iated
only in couples or individuals who create and sustain a powerful
emotional and spiritual love. Over years of marriage, couples who consistently find a
deeper harmony naturally conserve some of their sexual essence. Insurance studies bear this out: married couples live longer than
single people. Two can often share the stress of life better than one
alone. A better balance of yin and yang is achieved. The very act of
love spontaneously transmutes lower vital chi and ching into higher
mind. The Taoist methods of cultivating sexual energy are power-
ful aids to those following this "path of the heart", but take the
path a step further by maximizing the benefits of sex for health and
personal growth. In Chicago a group of elderly people urge couples to practice
sex in a ritualistic fashion to preserve vitality. The group, called
"Sexy Senior Citizens," is the unconscious heir of many compara-
ble societies flourishing in the Orient for millennia which taught
Taoist methods of chi cultivation. With aging all bodily systems become less efficient. Among
these is the hormonal system, which regulates important electro-
magnetic reactions. If hormonal secretion declines from optimal
levels, the body must necessarily weaken. The relations between the hormones, sexuality and aging have
not been fully elucidated. However, many researchers in the van-
guard of medical science feel that the hormones regulating growth
and sexual development play a critical role in aging. These are
produced in the pituitary, thyroid and gonads. The testes have a double function: besides being the factory
for the sperm, they produce male hormones, among which is tes-
tosterone. The Sertoli cells in the testes produce another hormone,30 Taoist Secrets Of Love
inhibin. When not ejaculated, these hormones go into the blood
stream and are carried to every part of the body. DIAGRAM 9
Pleural Cavities
Diaphram
Peritoneum
Bladder
Sexual Kung Fu fills the cranial cavity with Chi. This overflows & begins filling other body
cavities with life-force, retarding the aging
process & strengthening the body's immunity to
disease. The Biology Of Esoteric Sex 31
Much evidence points to the link between harmonious sexual
activity and the retardation of aging. Loving sex stimulates high-
quality hormonal secretion. The presence of these hormones in the
blood appears to slow the aging process. With Taoist cultivation
one produces unusually potent hormones because one focuses en-
ergy directly on the endocrine glands, stimulating them to much
greater levels of activity. Because the hormonal energy is con-
stantly circulated within the body instead of being ejaculated, a
successful student of Taoist loving finds himself with ever-increas-
ing amounts of energy as he grows older. This increased circulation of sexual energy also redistributes
the chi within the body's storage system. As we grow older and our
life force is depleted, our body cavities increase in size and are
gradually filled with fat or various kinds of pollution that speed the
aging process and lower the quality of our final years. The Taoist
method draws sexual energy up from the testicles and fills the
spinal and cranial cavities with ching. When full, this overflows
and begins to fill the chest and abdominal cavities with rejuvenat-
ing life force. These reservoirs of chi within the body supply the raw mate-
rial used to make the body virtually impervious to disease in the
method known as "inner alchemy" to the ancient Taoists. This
process of refining the "Elixir of Immortality" or the "Pill of Im-
mortality" may be described in biological terms as storing the
body's life-force and then returning it to its source. The chi is
moved from these reservoirs within the body cavities into the deep-
est centers of the brain and bones. The secret of packing chi into
the bone marrow is well known to highly achieved masters of Tai
Chi Chuan and other internal martial artists. They know that mus-
cle power cannot survive the aging process, but that bones survive
for thousands of years. This practice which I will describe in an
upcoming book on Iron Shirt Chi Kung, is dependent on retention
of sperm power. Recent scientific studies show the importance of bone marrow
to the production of disease fighting white blood cells. These scien-
tists will eventually catch up with the ancient Taoist masters and
figure out the full connection between healthy sex, hormones and
bone marrow and the prevention of aging and disease. 32 Taoist Secrets Of Love
DEATH AND SEX IN THE NATURAL WORLD
". When the living organism, whether vegetable or animal,
achieves its aim, which is a new seed, its organism deteriorates. " —Schwaller de Lubicz, The Temple in Man
Nature perpetuates its species through sex. In the male seed she
concentrates the parent's essential elements. The theme of paren-
tal sacrifice for the offspring is repeated in all life forms, from
amoeba to walrus, praying mantis to orchid. One may readily glimpse the death in generation by consider-
ing the Emperor Moth's brief span. This large moth travels many
leagues across the countryside in quest of his female: "The famous
principle of the struggle for life is here the struggle to give life, the
struggle to die. Although they can live three days in quest of the
female, they perish as soon as the fertilization is complete. "*
Plants, too, are subject to these laws. After a plant goes to
seed or bears fruit, it dies or enters a period of dormancy. Gar-
deners know that a plant prevented from going to seed outlives its
more precocious brothers. Most fruit-bearing trees do not produce
fruit until they are five or ten years old. During this period they
devote their entire biological force to the growth and strengthening
of tissue. Later in their life, plants split their vital force between repro-
duction and tissue maintenance. When they grow old they need all
of their remaining energies for survival: they withdraw power from
the sexual sphere and bear no more. Some male insects may increase their lifespan several fold
simply by not spending their seed. One may object that an insect's
sex life has no relevance to ours. Yet the insects excel brilliantly in
sexual invention and effectiveness. They comprise more than half
of the total animal weight on earth. They far surpass human erotic
variety. The insects make D. A. F. de Sade, Saint Anthony, and
David Bowie look like a troop of boyscouts discovering sex for the
first time. Insects work the web of material life with particular intensity. Their power to impose their definition of life is manifest in their
*Carlos Suares, The Cipher of Genesis (Shambhala 1978). The Biology Of Esoteric Sex 33
numbers, gigantic age and breadth of habitat, garb and custom. Marxist-Socialist deification of the State but weakly mimicks their
pitiless genius for collective organization. Rather than staggering
them, nuclear war will offer a rare occasion to spin new organs to
create an abundancy of new life forms. In all forms of life the reproductive act exhausts essential
energies. The offspring consume bodily stores of nutrition to get a
grip on their new life. Vital organs suffer the most depletion be-
cause they contain the densest concentration of nutrients. Among
humans, the female sacrifice of her bodily energy is unavoidable in
the passage to birth. The male, likewise, must surrender the po-
tency of his seed at least once to fertilize the female ovum. Nature warrants the sacrifice worthwhile, for it fulfills her
goal of multiplying life. She intends the old to make way for the
new. But amongst all material creatures, only man has the force of
will to oppose Mother Nature. "Not distance, not the difficulty of
the journey, not the danger of approach foils instinct (in the animal
kingdom). In man, who sometimes has the force to escape the
sexual commandments, disobedience may have fortunate results. Chastity in a human being can function like a transformer,
changing unused sexual energy into intellectual or social energy. Among animals, this transformation of physiological values is im-
possible. "*
It is the very possibility of transforming our instinctual and
essentially animal sexual energies into something higher that
makes us human, and potentially divine. The failure to direct our
sexual energy upward is a failure to fulfill our deepest human po-
tential. That is why unconscious sex with ejaculation of the male
seed is a kind of mini-death seen so often in the plant and animal
kingdoms. Two hundred to five hundred million sperm die upon a
single ejaculation. The expenditure of subtle energy is even much
greater than these huge numbers suggest. If this spent seed leads to any kind of rebirth in the man, or in
the woman, receiving new life, this loss or death is in harmony with
nature. But without transforming these mini-deaths into a sharing,
a love, a child, or a higher awareness of some sort, this act of sex
becomes a mere killing of the potential life energy stored in the
seed. Perhaps that's the connection between sex and violence. *Suares, op. cit. 34 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Those radically opposed to abortion and contraception might as
well begin their campaign against men who kill their potential life-
force by ejaculating needlessly. Although the Taoists have no concept of sin, they might say
that man has fallen to his current weakened psychic state in large
part because he has squandered his sexual energies over the


