 which will indirectly improve our genetics.
Another aspect of GAPS conditions, where genetics are usually men
tioned, is a family history; In almost every family with an autistic child, for
example, there is a history of autoimmune disease and digestive problems.
Routinely it is assumed that if a mother or a grandmother had asthma,
arthritis, lupus or any other autoimmune disease, then the immune imbal
ances the child has got, must be genetic. There are two factors here that are
usually overlooked.
The first one is the gut flora. The gut flora with its unique composition is
passed mainly from the mother to the child. Let's look at a very common
scenario. If a maternal grandmother of an autistic child had an abnormal
gut flora, which resulted in arthritis in her case, she passed this flora to her
daughter. Quite commonly for her generation she opted not to breast feed
her daughter, because it was not fashionable at the time. This deepened
the damage to the gut flora of the daughter, who developed asthma and
eczema and/or a digestive disorder as a result. In her generation most girls
were put on a contraceptive pill from late teens for quite a few years before
they had children. The pill would alter her gut flora even further. Then she
has a child, to whom she passes her deeply abnormal gut flora to. This
child develops autism.
In the previous chapters we have looked in detail at how abnormal gut
flora would cause autoimmune disorders. Whether genetics may play a
role in passing these immune abnormalities to the next generation, the
science has yet to demonstrate. But, rather than assuming that it is genet
ics, let's not loose sight of a proven and significant factor, passed through
generations, the gut flora.
Another familial factor, which is often overlooked, is learned behaviour.
What is a learned behaviour? These are all the things that children learn
from their parents, daughters from their mothers: what to eat, how to cook,
what foods to choose from, personal values and priorities. These learned
behaviours can vary quite dramatically from family to family. This is some
thing being passed through generations without any genetic involvement. But it is as important as genetics if not more so, because it will alter the gut
flora, the pH, the metabolism and the biochemistry of the body. And if the
grandmother, daughter and granddaughter follow the same family
behaviour then they will predispose themselves to similar health prob
lems. For example, imagine a family where rich sugary deserts were always
a tradition, a lot of bread, pies, biscuits and cakes. This diet will alter the gut
flora and promote an overgrowth of pathogenic microbes in the gut, which
always has an unbalancing effect on the immune system. At the same time
it is a very house-proud family, a lot of cleaning and polishing with domes
tic chemicals, air fresheners, deodorants, a lot of personal care products
and perfumes - all highly allergenic and toxic substances - another
onslaught on already compromised immune systems. We did not come
even close to genetics here, but already you can see how the family can
make you immune-compromised simply through learned behaviours.
In conclusion: it is possible that there are some non-specific genetic pre
dispositions to autism, schizophrenia and other GAPS conditions, which
quite likely overlap with a predisposition for autoimmune and digestive
disorders and some weakness in the blood-brain barrier. It is very likely
that this predisposition is very widespread and modern environmental
factors make it materialise into disease much more often than 100 years
ago, when the environment was different. A century ago people may have
had this predisposition just as much, but it did not show itself because the
environment for it was not right - the diet was more natural, less pollution,
less stress, no vaccinations, no antibiotics, contraceptive pills or other
drugs, no nuclear contamination and many other factors. One hundred
years ago the majority of doctors would never see autism in their practice,
for example. Today we have a growing epidemic of autism. Genetics just
don't work this way. This epidemic can only be due to environmental
factors: modern diet, life-styles, vaccination, drugs and pollution.
Rather than dwelling on genetics, which we can do nothing about, I see
this conclusion as positive, because there is a lot we can do  to change the
environment to help our children. And those who have done so know that
it works! •1 6. A FEW WORDS
ABOUT EDUCATION
I have probably learned more in the first five
years of my life than during the rest of it
Leo Tolstoy
Education of GAPS children is a huge subject. It is beyond the scope of this
book to cover it in detail. However, it is important to make one point clear.
I have seen many parents in my clinic who have put a lot of effort into the
physical side of their child's disorder but did not do much in terms of
organising their child's education. These children usually do not do as well
as the children who had both issues addressed at the same time.
From the moment children are born, what do they do most of the time?
They learn!
Every moment, they are awake, they learn from the environment, from
the people around them how to communicate, how to behave appropri
ately, how to play with toys appropriately, how to play with their peers and
later on, as they go to school, they learn how to acquire academic skills.
This is one of the most important abilities we human beings are born with
- to be able to learn in order to survive and to fit in the world.
A normal child learns from the moment it is born. Have you ever
observed babies and toddlers? They are like little sponges, listening to
everything, watching everybody around them, absorbing everylittle bit of
information from their environment and learning, learning, learning.
Their brain cells develop very vital connections and circuits, which would
serve these children for the rest of their lives.
GAPS children miss a lot of this learning. Due to their toxicity their
brains are not able to process information properly, so these children are
not sponges in those very important first formative years. They have
normal ears, eyes, taste buds and sensors in their skin. But all the informa
tion these organs receive is then passed to the brain to be processed. A
brain clogged with toxicity cannot process this sensory input appropri
ately, so GAPS children may not hear, see, taste or feel the same way a
normal child would do.
Highly functioning autistic individuals, who lecture about their disorder,
tell us that they cannot hear certain frequencies, that certain sounds hurt their ears, that they may not hear parts of words said to them or hear them
in a distorted way. They say that they cannot see certain parts of the light
spectrum, some parts of written words, they get lost or disoriented in frac
tionated light, for example the shadow of a tree or flickering electric lights,
some parts of light spectrum hurt them. They describe touch from certain
fabrics and people's hands as unpleasant as the "pins and needles" feeling
we can get after sittinguncomfortably. A lot of these autistic individuals say
that many foods taste bland for them and the texture of the food can be
offensive. All the sensory input from eyes, ears, skin and mouth turns into a
jumble in their heads, disorienting, sometimes pleasant, sometimes
unpleasant and sometimes frightening. That is why these children develop
all sorts of behaviours which look bizarre to us, but would probably make
perfect sense if we took into account what happens to the sensory input in
their brains. Their brain cells do not develop normal connections and cir
cuits. Instead they develop abnormal brain cell connections and circuits.
Some of these circuits show themselves as self-stimulatory behaviour or
self-destructive behaviour.
Depending on the severity of the GAPS condition this abnormality in
processing sensory input may range from an absence of speech develop
ment in an autistic child, for example, to very slight abnormalities in
semantics and pragmatics of the language, commonly seen in ADHD/ADD
and dyslexia. Many dyslexic children may not show any obvious problems
with processing sensory input until they need to learn reading and writing.
However, looking back parents of these children would describe other sen
sory issues, like unusual fears of certain sounds and objects, strange taste
preferences and fussiness with food, unexplained tantrums and unusual
play routines. Children with ADHD/ADD, apart from their behavioural
problems, almost without exception have deficits in pragmatics of the lan
guage, which may not be obvious to parents, but can be identified on test
ing. These are the finer points of the language development concerning
conversational skills, answering/responding, greeting, informing, naming,
labelling, negotiating, reasoning, etc. This language deficiency leads to
problems in social skills and learning.
In the case of severe GAPS like autism the longer this situation goes on
for the more normal learning these children miss and the more they fall
behind their normal peers. Normal children never stop learning, so for an
autistic child to have any chance of catching up with them he or she has to
learn at double speed. The earlier this intensive learning starts the more
chance there is for an autistic child to catch up simply because


paration time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 1
1 eggplant
garlic
parsley, chopped
lemon (or lime) juice
Slice the eggplant lengthwise. Heat a griddle pan (preferably a “ridged” pan). When the pan
is hot, turn down the heat, place the slices of eggplant on the griddle and allow them to cook
slowly. Turn over the slices and repeat. Before serving, squeeze garlic over the slices, sprinkle
with chopped parsley and drizzle lemon (or lime) juice over them. This is a good main course
for lunch served with new potatoes and garnished with chopped parsley.
 Variations:  You can do the same thing with large slices of peppers, halves of onions, or
zucchini halved lengthwise.
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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. potatoes
1 small leek, very thinly sliced
fine oats (put some regular rolled oats in the blender)
Parboil the potatoes in their skins until they are hot through  and just beginning to soften.  Very
thinly slice the leek (using the white section only).  Peel the potatoes and co arsely grate them.
Mix in the leek.  Put into a shallow baking dish (sprinkled at the bottom with fine oats  to prevent
sticking).  Cook on the top shelf of the oven at 350° F (180° C)  until beginning to show signs of
browning.  (Don’t leave it for too long or it will dry out.)  Serve with either cooked vegetables or
a green salad and tomatoes.
Leeks or Zucchini  à la Grecque
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. leeks (or zucchini), sliced
3 tomatoes, chopped  (optional)
juice of 1 lemon
bay leaf
thyme
coriander  seeds
Slice the leeks (or zucchini)  into 1 -inch pieces.  Cook gently with chopped tomatoes (if used),
the lemon juice, bay leaf, thyme and coriander  seeds.  Serve hot or cold.
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1 large onion
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup soup stock
1 cup fresh lima beans
3 cups zucchini
4 medium tomatoes
1/2 tsp. cornstarch
4 sprigs fresh parsley
dash of thyme (or sage or a pinch of dried parsley)
Mix together all ingredients (for soup stock, see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in
Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. 106) except herbs. Simmer
about 15 minutes (until tender). Thicken with cornstarch mixed with a little water. Just before
serving, add herbs.
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
1 lb. potatoes, thickly sliced
1 large onion, thickly sliced
2 tbsp. of water
flaxseed oil
garlic, crushed
Thickly slice the potatoes and onion.  Arrange the potato slices in an oven-proof dish with a slice
of onion between each potato slice.  Pour on the water. Bake in oven at 300-350 ° F (149-177° C)
until well done and beginning to brown.  Allow to cool slightly, then pour on the flaxseed oil and
crushed garlic.  Serve immediately.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
carrots
potatoes
Cook the carrots and potatoes gently until just tender.  Mash them and pile into an oven-proof
dish.  Decorate with diagonal fork marks and put into a hot oven at 400-425°  F (204-218° C)  to
brown.
Mashed Potatoes
potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 small onion
yogurt
Peel and cube potatoes. Place in pan with one small onion and enough water to bring to a boil.
Simmer until done. When done, there should be no water left. Mash with enough yogurt to
make smooth.
Mashed Potatoes and Chard
1 bunch green (or red) chard
4-5 tbsp. water (or soup stock)
3 large (or 4 medium) potatoes, peeled and cubed
6-8 oz. yogurt
Shred the chard and put in pan. Add water (or soup stock; see “ ‘Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates
Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules”) and start to boil. When
boiling, turn down to simmer. Meanwhile, peel potatoes, cube and place on top of the chard. Let
simmer until potatoes are soft and done. Remove water if any remains, and add yogurt. Mash all
together. Add a little more yogurt if the mixture is too dry.
 Variation: The same recipe can be used with kale. When using kale, strip out central
stems before shredding into pan.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
onion, peeled and chopped small
water
Place potatoes and onions in a pot. Add just enough water to reach the vegetables half-way
up. Cover, bring to boil and simmer until potatoes are cooked. (Most of the cooking water will
probably be gone.) Mash potatoes and onions using some (or all) of the cooking water. If not
enough moisture, add some soup stock  (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter
12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules”).
 Variations: Add any herb of your choice, finely chopped. Parsley is very good; mint and
dill will also work.
Oven-Browned Potatoes
Preparation time: 5-10 minutes
potatoes
Cut the potatoes like French fries ( or in small cubes, or in thin slices) and brown on an oven tray
in the oven.  They will brown at a surprisingly low heat (300 ° F (149 ° C)) if left in long enough.
Depending on the variety of potato, they can brown very quickly and puff up at high heat ( 425°
F (218° C)).  They can also be browned under the broiler, but watch them to avoid burning. This
is meant to be an occasional treat!
Parsley Potatoes
potatoes
parsley, chopped
flex seed oil
Boil several potatoes in their skins until done. Remove the peel and roll in some chopped
parsley after slightly brushing with flaxseed oil.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. parsnips, cut into wedges
1 lb. sweet potatoes, cut into wedges
sprig of fresh rosemary
Cut the parsnips and sweet potatoes into wedges, leaving the skins intact.  Put into a baking dish
with a little water to cover the bottom.  Add a sprig of rosemary.  Cover and bake in a medium
oven at 325° F (170° C ) until just cooked.  Serve with a baked potato.
Patate alla Francesca
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
new potatoes
tomatoes, chopped or sliced
fresh rosemary  sprigs
garlic
Bake new potatoes in a covered dish at 300-350° F (149-177° C)  with chopped or sliced
tomatoes,  fresh rosemary sprigs and plenty of garlic.  Serve with lemon wedges and a green
salad.
Piemontese Peppers
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time


