the self now to love because that which was loved was
seen as something outside ourself. At the stage ofApathy, which we know as hopeless
ness and despair, there is a state of no energy, so a
person in that state is in a severe clinical depression. The person is usually unresponsive and may sit in a
chair, staring blankly out the window. They are fre
quently unresponsive to any communication and are
unable to talk. Very often they stop eating and may not
be able to sleep or function in the world. These are the 368 HEALING AND RECOVERY
severe forms ofdepression, which also have a biochem
ical basis in the brain that leads to seeing life as sad, the
future as hopeless, and themselves as empty and worth
less. The concept of the God of that kind of world is
one who ignores and does not care for them. It is a
state of total unlovingness and feeling unloved. Our clinical experience indicates that the three
lower states of hopelessness and helplessness, which
we collectively call despondence and depression, arise
as a consequence of the failure to have handled the
energy field above it, which is called Fear. The person
is not facing the underlying fear because the depres
sion arises from the loss of meaning. It is not the thing
outside ofthem that the person has placed their happi
ness on that is the difficulty, but the meaning they have
attached to it. It is not the college degree but the mean
ing of that degree. It is not the relationship but the
meaning of the relationship. It is not the position or
title of president of the company, or the financial suc
cess, or haVing the right address, but their importance
and value. What we project onto a thing, or the way we
hold it, depends on the meaning we give to it. In and of
itself, it has no meaning; it merely is. Meaning is a mental construction that we have pro
jected out, thereby assigning value to something. The
value arises out of our own mentaVemotional values
that are being projected onto something outside of us. This results in seeing ourself as separated from· the
source of happiness. There is'me', and then there is
that 'outside of self' from which we feel separated. There is the fantasy that if we could reunite with that,
have that, control that, then that would heal the inner 369 DEPRESSION
feeling of lack and separation. To feel separated from
that which we want is to unconsciously feel separated
from God. The view of God in these depressed states is
one of being totally separated from the source of our
happiness. The way to get out of a depression is to look at the
underlying fear. What is the fear. We have used the
actual clinical example of the woman who received a
telegram from the Department of Defense that her
son was killed in action. She is rocking back and forth
in her chair and staring out the window. Several
weeks later a telegram arrived stating there had been
an error, they regretted the error, and that the son was
still alive. When the family told her this, she just kept
on rocking back and forth, staring out the window. "Mother, mother," they said as they shook her, "didn't
you hear. Joey is not dead. He is alive and fine. He is in
an R & R camp in Vietnam. " However, she just kept on
rocking. Something had happened. The energy field, the
state she had obviously been holding, was that of her
son and her relationship to him as a major source of
happiness. Being a widow, that relationship was prime
in her life. Now something had happened; the energy
of the field had brought about a change in the brain
chemistry. We can see that in this instance, the shift in
the brain chemistry is a consequence. Due to the loss
of meaning in her life, the energy field then expressed
itself on the level of brain chemistry. All things are physical, mental, and spiritual. Spiritually, the meaning here was the separation from
God; emotionally, it was the significance of this rela370 HEALING AND RECOVERY
tionship; and on the physical level, it was the brain
chemistry. There was a shift and a loss of neurotrans
mitters. The brain was in a depressive condition. There
was a depression of essential neurotransmitters in cer
tain areas of the brain that accompanied the condition. Therefore, it is possible to ameliorate the expression of
this symptom on the physical level by the use of anti
depressants. In treating all these conditions, we find it
most efficacious to treat all levels simultaneously. We
address the person in a dialogue where they begin to
examine what they had placed meaning and signifi
cance on and how they had filled the internal empti
ness of their life with things from the outside to give it
value. This process thereby created the vulnerability. We have to look at how it is held psychologically and,
at the same time, treat it on the physical level. The antidepressants available these days are very
effective. Generally it is safe to. treat the depression
of the majority of patients pharmacologically with
antidepressants as long as there is close clinical super
vision, especially in children and adolescents. Pharmacologically, they take the person from the bot
tom of the Map and lift them up to a higher level so
they are then able to respond to psychotherapy or spir
itual counseling to try to alleviate· the conditions that
brought about the vulnerability. The risks of psy
chopharmacology have to be weighed against the risk
of suicide, especially when an apathetic depression
becomes agitated (Hawkins, 2005). Facing the fear that underlies the depression
relieves the depression. The fear is that one has lost the
meaning of life. They have lost that which is of value, 371 DEPRESSION
and feel it will never be replaced. Hopelessness means
that the expectation of the future is zero. There is no
hope that a context of meaning and significance will
be recreated that will reenergize and give one's life
meaning again. This, of course, is an illusion, but at the
time, the hopelessness is based on the perception of
oneself and one's relationship to life. When treating a depressed person, we look to see
what the loss is, for example, the loss of a job, the loss
of vitality, the loss of youth, or the loss of opportunity. People become depressed at middle age and see life as
having passed them by, and now feel they have lost
their opportunity. The loss of looks for a person, such
as a middle-aged woman for whom her appearance has
been very important in her life, affects her sense ofself
value and her way of relating to the world. If she has
based her power in the world on her looks, then that
loss is a great danger to her and not just a superficial
thing, such as vanity. It is far more than that; it is her
whole sense of self-worth and value. Beauty to her has
become valuable and makes her a worthwhile person. We discover the underlying fear and get the person
to be willing to look at the fear. Instead of depression,
the person has to handle fear instead because fear has
to do with the future. "How am I going to live without
what has given my life significance. "This can be seen
in the addictions, for example. One might say that any
body who gets depressed has been addicted to placing
their survival on something outside themselves. In the addictions, if we threaten to take away the
drug upon which the person has been placing their
survival and happiness, we see terror-not just fear, but HEALING AND RECOVERY 372
absolute terror. The conviction within the addict is that
it will be impossible to live· in this world without
access to that substance, so we have the person look at
the fear and then utilize the techniques clinically that
we have found to handle fear; next, we create the will
ingness to be with it-to stop labeling it and to stop
the thoughts. They focus instead on the exact experi
ence of what is coming up as they look at that which. is feared within mind. The person looks at it and then
goes into the radical truth of what is literally being
experienced within them. They n~ed to be willing to
surrender to that and let go of resisting the fear. As this
happens, the sensations run through the body. I ask the person, "What are you experiencing in
your body. " They report, "My mouth is so dry, I can
hardly talk. My heart feels like it is fluttering. My stom
ach feels like it is turning over. I feel cramps in my
abdomen. My knees are so weak, I can hardly stand up. " Then we start with the feelings, one by one. We say,
"All right, tingling in your legs and your knees. Could
you let go of resisting that. Could you just let yourself
experience that and be with that. Stop re~isting it. Don't call it fear. Just sense what you are sensing. What
are you sensing. " The reply is


