 show that Wallace watched
that featured DMSO as the definitive but controversial product for eliminating pain
when all else failed. Wallace was controversial himself at one time and he knew
the incongruity of such a label. The TV show stimulated the governor to seek
treatment with DMSO.
On March 23, 1980, and again on July 6, 1980, the popular television program
60 Minutes
 reported on DMSO. In a broadcast segment titled “The Riddle of
DMSO,” CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace gave broad national attention to
this chemical. On the program, Dr. J. Richard Crout, the chief FDA opponent of
DMSO, said that double-blind studies were mandatory before approval would be
forthcoming from his agency. Yet, researchers can’t conduct double-blinds
because of the distinctive odor of the product. Within a few minutes of putting it
on your skin, you can taste it on your tongue; it penetrates the skin and runs
through the blood stream so effectively.
There is a lot more to the issue of DMSO, however, and on 60
Minutes
 MikeWallace brought in the human factor in which the relief from pain is of primary
importance. He showed Emily Rudich playing the piano in spite of her severely
deformed fingers and years of searing, unrelenting pain from arthritis.
Referring to DMSO’s effect on her condition, Mrs. Rudich said, “I have some
very badly gnarled fingers from arthritis, and the DMSO eases the arthritis right
away. It’s not a miracle drug, doesn’t really cure it, but it eases it... I had a fever
blister on my lip. I used DMSO three times, and the fever blister went away
immediately. I’ve cut myself in the kitchen, and sometimes quite badly, and have
used DMSO on it and the cuts begin to heal right away.”
Most dramatic was the case of Sandy Sherrick of Riverside, California, who
had suffered severe whiplash and nerve damage in an automobile accident two
years before. In November 1979, Mrs. Sherrick writhed in an agony of back, neck,
and shoulder pain. “No painkiller, no therapy, no doctor, it seemed, could help,”
said Mike Wallace.
“Oh, the pain was extremely bad,” Sandy Sherrick confirmed. “I was to the
point where I cried continuously. I did not cook meals. I did not clean. I barely got
myself dressed....  They finally got to the point where they just told me, ‘You’re
going to have to live with it. The weather’s going to affect you, and you’re just
simply going to have to live with it.’”
Upon learning about DMSO, Mrs. Sherrick grasped at it as a last resort.
Feeling awful pain throughout the trip, she flew to Portland,
Oregon, for treatment
by Dr. Jacob. By the third day of intravenous and topical application of DMSO,
the patient began to feel somewhat better, reported Mike Wallace.
60 Minutes
followed her progress on videotape. Before she left for home, Dr. Jacob showed
her where and how to apply DMSO topically to her neck and back.
The television camera then switched to Mrs. Sherrick in her Riverside,
California, home. She was feeling comfortable, smiling, and taking no medicine for
pain relief. She said, “Oh, the pain’s gone. The pain is totally, completely gone
from my neck....  I’m telling the truth, the honest-to-God truth.” She could do her
housework, drive a car, lift packages. “I have not found anything I can’t do.”
Mike Wallace pointed out that a story like Sandy Sherrick’s does not take the
place of a scientific test, which the FDA requires.
“Well, that’s fine. I can understand their feeling,” said Mrs. Sherrick. “But
they’ve got to be able to look at the test results and take me as an individual. I
have no reason to say it does work or it doesn’t. All I can say is what it’s done for
me personally. It worked for me.”
This powerful presentation reached 70,000,000 TV viewers. Dr. Jacob’s officewas immediately swamped, with up to 10,000 people figuratively crying, “Save
me, save me from pain!”
Pain victims also came to other physicians around the United States, Canada,
and Mexico who were known to utilize DMSO. They arrived in droves.
Telephones in the offices of doctors and pharmacies in Florida, Oregon, Louisiana,
and Nevada rang busily for several days following the Sunday evening broadcast
of
60 Minutes.
A subsequent wire service report about the FDA’s refusal to approve the drug
appeared around the country in Tuesday’s newspapers.
In his program footnote, Mike Wallace stated: “Tomorrow morning in
Washington, the House Committee on Aging begins an inquiry into why DMSO is
not available to all Americans for any appropriate ailment, including plain and
simple pain.” The numbers of letters and telephone calls that came into
congressional offices inquiring about the cause of DMSO unavailability were
massive. A sampling of the letters sent to just one congressman, Claude Pepper of
Florida, are found in
Chapter 4
.
The disclosures that came out of this and other Congressional investigations
were shocking to an already embarrassed scientific medical community. The
apparatus by which the Food and Drug Administration studies the efficacy of a
new drug was turned upside down. As fully discussed in
Chapter 13
, revelations
about ignorance of the scientific
method or fraudulent tests in relation to the drug’s
effectiveness caused not only DMSO opponents to discontinue clinical trials but
even made its proponents back off. And this disconnection to the product’s
therapeutic effects also included its chief proponent, Dr. Stanley Jacob.
As you will read in more detail later on, FDA investigator Dr. K.C. Pani
allegedly took money from Dr. Jacob to pay off his wife’s exceedingly high
medical bills for cancer treatment. Dr. Pani lost his standing and his job with the
FDA. Dr. Jacob was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on three counts of
improper payments to an FDA official and one count of criminal conspiracy. In
May 1982, mistrial was the result of these courtroom trials.
Then the government went after Dr. Pani and Dr. Jacob again. This time, Dr.
Pani plea-bargained and accepted conviction of a misdemeanor as his crime. Dr.
Jacob not only was let off, but the FDA, on October 29, 1982, offered him an
apology for their incorrectly bringing the charges against the pioneering surgeon.
More than that, it was learned by Congress that poor or fraudulent investigative
techniques employed during the trials of DMSO for interstitial cystitis, the only
condition for which it is approved in the United States, almost had the FDA recallsuch approval. Not this or any other internal or external condition would have been
allowed as acceptable in the United States for DMSO application. Research
Industries Corporation (RIC), the manufacturer of Rimso-50, a major retail-selling
brand of DMSO, apparently played a big role in causing the FDA to have its
breach of confidence in the drug. In a semi-confession to U.S. Senator Edward
Kennedy, the president of RIC admitted his company’s complicity in the
mismanaged interstitial cystitis clinical trials.
And there were more adverse findings, which will be revealed near to my
book’s ending. However, almost all of the fallout during these Congressional
investigations occurred from human foibles, greed, and/or inappropriate behavior
and not from physical, chemical, or biological faults of dimethyl sulfoxide. The
drug remains as efficacious as ever—a true medicinal from nature that continues
to astound both holistic and conventional medical scientists as a new and powerful
healing principle.
Still, the result from exposure of these scandals of ten years ago is that very
few clinical studies on DMSO have been carried out and published since that
1982–83 period. Compared to prior decades, the relatively few journal papers—
perhaps 100 of them, which are cited throughout these pages—are all that remain
of the tremendous effort
originating at the University of Oregon Medical School. If
DMSO experiences a resurgence of interest among researchers, it will happen
more from prompting of doctors by medical consumers who are reading magazine
articles and books such as this one. Because of its dramatic remedial properties,
dimethyl sulfoxide deserves more respectful attention than mere public interest.
Scientists must be the ones to take up the challenges presented. The public should
have access to the remarkable therapeutic principle of DMSO about which I report
in the next amazing chapter.CHAPTER 3
The Therapeutic Principle of DMSO
A married couple arrived in Sarasota, Florida, directly after the
60 Minutes
television broadcast. They had driven all night from Hamilton, Ohio, to keep a
9:00
A
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M
. emergency appointment to receive the new wonder drug for pain at The
Douglass Center for Nutrition and Preventive Medicine (no longer open). They
considered their quest for DMSO to be a last-ditch try after a full year and
$10,000 worth of unsuccessful treatments with other remedies.
Mrs. Fred Dabbelt explained that her husband’s left hand had become stiff and
claw-like after surgeons operated to remove a blood clot