special
properties.
Mostly,
light
tones
of
energy
are
useful
for
a
person.
Some
people
are
able
to
see
black
energy
covering
this
or
that
organ
that
is
sick.
The
degree
of
the
disease
depends
on
the
shade:
the
darker
the
color,
the
greater
the
involvement
of
the
organ.
During
the
urine
treatment,
we
"irradiate"
the
organ
with
light
energy
and
thus
achieve
healing,
the
disappearance
of
the
dark
aura.
The
organ
heals
itself.
The
following
are
characteristics
of
the
healing
properties
of
colors
that
vaporized
urine
can
have:
1)
The
color
red
helps
the
formation
of
hemoglobin,
activates
the
liver,
and
increases
the
body's
heat-generating
abilities.
It
can
treat
anemia,
bronchial
asthma,
constipation,
apathy,
pneumonia,
tuberculosis,
debility.
It
also
affects
the
endocrine
system.
2)
The
color
yellow
activates
the
motor
nerves,
helps
the
production
of
energy
in
the
muscles,
accelerates
the
flow
of
bile
and
expels
worms.
It
supports
and
cleanses
the
liver,
intestines
and
skin.
It
can
be
used
to
treat
diabetes,
indigestion,
flatulence,
hemorrhoids,
rheumatism,
and
eczema.
The
color
yellow
also
affects
the
kidneys
and
spleen.
3)
The
color
orange
is
a
combination
of
red
and
yellow.
Its
warming
power
is
greater
than
that
of
red
and
yellow.
It
stimulates
the
thyroid
gland,
breathing,
has
antispasmodic
effects,
helps
the
metabolism
of
calcium
in
the
body
and
strengthens
the
lungs.
With
its
help,
asthma,
rheumatism,
gout,
gallstones,
kidney
and
lung
diseases,
malignant
and
benign
tumors
are
treated.
Concluding
the
description
of
the
properties
of
evaporated
urine,
it
can
be
safely
said
that
it
is
the
best
kind
of
urine
how
for
sick
people
as
well
as
for
healthy
people.
11)
Cooled
urine
If
you
cool
fresh
urine
at
-3-4
degrees
and
store
it
in
the
dark,
then
due
to
unfavorable
conditions,
biologically
active
substances
will
be
formed
in
it.
This
is
the
third
option
for
obtaining
biogenic
stimulators
from
urine.
But
evaporated
urine
is
the
best
after
all.
12)
Urine
saturated
with
various
substances
From
old
sources
-
Shivambukalpa,
Ayurveda,
Zhu-shi,
we
learn
that
urine
parameters
can
be
greatly
changed
by
adding
various
substances.
We
can
do
this
programmatically
or
selectively
influence
the
action
of
this
or
that
property
of
urine
and,
through
it,
this
or
that
function
of
the
organism.
For
example,
boiling
urine
with
a
piece
of
precious
metal
additionally
saturates
it
with
atoms
of
gold,
silver,
etc.,
which
strengthens
its
specific
properties.
Golden
sand
is
known
to
cure
kidney
diseases
and
urinary
retention.
Urine
enhanced
with
gold
by
immersing
a
gold
object
in
it
during
cooking,
is
used,
for
example,
in
poultices
for
diseased
kidneys.
By
adding
various
herbs
and
their
mixtures,
the
content
of
trace
elements
and
minerals
inthe
urine
increases
and
helps
in
feeding
the
body
with
these
substances.
When
evaporating
urine,
e.g.
in
Russia,
they
put
two
teaspoons
of
dry
seaweed
in
it
and
use
it
in
poultices
and
mineral
nourishment
of
the
body,
as
well
as
in
baths
for
general
strengthening
and
rejuvenation
of
the
organism.
Evaporated
urine
mixed
with
honey
or
sugar
changes
its
taste
characteristics,
and
a
person
who
does
not
know
the
matter
may
think
that
he
is
drinking
some
kind
of
original,
pleasant-tasting
decoction
of
herbs.
This
can
be
used
to
strengthen
physical
and
mental
qualities
and
also
in
children
in
the
first
stages
of
getting
used
to
urine.
Supplementing
urine
with
various
substances
creates
a
huge
space
for
your
creativity.
Maybe
you
will
be
able
to
tailor
some
elixir
of
good
health
for
yourself.
Experiment
while
keeping
a
close
eye
on
your
reactions,
it
all
depends
on
you,
your
ingenuity
and
intellect.
This
is
the
highest
level
of
urinotherapy,
which
comes
with
experience
and
practice.
Do
not
forget
to
write
me
the
results
of
your
experiments,
they
may
help
others.
13)
Activated
urine
By
passing
urine
through
the
magnetotron,
we
charge
its
micelles
with
energy.
Urine
becomes
more
active
in
all
directions.
If
we
bring
it
to
a
boil,
its
internal
structure
will
be
rebuilt
and
it
is
able
to
transmit
strong
currents
of
thermal
energy.
In
order
to
fix
this
structure
and
then
use
it
to
strengthen
the
body's
energy,
we
must
quickly
cool
the
urine
brought
to
the
boiling
point.
As
a
result
of
such
cooling
(it
is
enough
under
cold
running
water),
the
obtained
superstructure
"freezes"
and
you
can
use
it.
Urine
must
be
used
immediately
after
cooling
to
body
temperature,
otherwise
the
structure
quickly
falls
apart.
With
slow
cooling,
the
effect
is
zero.
Healing
properties
of
urine
activated
in
this
way
(any)
are
several
times
stronger
than
other
species,
and
unlike
magnetized
urine,
it
can
be
used
all
the
time.
Magnetized
urine
is
better
used
for
external
use,
in
baths,
in
an
attempt
to
increase
overall
energy.
This
is
especially
appropriate
for
immobile,
dehydrated
people,
where
urine
significantly
increases
the
total
energy
charge
of
the
body.
We
use
sharply
cooled
urine
with
constant
intake
for
various
types
of
diseases
and
problems.
For
example
in
oncology
to
drink
and
poultices.
Simultaneous
external
and
internal
use
will
only
intensify
the
effect
of
such
urine
on
the
body.
You
can
pour
activated
urine
into
a
thermos,
where
it
will
retain
its
superstructure
for
a
longer
time,
and
use
it
for
compresses.
You
can
also


traction,	103
Control,	115,	182
Cornell,	Eric,	42
Creation,	122,	125,	129,	149,	161,	163–64,	237–49
Creative	leap,	58,	83,	238–41,	270
Creativity,	12,	95,	179,	187,	219
Crossing	over,	37–43,	49,	84,	87,	97,	175
Culture,	41,	42,	75,	76,	96
Dalai	Lama,	171
Dark	matter,	163
David	(biblical	figure),	60–61
Dawkins,	Richard,	228
Death:
Christian	view,	25
closeness	of,	28
communication	with	dead,	110–13,	261
difference	from	life,	109–17
fear	of,	31,	143,	255
as	fulfillment	of	purpose	on	earth,	26
Indian	parable	of,	1,	21–23,	35–36,	45–47,	55–57,	69–70,	81–83,	93–94,
107–9,	119–21,	139–41,	155–57,	169–70,	251–54
materialistic	view	of,	30
miracle	of,	24–33,	37
mystery	of,	24–25
sudden,	8,	9,	109–10
survival	of	consciousness	after,	237–38
See	also
	Afterlife;	Dying;	Near-death	experiences
Delhi	(India),	3
Delogs,	38–39,	41,	122Dementia,	223
Departed	spirits,	110–13,	143,	220,	261
Depression,	224
Desire,	8,	11,	88–89,	114,	115,	142,	160
Destination,	99
Deva,	156,	164,	265
Devaloka,	161
Devata,	162,	164
Devata	effect,	163–68
Devil.
See
	Satan
Directedness,	10
Disconnection,	185
Discrimination,	114,	115
Dissolution,	96
Distinctions,	114
DNA,	24,	49,	172,	178,	200,	201,	220,	238,	239,	245
Dogs,	215,	216
Don	Juan,	132
Doubt,	58,	115,	131,	255
Dreams,	6,	84,	128,	131,	132,	142,	143,	144,	157
Dream	time,	97
Drolma,	Dawa,	37–38,	39,	41,	257
Drowning,	8
Drugs,	42
Duke	University,	247
Dying,	7,	256
and	arrival	at	eternity,	121
conscious,	183
cure	for,	35–43
departure	of	soul,	4,	25
and	mind	field,	232
over	weeks	and	months,	9
personal	nature	of,	29
qualities	one	can	bring	to,	32
and	reality,	98,	121,	210
seeing	life	flash	before	one’s	eyes,	8–9,	184–85
See	also
	Death;	Near-death	experiences
Earth,	212
Earthbound	souls,	73
Earth	element,	3
Ecosystem,	146,	152,	200–201Ecstasy,	65,	124,	149
Ego,	102,	144,	148,	149,	150,	153,	164,	233,	262
Einstein,	Albert,	143,	197
Electromagnetic	field,	241–42
Electron,	163,	181,	201,	205,	209,	223,	244
Elijah	(Elias),	104
Eliot,	T.S.,	66
Emergent	properties,	238–39,	270
Emerson,	Ralph	Waldo,	104
Emotions,	176,	221
Energy,	198–200,	205–6,	212,	213,	219,	233–36,	238,	242
Enjoyment,	10
Enlightenment,	231,	232
Epiphanies,	142
Essence,	49,	66,	68,	108,	141,	229
Eternal	bliss	consciousness,	245–46
Eternity,	6,	9,	15,	26–29,	64,	96,	106,	121–37,	210,	263
Ether,	197–98,	205
Euthanasia,	62
Evil,	71–72,	76,	77,	124
Evolution,	11,	14,	15,	76,	77,	115,	235,	238
Expanded	awareness,	97–103
Expansion,	103
Expectations,	42,	43,	47,	71,	98
Experience,	234
Extended	mind,	195,	268
Faith,	16,	49–52,	62,	63
Faith	healing,	135–36
Familiarity,	120
Fantasy,	160
Fear,	31,	115,	143,	255
Feedback	loop,	123
Field,	The
	(McTaggart),	204,	267
Fire	element,	3
Five	elements,	3,	7,	261
Five	Koshas,	144–51,	161,	164
Five	senses,	7,	46,	83,	127,	210
Flesh,	172–73
Forgiveness,	76,	233
Freedom,	13,	71,	72,	87,	88,	115,	122,	147,	186–89
Frequencies,	2–3,	5,	6,	15Fulfillment,	99
Fundamentalism,	49,	62–63,	105
Gandhi,	Mahatma,	105,	152,	171
Gap,	200,	244–45,	247
Garden	of	Eden,	96
Genetics,	172,	200,	245
Genius,	226,	269
Ghosts,	7,	73,	81–91,	113,	261
Gibson,	Mel,	105
Gnostics,	104,	260
Goals,	99
God,	47,	60–61,	68,	71,	77,	88,	95–96,	126,	162,	193–94,	220,	260
Godhead,	96
Good,	71–72,	77
Gospel	of	Thomas,	63
Goswami,	Amit,	219–20,	270
Gratitude,	74
Gravity,	199,	206
Greece	(ancient),	96
Grief,	110,	143
Gross	senses,	7
Ground	state,	246
Guilt,	75
Habit,	97,	113
Hamlet,	130–31
Happiness,	64–65,	120
Healing,	135–36,	165,	168
Healing	Touch	of	Mary,	The
	(Lomonte),	135
Heaven,	62,	68,	70,	83
belief	in,	194
Christian	view	of,	71,	105,	259
Christ’s	conception	of,	60–61,	64
as	destination	for	soul,	95
and	erosion	of	traditional	faith,	49
as	expectation,	43,	47–48
in	Hinduism,	106
images	of,	57–60
in	near-death	experience,	90
and	religious	beliefs,	52
and	Vedanta,	58,	130Hell,	47–48,	52,	59–60,	69–73,	75,	79,	106,	144,	194,	260–61
Hereafter.
See
	Afterlife
Heroism,	160
Hinduism,	29,	105
Huxley,	Aldous,	29
“I	am,”	120–21,	129,	150,	185,	188,	237
I	Am	That
	(Nisargadatta	Maharaj),	263
Idealism,	160,	193
Ideas,	220,	221,	224
Identity,	148,	177,	186,	195,	220,	233,	235
Idiot	sav


