 my heart to go
even deeper within. Neither of these forces subsided over
time. In  fact, the yearning to go deeper kept increasing
on a  daily basis. It was like having fallen madly in love
and not being able to see your beloved. I began to
contemplate co mpletely drop ping out and entering a life
of solitude. My coursework was done, and nothing was
forcing me to take my qualifying exams right away. Plus,
by that time I was pretty cert ain that I would never take
those exams. I determined that I needed a place away from
everything and everyone in order to become totally
focused on my practices. I knew I couldn’t just keep
camping by the lime pit for ever, but I wasn’t ready to
start loo king fo r a secluded p lace of my own. I decided to
just kee p my eyes open to see if something would show
up by itself. Something did. I wa s fi lling up  my van one day, when out of the blue
the gas  station attendant asked me where I lived. I told
him that I had  been living in my van for a while but was
hoping to find a piece of land  in the country. He said he
had come across a beautiful place northwest of
Gainesville that had five-acre lots for sale. I got
directions and went on my way.A few days later, I drove ou t to the place and found
April Gift Estates. It was in a heavily wooded area about
ten miles north of town, and  it consisted of twenty-one
five-acre lots and a couple of dirt roads. Very few lots had
been sold, and I didn’t see a single person the entire time
I toured. The place was so peaceful and natural that I
drove around almost in a trance. It was just perfect. I soon came upon a couple of adjoining lots that were
part woods and part field. T his was exactly what I had
wanted. I parked my car and  walked through the woods
onto the interior field. The feeling of going from the
woods to sudden openness was unbelievable. There was
a rush of light and a feeling of expansiveness. I wa lked up a rolling hill to th e fence on the north side
of the proper ty. The property bordered a beautiful
pasture that sloped down to a woods-lined stream. The
entire north side of the lot overlooked that breathtaking
view. It reminded me of how Homer described the
Elysian Fields. I meandered back into the woods and
found a  spot under a tree where I could see the interior
field op en in front of me and the beautiful pastureland to
my righ t. The woods were quiet and felt protecting. It
was like  being in a womb. Th e moment I sat down, I was
drawn i nto deep meditation. The moment I came back, I
knew I was home. I ha d never bought a piece of land before, but I did
have some funds. When I graduated from college, my
father had given me what remained in my college
account. He wanted me to ta ke full responsibility for my
postgraduate education. Since I did both my master’s
degree and my doctorate work under full fellowship, I
had been able to save almos t all of the $15,000 he had
given me. It was now time to spend it. I d ecide d to try to buy both of the lots that included
the inte rior fiel d. That would give me plenty of seclusion. Before contac ting the owner, I picked a maximum
number that I was willing to  pay for the ten acres. Thenumber was significantly less  than the asking price, but I
told myself that if the seller wouldn’t come down to my
price, it  wasn’t meant to be. I was completely at peace
with either outcome. As it tu rned out, that sense of
detachment gave me the edge I needed to successfully
negotiate for the lots. I succe eded in the purchase, but I
didn’t feel a s ense of joy. W hat I felt was a sense of
resolute determination. What lay ahead of me was not
going t o be easy. I had already committed so much of
myself to exploring what was beyond me—now I was
going to commit everything.1 0. B u i l d i n g  a  S a c r e d  H u t
B ob G ould and I had been friends since my first days of
high school. We had both moved to Florida from up
north a nd wer e the new kid s entering tenth grade. We
bonded immediately and remained good friends all the
way through college. Bob was  the handy type, the kind of
kid who always excelled in sh op class. When it came time
to build a meditation hut on my land, he jumped at the
opportunity. Neither Bob nor I had ever built anything like a hut to
actually live in. I was good with my hands and had been a
sports c ar mechanic while in high school. But to build a
small house, Bob and I were way out of our league. We
reached out to a college friend, Bobby Altman. Bobby’s
credentials we re not that he  had actually built a house
before, but that he had just f inished his master’s degree
in arch itecture. At least he had the theory of how to
design and build something. How hard could it be to
build a  small hut where I could go into solitude for a
while? Apparently, Bobby Altman didn’t think it would be
hard at  all. He quickly design ed plans for the hut, which
included a balsa wood model. I remember the first time I
saw his design. I literally thought he was crazy. This was
not just a small, simple, one-person hut for meditation. It was a wedged-shaped hou se with a stunning front of
glass that spanned sixteen fee t wide and rose twenty feet
high. To be perfectly honest, I had been envisioning
more of a box with a door and a few windows. How werethree college grads, who had never built anything before,
going to build this? Bobby Altman insisted the ho use was going to be easy
to build. I wasn ’t so sure, but Bob Gould was all for it. He
thought it would be a fun cha llenge for the three of us to
live on the land in tents and build it. I remember that I
didn’t see it th at way. I already had a full-time challenge
—getting back to my beloved place of absolute stillness
and peace. But if I had to build this architecturally
designed masterpiece of a meditation hut to get there—
so be it. We jumped right in with the abandonment of reason
that belongs only to young h ippies and crazy people. It
was an amazing experience. I had very little money left to
build Bobby Altman’s chalet. To keep costs to a
minimum, both Bobs agreed that we could use rough-
sawn lumber instead of the finished lumber you buy at a
lumberyard. A s fate would have it, there was a sawmill
just a few mile s down the hig hway from my land: Griffis
Lumber & Sawmill. James G riffis and his wife were real
southern country folk, not longhairs like the three of us. We got sideways looks from pretty much everyone
whenever we went to pick up lumber. Aside from our
hair, we stood out because of what we were ordering. We
started with the eleven cypress columns that would form
the support structure of the house—at twenty-nine feet,
you mig ht as well call them trees. James Griffis allowed
us to hand s elect the straightest trees right off the
logging truck when it arrived. We got to watch workers
strap ea ch of the trees to the giant mill and cut them
down to  six inches per side, give or take half an inch. It
was a real bac k-to-the-earth feeling watching the actual
trees being turned into the backbone of your house. In ti me, Mr. Gr iffis began to o pen up to us. One day he
invited the three of us to din ner at his house, which was
adjacent to the mill. This was a big deal since we had
been living in tents and cook ing what we could over anopen fir e. It was particularly s pecial for me because I had
been living out of my van or  in a tent for almost half a
year. It wasn’t just a matter of a home-cooked meal; just
going into a real house was going to be a novelty for me. The Griffises’ house was a warm country home. The
walls were pecky cypress, milled long ago on-site. Mrs.
Griffis had cooked up a southern meal with plenty of
vegetables, sin ce she had heard that I was a vegetarian. The conversations were warm and friendly, and it really
felt as though we were all family. At one point, Mr.
Griffis said something I will never forget. He said,
“Before we met you three, w e used to think that hippies
were the dirtiest, filthiest things on Earth. You know,
we’ve really come to love you boys.” It was another one of
those b eautiful moments th at started me thinking—
where were all


and happiness we believe we will derive from it. If someone were to ask us whether we would prefer to be enlightened or
happy, we would obviously choose happiness. If we believed that enlighten -
ment would bring us misery, we would never seek it. It is only because it is
believed that enlightenment will bring happiness that we are willing to devote
our lives to seeking it. Likewise, if we believed that knowledge of God would
make us miserable, no one would seek God. The only reason we were seeking enlightenment or God in the first place
was that all other possible sources of happiness had failed us thus far. It is
often as a last resort that we turn to the search for enlightenment or God,
in the hope that its fulfilment will finally relieve us of our suffering and
provide happiness. Therefore, the desire for happiness is the highest desire, and as such it is
unique: it is the only thing we seek for its own sake. I use the word ‘happiness’ as the goal of this search simply because it is the
common word for the absence of suffering or the end of seeking. I refer to it
this way because I believe, rightly or not, that this word most accurately con -
veys for the majority of people that for which they long above all else. It is also
a word to which everyone can relate, and it refers to an experience with which
everyone is familiar. In particular, it is non-denominational and devoid of cul -
tural overtones. It does not have to be believed in and is its own evidence. 6the search for happiness
     However, any word inevitably has its limitations, depending upon our
particular associations with it, especially in relation to that for which we all
long above all else. If the word ‘happiness’ does not evoke in you that which
you love and for which you long above all else, please substitute it with
another: fulfilment, contentment, peace, love, truth, beauty, joy, salvation,
liberation, enlightenment or God. Whether we feel a strong yearning in our heart or just the slightest sense of
dissatisfaction – the feeling that something is missing which, when found, will
finally bring about the happiness for which we long – we are on a great search. However we conceive or name the goal of that search, its source is always the
same, namely, the desire to bring our current dissatisfaction to an end. If happiness is what we all love and long for above all else, then the in -
