 energy
fields, there are changes in brain chemistry. Hopelessness, despair, and depression represent
the process of the loss of energy that accompanies
the lower levels of consciousness. The world is seen
as hopeless, and if there were a God, He would have
nothing to do with us because our own self-esteem is
so low. We call it the worm's view of the nature of 398 HEALING AND RECOVERY
God. Ifwe get the person out of that very low energy
field, we can get them up to a higher energy field
called Grief. People in hopelessness cannot help themselves,
and we have to pour energy into them to even move
them up to the energy field of Grief that calibrates at
75, which has a lot more energy than hopelessness. Grief also has a certain biological purpose, for exam
ple, when the child cries to summon its mother. It has
the power to pull some kind of response from the
world. The emotion that accompanies Grief is regret,
a feeling of loss, and despondency. The process going
on in consciousness at this level is dispirited. Spirit is
that high energy out of which all life manifests. The
person in Grief then sees this as a very sad world with
an unloving God who does not really care for anyone. Ifwe go back to the old lady who is rocking back
and forth in her rocking chair and not eating or
responding, and a telegram arrives from the
Department of Defense saying that the previous
telegram was a mistake, and her sonJoey was not killed
but is still alive, the old lady just goes right on rocking
back and forth, staring out the window. If we could
pour energy into her up to the level of Grief, suddenly
she would begin to cry.The expression ofthat emotion
would indicate to us that she is getting better. Interestingly, these two energy states come out of
the failure to face the energy field that lies just above
it,which is Fear.The energy field ofFear,at calibration
level 100, is still a negative emotion as shown by the
direction of the arrow.We can run a long way out of
fear, so although the form of the emotion itself is not 399 ALCOHOLISM
constructive, the energy out of it can be utilized in a
very positive way. All these energy fields have their
upside and their downside. The downside affects us
negatively; in contrast, the upside can be very con
structive in our lives.We generally experience fear in
ordinary life as worry, anxiety, and panic, but eventu
ally, it can escalate to become paralyzing terror. Grief has to do with the past, and fear has to do
with the future. The process going on in.conscious
ness is one of deflation. The fearful animal shrinks and
hides. For example, when, as child in the third grade,
the teacher asked for a response to a question, we can
remember how we used to shrink and hide behind
the person in front of us. We shrink and become
deflated, and the perception of the world that comes
out of this energy field is that it is a frightening and
threatening place, and that God is very punitive. He is
seen as a punisher and much to be feared because of
the holding of all the senses of sin, guilt, and low self
esteem in this level of consciousness. This level sees
God as the most frightening of all possibilities. We can move a person out of Fear and up to the
next energy field called Desire at level 125, which has
a lot of energy. Desire is 'want', so its expression in
our ordinary emotions is that of wanting and craving. This can eventually become an obsession or compul
sion. We then we call it an addiction because the
process going on in consciousness is one of entrap
ment. A person becomes entrapped and is at the
effect of that level and fun by the desire. It takes on
the intensity of craving, which in turn becomes asso
ciated with an inner image.To recover from addiction, HEALING AND RECOVERY 400
it is necessary to eliminate an attractive image the
moment it emerges in the mind, whether it refers to a
sexual image, gambling, or alcohol. If the image is
allowed to linger, it gains energy and qUickly becomes
too strong to resist. Recovery depends on the willing
ness to eliminate the image immediately and decisively. Ifdelayed, the image becomes too strong to obliterate
and its attraction soon wins. It is the purpose of the marketing industry, of
course, to take advantage of our desires by creating
wanting and craving to get us entrapped so we will
want their products. Once we become entrapped by
the desire, whether it is for a fancy car, a certain per
fume, or a shampoo that is going to make us lovely, it
will run us.We will give up our money and energy to
buy their products. Desiringness, however, leads to the view that the
world is very frustrating. The difficulty with wanting
ness is that all the wantings can run people for an
entire lifetime, which leads to the sense of frustration
as well as resentment because wantingness does not
cure itself by getting; it just leads to additional wanti
ngness. The wantingness, in and of itself, is not satis
fied, so this constant frustration leads to a picture of
God from whom we are separated. In other words, the
God who forever withholds from us what we want
easily leads'us to anger, which is the next level. Anger, at level 150, as everyone is aware, has a
great deal of energy in it. It is still a negative emotion
. with a destructive downside, but the energy of anger,
if one knows how to use it, can be very useful. We
experience the energy of anger in everyday life with401 ALCOHOLISM
in the emotions of resentment, within the feelings of
hatred and anger at ourself, within grievances and
grudges, and in the unwillingness to forgive. The
process in consciousness is one of expansion, so as
the angry animal swells up with anger, it becomes
larger than life.The person who is angry puffs up with
the angriness and tries to become imposing on the
biological level. Angriness then leads to competitiveness. The
angry person sees a world of competition, conflict,
war, and'me against you'. It is a polarized position of
opponents, and therefore the view of God at that level
is an angry God.The person sees God as the ultimate
angriness, the God of vengeance, and the God who
gets even. He is the God who represents the energy of
the spleen out of revenge, hatred, and anger. It is as
though he now hates that which he created and the
humanness of that which he created. He is the God of
retaliatory, vengeful angriness. If we move up out of this angriness to Pride at
level 175, we see that pride has a lot of energy and
can be a very useful emotion. The difficulty with pride
is that its energy field is still in a negative direction. Its downside is denial, and in the addictions, this can
be fatal when it takes the form of arrogance and con
tempt by saying, "Well, those people need it, but not
me. I'm different." That comes out of the process of
inflation that is going on in consciousness. The ego
reflects an inflated sense of self, which is a very dan
gerous position. Therefore, we see the pridefulness
that eventually leads to the destruction of people
who get into drugs but who are successful in life.This 402 HEALING AND RECOVERY
leads to inflation of the ego and the denial that goes
with it, along with the inability to hear the advice of
others. Pridefulness thus leads to a very vulnerable
defensiveness. It is not a good position to be in, but it
is an energy that we can utilize to move from Anger
up to Courage and out of the field of Pride. The person in Pride is very preoccupied with sta
tus, ownership, havingness, symbols, and labels, which
puts one in a very defensive position. How does that
energy field, which comes out of denial, arrogance,
contempt, and an inflated energy field, influence
one's view of God? The relationship to God will usu
ally be one of two possibilities. Out of the arrogance
of the intellect can arise the presumption that the left
brain has the capacity to know all of truth, resulting
in the position of atheism. Atheism is a denial of the
truth of what can be experienced through human
experience; or, it can take its opposite in the form of
bigotry. It could be in the form of the religionist who
takes the position that'my way' of seeing things is the
only way, and because my way is the truth, your way
is not. Pride is a condition that polarizes, making the
position of everyone else wrong, or'me against you',
or 'us against them', and it is the basis of all the reli
gious wars. Pride has the potential, however, to be a
useful energy


ve garlic, crushed
1 green onion, chopped
fresh parsley
chives
dill
fennel
a little mint
Mix flaxseed  oil with lemon juice  (or apple cider vinegar). Crush the garlic and add. Chop the
green  onion, parsley and chives and add,  together with the dill, fennel and mint. Either pour
over the salad and serve immediately, or put into a pitcher and allow guests to serve themselves. Variation: If you have no fresh herbs, use a generous pinch of suitable dried herbs. Garlic and Herb Dressing
1 tbsp. flaxseed  oil
1/2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar  (or lemon juice)
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 green  onion
parsley
chives
dill
fennel
mint
Combine all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir vigorously. Pour over the salad and serve
immediately.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 216Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comHerb Dressing
2-1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. sugar
2/3 cup water
Mix ingredients together. Variation:  Add some or all of the following herbs (optional), letting them infuse: tarragon
(pushed in stalk first); shallots or spring onions, finely chopped; 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and
crushed with the back of a knife; and 1 fresh bay leaf. Orange Vinaigrette
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. sugar
4 tbsp. orange juice
1 tbsp. flaxseed  oil
Chop the garlic and parsley, and add to vinegar, sugar, orange juice and flaxseed oil. Yogurt, Garlic and Honey Dressing
6 oz.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        In the fasting state, blood glucose
levels decrease, stimulating release of the hormone glucagon. Glucagon then raises plasma
glucose by accelerating glycogenolysis, stimulating glyconeogenesis, and inhibiting glycogen
synthesis. Normally, secretion of insulin checks this rise in glucose levels. In diabetes, absence or
deficiency of insulin allows persistently high glucose levels. Normal ranges for fasting blood glucose on the FBS laboratory test after an eight- to twelve-
hour fast are:
 ▪  fasting serum, 70 to 100 mg/dL;
 ▪  fasting whole blood, 60 to 100 mg/dL; Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author. Page 189Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www. thegersonway. com  ▪  nonfasting whole blood, 85 to 125 mg/dL in persons over age 50, and 70 to 115 mg/dL
    in persons under age 50. These laboratory readings help to screen for diabetes mellitus and other disorders of glucose
metabolism. They also monitor drug or dietary therapy for diabetics, insulin requirements for
uncontrolled diabetics, and known or suspected hypoglycemics. Fasting blood glucose levels of 140 to 150 mg/dL or higher obtained on two or more occasions
are diagnostic of diabetes mellitus. Nonfasting levels that exceed 200 mg/dL also show diabetes. The elevated blood glucose may come from pancreatitis, hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma,
chronic hepatic disease, brain trauma, chronic illness, chronic malnutrition, eclampsia, anoxia,
and convulsive disorders as well. Depressed blood glucose occurs from hyperinsulinism, insulinoma, von Gierke’s disease,
functional or reactive hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, congenital adrenal
hyperplasia, hypopituitarism, islet cell carcinoma of the pancreas, hepatic necrosis, and glycogen
storage disease. The Serum Iron And Total Iron- Binding Capacity Laboratory Test
Two separate blood tests conducted with buffering and coloring reagents measure (1) the
amount of iron bound to the glycoprotein transferrin and (2) the plasma’s total iron-binding
capacity (TIBC) if all the transferrin were saturated with iron. The percentage of saturation is
obtained by dividing the serum iron result by the TIBC, which reveals the actual amount of
saturated transferrin. Normal transferrin is 30 percent saturated. Thus, the two tests (a) estimate
total iron storage, (b) diagnose hemochromatosis, (c) distinguish between iron deficiency anemia
and chronic disease anemia, and (d) evaluate a person’s nutritional status. Normal serum iron and TIBC values have been determined to be:
                                     Serum Iron  TIBC (mcg/dL)   Saturation (mcg/dL)
Men:    70 to 150      300 to 400           20 to 50
Women:    80 to 150      350 to 450             20 to 50
In iron deficiency, serum iron falls and TIBC increases to decrease the saturation. With
chronic inflammation as in rheumatoid arthritis, serum iron is low in the presence of adequate
body stores, but TIBC remains unchanged or drops to preserve normal saturation. Iron overload
does not alter serum levels until relatively late in the pathology, but serum iron increases and
TIBC remains the same to increase the saturation. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the normal range for a fasting blood glucose level?,
A: The normal range for a fasting blood glucose level is not specified in the provided text, but it mentions that normal ranges for fasting blood glucose on the FBS laboratory test after an eight- to twelve-hour fast are: fasting serum, 70 to 100 mg/dL; fasting whole blood, 60 to 100 mg/dL; and non-fasting whole blood, 85 to 125 mg/dL in persons over age 50, and 70 to 115 mg/dL in persons under 50.