 the natur e of his being is kindness. He is faithful to the faithful;
he is also faithful to the unfaithful. The sage lives in harmony with all below heaven. He sees everything as his own self;
he loves everyone as his own child. All people ar e drawn to him. He behaves like a little child. OceanofPDF.comLiving
Beyond Judgment
In this gently powerful verse, we’re encouraged to change the way we
view virtually everyone on the planet.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Therefore, nobility is r ooted in humility;
loftiness is based on lowliness. This is why noble people r efer to themselves
as alone, lacking, and unworthy. The pieces of a chariot ar e useless
unless they work in accor dance with the whole. A man’ s life brings nothing
unless he lives in accor dance with the whole universe. Playing one’ s part
in accor dance with the universe
is true humility. Truly, too much honor means no honor. It is not wise to shine like jade and
resound like stone chimes. OceanofPDF. comLiving Wholeness
We traditionally  think of wholeness as something that’s complete. “The
whole nine yards,” for instance, implies the entire distance. “I ate the whole
thing” signifies having consumed something completely. Lao-tzu, however,
seems to view the concept differently: Who leness, he writes, has roots in
humility. When  humility evokes our wholeness, we live the reality that
we’re pieces of the whole. With this attitude, you want to exist harmoniously with the entire universe
—cooperating with, and being subjugated to, other aspects of the whole. You can’t even consider interfering with any piece of it because you’re one
with it. The mom ent you begin to place yourself in a transcendent position
in relation to others, or to your world of the 10,000 things, you’re
interfering with the Tao. I encourage you to examine your concept of
wholeness based upon this 39th verse of the Tao Te Ching. I can assure you
that the world will appear to have changed when you see it through this
lens. Lao-tzu insists that the universe is whole; that is, it’s in a state of oneness. There are no parts needing separation from this state. Sky, earth, spirit, and
the 10,000 things are all parts of the whole—and what’ s more, that’s their
virtue. Now while the sky and the trees may truly be in a unified state, your
ego insists that you’r e separate, distinc t, and generally superior. But if you
can modify your ego’ s viewpoint, your life will change. When you’re cooperative and looking for signs of oneness, you’ll begin to
see and feel the interconnectedness of everything. For exam ple, your body
is a conv enient analogy for a universe all unto itself. While it is one entity,
it certainly has trillions of individual, although interconnected, cells. Just
one cell with an arrogant relationship to the whole makes all the cells suffer
and ultim ately become extinct, much like the individual who interferes with
the Tao by polluting the sky, depleting the earth, and disrupting the
equilibrium of the whole. A cancer cell that refuses to cooperate with the
cells adjacent to it will ultimately gobble them up, and if left unchecked,
will destroy the whole. Why. Because that cancerous cell has no
relationship to the whole. It will destroy itself as it kills the host upon whichit depends for its own survi val. And you’ll destroy yourself if you
participate in destroying the Tao upon which you are dependent for your
survival. Each seemingly  individual part of a whole is potentially dange rous (and
generally useless) if it doesn’ t function in harmony. What’ s true for the
chariot in this verse of the Tao Te Ching is true for you as well. Your life
needs to have a relationship with the Tao, and that relationship is
characterized by Lao-tzu as a bond forged by humility. In other words,
wholeness and humility are one and the same, so update the way you think
about your relationship to life, and play your part “in accordan ce with the
whole. ”
Here’ s what Lao-tzu seems to be instructing as I read and interpret this
verse of the ancient T ao Te Ching:
Cultivate your r elationship with the planet. Live in the spirit of wholeness, knowing that you have a role as one of the
parts of the Tao. Remind yourself that you cannot interfere with the Tao and
live a life of greatness. This means respecting the environment in every way
by living in an Earth-friendly manner as a part of its oneness. Become an
advocate for conservation. Make time to pick up and recycle trash. Drive an
environmentally friendly automo bile, or better yet, walk in peace to as
many places as possible. Whole ness means maintaining a sense of balance
with the all-providing, gentle, nonpushy T ao. In humility, you’re able to feel
your own tiny role in this great drama orchestrated by your Sources. You’ll
see what Lao-tzu means by: “A man’ s life brings nothing unles s he lives in
accordance with the whole universe. ”
Change the way you think of yourself fr om being separate to seeing
yourself in all that you encounter. As you live in wholeness, notice how you begin to feel a connec tion to all
of life, rather than the separateness that your ego prefers. See yourself in
everyone you encounter, in every creature on our planet, in the forest and
the oceans and the sky—the more you do, the more you’ll want to stay in a
state of coopera tion rather than competition. You’ll also feel more inclined
to reject the concept that there is a “them. ” Practice this way of being andnotice that the type of happiness that may have eluded you for a lifetime is
part of the oneness you begin to enjoy. Here’ s how Rumi expressed this sentiment:
If you put your heart against the earth with me, in serving every cr eatur e,
our Beloved will enter you fr om our sacr ed realm and we will be, we will be
so happy. Do the T ao Now
Go for a walk today and think in wholeness terms with all that you
encounter durin g a 30-minute period. See yourself in those  you might
otherwise have judged, includin g the very old, very young, obese, disabled,
or indigent. As you look at them, remind yourself, I share the same
originating spirit with every one of these people. This will help you feel
whole by shifting from your ego to the virtue of the T ao.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: According to the text, what is the root of nobility?,
A: Humility.
Q: What is the relationship between wholeness and humility, according to the author's interpretation of the Tao Te Ching?,
A: They are one and the same.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to achieve a sense of balance with the universe, according to the 40th verse?,
A: The author suggests changing one's perspective to see oneself as part of the universe and to cooperate with the Tao, rather than trying to dominate or control.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to live in harmony with the universe, according to the 41st verse?,
A: The author suggests that one must let go of their ego and align with the Tao, rather than trying to control or dominate.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to achieve inner peace, according to the 46th verse?,
A: The author advises to change one's perspective by recognizing that one's true nature is already complete and that one should not try to accumulate more, but rather live in harmony with the Tao.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Lao-tzu saw the potential for existing
harmoniously through living beyond judgment; thus, this 49th verse of the
Tao Te Ching invites us to explore that peaceful world. It’s encouraging us
to replace our idea of criticizing them with an acknowledgment of us
without criticism. Imagine the possibilities for all of humanity if we simply
eliminated prejudice and could live “in harmony with all below heaven.”
You can begin changing your view of judgment as a valuable or important
activity by being aware of when you’re doing it to yourself. Then simply
start substituting noticing for judging; from this perspective, you’ll realize
pretty quickly that you prefer to observe what you’re doing or feeling rather
than critiquing yourself. Calling your behavior “bad” or “good” just pits
you against yourself and others by using competition, punishment, or
dislike as your motivational markers—hatred, anger, and threats become
necessary because love, acceptance, and kindness can’t be trusted. As you move away from judging yourself, you’ll no longer need or want
what Lao-tzu calls the “fixed mind”; thus, allegiances that pitted you
against the people you thought of as them will begin to dissolve. The
innumerable categories that helped you organize your labels become totally
superfluous and unimportant when you change the way you look at their so-


	a
great	deal	about	someone’s	whole	life	from	who	they	secretly	want	to	be. ”
In	fact,	you	may	want	to	do	that	for	yourself. Write	down	three	people,	real	or
imaginary,	who	are	your	heroes. Then	list	three	qualities	you	admire	in	each
one,	such	as	courage	or	superpowers,	deep	wisdom	or	great	sacrifice	for
humanity. Look	at	your	list. Do	you	know	what	those	nine	qualities	really
are. They	are	a	mission	from	the	mythic	level. Your	soul	wants	you	to
perform	this	mission	in	your	lifetime	by	displaying	the	qualities	you	listed. Since	they	come	from	the	mythic	level,	each	one	is	in	you,	planted	like	a	seed
for	the	future. As	the	years	unfold	you	will	be	given	opportunities	to	learn	each	quality. People	who	admire	courage	are	magnetized	to	situations	that	require	bravery. People	who	admire	wisdom	will	be	magnetized	to	completely	different
situations. Never	fear,	your	soul	isn’t	going	to	forget	your	mission. And	what
about	superheroes	with	supernormal	powers. Every	kid	admires	them,
because	what	they	really	stand	for	isn’t	flying	or	turning	invisible. They	stand
for
	freedom. A	supernormal	power	is	like	a	hint	from	the	soul	that	you	are
more	than	human—you	are	a	free	spirit. If	you	want	to	love	yourself,	grasp
every	opportunity	for	growing	into	your	own	hero. We	were	born	to	be	the
heroes	of	our	own	story. I	cherish	a	story	about	two	old	men	sitting	together	in	a	room	waiting	for	a
meal. One	was	considered	very	wise	and	had	gained	fame	in	many	countries;
the	other	was	a	visitor	who	had	come	to	find	out	what	this	wisdom	was	all
about. But	the	famous	wise	man	didn’t	say	anything	particularly	wise	all	day,
and	finally	the	visitor	got	frustrated. “Forgive	me,”	he	said. “But	I	don’t	see	how	you	and	I	are	any	different. You
have	shown	me	hospitality,	but	let’s	be	honest. Aren’t	we	just	two	old	men
sitting	at	a	table	waiting	for	our	supper. ”
“You	are	wrong,”	the	wise	man	said. “You	have	spent	your	whole	life
guarding	your	own	private	world. It	is	made	up	of	past	memories	and	your
many	likes	and	dislikes. It	is	populated	with	a	few	people	you	love	and	is	shut
tight	to	anyone	else. My	inner	world	isn’t	like	that. It	is	open	to	everyone. All
may	enter	and	are	welcomed. When	I	look	inside,	love	is	all	I	see,	so	I	have
nothing	to	hide	and	nothing	to	guard. ”I’ve	returned	to	this	little	story	many	times	over	the	years	because	it	tells	me
that	the	place	where	love	never	fades	is	real. I	believe	this	is	the	only	vision
worth	living	for. Day	Four
:
How	Can	I	Change	the	World. Chasing	Rainbows
T
he	next	morning	I	didn’t	have	to	search	for	Baba	anywhere. When	I	went
down	to	the	kitchen	for	breakfast	I	caught	a	glimpse	of	wispy	white	hair	just
peeking	up	over	the	windowsill. I	ran	out	to	greet	him. He	was	sitting	beside
the	back	door	looking	at	the	sky	as	if	waiting	for	something	to	happen. “Baba,	come	inside	and	eat	a	bowl	of	rice,”	I	said. “Would	I	become	more	real	if	your	parents	saw	me. ”	he	asked. “I	know	you’re	real. I	don’t	need	any	proof,”	I	protested. “Then	you’re	assuming	too	much,”	he	said. “Most	people	think	they’re	real
but	have	never	proved	it	to	themselves. ”	These	may	sound	like	weary	words,
but	Baba	looked	as	fresh	as	ever. If	I	had	imagined	him	from	stories	about
wizards,	he	wasn’t	one	of	the	dour,	glum	ones. He	said,	“I’ve	thought	of	an	excellent	project	for	us	today. We’re	going	to
chase	a	rainbow. ”
This	sounded	like	something	you’d	say	to	a	five-year-old,	but	I	knew	he	had
something	else	in	mind,	so	I	rushed	back	inside,	stuffed	some	food	in	my
pockets,	and	was	back	out	the	door	in	two	minutes. Baba	was	still	peering	at
the	sky. “It	doesn’t	look	like	rain,”	he	said. “Not	much	chance	for	a	rainbow,	then,”	I	said. Baba	had	already	started	to
stride	away	quickly	in	his	usual	fashion. “We	don’t	have	to	rely	on	chance,”	he	said	over	his	shoulder. “Not	that	much
happens	by	chance. ”
Not	when	I’m	with	you,
	I	thought. We	walked	down	the	road	and	then	cut
across	a	broad	field,	where	it	was	cooler	and	more	lush. “What	do	you	think	a
rainbow	is.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of evil?,
A: The author believes that evil is temporary, and that it can be overcome by loving oneself and connecting with one's soul.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of God?,
A: The author does not explicitly state a view on God, but rather emphasizes the importance of connecting with one's soul and finding one's own inner guidance.
Q: What is the author's message about forgiveness?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of forgiveness and the need to let go of negative emotions and focus on the positive. They also mention that forgiveness is not about justifying or excusing someone's actions, but rather about healing and moving forward.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of unity?,
A: The author suggests that unity is not about comparing oneself to others or trying to be like them, but rather about embracing one's own uniqueness and recognizing the oneness with the universe.
Q: What is the author's message about the concept of love?,
A: The author does not explicitly discuss the concept of love, but emphasizes the importance of self-love and self-acceptance, as well as the need to let go of negative emotions and focus on the positive.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>You	own	a	donkey,	but	you	make	your	poor	family	walk?”
So	the	man	put	his	son	on	the	donkey	and	went	a	little	farther. Seeing	them,
some	onlookers	said,	“Foolish	man! You	own	a	sturdy	donkey,	and	all	you	put
on	it	is	a	little	boy?”
So	the	man	put	his	wife	on	the	donkey	too	and	went	a	little	farther. Seeing
them,	some	onlookers	said,	“You	weakling! You	let	your	wife	order	a	ridewhile	you	have	to	walk?”
So	all	three	got	on	the	donkey,	which	staggered	home,	and	soon	after,	it	died
of	exhaustion. The	moral	of	the	tale	is,	don’t	live	for	the	approval	of	others. The	real	you	is
here	to	find	out	the	secret	of	life,	not	to	satisfy	someone	else’s	opinion. Sit
quietly	today,	close	your	eyes,	and	begin	to	make	the	acquaintance	of	this
inner	friend	who	will	never	desert	you. Z
ERO
Today,	hold	a	celebration	over	nothing. Put	a	candle	in	a	piece	of	cake,	have
an	extra	scoop	of	ice	cream. You	are	giving	thanks	for	zero,	or	nothing,
because	nothing	is	where	all	invisible	things	come	from. “Zero	has	always	been	a	number	for	God


