texture and allow the sauce to stick to each noodle, while the other
ingredients enhance the taste. Serves 3 to 4
1 package Silken Lite firm tofu
2 cups unsweetened soy milk
¼ cup nutritional yeast flakes
¼ cup raw cashews1 tablespoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¾ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon white pepper
1 white onion, diced
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
¼ cup water
¼ cup white cooking wine
¼ cup whole wheat flour
16 ounces whole grain linguine, cooked
Blend all the ingredients from the tofu to the pepper until smooth. Sauté
the onion with the herbs and water in a saucepan over medium heat until
translucent and all the liquid has evaporated. Be careful not to brown the
onion during this step. Pour in the wine, swirling it around in the pan to
absorb the heat until it begins to sizzle. Add the blended ingredients to the
wine and onions, continuously whisking the sauce. When a gentle bubbling starts, gradually add the flour and continue to
whisk until the sauce has thickened. Remove from heat. The sauce will be
frothy at this point. Continue whisking for 1 minute, or until the sauce has
settled and is smooth and thick. Ladle over the pasta. Variation:
Add artichoke hearts and mushrooms to the sauce. Bow Ties with Pesto
Bow Ties with Pesto are a nice deviation from other pasta dishes. They
make a great dinner and go beautifully with black beans, roasted bell
peppers, and asparagus. This dish is good the next day as a cold salad mixed with lettuce, fresh
vegetables, and beans. Serves 3 to 4
3 cloves garlic
1 cup home-toasted walnuts
3 bunches or 2 cups fresh basil, packed½ cup soy milk or water to process
16 ounces whole grain bow ties, cooked
Blend the garlic and nuts briefly in a food processor. Add the basil and
liquid, and process to a thick consistency. Toss well with the pasta. E2 Pizza
Just recently, while Engine 2 was working at a public educational event
at the annual University of Texas fair day, more than one thousand kids
climbed into the engine in groups of four and five to hear us give a short
talk on fire safety. As the kids were leaving, I asked them to tell me their favorite food. The
number one answer: “Pizza!”
Well, we love pizza, too. But ours is always on a whole grain crust and
overflows with vegetables—and no cheese. For a quick and easy meal, buy the whole wheat Kabuli or Nature’ s
Hilights crusts in the frozen section. Also, you can use lar ge pita breads in a
pinch. And always personalize your pizza with your favorite toppings. Supr eme Pizza
The mother of one of my good friends always used to exclaim how leftover
pizza, warm or cold, was “absolutely divine.” That reminds me of a pizza
joke. Q: How are sex and pizza the same? A: When it’ s good, it’ s really
good, and when it’ s bad, it’ s still pretty darn good. This pizza has the potential to get out of control so use caution! Serves 2 to 3
1 jar pizza sauce (see E2-Approved Foods)
2 Kabuli crusts
8 ounces frozen spinach, thawed, rinsed, and drained
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
1 onion, sliced thinly
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 red bell peppers, seeded and sliced
2 veggie bur ger patties, thawed and chopped
½ cup olives, sliced
4 roma tomatoes, sliced1–2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
Preheat oven to 425º. Spread a thick layer of sauce on the crusts. Cover
with a generous amount of spinach and top with the remaining ingredients
except for the yeast. Cook on a sprayed baking sheet or pizza stone for 15–
20 minutes. Sprinkle the pizzas with nutritional yeast before serving. Variation:
For Fir e Cadets during W eek One. Add cooked chicken to the pizza
before baking. Green Pizza
Before the Esselstyn family embarked on a plant-powered diet, we ate just
about anything and everything—and my mother, Ann, and I were always
able to devour more than anyone else. One night at a pizza parlor in upstate
New York, we had a family pizza-eating contest that came down to my
mother and me. We tied at eleven pieces each, all dripping with cheese,
pepperoni, sausage, and ham. This pizza is quite a departure—it’ s our lean, mean, and green pizza pie. We take all the rockin’  green ingredients and place them together in this one
band that’ll be nutrient-packed music to your ears. I bet Ann and I could eat fifteen  pieces each of this delicacy! Serves 2 to 3
1 jar pasta sauce (see E2-Approved Foods)
2 Kabuli crusts
8 ounces frozen spinach, thawed, rinsed and drained
½ cup fresh whole basil leaves
2 green bell peppers, seeded and diced
2 cups broccoli florets
½ cup sliced mushrooms
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup finely ground raw cashews or 1–2 tablespoons nuritional yeast
Preheat oven to 425º. Generously spread the sauce on the crusts, and
layer with the remaining ingredients except for the cashews. Top with thecashews or a sprinkling of nutritional yeast. Bake on a sprayed cooking
sheet or pizza stone for 15 minutes. Nutritional yeast is a low-fat, low-sodium, deactivated yeast
filled with vitamins, especially the B-complex ones. Often fortified
with vitamin B12, it can take the place of cheese in many r ecipes,
especially pizza. Greek Pizza
Here we use our homemade Engine 2 pesto recipe (see Bow Ties with
Pesto, page 196), then top the pizza with ingredients that are authentically
Greek. After your first bite, stop and be still: Do you feel a warm ocean
breeze on your face, sense a bit of sea salt in the air, and see the Parthenon
in the distance? Serves 2 to 3
1 cup homemade pesto
2 Kabuli crusts
1 red onion, sliced thin
4 roma tomatoes, sliced
½ cup Kalamata olives, chopped
1 can artichoke hearts packed in water, drained
Preheat oven to 425º. Generously spread the sauce on the crusts, and
layer with the remaining ingredients. Bake on a sprayed cooking sheet or
pizza stone for 15 minutes. Burt’ s BBQ Pizza
Burt’ s Barbecue was one of Austin’ s best joints of its kind and was located
just two buildings down from our fire station. At 2 a.m. one morning, the
911 fire dispatcher received a call from a passerby reporting a great deal of
smoke coming from the place. The dispatcher told him the cooks were
probably just smoking some meat. Thirty minutes later another passerby
called and reported some very serious smoke coming from Burt’ s. Again,
the dispatcher wasn’ t too concerned until the caller said that he’d beenbarbecuing meat all his life and he had never seen anyone create this much
smoke doing it. So Engine 2 was dispatched to the fire—but it was too late. The building
was destroyed. The next day several local radio deejays—jokingly—
accused us firefighting plant-eaters of letting Burt’ s Barbecue burn. But it
just so happens we were not on duty that shift: the meat-eating, barbecue-
loving B shifters were. So we were exonerated. In a rather ironic twist, two weeks after Burt’ s burned down, one of
Austin’ s best-known vegetarian restaurants, Mother ’s, also caught on fire. Once again, the deejays were wondering why the plant-eating firefighters
didn’ t save the day. (As before, everything that could be done was done. And once again, it wasn’ t our shift.) Barbecue is our simple twist on the supreme pizza. After slicing up the
toppings, we place them in individual bowls on the kitchen counter. One at
a time, each of us tops the crust, choosing the assortment and layout of
ingredients he or she thinks will yield the most delicious and best-looking
pizza. Presentation is always important! Serves 2 to 3
4 ounces tomato paste
1 cup barbecue sauce (see E2-Approved Foods)
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 Kabuli crusts
1 small red onion, sliced
1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
2 handfuls fresh spinach
1 jar pineapple chunks, drained
½ cup finely ground cashews
Preheat oven to 425º. Mix the tomato paste, barbecue sauce, and oregano
together in a bowl. Generously spread the sauce on the crusts, and layer
with the vegetables and pineapple. Top with the cashews. Bake on a sprayed
cooking sheet or pizza stone for 15 minutes. Variation:
For Fir e Cadets during W eek One. Add cooked chicken to the pizza
before baking.E2 Comfort Dinners
Among my fondest memories of my sister, Jane, and my brothers, Ted
and Zeb, are the amazing trips we used to take to a ski slope about ten miles