Q: What is the purpose of the erythrocyte (RBC) count?,
A: The erythrocyte (RBC) count is used to diagnose and classify anemia, monitor therapy response, and provide figures for calculating mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC).
Q: What is the normal range for a platelet count?,
A: The text does not provide a specific normal range for a platelet count. However, it mentions that a platelet count below 50,000 may bring on spontaneous bleeding, and below 5,000, fatal central nervous system bleeding or massive gastrointestinal
Q: What is the purpose of the routine urinalysis?,
A: The routine urinalysis is used to screen for diabetes and other disorders of glucose metabolism, monitor drug or dietary therapy for diabetics, and evaluate insulin requirements for uncontrolled diabetics.
Q: What is the normal range for the hematocrit (Hct) test?,
A: The text does not provide a specific normal range for the hematocrit (Hct) test.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>yogurt
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tsp. honey
watercress
Mix the ingredients, toss lightly and serve immediately. Garnish with watercress. Yogurt, Herb and Vinegar Dressing
apple cider vinegar
a little water
honey
yogurt
parsley
tarragon
Mix all together.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 217Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comYogurt, Onion and Apple Cider Vinegar Dressing
yogurt
apple cider vinegar
chopped onion
Mix all together and serve with a green salad. Salads
Apple and Carrot Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
1 small crisp red apple, grated
1 large carrot, grated
1 green onion, chopped
1 radish, sliced
apple juice
mint
Grate the apple and carrot into a dish and add a chopped green onion and a sliced radish. Pour
over a little apple juice and sprinkle with mint. Serve on a bed of mixed colored salad leaves,
such as radicchio, watercress or parsley. Beet and Waterc ress Salad
cooked beet, chopped
flaxseed oil
watercress
Chop cooked beet and toss in a little flaxseed  oil. Serve with watercress.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 218Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comBeet Salad Yolande
cooked beets, diced
carrots, diced
celery, diced
apples, diced
parsley
Dressing:
yogurt
lemon juice
flaxseed  oil
Dice


 bladder,
bowels, uterus, veins, skin and the like. Has some minor antiparasitic properties. One of the greatest helps for increasing platelet production by the spleen. A very good herb for prostate inflammation and weakness. Used in the detoxification of the body. Has diuretic properties, therefore very beneficial in relieving kidney
congestion. Used to strengthen fingernails (check thyroid/parathyroid). Scientific name
:
Equisetvense
Parts used
: Whole plant. Actions
: Alterative, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic (mild),
antispasmodic (mild), anti-tumor, astringent, carminative, cellular
proliferator, diaphoretic, emmenagogue (mild), galactagogue,
hemostatic, litho triptic, nutritive, tonic, vulnerary. Juniper Berry
Juniper Berry is considered one of the great kidney herbs. It has a very strong action upon the kidneys. Use caution in cases of
extreme kidney damage. It is anti-inflammatory and has some anti-spasmodic properties. It has antiseptic properties, which are useful in killing fungi, bacteria and
yeasts. Great for UTIs (urinary tract infections) and parasitic overgrowths in the
GI tract. It is also a natural diuretic, and relieves excess water. Said to aid in restoring the pancreas, and beneficial in cases of diabetes,
as it has natural insulin properties. Scientific name
:
Juniperus communis
 or
species
Parts used
: Usually the berries, also the oil (from the berries and wood),
leaves, bark. Actions
: Anodyne, antiseptic, aromatic, carminative, diaphoretic,
diuretic, emmenagogue, stimulant, stomachic. LicoriceA definite power herb for the adrenal glands. A powerful endocrine glandular herb. Acts as a natural anti-inflammatory steroid (cortisone, etc.) without
inhibiting the adrenal production of steroids. Helps increase neurotransmitters and steroid production. Has antifungal and antibacterial properties. Aids in the regulation of blood sugars. Promotes tissue healing, especially of the GI tract. A great blood cleanser and detoxifier. Use for hypoglycemia and diabetes. Use for ulcerated tissues. Can be used for Candida albicans. Useful in infections and respiratory congestive issues. Helps break up and remove mucus. Used as a laxative. One of the top herbs for hemorrhoids. Good for healing up the whole GI tract. High in phytosterols. Scientific name
:
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Parts used
: Root and dried rhizome. Actions
: Aperient, demulcent, emollient, expectorant, flavoring, pectoral,
sialogogue, and slightly stimulant. Lobelia
One of nature’s greatest antispasmodics. Useful in spasms, cramping, convulsions, epileptic seizures, spinal cord
injuries, and the like. A very powerful nervine. Has a relaxing effect. Very useful in cases of asthma, emphysema, and C.O.P.D., where
spasms of the bronchi and lung tissue blocks proper breathing. Action is
similar to inhalers, but allows for expectoration (which is vital). Lobelia has some expectorant properties, therefore very beneficial in
removal of congestion, specifically in the respiratory system. It is also a hemostatic (stops internal and external bleeding). Great for angina pectoris or infarctions (heart attacks). Useful in cases of equilibrium or fainting issues.Scientific name
:
Lobelia inflata
Parts used
: Fresh and dried herb and seeds. Actions
: Alkaloids, antispasmodic, anti-venomous, astringent, cathartic,
chlorophyll, counter-irritant, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, fixed oil,
gum, isolobeline, etc., lignin, salts of lime and potassium. Lobelia
also contains sulfur, iron, cobalt, selenium, sodium, copper and lead,
lobelic and chelidonic acids, lobeline, nauseant, relaxant (in large
doses) and stimulant (in small doses), resin. Marshmallow
A great anti-inflammatory and healer of the gastrointestinal tract
(stomach and intestines). A specific for gastritis, enteritis, colitis, diverticulitis, ulcers and cancers
of the GI tract. Being high in mucilage it coats and protects from free radical (acids)
damage to the mucosa. It neutralizes over-production of stomach acids, therefore allowing
improved digestion. Superb for cystitis and urinary tract inflammation. A great aid in prostatitis. Heals wounds, especially good in burn cases. Works well in cases of bronchitis and sore throats. Great for inflammation of the vascular system, liver and pancreas. Aids digestion and is a mild stimulant to the GI tract. High in calcium and lime. Excellent for the skeletal structure. Has been used very successfully in gangrene. Especially useful for coughs, laryngitis, swollen tonsils (tonsillitis),
respiratory congestion and inflammatory conditions. Excellent for arthritis and rheumatism. Useful for diabetics. Great in eyewash formulas to help soothe and heal irritated eyes. Superb for vaginal issues of all types. Useful for boils, abscesses and skin conditions. Very useful as a mouthwash for swollen, inflamed and infected gums. Scientific name
:
Althaea officinalis
Parts used
: Root (greater potency), leaves and flowers.Actions
: Absorbent, anticomplementary, anti-inflammation, demulcent,
diuretic, emollient, immune stimulant and hypoglycemic, laxative,
mucilage, nutritive, protective, vulnerary. Milk Thistle
The great “liver protector.”