 the beets, carrots, celery and apples and put into a bowl. Make the dressing and mix in
with the vegetables. Sprinkle with parsley. Beet Thermidor
cooked beets
Dressing:
yogurt
lemon juice
grated horseradish
Dice cooked beets and put into a bowl with the following dressing:
Carrot Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2-4
8 oz. carrots, grated
1 medium crisp eating apple, quartered, cored and grated
5 oz. yogurt
juice of 1 large orange
Grate the carrot into a bowl. Cut the apple into quarters, remove core  then  grate into the bowl
and mix with the carrot. Mix the yogurt with the orange juice and stir into the salad. Variation: Presoaked raisins or sultanas can also be added.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 219Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCarrot and Orange with Fresh Dates  Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
1 large carrot, cut into strips
1 orange, segmented
a few fresh dates, chopped
toasted oats
Dressing:
lemon ( or lime) juice
flaxseed oil
Cut the carrot into thin strips. Segment the orange and mix with the carrot. Chop the dates and
add. Add dressing and garnish with toasted oats. Carrot and Raisin Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves 2
3 large carrots, grated
2 oz. raisins, presoaked
lettuce
2 tsp. parsley, chopped
Dressing:
1 clove garlic, crushed
flaxseed oil
apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. honey
2 tsp. lemon juice
Mix grated raw carrots with presoaked raisins. Add dressing and serve on lettuce  garnished with
chopped parsley.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 220Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCarrot, Apple and Onion Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
12 oz. carrots, shredded
8 oz. apples, shredded
1 medium onion, shredded
10 oz. yogurt
juice of 1/2 lemon
Shred the carrots, apples and onion. Combine with the yogurt and lemon juice. Serve with a
mixed green salad. Celery Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves 2
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 crisp small eating apples, chopped
1/4 medium red bell pepper, finely sliced
mixed lettuce leaves
Dressing:
apple cider vinegar
flaxseed oil
1 tsp. honey
Chop the celery and apples and put into a large bowl. Add the finely slice d red bell pepper. Add
the dressing. Line a salad plate with mixed lettuce leaves and pile the dressed salad on top.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 221Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comChicory and Orange Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. chicory heads, trimmed and sliced
2 large oranges, peeled and sliced
1 medium green  onion, trimmed and chopped
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp. flaxseed oil
1 tsp. honey
Trim the chicory and slice into rounds about 1/2 -inch  thick. Push the rounds apart to make
rings. Peel the oranges, removing the white pith, and slice into rounds. Place the chicory in a
bowl and lay the oranges in overlapping rings around the top,  leaving the center empty. Trim
and chop the green  onion and sprinkle into the center. Mix the lemon juice, flaxseed oil and
honey, and pour over the salad. Leave for a few minutes before serving to allow the flavors to
“marry.”
Colorful Mixed Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
zucchini, grated
beet, grated
apple, grated
lettuce
tomato
orange
Dressing:
equal amounts of  apple cider vinegar  and water
honey (or maple syrup)
garlic
lemon (or orange) juice
Grate the zucchini, beet and apple. Add the dressing and mix them together or pile them in
separate mounds onto a bed of lettuce. Decorate with slices of tomatoes and orange.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 222Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comColorful Three Cabbage Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
2 oz. raisins
4 oz. each white, red and green cabbage, finely shredded
4 oz. carrot, grated
1 medium onion, finely sliced
1 small crisp eating apple, chopped
watercress
Dressing:
5 fl. oz. yogurt
a little flaxseed  oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
Pour boiling water over the raisins and leave until they plump. Finely shred the cabbage. Grate
the carrot. Put both in a bowl with the raisins, finely sliced onion  and chopped apple. Mix well. Mix the dressing ingredients and pour over the salad just before serving,  tossing lightly. Garnish
with watercress. Colorful Winter Salad
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Serves 4-6
3 tart eating  apples, cored and roughly chopped
lemon juice
1/4 medium-sized red cabbage, cored and finely shredded
1 medium carrot, peeled and grated
1/2 medium red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
2 sticks celery, sliced
1/2 red onion, peeled and chopped
watercress
Core and roughly chop the apples and mix with lemon juice in a small bowl. Core and finely
shred the red cabbage. Peel and grate the carrot. (This is the only time to peel the carrots. If they
are grated with their skins on,  they tend to turn brown. ) Seed  and chop the red pepper. Slice the
celery. Peel and chop the red onion. Put all the above ingredients into a large bowl. Garnish with
watercress. Variations: Serve with cottage cheese and your favorite dressing.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 223Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCole slaw
raisins, presoaked
white cabbage, thinly shredded
apple, thinly shredded
celery, finely chopped
onion, finely chopped
Dressing:
yogurt
lemon juice
flaxseed oil
Presoak the raisins. Thinly shred the white cabbage and apple. Finely chop the celery and onion. Put all into a bowl and add the raisins. Toss in dressing. Crunchy Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 4-6
2 oz. dried apricots, presoaked and chopped
3 oz. raisins
1 lb. white cabbage, finely shredded
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 red bell pepper (or 1/2 bunch of radishes), chopped
watercress
Dressing:
6 fl. oz. yogurt
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tsp. honey
Presoak the apricots. Pour some boiling water over the raisins,  and leave to soak for a few
minutes until they begin to swell. Finely shred the white cabbage. Chop the pepper (or
radishes). Place into a bowl together with the drained raisins and chopped apricots. Mix well. Mix the dressing and pour over the salad. Toss lightly, garnish with watercress and serve.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 224Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comEndive and Orange Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
1 small head of endive, chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips
2 oranges, peeled
2 tomatoes
1 tbsp. herbs, chopped
Dressing:
juice of 2 oranges
5 oz. yogurt
1 tsp. honey
Chop the endive and put into a bowl. Seed the pepper, cut into thin strips and add to the bowl. Peel the oranges, removing the pith with the peel. Cut out segments between the membranes
and add to the bowl. Make the dressing and toss into the salad. Sprinkle with chopped herbs. Fruity Winter Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes (does not include overnight soaking)
Serves 2-4
2 oz. raisins, presoaked


ifiers. Has a powerful effect upon the liver, spleen, skin and blood. It is one of the greatest herbs for stimulating, strengthening and cleansing
of the liver. Specific for skin conditions like psoriasis, eczema or dermatitis. Increases immune response. High in iron; aids in increasing red blood cells and hemoglobin. Excellent for anemia, jaundice and hepatitis A, B or C.
Has a fair amount of antimicrobial action. Shown to kill various fungi
and bacteria including: staphylococcus, streptococcus, chlamydia,
salmonella typhi, corynebacterium, vibrio cholerae, trichomonas
vaginalis, shigella, giardia, treponema pallidum, pseudomonas,
pneumococcus, and candida albicans. Has some larger parasitic activity as well. Also used against protozoas. A nerve tonic. Slightly laxative. Scientific name
:
Mohonia spp. Parts used
: Root and rhizome. Actions
: Alterative, antiperiodic, antiscorbutic, anti-scrofulous,
antisyphilitic, depurant,
diuretic, hepatic, laxative, nerve tonic,
stimulant (slightly), tonic. Parsley
A tremendous herb for the urinary tract and adrenal glands. Has a strengthening and cleansing effect upon the bladder and kidneys. High in chlorophyll, therefore it enhances the blood and cleans and
moves the lymphatics.Excellent for heavy metal and chemical toxicity. Enhances nerve and heart function. Superb for the endocrine glands. Increases the iron-carrying capacity of the blood. Used to fight infections. Used in cases of jaundice and dropsy (edema). Excellent for upper respiratory congestion and infections. Also used in conjunctivitis and inflammation of the eyelids. Scientific name
:
Petroselinum sativum
Parts used
: Whole herb; leaves, root and seeds. Actions
: Antiperiodic (juice), antispasmodic, aperient, aromatic,
carminative (seeds), culinary, diuretic, emmenagogue (seeds),
febrifuge (seeds), tonic, vulnerary. Pau D’Arco
A tremendous Brazilian “friend.” A true tonic. Considered a top cellular proliferator (strengthens and enhances cells). A top parasitic herb used for microorganism infestations (bacterial, viral,
and protozoa). A great immune builder. Used especially in cancer cases. Has a powerful effect upon the lymphatic system. Helps eliminate tumors, boils, abscesses, and the like. Used in skin conditions including eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis. Also considered a nutritive and resolvent. ActionsScientific name
:
Tabebuia impetiginosa
Parts used
: Bark. Actions
: Antimicrobial (bacterial, etc. ), anti-viral, cellular
proliferator/strengthener), nutritive, alterative (cooling), anti-tumor,
tonic, hypotensive, anti-diabetic, astringent, bitter (digestive),
stimulant, restorative, somewhat decongestant. Pipsissewa
A great alkalizer of the urinary tract system. Helps clean and remove sediment from the bladder and kidneys.An excellent diuretic. Used in urinary tract infections. Lowers blood pressure when kidneys are involved. Scientific name
:
Chimaphila umbellata
Parts used
: Leaf, stem, aerial portions. Actions
: Alterative, astringent and diuretic. Plantain
The great Plantain can’t be beat for pus and septic conditions of the
blood and body. Great for boils, abscesses and tumors. Known for its anti-venom properties in snakebites. Has a strong astringent action (pulling and cleansing) upon tissues. Useful for inflammation and for its healing abilities. Neutralizes stomach acids and helps restore proper gastric action. Has mild expectorant properties (therefore aiding in bronchial and lung
congestion). Used in venereal diseases. Use topically and internally for all skin conditions including eczema,
dermatitis and psoriasis. Great in an eyewash, especially for cataracts and glaucoma. Scientific name
:
Plantago
 spp. Parts used
: Root, leaves, flower spikes and seeds. Actions
: Alterative (cooling), anthelmintic (vermicide), antiseptic,
antisyphilitic, anti-venomous, astringent, deobstruent, depurant,
diuretic, emollient, refrigerant, styptic and vulnerary. Poke Root (a.k.a. Pokeweed)
The tumor buster. One of the best for abscesses, boils and masses. Encourages movement in the lymphatic system. Used for enlarged or hardened organs and glands (thyroid, spleen, liver,
etc.). Has some mild cardiac-depressant qualities. Skin cleanser especially good for eczema, dermatitis and psoriasis. Increases bile and digestive juices.Promotes kidney function. Has some anti-inflammatory properties. Helpful in chronic rheumatism and arthritis. Stimulates thyroid and adrenal function. Used for all cancers and HIV. Scientific name:
Phytolacca americana
Parts used: Fresh root, berries and leaves. Actions: Alterative, anodyne,
anti-sorbic, anti-syphilitic, antitumor, cathartic, detergent, emetic, leaves:
anodyne, cardiac-depressant, nutritive and resolvent. Red Clover
Another one of nature’s great herbs. Similar to cleavers and sassafras. A tremendous blood purifier. Use in all cancers, especially leukemia. Helps dissolve tumors and masses. Also great for abscesses and boils. Cleans and strengthens all liver conditions. Strengthens red blood cells. Excellent for all skin conditions, including eczema, dermatitis, and
psoriasis. Great for syphilis and venereal diseases. Has some antispasmodic properties and soothes the nerves. Scientific name
:
Trifolium pratense
Parts used
: Flowers and leaves. Actions
: Alterative, antispasmodic, somewhat depurative, antitumor,
deobstruent, detergent, expectorant, nutritive, sedative and stimulant
(slightly). Red Raspberry
One of nature’s top female herbs. Considered a nutritive tonic. A specific in pregnancy, and produces a far less painful and more natural
delivery. Strengthens both mother and fetus during childbearing. Checks hemorrhages, especially during labor. Enriches mother’s milk. A great herb for cleansing the male and female reproductive organs.Excellent for cleansing and strengthening the blood. Decreases excessive menstrual flow. Used for prolapsus of the uterus, anus, intestines, bladder, etc. Used for piles and hemorrhoids. Somewhat of a nerve tonic and nervine. Increases healing in wounds, sores and ulcerated conditions. Used to relieve excessive labor pains (uterine cramps). Used as a mouthwash for bleeding and infected gums. Used in eyewashes for inflammation, congestion or swelling. Scientific name
:
Rubus idaeus
Parts used
: Leaves, root bark and fruit. Actions
: Alliterative (mild), anti-abortive, antiemetic, anti-gonorrheal,
anti-leukorrheal, anti-malarial, antiseptic, astringent, cathartic,
hemostatic, parturient, stimulant, stomachic, tonic. The fruit
 acts as an
antacid, esculent, mild laxative, parturient, refrigerant. The leaves
 are
alliterative, anti-abortive, antiemetic, anti-gonorrheal, anti-
leukorrheal, antimalarial, antiseptic, astringent, cathartic, hemostatic,
parturient, stomachic stimulant, tonic. Reishi Mushroom
A powerful immune stimulator. Helps lower cholesterol and increase circulation. Helps lower blood sugar levels. Helps the body restore itself in degenerative issues. Stimulates T and B cell production (NK = natural killer) cells. Said to improve heart and liver functions. Used in cancer and AIDS cases. Used where abscesses, boils and tumors exist. Helps reduce swollen lymph nodes. Increases fibroblasts, macrophages and lymphocytes. May help steroid production by its positive effect upon the adrenal
glands. Scientific name
:
Ganoderma lucidum
Parts used
: Whole mushroom. Actions
: Immune system support.St. John’s Wort
One of the great herbs for the nervous system. Has a fairly strong regenerative effect upon the nervous system. Also has a balancing effect upon the tissues. Used for depression, anxiety and irritability. Great for insomnia. (Insomnia and anxiety are the effects of adrenal
gland weakness.) A great aid with headaches and cramping of all types, including
menstrual. Has antiparasitic properties, including antibacterial, antifungal and
antiviral. Shown to have a very positive effect against the HIV virus. Has anti-inflammatory properties. Will help somewhat in sciatica. Used in colds and respiratory congestive issues. Helpful in Parkinson’s Disease. Scientific name
:
Hypericum perforatum
Parts used
: Herb, flowers, aerial portions. Actions
: Alterative, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, astringent,
vulnerary. Saw Palmetto
One of