 life springs from pure awareness.
Everything must have a source and a starting point, whether it’s the Big
Bang that brought the universe into existence or the next thought you are
about to have. Yoga brings us to the source of all things, including you
and me.
But what is the source? That’ s not an easy question to answe r. When
you take a plane to another city, you get off the plane once you arrive at
your destination. Royal Yoga also brings you to a new destination, but there
is no airport or train station. No destination. What greets you at the source
isn’t anything describable, much less tangible.
Yet, somehow, for thousands of years, the source has been the most
valuable attainment anyone can have. The last three limbs of Yoga allow
you to verify this for yourself. Dharana  puts you at the source and allows
you to stay there effortlessly. Dhyana  allows you to realize where you are.
Samadhi  enables you to sink deeper and deeper into the source, revealing its
infinite scope. Does this description satisfy the mind of a seeker? Not really.
Our minds crave words, sensations, and things we can grasp. But the source
exists beyond the senses, beyond logic. To paraphrase the Tao Te Ching, the
source that can be named is not the source.
Dharana  shows you how to rest in the source while still leading a
normal life. Both things are necessary to live at a state of higher
consciousness. If you live a norm al life without knowing your source, there
is no escape from  fear, doubt, and insecurity. At the same time, if you have
contact with the source but no life, you will waste the infinite creative
potential that flows from the source.
Dharana  opens the way for exploring the source. Those who devote
their lives to this are known as “seers.” They spend their time witnessingthe infinite play of consciousne ss, and, in that way, they reach fulfillment.
How much time you devote to witnessing is up to you, but some features of
the source are a given for everyone, as follows:
THE NATURE OF THE SOURCE
Pure, boundless existence.
Pure awareness, without the contents of thought.
Total absence of fear, including fear of death.
Inﬁnite creative potential.
Pure bliss.
Truth with a capital “T.”
Inﬁnite dynamism.
An all-pervasive sense of unity.
Looking over this list, some people might assert that the source should
be called  God. At the very least, you might be suspicious that this is all pie
in the sky. It is understandabl e that anyone might find talk about pure
existence, infinite creative potential, and the rest of it utterly unbelievable.
Without a fixed and fast connection with the source, you can’ t really tell.
The key words above are fixed and fast, because you are always
connected to source. If you reread the list that describes the nature of the
source, every item relates to your life here and now. You exist, you are
dynamic. You feel inspired by creativity, you value the truth. The simplest
way to explain the source is to call it the compressed concentr ation of the
values we alread y live by. In separation, we experience fragme nts of love,
compassion, truth, beauty, and creativity that turn out to be fleeting and
temporary. But those fragments hint at an important truth, perhaps the most
important: The source knows us and wants us to know it.
Exercise
You can get a feeling for being at the source with a simple exercise. Sit
quietly with your eyes closed.  Once you feel relaxed, try not to exist.Interpret this challenge any way you wish. You can imagine not existing
before you were born or never existing again after you die. You can
visualize yourself being vaporized or dissolving into nothingn ess. This is
not an exercise in the macabre. It does, however, demonstrate that no matter
what tactic you choose or how intently you pursue your imagined non-
existence, you can’ t stop existing. “T o be or not to be” isn’ t an option.
No matter how terrible or glorious life seems to be, two elements
accompany you hand in hand. There is existence, and there is the flow of
creative intelligence that provides experiences. Once these elements are
compressed and concentrated to the utmost, you will be at the source.
TUESDAY
Going Beyond
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
My essence is transcendent.
My essence is transcendent.
The last three limbs of Yoga are like a tripod, held up by three legs. The
first leg, dharana, gives you a fulfilling life while you simultaneously
remain at the source. The second leg is dhyana, usually described as
“meditation.” That’ s not very helpful, however, since meditation  is a vague,
amorphous term that we apply in all kinds of situations. Basically, when
someone dwells  inwardly on any idea, feeling, or experience, they can call
that a meditatio n. But in Royal Yoga, dhyana  is “transcenden ce,” going
beyond the limits of everyday experience.
In its most basic  form, transcendence is a very common experience. If
you are a moth er with a crank y baby who won’ t stop crying, you don’t
cry, too (unless,  maybe, you are completely exhausted). You transcend the
baby’ s crankiness to find out what the real issue is—the child might need
sleep, food, or a change of diaper. Without the ability to transcend dailyexperience, humans would never have evolved. We can stand aside from
our own actions, analyze them, and move forward to new and unexplored
territory. By the route of inquiry and discovery, the human mind transcends
itself.
Yet the mind can’t take full credit for transcending. Your mind is
constantly wrapped up in thoughts and feelings. If Yoga hadn’ t pointed out
the possibility of dhyana —transcending to a much deeper level—people
would be confined to the mind’ s endless activity, as, indeed, countless
people are. The original seers of Yoga, who are nameless and lost to ancient
history, realized  that there is one element common to all thoughts, which is
awareness. This commonality can be seen when we notice that a gold
watch, a gold spoon, and a gold coin look totally different, but all are made
of gold. Gold is each item’ s essence. Y our essence is awareness.
There are signposts to know if you are indeed cultivating a relationship
with awareness. Y ou know that you are on the right path when:
You go inside for answers.
You reﬂect on your thoughts.
You contemplate a new possibility.
You have an insight.
You experience an “aha” moment.
You look for inner peace and quiet.
You get a glimpse of wonder.
You feel a sudden impulse of joy.
You are ﬁlled with love.
These experiences are momentary, fleeting hints that transcendence is
yours to master. On the flip side, there are signs that tell us we are moving
around in circles, which leads to dizziness and confusion. Unfortunately,
these unaware states are also common, and you experience them when:
You feel stressed.You are distracted and scattered.
You feel depressed.
You get lost in worry and anxiety.
You crave escapism.
You are tense and can’t relax.
What these two lists tell us is that we spend our lives bouncing between
two states, between awareness and its opposite. If you swing too far from
awareness, your life will be dominated by routine and habit, the same old
same old. Yet even if you are fortunate enough that this hasn’ t happened to
you, it is a genuine discovery to realize that you experience transcendence
in every day life. The meditative state isn’t reserved for a special time of
day, set apart for closing your eyes and performing a meditation practice.
Life can be spent in a form of total meditation.
No meditation practices would ever work if dhyana  weren’ t a natural
tendency of the human mind.  To love, create, be kind, act selflessly,
experience wonder, and feel inspired are totally human and natural. They
are made possible by dhyana, the impulse to transcend. Once this sinks in,
Royal Yoga is here to teach that going beyond is boundless. You can
transcend so completely that you reach your source and merge with your
true self.
Exercise
Behind every experience there  is awareness, which you can locate
anytime you wish. To show yourself how this works, try the following: Sit
back and look around you. Focus on any object—a table lamp, a chair, a
paperweight, the sky outside. Now tune it out by allowing your eyes to go
into soft focus while you move  your attention to the center of your chest.
Now go back and forth. See the object, then go inward and tune it out.
Repeat for a minute or two.
The process is simple, and you might have your own way of moving
your attention inward. Regardless of how you do it, what we call “tuningout” moves your attention and shifts your focus, which is the critical
element in meditation. Once you feel familiar with how to turn your
attention inward, you know how to transcend. This is useful whenever you
find yourself in an unaware state, such as feeling stressed, distracted,
worried, or scattered. Look at an object, put your eyes in soft


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Energy, Feeling and Thought  31
Energy in the Body  30  If you are trying to overcome an addiction, read:
Causes of Addiction to Habits  24
If you expect or have children, read:  The Power of Habit Explained  33
Birth Defects can be Avoided!  40 How to Overcome Temptations  27
What You do when You Vaccinate  42 Energy, Feeling and Thought  31
How Diseases are Cured  32

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With Three Generations of Vegetarian Hygienists   44
In Search of the Ultimate Vegetarian Diet  48
The Ideal 100% Raw Diet  52
Natural Hygiene Vegetarian Diet & Food Plan  58
Sequential Eating  9
What Symptoms to Expect when Improving Your Diet  5