Milk Thistle protects, tones, strengthens and detoxifies the liver, like no
other. It has high antioxidant properties and is considered one of the best to
protect against free-radical damage. Aids in the regeneration of the liver and pancreas (stimulates new liver
cell production). Superb for hepatitis A, B and C and in cirrhosis of the liver. Increases the production and flow of bile. Increases formation of new liver cells. Scientific name
:
Silybum marianum
Parts used
: The ripe seeds. Actions
: Cholagogue, diaphoretic, emmenagogue. Motherwort
Motherwort is a great heart tonic. It helps to eliminate palpations and arrhythmias. Used for any heart condition, including atrial fibrillation, V-tach, PVCs,
PACs, tachycardia, and CHFs. Helps to enhance the adrenal glands. Used in female conditions, including menstrual cramps and hot flashes. Scientific name
:
Leonurus cardiaca
Parts used
: The aerial portion of the herb. Actions
: Antispasmodic, cardiac (tonic), cathartic (aperient), diaphoretic,
diuretic, emmenagogue, hepatic, nervine and tonic. Mullein
Mullein is one of the great expectorants (removes mucus and
congestion).Used especially for bronchial and lung conditions including bronchitis,
asthma, emphysema, pneumonia and allergies. Mullein is also strongly anti-inflammatory aiding in all types of
inflammatory conditions. A great herb for the endocrine glandular system, especially the thyroid. Used for coughs and sore throats. Mullein has strong astringent properties as well. Aids in the movement of the lymphatic system. Helps reduce tumors and boils. Scientific name
:
Verbascum thapsus
Parts used
: Leaves, flowers, root and fruit. Actions
: Absorbent, anodyne, anthelmintic (vermicide), anti-asthmatic,
anticatarrhal, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, demulcent,
diuretic, emollient, germicide, hemostatic, narcotic, nutritive,
pectoral, vulnerary. Nettles (Stinging)
A highly nutritive herb with a broad range of actions. Nettles has an alkalizing effect upon the body. Used to increase circulation. A specific for arthritis and rheumatism. Great for the joints. Used in pain and inflammation issues. One of the few herbs for the thyroid gland. A strong detoxifier of the skin. Being alkaline it neutralizes acids (like uric and sulfuric acids). Somewhat of a hemostatic (stops bleeding). Feeds the body nutrition, especially potassium and iron (although it is
also full of minerals). Useful in circulation issues, somewhat of a vasodilator. Promotes the flow of urine and is useful for kidney stones. Shrinks swollen tissues. Excellent for pregnancy, nutrition, and for anti-abortive issues. Used in cases of bronchitis especially asthma, emphysema and C.O.P.D. Nettles is an expectorant (removes mucus) and has antispasmodic
properties. Used for anemia.A great blood purifier and body regulator. Scientific name
:
Urtica dioica
Parts used
: Leaves. Actions
: Astringent, diuretic, expectorant, galactagogue, hemostatic,
nutritive and tonic. Oregon Grape Root
One of the great blood pur


 Patricia Bragg125Fasting Fights Winter Miseries
No matter how well and healthy you try to live, colds,
sniffles and flu will catch up with you. If this happens,
please don’t be discouraged, but be thankful your body
is house cleaning out the debris and toxins. When your nose drips hot, watery mucus and your
head feels thick while you sneeze; when fever burns
through your body and you feel terrible, don’t blame iton the weather! Don’t blame it on a cold draft of air! Don’t blame it on the fact that you got your feet wet or
that you got chilled! And above all things, don’t say, “Icaught it!” The proper name for this is an “acute healing
crisis.” The reason we go through this is that we live in
a complex civilization and we have lost so much of ournatural instinct to keep internally pure. So – for some physiological reason that is absolutely
unexplainable – the Vital Force within our bodies loosens
up waste, toxins and mucus and proceeds to get rid of itwith the “acute healing crisis (colds, flu, etc. ).” If you
cooperate with your Vital Force, this rough spot in your
life will pass away quickly. So don’t blame it on a viciouslittle bug, a virus or cold weather. Just understand that
your Vital Force is trying to keep you internally clean. If you interfere with wise Mother Nature, you will
complicate the whole natural procedure of your body’s
miraculous cleansing job. Now that you know why this
acute healing crisis occurs, you should do nothing tostop the cleansing process except to fast. Yes, that’s the
simple and best answer – fast and help cleanse your body! You must not fight this healing crisis because Mother
Nature knows what she is doing for you. What should
you do? Start your fasting  program right away! There is
absolutely nothing as important as your health and life!Chapter 1 6
Fasting helps remove mucus, toxins and obstructions,
arterial plaque and cleanses the entire body.Fasting is Mother Nature & God’s Miracle – it cleanses, renews & rejuvenates!126Fast and Rest For Your Healing! Drop everything you are doing and get into a warm bed
during a cleansing crisis. Stop all eating. That also means
no fruit or fruit juices. At regular intervals drink large
amounts of hot, distilled water, add a little  honey with
lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. Eat and drink nothing
else. See that you have a good circulation of pure air in your
bedroom. Don’t read, listen to the radio or watch TV! Justsleep and rest – nothing else. Above all, don’t waste precious
energy talking to relatives and friends! Go into seclusion to
cleanse and recharge. You are on God’s cleansing table. How long should you fast during a winter healing
crisis or, for that matter, a summer healing crisis? They
can happen at any time of the year, but generally strikein cold weather. In most instances,
 3 days of restful
fasting will put you on your feet again. But sometimes
it may take a week or  10 days to do a successful job. Don’t quibble about it! You will find that you will be in
better health after the healing crisis. If you will work
with your Vital Force, you will flush out a tremendousamount of internal poison. Just don’t panic! MotherNature is very wise and she knows what is best for you. If you have faith and confidence in Mother Nature,
you will always work with her. I reared
 5 children and
when the sniffles hit them, I had them fast and rest. In
a few days they would snap out of the healing crisis and
be their same robust selves again. My grandchildrenfollowed this program... and now my great-
grandchildren are following it! To most people this
program seems too simple – they feel that they must door take something. They are filled with fear. There is absolutely nothing to fear as long as Mother
Nature is working to keep you alive and healthy. She knowsbest and will see you through any crisis, because she is
God’s own physician! Each person should regard his health
as the most precious blessing that he can possess and shouldattempt to understand his body which is so “ fearfully and
wonderfully made ”. Do maintain your precious body in
Supreme Health as the Bragg Motto states in
3 John 2.127The Body is Self-Healing & Self-Repairing
Every man is not only the “Master Builder” of his
character, but also the custodian of his health and
physical well-being. N ot only has the Creator endowed
man with a “God-like” body, but He has given him awonderful mind and r easoning power. Humans are
capable of comprehending and putting to use all the
natural resources for self-health and self-healing which
have been so generously placed at their  disposal. The Miracle of Fasting is another way to help yourself
to Higher H ealth. Mother Nature gives us simple healing
remedies. We must be w illing to cooperate w ith M other
Nature and conform our lives to her unchangeable laws. Following the “Natural Way of Living” we can recapture
the precious bloom of youth through the gifts of physical,
mental and spiritual regeneration. There are no shortcuts
to health! Mother Nature expects us to do our part. Whenyou fast you are working with Mother Nature. God and
Mother N ature w on’t perform a miracle until we are
willing to bring our lives and habits into conformity withTheir Eternal Laws of Health. It’s my honest and sincere belief that nobody should
ever promise to cure anyone of their physical misery.To promise anyone a cure means that someone is trying
to play both God and Mother Nature and no humancan promise you the results that They can perform! By combining fasting and eating only healthy, natural
foods,  you  can attain a more youthful, healthful life. Healingis an internal biological function that only the body canperform. By fasting you are helping your body do itscleansing work efficiently. Mother Nature is continuallyworking to keep you alive and well. So when Mother Naturestarts a healing crisis (colds, flu, etc. ), she knows what she isdoing, be thankful and fast and help your body detox. Fasting is the greatest assistance you can provide your
body, because you are letting all of your Vital Force pushthe toxic poisons out of your entire body so you can becleaner and healthier and more youthful! Fasting is for internal cleansing, purification, to stay healthy and youthful.128
He who understands Mother Nature walks with God.START TODAY
Living The
Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle!Do You
Show Signs of
PREMATURE
AGEING? Is everything you do a big effort? •
Have you started to lose your skin tone? Your muscle tone? Your energy? Your hair? •
Do small things irritate you? Are you forgetful? Confused? •
Is your elimination sluggish? •
Do you have allergies? Joint pains
•
Do you have aches and pains? •
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Mother Nature, time and patience are three great physicians. – Irish ProverbOutwit Premature Ageing
Take This Quiz and The Mirror Test Now &
Each Month After to Monitor Your Well-Being
Go to your mirror nude now and take this Mirror
Test: Are you happy with what you see? • Do you look
old and tired? • Does your body sag? • Do you have
poor skin and muscle tone? • How’s your hair? • How’syour posture? • Are your eyes dull and lifeless? • Do you
have a pale, sallow complexion? • Are you trim and fit? After making a careful examination of your body,
how would you describe it? • Youthful? • Ageing? Noone can answer these questions more honestly than you. You’re the only one that can take charge of your life! Let us go farther than mere looks. How do you really
feel today? • Are you bursting with energy and vitalityor do you have bothersome aches and pains? • Whatabout the moveable joints of your body? • Are you stiff
and sore? • Does your lower back plague you with pain? • How did you sleep last night? • Did you get up freshand feeling alive? • Did you go to bed tired, yet unable
to sleep? • Did you face the new day feeling energyless
as if all your energy had drained away? • How is yourappetite? • Do you relish every mouthful of food you
eat? • Are you plagued with gas pains after meals? • What
about your elimination? • Is it perfect or are your bowelsclogged? • Above all things, were you happy today? • Yesterday? • Or are you depressed and blue? • Do you feel that you are ageing rapidly? • Is life
passing you by? •  Can you honestly say, “I am gettingyounger as I live longer?” • Or will you have to admit


 is no joy in continuity, in the
perpetua. Wc desirc it only because the prcsent is
empLy. A pcrson who is trying to cat moncy is
always hungry. When someone says, "Time to stop
nowl" he is in a  panic because  he has had nothing
to eat yet, and wants more and more time to go on
eating money,  ever hopeful of satisfaction around
the comer. We do  not really want continuity, but
rather a present ex - pcrience o( total happincss. Thc thought of wanting  such an expcricnce to go
on and on is the result of be - ing sclf -conscious in