 affect you! Protect your heart! Live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle – start now!You Are as Old as Your Arteries
Degeneration of the arteries begins early in life, slowly
building up to obstruct and block! Then, one fine
morning, someone gets up as usual to start the day’sactivities and suddenly, in the blink of an eye, they dropdead from a heart attack or if they survive, live with avery serious chronic condition after the attack. Constant vigilance must be maintained if the arteries
are to be kept free of blockage and obstruction bysubstances that can cause a heart attack. The heartarteries are small; the largest is no wider than a thinsoda straw. In the average person who eats the average
(S.A.D.) diet, the blockage grows silently, insidiously until
the blood can no longer flow freely through the arteriesand disaster strikes (heart attacks, strokes, etc.). Most people wait until something happens to their
arteries before they do anything about it. Because nopains are evident, they continue to eat the bad foodsand live with the bad habits that destroy their arteries. Again let me repeat the statement, “We are all as old
as our arteries.” Remember that arterial blockage startseven in the very young and slowly builds up until around
50 to 60 years of age, when most heart disasters take place. I want it definitely understood that fasting is not a
cure for all heart problems. Fasting is a cleanser ofinternal impurities! This is exactly how we want to helpour arteries – to keep them clean and free of substancesthat prevent the free flow of blood into the heart andthroughout the entire arterial system (page
137).135
Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at
your children, smile at each other – it doesn’t matter who it is – that
smile will help you grow in greater love for each other. – Mother TeresaThere is truth in the saying that man becomes what he eats. – Gandhi
What You Eat and Drink Becomes You
We have, in the final analysis, a human pipe system
that carries our precious 5 quarts of blood throughout
the entire circulatory system. Our blood circulation must
be kept constantly moving, rhythmically and steadily.For instance, if the flow of blood into the brain is stoppedfor a fraction of a minute, we could suffer a massivestroke. If it happens in the eye, hemorrhaging can occurthat may blind us. The arteries must remain open so thebloodstream will flow to every square inch of the  body. Today you will find men and women in their
70s, 80s
and even 90s who have clear, clean, unobstructed, elastic
and flexible arteries. Regardless of their calendar years, they
are young and active because their arteries have notdegenerated to the point of becoming obstructed and
inflexible. These are the most fortunate people in the world
because if all the organs of their bodies are free fromobstruction and toxic materials, there is no reason why
these ageless people cannot live for many years. The Bible states, before the great flood, people lived
as long as
900 years. We laugh this off by saying that
these people measured their years in an entirely differentway than we do, but how can we be sure of that? It is
quite possible that these people knew how to eat andlive to keep their arteries in perfect working order. Health
is an orderly, harmonious functioning of the body, and
this state of harmony continues as long as the heart,arteries and blood do their work effectively. When we speak of people being prematurely old, we
mean they didn’t know how to live a healthy lifestyle orkeep their arteries unobstructed and healthy. When these
blocked arteries can’t do their work correctly the blood
can’t get into the brain, and people become senile, oftenlapse into a second childhood, and some get Alzheimer’s. They are dying a slow, lingering death.136
What a person eats and drinks becomes his own body chemistry. Knowledge is love and light and vision. –Helen Keller, beloved author; blind and deaf since 2 years old. Eat Healthy – Live Healthy – Live Longer
When we fast for a  24 to 36 hour period, or from 3 to
10 days, all the Vital Force in the body is used for internal
purification... which includes purification of all the
arteries. That is why after a 10 day fast there’s a feeling of
lightness in the body. The mind becomes keener, more
alert and the memory improves. The craving for physical
activity will often become intense. Fasting helps to keep
the arteries clean, healthy, elastic and more youthful. I must reiterate the importance of a thorough check
of the urine. During the 10 day fast, it should be bottled
each morning and saved for observation. The faster willnote a tremendous amount of heavy foreign substances
that have been eliminated from the body, particularly
the heavy mucus toxins that appear in the urine. In my opinion, we can add years to our hearts with a
systematic program of fasting, coupled with The BraggHealthy Lifestyle program of natural food which reduces
the waxy cholesterol that clogs arteries. We must think
of our arteries as the key to life if we want to win thegreatest battle in life – staying alive on this earth. When
you stuff yourself on high-fat meals day after day you
are bound to accumulate cholesterol, obstructions andtoxins. Retribution is bound to come. Americans are the
biggest eaters of fat in the world. Consequently we lead
the world in cardiovascular, heart and stroke diseases. This is one reason that I believe in the No Heavy
Breakfast Plan. I have known many young, healthy menand women who made it a habit every morning to eat aso-called hearty breakfast of ham and eggs or bacon and
eggs, buttered toast, fried potatoes and coffee loaded with
cream. Many of these supposedly healthy people werestricken early with heart attacks or strokes that either
killed them or made them invalids the rest of their lives.137
Circulatory System’s
Arteries and Veins
The heart is really a double pump –
each side is composed of 2 powerful
chambers, an auricle and a ventricle.Your Miracle Heart and Circulatory System
You cannot eat any food simply because you think it agrees
with you! You won’t make this mistake if you know about the
physiology of your body. Hippocrates, father of medicine said,“Nutrition shall be your medicine.”  Eating is a science, it’s more
than tickling the palate. Eating is a serious function, especiallyif you want to keep your arteries clean, unobstructed andunblocked and healthy for a long, active life. Before you go on the program that I have outlined in
this book, get a thorough physical examination by a goodhealth doctor. Have him acquaint you with the condition
of your heart, arteries and blood. Know your blood pressures,
pulse and blood cholesterol (chart page
138) and then follow
this healthy lifestyle for a year. Then return to your doctor
for an examination again. I believe your doctor will say you
have made a miraculous transformation in your body inone short year. Again, remember you are only as young as
your arteries and cardiovascular system –  your river of life.138
• Homocysteine:  6 - 8 mcm/L  • Total Cholesterol:  Children; 140 mg/dl or less
• CRP (C-reactive protein high sensitivity ): lower than 1 mg/L low risk,
           1-3 mg/L average risk, over 3 mg/L high risk
• Total Cholesterol:  Adults; 180 mg/dl or less; 150 mg/dl is optimal
• HDL Cholesterol:   Men; 50 mg/dl or more; Women; 65 mg/dl or more
• HDL Cholesterol Ratio:   3.2 or less  • Triglycerides:  100 mg/dl or less
• LDL Cholesterol:  100 mg/dl or less is optimal  • Glucose:  80-100 mg/dlFrom Bragg Heart Book – Be a Bragg Health Crusader, copy and share with friends. Remember, organic live foods make live people. You are what you eat, drink,
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miracles for your heart, arteries, mind, nerves, soul and body! You becomerevitalized with new zest for living to accomplish your life goals! We are made of tubes. To help keep them open, clean and to maintain
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MEDICINE MEET

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NEALE DONALD WALSCH
and BRIT COOPER, M.D. Also by Neale Donald W alsch

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the best friend he has ever had.Authors’ Note

The text that follows is a transcription of phone conversations
between Brit Cooper, M.D. and spiritual messenger Neale Donald
Walsch. Dr. Cooper ’s voice appears in this Times Roman typeface,
and Neale Donald W alsch’ s voice appears in a sans serif typeface. Before delving  into specific medical topics, we explore the Four
Fundamental Questions of Life, which lay the groundwork and set
the context for the remainder of the book. Note also that the word “God” is used throughout this book. The
authors unders tand this term to be synonymous with Life Force, Life
Energy, Source, Universe, or, quite simply, Life Itself.Table of Contents

Foreword

Part 1: A New Dialogue on Health, W ellness, and Spirituality
1. THE DIALOGUE BEGINS: Who Are W e Really? 2. DISSECTING THE TRUTH:
Through a Look At The Human Body
3. BEYOND THE BODY : The Process of Creation
4. DOCT ORS AND DEA TH: When T o Resuscitate? 5. THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL: What Happens At The End
6. MEDICAL MIRACLES: Are They Within Our Reach? 7. THE MEDICAL SYSTEM: Is There A Place for God? 8. A LOOK T O OUR FUTURE:
Healing Humanity’ s Experience of Itself

