymenoptera
Othername:honeybee
Thebeeprovidesuswithhoney,whichcontainsen-
zymesandvitaminsthatmakeitbothnutritiousand
delicious,andbeeswaxwhichisusedinpolishes,
candlesandcosmetics.Thebee'sbehaviourgivesussomecluestothe
emotionalsymptomsofthehomeopathicremedy.Itis
anincrediblyrestlessinsect,andisextremelyirritable,
reactinginstantlyandangrilytoanyinterferencefrom
theoutside.Itissensitivetoheatandhasanelaborate
systemofcoolingdownahivewhichinvolvesdrop-
pingwaterontothetopofthehive.
Medicinally,beestingshavebeenobservedby
countryfolktocurerheumatism,andthevenom
transmittedbythestingshasconsequentlybeenused
totreatthiscomplaintinallopathicandhomeopathic
medicines.Allopathicdoctorshavealsousedthe
venomtodesensitisepatientstostrongreactionsfrom
insectbites.
Apisispreparedfromthestingofthelivecommon
hivebee.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Clumsy:dropsthings.Face:red;puffy.Pains:burn-
ing;stinging.Symptoms:right-sided;movefromright
toleft.Thirstless.Tonguefieryred.
Worseforheat;fortouch;at3-5p.m.
PeopleneedingApishaveburning,stingingpainsthat
arealwaysbetterforcoldandworseforheat.Their
symptomsareeitherright-sidedorstartontheright
andmoveorspreadtotheleft.Ifthereisafeverorany
localisedinflammation,thesurfaceofthebodymaybe
generallysoreandsensitive,asifbruised,andworse
fortouch(patientswillnotwantthepressureofheavy
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Apismellifica(Ap.)•45
blankets,forexample).Thesearewarm-bloodedpeo-
plewhoarebetterforbeingoutinthefreshair,andare
worseforheatgenerallyaswellasforhotbaths,beds
anddrinks,andsoon.Theyaregenerallythirstless
butarebetterforcolddrinks,andhavingthepainful
partbathedincoldwater.
EMOTIONAL/MENTAL SYMPTOMS
Apathetic.Fearful:ofbeingalone;ofdeath.Irritable.
Jealous.Restless.Tearful.Whiny.
Inafeverthepersonisweepyfornoapparentreason,
andmayalsobefearfulandrestless,withafearof
death,and/orafearofbeingalone.Generally,anApis
characterwillbeajealousone;thismaybeseenina
childwhoisnotgettingtheattentionheisusedto,ina
familywherethereisanewbaby,forexample,who
maydevelopanApis'picture'asaresult.Insomeways
theApischaracterissimilartothatofPulsatilla,but
whereApisisworsefortouchPulsatillaismuchbetter
forit-cravesiteven!Theyarebothbetterintheopen
air.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Bites/stings
SymptomsBites:burning;itching;red;stinging;swol-
len.
Betterforcold.
Worseforheat.
Causesinsects.
Apiswillbenefitanybitethatreactsverybadly,leaving
alarge,shinyswollenredlumpthatitchesand/or
burnsand/orstings.
NBApiscanbeusedforthesevereallergicreaction
thatcanoccurnotjustfromabeeorwaspstingbut
fromcertainfoods(likenuts)orevenpenicillin.This
reactioniscalledanaphylacticshockandisalwaysan
emergencysituationasitcanbefatal.Butitisworth-
whilegivingApiswhileyougetemergencyhelp.The
classicsymptomsareswolleneyelids,lips,tongue,
urticariaanddifficultybreathing.
Cystitis
SymptomsDesiretourinate:constant;frequent.
Pains:burning;pressing;stinging.Urination:con-
stant;frequent.
Theremaybebloodintheurine(itwilllookred);ifthis
isthecase,andifthesymptomsagree,takeApisbut
seekprofessionalhelpimmediately.Therewillbea
constanturgetourinatebutonlysmallamountswill
bepassedeachtime.Diarrhoea
SymptomsDiarrhoeapainless.
Althoughthisdiarrhoeaispainless,theanusmaybe
soreafterpassingastool.
Earache
SymptomsPainsstinging.WithtypicalApisgeneral
symptoms(worseforheat,painsstartingontheright
side,etc.)andsorethroat.
Eyeinflammation
SymptomsInbabies.Eyes:burning;red;sore;sting-
ing.Eyelidsswollen.
Worseforheat.
Thewhitesoftheeyesareredwithbrightredblood
vesselsvisibleinthem.Thelowerlidsmaybemore
swollenthantheupperones.
Fever
SymptomsHeatburning.Withchilliness;sensitive
SKIN.
Bettertoruncovering.
Worseforheat;forbeinginastuffyroom;forwarm
covers;afternoon;morning;forwashing.
Thepatientfeelshot,findsheatintolerable,hasahigh
feverandfeelsverysleepy.Thistypeoffeverwill
accompanymostacutecomplaintsthatcallforApis.
Thepatientkicksoffthecoversandthenshiversbut
keepsthecoversoff.
Headache
Symptomshead:feelsfull;hot.pains:stabbing;
sudden.
Thescalpfeelstightandsore.
Hives
SymptomsWithfever(seeabove);sweating.
Worseatnight.
Jointpain
SymptomsPains:burning;stinging.Withswelling.
Thejointisred,swollenandshiny.
Measles
SymptomsSkinrashslowtoappear.WithApis
generalandemotional/mental symptoms;eyein-
flammation(seeabove);fever(seeabove);puffyface
andeyelids,andthirstlessness.
Mumps
Apisgeneralandemotional/mentalsymptomswillbe
present.
46•Argentumnitricum (Arg-n.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
RetentionofUrine
SymptomsInchildren.
Sometimeschildrenjustcan'tpee,andoftenthere
seemstobenoreasonforthis.Ifyounoticethatithas
beenalongtimesinceyourchildurinated,andhehas
beendrinkingnormally,half-hourlydosesofApiswill
encouragethisfunctionbacktonormal.
Sorethroat
SymptomsMouthdry.Burningpains.
Thepersonwillhavenothirsteventhoughthemouth
isverydry.Thethroatisasredasthetongue.
ARGENTUMNITRICUM(Arg-n.)
Othernames:argentinitras;silvernitrate;lunar
caustic
Silvernitratesolutionsareusedasfungicidesandasa
startingpointformakingmaterialssuchassilverfor
photographic filmandplates,andformirrors.Itis
usedinmarkinginks(insolutionitisapowerfulblack
stain,andinthenineteenthcenturymanyhairdyes
usedit),andtodaycertainwartpreparationsemploy
it.
Weaksolutionsofsilvernitratehavealsobeenused
asanantisepticforcauterisingwoundsandforapply-
ingtotheeyesofnewborninfantsincertaincountries
to'insure'againstblindnessfromgonorrhoea.
Chronicpoisoningfromthelong-termingestion


