  THAT  THING  OFF  OR  SAY
TO YOUR  FEELING:  "STOP!  BE  SILENT"!  TURN
YOUR  ATTENTION  TO  THE  PRESENCE  AND
HAVE  ITS  GLORY  AND  BLESSING.
You do not perhaps  realize,  how  firm  you  must  be, to-
ward  your  own  feeling  world.  When  it has gained  a mo-
mentum  of centuries,  you  are under  its pressure.  You  might
say to Me:  "Well  suppose  I don't  know  I have  lived  before ?
Do I still  have  the accumulation  of the centuries  in this
embodiment"?  Yes!  I will  explain  to you  why.  Because
in all of the accumulation  of the centuries,  even  though
you did  not know  it could  be dissolved;  if you  have  not 284 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
set the Law  of Life  into  action  which  would  dissolve  it,
then  it still  remains.
All the  accumulation,  all the  discord  which  has  been
in your  experience  of the past,  still  remains  about  you  and
in your  world.  Believe  it or not!  You  meet  all that  accumu-
lation,  when  you  come  back  into  this  embodiment.  It is just
waiting  there  for you,  because  it belongs  to you;  and  you
cannot  get away  from  it, until  you  know  this Presence  of all
Life;  and  call It to use the Violet  Consuming  Flame  to dis-
solve  and  consume  every  bit of your  accumulation  of dis-
cord.  The  Mercy  or Glory  of your  Presence,  will  at your
call, dissolve  and  consume  every  particle  of your  accumula-
tion of discord  of the centuries;  in a few  weeks  or a few
months  at most,  if the person  is very  sincere  and  in earnest!
Therefore,  Beloved  Ones,  you  have  in your  hands  the
Dominion  to set yourselves  wholly  Free,  no matter  what
the mistakes  of the past  have  been.  Is there  any  Greater
Mercy  than  the Presence  of Life,  which  says  to wayward
mankind:  " 'I AM'  not interested  in your  mistakes!  I want
you to be Free!  As quick  as you  will  listen  to Me,  and  turn
away  from  whatever  has  caused  you  to create  the discord
and limitations  which  you  experience,  then  'I AM'  ready!
'I AM'  the Presence  of all Life,  ready  to forgive  your  mis-
takes,  at your  Call  on the Law  of Forgiveness!  'I AM'  ready
to forget  all which  has been;  and  then  set the Violet  Con-
suming  Flame  into  action  to dissolve  and  consume  every
particle  of that  for you." ?
Do you  know,  every  one of blessed  mankind  is so good  at DISCOURSE  XVIII  285
Heart;  but  because  destructive  conditions  have  beset  the
people  sometimes,  it has made  them  feel  almost  fiendish.
That  does  not belong  to them—never!  It is an imposed  con-
dition  from  the generated  creation  of mankind's  discord.
The Blessed  Ones  do not know  that  and  sometimes  yield
to destructive  force;  causing  themselves  to loose  their  phys-
ical Freedom  for an entire  embodiment.
Look  at your  institutions,  your  asylums,  youi  institutions
of incarceration,  your  prisons,  full  to running  over.  Why ?
Because  mankind  not  understanding,  has  yielded  to this
impact  and  impulse  of human  discordant  creation.  The
people  do not understand  their  power  of qualification  and
what  their  attention  does  in continuous  attention  held  upon
hate,  anger,  condemnation  or whatever  the destructive  con-
dition  may  be. They  have  gone  thru  into  the octave  or
stratum,  where  all the discordant  accumulation  of mankind
is gathered;  and  it has rushed  in upon  them  and  they  are
helpless  before  it.
Beloved  Students  and  people  of Detroit!  If mankind  un-
derstood  that  one  point  alone,  it would  be worth  a whole
life-time  of experience;  if Individuals  really  grasped  what  it
means!  People  have  gone  serenely  along  in their  limita-
tions;  not  knowing  every  time  they  give  way  to some  dis-
cordant  thing,  if it be continued  long  enough,  they  will  go
thru  into  the mass  accumulation  of the discord,  and  the
mass  pressure  will  rush  in upon  them!
Beloved  Students,  whom  We love  so greatly,  please  listen
to Us and  give  obedience  to your  Law  of Life,  understand-286 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
ing every  time  you yield  in your  feeling  to discord,  criticism,
condemnation,  judgment  or any  of those  qualities,  which
are destructive;  you  will  invite  the whole  mass  creation  to
enter  your  world  and  act there!  Because  previous  under-
standing  has caused  Individuals  to believe  they  were  justi-
fied in self-protection;  or whatever  you  choose  to call  it,
does  not change  the Action  of the Law  of Energy!  In the
old statement,  think  of it! "An  eye for an eye and  a tooth
for a tooth,"  which  meant  beat  the other  fellow  to it, in all
those  destructive  qualities.  That  is just exactly  what  man-
kind  has been  doing  thru  the centuries!
One man  of power—human  power,  says  to his associates:
"Let's  have  a war,"  and  he proceeds  to agitate  certain  ac-
tivities  of mankind  to produce  it! For  what?  Praise  to the
"Great  I AM  Presence"  of Life,  mankind  for the first  time
in the history  of the world,  is awakening  to what  the war
forces  are doing!
Now,  the Great  Cosmic  Light  has said  to unhappy  man-
kind:  "Your  accumulation  has become  too great!"  and  to
the Great  Ascended  Masters,  It has said:  "Let  us help  once
again  and  give  the people  one  more  opportunity  to free
themselves  from  these  conditions;  and  explain  to them  in
a simple  manner,  why  the conditions  have  existed  thruout
the centuries  which  get beyond  their  control."  It is all just
because  mankind  has not understood  the Presence  of Life!
As you  value  everything  which  you  hold  dear  in your
Life and  the future  of the centuries  before  you,  REMEM-
BER  THAT  CHART  IS CORRECT!  It gives  you the ex-DISCOURSE  XVIII  287
act eye picture  of your  position  physically  to your  own  God
Presence,  the "Mighty  I AM";  and  unless  mankind  will
understand  that  and  accept  It, as a Reality  in the feeling
world,  humanity  will  go on, and  on, and  I would  not at-
tempt  to picture  into  what!
Oh, Dear  People,  do not make  any mistake  about  Us. We
are not calamity  howlers;  but We are putting  before  you,
the Exact  Truth  of Life,  which  It is your  privilege  to ac-
cept and  utilize,  if you will.  If you will  not,  it is quite  your
own  business;  but let Me tell you,  the person  or student
who  has touched  This  Light  and  allows  himself  or herself
to be turned  aside,  by some  silly  human  thing  acting