Part 2: Questions and Answers
Question 1: Assisted Living Facilities
Question 2: Is There a “Soul Lesson” in Dementia? Question 3: Concern About Prescription Medications
Question 4: Abortion
Question 5: Sex and Disability
Question 6: Why Death OccursQuestion 7: Spiritual Healing
Question 8: Defining Good Health
References
About the AuthorsForeword

Are medical miracles real and is there a spiritual reason they occur? Is there  a place for euthanasia in the mind of the spiritu al seeker? Can participating in open-heart surgery and dissecting cadavers tell
a medic al student anything about the soul? Is there an intersection
between spirituality and physicality where the two become one? Let’s get more direct with our questions. Is there a place for God in the system of modern Western
medicine? Should metaphysical/spiritual principles be part of the
medical school curriculum? Is keeping patients alive an appropriate
top priority for doctors? The answer to all of the above questions is yes. It’s time we take a look at all this, don’t you think? From a new
point of view, I mean. From the standpoint of contemporary
spirituality. From a place outside the box of our past, and even some
of our current, thinking. It’ s time, yes? Yes. So I got on the telephone at the request of a young doctor from
Canada (it was all her idea, and I’m glad she had it) and talked with
her in weekly  conversations  over a period of several months to
explore Where God and Medicine Meet. That’ s the title of a book she said she urgently desired to write
as a result of what she said were two highly meaningful and deeply
impacting experiences in her life: her movement through, and
graduation from, medical school, and her attendance at nine SpiritualRenewal Intensives—5-day retreats which I facilitated over the final
two years of her medical training. Her medical school curriculum had as its foundation the
traditional model of Western Medicine. My retreats, on the other
hand, were based on a very non-traditional (to put it mildly) spiritual
model explored in the Conversations with God series of books. Thus,
over a period of the same 24 months, now Dr. Brit Cooper (she
graduated from the University of British Columbia Medical School in
the Class of 2015) found herself continually confronting the
crossroads of spirituality and physicality, engaging both aspects of
the human encounter with life in a way that few others might ever
experience. When I first met Dr. Cooper as she attended a CwG retreat in
June of 2013, I experienced her as a remarkably articulate, highly
intelligent young woman of 22, who I learned was the youngest
member of her medical school class, following undergraduate studies
in math and science at the University of Victoria. It was a delight to
have her in the room. I was happily surprised to see her at our very next retreat
several months later, and knew then that something she had heard
and experienced in relationsh ip to her spiritual life had struck a deep
chord within her. I did not, however, expect to see her at seven more
CwG  retreats, and to emerge as one of our most empowering global
spokespersons, having then attended, just after earning her M.D. degree, our CwG  School for Messengers. Brit had become one of the most energetic and purely
motivated students of Conversations with God that I have
encountered in 20 years of sharing its spiritually revolutionaryconcepts. So when she asked me if we might produc e a book
together on the nexus between God and Medicine—a topic that she
felt definitely needed exploring, given her medical school experience
—I immediately agreed. I knew this would be a text of immediate interest not only to
those in minist ries and medicine, but to all the people they served. I
couldn’t imagine anything more fascinating—or vital to the human
family. Thank you for visiting this dialogue with amazing Dr. Brit Cooper
and myself. We would both be interested in, and grateful for, your
response. Please feel free to join in the dialogue at
www.GodandMedicine.info

Neale Donald W alsch
Ashland, OregonPart One

A NEW DIALOG


 that I would
inquire about any possible adverse effects of consuming too much calcium. Nor would I tend to educate myself about the
bioavailability of one form of calcium versus another. Perhaps most important, I would not know to question the wisdom of
thinking in terms of isolated nutrients in the first place. In nature, calcium (and all other nutrients) come packaged in a very pr ecise combination in plant foods, accompanied by
hundreds, even thousands, of other micronutrients that are designed to b e consumed together. W e cannot improve upon Nature’s
pristine design by extracting and refining one or even a few dozen n utrients—removing them from the cofactors they naturally
accompany—and produce a positive result. What is more, I have heard estimates that scientists today may have  discovered only 10% of the nutrients in existence,
particularly the so-called phytonutrients (plant nutrients). In l ight of this, we might stop for a moment to wonder: How can any of us
claim to have zeroed in on some specific nutrient deficiency and take in formed action toward correcting it? It cannot be done
intelligently, in my opinion. Whole Foods, First and Only
Despite our technological advances, nutrition is a young science. We l ack both the knowledge and the technology to
reproduce in a laboratory the brilliant balance of nutrients found in whol e plant foods. Anything short of whole plant foods—be they green juices, “healthy” oils, dehydrated “whole-food” supplements, or
white-powdered pharmaceutical-grade “superfoods”—always misses the mark, guaranteed. All we can hope to accomplish through eating refined, fractional foods is s atiation and compromised nutrition. All we can hope to achieve through supplementation with isolated nutri ents is to relieve symptoms while creating further
imbalances. People tell me that hearing this discussion confuses them, for they of ten experience welcome increases in energy and apparent
reversal of health challenges through supplementation. I find that  these results come, however, at great cost. If these individuals
distance themselves from the supplement-vendor hype and slow their que st for quick relief, they usually notice that their life has
become an endless shell game, in which they shift symptoms but never r each true health, homeostasis, and peace. Health and Feeling Good Are Not  the Same
This analogy sometimes helps people understand the difference between  creating health (the big picture) and treating
symptoms (the fragmented view):

Employment example: Suppose you work in a dreary office for too little pay and endure daily verbal abus e from a
tyrannical employer. If you quit that job and break free, would you now say that  you have just the perfect job, the work of your
dreams? Of course not. What you have is nothing  … no job at all. True, your newfound liberation may bring welcome reli ef from the
abuse, but alleviating your pain is a far cry from the target—i f your true desire is for fulfilling, rewarding work. Without positive
action toward a better job, you may sit idle for a very long time, having trade d in one set of problems (an oppressive work
environment) for another (unemployment). Health example:  Similarly, many people use treatments, pharmaceuticals, or “ natural” drugs to suppress symptoms such as
overweight, candida, allergies, or headaches, or even to eliminate tumor s and other forms of severe breakdown. Once they
experience relief—the headaches subside, the allergic wheezi ng abates, the tumor shrinks—they proclaim themselves “cured” a nd
believe that they have regained health. They may look and feel bett er, but their newfound absence of dis-ease is just that—a void. Again, this is a vast improvement over pain and suffering. But it is not hing close to the vibrant energy and well-being that many of us
desire. People are incredulous when they first hear this: “Y ou mean, if I get rid of my seizures  (or tumors, or migraines, or candida,
or lupus, or …), that doesn’ t mean I'm healthy?”
The answer is, unequivocally, no. If they continue the cycle of living in ways that created their he alth issues in the first place—
and then attacking the inevitable symptoms with remedies and trea tments—they set in motion the aforementioned shell game,
repeatedly  trading in one set of health complaints for another seemingly unrela ted complex of maladies, never getting closer to the
goal of lasting, radiant health. In both examples, the new liberation represents a zero point, a neutral posi tion from which health or recurring disease
(satisfying work or ongoing unemployment) can emerge. The person who is f ree of symptoms is no more healthy than the
unemployed person is professionally fulfilled. To attain the (big-picture) goal of gratifying work or lasting well-be ing, we must take positive action toward  our desired result,
not just negative action away from  the condition we do not want (a fragmented solution at best). When we use re medies and
therapies to eliminate symptoms, we do nothing to address their original c ause, hence nothing to create health. We must educate
ourselves about the causes of health  (not disease) and include these  in our daily routine. Y our Doctor Cannot Help Here …
Many drugs, diets, and supplements are sold with an admonition to “consult your physic ian” before consuming them. But is there value in looking to the medical profession for nutritional advice? Consider this sobe ring tidbit :
“In a medical journal article entitled ‘Bizarre and Unusual Die ts,’ the authors warn that the Atkins Diet had such questionable
safety that it should ‘only be followed under medical supervision.’ Bu t what do doctors know about nutrition? Even though the
United States Congress mandated that nutrition become an integrate d component of medical education, as of 2004, less than half of
all U.S. medical schools have a single mandatory course in nutrition. Th at explains the results of a study published in the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition that pitted doctors against patients head to head in a test of basic nutrit ion knowledge. The patients
won.” 10

