 pilots falling asleep while flying. In 2013, the
British Airline Pilots’ Associat ion reported that more than half of pilots
have fallen aslee p when in charge of a plane, with 29% reporting that they
had woken up to find their copilot asleep as well.44
Other risk factor s are associated with OSA, not least being the danger of
sudden death. A 2015 study found that patients with OSA are more likely to
die during the night than people without the disorder. Scientists observed
112 adults over a period of 16 years. Sudden cardiac death (SCD), a
condition in which the patient suffers a fatal loss of heart function, was
recorded in 46% of OSA patien ts, compared with 21% of people without
OSA.45 OSA more than doubled the risk of SCD. The severity of sleepapnea was found  to relate directl y to the relative likelihood of SCD between
midnight and 6 a.m. When the results were evaluated in terms of sleep-
wake cycles, researchers found that 54% of OSA patients died while asleep,
compared with only 24% of non-OSA sufferers.45 In this study, the severity
and duration of apneas was linked with an increased incidence of high
blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms45. While the factors leading to
increased risk of sudden cardiac death in sleep apnea are unclear, the
scientists concluded that,
apnea, hypoxemia, and hypercapnia act syner gistically to elicit
sympathetic activation, which is thought to be a major mechanism
underlying elevated risk of adverse cardiovascular consequences
and mortality. Vagal response s to apnea are also critical in triggering cardiac
arrhythmias.45
In a 2019 study  published in the American Journal of Respiratory and
Critical Care Medicine,  researc hers discovered an inverse relationship
between the duration of apneic events and overall risk of mortality in sleep
apnea.46 That study indicated that the people who are most at risk are not
those with severe sleep apnea or those who stop breathing for a minute or
more. Instead, they are the light sleepers who awake easily by slight
abnormalities in their breathing,  when CO2 levels rise or negative pressure
in the airways increases.46 The constant interruptions to sleep are quite
literally killing those people. That paper shows the importance of good
quality deep sleep with few if any awakenings. In the case of prolonged apneas, research from 2007 demonstrates that
the increased levels of CO2 may actually contribute to improved oxygen
uptake and delivery through mechanisms including vasodilation, actually
protecting the brain against injur y caused by lack of oxygen (hypoxia). This
paper concludes that the hypercapnia (high blood CO2), which occurs
during apneas, might be the body’ s way of adapting to severe, chronic,
intermittent sleep hypoxia.47
During snoring and sleep apnea, the sleeper may not even be conscious
of the noise created by their breathing. It is usually their sleep ing partnerwho lies awake,  sometimes too fearful or exasperated to sleep. After some
time, and often with a little persistence from their partner, the suf ferer might
attend a sleep clinic. Here, the doctor or nurse will normally begin the
consultation by requesting the completion of a questionnaire  called the
Epworth Sleepiness Scale. If the scale is positive, a referra l for a sleep study
is likely. While the Epworth Sleepiness Scale  is a validated questionnaire used by
many sleep centers, I have observed that it does not capture everyone
presenting with OSA. The probl em with a questionnaire such as this is that
some people are unaware of just how exhausted they are. Not everyone who
suffers from a sleep disorder experiences or recognizes symptoms of
tiredness—25% of patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea have
neither subjective nor objective sleepiness.39 Also, up to 50% of people
with OSA are not obese. These people are falling between the cracks of
sleep medicine. The test for OSA is overnight polysomnography in a sleep center. Polysomnography involves monitoring both sleep and respiration, with the
primary measur e being the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of
sleep. An apnea is categorized  as a total collapse of the upper airway,
during which the patient completely ceases to breathe for 10 seconds or
more. A hypopn ea is a partial collapse of the upper airway that causes a
reduction in the amount of air taken into the lungs lasting for 10 seconds,
with a correspo nding decrease in blood oxygen of 3% or more, or EEG
arousal. The number of apneas and hypopneas during the sleep test are
added up and divided by the number of hours spent sleeping. The severity
of sleep apnea in adults is then defined by the following scale:
• Mild sleep apnea: 5 to 15 respiratory events per hour
• Moderate sleep apnea: 15 to 30 respiratory events per hour
• Severe sleep apnea: more than 30 respiratory events per hour
While the apnea hypopnea index  (AHI) is the measurement of choice
for most sleep clinics, it is not without its limitations and should, at best, be
considered a crude and imprecise measure of OSA.48 Apneas and
hypopneas have  fundamentally different effects on the individual, but the
index does not differentiate between the two. It could be argued that anapnea, which involves comple te collapse of the upper airway, is more
severe in its physiological impact than a hypopnea, which involves only
partial collapse.48 Furthermore, a hypopnea with a 4% drop in blood
oxygen saturatio n is less severe than one that causes an 8% to 10% drop,
but the index does not take this into account either. Apneas and hypopneas
can occur evenly throughout the night or cluster during one period of sleep. If the sufferer experiences several events in a short period of time, it might
still be possible to also manage 4 or 5 hours of decent quality sleep. This is
a very different experience than that of the individual who experiences
symptoms throughout the night, resulting in few, if any, hours of quality
sleep. Finally, the AHI correlates poorly with the key causes and
consequences of the disease.49,50
Traditional treatment of OSA normally focuses on the use of a CPAP
machine (continuous positive airway pressure)—a device that splints the
airway open at night. Newer procedures involve widening the airways,
either with the use of oral appliances or by bringing the lower jaw forward
with surgery—a procedure calle d mandibular advancement. More recently,
hypoglossal nerve stimulation has been introduced as a furth er surgical
option since the approval of the Inspire® hypoglossal nerve stimulator
implant by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).51 The implant,
which triggers the tongue to contract, stopping it from falling back into the
airway, has been found to be effective in reducing the symptoms of sleep
apnea.52 A study of 27 participants found that preoperative AHI fell from
an average of 46 down to 4.6 after sur gery.53
While these interventions are relatively successful, it is still important to
address the breathing patterns that underlie the condition. Over the years, I
have seen many  individuals reduce their AHI to near normal levels simply
by applying the breathing exerc ises in this book, practicing nasal breathing
day and night, maintaining a correct resting tongue position, and addressing
their inef fective breathing habits. Research from 2006 demonstrated that mouth breathing is a strong
determinant of OSA in people with no nasal obstruction.54 People with
sleep apnea spend more time breathing orally and oronasally than people
who snore. A strong relationship exists between the AHI (which indicates
the severity of sleep apnea) and time spent breathing fully or partiallythrough an open mouth. This was confirmed in a 2020 paper published in
Laryngoscope  in which worse OSA and greater oxygen desaturation was
associated with mouth breathing than with nasal or oronasal breathing.55
SECRETS OF A HEAL THY AIR WAY
The habit of breathing continuously and solely through the nose during
sleep comes with many positive consequences. These include maintaining a
moist upper airway, harnessing  nasal nitric oxide, creating more stable
breathing pattern s (see “Phenotypes of Sleep Apnea” in bonus Chapter 18
online at www.HumanixBooks.com/ The Breathing Cure), using the
diaphragm, and helping keep the tongue out of the throat. All of these
benefits have the added effect of improving and preventing the symptoms
of sleep  apnea. Conversely, mouth breathing can be a trigger and
perpetuating factor in OSA as it increases negative suction pressure and
dries out the nose, mouth, and throat. The loss of moisture inherent in
mouth breathing causes inflamm ation in the airways, which, in turn, causes
nasal obstruction, encouraging mouth breathing, and so the cycle continues. The gas nitric oxide (NO) is produced in significant quantities in the
nose and in the paranasal sinuses.56 (The importance of this was discussed
in detail in