thc experience, and thus incom - pletely aware of
it. So long as there  is the  feeling of  an "I" having
this experience, thc moment is not all. Eternal life
is rcalized when the last trace of differ - cncc
between  ·T' and "now"  has vanished -when  thcre
is just this "now"  and nothing  else. By contrast, hell or "cverlasting damnation" is
not Lhc everlastingness of time going on forever,
but of  the unbrokcn circle,  the continuity  and
frustration  of going round and round  in pursuit of
something  which can ncver be attained. Hcll is  the
fatuity, the  cvcrlasting impossibility, of self -love,
sclf-conscious - ncss, and sclf-possession. lt is
trying to sec one's own  cyes,  hear  one's  own  ears,
and kiss  one's  own  lips. To see, however,  thaL  life is complete  in each
mo-
ment -whole, undivided, and evcr new -is to
under - stand  the scnse  of the doctrine  that  in
eternal  life THE  WJSDOM  OF INSECURITY
God, the undefinable this, is ali -in-ali and is the
Final  Cause or End for,vhich  everything exists. Because  the future is everlastingly unanainable,
and, like the  danglcd carrot, always ahead of the
donkey, the ful - fillment of the divine purpose
<loes not líe in the fu - ture. lt is found in the
present, not by an acl of resig - nation  to
immovable fact, but in seeing that there is no one
to resign. For this is the meaning of that universal and
ever - repeated religious principie that to know
God, man  must givc up himself. lt is as familiar as
any plati - tude,  and yet nothing has bccn  harder to
do, and  nothing so  totally misunderstood. How
can a self,  which  is selfish,  give  icself up. Not,  say
the theo - logians, by its own power,  but through
the gift of  divine grace, the power which enables
man to achieve  what is beyond  his own strength. But is this grace  given to ali or to a chosen few,
who, when they re - ccive it, have no choice but to
surrender themselves. Sorne say that it comes to
ali, but that there are those  who accept its aid and
those who refuse. Others say  that it comes to a
chosen elect, but still, for the most  part, insist that
the individual has the power to take  it or leave
it. But this does not solvc thc problem at all. It re -
places  the problcm of holding or surrendering the
self by  the problem of accepting or refusing divine
grace,  and the two problems  are identical. The
Chris -
146 RELIGION  REVIEWED
tian religion contains its own hidden anwer to
the problem in thc idea that man can only
surrender  himself "in Christ. " For "Christ"
stands for the real - ity that there is no separatc
sclf to surrender. To give  up "I" is a false
problem. "Christ" is the realization  that there  is
no separa  te "l. " "I do nothing  of myself. I and the Father  are one. Before  Abra -
ham  was,  I am. " If thcre is any problcm at ali, it is to see that
in this instant you have no 'T' to surrenclcr. You
are completely free to do this at any momem, and
noth - ing whatever is st0pping you. This is our
freedom. We are not, however, free to improve
ourselves, to  surrender ourselves, to lay
ourselves open to grace,  far all sucl1 split -
mindedness is the denial and post - ponement of
our freedom. It is trying to eat your  momh
instead  of bread. Is it neccssary  to undcrlinc  the vast  diffcrcnce
be-
tween the rcalization that ''I ancl the Father are
one,"  and the statc of mind of thc pcrson who, as
we say,  "thinks he is God". If, still thinking that
there is an isolated "I," you identify it with God,
you become  the insufTerable ego -maniac who
thinks hirnself suc - cessful in attaining thc
impossible, in dorninating  experience, and in
pursuing ali vicious circles to satisfactory
conclusions. I am the master  of my /ate;
I am the caf,tain  of my soul. 1 47 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURJTY
When the snake swallows his tail he has a
swelled  head. It is quite another thing to see
that you are  your "fate," and thal there is no one
either to master  it orto  be mastered,  lo rule  orto
surrender. Must we also insist that this loss of "l" in God
is not a mystic miasma in which the "values of
per- sonality" are obliterated. The 'T' was not, is
not, and  never will be a parl of human
personality. There is  nothing unique, or
"differenL," or interesling about  it. On the
contrary, the more human beings pursue  it, the
more uniform, uninteresting, and impersonal
they become. Thc faster things move in circles,
the sooner they become indistinguishable blurs. It is ob - vious Lhat the only interesting people
are interested  people, and to be completely
interested is to have  forgoLLen  about  "l. "
We can see, thcn, Lhat the basic principies of
philosophy, religion, and melaphysics may be
undcr - stood in Lwo cntircly differcnl ·ways. They can be  seen as symbols of the undivided
mind, expressions  of the truth tbat in each
moment life and experience  are a complete
whole. "God" is not a definition of  this stale but
an cxclamation about it. Ordinarily,  howevcr,
they are uscd as anempts to srnnd outsidc
oneself  ancl  the universe  to grasp  them  and to
rule
them. This process is circular, however complex
and devious. Because  men  have  been  circling  for so many
ages,
148 REI. IGION  REVIEWEO
the powers of technology have availed for little
save  to speed the process Lo a point of unbearable
tension. Civilizalion is ready to fly apan by sheer
centrifuga}  force. In such a prcdicament thc self -
conscious type  of religion  t0 which  we have  so
long been  accustomed  is no cure,  but part  of the
disease. If scientific  thought has weakened its
power we need have no re - grets, for the "God"
to which it could have brought  us was not the
unknown RealiLy which the name sig- nifies, bul
only a projecLion of ourselves -a cosmic,
discarnalc  'T' lording  it over  Lhe universc. The true  splendor  of sciencc  is not so much  that
it
names and classifies, records and predicts, but
that it  observes and desires to know Lhe facts,
whatever they  may turn out to be. However
much it may confuse  facts with conventions, and
reality with arbitrary di - visions, in this openness
and sincerily of mind it bears  sorne resemblance to
religion, underst0od in its other  and decpcr sense. Thc greater the scienti sl, the more  he is
imprcsscd with his ignorance of reality, and the
more he realizes that his laws and labels,
descriptions  and definitions, are Lhe products of
his own thought. They help him to use th


 The topics were almost always different, but always abou t some aspect of health. I once asked Terry why we didn’t simply come up with a format of lecture t opics that we could stick to, one we could take to
all the different cities on our tour. “I am training you,” he said, proffering his irresistible smile. I like to think he did a good job. Terry was not perfect, by any stretch of the imagination. He openly admit ted his flaws. He had minimal formal education. At
the age of 45, with his health failing terribly due to an intensely abus ive lifestyle characterized by its excessiveness, he turned his  life
around. The doctors had already told him that he didn’t have much longer to liv e. A change in diet coupled with attention to many of
the other necessities of healthful living gave Terry another tw enty-five years. In the end, his intensity got the better of him. He simply worked himself t o death in an effort to spread the health message to as
many people as possible. His work was not in vain. His students have had a profoun d effect upon the current health movement, and
are continuing to do so. Most notable is the work of Harvey and Marilyn Diamond w ith their groundbreaking book, Fit for Life. Many of Terry’s other students have authored books. I am proud to be among  them. When he was alive, Terry often visited my home. On more than one visit h e had proclaimed that his writing was for the public,
that he wanted it to go to good use. He generously made the offer that I should r eprint his writing wherever I saw fit. This is one of those occasions. I have incorporated several short piece s of Terry’s writing into The 80/10/10  Diet. His
comparative anatomy assessment of the natural diet for humans, whic h I have included in a somewhat revised form as Chapter 1, is
the longest of them. Acknowledgments

I wish to offer my gratitude to the many people who made this book possible. It is not  possible to name them all, as so many
folks played an important part in its creation. First, my special thanks go to the following people, each of whom worked with me a nd helped me to clarify my thoughts on
the subject matter in this book: Gail Davis, Dave Klein, Ken Lyle, Laur ie Masters, Tim Trader, Laurie Clifford, Robert Sniadach,
Bruce Brazis, David Rodenbucher, Catherine Galipeau, and John Pierre. Contributions came in many forms, from information to editing, from resea rch to relief. Some of you provided me with the
necessary sounding board that I needed, others asked the questions that broug ht clarity to some aspect of this project or another. Some folks provided help simply by sharing the details of their program with m e, including the problems and solutions they had
discovered along the way. I wish all of you could know how important your influe nce really was. For their behind-the-scenes contributions, I would like to especially th ank Dennis Nelson, David Taylor, Justin Lelia, Josh
Steinhauser, Tom Cushwa, Gideon and Jackie Graff, Nancy Parlette, Todd Ew en, Dr. Deborah Wood, Charlie Mort, Craig
Bishop, Coby Siegenthaler, Suzanne Slusser, and Shari Leiterman. I wish to thank John Robbins and Michael Greger for giving me their kind per mission to reprint some of their previously
published work, and also Antonia Horne for allowing me the privilege of  including excerpts from her late husband Ross Horne’s
work. Many people simply pushed for me to put this body of work into print, as they wanted to s how it to their dear ones. Each of
you contributed in your own special way, giving something that made it poss ible for me to get on with my work. For this I thank you. It means a great deal to me that you would think my work so valuable as to be wil ling to take the energy to prod me into writing this
book. Those of you who actually gave up your precious time in order for me to move forw ard with this project provided invaluable
support. Many people helped with the creation of the Frequently Asked Questions s ection, providing questions and, in many instances,
appropriate responses. My appreciation goes to Randall Phelps, Janie Gardene r, and Jack Whitley for their help with editing the
FAQs. Marr Nealon, your efforts to help me promote this cause were (and continue  to be) stupendous, thank you. To my niece, Shyella Joy Mayk, thank you for all your fitness motivation, su pport, and your endless help with my website. And to Liati Natanya Mayk, her sister, thank you for keeping me intellect ually honest and helping me maintain my perspective
through the relaxation of music. To Gail Davis, my publicist, thank you for the long nights of proofreading and y our continual input on how to illuminate this
book and my business so that they would evolve into everything I knew they cou ld be. The hours just kept speeding by while I worked on The 80/10/10  Diet. I often lost track of time, and sometimes also lost
track of commitments, appointments, meals, my personal needs for physical a ctivity, and even sleep. Fortunately, I am extremely blessed, in that I have a personal angel i n my life who makes it her full-time job to look after me. I
wish to thank my beautiful wife Rozi, for her selfless and endless atte ntion while I worked on this book. Without her constant help
and support, I would never have been able to have made time for this book. Even if I h ad been forced to try, I do not think I would
have successfully or healthfully been able to complete it without he r.