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oats, alm onds, cinnamon and salt and beat until well combined. Mixture
will be crumbly and coarse in texture. Set aside.
3.  C ut peaches in half and remove pits. Arrange peaches, cut side up, in a
single la yer in prepared baking dish. Divide streusel into 8 equal portions
and press evenly on top of each peach half. Bake for 15 minutes or until
streusel has browned. (Be care ful not to overcook or peaches will fall
apart.)
4.  Serve warm. A rrange 2 peach h alves on each of 4 dessert plates. Drizzle
with cream or top with a dollop of whipped topping (if using). Garnish
with toasted coconut.
For this recipe, l ar ge just-ripe freestone peaches or nectarines are best.
Freestone varieties are firm and less juicy than clingstone varieties, so
it is easier to remove the pit and keep the peach halves in one piece.
My favourite freestone varietie s are Red Haven and Redstone; other
varieties include Glowhaven and Cresthaven (at left).
T o toast coconut: Preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange coconut in an even
layer on a rimmed baking sheet and toast, stirring once or twice, in
preheated oven for 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly brown.Brazilian Quindins
Makes 12 quindins
A popular Brazilian dessert, these little cakes or puddings ar e called
quindins. My version uses mor e egg white, which makes them slightly
lighter than those typically found in Brazil. The coconut fl oats to the
top while cooking and leaves a jelly-like layer of custardy sugar and
egg at the bottom. Remove cooked cakes fr om the pan and t urn upside
down so the coconut acts as a crust for the custard, which should be on
the top when served.
5 large eggs
1/2 cup coconut sugar crystals
1/4 cup lightly packed br own sugar
1 tbsp softened coconut oil or butter
2 cups sweetened coconut flakes, fr esh or dried
1.  Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 12-cup muf fin pan.2.  Separate eggs, p lacing 5 yolks i n a bowl and 3 whites in a separate bowl.
Discard or reserve remaining 2 egg whites for another use. Using a hand-
held or electric mixer, beat egg whites until stif f peaks form. Set aside.
3.  In a bowl, blend sugar crystals, brown sugar and oil. Beat in the egg
yolks. Stir in coconut flakes. Fold in the beaten egg whites. Spoon into
prepared muf fin pan (at left).
4.  Prep are a bain-marie : P lace muf fin p an in a lar ger baking pan filled with
1-inch boiling water. Bake for 35 minutes or until firm and golden.
Remove pan from bain-marie  and  set aside to cool until the sides of the
cakes be gin to pull away from the sides of the pan. T ransfer to a cooling
rack, fli pping the quindins so th e coconut is on the bottom and the egg
custard is on the top.
A bain-marie  ( hot-water bath) is used to gent ly cook the egg and sugar
mixture into a “custard” and prevents the eggs from cooking too fast
and hardening like scrambled eggs.Coconut Cherry Oat Squar es
Makes 20 squar es
Coconut flour is gluten-fr ee a nd high in pr otein as well as fibr e, but it
does tak e some  time to adjust to the way it performs in baked goods. It
absorbs liquids; ther efor e, r ecipes featuring coconut flour r equir e mor e
eggs an d other liquids. Baked goods made with coconut flo ur ar e also
mor e cr umbly than those made fr om wheat flour (due to the lack of
gluten).
6 large eggs
3 cups coconut sugar crystals
1 tbsp pur e vanilla extract
3 cups sweetened shr edded coconut, fr esh or dried
1/2 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup large-flake r olled oats
6 tbsp coconut flour
1 tsp sea salt
1.  Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly oil a 9- × 13-inch baking pan.
2.  In a bowl, using a hand-held or electric mixer, beat eggs. A dd sugar
crystals and vanilla and beat u ntil smooth. Stir in shredded coconut,
cherries, oats, flour and salt. Press into the prepared pan and bake for 15
to 20 minutes or until set and golden.
3.  T ransfer to a wire rack to coo l for 10 minutes. Cut into 2-inch squares
and tran sfer to a plate to cool completely. Squares keep in an airtight
container for 3 days at room temperature and up to 5 days in the
refrigerator.Coconut Cr eam Pie
Makes 1 pie
What c an I say? It’ s richly flavour ed with coconut, it’ s silky smooth
and it melts in your mouth. It’ s also easy to make. I think you’ll agr ee
that this is a blue-ribbon dessert.
1/2 cup coconut sugar crystals
1/4 cup cornstar ch
2 cups coconut milk
1 tsp pur e vanilla extract
1/2 cup sweetened shr edded coconut, fr esh or dried
1 Coconut Pie Crust (page 182), baked and cooled
2-1/2 cups Whipped Coconut Cr eam T opping (page 192)
1/4 cup toasted shr edded coconut, fr esh or dried
1.  I n a saucepan, c ombine sugar crystals and cornstarch. Whisk in milk and
vanilla. Bring to a boil, add shredded coconut and cook, stirring
constantly, for 2 to 5 minutes or until thickened. Set aside to cool.
2.  Scrape into prepared pie crust and spread evenly. Cover and refrigerate
until ready to serve. Spread whipped topping evenly over  pie and
sprinkle with toasted coconut.
T o t oast coconut: Preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange coconut in a n even
layer on a rimmed baking sheet and toast, stirring once or twice, in
preheated oven for 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly brown.
V ARIA TION:  T ur n this into a Banana Cream Pie by slicing 2 ripe
bananas into the bottom of the baked coconut pie crust just before
adding the filling in Step 2.Coconut Pie Crust
Makes 1 pie crust
T ry usin g this coconut pie crust in place of the traditional p ie crust in
all o f your fav ourite pie r ecipes—it adds a lightly sweet  and nutty
flavour that’ s just brilliant. (Some r ecipes in this chapte r, such as
Chocolate Coc onut Cheeseca kes on page 183, call for this crust
unbaked.)
2-1/2 cups sweetened shr edded coconut, fr esh or dried
1 cup finely chopped pecans
2/3 cup coconut sugar crystals
2 large egg whites
3 tbsp melted coconut oil
1/2 tsp sea salt
1.  Preheat oven to 300°F.
2.  I n a bow l, combine shredded coconut, pecans, sugar crystals, e gg whites,
oil and salt.
3.  P ress into a 9-inch pie plate a nd bake in preheated oven for  15 to 20
minutes or until lightly golden. Set aside to cool.
T O MEL T CHOCOLA TE:  Coarsel y chop the chocolate an d place in
the top of a double boiler or hea tproof bowl (not plastic) set over a pan
of si mmering water. (The bottom  of the bowl should be about a n inch
above the water so that only the steam heats it. Make sure the bowl is
dry insid e and be careful not to  splash any water into the chocolate—
even the  smallest amount of w ater will cause chocolate to lose its
smooth and creamy texture and cause it to seize and clump.) Stir
frequently and remove the bowl from the heat when the chocolate has
melted. Dry the bottom of the bowl and transfer it to a wire rack tocool. Do not add hot chocolate to the cheese mixture—it will cook the
eggs and  af fect the texture of the cheesecakes. Once melted, ch ocolate
will stay liquid for about an ho ur, but it will harden if left in a cool
place or left ove rnight, so melt the chocolate before starting the  recipe
in order to allow time for it to cool.Chocolate Coconut Cheesecakes
Makes 6 individual cheesecakes
The nice thing about these sensational cheesecakes is that you can make
them in  custard  cups of any size to suit the occasion. If you bake them
in wide- mouth canning jars, you can put the lids on, tie bo ws ar ound
them and take them to a special event as an exception al dessert
contribution.
6 oz dark chocolate
1 Coconut Pie Crust (page 182), unbaked
170 g cr eam cheese, softened
113 g ricotta cheese


, more aware, more resilient, and more
connected than ever before.
Despite the winds and storms, th e weeds and wears, the eternal
self is always lit, and shining, and reaching for the light - the power
source of all life. /G01
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/G29/G06/G1B/G05/G04/G04/G0F/G0E/G05/G06/G17/G07/G09/G06/G1E/G03/G13/G03/G0C/G05/G06/G30/G05/G17/G09/G05/G04/G02/G19/G05/G0C/G01/G06/G07/G09/G06/G1B/G05/G11/G03/G01/G0F/G01/G03/G07/G0C
I am the Goddess of water and lunar cycles.  We are in the
cycle of the receding moon, and in a cycle of receiving.  Float in my
waters with me.  Feel yourself relax  in the waters, the way you were
in your mother’s womb.  Carefree.  Warm.  Swaddled.  Loved.
Nurtured.
In that environment, you were perfectly nourished and
nurtured.  You did not wonder where yo ur next meal came from.
You did not worry of the cold.  You did not answer to sounds and
demands.  You relished in the safety  of that environment.  Here in
my waters, I want you to return to your womb – your own inner
womb.  Giving to yourse lf all that you need... birthing, nourishing,
and loving all that you are, perfec tly, in this very perfect moment.
You are a wise woman, a dreamer, a manifest er, a nature lover,
a perfect divine being, a spirit on di vine assignment, taking a vacation
into her own womb of perfect i nner safety, love, retreat, peace,
kindness, compassion, and grace.  Breathe in the oxygen – it is pure
here.  This oxygen in this special sa cred space is actually direct breath
from God.  From Source energy itself.   It nourishes all of your wounds,
your hurts, your sorrows, your grief, frustrations, and fatigues.  It
fills you with layers of loving light, in colors of oxyge n, that you can
actually see flowing in your veins, th rough your heart, and all of your
chakras.
It neutralizes and then releases an y pains lingering from karma
and unresolved conflicts.  It smooth es them out and cleanses them, so
there are no longer wrinkles in your past history or creations.  These
rainbows of light and oxygen brea the pure health, wealth, wellness,
and happiness into the cells of every part of your being.  You restfully
watch these deep massages of your  whole mind-body-spirit being –
showering, bathing, and receiving the full grace and pleasure of such
perfect harmony, healing, and ge ntle treatment of love.   /G15/G07/G16/G0F/G02/G13/G01/G17/G04/G12/G0C/G10/G0B
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lights up on a television screen in your trunk chakras.  And you see a
show of light begin on that screen.  You feel perfectly at one with what
you are seeing on the screen.  For yo u have seen it before.  It’s you.
It’s your intentions.  It’s your di vine assignment, playing out in
perfect details, of all the joy, magic,  and harmony - of all that you are
and what you came here to do.  It feels so perfectly familiar.  You know
it as if its already happene d.  For it has.  You ha ve already created this
perfect manifestation in your mind’ s eye, created before birth, and now
again, in your new birth;  birthing  into your real self, living out a
divine mission for and with your beloved Creator, - for the whole
cosmos that is as deeply connected to you now as all of the fibers that
the connect the spider to her web.  They are delicate strands, but very,
very strong and incredibly powerful.  You are in the center now of that
magnificent web.  Connected delicately, magnificently, eternally, and
powerfully to every living being, mat erial and non-material, and it all
feels like home.  You kn ow you want to bring “home” to all of your
friends and family members, beings and non-beings, connected
intimately and intricately into your vast web.  At the center of this
web, you sit glowing, refreshed from  all of the potent oxygen and
breath energies generously bestowed  unto you and within you.  You
have watched the truth of your ow n story and mission, the real reason
you came to this earth space.  And you have felt how perfectly familiar
you were with that vision of truth in your inner being.
You begin to tap message s into your web, that can be heard by
everyone and everything in the cosmos.  Everyone feels your vibration
and answers with joy.  “Yes.  We hear  you!  Thank yo u for your love
and light.  Thank you for your perfect signal.  We will do our part, and
now send our signals to th e next link in this powerful chain of love.”
You receive all the love  you can possibly take in, channeling through
your web, and into your chakras, bringing ripples of love-filled joy in
all ways through your sy stem.  You know that the peace, miracles, and
physical manifestations of all of yo ur light-filled desires are yours now.
You have attained the keys to the kingdom – your inner kingdom...
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/G07/G0C/G05/G06/G03/G0C/G06/G01/G02/G05/G06/G04/G0F/G19/G05/G06/G14/G03/G01/G02/G06/G01/G02/G05/G06/G37/G09/G05/G0F/G01/G07/G09/G2E/G04/G06/G0E/G09/G0F/G0C/G11/G06/G16/G03/G0C/G0E/G11/G07/G19/G0A
And you climb down off your web, jump back into the
water, to bathe in the bliss of havi ng come all the wa y home.  Back
to the beginning.  Of birth and rebirt h.  Of creation after creation.
Of ever-expanding light and bliss an d miracles.  You are here with
me now, holding my hands, doin g “the impossible,” breathing under
water, swimming with a mermaid, manifesting all of your dreams,
in this perfect amniotic fluid, pregnant with nutrients for the life
you are about to lead.
It is divine perfection.  It is  heavenly harmony.  It is a
mere taste of all that is.
***
Dear One –
You know the power of the universe lies in your desires.
And the power of the universe lies in you.  When you summon the
birthing waters, you ha ve summoned the creative powers of Spirit.
You are on the eve of all that brought  you to this earth – the merging
of light and physical, to expand more light.
There are great blessings for you in  this journey.  All journeys
are opportunities for new choices and creations.  Call on us in spirit
whenever you need to tap into th e interconnected web.  For pure
oxygen.  For amniotic waters.  Fo r light filled thoughts.  For tender
massages.  For ma gical miracles.  You have joined with us, and us
with you.  We are here to bolster you, and to remind you of who you
truly are, and are expanding to be.