 model was developed251 and used to study the ability of DMSO
combined with the glycolytic intermediate FDP.252,253
This model was unique in the sense that most other models previously used
induced brain ischemia by lesioning the brain with cytotoxic chemicals, cold freez -
ing, or focal electrolytic lesions. Temporary or transient bilateral common carotid
artery occlusion (2-vessel occlusion [2-VO]) did not injure the brain directly, allow -
ing instead a process where chronic brain hypoperfusion and its effect in producing memory impairment take place. This pathologic and progressive process mimics severe human carotid artery stenosis or occlusion, which over a protracted period of time results in mild cognitive impairment, the preclinical precursor of AD. 254,255
Older rats 14  months old were subjected to either permanent bilateral carotid
artery occlusion (2-VO) ( Figure 8.11) or sham occlusion where surgery but no occlu -
sion was done. Following surgical recovery, rats were tested for visuospatial memory function every 2 weeks for a total of six sessions. 252 On week 14 postsurgery, four
rats from the 2-VO group who in previous trials had shown persistent and severe visuospatial memory impairment were selected to receive DMSO + FDP pharmaco -
therapy. These four rats were given once a day, a combined 28% solution composed of DMSO–FDP (250:130 mg/kg) intraperitoneally for seven consecutive days. Nontreated 2-VO rats that only showed moderate visuospatial memory deficits
and sham controls that had no memory impairment were given an equivalent volume of the vehicle, dextrose 5% intraperitoneally for 7 days. On week 15, after 7 days of daily treatments, all rats were retested in a water maze for memory function. Following this testing session, all treatments were discontinued for an additional
Carotid ar teryCarotid ar tery
2-Vessel occlusion
Mild co gnitive impairment model
FIGURE 8.11  (See color insert.) Permanent occlusion of both common carotid arteries
(2-VO) in 14-month old rats. After 1 to 14 weeks, mild cognitive impairment characterized by progressive visuospatial memory impairment is observed that can be quantified and reversed with DMSO treatment. (From de la Torre, J.C. et al., Brain Res., 779, 285, 1998. )180 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
3 weeks and rats were tested again in the water maze on weeks 16 and 18.252 The
results showed that after 14 weeks of 2-VO, rats given DMSO + FDP had a 54%
improvement in their visuospatial memory task, which nearly reached controls who had no carotid artery occlusion ( Figure 8.12). Moreover, when treatment of DMSO +
FDP was discontinued, the marked memory improvement seen on weeks 15 and 16 regressed to almost pretreatment level
252 (Figure 8.12). Postmortem microscopic and densitometric analysis of brain sections stained for
neurons and axonal fibers showed only mild loss of hippocampal neurons in rats with 2-VO regardless of treatment, and an increase in glial density was observed only in untreated 2-VO animals. 252
The results of this study imply that DMSO + FDP is an effective treatment for
improving severe ischemic-induced visuospatial memory impairment in aging rats. The effect of DMSO + FDP on visuospatial memory improvement and its partial loss after discontinuation of therapy on week 16 is suggestive of a drug cause and effect. It also suggests that in order to maintain memory improvement during induced brain ischemia, this drug combination must be maintained. Studies have suggested that
from 2 to 3 years before clinical dementia symptoms begin at a stage called mild
cognitive impairment, there are already changes occurring in patients’ slowdown of visuospatial skills involving speeded tasks that require coordination of eye and visual representation needed for normal short-term memory function. 25660
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13 14* p<0.01DMSO-FDP
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No oc clusion
15 16 17
Weeks of tria lDMSO–FDP in ischemic memory loss
Treatmen tT reatment discontinu ed18 190*
FIGURE 8.12  Old rats subjected to permanent bilateral carotid artery occlusion (2-VO)
for 14 weeks. Rats with severest rate of visuospatial memory impairment selected by high -
est platform location latency (PLL) were given DMSO-FDP (triangles) for 7 days on weeks
14 and 15. Significant (54%) improvement is seen in PLL after DMSO-FDP as compared to untreated 2-VO in reference to non occlusion rats. Following discontinuation of DMSO-FDP on weeks 16–18, gained memory improvement is partially lost. Untreated rats with 2-VO (circles) show unchanging moderate rate of visuospatial memory impairment, while rats with no 2-VO (squares) show no memory deficits throughout the 18 weeks of trials. Bars are ±
SEM. See text for details. (Adapted from de la Torre, J.C. et al., Brain Res., 779, 285, 1998. )181 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
Since visuospatial memory deficit is one of the earliest signs of impending AD
during the mild cognitive impairment stage,257 DMSO + FDP may have interven -
tional value in preventing irreversible memory impairment in patients at high risk of
developing AD. Confirmation of DMSO-FDP study was reported using the brain hypoperfusion
model of bilateral carotid artery occlusion (2-VO) to test DMSO without FDP in rats.256
DMSO at doses of 0.25 mL administered intraperitoneally for 5 consecutive days 11 weeks following 2-VO was seen to improve spatial memory learning as compared to nontreated 2-VO animals whose memory capacity was markedly worse. 258 In addition,
microscopic examination of rat brains showed that 2-VO without postoperative treat -
ment induced hippocampal and cortical neuronal loss in nontreated animals, but it was observed that in DMSO-treated rats, this loss of neurons was significantly reduced. 258
An interesting study using Lurcher mice was recently reported by Markvartova
and her colleagues.259 Lurcher mutant mice represent one of the frequently used
mouse models of olivocerebellar degeneration. It is caused by a mutation in the δ2
glutamate receptor subunit encoding gene.260
Lurcher mice suffer from almost complete degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje
cells after birth and develop decreased density of granule, stellate, inferior olivary neurons, and basket cells but mild changes in deep cerebellar nuclei. 261
With almost total disruption of cerebellocortical signal processing, loss of
Purkinje cells makes walking progressively more difficult for heterozygous Lurchers and clearly abnormal by 30 days postnatally. Homozygous Lurchers die at birth. Another characteristic of Lurcher mice is the link between cerebellar pathology
and a physical activity that can influence the long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampal region. LTP is widely considered one of the major cellular mechanisms that underlie
learning and memory. 262
In this setting, DMSO was found to attenuate the age-related deterioration of some
cognitive functions, including spatial learning abilities in 21-day-old treated Lurcher mice. 259
Animals were tested in a water maze designed to measure their learning and
short-term memory ability. Before each memory trial, mice received either saline (no treatment) or DMSO administered intraperitoneally 30 min before the experiment at a dose of 4 μL/g of the body weight. Lurcher mice showed spatial navigation and
spatial memory deficits compared to normal wild mice. In DMSO-treated Lurcher mice, a substantial improvement was observed in the learning and memory ability as compared to Lurcher mice given saline. 259
The possible mechanism for this improvement was not discussed by the authors. It is possible that DMSO may have imparted some usefulness to Lurcher mice by its ability to protect loss of function mutations like that which occurs in olivocerebel -
lar neurodegeneration. The damaging mechanism could involve an attack of nor -
mal protein folding and lead to their degradation, a process that has been shown
to be inhibited by DMSO with help from the neuron’s own defense counterattack
mechanisms. 176
Additionally, DMSO is also capable of minimizing the formation of hydroxyl-
induced sugar/base assault that is known to form near the vicinity of DNA damage 182 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
during double-strand DNA breaks.263,264 These mechanisms have not been studied
in detail, and no final conclusions can be made with certainty. Finally, DMSO may
be acting as a chemical chaperone, that is, as a low-molecular-weight compound whose function