vestigation into its nature and cause must be the greatest endeavour on which
one could embark. happiness is inherent within us

Happiness is always experienced inside us; it is never put in from the outside. It may seem to be connected to or triggered by external events, but unlike
the food we eat, the water we drink or the air we breathe, we do not take it
into ourself from outside. It originates within us, it is experienced within us
and, when it disappears, no residue of it is dispersed into the outside world. Happiness is entirely an interior experience. If happiness is always experienced within, albeit triggered by objective
experience, mustn’t it lie in potential in us all the time? And if so, shouldn’t
it be possible to have direct access to it, and to remain constantly in touch
with it, without the need for our external circumstances to be configured in
a particular way? If it were possible to be in touch with our inherent peace and happiness
without being dependent on external circumstances, would that not be the
greatest discovery one could make? One might argue that unhappiness  is also always experienced inside us
and must, therefore, lie latent within us at all times. According to this view,
our inherent happiness or unhappiness would simply be triggered by cir -
cumstances, depending on the extent to which they conform to our desire
or expectation. 7you are the happiness you seek
     Although most people may not formulate it to themselves in this way,
this is the common view of happiness and suffering. They are considered
equal and opposite emotions, alternating in varying degrees in our lives,
depending upon our circumstances. In the absence of understanding the nature of happiness and how it may be
found, our culture has conditioned us to believe and even expect that the
constant cycle of happiness and unhappiness is normal and unavoidable. Why is this? We do not expect to cycle through periods of health and sickness
on an almost daily basis, let alone numerous times within a single day. If we
are sick, we consider it a signal from the body that something is wrong and
needs attention. Unhappiness is to the mind as sickness is to the body. It is a state of
disharmony and imbalance. It is a signal that something is amiss and
requires attention. However, in the absence of any understanding as to the
real cause of unhappiness, our culture can only offer consolations and dis -
tractions. We all feel that health is the natural state of the body. Why do we not
feel that happiness is the natural state of the mind? In this book, I will suggest
that it is, that happiness is the very nature of our being or self and, as such,
lies in potential within us, accessible by all people and at all times, with the
possible exception of those times when the safety and well-being of the body
are compromised. From this point of view, suffering is understood as the veiling or obscur -
ing of our innate happiness. Thus, there is either happiness or the veiling of
it, but never its absence. All that is necessary to access our inherent happiness is to go directly into
the depths of our being, behind the obscuring layers of thought and feeling. This is the great understanding that everyone should have from an early age. What could be more important in life than to know that we are already that
for which we long? This understanding is the essence of all the principal religious and spiri -
tual traditions. However, in almost all cases it has been lost, or at least
obscured, by layers of superfluous doctrines and practices that arose around
the simple and direct insight upon which they were originally founded. 8the search for happiness
     All the methods that are given in the various traditions have the ultimate
purpose of facilitating access to the latent peace and joy that lies at the heart
of all beings. The reason for so many different approaches and practices is
not the complexity or inaccessibility of what is being sought. It is due partly
to the differences between the cultures in which this understanding was orig -
inally formulated, and partly to the differing responses required to address
people’s particular difficulties and objections. In each of these responses, this single understanding was refracted into
numerous ideas and methods. However, when we distil these various ap -
proaches, they all indicate, in one way or another, that happiness is our na -
ture, or that we are happiness itself. the end of the search

Everybody knows the experience of happiness. However, not everybody
knows that happiness is the very nature of our self and can be found in the
depths of our being. As a result of this overlooking of the essential nature of
our self, a great search is initiated in the realm of objective experience. In the epic poem The Mathnawi, Sufi poet and mystic Jelaluddin Rumi
tells of a man in Cairo who dreams of a treasure buried under a certain house
in Baghdad. The man sets out on an arduous journey and, after numerous
trials and adventures, reaches Baghdad and finds the house that appeared to
him in his dream. He knocks on the door and an elderly man answers. The
traveller relates his dream and the owner of the house replies, ‘That’s strange,
last night I dreamt of a house in Cairo under which a great treasure was bu -
ried’. The man from Cairo recognises the description of the house as his own
and returns home. And sure enough, under his own home he finds a great
treasure. All those years he had been sitting on it without realising it. This is the archetypal trajectory of everyone’s life: the great search for
happiness in the realm of objective experience and the return to the treasure
of one’s own being. The out-breath and the in-breath. The adventure of be -
coming and the return to being. The unfolding of one’s life on the horizon -
tal dimension of time and the periodic plunge into the vertical dimension
of being. Nature provides numerous such moments: the end of seeking upon the
fulfilment of a desire; a moment of astonishment; the unbearable grief at the
9you are the happiness you seek
loss of a loved one; the rapture of sexual intimacy; a moment of intense
danger; a glance from a friend; the silence of the forest; the peace of deep
sleep. Our lives are punctuated by such moments, hairline cracks in the world
which, although not discernible on the surface of experience, are portals
through which we pass out of time into eternity, only to be eclipsed again
by the content of experience. The memory of such times awakens in us a nostalgia, a longing for
something that is not past and forgotten but present and veiled. It lies not
in the annals of the past or the promise of the future but in the depths of
being. Impelled by this longing, we embark on a great search – outwardly in
the realms of objects, substances, activities and relationships, and inwardly
in states of mind – frequently sampling its perfume but never finding its
source. It pervades the content of


strong	effect	on	these	diseases. Plant-based	foods	are	linked	to	lower	blood	cholesterol;	animal-based	foods
are	linked	to	higher	blood	cholesterol. Animal-based	foods	are	linked	to
higher	breast	cancer	rates;	plant-based	foods	are	linked	to	lower	rates. Fiber
and	antioxidants	from	plants	are	linked	to	a	lower	risk	of	cancers	of	the
digestive	tract. Plant-based	diets	and	active	lifestyles	result	in	a	healthy
weight,	yet	permit	people	to	become	big	and	strong. Our	study	was
comprehensive	in	design	and	comprehensive	in	its	findings. From	the	labs	of
Virginia	Tech	and	Cornell	University	to	the	far	reaches	of	China,	it	seemed
that	science	was	painting	a	clear,	consistent	picture:	we	can	minimize	our	risk
of	contracting	deadly	diseases	just	by	eating	the	right	food. When	we	first	started	this	project	we	encountered	significant	resistance
from	some	people. One	of	my	colleagues	at	Cornell,	who	had	been	involved
in	the	early	planning	of	the	China	Study,	got	quite	heated	in	one	of	our
meetings. I	had	put	forth	the	idea	of	investigating	how	lots	of	dietary	factors,
some	known	but	many	unknown,	work	together	to	cause	disease. Thus	we
had	to	measure	lots	of	factors,	regardless	of	whether	or	not	they	were	justified
by	prior	research. If	that	was	what	we	intended	to	do,	he	said	he	wanted
nothing	to	do	with	such	a	“shotgun”	approach. This	colleague	was	expressing	a	view	that	was	more	in	line	with
mainstream	scientific	thought	than	with	my	idea. He	and	like-minded
colleagues	think	that	science	is	best	done	when	investigating	single—mostly
known—factors	in	isolation. An	array	of	largely	unspecified	factors	doesn’t
show	anything,	they	say. It’s	okay	to	measure	the	specific	effect	of,	say,
selenium	on	breast	cancer,	but	it’s	not	okay	to	measure
multiple	nutritional
conditions	in	the	same	study,	in	the	hope	of	identifying	important	dietary
patterns. I	prefer	the	broader	picture,	for	we	are	investigating	the	incredible
complexities	and	subtleties	of	nature	itself. I	wanted	to	investigate	how
dietary	patterns	related	to	disease,	now	the	most	important	point	of	this	book. Everything	in	food	works	together	to	create	health	or	disease. The	more	we
think	that	a	single	chemical	characterizes	a	whole	food,	the	more	we	stray
into	idiocy. As	we	shall	see	in
Part	IV
	of	this	book,	this	way	of	thinking	has
generated	a	lot	of	poor	science. So	I	say	we	need	more,	not	less,	of	the	“shotgun	approach. ”	We	need	more
thought	about	overall	dietary	patterns	and	whole	foods. Does	this	mean	that	I
think	the	shotgun	approach	is	the	only	way	to	do	research.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the recommended daily intake of fiber?,
A: The text does not provide a specific recommendation for daily fiber intake, but it mentions that the average intake in rural China is around 30-35 grams per day.
Q: What is the study's conclusion about the relationship between fiber and iron absorption?,
A: The study found that there is no evidence showing that increasing fiber intake impairs iron absorption.
Q: What is the significance of the China Study?,
A: The study found that a high-fiber diet is beneficial and that it is linked to a lower risk of various diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Q: What is the main finding of the Framingham Heart Study?,
A: The study found that high blood cholesterol levels are a significant risk factor for heart disease, and that reducing saturated fat and cholesterol intake can help prevent or delay the onset of the disease.