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makhan)
2  quarts  milk
1  heavy  stainless  steel  pot
1  stainless  steel  spoon
1  cool  clay  or  enamel  coated  cast-iron  pot
Sterilize  all  of  the  above  equipment  by  filling  with  (or
immersing  in)  boiling  water.  Bring  milk  to  a  boil  and
allow  it  to  cool;  bring  it  to  a  boil  two  more  times.
Skim  cream  off  top  and  place  it  in  a  covered  pot  at  60
degrees  for  one  week.  (In  India  it  is  kept  in  an  earthen
pot  known  as  a  ghara.)  Store  remaining  milk  in  a  cool
place.
Place  cream  into  a  large  wooden  or  stainless  steel
bowl  and  whip  briskly  with  a  whisk  until  it  thickens.
(In  India  butter  is  whipped  with  several  chopsticks
tied  together  by  strings.)  When  butter  begins  to  emerge
and  separate  into  flakes,  add  two  handfuls  of  crushed
ice,  which  will  make  it  lumpy.  Firmly  mold  butter
with  your  hands,  allowing  the  buttermilk  to  separate.
When  no  more  buttermilk  remains,  rinse  the  butter
with  ice  cold  water.  If  you  are  not  going  to  go  on  to
make  ghee,  add  a  few  pinches  of  fine  rock  salt,  if
*The  sediment  may  be  taken  as  a  snack:  Vata  and  Pitta  types  may
take  it  mixed  with  '/i  teaspoon  of  brown  sugar;  Kapha  types  may
also  use  it  occasionally,  with  no  sugar. desired.  Garnish  butter  with  fresh  herbs,  according  to
type,  just  before  serving.  Make  fresh  butter  as  needed,
or  every  fortnight.
Fresh  Yogurt  (dadhi)
2  quarts  milk
6  tbs  plain  (organic)  yogurt  (as  starter)
2  stainless  steel  saucepans
1  long  stainless  steel  spoon
thermometer
Sterilize  one  heavy  saucepan  by  filling  with  boiling
water.  Heat  milk  over  medium-low  heat  until  it  comes
to  a  boil.  Stir  constantly  to  avoid  sticking  or  burning.
Allow  the  milk  to  boil  for  15  minutes,  until  it  has
reduced  by  one-eighth  and  is  fairly  thick.  Set  aside  to
cool  until  it  reaches  about  118  degrees  F.  on  ther-
mometer.
Sterilize  second  saucepan  and  spoon.  When  milk
cools  to  1 15  degrees  F.,  pour  1  cup  into  newly  steril-
ized pan.  Add  starter  (be  sure  it  contains  acidophilus
culture — Brown  Cow  brand  is  good)  to  1  cup  of  warm
milk  and  whip  until  smooth.  When  remaining  milk
has  reached  112  degrees  F.  add  it  to  starter  mixture
and  blend  with  long  spoon.
Cover  pan  with  a  clean  heavy  cotton  cloth  and
quickly  put  yogurt  in  a  warm  place,  90  to  1  10  degrees
F.  If  temperature  is  too  warm  or  too  cool,  yogurt  will
not  take.  An  oven  with  a  gas  pilot  light  is  an  ideal
place;  the  best  temperature  is  100  degrees  1
Allow  yogurt  to  sit  for  6  to  7  hour.s.  If  it  is  not  firm
enough,  allow  to  sit  for  a  few  hours  more  Remove
and  keep  in  a  cool  place.  Use  yogurt  within  three
days.
V  types:  Add  wanning  spices,  such  as  cardamom,
cinnamon,  and  black  pepper,  and  dilute  with  water,
if  desired.
P  types:  Add  turmerit  oi rneem  leaves,  or  sweeten  |  with
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
Fresh  Buttermilk  (chaach)
When  cream  is  churned  into  butter,  the  milky  whey
left  in  the  container  is  buttermilk  (see  above).  After
you  mold  the  butter,  gather  the  buttermilk  into  an
earthenware,  stainless  steel,  or  glass  jug.  Store  in  a
cool  place  and  use  within  48  hours.
This  natural  buttermilk  can  be  used  as  a  starter  to
make  curd  cheese.  Pure  buttermilk  is  most  beneficial
for  Vata  types. simmer  gently,  without  stirring,  for  25  minutes.  When
the  thermometer  reads  195  degrees  F.  the  curds  should
have  a  soft  custard-like  consistency.  (For  firmer  curds,
continue  cooking  an  additional  30  minutes.)  Line  a
colander  with  a  double  layer  of  clean  cheesecloth  and
place  over  the  sink.  Slowly  and  gently  pour  the  cheese
and  whey  into  the  lined  colander.  Allow  the  curd  to
drain  for  2  hours.  Gently  squeeze  the  remaining  curd
with  clean  hands  and  place  in  a  bowl.  Cover  and  store
in  a  cool  place.  Panir  should  be  used  within  48  hours.
Milk  Dough  (khoa)
When  milk  is  boiled  until  most  of  its  water  has  evapo-
rated, the  soft  mass  of  dough  that  remains  is  called
khoa.  It  is  usually  sweet  because  of  the  natural  sugars
in  lactose.  Often,  jaggery  is  added  to  the  milk  when
the  dough  is  to  be  used  to  make  sweets,  such  as  peera,
ladoo,  and  halvah.
Curd  Cheese  (panir)
Authentic  Vedic  cheeses  were  made  from  fresh  casein
curds  or  yogurt.  They  were  not  ripened  with  bacteria,
molds,  or  enzymes,  nor  was  salt,  juice,  or  acid  added
to  the  curd.  These  techniques  run  contrary  to  the
sattvic  quality  of  milk.  The  original  curd  cheese  is
likened  to  ricotta  or  cottage  cheese  in  texture.  (These
contain,  however,  enzymes,  salt,  bacteria,  and  animal
rennet,  as  do  most  cheeses  found  in  the  United  States.)
2  quarts  whole  milk
72  c  cream
lh  quart  buttermilk
1  heavy  stainless  steel  saucepan
thermometer
Sterilize  the  saucepan.  Combine  the  milk,  cream,  and
buttermilk  in  saucepan  and  stir  until  well  blended.
Warm  mixture  over  moderate  heat  for  45