disorders33 in his book The Border-land of Epilepsy. In particular, he
identified hyperventilation as a contributing factor. 87
One 2019 study describes comorbidities that frequently occur alongside
vestibular migraine88—migraine in which disruptions to balance, such as
vertigo, are present. Many of the study participants reported feelings of
anxiety, depression, and insomnia following the onset of vestibular
symptoms. Changes in function  affecting the senses, pain perception, and
muscle strength  were diagnosed, and some of the patients experienced
phobic disorders, including claustrophobia and agoraphobia prior to
symptoms occurring. In 42. 7% of participants, abnormal eye movements
were observed. This ocular disturbance is called nystagmus, and it causes
the eyes to make  uncontrolled, repetitive movements that can affect balance
and coordination  and impair vision. In the study, nystagmus was induced by
hyperventilation in 22. 5% of the patients. 88
Connecting the eyes with breathing is not without precedent. In his
1942 book The Art of Seeing, Aldous Huxley wrote, “There  is a regular
correlation betw een attentive looking and quite unnecess ary, indeed
positively harmful, interference with breathing. ”89 He went on to explain
that any improvement in the quality of circulation is immediately reflected
in better vision. Huxley, who had problems with his eyesight for his whole
life, tells how he saved himself from blindness when doctors had failed to
help. He connects quality of sight with better circulation and correct
breathing. Since  the entire body  suffers when we fail to breathe correctly, it
makes sense that the eyes would also be affected. 90 In fact, in extremecases, breathing-related visual loss can be caused by retinal hemorrhage, for
instance, in patients with asthma who experience a sudden rise in intra-
abdominal or intra-thoracic pressure due to exacerbations. 91
Ultimately, Fried asks the primary question, “Why do some people get
seizures when others do not. ” He maintains that epilepsy is not the result of
disease of the nervous system and that seizures are, like migraines, due to
arterial blood vessel spasms rather than a “massive dischar ge of neurons in
the brain. ” He suggests that the electrical dischar ge seen in seizures is the
result of the seizure, not its cause. 33 He confirms from his own resea rch that
hyperventilation precedes seizure and describes a method for biofeedback-
assisted breathi ng reeducation to reduce the frequency and severity of
seizures in patients who do not respond to anticonvulsant drugs. 30
SEIZING CONTROL OF SEIZURES WITH BREA TH
RETRAINING
The many links between CO2 and epilepsy—the influence of CO2 on the
electrical activity in the brain, the abnormal fluctuation in CO2 levels that
precedes grand mal seizures, and the abnormal levels of blood CO2 in
patients with petit mal and grand mal seizures—indicate that the gas plays a
significant role in triggering epileptic seizures30. While research into the
potentially thera peutic effects of breathing exercises is limited, some papers
do explore slow diaphragmatic and nasal breathing. A 1990 study looked at the impact of diaphragm breathing training on
seizure frequency. 30 Subjects were taught diaphragm breathing techniques
by an instructor who worked with each person, instructing him or her on the
correct moveme nts of the chest and abdomen. Where necessary, the tutor
used practical methods including  a book positioned on the abdomen to help
the subject achieve the correct movement. During the breath training,
participants were asked to practice a specific respiratory pattern that
resulted in an end-tidal CO2 reading of 5%. The breathing rate used to
produce this pattern was around 12 to 14 breaths per minute, approximately
the same as normal respiration. The study focused on two facto rs, chronic hyperventilation and seizure
activity. The researchers report ed that, in every case, patients presenting
with idiopathic epilepsy also demonstrated moderate or severe chronic
hyperventilation. The control group contained several participants who had
moderate to severe hyperventilation but did not experience seizures. 30
The results of this study produced considerable evidence to support the
theory that end-tidal CO2 biofeedback is “essential in the therapeutic
correction of abnormal respiration. ” Scientists reported that it was not
enough to adjust the rate of respiration. 30 Both statements are consistent
with the exercises in this book. The BOL T score provides a simple way to
get biofeedback about CO2 sensitiv ity, while the exercises teach reduced
breathing volume as well as a slower respiratory rate. In previous pilot studies, the same researchers discovered that patients
only became aware of their need to breathe from the diaphragm  once they
could see the difference in end-tidal CO2 compa red with chest
breathing. 92,93 The “knowledge of results” presented by end-tidal CO2
biofeedback is believed to play a vital role in the lasting benef its of breath
training. In a similar way, the BOL T score can be used as a measure of
progress when practicing breathing exercises. In the 1990 study, the breath training procedure caused significant
improvements to habitual breathing patterns. 30 In particular, participants
showed notable reductions in respiratory rate, which researchers explained
was due to the moderating effect of diaphragmatic breathing. EEG readings
were also interesting, normaliz ing, as a result of the breath training, in
participants with epilepsy. It was believed that the changes in EEG could be
due to greater blood flow and metabolism in the brain. Improved cerebral
circulation would be an expected result of reducing respiratory alkalosis,
which negative ly affects oxygen delivery to the brain. Conversely, a
combination of low CO2 and the ensuing alkalosis would be likely to
further inhibit oxygenation of the brain. Abnormal EEG  readings in people with moderate to severe chronic
hyperventilation are consistent with the practice of using voluntary
hyperventilation to induce epileptic seizures in EEG examinations. Remember, EEG  readings record the electrical signals in the brain, so they
will pick up any spike and wave  dischar ges or misfiring messages. Atypicalreadings are also common in migraine and are associated with hypoxia
(lack of blood oxygen) and the narrowing of the blood vessels in the brain. In the 1990 study, respiration training to correct overbreathing led to a
significant reduction in seizure activity in patients resistant to
anticonvulsant medications. 30 The number of participants was too small to
accurately concl ude which variables predicted the reduction in seizures, and
none of the patients was seizure-free after the seven-month trial, but those
who experienced grand mal seizures had none during the trainin g period. In
all partic ipants, the frequency and severity of seizures, as well as the type of
seizure, was considerably modified by the breath training. The researchers
suggest that the stress-reducing effects of diaphragm breathing were also a
key factor in reducing seizures. The study findings indicate that at least some forms of epilepsy go
hand-in-hand with a considerable imbalance of the autonomic nervous
system. 30 Whatever causes chronic hyperventilation, the result is a
narrowing of the blood vessels  in the brain, leading to poor brain blood
flow and metabolism, and predisposing susceptible people to seizures. Disrupting the blood acid-base balance inhibits oxygen delivery to the brain
and interrupts the reflexive relationship between the heart and the lungs. Diaphragm breathing exercises to correct hyperventilation can reduce
seizures by raising the seizure threshold. One suggestion made in several  earlier studies is that the link between
overbreathing and seizure activity may actually be airflow stimulating the
nasal mucosa. 94 Researc h has reported that when air is blown into the nasal
cavity, it triggers epileptic areas of the brain. 95 Also, in some  types of
epilepsy, nasal hyperventilation has been found more likely  than oral
hyperventilation to induce epileptic EEG activity. On a day-to-day basis, we spon taneously alternate our breathing from
one nostril to the other. Certain yogic breathing practices explore this,
focusing the breath in one nostr il at a time, a technique that scientists call
unilateral nostril breathing. Interestingly, studies have found that unilateral
nostril breathin g has a greater impact on the same-side brain
hemisphere. 94,95 Right nostril breathing produces abnormalities in the right
side of the brain, and left nostril breathing affects the left side of the brain. It is unclear what causes this phenomenon, but researchers suggest that areflex involving stimulation of the olfactory nerve by nasal airflow is
involved. 94,96
These ideas are expanded in 2016 research. Based on the same  ancient
yoga breathing technique of single nostril breathing, new evidence suggests
that altering nasal airflow between the nostrils can influence brain
activity. 97 Researchers observed that when nasal breathing was through
only one nostril, cognitive function improved. This method has also been
shown to trigger seizure activity in epileptic patients. The paper
hypothesizes that rather than vasoconstriction being solely responsible for
seiz