Q: What is the author's stance on the idea that a single nutrient or food can be used to achieve health benefits?,
A: The author believes that it is not possible to achieve health benefits by consuming a single nutrient or food, but rather it is the overall diet that is important.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Heart	disease	wasn’t	the	inevitable
result	of	old	age,	and	even	when	a	person	had	advanced	disease,	a	low-fat,
low-cholesterol	diet	could	significantly	prolong	his	or	her	life. This	was	a
remarkable	advance	in	our	understanding	of	the	number	one	killer	in
America. Furthermore,	this	new	understanding	made	diet	and	other
environmental	factors	the	centerpieces	of	heart	disease. Any	discussion	of
diet,	however,	was	narrowly	focused	on	fat	and	cholesterol. These	two
isolated	food	components	became	the	bad	guys.We	now	know	that	the	attention	paid	to	fat	and	cholesterol	was	misguided. The	possibility	that	no	one	wanted	to	consider	was	that	fat	and	cholesterol
were	merely	indicators	of	animal	food	intake. For	example,	look	at	the
relationship	between	animal	protein	consumption	and	heart	disease	death	in
men	aged	fifty-five	to	fifty-nine	across	twenty	different	countries	in
Chart
5.3
. 16
This	study	suggests	that	the	more	animal	protein	you	eat,	the	more	heart
disease	you	have. In	addition,	dozens	of	experimental	studies	show	that
feeding	rats,	rabbits	and	pigs	animal	protein	(e.g.,	casein)	dramatically	raises
cholesterol	levels,	whereas	plant	protein	(e.g.,	soy	protein)	dramatically
lowers	cholesterol	levels. 24
	Studies	in	humans	not	only	mirror	these	findings,
but	show	that	eating	plant	protein	has	even	greater	power	to	lower	cholesterol
levels	than	reducing	fat	or	cholesterol	intake. 25
While	some	of	these	studies	implicating	animal	protein	were	conducted	in
the	past	thirty	years,	others	were	published	well	over	fifty	years	ago	when	the
health	world	was	first	beginning	to	discuss	diet	and	heart	disease. Yet
somehow	animal	protein	has	remained	in	the	shadows	while	saturated	fat	and
cholesterol	have	taken	the	brunt	of	the	criticism. These	three	nutrients	(fat,
animal	protein	and	cholesterol)	characterize
animal-based	food	in	general. So
isn’t	it	perfectly	reasonable	to	wonder	whether	animal-based	food,	and	not
just	these	isolated	nutrients,	causes	heart	disease? CHART	5.3:	HEART	DISEASE	DEATH	RATES	FOR	MEN	AGED	55
TO	59	YEARS	AND	ANIMAL	PROTEIN	CONSUMPTION	ACROSS	20
COUNTRIES
16
Of	course,	no	one	pointed	a	finger	at	animal-based	foods	in	general. It
would	have	led	immediately	to	professional	isolation	and	ridicule	(for	reasons
discussed	in
Part	IV
). These	were	contentious	times	in	the	nutritional	world.A	conceptual	revolution	was	taking	place,	and	a	lot	of	people	didn’t	like	it. Even	talking	about	diet	was	too	much	for	many	scientists. Preventing	heart
disease	by	diet	was	a	threatening	idea	because	it	implied	that	something	about
the	good	old	meaty	American	diet	was	so	bad	for	us	that	it	was	destroying	our
hearts. The	status	quo	boys	didn’t	like	it. One	status	quo	scientist	had	a	good	time	making	fun	of	people	who
appeared	to	have	a	low	risk	of	heart	disease. In	1960,	he	wrote	the	following
piece	of	“humor”	to	mock	the	then-recent	findings
26
:Thumbnail	Sketch	of	the	Man	Least	Likely	to	Have
Coronary	Heart	Disease:
An


whole	foods,
plant-based	diet	is	best	for	cancer. Never	before	have	we	had	technology	to	measure	the	biomarkers
associated	with	diabetes,	and	the	evidence	to	show	that	blood	sugar,	blood
cholesterol	and	insulin	levels	improve	more	with	a	whole	foods,	plant-based
diet	than	with	any	other	treatment. Intervention	studies	show	that	Type	2
diabetics	treated	with	a	whole	foods,	plant-based	diet	may	reverse	their
disease	and	go	off	their	medications. A	broad	range	of	international	studies
shows	that	Type	1	diabetes,	a	serious	autoimmune	disease,	is	related	to	cow’smilk	consumption	and	premature	weaning. We	now	know	how	our
autoimmune	system	can	attack	our	own	bodies	through	a	process	of	molecular
mimicry	induced	by	animal	proteins	that	find	their	way	into	our	bloodstream. We	also	have	tantalizing	evidence	linking	multiple	sclerosis	with	animal	food
consumption,	and	especially	dairy	consumption. Dietary	intervention	studies
have	shown	that	diet	can	help	slow,	and	perhaps	even	halt,	multiple	sclerosis. We	now	have	a	deep	and	broad	range	of	evidence	showing	that	a	whole	foods,
plant-based	diet	is	best	for	diabetes	and	autoimmune	diseases. Never	before	have	we	had	such	a	broad	range	of	evidence	showing	that
diets	containing	excess	animal	protein	can	destroy	our	kidneys. Kidney	stones
arise	because	the	consumption	of	animal	protein	creates	excessive	calcium
and	oxalate	in	the	kidney. We	know	now	that	cataracts	and	age-related
macular	degeneration	can	be	prevented	by	foods	containing	large	amounts	of
antioxidants. In	addition,	research	has	shown	that	cognitive	dysfunction,
vascular	dementia	caused	by	small	strokes	and	Alzheimer’s	are	all	related	to
the	food	we	eat. Investigations	of	human	populations	show	that	our	risk	of	hip
fracture	and	osteoporosis	is	made	worse	by	diets	high	in	animal-based	foods. Animal	protein	leeches	calcium	from	the	bones	by	creating	an	acidic
environment	in	the	blood. We	now	have	a	deep	and	broad	range	of	evidence
showing	that	a	whole	foods,	plant-based	diet	is	best	for	our	kidneys,	bones,
eyes	and	brains. More	research	can	and	should	be	done,	but	the	idea	that	whole	foods,
plant-based	diets	can	protect	against	and	even	treat	a	wide	variety	of	chronic
diseases	can	no	longer	be	denied. No	longer	are	there	just	a	few	people
making	claims	about	a	plant-based	diet	based	on	their	personal
experience,
philosophy	or	the	occasional	supporting	scientific	study. Now	there	are
hundreds	of	detailed,	comprehensive,	well-done	research	studies	that	point	in
the	same	direction. Furthermore,	I	have	hope	for	the	future	because	of	our	new	ability	to
exchange	information	across	the	country	and	around	the	world. A	much
greater	proportion	of	the	world	population	is	literate,	and	a	much	greater
proportion	of	that	population	has	the	luxury	of	choosing	what	they	eat	from	a
wide	variety	of	readily	accessible	foods. People	can	make	a	whole	foods,
plant-based	diet	varied,	interesting,	tasty	and	convenient. I	have	hope	because
people	in	small	towns	and	in	previously	isolated	parts	of	the	country	can	now
readily	access	cutting	edge	health	information	and	put	it	into	practice. All	of	these	things	together	create	an	atmosphere	unlike	any	other,	an
atmosphere	that	demands	change. Contrary	to	the	situation	in	1982,	when	a
few	colleagues	tried	to	destroy	the	reputations	of	scientists	who	suggested	that
diet	had	anything	to	do	with	cancer,	it	is	now	more	commonly	accepted	thatwhat	you	eat	can	determine	your	risk	of	multiple	cancers. I	have	also	seen	the
public	image	of	vegetarianism	emerge	from	being	considered	a	dangerous,
passing	fad	to	a	healthful,	enduring	lifestyle	choice. The	popularity	of	plant-
based	diets	has	been	increasing,	and	both	the	variety	and	availability	of
convenient	vegetarian	foods	have	been	skyrocketing. 14
	Restaurants	around
the	country	now	regularly	offer	meat-free	and	dairy-free	options. 15
	Scientists
are	publishing	more	articles	about	vegetarianism	and	writing	more	about	the
health	potential	of	a	plant-based	diet. 16
	Now,	over	150	years	after	my	great-
great	uncle	George	Macilwain	wrote	books	about	diet	and	disease,	I	am
writing	a	book	about	diet	and	disease	with	the	help	of	my	youngest	son	Tom. Tom’s	middle	name	is	McIlwain	(the	family	changed	the	spelling	over	the
past	couple	of	generations),	which	means	that	not	only	am	I	writing	about
many	of	the	same	ideas	Macilwain	wrote	about,	but	a	relative	bearing	his
name	is	the	co-author. History	can	repeat	itself. This	time,	however,	instead	of
the	message	being	forgotten	and	confined	to	library	stacks,	I	believe	that	the
world	is	finally	ready	to	accept	it. More	than	that,	I	believe	the	world	is
finally	ready	to	change. We	have	reached	a	point	in	our	history	where	our	bad
habits	can	no	longer	be	tolerated. We,	as	a	society,	are	on	the	edge	of	a	great
precipice:	we	can	fall	to	sickness,	poverty	and	degradation,	or	we	can
embrace	health,	longevity	and	bounty. And	all	it	takes	is	the	courage	to
change. How	will	our	grandchildren	find	themselves	in	100	years. Only	time
will	tell,	but	I	hope	that	the	history	we	are	witnessing	and	the	future	that	lies
ahead	will	be	to	the	benefit	of	us	all. APPENDIX	A
Q&A:	Protein	Effect	in	Experimental	Rat	Studies
COULD	THE	DIETARY	PROTEIN	EFFECT	BE
DUE	TO	OTHER	NUTRIENTS	IN	THE	RAT
DIET. Decreasing	dietary	protein	from	20%	to	5%	means	finding	something	to
replace	the	missing	15%. We	used	a	carbohydrate	to	replace	the	casein
because	it	had	the	same	energy	content. As	dietary	protein	decreased,	a	1:1
mixture	of	starch	and	glucose	increased	by	the	same	amount. The	extra	starch
and	glucose	in	the	low-protein	diets	could	not	have	been	responsible	for	the
lower	development	of	foci	because	these	carbohydrates,	when	tested	alone,
actually	increase	foci	development. 1
	If	anything,	a	little	extra	carbohydrate	in
the	low-protein	diet	would	only	increase	cancer	incidence	and	offset	the	low-
protein	effect. This	makes	prevention	of	cancer	by	low-protein	diets	even
more	impressive. MIGHT	THE	PROTEIN	EFFECT	BE	DUE	TO
THE	RATS	ON	A	LOW-PROTEIN	DIET	EATING
LESS	FOOD	(I. E.,	LESS	CALORIES). Many	studies	done	in	the	1930s,	1940s	and	1950s
2
	had	shown	that	decreasing
total	food	intake,	or	total	calories,	decreased	tumor	development. A	review	of
our	many	experiments,	however,	showed	that	animals	led	the	low-protein
diets	did	not	consume	less	calories	but,	on
average,	actually	consumed	more
calories. 3,	4
	Again,	this	only	reinforced	the	tumor-promoting	effect	observed
for	casein. WHAT	WAS	THE	OVERALL	HEALTH	OF	T


 drugs might trigger compulsive
behaviors, such as gambling, sex, or shopping. [T anner, 2005].) These behaviors may range from predatory multi-billionaire financial
schemes to serial child rape and  murder, but the underlying mechanism
is the same. The particular type of behavior selected is in acc ord with
karmically influ enced genetic and cultural factors that result in the
individual’ s level of consciousness. Addictions are not extinguished by
negative consequences, no ma tter how dire. Therefore, they are not
comprehensible to the average normal person who expects that a prison
term will deter criminality. Mos t recidivist criminals relapse into crime
within o nly a few days after release from prison due to the drivenness of
the compulsion, as is characteristically seen in child predators. The Ego as an Addiction.By u nderstandin g addiction, the way is open to comprehend the  tenacity
of the ego. The self seeks pleasure and becomes addicted to the pleasure
it receives from positionalities. This response cycle then becomes
habitually reinforced, resulting in a dominant brain pattern that persists
despite n egative consequences t o self or others. Even the satisfactions of
negativity are primarily due to the addiction. This explains the chronic
nature of social/spiritual/emoti onal pathology that dominate d whole
civilizations for centuries. Even today, that pathology dominates seventy-
eight pe rcent of the world’ s population, for to let go of negative
behaviors and emotions would represent a loss of pleasure and
satisfaction. The pay-of f of p ride is obvious; the pay-of fs of greed, acquisi tion, and
pomposity are equally clear. People cling to hate and endlessly seek
justification for  it for centuries. Injustice collectors abound, as do
martyrs, hate mongers, sadist s, masochists, and losers, as well as
demagogues and  tyrants of all sorts. The hate of violence is intoxicating,
and killers of the innocent are jubilant. Politic al, reli gious, and
philosophical conflicts are so addictive that entire cultures and
populations go to their deaths for the major pleasure of ‘being r ight’ and
getting even. While t he abo ve are examples of extremes, the same un derlying
mechanism of secret pay-of f pleasure is derived from stubbornness,
resentment, guil ty self-recrimination, and, as bizarre as it may seem at
first glance, suf fering itself. Other forms are chronic guilt, endless fears,
obsessions, compulsions, and the endless fears of ordinary life called
‘worries’. Even defeat and loss can be paradoxically gratifying as
punishment or as evidence of the cruelty of fate. Ego positions have the
characteristics of disowning responsibility and placing blame ‘out there’. In the end, the ego pay-of f is the ener gy by which the ego  persists
because it lacks the pleasure of the input of spiritual ener gy. T he ego’ s
pay-of f is its sub stitute for Divinity, and it thus maintains its sov ereignty
and is convincin g in its secret silent belief that it is the source of one’ s
life itself, i.e., that it is God. Recovery fr om Addiction to the Ego. In and of itself, the ego is incap able of transcending its own c oils. It is
the circu itous tra p of the house of mirrors of illusion. Of its own, the egowould n ever seek salvation. It is only by the awakening of spiritual
ener gy that the levels of co nsciousness can be transcended. The
mechanism for salvation is via the will, which invites the intervention of
Divinity. The ego became dominant as the result of its ancient atavistic origin as
being es sential t o primitive survival. T o the ego, a want’ is inter preted as
a ‘need’  and a ‘have to have’. T hus, its seeking can become fra ntic, and
all c aution can b e thrown to the  winds. Desires are thereby esc alated to
being desperate and demanding  any sacrifice, including even the deaths
of millions of other people. It must have what it wa nts at any cost and
will find  many excuses to justify itself. It gets rid of reason with clever
rhetoric bolstere d by blame and demonizes others, for the ego has to win
at all costs becau se throughout millions of years of evolution, it did die if
it di d not get its wants and ne eds fulfilled. The ego has a long, long
memory and millions of years of reinforcement. T ranscending Desir e.