 that were like a Broadway production:
videos and orchestras and flashing lights. There’ s no need for worldly
wealth, you see. Wealth is the difference between your desires and that
which you have. If you want to transcend spiritually, let go of wantingness.
Let go of wanting admiration, wanting possessions, wanting control. When
you finally let go of all wantingness, you’ve got more than what you need.
When I first came to Sedona, I rented a place. I didn’ t even have a bed,
so I went and bought a cot at the dollar store. I bought some blankets at the
Goodwill. I got a nice wooden box and put a candlestick next to it. I put an
apple in the refrigerator and saved that for dinner. What more do you need?
I was complete. God will provide for you if you need it, so I tested that out
too. I walked out with no money  or no food and wandered around Sedona. I
got invited for breakfast. I got invited for lunch and invited for dinner. I’d
say, “I haven’ t got any money.” And they’d tell me it’s on the house. What
you need is provided. Therefore, if you need nothing, you already have
abundance.
INTEGRITY OF THE TEACHER
The integrity of the teacher speaks for itself. Some people can intuit it,
and other people, of course, cannot. With everything I say, I am constantly
aware all the time, in an unspok en constant awareness, that I’m responsible
and answerable to almighty God for everything that I say every second.
And as a teacher, that responsibility is heightened. I’m extremely aware of
everything I say. Therefore, very often, like when I give a lectur e, I will sortof intuit  a thing as being so, but I want to make sure it’s so. I’ll do muscle
testing and say, “Let’ s check this out and see if it’s so, because I do not
want to teach any error.”
I still get wild, crazy e-mails. Every author gets crazy mail, you know,
where they accuse you of being a fraud in some way. And I’ll say, “Having
taught the whole world how to discern truth from falsehood in a matter of
seconds, I’m very unlikely to try to present falsehood.” Having already told
them how to discern the difference between truth and falseho od, I’m not
very likely going to present falsehood with tens of thousands of people out
there doing that. So spiritual reality is educational, it’s self-supporting. We
don’t ask anything of anybody except the cost of the event.
God is void of induced unnatural states of consciousness,  such as
parapsychological states, or the abnormal breathing patterns, positions,
postures, and other ways to try and force the Kundalini energy. When the
Kundalini is ready to rise, it does so automatically because of its own truth.
As you become loving, the Kundalini energy rises; it’s not going to rise
because you cross your legs and sit in front of a picture of the Buddha and
burn incense and do all kinds of mystical incantation stuff. Just try to be
kindly and loving and step over the beetle, and you can save yourself all
that stuff. You can save all kinds of money on incense and mystical music
and gongs. You start to see the theatricalization of it all. You get these
spiritual magazines and on the cover, there’ s always a beautiful blonde with
flowing hair. Are we supposed to believe that sexual allure is a pathway to
God? After all, you never get an unattractive person on the front cover of
these magazines. I thought for a while, you weren’ t going to get to heaven
without long blond hair. They always do a mystical yoga posture too. That’ s
the glam orization of it, the theatrics. Avoid unnatural things and especially
trainings that are going to teach  you mystical powers; trainings that teach
you mystical powers, all of them calibrate about 205.
Look at this seduction to the spiritual ego. “Oh, I’m going to be special.
And I’m going to have superpowers.” If they had superpowers, they
wouldn’ t be selling them to you, would they? If you’ve got superpowers,
and are so rich and powerful and complete within yourself, what would you
be selling it for? You’d be selling it because you’re needy. Needy of what?
More power and wealth? Give me break. I would receive so many e-mails
about some weird guru somewhere, Tasmania or someplace. And the guru
would calibrate at about 180.INNER CALLING AND INNER GENUINENESS
When one is growing and seeking, there may be others in one’s life that
may not understand their pursuit to grow even further spiritually. Dr.
Hawkins tells us how to r espond in these kinds of situations.
I believe people should use discretion. You don’t have to tell people what
you’re doing and why you’re doing it. When I left the East, I didn’ t explain
it to anybody; there’s nothing they’re going to understand about  that. There
are probably very few people who you’re going to be able to confide in
about what you’re really up to and what’ s really going on with your life.
Everybody has a certain compr ehension of an inner calling, and I find the
best way you can describe it, is “I reached a satisfaction with a certain point
in my life and a very strong inner calling said to me, ‘Here’ s a whole
different other area you need develop and grow.’ And I had to follow that
calling.”
You can usually  get by with saying you have an inner calling. Of course,
people will try to argue with you, because you’re challenging their world
view. You’re negating to some degree the value of their world view. And so
they may expect you to defend it. And I would not defend that. I would just
say, “Look, that’s my calling. And that’s the way it is.” “Well, what about
the wife and the kids? What about the business...” and blah, blah, blah. I
respond, “Well, God will have to look after that. God is the creator of the
universe. He’s the savior of mankind. God can just worry about it, because
I’m going to be busy doing something else.” “He’ s lost his mind,” they’ll
say. Well, when your mind goes silent, you have  lost your mind.
And I realized it’s a compliment. I’ve been at it for 30 years; I finally did
lose my mind. And they’re saying, “I think he’s lost his mind.” Look at the
life I had before. I had the life and I can’t tell you how ultima te it was. It
was ultimate in ways that the world doesn’ t even know about. The most
ultimate people don’t even reveal to the world what they really are about a
good deal of the time. Organizations they belong to don’t even appear on
the map. So you walk away from that world and you walk into a different
world where genuineness, intrinsic inner genuineness, is what counts. When
you say thank you to a waitress or to a clerk in the store, it has to be from a
genuine appreciation. You see their beingness and there is-ness. And what
you’re saying is the truth.If you’re just doing it as a superficial manipulation, it doesn’ t have the
same effect. When you see how hurried the person is and how hard they’re
trying to keep up with it all, you appreciate the humanness in people. When
you reflect back the genuine value of their humanness, what you’re really
reflecting back is the sacredness of their existence. You see, when you
acknowledge people, you are reflecting back to them their inner worth—
and their inner worth is infinite. The inner worth of every human being is
infinite. Its potential is infinite.
That which is created by God... You can’t say that one creation of God
is better than another. All are equally creatures of God. So, this is the
transformation you go through. Let’s say you walk down the street, and you
see a little black beetle on his back, flailing his legs around, and you see
others walk past it. You can tell you’re making spiritual progr ess when it
bothers you, you turn the little beetle on his feet, and then you walk away
happy. At that point, you realiz e you’re loving life and you’re discerning
the sacredness of it, because his little life is just as sacred to him. And so
you’re sent by God to turn him over and say, “Well, God, I’m turning over
this little beetle because I know you want me to.” (You know, you can joke
around with God; I do that all the time.)
There is a point where you can’t walk by the beetle without helping it.
Then there is an even higher space, a different level of consc iousness, in
which the beetle’ s karma is the beetle’ s karma, and yours is yours. So you
become a servant of God when  you see the intrinsic holiness of all of life
and you try to preserve it as best you can, because that’s how God reflects
through you.
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 we may each evolve toward that
truth and perfection that we ultimately seek. Natural Hygiene is a way of life, not a collection of assorted cures. There are no "cures." It is a beautiful mode of living. It is
a system of care of the mind and body in sickness and in health, based upon
recognition and dedication to unerring laws of nature. It demonstrates the principle
that all good, all enduring happiness and all true progress are found only in obedience
to these laws of life. Natural Hygiene is a way of life that allows those who have health to maintain it; it allows those who have lost health to regain it; and it allows
those who have never had health to experience it.
   Modern Natural Hygiene is a revival. In its essential elements, it was practiced by
primeval man as a way of life. It belonged to him as it belongs to the lower animals.
The animals retain those built-in instincts, selecting what is good for them and
rejecting what is not. Man, however, has lost his natural instinct after years of
artificial ways of living and eating and after years of "overcivilization." Today,
Natural Hygiene is based upon the sciences of physiology and biology.
   The laws of life and nature are unchangi ng. It is man who must change. The laws of
life are perfect, but man is imperfect and must acquire knowledge and awareness so
that he may apply these perfect laws of life and find health and contentment. Man cannot duplicate nature. Man must work in harmony with natural laws.
   A true science of life, which Natural Hygiene seeks to establish, can arise only out
of a study of life and man and not out of a study of chemistry. A true science of life will not come out of the laboratory alone, but must be based primarily upon a study of
man as a living, feeling, thinking, acting being. It is the responsibility--indeed it is the
mission--of all people to discover and understand the laws of life and to understand
the results of violating these immutable laws. Wrong living is the beginning of disease
and weakness. Right living is the foundation of health and strength. Health and disease are not gifts of nature. They are not  the results of chance. These are conditions
you choose and build for yourself.
   Hygiene is a total awareness encompassing every facet of our lives, and it begins
every day and with every precious breathing moment that we live. We must make
ourselves consciously aware and give our atte ntion to all of the basic principles that
have been presented in this book (and to those additional principles you will learn in your further reading).
   Our occupations, habits and environment all affect our lives. We must be constantly
aware of our emotions and make efforts to discipline our anger and negative inclinations. We must be aware of every word we say and every thought we think. We
must be positive in thought, kind, sympathetic, loving, and unselfish. Hygiene helps
us become aware. Hygiene gives our bodies the healthy environment we need to make
ourselves better and better every day and in every way. And that is why we are here,
is it not? We are altogether seeking knowledge. Because of our limitations, we are seeking to perfect ourselves and that is good. To seek self-understanding, self-
improvement, and self-perfection is the highest achievement of man. We should treat
our body like a holy temple. We should revere it with awe and respect and never do or
say anything to degrade it, to harm it, or poison it. It is true we must love ourselves first before we can love others, but to love ourselves first, we must, as Socrates said,
"Know thyself."
   In the final analysis, it all depends upon you and the degree to which you can apply
these principles and make them work for you. All the knowledge in the world is useless unless you put it into daily, living practice. Try not to limit yourselves; for
Natural Hygiene is not a life of denial, but rather it is a life of fulfillment.
   If this book has aroused your curiosity, stimulated your interest, or motivated you in
any way, then its only purpose has been realized.
Recommended Reading and Bibliography
Information about the American Natural Hygiene Society and the following books
can be obtained from the American Natural Hygiene Society, 1920 Irving Park Road,
Chicago, Illinois 60613. (Note from Soil And Health Library: the ANHS is no longer
in Chicago but is headquartered in Florida. Their website can be found on our links
page.)