told to feel guilty about yourself for things
you did before you could even do  anything. You have been taught to feel shame for
being born less than perfect. This alleged state of imperfection in which
you are said to have come into this world  is
what your religionists have the gall to call
original sin. And it is original sin —but not
yours. It is the first sin to be perpetrated
upon you by a world which knows nothing
of God if it thinks that God would —or
could —create anything imperfect. Some of your religions have built up whole
theologies around this misconception. And
that is what it is, literally: a misconception. For anything I  conceive —all that to  which I
give life —is perfect; a perfect reflection of
perfection itself, made in the  image and
likeness of Me. Yet, in order to justify the idea of a punitive
God, your religions needed to create
something for Me to be angry about. So
that even those people who lead exemplary
lives somehow need to be saved. If they
don’t need to be saved from themselves,
then they need to be saved from their own
built-in imperfection. So (these religions
say) you’d better do something about all of
this—and fast —or you’ll go straight to  hell. This, in the end, may do nothing to mollify
a weird, vindictive, angry God, but it does  give life to weird, vindictive, angry religions. Thus,  do religions perpetuate  themselves. Thus,  does power remain concentrated  in
the hands of the few, rather  than
experienced though the hands of the many. Of course you choose constantly the lesser
thought, the smaller idea, the tiniest
concept of yourself and your power, to say
nothing of Me and Mine. You’ve been
taught to. My G od, how can I undo the teaching? A good question and  addressed to just the
right person! You can undo the teaching by reading and
re-reading this book. Over and over  again,
read it. Until you understand every
passage. Until you’re familiar with every
word. When you can quote its passages to others, when you can bring its phrases to
mind in the midst of the darkest hour, then
you will have “undone the teaching.”
Yet there is still so much I want to ask You;
still so much I want to know. Indeed. You began with a very long list of
questions. Shall we get back to it? Chapter 8
When will I learn enough about
relationships to be able to have them go
smoothly? Is there a  way to be happy in
relationships? Must they be constantly
challenging? You have nothing to learn about
relationships. You have only to
demonstrate what  you already know. There is a way to be happy in relationships,
and that is to use relationships for their
intended purpose, not the purpose you
have designed. Relationships are
constan tly challenging; constantly calling
you to create, express, and experience
higher and  higher aspects of yourself,
grander and grander visions of yourself,
ever more  magnificent versions of yourself. Nowhere can you do this more
immediately,  impactfully, an d immaculately
than in relationships. In fact, without
relationships, you  cannot do it at all. It is only through your relationship with
other people, places, and events that you
can even exist (as a knowable quantity, as
an identifiable something) in the  universe. Remember, absent everything else, you
are not. You only are what you  are relative
to another thing that is not. That is how it is
in the world of the relative,  as opposed to
the world of the absolute —where I reside. Once you clearly understand th is, once you
deeply grasp it, then you intuitively bless
each and every experience, all human
encounter, and especially personal human
relationships, for you see them as
constructive, in the highest sense. You see that they can be used, must be used, are
being used (whether you want them to be
or not) to construct Who You Really Are. That construction can be a magnificent
creation of your own conscious design, or
a strictly happenstance configuration. You
can choose to be a person who has
resulted simply fr om what has happened,
or from what you’ve chosen to be and do
about what has happened. It is in the latter
form that creation of Self becomes
conscious. It is in the second experience
that Self becomes realized. Bless, therefore, every relationship, and
hold each as special and formative of Who
You Are —and now choose to be. Now your inquiry has to do with individual
human relationships of the romantic sort,  and I understand that. So let Me address
Myself specifically, and at length, to  human
love relationsh ips—these things which
continue to give you such trouble! When human love relationships fail
(relationships never truly fail, except in the
strictly human sense that they did not
produce what you want), they fail because
they were entered into for the wron g
reason. (“Wrong,” of course, is a relative term,
meaning something measured against that
which is “right” —whatever that is! It would
be more accurate in your language to say
“relationships fail —change —most often
when they are entered into for reasons not
wholly beneficial or conducive to their
survival.”)  Most people enter into relationships with an
eye toward what they can get out of  them,
rather than what they can put into them. The purpose of a relationship is to  decide
what part of yourself  you’d like to see “show
up,” not what part of another you  can
capture and hold. There can be only one
purpose for relationships —and for all  of life:
to be and to decide Who You Really Are. It is very romantic to say that you were
“nothing” until that spec ial other came
along,  but it is not true. Worse, it puts an
incredible pressure on the other to be all
sorts of  things he or she is not. Not wanting to “let you down,” they try very
hard to be and do these things until they
cannot anymore. They can no long er
complete your picture of them. They can no
longer fill the roles to which they have been assigned. Resentment builds. Anger
follows. Finally, in order to save themselves (and
the relationship), these special others
begin to reclaim their real selves, ac ting
more in accordance with Who They Really
Are. It is about this time that you say
they’ve “really changed.”
It is very romantic to say that now that your
special other has entered your life, you  feel
complete. Yet the purpose of relationship is
not to h ave another who might  complete
you; but to have another with whom you
might share your completeness. Here is the paradox of all human
relationships: You have no need for a
particular  other in order for you to experience, fully, Who You Are,
and...without a nother, you  are nothing. This is both the mystery and the wonder,
the frustration and the joy of the human
experience. It requires deep understanding
and total willingness to live within this
paradox in a way which makes sense. I
observe that very few peop le do. Most of you enter your relationship -forming
years ripe with anticipation, full of sexual
energy, a wide -open heart, and a joyful, if
eager, soul. Somewhere between 40 and 60 (and for
most it is sooner rather than later) you’ve
given up on your grand est dream, set aside
your highest hope, and settled for your
lowest expectation —or nothing at all. The problem is so basic, so simple, and yet
so tragically misunderstood: your  grandest
dream, your highest idea, and your fondest
hope has had to do with you r beloved other
rather than your beloved Self. The test of
your relationships has had  to do with how
well the other lived up to your ideas, and
how well you saw yourself  living up to his
or hers. Yet the only true test has to do with
how well you live up t o yours. Relationships are sacred because they
provide life’s grandest opportunity —
indeed,  its only opportunity —to create and
produce the experience of your highest
conceptualization of Self. Relationships fail
when you see them as life’s grandest
opportun ity to create and produce the
experience of your highest
conceptualization  of another. Let each person in relationship worry about
Self—what Self is being, doing, and  having;
what Self is wanting, asking, giving; what
Self is seeking, creating,  experiencing, and
all relationships would magnificently serve
their purpose —and their participants! Let each person in a relationship worry not
about the other, but only, only, only about
Self. This seems a strange teaching, for you
have been told that in the highest form of
relationship, one worries only about the
other. Yet I tell you this: your focus upon the
other —your obsession with the other —is
what causes relationships to fail. What is the other being? What


’ s no mind. Most people believe their own th oughts as though they wer e
facts, which explains why life is str essful and challenging
for so many. It’ s n egative thoughts that ar e the cause of our str ess and
suffering, so we need to become particularly awar e of
negative thoughts. When we believe our thoughts, we’r e immediately caught in
an i maginary mind-made movi e that’ s playing inside our
head, and we’r e no longer experiencing the world as it
r eally is. Thoughts ar e also r esponsible for causing our feelings, and
then in turn our feelings will cause mor e thoughts. Ther e’ s nothing wr ong with the mind; the tr ouble only
begins when we believe its negative thoughts.The one who gets angry, hurt, worried, anxious, or
disappointed is not the  real you. It’ s your mind. The mind only has thr ee differ ent kinds of thoughts. The
mind measur es, compar es, and describes. One of the biggest lies our mind has convinced us of is the
story that we ar e a body and a mind. Another story our mind has co nvinced us of is the story
about time. T ime is an illusion—a mental concept cr eated by
the mind. All that r eally ex ists is this pr ese nt moment. Past and futur e
exist only in the form of thought. Y ou don ’ t have to eliminate yo ur mind or go to war with
your mind. A war eness is your w ay out of the turmoil of the
mind. When yo u obser ve your thoughts instead of getting lost in
them, you see them for what they ar e: something separate
fr om you that you can either choose to believe, or not.C h a p t e r  6
Understanding the Power of
Feelings
It is possible to live your life w ithout ever being thrown about by negative
feelings again. When you live from the A wareness that you are, negative
feelings won’ t af fect you in the same way as they do now. The real you is pure
happiness at all times and under  all conditions. It can be hard t o imagine that
you can bring an end to negative feelings af fecting you, but you  will discover
for yourself that you can. “Negative feelings are destructive. What we are is constructive.”
My teacher
Through practic ing the methods shared in this book, I don’ t suf fer from
extreme negative feelings anym ore. If any negative feeling appears, it’ s quite
soft, I notice it i mmediately, and  it dissolves on the spot. Earlier in my life, I
used to be throw n about by negative feelings as if I had just stepped into a
hurricane. But after I discovered  The Secret, I became acutely aware of how
I’m feeling from one moment to the next. And if you’re aware of how you’re
feeling, it’ s just one more simple step, as you will discover, to dissolving
negative feelings for good. When you are free of all negative feelings, what
remains is the Infinite A wareness that you are, and your life will be absolutely
breathtaking. “Once you realize how ef fortless the highest way of life is, it takes
tremendous ef fort to assume the opposite.”
Lester Levenson
It helps to diminish their power over you if you understand what feelings
really are. Feelings (and thoughts and sensations) are simply a movement of ener gy. Ener gy vibrates,  which means feelings, like thoughts, also vibrate. Dif ferent
feelings vibrate  at dif ferent frequencies. Good feelings vibrate at higher
frequencies, and  they’re very be neficial to the body and positiv ely af fect thecircumstances surrounding your life. Y our positive feelings a lso benefit all
other beings and the planet as a whole. Negative feelings vibrate at low
frequencies, and  they’re detrimental to the body, to your life circumstances,
other beings, and the planet. B ut where do feelings come from in the first
place? Thoughts create  feelings. The ki nds of thoughts you have will create the same
kinds of feelings. After having  happy thoughts, you feel hap py. And once
you’re feeling happy, it’ s not possible to have angry thoughts at the same
time. Happy thoughts cause happy feelings, which cause more happy
thoughts. Likew ise, if you feel angry, that feeling has come from having had
angry thoughts. Thoughts and f eelings always match; thoughts and feelings
are two sides of the one coin. If a situation arises and you allo w negative thoughts and feelings to take over
you, you will l ikely continue to experience one thing going wrong after
another in your day. However, when you feel good, your day will have one
good thing following after another. What you feel inside will match precisely
with what you experience in the world around you. “Y ou no w know  that nothing co mes into existence from the ou tside, and that
everything first comes from thinking and feeling it on the inside.”
Fr om  The Secret
Positive Feelings
Have yo u noticed that all good feelings require zero ef fort? When you’re
feeling good, you feel as light as a feather, and you feel as though you have an
unlimited supply  of ener gy. If you become sensitive to how you’re feeling,
you will notice the positive ef fect those good feelings are having on your body
and mind. Feeling good doesn’ t mean you’re like a cheerleader at a football game,
jumping up and down with excitement. As you no doubt would have
experienced, if you get overexcited, you dissipate all your ener gy, and you’re
exhausted afterward. Feeling good is like how you feel at the end of a big day that went really well,
or when you’re chilled out on vacation, or when you’ve exercis ed hard, had a
shower, and then sat down to e njoy dinner or your favorite s how. Y ou feel
relaxed. Y ou feel a sense of relief. Y ou let go, and you feel a peaceful
happiness. Y ou know those tim es when you say, “Ahh, this is nice”? This is
what feeling good feels like. If y ou could let go of your white-knuckle grip on
life, you  would automatically fe el this good, because feeling goo d is your true
nature. I n fact, whenever you feel good, it means you must have  let go of bad
feelings, enabling good feelings to naturally appear. “Good feelings are to be enjoyed.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        On seeing herself in a photograph, two-year -old Sarah  will point andsay, “Th at’ s Sarah. ” She won’ t say, “That’ s me,” because she’ s not yet
experiencing herself  as a “m e,” a separate person. H er experience is that there’ s
only One and she is it, and everyone else is it. “There’ s nothing out there but our consciousness. The re’ s only one
consciousness and we’re it. ”
Lester Levenson, fr om  Happiness Is Free, volumes 1–5
A wareness or Consciousness is all through your body and everywhere outside
your body; A wareness can’ t be contained within your body because A wareness
is formless. It would be like trying to contain space in a jar; of course, space is
both inside the jar and everywh ere outside the jar. In fact, the jar is in space,
just as all bodi es are in A war eness. Ab solutely everything is con tained in
A wareness, and it’ s the reason why the enlightened beings’ expe rience of life is
that they  are everything—becau se they ar e  e veryth ing. And as A wareness, so
are you. “Behind your eyes is the same consciousness, the only consciousness that is
behind Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, and behind all eyes. ”
My teacher
Think ab out tha t. Y our Consciousness is the same Consciousness as all of the
great beings; that’ s how close you are to them. They are not at a distance from
you. Y ou are one  with them. “The mystery, the magic of it is that this ordinary consciousness that we take
for gran ted, ev en as far as denying its existence, happens to be the
consciousness of the universe itself, its true center. ”
Francis Lucille, fr om  T ruth Love Beauty
How to Stay as A war eness
There’ s no process to become the A wareness that you are; it’ s not something
you have to atta in. This is not something that certain people hav e and you don’ t
have. Y ou ar e alr eady it, right now. Y ou may have overlooked it, and you may
have believed all your life that y ou were just a person, but that doesn’ t alter the
fact of what you actually are. “Y ou can lose everything else, but you can never lose the awareness that you
are. ”
Mooji