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aspect of what you are desiring.  Feel the harmony of the playfully free, energetic, inner truthful you and the playful, energized, freely healthful and optimal you.  They are a vibrational match.  They feel so good to you, because they already /G05/G03/G07 /G01/G19/G07/G08/G20/G01/G01 /G1D/G02/G05/G09/G05/G06/G03/G04/G06/G0C/G07/G01/G02/G03/G0C/G0E/G06/G01/G07/G06/G14/G0F/G0C/G01/G24/G06/G18/G05/G0D/G0F/G12/G04/G05/G06/G1A/G07/G12/G06/G0F/G10/G09/G05/G0F/G11/G1A/G06/G0F/G09/G05/G06
that which you are becoming.  /G3A/G07/G08/G01/G12/G0C/G05/G04/G12/G11/G19/G01/G16/G02/G0F/G0D/G0C/G19/G01 are.  And it feels
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your desire flows into your thoughts and through you, /G0A/G10/G0C/G12/G19
your inner feelings on the “already is” truth of your playfully free, energized, “good feeling,” healthful, and optimal essence.  Feel the feelings or images of easy recollections, of feeling that /G0F/G10/G10/G07/G14/G03/G0C/G0E  feeling of Source-ful goodness.  You /G0F/G10/G09/G05/G0F/G11/G1A/G06/G0F/G09/G05  a
vibrational match, to who you already are and the playfully healthfully free person that you  already are.  There is no
reaching.  There is no wantin g.  Only guidin g your thoughts,
feelings, and focus to what you tune into, and know yourself to /G0F/G10/G09/G05/G0F/G11/G1A/G06 /G13/G07 /G20/G01/G01/G1D/G0C/G0C/G07/G1C/G01/G10/G0B/G02/G16/G01/G10/G07/G01/G0B/G08/G0F/G01/G12/G03/G11/G01/G05/G04/G16/G07/G03/G12/G10/G04/G01/G1C/G02/G10/G0B/G01/G0E/G07/G07/G11/G01/G0A/G04/G04/G0C/G02/G03/G0E/G01
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thought to float away and out of your experience, as you more
deeply focus and allow the experiential truth of your optimal,
magnificent, divine, light-filled nature.
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to simply feel and think about that easy generous vibration of playful and free-ly flowing energy,  until it lands itself fully
within your experience.  Do th is with some discipline and
discernment at first, until you feel it more easily becoming your dominant thought and vibrational essence.  Your prosperity,
the gift of your divine true self, is already within you.
An example of the previously  channeled Spirit message,
with the insertion of this fitn ess example and it s affirmational
descriptives, is included here.  It  includes some of the original
channeled message, now put together more completely.  This  is but one example of how this affirmational inte ntion can flow
within you each day, to affirm who you already are that you
are more deeply and de liberately becoming.
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freedom energies I already have en able me to afford all that I
physically desire.  I feel a wealth of health in every part of my
being, and it serves me well.  Healthful energies fill my playful,
free spirit, and support my playfu l, richly alive, energized
feelings.  I am playfully, gracef ully, free-fully – healthy, fit,
and free.
Feel the energized, playfulness in your desire.  It is not weight
loss or image that attracts yo u.  It is the great energy and
playfulness of spirit that attracts  you.  And in this way, you
ARE already in alignment with  your dream’s destiny.
Find the cleanest, clearest truth – that is /G04/G01/G02/G03/G09 /G01/G09/G12/G01/G02/G24/G06/G01/G07/G06
resonate with the desire you are dreaming, and you see how
easy it is to harmonize drea ms into physical existence.
I am playful, energetic, infinite,  alive, Source-ful, and free,
like my optimum health, fit-ness, and freedom.
I am ingesting the limitless infinite nature of my inner life and
light, and it fills me with wholeness and an eternal state of /G15/G07/G16/G0F/G02/G13/G01/G17/G04/G12/G0C/G10/G0B
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I experienced a state of perfec t health and well-being already,
when my beautiful light birthed into being.
God’s playful, loving, divine be nevolence freely created me –
in his perfect, healthful, and playful likeness.  Every positive
playful energetic thought I have affirms my healthful well-
being vibration.  I relish in the joy of my playfully free
vibration, and the universe brings  healthful playful freedom
into my experience.
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result of protein metabolism. As amino acids are catabolized (broken down or
changed), ammonia is formed and then converted mostly to urea.
Urea is also formed in the lymphatic system. These ureas are transported
to the kidneys for elimination. One can determine toxic levels of protein
consumption, liver metabolism (of proteins) and kidney excretory functions
by urea levels in the blood. Most kidney conditions create low levels of urea.
High levels can reflect over-consumption of proteins, GI bleeding, liver
inflammation, and deterioration. Extracellular protein toxicity can also be a
factor.
BUN and creatinine combo tests are used as renal function indicators.
Dehydration or overhydration can affect blood ureas, as well as many drugs,
including aspirin and diuretics.
Prostatitis and hypertrophy of the prostate gland can also cause abnormal
urea levels. Malnutrition and lack of proper protein digestion and synthesis is
also a big factor.
CREATININE
 — Creatinine is a product of catabolized creatine. Creatine is
used for skeletal muscle contraction and strength. Creatinine is excreted
entirely by the kidneys and can be an indicator of kidney or muscle
breakdown (decreased levels). Increased levels can be an indicator of
inflammation of the kidneys, urinary obstructions, dehydration, CHF,
diabetes, shock or trauma.
TOTAL PROTEIN
 — Proteins are formed from building materials called
amino acids. They are used in all structural and most functional aspects of the
body. They are constituents of muscle, cell membrane walls, hormones,
enzymes, neurotransmitters, and hemoglobin, and used as transport vehicles.
Proteins significantly contribute to the osmotic pressure within the vascular
system. This is significant to nutrient transport and metabolism.
ALBUMIN
 — Albumin is a protein formed within the liver. It constitutes
almost 60 percent of the total protein of the body. Albumin has many
responsibilities including maintenance of cellular osmotic pressure, andtransportation of enzymes, hormones, etc. Albumin levels can give an insight
into liver conditions, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cancer, malnutrition, wasting
conditions including those of the vascular and intestinal (Crohn’s) systems.
BILIRUBIN TOTAL
 — Bilirubin is one of the best indicators of liver
function. It can become elevated during detoxification as the urine eliminates
water-soluble toxins. There is indirect (unconjugated) or direct (conjugated)
bilirubin depending upon the organ involved, (spleen or liver, respectively).
Provides insight as to the proper functioning of these organs and the
inflammation or damage therein. Obstructions of these organs, as well as the
bile duct, such as with tumors or stones, will increase bilirubin levels. Other
conditions that increase these levels include pernicious anemia, sickle cell
anemia, hemolyte anemia, and damage from drug consumption.
ALP (ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE)
 — Alkaline phosphatase is a
phosphatase enzyme that works in the presence of an alkaline environment.
ALP is found mostly in the Kupffer’s cells of the liver, bile tract epithelium
(surface cells), and in the bones. When acidosis is present in these tissues,
depending upon the degree (tumors, inflammation, cancer, etc.), the ALP will
increase. The elevation of ALP can also be a result of healing fractures and
normal bone growth, among other things. Many drugs and chemicals can
play a major role in affecting ALP levels. These include antibiotics, heart
medications, fluorides, oral contraceptives, oxalates, sulfates, and cyanides.
Low levels can indicate hypothyroidism, pernicious anemia, excess vitamin-B
ingestion. Some doctors give mega B-vitamin injections to drive ALP down
when they are high. As previously stated, increased levels may indicate
cancer (liver, gallbladder, bone, etc.), however, normal growth factors can
also affect ALP levels.
AST (ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE)
 — Formerly SGOT (serum
glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase), AST is an enzyme found in liver cells,
heart muscle cells, skeletal muscle cells, and to a smaller degree in kidney and
pancreatic cells. The elevation of AST may suggest liver inflammation, as in
hepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer, as well as myocardial infarction (heart attack),
muscle conditions like myositis and myopathy, and renal disease and
pancreatitis.
ALT (ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE)
 — Formerly SGPT (serum
glutamic-pyrovic transaminase). ALT is an enzyme formed predominately in
liver cells. However, it is found in heart muscle cells, skeletal muscular cells,
and kidney cells, like AST. ALT enzyme is considered a specific in liver
conditions such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, cancer, and necrosis.Drugs and chemicals will affect both AST and ACT enzymes. These
include antibiotics, aspirin-type drugs, heart medications, and many others.
The list is a long one.
Immune Panel
For a complete explanation on immune function and its cells, see
Chapter 2
,
Immune System,
Module 2.7
.
WBC (WHITE BLOOD CELLS)
 — Basically, white blood cells
(leukocytes) are the body’s armed forces, which protect it from foreign
bodies—substances including proteins, chemicals and weakened or dying
cells. When WBCs are elevated we know the body is fighting something.
That something could be inflammation from foreign substances, tissue
necrosis, or weakness and toxicity This all leads to what is called infection.
Trauma and stress also may affect WBCs.
When WBC count is low, ask yourself “Why are they low now?” “Why
is my body under-producing them?” Or, “Why are they not getting into my
bloodstream?” These questions may lead you to consider the presence of
bone marrow weaknesses or disease, chemical and radiation therapies (which
suppress and kill bone marrow cells), and/or a highly congested lymphatic
system. All of these situations and more will affect the body’s WBCs. Low
WBC count is called
Leukopenia
 (“penia” meaning “deficiency”). Elevated
WBCs are called leukocytosis. An increase in total WBCs may indicate
inflammation (acidosis), infection (acidosis), trauma, stress, and tissue
neurosis. A decrease of WBCs may indicate drug toxicity, dietary deficiency,
bone marrow failure or disease.
There are many types of white blood cells (leukocytes). They include:
Cell Types
% In Body
Neutrophils
55% – 70%
Lymphocytes
20% – 40%
Eosinophils
01% – 04%
Basophils
0.5% – 01%
Monocytes
02% – 08%
Most immune panels provide what is called a differential count. Each
type of immune cell has its own function. When the percentage of any
particular type of WBC changes, it will give insight into what condition the
body is fighting. For example, neutrophils indicate inflammation,
lymphocytes indicate anything from infection to cancer, monocytes indicateconditions from parasites to ulcerative issues (types of tissue destruction).
The following are some of the causes related to the increase or decrease
of individual WBCs.
Neutrophils
Cause of increase: (Neutrophilia) Acute infection, inflammatory
conditions, e.g., arthritis (rheumatoid and others), rheumatic fever.
Any “itis,” including gout, trauma, leukemia and stress.
Cause of decrease: (Neutropenia) Overgrowth of bacteria, anemia, viral
involvements (like hepatitis or measles) radiation therapy, chemical or drug
toxicity.
Lymphocytes
Cause of increase: (Lymphocytosis) Viral or bacteria involvements,
multiple myeloma, lymphatic cancers, infectious hepatitis, radiation
exposure.
Cause of decrease: (Lymphocytopenia) Sepsis, lupus, leukemia, drug or
chemical toxicity, steroid use, and radiation exposure.
Eosinophils
Cause of increase: (Eosinophila) Parasites, allergies, skin conditions, e.g.,
eczema. Also, leukemia.
Cause of decrease: (Eosinopenia) Allergic reactions, stress,
hyperthyroidism.
Basophils
Cause of increase: (Basophilia) Leukemia, fibrocystic conditions. Cause
of decrease: (Basopenia) Allergic reactions, stress, hyperthyroidism.
Monocytes
Cause of increase: (Monocytosis) Inflammatory processes, viral
involvements, tuberculosis, parasites, ulcerative conditions.
Cause of decrease: (Monocytopenia) Drug and chemical toxicity, steroid
use.
Immune cells should be working
for
 us. These cells live within the ocean
of the lymphatic system. When the lymphatic system becomes congested and
impacted this will highly compromise the function of immune cells in many
ways.Parasites, including bacteria and protozoas, are secondary to the cause. In
other words, toxicity and/or acidosis are the cause of immune system
weakness. Parasites and immune response are secondary. The answer to these
conditions is always detoxification.