 the United States people enjoy swimmingin water at the seashore, in lakes, rivers, streams andswimming pools. Swimming is one of the best exercisesanyone can perform. It puts no strain on the joints orthe heart. Swim as often as you can. If you can’t swim,go to a professional who can teach you how to swim.You will never regret it because it is one of the most
relaxing, but exhilarating of exercises. It can be enjoyedregardless of age. Don’t fear it! Learn to love it.
Water therapies have been used for man’s miseries
since the beginning of time. In my world travels I havefound many different types of therapies. It’s been proventhat the ancient civilizations of the Egyptians, Assyrians,Hebrews, Persians, Greeks, Hindus, Chinese and othercultures, including Native American Indians, have usedwater therapies for the relief of human ailments.154
To the days of the aged water addeth length;
To the might of the strong water addeth strength;It freshens the heart, water brightens the sight;Water is like drinking a goblet of morning light.The Health Miracles of Pure WaterMost Ancient Healers Used Water Therapy
400 years before the birth of Christ, on the Greek
island of Cos in the Aegean Sea, Hippocrates, the father
of medicine developed a complete system of watertreatments. His records state that a cold bath followedby a hot bath and a massage improves the circulation.We agree with this! The cold, then hot bath followed by
a coarse friction rub is one of the best circulation builders.
I have visited great health (water) spas around the
world. For years we had a home in Desert Hot Springs,
California, so we could enjoy their healing waters. It’slocated directly on the San Andreas fault where many
earthquakes originate. Under this fault there is a great
river of hot mineral water. Wells are piped down to thisunderground river and the hot mineral water is brought
to the spas. People from all over the world come to Desert
Hot Springs to bathe in its soothing mineral water.
I do not regard hot mineral water as a cure for any
human ailment. But I believe that hot water, particularlyat
104°, is a purifier and a detoxifier that increases the
body’s circulation. This is why I recommend a hot Epsom
salts or apple cider vinegar bath (1 cup) as a detoxifier
and relaxer. It should be taken in bath water anywherefrom
98° to 104°, for 10-15 minutes. The special bath can
be a very important part of your health program. Usuallyit’s best not to take a hot bath during your fasts, butwarm water is O.K. and diabetics always warm only.
Always remember that clean, pure water inside and
outside is the best to use. It’s one of Mother Nature’swonderful ways of building a healthy body. Distilled pure
water is the best for drinking and all food uses.155
Water is the Key to All Body Functions!
•Heart •Muscles •Glands
•Circulation •Metabolism •Sex
•Digestion •Assimilation •Energy
•Bones & Joints •Elimination •Nerves
There is only one water that is clean and that is steam distilled water.
No other substance on our planet does so much to keep us healthy and get uswell as distilled water does! –
  James F. Balch, M.D.,  Author of Dietary WellnessWater is More Important than Food
More than  70% of the human body is water. The bones
in your body are even  30% water. To lose a tenth of your
body’s water supply is dangerous, and to lose a fifth can
be fatal. Losing lesser amounts disturbs body functionsand impairs chemical and physical processes necessary
to good health. Yet the body itself can take lots of
punishment. Half your proteins and almost all of yourfat and glycogen can be lost without causing death. Only
that important
 70% of your body – water – requires that
it be kept at a consistently high level.
A practical example of the body’s demand for water
can be drawn from mountain climbing histories. In their
assault on the Himalayas, men working and climbing inhigh altitudes cut down on the weight they carried in
an attempt to conserve body energy. None were notably
successful until a team conquering Mount Everestscientifically considered the effect of the altitude on the
body’s water metabolism. These men increased their fuel
load in order to melt snow and ice into water. They wereassured of an average of
 6 pints of water daily per person,
much more than any previous teams had considered as
adequate water rations. While water was not the sole
contributing factor to their success, it was recognized ashelping to prevent the fatigue experienced by former
teams during their final assaults. The rest of us may not
need water for anything as demanding as climbing theHimalayas, but this serves as an example of how
important water – or the lack of it – in our diets can be.156How Our Body Uses Water
Almost every fluid connected with life and living
things is based on water. Protoplasm (the substance
regarded as the physical basis of life) cannot exist without
water. Nor can a blade of grass, a cactus, an insect, a birdor a fish, etc. Dry out a living cell and it will stop working.
It must have liquid to survive and live!
Human cells are the very same. Even food is brought
to them via fluid in the form of blood. There are about 9pints of blood in your body. After food is consumed by
the cells, the waste is carried away in a water-based liquid,your urine. Even oxygen cannot be absorbed by your
lungs except through a moist surface. The same is true
of the waste by-product of oxygen, carbon dioxide.
Water is Necessary For Digestion
Food can’t be digested without water! There is an
actual chemical process that goes on in your body that’sknown as “hydrolysis”. It involves changing proteins,starches and fats into foods that various cells require in
order to work properly. But water is also necessary to
stimulate gastric glands in the stomach. In the intestinesit helps facilitate the absorption of solids and the most
important excretion of wastes.
Water is important to digestion. It begins with the
intake of food at the mouth. Here the fluid known assaliva – which is
 99.5%  water – begins the digestion of
carbohydrates. The gastric juices we’ve mentioned earlier
are 90% water – they work on the food passed on to the
stomach from the mouth. The food, now fairly liquid, isnext passed to the duodenum, or upper section of thesmall intestine, where enzymes, the liver secretions and
the pancreas (
90% water) finish the digestion of food.
Food is passed through the intestines and absorbed
through the intestinal walls in a watery state. The largestportion of this absorption occurs in the colon. Diarrhea
results from unabsorbed water which is passed as waste.This is a dangerous situation for infants who, because of
their size have only a small supply of water. This can
result in dehydration, bad digestion and even death.157
Pure water performs miracles internally and externally for well-being –  Patricia BraggSomewhere between  7 and 11 quarts of water are
needed just for proper digestion. Breaking this down, it
comes to  3 pints of saliva, a couple of quarts of gastric
juice, plus an equivalent amount of bile and otherglandular and intestinal secretions. Fortunately, the bodyis thrifty and most of this moisture is absorbed andrecycled. Its first job after being absorbed is to transferthe newly digested foods to the cells through thebloodstream where the blood cells themselves use and
reuse the water in their own process of living.
Water is Vital in Removing Body Waste
Water plays an important role in the excretion of
waste through the intestine. The other forms of solublewaste also rely on water. The kidneys, bladder, skin andlungs all depend heavily on water to rid themselves of
any body poisons and excretions on a regular basis.
The lung walls are composed of tiny air sacs that, in
order to function properly during the intake of oxygenand the expulsion of carbon dioxide, must be moist. The
linings of the nose, throat, trachea and bronchial tubesare also always moist – or should be. Because of all this
contact with air, the body loses about a pint of water
every day solely through exhalation. When the air is verydry, even more moisture is lost. Many people replace
this moisture by using a vaporizer in their homes.
A large quantity of water can be lost through the skin.
Here water is used as a vehicle for waste. The kidneysuse water rapidly, but the amount they use depends on
the quantity of fluid you drink. For every quart of waterpassed through the kidneys,
12 ounces of waste are
carried in it. This is normal, but water (as urine) neverfalls below a level of a little more than a half of a pint.Kidneys never stop working and constantly demand
water, even when none is available. The body is then
forced to supply it through dehydration to live. All ofthese body functions occur without any chemical
transformation of the water. Water always remains water.158
Pure water is the cheapest form of


 more realistic and more mature
outlook.
Now, are there any questions in connection with this lecture?
QUESTION : It is very dicult for me to understand that one continually
chooses a love object who has exactly the same negative trends that one
or the other parent had. Is it reality that this particular person has these
trends? Or is it projection and response?
ANSWER : It can be both and it can be either. In fact, most of the
time it is a combination. Certain aspects are unconsciou sly looked
for and found and they are actually similar. But the existing
similarities are enhanced by the person who is doing the recreation.
They are not only projected qualities that are not really there, but
are latent in some degree without being manifested. These are
encouraged and strongly brought to the fore by the attitude of the
person with the unrecogniz ed inner problem. He or she fosters
something in the other person by provoking the reaction that is
similar to the parent’s. The provocation, which of course  is entirely
unconscious, is a very strong factor here.
The sum total of a human personality consists of many aspects.
Out of these, a few may be actually similar to some traits in the
recreator’s parent. The most outstanding would be a similar kind of
immaturity and incapacity to love. That alone is sucient and
potent enough in essence to reproduce the same situation.
The same person would not react to others as he or she reacts to
you because it is you who constantly do the provokin g, thereby
reproducing conditions similar to your childhood for you to correct.
Your fear, your self-punishment, your frustration, your anger, your
hostility, your withdrawal from giving out love and aection, allthese trends of the child in you constantly provoke the other person
and enhance a response coming from that part which is weak and
immature. However, a more mature person will aect others
dierently and will bring out that in them which is mature and
whole, for there is no person who does not have some mature
aspects.
QUESTION : How can I make the distinction as to whether the other
person provoked me or I the other person?
ANSWER : It is not necessary to nd who started it, for this is a
chain reaction, a vicious circle. It is useful to start by nding your
own provocation, perhaps in response to an open or hidden
provocation of the other person. Thus you will realize that because
you were provoked, you provoke the other person. And because you
do so, the other again responds in kind. But as you examine your
real reason, not the supercial one, the reason why you were hurt in
the rst place and therefore provoked, according to tonight’s lecture
you will no longer regard this hurt as disastrous. You will have a
dierent reacti on to the hurt, and, as a consequence, the hurt will
diminish autom atically. Therefore, you will no longer feel the need
to provoke the other person. Also, as the need to reproduce the
childhood situation decreases, you will become less withdrawn and
you will hurt others less and less, so that they will not have to
provoke you. If they do, you will now also understand that they
reacted out of the same childish blind needs as you did. Now you
can see how you ascribe dierent motivations to the other person’s
provocation than to your own, even if and when you actually realize
that you initiated the provocation. As you gain a diere nt view on
your own hurt, understandin g its real origin, you will gain the same
detachment from the reaction of the other person. You will nd
exactly the same reactions in yourself and in the other. As long as
the child’s conict remains unresolved in you, the dierence seems
enormous, but when you perceive reality, you begin to break the
repetitive, vicious circle.As you truly perceive such a mutual interplay, it will relieve the
feeling of isolation and guilt you all are burdened with. You are
constantly uctuating between your guilt and your accusation of
injustice you direct at those around you. The child in you feels itself
entirely diere nt from others, in a world of its own. It lives in such
a damaging illusion. As you solve this conict, your awareness of
other people will increase. As yet, you are so unaware of the reality
of other people. On the one hand you accuse them and are
inordinately hurt by them because you do not understand yourself
and therefore do not understand the other person. On the other
hand, and at the same time, you refuse to become aware when you
are hurt. This seems paradoxical, yet is not. As you experience for
yourself the interactions set forth tonight, you will nd this to be
true. While sometimes you may exaggerate a hurt, at other times
you do not allow yourself to know that it happened at all, because it
may not t the picture you have of the situation. It may spoil your
self-constructed idea, or it may not correspond to your desire at the
time. If the situation seems otherwise favorable and ts into your
preconceived idea, you leave out all that jars you, allowing it to
fester underne ath and create unconscious hostility. This entire
reaction inhibi ts your intuitive faculties, at least in this particular
respect.
The constant provocation that goes on among human beings,
while it is hidden from your awareness now, is a reality you will
come to perceive very clearly. This will have a very liberating eect
on you and your surroundings.
Go your way, my dearest ones, and may the blessings we bring to
all of you envelop and penetrate your body, soul, and spirit, so that
you open up your soul and become your real self, your own real self.
Be blessed, my friends, be in peace, be in God.
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The Real God and the God-Image
No one can avoid facing the question of God. Does such a Being
actually exist? How and where can I nd God, and what is the
truth behind the answers I have given myself so far, or behind the
confusion I feel? And what can the Pathwork Guide—an entity of
higher consciousness, an entity with an angel’s-eye view—teach us
that we have not read or heard before?
Greetings. I bring you blessin gs in the name of God. Blessed is this
hour, my dearest friends.
That the existence of God is so often questioned and that Divine
Presence is so rarely experien ced within the human soul is the result
of the distorted God-image most human beings harbor.
The False Concept of God
Children experience their rst conict with authority  at an early
age. They also learn that God is the highest authority. Therefore it is
not surprising that children project their subjective experiences with
authority onto their imaginings about God. Hence a wrong
conclusion is formed about God, which is unconsciously carried into
adulthood.
Children experience all lands of authority. When they are
prohibited from doing what they enjoy most, they experienceauthority as hostile. When parental authority indulges a child,
authority will be felt as benign. When there is a predominance of
one kind of authority in childhood, the reaction to that will become
the unconscious attitude toward God. In many instances, however,
children experience a mixture of both. Then the combination of
these two kinds of authority will form their image of God. In the
measure that a child experiences fear and frustration, to that
measure will fear and frustra tion unconsciously be felt toward God.
God is then believed to be a punishing, severe, and often even an
unfair and unjust force that one has to contend with. I know, my
friends, that you do not think so consciously. But in the pathwork
you are asked to nd the emotional reactions that do not at all
correspond to your conscious  concepts on whatever subject. The less
the unconscious concept coincides with the conscious one, the
greater is the shock when one realizes the discrepancy.
Practically everything the child enjoys most is forbidden.
Whatever gives most pleasure is prohibited, usually for the child’s
own welfare; this the child  cannot understand. It happens that
parents also do this out of their own ignorance and fear. Thus it is
impressed on the child’s mind that for everything most pleasurable
in the world one is subject to punishment from God, the highest and
sternest authority.
In addition, you are bound to encounter human injustice  in the
course of your life, in childhood as well as in adulthood. Particularly
if these  injustices are perpetrated by people who stand for authority
and are therefore unconsciously associated with God, your
unconscious belief in God’s severe injustice is strengthened. Such
experiences also intensify your fear of God.
All this forms an image that makes, if properly analyzed, a
monster out of God. This god, living in your unconscious mind, is really
more of a satan.
You yourself have to nd out in your work on yourself how much
of this holds true for you personally. Is your soul impregnated with
similar wrong concepts? If and when the realization of such an
impression becomes conscious within a growing human being, it