Since doctors generally have nothing to offer us once we shift our focus  from treating disease to causing wellness, it is
important to familiarize yourself with the elements of health. The  following list of thirty-two key contributors to human well-being is a
good start. Though there is no official order or ranking, I would venture to say  that the first ten are actually indispensable—essential
—for even a moderate level of true health. The big-picture approach that I espouse is based on this simple c oncept: “It is always better to correct a problem—to remove
its cause—than it is to supplement or suppress it.” Nutrition is a v ery complex field of endeavor, and it is easily misunderstood and
misinterpreted, just as the forest can become invisible when looking at  individual trees. With 80/10/10, I endeavor to give a new interpretation of nutritional information, one t hat is not designed to incite fear in an attempt to stimulate product sales. By putting the parts together into on e simple but complete package, I hope that nutrition will
become a less daunting subject. True health is within everyone’s g rasp, but it is necessary to see the big picture. This radically different view is unpopular, because it does not generat e any revenue. The 80/10/10  approach uses no repeat
products, no supplements, no high-priced, elitist “superfoods.” 80/10/10  uses a simple grocery-store approach to nutrition that
brings this program easily into the grasp of everyone. Weight Watching: The Ultimate in Shortsightedness
Shifting this discussion to body weight, I think of how sad I feel when I see  people who are obsessed with losing (or gaining)
weight, to the exclusion of their well-being and vitality. Myopically  focused on body image, they consume all manner of nutritional
experiments, with little if any regard for possible consequences. Despite our wishful thinking—and advertising to the contrary—our di gestive system is more than just a pleasure tube that
eventually eliminates whatever indigestible concoction we fill ed it with. Our bodies replace the vast majority of our cells within seve n
years or less. Some, such as the cells that line the mouth and digestiv e tract, are replaced daily. In a very real sense, the foods we
eat are constantly in the process of becoming “us.”
Given this fact, wouldn’t you want to ensure that every bite you take  is made of the highest-quality raw materials (pun
intended) from which to build the “you” that you are becoming? What w ould be the point of following a diet  that compromises your
health in the process? Is it worth ruining your kidneys, heart, or liver  just to lose or gain weight, especially when you can achieve
your goal without causing such damage? Youth is forgiving; we can eat practically any abomination for some per iod of decades with no apparent adverse effects. But
eventually, the statistics say, virtually all of us have to admit t o ourselves that the gig is up. Eating garbage to look thin, consuming fat
to gain weight, stimulating ourselves to artificial highs throug h supplements that give us “energy,” and relieving one discomfort wh ile
unknowingly creating another, simply have not gotten us where we wan ted to go. Herein lies the paradox: losing weight, feeling good, even ridding oursel ves of intractable diseases, does not necessarily


 demonstrated in
nature m any decades ago by Ed ward Lorenz, the MIT mathematician and
meteorologist w ho studied computer graphics derived fro m weather
patterns over long courses of time. What appeared on the surface to be
chaotic, disconn ected phenomena turned out in actuality to have a coherentpattern, noted in the attractor pattern he identified, now known as “Lorenz’ s
Butterfly.”
Lorenz demonstrated the int errelatedness of seemingly unrelated
phenomena, suc h that small cha nges can have very lar ge ef fect s. As he put
it, th e fl ap of a butterfly’ s wings might ultimately become a to rnado. This
was his  famous “butterfly ef fect,” a discovery that challenged Isaac
Newton’ s “clockwork universe,” the conventional, deterministic view of
nature a t the time. Lorenz’ s findings revolutionized the understanding of
phenomena, which emer ge as a consequence of interacting attractor
patterns, not linear causality. Most im portant to our research is the discovery that some attractor
patterns are very powerful (W illingness, for instance, or Love) and othersare much weaker (Guilt or Anger, for example). There is a critical point  that
dif ferentiates the two distinct classes. This phenomenon of consciousness is
parallel and corollary to the high- and low-ener gy bonds in the mathematics
of the chemical bond. A field of dominance  is exhibited by high-ener gy patterns in their
influence over weaker ones. Th is may be likened to the coexistence of a
small m agnetic field within the much lar ger, more powerful fiel d of a giant
electromagnet. The phenomenological universe is the expression of the
interaction of endless attractor patterns of varying strengths. Causality, within  the observable wor ld, has conventionally been
presumed within the Newtonian paradigm to work in the following manner:
A
 B
 C
This is called a deterministic linear sequence—like billiard balls
sequentially striking each other. The implicit presumption of the Newtonian
paradigm is that A  causes B  causes C. In this schem e of material
determinism, no thing is inherently free, but only the result o f something
else. It is thereb y limited; what this system really defines is t he world of
for ce. Force A  results in force B, wh ich is then transmitted to force C  with
consequence D. D, in turn, becomes the beginning of another series of chain
reactions, ad infinitum. This is the left-brain world, mu ndane and
predictable. It is the limited Newtonian paradigm (cal. 450) from  which the
conventional sc iences operate:  familiar, controllable, but uncreative—
determined, and  therefore limited, by the past. It is not the world of genius,
but to many it feels safe. It is the world of productivity and practicality. T o
creative people, however, it seems pedestrian, prosaic, uninspiring, and
limiting. Strikingly, our research indicates that causality actually operates in a
completely dif f erent manner, in which the attractor pattern  complex
“ABC” splits through its “opera nts” and is expressed instead as the seeming
sequence “ A, then B, then C ” of perception.From this diagram we see that the source (ABC), whic h is the
unobservable attractor pattern, results in the visible sequence A
 B
 C,
which is an observable phenomenon within the measurable three-
dimensional world. The typical  problems the world attempts to deal with
exist on the ob servable level of A
 B
 C. But our work is to find the
inher ent attractor pattern, the  ABC out of which the A
 B
 C seems to
arise. This description of how the universe works is in accord with the
theories of physicist David Bohm (cal. 505), who has described a
holographic universe with an invisible implicate (“enfolded”) and a
manifest explicate (“unfolded”) order. W e see that the concept ABC,  which is within the invisible, enfolded
universe, will activate emer gence into the visible world to result in the
sequence, A
 B
 C. Thus, the visible world is c reated from the invisible
world, and is t herefore influenced by the future. The capacity of the
invisible concep t to materialize is based on the power  of the original
concept itself. The more an inner ABC is aligned with th e universal
principles of life, the more ef fective its A
 B
 C in the outer world. In th is simple d iagram, the operants transcend both the observable and
the nonobservable; we might picture them as a rainbow bridging the
deterministic and the nondeterministic realms. Therefore, nothing occurs in the world that is not first conceived “in
here.” The idea of constructing the world’ s tallest building produced an
invisible concept, which eventually became the Empire State Building
within th e visibl e world. All exp ressions “out there” arise first from “within
here.” This scientific insight corresponds with the view of reality
experienced throughout history by enlightened sages, who have evolved
beyond consciou sness to the state of pure awareness. Consciousness itself isthe key to the sought-for “unified field theory of everything” (statement
calibrates at 1,000). Certain concept s and values have much greater power than o thers. An
ABC m ay be either a high-en er gy attractor or a low-ener gy attractor. Simply stated, powerful attract or patterns make the body go strong, and
weak pa tterns m ake the body g o weak. If you hold for givene ss in mind,
your arm  will be very strong in the clinical muscle-test. If you hold revenge
in mind, your arm will go weak. For our purposes, it is really only necessary to recognize that power  is
that which makes you go strong, while for ce  makes you go weak. Love,
compassion, an d for giveness, which may be mistakenly seen by some
people as submissive, are in fact profoundly empowering. Revenge,
judgmentalism, and condemnation, on the other hand, inevitably make you
go weak. Therefore, regardless of moral righteousness, it is a simple clinical
fact that in the long run, the w eak cannot prevail against the strong. That
which is weak falls of its own accord. All the great teachers throughou t the history of our species have merely
taught o ne thing, over and over, in whatever language, at whatev er time. All
have said, simply: Give up weak attractors for str ong attractors. Attractors are or ganizing principles, and or ganizing princip les have
dif ferent levels of power. This is one of the secrets of the success of
powerful people. Their entire lives are automatically and ef fortlessly
or ganized by their complete and  total alignment to very high and powerful
principles. Applications of Attractors
W e now understand how Mahatma Gandhi, a 90-pound quiet man
wearing only a dhoti, defeated the British Empire. It is very simple. Gandhi
was totally or ganized in everyth ing he thought, did, felt, and expressed, by
the univ ersal pr inciple that everyone is equal by virtue of the divinity of
their creation, with intrinsic human rights. Comparatively, the British
Empire was coming from a limi ted principle of what was only good for the
advantage of its own political ai ms; therefore, its self-centered attractor was
overpowered by the universal attractor that was activating Mahatma
Gandhi. What played out historically in India was merely the outerexpression of the less powerful attractor having to conform to a more
powerful attractor (in accordance with “fields of dominance”). There is  great power in a princ iple such as love. W e know the truth of
this from  our own human experiences—that out of love we would do things
and take  risks that would be rid iculous from a logical viewpoint. W e have
experienced this in the matter of  personal vendettas. W e resent s omeone for
a lifetime for som ething that we always held was vicious and unfair of them
to do. Then one day while we a re out gardening, it suddenly strikes us how
sad it was for that person to be so limited at the time. They had to come out
of such fear to be that way. S uddenly, the compassion of understanding
opens up a powerful attractor. In one split second the unresolvable is
instantly resolved. Not only is the unpardonable pardoned but we realize
that there was n othing to pardon in the first place, except that the person
was guilty of humanness. Once we own our own humanness, it is simple to
for give other people theirs. Th e more frequently we do this, the more
ef fortless it becomes. Obviously the one attractor pattern that dominates all of us is the attractor
pattern o f life itself. Just as noth ing in our universe can escape the influence
of g ravity, either the principles  upon which we operate coincide with the
attractor pattern