,  Precious  People  which  once  you  comprehend
It makes  you  stand  firm.  The  Understanding  and  Ac-
knowledgment  of your  Power  to use  these  Inner  Laws,
frees  you  from  human  conditions.  You  bring  these  Laws
into action  in the human  octave.  Then  you  will  understand,
you are no longer  subject  to the conditions  which  exist  here.
Believe  Me when  I say,  you  can move  in the world  un-
touched  by the conditions  about  you;  if you  are firm  enough 305 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
in the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence.  It will  release  Its
Tube  of Light  about  your  human  body  and  your  feeling
world;  to make  you  Invincible  to the impact  of human  cre-
ation  around  you.  (Wave  of hand  which  repels.)  Beloved
Ones,  if you  saw  from  Our  Standpoint,  as you move  among
the creations  of mankind,  you  would  see a sudden  action,
constantly  sending  its impact  against  the human  form.
If you  do not believe  in, understand  or call  your  "I AM
Presence"  into  action,  to hold  Its Tube  of Light  about  you,
discordant  conditions  constantly  affect  you  just  like  that—
(waving  motion  of hand)  everywhere  you  move.  When
discord  reaches  into  your  physical  body  and  affects  you
physically,  it has first  acted  in your  feeling  world.  Most  of
the time,  you  are wholly  unaware  of it, except  when  you
are conscious  of some  disturbance.
As you  come  to comprehend  these  Simple  Laws,  every-
thing  is just  the Natural  Practical  Law  of Life;  which  it
is your  Right  and  Privilege  to use in the Fuller  Understand-
ing, to which  you  have  not yet become  accustomed.  It does
not make  any  difference  what  your  manifestations  have
been  up to date,  in your  Acknowledgment  of the Presence
of Life;  it is nothing,  to what  you  can  call  into  action,  as
you go forth!
Pardon  Me,  if I digress  just  a moment,  since  the Vibra-
tory Action  is Right.  I want  to place  this  before  you.  In
all the seeming  opposition  to This  "I AM"  Activity—for
no reason  at all, and  all the falsehoods  which  have  been
uttered  concerning  the Messengers  and  the Work,  during DISCOURSE  XVIII  281
the Washington  Class;  the Great  Cosmic  Laws  were  set
into action,  which  will  cause  opposition  to disappear  from
the Earth!  Watch  it! We do not talk  to hear  Ourselves,  but
We state  Laws.  We never  refer  to a personality,  when  We
are stating  These  Laws;  except  in some  specific  instance,
where  work  was  required.
Know  and  feel  the Power  in the last Decree  you  issued
in the opening  of the meeting!  If you  know  that  Decree
with  the  All-power  of your  feeling,  you  will  find  your
world  adamant  against  human  disturbing  conditions!
When  you  can say to all the appearance  world  and  human
creation:  "You  have  no power"!  Mean  It and  feel  It with
the Infinite  Power  of Light!  which  is your  Being,  then
you will  find  yourselves  Invincible  within  the Presence  of
Light!  It is Invincible  and  you  can  move  in the  world
everywhere,  releasing  the Inner  Power;  and  yet not accept-
ing the outer  into  your  feeling  world,  which  limits  and  dis-
turbs  you.
Therefore,  today  as the atmosphere  becomes  more  and
more  stilled  and  harmonized  in the room;  I want  to render
for you  a Service,  which  it has been  My Joy so many  times
to do! It is the releasing  and  dissolving  wherever  possible
of your  human  creation.  So you may  have  a Greater  Release
from  the pressure  which  has often  caused  you  to fail in the
achievement,  which  you  would  so love  to have  had.
Let Me urge  you  today,  to no longer  give  power  to per-
sons,  places  or conditions  to interrupt,  interfere  with—or
limit  you  in any  way!  Now  in order  to comprehend  this, 282 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
you must  realize  not one thing  can enter  your  world  or any
condition  whatever,  except  thru  your  attention,  by which
you connect  your  own  Life  Stream  with  it. It is IMPOS-
SIBLE  FOR  ANYTHING  TO  REACH  OR  ENTER
YOUR  WORLD  WITHOUT  YOUR  ATTENTION
UPON  IT.
That  is why,  Beloved  Ones,  today,  please  close  the door
and seal  it, on everything  which  has  been  in the past—up
to this  hour!  Close  it now  and  let Me help  you  to close  that
door!  Lock  it and  seal  it, so not once  again,  does  your  at-
tention  ever  go back  to what  has been,  whether  it is good,
bad or indifferent!  Erase  it! Shut  the door!  Then  as you
turn  and  face  your  "I AM  Presence,"  know  henceforth,
only  Its Intelligence,  Presence  and  Power,  with  all Its Glory
and Harmony,  are acting  in and  thru  your  body  and  feeling
world.  Then,  you  will  rejoice  so much  at the changed  con-
ditions.  Your  Life,  world  and  activity  will  be filled  with
successful  achievement,  with  happiness  which  you  cannot
comprehend,  until  you  do that!
Beloved  Ones,  do you  think  what  you  have  called  hap-
piness  up to this  time,  is Real  Happiness ? Oh,  you  cannot
believe  how  Great  the  Happiness  from  your  Presence  is,
until  you  begin  to experience  It. I tell you,  the Happiness
in the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence,  is the only  Real
Source  of Happiness  in This  Universe.  It continues  to pour
in at your  Call  and  as you realize  the imperative  need,  is for
you to keep  your  feeling  harmonious.  Then  no longer  your
qualification  of discord  clothes  your  Life  Energy.  You  will DISCOURSE  XVIII  283
feel and  know  definitely,  the Energy  has poured  forth  just
like a Mighty  River  out into  your  world  of action—harmo-
nizing  everything  and  holding  Its Dominion.  When  some-
thing  is required,  and  you  hold  the Harmony;  then  by a
Decree,  it comes  forth  and  acts  in your  world  with  the
Speed  of Lightning.
That  is the Law  and  Action  of the  "I AM  Presence."
There  are thousands  and  thousands  of the students  today,
who  have  experienced  It time,  and  time  again.  They  are
realizing  the only  reason  why  their  application  has not pro-
duced  extraordinary  results  in the  past,  was  because  un-
known  to themselves,  discord  was  still acting  in the feeling.
While  the intellect  was  refusing  it, still  in the feeling  the
qualification  of discord  was  going  on;  qualifying  the en-
ergy  with  the discord  of the past.  You  cannot  afford  to do
that!  YOU  MUST,  BELOVED  ONES,  TAKE  YOUR
STAND  AND  SHUT


!
 At this point I must add a personal touch. At
16
years of age I had been sentenced to death with deadly
tuberculosis. The greatest doctors in the United States
declared me “Hopeless! Incurable!” By the Grace of God
I was led to Dr. August Rollier of Leysen, Switzerland,the greatest living authority on Heliotherapy (Sun Cure).
High in the Alps, Dr. Rollier exposed my sick, wasted
body to the healing rays of the sun and fed me ahealthy abundance of sun-grown foods. Presto
 – a miracle
happened! In 2 short years I was transformed from a
bed-ridden invalid to a strong, healthy, young man.
I have enjoyed a wonderful long life and I am still a
powerful, healthy man. Through these long years I havekept the glorious light of the sun’s gentle rays on mybody. I regained my health through the gentle healing
of “Doctor Healing Sunshine”. He helped save my life
and that is why I love God’s own precious sunshine.144
The choice of which road to take is up to the individual. He alone
can decide whether he wants to reach a dead end or live a healthylifestyle for a long, healthy, happy, active life. – Paul C. Bragg
Deprivation of food at first brings a sensation of hunger, occasionally
some nervous stimulation – but it also determines certain hidden miracle
phenomena which are more important. The sugar of the liver and the fatof the sub-cutaneous deposits are mobilized, and used in order to
maintain the blood, heart and brain in a normal condition. Fasting
purifies our entire body and profoundly cleanses and modifies our tissues.
– Dr. Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize winner, author of Man, the UnknownThe secret of longevity is eating and living intelligently. – Gayelord Hauser
Always do what is right – despite any public opinions.NEGATIVE POSITIVE
Eliminate the negative, latch onto the affirmative and accent the positive!
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. – George ElliotI Love Being With Doctor Sunshine
Patricia and I love the great sunshine state and have a home
in the Santa Monica mountains so we can enjoy the mountain
sunshine. We have a modest home in the California Desert,
where the sun shines 354 days a year,  and a cottage and our
organic veggie garden and flowers in Santa Barbara near ouroffice, and 2 places in Hawaii – Maui and Diamond Head near
Free Bragg Exercise Class (page iii). We don’t use toxic chemical
sunscreens. We make safer green tea and spray on skin when inmid-day sun, plus we wear straw hats. We love beach walking
and spend time in winter and summer, on the sun drenched
beaches of Hawaii, Florida, France, Australia and New Zealandwhile on our Health Crusades. Seek gentler sunshine (before
11 am & after 3 pm) and health follows by leaps and bounds.145Doctor  Fresh Air
Breathing deeply, fully and completely energizes the body, it calms the
nerves, fills you with peace and helps keep you youthful. –  Paul C. BraggMacfadden  &  BraggChapter 20
Doctor Fresh Air is a health specialist, and his greatest
prescription for you is to “Breathe Deeply of God’s Pure
Fresh Air.” The first thing we do when we are born istake a long, deep breath and the last thing we do is takea last gasp before we stop breathing. Between birth anddeath, life is completely maintained by breathing.
Doctor Fresh Air wants you to have a long active life
and he feels, as a specialist, that you will if you followhis simple instructions and breathe deeply. You mustalways be conscious that, with every breath you take,you are bringing into your body the Breath of God...which is life-giving oxygen. People who fail to obey thisdoctor’s orders about getting plenty of fresh air everyday and night are inviting some severe complications.A thousand Happy Bragg Health Students Enjoying Hiking, Exercise and the
Fresh Air on The Trail to Mt. Hollywood, California, summer of 1932. In the left
foreground is Bernarr Macfadden, Father and Founder of the Physical Culture
Movement and Publisher of popular Physical Culture Magazine and, to theright, Paul C. Bragg, Health Crusader and Life Extension Specialist. TheseHealth Pioneers enjoyed leading Health and Fitness Crusades across America.146Our Body is a Breathing Machine
Let us examine very closely the function of breathing.
First, it is invisible food. It is the only food that we cannot
be deprived of for over  7 minutes or death will take us.
We not only receive life-giving oxygen that is so necessary
to every cell in our bodies from the air, but when we
breathe, oxygen is carried by the blood to the lungs where
a great miracle takes place. There the life-giving oxygen
is exchanged for deadly carbon dioxide, in which formmany of the deadly toxins of the body are released. In
other words, we create toxic poisons in our body during
the very process of living. These are collected by the bloodas it circulates and, after the blood brings carbon dioxide
to the lungs, it’s expelled as the new life-giving oxygen
enters. Carbon dioxide is also burned up through theprocess of metabolism and during the creation and
destruction of the cells of the body.
If a person doesn’t get enough fresh air – or if they are
a shallow breather – and the oxygen intake doesn’t equalthe outgo of carbon dioxide, then these toxic poisons
build up within the body structure. This can result inserious physical problems as the retained carbon dioxidecan concentrate in other parts of the body to cause intense
physical suffering.
Enervation, the lack of nerve energy, can lower the Vital
Force so much that the body’s great bellows – the lungs –cannot pump in enough air to flush the carbon dioxide
out of the body. See how important it is that you not onlybreathe fresh air, but always be conscious of the fact that
you must breathe deeply  in and out.
We are air machines. Oxygen not only purifies the
body, but is also one of the great energizers of the humanbody. We are air pressure machines. We live at the bottom
of an atmospheric ocean approximately
70 miles deep.
This air pressure is 14 pounds per square inch. Between
the inhalation and the exhalation of a breath, a vacuumis formed. As long as we continue to have this rhythmicalintake and output of oxygen, we will live. We can go
without food for
 30 days and more and still survive but
we can go without air only a few minutes.147
Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life.  –  Papini
Inhalation Exhalation→
→Mechanics
of
Breathing
The mechanics of breathing, showing the position of the
diaphragm and ribs at exhalation and at inhalationPath of
Breath
Frontal air sinus
Turbinate bone
Hard Palate
Tongue
Muscle
Jawbone
Muscle
Thyroid cartilage
Area of vocal chordsEthmoid air cell
Stella turcica
Sphenoid air sinus
Opening of eustachian tube
Eustachian tube
Soft palate
Epiglottis
Vallecula
myoid  bone
Vestibule of larynx
Ventricular fold
Middle compartment of larynxDeep Breathers Live Longer & Healthier
Air is one of the important energizers of the human
body. The more deeply you breathe pure air, the better
your chances are for extending your life on this earth.
For over  75 years, I have done extensive research on long-
lived people and I’ve discovered the one common
denominator among them all– they are deep breathers!
I have found that the deeper, therefore fewer breaths aperson takes in one minute, the longer they live. Most
rapid breathers are the nervous, short-lived people.148Yes, rapid breathing humans shorten their lives and
this also applies to the animal world. Rabbits, guinea
pigs and all kinds of rodents are rapid breathers. They
are the shortest-lived animals. For years I have made it apractice when I first get up in the morning to do my
long, slow, deep breathing exercises and practice them
several times throughout the day.
India’s Holy Men Practice Deep, Slow Breathing
On my expeditions to India I found holy men at
secluded retreats who had devoted their lives to buildinga physically powerful body as an instrument for highspiritual advancement. They spent many hours daily in
the practice of rhythmic, long, slow, deep breathing.
These holy men of India were in utterly fantastic physicalcondition because the deep breathing of fresh air kept
their skin and muscle tone ageless! I met a holy man in
the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains who told methat he was, at that time,
126 years old! This man had
no reason to lie to me because his whole life was spentin getting closer to God. It was he who taught me thesystem which I teach all over the world known as “Super
Power Breathing.” I do not have sufficient space in this
book to detail the full program that this holy man taughtme, but do read our book Bragg Super Power Breathing.
To go into further detail in describing this holy man
physically, he had perfect vision and he had a