Sherpa guides you to the next level. So it is with life. We are graced to
have guides show us the way when we feel lost or confuse d. David
Hoffmeister is a Sherpa of immaculate purpose. Trust him. He can show
you the way to the mountaintop.
—Alan CohenIntroduction
The Ever-Present Miracle of Now
All we need to do is go within to find the answer of love.
There is an answer that is so deep that it can bring truth and healing
to everyone and to this whole world. We have been searching for it
everywhere, except in the only place we could truly find it: within.
This moment extends all the way to eternity. It is the now that
extends peacefully and is forever and ever. It is infinite happiness,
without end, without limit. It is untouched by fear, guilt, or suffering of
any kind. It is untouched by anything but love. There is so much
appreciation when experiencing something for the first time. There is no
comparison. For in the ever-unfolding now, we are always brand new.
We can just bask in it, fully mer ge with it. There are no past references to
it, for it doesn’ t fit on the timeline. It’s just a happy sense of soaring way
beyond time and space, like an ongoing meditation.
This ever-present miracle of now is our doorway within. It is our
doorway Home.  It is an experience of something ever-new. It’s a happy
feeling, one that makes you want to sing to the world. It’s very beautiful
and very simple too. It’s having the allowance to merge when you are
watching a flower, a butterfly, or a bird singing in the tree; it’s a
contentment like, “Ah yes, thank you; let me be whole.” This is what
Saint Francis was talking about: just communing. The allowance that
everything is perfect. W e can really allow ourselves to smell the roses.
It is through the doorway of the present moment that we are truly
able to hear the deep messages of love coming from within. They are
boundless and eternal, for the voice of the inner guide is always speaking
to us of our true identity and of our oneness with everyone and
everything. But in order to hear it, we need to walk through the doorway
and invite this deeply loving guide into our minds and lives.I first knew about this present moment, where boundless joy
resides, early on. The true drive of my heart, even as a young boy, was to
feel joy and extend love. I remember playing all summer. I loved the
neighborhood creek, which was full of frogs and crawdads. I would just
play, play, play—play my heart out all day. I was truly in the moment,
naturally!
Then, as I got older and the world’ s rules and expectations set in, I
bought the bait. I started thinking that I had to learn my way through this
world. However, the more intricate the education and learning, the more
confused and lost I became. I didn’t like the idea of “improving” and the
sound of “makin g a living.” It sounded like pressure, like living to just
survive. That was not inspiring. It felt like the world was set up with an
ever-increasing number of complications. There came a time when I
began to question all this; I questioned how it was all set up.
I started seeking the answer when I got into graduate schoo l. I
began to question everything that I believed and everything I had learned
in my ten years of university. Even though I got a couple of degrees, I
soon realized that there was no point in learning more stuff and
developing more special skills. I wanted the answer to something deeper.
This was definitely not popular with people in my life. They said, “No,
no, not good, you have no direction; you are going to amount to
nothing.” They would say things like, “Y ou are crazy, get a life.”
So, I would say, “Okay, let’s talk about that. Get a life: Can you be
a little more specific? I actually believe I am going for life. So, would
you tell me what you mean by get a life?”
They said, “Well, get a life: a girlfriend, a partner...something. Then
get a house, get a mortgage, get in debt like the rest of us.”
“That is what you mean by get a life? And then what?”
And they said, “And then you grow old, and your hair goes gray.”
“And then what?”
“And then you get sick.”
“And then what?”“And then you die.”
And I said, “Absolutely unacceptable. All I can say is, if that is your
definition of a life, I am not going to get a life. There has to be
something more  than just strugg le and work and suffer and get sick and
die and get educ ated along the way. There has to be a little bit more than
that, a deeper and more fulfillin g experience. And I am going to get the
bottom of it; I am going to get to the bottom of this fishy world, and I am
going to find out what is truly possible.”
When A Cours e in Miracles  finally came along for me in 1986, I
opened it up and almost lost my breath. I felt like a lot of people do: that
it was really, really powerful. Something inside of me said, “Ahhh. …
Support!” It was such a powerful wayshower. It was like a guide. There
was an inner voice urging me, “Keep it up. Don’ t stop now. You are on
the road to truth. You are coming inward with all this deep questioning.
Keep going.” The journey that followed can be summed up as a love
affair with God. I never plann ed my life to unfold that way. And I
certainly did not grow up consciously thinking that this was how I
wanted to spend my life.
After several years of reading A Course in Miracles,  I began to hear
the voice of the inner guide. This quiet voice was giving me very helpful
and often very specific instructions on where to go, what to say, and
what to do. I no longer had to navigate through this maze of a world on
my own anymore! Listening to and following this voice seemed to
assure my peace  and happiness. My prayer had been answered!  I had an
inner guide who was there to answer any question and help me make
every decision. It was an amazing gift and a tremendous relief!
Nowadays, I spend most of my time meeting people like you who
are looking for happiness and a deeper sense of purpose in their lives.
And time and time again, people all over the world ask me the how
questions: How do I find true peace? How do I find true happine ss? How
do I find the quiet peace, the kind of peace and happiness that will last? I
have taught on six continents and in forty-four countries, and no matter
where I go, people always ask me, How, How, How?And this is what I say: “By unveiling and forgiving your blocks to
love.”
And then they ask: “But how do I forgive? How do I let go of fear?
How do I heal and come to peace of mind? Can you give me a practical
formula? Can you give me something that I can use every day?”
There is nothing more fun to me than giving the how away—and
that is my intent ion with this book. Once you experience it, you feel how
wonderful it is, and then you will want to give it away too.
The bottom line of the how is: Make contact with Holy Spirit, with
God, with the Higher Self, whatever you prefer to call it. Once you
connect with Spirit—which I call Holy Spirit—you are in direct contact
with the how, for the Holy Spirit is the how. You are right there in the
moment with the how, experiencing it moving through you.
It is in the powe r of this mome nt where the how resides. It is only
now that we are truly able to forgive and move from a fearful state into a
loving one. It is only in this mom ent that we are truly able to experience
the miracle of letting every dark thought and feeling and every pain and
suffering go, shined away by the Holy Spirit. It is only in this moment
that we are truly able to perform  the miracle of forgiveness. The miracle
of this moment is always available, ready to take us beyond the intellect
and back into an experience of pure love and of our true divine nature.
Forgiveness—the process of seeing no problems—of fers a doorway
into the intuitive flow of presence and the ability to just ride that
presence like a feather floating on the breeze. Presence with the Holy
Spirit brings us to a place where there are no difficult decision s, for the
Spirit is always out in front of us, showing us the way. There is no
hesitation or doubt, just an increasingly consistent sense of relaxation
and ease. When we have conta ct with Spirit, with our internal teacher,
and this contact becomes consistent, the ease comes into our life.
The primary aim of this book is to help you come into the flow of
the prese nt mom ent where you can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. The
Holy Spirit, the