Thank you, Rozi, for paying attention to so many of life’s little and big  details. I would have let them slip in pursuit of finishing
this task. I can only hope that you feel as rewarded by me as I do by you, and as support ed. I am forever indebted to my loving parents, Marty and Bea, who have always t aught me how to be a successful adult by their
shining example. My wish is that in raising my own child, Faychesca, I am able to employ the same parenting skills that they have
shown me, with at least a modicum of their competence and grace. Special Thanks
I would especially like to extend sincere appreciation to my editor, Laurie  Masters of Precision Revision
(www.GreenSongPress.org) and to Carina Honga, whose position is as varie d as all the tasks we have encountered. The time these
wonderful women have devoted to researching, editing, and organizing thi s book amounts to years. Their dedication, writing skills,
and teamwork have taken this book to a new level. Laurie, thank you for keeping me honest through your amazing research s kills and for distilling my writing down to what I was
actually trying to say. Y our signature knack for “rototilling” a disj ointed manuscript and turning it into a coherent book has once
again proven invaluable. I am forever grateful for your steadfast comm itment to me and to this project and for your tenacity in
keeping its zillion details on track. Thank you in particular for your person al contributions to this book (notably Chapter 8 and
Appendix D). I am convinced you are the best editor this side of the universe. Carina, adding you to our team was one of the best things I have ever done. Tha nk you for your tireless efforts to complete
any and every thing that was asked of you with incredible speed and skill. Introduction

Americans have been told for more than forty years that we are eating  too much fat, yet our consumption of this nutrient has
remained essentially unchanged during that time. 1 We have made no headway in eating less fat, despite massive educationa l
programs, the carbohydrate-loading craze, leaner meats, low-fat fiber- filled cereals and bars, and low-fat desserts, dairy products,
and entrées. We Are Fatter (and Sicker) Than Ever
Meanwhile, as a nation, we have become the fattest people on Earth and are  still getting fatter. Two-thirds of all Americans
are overweight, half of them obese. Because obesity is so common, few of  us realize that our current view of “normal” body fat
levels has been skewed to allow for several dozen extra pounds. Sadly, mor bid obesity is rapidly moving up in the ranks of “causes
of preventable death” statistics in our nation. Consider the followi ng:

Nearly One-Third of the Calories in the U.S. Diet
Come from Junk Food 2
by Sarah Yang, Media Relations | 01 June 2004
U. C. Berkeley News

Gladys Block, professor of epidemiology and public health nutrition at the Uni versity of California, Berkeley, published a study
in the June 2004 issue of the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. The study reveals that three food groups—sweets and desserts, soft drin ks and alcoholic beverages—comprise almost 25
percent of all calories consumed by Americans. Salty snacks and fruit -flavored drinks make up another five percent, bringing the
total energy contributed by nutrient-poor foods to at least 30 percent of the tot al calorie intake. “What is really alarming is the major contribution of ‘empty calor ies’ in the American diet,” said Block. “W e know


everyone around  them. At the level of Courage, the negative feelings have
not all disappeared, but there is  suf ficient ener gy to handle them, because
one has reowned self-adequacy. The fastest way to move from the bottom to
the top is by aligning with truth and love. Eighty-five perc ent of the world ’ s population calibrates under 200, which
accounts for the vast suf fering  on the planet. Humankind, th ankfully, is
saved from self-destruction by virtue of the fact that the minority calibrating
at p ositive levels counterbalanc es the weight of negativity. For example,
one individual at the level of Love (500) counterbalanc es 750,000
individuals below 200. The significance of each person’ s inner evolution,
then, becomes obvious. Another notable  discovery is that family pets calibrate around 245–250,
and thei r nature is benevolent o verall, which means we are safe r with a cat
or dog than with the majority of people on the planet! (Such fi ndings m ay hit the read er with “truth shock,” so we will circle
back to these da ta points throughout upcoming chapters by rela ting them to
various contexts of our common human experience. Learning takes place as
a re sult of fam iliarity, for each exposure allows for integration of
information that may have been missed or not understood the first time.) The average person (if they calibrate over 200, the level of integrity) can
verify th e numb ers on our scal e by using the simple method  of muscle-
testing. Someon e can test you by pressing down on your arm while they
say, “On a scale from 1 to 1,000, where 1,000 represents the great A vatars,
Courage/T ruth is over 100? Over 150? Over 175? Over 200?” At 200, the
arm will go weak. As noted in previous publications, these calibrations have
been verified worldwide for decades in various countries, in clinical
settings, and among dif ferent age and cultural groups. (A full explanation of
the technique can be found in Appendix A.) The gist  is easy to experience an d comprehend. Anything with an ener gy
over 200  makes your muscles go strong, and anything under 200 makes yougo w eak. Thus we have an instantly available means of disc erning truth
from falsehood. The body can discern, to the finest degree, the dif ference
between that which is supportive of life and that which is not. W e should not be surprised by this. Living things all react positively to
what is life-supp ortive and negatively to what is life-threatening; this is the
fundamental mechanism of su rvival. Inherent in all life-forms is the
capacity to detect change and react correctively—thus, trees become
smaller at higher elevations as the oxygen in the atmosphere becomes
scarcer. Human protoplasm is far more sensitive than that of a tree. If you
use you r body as a pendulum, you will notice that you autom atically fall
forward when holding in mind a truth, and you fall backward when holding
in mind a nontruth. “I want to heal” is a statement that can be tested when a
person b egins th erapy. A fall bac kward indicates a lack of readin ess to heal. If they fall forward, indicating the truthfulness of their intention, the
prognosis is good. DA T ABASE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Now, to quell my fear that perhaps, despite my best ef forts, the reader
might not get th e essential message of this study, I will spell it  out here at
the beginning: the individual human mind is like a computer terminal
connected to a giant database. The database is human consciousness itself,
of which our own consciousness is merely an individual expression but with
its r oots in the common consciousness of all humankind. The database
transcends time, space, and all l imitations of individual consciousness. This
database is the realm of genius; because to be human is to partic ipate in the
database, everyone, by virtue of their birth, has access to genius. The
unlimited information contained in the database has now been s hown to be
readily available  to anyone in a few seconds, at any time and in any place. This is indeed a n astonishing discovery, bearing the power to change lives,
both individually and collectively, to a degree never yet anticipated. The grea t Swiss psychoanalyst C. G. Jung (cal. 520), noting the ubiquity
of archetypal patterns and symb ols, deduced the “collective unconscious,” a
bottomless, subc onscious pool of all the shared experiences of the whole
human race. W e may think of  it as a vast, hidden database of human
awareness, char acterized by powerful, universal or ganizing pa tterns. Thegreat promise of the databas e—tapping into all that has ever been
experienced anywhere in time— is its capacity to “know” virtually anything
the moment it is “asked.”
This database is the origin of all information obtained sub- or
suprarationally, by intuition or premonition, by divin ation or dreams, or by
“lucky” guess. It is the fountainhead of genius, the well of inspiration, and
the sour ce of “uncanny” psychic knowledge. A question cannot be asked
unless th ere is already the poten tiality of an answer. The reason for this is
that both  the question and answe r are created out of the same paradigm and,
therefore, are exactly concordant. There is no “up” without an already
existent “down.”  Causality occurs as simultaneity rather than as sequence;
synchr onicity  is the term used by Dr. Jung to explain this phenomenon in
human experien ce. As we understand from our examination of advanced
physics, an event “here” in the universe does not “cause” an ev ent “there”
in the universe. Instead, both appear simultaneously, but perceptual
observation puts a causal sequence on it. By analo gy, we  scan the evenin g sky and find pleasure in identifying a
favorite constellation. But in reality, there are no such things as
constellations. That familiar pattern of what we call stars is made up of
points o f light originating from totally unrelated sources—some  millions of
light-years close r or farther away, some even in dif ferent gal axies, some
actually separate galaxies themselves; many have, millennia since, burned
out and  ceased to exist. Those lights have no spatial or temporal
relationship to each other excep t what we project onto them. It is not only
the shap e of a dipper or bear or man but also the very pattern, the
“constellation” itself, that is projected onto the sky by the eye of the
beholder. What is the connection between these events, then, if it is not a
Newtonian linear sequence of cause and ef fect? Obviously, the two events
are related or connected to each other in some invisible manner—but not by
gravity o r magn etism or a cosm ic wind or an ether; they are e ncompassed
by an attractor field  of such magnitude that it includes both events. Likewise, when schools of fish swim in sync or birds fly in a V formation
with their flock, each one is where they are not as a result of their alignment
with the others but because they  are all attuned to exactly the same attractor
field. Thus a fish swimming at one edge of a school will turninstantaneously in sync with its fellows when they are fleeing  a predator,
even from a quarter mile’ s distance. The existence of a nonlinear, interconnected database of consciousness
may be dif ficult to comprehen d at first, but we will circle around this
territory in several dif ferent ways so that, in the end, you will have not only
grasped the reality of consciousness but also realized your vital place within
it. SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND OF A TTRACT OR P A TTERNS
The evolution of this work, w hich began in 1965, was fostered by
developments in numerous scien tific fields—of which three were of special
importance:
Clinical researc h on the physiology of the nervous system a nd the
holistic functioning of the human or ganism resulted in the
development in the 1970s of the new science of kinesiology. Meanwhile, in the technological arena, computers were being designed
that wer e capable of millions of calculations in milliseconds, m aking
possible the new tools of artific ial intelligence. This abrupt access to
formerly inconceivable masses of data begat a revolutionary
perspective on natural phenomena: chaos theory. Simultaneously, in the theoretical sciences, quantum mechanics led to
advanced theore tical physics; through associated mathematics, a  whole
new stu dy of nonlinear dynamics  e mer ge d, which verified that t here
really is  no chaos in the univers e; the appearance of disorder is merely