 to God, to love. These are aims we all
may cherish, but our culture has given us no established, organized way to
reach them. Indeed, never in history has a seeker been confronted with such
a disor ganized and chaotic spiritual scene. What we are left with is relation ships. The desire to love and be loved is
too powerful ever to be extinguished, and fortunately a spiritua l path exists
based upon this unquenchable longing. The expression path to love is not
simply a metaphor; it reappears throughout spiritual history in many guises. The most ancient version is the bhakti or devotional tradition from Vedic
India, in which all forms of love ultimately serve the search for God. The
Sufis of Islam have their own devotional lineage. Rumi, whom I quote so
often, was more than a poet; he was a great teacher of this path. To him God
was the sweetest, most desirabl e lover, whose touch he could feel against
the skin:
When it’ s cold and raining,
You are more beautiful. And the snow brings me
even closer to Y our Lips. The Inner Secret, that which was never born,
You are that freshness, and I am with Y ou now.Christ initiated another version of the path in his supreme teaching, “Love
thy neighbor as thyself.” Jesus always spoke of God as a loving father. The
Christian version of the path is therefore a relationship not so much
between lovers as between paren t and child or a shepherd and his flock (we
shouldn’ t forget, though, the image of Christ as bridegroom and the
worshiper ’s soul as the bride). So it isn’t the tradition that is lacking. One might more fairly say that in
most religions the teaching of love, as originally presented, seems to have
faded, to have become more an ideal than a practical reality. But amidst all
the confusion and breakdown of traditional teaching, there is still the spark
of love that brings two people together, and out of that a path can be made. Like the tiny spark of fire that consumes a forest, the spark of love is all
you need to experience love in its full power and glory, in all its aspects,
earthly and divine. Love is spirit, and all experiences of love, however
insignificant they seem, are actually invitations to the cosmic dance. Within
every love story hides the wooing of the gods and goddesses. In a different age the most fleeting of infatuations had spiritual meaning;
the nearness of God in the beloved was taken seriously. Since the advent of
Freud, however, psychologists have assured us that falling  in love is
illusory; the sense of ecstasy that is part of falling in love isn’t realistic. We
must learn to accept the tempo rary nature of romance and disregard the
“projected fanta sy” that we might be as immortal and invulnerable as
passionate lovers feel. We would therefore have to be skepti cal of Walt
Whitman when he rapturously declares,
I am the mate and companion of people, all just as immortal and fathomless as myself,
(They do not know how immortal, but I know.) And W. H. Aude n would have to be seen as indulging in hyperbolic fantasy
when he says, in the first rapture of love,
... in my arms I hold
The flower of the ages,
And the first love of the world. The sense of delight, uniqueness, and blessing felt by lovers has its own
reality, but you must find it within. Romance and spirit are both states of
inner truth. In this book I am proposing that the two can be joined. Thedramatic psycho logical shift that occurs whenever we fall in love is actually
a tempo rary state of spiritual liberation, a glimpse of who you really are. The ecstatic feelings that flow between lovers, their sense of being uniquely
cared for and protected, their belief in a timeless state of being—all these
are spiritual realities. The East has tended to retain the spiritual dimension
of falling in love, even at its most passionate, as in this line from Rumi:
Love is the way messengers from the mystery tell us things. In this vision of love, which expands far beyond two people and their
infatuation, the acts of love join us to a reality that we yearn for but do not
know how to reach—the “mystery.”
In this book I will use the phrase  “spiritual master” to designate someone
who has achieved command over spiritual reality. Despite the huge cultural
differences betw een a Sufi mast er, a yogi, a Christian saint, and a Chinese
martial artist of the highest proficiency, all can perceive spirit as clearly as
you or I see the earth and sky. The spiritual masters were not idly setting
forth idealistic goals when they taught the path to love. In a very practical
sense the path enables two people to escape the trap of separation and
suffering. In its place are peace and ecstasy. The freshness of life is love and
nothing else. When two people can grow into that knowledge, the promise
of lasting happiness becomes real. LOVE, PLEASURE, AND HAPPINESS
Naturally the question arises, “Why should I choose a path at all?”
Relationship, with or without romantic love, has existed for a long time. Being in love with someone hasn’t required making any conscious spiritual
choices other than which church to go to, perhaps, and in the case of
parenthood, what faith to raise the children in. Insisting upon the spiritual
dimension of love may sound uncomfortably exalted to some people, who
are content to enter a relationship for happiness and security. Therefore it’s
worth asking how happiness is actually achieved, and whether we can really
attain security without embarking upon the spiritual journey. On the surface the absence of spirituality seems to make little difference
to what people perceive as happ iness. I was surprised to discover recentlythat happiness is not a rare commodity. In opinion polls when people are
asked if they are happy, roughly 70 percent say yes. This response is
amazingly consi stent. The same percentage holds for every age-group, from
the very young to the very old. It does not vary widely from country to
country or year to year. The one striking exception occurs among
impoverished people. The very poor tend to be less happy, and in Asia,
where vast numbers of people  do not have their basic needs met, the
pollsters’ question “Are you happy?” is often met with a blank stare. On the surface, then, love hardly seems indispensable given how many of
us already say that we are happy. I think this is an example of a word that
appears to be self-defining when it really isn’t.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        CONTENTS
Cover
About the Book
About the Author
Also by Deepak Chopra
Title Page
Epigraph
1. REVIVING A LOVE ST ORY
2. THE P ATH
3. THE SPIRIT OF ROMANCE
THE SECRET OF  ATTRACTION
INFATUA TION
TENDER  COUR TSHIP
INTIMACY : THE INNOCENCE OF  DESIRE
4. HOW T O SURRENDER
5. IS A TTACHMENT REALL Y LOVE. 6. WHY WE NEED P ASSION
7. ECST ASY
IN CONCLUSION:  “YOU ARE LOVED”
Index
Acknowledgments
Copyright
OceanofPDF. comABOUT THE BOOK
DO YOU NEED T O LOVE AND BE LOVED. In this groundbr eaking and helpful book, influential teacher and
physician, Deepak Chopra, explor es how our hearts have lost their
centr e and why love so often falls short of filling a deep, aching need
within us. He also explains how we can rediscover the love we long for, one which is
rich and meanin gful, satisfying and lasting – by restoring to love its missing
element: spirituality. In presenting the long-for gotten, timeless laws of love, together with
practical sugges tions for bringing them to fruition, Deepak Chopra shows
us how to transform our lives for ever – and the lives of those whom we
love. OceanofPDF. comABOUT THE AUTHOR
Deepak Chopra, M. D., has established a distinguished career as writer,
lecturer and physician. He is the author of twenty-one books and thirty tape
series, including  the breakthrough bestsellers Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
and The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. From 1996 he has headed the
Chopra Center for W ell Being in Carlsbad, California.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the main focus of the book "The Path to Love"?,
A: The book explores how to rediscover the love we long for, which is rich and meaningful, satisfying and lasting, by restoring the spiritual dimension to love.
Q: Who is the author of this book?,
A: The author is Deepak Chopra, a physician and influential teacher.
Q: What is the main idea presented in the book?,
A: The book argues that our hearts have lost their center, and we can rediscover the love we long for by restoring the spiritual dimension to love.
Q: What is the author's proposal in this book?,
A: The author proposes that we should not look