If you are looking for a non -vegetarian diet that will give superior health:
Primitive Man - His Diet and Health  62
The High -Carbohydrate Diet and Related Health Problems  74
Insulin's Metabolic Effects (Why eat less carbohydrates?)   79
New Concepts in Nutrition, Health and Rapid Healing of Illness  55
Primitive Diet Example  64
Sequential Eating  9
What Symptoms to Expect when Improving Your Diet  5

If you are new to Natural Hygiene, read  :
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My First Water Fast  4
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IN SEARCH OF THE ULTIMATE VEGETARIAN DIET
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What is the "Paleolithic Diet"?  64
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Dr. Stanley S. Bass, N.D. D.C. Ph.D.,
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Beginning in 1936 by testing a disease/recovery theory on himse lf, at the age of 19 -- making it today
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-- Would it be possible to test what the best nutrition is for superior health and long life? -- What is the
key to having lots of energy? Can low energy cause depression? -- Which might be the healthiest of the
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would an optimal diet look like? -- Is it possible to put together an all -raw vegan diet that does not cause
deficiencies? -- How can you recover from any disease on your own?
Some of his fascinating conclusions you will find on these webpages.  Others in books and booklets written by Dr. Bass.
Stanley S. Bass began the study of nutrition in 1936 (see "My First Water Fast").  In his late 20's he was introduced to Natural
Hygiene by Dr. Christopher Gian -Cursio and worked closely with him for over 40 years.
He graduated from The American School of Naturopathy in 1955, from Columbia Institute of Chiropractic in 1959, and in 1953 he
graduated from the N.Y. Institute of Dietetics as Dietician. Dr. Bass earned a Ph.D. in Public Health & Nutrition from Trinit y Hall
College & Seminary in Springfield Illinois. Dr. Bass is IAHP -certified as a "specialist in fasting supervision and hygien ic care".
Dr. Bass has been a Natural Hygiene doctor since the 1950's in the New York area, supervising thousands of fasts and health
recoveries using diet. He also had a hygienic retreat in the Catskill Mountains,  the Life Science Health Haven . Currentl y he does
not have an in -patient clinic, but is still giving personal advice and assistance over the phone. Due to his healing success and
knowledge he is  Knight of Malta .

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Dr. Bass is interested in correctly updating our understanding of drug -free nutritional healing with modern scientific findings.
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Dr Bass' Dog & Cat Food tip:
If you feed your dog raw meat/chicken scraps and intestines, plus up to 25% uncooked leafy greens (lettuce, kale etc.,for
minerals), plus raw bones to chew on - your dog has a good chance to live 50% longer than on dry food - with fewer vet bills.
How to get your dog to eat the leafy greens? - blend it to almost liquid, then mix it with a little  ground or chopped -up raw meat
(chicken, fish) or an egg. - The same applies to cats, and other carnivore pets.
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caused	by	modern	medical	practice.	The	most	recent	annual	estimate
of	hospital-caused	deaths	is:
•	106,000	deaths	from	“properly”	prescribed	drugs.•	80,000	deaths	from	hospital-caused	infections.
•	12,000	deaths	from	unnecessary	surgery.
•	7,000	deaths	from	medication	errors.
•	20,000	deaths	from	other	errors.
These	numbers	total	225,000	deaths	per	year,	but	the	real	total	is	far	greater.
These	numbers	do	not	include	unreported	medically	caused	deaths.	Why	take
responsibility	for	a	death	if	another	plausible	explanation	can	be	given?	Even	in
good	hospitals,	only	one	“adverse	event”	out	of	four	is	reported;	some	studies
have	placed	the	reporting	as	low	as	one	out	of	twenty.	Medicine-caused	deaths	in
outpatient	settings	have	been	estimated	as	an	additional	200,000	per	year.	Again,
this	figure	is	conservative.	Perhaps	one	of	the	biggest	problems,	though,	is	X
rays.
The	Threat	of	X	Rays
One	of	the	most	serious	threats	to	our	health	may	be	caused	by	one	type	of
medical	testing:	medical	and	dental	X	rays.	There	is	no	safe	radiation	level;	any
amount	of	radiation	can	cause	our	cells	to	malfunction.	The	radiation	levels	from
medical	and	dental	X	rays	(though	supposedly	within	“safe	limits”)	contribute	to
both	cancer	and	coronary	heart	disease.	Evidence	was	published	in	1999	by	John
Gofman,	a	medical	doctor	and	a	Ph.D.	nuclear	physicist,	who	is	one	of	the
world’s	leading	authorities	on	radiation	damage.	Dr.	Gofman’s	book,
Radiation
from	Medical	Procedures	in	the	Pathogenesis	of	Cancer	and	Ischemic	Heart
Disease,
presents	a	compelling	argument	for	reconsidering	how	we	understand
disease	and	death	rates	in	our	society	and	modern	medicine’s	responsibility	for
them.	Gofman’s	research	caused	him	to	conclude	that	medical	radiation	was
probably	the	single	largest	cause	of	cancer	mortality	in	the	twentieth	century.
Gofman’s	evidence	suggests	that	medical	X	rays	are	a	necessary	cofactor,
meaning	that	while	other	factors	are	involved,	the	X	ray	is	necessary	for	both
cancer	and	heart	disease	to	develop.	Dr.	Gofman	found	that	more	than	60
percent	of	deaths	from	cancer	and	more	than	70	percent	of	deaths	from	coronary
heart	disease	involved	X	rays.	To	cite	just	one	example,	Gofman	found	that	in
1990,	medical	X	rays	were	a	necessary	causal	factor	in	83	percent	of	all	breast
cancer.	In	other	words,	chest	X	rays	and	mammograms	are	the	leading	cause	of
breast	cancer.
Fortunately,	thermography	is	a	safe	and	effective	alternative	to	mammograms.
Thermography	measures	temperature	and	appears	to	be	a	far	more	accurate	way
of	detecting	tumors	at	a	much	earlier	stage.	A	cancerous	tumor,	as	it	begins	to
receive	its	own	blood	supply,	is	warmer	than	the	surrounding	tissue	and	can	bediscerned	when	the	temperature	of	the	breast	is	measured.
Modern	medicine	is	responsible	for	about	90	percent	of	our	exposure	to	man-
made	radiation,	and	about	90	percent	of	that	exposure	is	the	result	of	diagnostic
X	rays.	A	level	of	radiation	less	than	that	produced	by	ten	bitewing	dental	X	rays
can	produce	thyroid	cancer,	and	not	surprisingly,	an	epidemic	of	thyroid	cancer
is	now	being	found	in	people	who	had	upper	chest,	neck	and	head	X	rays
decades	ago.
Nevertheless,	X	rays	are	performed	with	alarming	frequency.	Gofman
estimates	that	more	than	half	are	not	necessary.	Other	researchers	have	placed
the	percentage	of	X	rays	of	“little	to	no	medical	value”	as	high	as	90	percent.
Even	low-level	X	rays	are	capable	of	inflicting	genetic	damage,	presenting	a
hazard	to	both	existing	and	future	generations.	For	example,	correlations	have
been	found	between	the	number	of	abdominal	X	rays	a	mother	had	received	in
her	lifetime	and	the	birth	of	a	baby	with	Down’s	syndrome.
The	public	worries	about	radiation	from	nuclear	power	plants,	yet	a	more
common	hazard	is	radiation	from	medical	X	rays.	Decline	X	rays	unless	they	are
absolutely	necessary,	which	is	not	often.	Children	are	especially	vulnerable	to
radiation	and	need	to	be	protected	by	their	parents.
Applying	Dr.	Gofman’s	data	on	medical	X	rays	to	60	percent	of	the	deaths
from	cancer	and	70	percent	of	the	deaths	from	ischemic	heart	disease	in	this
country,	I	calculated	that	X	rays	cause	about	650,000	deaths	every	year.
Combining	these	deaths	with	the	acknowledged	number	of	medicine-caused
deaths	(250,000	inpatient	and	200,000	outpatient	per	year)	reveals	an	estimated
total	of	more	than	1	million	deaths	per	year	caused	by	modern	medical	practice.
This	figure	amounts	to	about	half	of	all	deaths	in	America,	making	modern
medicine	our	leading	cause	of	death.
Should	You	Have	Medical	Testing?
Among	the	treatments	that	cause	patients	harm	are	diagnostic	tests,	everything
from	ultrasound	to	X	rays,	from	blood	tests	to	barium	enemas.	Many	of	these
tests	are	inaccurate,	present	more	risk	than	benefit	and	alternatives	often	are
safer	and	more	effective.	The	only	time	these	tests	are	justified	are	when	safety
is	clearly	in	question	and	only	when	the	results	of	the	test	would	require	action.
Avoid	tests	that	simply	provide	information.	For	example,	avoid	ultrasounds
during	pregnancy,	which	do	little	more	than	inform	parents	about	their	child’s
development	and	rarely	lead	to	any	meaningful	action.	Always	question	your
doctor	carefully	about	whether	a	particular	medical	test	is	necessary,	especiallyif	the	test	is	invasive.	All	tests	need	not	be	avoided,	but	ask	about	potential	risks
as	well	as	benefits.	Be	aware	that	most	doctors	downplay	risks.	Remember,	a
diagnostic	test	precipitated	my	own	health	crisis.
Most	often	doctors	order	tests	to	measure	symptoms	in	order	to	make	a
diagnosis.	Such	testing	is	not	especially	useful	because	it	is	not	designed	to
measure	the	causes	of	disease:	deficiency	and	toxicity.	Doctors	should	be
ordering	tests	that	measure,	directly	or	indirectly,	levels	of	deficiency	and
toxicity	and	what	is	causing	them.	If	the	tests	are	not	for	these	purposes,	they
may	be	unnecessary.	Many	diagnostic	tests	are	ordered	solely	for	defensive
purposes,	so	that	physicians	can	prove	they	considered	every	possibility	in	the
event	of	legal	action.	Decline	tests	if	the	doctor	is	unable	to	explain	how	it	will
help	to	measure	and	correct	your	cellular	deficiency	and	toxicity.
Every	invasive	test	poses	some	risk.	Even	a	simple	blood	test	poses	the	danger
of	an	infection	developing	at	the	puncture	site.	Punctures	for	removal	of	fluid
from	the	joints,	bone,	spinal	column	and	womb	pose	greater	risks.	Be	especially