. She carried his vision and
made space for his brilliance. There is no such word for the
correlative male position, although husband  would be nice. Who is to hold the space for a woman’s greatness? In many
heterosexual relationships, a man is threatened by a woman’s
greatness, nding a variety of ways to make her question her own
beauty and strength. A secur e man is not threatened by a woman’s
intellectual or emotional power but celebrates the opportunity for
joyful partnership that it oers him. The conscious question is
whether a relationship can handle two stars. We must relinquish the paradigm of men as power with women as
support and instead embrace the image of both men and women as
powers, with each supporti ng the other. Any man who holds a
woman back is not a man a woman can aord to be with. A woman
has a mighty and sacred task to perform on earth. She will not be
able to fulll her function if she remains with a man who derides
her glory. Women are not powerless. We just pretend we are. We do this in
large part because we are afraid of the punishment inicted on us
when we dare to be who we really are. It’s a subtle form of
discrimination, but it’s clearly there. A few women are allowed into
the club, it seems: women who have allowed themse lves to be
partially decla wed, their sexual threat to the status quo diminished
just enough, so that men and women alike can handle the juice. Butan animal in the wild is not declawed, and an animal in the wild is a
beautiful thing. In the wild, we scream. We scream when we hurt, we scream
when we give birth, we scream when we come, and that’s just the
way it is. Now what kind of man can handle our passion, and what
kind of man can ascend to the throne next to a woman who owns
her own crown? A princess attracts a prince, and a queen  attracts a
king. Women who whine attract men who whine. Women full of the
lioness heart attract men who are full of the lion. And this is where women are now, at a place where, perhaps for
the rst time ever, people are remembering en masse our cosmic
function. Our love aairs are not here to serve an industrialist
machinery or a government system. Our sex is not for procreation
alone. Our love is here to spiritualize the earth. Both women and
men are in quantum fast forward. We are growing new brains. We
are using new eyes. And when a woman rememb ers her glory, a man of goodwill can
barely contain his joy. His real self arises in the presence of her
own. I’m telling you, it works, this thing, this looking within to
attract what is without. Make room for love, and it always comes. Make a nest for love, and it always settles. Make a home for the
beloved, and he will nd his way there. OceanofPDF.comFIVE
Sex and Soul
Be not ashamed, woman …
You are the gates of the body,
and you are the gates of the soul. —Walt Whitman
When the enchanted woman  has come into her
power, then and only then has she the inner strength to turn her
face toward someone else. Only then does she have the authority to
meet another person’s gaze and hold it. A lover is a high-stakes proposition. He, or she*, is the best of all
worlds, or the worst of all worlds. We have no capacity to deal with
another person’s power eectively until our own is pure and intact. Knowing this, we begin to understand the relationship between our
search for the self and our search for the beloved. For the Goddess
inside us, there is no distinction between the two. The lover is not
whom we hide behind; the lover is who appears before us as we
emerge from the shadows of our own delusions. A godde ss does not
go and “get” a lover; she is a true lover, and happiness gathers unto
her. Love is not something that comes into us from someone else; it
is an extension of our own minds, reverberating back to us in what
seems to be another person’s smile. A female who does not know  these things is a primary candidate
for wearing two emotionally wounded feminine faces: the womanwe call doormat, and the woman we call bitch. Having lost her
inner girl, she has for all practical purposes lost the experience of
her own innocence. She can’t remember why she is guilty, but she
has been eectively convinced she is not OK. And full of conviction
that she is far from perfect, she projects onto others—p articularly
those who have the audac ity to draw close—that they are as
imperfect as she and therefor e just as deserving of punish ment. This
is when the bitch takes over. She will do to someone else the
damage she is bent on doing  to herself. She will punish them as she
is so sure she deserves to be punished. On the other hand, since she knows she’s so bad, she thinks
maybe she hasn’t the right to do anything or say much or even live
at all. And if all she is, is a hotbed of guilt, then all that is good will
be seated outside her, and every so often it will seem to be seated in
someone she meets. That other person, then, is given all the power,
and the woma n will lie there, quiet and docile, martyr to the evil
that is rampant in her system. The classic doormat, the classic
wimp. She will have no power to speak or assert herself. The other
person will have taken it all. The other person has been given the
right to hold the whip and do the whipping. Yuk. How sick. Yet how familiar. Those demons are know n to all
of us, but we are not reading this now to get further acquainted. We
are here now to meet the Goddess, to hear her thoughts and learn
her techniques for meeting love in the light of day and fullling its
promises late at night. Let’s linger no more over problems in love, except where they still
need to be confronted. Let’s instead map out the Goddes s’s way, of
meeting a beloved and touching his soul and loving him with all her
miraculous power. We usually know a lover is on the way well before he gets here. As
often as we hear stories like “I met my partner when I least expected
to meet anyone,” on some level, we know that’s nonsense. A woman
in touch with herself can sense the coming of things, and the
coming of love is like a deer running through a forest on the way toyour door. We can feel a love approaching; and when we are in
touch with the Goddess, we prepare ourselves in advance. How do we do that? It is as if we were pregnant when  we are
about to meet a beloved: We are about to give birth to a new
creative force. The highest preparation is a strengthening of our
calm, a focusing of our clarity on who we are and what our values
are. The core values—the ones that feed the lesser ones as a river
feeds its tributaries—are those of love, forgiveness, and the desire to
serve God. We serve him to the extent that we have thoughts of
purity. Purity means that we do not manipulate or seduce or
preprogram or project hidden agendas onto anyone or anything. The Goddess is in her highest glory when we are in love. We are
also the most tempted at that time to spit in her face and mock her
virtue. Our highest work is to remember how importan t it is—for
the world, for our spirits, for the relationship itself—that we learn to
be a friend to our beloved and a spiritual companion to our beloved
and provide a sense of home to those we love the most Otherwise,
we can look great, smell great, and use our bodies like the best of
them; but without our virtue, we are whores and we will not know
love. Once we meet him, we’d better have our spiritual chops down,
because the attraction—his smell, the chemistry betwee n us—will
tempt us to forget the truth if it’s not a solid part of us already. If it
is, then there is no higher high than that of the passion ate love. I
don’t have sexually intimate relationships with women, but I assume
they are the same joining. I do know that when a woman loves a
man and opens to him and lets the spirit move her, the ride is a ride
to the center of things. Our bodies don’t just feel as though they
melt, they do melt; and our spirits don’t just feel as though they
merge, they do merge. We enter a divine room when the Goddess meets her consort and
beckons him to enter. Her joyful hello is often “Hello, again!” for in
that place we can remember that we’ve known each other before. How glad we are to be back whenever we nd ourselves in love
together. How lonely we have felt at times, and how ecstatic we are
to spend some time at home.How important it is to know  that he is as tender as we


 Reason is not renounced altogether, nor logic, nor knowledge, but all these
are subordinated to intuition, and they are used only to bring into
consciousness all aspects of a problem that needs to be solved. Intuition
develops the solution, which emer ges in the consciousness of the individual
as a deep certainty that may have either visual or auditory manifestations,
perhaps both. Someone might list all elements of a problem confronting
them. They might wrestle with the problem in terms of reason and logic, but
they will draw no conclusion immediately. They will turn over the problemto their subconscious for a period of resolution, confident that the correct
solution will be delivered to them. Frontiers of the Mind

When enlightened, we do not shut out one part of our nature in order to use
another but use all we are all the time in all places in each thing we do. Reason and logic and intuition become a unified tool for our coping with
life; the sixth sense mer ges with the five material senses so as to convey to
our consciousness a constant impression of both the inner world and the
outer. Because we exist on all possible levels of consciousness, we are able
to perceive things and events in their true nature and thereby to guide our
own actions accordingly. We do not oppose events because we see their
inevitable direction, and we take up our tasks within the moving stream of
history as if we were directing it, when in point of fact we actually are
playing the part best suited for us in that moving stream. The sixth sense
brings to us impressions and convictions that are impossible to attribute to
memory or experience. W e are moved to conviction from out of the
inexhaustible resource of universal mind, and we eventually become as
positive in the reception of this feeling as we do to our senses of sight or
touch or hearing. The Irish poet Geor ge Russell reports:

Once in an idle interval in my work I sat with my face pressed in my hands,
and in that dimness pictures began flickering in my brain. I saw a little dark
shop, the counter before me, and behind it an old man fumbling with some
papers, a man so old that his motions had lost swiftness and precision. Deeper in the store was a girl, red-haired, with gray watchful eyes fixed on
the old man. I saw that to enter the shop one must take two steps downward
from the cobbled pavement without. I questioned a young man, my of fice
companion, who was then writing a letter, and I found that what I had seenwas his father ’s shop. All my imaginations were not imaginations of mine
in any true sense, for while I was in a vacant mood my companion had been
thinking of his home, and his brain was populous with quickened memories,
and they invaded my own mind, and when I made question I found their
origin. But how many thousand times are we invaded by such images and
there is no speculation over them? The frontiers of mind and thought have barely been penetrated. A waiting
the human search for knowledge lies the most exciting, unexplored area of
all — human consciousness, mind, being, mentality. Our lives grow into
images of those things which our minds are preoccupied with, and if we are
concerned with bolts and nuts, we achieve a bolts-and-nuts mentality, and
our very absorption by this infinitesimal slice of existence bars us from
perception of the tremendous possibilities in other spiritual and mental
realms. If we instead take up our tasks as we might approach an altar, we
transform our work, no matter how menial, into a sacrament. When we put
intuition to work for us and closet ourselves with our consciousness in a
searching ef fort to develop our sixth sense, we are bound not only to grow
in effectiveness and power but also as questing human souls in search of the
uttermost. Nothing in life is resolved simply by facts. Facts shriek at us because they
appeal to our conscious minds, but facts that human knowledge has
uncovered up to now are but the tiniest representation of the total sum of
knowledge in universal mind. Rational, logical people who pride
themselves upon acting only on known facts are not nearly so rational as
they would have themselves believe. In point of actual fact they are more
often led to erroneous conclusions than true ones, not because they do not
apply their reason and their logic and their knowledge, but because those
are insuf ficient and deal only with a portion of existence, not its entirety. You Shall Know the Hidden Purpose
Each of us has a job, each has a “row to hoe,” and within our circumscribed
tasks problems constantly arise which we are called upon to solve, upon the
solution of which our lives often depend. T o apply the use of the sixth sense
to the solution of these problems is possible for all of us, regardless of how
obsessed we are with the material world. Even if we will not strive for
spiritual enlightenment, will not turn over our life to the Divine for
guidance, will not subordinate the ego by sacrifice, will not find within
ourselves a longing for unity with the Secret Self, we still are not beyond
the salvation of fered by intuition. When our time of conscious striving with
a problem is over, when we have considered all elements, pitted them
against each other, weighed them, counted them, tabulated them, we then
may visualize within our own mind a secret computing machine into which
we can feed all elements of the problem and which will deliver us a true and
accurate answer. Each of us, no matter how spiritually enlightened, can
profit by this visualization. When your problem is upon you and you know
as much about it as you ever possibly can, for get it completely. Envisage
your secret computing machine, feed all elements of the problem into it. See them go in one by one until finally the whole problem is out of your
hands. Know in your own heart that the problem will be solved, that you
need do no more about it than act upon the solution when it is presented. Have no fear; the solution will come. It may be the following morning,
perhaps the next afternoon, it may be a whole week, but it will illuminate
your consciousness and you will know with the utmost certainty that the
true answer has arrived. Once this highly significant experience has come to
you, reason and logic and knowledge will have been dethroned as the
principal activators of thought and action in your life, and enshrined in their
stead will be that faculty of intuition that transcends and transfigures all
situations and circumstances because it is infinite and eternal and speaks to
us from out of our sixth sense.OceanofPDF.com
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The Mental Attitude That Never Fails