 green tourmaline, peridot, jade and seraphinite
will help. Pink is also associated with love and compassion, and pink stones
such as rose quartz, kunzite, morganite and watermelon tourmaline will also
assist. Recently, moldavite (a kind of meteorite) has become popular for the
heart chakra, as it is consider ed to be a stone of transf ormation. The element associated with the heart chakra is air, which is represented
by the leaves of plants. Our favourite essential oil for the heart chakra is tulsi
or holy basil, typically a revered plant in India that promotes detachment. This is why the plant is placed outside the house and worshipped. Devotees
following krishna consciousness wear tulsi beads, which are made from the
stems, and use the beads for chanting. The tulsi plant was the favourite of
Lord Krishna since it boosts healing of the heart chakra by promoting
detachment. Tulsi leaves are also placed on prasadum (of fering to the gods). The essential oils of peppermint and spearmint are extracted from the
leaves and are very useful for all respiratory disorders; they are one of the
best remedies for asthma. Other useful leaf oils ar e eucalyptus and tea tr ee. Rose oil has the highest vibrations; some people believe the vibrations of
pure rose oil can even reverse breast cancer, though we have not come across
any documentar y proof of that as yet. Vishuddhi (throat)
Guna: sattva
Element: ether
Vayu: udana
Auric layer: etheric template body
Colour: blue
Structural representation: 16 petals
Bija mantra: hum
Developmental age: 28 to 35 years
Main issues: communication, self-expression
Gland: thyroid
Site: hollow of the throat
Sense: hearing
Sense organ: ears
Work organ: mouth
Animal: elephant
Deity: five-headed Shiva
Numbers: 5, 7
Planets: Mercury, Ketu
Zodiac signs: Gemini, Virgo
Essential oils: lemon, bergamot, orange, juniper, sandalwood, geranium, clovesCrystals: angelite, aquamarine, turquoise, cavansite, amazonite, blue calcite,
blue lace agate, larimar
The fifth energetic layer, the etheric template body, is associated with the
vishuddhi (throat) chakra. This chakra corresponds to the cervical plexus of
nerves and controls the thyroid complex and also some systems of
articulation, the upper pala te and epiglottis. This chakra governs our communication ability, both verbal and
physical. Vishuddhi encompasses the five planes of jnana (awareness), thus
bestowing bliss; it’s here we receive communications of divine wisdom,
allowing us to seek knowledge that is true beyond the limitations of time,
cultural conditioning and heredity. Associated with divine will, this chakra is
dominant during the ages of 28 to 35, a phase of life during which we seek
success in all of our endeavours. Our success is the result of our
communication; if we are able communicate well in business and ourprofession we succeed there, and if we are able communicate well in our
personal relationships we make them work successfully. This chakra also
regulates our thought expression processes, which are manifested through
oratory skills. The Sanskrit word ‘vishuddhi’ derives from shuddhi, meaning ‘to purify’;
therefore, this embodies our purification centre. This chakra represents the
higher faculty of discrimina tion and self-expression, and is responsible for
receiving or picking up thought vibrations from other people’s minds. Any
communication received even telepathically can be tested here for
correctness and accuracy. Vishuddhi affects all growth and development of
the physical body, controlling the thyroid and parathyroid and problems of
the throat such as goitre, sore throats, asthma, loss of voice and further
suppression of the e xpression of thoughts. In traditional symbolog y, it is represented as a 16-petalled lotus; the 16
petals are also aligned with the nadis associated with this chakra. Each petal
of the lotus has the Sanskrit letters ‘am’, ‘aam’, ‘im’, ‘eem’, ‘um’, ‘oom’,
‘rim’, ‘reem’, ‘lrim’, ‘lreem’, ‘em’, ‘aim’, ‘om’, ‘aum’, ‘am’ and ‘ah’. In the
pericarp of the lotus is a circle that represents the ether element. Within the
moon shape of the chakra is the vehicle of the bija, a snow white elephant
with a single trunk representing sound and pure consciousness. The seed
syllable of the c hakra is ‘hum’. The presiding deity depicted is a five-headed Shiva, the five heads
representing the five elements in their purest forms. The heads also
symbolise the five aspects of Shiva: Aghora, Ishana, Mahadeva, Sada Shiva
and Rudra. The shakti depicted is Shakini, an embodiment of purity. The
vayu associated with the chakra is udana vayu, which circulates as a vital
force throughout the bod y. There is a particular nadi (energy channel) associated with the vishuddhi
chakra called kurma (tortoise). Once this nadi is activated the practitioner is
able to overcome the desire and necessity for food and drink, as the
practitioner can connect to the divine fluid secreted from a point at the back
of the head called bindu. Therefore, vishudhhi is the legendary fountain of
youth, and once activated spontaneous physical rejuvenation can be
experienced. Imbalances and the tools to heal them
Our throat chakra can be affected by all other chakras, as they all are
somehow influenced by throat chakra function. For example, the muladhara
(base root) chakra is about the physical body and physical stress; when we are
in a physical stress situation we are in a fight or flight mode, which impairs
our comm unication. Most people with thyroid imbalances have sacral or heart chakra
blockages as well. Long periods of emotional stress and the inability to
express impact our sacral chakra as well as the throat chakra. Blockages of
the throat chakra may cause lymphatic congestion in the chin area and sub-
mandibular region, besides affecting the lymph nodes in the front and back
of the ears, leading to tinnitus (ringing in the ears). An inability to express
pain, anguish or trauma affects the heart and throat chakras, impacting
axillary, deep cervical and occipital lymph nodes. This could cause problems
in the heart, br east, upper back, neck and shoulder s. The manipura (solar plexus) chakra also influences the throat chakra, as
this chakra is related to suppressed anger; this causes a heated liver, which
could make the body acidic and shows on the face as reddishness or rosacea,
especially in the c hin area. This chakra is responsible for the expression of our thoughts and ideas. Sometimes we interact with people who are talking but lose coordination
between their thoughts and the expression of those thoughts; in these people
the throat and third eye chakras are not coordinated. A well-developed
vishuddhi chakra endows exemplary communication and oratory skills, while
an imbalance or blockage results in the loss of voice or hoarseness and a fear
of being e xposed. The seed mantra associated with the throat chakra is ‘hum’, which can
be chanted in the throat like the sound of a bumble bee. Yoga suggests a
mudra known as bhramari m udra, whereby the practitioner uses their finger s
to close the eyes and ears while chanting ‘hum’ like a bumble bee, thus
creating an echo in the head. Another bandha or energetic lock to activate
the throat chakra is the jalandhara bandha, which is performed by
contracting the throat and then folding the chin inwards into the hollow spot
between the chest and neck. This cuts off circulation from the head,
establishing an inde pendent cir cuit in the upper part. Since the chakra is associated with the colour blue, all blue-coloured
crystals such as angelite, aquamarine, turquoise, amazonite, blue calcite, blue
lace agate, cavansite and larimar are useful for healing and balancing the
chakra ener gies. The element associated with the throat chakra is ether (or space); the
parts of a plant known to represent ether are the fruits. Citrus fruit oils from
lemon, bergamot, grapefruit, tangerine and mandarin are useful to balance
the chakra energies. They can also be used to clear sore throats, laryngitis
and pharyngitis thr ough gargling. Ajna (third eye)
Guna: sattva
Element: panch mahabhoot (all of the five elements)
Vayu: prana
Auric layer: celestial body
Colours: indigo, white
Structural representation: two petals
Bija mantra: om
Developmental age: not applicable
Main issues: wisdom, intuition, telepathy
Gland:


 in
the middle of a perfect world, sparkling with clarity and joy. The
sky, the sunlight glancing o the trees, the nearby sounds of Delhi
trac, and my smiling mothe r bending over me fused into an image
of complete fulllment. Many times since then I have referred back to that momentary
feeling, which never fails to remind me of its truth, as enduring in
my mind as Rama himself. But what sets this experience apart from
the other joys I have felt is that Ravana the demon was included in
it. I loved him for shooting Lakshman! His evil enabled good to
triumph; it made Rama’s whole adventure possible. This was the
closest I came, before I knew  of spirituality, to grasping the sage’s
serenity at the rightness of life as a whole. I experienced that the
beauty of the totality far exceeds the beauty or ugliness of any
single part.Few people have carried fulllment far enough to be able to say
whether complete, lasting satisfaction is built into human nature,
although that is exactly what is claimed in higher states of
consciousness. Nick experienced a glimpse of fulllment for the rst
time when he was sent to an experimental high school in Vermont. As part of their curriculum, the students spent weeks hiking and
mountaineering; they learned self-reliance by camping alone in the
woods. “I would be left on my own for days at a time, and it gave me a
sense of self that I had never  had,” Nick recalled. “There were hours
when I was very quiet inside. I felt protected, and remaining at
peace with myself seemed like a real possibility.” This interlude
spent communing with nature made a lasting impression on him,
but returning home exposed him once more to the emotional
turbulence of his family. His sense of self became tenuous again,
glimpsed only in eeting moments. A few years later, Nick’s father pressured him to drop out of
college and take over one of the construction rms that he owned. Nick proved extremely succe ssful at this, but before long he faced
his rst emotional crisis as an adult. For years, wheneve r he dared
to open his heart to someone else, Nick instantly felt strong pangs of
distrust. This was predictab le, given that the models of love he
learned from as a child, his father and mother, were also powerful
models of betrayal. The fused emotions of love and distrust were
imprinted on his psyche, and he found it nearly impossible to
separate them. At rst this imprint remained at the unconscious level, while Nick
went through the normal adolescent rites of dating and casual
intimacy. Disaster struck when he turned twenty-ve and plunged
into a sudden marriage with a woman named Clare. I have almost
no sense of what she was like, since Nick says little about her now,
except that he divorced her after two stormy years together. Apparently their period of compatibility lasted little longer than
the honeymoon. Nick quickly  discovered, to his horror, that he was
preprogrammed to treat his wife the way his father treated his
mother. “I was under tremendous pressure at work, havingdiscovered too late what a huge mistake I made by going into
business for my father. He was a worse tyrant than ever, and when I
came home in the evening, I found myself taking my revenge on
Clare. I would snap at her and start arguments over nothing. “Beneath this irrational behavior, which upset me terribly, I
wanted to do exactly the opposite, to open up and treat her as a
condante. But there was always a great resistance inside me, like a
rock in the middle of my chest.”
This is the tragedy of a fragmented self. Certain feelings become
impermissible, because the past has made them too threatening to
incorporate into oneself. The rock in the middle of Nick’s  chest was
part of him, but it had split o so completely that it felt like a thing,
a piece of nonself that could not be moved. “Every time I tried to
share a feeling with Clare, I had a dreadful premonitio n that she
would betray me. The two impulses locked together, and I really
believe that the most extrem e torture could not have forced me to
tell her what I was feeling. Like an oyster, I would die if my shell
was pried open. Frustrated by what she perceived as my rejection,
Clare became estranged, and soon we drifted apart completely.”
Nick’s marriag e ended in failure, but at least he could sense that
the war inside himself was not total. A speck of consciousness
hovered above the fray. One knows this because Nick saw himself
creating the conict that trapped him, even though he lacked
enough aware ness to free himself. It would be years before this
speck of consciousness becam e more powerful. For the moment, it
only intensied his suering, because he could see all too clearly
how he was victimizing Clare. Life in Unity
To grow from a speck of consciousness to complete self-aw areness
is a natural process, although few people get to the end of it. If you
close your eyes and sit quietly, you will experience the same feeling
of “I am” that a yogi has, but this fundamental sense of self can be
very limited or very large. It can be so fragile that a crisis will easily
shatter it, or it can be so rm that you could build the world on it.The fragmented self pretends to be rm and solid, but the rock
inside is made of pain, denied emotions, and guilt. This repressed
pain eventuall y makes itself known, either by causing suering or
by bringing up a mirror image (in this case, Nick’s wife) which
reveals the presence of pain even if the feeling itself cannot be
faced. But denial is incredibly powerful. Any reality, however
punitive, can be seen as acceptable, even ideal. I was very moved
when I read a sentence from one of the Christian church fathers:
“God has placed souls in Hell, but in His mercy He allows them to
believe that they are actually living in Paradise.” This would not be
merciful if there was no escape from hellish situations. But if one
believes that every person is working his way through the process of
awakening, then nothing could be more merciful than letting
everyone think that his stage of growth is the best. All this is to preface the notion of “false unity.” There is a huge
dierence between dierent states of consciousness, but each one
tends to feel as if one has found unity. “Unity” means a sense of
being in touch  with reality, of seeing things as they are. The most
deluded paranoiac, who believes that Martians are going to invade
tomorrow, pities the rest of us who cannot share his grasp of reality. Likewise, the saint who sees God in a fallen sparrow has no choice
but to accept that his awareness is not shared by everyone, either. Because we all harbor the secret belief that our level of awareness
must be the right one, it seems all but impossible to credit that there
is, in fact, a state of true unity. The rishis called it Brahmi Chetna,
“unity conscio usness,” and declared that it was the goal toward
which all other states of consciousness are evolving. Anyone who
has a speck of self-awareness is heading, however halting ly, toward
it. The dierence between me, a man who lives in ordinary waking
consciousness, and a man in unity is that I see the world dominated
by dierences: billions of separate fragments cluster together to
form my reality. A man in unity sees these fragments, too, but
underneath them he perceives wholeness. To him, the world with all
its diversity is just one thing. A world  made of only one thing sounds strange, but the rishis
found it glorious, because what they beheld in all directions wastheir own awareness. Creation became a mirror showing them
themselves. The objects seen by the eye were no longer made of
inert matter. They breathed with life; their being owed seamlessly
into the rishi’s own. Although usually invisible, this living
consciousness could shine forth at times, making a table or tree
seem to glow from within or lling the air with a shower of golden
sparkles. Visible or invisible, a world suused with awareness becomes
indescribably intimate to a person in unity. There are no separations
anymore. Without stretching out a hand, one can feel the texture of
a distan t wall. The heave of the earth as it turns on its axis can be
felt under one’s feet. Even touching a star becomes a direct
experience. “Since everything is made of consciousness alone,” the
Upanishads jubilantly declare, “there is nothing in creation that is
not myself.”
The mind’s shift into unity is as radical as the change from waking
to sleeping, or sleeping to dreaming. A book can barely suggest
what happens, but imagine a British explorer brewing a cup of tea
in the Arctic. One thing,