!Day 44This journal may still be of interest to many just because of the results that I am still having. I passed more ‘entities’ today and for sure 1 worm!! Wow! My happiness is beyond words. I ate a very similar diet to yesterday’s - with the home-made dressings and chopped cucumber, celery, tomato, onion and garlic. Today I added some fresh, raw spinach to the salad. I let the leaves marinate and become soft before eating them.Again I decided to do an enema this afternoon after no bowel movement, which I am guessing is simply from lack of ﬁber. And again, the ﬁrst items that were release were these pieces of striation, or worms or Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!106both, plus 1 worm for sure. I do think they are all worms, but perhaps a slightly different round worm, or a round worm which is coming from the small intestine. No matter what, I am so relieved to see that something is working and that, even though I am eating, I am still experiencing positive results!My only regret today is that I became so busy with work that I never had time to go for a walk, and now I feel full and a bit disappointed that I wasn’t able to do something. Tomorrow my plan is to immediately go for a walk upon rising, before I even turn on the computer! I can really appreciate now how much the walking is helping my digestion. I also need to be sure to drink enough water. I can feel that I am not drinking enough, and this could be another reason why I haven’t have a bowel movement on my own. I am still taking probiotcs, humaworm and some cascara sagrada every day to help support the colon after the fast.Day 45This morning I was able to wake up early and be out for a beach walk by 9am. It felt so good to move my body, and to feel the muscles in my legs coming back to life again! The simplest tasks are now feeling pleasurable once again. I feel like I have a new appreciation for everything. If nothing else, certainly a long fast will give you that.This fast was really tough physically, and I really did struggle a lot with weakness, fatigue, dizziness, pain and malaise. Now that’s it’s over, I can see how focused I had become. I’m very impressed that I was able to cut myself off from the world and stay motivated to achieve my goal. The Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!107timing of everything was just perfect, but when you do something like that, somehow it always seems to happen that way.My anti-parasitic diet seems to be really working. Today I made the pumpkin seed recipe listed in the Follow-Up Section. Instead of 2 limes, I added 8 fresh-squeezed limes, and I added about 6 cloves of garlic. Once ground and mixed, I also added a dash of cumin powder in addition to the cayenne pepper. The result is what looked like a pate - and a few hours later, I tried it again and it tasted like a delicious seed nut cheese! Wow, it tasted so good! I am trying to make a new salad dressing every day, letting them sit in the fridge overnight to marinate and become more ﬂavorful. I feel like I have been eating for weeks! It’s hard to believe that only 5 days ago, I had simply been living on pure water.My salads today were diced cucumber, celery, onion and garlic. I split the salad into 3 containers and marinated each one with a different salad dressing that I had left-over. Later, I marinated some green leaves again and I mixed those into my evening salad. Everything tasted so delicious!Because I am eating so much freshly squeezed lime and raw apple cider vinegar, my liver seems to be getting a nice gentle cleanse as well. Amazingly enough, every day since eating I have also seen green gallstones being released in my enemas! This was yet another unbelievable experience for me. Normally, I would always break a fast on fresh fruit so I have never had a chance to experiment with so much lime, Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!108apple cider vinegar, garlic, ginger and raw onion. The effects are truly outstanding!I did not see any worms today; however I did see about 4-5 gallstones and about 2-3 pieces of the strange striated mucoid plaque. Today’s plaque was very easy to identify as such, but the plaque deﬁnitely looked quite old and still unlike anything that I’d seen before.Day 46Today is a good day to end the journal and wrap up this amazing experience. I had my ﬁrst natural bowel movement this morning which felt great! It was a normal, easy-to-pass bowel movement, most likely having occurred thanks to the greens in the salad I ate yesterday as well as the ground ﬂax seed in the salad dressings. Somehow it feels right to ﬁnish the journal on this special day!This morning, I walked to the market to buy all fresh foods again for the day. I found more tomato and cucumber, some purple cabbage and of course more garlic, onion and ginger. I plan to continue to avoid all fresh fruits for at least 7 more days to give my body a chance to really rid itself of any additional parasites.I happily spent a few hours making salad dressings, salads, marinating the cabbage and blending new creations. I made a raw pea soup using snap peas, water and green onions. I then added sliced cherry tomatoes and let that marinate for a few hours before eating. It was delicious!This afternoon, I felt the desire to do a coffee enema as a way to gently cleanse the liver. Since I’d been seeing some gallstones being released in Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!109the last few days, I had been thinking of doing a coffee enema, and ﬁnally today the timing felt right to do it. First, I did an enema with warm plain bottled water just to rinse out the colon. Then, I prepared the coffee using 100% organic ground coffee beans. I diluted the coffee with some water and inserted about 1 liter of coffee into the colon. I held the liquid for 12 minutes to allow the full transfer of coffee into the liver via the portal vein. After 12 minutes, I released the ﬂuid. And the result: I felt fantastic. I plan to do another coffee enema in 2 days, and perhaps again 2 days after that.In terms of weight loss from this fast, I think I lost somewhere in the range of 15 kg, or 33 pounds. Honestly, at the end of the fast, I was really too thin as I am quite tall at 5’8” or 173 cm. My face was gaunt and my legs were starting to look like sticks. I am much happier to gain 5 kg back which is very normal to do after a water fast. From there, we will see what happens, but I have a distinct feeling that it will be much easier for me to keep weight off now that I do not have almost 22 feet of ascaris round worms to feed every day too! I still cannot fathom how so many were living inside of me!! The grand total is at 21.66 feet or 6.60 meters of worms. Goodbye!!So, that is where this stories ends, for now. Like everything in life, there is really no beginning or end - we are all here simply to evolve and grow, continuing to learn along the way.Thank you for being part of my journey and allowing me to share this very personal experience with you. I wish you all the best in your own Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!110journey! I send you my genuine and sincere love and blessings for a healthy, natural, whole and pure you!Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!111F r e s h,  s i m p l e  r a w  f o o d s  t a s t e  g l o r i o u s after water fasting! Eating!!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!112EpilogueWhen all the dark clouds roll awayAnd the sun begins to shineI see my freedom from across the wayAnd it comes right in on timeWell it shines so bright and it gives so much lightAnd it comes from the sky aboveMakes me feel so free makes me feel like meAnd lights my life with loveChorus:And it seems like and it feels likeAnd it seems like yes it feels likeA brand new day, yeah...A brand new day oh...I was lost and double crossedWith my hands behind my backI was longtime hurt and thrown in the dirtShoved out on the railroad trackI've been used, abused and so confusedAnd I had nowhere to runBut I stood and lookedAnd my eyes got hookedOn that beautiful morning sunChorus:And the sun shines down all on the groundYeah and the grass is oh so greenAnd my heart is still and I've got the willAnd I don't really feel so meanHere it comes, here it comes0h here it comes right nowAnd it comes right in on timeWell it eases me and it pleases meAnd it satisﬁes my mindLyrics from the song ‘Brand New Day’ by Van MorrisonPersonal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!114About the AuthorJennifer Thompson was educated in Environmental Systems Engineering