Over most people hangs the sword of Damocles. They have fallen into
the psychological trap of cr eating their pr oblems by trying to solve
them, worrying because they worry, being afraid of fear. Ther e is a
capricious quality in our psyche that denies us each object we try to
grasp. Our wr ong thinking, wr ong acting, egoistic natur e leads us to
pursue things thr ough vain desir e. Acting and thinking in the small
part of our natur e, it is inevitable that we be frustrated in our
purposes. Ensuring Success

The mental attitude that ensures success is one in which we turn our work
and the results of our work over to the Divine without attachment or desire. This psychological absolution from the aims of partial seeing allows us to
follow the behest of a master will with perfect equanimity. We will not be
dismayed by circuitous routes, we will not be bitter about apparent defeats,
we will not rail against obstacles, because we know that the ends of our
actions are in the hands of an omnipotent being which ensures our absolute
development and complete success eventually. An enlightened person sees
that the purposes of the Secret Self are the only true purposes. They adopt
these as their own, don the mantle of the Divine as their true, inmost being. All their actions take on long-range significance. They understand that thereis a secret purpose in the smallest task and that the eventual result of this
purpose lies beyond the perception of the conscious mind. W ithin them
develops a towering trust, a positive certainty as to eventual victory that
makes them irresistible and impregnable in the midst of all action. They
cannot be defeated, for defeat is possible only to a being bounded by space
and time, and they have taken up residence in a self that is eternal and
infinite. They see that all things are brought to them for their own inner
perfection, that victory and defeat are merely opposite ends of a scale of
sensitivity by which their aspiring soul gradually is able to abdicate from
masquerading as a separate, isolated ego and to recognize its absolute unity
with the Divine. To be undiscouraged and undismayed by whatever turn of fortune is
encountered is always a mark of maturity and enlightenment. Such fortitude
is possible only to someone who has forsworn desires to be better, to get
more, to have power, or any other of the egoistic shortcomings that mark
the individual at war with their fellows. The vital and animalistic nature
hungers always for the fruits of its labor, and when these are denied, it
becomes disconsolate, loses faith, may even give up altogether. Whoever is
bound to their animalistic nature is bound also to


 between success and non-
success on the east side of New York City depends upon what side of the
street their restaurant is located. The best after -theater traf fic goes east. The next thing to watch is whether previous businesses in this location
have gone bankr upt or failed. If even one has gone bankrupt or failed in that
location, I would say the strike against opening a new one there is 50
percent. If two have failed in that location, I would raise it to 95 percent. If
three have failed in that locatio n, it’s idiotic to even consider it. I knew
buildings in the town where I lived where a dozen businesses all in a row
had gone bankrupt. There was something very wrong there, obviously. There were facto rs operating here that I’m not going to go into in this book.But in common parlance let’s say that some places had bad energy, and no
amount of paint and powder was going to fix them. The main thrust of this chapter has been achieved. The whole awareness
of the goodwill derived from customers’  experiences and business owners’
efforts to genuinely create enjoyable experiences are important indeed. To
be thoughtful and solicitous is profitable and enjoyable, and will cause the
compliments to pour in. Everyon e is charmed by charm. If we haven’ t got it
ourselves, we must hire it! The success of Disney World is due in considerable part to the
extroverted, friendly politeness of all employees who have contact with the
public. They treat people as if they were family. It’s importa nt to make
customers “feel  at home.” That’ s just ordinary decency and hospitality,
which are so lacking in today’ s boring business enterprises. A boring
environment creates boring employees and brings in dull and boring
customers, which makes the whole experience boring. People will forgive
us most anything except for boring them! And so, on to dinner... OceanofPDF.comTHE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
So, the business enterprise has intrigued us, or lured us, or somehow
gotten us inside its doors. If it’s a poor example, by now we’ve practically
lost our appetites. If it’s a good example, we are looking forward
expectantly because it has already been a positive experience. Our future
experience with this restaurant or business is full of optimistic expectations. We know that expectation tends to determine the quality of experience. If
we expe ct somet hing to be lousy, very often it is. Our expectatio ns set up all
the attitudes and positions that are going to determine what kind of
experience we have. Customers’  expectations, therefore, are critical. Are we
looking forward to the next encounter with this establishment, or are we
dreading it? At this point in our restaurant experience, what happens next is going to
be very importa nt. I wonder why the owners of restaurants or any other
businesses totall y go oblivious at this point—that is the problem  of the wait. The wait is that gap between the setting up of customers’  expectations and
their fulfillment. The reason this is super important is that every customer is
coming from a space of need. We need that place, or that product, or that
food, or that service; therefore, we are impatient. We are frustrated. At this
point in the encounter, we have  to be handled with kid gloves. It’s at this
point that our pride comes into play. If we’re handled like we’re important,
we will love them. If our need to be attended to is not met, there’ s nothing
that business can do to make us happy. They have not treated who we are
with respect.I am talking about the unexciting (or nonexistent) lounge and the endless
wait for the waiter or waitress to come over and finally take our orders. When we’re hungry, five minutes is forever. When we’re full, five minutes
is nothing at all. There’ s a big difference here. The purpose of having
someone come over to the table the minute we sit down is so we feel
attended to and that our needs as people are being met—not just our
stomachs, but our persons too. A lot of shortsi ghted cooks and restaurant owners concentrate on our
stomachs as though there were no people there around those stomachs. When we’re taken care of, we’ll be pleased with whatever is put in our
stomachs. And so the rule is, out of consideration for our experience, out of
knowing what it’s like to put themselves in our shoes, the successful
establishment will see to it that this is addressed. How to handle it will
resolve itself from situation to situation, but the principle is that their
purpose and motive to handle this will see to it that it gets done. The
customers will get the intention there. We ask: Why doesn’ t the restaurant just have one person who does
nothing but go around and promptly take the orders of every person as they
sit down and are ready to order? Why don’t they have a little light where
they can flick the switch that tells the server that we’re ready? Why do they
always disappear into the kitchen at this crucial point? They will do the
same thing later, guaranteed, when it’s time to get the check. The two most
critical points in the whole experience are blown: the start and the finish. We got annoyed having to wait to get waited upon, and now we’re annoyed
again when it comes time to pay. This is not the way to win friends and
influence people. At this point the personality encounters come with the waitstaf f. They are
either perfuncto ry, mechanical, and uncaring, or they have high energy and
we enjoy them. What’s the difference? The difference is the degree to which
they are “present.” They are either “there with us” or they are not. The
waiter or waitres s who is there with us makes twice as much in tips as those
who are not there with us. The feedback comes in the form  of the tip,
popularity, reputation, and return customers. If we’re treated like royalty,
we will remember that restaurant and we will come back. What annoys me about being unsuccessful is that it is boring. Not that it’s
bad; rather, it’s just boring. Can you tell me what is more boring than sitting
in a resta urant waiting for someone to finally saunter over and feign interestby asking that famous question: “Are you ready to order yet?” Good night! We wer e ready to or der ten minutes ago,  is what goes through our minds. This is typical of cold impersonal corporations, such as fast-food chains. There is no one there. There isn’t any person  there. We have the same
experience in the giant superma rket chain or today’ s run-of-the-mill retail
businesses. We wander throug h the shelves. We can’t find what we’re
looking for anywhere. We look around and nobody’ s there. Not only that,
but in many businesses they don’t even demarcate, for our identification,
who is an employee. We have to go through the barrier of possible
embarrassment by addressing a likely looking person, only to be told, “I
don’t work here.” Finally we say, “The heck with it,” and walk out. We get up and walk out of restaurants that make us sit there and wait. We
are too hungry and impatient. But more importantly, the reason we get
angry is because of their contempt for our needs, our happiness, our
convenience, and the pleasure of our persons. They just want our money;
that’s obvious. Okay, so if we’re hungry enough to eat there, so what? It’s
possible to give customers practically nothing and still extract money out of
them. It’s like they’re blackmailed by their stomachs. What else can they
do? The next thing we run into if we keep going back to the same restaurant
is that the menu never changes from year to year. It’s like the cook learned
something back  in school, and he’s never learned how to cook anything
since. These are the principles of inflexibility, rigidity, and being stuck only
in the ease of those things one has learned how to do. It shows a lack of
creativity, versat ility, inventiveness, and awareness of how easily people get
bored in this world. Some things should be the same, yes, on a fixed menu. And some things should be constantly different, creative and fresh, so that
customers have new experiences—something tantalizing, interesting,
exciting, and a choice. I’m thinking of a little local restaurant that was sort of ridiculou s because
it was so self-consciously ostentatious in its menu. When I asked for a salad
dressing, they told me they had raspberry vinaigrette and that was all. Raspberry vinaigrette or feta cheese, phooey! I hate feta cheese. I hate
raspberry vinaigrette dressing. I’m just a mundane person in a lot of my
tastes. I like Thousand Island. I like bleu cheese. If you haven’ t got it, I’m
not going back.I’m also a chocolate freak, and I’m not alone—there are a lot of
chocolate freaks in this world. Some restaurants obviously make an effort in
the dessert department: They have this big, impressive dessert tray, but
everything is fruit.