 to play in the healing of the world. Each of us
is assigned by God a function that only we can fill. At the level of our
divine function, none of us are in competition with each other, for the
universe has an infinite number of pieces of pie. My piece doesn’ t take
away from yours, and yours doesn’t take away from mine. There is space
for everyone’ s gifts to flower. There is more than enough room for all of us. When futurist and universally acknowledged genius Buckminster Fuller
was asked his definition of a genius, his response was, “Someone who had
the right  mother.” I assume he meant someone who had the most positive
childhood programming, someone who was told when young that he or she
was brilliant and would  succeed. If told as children that we’re bound to
succeed, then we tend to. If told as children that we’re bound to fail, then
we tend to do that instead. But even  if your mother or father didn’ t tell you that you were wonderful
when you were a child, your divine Father/Mother tells you that now.Spiritual understanding is a corrective to any false programming you might
have received as a child. Rather than endlessly analyzin g a tape from
childhood, you can erase it by recording a new one. A story, no matter how
factually true, is still just a story. Spiritual growth involves giving up the
stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. You are not
denying your childhood; you are simply transcending any of its negative
aspects. You are a child of God, carrying  the eternal mark of your perfect Source. You are naturally entitled to miracles because love is what you are. This is
not an arrogant  appraisal of the ego, but rather a humble acceptance of
God’ s truth. You just happen to have within you the eternal power of the
universe. Because you are a child of God, made of love, only love has power over
you. Your morta l self can be damaged, but your spiritual self cannot. You do
not have  to identify with the brokenness of the world, for the effects of
brokenness are temporary. Every loving thing that ever happened to you
was real, and everything else was an illusion. Such illusions have no effect
on your future unless you carry them with you into the present. It is entirely
up to each of us whether we consider ourselves damaged goods. Of course things might have gone roughly in the past, but the past is over
and cannot touch you unless you hold on to it. Right now, in this moment,
the universe is responding not to your past but to the truth of who you are,
always were, and always will be. We’ve all got the “right stuff” because all of us are hosts to God; His
voice, and not the fear-based ego’s, is the voice we can listen to and learn to
follow. Each of us is meant to channel the spiritual realities of talent,
creativity, and intelligence. This is nothing to take personal credit for, but
nothing to apologize for either. As a child of God, you just happen  to be the
recipient of endless power and possibility. Whether or not you’ve always
known this, or practiced it, there lies within you in this very moment the
latent ability to create and achieve beyond your wildest dreams. And this never changes. No mortal condition diminishes the power of
God. It doesn’ t matter what your résumé is, or how many degrees you have. It doesn’t matter what mistakes you’ve made, or how the economy is doing. It matters only where you place your consciousness now. Know who youare and Who lives within you, and moving mountains will seem small
compared to what you can do. THIS RECOGNITION  OF God’s infinite power, and infinite love for us, is
important in relation to another negative self-concept that weighs heavily
on many people: the thought that we’re too old to manifest work or money. Once again, we are challenged to think as God thinks. The body ages, but
the spirit does not. Never at any point does the universe give up on us,
consider us not good enough, or consider us has-beens. Only if you think of
yourself in such ways can you block the flow of miracles to your door. Women particularly are tempte d to believe that our value declines with
our physical beauty. Yet somet imes it’s when our outer beauty begins to
fade that our inner beauty shines most brightly. In the words of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, “As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.” To the
universe, we are never invisible. It’s true that in youth we have some wonderful things that we lose when
we’re older, but it’s also true that when we’re older we have some
wonderful thing s we didn’ t have when we were young. The gifts of age
aren’ t quite as tangible as the gifts of youth, but they are no less real. As we
claim them—fully appreciating the nonmaterial gift of wisdom that comes
from accumulated life experience—the universe will follow our lead,
reflecting back to us the value we first accorded to ourselves. As Emily
Dickinson wrote, “W e turn not older with years, but newer every day.”
Yes, if you’re older, there migh t be people who won’ t want to hire you
because of it; but the miraculo us universe doesn’ t care about that. The
universe is flexible, and if we’re open to infinite possibilities, then
possibilities will appear. Accord ing to A Cours e in Miracles,  “Miracl es are
natural. When they do not occur, something has gone wrong. ” There are
examples in the world today of hot and happening octogenarians! If Betty
White can be the hottest mam a in Cleveland, then surely anything is
possible. I don’ t think anyone believes that she can’ t find work. So how do we quit the negative self-talk, the chronic repetition of
thoughts and feelings that cause us to emot ionally spiral downward? It’s not
always as easy as simply saying, “I won’ t think that way anymore.”
Entrenched thought forms are like a buildup of plaque on ourconsciousness. But we’re not asked to be our own transformers; we’re
asked only to surrender the thoughts and feelings that need transforming. According to A Course in Miracles,  “Through prayer love is received, and
through miracles love is expressed.”

Dear God,
I feel myself falling into the hole of self-pity, self-obsession, and negativity. I know I shouldn’ t think this way, but I’m afraid and I cannot stop. Please r eplace my thoughts with Y ours, dear God. I am willing to see myself and all things differ ently. Please send me the miracle of new eyes and ears, that I might know my
greater good. Amen. OceanofPDF.comChapter 5
Releasing Anger
Anger is a second category of thoughts that deactivate the power of the
Law of Divine Compensation. Anger is an emotional impurity that hardens
the heart and closes the mind. I am not denyin g that there are many understandable reasons why we get
angry. Perhaps you find yourself in debt, underemployed, or unemployed
through no fault of your own. Someone may have unfairly fired you, lied
about you to a superior, stolen money from you, or exploited you for
financial gain. Despite trying to be as responsible as possible, you were
simply swept aside by circumstances beyond your control. Those things do happen. And it is natural to feel angry when they do. Even then, howe ver, love is the answer. Without love, the unive rse cannot
program itself to compensate for whatever might have been taken from us. If we do not let go of our anger, it can block the miraculous universe,
empowering the idea that we were victimized and then recreating the
scenario in which we are. We forgive, then, out of self-inter est. I forgive you
because I want out of my pain. I forgive you so that I can
be fr ee of what you did. I see beyond your  mistake to the
love in you so that I can see beyond the mistake to the
love in me—because only then can I have a miracle. We were  not created to be at the effect of lovelessness either in ourselves
or in others. As it says in A Course in Miracles,  “The Christ in you cannot
be crucified.” The material self can be wronged, but the spiritual self cannot
be. Feel your feelings, yes, but be self-aware enough to know the difference
between processing and spewin g. Feeling your feelings is healthy; holding
on to them longer than you need to is self-indulgent. Express your anger in
a safe environment, and then know when it’s time to stop verbalizing your
pain. It doesn’t matter if someone tells you that you “deserve” to be angry—you
deserve,  of course, to feel whatever you want to feel! But the only way to
experience miracles is to think about situations in a miracle-minded way. Holding on to anger hurts no one but yourself. As it says in A Cours e in
Miracles,  “Do you prefe r to be right or to be happy?” Is your goal to
summon co-complainers who join with you in the thought that you were
victimized, or would you