, but I didn't know for how long, so I asked him, but he wouldn't commit
himself because he really did not know. He told me that each individual is different and each problem is different, so we would take each day as it came. Dr. Gross had an
idea of approximately how long he would like me to fast, but, of course, he wouldn't
tell me. In our previous little interview he sized me up quite well and knew not to give
me a projection too far in advance    Dr. Gross saw how tired I was and told me to try and get some sleep, after which I
was to weigh myself and keep a daily record of my weight changes. When I awoke, I put myself on the scale and recorded 140 pounds in the first page of my diary. I was
starting this fast on Thursday, September 3, 1964, at 140 pounds, a 30-pound deficit
from my so-called normal weight of 170 pounds (too heavy). I spent a good part of
this day sitting outside and getting a little sun. ( The first week was spent almost
entirely in bed, except for the frequent bowel activity which necessitated me ambulating to the lavatory. Even though I was to abstain from food, except water, for
the next six weeks, there was bowel activity every day except for the last few days of
the fast. It took about nine or ten days for my body to eliminate the infection and
bring down the fever. At no time were any drugs, vitamins, or supplements
administered. Everything accomplished was by the body's own ability when left unmolested.) This first fasting day was rather  uneventful. No unusual thirst or hunger.
Malaise and weakness present. About a dozen B.M.s (diarrhea) with no blood. Slept
fair. Short periods of insomnia and restless ness; but not as intense as before coming
here. Up twice during the night for B.M.s.
   Here follow selections from my diar y for the period of my fast and recovery:
   Friday, September 4, 1964 --Fast, 2nd day: My weight this morning is 139 pounds; a
loss of one pound. Sensations of hunger at scattered intervals. Very weak and tired.
Some light-headedness on getting up, due to decrease in blood pressure. No headache.
No unusual thirst. Six watery B.M.s. today and no blood. Feet, legs, and thighs have
dull ache. This, coupled with insomnia and restlessness, makes it difficult to fall
asleep. Very poor night due to uneasiness plus four or five trips to the lavatory.
   Saturday, September 5, 1964 --Fast, 3rd day: Coating on tongue, foul breath and
taste beginning, as is the thickening of saliva. (This is normal on a fast and occurs in
varying degrees, as the body eliminates its wastes or toxic load, which has been accumulating for years. There were many mornings I'd have to take a knife blade and scrape the coating off. I could taste salt, plus many of the drugs coming through the mucous membranes of my mouth. There is nothing known to man that equals the fast
as a means of increasing elimination of waste from the blood and tissues.) Weight this
morning is 137-1/2 pounds; a loss of 1-1/2 pounds from yesterday and a total loss of
2-1/2 pounds in two days of fasting. No hunger or desire for food, although I can taste
certain foods in my mind as I think about them. Very comfortable day. Weakness and
tiredness has decreased since yesterday and I feel more alert. Very little thirst. Five
B.M.s. today (diarrhea with some blood). Low back (sacral) pain makes it difficult to
get from lying to sitting or sitting to standing position, supposedly due to breaking up of calcium deposits in that area, which most people accumulate as age increases. This
is quite common and lasts only three or four days, followed by comfort and increased
suppleness in the area. Much insomnia and restlessness--very annoying. Blood
pressure a little low, but good quality pulses. Must be careful on standing up. If too
rapid, light-headed to almost blackout. Difficult to sleep--restless. Up twice during night for trips to lavatory. Could feel spasms in the large intestine. Blood pressure
118/75.
   Sunday, September 6, 1964 --Fast, 4th day: Weight this morning 136-1/2 pounds; a
loss of one pound from yesterday and a total loss of 3-1/2 pounds after three days of
fasting. Walking labored. Sense of well-being all day. Light-headed in upright position. Occasional but negligible nausea. No natural hunger or true desire for food.
(Usually, sick people like myself have no desire to eat anyway, even though we are forced to as part of medical treatment. The sick body does not have the capacity to
properly digest and assimilate or absorb food and this weakens the body further. The
fast provides the needed rest for the digestive organs. Now, the average person will
experience hunger for about the first three days, after which it subsides and the faster
becomes comfortable. I've heard many people state that they tried fasting, couldn't tolerate the hunger, and swore not to fast ag ain. The problem was that they didn't fast
beyond three days--they never experienced the most comfortable phase of the fast.)
Low back-sacral-pain quite intense when maneuvering into different positions, but
most intense when in a bent-over position and trying to straighten up. (Much gas is
present most of the time throughout my fast.) Five diarrheal episodes with clot-like material present. Very bad night. Terrible insomnia and restlessness. Not much sleep.
Awakened during night for three bouts of diarrhea. (The average person, by this stage
of the fast, has ceased to have B.M.s--not tr ue of those with severe, chronic, ulcerative
colitis.) Blood pressure 118/78.
   Monday, September 7, 1964 --Fast, 5th day: Weight 134 pounds; a loss of 2-1/2
pounds from yesterday and a total loss of six pounds after four days of fasting. Low
back pain much eased. Tired, weak, and sluggish, but feel fine mentally and in good spirits. Blood pressure 115/72. Tongue quite coated. Breath and taste very foul. True
desire for food absent, but talked much about  it and could taste, in my mind, whatever
I imagined. Slight increase in thirst, although water is beside me and I drink only
when thirsty--never forced. (There is so me dehydration when fasting, but depending
on the productivity of the fast, our own senses determine how much water is needed. There were some days when a total of two glasses satisfied me and there were other
days I used a total of two quarts.) About four poor B.M.s. with much gas. Not much sleep--bad insomnia and restlessness. Two trips to lavatory during night.
   Friday, September 11, 1964 --Fast, 9th day: Weight this morning 128-1/2 pounds; a
loss of 1/2 pound from yesterday and a total loss of 11-1/2 pounds after eight days of fasting. Blood pressure 110/68. No headache. (I had no headache the entire length of
the fast; however, many people may develop one, especially if they had been drinkers
of coffee, tea, alcohol, cola drinks or users of tobacco, condiments, and other
indications of "gracious living." There ar e many crises that may develop during
various phases of 1st fast; headache is just one. Some others are nausea, vomiting, aches, and pains, just to mention a few. Usually the deeper one goes into a fast and the
more toxic wastes he eliminates, the more  tendency toward various crises, which all
come to pass. Fair day. Insomnia and much intestinal gas during the night.
   Sunday, September 13, 1964 --Fast, 11th day: Weight 126-1/2 pounds; a loss of 1/2
pound from yesterday and a total loss of 13-1/2 pounds after ten days of fasting. The
bowel infection I brought with me has gradually succumbed to the body's defense
mechanism--feel better generally and fever is gone. Similar day as yesterday, except my nose and, mainly, my feet have become cold. It is quite annoying and I ask for a
hot water bottle. (Cold feet are not uncommon during a fast. Many people experience
this phenomenon in one degree or another. My feet remained cold for the remainder
of the fast, but the hot water bottle helped a great deal.) Occasional hiccoughs all day.    Monday, September 14, 1964 --Fast, 12th day: Weight 126 pounds; a loss of 1/2
pound from yesterday and a total loss of 14 pounds after 11 days of fasting. Blood pressure 90/64. Not quite as tired, weak, or  lethargic. Slight increase in energy.
Morale fine, especially when I receive letters from home. Bowel activity all day.
Restlessness and insomnia gone, but I sleep only at intervals of several hours


 have long been asking that the standards for water fluoridation
be revised, while EPA administrators continue to reject their warnings and have
even disciplined employees who have spoken out. – The Pittsburgh Press
• Fluoridation is Big Business
Despite the fact that it doesn’t actually prevent tooth decay in children or
adults, government officials still devote our tax dollars to fluoridation. Several
other countries tried it and stopped when their research showed that the risks
far outweighed the benefits. In this country, the big companies that make huge
profits from selling this toxic waste material are so powerful that the facts
are swept under the rug. – Let’s Live! May 1996. This magazine,
originally called California Health News, was started by Paul C. Bragg, who
changed the name because, he said, “Everybody wants to – Let’s Live!”
• Mohawk Indians’ Fluoride Tragedy
In the period from 1960 to 1975, a Mohawk Indian tribe in the Northeast U.S.
was all but obliterated by fluoride contamination. Cows, fish and children all
suffered from tooth and bone deformities caused by wastes from two major
metals manufacturers. (Now all Indian reservations have fluoridated water!)
– “Fluoride: Commie Plot or Capitalist Ploy?” by Joel Griffiths
23 24 More Shocking Fluoride Updates...
• Fluoride is Highly Toxic
The fact is that fluoride is more toxic than lead and just slightly less toxic than
the killer arsenic. – Gary Null, The Fluoridation Fiasco
• Use Non-Fluoride Toothpaste
Fluoride in toothpaste is absorbed through the lining of the mouth, and in only
one or two brushings, a milligram of fluoride enters your body.
– Health Action Network
• Fluoridation Increases Lead Contamination
Fluoride leaches lead from plumbing and water mains. In Tacoma, Washington,
where lead content of water had risen above EPA limits, fluoridation was halted
because of equipment failure. Officials were surprised at the resulting 50%
drop in lead contamination.
– Letter from C.R. Myrick, Water Quality Coordinator, Tacoma, WA
• Fluoride Affects Immune Function
Because of its disabling effects on enzyme activity, fluoride reduces resistance
against infection. – Complementary Medical Research
• Fluoride Adversely Affects Central Nervous System
Scientific studies link fluoride to learning disabilities and coordination problems.
– Townsend Letter for Doctors
• Fluoride and Decreasing Birth Rates
Fluoride is found to decrease fertility in studies of animals and humans.
– Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
• Highly Publicized Fluoride Studies Show Medical Mistake
The high doses of sodium fluoride used in clinical studies of this drug are
known to lead to a condition called osteofluorosis. This means abnormal bone
growth and calcification of tendons and ligaments. Although this may help
prevent spinal fracture and compression, it also increases risk of hip fracture
and causes arthritis-like pain.
– Open letter from pioneer John Lee, M.D., to C.Y.C. Pak, M.D., regarding
Dr. Pak’s study on sodium fluoride in the Annals of Internal Medicine
• Juice Drinks Contain Dangerous Levels of Fluoride
42% of commerically prepared juices contain toxic levels of fluoride. Grape juice
is especially bad because of fluoride-containing insecticides used on grapes.
– Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
• Danger is Not Only in The Water, but in Processed Foods
There are no regulations on fluoride content of processed foods. Many of these
packaged foods are loaded with deadly fluoride. – Health Action Network
• Tooth Decay Decline Unrelated to Fluoride
Tooth decay has declined worldwide, with no difference between countries
with or without water fluoridation. – Health Action Network
There are thousands of case histories of people who have overcome
health problems when they began drinking distilled water.
 – Dr. Clifford Dennison Ed.D., Author, Why I Drink Distilled Water
 More Shocking Fluoride Updates...
• The Sad, Unnecessary Epidemic of Dental Fluorosis
This disease, marked by tooth enamel malformation, mottled-discoloration
and brittleness, affects up to 30% of children living in areas with fluoridated
water. Only 10% of children in non-fluoridated locations have dental fluorosis.
– Public Health Service figures
• H. Dean Changes His Mind and Retracts Fluoridation Endorsement!
H. Trendly Dean, the original promoter of water fluoridation, admitted under
oath in 1955 that it doesn’t work as a remedy for tooth decay.
– Fluoride, Vol. 14, No. 3, July 1981
• Study Reveals That Fluoride Causes Tooth Decay
Children in India who drank fluoridated water suffered from significantly more
tooth decay than children who did not. Especially at risk were children with very
little calcium in their diets.
– The Journal of the New Zealand Pure Water Association
• Children Poisoned by Toothpaste
When Crest fluoride toothpaste was first sold in the 1950s, warnings that it
should not be used in children under six were eliminated from the package –
because they damaged sales! When two children in Tacoma, Washington,
began to throw up every night before bed, doctors told the parents that
their toothpaste was to blame! At last fluoride danger warnings are now
mandatory on all new fluoride toothpaste labels! – The Fluoride Report
25
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers are instructed to drink distilled water.
– Dr. Edward M. Wagner, Author, How to Stay Out of The Doctor’s Office
Keep T oxic Fluoride Out of Y our W ater!
Most water Americans drink has fluoride in it, including tap,
bottled and canned drinks and foods! Now, ADA (American Dental
Assoc.) is insisting that the FDA mandate the addition of fluoride to
all bottled waters! Defend your right to drink pure, nonfluoridated
tap and bottled waters! Challenge and stop local and state water
fluoridation policies! Call, write, fax or e-mail your state officials and
congress people and send them a copy of this revealing book.
CHECK FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR FLUORIDE UPDATES:
• www.fluoridation. com • www.keepersofthewell.org
• www.fluoridealert.org • www.bragg.com
• www.fluoride-journal.com
• www.bruha.com/fluoride
• www.gjne.com/cfsdwh
• www.nofluoride.com
• www.zerowasteamerica.org/fluoride.htm
Danger – Don’t Drink W ater
Contaminated with Sodium Fluoride
Fluoride is one of the most potent poisons known to
man. Selling this poison swells the bank Caution:
accounts of the big companies who, in Toxic Water
Chemical Drinkturn, often pay big dividends to their
stockholders. This money is made by
selling a waste by-product! All these
industries had to do, using the media and
powerful lobbies, was brainwash the public
into accepting their false statements that
fluoride added to their water would pr event tooth decay.
Now the drinking water in most cities is being
fluoridated due to the powerful organizations who are
sponsoring this mass poisoning. In our opinion, many
early deaths today are caused by premature damage
to our arteries due to sodium fluoride, that also damages
the heart, lungs, liver, brain and other vital or gans!
Read and reread this book carefully! More than 85
combined years of resear ch has gone into acquiring and
compiling this vital information for your health.
26
Scientists around the world agree that the health of the world’s
waters will be one of the most important health environmental
issues of this 21st century.  – www.wyland.com (see page 123 )
Who wants to return to the old days when food had a taste and water didn’t
and you couldn’t even see the air you breathed? The realization of the
deterioration of the environment and of problems of population, food, power
and water, has been growing on us through a frightening total of isolated
reports. Penguins accumulate DDT in Antarctica, the California redwood
forests are going fast, there are power blackouts in major cities, lead enters the
atmosphere from gasoline – contributing to smog, there is mercury in the
rivers, radioactive waste and nerve gas are dumped into the oceans. Every
newspaper and news magazine worldwide brings another bad situation to the
reader’s attention and there are crises everywhere. No matter what the real
situation is, constant bombardment creates a feeling of hysteria and despair.
– Water: The Web of Life by Robert M. Garrels & Cynthia A. Hunt
In contemplating the nature of water I feel that it is the mother, the life of all
material manifestation. It is the most flexible and yet the most solid, the most
destructive but, next to air, the most necessary. No matter how much it is
mixed with other substances, when we distill it, it is cleansed and purified into
clean distilled water so that we can drink it to our health benefit.
– Jeanne Keller,