 The first case is remarkable healing told me
Professor YS Nikolaev. When he learned that his illness is incurable,
hero of our story announced. hunger strike. After some
time he felt completely healthy. have passed since then
many years, and the example of Sergei Alexandrovich BORODIN
healed thousands of patients. Here is his story. The history of the disease. Up to 36 years, I was very healthy. It all started,
I had in July 1972 became ill knees. Physicians for a long time
I have enjoyed from the Meningitis, until, finally, do not understand what he
nothing to do with, and then referred to a rheumatologist. Physician-rheumatologist, surveying me and asked: "And you do not spin
does it hurt. Well, soon sore. ». "So what's my diagnosis. " "You will
complete immobility, "- she said and began to cry. It turned out I
spondylitis - the same disease who are bedridden, and
then brought to the grave of Nikolai Ostrovsky. Only he, after the first
pain was a desperate supine position after six
and a half years, and I - just four months. The doctors tried very hard to help me, but the disease did not notice
their efforts, I was getting worse and worse. Compared
with Ostrovsky I had a big advantage: all of his
education - one course in college, and I am by the time the disease has already
Fifteen years was the inventor and ten years - a PhD. But the principles of experimental science is everywhere, including in
medicine are the same: to change the conditions of the experiment and get
entirely different result. Setting aside the literature on its
specialty, I began to study the medical, but soon realized
I hope that does not matter what. One professor in a specialized
Medical Journal candidly wrote that drug
treatment for a disease like mine, is completely useless. A small ray of hope shone when my hands were very
scarce materials then fasting. Lose it
nothing: in the worst case die a few months earlier -
shortening their suffering, at best - going back a full-fledged
man. and I, lying in a hospital, completely gave up drugs
and from food. Only so many drinking water infusion of rose,
which I brought from home. Doctors entire consilium
persuaded me to give it a disgrace. Meanwhile, medical
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217the effect was astounding, bordering on a miracle: by the end of
first day of fasting temperature became normal,
attacks of pain became shorter. On the sixth day I ran
race with a well-fed, and soon, when I was released from hospital
besides warming up, as in ancient times, heavy weights,
enjoying its extraordinary vigor and muscular joy. That first course of fasting lasted 27 days, and almost all of it
time, to my surprise, I felt a huge burst of energy. None of the doctors did not believe that I am, so to speak, ran away from his
disease. They told me: "Do not you first begin to feed, and you have it
resumes. But this, fortunately, did not happen. Relapse
in future cases, but I shot them short, for twenty to forty
hours, rates of fasting, while he at the time analyzed,
that must be corrected in the method or way of life. Before me
revealed that the same technique can heal others
illness and when with someone from my family or friends happened
trouble is, naturally, I could not remain indifferent. Just in those years
my mom caught between life and death: she was lying with stroke
and non-healing fractures of both legs. Very long, about three months,
I had to persuade her to starve. Now her 93rd year, and she
I appreciate that I've added it to at least a quarter century of healthy
and active life. The second case I told Professor AN
Coco, when I re-passed a specialization in RTD. In 1961, the life of the famous physicist and journalist Vladimir
Leshkovtseva divided as if in two parts. in the first life he
loved to eat, drink, walk with friends. Played football,
interested in literature, physics, astronomy - all except
health, and the second. However, all in order. Fatal figure
Leshkovtsev V olodya was born in an ordinary working family. in 8 years, he
lost his father, who died at the age of 37 years. Very small
in an accident lost his right arm. However, it is not
prevented him from graduating with honors from one of the best schools in Moscow
Malaya Bronnaya. Later he also studied the physical
Faculty and the Faculty of Philosophy IFLI. By the way, he
and could not make the final choice between the natural
and humanities, and became a physicist in the humanities. Until
his former classmates created the atomic and hydrogen bombs,
He created the journal "Kvant", which grew more than one generation
gifted children. Alas, life is not spoiled, Vladimir Alekseevich. the age of 37
dying of cancer, his beautiful wife. in 37 years - again 37 - dies
in a car accident a son, whom he had after his wife's death
educated one. He was not yet forty, when the flu suffered by the legs,
he developed severe deforming polyarthritis. Completely
refused only hand. Leshkovtsev was then the scientific secretary
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218Department of Physics and Astronomy of the USSR, and it advised
best doctors. and they all spoke in one voice: in this case
medicine is powerless, the patient is doomed. Ahead of him are not waiting for anything
except impending immobility tormenting pain and heavy
end. - Why just me or tried to treat: from physiotherapy to
hormones, but I was getting worse and worse. And how many recipes
traditional medicine has tried. I even sent from China
some kind of medication - tincture on the bones of the tiger: a terrible thick
oily 96-degree poison. Maybe, chronic artritnikam
It helps, but I drank a half liter without any result. In this case, all the doctors confirmed that food is necessary:
is in fact that if you do not eat, will not be forces to fight the disease. And I, like any illness, did not have any appetite. For two months conventional treatment I lost 10 kilograms, although
daily forced myself to eat. A few years before the disease Leshkovtsev accidentally hit on the lecture
Dr. Nicholas Norbekova "Treatment of Hunger", who had
small department of 25 beds in the loft of the Institute of Health Resort. Remember that the doctor brought with him cured by
fasting from severe asthma USSR People's Artist Ruben
Simon and Suren Kacharyana. - When pripeklo myself, I decided to find Norbekova. and then it turned out that his department broke up in 1953, and the
Doctor died in 1956 in Kharkov. I managed to learn that in Moscow
remained one of his students - a nutritionist Arkhipova. After listening to me,
Taisa G. said that my disease will never hunger
treated. But she remembered that of the 226 patients treated in their department
chronically ill elderly none during the fasting did not complain of pain
in the joints. So why do not we try - all the same after losing
nothing. January 9, 1961 Vladimir Leshkovtsev supper at the last
times. - The hardest part was the 20-day - was vomiting. I am even willing to
to quit fasting, but Arkhipov said: all right, take
warm water with soda and drink as you can. Fits in 12 glasses. After that I came from a huge amount of green stringy
mass, many years "lived" in the stomach, and I felt with anything
incomparable ease. A 21-day fasting first straightened up and began to act
hand. And the finish was still 24 days, but then on Leshkovtsev
did not know this: any time he had planned. In total, he fasted 45 days. On 46 th day of his first
had a dream: he sits in his favorite restaurant on the square
Mayakovsky, in front of him in aspic sturgeon with horseradish, team meat
halophyte, pork chop. - Our bodies - amazing brain. Reworking all reversible
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219and excess, he gave the signal that it's time to stop fasting, returning
appetite, and disappearances in the first days of fasting spittle. this
time I lost 22 kilograms. Hunger
- Within 45 days of fasting you are rid of the paralysis of the joints. Almost
fantastic. No less fantastic, all that time you spent on
one of only water. - Not a gram of any food. Only water. Best of all - alkaline. I drank Borjomi. - It is hard, perhaps, was it. Especially the first time. - The first time, the appetite famously reminded us of ourselves. But continued
it is not long, about a week. Going outside, I could not bear
pass itself zanyuhannoy product tent. All long
inspected and sniffed - very canine scent work out. Cheese, sausage, fish - which smells divine. I sniffed and thought


 olive oil, garlic,
magnesium salts and acidophil us up to day 4 and the psyllium schedule
thereafter. Another possibility, good with raised blood pressure and calcifications, is
to use diluted freshly squeezed lemon juice instead of vegetable juice,
and possibly instead of the apple days as well. Again,  use psyllium for
the last 5 days. Generally,  dilute 1 part of lemon juice with 9 parts of pure
water. Preferably add some spirulina powder to the lemon juice. An optional additive is Bentonite, powdered absorbent clay. This helps
to remove plaque or old c oating from colon walls and also absorbs toxins. Each time you use psyllium add one teaspoonful of powdered or one
tablespoonful of liquid Bentonite. DIFFERENT CLEANSING METHODS
Except for very sensitive individuals, I recommend apples, preferably 82
 green or tart varieties, for the first three day fast. Preferably obtain
unsprayed apples, otherwise either peel, or scrub in warm soapy water
and rinse well. Do not ingest waxed skins. Eat as many apples as you like, generally the
more the better to keep the bowels moving. Apple fasts are usually well
tolerated and are also suitable for children. Fasting on freshly pressed vegetable juices is somewhat more severe but
generally wel l tolerated. Preferably use plenty of green juice made from
grass, leaves and celery, flavoured with sweet vegetables such as carrot,
beetroot or pumpkin and possibly apple and ginger. This may be diluted
with water for a  total fluid intake of 2 - 3 litres  daily. If rather sensitive,
minimize the amount of sweet juices and use more blended fresh leaves
instead. For very sensitive, weak or underweight individuals  try cooked split
red lentils for 1 - 2 weeks, lightly flavoured with salt and olive oil and
preferably a tablespoon per meal of unheated ground linseed. Instead of
lentils or in addition you may use quinoa and chia seeds. You do not
need to eat proper meals, just have a few spoonful’s  whenever you feel
hungry, and chew very slowly. After several days  you may also add
cooked vegetables. Preferably follow this with a short period of eating
raw food only. For all conditions blend in addition fresh green leaves at high speed and
drink without straining, but minimise beet leaves high in oxalic acid. You
may also use additional green protein powders during the cleanse such
as spirulina, (cell broken) chlorella, barley or wheat grass powder. Use
these with suitable fluids, alone or in addition to any of the other
cleansing foods or juices. For insens itive individuals a three -day lemon -juice fast  is excellent,
especially good for improving liver functions and blood sugar. It is also
recommended for overweight, high blood pressure, cardiovascular
problems and diabetes. It helps to clean the liver and ar teries of fatty
deposits and calcifications. 83
 About 10 times during the day drink a glass of water with the addition of
fresh lemon juice (1 - 2 parts juice and 8 - 9 parts water). You may flavour
this with some fresh grapefruit or orange juice (or eat the  fruit). Later you
may extend this fast to seven days. The 'grape cure'  is well known as a cancer cure,  but it is also good for
coronary artery disease and other chronic diseases. You eat about 1kg of
grapes spaced out during the day to avoid any strong ris e in the blood
sugar level. Sensitive individuals may use additional bicarbonate if the
grapes cause acidity. Continue for up to six weeks. Black grapes are best, otherwise purple or red. Unfortunately, it is difficult
to obtain unsprayed grapes. If you h ave to use sprayed grapes wash
them thoroughly in warm soapy water and rinse well. If you are sensitive
to moulds, soak them in diluted hydrogen peroxide or borax solution, or
expose to sunlight,  with a last rinse before eating. For a longer cleansing per iod a mixed fast  may be used. For instance,
start with several days on a lentil and vegetable diet, followed by a raw
food period, several days on apples or grapes, and a further period on
juices. Then repeat this sequence in reverse order with days of eat ing
only fruit, raw food and finally legumes and vegetables before returning
to your normal diet. The whole cleansing period may last for several
weeks or even months with repeated sequences. With acute infections have mainly fresh fruit, salads, broths an d
vegetable juice until health improves and appetite returns. In addition,
ensure at least one daily bowel clean -out by using a flush, colonic,
enema or laxatives. If you suspect that your body is overloaded with chemicals or that the
ability of your liver to detoxify is reduced, have only mild fasts. Include
plenty of sulphur from onions and other sulphur -rich vegetables, raw egg
yolk, MSM, and possibly the amino ac ids cysteine and taurine. In case
of reactions to sulphur, use molybdenum, see Chapter 3. Regular
cleansing becomes more important the older and physically less active
we become. 84
 The Oil Rinse : Fat-soluble toxins may already be removed before they
reach t he liver. First thing in the morning take a large sip of a light oil, such
as sunflower oil or grape seed oil (preferably stored in glass bottles) and
swish it around the mouth for ten to twenty minutes, then spit it out (be
careful, it may clog the sink). Rinse the mouth several times with warm
water. Continue this for several months. This rinse is especially important if the lymph system is congested as it
commonly is with cancer and other chronic diseases. It is also useful with
health problems in the he ad and neck area, and dental problems. Distilled Water Rinse : At other times distilled or de -ionized water may
be used to filter out water -soluble toxins. On rising and at bedtime use a
cupful of distilled water. Take a mouthful and hold it or swish around  for
about two minutes. Then spit it out and repeat until the cup is empty. Mucus Problems
The two main factors causing mucus problems are sensitivity to lactose
and to moulds. Commonly both of these problems are present in those
prone to colds or the flu, hay fever or running noses, congested or
inflamed sinuses, ear or hearing problems includi ng tinnitus and ‘glue
ear’, glaucoma, throat and lung problems, and especially asthma. In addition to controlling Candida and minimising use of lactose and
exposure to moulds, you may try the following methods. Avoid or minimise food high in oxalic acid,  such as spinach, beet leaves
and rhubarb. Oxalic acid tends to irritate the mucous membranes, and
these excrete mucus for protection. For hay fever, nose and sinus problems dissolve a teaspoon of salt with
a pinch of magnesium salt in a litre of warm wat er. Also add a fungicide
such as diluted DMSO, a drop of tea tree oil or a teaspoon of 3%
hydrogen peroxide. Draw this up the nostrils, one at a time, and spit the
water out. Sticky mucus can be made more liquid for easier clearing from the throat
and lung s with iodine or salt sprays. You ma y swish a few drops of 85
 Lugol’s solution in coffee or tea around the mouth for several minutes
before swallowing, and for the salt method make a 10% solution of salt
in water, put it in a spray bottle, and puff it into the mouth while deeply
inhaling at the same time. Another method for clearing the sinuses is to kneel with the head to the
floor and make loud snoring and snorting noises at the back of the nose. Spit out mucus; continue for 10 minutes. Try warming ca stor oil packs
over the sinuses and  exercising by circling the head and neck. Have any
amalgam fillings or dead teeth removed. The Sugar Cure:  Keep a teaspoon of fine sugar in the mouth until it is
dissolved, then spit out and take another teaspoonful. C ontinue with this
for one or two hours and repeat on subsequent days or weeks as
required. The sugar draws mucus dissolved in lymph fluid from the lymph
glands and so gradually clears the headspaces. It can stop a cold within
hours. For details, see: Instant Cure of the Common Cold. Neti is an effective yoga method for rinsing the sinuses. Neti pots are
available at most Yoga centres, but you can us e a coffee or teapot with
a fine spout instead, or even some douche equipment. Fill the pot with mildly warm and lightly salted water. Bend low over a sink
with the head turned to the side; insert the spout of the neti pot into the
upper nostril and let th e water flow out. It will rinse the sinuses and flow
out from the lower nostril. After half the water is used up, turn the head and let the water flow into
the other nostril. Finally,  close one nostril at a time and strongly blow out
air to expel any water remaining in