a function of the limits of perception. Attractor  is the name given to an identifiable pattern that emer ges from a
seemingly unmeaningful mass o f data. There is a hidden coherence in all
that appears incoherent. This inner coherence was first


I felt ready to climb a mountain! I put the remainder back in the fridge and set out for a 10-minute walk to visit my friend. She was so happy to see me full of life and spirit after watching me throughout this fast. We hugged and laughed and I kept telling her how happy I felt! It was an amazing feeling, like someone had plugged electricity back into me!When I went home, I had about 4 more spoonfuls. Then I decided to add some raw apple cider vinegar and I mixed it all together. Wow! Even better!Throughout the day, I had a few spoonfuls every 3-4 hours. Actually in the evening I was very sad when I dropped the bowl, with almost half left inside! I took this as a sign that the universe did not want me to eat anymore, so I cleaned it up and left it for today.I took several probiotics throughout the day and continued to rest as much as I could. It’s still a day of transition for my body. Tomorrow I would like to try to walk a bit more, stretch my muscles and start teaching my body to move again. And I look forward to making my raw soup, hopefully not spilling any next time. It’s is so fantastic to be back in the eating world again!Day 42Amazing day. I felt pumped full of energy and life again, almost like someone brought back from the dead! I was so excited to go for a walk today, and ﬁnally I had a chance to do the 15-minute walk down to the market, bank and Tesco. It felt like a marathon after being dormant and at Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!101home for so long! I really felt good the whole way. Even I was surprised that I didn’t fade out. In Tesco, I was totally overwhelmed by the bright lights, people and shelves and shelves of choices. It was like landing on another planet. My life has been so simple for the last 40 days and suddenly I was dropped into a world full of stimulation. Somehow I managed to buy everything I wanted - cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, fresh limes, fresh herbs, leeks, spinach, one daikon and some onions. All I want are savory foods right now. I am not at all craving fruit or anything sweet. In fact, I have been dreaming of pickling my own cucumbers. A big storm came in not long after I had arrived home, but luckily I had time to wash all my veggies and rinse them well before we lost power. I bought a new little basin today just for washing veggies and 2 new huge colanders. It’s my commitment to myself after this fast to soak everything I buy in Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) and water for 10 minutes to kill any parasite eggs before rinsing and drying.All day I only ate 2 mini-cucumbers. I didn’t feel hungry at all and so I simply listened to my body and honored that. The food that I bought at Tesco was mainly for ‘playing’ - I just wanted to enjoy chopping, mixing and making food after being away from it from so long! I was so happy to feel reconnected once again, it’s a feeling that I just can’t even describe! Especially right now but even in general, I do prefer to make my own food Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!102so I know what’s in it and also so I can put loving intention and gratitude into the food while I make it. For sure, that makes a difference!We lost power for about 90 minutes and during that time, I made my raw food creations. I lit some candles and managed to have just enough light to be able to see what I was doing. With the intention of still eating a lot of garlic, ginger and onion, I decided to make a nice salsa and then I made a cucumber salad.In the salsa, I mixed 10 fresh chopped Roma tomatoes, 1 1/2 onions, 10 cloves of chopped garlic, 1 handful of fresh coriander, 2 stalks of diced celery and the juice of 6 limes. Then I mixed in a drizzle of raw apple cider vinegar, some cayenne pepper, a pinch of cumin, a pinch of freshly ground mustard seed and sea salt. I put it in the fridge to let it marinate.Meanwhile, I made my ‘dinner salad’ which consisted of 3 Japanese cucumbers, peeled and chopped, 3 stalks of diced celery and 1 yellow onion chopped. I added about 1 Tbsp. grated ginger and sprinkled some cumin powder in with a pinch of sea salt. For the dressing, I made the Cilantro Lime Dressing which I have listed in Chapter 6 as a Cleansing Salad Dressing in the Follow-Up Cleansing Section. Since it’s still early after the fast, I omitted the jalapeno pepper from the recipe for now. Wow! That dressing is so delicious!! I made a double batch, putting the other half in a jar in the fridge for tomorrow’s salad. Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!103I had so much fun making all that food!! Just touching, smelling and intuitively creating beautiful dishes from raw food is such an enjoyable experience. Although I had said I would puree all my foods for awhile, today I felt I really wanted to chew so I decided to chop everything, small making it easier to eat.I tried just a bit of the salsa, eating it like a soup, and it was delicious. By the time I cleaned everything up and sat down to eat my salad, the raw apple cider vinegar had ﬂavored the cucumbers and I almost had my taste of raw pickles. Yum! That salad was pure bliss. I was sure I would eat it all! But, halfway through I became so full that I had to stop, so I put it in the fridge for tomorrow. No problem!I’m still taking the humaworm capsules and probiotics. I’ve also taken some cascara sagrada at night before bed. That plus the walk today wasn’t enough for my bowels to start moving on their own, so I did do an enema this afternoon. There were no worms released, although I still have the annoying twitching in my legs and my ear was popping today too. I’m trying not to let that get me down. After all, I did so well to fast for 40 days. There is no more I could have possibly done. Hopefully just having signiﬁcantly less worms will allow the humaworm to work more effectively and really fumigate those buggers out, once and for all.I changed my toothbrush today just in case there were any parasite eggs on the old brush.Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!104Tomorrow I hope to go for a longer walk to stretch my muscles even more. Slowly but surely, I am coming back to life...and I must say it feels pretty good!!Day 43With every day, my strength is coming back and I am feeling more and more ‘normal’ again. Today I walked the beach for about 40 minutes which was excellent, and then I even walked to Tesco later! Last week, that would have been an unthinkable expedition. Today, I almost did it with ease. It felt so good to move my muscles, and to me, this is very important after a fast. When you eat, it is essential to then move, so that the body learns to metabolize (i.e. burn) food again. Otherwise, it will put everything into storage (i.e. fat). I bought more tomatoes and came home to start making new creations again. Today I made the green onion salad dressing listed in the Follow-Up Cleansing Section. I modiﬁed the recipe, using only apple cider vinegar and no agave or honey, adding more green onions (5 stalks) and less olive oil (about 4 Tbsp.) and I added 2 Tbsp. ground ﬂax seed instead of ﬂax oil. The result: a very tangy but delicious and creamy salad dressing! I chopped up fresh tomato, garlic and onion, and mixed in this dressing, which actually almost look liked mustard. It was so good!This afternoon I did an enema because I am still not having bowel movements on my own, and I was shocked and surprised to see 3 worms!! I could not believe it! Is the humaworm working?? Or is the follow-up cleansing diet full of garlic, onion and ginger fumigating them out as I had Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!105hoped? I really could not believe my eyes. In fact, these worms did not look like the other ones that were released, and then I started to wonder if they were worms or just strange striated pieces of mucoid plaque from the small intestines. I had never seen such varied striation before, and actually it seemed like the worm was folded up like an accordion. The 3 ‘entities’ came out ﬁrst on their own well before any new, fresh food waste appeared. It was very easy to identify them as something different. Wow. Whatever they are, I am happier with them out than in.It’s important for me to manage my time well still and also my eating schedule. So far, I have been eating all meals at home, preparing everything myself. I would like to continue with this as long as possible as it allows me to really eat what I want. Still, I am craving cucumber, garlic and onion more than anything else, and so I listen to my body. With each day, I am also learning more too


 to prepare better for dry
starvation. Three months later, they arrived with his wife. When
examination of the right leg was pale and cold to the touch. He could walk
less than a kilometer, and it occurred intermittent claudication. 213
213A man has been configured for treatment every day, morning and evening
doing a walk, go fishing. Around the seventh day
dry hunger he came very pleased and said that the pain anymore
he was not worried. After the second year of starvation foot acquired
natural color, became warm to the touch. In addition, he
pressure has stabilized, he was very much younger and freshened. I promised to implement all the recommendations and a year later to attend the
prevention. Fasting has a strong influence on the state
circulation. With an empty stomach and intestines in the abdominal
cavity does not create any obstacles to the circulation of blood and its
composition improves. Congestion in the abdominal cavity and liver
eliminated. Hunger contributes to the restoration of functional
properties of capillary circulation in patients with hypertension
disease. During fasting blood vessels become more elastic. Decreases blood cholesterol, and it reduces the threat
new atherosclerotic deposits. Saving in a subsequent
strict lacto-vegetarian diet with restriction of sodium
Salt helps to keep the results obtained during
Course fasting. Hypertension hunger immediately act on its main symptom -
blood pressure. It falls from the first days and even
Persistent long-term morbidity reaches a normal level
after the 5-7th days of dry fasting. In most cases, the end of the fasting blood pressure drops
below normal levels. during the recovery period
it rises, reaching the norm. To preserve the positive
therapeutic effect is recommended to regularly
short-term courses of dry fasting - 1 day per week, 3 days
month, 7 days a year. Neurological diseases: osteochondrosis, protrusion, herniation
Disc spinal headache. "The three doctors' opinions of four" - proverb says, let alone
when it comes to this disease, as osteochondrosis,
the score is at ten. Any doctor to question the patient about
cause disease osteochondrosis of the move will call a dozen, but
Unfortunately, it is unlikely you will get a distinct and specific
answer, why have you and it is on this site backbone
developed as aforesaid disease. There is even an opinion
of osteochondrosis of the disease as "polietiologic, but
monopatogeneticheskom. Beautiful, but simply means: "one and one
same process caused by different reasons. " It should be noted that
disease osteochondrosis in principle occur among animal
of our planet only in the species Homo sapiens. in the literature, however,
common assertion that such a dubious fortune
were dressed more saber-toothed tigers. I do not know - have not tested it, but certainly
in the population of the human distribution of osteochondrosis
214
214indeed globally - 99 (9)%. Osteochondrosis - the most common diseases of the
musculoskeletal system that affects people of all ages. Term
osteochondrosis is formed from two Greek words meaning "bone"