Because the problem is internal rather than external, attempts to control
compulsive cravings with ‘will power ’ (the ego) rarely succeed, nor does
gratification of the endless desir es, which only gives temporary relief. As
is w ell known, t he more destructive forms of compulsive drives respond
best to faith-based treatment programs and groups whose basic
foundation follows the successful example established by the twelve-step
groups. All such or ganizations stress the same basic con cepts of
humility, inner honesty, responsibility, and surrender to a power greater
than oneself. Failure to respo nd to such programs is due to the
unwillingness to drop the resistance that emanates from the core of the
ego itsel f, to which surrender is anathema unless the pain of the  disorder
reaches unbearable proportions. Less severe but troublesome degrees of being driven can be transcended
by substituting preferences for demands and surrendering each impulse
to God as it arises. Another pr actice is the “And then what?”spiritual
process in which each dreaded and anticipated consequence is
surrendered to God. At first, th is process seems impossible, but upon
investigation, ‘impossible’ turns out to be merely unwillingness itself. Thus, surrendering depends on ‘wanting to’ rather than ‘can’ t’. Another example of the “And then what?”process is as follows: “If I give
up such- and-such, then I’ll be bored, unhappy, isolated, become nobody,
destitute,” and so on goes the list of presumed intolerable conditions,
which, upon examination, revea ls that none of them are intolerable, and
the intolerabilit y is merely due to the resistance itself and  not the
condition (e.g., if it were reality based, nobody would be happy unless
they were rich and famous). Unwillingness and resistance frequently take the form of the “I can’ t”
excuse in order to avoid responsibility and the surrender of an ego
motive. This can be uncovered by asking, “If someone held a lo aded gun
to your head to shoot you if you didn’ t surrender, then would you do
so?” The answer, of course, is that you could, s o the problem  is ‘would’,
not ‘could’. Note that even a ‘bare bones’ ascetic lifestyle is acceptable if
elected and chosen. There are many spiritual communities of worldly
renunciates or followers of ‘less is more’ principles. Simplicity as a
choice is acceptable but resented if imposed. The mo re evolved the person’ s level of consciousness, the less the
pressure of needs. W ith major evolution, wants and needs d isappear
because the satisfaction arises not from what one has but from the
realization of the Source of one’ s own existence, which is therefore not
dependent on any externals or artificially altered brain physiol ogy. The
evolved person experiences the joy of the feeling of inner freedom. In fo llowing a s equence of “And then what,” eventually the bo ttom fear
that triggers the entire series turns out to be fear of death itself. It is this
fear of death that is repressed and unconscious behind the myriad fears to
which m an is prone. W ith surrender of life itself and its embod iment to
the will of God, the inner radiance of the Self shines forth, and one’ s
survival is surrendered to God w ith the emer gence of joy. A prerequisite
to the successful  elimination of the fear of death is a surrendering to God
at great depth and simultaneously praying for Divine Grace. The eme r gence from restrictive limitation goes through the classic steps
from ‘ha ving’ to ‘doing’ to ‘be ing’. Becoming the fulfillment of one’ s
spiritual potenti al eliminates all needs or wants, for the s ource of
happiness resides within where it always has been. The ego’ s sources of
happiness are provisional, temp orary, transitory, and illusory, which is a
Reality that can only be verified experientially. The Self wants nothingfor it is innate ly totally complete as it is the primordial S ource of
everything that exists. Thus, aside from basic physical needs for survival, ‘lack’ is a pe rception. The spiritual challenge is to discover the Source of happiness. Many very
rich and  success ful people frankly acknowledge that, other than physical
conveniences, th ey are basically no happier than they were as penniless
students; thus the perennial att raction and popularity of the o pera, La
Bohème (Puccini, 1896). Personal happiness is believed by the ego/self to be conditional, which
br


 further factor is
that this dysfunction is actually intensifying and accelerating. The First W orld W ar broke out in 1914. Destructive and cruel wars,
motivated by fear, greed, and the desire for power, had been common
occurrences throughout human history, as had slavery, torture, and
widespread violence inflicted for religious and ideological reasons. Humans suf fered more at the hands of each other than through natural
disasters. By the year 1914, however, the highly intelligent human mind
had invented not only the internal combustion engine, but also bombs,
machine guns, submarines, flame throwers, and poison gas. Intelligence
in the service of madness! In static trench warfare in France and
Belgium, millions of men perished to gain a few miles of mud. When the
war was over in 1918, the survivors look in horror and incomprehension
upon the devastation left behind: ten million human beings killed and
many more maimed or disfigured. Never before had human madness
been so destructive in its ef fect, so clearly visible. Little did they know
that this was only the beginning. By the end of the century, the number of people who died a violent death
at the hand of their fellow humans would rise to more than one hundred
million. They died not only through wars between nations, but also
through mass exterminations and genocide, such as the murder of twenty
million class enemies, spies, and traitors in the Soviet Union under Stalin
or the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. They also
died in countless smaller internal conflicts, such as the Spanish civil war
or during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia when a quarter of that
countrys population was murdered. W e only need to watch the daily news on television to realize that the
madness has not abated, that is continuing into the twenty?first century. Another aspect of the collective dysfunction of the human mind is the
unprecedented violence that humans are inflicting on other life?forms
and the planet itself the destruction of oxygen?producing forests andother plant and animal life; ill?treatment of animals in factory farms; and
poisoning of rivers, oceans, and air. Driven by greed, ignorant of their
connectedness to the whole, humans persist in behavior that, if continued
unchecked, can only result in their own destruction. The collective manifestations of the insanity that lies at the heart of the
human condition constitute the greater part of human history. It is to a
lar ge extent a history of madness. If the history of humanity were the
clinical case history of a single human being, the diagnosis would have
to be: chronic paranoid delusions, a pathological propensity to commit
murder and
acts of extreme violence and cruelty against his perceived enemies his
own unconsciousness projected outward. Criminally insane, with a few
brief lucid intervals. Fear, greed, and the desire for power are the psychological motivating
forces not only behind warfare and violence between nations, tribes,
religions, and ideologies, but also the cause of incessant conflict in
personal relationships. They bring about a distortion in your perception
of other people and yourself. Through them, you misinterpret every
situation, leading to misguided action designed to rid you of fear and
satisfy your need for more, a bottomless hole that can never be filled. It is important to realize, however, that fear, greed, and the desire for
power are not the dysfunction that we are speaking of but are themselves
created by the dysfunction which is a deep?seated collective delusion
that lies within the mind of each human being. A number of spiritual
teachings tell us to let go of fear and desire. But those spiritual practices
are usually unsuccessful. They havent gone to the root of the
dysfunction. Fear, greed, and desire for power are not the ultimate causal
factors. T rying to become a good or better human being sounds like a
commendable and high?minded thing to do, yet it is an endeavor you
cannot ultimately succeed in unless there is a shift in consciousness. This
is because it is still part of the same dysfunction, a more subtle and
rarefied form of self?enhancement, of desire for more and a
strengthening of ones conceptual identity, ones self?image. Y ou do not
become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is
already within you, and allowing that goodness to emer ge. But it canonly emer ge if something fundamental changes in your state of
consciousness. The history of Communism, originally inspired by noble ideals, clearly
illustrates what happens when people attempt to change external reality
create a new earth without any prior change in their inner reality, their
state of consciousness. They make plans without taking into account the
blueprint for dysfunction that every human being carries within: the ego.A New Earth
T H E  A R I S I N G  N E W  C O N S C I O U S N E S S
Most ancient religions and spiritual traditions share the common
insight that our normal state of mind is marred by a fundamental defect. However, out of this insight into the nature of the human condition we
may call it the bad news arises a second insight: the good news of the
possibility of a radical transformation of human consciousness. In Hindu
teachings (and sometimes in Buddhism also), this transformation is
called enlightenment. In the teachings of Jesus, it is salvation, and in
Buddhism, it is the end of suf fering. Liberation and awakening are other
terms used to describe this transformation. The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or
technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction, its own madness. In the distant past, this recognition already came to a few individuals. A
man called Gautama Siddhartha, who lived 2,600 years ago in India, was
perhaps the first who saw it with absolute clarity. Later the title Buddha
was conferred upon him. Buddha means the awakened one. At abut the
same time, another of humanitys early awakened teachers emer ged in
China. His name was Lao Tzu. He left a record of his teaching in the
form of one of the most profound spiritual books ever written, the T ao T e
Ching. T o recognize ones own insanity, is of course, the arising of sanity, the
beginning of healing and transcendence. A new dimension of
consciousness had begun to emer ge on the planet, a first tentative
flowering. Those rare individuals then spoke to their contemporaries. They spoke of sin, of suf fering, of delusion. They said, Look how you
live. See what you are doing, the suf fering you create. They then pointed
to the possibility of awakening from the collective nightmare of normal
human existence. They showed the way. The world was not yet ready for them, and yet they were a vital and
necessary part of human awakening. Inevitably, they were mostlymisunderstood by their contemporaries, as well as by subsequent
generations. Their teachings, although both simple and powerful, became