 Like everything else in this book, the secret to rebalancing life is not
necessarily to change your behavior as much is it is to realign yourself and
cr eate a cultur e that supersedes the cycles of battle and r etr eat. Whenever
we u se force to resolve our disputes, we instantly create a c ounterforce. This is lar gely responsible for the never -ending cycles of war that have
defined human history. Force, counterforce, more force, and the battles go
on, generation after generation. This is true within you as well: A thought of
hate cre ates a thought of revenge, and then more hateful thoughts in
response. And the real problem is that these thoughts of hatred and revenge
begin to define your existence. They become your point of attraction. Y our ini tial desi re to live peacefully, in a world that the media reports has
gone berserk, is a spiritually balanced desire. In order to materialize your
desire, you must extend thoughts that match the ener gy of that desire. Thoughts of hate will not bloss om into your desired peacefulness, and the
reason has been repeated throughout this book: Y ou attract mor e and mor e
of that which you desir e to eradicate.Breaking the Cycle
Y ou can detach yourself from thoughts of hatred, despite the news from a
media driven by a profit mental ity. The more you buy into hatred, the more
those who sell the messages benefit. But you can decide that you’ll be an
instrument of joy. So how does a n instrument of joy react to a cacophony of
loud, di sturbing news? If you’re in balance, you’re most likely able to
access the place of love and peace that you are. Y ou rem ember your
mission, and you desire to be in balance and peaceful by assertin g that even
though millions of others elect to be in hatred, this is simp ly not your
calling. Y ou didn’ t decide to incarnate into a world where everyone has the
same vision. Y our thoughts turn to: I am a Divine cr eation; I choose to stay
connected to this Divinity in all of my thoughts and in all of my actions. Then what do you do when you hear about people blown up by terrorists,
or any other act ions that are de cidedly nonpeaceful? Here’ s wh at I remind
myself t o think and say: I want to feel good (God). I didn’ t sign up for war
or w arlike thoughts. I’m an instrument of peace, and I send peac eful, loving
thoughts to those people and p laces in the world who seem to need it so
desperately. I r efuse to collaborate with the ener gy of hatr ed anywher e,
anytime. T he alternative  to this kind of peaceful thinking is anger, hatr ed,
and fear, which aligns perfectly with the ener gy that is so distasteful—and
your immediate  reaction is to then seek revenge. A cou nterforce is
established, and you’re aligned with the same ener gy of hate that caused
you to feel less than peaceful. What if, in response to suicide bombers, we tended the injured and
grieved the dead, but didn’ t pub licize the tragedy with news reports? What
if no one reported the consequences of this kind of violence? No news
reports. No film. What if we ch ose to respect the pain of the relatives and
survivors by not commercializing pictures of their grief? What  if this kind
of thinking surfaced when these acts of hatred took place? The peo ple who perpetrate these incidents are acting out of their own
thoughts of hatred, hoping that others will respond in kind and that hatred
will continue unabated. But if it was no longer news, if no one gave them
attention, their acts would necessarily have to come to a halt. Y ou,personally, can be one of those people who stubbornly refuses to add low-
ener gy thoughts  to the hate you observe. By doing so, you can contribute to
the dem ise of hatred. Y ou can act singly to create more joy by  steadfastly
refusing to be hateful in any of your thoughts. Y ou break the cycle of
violence in the world not by hating violence, but by being your own
instrument of peace. Choosing to Experience Peace by Focusing on What
You Are For
The pas sage fro m the Holy Kor an at the beginning of this chapter states
that whatever good you have is all f r om God  and whatever evil, all is fr om
yourself. Having accessed your higher e ner gy, you can process the out- of-
balance events that humans create from a perspective of God-realization. There’ s no hate in God; there’ s only love. Y ou can experience peace by
balancing all that transpires around you with God-consciousness. There’ s
nothing that requires you to react to evildoing with a nonspiritual mental
response. Y ou have a choice to put your mental ener gy into what you desire,
and in so doing, create a new world. Let me tell you how I choose to respond to the bombardment of messages
that focus on what’ s wrong in the world. First, I remind mys elf that for
every act of evil there are a million acts of kindness. I choose to  believe that
people are essentially good and that by staying in this belief system, I help
bring more of this consciousness to fruition. When enough of us take on
this holy  notion that whatever g ood we have is all from God, w e’ll learn to
live collectively in this peaceful awareness. Second, I know for certain that n o amount of hatred in my heart will ever
bring ab out peac e. Hatred will o nly contribute more to the prese nce of those
human-made destructive ener gies. So I choose to place my attention on
what I am for, and on my feeling good,  or feelin g God. I support peace, not
war. As  Albert Einstein once r emarked, “I am not only a pacifist but a
militant pacifist.... Nothing w ill end war unless the people  themselves
refuse to  go to w ar.” I, as a recipient of The Einstein A ward from the AlbertEinstein College  of Medicine of  Y eshiva University, would humbly add, “... and unless people refuse to ever think warlike thoughts.”
In Long W a lk to Fr eedom,  N elson Mandela wrote: “T o make peace with
an e nemy one m ust work with that enemy, and that enemy bec omes one’ s
partner.” I know that we are all partners with each other as child ren of God. This is how I think, and when I see footage of a world that’ s in disarray
because many have for gotten this, I still choose to feel God’ s presence in
me and know th at we’ll ultimately learn to live this way collectively. But it
begins with each of us refusing to be instruments of nonpeace in all of our
thoughts, and consequently, all of our behaviors. Adolf Hitler ’ s designated successor, Hermann Goering, is quoted in
Nur ember g Diary  as saying:
Why, of course, the p eople don’ t want war.... But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who
determine the policy and it is always a sim ple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a
democracy or a fascis t dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship... voice or no
voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. A ll you have
to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. I choose not to be one of those people who are dragged along. I  refuse to
be brought to th e bidding of any leader who attempts to convince me that
my belie fs in peace make me unpatriotic. When an unidentifie d Pentagon
of ficial was asked why the U.S.  military censored graphic footage from the
Gulf W a r, he responded, “If w e let people see that kind of thing, there
would never again be any war.”
W ell, that is my goal... to live in a world where warlike thoughts are
impossible beca use we’re placing all of our mental ener gy on w hat we arefor r ather than what we hate. F ormer President Dwight Eisen hower, who
was also a commander of the Allies in W orld W ar II, once remarked:
Every gun that is made, every warship laun ched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense,
a thef t from  those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This
world in arms is not s pending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of
its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. This is a call to  get ourselves and our world in balance. Peace demands
heroic thinking and a purity of conscience. When I remember this, I stay
within my personal desire to live a God-real