. Put
through the food  mill. (This will also get rid of the skin.) Cut carrot into thin matchsticks. Chop
the green pepper and celery. Add these to the potato purée and form into small cakes. Coat with
oats and bake in the oven  at 325° F (170° C) on a baking sheet sprinkled with oats to prevent
sticking. 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 269Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comPotatoes and Carrots, Westphalian Style
6-8 small (or 4-5 large carrots) carrots, sliced
3 medium (or 2 large) potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 large onion, chopped
3-4 tbsp. of soup stock
Slice carrots into pan. Peel and slice potatoes and chop onion. Add all together in pan with soup
stock (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—
The Basic Rules,” p. 106). Let simmer until done, adding a bit more soup stock, if necessary. When done, no liquid should remain in pan. Potatoes Anna
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
onion, cooked
1 lb. potatoes, very thinly sliced
garlic, crushed
yogurt
parsley, finely chopped
Using a 10 -inch flan (or quiche) tin with  at least 1-inch sides, place a layer of cooked onions
(sweated by the Gerson® method, which is done in a covered saucepan over very low heat for
approximately 1 hour) on the bottom of the flan dish   Sprinkle with a little water to stop the
onions from sticking. Very thinly slice the potatoes and layer them in the dish on top of the
onions. Sprinkle with crushed garlic and some of the yogurt. Add an additional two layers, again
sprinkling with garlic and yogurt. Press down each layer and make sure the potatoes overlap
each other very slightly so there are no spaces. Cover the dish (e.g., by using a base from a
larger loose-bottomed cake tin). Bake at 350° F ( 180° C) for about 1 to 1 to 1-1/2 hours or  until
the potatoes feel soft when pierced with a knife. Check the potatoes while cooking; if they look
too dry, add a little more yogurt. To serve, turn the potato cake out of its dish and sprinkle with
finely 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 270Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comPotato Puffs
baking potato
Take a baking potato and cut it into thin (1/2-inch) slices. Place the slices on the oven rack and,
without any addition, bake at high heat (425° F (218° C)) to puf f. Turn over and lower heat to
325° F (163° C) with oven door cracked open. Bake for another 20 minutes. The slices puff up
and become crisp and tasty, almost like fried potatoes. Done when shiny brown on both sides. This is marginal food, so eat it occasionally. Potato Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. small new potatoes
large sprig of mint
1 tbsp. fresh parsley
Dressing:
4 oz. yogurt
little flaxseed oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Scrub the potatoes and put in a saucepan with a little water. Gently simmer until cooked but
still firm. While the potatoes are still hot, slice them and put into a warm dish. Pour over the
dressing. Finish by sprinkling fresh chopped mint and parsley. Quick Bake Potatoes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
potatoes
flaxseed oil
Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and score cut surfaces with diagonal lines crossing each other
(like lattice work). They will cook in about half the time in the oven at 300-350 ° F (149-177 °
C); when cool enough,  the surfaces can be coated with flaxseed oil. 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 271Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comQuick Tomatoes and Zucchini
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
2 medium tomatoes, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. sugar (optional)
1 medium zucchini, sliced
Slice the tomatoes and place in the bottom of a saucepan,  along with the crushed garlic and
sugar (if using). Slice the zucchini  and place on top. Set on a gentle heat. When the tomatoes
begin to cook, stir, cover and cook for about 20 minutes. Ratatouille
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2-4
8 oz. onions, sliced
8 oz. green/red/yellow bell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
8 oz. eggplant
4 tomatoes, chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
marjoram
Slice the onions and place in a baking dish. Seed  and thinly slice the peppers. Add to the dish. Cut the eggplant s in quarters lengthwise and then into 1/4 -inch slices, and add. Chop the
tomatoes and finely chop the garlic clove. Add to the dish together with the apple cider vinegar. Cook very gently in the oven at 3 25° F ( 170° C) until well done. Can also be cooked on top of
the stove. 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 272Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comRed Cabbage
1/2 red cabbage, shredded
3 tsp. vinegar
3 large onions, chopped
2 bay leaves
a little soup stock
3 apples, peeled and grated
1 tsp. sugar
Combine cabbage, vinegar, onions, bay leaves and soup stock (see “‘Special Soup’ or
‘Hippocrates Soup’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. X) in a
pan. Stew over low heat for approximately 1 hour. At the 1/2-hour mark, add apples and sugar. Red Cabbage and Apple Casserole
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
medium red cabbage, shredded
apples (cook ing or green), sliced
juice of 1 orange
apple cider vinegar
maple syrup
Shred the red cabbage and slice the apple. Place layers of red cabbage and apple in a casserole
dish. Pour over the orange juice, apple cider vinegar and maple syrup. Cover with a tight-fitting
lid and bake at  350° F (180° C) for about 1-1/2 hours, or until tender. Stir and serve. Almost
better as a reheated leftover! 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 273Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comRed Kuri Squash with Vegetables
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 red kuri squash
1 tbsp. water
1 small sweet potato, cooked
1 small zucchini, cooked
1 red (or green) bell pepper, cooked
1 tomato, peeled
onion (or garlic) powder
fresh herbs
Cut the red kuri squash in half. This is easily done with a very sharp, pointed knife. Scoop out
the seeds, leaving the rest of the red flesh intact. Stand upright in a heat-proof dish to whi ch
the water  has been added. Cover and bake at 300-350 ° F (149-177° C)  until cooked (about 30
minutes; test by inserting a knife into the flesh). If there is enough room, the other vegetables
could be cooked in the same dish. Otherwise, bake them in a separate dish in the same way,
or cook them gently on top of the stove  in a saucepan. When cooked, pile the vegetables into
the squash halves. Sprinkle with onion (or garlic) powder or fresh herbs. Serve with a colorful
mixed salad. Roasted Zucchini  and Pepper Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. small zucchini
2 red bell peppers, seeded and quartered


 we actually mean their
physical and mental state, and not their age. A
suggestion to use the expression “functional age”
when discussing an individual ’s state, rather
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frthan their date of birth, is based on this confu-
sion as well. It is true that the date of birth tells us nothing
about the state of a given organism or about the
extent of its mental development. These factors
are only indirectly connected to age and are not
its important components. A 70 -year-old can be
young according to their physical and mental
state, and a 40 -year-old can be old, languid and
depressed. And yet the first person is already 70,
while the second is only 40. Knowing this, we
can ignore the widespread assertion, that ‘we’re
trying to turn back time’. The age -related
changes happening in the organism that are
called ageing, aren’t so much linked to the pass-
ing of time, as to the factors, absolutely unrelated
to time per se. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frIf there were a causal link to ageing, then a per-
son at 70 should have all the indications of old
age, inherent in this period of life, and a person
at 40 – all the indications of youth, found at this
age. The fact that the case is often the opposit e
makes us doubt the assumption that the state of
the body is irreversibly linked with the number
of years lived. We shouldn’t find it difficult to
understand that although age is expressed in
time, time isn’t the cause of the ageing process. For example, let’s take a stone being washed by
water. It changes over time, but it’s not time that
polishes it, it’s water. The ageing process re-
quires time, but time isn’t the cause of polishing. Two stones, polished by water in the to the
same extent, abrade at different speeds, depend-
ing on their hardness and density. Due to the
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identical destructive factors age at a different
speed, depending on their individual resistance
to the destructive factors. A stone abrades faster or slower depending on
the amount of water flowing around it: if it’s
small, the stone abrades slowly, if there’s a lot of
water, the abrasion happens faster. A person also
ages fast or slowly depending on the number of
destructive influences this person is affected by. Let’s expand our example somewhat: let’s im-
agine a self -restoring rock. At first it was being
polished by water, then the water stopped wash-
ing it. The rock begins ‘repairing’ itself and re-
storing the larger part of the lost matter. In the
human body, a natural process will take place
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr(because the organism is self -repairing), when
the causes of ageing are eliminated. The body is capable of destroying some of the
damaged structures, replacing them with fresh
ones, and renewing the cells  by dumping the
‘loads’ accumulated in them and ‘repairing’ their
damaged parts. Figuratively speaking, the hu-
man body can actively handle its business on its
own in a constructive manner. Humans can live longer and better than they do
now. They should liv e much longer than now,
and enjoy absolute health and energy. They
shouldn’t waste away at 60 or earlier. But in fact,
excluding deaths from accidents and homicides,
people die from diseases. If we lived in a way that
prevented the development of diseases,  not only
could we live longer than what’s considered
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frnormal now, but we could also preserve our
physical and mental powers. Aging is defined as an ‘accumulation of
changes in the organism, increasing the proba-
bility of death of a given individual over th e
course of time.’ This simply means that aging is
a slow accumulation of pathological (unhealthy)
changes in the organs and tissues, injuries in the
structures of the body and a slow deterioration
of its vital functions. Old age is just another
chronic disease. And this is the reason why we
can age sooner or later, and some people at sev-
enty look younger than some 40 -year-olds. Aging happens over time, but time is not its
cause. Consequently, it doesn’t matter, what
method we should use to precisely determ ine
human physiological age, what matters is that we
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ing. Eliminate the cause of aging, and let the
physiological age take care of itself. Nobody
knows for sure what the changes of the organism
leading to agi ng are, or what sort of changes they
are exactly. Let’s examine the experiments of a
well- known French scientist Dr. Alexis Carrel16,
author of the book Man, The Unknown. Keeping
separate fragments of a chicken heart alive over
the course of many years, he  found out that they
aged, unless they got rid of the waste accumu-
lated in their cells. In other words, they aged

16Alexis Carrel  (1873 – 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist
who was awarded the  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  in
1912 for pioneering vascular   suturing  techniques. He wrote the
book Man, The Unknown. New York and London: Harper and
Brothers, 1939. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frbecause of the accumulation of waste produced
by their own metabolism in the culture medium
where they were placed. If this waste was regu-
larly removed, preventing the cells from getting
poisoned by it, the chicken heart didn’t age. This
is very important proof that aging is the result of
chronic saturation with toxic substances. Unfor-
tunately, the important discovery attracted too
little attent ion, perhaps, because a way to use it
was not discovered. Carrel’s experiments and many other similar
ones helped scientists conclude that cells are po-
tentially immortal. In their normal state, they
keep dividing over and over again, but they
don't’ die. Death turns out to be an abnormal
phenomenon. Nevertheless, under the regular
life conditions we observe that cells actually age
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indefinitely, all the conditions have to be favora-
ble. If cells are potential ly immortal, as scientists
currently think, and the body as a system gets
older, then it’s obvious that one of two things is
true. Either the functional specialization of cell
groups / body organs is mismatched, or there’s
no coordination of cell groups in  the organism. Perhaps, both of these factors are true. If one or
both of these assumptions are true, this poses a
question:  is the discrepancy of specialization or
the discrepancy of coordination a primary (ini-
tial) condition of life or is it (the mismat ch) a re-
sult of established and resolvable causes? If it’s a
primary condition, then we cannot hope to pre-
vent the aging process for more than a short
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or el iminated, which seems likely enough, then
we’re capable of doing a lot to prevent aging. At least countless experiments on many lower
forms of life have demonstrated that it’s not only
possible to delay the aging process for an infi-
nitely long time, but also to reverse it, restoring
youth. For more than 15 years, professor C. M. Child17
from the University of Chicago researched ani-
mal ageing. His results revealed that periodical
fasting usually promotes bodily rejuvenation. 17 Charles Manning Child  (1869 – 1954) was an American zoologist
noted for his work on regeneration (especially
on Coelenterates  and flatworm s) at the  University of Chicago. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani


	three	hundred	awesome	recipes	for	the	best	juice	combinations,
herbal	and	fruit	teas,	and	fabulous	infused	waters	and	flavored	waters. Long
story	short,	the	secret	of	hydration	and	natural	food	is	now	available	to	you. Juicing	–	Your	Secret	to	Health,	Vitality	&	Youth
It	is	hard	to	argue	against	the	advantages	of	eating	raw	fruits	and	vegetables. However,	modern	men's	day	has	become	more	hectic,	and	we	do	not	always
have	time	to	sit	at	the	table	and	chew	fresh	salads	and	fruits. Eating	eight
portions	of	fruits	and	vegetables	every	day	becomes	‘Mission	impossible’. Nevertheless,	there	is	a	solution. Juicing. It	makes	sense	if	you	tend	to	maximize
health	benefits	and	minimize	preparation	time	and	costs. Good	for	our	overall
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way	to	step	into	the	magical	world	of	raw	natural	food. There	are	a	lot	of	benefits	of	juicing:

1. Increase	your	nutrient	absorption. Juicing	can	help	you	to	absorb	all	the
nutrients	from	the	fresh	food. Further,	the	combination	of	ingredients	is
a	very	important	issue. Some	ingredients	can	help	better	absorption	of
minerals	and	vitamins	from	the	other	ingredients. For	instance,	citrus
fruits	are	rich	in	vitamin	C,	so	they	help	to	enhance	iron	absorption. 1. Juicing	improves	your	digestion. It	will	help	to	"pre-digest"	the	food	for
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Q: What is the main purpose of the book?,
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(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1/2	cup	strawberries

1. 1	celery	rib

1. 1	handful	mint	leaves

1. 2	handfuls	spinach

1. 1	apple

Directions

1. Throw	your	ingredients	into	a	juicer. 2. Pour	the	juice	into	the	glasses. 3. The	juice	lowers	blood	pressure	and	prevents	heart	disease	and	stroke.Green	‘n’	Delicious
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	kiwi,	peeled

1. 2	apples

1. 2	cups	chopped	mustard	greens

1. 2	stalks	celery

1. 1	peach,	pitted

Directions

1. Press	the	ingredients	in	your	juicer. 2. Pour	into	glasses	and	serve	at	once.Purple	Kale	and	Carrot	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	lemon,	peeled

1. 4	leaves	purple	kale

1. 1	green	garlic

1. 3	carrots

1. 1	red	bell	pepper

1. 45–50	drops	Echinacea

Directions

1. Juice	all	the	ingredients,	except	for	Echinacea. 2. Add	Echinacea	and	mix	to	combine. Pour	into	glasses. 3. Echinacea	is	used	all	over	the	world	for	different	types	of	illnesses	and
infections.Green	Juice	with	Dates
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	small-sized	anise	bulb

1. 4	handfuls	spinach

1. 4	dates

1. 1	cup	strawberries

Directions

1. Juice	anise	bulb	and	spinach. Transfer	the	mixture	to	a	blender	along	with
dates	and	strawberries. 2. Blend	to	combine. Serve	over	ice	cubes	and	enjoy. 3. This	juice	is	a	very	good	source	of	dietary	fiber,	folate,	copper,	and
phosphorus.Herb	and	Lime	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	large	cucumber

1. 1	lime

1. 1	handful	mint

1. 1	handful	cilantro

1. 2	handfuls	spinach

Directions

1. Juice	the	ingredients	and	serve	it	right	away. 2. This	refreshing	juice	has	high	amounts	of	vitamins	and	minerals.Wheatgrass	and	Arugula	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 2	handfuls	arugula

1. 2	ounces	wheatgrass

1. 2	oranges,	peeled

Directions

1. Press	the	ingredients	in	your	juice	extractor. 2. Serve	over	crushed	ice	if	desired. 3. This	immune-boosting	juice	has	a	lot	of	antioxidant	ingredients. Enjoy!Grape	and	Pear	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 2	pears

1. 1	crown	broccoli

1. 1	cup	green	grapes

1. 2	handfuls	spinach

Directions

1. Juice	the	ingredients	and	serve	it	at	once. 2. Garnish	the	juice	with	frozen	grapes	if	desired. 3. Green	grapes	contain	polyphenols	which	are	the	powerful	antioxidants. Anyhow,	this	amazing	juice	has	many	benefits	for	our	body. For	example,
it	can	help	to	keep	you	hydrated	during	your	hectic	day.Mediterranean	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	beet

1. 2	celery	ribs

1. 1	tomato

1. 1	large	cucumber

1. 1	lemon,	peeled

1. 1	teaspoon	olive	oil

Directions

1. Simply	throw	the	ingredients	into	your	juicer. Juice	the	ingredients	and
transfer	them	to	serving	glasses. 2. Shake	before	serving. 3. Olive	oil	helps	our	body	to	absorb	vitamins	in	the	vegetables.Spicy	Dandelion	Greens	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	bunch	dandelion	greens

1. 1	bulb	radicchio

1. 1	bunch	fresh	cilantro

1. 1	lime

1. A	dash	of	cayenne	pepper

Directions

1. Process	the	ingredients	in	your	juicer	according	to	manufacturer’s
directions. 2. The	juice	strengthens	your	immune	system	and	increases	body’s	fat-
burning. Enjoy!Green	Soy	Coconut	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 2	handfuls	baby	spinach

1. 2	handfuls	of	arugula

1. 2	apples

1. 2	cups	coconut	water

1


the
fluid
structure
of
a
healthy,
strong
organism. We
can
also
use
cold
activated
urine. All
hormones
are
preserved
in
it,
and
in
addition,
biologically
active
substances
are
formed
in
it. The
urine
of
a
child
under
10
is
also
excellent. It
is
saturated
with
the
development
program
that
it
passes
on
to
us. We
thus
stimulate
not
only
the
skin,
but
the
entire
organism. Example:
"For
eight
years,
my
face
was
marred
by
red
pimples. They
didn't
help
me
even
in
famous
hospitals
and
salons. After
massages
with
urine,
the
skin
is
clean. " Example:
"As
a
teenager,
I
suffered
from
various
pimples
and
boils,
I
was
shy
in
front
of
my
friends
and
I
gradually
developed
an
inferiority
complex. I
used
different
creams
but
it
only
made
my
condition
worse. After
the
first
urine
compresses,
even
more
blackheads
broke
out
and
I
stopped
using
the
compresses. But
after
a
week,
the
blackheads
started
to
disappear,
so
I
went
back
to
urine
therapy
again. This
time
I
started
drinking
urine
too. After
two
weeks,
my
face
cleared
up,
it's
free
of
blackheads. " Comment
and
recommendation:
Urinotherapy
is
superior
to
all
expensive
creams
and
will
quickly
improve
the
condition
of
your
skin. It
is
only
necessary
to
change
the
way
of
eating. Pimples
and
other
rash
are
a
symptom
excess
of
starches
and
proteins,
your
blood
is
polluted
with
them
and
these
harmful
substances
and
poisons
come
out
through
the
skin. Various
rashes
and
sores
are
the
first
symptoms
of
the
beginning
of
the
disease
or
more
serious
ones
difficulties
(as
well
as
fatigue). The
combination
of
urinotherapy
and
starvation
leads
to
the
release
of
waste
and
harmful
substances
from
the
body
and
the
encouragement
of
dying
life
forces,
the
human
body
is
generally
renewed. Example
from
Armstrong's
book
"Living
Water"
tells
of
a
sixty-year -old
man
who
was
paralyzed. After
a
stroke,
he
lost
his
memory
and
the
doctors
gave
him
only
a
few
weeks
to
live. Armstrong
prescribed
a
water
and
urine
fast
for
59
days,
and
after
a
two-week
break
with
one
meal
a
day,
another
35
days
of
water
and
urine
only
fasting. (Of
course,
this
can
only
be
practiced
in
a
hospital
or
sanatorium
under
strict
medical
supervision). The
patient's
memory
and
speech
returned
after
only
twenty
days
of
treatment. The
second
part
of
the
treatment
was
completed
when
the
primary
cause
of
the
disease
-
arthritis
-
was
removed. This
patient's
hair
looked
all
gray
and
he
grew
a
thick
mane
during
treatment. In
the
second
part
of
the
hungerstrike,
when
urine
was
rubbed
into
the
skin
of
the
patient's
head,
his
hair
returned
to
its
original
color. By
the
way,
many
have
grown
new
hair
and
regained
their
original
color
after
rubbing
the
standing
(old)
urine. Comment
and
recommendation:
Old
urine
acts
on
hair
bulbs
with
biologically
active
substances
that
are
formed
in
it
in
the
process
of
"dying"
and
also
with
the
"burning"
of
ammonia
that
stimulates
the
skin
heads. Fresh
urine
is
a
phosphorescent
fluid
with
a
yang
character. Old,
stale
urine
breaks
down,
smells,
is
cloudy
and
is
therefore
different. Hair
growth
is
a
yin
process
and
therefore
applying
old
urine
to
the
scalp
acts
as
a
stimulator. Head
massage
and
poultices
from
it
must
be
done
in
the
first
and
third
phase
of
the
Moon,
when
the
organism
is
it
pulls
and
pulls
everything
in. In
case
of
hair
loss,
the
intake
of
urine
internally
and
externally
(on
the
scalp)
makes
the
hair
shiny,
strong
and
dandruf f
free. Urine
can
be
supplemented
with
rapeseed
oil
during
massages
and
compresses. Example:
"My
mother
suffered
from
eczema
for
fifteen
years. An
old
woman
saw
her
damaged
hands
and
advised
her
to
wash
them
with
urine. After
a
month
of
constantly
rubbing
the
skin
with
urine,
the
eczema
disappeared.'Comment
and
recommendation:
You
had
to
wash
your
hands
with
urine
collected
between
3
am
and
3
pm. A
woman
should
also
change
the
diet
that
was
the
cause
of
eczema,
otherwise
the
disease
can
return
at
any
time. The
author
disinfects
his
face
after
shaving
with
his
own
urine. There
is
no
better
remedy. After
thorough
cleansing
of
the
body
from
harmful
substances
and
poisons
and
after
changing
the
diet,
evaporated
urine
really
smells
like
high-quality
cologne. Urinotherapy
and
rejuvenation
of
the
organism
Many
people,
including
the
author,
use
this
method
simply
to
increase
their
vitality
and
strengthen
their
immunity,
and
very
successfully. Further
information
is
intended
for
those
who
want
to
push
the
age
limit
and
feel
much
younger. -
"How
old
would
you
guess
I
am. " the
farmer
asked
a
passer -by. -
"About
fifty. " -
"I'm
almost
90,"
said
the
farmer
with
satisfaction. "And
that,
with
apologies,
thanks
to
the
urine. " That
farmer
was
John
Armstrong. Example:
"Evaporated
urine
works
great
for
compresses
on
the
feet. I
am
63
years
old,
I
work
a
lot
at
the
cottage
and
at
the
same
time
I
have
a
lot
of
energy
and
lightness
in
my
legs. I
had
a
toothache
for
three
days
and
my
face
began
to
swell. A
quarter
urine
poultice
removed
both
the
swelling
and
the
pain.'Example:
"I
am
64
years
old. I
started
practicing
urinotherapy
on
your
advice. First,
I
gargled
urine,
washed
my
face
and
hair
with
it
in
the
morning. For
2