Recommended Reading:
Fasting Can Save Your Live
Health for the Millions
The Greatest Health Discovery
Dictionary of Man's Foods
Exercise
Hygienic Care of Children
Natural Hygiene: Man's Pristine Way of Life
You Don't Have To Be Sick
Introduction to Natural Hygiene
The Hygienic System, Volume II, (Food and Feeding)
The Hygienic System, Volume III, (Fasting)
Human Beauty: Its Culture and Hygiene
Food Combining Made Easy
Rubies In The Sand
Superior Nutrition
Living Life To Live It Longer
Fasting For Health And Long Life
Toxemia--The Basic Cause of All Disease  Fit Food For Man
Fasting For Renewal of Life
Medical Drugs on Trial
Holmemakers' Guide to Foods for Pleasure and Health

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 to the nervous system.
In Conclusion
Fear builds on itself. That’ s the brilliance of our survival-tuned mind. You
can chan ge things, and when you do, the fear dissolves as if it had neverbeen. Now you know how to resolve phobias and panic by tapping on
feelings and bodily symptoms as well as the root of the fear.
In the next chapter, we take a look at weight and body issues  and self-
esteem.
[contents]24. Heather Hatfield, “The Fear Factor: Phobia,” W ebMD, accessed January 15, 2015,
www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/fear -factor -phobias.
OceanofPDF.comChapter 10
Weight Release, Cravings,
and Body Confidence
My tapping buddy Zoe had cravings she felt were beyond her control: the
specific café she could not pass without stopping for a mocha, sugary
snacks, especially chocolates; candy on sale; and diet cola. Like most
people with cravings or addictions, she was high-functioning and kept this
shadow side on the down-low. She was ashamed of her lack of control and
of herself. Self-shame is a great way to lock in an unhelpful behavior.
Zoe was an entrepreneur, doing  very well for herself. She had a healing
practice on the side, and led an active social, church, and volunt eer life. She
was health conscious, loving, generous, optimistic, and upbeat … but had
been enslaved by these cravings for decades. So what was up with all the
cravings? Zoe felt ready to look at what was underneath the cravings, deal
with it, and let the whole thing go!
Cravings like Zoe’s are not uncommon. Many of us have areas of our
lives where we cannot control our behavior around a substance, a person, or
a situation. Some of us pretend we’re in control when we’re really not. Yet
we are getting our needs met in the best ways we know how. Many of these
behavioral craving patterns go back to events from childhood. What is
underneath the behavior? Could  it be an unmet, deep-seated need, such as
the need for love, the need for comfort, the need for safety? A feeling and
situation that is very painful to us that we don’t believe we have the
resources to deal with? In any case, there are times when we don’t even
know we’re hurting.It took me years to connect the dots and understand that my urge to stop
at garag e sales after doing deep emotional work meant that I was hurting
and displacing emotions that were still processing. It was the best solution I
had at the time for big hurts, but man did I get some awesome stuff! Coping
isn’t all bad, is it?
What are your solutions? I’m not referring to turning to health y sources
for support and help when you feel off-track. I’m talking about solutions
that may look like excessive alcohol or drug addiction. Sometimes it’s
hookup sex or Internet porn;  sometimes it’s sweet things or carbs;
sometimes it’s a certain type of relationship drama; sometimes it’s work-a-
holism. We numb because we are about to feel our “difficult” emotions,
which we haven’ t been taught  to feel and thus aren’ t willing. We are
disconnecting even though we are lonely and need connection. This loop is
not useful as a long-term solution.
In this chapter, we’re picking at the tip of the iceber g on some compelling
topics—clearing food cravings, taking a look at what’ s underneath weight-
release issues, and experiencing  body confidence. You’ll come away with
some suggestions and exercises to gain self-confidence about your glorious
body. Did that phrase “your glorious body” activate some intensity for you?
Tap. Notice where you feel resistance in your body, too. You can also tap a
round on that. You can just tap on your fingertips, or select one point and
gently massage it, or Tarzan tap. Or you can run an EFT round like this,
checking intensity before and after tapping:
Even though I feel upset just thinking about all my trouble with
(cravings/with my body) and (how I look/body part), I deeply and
completely love, honor, accept, and forgive myself and anyone else
who contributed to this upset in any way.
As you already know, the takea way here is that you can tap on whatever
you’re feeling. Know that the feelings, emotions, and body sensations are
tied to a past event, remembere d or long-for gotten. And even if you don’tknow the events, you have the feelings that will help you clear  the energy
disruption and the today issue—the craving or body hatred.
Let yourself feel the feelings and watch them wash through you so they
can go on their merry way. It may be challenging, especially if you have a
backlog of unresolved painful upsets. I remind myself regularly when
things start to spin out of control: “you are having feelings ; they are not
doing anything to you, you’re simply experiencing  them.” You are not a
victim of your feelings. They are simply information, and they help. If the
feelings don’t subside or you consistently feel like you are drowning in
them but can’t find your way back to shore, consider working with a
trustworthy practitioner or mental health professional.
How about tappi ng on or massag ing the collarbone point right now, or tap
the finger points and then the gamut points as you read?
Underneath the Carbs, the Cof fee, the Cravings
We eat when we’re happy. We eat when we’re sad. We eat out of habit. We
eat to fill a need somehow not being met. When we have cravings, we’re
just trying to take care of ourselves in the best way we know. What if we’re
stuck in a cycle of coping behav ior that perhaps worked well once but is not
working so well anymore? What if we have the resources and tools to
handle whatever is underneath our craving—more resources than we did
when we took on the coping pattern as a solution to a problem? We only
need to reboot the part of our body-mind system that is freaking  out for the
craving—and feel the feelings underneath. You track an addiction back;
underneath the compulsion, feelings, and sensations is a memory
(sometimes a good one, sometimes a bad one) associated with the object of
the craving or addiction.
Aim Gold Standard EFT at enough core events and their associated
aspects underlyi ng the craving, and the entire issue resolves. The emotion is
disconnected from the crave object or unhealthy behavior—the whole thing
dissolves.
Case Study: Zoe’ s CravingsWith Zoe, we started address ing her cravings for Cocoa Kisses from
Hershey’ s, and later we also took care of her Russell Stover fixation. With
this work, her entire issue collapsed. It generalized to other candy and
sweets cravings—remember the Generalization Effect—so she no longer
had the sweet cravings and ice cream marathon challenges.
We started the work slowly. I had her put the chocolates she craved in the
other room, where she couldn’ t even see them. Just thinking about them,
Zoe wanted one of those candie s at a level of 10. We tapped on her feeling
of wanting it, including where in her body she was feeling this “wanting,”
which turned out to be in her chest. We tapped on both the body sensation
and the wanting until the feeling and sensation subsided.
Then I asked her to get a piece of chocolate from the other room and only
look at it. Now she wanted it again, at a 10—or in her words, “a bazillion.”
One specific aspect was its appearance. Zoe remarked on its “pretty blue
metallic wrapping paper; it’ s like a little present!”
For my part, my brain got very perky, busy making associations. I
remembered Zoe had received a lot of presents from her fathe r, who had
died years earlie r. Could the “Cocoa Kiss Compulsion” have something to
do with that? We tapped on the beautiful present aspect until her “bazillion”
was neutralized to zero. We tapped on the feeling of tightness in her body
when she thought she couldn’ t have it but wanted it so much. This, too,
subsided to zero.
However, now the big feelings about missing her father and the way he
had doted on her skyrocketed in intensity in both her body sensations and
feelings about him. We tapped several rounds on different aspects of her
missing him until she was able to talk about it with neutrality. Paying
attention to intuition is important with EFT.
I asked Zoe to simply hold the candy in her hand without unwrapping it.
Again, we tapped on the incre ase in the “wanting” intensity. When that
subsided, I asked her to unwra p the little kiss. She hesitated—she didn’ t
want to open it and not eat it, it would be wasted. We tapped on her concern
about wasting things, which had been another theme in her growing-upyears. We then tapped on the smell of the chocolate, on the fact that they
were on sale, and like her father before her, she had always  bought candy
on sale. She had associated candy on sale with receiving gifts from her
father and the great