distorted and misinterpreted, in some cases even as they were recorded in
writing by their disciples. Over the centuries, many things were added
that had nothing to do with the original teachings, but were reflections of
a fundamental misunderstanding. Some of the teachers were ridiculed,
reviled, or killed; others came to be worshipped as gods. T eachings that
pointed the way beyond the dysfunction o the human mind, the way out
of the collective insanity, were distorted and became themselves part of
the insanity. And so religions, to a lar ge extent, became divisive rather than unifying
forces. Instead of bringing about an ending of violence and hatred
through a realization of the fundamental oneness of all life, they brought
more violence and hatred, more divisions between people as well as
between dif ferent religions and even withing the same religion. They
became ideologies, belief systems people could identify with and so use
them to
enhance their false sense of self. Through them, they could make
themselves right and others wrong and thus define their identity through
their enemies, the others, the nonbelievers or wrong believers who not
infrequently they saw themselves justified in killing. Man made God in
his own image. The eternal, the infinite, and unnameable was reduced to
a mental idol that you had to believe in and worship as my god or our
god. And yet... and yet... in spite of all the insane deeds perpetrated in the
name of religion, the T ruth to which they point still shines at their core. It still shines, however dimly, through layers upon layers of distortion
and misinterpretation. It is unlikely, however, that you will be able to
perceive it there unless you have at least already had glimpse of that
T ruth within yourself. Throughout history, there have always been rare
individuals who experienced a shift in consciousness and so realized
within themselves that toward which all religions point. T o describe that
non?conceptual T ruth, they then used the conceptual framework of their
own religions. Through some of those men and women, schools or movements
developed within all major religions that represented not only arediscovery, but in some cases an intensification of the light of the
original teaching. This is how Gnosticism and mysticism came into
existence in early and medieval Christianity, Sufism in the Islamic
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ward, saith the  Lord of hosts." Isaiah   45:12, 13. "I AM the  Lord, and  there  is none  else, there  is no God  beside  me." Isaiah
45:5. Read these  words carefully. They are  not my words, they are  the in -
spired  words of men  who discovered  that consciousness is the  only reality. If I am hurt, I am self hurt. If there   is darkness in my world, I created
the darkness and  the gloom and  the depression. If there is light and  joy, I
created  the light and  the joy. There  is no one  but this I AMness that does
all. You cannot find  a cause  outside  of your own consciousness. Your world  is
a grand  mirror constantly telling  you who you  are. As you  meet people,
they tell you  by their behavior who you  are. Your prayers will not be  less devout because  you turn to your own con -
sciousness for help. I do not think  that any person in prayer  feels more  of
the joy, the  piety, and  the feeling  of adoration, than I do when I feel
thankful, as I assume  the feeling  of my wish fulfilled, knowing  at
the same  time it is to myself that I turned. In prayer  you are called  upon to believe  that you  possess what your rea -
son and  your senses deny. When you  pray believe  that you have and you
shall receive. The  Bible states it this way:
"Therefore  I say unto you, What things soever  ye desire, when ye  pray,
believe  that ye receive  them, and  ye shall have  them. "And when ye  stand  praying, forgive,  if ye have ought against any:  that
your Father  also which is in heaven may forgive  you your trespasses." "But if ye  do not forgive,  neither  will your Father  which is in heaven for -
give your trespasses." Mark  11:24, 25, 26. That is what we must do when we  pray. If I hold  something  against an -
other, be  it a belief of sickness, poverty, or anything  else, I must lose  it
and let it go, not by using  words of denial but by believing  him to be  what
he desires to be. In that way I completely forgive him. I changed  my con -
cept of him. I had  ought against him and  I forgave  him. Complete   forget -
fulness is forgiveness. If I do not forget then I have  not forgiven. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenI only forgive  something  when I truly forget. I can say to you  until the
end of time, "I forgive  you." But if every time  I see you  or think  of you, I
am reminded  of what I held  against you, I have  not forgiven you  at all. Forgiveness is complete  forgetfulness. You  go to a doctor and  he gives
you something  for your sickness. He  is trying  to take it from you, so
he gives you  something  in place  of it. Give yourself a  new concept of self for the  old concept. Give up the old
concept completely. A prayer  granted  implies that something  is done  in consequence of
the prayer  which otherwise  would  not have  been done. Therefore,  I my-
self am the  spring  of action, the  directing  mind and the one who grants
the prayer. Anyone  who prays successfully turns within, and  appropriates the state
sought. You  have no sacrifice to offer. Do not let anyone  tell you  that you
must struggle  and suffer. You  need not struggle  for the  realization of your
desire. Read what it says in the  Bible. "To what purpose  is the  multitude  of your sacrifices unto me  saith the
Lord:  I am full of the  burnt offerings of rams, and  the fat of fed  beasts;
and I delight not in the  blood  of bullocks, or of lambs, or of goats." "When ye  come  to appear  before  me, who hath required  that at your
hand, to tread  my courts?" "Bring  no more  vain oblations; incense  is an abomination unto me; the
new moons and  Sabbaths, the  calling  of assemblies, I cannot endure  iniq-
uity and  solemn assembly." "Your new moons and  your appointed  feasts my soul hates:  they have  be-
come  a burden to me,  I am weary of bearing  them" Isaiah 1:11 -14. "Ye shall have  a song as in the  night when a  holy solemnity is kept; and
gladness of heart, as when one  goeth with a  pipe to come  into the  moun -
tain of the  Lord, to the  mighty One  of Israel." Isaiah 30:29. "Sing  unto the  Lord a new song, and  his praise  from the  end of the
earth." Isaiah 42:  10. "Sing, O  ye heavens; for the  Lord hath done  it: shout, ye  lower  parts of
the earth:  break   forth into singing, ye  mountains, O  forest, and  every
tree therein:  for the  Lord hath redeemed  Jacob, and  glorified  himself in
Israel." Isaiah 44:23. More Free Books Law of Attraction Haven"Therefore  the redeemed  of the  Lord shall return, and  come  with singing
unto Zion; and   everlasting  joy shall be  upon their head. They shall obtain
gladness and  joy; and  sorrow  and mourning  shall flee away." Isaiah
51:11. The only acceptable  gift is a  joyful heart. Come  with singing  and praise. That is the  way to  come  before  the Lord your own consciousness. Assume
the feeling  of your wish  fulfilled, and  you have brought the  only accept -
able gift. All states of mind  other  than that  of the  wish fulfilled  are an
abomination; they are  superstition and  mean nothing. When you  come  before  me, rejoice, because  rejoicing  implies that some -
thing has happened  which you  desired. Come  before  me singing, giving
praise, and  giving  thanks, for these  states of mind  imply acceptance of
the state sought. Put yourself in the  proper  mood  and your own con -
sciousness will embody it. If I could  define  prayer  for anyone  and put it just as clearly as I could, I
would  simply say, "It is the  feeling  of the  wish fulfilled." If you  ask, "What
do you  mean by that?" I would   say, "I would  feel myself into the  situation
of the  answered  prayer  and then I would  live and act upon that convic -
tion." I would  try to sustain it without effort, that is, I would  live and act
as though it were  already a  fact, knowing  that as I walk  in this fixed  atti-
tude my assumption will  harden into fact. Time does not permit me  to go any further  into the  argument that the
Bible is not history. But if you  have listened  attentively to my message
these  past four nights, I do not think  you want any more  proof that the
Bible is not history. Apply what you  have heard  and you will realize your
desires. **************
"And now I have  told you before  it come  to pass, that, when it is come  to
pass, ye  might  believe." John 14:29. Many persons, myself included,  have observed  events before  they oc -
curred; that is, before  they occurred  in this world  of three dimensions. Since man can observe  an event before  it occurs in the  three dimensions
of space,  then life  on earth proceeds according  to plan; and  this plan
must exist elsewhere  in another  dimension and  is slowly moving  through
our space. If the  occurring  events were  not in this world  when they were  observed,
then to be perfectly logical they must have  been out of this world. And
whatever  is THERE to be  seen before  it occurs HERE must be  "pre-
determined" from the  point of view  of man  awake in a  three dimensional
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenworld. Yet the  ancient teachers  taught us that we  could  alter the future,
and my own experience confirms the  truth of their teaching. Therefore, my object in giving  this course  is to indicate  possibilities inher -
ent in man, to   show  that man can alter  his future; but, thus altered, it
forms again a  deterministic sequence starting  from the  point of interfer -
ence a future  that will be  consistent with the  alteration. The


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vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and nuts. Avoid processed foods, refined
sugars, and added salt. 6. Meal Planning: Plan your meals in advance to ensure you have the
necessary ingredients and stay on track with the dietary guidelines. Incorporate a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based
proteins into your meals. Look for recipes and meal ideas that align with the
Gerson Therapy's principles. 7. Supplements: The Gerson Therapy often involves the use of specific
supplements, such as potassium, iodine, and pancreatic enzymes. However,
the use of supplements should be done under the guidance of a healthcare
professional. Consult with a qualified practitioner to determine which
supplements, if any, are appropriate for your specific needs. 8. Emotional Support: Following a dietary protocol like the Gerson Therapy
can be mentally and emotionally challenging. Seek support from loved
ones, join support groups, or consider working with a therapist or counselor
to help navigate the emotional aspects of your healing journey. Why Are People Interested in Gerson Therapy for
Cancer? • Hope to control the disease
Cancer is not a disease that is cured with one mode of treatment. People
tend to go to any lengths and would like to try all possible treatments to get