 y ou start  the Oxygen Ad vantage exercises, it is important for you to
have a basic understanding of the respiratory system and the role of carbon
dioxide in your body. If you wo uld like to bypass the science, you can go
straight to chapter 2, but the more you know, the more you can  work with
your body and not against it. The Respiratory System
Y our respiratory  system comprises the parts of your body that deliver
oxygen from the atmosphere to your cells and tissues and transport the
carbon dioxide produced in your tissues back into the atmosphere. Y our respiratory system contains everything you need to adequately
oxygenate your body for exercis e and high-performance sports... so long
as y ou a llow it to function properly. When we breathe, air ente rs the body
and flows down the windpipe (trachea), which then divides into two
branches called br onchi:  One branch leads to the right lu ng, the other to the
left. W ithin your lungs, the bronchi further subdivide into smaller branches
called br onchioles,  and eventually into a multitude of small air sacs called
alveoli. T o visualize t his complex system, imagine an upside-down  tree. Y our trachea is the trunk, and the bronchi form two lar ge branches at the top
of it, fro m which the smaller branches of the bronchioles grow. At the end
of these branches are the “leaves”—the round sacs of the alveoli, which
transport oxygen into the blood. It is quite a striking example of
evolutionary balance and beauty that the trees around us that give of f
oxygen and the trees in our lungs that absorb it share a similar structure.The lungs contain approximatel y 300 million alveoli, each of which is
surrounded by tiny blood vessels called capillaries. T o put this immense
number in context, the area of  contact between your alveoli and blood
capillaries is equivalent to the size of a tennis court. This lar ge,
impressively contained surface provides the potential for an extremely
ef ficient transfer of oxygen to the blood. As I’ve explained, oxygen is the fuel that muscles need to work
ef ficiently. It is, however, a co mmon misconception that bre athing in a
lar ger volume of air increase s the oxygenation of the blood. It is
physiologically impossible to increase the oxygen saturation of the blood in
this way, because the blood is  almost always already fully saturated. It
would be like pouring more wa ter into a glass that is already filled to the
brim. But what is oxygen saturation exactly, and how does it relate to
properly oxygenating our muscles? Oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) is the percentage of oxygen-carrying red
blood cells (hemoglobin molecules) containing oxygen within the blood. During p eriods o f rest the standa rd breathing volume for a healt hy person is
between 4 and 6  liters of air per minute, which results in almo st complete
oxygen saturation of 95 to 99  percent. Because oxygen is continuallydif fusing from the blood into the cells, 100 percent saturation is not always
feasible. An oxygen saturation of 100 percent would suggest th at the bond
between red blood cells and ox ygen molecules is too strong, reducing the
blood ce lls’ ability to deliver o xygen to muscles, or gans, and tissues. W e
need the  blood to release oxy gen, not hold on to it. The h uman body
actually carries a surplus of oxygen in the blood—75 percen t is exhaled
during r est and as much as 25 percent is exhaled during physical exercise. Increasing oxygen saturation to 100 percent has no added benefits. The idea of taking bigger brea ths to take in more oxygen is akin to
telling a n individual who is al ready eating enough food to provide their
daily cal oric needs that they nee d to eat more. Many of my stude nts initially
have a hard time grasping this. For years they have been indoctrinated with
the “ben efits” o f taking deep b reaths by well-meaning stress counselors,
yoga pra ctitioners, physiotherapists, and sports coaches, not to mention the
W estern media. And it’ s easy to see why this belief is perpetuated: T aking a
lar ge bre ath can  actually feel good, even if it can actually be bad for you. Just as a cat enjoys a good str etch following a midday nap, t aking a big
breath into the lu ngs stretches the upper part of the body, allowing a feeling
of re laxation to follow. But this leads many to believe that wit h breathing,
bigger is better. Regulation of Br eathing
There ar e two main aspects to t he way you breathe: the rate  or num ber of
breaths you take in the space of 1 minute and the volume  or amount of air
drawn in to your  lungs with each  breath. Although the two are separate, one
generally influences the other. The volume of each breath of a ir we inhale and exhale is measured in
liters, and measurements are usually taken over 1 minute. In conventional
medicine the accepted number o f breaths a healthy person takes  during that
minute is 10 to 12, with each breath drawing in a volume of 500 milliliters
of air, for a total volume of 5 to 6 liters. T o visualize this amount of air,
imagine how much air would be contained in about three empty 2-liter soft
drink bo ttles. If a person is breathing at a higher rate—at 20 breaths per
minute, for example—then the volume will also be higher. Butoverbreathing d oesn’ t just come from an elevated rate. A lower rate can
have the same e f fect if the indi vidual is taking in too much air with each
breath; 10 lar ge breaths of 1,000 milliliters would also be evidence of
overbreathing. I n the next chap ter, you will be able to measure your own
relative breathin g volume using a breath-hold test called the Bo dy Oxygen
Level T est, or BOL T. So how do we ensure that we breathe correctly so as to make optimal
use of our amaz ing respiratory system? As odd as this may seem, it’ s not
oxygen that exerts the primary influence on your breathing ef ficiency, but
carbon dioxide. The rate and volume of breathing is determined by receptors in the brain
that work in a way similar to a thermostat regulating the heating  system in a
home. However, instead of monitoring fluctuations in temperature, these
receptors monito r the concentration of carbon dioxide and oxygen in your
blood, along with the acidity or pH level. When levels of carbon dioxide
increase above a certain amount, these sensitive receptors stimulate
breathing in order to get rid of the excess gas. In other words, the primary
stimulus to breathe is to eliminate excess carbon dioxide from the body. Carbon dioxide is an end product of the natural process of b reaking
down th e fats and carbohydrate s we eat. CO 2  is returned from the tissues
and cells to th e lungs via bl ood vessels, and any excess is exhaled. Crucially, howe ver, part of your body’ s quotient of carbon dioxide is
retained when you exhale. Correct breathing both relies on and results in the
right amount of carbon dioxide b eing retained in your lungs. Un derstanding
this is just as important for serious athletes as it is for anyone interested in
basic fitness or in weight management. Think of it this way: CO 2  is the doorway that lets oxygen reach our
muscles. If the d oor is only part ially open, only some of the oxygen at our
disposal passes through, and we find ourselves gasping during exercise,
often with our limbs cramping. If, on the other hand, the door is wide open,
oxygen flows through the doorway and we can sustain physical activity
longer and at a higher intensity. But to understand how our breathing works
we must dig a bit deeper into the crucial role carbon dioxi de plays in
making it as ef ficient as possible.Chronic hyperventilation or overbreathing simply means the habit of
breathing a volume of air greater than that which your body requires. It
does not  necessa rily manifest as dramatic symptoms, such as the panting a
person might experience during a panic attack. When we breathe in excess
of what we require, too much carbon dioxide is exhaled from th e lungs and,
hence, is removed from the blood. It forces that door to a more closed
position, making  it harder for oxygen to pass through. Breathing too much
for short periods of time is not a significant problem, as no permanent
change in the b ody occurs. However, when we breathe too much over an
extended period  of days to weeks, a biochemical change takes place inside
us that results in an increased sensitivity or lower tolerance to carbon
dioxide. W ith this lower set point, breathing volume remains above normal
as th e re ceptors in the brain con tinuously stimulate breathing in order to get
rid of carbon dioxide that is perceived to be in excess of th e