	have

any	logical	relation	to	the	diminution	of	cases	of	smallpox,	and,

1)	That	the	practice	of	vaccination	has	been	the	means	of	disseminating	some	of

the	most	fatal	and	loathsome	diseases,	such	as	leprosy,	syphilis,	tetanus	and

tuberculosis;

2)	That	vaccination	is	not	only	useless,	but	positively	injurious,

of	protecting	its	subjects	from	contagion	of	smallpox,	it	actually	renders	them

more	susceptible	to	it	by	depressing	the	vital	power	and	diminishing	natural

resistance;

3)	That	immunity	from	all	diseases	is	to	be	realized	through	the	attainment	of

health,	not	by	the	propagation	of	disease;

4)	That	it	is	never	necessary	to	set	up	one	disease	in	a	healthy	organism	to

protect	against	another;	that	such	procedure	is	an	appalling	violation	of	the	basic

principles	of	hygiene	and	sanitary	science;

5)	That	the	performance	of	the	vaccine	operation	in	the	very	nature	of	the	case,

violates	the	cardinal	precepts	of	modern	aseptic	surgery,	the	aim	of	which	is	to

exclude	the	products	of	disease	from	the	organism,	and	never	to	introduce	them;

6)	That	there	is	no	evidence	worthy	of	the	name,	on	record,	to	prove	that

vaccination	either	prevents	or	mitigates	smallpox;
	7)	That	many	healthy	children	have	died	from	the	effects	of	vaccination;

8)	That	millions	of	vaccinated	people	have	died	of	confluent	smallpox	while

having	the	plainest	vaccine	scars	on	their	bodies;

9)	That	smallpox	epidemics	invariably	attack	the	vaccinated	first;

10)	That	smallpox	follows	closely	upon	flagrant	violation	of	the	laws	of	health,

hygiene	and	sanitation;

11)	That	the	occurrence	of	all	the	great	epidemics	of	smallpox	have	coincided

with	periods	of	sanitary	neglect;

12)	That	cowpox	and	venereal-pox	have	much	in	common;

13)	That	the	analogy	between	the	manifestations	of	vaccine	and	those	of	syphilis

is	so	close	that	several	of	the	most	eminent	pathologists	of	the	world	regard

cowpox	as	a	modified	form	of	syphilis;

14)	That	the	so	called,	‘spontaneous	cowpox’	is	a	myth;	that	cowpox	is	a

disorder	not	natural	to	the	cow;	that	it	never	occurs	in	bulls	or	steers,	nor	in

young	heifers	that	have	never	been	milked;	that	it	is	a	disease	of	milk	cows,

which	has	been	communicated	to	them	from	sores	on	hands	of	milkers	who	were

suffering	from	syphilis;

15)	That	the	serious	killer	diseases	such	as	cancer,	syphilis,	heart	trouble,	polio,

tuberculosis,	etc.,	will	never	be	eliminated	as	long	as	blood	pollution	through

vaccination	is	continued;

16)	That	the	community	that	has	sanitary	surroundings,	a	pure	water	supply,

wholesome	food,	good	health	and	freedom	from	the	blood	poisoning	effects	of

vaccination,	need	have	no	fear	of	smallpox	or	any	other	diseases;

17)	That	no	man	can	be	truly	said	to	be	susceptible	to	the	contagion	of	smallpox

or	to	that	of	any	other	disease	so	long	as	he	is	in	a	state	of	perfect	health;

18)	That	such	a	state	resists	and	repels	the	assaults	of	all	morbific	influences	and

is	therefore	the	best	protective	against	disease;
	19)	That	vaccination	has	utterly	failed	to	fulfill	the	promises	made	for	it	by

Jenner	and	his	followers	and	that	he	saddled	a	legacy	of	disease	and	death	upon

the	race	for	which	he	was	paid	$150,000	by	the	British	government;

20)	That	compulsory	vaccination	ranks	with	human	slavery	and	religious

persecution,	as	one	of	the	most	flagrant	outrages	upon	the	rights	of	the	human

race." 21)	That	Switzerland,	England,	Australia	and	other	enlightened	countries

abolished	compulsory	vaccination	after	it	was	tested	and	proved	to	be	disastrous;

but	laws	sanctioning	this	crime	still	disgrace	the	statute	books	of	"free"	America. 22)	That	reforms	are	not	made	by	those	who	profit	by	them	so	the	doctors	or	the

government	cannot	be	depended	upon	to	abolish	vaccination	of	their	own

volition;	that	the	people,	themselves,	must	rise	up	and	make	demands	for

freedom	from	this	curse	of	greed,	ignorance	and	destruction,	for	only	then	can

we	hope	to	see	the	light	of	a	new	day	of	health,	progress	and	harmonious

adjustment. CHAPTER	2
SMALLPOX	DECLINED	BEFORE

VACCINATION	WAS	ENFORCED
“To	mistake	inferences	or	axioms	for	facts	has	been	a	curse	of	science.”
	—
Sir	Clifford	Albutt,	in	“Nature”

The	simple	fact	that	we	have	less	smallpox	now	than	we	did	200	years	ago,	does

not	in	any	degree	prove	that	vaccination	caused	this	decline,	although	the

promoters	of	vaccination	have	taken	upon	themselves	the	full	credit	for	this

improvement. The	most	noticeable	decrease	in	smallpox	and	other	zymotic	(infectious,

contagious)	diseases	began	with	the	sanitation	reforms	just	prior	to	1800	and	the

improvement	in	nutrition	brought	about	by	such	health	crusaders	as	Trail,

Graham	and	Jennings	around	1840. THIS	SANITATION	AND	HEALTH	IMPROVEMENT	PROGRAM	included:

1)	Sewage	disposal,

2)	cleaning	of	streets,	back	yards,	stables,	etc.,

3)	improvement	of	roads	so	that	fresh	vegetables,	milk	and	other	vital	foods

could	be	transported	rapidly	to	the	cities	and	distributed	while	still	fresh. 4)	The	water	supply	was	improved	and	protected	from	contamination. 5)	Housing	projects	were	built	out	in	the	suburbs	to	relieve	congestion	of

population	in	the	cities. THE	NUTRITIONAL	TEACHINGS	stressed	natural	whole	grain	bread	instead

of	white	bread,	fresh	fruits	and	vegetables	free	from	salt,	sugar,	chemicals	and

other	harmful	preservatives	and	the	rejection	of	coffee,	tea,	alcohol,	tobacco,

drugs	and	other	drastic	poisons. Meat	and	other	low	grade	proteins	were
	denounced	in	favor	of	nuts,	beans	and	other	such	proteins	with	more	health	value

and	less	toxic	effects. The	age	old	"terror	diseases"	such	as	plague,	black	death,	cholera,	etc.,	that	were

previously	believed	to	be	contagious,	responded	at	once	to	this	health	program

and	soon	declined	to	the	vanishing	point	in	countries	that	adopted	the	sanitation

and	nutrition	improvements. They	are	diseases	of	nutritional	deficiency	and

imbalance	just	the	same	as	all	other	diseases. A	glance	at	the	following	table	of	official	statistics	from	England	and	Wales

shows	us	how	smallpox	deaths	declined	only	after	the	people	began	their

opposition	to	the	vaccination	law	and	an	ever	increasing	number	refused	to	be

v


	but	he	hasn’t	called	me	yet,"

Edwards	said. Prior	to	death. Edwards	said	his	son	was	apparently	in	a	coma,	had	difficulty

breathing	and	couldn’t	talk. "I’ve	always	been	opposed	to	those	shots,"	Edwards	said. "My	wife	has,	too. She

never	was	for	them. I	didn’t	want	them	to	give	the	shots	to	my	children,	but	my

wife	said	she	was	told	that	if	they	were	to	go	to	school	they’d	have	to	have	them,

so	I	gave	in. "I	guess	I	felt	if	I	didn’t	let	the	children	take	the	shots	and	then	one	of	them	came

down	with	polio...well,	you	know	what	people	would	say." Edwards	said	he	would	not	allow	one	of	his	daughters,	Wanda	Sue,	seven

months,	to	be	given	the	Salk	vaccine. He	said	his	other	six	children,	ranging	in

age	from	six	to	14,	all	have	been	given	three	shots	each. He	said	he	would	not

allow	them	to	be	administered	the	fourth	shot. Dr.	John	J.	Lentz,	city-county	health	director,	said	he	would	not	attempt	to	have

the	children	given	the	fourth	shot. "We	recommend	the	fourth	shot,	but	that’s	all,"	Dr.	Lentz	said. Because	Wanda	Sue	is	not	of	school	age,	Dr.	Lentz	said	there	would	be	no

attempt	to	administer	the	vaccine	to	her. “The	death	of	Billy	Gene	was	the	third	attributed	to	polio	in	Tennessee	this

year”,	said	Dr.	C.	B.	Tucker,	in	charge	of	the	disease	division	of	the	State	Health

Department. Dr.	Tucker	added	that	Billy	was	the	only	one	of	the	three	that	had

been	given	the	shots. One	of	the	deaths	was	in	January	in	Knoxville	and	the	other	was	a	Nashville

Negro	who	died	last	month. Six	cases	of	polio	have	been	reported	in	the	state	during	1959,	Dr.	Tucker	added. All	had	at	least	one	or	more	Salk	shots. Edwards,	who	resides	with	his	wife	and	children	at	178	Wharf	Ave.,	had	been	a

penitentiary	guard	for	two	years. His	son	was	buried	in	Woodbury	Sundayafternoon. Next	month	Ben	Gamble,	a	Nashville	Electric	Service	laborer,	is	to	stand	trial	in

Criminal	Court	on	a	charge	of	refusing	to	allow	two	of	his	school	age	children	to

be	vaccinated	against	polio. A	special	venire	will	be	called	to	select	the	jury	to	try	Gamble	before	Judge

Homer	Weimar. The	jurist	recently	declared	constitutional	a	little	known	state	law	which	requires

children	to	be	inoculated	against	various	diseases. Conviction	on	the	charge	is	a	misdemeanour. Gamble	of	Edenwold	has	said	he	feels	the	anti-polio	shots	are	"really	more

harmful	than	good." "When	a	boy	reaches	16	nowadays,	his	blood	is	half	full	of	medicine,"	Gamble

has	commented. A	quotation	from	"PHILOSOPHY	OF	HEALTH"

ADDRESS	BY	MISS	LILY	LOAT
EDITED	BY	J.	H.	TILDEN,	M.D. JANUARY,	1927. "It	may	interest	our	readers,	who	are,	no	doubt,	all	interested	in	the	vaccination

question,	to	learn	that	Miss	Lily	Loat,	for	many	years	secretary	of	the	National

Anti-Vaccination	League	of	Great	Britain,	has	been	touring	the	states	and	has

been	giving	lectures	in	various	parts	of	the	country. From	the	address	given	by

Miss	Loat	before	the	English	Annual	Session	of	the	American	Medical	Liberty

League	we	quote	the	following	as	reported	through	that	astute	and	courageous

paper,	The	Truth	Teller,	of	Battle	Creek,	Michigan:

Our	own	fight	against	vaccination	has	been	a	long	and	arduous	battle. While

individuals	and	small	groups	were	fighting	for	freedom	in	this	matter	as	far	back

as	the	time	of	the	passing	of	the	compulsory	vaccination	act	of	1853.	the
	definitely	organized	struggle	started	with	the	passing	of	the	harsh	vaccination	act

of	1867,	which	aimed	at	compelling	every	parent	of	a	child	to	have	that	child

vaccinated	within	three	months	of	birth. Those	who	refused	could	be	ordered	by

the	magistrates	over	and	over	again	until	the	child	attained	the	age	of	fourteen	to

have	it	vaccinated	and	could	be	fined	for	each	refusal	to	comply	with	such

magistrates’	orders. This	law	was	passed	on	the	assurance	of	the	leaders	of	the

medical	profession	that	vaccination	was	perfectly	safe	and	a	certain	protection

against	smallpox. Although	the	sanitary	condition	of	England	had	improved	very

considerably	since	the	disastrous	smallpox	epidemic	of	1838	(and	in	this

connection	for	some	idea	of	London	in	the	seventeenth	and	earliest	part	of	the

eighteenth	century	1	would	refer	you	to	Mrs.	Dorothy	George’s	book,	"London

Life	in	the	Eighteenth	Century"). Although	there	was	certainly	a	gradual	improvement,	things	were	still	bad. and

between	1853	and	1867	there	were	three	fairly	severe	smallpox	epidemics. The

supporters	of	vaccination	played	on	the	fears	of	the	legislators	of	that	day	and

secured	the	vaccination	act	of	1867	without	much	trouble. But	in	doing	so	they

lit	a	fire	of	resistance	that	has	never	been	quenched	amongst	men	and	women	of

the	Anglo-Saxon	race. That	fight	for	freedom	from	medical	tyranny	in	this

particular	matter	has	been	waged	in	England	for	nearly	sixty	years	and	it	is	going

on	still. For	many	years	it	was	confined	mainly	to	the	poorer	classes. Only	a	very	few

men	of	intellect	and	distinction	championed	our	cause. It	was	natural	that	most

of	the	disasters	due	to	vaccination	should	fall	on	the	poorer	classes	and	that	those

classes	should	publish	them	while	the	upper	and	middle	classes	would	be	more

likely	to	keep	such	things	to	themselves. But	by	degrees	what	might	be	called

the	artisan	class,	the	smaller	shopkeepers	and	the	lower	middle	classes	became

the	backbone	of	the	movement. They	paid	large	sums	in	fines,	they	had	their

goods	seized	and	sold	when	they	could	not	or	would	not	pay	fines. Those	who

had	no	goods	or	would	not	let	them	be	seized	went	to	prison,	some	were	ruined,

and	some	emigrated	to	avoid	ruin. There	are	men	living	in	America	today	whose

parents	left	England	on	account	of	the	harsh	vaccination	acts. The	public	saw	honorable,	upright	men	appearing	again	and	again	before	the

magistrates	and	many	began	to	ask	what	it	could	mean	when	such	men	were

willing	to	go	to	such	lengths	to	save	their	children	from	the	operation. Inquiry

was	usually	followed	by	conversion	to	our	side	and	the	side	of	resistance	went

higher	and	higher. Defense	funds	were	formed	all	over	the	country	to	assist
	resisters	either	to	pay	the	fines	inflicted	on	them	or	to	keep	the	wives	and