 in you nds this impossible, no matter how much you may
otherwise be capable of it through development and progress. This
hidden conict eclipses your otherwise growing soul.
If you already have a partner, the uncovering of this con ict may
show you how he or she is similar to your parents in certain
immature aspects. But since you now know that there is hardly a
really mature person, these immaturities in your partner will no
longer be the tragedy they were while you constantly sought to nd
your parent or parents again, which of course could never come to
pass. With your existing immaturity and incapacity, you may
nevertheless build a more mature relationship, free of the childish
compulsion to recreate and correct the past.
You have no idea how preoccupied your subconscious is with the
process of reenacting the play, so to speak, only hoping  that “this
time it will be dierent.” And it never is! As time goes on, each
disappointment weighs heavier and your soul becomes more and
more discouraged.
For those of my friends who have not yet reached certain depths
of their unexplored subconscious, this may sound quite preposterous
and contrived.  However, those of you who have come to see the
power of your hidden trends, compulsions, and images will not only
readily believe  it, but will soon experience the truth of these words
in their own personal lives. You already know from other ndings
how potent are the workings of your subconscious mind, how
shrewdly it goes about its destructive and illogical ways.
Reexperiencing the Childhood Hurt
If you learn to look at your problems and unfulllment from this
point of view and follow the usual process of allowing your
emotions to come to the fore, you will gain much further insight.
But it will be necessary, my friends, to reexperience the longing and
the hurt of the crying child you were once, even though you werealso a happy one. Your happiness may have been valid and without
self-deception at all. For it is possible to be both happy and
unhappy. You may now be perfectly aware of the happy  aspects of
your childhoo d, but that which hurt deeply and that certain
something you greatly longed for—you did not even quite know
what—you were not aware of. You took the situation for granted.
You did not know what was missing or even that there was anything
missing. This basic unhappin ess has to come to awareness now, if
you really want to proceed in inner growth. You have to
reexperience the acute pain you once suered but you pushed out of
sight. Now you have to look at this pain conscio us of the
understanding you have gained. Only by doing this will you grasp
the reality value of your current problems and see them in their true
light.
Now, how can you manage to reexperience the hurts of so long ago?
There is only one way, my friends. Take a current problem. Strip it
of all the superimposed layers of your reactions. The rst and most
handy layer is that of ration alization, that of “proving” that others,
or situations, are at fault, not your innermost conicts that make
you adopt the wrong attitud e to the actual problem that confronts
you. The next layer might be anger, resentment, anxiety, frustration.
Behind all these reactions you will nd the hurt of not being loved.
When you experience the hurt of not being loved in your current
dilemma, it will serve to reawaken the childhood hurt. While you
face the present hurt, think back and try to reconsider the situation
with your parents: what they gave you, how you really  felt about
them. You will become aware that in many ways you lacked a
certain something you never clearly saw before—you did not want
to see it. You will nd that this must have hurt you when you were
a child, but you may have forgotten this hurt on a consc ious level.
Yet it is not forgotten at all. The hurt of your current problem is the
very same hurt. Now, reevaluate your present hurt, comparing it
with the childhood hurt. At last you will clearly see how it is one
and the same. No matter how true and understandable your present
pain is, it is nevertheless the same childhood pain. A little later you
will come to see how you contributed to bringing about the presentpain because of your desire to correct the childhood hurt. But at
rst you only have to feel the similarity of the pain. However, this
requires considerable eort, for there are many overlaying emotions
that cover the present pain as well as the past one. Before you have
succeeded in crystallizing the pain you are experiencing, you cannot
understand anything further in this respect.
Once you can synchronize these two pains and realize that they
are one and the same, the next step is much easier. Then, by
perceiving the repetitious pattern in your various diculties, you
will learn to recognize the similarities between your paren ts and the
people who have caused you hurt or are causing you pain now.
Experiencing these similarities emotionally will carry you further on
the particular road toward dissolving this basic conict. Mere
intellectual evaluation will not yield any benet. To be fruitful and
bring real results, the process of giving up the recreatio n must go
beyond mere intellectual knowledge. You have to allow yourself to
feel the pain of certain unfulllments now and also the pain of the
unfulllment of your childhood, then compare the two until, like
two separate picture slides,  they gradually move into focus and
become one. Experiencing the pain of now and the pain of then, you
will slowly come to understand how you thought you had to choose
the current situation becaus e deep inside you could not possibly
admit “defeat.” Once this happens, the insight you gain, the
experience you feel exactly as I say here, will enable you to take the
next step.
It goes without saying that many people are not even aware of
any pain, past or present. They busily push it out of sight. Their
problems do not appear as “pain.” For them, the very rst step is to
become aware that this pain is present and that it hurts innitely
more as long as they have not become aware of it. Many people are
afraid of this pain and like to believe that by ignoring it they can
make it disappear. They chose such a means of relief only because
their conicts have become too great for them. How much more
wonderful it is for a person to choose this path with the wisdom and
conviction that a hidden conict, in the long run, does as much
damage as a manifest one. They will not fear to uncover the realemotion and will feel even in the temporary experienc e of acute
pain, that in that moment it turns into a healthy growing pain, free
of bitterness, tension, anxiety, and frustration.
There are also those who tolerate the pain, but in a negat ive way,
always expecting it to be remedied from the outside. Such people
are in a way nearer to the solution because for them it will be quite
easy to see how the childish process still operates. The outside is the
oending parent, or both parents, projected onto other human
beings. They have only to redirect the approach to their pains. They
do not have to nd it.
How to Stop Recreating?
Only after experiencing all these emotions, and synchronizing the
“now” and the “then,” will you become aware of how you tried to
correct the situation. You will further see the folly of the
unconscious desire to recreate the childhood hurt, the frustrating
uselessness of it. You will survey all your actions and reactions with
this new understanding and insight, whereupon you will release
your parents. You will leave your childhood truly behind and start a
new, inner behavior pattern that will be innitely more constructive
and rewarding for you and for others. You will no longer seek to
master the situation you could not master as a child. You will go on
from where you are, forgetting and forgiving truly inside of you,
without even thinking that you have done so. You will no longer
need to be loved as you needed to be loved when you were a child.
First you become aware that this is what you still wish, and then
you no longer seek this kind of love. Since you are no longer a child,
you will seek love in a dierent way, by giving it instead of
expecting it. It must always be emphasized, however, that many
people are not aware that they do expect it. Since the childish,
unconscious expectation was so often disappointed, they made
themselves give up all expectations and all desire for love. Needless
to say, this is neither genuine nor healthy, for it is a wrong extreme.To work on this inner conict is of great importance for all of
you, so that you gain a new outlook and further clarication in your
self-search. At rst these words may give you perhaps only an
occasional glimpse, a temporary ickering emotion in you, but they
should be of help and open a door toward knowing yourself better,
toward evaluating your life with a