 possessed an iron constitution. Although I grew a big foodgarden and ate mostly “vegetablitarian” I thought I could eat anything withimpunity. I had been fond of drinking beer with my friends while nibbling on saltysnacks or heavy foods late into the night. And until my health began to weaken Icould still get up the next morning after several homebrewed beers, feeling good,and would put in a solid day’s work. When my health began to slip I went looking for a cure. Up to that time the
only use I’d had for doctors was to fix a few traumatic injuries. The onlypreventative health care I concerned myself with was to take a multivitamin pillduring those rare spells when I felt a bit run down and to eat lots of vegetables.So I’d not learned much about alternative health care. Naturally, my first stop was a local general practitioner/MD. He gave me his
usual half-hour get-acquainted checkout and opined that there almost certainlywas nothing wrong with me. I suspect I had the good fortune to encounter anhonest doctor, because he also said if it were my wish he could send me aroundfor numerous tests but most likely these would not reveal anything either. More
than likely, all that was wrong was that I was approaching 40; with the onset of
middle age I would naturally have more aches and pains. ‘Take some aspirin andget used to it,’ was his advice. ‘It’ll only get worse.’
Not satisfied with his dismal prognosis I asked an energetic old guy I knew
named Paul, an ‘80-something homesteader who was renowned for his organicgarden and his good health. Paul referred me to his doctor, Isabelle Moser, whoat that time was running the Great Oaks School of Health, a residential andoutpatient spa nearby at Creswell, Oregon. Dr. Moser had very different methods of analysis than the medicos, was
warmly personal and seemed very safe to talk to. She looked me over, did somestrange magical thing she called muscle testing and concluded that I still had a verystrong constitution. If I would eliminate certain “bad” foods from my diet,eliminate some generally healthful foods that, unfortunately, I was allergic to, if Iwould reduce my alcohol intake greatly and take some food supplements, thengradually my symptoms would abate. With the persistent application of a littleself-discipline over several months, maybe six months, I could feel really wellagain almost all the time and would probably continue that way for many years tocome. This was good news, though the need to apply personal responsibilitytoward the solution of my problem seemed a little sobering. But I could also see that Dr. Moser was obviously not telling me something. So I gently pressed her for the rest. A little shyly, reluctantly, as though she wereused to being rebuffed for making such suggestions, Isabelle asked me if I hadever heard of fasting? “Yes,” I said. “I had. Once when I was about twenty andstaying at a farm in Missouri, during a bad flu I actually did fast, mainly because Iwas too sick to take anything but water for nearly one week.’
“Why do you ask?” I demanded.“If you would fast, you will start feeling really good as soon as the fast is over.”
she said. “Fast? How long?”
“Some have fasted for a month or even longer,” she said. Then she observed
my crestfallen expression and added, “Even a couple of weeks would make anenormous difference.”
It just so happened that I was in between setup stages for a new mail-order
business I was starting and right then I did have a couple of weeks when I wasvirtually free of responsibility. I could also face the idea of not eating for a coupleof weeks. “Okay!” I said somewhat impulsively. “I could fast for two weeks. If Istart right now maybe even three weeks, depending on how my schedule worksout.”
So in short order I was given several small books about fasting to read at
home and was mentally preparing myself for several weeks of severe privation,my only sustenance to be water and herb tea without sweetener. And then camethe clinker. “Have you ever heard of colonics?” she asked sweetly.“Yes. Weird practice, akin to anal sex or something?”“Not at all,” she responded. “Colonics are essential during fasting or you will
have spells when you’ll feel terrible. Only colonics make water fastingcomfortable and safe.”
Then followed some explanation about bowel cleansing (and another little
book to take home) and soon I was agreeing to get my body over to her placefor a colonic every two or three days during the fasting period, the first colonicscheduled for the next afternoon. I’ll spare you a detailed description of my firstfast with colonics; you’ll read about others shortly. In the end I withstood theboredom of water fasting for 17 days. During the fast I had about 7 colonics. Iended up feeling great, much trimmer, with an enormous rebirth of energy. Andwhen I resumed eating it turned out to be slightly easier to control my dietaryhabits and appetites. Thus began my practice of an annual health-building water fast. Once a year,
at whatever season it seemed propitious, I’d set aside a couple of weeks to heal
my body. While fasting I’d slowly drive myself over to Great Oaks School for
colonics every other day. By the end of my third annual fast in 1981, Isabelle andI had become great friends. About this same time Isabelle’s relationship with herfirst husband, Douglas Moser, had disintegrated. Some months later, Isabelle andI became partners. And then we married. My regular fasts continued through 1984, by which time I had recovered my
fundamental organic vigor and had retrained my dietary habits. About 1983Isabelle and I also began using Life Extension megavitamins as a therapy againstthe aging process. Feeling so much better I began to find the incredibly boringweeks of prophylactic fasting too difficult to motivate myself to do, and I stopped.Since that time I fast only when acutely ill. Generally less than one week on waterhandles any non-optimum health condition I’ve had since ‘84. I am only 54 yearsold as I write these words, so I hope it will be many, many years before I findmyself in the position where I have to fast for an extended period to deal with aserious or life-threatening condition. I am a kind of person the Spanish call autodidactico, meaning that I prefer to
teach myself. I had already learned the fine art of self-employment and generalsmall-business practice that way, as well as radio and electronic theory,typography and graphic design, the garden seed business, horticulture, andagronomy. When Isabelle moved in with me she also brought most of GreatOak’s extensive library, including very hard to obtain copies of the works of theearly hygienic doctors. Naturally I studied her books intensely. Isabelle also brought her medical practice into our house. At first it was only a
few loyal local clients who continued to consult with her on an outpatient basis,but after a few years, the demands for residential care from people who wereseriously and sometimes life-threateningly sick grew irresistibly, and I found myselfsharing our family house with a parade of really sick people. True, I was not theirdoctor, but because her residential clients became temporary parts of our family, Ihelped support and encourage our residents through their fasting process. I’m a
natural teacher (and how-to-do-it writer), so I found myself explaining many
aspects of hygienic medicine to Isabelle’s clients, while having a first-handopportunity to observe for myself the healing process at work. Thus it was that Ibecame the doctor’s assistant and came to practice second-hand hygienicmedicine. In 1994, when Isabelle had reached the age of 54, she began to think about
passing on her life’s accumulation of healing wisdom by writing a book. She hadno experience at writing for the popular market, her only major writing being aPh.D. dissertation. I on the other hand had published seven books aboutvegetable gardening. And I grasped the essentials of her wisdom as well as anynon-practitioner could. So we took a summer off and rented a house in ruralCosta Rica, where I helped Isabelle put down her thoughts on a cheap word-processing typewriter. When we returned to the States, I fired-up my “big-mac”and composed this manuscript into a rough book format that was given to someof her clients to get what is trendily called these days, “feedback.”
But before we could completely finish her book, Isabelle became dangerously
ill and after a long, painful struggle with abdominal cancer, she died. After Iresurfaced from the worst of my grief and loss, I decided to finish her book.Fortunately, the manuscript needed little more than polishing. I am telling thereader these things because many ghostwritten books end up having little directconnection with the originator of the thoughts. Not so in this case. And unlikemany ghost writers, I had a long and loving apprenticeship with the author. Atevery step of our collaboration on this book I have made every effort tocommunicate Isabelle’s viewpoints in the way she would speak, not my own. Dr.Isabelle Moser was for many years my dearest friend. I have worked on thisbook to help her pass her understanding on. Many people consider death to be a complete invalidation of a healing arts
practitioner. I don’t. Coping with her own dice


sugar compounds -glucose in the blood, glycogen in the muscles -and electrolytes -salt,
calcium, and potassium that keep cells in proper electrical balance -that may be burned and
depleted after an hour or more of hard exercise. This situation does not have anything to do
with low TDS or demineralized water for normal drinking and cooking purposes. Even in warm
weather exercise, the greatest danger is that of dehydration, and the proper advice to ward it off
is to drink lots of plain water. The scope of this paper is limited to answering whether low TDS water contributes to the loss
of minerals from body tissues, producing associated harmful side effects. The types of minerals
--e. g., calcium versus sodium, or hard water versus soft water--and the toxicity of minerals-
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A: The study aimed to answer whether low TDS water contributes to the loss of minerals from the body, resulting in harmful side effects.
Q: What is the main conclusion of the study?,
A: The study concludes that the consumption of low TDS water does not result in harmful effects to the human body.
Q: What is the purpose of homeostasis in the human body?,
A: Homeostasis is the maintenance of constant conditions in the internal body environment, which includes controlling the concentration of minerals and ions in the body fluids.
Q: Are there any real-world examples that support the safety of consuming low TDS water?,
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is orianaoriana@gmail.com. This reproduction was made by the Soil and Health Library only for the purpose of
research and study. Any further reproduction or distribution of this copy in any form
whatsoever constitutes a violation of copyrights. ‘You ask me what were the secret forces which sustained me during my long
fasts. Well, it was my unshakable faith in God, my simple and frugal life style,
and the Aloe whose benefits I discovered upon my arrival in South Africa at
the end of the 19th century.’

Mahatma Ghandi

In a letter to his biographer Romain Rolland

The Essential Aloe Vera

Author
Dr Peter Atherton

To Alison
A patient who changed my practice

 Dr Peter Atherton
1st Edition 1996
2nd Edition 1997

Published by Mill Enterprises, Park Farm, Gayhurst, Newport, Pagnell MK16 8LG. UK. Global Library agents and distributors – Aloe World Limited
e-mail: aloeworldlimited@aol.com
http://aloeworldltd.com

ISBN: 0-9540896-0-X

 Contents

 Authors note 1  Introduction 2    Part 1   The History 6  The Plant and its structure 9  Where does Aloe Vera Work? 20  How does Aloe Vera Work? 34  Aloe in the Future 43  Further Reading 48  Glossary 49   Part 2   Research Bibliography 53
 AUTHORS NOTE

This handbook is designed for educational purposes only and does not endorse any particular brand or
type of Aloe Vera products. Dr Atherton regrets that he is unable to directly enter into any correspondence regarding his opinion on
the use of Aloe Vera in particular case histories. Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my wife, Ellen, for suffering with me during our holiday in which I transferred my
thoughts to paper and for being my sounding board. My thanks also to good friend, Glenda Goodwin, for typing out the original manuscript. I commend her
for her patience in making the many changes and corrections. My eternal banks to Alison whose personal experience with Aloe Vera led to a change in my practice of
medicine after twenty-five years of a purely conventional approach. I have also received huge help from Tamsin wright-carpenter in the compilation of the references and
from Pam Richardson in collating the Anthraquinone Section. Also. Also, thanks to Nick Hutchins for his
invaluable advice. Finally I would like to thank Forever Living Products (UK) Ltd., for the use of their photographs of Aloe Vera plants. INTRODUCTION

“Aloe, what? Yes, I think that I’ve heard of it. That stuff they put in cosmetics.”

This was part of a conversation that took place just over three years ago with a patient at mine. She was
the mother of a little boy with eczema, whose problem had apparently miraculously cleared up completely
after applying a cream containing Aloe Vera with bee propolis. In case you don't know as I didn’t at the time. Bee propolis is obtained from the lining of bee hives and is the substance responsible for keeping
the hive sterile. It is known to possess powerful antimicrobial properties which make the inside of a
beehive more sterile than an operating theatre. Bees make propolis by collecting resins from trees such as
pines and poplars which they then mix with their own enzymes to create the sticky substance called
propolis or bee glue. Since then I have been fortunate to meet with Dr William Davey who, amongst other things holds a royal
Charter as Honorary Homeopathic Physician to Her Majesty The Queen. He started life as a chest
physician but he has also been involved in research. A main part of that research has been into bee
propolis and his findings are shortly to be published as a thesis. In it he will demonstrate the active
ingredient in propolis which is a most powerful antimicrobial agent, capable of even killing
mycobacterium Tuberculosis. He has also shown that the propolis itself is more active as a whole than the pure extract. The idea of synergy in plant ingredients is a theme then I will be dwelling on later in the
book, as I believe in the truth of an Ayurvedic text from India:

“Extracting drugs from a part of a plant is taking out the intelligence and throwing away the
wisdom”

The conversation with that mother was not only to change attitude to Aloe Vera, but also to herbal,
nutritional, and complementary medicine in general. In fact it would totally change my approach to the
practice of medicine, and change my life. At the time, I confess I was irritated by the mothers remarks and certainly very sceptical as she went on to
tell me that I must try the cream because it had succeeded where all my moisturisers and steroid creams
had failed. Eczema, of course, is known to naturally wax and wane, so it had to he coincidental, didn’t it? Up to then I had been a General Practitioner for twenty-five years and a strictly conventional one at that. I left it to my partners to indulge in acupuncture, homeopathy, applied kinesiology and nutritional medicine