better. Gerson therapy can cause significant complications for people and make
them feel even worse. However, changes in diet may help prevent cancer, but there is no evidence
that it destroys cancer cells.• Want to have greater control
Even though you always have control over your body, it reacts unusually
and unexpectedly when with cancer. You will resort to other types of therapy to feel accomplished. It gives you a sense of control over your cancer and its treatment. This should not be overlooked because willpower goes a long way. • Boost immunit y
Immunity is one of the many things that Gerson therapy may improve. This may help fight cancer, but no scientific proof exists to support this. Further studies are needed to establish if Gerson therapy works. Tips for achieving a healthy diet that help reduce
cancer risk
1. Fill Up on Fiber
Plant foods contain fiber, which helps remove excess hormones that could
lead to certain types of cancer, including breast and prostate cancer. Fiber
also helps to remove waste from the digestive system, which can play a role
in preventing colorectal cancer. Eating a fiber -rich diet can also help you
achieve a healthy weight, which can also help to reduce the risk for 12 types
of cancer. 2. Eat the Rainbow
The more naturally colorful your diet is, the more likely it is to have an
abundance of cancer -fighting compounds. The pigments that give fruits and
vegetables their bright colors—like beta-carotene in sweet potatoes or
lycopene in tomatoes—can help reduce cancer risk. Cruciferous vegetables,
such as broccoli, kale, and cabbage, have been linked to a reduced risk of
colorectal cancer, lung, and stomach cancers, while carotenoid-richvegetables, such as carrots and sweet potatoes, have been associated with a
reduced risk for breast cancer. 3. Enjoy Soy
Soy products have been associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer and
a reduced risk of recurrence and mortality for women who have been
previously treated for breast cancer. Research in Shanghai shows that
women with breast cancer who consume 1 1 grams of soy protein each day
can reduce mortality and risk of recurrence by about 30 percent. U.S.
populations show similar findings: The higher the isoflavone intake from
soy products, the less risk of mortality and recurrence in women with breast
cancer. 4. Drop the Deli Meat
The World Health Or ganization has determined that processed meat—
including deli meat, bacon, and sausage—is a major contributor to
colorectal cancer, classifying it as “carcinogenic to humans.” Each 50-gram
daily serving of processed meat, equivalent to two slices of bacon or one
sausage link, increases risk of colorectal cancer by 21%. Each 120-gram
daily serving of red meat, equivalent to a small steak, increases risk of
colorectal cancer by 28%. 5. Ditch the Dairy
Studies have linked high-fat dairy products to an increased risk of breast
and prostate cancers. Research funded by the National Cancer Institute, the
National Institutes of Health, and the World Cancer Research Fund, found
that women who consumed 1/4 to 1/3 cup of cow’ s milk per day had a 30%
increased chance for breast cancer. One cup per day increased the risk by
50%, and 2-3 cups were associated with an 80% increased chance of breast
cancer. Studies have also found regular dairy consumption increases
prostate cancer risk. 6. Drop the Hot Dogs
When meat is grilled, it releases carcinogens known as heterocyclic amines
(HCAs), including a compound called PhIP. Studies have linked PhIP  withmultiple cancer. Enjoy grilling in the summer? Swap out the bur gers and
hot dogs for veggies, which do not produce these dangerous compounds. 7. Avoid Alcohol
Trade the cocktail for a mocktail! Drinking just one alcoholic beverage or
more per day has been associated with an increased risk for colorectal
cancer. Alcohol has also been linked to an increased risk for breast cancer. Meal Planning And Preparation
Here are 50 meal planning and preparation ideas for the Gerson Therapy
diet:
1. Steamed Vegetable Medley: Steam a variety of or ganic vegetables such
as broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and zucchini. Season with herbs and
spices. 2. Brown Rice and Lentil Salad: Cook brown rice and lentils, then mix them
with chopped vegetables, fresh herbs, and a lemon-tahini dressing. 3. Quinoa-Stuf fed Bell Peppers: Roast bell peppers and stuf f them with
cooked quinoa, black beans, corn, and diced tomatoes. 4. Baked Sweet Potatoes with Steamed Greens: Bake sweet potatoes until
tender and serve with a side of steamed greens like kale or Swiss chard. 5. Vegetable Stir -Fry: Stir -fry a combination of or ganic vegetables such as
bell peppers, broccoli, snap peas, and mushrooms with a low-sodium tamari
sauce.6. Bean and Vegetable Soup: Prepare a hearty soup using a variety of beans,
mixed vegetables, and vegetable broth. Season with herbs and spices. 7. Spinach and Mushroom Omelette: Make an omelette using or ganic eggs,
sautéed spinach, mushrooms, and onions. 8. Quinoa Bowl with Roasted Vegetables: Roast a mixture of root
vegetables like beets, carrots, and parsnips, and serve over cooked quinoa
with a drizzle of olive oil and lemon juice. 9. Lentil Curry with Brown Rice: Cook lentils with a blend of spices and
serve over brown rice for a flavorful and filling meal. 10. Mashed Cauliflower with Steamed Broccoli: Steam broccoli and serve
alongside mashed cauliflower as a healthy alternative to mashed potatoes. 11. Veggie Bur ger with Salad: Grill or bake a homemade veggie bur ger and
serve with a side salad of mixed greens, tomatoes, and cucumbers. 12. Zucchini Noodles with Tomato Sauce: Spiralize zucchini into noodles
and top with a homemade tomato sauce made from fresh tomatoes, garlic,
and herbs. 13. Black Bean Tacos with Avocado Salsa: Fill corn tortillas with seasoned
black beans, and top with a fresh avocado salsa and shredded lettuce. 14. Chickpea Salad: Mix cooked chickpeas with diced cucumbers, cherry
tomatoes, red onions, and a lemon-tahini dressing. 15. Stuf fed Portobello Mushrooms: Fill portobello mushroom caps with a
mixture of cooked quinoa, diced vegetables, and herbs. Bake until tender.16. Ratatouille: Make a traditional ratatouille using eggplant, zucchini, bell
peppers, tomatoes, and herbs. Serve over brown rice or quinoa. 17. Baked Falafel with Hummus: Bake homemade falafel patties and serve
with a side of hummus and fresh vegetables. 18. Grilled Veggie Skewers: Thread skewers with a variety of grilled
vegetables like bell peppers, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, and onions. 19. Lentil Bolognese with Spaghetti Squash: Cook lentils in a flavorful
tomato sauce and serve over cooked spaghetti squash for a gluten-free
alternative to pasta. 20. Seaweed Salad: Prepare a salad using mixed seaweed, cucumber,
radishes, and a sesame-ginger dressing. 21. Stuf fed Cabbage Rolls: Steam cabbage leaves and fill them with a
mixture of cooked quinoa, mushrooms, and herbs. Bake until tender. 22. Greek Salad: Combine chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions,
olives, and feta cheese. Dress with olive oil and lemon juice. 23. Coconut Curry Vegetable Stir -Fry: Stir -fry a combination of vegetables
with a coconut milk-based curry sauce. Serve over brown rice or quinoa. 24. Chickpea and Vegetable Tagine: Cook chickpeas and a variety of vegetables
in a fragrant blend of Moroccan spices. Serve over couscous. 25. Broccoli and Potato Soup: Cook a creamy soup using pureed broccoli,
potatoes,


.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 129/250    Probably few primitive races have developed calisthenics and systematic physical exercise to so
high a point as the primitive Maori. On arising early in the morning, the chief of the village starts
singing a song which is accompanied by a rhythmic dance. This is taken up not only by the
members of his household, but by all in the adjoining households until the entire village is swaying in
unison to the same tempo. This has a remarkably beneficial effect in not only developing deep
breathing, but in developing the muscles of the body, particularly those of the abdomen, with the
result that these people maintain excellent figures to old age. Sir Arbuthnot Lane (2)  said of this practice the following:
    As to daily exercise, it is shown here that every person capable of movement can benefit by it,
and I am certain that the only natural and really beneficial system of exercise is that developed
through long ages by the New Zealand Maori and their race-brothers in other lands. The practical application of their wisdom is discussed in Chapter 21. The Maori race developed a knowledge of Nature's laws and adopted a system of living in
harmony with those laws to so high a degree that they were able to build what was reported by
early scientists to be the most physically perfect race living on the face of the earth. They
accomplished this largely through diet and a system of social organization designed to provide a
high degree of perfection in their offspring. To do this they utilized foods from the sea very liberally. The fact that they were able to maintain an immunity to dental caries so high that only one tooth in
two thousand had been attacked by tooth decay (which is probably as high a degree of immunity
as that of any contemporary race) is a strong argument in favor of their plan of life. REFERENCES
1. PICKERILL, H. P. The Prevention of Dental Caries and Oral Sepsis. Philadelphia, White,
1914. 2. LANE, A. Preface to Maori Symbolism by Ettie A. Rout. London, Paul Trench, Trubner,
1926.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
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Key to Route Followed in Peru
 1. Panama  10. Huaura  19. San Rosa
2. Buenaventura  11. Chimbote  20. Cuzco
 3. Manta  12. Santa Island  21. Calca
 4. Guayaquil  13. Chiclayo  22. Manchu Piccu
 5. Talara  14. Eten  23. Huancayo
 6. Trujillo  15. Huaraz  24. Oroya
 7. Callao  16. Arequipa  25. Perene
 8. Lima  17. Lake Titicaca
  9. Huacho  18. Juallanca

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Chapter 13
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF PERU7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 131/250IN THE foregoing field studies among primitive races we have been dealing chiefly with living
groups. Since the West Coast of South America has been the home of several ancient cultures, it is
important that they be included with the living remnants of primitive racial stocks, in order to note
the contributions that they may make to the problem of modern degeneration. The relationship
between the Andes Mountain Range and the coast and the sea currents is such that there has been
created a zone, ranging from forty to one hundred miles in width between the coast and the
mountains, which for a distance of over a thousand miles is completely arid. The air currents
drifting westward across South America from the Atlantic carry an abundance of moisture. When
they strike the eastern foothills of the Andes they are projected upward into a region of constant
cold which causes the moisture to be precipitated as rain on the eastern slopes, and as snow on
the eastern Cordillera Range. Hence the name of the eastern range is the White Cordillera, and
that of the western range, which receives little of this rain, is the Black Cordillera. Between these