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 or
Philosophy in all its branches attempts to
checked each word, the name "John
in a series of nationally published
politics. But so far, we have solved none.
comprehend human experience by
Lennon" was found to be in error: in fact,
videotapes: Handling Major Crises;
It isn't that we lack data; we are virtually
creating abstractions and hypothecating
he was shot by an assassin. When hisCardiovascular and Heart Problems;
drowning in data. The obstacle is that we
their concordance with some ultimate
name was deleted, the level of truth of
Depression; Alcoholism; Spiritual First
do not have the proper tools to interpret
reality. Political systems are ail hosed on
the sentence, and therefore the paragraph
Aid; The Aging Process; Pain and
the significance of our data. W e have not
suppositions about relative human values
and the page, rose to match the rest of the
Suf fering; W eight; W orry, (16) Fear and
yet asked the right questions because we
lacking any demonstrable factual basis.
chapter.)
Anxiety; Health; Illness; Special
have not had an adequate gauge of our
All systems of morality resolve into
Preliminary versions of the book were
Relationships; and Sexuality. (Coleman
questions' relevance or accuracy.arbitrary attempts to reduce the enormous
circulated among selected readers, from
Publishers, Amityville, New Y ork,
complexities of human behavior to
Man's dilemma, now and always, has
rank-and-file health care workers to I9841986). 5
simplistic categories of right and wrong.
been that he misidentifies his own
heads of state such as Mikhail Some of this material was presented
Psychoanalysis, in exposing the
intellectual artifacts as reality.1 But these
Gorbachev; some comments appear on
during three-hour weekly lectures given
unconscious mind, has compounded this
(18) artificial suppositions are merely the
the back cover. Each person's response to
at an alcohol and drug rehabilitation
muddle, giving rise to a bewildering
products of an arbitrary point of
the presentation of the subject has been
center over a five-year period (Sedona
array of treatments and psychologiesperception. The inadequacy of the
unique. (One interesting fact observed
V illa of Camelback Hospital, 1984-
derived from various viewpoints. This
answers we receive is a direct
was that the scores of tested individuals
1988). 6
ongoing babble of man's attempt to
consequence of the limitations implicit in
increased after encountering the material;
understand himself finally produces a
This is the first time the anatomy of
the viewpoints of the questioner. Slight
it appears that mere exposure to the data
semantic morass in which, in the end,
consciousness itself has been delineated
errors in the formation of questions result
"raised" the subjects' level of
anything one might say is probably true
in pure form in its entirety, without
in gross errors in the answers that follow.
consciousness.) Because the implicationsto some degree. Because of uncertainty
attenuation to the interests of a specific
and practical applications of the work ate
Understanding does not proceed simply
about the exact nature of (19) causality,
audience.
so varied, and any aspect of the material
from examining data; it comes from
even when measurable results are
can be expanded and focused to suit the
examining data in a particular context.
obtained they are subject to being
interests of a given audience, portions of
David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph. D.
Data is useless until we know what it
ascribed to factitious causes.
it have lent themselves clinically to
means. T o understand its meaning we
The Institute for Advanced Theoretical
The fatal faults of all thought systems
need not only to ask the right questions;
Researchhave been, primarily: (1) failure to
9
10
to outside sources of information; presentations for various special-
interest Sedona, Arizona, 1995
we also need the appropriate instruments
correlation with the work of others was
groups.
with which to measure the data in a
incorporated at a later date to provide an
A segment of the material was presented
meaningful process of sorting and
intellectual frame of reference. Much of
by the author in the keynote speech at theI N T R O D U C T I O N
description.
the work in this study has now been
First International Conference on
ALL HUMAN ENDEA VOR has the
Most of human behavior has remained
corroborated by worldwide research Consciousness and Addictions in
San common goal of understanding or indecipherable despite all
attempts to presented in independent studies at the
Mateo, California, in 1982 and a
influencing human experience. T o this
understand it in depth. The systems we
first major conference on consciousness,
summation was published in the
end, man has developed numerous have created to achieve understanding
"T oward a Scientific Basis for Proceedings of that conference by the
descriptive and analytical disciplines: may seem extensive and
impressive, but Consciousness," held at the University of
Brookridge Institute (Beyond Addictions,
Morality, Philosophy, Psychology, and so
each in turn has led us down a blind alley
Arizona Health Sciences Center, T ucson,Beyond Boundaries, edited by Shirley
on. Staggering amounts of time and
because of limitations inherent in its
Arizona, in April of 1994.1
Burton and Leo Kiley, 1986).3 An
money are invested in data collection and
explore the nature of man's problems,
Our research teams used the testing
expanded version was given in a four -
analysis in attempts to predict human
initial design. As we it becomes clear that
method the book describes to calibrate
hour videotaped lecture on
trends. Implicit in this frenetic search is
here has never been a reliable
the levels of truth of every chapter, (15)
Consciousness and Addictions at the
the expectation of finding some ultimate
experimental yardstick with which to
paragraph and sentence. (For instance,
Second National Conference on"Answer." The "Answer," we seem measure and interpret man's
motivations testing revealed an error in a list of
Consciousness and Addictions in San
perennially to believe, will, once found,
and experiences over the course of his
celebrities who had destroyed themselves
Francisco in 1987. 4
allow us to solve the problems of the
history.
as a consequence of fame. When we
Other parts of the material have appeared
economy, or crime, national health, or
Philosophy in all its branches attempts to
checked each word, the name "John
in a series of nationally published
politics. But so far, we have solved none.
comprehend human experience by
Lennon" was found to be in error: in fact,
videotapes: Handling Major Crises;
It isn't that we lack data; we are virtually
creating abstractions and hypothecating
he was shot by an assassin. When hisCardiovascular and Heart Problems;
drowning in data. The obstacle is that we
their concordance with some ultimate
name was deleted, the level of truth of
Depression; Alcoholism; Spiritual First
do not have the proper tools to interpret
reality. Political systems are ail hosed on
the sentence, and therefore the paragraph
Aid; The Aging Process; Pain and
the significance of our data. W e have not
suppositions about relative human values
and the page, rose to match the rest of the
Suf fering; W eight; W orry, (16) Fear and
yet asked the right questions because we
lacking any demonstrable factual basis.
chapter.)
Anxiety; Health; Illness; Special
have not had an adequate gauge of our
All systems of morality resolve into
Preliminary versions of the book were
Relationships; and Sexuality. (Coleman
questions' relevance or accuracy.arbitrary attempts to reduce the enormous
circulated among selected readers, from
Publishers, Amityville, New Y ork,
complexities of human behavior to
Man's dilemma, now and always, has
rank-and-file health care workers to I9841986). 5
simplistic categories of right and wrong.
been that he misidentifies his own
heads of state such as Mikhail Some of this material was presented
Psychoanalysis, in exposing the
intellectual artifacts as reality.1 But these
Gorbachev; some comments appear on
during three-hour weekly lectures given
unconscious mind, has compounded this
(18) artificial suppositions are merely the
the back cover. Each person's response to
at an alcohol and drug rehabilitation
muddle, giving rise to a bewildering
products of an arbitrary point of
the presentation of the subject has been
center over a five-year period (Sedona
array of treatments and psychologiesperception. The inadequacy of the
unique. (One interesting fact observed
V illa of Camelback Hospital, 1984-
derived from various viewpoints. This
answers we receive is a direct
was that the scores of tested individuals
1988). 6
ongoing babble of man's attempt to
consequence of the limitations


legs extended in the air, move each leg from side to side,
allowing one to pass the other, scissor - fashion; changing,
however, each time t hey pass, having first one leg forward
and then the other.

   Tense the abdomen, making the muscles as hard as
possible, and at the same time kneading the muscles with
the hands. This exercise is necessary for overcoming
constipation. In women, the uteri ne ligaments will be
strengthened, lifting and overcoming falling and misplaced
positions of the womb. The muscles of the bladder and
rectum will be improved by these exercises. Piles —
prolapsus of the rectal mucous membrane —will be
overcome. An irritable b ladder and prostate enlargements
will be benefited by these exercises.

   Then sit up and turn the face to the right as far as
possible; then to the left as far as possible; then allow the
head to drop over, so as to bring the ear close to the
shoulder, and then carry it over to the opposite shoulder.

   These movements of the head and neck are necessary to
remove deposits that take place between the vertebrae, and
in grooves and openings in bones where the nerves and arteries pass. If the hearing is ba d, these movements will
improve it. If the sense of smell is not so acute as it should
be, by keeping up the exercises the olfactory nerve will be
freed and the power of smell will be improved. The taste,
too, will be bettered. All the nerves of special se nse will be
invigorated. The pneumogastric nerve and all the vital
nerves controlling vital organs are invigorated by this
exercise. When nerves are pressed upon by organic
deposits, the movements above described will cause the
deposits to be absorbed. The  muscles of the neck will
develop; the muscles of the face will develop, one will
grow to look and feel younger.

   These exercises must be gone through with, not only
before getting up, but every three or four hours during the
day. You may think that th is is very laborious, but it is the
price you must pay to get well. So begin at once, and be
faithful!

   Sit on the edge of the bed, and sway the body from side
to side as far as possible, then follow with a twisting
movement, attempting to look behind over the shoulders.
Sit up in bed, and sway backward and forward, compelling
the spine to bend from the small of the back up to the head,
forward and backward. This loosens up the spine and  invigorates the nerves that are sent off to the lower part of
the body.