and cartilage. This is a disease of cartilage surface of the bone support-
musculoskeletal system, primarily the spine, as well as
hip and knee joints. The main causes of degenerative disc disease - zashlakovka
organism and immobility. These two factors are changing the structure
intervertebral disc. Due to the uneven vertical axial load ligamentous
vertebral unit (especially in the lumbar region) as
stretched it to one or the other side - because standing is constantly
"My legs. " As a result, the displacement of the vertebrae, which bears
name spondylolisthesis spine, and gradually develops
degeneration of the intervertebral disc with loss of elasticity
nucleus pulposus. The disc loses its ability to perform the functions
hydraulic shock absorbers, axle load is transferred to them
in the direction of acting force. After a while
outer shell of the disk cracks and the formation of hernia
diverticulum. They compress the blood vessels (which leads
to swelling and disturbance of spinal blood flow) or roots
spinal cord, and in rare cases, the spinal cord itself. Except
that arise and grow in the degenerative changes of cartilaginous
surfaces of the vertebrae, accompanied by the formation of hernia
disc, vertebral body. At one time, when I first started to engage in treatment
fasting, I thought that fasting is ineffective in treating
neurological disorders, there are more effective massage
manual therapy, girudoterapiya, acupuncture. But when I was
to study under Professor JN, in his office fasting I
met with a man who was treated for starvation after a heavy
accident. Spinal problems he had set. He told me
said that already went through all - and manual therapy, and in China
went took acupuncture, but the best has helped me and starvation. That makes each year by 21 days of fasting and began to feel
man. I want to tell an interesting case from his practice. Rang
me in March, my friend from the Tyumen region, his work involves
with the laying of gas pipelines. He tells me: "I have a hernia
thoracic spine, for the past two months, as I am concerned about
horrible pain in the thoracic spine with radiation
in the solar plexus. All anesthetic injections only
time relieve the pain. It has been two months since I did not sleep from the pain, to live
very reluctant. " Usually in March we did not spend the dry fasting,
because at this time, dry starvation poorly tolerated. But given
this particular case, I had to go. Brought his cousin,
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215All the way he was lying and took painkillers. Only
On the seventh day dry hunger in his pain disappeared. Hungry, he
nine days. Of course, we did it a soft hood and at the exit
from fasting leeches. That's three years have passed, he calls me constantly
rings, the spine is greater than he is not worried. Like - it was a visit to his patient. My husband says: "How come
from you, but just talk about the Altai and its unique nature. But I would never have been able to starve if I do not eat meat, then I do not
man, it really can cure my hunger problem. " He had
vertebrobasilar syndrome - a functional neurovascular
violation of the vertebral artery in osteochondrosis of the cervical spine
spine. He was worried about the headaches in the occipital region,
dizziness during rapid head rotation, tinnitus,
reduced vision. I've already forgotten about those conversations, but called
wife and said that he went to work and lost consciousness. Now
discharged from the hospital, wants to come to your medical treatment with hunger. Dry fasting well tolerated, passed two courses, we do it
massage, leeches. After fasting feels good on paper
all marveled at how he looks good. Occasionally, there are headaches
pain, but the dizziness and loss of consciousness was no more. The main therapeutic mechanism in this condition - it is
Of course, the removal of edema, peeling muscles, ligaments and joints of salt
deposits, improved nutrition drives. I was always amazed at how
fasting improves mobility and flexibility of the spine. Migraines (in French migraine - the pain in half
head) - repetitive paroxysmal headaches, usually
unilateral, due to the periodic contraction and expansion
cerebral arteries. Women suffer from migraines 2-3 times more often
men. Perhaps this is due to the phenomenon of frequent occurrence
migraine attacks during the premenstrual period. But men
attacks are usually more intense and prolonged. Causes of migraine are: stress,
nervous and physical stress, excessive alcohol
alcohol, smoking, staying in a stuffy room, the lack of
or excess of sleep, fatigue, intoxication, a change of weather or
climatic conditions, hormonal naruscheniya etc. As I wrote,
women suffer from migraine is 2-3 times more often, but most interesting is that
to us with this problem came in the male-dominated. Probably
because they have it flows more painful. come to visit us
young guy, he had such severe headaches that he
constantly had to twice a month to call an ambulance,
to remove the pain. He told me that when preparing
to starvation and cleaning the liver, he has been vomiting bile
but then the headaches became much easier. Yes, indeed
important organ of the liver, and what significant role it plays in
any disease. Famine he went relatively easy, but
most interesting is that on his seventh day was very high fever
216
216in the head. He had to resolve pour cold
ice-cold water, but it helped him endure the heat. After
eighth day of fever was gone and he felt great relief,
head was clear and easy. That's almost three years, as it is more
do not bother headaches. He consistently comes to us on
prophylactic course of fasting and complies with all recommendations. Now I want to talk about "incurable diseases",
from the viewpoint of modern medicine: rheumatoid arthritis,
ankylosing spondylitis deformans Osteoarthritis, infectious
polyarthritis.


 ensures continued
health and minimizes the risk of a disabling disease later in life. Unfortunately, fasting can be rather unpleasant, especially for beginners. It releases stored toxins and waste products from organs and tissues. This may temporarily overload the blood, causing headaches and
nausea. To minimize unpleasant effects, start wi th short fasts, activate
the liver and kidneys, and keep the bowels working. Do not fast if
underweight, very weak or very sick. In this case improve your health by
gradually adopting the High -Quality Diet in Step 2. Just by fasting alone many chronic d iseases can be healed. For
someone on a cooked diet a period on raw foods is cleansing. The
cleansing effect becomes even stronger by more severely restricting the
calorie intake. Any food used should be easily digestible, fresh and
organic, and with this high in vitality or life -force. Start with several one -day fasts, possibly once a week, before trying a
three -day fast. Then have a three -day fast once a month; if on normal
working hours have the first fast day on a Friday. The second day often
feels the  worst. Once or twice a year you may fast for seven days or
longer. Instead of a series of strict fasts you may have longer periods on a raw -
food diet, and a strict fast only occasionally. With chronic diseases or 78
 advancing age the need for cleansing obvi ously is much greater than just
for general health improvement and for younger individuals. After return
to good health and on a good diet, the number of cleansing periods may
be reduced to once a year. It helps to start a mild fast with the onset of a
cold, flu or other infectious disease. The more often you fast, the less you are negatively affected by it; a
sense of peace and wellbeing may develop instead. If during a fast the
tongue is still strongly coated and the breath has a strong odour on rising
in the morning, then this shows that you are still congested. Conversely,
if breath and tongue are clear in the morning then the body is reasonably
clean and no more fasting is indicated. You may scrape or brush a coated
tongue clean, e.g., using the sharp e dge of a spoon, or keep a solution
with a few drops of Lugol's solution or MMS/CDH in the mouth for about
10 minutes. For several days before a longer fast start reducing the amount of food,
and preferably do not eat flesh food or processed food on the l ast day
before a fast. It is best to have only raw fruit and vegetables on that last
day. In the same way, increase the amount of food only gradually after a
fast and have only raw food on the first day after a fast. The longer the
fast the less you may ea t at the first meal and the longer it should take to
return to the usual diet. An apple is good for breaking a juice fast. While on a fast it is advisable to drink plenty of liquids, and in the morning
use psyllium in water, a colonic, flush or laxative as  described in Chapter
4. Take it easy during fasts, rest whenever you feel weak, or just stay in
bed if necessary. To minimize unpleasant symptoms,  try skin brushing,
deep breathing exercises, mild sun exposure, drinking much peppermint
tea, pleasant outdo or activity, and frequent showers. You can increase the cleansing action during a fast by having some light
physical activity such as gardening, walking or gently bouncing. This
will speed up the lymph flow to many times its normal rate. Gentle
massage i s good and also inverting the body - e.g., hanging upside
down, using a slant -board, or bicycling in the inverted position. 79
 Liver Cleanse with Castor Oil Pack
The effectiveness of the fast can be further increased by using a hot
castor oil pack for several days before and during the fast. Coat the
liver area (the bottom of the right ribcage) and upper abdomen with
castor oil, cover with a woollen cloth folded in  several layers and keep
warm for an hour or two with a hot -water bottle. At bedtime take 2
tablespoons of olive oil shaken in a jar with lecithin, a teaspoon of Epsom
salts or magnesium chloride, and diluted lemon juice. Then lie down
immediately on your back or right side. However, on the last evening take
half a cup of olive oil. The next morning take sufficient laxative to produce a good cleanout
within a few hours. The castor oil stimulates the liver's capacity to
detoxify, the olive oil induces the ga llbladder to empty and expel fat -
soluble toxins from the liver, the magnesium salts relax the gallbladder,
while the laxative removes the poisons quickly from the bowels. This
method of cleansing causes a minimum of discomfort that might
otherwise result i n headaches, nausea and weakness. The Basic Cleanse
This 8 -day basic cleanse is designed to clean out and sanitize the
gastrointestinal tract, the liver and the gallbladder. In its pure form it
consists of two parts, a three -day apple diet and a five -day psyllium
cleanse. Both can also be done separately, the apple diet as a short
general cleanse and the psyllium cleanse as a superior method to
detoxify the gastrointestinal tract. This psyllium cleanse helps  to remove biofilms, and with this Candida
and p arasites. The intestines are filled with a soft gel which gradually
dissolves the sticky mucus that protects microbes and parasites, and at
the end of the cleanse it is all removed as a big bowel motion. The Apple Diet:  For the first three days eat as many  apples as you like
(preferably organic). Granny Smith or other tart apples are preferable. In
the evening have a hot castor oil pack, olive oil, Epsom salts or
magnesium chloride and diluted lemon juice as for the Liver Cleanse. 80
 After the first bowel movement the next morning there may be hundreds
of little greenish wax balls of different sizes floating on top of the water in
the toilet bowl. However, if the stones are further back in the liver, they
may only come out with the sec ond or third cleanse. First thing in the morning of the second to fourth day take a glass of water
with a crushed clove of garlic and magnesium salts as described in
Chapter 4. About thirty to sixty minutes later take a probiotic culture. If