 last
several millennia. The Chinese legends speak of a golden age when
all men lived in harmony with nature and transmuted their seed up
as naturally as you or I breathe. Whether or not this is literally true
is irrelevant—the kernel of truth in the story is that man is capable
of a much higher existence than what he now accepts. The story
bears a striking resemblance to the Biblical story of Adam and
Eve's fall from grace after tasting the forbidden fruits of sexual
love. In this sense, the end of the Taoist cultivation is to regain the
lost paradise which still exists within every man and woman, their
original nature. The major function of sex in nature is to create new life and to
perpetuate the species. Yet in our time humanity has been fruitful
and multiplied itself to the brink of overpopulation and its atten-
dant ecological horrors. The abuse of sexual power through indis-
criminate procreation has brought humanity to a global crisis. It
has accelerated the danger of a war which might result in the ex-
tinction of the species. Apart from certain insects and higher apes, animals engage in
sexual intercourse for reproductive purposes only. The female re-
ceives the male only at definite mating periods, that overall com-
promise a small part of the animal's lifespan. It is clear that sex-
uality plays a different role for humans than it does for animals, and
it is critical that men and women become educated as to the pos-
sibility sex can play in their own evolution and thus affect the
balance of nature as well. CHAPTER 4
THE SEXUAL ECONOMY
"Man cannot be without woman and woman cannot be without
man. If you think intercourse is an isolated or separate act, longev-
ity is threatened and every illness arises. " —from the Recipe for Making Priceless Gold
Sun S'su-Mo, physician who lived 101 years36 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Every man is born with a certain amount of priceless vital chi
energy. Some begin with more than others, but for the sake of
simplicity let us assume an average man is born with a sum of
vitality likened at $1,000,000. Over one's life span this million dol-
lar's worth of life force is spent. Some spend wisely and live heart-
ily into the 80's and 90's. When you are young you spend it faster
because it seems like such a huge amount it could never run out. Most people in our consumer society spend more money than
they earn. They borrow themselves deep in the hole, assuming
they will earn enough to pay it back later. If they fail, they face
bankruptcy or a corrective period of lean living. Through poor
habits the same thing happens with life energy, only the penalty is
loss of appetite for life, sickness, and death. Let us say that someone earns an additional 100 units of life
force daily through breathing, eating and resting. Yet he may spend
125 units of life through poor diet, smoking, gluttony, overwork,
anxiety, constitutional weakness, drug abuse and frequent loss of
the vital sex fluid. To spend the extra 25 units he must continuously
borrow vitality from the brain and organs. This theft of vital energy
from one's own million dollar reserves gradually induces mental
and physical sickness and premature aging. Conserving sexual energy is a practical way to earn 125 units
and spend 100 units or less. It's an investment in one's physical,
mental, and spiritual growth. The imbalance of one's personal
economy can be corrected by reducing the disastrously wasteful
expenditure of ejaculation. A "profit" of 25 units of vitality is then
made by transforming the conserved sexual fluid into higher mental
or spiritual energy. Eliminating other bad habits will reduce the
loss and increase the profit, but no other single factor in life is so
potent as sexual energy. If you work hard all day, you've already used up much en-
ergy. If you then have a few drinks, eat a heavy dinner and later
have sex in which you ejaculate the vital sperm fluid, you are
overspending your life's provision prematurely. Some people
would call it a day well spent, as they cannot envision anything
better in life to spend their energy on. If you continue to overtax
your resources, you may wake one morning fatigued with life, sick
with arthritis or cancer, or maybe you won't wake up at all. You
will have prematurely exhausted your vital capital and may have to
die at an age that you feel is somehow "unfair" or possibly worse,The Sexual Economy 37
suffer through your final years in life with your creative powers and
physical faculties greatly diminished. I am a Taoist living in the twentieth century near New York
City and lead an extremely busy life. I have a wife and an overly
energetic young child. I own a computer, drive a car in city traffic,
deal with teaching hundreds of students, and maintain a heavy
travel schedule flying around the U. S. I know it is possible to lead a
rich and rewarding life without exhausting oneself, and have seen
my students do the same. The more you cultivate your chi energy
with daily practice, the easier it becomes to replace energy spent
and still end up ahead. Of course, if you choose a simpler lifestyle you can progress
much more quickly. That's why many Taoists choose to live up in
the peaceful mountains. But you can live by the same Taoist princi-
ples anywhere. The universe is bountiful if you know how to live
with it. Sexual energy is one of the most abundant gifts given to us
by nature, yet most people casually toss it away without realizing
the full value of its treasure. As Americans become more aware of the importance of per-
sonal health they are seeking to change their lifestyles. Many peo-
ple are now realizing that they have been living destructively. For-
tunately, they have grown conscious before it is too late. Whether
they are jogging or taking a dance class, they wish to begin a life-
energy conservation program. First they must pay the interest on
the vital sums they have overspent from their mind and body. After
a while they may repay both interest and principal as they begin to
produce and conserve more energy. At that point they can take the
path of cultivating their chi energy into its original spirit. Have realistic expectations. You may have spent more vi-
tality than you had to spare. Concentration and patience are neces-
sary to recover it. You can spend $100,000 in an hour, but you may
need one year to earn it back. Serious physical and mental trauma,
heavy use of drugs, and frequent ejaculation all involve grossly
excessive spending. Many young people seem to have unlimited
energy. But these youths are toying with the sources of life as if on
a wild spending spree. Many older people apparently in good health are, in fact,
tottering on the brink of serious breakdown. Only the strength of
habitual self-will allows them to continue to function. When they
have a check-up—often prompted by unconscious awareness of38 Taoist Secrets Of Love
their condition—the doctor may order an immediate halt to stren-
uous exertion. Often these people collapse in the first days of their
enforced rest because the flimsy strand of willpower which kept
them going has been cut. Friends will say, "I can't believe it. Yesterday he seemed strong as an ox. " If you learn to balance your
account in the sexual economy, you will be taking the most prudent
steps possible to avoid such a scenario in your own life. THE YOUTHFUL FURY OF SEXUAL FRUSTRATION
One of my main concerns is the frustration of youth in our society. Upon the quality of their thoughts and acts civilization will endure
or crumble. Most male youths are more interested in sex than
almost any other subject. This is natural, as their bodies are work-
ing overtime to produce billions of sperm cells. Women cannot
imagine what an intense experience this is, as their energy cycle is
more evenly distributed over the fluctuation of a monthly men-
strual cycle. This build-up of male energy is a natural manifestation of
universal Yang energy. The development of traditional romantic
love at this stage is natural. If this expanding Yang energy finds a
receptive female to nourish it the love between them can mature
and spiritual evolution gradually awaken. The problem of ob-
sessive sex arises from a material society that stresses the value of
physical sex so highly that people remain immature all their lives
seeking to sustain a lusty image of sex that exhausts them and
ultimately blocks their evolution by stimulating them to rapid loss
of their seed. The harder youths try to grab pleasure, the more surely it
eludes them. In their frustration, many seek pleasure with increas-
ing fury, a quest for identity that leads to frequent masturbation
and promiscuity. The more often they spill out their vital seed, the
more empty they gradually become despite the temporary feeling
of gratification as the life force passes out their loins. Unrestrained
sexual frenzy can destroy a young man's fragile identity and melt
him into the mob mind cultivated by sex-for-profit industry and
sexually exploitive media shows. Higher vital energy which should
nourish the young person's true center serves instead to grease the
empty fantasy of his bed of lust. Afterward he is left with nothing. This spells spiritual disaster if the excesses are not corrected inThe Sexual Economy 39
time. This type of young man may have difficulty