 can lead you straight to the heart
of deep inner peace. These abundant, essential reminders about
the constant and powerful choice for beginning anew are
presented in a bright, masterful, and compelling way. More than
ever, this easy, loving way of living will now feel within reach,
and you can eagerly begin to claim your birthright!”
—Carol Howe, author of Never For get to Laugh
“This Moment Is Your Miracle  brings the luminous love and
transforming clarity contained within A Course in Miracles alive
for a new generation of seekers. With eloquence and grounde d
wisdom, David shows us that miracles are not only possible, but
natural and abundantly available to us all.”
—Miranda MacPherson, author of The W ay of Grace
“David Hoffmeister is a master teacher when it comes to
understanding the profoundly healing spiritual practices in A
Course in Miracles. David shares simple, step-by -step healing
practices that correct the mind and liberate us from the dominio n
of the ego’s false concepts and precepts. A Cours e in Miracles
readers can be deceived into thinking that studying the books will
bring healing, but healing is not an intellectual process, it is a
spiritual awaken ing. With this book, we’re given the practical tips
and tools that bring us to that awakening. This helpful book is amaster ’s guide to practicing A Course in Miracles and living the
teachings moment by moment for true liberation.”
—Jennifer Hadley, spiritual writer, speaker, teacher,
minister, and counselor; founder of the Power of Love
Ministry
“This Moment Is Your Miracle is a heartwarming and heart-
opening read. It creates a sense  of shelter and safety, navigating
you through practical exercises that show you God within and all
around you. You are invited to trust love. You are shown how to
heal obstacles such as fear and guilt. This book prepares you to
surrender to love. There are clear explanations of how life has
distracted your attention, taking  you from the flow of love. This
book is an invitation to recognize your oneness with God and
with the Holy Spirit. It offers intimacy with pure love, for those
who have the heart for it.”
—Jac O’Keeffe, spiritual teacher, author, and cofounder of
the Association of Professional Spiritual T eachers (APST)Publisher ’s Note
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on fileThis book is dedicated to the group of people I have lived  with for years
who have dedicated their lives to experiencing the truth within: Living
Miracles W orldwide Spiritual Community. I am honored by your
dedication and devotion and touched by your kindness and generosity.
There are no words to adequately express my gratitude.Love is completely transpar ent; it’ s an open
book.Contents
Foreword
Introduction: The Ever -Present Miracle of Now
Part I: The Miracle of Moving Thr ough Separation
Chapter 1. Judgment and Knowledge
Chapter 2. Perception
Chapter 3. Fear
Chapter 4. Guilt
Chapter 5. Private Thoughts
Part II: Miracles W ithin
Chapter 6. Finding T rue Guidance
Chapter 7. T rust
Chapter 8. Acceptance
Chapter 9. Peace of Mind
Part III: Miracles in Relationships
Chapter 10. T ransforming Special Relationships
Chapter 1 1. From People Pleasing to T rue Empathy
Chapter 12. Communication
Chapter 13. Collaboration
Chapter 14. Holy RelationshipPart IV : Being the Miracle
Chapter 15. Healing
Chapter 16. For giveness
Chapter 17. Extending from W ithin
Conclusion: Living in Freedom
Gratitude and Acknowledgments
Resources
NotesForeword
It is easy to talk about spiritual ideas, harder to live them. When a
spiritual teacher  comes along who actually walks the talk, all who look
upon that person  are blessed with a rare opportunity to learn, heal, and
grow. David Hof fmeister is such a one.
When I discovered David through his Y ouTube videos, I was deeply
impressed by his clarity, authenticity, sense of purpose, and ease. He is
authoritative and consistent. David has devoted his life to proving and
teaching the principles of A Course in Miracles. I have been with the
Course about as long as David has. Still, I encounter fear, resistance, and
ego. David has been a huge inspiration and accelerator to my
advancement in the Course, through his impeccable understanding and,
most important, his model. If you sincerely intend to master A Course in
Miracles or any related spiritual path, David is a guide of the highest
caliber.
A Course in Miracles  is a delight to the spirit, but a huge
confrontation to the ego. It pulls the rug out from under the ego’s tricks
and exposes it for the nothingness it is. For that reason, all students of
the Course experience resistance to the program. Many students quit
doing the lessons, and others complain, “I don’t understand the text.”
Yet, the very same students admit, “I know the Course contains truths
that can change my life. I just wish it were easier to apply.”
The book you are holding can help you do exactly that. Here is a
brilliant map of the journey from fear to love. David takes the essential
principles of the Course and breaks them down into easy-to-grasp ideas,
exercises, and steps to help you make the truths work in your life. David
can take you where you want to go because he has walked the path you
and I now walk. He knows where the open road is and where lurk the
pitfalls that may waylay us. Read, learn, open, awaken, and transform.
In one of David’ s teachings, he mentions that Mahatma Gandhi
retained his peace of mind even while he was in prison. The reveredleader did some  of his best writing there. The lesson David extracts is
that it is not what our body is doing that makes us happy or miserable,
but where our mind is. Hearing that, I remembered a prisoner I used to
visit. While Ray was in college, he flew into a fit of rage and beat his
girlfriend. A few days later, she died. Ray was conv icted of
manslaughter and sentenced to many years in jail. I met Ray during his
ninth year of incarceration, when he came up for parole for the third
time. “My girlfriend’ s parents are wealthy and politically influential
people,” he told me. “Every year when I come up for parole, they wage
an intensive campaign to ‘keep this vicious killer off the streets.’ So far,
they have been successful, and I have been denied parole.”
I didn’t see a vicious killer before me. To the contrary, the Ray I
knew was a gentle, kind man, penitent for his tragic mistake. He was a
model prisoner, given the highest privileges and appointed manager of
the prison laundry. He was a devoted student of A Course in Miracles.
He was peaceful, his heart was open, and he displayed an exemplary
disposition.
Ray’ s attitude and that of his girlfriend’ s parents were a great
teaching for me. His body was in prison, but his spirit was soaring. That
couple had all the material amen ities and physical freedom anyone could
desire, but their hearts were consumed with hatred and revenge. Who
was really in prison?
After walking the spiritual path for many years, I have observed
two kinds of seminars: One kind teaches us how to get stuff. The other
kind teaches us how to get free. David’ s teachings are among the best of
the latter.
When I met David, I told him that I watch his YouTube videos and
read his books before I go to sleep each night. Immersing myself in his
ideas and consci ousness is a soothing, healing way to undo the tangles of
the day and segue into a peace ful night’ s sleep. David’ s teachings can
achieve the same for you, day or night. I count this man as one of the
great blessings in my life.
When climbing  a mountain in India, Sherpas (guides) help you
ascend. One Sherpa takes you to a certain altitude, and then another


 far as I was concerned, this was so me sort of quackery, chicanery. I would not
even open my mind enough to read any literature on Natural Hygiene. If it was not
medical, I did not want any part of it. I was as close-minded as is much of the medical
profession when it comes to new ideas that are revolutionary and may deviate from
the dogmatic path. We seem to be enclosed in our own sphere where change cannot penetrate and, for the most part, is not welcome. It is too bad, because there is much
help for people, based on principles so simple that it is overlooked by some, looked
down at by others, while it stuns the minds of still others who are on such high
intellectual levels that they cannot accept or even comprehend simplicity. It took me a
number of years to realize this. When I did, I promised myself to keep an open mind
and evaluate all facets of an idea. This has opened new worlds to me.
   Of course, I continued to receive various suggestions from well-meaning people:
"Go to the Mayo Clinic," or "Go to the Cleveland Clinic," or "I know a famous doctor
in New York." Frankly, I didn't want any mo re advice. I was tired of it. I had run the
medical gamut and just did not have the desire, stamina, or money to run it again. I
also did not want to submit to some of the "heroic" methods being used. I don't believe I could have survived it.
   Corinne wanted desperately for me to at least read a bit on this natural way of life
and perhaps it would open my mind enough to motivate me to investigate further. But she knew I could not and would not be reached by discussing, nagging, or even
arguing with me. So she devised a more subtle approach--a brain-washing without
conversation! Let there be no doubt that a determined woman is one of the most
powerful forces known.
   Every night she would write a little note and put it at the supper table alongside my
plate of pills and cooked-out mushes. I coul dn't help but see it. There were only three
words: "See Charles Dworin." But this was the key that could open the door to my
enlightenment. Charles was the librarian of the Detroit Chapter of the American
Natural Hygiene Society. He sold the books at the monthly chapter meetings and
Corinne wanted me to go over to his house, meet this unusual person, and purchase
some of the books.
   But each night I would take that small note, which rested next to my supper plate,
crumple it, and toss it into the wastebasket. This was usually accompanied by a few
choice words to my wife, bluntly advising her to put a stop to this nightly note
business. She ignored me of course and continued her little game, even to the point
where she would verbally remind me at various intervals during the day. She was a tough woman, but I didn't give in.    So the next three or four weeks found me ripping up notes each night at supper,
until one night when I was having a horrible bout with pain, diarrhea, bleeding, and weakness. I sat down at the kitchen table to eat the usual fare, which Corinne had set
out for me a few minutes before she left the house for a meeting. She had slipped the
familiar note under my plate, but left enough corner exposed so that I couldn't miss it.
I had no desire to eat because I was just t oo ill, but I did stare at her note for several
minutes. My children had already gone to bed and the house was quiet--too quiet. The kitchen clock sounded louder than ever as it ticked away the minutes. I reluctantly
pulled the note from under the plate and fingered it a while as I studied its message.
   Thoughts began racing through my mind as I pondered the note. I recalled these last
six hellish years and how life seemed to be ebbing away. Nothing had been
accomplished. I also sadly recalled that over these past six years, hardly a day passed
when I didn't shed tears over this nightmarish existence. Occasionally, Corinne would
hear me in another room and would yell out, "Jack, are you alright? It sounds like you're crying." Of course I responded, nonchalantly, that it was just a coughing spell
or some other of a dozen excuses so wouldn't discover the truth. She never knew. It
was one of the few times I was able to hide  my deep personal feelings from her. As I
read the note again, I thought: "Maybe I will call up this Charles Dworin and run over
to his house and purchase a few books. My kids  are asleep. Corinne is not here, so I
won't have to lose face and concede defeat to her. She need never find out. The kids
will be alright since I'll only be gone a half hour or so."
   I hesitatingly picked up the telephone and dialed the number, secretly hoping he
might not be at home. I tensed a bit when he answered, but I explained, very briefly,
my situation. Charles insisted I come right over and said he would get a few books
together to give me a start.
   On the way to his house, I wondered if I was doing the right thing. "After all," I
thought, "I'm a doctor. What could possibly be in those books I don't already know?" As I pulled into the driveway, Charles was waiting by the door for me. We shook hands and went into the house. I felt a bit strange as we went down to the basement
where the books were stored, because I observed huge jars of various raw nuts
standing about. I had never been exposed to  a vegetarian before. Was I expecting
some strange looking creature? He looked normal to me as I studied him
inconspicuously, so I relaxed.
   I wanted to get back home as soon as possible because my children were alone.
Irwin was three years old and Darryl was a bout five months old and they both had
birthdays this December of 1964, which was about seven months away. But Charles
had such an interesting story about his own experience that I stayed much longer than
I had planned. He told me how he had undergone long fasts and became a vegetarian
to elevate himself from the depths of illness to the heights of health.
   (As of this writing in 1976, Charles is still the librarian of both the American
Natural Hygiene Society and its Detroit ch apter. He is still a professional house
painter and decorator and climbs ladders al l day. He and his wife, Kayla, love to
travel and they love to dance. Charles sti ll takes periodic fasts and when you consider
he is 74 years young, though he appears a young 60, you've got to marvel at that. He has a twinkle in his eyes and a zest for living.)    Anyway, I purchased four little books. These were all written by Dr. H. M. Shelton,
one of the founders of the Society and the mo st prolific author of books about Natural
Hygiene. I thanked Charles and bade him goodbye. I was finally enthused about
something and couldn't wait to get home and begin reading before Corinne returned.
   After seeing the boys were safe, I settled  down in a comfortable chair and examined
the books. They were: Fasting Can Save Your Life, Superior Nutrition, Food
Combining Made Easy,  and The Joys of Getting Well.  I decided to start with the
fasting book, which I immediately opened a nd began reading, defensively I might
add. But soon this defensiveness disappeared and the gates of my mind swung open. This book was not only fascinating, it was thought provoking, enlightening, and it
made sense. For the first time in six years I was truly motivated. I couldn't put the
book down. Hours later, when Corinne returned, I was still reading. I couldn't hide my
elation from her. In fact, I wanted to share this knowledge with her. I could see she was pleased.
   Tired as she was from her meeting, and late as it was, Corinne selected one of the
books and began to read. She, too, could not put the book down. We became obsessed with the idea we must read all the literature possible concerning Natural Hygiene. We
purchased booklets, paper-backs, and hardcover volumes from Charles. I read aloud
to Corinne when she was busy, she read aloud to me when I was busy, and we both
read independently of each other when neither of us was busy--but we read.
   It took several months to study all the material we thought pertinent, yet there was
still much to read, but we eventually accomplished the task. I began to realize
something so simple that it is overlooked, but I feel it has a definite bearing on our
general welfare. This "something" is the fact that doctors study disease, they don't
study health. Of course, my mind analyzed these books critically from a medical
viewpoint and I found the principles of Natural Hygiene physiologically sound. They are in harmony with natural physiologic laws as applied to man. I knew this was the
proper way to live. (I knew it then and I know it now--only with more conviction.)
   It was late summer