 Jim was not pr epared to water fast. He was attached to having his food and he was aware that
at his extreme weight he was going to have stay on a dietary program for a long, long time. He also wanted to choose a gradie nt
that he could manage by himself at home with litt le assistance from his wife. He had been on a typical American diet with meat,
coffee, etc., so that in spite of his dangerous condition it did not seem wise to me to add the heavy eliminatory burden of a  water
fast to a body that was already overwhelmed w ith fluids and waste products.
    Jim immediately went on a raw food cleansing diet, with no concentrated foods like nuts, seeds, or avocados, and with one day
each week fasting on vegetable juice and broth. He did enemas daily even though it wasn't his favorite thing. In one month he had
lost 30 pounds, his eyes had started to sparkle, and his complexion was rosy. The swelling had disappeared from his feet and legs,
and he had to buy new pants.
    Starting the second month he gradually withdrew from pr escription medications. From the beginning I had put Jim on a program
of nutritional supplements including protomorphogens (see chapter on vitamins and food supplements) to help the body repair i t's
heart and the kidneys. In only four months he had returne d his body to glowing health, and looked great for his age, though he was
still overweight. At the end of one year he had returned to a normal weight for his height, and only cheated on the diet a co uple of
times when attending a social event, and then it was only a baked potato with no dressing.
    He was probably going to have many qualitative years working his garden and living out his dreams. The local intensive care
ward lost a lot of money when they failed to get Jim.

Diet For The Acutely Ill
    The acutely ill person experiences occasional attacks of distressing symptoms, usually after indiscretions in living or emotio nal
upsets. They have a cold, or a flu, or sinusitis, or a first bout of pneumonia, or a spring allergy attack. The intense sympt oms knock
them flat and force them to bed for a few days or a week. If they are sick more often than that, they are moving toward the
chronically ill category.
    People who are acutely ill should stop eating to whatever extent that they are able until the  symptoms are gone. During an acute
illness, the appetites is probably pretty dull anyway, so why not give a brief fast on water or fruit juice a try.
    Most acute conditions are short in duration, usually not lasting more than a week. Allergy attacks, some types of flu, and a first
bout of pneumonia may well last for three weeks or a month. The general rule is to eat as little as possible until the sympto ms have
passed, self -administer colon cleansing, even if you have a horror of such things, and take vitamin supplements, including
megadoses of Vitamin C, bioflavinoids, and zinc. (See the chapter on vitamins.) Those having a little experience with natural
medicine make teas of echinacea, fenugreek seeds and red clover and quit eating. Eating as little a s possible can mean only water
and herb teas, only vegetable broth, only vegetable juice or non -sweet fruit juice, even only cleansing raw foods. If you eat more
than this you have not relieved your system of enough digestive effort.
    After your sympto ms are gone it is very important to change your life -style and improve your diet so that you aren't so toxic and
don't have to experience an acute illness several times a year when your body is forced to try an energetic detox.

Diet For A Healthy Person
    I doubt that it is possible to be totally healthy in the twentieth century. Doctors Alsleben and Shute in their book How to S urvive
the New Health Catastrophes state that in -depth laboratory testing of the population at large demonstrated four universa lly present
pathological conditions: heavy metal poisoning, arteriosclerosis, sub -clinical infections, and vitamin/mineral deficiencies. Those of
us who consider ourselves healthy, including young people, are not really healthy, and at the very least would  benefit from
nutritional supplementation. In fact the odds against most people receiving adequate vitamin and mineral nutrition without
supplements are very poor as demonstrated by the following chart.

Problem Nutrients in America
 Nutrient  Perc ent Receiving Less than the RDA
B-6 80%
Magnesium  75
Calcium  68
Iron 57
Vitamin A  50
B-1 45
C 41
B-2 36
B-12 36
B-3 33

A genuinely healthy person almost never becomes acutely ill, and does not have any disturbing or distracting symptoms; nothin g
interferes with or handicaps their daily life or work. A healthy person has good energy most of the time, a positive state of  mind,
restful sleep, good digestion and elimination.
    Healthy people do not have to live simon -pure lives to remain that way. Healthy people can afford 10% dietary indiscretions by
calorie count –eating or drinking those things that they know are not good for them but that are fun to eat or are "recreational foods
or beverages." Such "sinning" could mean a restaurant bash twice a month, having a pizza, French bread, beer or wine in
moderation, ice cream, cookies, cake, turkey for festive occasions, etc. The  key concept of responsible sinning is keeping within
that ten percent limit.
    A diet for a healthy person that wants to remain healthy should not exceed the digestive capacity of the individual, either i n
terms of quantity or quality. All foods that ca n not be efficiently digested should be removed from the regular diet and relegated to
the "sin" category, including those you are allergic to and those for which you have inadequate digestive enzymes. I have
encountered very few people that can efficientl y digest cooked meat, chicken, or fish, but some can, and some can with the
assistance of digestive enzyme supplements. In order to digest meats, the stomach must be sufficiently acid, there must be en ough
pepsin, pancreatin, and bile, etc., and the meat s hould be eaten on the extremely rare side (not pork), in small quantities (not more
than five or six ounces), and not combined with anything except nonstarchy vegetables. If you must include meat in your dieta ry, it
should represent a very small percentage  of your total caloric intake, be eaten infrequently, with the bulk of the calories coming
from complex carbohydrates such grains, legumes and nuts, as well as large quantities of vegetables and fruits.
    The healthy person that wants to stay that way f or many, years is advised to fast one day a week, to give the organs of
elimination a chance to catch up on their internal housecleaning. If water fasting seems impossible, try a day of juicing it;  if that is
too rigorous, try a day on raw foods. A similar  technique, though less beneficial than even a one day each week on raw foods, is
delaying breaking your overnight fast for as long as possible each day. Try giving up breakfast altogether or postponing brea king
your overnight fast, because from the time y ou stop eating at the end of one day to the time you start eating the next is actually a
brief, detoxifying fast.
    Eggs, milk, cheese and yogurt can be assimilated by some healthy people with or without digestive aids. It is possible to tak e
lactase to  break down the milk sugars for example; sometimes aids such as hydrochloric acid, pepsin, and pancreatin help. If you
can buy it or are willing to make it raw milk yogurt containing lactobacillus bulgaris or acidophilus may be digested more re adily,
espec ially if it prepared from healthy cows or goats fed on unsprayed food, and served very fresh. Eggs should come from
chickens that run around outside, eating weeds, and scratching bugs. The yokes of those eggs will be intense orange, not yell ow.
Few people these days have ever eaten a real egg. Surprisingly, for those of you who fear cholesterol, the healthy way to eat eggs
is use just the raw yolk from fertile eggs. It is enjoyed by many people in a smoothie –fresh fruit blended up with water or milk.
Eggs c ontain lecithin, a nutrient that naturally prevents the body from forming harmful fatty deposits in the arteries.
    Sea weeds are a wonderful source of minerals and should be eaten in soups and salads. Other invaluable fortifying foods are
algae of all k inds (such as chlorella and spirulina), lecithin, brewers yeast, and fresh bakers yeast. Many people have had very
unpleasant experiences trying to eat living bakers yeast and so use brewers yeast instead. But brewers yeast is cooked and th e
proteins it co ntains are not nearly as assimilable as those in raw yeast. Raw yeast is so powerful, it feels like pep pills!
    It takes a special technique to eat raw yeast because in the stomach and intestines the yeast does the job it is supposed to do:
convert sug ars into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. The entire digestive tract then b


 or identification of unlimited awareness
with the limitations of the body creates the illusory separate self or ego.