, 118
biological functions influenced by, 39
chronic obstructions, prevalence of, 5 –6
cilia, 45
deviated septum, 118
erectile tissue in, 40 –41
evolution and, 15
functions of, 39
historical recognition of healing powers of, 45 –48
laryngectomies, ef fect of, 51
mouth width and impeded development of nasal cavities, 6
mucous membrane, 44 –45
nasal valve collapse, 118
procedures for remedying obstructed breathing, 117 –20
rhythmic pattern of opening and closing of nostrils (nasal cycles), 39 –42
smell and, 38 –39
sur geries and, 118 –20
turbinates, 44 –45, 118 –19volume of air in single breath, 44
See also  nasal breathing
Nose Songs technique, 223
N-perpendicular, 11, 12
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration  (Price), 115
obesity, 85
obsessive-compulsive disorders, 177
Olsson, Anders, 7 –9, 17, 19 –21, 29, 43, 44, 52, 69 –72, 79 –81, 87 –88, 105 –6, 157, 179 –80, 212 –13
Olympic runners, Stough’ s work with, 66
Olympic swim team, Counsilman’ s training of, 95 –96
Om Mani Padme Hum, 82
optimum breathing rate, 82 –83, 84, 104, 212
oral devices, to stimulate chewing, 225
oral posture, 127 –28
oral steroids, 99
or enda, 188
orthodontics
Biobloc, 127
expansive devices, 123, 127, 132, 226
Homeoblock, 132
monoblocs, 123
retractive orthodontics, 124 –25
orthopedic breathing, 57 –58
overbreathing, 85 –86, 142 –43. See also  Breathing+ techniques
overeating, 85
oxygen, 9 –10
color of blood and, 74
delivery system, 73 –74
electron exchange, and evolution, 193
levels, and mouthbreathing, 29
levels, and slow breathing, 80 –82
overbreathing or breathing pure oxygen, inef fectiveness of, 76 –78
supplemental oxygen, ef fects of, 77 n
tissue health and, 193 –94
Oxygen Advantage, The  (McKeown), 224
Packman, Ira, 102, 103
palatal expansion, 226
panic disorders, 177 –78
Papworth method, 101
parasympathetic nervous system
breathing and, 144
left nostril breathing and, 41 –42
sexual arousal and, 145 n
Paris catacombs, 108 –10, 112 –13
Pavia tests, 82 –83, 84
perfect breath, 82 –83, 84, 104, 212
Pinheiro, Heduan, 194, 200 –201
pituitary gland, 29 –30
Plains Indians, 46 –48pneuma, 188
pneumonia, 63
Por ges, Stephen, 148, 149, 150
prana, 187 –88
in ancient traditions, 188
and earliest yoga, 188
Szent-Györ gyi’ s explanation of ener gy of electrons, 191 –94
pranayama techniques, 199 –201, 210
jiya pranayama, 200
nadi shodhana, 42, 219 –20
surya bheda pranayama, 43
yogic breathing, 228 –29
prayer, 82 –83, 84
prefrontal cortex
mouthbreathing and, 30 –31
right nostril breathing and, 41
Preventive Oral Device (POD), 225
Price, W eston, 113 –16
protons, 192
psoriasis, 174
pulmonology, xviii –xix
Purifying Breath, 199
qigong, 188
Rama, Swami, 188 –91
red blood cells, 73 –74
resonant breathing, 83 –84, 221
respiratory acidosis, 140
respiratory rates
Henderson’ s dog experiments, 76 –78
normal, considered medically, 85 –86
optimum, 82 –83, 84, 104, 212
retractive orthodontics, 124 –25
Richards-Ross, Sanya, 96 n, 100
right nostril breathing, 41
Robin, Pierre, 123, 132
rosary, 82 –83, 84
ruah,  188
Runner ’ s W orld, 94
sa ta na ma  chant, 82
Sanborn, David, 68
schizophrenia, and left nostril breathing, 42
Schroth, Katharina, 56 –58
scoliosis, 56 –57
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), 176
sexual arousal, 145 n
shallow breathing, 64
Shankar, Sri Sri Ravi, 198 –99
Shiva Swar odaya, 40sildenafil (V iagra), 50
Simonetti, Scott, 225
skull development research, 10 –13
sleep apnea, 17, 128, 172
breastfeeding and, 132
CP APs and, 122
health ef fects of, 30
mouth taping and, 52
mouthbreathing and, 28, 49 –50
obstructions in mouth and, 120
percentage of population exhibiting, 32
Sloan, Rick, 66
slow breathing, 69 –84
anatomy of breathing and, 73 –74
author ’ s experiment with Olsson and, 79 –82
carbon dioxide–oxygen balance and, 72 –78
Gerbar g and Brown’ s resonant breathing and, 83 –84, 221
oxygen levels and, 80 –82
Pavia tests and, 82 –83, 84
prayer and, 82 –83, 84
Small, Maurice J., 60
smell, 38 –39
snoring, 16
breastfeeding and, 132
health ef fects of, 30
mouth taping and, 52
mouthbreathing and, 28, 49 –50
obstructions in mouth and, 120
percentage of population exhibiting, 32
speech, 15
Spire, 213
SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), 176
Stanford experiment with author and Olsson, 3 –9, 16 –18, 19 –23, 28 –29, 37 –38, 79 –82, 87 –89, 105 –
7, 139, 206 –8
stem cells, 131, 132
Storey, Don, 204
Stough, Carl, 209
athletes, work with, 65 –66, 209
emphysema patients, work with, 59 –64
video of methods of, 67 –68
stress, vagal system response to, 148 –50
stretches
Five T ibetan Rites, 53 –54
lung capacity, expanding, 53
Sudarshan Kriya, 198 –200, 210, 227 –30
author ’ s practice of, xiv –xvi
box breathing, 229
breathhold walking, 229 –30
4-7-8 breathing, 230
phases of, 227 –28prana  and, 199 –200
Purifying Breath, 199
yogic breathing, 228 –29
surya bheda pranayama, 43
sutures, 131
sympathetic nervous system
breathing and, 144 –45
right nostril breathing and, 41
sympathetic nervous system overload, 140
Szent-Györ gyi, Albert, 191 –94, 205
T ao, xvii, xviii, 31
teeth
crooked. See  crooked teeth
extractions, 123 –25
tetany, 162
thermal baths, 174
thoracic pump, 61
throat, 73
T ibetan monks, and T ummo, 146, 151
tongue, 15, 121
tongue-thrusting exercises, 129
tonsils, 122
tracheal carina, 73
transdermal carbon dioxide therapy, 174 n
T ummo (Inner Fire Meditation), 145 –48, 150 –58, 186, 210, 226 –27
turbinates,


, label and freeze for
up to 6 months.Fr eezing Cranberries
The eas iest way to freeze fresh cranberries is in their original, unopened
bag. If you happen to live near a cranberry farm and can get them in bulk,
wash (see Cranberries ), pa t dr y and freeze in 2- or 4-cup (500 mL or 1 L)
amounts in resealable freezer bags. P e a r s
See also W inter Pears. ORIGINA TING IN WESTERN ASIA  and known to the ancient Greeks
and Ro mans—Homer mentions them in his Odyssey —pears (Pyrus
communis)  have been culti vated in the Med iterranean region for over 3,000
years. Good Pr eserving V arieties
Our juicy, butter -textured, fragrant varieties are hybrids that were developed
around the middle of the 18th century. Firm varieties that are sweet and
richly flavoured  are best for preserving. Some varieties, such as Red and
Green Anjou, Bosc and Comice are in the winter section. Bartlett:  Clear yellow skin is a sign of r ipeness (it turns from bright gre en
to golden yellow); white, cream y, juicy flesh that cooks down easily; sweet;
often used for preserves because it keeps its flavour after heating; August to
February. Red Bartlett:  Similar to the yellow-skinned Bartlett except that the skin
turns bright red when ripe; smooth, sweet and juicy flesh makes a beautiful
jelly; August to January. Concorde:  L ong, slender variety that is a Comice/Confer ence  cross;
dense, firm-textured flesh; full-flavoured and juicy; like Comice,  it is a
good variety for preserves; September to February. Seckel:  Small size; olive green with maroon blush; crunchy, firm flesh and
ultra-sweet flavour; holds it shape very well in canning, preserves, pickles
and poaching; September to February.Pur chasing/Storing
• 1 lb (500 g) yields 2 cups (500 mL) sliced pears. • Y ou will need about 1-1/2 lb (750 g) for each quart (1 L) jar. Look for smooth, wrinkle-free skin, free of blemishes. Ripe pe ars are firm
but give  a little when pressed ge ntly at the stem end. Ripe pears are sweet,
buttery, tender and filled with juice. Use just-ripe pears in preserves. T o
ripen pears at home, place them in a paper bag and store in a dry area at
room temperature for 2 to 3 days. Do not store near apples, w hich emit a
natural gas that speeds up their ripening. Preserve pears as soon as possible
after harvest or, if you must, store ripe pears in the crisper dr awer of the
refrigerator. Good W ith
• Spicy herbs such as basil, bay, thyme, chervil, tarragon, rosemary, sage. • Sweet seasonings such as cinnamon, licorice, cloves, nutmeg, vanilla. • Creamy cheeses such as Camembert, Danish blue, gor gonzola. • Other fruit, such as raspberries, apples, apricots, stone fruit. • T oasted pecans, almonds and walnuts; raisins; chocolate. • Chicken, pork, veal. Pr eparation
W ash pears in a sink full of coo l water to which a drop of foo d-safe soap
has been added. Rinse well and pat dry. For preserving, pears are cored and,
most oft en, peel ed. Cut in half lengthwise and remove core us ing a melon
baller or metal measuring spoon. T o prevent discolouration, acidulate: Immerse peeled pears in water with
vitamin C made by mixing 1 tsp (5 mL) crystalline ascorbic acid or six 500
mg vitamin C tablets in 1 gallon (4 L) cool water. Canning Pears
See detailed canning information, Methods.1. Pr epar e Equipment:  W ash and heat pint (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L)
jars, and  scald the lids, funnel, la dle and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step
by Step ). 2. Make a Light Syrup:  In a la r ge sauc epan, combine 1 cup (250 mL)
granulated sugar  with 4 cups (1 L mL) water; stir until dissolved. Bring to a
gentle b oil over  high heat. Mak es 4–1/2 cups (1.125 L) syrup,  enough for
three or four 1-quart (1 L) jars of sliced pears. Note:  Y ou  can use the same amount of apple juice or white grape juice in
place of the light syrup. 3. Pack sliced pears into jars hot. Make a Hot Pack:  Add acidulated  pear slices or halves to gently boiling
syrup or  juice and boil for a minute. Fill hot jars with hot fruit and syrup,
leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. Run a thin non-metallic utensil around
the inside of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more hot fruit or syrup, if
necessary, to leave a 1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. W ipe sealing edge of jars
with a clean, dam p, lint-free cloth. Position flat lids over the top s of jars and
hand-tighten screw bands. 4. P r ocess pears in a canner:  B oiling W ater C anner accordin g to the chart
below. OR
Process pears in a Pressure Can ner following manufacturer ’ s directions for
steam pressure and time at your altitude.5. Cool, Label and Stor e:  L ift jars from c anner and place on a clean towel
or rack. Do not re-tighten screw bands. Let the jars cool to room
temperature. This may take from 12 to 24 hours. Remove and store screw
bands. Check lid seals ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by  Step ). W ipe and
label sealed jars. Store in a cool, dark place. v a n i l l a  p e a r s  i n  o r a n g e  w i n e  s y r u p
Whole pears ar e suspended in  a sweet vanilla-tinged orange and wine
syrup fo r easy, elegant poached  pear desserts later in the year. Use a dry,
light white wine—Chablis, Pinot Blanc, Char donnay—for the syrup or
r educe the amount of sugar if using a sweet wine. Once I have used the
pears, I save the leftover pear and wine-flavour ed syrup to use as simple
syrup in cocktails or as a glaze for cut fr esh fruit. In the photograph, I used whole, unpeeled Bosc pears; however, Concor d or
Seckel also work well in this r ecipe. MAKES 24 PEARS IN SYRUP
24 small to medium just-ripe pears
4 cups (1 L) white wine (see above)
2 tbsp (25 mL) grated orange rind
2 cups (500 mL) fr eshly squeezed orange juice
2 cups (500 mL) granulated sugar
1 cup (250 mL) packed br own sugar
1 vanilla bean, cut into 4 pieces
4 sprigs fr esh tarragon