becoming white or gray.
                                                      Mrs AVL Umamaheswari, Commercial Tax Dept, Eluru, A.P.
Diabetes
At the advanced age of 74, it is unjust to expect miraculous result from any kind of therapy. Yet I
must say that what I have experienced through OP therapy is almost a miracle and quite
unbelievable. Diabetes has been troubling me for the past 13 years.  Now my blood sugar
level is normal, though I do not take any medicine. I have discontinued all medication including
vitamins, enzymes etc.
        Swami Swarupanand Bharati, (Formerly K.R.K.Chetty,IPS,D.I.G.(Retd)), Hyderabad
Retired Brigadier’s report on major problems of health-Heart
I had a heart attack in Febraury 1987. Angiography revealed 2-vessel disease. RCA, CTX
fully blocked, and LCA clear. For more than 11 years, has been on medicines.  I had
Parkinson’s disease for the last 5 years and been on medicines.
I started regular OP on Feb 15, 1998 and completed 5 months. I do it only once everyday in the
morning. The results are -
Blood Pressure: There has been a distinct drop. Now it is generally 130/80.
Breathlessness - Disappeared. This means increased exercise tolerance.
Insomnia: Now I have sound sleep. No longer getting up several times for going to the toilet
 Snoring - Totally gone much to the satisfaction of other family members
Phlegm - It used to be a major problem. Now totally cured
Gums - Much healthier, red, and no longer bleeding
Teeth - Cleaner and healthier
Itching - Disappeared
Blood clots near the ankles -  90-95% disappeared. Skin, which used to be black, has become
whitish (due to better blood circulation)
Blood vessels  - Used to be bulging out prominently, especially on the back of the palms. Now
the hands are smooth and arteries/veins have become soft.
Temperament -  Now much more tolerant with 90% improvement
Involuntary tremors -  The improvement is 40 %
Reduced limbs functioning -  Especially in the right arm and leg, there is significant
improvement, manifested by improved handwriting to about 60-70%
Swollen feet/ ankles -  Swelling has reduced to the extent of 50-60%
Eyesight -  Been using reading glasses for the past 25 years and am pleasantly surprised to
manage playing bridge for the first time without spectacles
Vertigo -  For the first time in my life, I had a few incidents. Investigation revealed very high blood
sugar levels controlled by exercise and food control
Memory -  There is much improvement in memory
General -  Improved breathing, better blood circulation, better reflexes, better exercise tolerance,
and cool temper and can easily walk with out fatigue
Medicines -  Tapered down in a systematic manner, sleeping pills no longer needed, and
Parkinson’s medicines not required
      The digestion is perfect. Speed of writing, tying of turban and strength of right arm shows
overall improvement. The shine and health of the skin is also improving.
Brig (Retd) T.S.Chowdary, (63years), Janakpuri, New Delhi
Retired Civil Surgeon’s Report- Left Ventricular failure
I had recently suffered from Left Ventricular failure. After 15 days of starting OP, I could find
the change in my condition as evidenced by the echocardiogram. I was suffering from
Acid Peptic disease (duodenal ulcer) for the past 30 years, and OP has miraculously given
relief and I have stopped using antacids.
I had Benign Hypertrophy of Prostate since some years, and after OP nocturnal frequency
of urine is much reduced.
Some minor ailments like stomatitis (inflammation of the mucus membrane of the mouth),
glossitis (inflammation of the tongue), itching of skin on chest and neck, discoloration of
skin have also gone.
After OP, I saw my palms appeared definitely bright and full-blooded. So I went to the laboratory
and got my HB tested. I was surprised to see that my hemoglobin content of blood has risen
from 11gms to 12.4gms within a period of 2 months.
             Dr. N.Ranga Rao, Dy. Civil Surgeon (Retd.), Peddapuram, A.P
(Mouth) Halitosis- bad smell in Mouth
I have been suffering from bad smell in the mouth and pyorrhea for the last eight years. Mouth
smell has not gone except visiting the dentist and getting things cleaned, and medication,
Medication and dental cleaning was giving me only temporary relief. After five months of OP bad
smell in the mouth has completely gone whereas, pyorrhea has decreased and I feel confident
that I will be normal without this problem. OP has helped me to bring back my self-confidence in a
helpless state. With your kindness I am breathing happily and feel that you have given me rebirth.
                                                                                G.B.Rao, Rajamundry, A.P
I am one of the old patients suffering from mouth ulcer since last 12 to 15 years. After going
through the article published in Kannada Prabha daily I started "OIL PULLING" twice in a day
(morning & evening) from 27th of June 1995 along with medicine. During initial 2-3 months period
I got only 25 % benefit. After that I got more benefit in 4-5 months period. After completing 6
months I got 100 % result and at the same time I slowly reduced my medicines. Now after
completing of 7 months I have completely stopped the medicines and I have no complaints of
mouth ulcer since last 2 to 3 months. So I am happy to say that I got 100 % relief/cure of my old
sickness of mouth ulcer from "OIL PULLING".
Salamander Shiny Parkal, Manipal.
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) [Double Vision]
In my 36th year in 1980, I had suddenly developed double vision and right eyelid closing.
Diagnosed as myasthenia gravis, medicine (prostigmine) prescribed.
During the year 1993, I started practicing OP. I used medicine for one month along with OP. Later
I stopped medicines and continued OP. Myasthenia Gravis cured without medicines. When I
stopped for one month, it came up again. Now I do OP only and do not use any medicines.
                                                           T.Brahmaji Rao, Pedavadlapudu, Guntur Dt. A.P
(Pains) Back Pain, Neck Pain
I had back pain  for the past ten years and have been taking treatment for the same with several
doctors and traction was also given for sufficiently long time without any improvement. I never
used to go to bed without a medicine like Brufen, Voveran and others daily.
After reading the essay by Sri Tummala Koteswara Rao on OP, I started practicing OP with
sunflower refined oil and started finding improvement within fifteen days and I was much relieved
of the pain within three months. Now it is six months since I have been doing it and 90% of the
pain is relieved. Now along with the back pain, the pain in my neck and arm pits has also
gone.I am not taking any medicine for the back pain. I do not dare to stop OP.
After finding good results myself, I started giving lectures in Telugu on "Keep Fit with OP" in
various local schools and associations and all of them are doing and most of them are very much
benefited.
                                                Dr.V.Prabhakar(48years) MDS (Madras), Guntakal A.P
Back pain and Arthritis
I have been suffering from arthritis in the knees for the last 10 years and pain in the lower back for
the last two decades. I have tried several allopathic medicines and got a temporary relief. I started
doing OP from Nov 17 1995 and observed miraculous changes happening. Within 5 days, my
arthritis in the knees and lower back pain completely cured. It is just unbelievable how arthritis of
the knees cured, which the allopathic medicines could not do.
Subedar Juvva Gandhi, Sub-area HQ, Karnataka, Bangalore.
Knee and Ankle Pain
Though I was reading the reports of the efficacy of OP in curing certain diseases in “Andhra jyoti”,
I did not begin until my brother, got relief from asthma and advised me to practice. I was not able
to sleep under a fan or in the open as my nose used to block. Cold-water bath was another curse.
After practicing OP, I am able to sleep right under the fan with full speed with no discomfort. The
occasional asthmatic or esonophilia attacks vanished. The pain on the left knee and right ankle
for three to four years are no longer there. A small eruption on my skull - five years old - vanished.
- 20 years old piles - has miraculously vanished.
Prof.T.Venugopal Rao, Principal, Vishaka Institute of Professional Studies, J.R. Nagar,
Vishakapatnam, A.P.
(Skin) Eczema Cured
I am 79 years and have retired as a teacher. I wanted to be healthy by doing OP and have been
practicing once


 will not become the treatment of
choice. Although patients may long for such approaches,
most doctors still fear and distrust them.
But even if Dr. Simonton’s patient were one of a kind, he
is enough to rock our conception of how the body cures
itself, for here is nature ﬁnding a way to combat death that
no doctor had ever tried—and here also is the dark
possibility that what the doctor usually tries is not helping
nature but stiﬂing it.
Curious and adventurous doctors have ﬂocked to
experiment with mind-body innovations over the last
decade, from biofeedback and hypnotism to visualizations
and behavior modiﬁcation. The results across the board
have been amorphous and hard to interpret. Psychologist
Michael Lerner spent three years conducting an in-depth
study of forty clinics oﬀering alternative approaches to
cancer, whose metho ds ranged from herbs and
macrobiotics to visualization of positive mental images. He
found that these “complementary cancer centers” were
sought out by patients who were generally well educated
and prosperous, that the doctors running the clinics were
also serious and well intentioned, but that nothing close to
a cure for cancer had been discovered anywhere he visited.
When he interviewed the patients, a fairly large
proportion (40 percent) thought that they had experienced
at least a temporary improvement in the quality  of their
lives. Another 40 percent reported that they experienc ed
actual medical improvements in their condition, lastingfrom a few days to a number of years. About 10 percent fell
at the extreme ends of the spectrum, one group saying that
they got nothing from the treatment and the other that they
were now partially or wholly recovered from their disease.
Generally, the record of alternative approaches is that they
give a measure of comfort and relief to patients, but
disappointingly, the remission rates are not radically
diﬀerent from those of standard therapy.
There are other problems that run deeper than
inconsistent results: the mind-body ﬁeld continu es to be
plagued by an inability to rigorously prove its basic tenet,
that the mind inﬂuences the body toward either health or
disease. It seems utterly self-evid ent that sick people and
healthy people enjoy diﬀerent states of mind, but the causal
connection is still elusive. In 1985 a major study of breast
cancer conducted at the University of Pennsylva nia failed
to ﬁnd any correlation between the mental attitude of
patients and their chances of surviving their disease
beyond two years. In an editori al accompan ying the study,
which appeared in the prestigious New England Journal of
Medicine, the whole concept of emotions aﬀecting cancer
was denounced. “Our belief in disease as a direct reﬂection
of mental states,” the editorial declared, “is largely
folklore.”
In response, letters deluged the journal, most of them
from physicians who heatedly disagreed with the editorial’s
conclusion. It certainly seems unreasonable to discount
mental attitu des as a factor in illness, much less as folklore.
Every practicing physician knows that the patient’s will to
recover plays a vital part in his treatment. Wedded as they
are to “hard” medicine, most doctors nonetheless cannot
condone the idea that attitude, belief, and emotions do not
play their part. Hippocrates stated at the dawn of Western
medicine that “a patient who is mortally sick might yet
recover from belief in the goodness of his physician.”Numerous modern studies have corroborated this, by
showing that people who trust their doctor and surrender
themselves to his care are likelier to recover than those
who approach medicine with distrust, fear, and antagonism.
In the wake of the edito rial, tempers ﬂared and lines of
allegiance were drawn, while the issues became even more
confused. Three separa te studies of breast-cancer survival
rates from the mid-1980s came up with three entirely
diﬀerent results. In one, the women who displayed strong
positive attitudes tended to outlive those who were
negative, and it did not matter if their diseases were more
advanced—positive emotions, it seemed, helped them
recover from a late-sta ge, metastasized cancer, while
patients with negative emotions died from small tumors
that had been diagnosed relatively early.
A second study, however, found that any strong attitude,
if expressed rather than held back, helped in survival of
this very deadly disease. While the ﬁrst ﬁnding bolsters
common sense—the idea that positivity is better than
negativity—the second does much the same from  another
angle, the idea being that it is better to ﬁght than to give
up. Publicity was given to a so-called cancer personality,
who bottles up emotions and somehow converts repression
into malignant cells. The opposite would be the “strong will
to live” type, who can be either positive or negative.
All of this follows a certain logic, except for the study that
appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine  to begin
with, second ed by supporting studies, which found no
correlation between any emotional pattern and surviving
breast cancer beyond two years. Even as it grew in
popularity, becoming one of the most welcome innovations
since the Salk vaccine, the concept of mind-body medicine
was shaken. Now, a familiar pattern has emerged, in which
the public is informed of some elating break through,followed by disappointing  clinical results that are generally
known only in restricted medical circles.
A classic example was the division of heart-attack
patients, more than three-quarters of them middle-aged
males, into high-risk Type A personalities and low-risk Type
B’s. The Type A personality was supposed to be a hard-
driving, compulsive worker, constantly racing deadlines
and churning his system with stress hormones, as opposed
to the relaxed, tolerant, more balanced Type B. Type A
suﬀered from  “the disease of being in a hurry”; therefore, it
seemed logical that his heart would eventually rebel,
leading to a coronary.
Unfortunately, controlled  studies have indicated that this
widely accepted division is not so neat. It turns out that
most people have some Type A in them and some Type B,
and that tolerance for stress varies widely, with certain
groups stating that they thrive on it. Finally, a 1988 study
found that if a man actually has a heart attack, Type A’s
survive better than Type B’s. Their drive to succeed
apparently turns into a beneﬁt once the coronary strikes.
The intricacies of the mind-body relation were not to be
easily solved. If one asks why a positive mind cannot be
easily correla ted with good health—it appears to be one of
the most obvious facts of life—the answer has to do with
what you mean by “mind ” in the ﬁrst place. This is not a
philosophical question but a practical one. If a patient
comes in with cancer, is his mental state judged by how he
feels on the day of the diagnosis, long before,  or long
afterward? Dr. Lawrence LeShan, author of the pioneering
studies from the 1950s  correlating emotions to cancer,
went back into the childhoods of cancer patients to ﬁnd the
black seed that poisoned their psychology, and he theorized
that it lay dormant in the subconscious for years before
inducing their disease.In my own practice, I saw a lung-cancer patient who had
lived comfortably with a coin-sized lesion in his lungs for
ﬁve years. He did not even suspect that it was cancerous,
and since he was in his sixties, the lesion was growing
quite slowly. However, as soon as I told him that the lesion
was consistent with a diagnosis of lung cancer, he became
terribly agitated. Within a month he started to cough up
blood; within  three, he was dead. If his state of mind
contributed to this untoward haste, it apparently acted
quickly. This patient could live with his tumor, but he
couldn’t live with the diagnosis.
Even more basic is this question: Is the “mind” that a
doctor is interested in the patient’s overall personality, his
subconscious, his attitudes, his deepest beliefs, or
something not yet understood and deﬁned by psychology?
It may be that the releva nt aspect of the mind involved in
getting sick or getting well is not even speciﬁcally human.
An Ohio University study of heart disease in the 1970s
was conducted by feeding quite toxic, high-cholesterol diets
to rabbits in order to block their arteries, duplic ating the
eﬀect that such a diet has on human arteries. Consistent
results began to appear in all the rabbit groups except for
one, which strangely displayed 60 percent fewer symptoms.
Nothing in the rabbits’ physiology could account for their
high tolerance to the diet, until it was discovered by
accident that the studen t who was in charge of feeding
these particular rabbits liked to fondle and pet them. He
would hold each rabbit lovingly for a few minutes before
feeding it; astonishingly, this alone seemed to enable the
animals to overcome the toxic diet. Repeat experiments, in
which one group of rabbi ts was treated neutrally while the