families	when	the	men	went	to	jail. In	more	than	one	case


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 in his arm. The hand was
unusable. Nothing helped the muscles regain their normal capacity, and, after a
series of unsuccessful procedures, the doctors began to suggest that the problem
was psychological.
After three intravenous injections of DMSO, Fred Dabbelt was able to open
and close his hand—something he had found impossible to do before.
Altogether, the patient had five days of treatment. When contacted nine months
later he said, “The pain has completely disappeared. My hand is still numb but
usable. Before DMSO, the hand looked like a claw; it now looks normal.”
“We’d tried everything. This was the last resort,” said Mrs. Dabbelt. “It’s just
amazing. Before this, nothing worked.”
How
does
 dimethyl sulfoxide work? It may best be summed up in the words of
Dr. Stanley W. Jacob, co-discoverer of the therapeutic properties of the drug:
“We’ve barely scratched the surface, for this is a new principle in medicine.
We’ve had only three new principles in our century—the antibiotic principle, the
cortisone principle, and now the DMSO principle—and the DMSO principle is the
only new one of our generation. Despite all the controversy, my guess is that
history will record it this way!”
This chapter explores the
modus operandi
 of DMSO and discusses its
penetration power and the rationale for its use. We will be taking a highly technical
biochemical science and simplifying it as much as possible without changing the
hypotheses upon which DMSO actions are based.
Students of biophysics and biochemistry will find the following informationuseful for their purposes. Others may wish to skip to
here
 for a summary.
STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE
MOLECULE
The dimethyl sulfoxide molecule is ten-sided with a center occupied by a sulfur
atom. Two methyl groups, an oxygen atom, and a nonbinding electron pair are
located at the points of the tetrahedron. See
Figure 3.1
 for a depiction of the
molecular formula.
DMSO’s molecular weight is 78.15. The drug is capable of entering into a
chemical reaction characterized by the development of heat, and it releases 60
calories (cal) per gram (g) of DMSO when mixed with water. The boiling point at
760 millimeters (mm) mercury (Hg), degrees Celsius (
°
C) is 189.0; vapor pressure
at 20
°
C, mm Hg is 0.37; specific gravity at 25
°
C, grams per milliliter (g/ml) is
1.0958; melting point,
°
C is 18.55; heat of combustion, cal/g is 6,050; flash point in
an open vessel,
°
C is 95; viscosity at 20
°
C, centipoise (cP) is 2.473; surface
tension at 20
°
C, dyne/centimeter (cm) is 46.2.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Because DMSO has a freezing point of 68°F, one is able to tell its
approximate concentration, if a bottle of the liquid solvent is acquired from an
unknown source. Put the unopened bottle into the refrigerator (not the freezer).
Within two hours the liquid will turn solid, like ice. You now have 99.5 percent
DMSO, the purest and highest concentration made. Leaving the bottle cap on will
prevent hydrolyzation (decomposition) so that the liquid will freeze at 68
°
F or less.
Figure 3.1
 Molecular formula of dimethyl sulfoxide.
If, when the frozen bottle is turned upside down, little rivulets of
water flow
through the ice, you probably possess the veterinary grade DMSO. This is a 90
percent concentration. Ten percent is distilled water.
If the DMSO doesn’t freeze while standing in the refrigerator, put it into the
freezer compartment. If it does
not
 turn solid even after standing at below 32
°
F, it
probably indicates a 50 percent mix of DMSO and water. If it
does
 turn solid inthe freezer, this liquid is not DMSO, or is almost all water with just a small bit of
the solvent mixed in. Fifty percent DMSO is an antifreeze; it will work well in
automobiles for winter driving.
To reliquify DMSO that has turned to a block of ice in the bottle, merely put it
into a pan of warm water. In pure form, the life of the solvent is indefinite. DMSO
may be used for years.
Many other physical properties of DMSO could be discussed, but those given
here provide enough of a representative sampling, since this is not a text
exclusively on the chemical and physical characteristics of the solvent. Almost all
the known chemical and physical properties of DMSO are found in Crown
Zellerbach’s
Dimethyl Sulfoxide Technical Bulletin.
The crystalline structure of this solvent indicates the presence of a weak
hydrogen bond that contributes to the molecular forces in DMSO.
5
 In liquid state
DMSO seems to assume a chainlike structure held together by the alignment of the
two sulfur-oxygen poles.
6
,
7
 This structure is believed to suffer a partial
breakdown between 40
°
C and 60
°
C since certain properties of the liquid, such as
the refractive index, density, and viscosity, exhibit distinct changes in their
temperature coefficients in this temperature range.
8
Chemists find that DMSO’s ability to associate with molecules that have a
thick layer of hydrogen ions and with neutral molecules as well as ionic species is
a fascinating property. It makes DMSO an excellent solvent and penetrant through
organic and some inorganic material.
Interactions between DMSO and other substances increase in proportion to the
polarizability of the substance. Solubility of the substance into DMSO is promoted
not only by this type of molecular interaction but is also favored by the degree to
which the energy of a system or substance is available for work. The greater the
packing of spherical molecules in the “free volume” of liquid DMSO, the better
solubility of cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbons as compared to that of noncyclic
saturated hydrocarbons. The solubility of a substance increases with the decrease
in the electronegativity of the atoms that constitute the substance with which the
solvent is mixing.
9
DMSO has a strong hydrogen bonding with hydroxyl groups. The significance
of DMSO as a scavenger of hydroxyl radicals is that
this
chemical ion is dominant
in arthritis.
 Hydroxyl radicals are responsible for breaking down the synovial fluid
and the cartilage of the joints. One of the few known substances responsible for
detoxifying this radical, DMSO forms a dimethyl sulfone plus water with thehydroxyl ion. These are readily excreted out of the body. Neutralizing this highly
toxic free radical causes the reduction of inflammation and the diminishing of pain
in arthritis.
It is probably the primary mechanism that allows DMSO to work
effectively against arthritis.
Incidentally, DMSO acts in a similar therapeutic way against the pathological
biochemical changes in cancer, atherosclerosis, and any other set of circumstances
where there would be a preponderance of free-radical generation.
If superoxide anions are present in quantity as a result of ecological alteration
such as radiation toxicity, water pollution, chemotherapy, or other stressors, the
body’s ability to detoxify is affected. Instead, superoxide and superoxide
dismutase form hydrogen peroxide. Lipid peroxidation takes place. More hydroxyl
radicals develop and bring on cellular damage with degenerative disease. DMSO
offsets these effects and brings the body back to a more normal state.
Free-radical pathology is an intricate part of virtually every metabolic
dysfunction you can think of. To illustrate, cancer manufactures prodigious
quantities of hydrogen peroxide, which then generate the hydroxyl radical. This is
probably part of the reason why DMSO has proved to be valuable in the treatment
of cancer. Holistic physicians are using it clandestinely all over the country for
that purpose. It is no “magic bullet,” but in the total metabolic program against
cancer, DMSO is quite useful as an adjunct.
DMSO also has an effect on proteins and nucleic acids. It has excellent solvent
properties for dyes, starch, cellulose and its derivatives, lignin, vinyl polymers and
copolymers, polyvinyl alcohol, acetate, halides, and other things too numerous to
mention in this cursory description of its pharmacological effects.
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,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
Superior to water in associations based on the solvent’s induction of two poles
in aromatic rings, DMSO is able to exchange sites with “bound” water molecules
in relatively immobile protein structures. It has the unique property of transferring
through the skin barrier without attendant tissue damage. There seems to be a
loosened protein structure that results from the replacement of water in the
skin.
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18
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19
,
20