you do not ha ve the time or the energy for the full cleanse, you may now
return to your normal diet and do the rest at another time. The Psyllium Cleanse:  Either as a separate 5 -day cleanse or as part of
the Basic Cleanse, from day four to eight replace the apples with  freshly
pressed vegetable juices, possibly flavoured with apple; stop using the
magnesium and garlic flush in the morning. Drink the juice spaced out and very slowly. At least half the juice should
be from celery, grass and green leaves. Add sufficient pu re water to drink
about 2 litres of diluted juice each day. In addition,  or instead of using
juice you may puree a handful of fresh leaves at high speed in a blender
and drink without straining. If you cannot make juice or obtain fresh green
leaves you may  eat, spaced out, some green or tart apples or some raw
vegetable salads. Every 3 hours, or 5 times daily, take a teaspoon of psyllium hulls with a
microbicide and sodium bicarbonate. Dissolve half a teaspoon of sodium
bicarbonate in a large glass of water; add the microbicide, and finally a
teaspoon of psyllium hulls. Stir and drink immediately, followed by some
more water. As microbicide I prefer one that has the ability to penetrate  biofilms, such
as chopped garlic, ginger, or about 5 drops of Lugol's iodine solution,
non-acidified MMS, or CDH. Molecular iodine has the added advantage
that it helps to liquefy sticky mucus. You may also alternate remedies. Do not intentionally try t o induce bowel movements during this time. 81
 At bedtime of the last juice day and on the next morning take a
tablespoon of magnesium salts in water, or enough laxative to produce
a strong bowel cleanout in the morning. Often there are long strings, heavy mucus, and parts of compacted
matter looking like sections of bowel. These are the hiding places of
Candida, parasites and bacteria causing inflammatory bowel conditions. It is advisable to increase the variety of food very gradually and possibly
doing allergy testing at the same time. If there is discomfort during the cleanse from bloating or other intestinal
problems, and it becomes too uncomfortable, then just take a laxative or
enema to flush it all out and try again at a later time. Continue for a long
time with moderate amounts of antimicrobial remedies. Variations:  There are many possible variations of this Basic Cleanse. For instance, if you do not have a juice extractor you may either continue
longer with apples or have small raw salads in ad dition to blended
leaves. If you cannot get organic apples but have plenty of good
grass and vegetables for juicing then you may extend the juice schedule
from 5 to 8 days but also have the castor oil packs,


 is a super potent
force readily available to men, awaiting only their harvest. Sexual
essence is a building block for expanding our personal universe,
the foundation for human love and evolution. The Biology Of Esoteric Sex 25
BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF SEX HORMONES TO
HEALTH
Modern science has given us the opportunity to study the function
of sperm in the body in amazing detail. Each of the sperm cells
contains 23 chromosomes, prostaglandins, ions, enzymes, trace
elements and other essential parts of human life. Only the elements
of the egg and the nurturing environment of the mother are needed
to form a living human being of infinite potential. The seminal vesicles, two little sacks collecting sperm at the
base of the bladder, are tied to the vas deferens. They produce a
yellow fluid that mixes with the sperm and thickens the seminal
fluid. This secretion contains the sugar, fructose, which nourishes
sperm cells. The prostate gland also contributes to the reproductive secre-
tion. It surrounds the urethra (the main duct or tube running the
length of the penis) beneath the bladder. In ejaculation the prostate
jets forth a thin clear fluid which helps to propel the sperm. Cow-
per's glands along the urethra supply a few drops of alkaline secre-
tion, which serves to neutralize acid remaining from urination. DIAGRAM 7
Testis
(manufactures sperm and
male hormones. ) PenisSeminal
Vesicle
(nourishes sperm with
yellowish fluid. ) Prostate Gland
(propels sperm
with clear fluid. ) Sperm
Palace
(Taoist energy point for
collecting sperm power. ) Epididymis26 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Dr. Beyoihn, a noted endocrinologist, stressed the impor-
tance of the hormonal function of semen production: "Sexual hor-
mones are important to our harmonious development. When men
abuse the reproductive function, the secretions of the sexual glands
are lost. resulting in mental and physical weakness, inability to
concentrate, and a less tenacious memory. "*
Love-making is an internal exercise which helps restore im-
balances in bodily chemistry. A moderate amount of sex tends to
repair hormonal disturbances, to reduce cholesterol and blood
pressure levels. Sexual activity alters the body chemically. The
reason this happens is because each gland in the body affects all the
others. Thus when sex hormones are stimulated, it stimulates the
hormones secreted by the other major glands—adrenal, thymus,
thyroid, pituitary, and pineal. The illusion when you are young is
that you can stimulate your glands indefinitely, without paying a
price for it. Sex seems like a bottomless well of bliss. It is, if you
take the trouble to recirculate the sexual hormones within the body
instead of repeatedly ejaculating them. These sex hormones do more than just make you feel good. They literally invade every sphere of your activity and form your
personal identity. Recent scientific studies have shown that sex
hormones influence the brain's cellular organization. If you are
male, then your brain has male stamped on each cell. This is what
produces different proclivities in men and women. Dr. Gunter Dorner, director of the Institute for Experimental
Endocronology at Humboldt University in East Germany points
out: "The sex hormones. don't just suddenly appear out of
nowhere at puberty. Nor do they just meander about the body. THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO. The cells that are their targets
have already been primed in the womb to respond to the hormones
that are now being produced. This is true of the body, of the
reproductive organs, heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys. But it is also
true of the brain. The tissues, neural circuitry and chemistry of the
brain have already been stamped during fetal life by the sex hor-
mones. And the foundations have already been laid for the range of
behaviors that will characterize the organism as male or female in
adult life. "*
*E. Flatto, Warning: Sex May Be Hazardous To Your Health (Arco Publishers 1973). *Science Digest, September 1983, p. 87. The Biology Of Esoteric Sex 27
These hormonal differences obviously determine many of the
qualities in men and women the Chinese have called yin and yang. The Taoist goal of total integration of sexual impulse with the mind
begins to make sense even to a western intellectual when the con-
nection between sexual activity, hormonal balance, physical
health, and personality are examined together. The evidence for
health being powerfully affected by hormonal balance has been
well substantiated, and is even now a major topic for cancer re-
searchers in their efforts to understand how the mind and emotions
control our immune system. The Taoists would say it is un-
necessarily complicated to track each individual microscopic hor-
mone receptor and enzyme in the gene code to fight the hundreds
of different types of cancers and diseases that result when our
immune system fails. The Taoists contend the critical factor is simply balance—that
when male and female chi energies are balanced in the body, each
cell will have the energy to function perfectly, and hormones do
their job in making the body machinery run smoothly. This balance
of male and female hormones produces a happy personality who
lives harmoniously with the world. The specific Taoist practice of
sexual energy conservation and transformation is one of many de-
signed to insure that the internal equilibrium of the human energy
system is so powerful that no outside force can destroy its inner
balance. The Taoists thus see everything, hormones, sex, person-
ality, health, and beyond that, your spiritual destiny, linked inex-
tricably together. That is the working of the Tao, which links the
finite ordinary world of a Saturday night date to the explosion of a
super nova light years away. The principle of the fusion of energy
in both is the same. In olden times the Taoist secret of secrets was the method of
being reborn through a process of giving birth to your new self. When I first learned it I didn't understand it, but later, in studying
the endocrine system, I was able to see analogies. I realized that
both men and women have the makings of male and female hor-
mones and that, in effect, they are each capable of having inter-
course within themselves, and giving birth to a new self. The most important connection in the male hormone system is
between the testicles and the pituitary gland located between the
eyebrows, behind the forehead. These glands work together in the
transformation of sexual energy, a fact that you will experience28 Taoist Secrets Of Love
DIAGRAM 8
Pai-Hui (The Crown)
The power of mind control & spiritual
center
Corpus Callosum Skull
Pituitary Gland-
Cavity of the spirit
to transform
sexual energy into
a refined nectar
which is the food
of the spirit. Pons
Medulla Oblongata
SEXUAL ENERGY, GLANDS, HORMONES, PERSONALITY &
DESTINY ARE ALL LINKED TOGETHER IN THE BRAIN. Thalamus Gland
Pineal Gland
Occipital Lobe
(The largest cavity to store
sexual energy. ) Cerebellum—
regulates breathing and vision
& is the initial storage area
of Ching
Spinal Cord—
the pathway Chi uses
into the brain. when you begin cultivating your sexual energy up. Your testicles
and your pituitary gland will begin to pulsate together when the
ching is cultivated properly, and is a sign that your glandular sys-
tem is working harmoniously all the time, not just during sex. The
pituitary gland in turn regulates the activity of the other glands. When they are in perfect harmony they secrete an exceptionally
fine nectar—a superfine hormonal substance undiscovered by sci-
entists—which floods the nerve centers of the brain and helps
create the feeling of bliss described by so many mystics. This is
only one phase of spiritual development, but one that is powerfully
affected by the balance of sexual energy in the body. Sexual activity is equally powerful in the more ordinary
spheres of health. Sex offers all of the health benefits of physical
exercise. Sex reduces the tendency to compulsive eating while
burning calories, and thus helps remedy obesity. Sex strains the
heart less than driving a car in city traffic, or watching a good
football game. Moreover, the heart rate quickly diminishes after
sexual action. (For someone on the verge of a heart attack, pas-
sionate sex may be sufficient to trigger it. Passive sex is recom-
mended in this case. ) Loving is thus a great natural antidote to stress. Emotional
stress especially causes untold harm, as it is a continuous injury toThe Biology Of Esoteric Sex 29
every cell. Life in our urban society subjects us to increasing doses
of this potent poison. Stress directly causes cardiovascular degeneration, such as
arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Love restores impaired body
chemistry by activating the hormonal centers to defend the phys-
ical body and by harmonizing our mental and spiritual faculties. With frequent ejaculation, the benefits of sex begin to decline,
and vitality ultimately plummets. The sexual big spender loses
stamina. His vision begins to weaken, hair tumbles from his skull. He grows old before his time. The physical damage caused by
expelling the sexual essence from the body is greatly allev