	and	start	feeling	great	in	so	many	other	areas
of	your	life	(including	having	increasingly	beautiful	skin),	you	may	naturally
taper	off	your	imbibing.	When	you	do,	you	may	find	that	your	“cleaner”	system
needs
far	less	alcohol	in	general	to	feel	relaxed	or	to	enjoy	the	taste	of	your
favorite	Cabernet	or	Pinot.	In	an	ideal	world,	you	should	avoid	drinking	within
3	hours	of	bedtime.	But	if	you	are	going	out	for	a	night	with	friends,	this
obviously	won’t	be	realistic.	Just	be	aware,	drink	responsibly	and	moderately
(ideally	keeping	it	to	one	or	two	drinks	maximum),	and	perhaps	find	other
ways	to	spend	time	with	friends	and	relaxing	that	don’t	involve	alcohol.
Hopefully	by	now	it	is	clear	to	you	just	how	important	Peak	Beauty	Sleep	is	for
your	overall	health,	vitality,	and	beauty.	It’s	so	important,	in	fact,	that	achieving
your	full	potential	of	Radical	Beauty	would	be	hard	to	realize	without	working
to	optimize	your	sleep.	Be	sure	to	make	the	necessary	shifts	to	prioritize	your
sleep	so	you	can	enjoy	your	best	beauty	for	the	long-term.PILLAR	4:
Primal	Beauty
If	you	want	to	see	true	beauty	personified,	all	you	need	do	is	gaze	at	a	sunrise	or
sunset,	the	mighty	rivers	or	wide	oceans,	or	the	harmonious	synergy	in	any
forest.	We	can	stand	in	awe	of
nature’s	perfect	beauty	while	recognizing	that	we
are	a	part	of	it.	Each	of	us	is	a	part	of	the	natural	world,	and	living	in
accordance	with	natural	principles	and	rhythms	aligns	us	with	Mother	Nature.
This	powerfully	supports	our	natural	beauty	to	flow	through.
Shakti
	is	the	Sanskrit	word	for	the	creative	power	of	nature	that	we	are	all	a
part	of.	Living	in	accordance	with	nature	is	as	essential	to	our	being	as
breathing	or	sleeping,	but	it’s	easy	with	a	modern	lifestyle	to	stray	further	and
further	away	from	our	attunement	with	nature.	When	we	superimpose	synthetic
or	unnatural	rhythms	over	the	fabric	of	our	lives,	our	natural	beauty	suffers.
Nature	is	our	teacher.	We	can	learn	a	lot	from	watching	the	cycles	of	the	sun
and	moon,	listening	to	the	sounds	of	nature,	and	tuning	in	to	the	effects	they
have	on	our	energy.	The	more	you	are	in	harmony	with	nature	and	her	rhythms
and	energies,	the	more	positive	effect	you’ll	see	on	your	well-being	and	beauty.SHIFT	13:
Harness	the	Beauty	of	the
Seasons
One	of	the	most	important	ways	to	allow	the	power	of	nature	to	support	your
health	and	beauty	is	to	tune	in	to	the	changing	seasons	of	the	year.	Every	part
of	the	year	has	a	different	collective	energy,	which	in	turn	affects	your	personal
energy.	Riding	this	wave	and	adjusting	your	dietary	and	lifestyle	patterns	to	be
in	sync	with	the	flow	of	the	seasons	will	help	you	achieve	Radical	Beauty.	The
more	in	sync	you	are	with	the	universal	energies	taking	place	on	a	larger	scale
beyond	you,	the	better	your	skin,	hair,	and	nails	will	look,	and	the	more	power
you’ll	feel	supporting	you	in	everything	you	do.
For	instance,	by	eating	according	to	the	seasons	and	largely	focusing	your
diet	on	the	produce	that	is	being	grown	locally	during	the	current	season,	you
will	be	eating	food	that	is	at	its	peak	of	freshness.	Not	only	will	it	taste	its	best,
but	it	will	also	have	the	most	beauty	nutrition	because	it	was	picked	close	to
when	and	where	you	consume	it.
Seasonal	foods	also	tend	to	be	more
affordable	since	crops	for	each	season	are	naturally	in	abundance	and	sellers
don’t	have	to	account	for	shipping	costs.
If	you	focus	on	eating	seasonally	and	shopping	often	at	the	local	farmer’s
markets,	you	may	find	that	you	end	up	eating	a	far	wider	variety	of	what
happens	to	be	growing	around	you	at	the	moment	instead	of	reaching	for	your
favorite	staple	veggies.	This	will	help	you	naturally	get	a	greater	variety	of
beauty	nutrients	into	your	diet,	as	different	foods	contain	different
compositions	of	minerals	and	phytonutrients	to	help	support	your	Radical
Beauty.	You	will	also	feel	more	integrated	into	your	surrounding	environment
if	you	can	eat	what	is	grown	there.	Besides	your	personal	benefits,	eating	this
way	reduces	your	carbon	footprint	and	allows	you	to	support	Mother	Nature.	It
requires	less	fuel	(from	trucks,	trains,	planes,	and	so	on)	to	transport	food	from
local	farms	to	your	table	than	from	overseas	growers.
From	a	beauty	standpoint,	you	may	notice	that	each	season	has	a	different
effect	on	your	skin,	and	it	is	important	to	adjust	accordingly.	The	seasons	will
influence	your	exercise	and	activity	levels,	as	well,	and	you	must	honor	thatflow.	In	a	larger	sense,	as	the	overall	environment	is	shifting,	you	can	tune	in	to
that	collective	energy	and	work	with	it	in	each	season,	not	against	it.	For
example,	during	the	peak	light	of	the	summer	you	may	feel	a	tremendous	drive
to	work	on	creative	projects	that	you	previously	decided	to	“plant”	in	the
spring.	Being	authentic	to	those	natural	urges	will	make	you	more	beautifully
powerful.
Let’s	explore	all	the	seasons	and	how	to	best	shift	your	dietary	and	skin-care
routines	as	well	as	your	energy	goals	to	maintain	your	natural	beauty	in
alignment	with	the	larger	picture	of	nature	all	around	you.
Winter	Lifestyle	Beauty	Practices
Winter	is	the	season	with	the	least	amount	of	light.	Your	skin	might	need	more
moisture	at	this	time,	and	you	might	naturally	want	to	eat	meals	that	are	more
hearty	and	hot,	temperature-wise.	With	the	deepening	darkness,	you	may	sense	a
natural	tendency	to	go	inward	and	take	stock	of	your	goals	and	what	you	are
creating	in	your	life.	Here	are	the	best	practices	to	attain	Radical	Beauty	in	the
winter:
•
Eat	more	freshly	made	hot	meals.	Your	body	will	naturally	crave	hot	soups
and	stews,	baked	vegetable	dishes,	and	the	like,	so	be	in	tune	with	those
needs	and	supply	yourself	with	hot,	comforting	foods.	Though	you	may,	of
course,	keep	some	raw	foods	in	your	diet,	be	sure	to	balance	them	with
warming	foods.
•
Incorporate	a	lot	of	root	vegetables	such	as	winter	squash,	yams,	sweet
potatoes,	and	pumpkins,	which	you	will	find	in	the	local	farmer’s	markets	at
this	time	of	year.	These	vegetables	are	particularly	high	in	beta-carotene,
which	converts	into	vitamin	A	in	the	body	and	is	an	excellent	nutrient	to
keep	your	skin	healthy	and	bright	in	these	dimmer	months.
•
Add	warming	spices	such	as	ginger,	clo


 be
healthy. Quite the contrary, the facts are that the use of refined stored foods leads to
physical deterioration, weakness, and disease as so well shown by the studies of Dr. Weston Price among primitive peoples living on the fringes of the civilized world.

4. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS — A DISEASE OF CIVILIZATION
   The cover picture shows ( in the internet version, the picture a few paragraphs
above, following the subhead "LUNCHES)  genuine human arteries from collections
made by doctors at hospital autopsies. The hose-like arteries have been slit open to
reveal interior surfaces and have been lightly stained to make the diseased spots show in the photograph. They are the main arteri es (aortas) leading from the heart and are
typical of collections totaling nearly a hundred thousand taken from people of all ages
dead of random causes. Every artery  in these immense collections from persons over
the age of three years is diseased, and th is picture shows only average condition,
many arteries being much worse. Few people realize the gross and shocking
conditions which are thus shown to exist in the arteries of all civilized people. These
are not just arteries from sick people, but are a fair sample of what all of us  are
carrying in our bosoms. Arteriosclerosis is a universal  disease of civilization.
   And yet the arteries of most wild an imals and primitive humans are as perfect and
clean as a pearl button. Why, oh why are we civilized people afflicted by this cruel
scourge? This is the agonizing riddle which science has been studying for three
hundred years. And now at last the long sought answer has been found and is here made available so that those who wish to ca n rid themselves of this ancient curse by
diet alone.
   Arteriosclerosis is basically the collection of fatty waxy materials and minerals
within the walls  of the arteries, including not only cholesterol but also many other
materials. These deposits cause spectacular lumps and ridges which choke small arteries. They also occur in finely distributed form throughout the artery walls and
cause an abnormal hardening, thickening, and growth both in diameter and length so
that the artery grows longer and wider and forms contorted serpentine patterns.
Hardened arteries can be seen in the temples of many older persons, and can be seen inside the eyes when eye examinations are made.
   The lumpy deposits in the arteries ulcerate and turn into open sores as shown that
bleed and form blood clots which may suddenly break loose and clog the smaller arteries which branch off downstream, resul ting in heart attacks, brain strokes, sudden
blindness, blocked circulation, etc. These sores sometimes eat through the thin arteries
in the head and spill blood into the brain, causing the cerebral hemorrhage type of
stroke. They weaken spots in the arterial walls and start the bulges and blowouts known as aneurysms.
   The coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle become partially clogged
and cause the chest pain known as angina.
   The walls of the tiny arterioles smaller than a hair become thickened by these
deposits, reducing the flow passages so that the heart has to pump harder and harder to force the blood through to feed our cells, and this is high blood pressure or
hypertension.    Similar material collects in and floats along in our bloodstream resulting in high
blood cholesterol.
   Abnormal fatty deposits also occur in many other parts of the body, and are called
"atherosclerosis" or "atheroma." This atheroma material collects in the skin and causes it to become gradually thickened, overgrown and deadened, so in older people
the skin becomes too big for the body and forms the folds and wrinkles of old age. It
causes the veins to overgrow and knot up as seen on the backs of the hands, and
causes varicose veins.
   It collects in the gall bladder forming gallstones, which are mostly hardened
cholesterol.
   It causes overgrowth and fibrous hardening of the prostate gland and fibrous
tumours of the womb.
   It collects in the cartilage of the joints, causing the overgrowth, inflammation, and
calcification which bring the agony of arthritis.
   These deposits form in the kidneys and cause Bright's disease.
   They form with calcium around the tiny sounding bones in the ears and cause most
cases of deafness.
   They collect in the colored part or ir is of the eye and cause the grayish white ring
often seen in older persons, called "arcus senilis" or "white arc."
   The list of misery and death known to be caused by arteriosclerosis and
atherosclerosis is almost endless, and no doubt more effects will be discovered.
   Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death and disease in the civilized world, the
arterial aspect of it alone causing more deaths than all other causes combined.

5. STALE FOOD — THE TRUE CAUSE OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
   By feeding experiments with animals and human beings consuming nearly a quarter
million dollars in labor and materials over a period of seven years I finally determined
that the true cause of ar teriosclerosis is simple: STALE FOOD.
   When food is processed and stored in certain ways, some of the fatty substances and
cholesterol change into a chalky non-food material which our bodies cannot utilize.
When we eat these stale type foods, some of this chalky material becomes semi-permanently lodged in our arteries. These deteriorated spurious fats are highly
resistant and durable, being similar to drie d paint and soap, and to the hard chalky
cakes which clog kitchen grease traps.
   Food materials readily change into durable non-food forms when processed. For
example, some of the drying oils used in pa ints are extracted from soybeans, fish, etc.
Until recent years all furniture glue was made by boiling down fish, meat and bones, and milk. White of egg dries quickly into a hard glue.
   The exact chemical nature of these chalky fatty materials is as yet unknown, and
they have no name, so for the present I refer to them as fatty rubbish.  Plumbers and
sewage men are familiar with similar material in kitchen grease traps, and call it
"cake" or "greaseballs." At the present time (September 1971) world-famous
university scientists are working with us to determine the chemistry of this material.
Present indications are that it is similar to soap and glue. It will be interesting to know
more of the theory, but for practical health purposes we only need to know which
foods contain this material so we can avoid them.
   In general, food which has been ground up like flour; salt-pickled or smoked like
corned beef, bacon, ham, and sausage; long soaked in water like canned food; or
overheated and browned, is likely to cause choked arteries. See pages 39-43 for
detailed food chart.
   Most of the fatty rubbish in these stale foods passes on through our intestines and
out of our bodies without causing much more than indigestion, but some of it and particularly the finely ground small particles and semi-fluid portion is absorbed into
our bloodstream and is carried throughout the body. It accumulates mostly in the
artery walls, joint cartilage and fibrous parts of the body because these parts have a
very dense structure and poor blood supply so that the material is filtered and trapped
therein. The particles tend to clump and stick to one another, so there is a tendency to form large deposits in certain spots. They also accumulate faster at branches and
curves in the arteries, due to the increase d filtering or trapping action of the denser
fibrous structure which Nature has provided to reinforce against the concentrated
stresses occurring at these points.
   The body has the ability to get rid of this fatty rubbish very slowly, but we eat it
faster than it can be removed, so gradually as we get older it builds up more and more
throughout the body. It insidiously weakens us and makes us old before our time, dulls our brain and saps our vital powers, long before any outward sign of actual
disease appears.
   This stale food theory explains many heretofore puzzling facts, for instance why
such people as the Masai and the Mongols have practically no arteriosclerosis although they eat high cholesterol milk, fat, and meat in great quantity. Yet the
admirable Finnish people on a high cholesterol diet have the highest incidence of
arteriosclerosis in the world. The explanation is simply that the Masai and the
Mongols live close by their animal herds and eat their meat and milk fresh, while the
Finns have to eat their food mostly in a stale form due to their long cold winter, in the
form of bread, bacon, ham, smoked fish, etc.
   It also explains why arteriosclerosis is sometimes found in wild animals and fish,
for they often have to eat stale food. For instance, in winter deer eat acorns that have
become moldy and rancid and these deer are at times found to have a little
arteriosclerosis. Likewise fish contract it in mild form from eating various decaying
matter floating in the water.
   Practically all farm livestock including poultry have atherosclerosis to some degree,
but only garbage fed hogs have it in a severe form similar to the human disease. The
finely ground stale grains, dry


 6.
T h e  F o u n d a t i o n s  o f  a  S u c c e s s f u l
B u s i n e s s
T he l aunch of T he Medical Manager at the Las Vegas
trade s how was a sight to behold. I flew out to see
Systems Plus at work and to meet the company’s people.
I ha d never be en to anything like that show in my life.
Remember, I had been living  in the woods for years. At
Systems Plus’s booth, THE MEDICAL MANAGER  banners were
plastered all over the place. I t’s one thing to see your kid
grow up  for eighteen years and then watch her honored
at her high school graduation. It’s quite another thing
when y our kid was just born a few months ago and was
now center stage of a very p rofessional production at a
show the size o f COMDEX. Systems Plus had one of the
larger b ooths at the show, and everyone did a wonderful
job presenting the product. The market was ripe for
medical billin g software, and there was tremendous
interest at the b ooth. I marveled at seeing all the Systems
Plus sa lespeople demonstrate the product. The Medical
Manager had no warm-up period. It went from the quiet
woods of Alachua to the big-time lights of Vegas without
a single step in between.
There was no t ime to rest on our laurels. Systems Plus
immediately started signing up dealers and selling the
product. What followed was an avalanche of requests for
new p roduct features an d customizations. Every
specialty want ed something  specific, and the staff of
almost every practice wanted the program to do things
exactly as they were used to doing them on paper. On top
of all this, within a month or two of la unch, Systems Plusinformed me that in addition to the wonderful billing
system we had written, the dealers would need
appointment scheduling and other practice management
features in order to continue successfully selling the
product.
How were we going to do all this? None of us had any
formal t raining or experience in medical software design.
We had to figu re it all out for ourselves—and we did. If
you ask ed me how, I would tell you that my experience
with meditation had shown me that there were two very
distinct aspect s of what we  call mind.  Th ere was the
logical, thought-driven mind that links together what we
already know into complex patterns of thought in order
to com e up with logical solutions. Then there was the
intuitive, insp iration-driven mind that can look at a
problem and instantly see a creative solution. As it
turned out, the years of spi ritual work I had done to
quiet that voice in my head  had opened the door for
almost constant inspiration. It seemed that the quieter
the mind, the more that sol utions became self-evident.
This was also t rue for Barb. Somehow she had the ability
to almost instantly tune in to  the same creative solutions
I ha d se en and  then help me  work out the logic. That is
how Th e Medical Manager was designed, and it is a
tribute to this process that we led the industry for many
years. O ur ability to rapidly design software became
legendary.
In the meantim e, the interest in the product was so
phenomenal th at we could hardly keep up. It seemed like
we wer e being  pushed to ou r limits in every direction.
Take the example of our dealer training seminars. We
held our first annual Medical Manager dealer seminar in
a sm all guest suite at the Gainesville Hilton in spring
1983. T hat one room was ple nty large to hold the fifteen
or twen ty people in attendance. Just a few years later, we
were r enting the entire Gainesville Hilton Hotel,
including all of its two hundred rooms, conferencefacilities, and dining rooms. By the early 1990s, we had
outgrown the Gainesville Hilton and the guest rooms of
all t he surrounding hotels. To  find a hotel big enough to
accommodate us, we had to move the dealer seminar
down to Orlando.
The spiritual growth that came from keeping up with
Personalized P rogramming w as very deep. The diversity
of tasks  that now made up my daily life ranged from
running the Temple and giving spiritual talks three times
a week, to lecturing hundreds of dealer personnel on
medical practice management. Despite all these outer
changes, I did not become a traditional businessman. I
remained a person whose spiritual path was
surrendering to the flow of life and putting his entire
heart a nd soul into what life was giving him to do. My
twice-daily me ditation sessio ns certainly helped to keep
it all in perspective.
The yea r 1985 would turn ou t to be a landmark year.
In only two yea rs, Systems Plus had signed up more than
a hund red dea lers, and we w ere averaging more than a
hundred and fifty new Med ical Manager installations
every month. Our template design for insurance billing
became a huge success, and we were able to do billing to
pretty m uch al l insurance companies across the country.
But bef ore I could catch my breath, the industry was
about to go th rough a tremendous transformation. As
more and more practices computerized, it suddenly
became possible to replace paper billing with electronic
billing. The advantages would prove to be so enormous
that an industrywide push was about to take place. As
successful as we had been wi th our paper billing, we had
no choice but to surrender to the fact that the entire
health-care industry was being pushed into the age of
computer-to-computer communications. Unfortunately,
that was a topic we knew nothing about. The story of how
we ended up leading the in dustry in that area is just
another tribute to the perfection of life’s flow.I remem ber our first design meeting for electronic
claims. We realized immediately that the optimal
solution would  be to use templates, as we had done for
paper billing. But doing this for electronic claims was
way be yond the capabilities of our existing template
design. As far as we knew, n obody had even attempted
such a solution before. The general attitude of my
programming team was that it probably could not be
done, a nd they wouldn’t even know where to begin since
all the different insurance companies could require very
different electronic claim files.
Nonetheless, I didn’t want to give up. That very same
week, another one of life’s miracles took place. On
Sunday after services, a man introduced himself to me as
a former resident at Amrit’s yoga community. He wanted
to know if I might have some work for him if he settled in
the area. His name was Larry Horwitz, and I vaguely
remembered that some people at Amrit’s had told me
how bright he was. I assessed his background and
talents, and it dawned on me that, once again, life may
have se nt us the perfect pers on to tackle the problem at
hand. Though Larry had absolutely no background in
insurance billing, he got really interested in our
innovative app roach to electronic claims. I decided I
might a s well give him a try. After only a broad overview
of the project, I left him pre tty much on his own to see
what he could come up with.
By himself, Larry studied every one of the 250
specification books from the nation’s insurance
companies and mapped out exactly what we would need
in order to us e templates to handle the entire country
with one program. We implemented these changes, and
The Medical Manager now  had an electronic billing
program with designed technology that far surpassed
others in the industry. The response was phenomenal.
Larry became so busy creating the templates that we had
to build an entire department around him. The insurancecompanies end ed up changing their specifications on a
regular basis, and twenty-five years later, Larry Horwitz
was stil l in charge of electronic claims for the company.
How do es such a person just  show up by himself exactly
when needed?
The Me dical Manager led the industry in electronic
claims. Our ability to submit  claims directly to the Blue
Cross Blue Shield and Med icare insurers nationwide
drove t he success of the pro duct. By 1987 we were the
first practice management system in the country that was
able to submit  claims electronically in all fifty states. In
2000, The Medical Manag er was recognized for its
accomplishments in computerizing the medical industry
by being installed in the permanent archives of the
Smithsonian Institution. The tremendous work we did in
successfully co nverting tens of thousands of practices to
electronic transactions has been preserved for
generations to come. I saw all this as just another one of
life’s miracles.3 7.
T h e  I n d u s t r y  K n o c k s  o n  O u r  D o o r
P ersonalized Pr ogramming w as truly an anomaly. We
were located in the middle of the woods in a small
building on Temple property. None of us were
sophisticated businesspeople or experienced professional
programmers. We were just people who had been
b