   Get on the knees and elbows; then push the body forward
as far as possible without falling upon the abdomen; then
push back as far as possible. Go back and forth, while in
this position, until tired, then drop on either the left or right
should er while the hips are highly elevated. This is called
the knee -shoulder position. The knee and elbow position,
with the movements described, I call the “Irish Mail
movements.” It is necessary to practice both these
movements and positions in overcoming con stipation,
prolapsus of the bowels, rectum, or womb, and piles.

   Place the forefingers over the closed eyes, and rub gently
from side to side. Then remove the fingers and rotate the
eyeballs, reversing the movement to relieve the tire.

   Place the f orefingers on the wings of the nose; press
together and move from side to side.

   When the weather is nice, it is well to walk in the open
air as often as possible.
 <|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>YOUR BODY’S MANY CRIES FOR WATER
F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.DISCLAIMER
The information and recommendations on water intake presented in this book are based on training, personal
experience, very extensive research, and other publications of the author on the topic of water metabolism of the
body. The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use or the discontinuance of any
medication as a form of treatment with out the advice of an attending physician, either directly o r indirectly. The intent
of the author, based on the most recent knowledge of micro-anatomy and molecular physiology, is only to offer
information on the importance of water to well-being, and to help inform the public of the damaging effects of
chronic dehydration to the body—from childhood to old age. This book is not intended as a replacement for sound
medical advice from a physician. On the contrary, sharing of the information contained in this book with the
attending physician is highly desirable. Application of the information and recommendations described herein are
undertaken at the individual's own risk. The adoption of the information should be in strict co mpliance with the
instructions given herein. Very sick persons with past history of major diseases and under professional supervision,
particularly those with severe renal disease, should not make use of the information contained herein without the
supervision of their attending physician.
All the recommendations and procedures herein contained are made without guarantee on the part of the author or
the publisher, their agents, or employees. The author and publisher disclaim all liability in connection with the use of
the information presented herein.CONTENTS
Preface........................................................................................................................……..........xi
Introduction: Don't Treat Thirst With Medication............................................................…….......1
Chapter 1
Why "Medicine" Doesn't Cure Disease........................................................................…….........3
The Basics.........................…….................................................................................……...........5
The Paradigm That Needs To Be Changed.........................……..........................................…...   8
The Source of Error in Medicine.........................……..........................................…… …………...8
Chapter 2
The New Paradigm.......................................................................................................…….........13
Water Regulation at Different Stages of Life................................................................…….........15
It Should Be Thoroughly Understood...........................................................................…….........17
Water Has Ot her Important Properties.........................................................................…….........18
Chapter 3
Dyspeptic Pa in......................................................................................................................….…25
Colitis Pain.........................................................................................................................……....   34
False Appendicitis Pa in.................................................................................................................35
Hiatus Hernia.........................................................................................................................….…35
Chapter 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis Pa in..............................................................................................................  41
Low Back Pain..........................................................................................................................……48
Neck Pain............................................................................................................................…..….50
Anginal Pain.........................................................................................................................……..51
Headaches.........................................................................................................................……....51
Chapters
Stress and Depression..................................................................................................…….........55
The Initially Silent Compensation Mechanisms Associated with Dehydration ..............…….........57
Endorphins, Co rtisone, Prolactin, and Vasopressin.......................................................……........59
Alcohol.........................................................................................................................……...…....63
Renin-Angiotensin Activity........................................................................................................….65
Chapter 6
High Blood....................................................................................................................…….........71
Water Shortage: Potentials for Hypertension...............................................................…….........72
Chapter 7
Higher Blood Cholesterol .............................................................................................................83
Testimonials Th at Make You Ponder............................................................................…….........88
Chapter 8
Excess Bo dy Weight.....................................................................................................................   99
Overeating Further Explained.......................................................................................................100
Diet Sodas Can Cause Weight Gain.................................................................................…….....104
Chapter 9
Asthma and Allergies.....................................................................................................................115
Chapter 10
Insulin-Independent Diabetes........................................................................................…….........123
Trypt ophan and Diabetes...............................................................................................…….........125
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes...........................................................................................................130
Chapter 11
New Ideas on AIDS........................................................................................................................133
The Unfolding of Events in AIDS Re search...................................................................…….........143
Chapter 12
The Simplest of Tre atments in Med icine........................................................................................151
Ease of Sleeping.........................................................................................................................…157
Prevent Fainting.......................................................................................................................…..157
Prevent Heart Attacks....................................................................................................................157
Color of Urine.........................................................................................................................…….158
Hopes for Curing Already Esta blished Disease.............................................................…….........158
Salt Free Diet Is Utt erly Stu pid......................................................................................……......…. 160
The Health Care System and Our Resp onsibilities........................................................…….........163
Cost Savings to the Nation.............................................................................................…….........163
Finally.........................................................................................................................……......…… 165Chronic cellular dehydration painfully and prematurely kills. Its initial outward man ifestations have until
now been labeled as diseases of unknown origin.
PREF ACE
One of the more obvious reasons why medicine has become so complicated and costly is the fact that the research
and production of pharmaceutical products—and eventually their patient evaluation—has become monumentally
expensive. To boost the sale of regularly and heavily advertised products, not only do highly paid medical
representatives present their sales pitch, but doctors are also enticed into promoting the drugs by the "perks"
offered. Patients continue to use them because they are not cured. They are not supposed to be cured! They are
only treated! This is the ideal way that commercialism in medicine can thrive. This is not the only sha meful loose
end in medicine.
Techniques-oriented advancements in medicine are made possible as a result of "gadgets" production.


 viral culture was not perform ed for coronavirus and rhinovirus.”

These statements need careful ex amination and explanation, as t hey get to the core of
the misleading conclusions of the study.  First, th ey state tha t the method they used to
detect the presence of the virus was the RT-PCR test, which, as  I said, does not detect
virus at all.  Rather, it detects  genetic material, which they only assume  must have come
from the virus in question.

Then, they say that with influenz a virus, they did attempt to c onfirm the accuracy of the
RT-PCR testing with viral “cult ures.”  Viral culturing is itsel f a deceptive process, which I
won’t expand on here, but let’s  assume that it is a “gold stand ard” for finding the
presence of “live viruses.”  In o ther words, it would be akin t o doing a strep culture for
someone with a sore th roat.  If the culture was positive, you h ave proof that the strep
bacteria was present.  (Still, t he presence of t he bacteria doe sn’t prove causation.) This
positive culture allows you to c heck the accuracy of the rapid strep test, which detects
only pieces of strep or antibodi es to strep, so it confirms the  validity of your surrogate
test.

First, the study authors admit t hey didn’t do any culturing wit h the coronavirus, but they
did with four of the six partici pants who tested PCR-positive t o influenza virus with
droplets collected through the ma sk.  Again, with these four pa rticipants, a very small
number to be sure, they decided to  do an internal check on the accuracy of their PCR  testing.  What they  found is only two peopl e showed a positive culture.  Even using their
own flawed assumptions about vir al culture, this finding demons trates that the PCR test
was falsely positive a w hopping 50 percent of the time.  To put this in common
language, what they “proved” is tha t the very test they used to  determine whether
a mask stopped the spread of a coronavirus was no more accurate  than a coin
flip.  Fifty percent of the  time, by their own a ccount, a positive te st (for influenza virus) is
incorrect, and there is  no virus present.

In a sane world, this study’s c onclusion should have been, “Our  data demonstrate
that doing PCR or RT-PCR testi ng is an inaccurate way of detect ing virus or the
utility of masks to stop th e spread of a virus.”   They then should have called for
larger, carefully controlled st udies to determine whether the P CR testing has any utility
at all (It doesn’t).

Most lay people and, incredibly, most physicians will have no i dea how to read this study
and determine its validity.  So, people read the abstract or co nclusion (or, worse yet, an
article's headline0, and believe  what the authors assert.  That  is the problem.  Unless
someone actually helps  people understand exac tly what these stu dies are showing, and
calls out the deceptiv e nature of much o f this whole peer-revie wed science enterprise,
most people will continue to be l ed down a path  that could be d isastrous personally and
societally.

With gratitude for your support, and humility, please let me kn ow whether you have
questions.

Tom Cowan, M.D.