 As this patient was also a friend, it was not long before we met again and inevitably the subject of Aloe
Vera came up. But now I was invited to drink the stuff as well as to rub it on. The more uses she
mentioned, the more I switched off and the more sceptical I became. However, I knew she wouldn’t go away so I promised that I would read the company literature that she had given me on the previous
occasion. The company was biased, as I expected it to be, but there was something about this herb's history that
caught my interest. There were references to Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and Nefertiti, no doubt a
mythical association, but it prompted me to go as far as asking the secretary of my local post-graduate
medical centre to dig out anything she could find on Aloe Vera. She came up with forty papers from around the world. Although some were from fairly dubious sources,
with only one exception they all had something very positive to say about Aloe Vera. Such a high
 PART I

THE HISTORY

As I said in the introduction, it was the history of Aloe Vera that first aroused my fascination with the
plant, for it has truly stood the test of time and has been associated with some remarkable people. The name Aloe Vera, or true Aloe, is probably derived from the Arabic word ‘ALLOEH’, Syrian
‘ALWAI’ or Hebrew ‘HALAL’ meaning a ‘shining bitter substance’. Hence the old laxative remedy ‘bitter Aloes’, still listed in the US Pharmacopoeia today. The German Egyptologist, George Ebers (1837-1898) bought an ancient papyrus, now called the Ebers
Papyrus, dating from the reign of the Pharaoh Amen-Hotep in 1552 BC. This ancient medical treatise
listing the use of plant materials as cosmetics and drugs, including Aloes, was found between the knees of a mummy excavated near Thebes in 1858. This papyrus demonstrated the use of Aloe Vera during the
preceding


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 electric circuit
over vascular-interstitial conductin g
channels 122
I. Srructure o[ Lhe vascular-inr~mitial
closed circuil (V ICC) 123
2. Resisriviry of tissue and body fluids 124
3. Resisrivity o(the walls of blood ves-
sel< I 25
XIV Contents a) Alrernating currenr 126
b) Pulsed direct curretlt 128
C. Observations of a preferential elec-
tric pathway in vessels and tissues 129
I. Carhodic field 129
2. Anodic field 131
D. Structurin g of interfaces in BCEC
systems: development of membranes
and organ capsules 132
E. Capillaries and VICC 134
I. Biologic transfer of electrons 134
2. The capillarv wall 135
3. Capillarv reactions in elecrric [relds 138
4. Selective distribution o{granulocvres
jn a closed cjrcujt 138
5. Mechanisms of regional comractio>l
of arterioles and arrerial capillaries 141
6. Search for redox sites: possible ori
gin of the basemem membrane ami
the endorhelwl fibrin film 141
7. Search for redox sites: rhe vesicles 144
8. Long and shorr diswnce selective
transports in tissue over V ICC svs·
tems
F Conclusions
Rcferencrs
Xill. Energetics of BCEC systems, ionars 146
148
ISO
and ergonars 152
A. Components of BCEC systems 152
B. Ionic energy 156
C. Interdependence of energies, includ·
ing gravity
D. Ergonic energy
E. Conversion of ionic and ergonic en
ergv
F. Development of ionars
G. lonars and ergonars in experimental
electrolysis of water
H. Discussion of experimental results
I. Summary and conclusions
Reference s
XIV. Experimental a ctivation of vascular··in· 157
158
158
160. 163
170
170
172
terstitial closed circuits (VICC) 173
A Materials and method s 174
B. Charging and discharging of tissue 175
C. Diapedetic bleedings 175
D. Vascular pockets, ischaemic dystro
phy and perifocal enhancement of
radiographic contrast 176
E lonjzarjon and joojc recnmhjnarjons 177
F. Transport and mechanical effects 178
G. Conductivit y changes 180
H Effcx:ts on red blood cells and tbejr
distrjbutjoo 180 XV. XVI I. Accumulation of granulocytes 187
I. A revised view of so-called "chemo·
tactic" accumulation of granulocyte s
in jnOammar jon
K I oral accumul arjon jn tissue of a 189
charged chemical compound I 91
L. Direct current studies in the dog's
lung 192
1 A cute qnadjc )94
2 A cure catbodjr 194
3 Four tneeks anodjc!94
4 Etmr UJeeks cathqdic 194
M Djgcussinn 195
Referenc es )96
Corona structures around pulmonary
masses; yascular.. jnterstjt jal closed cjr. cuit effects 198
Reference< 202
Tjssue transfonnations oyer BCEC jn
cancer of the breast 703
A. Electric polarization in breast cancer 205
I Case material qnd methods 205
2 Rerulrs 206
3 Djsrussiqn and conclusjqns 209
B. Radiating structures 211
C. Pcritumoural changes of radiopacity 213
0 Fat-water distriburjon· closed cirrujr
effects and radiographic appearance
jn yjtro 215
E. Local alteration of conductivi ty in a
fat-water mjxture 216
F. Closed circuit transports of fat and
water in mammarv fat tissue 218
I Method 218
2 Res-ults 2 1 8
3 Disansion and conchtsjons 222
G. Peritumoura l water and fat, includ
ing atrophy of fat adjacent to elec·
tronegative mammary carcinomas 222
H. Circular displacement of tissue
$fr!ICUJrtS atQJJDd breast tiJID011f$ 224
I Arches and arcades 225
J. "Skin thickenin g" and retraction: a
T£SIJ!t of altered disrrjbJJtjon of tiSSJte
warer 228
K. Closed circuit production of fibrous
radiating structures: cathodic and
anodic types of fibrosis 232
L. Closed circuit production of fibrous
membr anes 234
M. Closed circuit production of a ca·
rhMjc and anodic fibrous tiSS"C 236 N. Closed circuit production of anodic
rjssue channels 240
0. Closed circuit production of cathodic
tissue channel s
p Transfonnarjon of rissne and cel!s
across the intcrmcdjare zone he-247
tween anode and cathode 249
0. Discussion on closed circuit develop·
ment of vessels
R Mjcrocalcjficatjons· hjgtorjcal reyjew 256
S. Closed circuit production of micro·
ralcificatjons 257
T. The yellowish zone around breast
carcinomas 260
U. Electrophoretic accumulation of
lymphocytes around and inside
breast carcinomas
V Conclusions
References
XVII. Application of the principle of BCEC
for tre.atment of cancer
A. Spontaneous and induced healing of 767
765
766
269
cancers 272
B. Diatherm ic production of local tis·
sue injurv in lung tumours 272
I. Dry electrodes 272
2. Electrodes perfused with liquid 273
3 Results 275
4. Complicatiom 280
5 Discussion 781
C. Induction of healing reactions in tu·
mours by direct current 281
I lntmduoion
2. Preliminarv tech11ique
3. Prelimina ry conclusio11s
4 R!ecrrodes
5. Application of electrodes
6. Voltage and curre>rt
7 D-jvussion
D. Direct current treatment of malig·
nant lumours in lung: experience in 283
285
286
291
293
294
20 patients 295
I Case material 295
2. Preparation of patients 295
3. Technique of treatment 295
4. Case Jnalvsis of treated patie111s 296
a) Morralirv 296
b) Beneficial effects of DC treat-
ment 297
5. Complications 313
E. DC treatment of lung tumours: dis·
russian and concJusjon 313
References 316
Contents XV XVID. Afterword: a discussion of principles
and consequences of biologically
closed electric circuits {BCEC) 318
A $rrucnn '31 and functional coordjna-
tion in biology 318
B. BCEC svstems and their physicoche
mica! activation 3 J 8
C. Spontaneo us reactions in BCEC sys-
tems 323
I. Healing of injured tissue 323
2. ProductiMr of scar tissue. structural
trans{onr.ation of tissue and cells 323
3. Calci{icOlions in tisSU£ 324
4. Healing of fractures 325
5 Rlertroqsmnsis 325
6. Accumulation of white blood cells 325
D. Artificial a:tivation of BCEC svs-
tcms 326
Direcc curre•t rrea~menr of cancer 326
E. A possible r6le of BCEC in biogene-
sis, including carcinogenesis 327
XVI Contents F. Morphogenetic capacity of BCEC
systems 327
Formation of membranes and organ
capsules 327
G. Pbvsiological capacity of BCEC sys-
tems 327
H. Acupuncture 328
I Vesicles jn rhe transmission of nerv-
ous impulses 332
J. Oral galvanism 332
K. BCEC systems as receptors for mov-
ing external electroma gnetic fields 335
Concludin g remarks 336
References 3 37
GLOSSAR Y 339
SYMBOLS ANP UNITS 348
ABBREVIATIONS 349
INQF.X 350 I.
Swnmary
This book leads stepwise to the identification of a basic
biologic concept: energy cont1<1rsion in tissue over biologi
cally closed electric circuits (BCEC). Originally, this line
of research developed from the observation that some
seemingly strange structures arc radiographic