What is the separate self’s relationship with awareness?

The temporary, finite self does not, of course, exist in its own right, any more
than the aware space of the room exists separate from or independent of the
aware physical space of the universe. It is simply a belief, albeit a persistent
and powerful one.
     Nor can we say that a relationship exists between awareness and the sep -
arate self or ego, because they are not two entities in the first place, just as
the aware physical space of the universe and the space in the room are not
two separate spaces. The latter is simply an imaginary limitation of the
former.
80a belief in separation
     Thus, the separate self or ego is an illusory entity whose reality is derived
from ever-present, unlimited awareness and whose apparent limitations are
deduced from the fact that it perceives the world through the body and
seems, as a result, to be located within and limited to it.
     The identification of awareness with the limitations of the body is the
seed of the apparently separate self or ego on whose behalf most of our
thoughts and feelings arise, and in whose service most activities and rela -
tionships are engaged.

Is it possible to live and act in the world without the feeling of being a separate
self or ego? I’m afraid that if I let go of myself as a separate self I’ll no longer be
able to function properly or have relationships.

The real question is whether it is possible to live and act sanely, harmoniously
and creatively in the world with the feeling of being a separate self or ego.
The sense of being a separate self is responsible for only three aspects of our
life: unhappiness on the inside, conflict between individuals, communities
and nations on the outside, and the exploitation and degradation of the en -
vironment.
     Feeling itself to be a fragment, the separate self feels incomplete and un -
fulfilled, giving rise to the almost constant activity of seeking and resisting.
That is, the ego is the source of all psychological suffering.
     And just as the aware physical space in the room feels itself as an inde -
pendently existing space, cut off and separate from all other spaces in the
universe, so the separate self feels separate from everyone else. The aware
space of the room is, of course, the same space as all other apparent spaces,
but it does not know this.
     Likewise, the separate self or ego does not realise that it shares its being
with all other people and animals, giving rise to the feelings of isolation,
envy, greed, injustice, cruelty, and so on. As such, the ego is the main source
of all conflict.
     Lastly, the ego does not realise that, at the deepest level, it shares its
own being not only with everyone but with everything. This belief veils
the felt sense of oneness with all of nature, thereby enabling it to exploit,
consume and degrade the natural world with no regard for the con -
sequences.
81you are the happiness you seek
     Therefore, if we as individuals in particular, and as a society in general,
wish to be at peace and to live happy, creative and fulfilled lives; if we wish
to have harmonious relationships with friends, family and strangers, irre -
spective of whether or not we agree with their ideas; and if we wish to live
in a harmonious and sustainable relationship with nature, one thing alone
is required: to evolve beyond the sense of separation or ego.

82chapter eleven
There Is Only One Self
Otherness for the One
is the One without otherness.
balyani

I understand that the ego is an illusion, but it seems absolutely real. It feels as if
there are two selves in me. One is this illusory ego that governs most of my life,
and the other is the presence of awareness that I get occasional glimpses of. If these
two are really the same self, why do they feel so very different?

The reason that your sense of self feels very real is that there is something
that is undeniably true about your sense of yourself. When I suggest that the
separate self or ego is an illusion, I do not mean to imply that it is non-existent.
An illusion is not something that is non-existent. It is something that does
exist but is not what it appears to be.
     All illusions have a reality to them. For instance, the landscape in a movie
is an illusion but its reality, relatively speaking, is the screen. The water in a
mirage is illusory, but light is its reality. The snake we believe we see in the
twilight is really a rope. In each case, all we are actually seeing is the reality
of the illusory object, albeit with an illusion superimposed onto it.
     Just as the aware physical space in the room owes its reality to the unli -
mited aware space of the universe but borrows its limitations from the four
walls of the room, so the apparently separate self or ego owes its reality to
ever-present, unlimited awareness but borrows its apparent limitations from
the qualities of experience with which it seems to be mixed or identified.
     This is why everyone’s sense of ‘being myself’ is absolutely and undeniably
real. It’s just that, in most people’s experience, their sense of self is so thor -
oughly mixed with the content of experience that, whilst they always know
their self to an extent, they do not know their self clearly.
 you are the happiness you seek
you always know your self

T o better understand the relationship between the apparently separate self
or ego and our true nature of pure awareness, consider again the actor, John
Smith, who plays the part of King Lear.
     John Smith lives a peaceful and fulfilled life at home. Every evening he
goes to his theatre, puts on a costume, assumes a series of thoughts, feelings,
activities and relationships and seems to become King Lear, without, of
course, ever actually ceasing to be John Smith.
     However, although John Smith always knows that he is John Smith, he
sometimes becomes so absorbed in, or identified with, the thoughts, feelings,
activities and relationships of the part he is playing that he forgets or over -
looks himself. He loses himself in his own creativity and, as a result, his
knowledge of himself as John Smith is temporarily obscured by the belief
and feeling that he is King Lear.
     King Lear is not a person in his own right, so even the belief ‘I am King Lear’
is really John Smith’s knowledge of himself, albeit coloured by the character of
King Lear. In other words, there are not two people, John Smith and King Lear.
There is  one person, either revealed as John Smith or concealed as King Lear.
     As such, King Lear is an imaginary  person, an  illusory  self, created by the
mixture of the very real person, John Smith, with certain thoughts, feelings,
activities and relationships. However, from his own perspective, King Lear
believes and feels that he is a real person, and he suffers accordingly. King
Lear is right to feel that he is real, but he wrongly attributes that reality to
himself as an independently existing person, forgetting that his sense of him -
self is derived solely from the reality of John Smith. John Smith is, as such,
the reality of the illusory person King Lear.

In the same way, the unlimited awareness that we essentially are becomes
mixed up in, or identified with, the content of experience – thoughts, feelings
and sensations – and seems, as a result, to acquire their limitations.
     Just as John Smith ‘clothes’ himself in thoughts, feelings and activities
and seems, as a result, to become King Lear, so we, awareness, ‘clothe’ ourself
in experience and seem to become a temporary, finite self.
     The temporary, finite self that we seem to be feels very real because it is
real. Its reality is ever-present, unlimited awareness. All that is unreal or, more
84there is only one self
accurately, illusory about it are the limitations we ascribe to it. These limita -
tions are imaginary. They are superimposed by thought onto the reality of
our self.
     Suggesting that you get ‘occasional glimpses’ of your true nature is like
suggesting that King Lear gets occasional glimpses of John Smith. It is not
King Lear who has glimpses of, or comes to know, John Smith, for John
Smith is the only person present.
     John Smith is always knowing himself, but his knowledge of himself is
mixed with certain thoughts, feelings, activities and relationships, and there -
fore he ceases to know himself clearly. He knows himself partially, for even
his belief in himself as King Lear is really his knowledge of himself as John
Smith, albeit veiled or dimmed.
     Likewise, you always know yourself. That is, you, awareness, always know
yourself, but your knowledge of yourself is mixed up with thoughts, feelings,
sensations, activities and relationships and, therefore, you do not know your -
self clearly. You have allowed yourself to become endarkened by experience.
What is commonly referred to as enlightenment is simply the removal of
your ignorance of yourself and the clear seeing