two ranges is a great plain, which in the rainy season is well watered. The great civilizations of the
past have always utilized water from the melting snow through irrigation ditches with the result that
a vast acreage was put to agricultural uses. The Humboldt Current which sweeps northward from the southern ice fields and carries its
chilly water almost to the equator has influenced the development of the West Coast of South
America. The effect of the current on the climate is generally noticeable. One of the conspicuous
results is the presence of a cloud bank which hovers over the coastal area at an altitude of from
one thousand to three thousand feet above sea level for several months of the year. Back from the
coast these clouds rest on the land and constitute a nearly constant fog for extended periods. When one passes inland from the coast up the mountains he moves from a zone which in winter is
clammy and chilly, into the fog zone, and then suddenly out of it into clear sky and brilliant sunlight. It is of interest that the capital, Lima, is so situated that it suffers from this unhappy cloud and fog
situation. When Pizarro sent a commission to search out a location for his capital city the natives
commented on the fact that he was selecting a very undesirable location. Either on the coast or
farther inland than Lima the climate is much more favorable, and these were the locations in which
the ancient civilizations have left some very elaborate foundations of fortresses and extended
residential areas. The great expanse of desert extending from the coast to the mountains, with its
great moving sand dunes and with scarcely a sign of green life, is one of the least hospitable
environments that any culture could choose. Notwithstanding this, the entire coast is a succession
of ancient burial mounds in which it is estimated that there are fifteen million mummies in an
excellent state of preservation. The few hundred thousand that have been disturbed by grave
robbers in search of gold and silver, have been left bleaching on the sands. Where had these
people come from and why were they buried here? The answer is to be found in the fact that
probably few locations in the world provided such an inexhaustible supply of food for producing a
good culture as did this area. The lack of present appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the
absence of flourishing modern communities, notwithstanding the almost continuous chain of ancient
walls, fortresses, habitations, and irrigation systems to be found along this coast. The Humboldt
Current coming from the ice fields of the Antarctic carries with it a prodigious quantity of the
chemical food elements that are most effective in the production of a vast population of fish. Probably no place in the world provides as great an area teeming with marine life. The ancient
cultures appreciated the value of these sea foods and utilized them to the full. They realized also
that certain land plants should be eaten with the sea foods. Accordingly, they constructed great
aqueducts used in transporting the water, sometimes a hundred miles, for the purpose of irrigating
river bottoms which had been collecting the alluvial soil from the Andes through past ages. These
river beds are to be found from twenty to fifty miles apart and many of them are entirely dry except
in the rainy season in the high Andes. In the river bottoms these ancient cultures grew large
quantities of corn, beans, squash, and other plants. These plant foods were gathered, stored, and
eaten with sea foods. The people on the coast had direct communication with the people in the
high plateaus. It is of more than passing interest that some twenty-one of our modern food plants
apparently came from Peru. Where there is such a quantity of animal life in the sea in the form of fish one would expect to7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 132/250find the predatory animals that live on fish. One group of these attack the fish from the air and they
constitute the great flock of guanayes, piqueros and pelicans. For a thousand miles along the coast,
these fish-eating birds are to be seen in great winding queues going to and fro between the fishing
grounds and their nesting places. At other times they may be seen in great clouds, beyond
computation in number, fishing over an area of many square miles. On one island I was told by the
caretaker that twenty-four million birds had their nests there. We passed through a flock of the
birds fishing, which the caretaker estimated to contain between four and five million birds. On one
island I found it impossible to step anywhere, off the path, without treading on birds' nests. It is of
interest that a product of these birds has constituted one of the greatest sources of wealth in the
past for Peru, namely, the guano, which is the droppings of the birds left on the islands along the
coast where they have their nests. Through the centuries these deposits have reached to a depth of
100 feet in places. When it is realized that only one-fifth of the droppings are placed on the islands,
it immediately


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 the lumps in my breast. He
sent me for another health examination with another doctor. I  told this doctor also about
the lumps — that I  did not go to a doctor but I  started taking nutrition and eating raw foods,
etc. and the lumps went away. He couldn't find any lumps. They X-rayed my chest and
found nothing. Yet he would not believe the nutrition had anything to do with it. He told
me I  was in excellent health and I  got the insurance policy. It was a much larger policy
than the one I  had been refused because of the lumps in my breast. In July after the X-rays, I  noticed the lumps in my breast again. I  had just read an article
in the paper that they were finding "hard evidence that X-rays are actually causing cancer." On July 20, 1976, when I  discovered the lumps back again, I  immediately went back on
my original schedule and diet and within 6 months my lumps were gone again. My advice
to others would be — don't get X-rays taken. The radiation exposure is too dangerous. After 5 years with Dr. Kelley, I  do not need tests as often as I  did. I  follow his diet list and
my own home grown foods when possible. I  continue to take all kinds of nutrition as he
recommends. I  am not as strict with my diet as I  was the first three years but when I  don't
eat right, or stop the nutrition, I  don't feel good and I  know what to do to get better again. Dr. Kelley has answered personally all my letters to him about health problems that come
up. He takes my telephone calls when I  need to know something right away. Good health
is something you need to work at daily. Dr. Kelley's advice works. My illness has given my
husband and me a better, closer relationship than we have ever known. I  know Metabolic
Medicine works. It did for me. Dr. Kelley: "It's hard to appreciate the sorts of obstacles patients had to overcome
to see me as a clinician. First of all, I  am not a medical doctor, I  am a dentist. Second,
my office was unbelievably unacceptable when compared to where a lot of these
people had gone — to the great clinics and hospitals of our world. They really had to
lower themselves to come into my meager surroundings. While adequately appointed
and kept immaculately clean by my receptionist, there certainly was no pretension in
any respect. On many occasions, people would drive up in their Cadillac or Rolls
Royce and drive away because they thought that they couldn't possibly find anything
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of worth in such an unpretentious office." Stomach Cancer Testimonial
Elizabeth W ojt
Mrs. Wojt is a 47-year old woman from New Jersey alive 10 years since her diagnosis of
stomach carcinoma. Before her bout with cancer, Mrs. Wojt had a long history of general
poor health and chronic digestive problems. In 1974, she first experienced episodes of
severe abdominal pain that usually occurred between meals, and were relieved by eating. Over the following three years, her symptoms gradually worsened, although she was not
normally evaluated until spring of 1977. At that time, a barium swallow revealed a tumor,
described in an official report as "suspicious lesion in the fundus and cardiac of the
stomach." Mrs. Wojt was referred to a gastroenterologist, who biopsied the suspect tissue during
endoscopy (examination of the stomach with a flexible tube inserted down the esophagus). After review, the specimen was identified as a carcinoma. She was admitted to Patterson
General Hospital on April 17, the following day, she went to surgery (for a radical subtotal
gastrectomy, which is resection of most of the stomach). The tumor had already metastasized
into the surrounding tissues and lymph nodes; the final pathology report describes:
"Adenocarcinoma of the stomach with metastases to the gastrocolic nodes and omentum." Mrs. Wojt was told she most likely would not live a year. Nevertheless, after leaving
Patterson hospital in late April, she was referred to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center in New York for possible experimental treatment. But Mrs. Wojt, who already knew
of Dr. Kelley's work, decided to refuse all orthodox therapy. Instead, that same month she
consulted Dr. Kelley and began the full Kelley program. Mrs. Wojt followed her nutritional
regimen for five years. At present, ten years after her diagnosis, she is in excellent health
apparently cured of her once metastatic disease. According to Mrs. Wojt, her doctors are
"dumbfounded" by her prolonged survival. Mrs. Wojt is indeed a remarkable case. The five-year survival rate for patients with
metastatic stomach cancer is close to zero — even with aggressive therapy. Mrs. Wojt
received neither chemotherapy nor radiation after her surgery, and chose to follow only the
Kelley program. Leukemia Testimonial
Thomas M., Alexandria, LA
5-Year Victory Over Leukemia
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At age 61, this lawyer, blessed with a lovely wife and eight children, was
diagnosed at Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, as having acute myelogenous leukemia. My friends at Ochsner Clinic opined that the condition was terminal and that I  had at
best a few months and at worst a few days to live. Following three courses of Cytosar and Thiogunine at the Clinic (from October 7,
1977 through about mid-December 1977), I  fortunately had a remission. I  was to
continue with maintenance therapy, which the medics told me would, at best,
improve the quality of life. There was slim, if any, hope for recovery. Dr. Kelley's book miraculously came to my wife's attention. We visited him in
Washington in December 1977. We were enthusiastic and got on the program and
experienced dramatic improvement. The idea that you treat the body, or host, and not
the symptoms was so intellectually stimulating and sensible, I  wondered why my
medical friends and my doctor son could not understand and why they discouraged
and belittled my efforts. I  very shortly resumed my practice, golf and a normal but
different lifestyle. About midsummer of 1978, it became apparent that to continue the chemotherapy