 Ph.D., Senior V ice-President of the
National Federation of Federal Employees stated in a
letter, July 2,1997 to Jeff Green, of Citizens for Safe
Drinking W ater, “I am pleased to r eport that our
union, which represents and is comprised of the
scientists, lawyers, engineers and other professionals
at the headquarters in W ashington, D.C. of the US
Envir onmental Protection Agency, has voted to co
sponsor the California Citizen’ s Petition to prohibit
fluoridation. The evidence over the last 11 years
indicates a causal link between fluoride and cancer,
genetic damage, neurological impairment, bone
pathology and lower IQ in childr en. W e conclude that
the health and welfar e of the public is NOT ser ved by
the addition of fluoride to the public water supply!”
•	Some fruit juices contain shocking amounts of
fluoride, with some brands of grape juice containing
much higher levels – up to a highly toxic 6.8 ppm!
The use of fluoride-containing insecticides in grape
crops is a factor in these high levels. Cooking can
greatly increase a food’ s fluoride content. Also, keep
in mind that toxic fluoride is also an ingredient in
pharmaceuticals, aerosols, insecticides and pesticides.
Common fluoride levels in toothpaste are 1000 ppm.
When fluoride is ingested, about 93% is absorbed into
the bloodstream and what is not excreted is deposited
in the bones and teeth of the body – Shocking Facts!
•	Fluoride use is toxic, absolutely unsafe and should be
stopped immediately! The government feels that its
central concer n is to pr otect industry, therefore the
solution to pollution is dilution! Y ou poison everyone
a little bit rather than poison a few people a lot. This
way, people don’ t know what’ s going on. Any public
health official who criticizes the practice of toxic
fluoridation is at risk of losing his job. Shocking:
National T oxicology Pr ogram Resear chers downgraded
cancers caused by fluoridation after being coer ced by
superiors to change their shocking, truthful findings.
Some studen ts drink deeply at the fountain of  knowledge.
Others take little sips. – Paul C. Bragg, N.D., Ph.D.
•	Fluoride has been proven to cause osteosar coma, a
rare bone cancer; squamous cell car cinoma in the
mouth; fluorosis of the teeth; osteosclerosis of the
long bones; liver cancer; chromosome aberrations;
genetic damage; and skeletal fluorosis and deformities.
B. Spittle, author of Psychophar macology of fluoride: a
review states “Ther e appears to be evidence that
chronic exposure to fluoride may be linked with
cerebral impairment that affects particularly the
concentration and memor y in some individuals.”
More Fluoride W arnings!*
Studies show fluoride in all its many uses,
including public drinking water, causes cancer:
•	The overwhelming evidence shows that fluoridation
is causing an increase in bone cancer and deaths
among males under 20.
•	The growing increase in bone cancer attributable to
fluoridation may be due to also an increase in
osteosar coma, all caused by fluoride.
•	The overall preponderance of evidence shows that
fluoridation is causing an increase in oral (mouth)
cancer among human populations. Don’ t use fluoride
toothpastes or give your dentist consent to do fluoride
gel treatments or use fluoride polishing paste.
•	Fluoride has been linked to many health problems:
• bone and oral cancers in animals and humans
• an ability to inhibit the DNA repair enzyme system
• it accelerates tumor growth • it inhibits the immune
system • it causes genetic damage in a number of
different cell lines and induces melanotic tumors,
fibrosar comas, etc. • other tumors and cancers
strongly indicate that fluoride has a generalized effect
of increasing them overall.
•	According to our estimates, over 10,000 people in
the United States die of cancer each year due to
fluoridation of public drinking water.
* Excerpted from Fluoride, The Aging Factor  by Dr. John Yiamouyiannis
The best method for purifying your water is a system that distills
your water and then carbon filters it.  – Dr. Robert Willix, Jr.
21 More Shocking Fluoride Updates!
22 • Hip Fracture Rate Highest in U.S.
The fluoridation of our water is weakening our bones, slowly but surely.
– U.S. National Research Council and Townsend Letter for Doctors
• Fluoride and Osteoporosis
Seniors living in areas with elevated fluoride levels in drinking water suffer up
to 41% more hip fractures. In a study of 3,578 senior citizens, those who lived
in areas with fluoridated water had a much greater risk of hip fractures.
– Journal of the American Medical Association
• Fluoride and Bone Cancer
One study concluded that males under the age of 20 who live in areas with
fluoridated water were six times more likely to suffer from bone cancer than
males who don’t. – New Jersey Department of Health
• The Deadly Costs of Fluoridation
When a claimed 20% decrease in tooth decay is compared to a 600% increase
in bone cancer or a 41% increase in hip fractures, when the cost of a tooth
filling is compared to the cost of a hip fracture or cancer treatment, it is obvious
that the human and economic costs of fluoridation are staggering.
– Health Action Network – www.hans.org
• Fluoridated Water Increases Bone Cancer Risk
In a study conducted by the New Jersey Department of Health, young men who
drank fluoridated water had a higher incidence of bone cancer. – The Record
• Osteoporosis, Calcium and Fluoride
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) gathered a panel of “experts” to
discuss the causes of the rising epidemic of bone fractures in the elderly.
Although the evidence clearly shows that calcium supplements don’t help, and
just as clearly shows that fluoride is terrible for the bones, the NIH simply
recommended an increase in the recommended daily allowance of calcium.
– The Fluoride Report
• The Overwhelming Evidence that Fluoride Weakens Bones
Dr. John Lee showed that “...7 out of 10 recent studies show a clear correlation
between bone fractures and water fluoridation. One of these studies involved
560,000 women over 65. The size of this study completely obliterates the few
reports of small populations that showed no correlation.”
– The Fluoride Report, September, 1994
• Fluoride Actually Reduces Bone Strength, Instead of Increasing It!
In a five year study conducted to test fluoride as a treatment for osteoporosis,
bone density was actually decreased 45%, therefore causing osteoporosis,
rather than preventing it! The doses used were very close to the amount
Americans take in over a fifty year span. – Bone, Vol. 15, 1994
• How The EPA is Spending Your Tax Dollars
When Dr. Bill Marcus won back his job with the EPA after being fired for blowing
the whistle on the cover-up of fluoride’s hazards, the EPA refused to pay
interest on his two years of lost wages. While the lawyers haggle, the whole
sum is being withheld, and guess who’s paying for the EPA’s lawyers?
– The Fluoride Report More Shocking Fluoride Updates...
• Fluoridation Accidents Swept Under the Rug
Toxic spills of fluoride in drinking water have happened in several communities,
but these were never publicized. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and even deaths
occurred. – Townsend Letter for Doctors
• Why Do Researchers Continue to Support Deadly Fluoridation?
Once accepted, scientific theories become very hard to debunk. Research done
on the topic after a theory has been accepted becomes “a strenuous and
devoted attempt to force nature into the conceptual boxes supplied by
professional education.”
– Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
• Fluoride: Shocking Facts
Fluoride has never received FDA approval and wouldn’t pass if it were subjected
to the FDA’s standards of safety and effectiveness. It’s more toxic than lead by
the EPA’s standards and accumulates in the body. The maximum allowable
lead in drinking water: 0.015 mg/liter; the maximum allowable for fluoride:
4.000  mg/liter. – Health Action Network – www.hans.org
• Fluoridation: A Health Violation of Medical Ethics
Fluoride is a pharmacologically active substance unrelated to water purification.
There is no possibility of obtaining individual informed consent for medication
with this experimental drug when it is placed in a public water system. For these
reasons, fluoridation violates the Nuremburg Code of medical ethics and
human rights. – Health Action Network
• Fluoride: Industrial Waste
The fluoride in your water is actually toxic waste left over after the manufacture
of aluminum and chemical fertilizers.
– Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, Fluoride, The Aging Factor
• Environmental Protection Agency Infighting
EPA toxicologists