historic animals found in the
northernmost regions of the earth, in Siberia and other glacial regions
where they were instantly frozen by cataclysmic ice formations some
50,000 years ago, have been found to contain enzymes in abundance,
which became active when the flesh was thawed to body temperature.
Thus, enzymes can be preserved at any desired low temperature
without loss.
Life as LIFE cannot be explained, so we describe enzymes as a
Cosmic Energy Principle or vibration which promotes a chemical
action or change in atoms and molecules, causing a reaction, without
changing, destroying or using up the enzymes themselves in the
process.
In other words, enzymes are catalysts and as such they promote
action or change without altering or changing their own status.
With this brief explanation, you are better able to appreciate the
value, reason, logic and intelligence of choosing the food with which
you intend to nourish your body, not only food in the raw state, but
also food used and prepared so that it will nourish the cells and tissues
of your body in the most speedy and efficient manner possible.
The great Law of Life is replenishment. If we do not eat, we die.
Just as surely, if we do not eat the kind of food which will nourish the
body constructively, we not only die prematurely but we suffer along
the way.
Our body needs to be supplied daily with the same elements with
which it is composed. Due thought, attention and consideration to
the other two parts of our being, namely our mind and spirit, provides
our total life with complete health.
We can eat the finest and most constructive food in creation, but
this will not prevent the disintegration of the body if resentments,
fear, worry, frustration and negative states of mind are permitted to
obsess us.
Health is the indisputable foundation for the satisfaction of life.
Everything of domestic joy or occupational success must be built
of body wholesomeness and vitality.
Nutrition must be vital or organic. Salts and mineral matter must
4 be vitally organic in order that they may be assimilated by the human
body for the rebuilding and regeneration of the body cells and tissues.
The rays of the sun send billions of atoms into plant life, activating
the enzymes and by this force they change inorganic elements into
organic or life-containing elements for food.
Thanks to Scientific Research, we are now able to analyze and
know exactly the elements which foods carry, and to harmonize them
in the body according to its needs.
Our body is made up of many atomic elements. The principal
ones are:
Oxygen Calcium Sodium Chlorine
Carbon Phosphorus Magnesium Fluorine
Hydrogen Potassium Iron Silicon
Nitrogen Sulphur Iodine Manganese
Except for accidents, all the repair and regeneration of our body
must come from within. The body is out of balance when the blood
stream, cells, tissues, organs, glands and the rest of the body do not
contain these elements in proper proportion or are deficient. The result
is a condition that is just plain poisonous. It is called toxemia.
In order to regain and maintain the proper balance of health, most
of the food we eat must contain live, vital, organic elements. These
elements are found in fresh-raw vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds.
Oxygen is one of the most essential elements. As soon as food is
cooked, its oxygen is lost. The enzymes are destroyed at 130°F, and
most of the vital force needed for nourishment is dissipated.
The fact that for generations, millions upon millions of people
have lived and are living, who have rarely if ever eaten anything but
cooked foods, does not prove that their being alive is the result of
eating cooked foods. As a matter of fact, they are in a state of decadent
existence which is confirmed by the toxic condition of their bodies.
Else, why the overcrowding of inadequate hospital facilities? Why
the millions upon millions of pounds of painkillers sold annually?
Why such a high rate of incidence of heart trouble, diabetes, cancer,
emphysema, premature senility and premature deaths?
Our Creator developed the human body with an inherent colossal
amount of tolerance. When we eat anything that is "not good" for us
or that is incompatible with our nutritional requirements and balance,
we suffer. We are warned and punished by pain or by cramps, leading
eventually to disease and perhaps to any one or more of the infinite
number of ailments which afflict humanity.
*For more complete and instrueiive detai Is regarding these elements, read DIET & SALAD SUGGESTIONS,
by N.W. Walker, D.Sc, Ph.D.. Published by Norwalk Press.
5 Such punishment may not manifest immediately, nor be
immediately apparent, but because of the body's miraculous tolerance
we will be kept waiting for days, perhaps months or maybe years,
before the long-range retribution called for by Nature for the infraction
of her laws, catches up with us.
Once we discover the Natural means to regain and to maintain
our Health at a high rate of vibration, we experience the bliss which
results from putting that discovery into daily practice. It seems both
strange and pitiful that so many people will not consider the matter,
but will deliberately continue into inevitable toxemic decadence.
Mental and intestinal fortitude coupled with a little study could help
them avoid premature and often painful disintegration.
WHY NOT EAT THE VEGETABLES?
Without the knowledge of the principles involved in the use of
fresh-raw vegetable and fruit juices, one would naturally ask: "Why
not eat the whole vegetable and fruit instead of extracting the juice
and discarding the fibers?"
The answer is simple: solid food requires many hours of digestive
activity before its nourishment is finally available to the cells and
tissues of the body. While the fibers in solid food have virtually no
nourishing value, they do act as an intestinal broom during the
peristaltic activity of the intestines, hence the need to eat raw foods in
addition to drinking juices. However, the removal of the fibers in the
extraction of the juices, enables juices to be very quickly digested and
assimilated, sometimes in a matter of minutes, with a minimum of
effort and exertion on the part of the digestive system.
For example, it is well-known that celery because of its high
sodium chloride content is our best food to counteract the effects of
extreme heat. To eat the celery would involve so much time in the
process of digestion that one may readily be overcome by the intense
heat before the beneficial effects of celery can be obtained. On the
other hand, by drinking a glass or a pint of fresh-raw celery juice, we
get quick results. This has often made the sizzling Arizona desert
heat quite bearable for me.
Whole vegetables and fruits are composed of a considerable
quantity of fibers. Within the interstices of these fibers are enclosed
the atoms and molecules which are the essential nutritional elements
we need. It is these atoms and molecules and their respective enzymes
6 in the fresh-raw juices which aid the speedy nourishment of the cells
and tissues, glands, organs and every part of our body.
The fibers of vegetables and fruits are also valuable. When the
food we eat is raw, uncooked and unprocessed, these fibers act as an
intestinal broom. When food is cooked, the intense heat destroys its
life. Its fibers, having lost their magnetism through the heat, being
lifeless, dead, act in the nature of a mop swabbing through the
intestines, all too often leaving a coating on the walls of the intestines.
In the course of time this coating accumulates, putrefies and causes
Toxemia. The Colon then becomes sluggish and distorted and
constipation, colitis, diverticulosis and other disturbances result.
The juices extracted from fresh-raw vegetables and fruits are the
means by which we can furnish all the cells and tissues of the body
with the elements and the nutritional enzymes they need in the manner
they can be most readily digested and assimilated.
Notice that I said nutritional enzymes. This applies to the enzymes
in our food. The cells and tissues of our body have their own
corresponding enzymes which assist and cooperate in the work of
digesting and assimilating our food. In addition, the composition of
every atom and molecule in our body has a superabundant supply of
enzymes. The oxygen is collected by enzyme action and then by the
blood.
For example, the air we breathe is taken into our lungs as a
combination of approximately 20% Oxygen and 80% Nitrogen. The
air we expel from our lungs, is mainly carbonic acid and carbon
dioxide. What happens to the Nitrogen?
This is what happens when we breathe. Two main classes of
enzymes in our lungs come into action the moment air reaches the
tiny bunch-of-grapes-like interior of our lungs, known as alveoli. One
set of enzymes, known as Oxidase, separate the Oxygen while the
other set of enzymes, known as Nitrase, separate the Nitrogen from
the air. The Oxygen is collected, by enzyme action, by the blood and
circulates it through the body, while the Nitrogen, by the action of
"transportation" enzymes, passes into the body for protein generation.
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 seminar.
Immediately I made the decision and I went to listen to it.
Jt made an impression on me. FUUng me with faith in her words was so cJear that
any doubt of the treatments did not fit me.
God was healing by means of the Urine
Returning in the evening to my house I remembered but I could not
85 do the therapy, but immediately I requested God to help me start the method.
The following day I spoke to Sonia the Chemist and commented to her that I had
tonsillitis. She answered me, I now have greater reason to initiate with the
therapy. I started the therapy and on the third day after the tonsillitis disappeared.
This mortal disease of diabetes was taken by its roots from me and in
gratefulness to God of love, goodness and mercy I am cured.
I did my fasting of 3 days.
To conclude,
t presented that May 7th of this year, to get tested to see the count of my sugar.
Before taking my Urine my count was 348.
I was taken by surprise that my sugar was completely normal.
Later and better yet, I confessed to my Medical doctor that for the last 18 days
I had not taken any of his prescribed drugs.
This was after I drank between 4 and 5 glasses of Urine daily. In addition, for ten
days I was eating everything and most with sugar.
Also I said to him that two days before my analysis I had loaded my body with
sugar. After eating many fresh sugar waters and foods with sugar it was a double
surprise for my doctor and for the hospital care takers.
They tried to explain to me that diabetes is a traitor and that I would have to
continue doing the examination every month, to which 1 refused.
Immediately I took leave of my Doctor
thanking him for receiving his medical attentions.
People invigorate yourself with hope. You are not at the end of life.
Give yourself to God and do this therapy in his name so you will be healed as I
will continue my fasting and prayers for all.
TESTIMONY 59*
TVMOR of GAVl£ BlADD£~ D1AB£T£S.
Guillermo R. Orozco {Mexico}
I am 59 years of age. I am an architect and work as a public server
for the government in the Jalisco state.
As a student, I exceeded my sugar intake with cakes, taquitos, etc.
In the year 1976, diverticulos in the intestine was detected in me.
It caused constant sourness in my stomach. I had to resort to any medicine.
In 1980, gall stones by means of the ultrasound were detected.,
I was operated in October of 1995.
In 1990 it appeared to me in the left thigh a tumor,
of which It was surgically removed.
On my recreational time I played American football with the U.N.A.M.
J got hit and I broke the partition of my nose that later caused chronic sinusitis.
This hit prevented me to breathe by the nose.
f also underwent a break of the thumb of the left hand.
In 1992, diabetes and high blood pressure was detected.
86 To all this I add that I have been quite a nervous and apprehensive person.
tn 1990 to January of the present year, I began to take excessive medicine from
an allopathic doctor. I understand this medicine has destroyed my antibodies.
Because I began with pulmonary diseases I had strong colds every year.
They lasted up to two months and because of more antibiotics that they gave me,
I could not be cured.
I had the luck to study " the Word of God " (the Bible).
It was in the catholic Biblical institute of this city of Guac;lalajara.
Within this study, 1 found the faith that Jesus gave to me. Then 1 began to request
"Give me the desire to live Jesus. Take away my tumors, give me my health.
I want to preach the word you have revealed to me. Remember I have my
daughter and my wife and believe that I need to still do something for them."