would destroy any hope I  had of bodybuilding. These shots would nauseate and
disrupt me and would knock my blood count from near normal to complete disarray. My mind indicated that they be discontinued, despite advice to the contrary. I  have continued with Metabolic Medicine and on the complete lifestyle change
that holistic medicine demands for optimum health. I  have no problems with
leukemia since the initial remission was obtained. I  know that when I  took the chemo maintenance, my body was disrupted. I  know
that when it was discontinued, I  continued to improve without the disruption of the
blood picture and the nausea. Metabolic Medicine is so sensible, it is hard to see why anyone could dispute that
it has a place in the lives of the acutely ill. Nothing is perfect and nothing makes one
eternal, but in my case, I  am thankful for the opportunity for the benefits of this non
toxic therapy and the miracle it brought for me. Some call my luck "spontaneous remission," maybe so, I  believe that Metabolic
Medicine makes for "spontaneous remissions" from the symptoms of terminal illness
in those whose bodies have not been abused beyond repair, whether by neglect or
over treatment. Some call letters such as this "testimonials" instead of "case histories." For me, this
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is a very brief history of my case for whatever value and hope it may give to others. One last observation ought to be made. Some decry holistic therapy that of
"Hucksters" and "Quacks." Most practitioners of this art (and there are many medical
men in this kind of practice) are those who have had a terminal diagnosis for
themselves or loved ones and were disenchanted by the hopelessness and horror of
traditional therapies. I  have met many of the "Greats." None that I  know drive
Mercedes automobiles. All are healers and not moneymakers. The cost of a year of
holistic medicine for me does not exceed the cost of one week of treatment in any
good conventional cancer hospital. I  enjoy my family, my practice and my life. I  am grateful for a therapy that has, thus
for, worked for me. Dr. Kelley: "My dear friend Tom brings up a lot of wonderful memories and he
brings to mind the subject of soft tumor. Soft tumors, it should be emphasized, are an
entirely different condition from what we normally think of as cancer. What are soft
tumors? I  classify the leukemias, lymphomas, melanomas, tumors of the immune
system, and those of the blood system as soft tumors. It's very frightening that soft
tumors are becoming so prevalent in children. Before 1979, we find that the highest
cause of death in children was traumatic accidents, such as falling out of a tree or
running in front of a car


 What happens (as you may have experienced
yourself) depends on whether you are in a 'good
mood'.What is stressful in one mood is not stressful
in another. Often the person whose fender was just
bumped is very upset.A peaceful person is concerned
about the upset person and tells them, "You know,
there is nothing to be upset about; it's only a fender. We both have insurance. It's no big deal. In reality; it's
a little nuisance in that you have to take your car to
the body shop to get it ftxed, but it's really no big
deal." The evolved person desires to heal the upset
that arose in the field of consciousness. It is not events that send one into self-pity or anger
about an unjust world where people back into a fender. The wish to punch the guy in the nose arises from so
much anger within oneself. The detached person
would just handle the event with no particular feeling. One's concern about the feelings of others and the
desire to support life by relieving another's anxiety and
fear arises from what one has become. It does not exist
in the world. The dented fender, therefore, has no
power over one's life. There is no 'cause' of emotions
except from within.To see this fact results in empow
erment, autonomy, and release from the illusion of
victimhood. Inner peace automatically arises out of our willing
ness to give up certain positionalities, such as judging
others and making them 'wrong'. Willingness stems
from a forgiving, understanding position. ]udgmentalism 99 STRESS
does not really solve anything but instead adds to the
problem. Making others wrong results in a world of
lose-lose. This is a world where we lose and the com
pany loses. It is stressful by virtue of the superim
posed context. It is stressful in the very way that it is
set up because even ifwe win, we still go through the
anxiety ofpossibly losing, so that even in winning, we
do not really win. We know about people, for example, who say that
they want to have a lot of money. What happens to
them when they suddenly win a lot of money? Some
interesting research has been done on people who
have won millions of dollars in the big lotteries. In
follow-up studies of lottery winners, it was found that
within five years, the degree of happiness of the
people in this group was dismal.The rates of suicide,
divorce, sickness, and drug addiction had risen
spectacularly among these people who ostensibly
had gotten the very thing they had wanted. The
reason they played the lottery was to win. In the win-lose game, to win, in itself, means to
defeat others who lose. To defeat others brings up
guilt.As a result, one cannot even be happy in winning
because in a win-lose context, one wins and others are
defeated, which results in guilt. In competition, there
are unconscious fears, for example, fear of the oppo
nent. There is the fear that the sudden acquisition of
money may mean that friends will be out to get the
money. This can result in reactions leading to a
depressed, paranoid attitude. At the lowest level of
consciousness, everyone loses because it is a hope
less, dismal world. Stress automatically comes out of a 100 HEALING AND RECOVERY
win-lose position. Positions of great success and power in the world
automatically come to those who think in terms of
win-win because they set up within their own minds a
way ofbeing in the world and a way for others to be in
their life that is mutually beneficiaLWhat kind of stress
does the person experience who sets up everything as
win-win? That person wins if a friend comes over to
their house, and they win ifthe friend does not. Ifthey
visit, what is held in mind is how much one is going to
enjoy their friendship and presence.At the same time,
one knows that if their friend cannot make it, that is
okay, too.As a result, the other person wins either way,
also. If they come over for dinner, we are delighted
with their presence. Ifthey do not come for dinner, we
have given them the free time to do something that we
know will enhance their life. To hold all of our expectations in business as a win
win situation results in success, which we experience
as an enhancement of life.The better a company does,
the better the employees do. The more a company
does, the more it gives to the world. The better the
product available to the world, the better the world
supports the company. The more it supports the com
pany, the more the company can support the economy. The more the employees are supported, the more they
can support their families.The more the company sup
ports the families, the more the families support the
company. The way to become a success is to make our boss a
success. Instead of going into competition with him
(meaning someone has to lose), making our boss a STRESS 101
success moves him up the ladder and creates space for
us to move up as well.When coming from a competitive
position with the intent to defeat the boss, there arises
unconscious anxiety, distress, and the fear of retalia
tion. The willingness to surrender the adversarial posi
tion and become more easygoing lessens the experi
ence of stress. The easygoing person at the level of
Acceptance is able to accept human nature and the
world as they are and is ready for any alternatives that
arise. A lot ·of people go into a state of fear at the
prospect of being visited by the IRS. They assume an
adversarial position that brings up all kinds of stress. As stated previously, stress does not exist in the outer
world but only in our attitude about it. One year, the
computer selected me for an audit. "Well," I thought,
"here's a chance to find out how well I have been
doing." I sort of looked at the prospect happily. I
thought, "Here's a chance to fmd out if I am doing
things correctly, and ifnot, what I can do about it." I spent a couple of weeks preparing for the audit. I purchased fancy notebooks, inserted the specific
pages into celluloid sheets that the accountant said
the IRS would be interested in, and labeled every
thing.When the agent arrived, coffee was ready, and I
treated him like an honored guest. I escorted him into
the library, gave him the best desk, the best coffee,
and the best cup and saucer, not for the purpose of
'buttering him up', but out of respect for his position
because I could see how painful it must be to be a tax
auditor. 102 HEALING AND RECOVERY
My heart went out to this guy, and I really wanted
his day to be a good day. He was actually very pleased,
and as the day went on, I had my way of looking at
things, and he had his way of looking at things.We had
a friendly conversation and did a sort of swap. He had
a great day. By making his day a great day, I also had an
enjoyable day. He said,"You know, I really hate to leave
at three o'clock in the afternoon, but frankly, we are all
done. "The IRS people are really very friendly, very help
ful, and very positive in their attitudes because that is
how it is being held in consciousness. To become easygoing is to get out of the habit of
seeing danger. The easygoing person who is really
confident and adequate is able to accept the down
side of or the possibility of the downside of human
nature and therefore does not have to deny it. It is
preparing for the 'what ifs' in life, creating an oppor
tunity to handle the other side and the opportunities
that may arise.An easy way to discover the source of
stress is to take a book along when driving to work
through heavy traffic. This converts the delays into a
pleasant and welcome opportunity. There is the
capacity within us to create an enjoyable experience
when waiting in traffic because there is time to read,
catch up on things, and really enjoy life. What does it mean when we go into a neighbor
hood and see a zoning sign that says, "No children or
pets"? It means that people who live in the neighbor
hood have the idea that children and pets are stressful. There are other people who would consider the lack
of children or pets to be stressful. Some people have
the television on, the radio playing, and the lights on; STRES S 103
there is a lot of action in their lives. To other people,
that would be very stressful. Some people like silence
and never turn on the television or radio because the
constant 'noise' in the background interferes with their
concentration. Stress can also arise from that which is unexpect
ed.The open-minded person sees many alternatives of
what could happen in a situation and plans in
advance how to handle the unexpected before it
occurs. Ifone considers the downside of a situation in
advance, for example, "What if the contract falls
through," or "What if the person I am to meet on