1. W ash pears. Peel, if desired, leaving the core and stem intact. Immerse in
ascorbic acid water (see Pears ) if peeled. Set aside.2. In  a Maslin pan or heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine wine, orange rind
and juic e, granu lated sugar and brown sugar. Bring to a gentle boil over
high hea t, stirring occasionally Reduce heat, add vanilla pieces and gently
boil for 5 minute s. Using tongs o r a slotted spoon, ease pears gently into the
syrup. C over and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, gently rolling p ears over a
couple o f times. Pears should n ot be soft but should show some resistance
when pierced with the tip of a knife. Remove saucepan from the heat and let
cool. 3. Pack 6 pears,  1 piece of vanilla bean and 1 tarragon sprig in to a freezer
bag and cover w ith about 1 cup (250 mL) syrup. Squeeze out air. Seal, label
and place on a baking sheet so that pears remain in single layer in the bag. Repeat for remaining pears, arranging 2 bags side by side on each baking
sheet, and freeze. Remove from baking sheets once frozen hard. Use: Th aw and place syrup in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-
high he at. Reduce heat and ge ntly boil until thick and slightly reduced,
about 7  minutes. Add pears a nd warm through. Remove vanilla bean. Serve as a poached pear desser t with a tray of assorted cheeses. Or spoon
over sponge


, her community and her culture on an
equal footing with the men in this world. In this sort of family there is no subtle manipulation via guilt or
threats to keep the children dependent and responsible to the parents. As the children mature, the parents don’t want their kids to visit
them out of obligation. Besides, the parents are too busy being effect-
ive in their own way to be sitting around waiting for children and
grandchildren to show up and give them a reason for living. Parents
like these don’t believe that they should spare their own children
all of the hardships that they suffered because they recognize that
the very act of working at a hardship is what gave them their own
self-confidence and self-194 / Your Erroneous Zonesesteem. They wouldn’t want to rob their children of such precious
experiences. These parents perceive the desire of their children to struggle for
themselves, with the assistance but not overbearance of a caring
parent, as healthy and not to be denied. Hesse’s Demian talks about
the variety of paths to independence. Sooner or later each of us must take the step that separates him
from his father, from his mentors; each of us must have some
cruelly lonely experience…I myself had not parted from my
parents and their world, the “luminous” world in a violent
struggle, but had gradually and almost imperceptibly become
estranged. I was sad that it had to be this way, and it made for
many unpleasant hours*
You can have all visits back home be fond experiences, if you get
a firm handle on your own struggle for independence from your
parents. And if you model self-pride and self-worth for your chil-
dren, they will in turn leave the nest with an absence of stress and
turmoil for all concerned. Dorothy Canfield Fisher summed it up perfectly in Her Son’s Wife:
A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make
leaning unnecessary. So be it. You can make nest-leaving a natural event, or one which
is loaded with trauma and which will haunt the child and the rela-
tionship forever. But you were also a child at one time, and if you
learned the psychological dependency routine well, then perhaps
when you married you substituted one dependent relationship for
another. *Hermann Hesse, Demian  (New York: Bantam Books, 1974), p. 104.DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE  / 195Psychological Dependence and Marriage Crisis
You may have resolved your dependency on your parents, and
perhaps your relationship with your own children is under control
as well. Perhaps you recognize your children’s need for independ-
ence and are encouraging it. But you may still have a dependency
problem in your life. If you’re one of those people who left one de-
pendent relationship with your parents and entered into another
when you married, then you have an erroneous zone that needs
work. Louis Anspacher wrote about marriage in America—
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which
the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the
obligation reciprocal. There they are, the two ugly words, dependence and obligation,
which account for the state of marriage and rate of divorce in our
country. The simple fact is that most folks just don’t like marriage,
and while they may endure it, or get out of it, the psychological
casualties persist. A relationship based on love, as was said earlier, is one in which
each partner allows the other to be what he chooses, with no expect-
ations and no demands. It is a simple association of two people who
love each other so much that each would never expect the other to
be something that he wouldn’t choose for himself. It is a union based
on independence, rather than dependence. But this sort of relation-
ship is so rare in our culture that it is almost mythological. Imagine
a union with the one you love, in which each of you can be whatever
you desire. Now consider the reality of most relationships. How
does that grisly dependency sneak in and muck up the works?196 / Your Erroneous ZonesA Typical Marriage
The thread that winds through most marriages is one of dominance
and submission. While the roles may shift regularly, different for
various marital situations, the thread is nevertheless present. One
partner dominates the other as a condition of the alliance. A case
history of a typical marriage and its psychological crisis points goes
something like that of our fictional couple below. At the time of marriage, the husband is twenty-three and his wife
is twenty. He has slightly more education, and has secured the
money-earning prestige position, while the woman works as a sec-
retary, clerk, or perhaps in a profession dominated by women such
as teacher or nurse. The woman’s job is a filler, until she can become
a mother. After four years of marriage, there are two or three chil-
dren, and the woman is serving as a wife and mother in the home. Her role is that of taking care of the house, her children and her
husband. From a job standpoint, her position is that of a domestic,
and psychologically she is in a submissive position. The man’s work
is given more significance, largely because he brings in money to
support the family. His successes become his wife’s successes, and
his social contacts become their friends. He is given more status in
the home, and the woman’s role is often one of making his life as
comfortable as she can. The woman spends the greater part of her
day interacting with children or she talks with neighborhood women
who are in the same psychological snare. When her husband has a
crisis on the job, it becomes her crisis, and generally speaking, any
objective observer would see that there is a dominant and a sub-
missive member in this arrangement. The woman has accepted and
perhaps sought out this kind of relationship, because it is all she has
ever known. Her marriage is modeled on that of her parents and
others she saw as she grew up. And more often than not, her depend-
ence on her husband merely replaced her dependence on her parents. The man similarly soughtDECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE  / 197out a woman who was soft spoken, gentle, and who would reinforce
the fact that he was the breadwinner and headwinner in all interac-
tions. Thus, both people got what they were looking for, and what
they had seen all of their own lives in terms of how a marriage oper-
ates. After several years of marriage, perhaps four to seven years, a
crisis begins to erupt. The submissive partner begins to feel trapped,
unimportant and dissatisfied because she is not making a significant
contribution. The man encourages his wife to be more her own
person, to be more assertive, and to take charge of her life and stop
feeling sorry for herself. These are the first messages that conflict
with what he wanted when he got married. “If you want to work,
why don’t you look for a job?” or “Go back to school.” He encourages
her to seek new outlets, to stop being so namby-pamby. In short, to
be something different than what he married, which was submissive
and domestic. The woman, until now, has always felt that any un-
happiness in her husband was her fault. “Where did I go wrong?”
If he’s unhappy or frustrated, she feels that she has been inadequate,
or that she must not be as attractive as she used to be. The submissive
partner resorts to her own subservient mind-set, and assesses all
male problems as being lodged in her own self. At this time in the marriage the man is very much occupied with
job promotions, social contacts and professional striving. He is on
his way up, and a sniveling wife is something he cannot tolerate. Because of his many opportunities to deal with a great number of
different people (something denied to his submissive partner) he is
changing. He has become even more self-assertive, demanding and
intolerant of weaknesses in others, including his family, Thus, his
admonitions to “get yourself together” to his submissive wife. This
is also a time when the husband may look for sexual outlets outside
the marriage. He has many opportunities and he seeks the compan-
ionship of more exciting women. Sometimes the submissive partner
begins some experimentation of her own. She may take on a volun-
teer job,198 / Your Erroneous Zonesenroll in school, seek therapy, have an affair of her own, most  of
which is enthusiastically supported by the husband. Perhaps the submissive partner will begin to gain new insights
into her behavior. She sees her subservience as something that she
has chosen all her life, not just in her marriage. Her approval-seeking
behavior has now been challenged, and she begins to put herself on
the road to greater self-responsibility by eliminating all dependency
in her world, including that of her parents, her husband, her friends,
and even her children. She begins to gain self-confidence. She may
take on a job, and begin to make new friends. She begins to stand
up to her dominant husband, and stops taking all of the abuse that
has been her lot since the marriage began. She demands equality,
no longer satisfied to wait any longer for it to be granted to her. She
simply takes it. She insists on a sharing of domestic chores, including
care of the children. This new independence and the shift