 to die. If the body still has sufficient organ integrit y and vital
force to heal itself, it will do so only if given the least po ssible nourishment that will support life –provided no essential organs are
hopelessly damaged. If the liver and kidneys are functional, and the person has done some previous dietary improvement and/or
cleansing, success is likely, especially if the person wants to live.
    A person in critical condition does not have time to ease into fasting by first spending a month or two on a raw foods diet. This
means that the person who is taking care of the critically ill person must be experienced enough to adjust  the intensity of the body's
healing efforts and accurately assess the ability of the person to process toxic waste products clamoring for removal so the ailing
body is not drowned in it's own poisons. It is often necessary to use clear vegetable broth, ve getable and wheat grass juices, and
fruits juices, or whole sprouts to slow down the cleansing gradient and sometimes, to resupply the tissue's exhausted nutriti onal
reserves.
    I wish all cases of critical illness had such a positive outcome as Ethyl's,  but unfortunately they don't. I had Marge on the same
program at the same time. She also had cancerous tumors all over her body and had similarly been sent home to die. In some wa ys
Marge's body was a more likely candidate for survival than Ethyl's. Marge  did not have heart failure or diabetes and was still able
on arrival to at least take small amount of water orally and walk to the bathroom. Put on a similar program, her tumors also shrunk
and were reabsorbed and she too went home.
    But Marge did not  really have a strong reason to live. Although her husband was by her side throughout the treatment program,
Marge was deeply upset because she was estranged from one of her sons who she had not seen for over 10 years. When she went
home from Great Oaks, t he son finally consented to see his mother, went to the effort of trying to work things out with her, and
finally confessed that under it all he still loved her.
    At that point Marge died in peace. She had accomplished the last thing she wanted to take  care of and her will to live did not
extend beyond that point. Had she died several months earlier as predicted by the medical profession, Marge would have been
unable to resolve this relationship. This was what Marge's life was pivoting on at the end. I was glad to assist her in doing what she
needed to do. Her husband and other family members found it difficult to understand, and they were hurt that Marge did not wi sh
to continue her life with them.

Diet For The Chronically Ill.
    The chronically ill  person has a long -term degenerative condition that is not immediately life threatening. This condition usually
causes more -or-less continuous symptoms that are painful, perhaps unsightly, and ultimately will be disabling or eventually
capable of causing d eath. To qualify as "chronic" the symptoms must have been present a minimum of six months, with no relief
in sight. People with these conditions have usually sought medical assistance, frequently have had surgery, and have taken an d
probably are taking num erous prescription drugs.
    Some examples of chronic conditions are: arthritis, rheumatism, diabetes, early onset of cancer and aids, asthma, colitis,
diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, some mental disorders, arterial deposit diseases, most of the  itises (inflammations).
    Before fasting, the chronically ill often do have time to prepare the way with limited dietary reform, and frequently begin t o feel
relief quite quickly. Before actually fasting they should limit their diet to raw foods and eli minate all toxic foods like alcohol,
coffee, tea, salt, sugar and recreational drugs for two months if they have been following a typical American diet.
    If the chronically ill had been following a vegetarian diet, perhaps a diet including with eggs an d dairy, if they had been using
no addicting substances, then one month on raw foods is sufficient preparation for fasting. If the person had water or juice fasted
for at least a week or two within the last two years, and followed a healthy diet since that  time, one or two weeks on raw foods
should be a sufficient runway.
    During preparation for a fast, I never recommend that a chronically ill person quit taking prescription medicines because doi ng
so can seriously disrupt their homeostasis. However, if their symptoms lessen or vanish during the pre -fasting clean up, the person
might try tapering off medications.
    The length and type of fast chosen to resolve a chronic illness depends largely on available time, finances, availability of support
people, work responsibilities, and mental toughness. If you are one of those fortunate people 'rich' enough to give the ir health first
priority, long water fasting is ideal. If on the other hand you can't afford to stop working, have no one to take care of you  and assist
with some household chores, and/or you are not mentally tough enough to deal with self -denial, compromi se is necessary.
    Ideally the chronically ill person would fast for an extended period under supervision until their symptoms were gone or grea tly
improved, with a fall -back plan to repeat the whole process again in three to six months if necessary. If  you are not able to do that,
the next best program is to fast for a short period, like one or two weeks, with a plan to repeat the process as often as pos sible until
you are healed.
    I have had clients with potentially life -threatening conditions such as obesity with incipient heart failure, or who came to me
with cancer, that were unable to stop work for financial reasons, or who could not afford a residential fasting program, or w ho felt
confident in their own ability to deal with detoxification in th eir own home. These people have fasted successfully at home,
coming to see me once a week. Almost inevitably, successful at -home fasters had already done a lot of research on self healing,
believed in it, and had the personal discipline to carry it out pro perly, including breaking the fast properly without overeating.

Foods To Heal Chronic Illness
 Sprouts  Baby Greens  Salad  Juices  Fruit
alfalfa  sunflower  lettuce  beet grapefruit
radish  buckwheat  celery  celery  lemon
bean  zucchini  zucchini  lime lime
clover  kale kale orange  orange
fenugreek  endive  radish  parsley  apple
wheat   tomato  tomato  raspberries
cabbage   cabbage  cabbage  blueberries
  carrot  carrot  grapes
  spinach  apple  peaches
  parsley  grapefruit  apricots
  sweet pepper  lemon  strawberry

Fruits should be watery and lower in sugar. Some examples of poor fruit choices would be pineapple, ripe mango, bananas, date s,
raisins, figs. Fruits should not be combined with vegetables.
    Vegetables should not be starchy, packed -full of energy. Poor vegetable choices would be potato, parsnip, turnip, corn, sweet
potato, yam, beet, winter squash. Sprouts and baby greens are vegetables and may be included in salads.
    Juices should not be extremely sweet. Apple, orange, beet and carrot ju ice should be diluted with 50% water. Fruit juices should
not be mixed with vegetable juices or with vegetables at the same meal.
    Salads should include no fruit. Salad dressings should be lemon or lime juice, very small quantities of olive oil, and herbs.  No
salt, soy sauce nor black pepper. Cayenne can be okay for some.
    I have also helped chronically ill people that were no t mentally prepared to water fast, but were able to face the long -term self -
control and deprivation of a raw food cleansing diet that included careful food combining. These people also regained their h ealth,
but it took them a year at minimum, and once wel l they had to remain on a diet tailor -made to their digestive capacity for the rest
of their life, usually along with food supplements.
    Jim was such a case. He was 55 years old, very obese, had dangerously high blood pressure poorly controlled with med ication,
and was going into congestive heart failure. He was on digitalis and several other heart medications plus diuretics, but in n o way
was his condition under control. He had severe edema in the feet and legs with pitting, and fluid retention in the a bdominal region
caused a huge paunch that was solid to the touch not soft and squishy like fatty tissue.
    Jim had dreamed of having his own homestead with an Organic garden, now he had these things but was too sick to enjoy them
or work in his garden wi thout severe heart pain and shortness of breath. Jim had retired early in order to enjoy many years without
the stresses of work, and he was alarmed to realize that he was unlikely to survive a year.
    The day Jim came to see me the first time I would h ave classified his condition as critically ill because his life was in immediate
danger; but he responded so quickly to his detox program that he was very soon out of danger and would be more accurately
described as a chronically ill person.


 this recog -
nition may be accompanied by the simple thought, ‘Oh, of course, why
didn’t I see this before?’
     In time, this understanding will have a profound effect on our thoughts
and feelings, and our subsequent activities and relationships, but this may
be subtle and take place over a long period of time, depending on the extent
to which our character diverged from it to begin with.
75you are the happiness you seek
     In fact, the realignment of the way we think, feel, perceive, act and re -
late with this new understanding never really comes to an end. Previously
experience eclipsed awareness. Now awareness shines in the midst of experi -
ence, and all experience is progressively pervaded by and saturated with it,
until it is finally outshone by it.

76chapter ten
A Belief in Separation
The birds have vanished down the sky.
Now the last cloud drains away.
We sit together, the mountain and me,
until only the mountain remains.
li po

If our essential nature is ever-present and unlimited awareness, what is the ego
or separate self, and how does it arise?

The ego or separate self could be defined as the identification of our self,
awareness, with the content of experience, or the mixture of awareness with
the limited qualities of the mind and body.
     In the next chapter we will explore how awareness seems to acquire the
limitations of the mind, which in this context I refer to mainly as thoughts
and feelings. In this chapter we will explore how awareness seems to be de -
fined by, contained within and limited to the body.
     In speaking of the body in this way, I refer to it in the conventional
sense, as a physical object. This of course implies an inherent dualism be -
tween the mind and body which is not intended, and which breaks down
upon further scrutiny, but it is the way that most people understand and
feel the body and is, therefore, a good starting point for how the belief in
separation arises.
     T o understand how the unlimited presence of awareness that we essen -
tially are becomes, or seems to become, the finite self or ego, let us take the
analogy of physical space again.
     Imagine the physical space of the universe before it contained any gal -
axies, planets or stars. It is a vast, borderless, empty space. Now in your im -
agination add the quality of knowing  or being aware  to this empty physical
space. It is now an aware  physical space.  you are the happiness you seek
     Prior to the appearance of galaxies, stars and planets, there is nothing in
this aware space for it to know or perceive. It is pure, objectless, aware physi -
cal space, pure in the sense that it is devoid of any content or objectivity.
However, simply by virtue of the fact that it is aware, it knows  itself.
     The aware physical space’s knowledge of itself does not take place in
subject–object relationship, for a subject can only exist in relation to a sep -
arate object and vice versa. Its knowledge of itself is, as such, unique. It knows
itself just by being itself, in the same way that the sun illuminates itself simply
by being itself. In this case, that which knows is that which is known, without
any separate subject that knows or any object that is known.

i simply am

Now let us imagine that we were able to have a conversation with this aware
physical space. Just as, in everyday life, we tend to ask a person their name
before any other conversation, we ask the aware physical space what it would
call itself if it were to give itself a name.
     ‘I’, it replies, for ‘I’ is the name that anything that knows itself gives to
itself. It is for this reason that everyone refers to their self as ‘I’.
     We now ask the aware physical space about its primary experience of itself.
‘I simply am’, it replies, surprised that such a self-evident fact of experience
even requires mentioning. The knowledge ‘I am’ refers to the aware physical
space’s knowledge of itself before it is qualified by any other experience.
And as, at this stage, there is nothing in itself other than itself, the knowledge
‘I am’ is the totality of its experience. There is only its awareness of being.
     We now ask the aware physical space if it experiences any limitation or
division within itself. However, having no experience of anything other than
itself, it does not even understand the meaning of the word ‘limitation’ or
‘division’, and so remains silent.
     ‘Do you have a size, shape, age, gender, location, weight or boundary?’
we ask. Again, silence. The aware physical space has no knowledge or experi -
ence of anything within itself that would enable it to qualify itself in these,
or indeed any, terms.
     ‘Are you ever disturbed, restless or agitated?’ we ask. The aware physical
space refers to its experience of itself and, again, looks puzzled. Disturbance,
restlessness, agitation? There is just its own endless, silent, motionless openness.
78a belief in separation
     ‘Do you lack anything?’ we enquire, already intuiting its silent response. No,
there is just the fullness of its own emptiness. It is neither something nor nothing,
for there are, as yet, no things with which it could be qualified or contrasted.