Jesus said these words in Getzemani:
"That does not become my will, but yours".
The answer of my Jesus I did not believe.
By the end of January to the present
Because of my work I was commission to the town of
Sn. Martin de Bolanos, Jalisco, in the North zone.
There like always, J arrived and J made a visit to a temple of the catholic church
of that town. It is my custom that I repeated my request to Jesus Christ.
1 went to even eat at a restaurant.
I took care of one lady and bought myself food without fat and just vegetables.
The lady ate with me and she asked me, are you diabetic? I answered her, yes.
Then she asked me, when I finish, might I say something?
I answered yes why not? She said after we finish our food.
I ate quickly and I asked the lady about her comment.
She said to me, I am diabetic and have been almost blind,
but thanks to GOD and Urine I see welt
I could not distinguish 5 meters away.
Please, I would like to take you to see a video with a teacher who lives close.
I accepted and we arrived to the teacher, who took care of us and she gave her
testimony of which she alleviated herself of hypertension with the Urine-therapy.
The video did not have it, but she explained to me how to initiate
the method of Urine-therapy.
After returning I spent several days thinking.
Then I included and understood that everything was not chance
but that was the answer of God to my request.
I initiated my method of Urine-therapy (first thing in the morning).
From the second day I felt best for the therapy to be routine. I felt very weiJ.
FIRST FAST: I was taking drugs for the sugar and high blood pressure.
the second day of fasting at night I felt bad. I went to the emergency room of the
hospital and they took a blood sample of me and my glucose level was at 110.
The blood pressure was also low for me, {Normal}.
87 The following day I was with the family doctor whom I explained the method with
Urine. He said to me, it is your decision.
I reduced my allopathic drugs by half as I gained control of my health.
I now had feeling in my hurt thumb. I could now breathe well from my nose.
The smaU baU of my tumor was smaller.
I no longer had sourness in my stomach.
I felt better, reanimated, I saw my daughter and my wife with interest,
as they used to be in previous days.
Some symptoms are hard to live with but not impossible like before.
I do not have all the data that the teacher Sonia commented on.
I knew in the community that Sonia Rodriguez, gave lectures in the temples.
I did not obtain full information until from a bookstore I asked for
II the Water of Life II or II Urine-therapy II. I also bought the book of
Uroterapia of Chemistry by Sonia Rodriguez which I read.
SECOND FASTING:
Now I had more information, thanks to that fabulous book.
Now with my symptoms I would pass them more with a conscious opinion as
everything in life we must experiment to live.
I did my fasting completely. Having just as in the first fast,
I still had complications by with the drugs (1/2 doses), that I still took.
I decided to now suspend the drugs totally.
I did it and to this date I no longer take a single tablet.
Only Urine. In this second fasting I still foUowed with doubts.
I started this fasting on Holy Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
I spoke on the telephone to Paradise of health and left a message on the
answering machine, because now were the holy days.
Monday of Passover,
I received a telephone call from Sonia, who gave me the attention to call me back.
I congratulated her for that charisma that God has given to her.
You can listen and feel a special peace in her that you do not find every day.
I commented my doubts to her she invited me to one of her conferences which
I wanted to listen and had several dates to choose from.
THIRD FASTING TIME
I did not have problems, my sugar analysis and hypertension is now normal and
I am going to the hospital to only check my counts. I sleep and breath well.
The tumor is almost disappeared in my thigh.
My thumb of my left hand now moves without a problem.
I feel healthy and positive.
When I go to check control of the hospital
I see people who leave with a pile of medicines.
It makes me fee11ike putting a great signboard on my chest
that God says 11 I love you, drink your Urine 11
•
88 From my personal experience,
~ consider if you do drink your Urine,
faith is due to you and God is going to heal you.
Do it in the name of Jesus.
Jt is worth the troubJe to remember a BibJicaJ appointment:
" Everything what you do in the name of Jesus,
no matter how difficult, it will be granted to you ".
The works of mercy of God, will manifest.
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 R  4  S u m m a r y
This life  is a dr eam. The whole world is nothing but a
dr eam-illusion.
In yo ur night dr eams your mind cr eates an entir e world and
makes everything so r eal that you don’ t question it—until
you wake up.
The waking state is also only an extr emely convincing play
that consciousness is pr oducing.
Because the mind is mechanica l, if we live fr om our mind,
our life is mechanical.
When our mind is running our  life, we’r e pr evented fr om
seeing the world as it r eally is.
When you wake up, you will be  in the world but not  of the
world.
The Mo untain of Consciousness is a metaphor for
consciousness: Y our perspective of life expands as you get
higher. At the to p of the mount ain, you can see the beauty
and perfection of absolutely everything.
Y our mi nd is made up of thoughts, and the thoughts it
pr oduces ar e coming fr om pr ograms formed by your beliefs
and held in your subconscious mind.
The subconscious mind stor es our beliefs, memory,
personality traits, automatic pr ocesses, and habits; its
operation is no differ ent fr om that of a computer.
The firs t step to fr eedom is when we understand that our
thoughts cr eate our life. What you think is what manifests.C h a p t e r  5
Fr eedom fr om the Mind
“It is n’ t necessary for the mind to be quiet. All that matters is tha t you not listen to what
it’ s saying, as if it were true.”
Jan Frazier, fr om  The Great Sweetening: Life After Thought
Y our mind is an amazing tool to create your life exactly as you want it to be. It is not
your psychoanal yst or your ther apist, yet we give it that kind of authority over us when
we listen  to it a nd believe all it s thoughts as though they were true. This one habit of
believing our own thoughts robs us of being able to live in the magnificence and glory
of our true nature, A wareness. W e are prevented from having a life of constant
happiness, and a life where everything we need falls into our hands at the perfect time.
Humanity has suf fered too mu ch for too long, because of our minds. It’ s time to
delegate our mind to its rightfu l place so that it is no longer the dictator of our life.
When w e no longer live from an d through the mind, we will begin to live from our true
self, A w areness, and our life will truly become heaven on earth, free of suf fering and
negativity.
“Every p roblem perceived to be ‘out there’ is really nothing more than a misperception
within your own thinking.”
Byr on Katie, fr om  Loving What Is
“The most powerful way to remove negativity is to recognize that you are not the mind.
Once realized, negativity has nothing to hook to, and it dissolves by itself.”
Hale Dwoskin
Most people believe that negative situations come from outside of them; they believe
that it’ s  either people, circums tances, or events in the world that have caused the
negative situatio ns in their life. But nothing is inherently good or bad, as Shakespeare
told us: “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
It’ s your thoughts about a perso n, circumstance, or event that’ s the source of negative
situations in your life, not the actual person, circumstance, or event. And so
understanding a little of how the mechanics of your mind work will help free you from
its erroneous negative judgments, and then you can use it for what it’ s intended for—to
create the life you want.
“Thinking was made to order what you want, not to indulge in it. The mind is there to
receive the order and make it a ppear to you. Thinking isn’ t ne eded for anything else
because everything else is taken care of by A wareness.”
My teacher“If you would only from this moment on see what you want, that is all that you would
get. But you hold in mind the things you do not want. Y ou struggle to eliminate the
things you don’ t want, thereby  sustaining them. So, it is necessary to let go of the
negative and put in the positive if you want a positive, happy life.”
Lester Levenson, fr om  Happiness Is Free, volumes 1–5
What ex actly is  your mind? First, it’ s important to understand  that your mind is not
your bra in. Y our brain doesn’ t t hink. Scientists have not been able to find a thought in
the brain; they c an only see the electrical activity caused by thoughts. Thinking comes
from the  mind. Y our mind is ma de up entirely of thought. If there’ s no current thought,
there’ s no mind. It’ s as simple as that. Y our mind can’ t even hold two thoughts at one
time. Y o u know that it’ s impossi ble to truly listen to a conversation and read something
on your  phone at the same tim e. Y our mind can’ t multitask, as much as you might
believe it can.
However, a single thought, whe ther positive or negative, becomes a powerhouse when
you believe it.
“If you prefer to suf fer, go on b elieving your stressful thoughts. But if you’d rather be
happy, question them.”
Byr on Katie, fr om  A Mind at Home with Itself
Most people believe their own t houghts as though they were facts, which explains why
life is stressful and challenging for so many. No one pointed out to us that our thoughts
are j ust mental noise, and they are not  reality. However, if we choose to believe our
thoughts, they will  become our reality!
Mind is the gre at manifester of our physical life, and it wil l manifest any and all
thoughts we believe, whether th ey’re positive or negative, whether they’re thoughts of
what we want o r what we don’ t want. Positive thoughts are not harmful to your life
because they are close to your true nature; it’ s negative thoughts that are the cause of
our stres s and suf fering. And s o, we need to become particularly aware of negative
thoughts.
Because our mind is mechanical, negative thinking can easily be come a fixed pattern. If
you then listen to and identify with the negative thoughts, yo u will be drawn in and
become lost in your thoughts as though in a hypnotic tran ce. Y our thoughts will
constantly take you into your head and away from what is actually happening in the
world.
“Y ou believe that you are your mind. This is the delusion. The in strument has taken you
over.”
Eckhart T olle, fr om  The Power of Now
It’ s as though we’re playing a  virtual reality game and we’v e for gotten we have a
headset on. Because of the challenging circumstances in the virt ual reality world, we’re
stressed and suf fering, but if we  would just take the headset of f, we would realize that
the virtual reality world is not real. So it is with our thoughts. When we believe our
thoughts, we’re immediately ca ught in an imaginary mind-made movie that’ s playing
inside our head, and we’re no longer experiencing the world as it really is.
“All thoughts are lies. The only truth is what is aware of them.”
My teacher
“A wareness does the observing; thought does the judging.”
Rupert Spira, fr om  The Ashes of Love
Thoughts are also responsible f or causing our feelings, and then in turn those feelings
will cause more thoughts. When we have a sad thought, it causes a sad feeling, and thesad feeling causes more sad th oughts. W e end up looking at  life through a veil of
sadness, where everything appears sad to us and we canno t see what is actually
happening in the world.
“Mind is consciousness that has put on limitations. Y ou are originally unlimited and
perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.”
Ramana Maharshi
If yo u h aven’ t d eliberately prog rammed your mind to think po sitively, your mind will
constantly throw  up negative t houghts that belittle and limit you. “I shouldn’ t have
done that.” “What was I thinking?” “That was really dumb.” “I’m running out of time.”
“I can’ t do that.”
“The mi nd is all, ‘No!’ ‘T oo late!’ ‘T oo early!’ ‘T oo fast!’ ‘T oo  slow!’ The mind never
stops.”
My teacher
“It’ s not that the mind is bad. The problem is that it tends to run on automatic, a
machine we can’ t figure out how to turn of f. Most of the time, w e don’ t even realize it’ s
running. Its ever -looping conten t is like elevator music, hardly noticed, like background
static that’ s tuned out. Because the mind goes everywhere we go, the temptation to use
it consta nt