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aTo the MastersC o n t e n t s
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Section I
W a k i n g  U p
The Premise
1. Not with a Shout—But with a Whisper
2. Getting to Know Me
3. The Pillars of Zen
4. Absolute Silence
5. From Absolute Peace to Absolute Turmoil
6. South of the Border
7. Disconnecting the Panic Button
8. Unexpected Inspiration
9. The Promised Land
10. Building a Sacred Hut
11. Get Thee to a Monastery
12. When the Disciple Is Ready, the Master Appears
Section II
T h e  G r e a t  E x p e r i m e n t  B e g i n s
13. The Experiment of a Lifetime
14. Life Takes Charge
15. The Prince and the Pauper
16. Following the Invisible into the Unknown
17. My First Job Interview
18. Letting Go of the Rope
19. Acceptance, Acceptance, and More Acceptance
20. The Most Important Thing I Was Ever Asked to DoSection III
F r o m  S o l i t u d e  t o  S e r v i c e
21. The Call of a Living Master
22. Shaktipat
23. Gainesville Hosts a Guru
24. The Temple Is Built
25. Opening the Heart Chakra
26. Get Thee to an Ashram
Section IV
T h e  B u s i n e s s  o f  S u r r e n d e r
27. A Company Is Born
28. The Master Builder
29. Community Banking
30. The Ever-Expanding Temple of the Universe
31. Metamorphosis of a Creature
Section V
S o m e t h i n g  P r i c e l e s s  I s  B o r n
32. From the Personal Self to the Personal Computer
33. The Birth of The Medical Manager
34. The Early Programmers
35. Preparing for Launch
Section VI
T h e  F o r c e s  o f  N a t u r a l  G r o w t h
36. The Foundations of a Successful Business
37. The Industry Knocks on Our Door
38. The Temple Keeps Growing
Section VII
W h e n  D a r k  C l o u d s  B e c o m e  R a i n b o w s
39. A Touch of Magic
40. The Scary Messenger of Change
41. The Foundation Is Built for the Future
42. Meanwhile—Back at the Ranch
Section VIII
E m b r a c i n g  E x p l o s i v e  E x p a n s i o n
43. The Medical Manager Sprouts Wings
44. Medical Manager Corporation—MMGR
45. Becoming CEO
46. The Internet and Health Care
47. Merging—But Not with the Universe
48. Building Rome in a Day
49. Hanging Out in Washington
Section IX
T o t a l  S u r r e n d e r
50. The Raid
51. Attorneys, Attorneys, and More Attorneys
52. United States of America v. Michael A. Singer
53. Preparing a Defense
54. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
55. Divine Intervention
56. Returning to the Beginning
About the Author
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In t ruth, life is  really the aut hor of this book. She is the
one who manifested the flo w of events that were so
powerful and fascinating they demanded narration. But
life need ed me  to put pen to p aper if her greatness was to
be mem orialized. To that end, she sent exactly the right
people at exactly the right time to bring The Surrender
Experiment  into fruition.
It is  with hum ility and heartfelt thanks that I tell you
of the phenomenal job that my product manager, Karen
Entner, did on this book. Her tireless and selfless service
has inst illed this work with a sense of commitment and
perfection rarely found in this world.
I w ould  also like to take this opportunity to thank my
editor, Gary Jansen, from Crown Publishing, for all the
hard work and great suggestions he contributed. As
would be expected, life prov ided the absolutely perfect
editor to assist me in giving this testimony to her
greatness.
This bo ok had many early readers, all of whom deserve
thanks. I would like to single out James O’Dea, Ursula
Harlos, and Stephanie Davis, who contributed detailed
suggestions on  draft after dra ft during the early stages of
writing.
I n ow get to a cknowledge yo u, the reader, for having
the interest and taking the time to


 were to say something that you find hurtful. In this
case, the words don’t just pass through you without leaving a trace. Something
in you resists the words and, as a result, you feel upset. Who is it that is upset?

I am upset.

T ell us about the ‘I’ that is upset.

My image or idea of myself. Usually I would feel like, ‘They shouldn’t have
done that’.

Can an image or an idea be upset?

No.

So who or what is it that is upset? You refer to whatever that is as ‘I’. ‘ I am
upset by what he said.’ ‘ I am hurt by her behaviour.’ Who or what is this
upset ‘I’? This is how to look for the ‘I’. When you hear the words ‘Isn’t it a
beautiful day today?’ there is no holding on to or resisting the words. No ‘I’
rises up to say, ‘I like it’ or ‘I don’t like it’. The words just float unimpeded
through awareness and leave no trace on it. What is it that rises up and says,
‘I am upset’? Is the awareness that heard the supposedly hurtful words upset?

No.

Awareness is like an open, empty, knowing, space-like presence; it cannot be
hurt, stained, tarnished, moved, changed or destroyed by words, or indeed
by anything else, any more than empty space can be hurt or destroyed by
whatever takes place within it.
     Imagine throwing a ball through empty space. The ball just flows through
the space until it meets with some resistance: someone raises a hand or it
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hits the wall. In the absence of any such resistance, the ball just flows through
the space. Likewise, without the rising of the ‘I’ that says, ‘I like it, I want it’
or ‘I dislike it, I don’t want it’, the words will flow through you without af -
fecting you in any way.
     Now, when you hear the supposedly hurtful words, something rises up
and resists the words and says, ‘I don’t like it’. The counterpart of the thought
‘I don’t like it’ is felt in the body as an emotion of hurt or suffering. What is
this ‘I’ that rises up and resists the words? On whose behalf does the resis -
tance arise? It is obviously not the ‘I’ of awareness.

The ‘I’ that I think I am.

Go to that ‘I’. T ry to find it. What exactly is it? Where is it? What is it
made of? Your hurt feeling is arising on its behalf, so you must know it.
In fact, most of your life revolves around it. What do you find when you
go towards it?

I guess it’s a story.

Don’t guess. It is only necessary to guess about something you don’t know.
But you know yourself more intimately than you know any other thing. Your
whole life revolves around ‘I’. Be specific. What is that? It’s a story, yes, but
can a story be upset?

No.

On whose behalf is the story being told? Who is the protagonist of the story?

Well, me.

You point to your body when you say ‘me’, but is your body upset by these words?

It feels upset. I get tightness in my stomach and chest.

Is there anything to the tightness in your stomach or chest other than a mild
sensation?
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No.

Can a sensation be upset?

No.

The tightness in your chest and stomach is the result  of being upset; it is
the echo of the upset in your body, but it is not the upset itself, nor is it
the upset self. Your cheek or nose or shoulder doesn’t get upset when you
hear the words. So look again for the ‘I’ that is hurt or upset. What do you
find?

I don’t find a thing. I just find…I guess just what I identify as me, that somehow
I’ve been wronged.

Okay, but who or what is that ‘I’ that has been wronged? It is not your body,
a thought or an image that has been wronged, nor is it awareness itself.

So it’s some sense of myself.

What is that?

I don’t know what it is.

It would be as well to find out. Unless and until you find a self other than
the self of awareness, don’t presume there is one, and, above all, don’t
spend the rest of your life thinking, feeling, acting and relating on its
behalf.

When I look for myself, I find thoughts, feelings and sensations, but I don’t find
an actual self or entity.

Yes, and what is going to happen to your upset, your suffering, when you
discover that the separate self on whose behalf it has arisen is not there?

I assume it would just go away.
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Yes, the upset or the suffering dissipates because there is no separate, inde -
pendently existing entity or self present either to be upset or not to be upset.
When it is seen clearly that there is no personal self, the issue of getting upset
just doesn’t arise.
     Now, what is it that gives you the undeniable sense of being your self?
Where does your basic sense of identity come from?

Just from awareness.

Yes! T ell us about that.

(Long silence)

I like your response! T ry to say something true about your self, awareness,
even if it requires some concession to the limits of language.

It…it just is. I just am. And I am aware.

Yes, you, awareness, are present and aware. Anything else?

(Long silence)

Can you be disturbed?

No, I am always in peace.

Do you lack anything?

No, the question itself seems ridiculous!

Yes! And what is the common name for the absence of lack?

Happiness!

Exactly, happiness is your nature. You do not need to go anywhere or do
anything to find it. It is always available within yourself, as your self.
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Your investigation into the nature of your self has taken you from the hap -
piness you seek to the happiness you are. That is self-enquiry in practice.

embracing our suffering

Can you say more about the way of openness in our actual experience, and how
it differs from self-enquiry?

Just as it is only possible for the eye to see something that is at a distance from
itself, so it is only possible to know and, therefore, name something as an object
of experience when we stand apart from it as a separate subject of experience.
     Awareness cannot stand apart from any experience and know it from
a distance. It is so utterly, intimately one with experience that it cannot label
it, let alone consider it good or bad, right or wrong, pleasant or unpleasant.
It is knowledge through intimacy, as opposed to knowledge through con -
ception and abstraction.
     It is the apparently separate self or ego that detaches itself from experience
and views it from a distance. It is only from this apparent distance that we
are able to feel and label our experience as fear, anxiety, shame, sorrow, and
so on, and thus deem it unpleasant. All our suffering exists in the illusory
space between the subject and the object of experience, just as the danger
exists in the space between the two boxers when they are one metre apart.
     In the way of self-enquiry, we  increase  that distance, in the sense that we
explore the ‘I’ and disregard the emotion. In the way of openness, we do
the opposite: we collapse the apparent distance between our self and the af -
flictive emotion, such as fear, anxiety, shame, guilt or sorrow. We turn to -
wards the experience from which we would normally turn away. We
welcome that which we would normally reject. We find sanctuary by em -
bracing our suffering.
     This attitude is illustrated in the Grimm Brothers’ fairy story The Frog
Prince, in which a frog offers to retrieve a princess’s golden ball from the lake
in which she has lost it, in return for her friendship. After she agrees to the
deal, the frog retrieves the ball, but the princess forgets her side of the bargain.
     However, later that evening, while the princess is having dinner with her
father, the king, the frog returns to the royal palace to remind her. Reluc -
tantly she invites him inside and allows him to eat from her plate. Later that
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night, upon his further insistence, the princess allows the frog to sleep on
her pillow, and finally she embraces it.
     The next morning the princess wakes to find a handsome prince in bed
next to her! When the princess embraced that which was most distasteful to
her, it turned into that for which she longed above all else.

In the way of openness, we understand and feel our self as the open, empty,
resistanceless presence of awareness, and we turn towards any afflictive emo -