This absence of limitation, disturbance or lack does not need to be concep -
tualised, for there is nothing in its experience of itself with which to contrast
these qualities. Later they will be referred to, from the perspective of human
experience, as its innate freedom, peace and happiness, not a freedom, peace
and happiness that are relative to their opposites but the absolute qualities
of its own nature.
     Fast-forward several billion years, to the twenty-first century. The same
aware physical space is now populated with galaxies, stars and planets. One
of these planets is the Earth, on which are situated innumerable buildings.
We enter one such building and make our way to one of the rooms.
     Now we ask the aware physical space in the room  what its name is. ‘I’ it
replies, for as always, ‘I’ is the name that that which knows itself gives to
itself. Then we ask the aware space in the room about its experience of itself.
     The aware space in the room looks around and says, ‘I am small, square,
limited, dark and confined. I am contained within these walls, defined by
their shape and dependent upon them for my existence.’ A hint of nostalgia
in its voice betrays the faint memory of the distant past when it knew itself
without any such limitation.
     We suggest to the aware space in the room that in describing itself in this
way, it is not actually referring to its experience of itself but rather to the
qualities and characteristics of the room in which it seems to be located.
     ‘Instead of looking at the four walls of the room, look at yourself’,
we suggest. The space in the room turns its attention away from the four
walls of the room and gives its attention to itself. ‘I am…’ A long silence
ensues. It cannot find anything in its experience of itself to add to its essential
awareness of simply being.
     The aware physical space in the room suddenly realises that the feeling of
longing that has characterised it ever since it seemed to have been contained
within the four walls of the room was not, in fact, a memory of its distant
past. It was the recognition of its own essential, ever-present being – the aware
physical space of the universe – filtering through the limitations of the room
with which it had mistakenly identified itself, drawing itself back into itself.
79you are the happiness you seek
     The yearning to which it had become accustomed, as the almost constant
backdrop of its experience, falls away as an inevitable consequence of this
recognition, and its innate freedom and peace are immediately restored.

an imaginary limitation

Let us relate this to the experience of being a separate self or ego. The rela -
tionship between our essential nature of ever-present, unlimited awareness
and the separate self or ego which we seem to be is analogous to the rela -
tionship between the unlimited aware physical space of the universe and the
apparently confined aware space in the room.
     Just as the aware space in the room was the same space as the unlimited
aware space of the universe, so the self of the separate self or ego is the same
self as the self of awareness, albeit with an imaginary limitation attached to it.
     Just as the aware physical space identified itself with the four walls of the
room within which it seemed to be contained and, as a result, believed and felt
that it was small, confined and limited, likewise we, awareness, become mixed
up in or identified with the ‘four walls’ of the body within which we seem to
be contained and seem, as a result, to become a temporary, finite self.
     Instead of understanding that I, awareness, pervade the body and perceive
the world through it, we believe and feel that I am contained within, limited
to and generated by the body. As a result, the experience ‘I am’ is eclipsed by
the belief ‘I am the body’. This mixture


 fail
to supply any part of the body w_ith nour
ishment, but cause serious trouble."
"Distilled water is the acme of purity.
Nothing can be purer than that which is
absolutely pure. For medicinal purposes,
the highest authorities are agreed that
pure water is preferable to the so-called
l!ledicinal spring waters. The latter all
contain more or less impurities in the
form of earthy salts or organic matter,
which is not the case with distilled wa
ter. For flushing the kidneys, stimulat
ing the sluggish liver, eliminating waste
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matter from the system; indeed for all
affections in which medical waters are be
lieved to be efficacious, pure distilled wa
ter furnishes the long-sought desider
atum."-Dr. R. N. Tooker, Chicago.
Dr. C. W. DeLacy EVJLlls, surgeon to
St. Savor's Hospital, London, says: "The
combinations of lime held in solution in
the water we drink, when taken into the
stomach are soon distributed throughout
the system and deposited in all the tissues
exactly as they are precipitated and form
incrustations on the bottoms of kettles in
which water is boiled. The result is gen
eral induration, partial and often, in some
organs and tissues, complete ossification.
The bones become brittle, the joints ana
muscles stiff and rheumatic; gravel ana
stones form in the bladder, the kidneys,
liver, heart, nerves and brain become in-
. durated and sluggish in their action, all
the bodily functions are impaired, the
nerves weaken, the mind loses its vigor,
the memory fails, senility and death creep
on.
"Used as a drink distilled water is ab
sorbed directly into the blood, the solvent
properties of which it increases to such an
extent that it will keep in solution salts al
ready existing in the blood, prevent their
undue deposit in various organs and struc
tures, favor their elimination by the differ
ent excreta, and tend to remo:ve those
earthy compounds which have already ac
cumulated in the body.
"There is no doubt as to the high value
of distilled water used freely as a retarder
of the ossifying conditions which appear
to constitute the conditions of old age."
Health Commissioner Reynolds of Chi
cago authorizes the following stat~ment:
The public'should be instructed fre
quently of the dangers that lurk in the use
of impure water. They should be taught that most of the lakes and streams in the
country are polluted already, and as the
population multiplies the danger of fur
ther pollution will greatly increase. They
should be taught that water that comes
from wells and springs is not necessarily
pure, for it may flow from a soil that is
polluted. They should be taught that
filtration nor boiling does not remove all
the poisons, while neither removes the lime
or any of the salts it may contain.
It may safely be taught that the only
absolute pure water is that purified by dis
tillation. Instruct the public how distilla
tion can readily and cheaply be done. It
furnishes a fruitful field for the genius
that will devise a small distilling appar
atus for the use of every family.
It would be safe to teach that the gen
erous use of pure water both within and
without the body has never yet done any
harm; that the functional ailments that
afllict the great host of mankind, are in a
great part due to the fact of the imperfect
elimination of wa!!te matter, and that gen
erous libations of pure water is a most·
potent agent to flush them from the body,
through the skin, the lungs, the Jddneys
and the bowels. The diseases caused by
impure water are numerous and fatal."
DR. THOMAS J. H uosoN is the author
of a new book, "The Law of Mental Medi
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JUICES BY
N.W. WALKER, D.Sci
WHAT'S MISSING IN YOUR BODY? RESEARCHING A BETTER LIFE FOR YOU SINCE 1910
Dr. Norman W. Walker is recognized throughout
the world as one of the most authoritative students
of life, health and nutrition. For almost 70 years,
Dr. Walker has researched man's ability to live
a longer, healthier life. He is his own example
of achieving vibrant health through proper thought,
diet and body care.
Dr. Walker has found his "secret" to a long, healthy,
productive life and offers you the opportunity to
share "The Possible Dream" through his internationally
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FRESH VEGETABLE AND FRUIT JUICES
What's Missing in Your Body?
Deficiencies of certain minerals, salts and vitamins
can cause many of the symptons of illness. Vegetable
juices are categorically listed and their elements
carefully explained. A formula guide, compiled by
the author in cooperation with R. D. Pope, M.D.
provides suggestions for effective tr FRE8H UEGETABLE t FRUIT JU
specific ailments! #F921 $6.95 948361 o VEGETABLE
and FRUIT
what's missing in your body?
Formerly titled Raw Vegetable Juices
The lack or deficiency of certain elements, such
as vital organic minerals and salts, and conse
quently of Vitamins, from our customary diet is
the primary cause of nearly every sickness and
disease.
How can we most readily furnish our body
with the elements needed?
N. W. WALKER
Doctor of Science
Compiled under the direction of and endorsed by
R. D. POPE, M.D. © 1970 by Dr. Norman W. Walker
Published Annually Since 1936
Formerly titled: Raw Vegetable Juices
Revised 1978 and retitled
Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices
ISBN: 0-89019-06704
All rights reserved, including the right
to reproduce this book or portions
thereof in any form
In publishing this book, it is not Dr. Walker's or the Publisher's
intent to diagnose or prescribe, but only to inform the reader.
Dr. Walker recommends the reader contact a professional doctor
specializing in the appropriate subject.
P O BOX 12260 / PRESCOTT AZ 86304-2260
(520) 445-5567 FOREWORD
I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Norman
W. Walker, D.Sc. for his untiring co-operation in the
preparation of this book.
Dr. Walker has placed at my disposal, without res
ervation, the results of his experience, experiments and
analyses which have made possible the compilation and
publication, for the first time in history, of a fairly
complete guide of the Therapeutic uses of our more
common, every-day vegetables when these are taken in
the form of fresh, raw juices.
It is hoped that this will prove to be not only a useful
and handy reference guide for all the members of my
profession, but will also be of considerable help to those
who wish to derive the utmost benefit from the natural
foods which God created for the nourishment of Man.
R. D. Pope, M.D. CONTENTS
Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices 1-17
What's Missing? 3
Why not eat the vegetables? 6
Cooked foods 8
My first carrot juice 9
Juices not concentrated foods 10
Protection against pesticides 13
How much juice can be taken safely? 14
Vegetable Juices - Uses and Benefits 17-61
More Topics of Vital I nterest 61 -76
Colds 61
Endocrine Glands 63
Vinegar 63
Milk 67
Natural childbirth 69
Do juices help bones? 72
Things to bear in mind 74
Vegetables and Fruit Juices -
Their Therapeutic Uses 77-79
List of Formulas 79-81
Special: Vegetable Value Chart 82-83
Fruit Value Chart 84-85
Ailments and Formulas 86-115
Index 117-118
V You don't need to relate your health to your age! For more than
100 years, Norman W. Walker, Ph.D., proved through research that
well-being and long life can go hand-in-hand. Modem day nutritionists
and medical researchers are just now discoverinq the truths which Dr