Commoncold
SymptomsNasalcatarrh:smelly;dirtyyellow.
Nose:dry;itching.Withfrequentsneezing;eyein-
flammation(seebelow).
Thenoseisdryanditchyandthetipisred.Itmay
bleedwhenblown.Thepersonmaysmellunpleasant
smells.
Cough
SymptomsBreathing fast.Cough:disturbssleep;
dryduringtheevening/atnight,looseduringthe
day/morning; painful;irritating;racking;suffocative.
Chestcongested.Larynxraw.Mucusgreen.
Worseforcoughing;duringeveninginbed;duringthe
morning;atnight;forlyingdown.
Thepersonwillwakefromthecoughandhisorher
sideswillhurtfromcoughing.Thelarynxfeelsirri-
tatedandraw,asifthereweredustinit.Thepatient
mayhavedifficultybreathinginawarmroomandbe
betterforfreshair;usuallywantsthewindowstobe
open.
Cramp
SymptomsCramp:inthethighs;inlegs;incalves;in
solesoffeet.
Worseatnight;inbed;whilewalking.
ThesecrampsshouldbeaccompaniedbytheSulphur
generalandemotionalsymptoms.
Cystitis
SymptomsDesiretourinate:frequent;urgent.
Painsburning.Urine:burning;brown(likebeer);
copious;scanty;smelly.
Worseongettingupinthemorning;atnight;during
urination.
Thepatienthastohurrytopasswatertopreventit
escaping,butwillthenpassonlyafewdropsand
dribbleseachtime.
Diarrhoea
SymptomsInchildren.Diarrhoea:duringthe
morningonly;drivespersonoutofbed;painless.
Flatulence: smelly.Pains:burning;cramping.
Stools:slimy;smelly;sour;watery.
Betterforpassingwind.
Worsearound5a.m.;inthemorning;atnight;for
standing.
Causesbeer.
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Sulphur(Sul.)•157
Thepersonwakesupearlywithasuddenurgetopass
astool,orhastheurgejustaftergettingup.Thereis
rumblingbefore,andpainsarefeltinthebellybefore,
duringandevenafterpassingastool.Theanusbe-
comessoreandredafterpassingastool,especiallyin
children.
Earache
SymptomsPains:aching;lacerating;stitching;tear-
ing.Withpainfulnoisesinear.
Worseinleftear;fornoises.
Thereareroaringandringingnoisesintheear,which
aremorenoticeablewhenthepersonisinbed.The
externalpartsoftheearitch.
Exhaustion
Worseduringtheafternoon;fortheheatofthesun;for
talking.
Causeshunger;talking;walking.
Eyeinflammation
SymptomsEyes:burning;gritty;sensitivetolight;
itching;watering.Eyelids:itchingindaytimeonly;
burning;red.
Worseforwashingeyes.
Theeyesaregluedtogetherinthemornings.They
maybedry,asifthereweresandinthem.Theywater
easilyinthefreshairandaresensitivetobrightsun-
light
Fever
SymptomsHeatalternatingwithchills.Withsweat-
ing(seeGeneralSymptoms);shivering.
Worseatnight;forthinking.
Thepersonfeelsalternatelychilledandhot.Fever
withsweatingcomesonafterwakingoritmaybebad
inthenightifthepersonisunabletosleep.Heorshe
feelsworsewhilstsweating,andhot,especiallyonthe
solesofthefeet,whicharepokedoutofthebed.
Flatulence
SymptomsBelly/stomach: bloated;gurgling;rum-
bling.Wind:smelly;ofrotteneggs.
Betterforpassingwind.
Hairloss
SymptomsHairfallsout.
Causeschildbirth.
Hayfever
SymptomsWithcommoncold(seeabove);eyein-
flammation(seeabove).Headache
SymptomsHead:feelsconstricted; feelsfull/hot.
Pains:inforehead;burning;bursting;hammering;
pressing;intopofhead;throbbing.Withnausea.
Betterforcold.
Worseaftereating;forbendingdown;forblowing
nose;forcoughing;ongettingup;duringthemorning;
forsneezing.
Causesdampweather;excitedconversation;winter.
Thereisafeelingofconstrictionortightness,asifa
bandorhooporstringweretiedaroundthehead.The
headfeelsfullandhot,especiallyinbedorinastuffy
room.Theheadachemayrecurweekly,especiallyona
Sundaywhenthepersontriestorelax!
Indigestion
SymptomsBelly/stomach bloated;feelsempty
around11a.m.Belching:empty;sour.Flatulence:
windsmellsofrotteneggs.Painsburning.
Worseafteieating;afterdrinkingmilk.
Thepersonmaysuddenlyfeelveryhungrymidmorn-
ing,afternotwantingtoeatbreakfast,andwillneedto
eattoavoidfeelingfaint,weakandheadachey.The
appetitemay,however,vanishatthesightoffood.
Thestomachfeelsfullandheavyaftereating,and
rumblesandgurgles.
Insomnia
SymptomsUnpleasantdreams.Sleep:disturbed;un-
refreshing;restless.Waking:frequent;late.
Betterforshortnaps.
Worseafter3,4or5a.m.
TheSulphurinsomniacalwayswakestired,however
muchshesleeps.Shefeelssleepyinthedaytimeand
willberefreshedthenbyashortcatnap.Atnighther
feetgethotandburninbed;shehastopokethemout
ofbedtocoolthemdownsoshecansleep.Wakesin
theearlyhoursofthemorning,oftenfromcold,and
maybeunabletogetbacktosleep.Sheisveryrestless,
andhasnightmareswhenlyingonherback.Shemay
havetogetoutofbedaround5a.m.topassastool.
Jointpain
SymptomsPains:burning;tearing.
Worseforwalking;forwarmthofbed.
Thereisafeelingofheatinthejoints,andageneral
restlessness.
Measles
SymptomsSkinrash:red;burning;itchingmad-
deningly.Withcough(seeabove);fever(seeabove).
Worseforheat.
Sulphurisoftenneededwhererecoveryisslowfroma
NBSEEALSOPAGES203-26FORGENERALADVICE,DOSANDDON'TS.
158•Sulphuricacid(Sul-ac.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
childhoodillness.Itcanhelptorelievetheitchingof
measles,Germanmeaslesorchickenpoxifitissevere,
veryred,andmuchworseforheat(ofbedora
hotbath).Thechildrenwillberestless,feverishand
sweaty,andshouldfitthegeneralpicture.Theywill
bethirstyandhungrybutwilleatverylittle.Chicken
poxrashbecomescrusty,smellyandweepsafter
scratching.
Nosebleeds
Worseforblowingthenose.
Pricklyheat
SymptomsWithSulphurgeneralandemotional/
mentalsymptoms.
Sorethroat
SymptomsThroatdry;raw.Chokingsensation.
Pains:burning;raw;sore;stitching.Tonsilsswollen.
Voicehoarse.
Worseforcoughing;forswallowing.
Thelarynxisdry,asifthereweredustinit.Thepain
andrawnessinthethroatareworseforcoughing,and
thevoiceismosthoarseinthemornings.
Toothache
SymptomsPains:spreadingtotheears;throbbing.
Worseforcoldair;forwashingwithcoldwater;for
freshair;atnightinbed.
Causesdraughts.
Sulphuricacid(Sui-ac.)
Commonname:oilofvitriol
Sulphuricacidisadense,oilyliquid,colourlessor
brown,madebycombiningsulphurwaterand
oxygen; itexistsinitsnaturalfreestateonlyinthe
RioVinagreinSouthAmerica.Itisstronglycorrosive,
abletodissolvemostmetals,anditisalsohighly
reactive.
Sulphuricacidisconsideredtobeoneofthemost
importantindustrialchemicals,asitisemployedinthe
manufactureofpractically allindustrialproducts.
Medicinally thispowerfulacidwasusedinthe
MiddleAgesfortreatingulcersinthemouthandthe
throat,butitsterribleburningsideeffectsledtoit
beingabandonedasamedicinesoonafterwards. Ithas
beenusedasanastringentfordiarrhoeaandwas
occasionallyprescribedt