1/2 cup coconut sugar crystals, gr ound until fine
2 large eggs
1 tsp pur e vanilla extract
1/2 cup Coconut Fudge Sauce (page 184)
1 cup Whipped Coconut Cr eam T opping (optional; page 192)
1.  Preheat oven to 300°F.
2.  Melt and cool chocolate (see facing page).
3.  Arrange 6 custard cups or ramekins (3-1/2 to 4-inch diameter) on a
baking s heet. Divide pie crust in to 6 equal portions and, using the back of
a spoon, press each portion int o the bottom of a custard cup. Bake in
preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden. T ransfer to a
cooling rack and set aside to cool. Leave oven on.
4.  In a food proces sor, combine cream cheese, ricotta cheese, suga r crystals,
chocolate, eggs and vanilla and process for 1 minute or until smooth.
Spoon f illing into shells and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until set (aknife inserted into the centre comes out clean). Let cool. C over and
refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
5.  Ser ve c hilled o r at room tempe rature. Drizzle with fudge sauce and top
with a dollop of whipped topping (if using).
Y ou can  bake the crust in the custard cups and refrigerate up  to 48
hours in  advance. Bring to room  temperature before filling and baking
the cheesecakes.
For the antioxidant benefit, use  dark chocolate with 70% or more
cocoa solids.
T o grind coconut sugar crystals: Using a spice grinder or clean
cof fee grinder, process coconut sugar until fine.Coconut Fudge Sauce
Makes 1-1/2 cups
It’ s coconut, it’ s fudgy—it’ s good. V ery good.
2 cans (5.4 oz/160 mL each) coconut cr eam
1 cup coconut sugar crystals
1 cup br own sugar
1 tsp sea salt
1.  In a sa ucepan, combine cream, sugar crystals, brown sugar and salt.
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until sugars
are melted. Reduce heat and simmer, without stirring, for 7 minutes.
2.  Remove from h eat, stir and pour into a buttered 9-inch pie pla te or 9- ×
9-inch baking dish. Set aside to cool. T ransfer to a sauceboat or bowl and
cover tig htly. Sto re in refrigerator for up to 5 days. Serve as a to pping for
ice cream, cake, custard and other desserts.
The sauc e will thicken on cooling but may separate as the coco nut oil
solidifies. If it separates, warm it (by partially immersing the container
in hot water, not boiling) and stir with a fork before using.Coconut Strawberry “Ice Cr eam”
Makes 4 to 6 servings
This r ec ipe is adapted fr om a r ecipe by Sidra Forman that a ppear ed in
Edible DC  magazi ne. I love it because it’ s a delicious vegan alternativ e
to ice cr eam. Y ou’ll need an ice-cr eam maker to make this r ecipe.
2-1/2 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup fr esh coconut water and immatur e coconut meat (optional)
1-1/2 cups halved fr esh strawberries or 1 cup puréed strawberries
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp softened coconut oil
1/2 cup coconut nectar
1 tsp sea salt
1.  I n a blender, co mbine milk, coconut water and immature coconut meat (if
using), strawberries, oil, nectar and salt. Secure lid and blend until
smooth. T aste and add more nectar if needed.
2.  Freeze, following manufacturer ’ s instructions for your ice-cream maker.
Y ou can  substitu te raw coconut water for the coconut meat if a  fresh,
immature coconut is not available.
V ARIA TION:  Y ou can substitute 1 cup of any puréed fruit for the
strawberries.Easy Coconut Lemon T arts
Makes 24 tarts
Of c ourse, for lemon lovers, no r ecipe collection would be complete
without a tart lemon dessert. This is an uncooked version that sets
thanks to the coconut. The textur e is definitely not silky smooth: the
coconut adds significant bite to the filling.
1/2 r ecipe Coconut Pie Crust (page 182), unbaked
1/2 cup coconut milk
4 tbsp melted coconut oil
3 tbsp coconut nectar
2 cups sweetened shr edded coconut, fr esh or dried
1 packet (7 oz/200 g) cr eamed coconut, cut into chunks
Grated rind fr om 2 lemons
1/2 cup fr eshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 cup Whipped Coconut Cr eam T opping (optional; page 192)
1.  Preheat oven to 300°F.
2.  F ill each well of two 12-cup tar t pans with about 1 tablespoon of coconut
pie c rust, pressing crust evenly up the sides. Bake in preheated oven for
15 to 20 minutes or until lightly golden. Set aside to cool.
3.  In a b lender or food process or, combine milk, oil, nectar, shredded
coconut, creamed coconut, lem on rind, lemon juice and salt. Secure lid
and process until combined.
4.  Scoop about 1 tablespoon of the filling into prepared tart shells. Cover
and refrigerate for at least 1 hou r or overnight. Serve chilled or at room
temperature with a dollop of whipped topping (if using).Macar oons
Makes 18 macar oons
The egg whites ar e not beaten to stiff peaks in this r ecipe. One bowl, a
fork, a tablespoon and a bakin g tray ar e all the equipment you need to
pr epar e these classic coconu t cookies. Be sur e that th e oven is
pr eheated befor e you bake them.
2 large egg whites
1/2 cup coconut sugar crystals
2 cups medium grated coconut, fr esh or dried
1.  Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2.  In a bowl, using a fork, beat the egg whites for about 20 seconds or until
frothy. Beat in sugar crystals. Stir in grated coconut, 1 cup at a time,
mixing with the fork in betwee n batches to make sure there are no dry
spots in the mixture.
3.  Using a tablespoon and pressing each scoop against the side o f the bowl
to comp act it, drop mounds of c oconut batter onto prepared baking sheet.
Flatten slightly with the fork. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until the base
of th e m acaroons is golden. T ransfer to a cooling rack and let cool. Store
in an airtight co ntainer at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the
refrigerator for up to 7 days.Using sweetened coconut in this recipe makes the macaroons almost
like candy, so I prefer to use unsweetened coconut.
Prepare these delicious treats a s lar ge or as small as you wish. T o
make 18 macaroons, I use a standard measuring tablespoon.
Because they are coconut-dense, macaroons do not spread ou t as
they bake, so you can arrange them fairly close together on the baking
sheet.
V ARIA TION:  For something dif ferent, try pressing a whole almond
(I prefer salted toasted almonds) into the centre of each macaroon
before baking. Y ou can also dip one half of each cooled macaroon in
melted dark chocolate.Easy Chocolate T arts
Makes 18 tarts
I’m not  a dessert person. While I did have a heck of a s weet tooth
gr owing up, I don’t usually eat pie or cake after a meal. But I do like to
serve dessert when people com e for dinner, and this is such an easy one
to make, especially because you can fr eeze the leftovers.
1/2 r ecipe Coconut Pie Crust (page 182), unbaked
2 cans (5.4 oz/160 mL each) coconut cr eam
10 oz dark chocolate, chopped
1 cup Whipped Coconut Cr eam T opping (optional; page 192)
1.  Preheat oven to 300°F.
2.  Fill each well of a 12-cup tart pan and six wells of a second tar t pan with
about 1 tablesp oon of coconut pie crust, pressing crust even ly up the
sides. Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly golden.
Set aside to cool.
3.  In a saucepan, bring cream to a simmer over medium heat. Add chocolate
and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes or until chocolate has melted.
Set aside to cool.
4.  P our chocolate coconut cream filling into prepared tart shells. Freeze for
10 m inutes or un til the filling is  set. Serve chilled or at room


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Dear One -
See yourself in your desiring as limitless, floating with wings
(yet grounded too), but upward toward the lightness of the all-
knowing, all abundant, all possible plane.  In it, is one giant
imagination, like a magnificent invention that can do anything “at
will” effortlessly.  In that floating space, you can pluck any experience you like out, to savor, to have, to  live fully, as if you were ordering a
movie from the video store of your dreams.  Now in this light-filled
space of all possibility, share this video, this all-inclusive dream with
us, the universe, as your audience, yo ur co-creators, and your friends.
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your heart, knowing that all of that is manifest in the land of limitless
possibility and eternal creation.  The machine of eternity and oneness of consciousness, that knows all thin gs and all beings, sets into motion
every aspect of your movie, the mome nt it is asked.  Knowing its truth,
floating in that same light-filled way, is all that you need to do to
receive your movie ticket, and thus  all the blessings of your desires,
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plane, both feet grounded in the ma gical earth energies,  and your spirit
connected to the effortl ess nature and joy of all of your imaginings.
Smile daily and frequently in that floating easy feeling of good times
and magical creation.  Know it as already in “being.”  In real time.
In your heart.
The universe’s timeless machine th en gets to work to churn
out the movie to you, in reel time, real time, reel life, real life.  That
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heard.  Your prayers answered.  The magic now is in the joy of
allowing.  Allowing is like floating in hundreds of daily day dreams.
Just receive them all joyfully.  If thought comes that is not in sync
with these desires, let it float on b y.  Only inspirations that feel
light get your attention.  They  feel like bubbles and feathers,
tickling your fancies and yo ur magical taste buds.
Heavier denser thoughts roll aw ay from you, down into
Mother Earth, like rocks to be re -absorbed and cleansed and
rebirthed into light-filled crystals, sparkling with magic and
potential.
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Dear One –
There is great truth in the exp erience of universal law and
divine order.  Those wanting to hear  their inner voice need only intend
to, for with that intention, all circ umstances align to create a positive
environment (inner and ou ter) to hear that i nner wisdom, guidance,
and substantial love.
 There are many seekers who would say – they seek without
“the find.”  We would say their seekin g is in resistance to pain, not
in search of truth.  For pain is not truth.  It is only an expression or
experience of having stepped away from truth.  And truth is light.
 Your thoughts and feelings are how you instruct us to help
you.  We can shower yo u in love, but unless you open and ask to
receive it, it simply is a vapor aro und you, but not experienced within.
We hope you can hear us now, in  these words, hearing your prayers,
your requests for help, health, clar ity, and more.  And we are right
there with you, within you.  It is a remembering to give permission,
to yourself, to receive your bliss – that forms the pathway in which
it will come.
 You are created from the Creator Source.  Every aspect of this
creation is a deliberate intentionality.  Nothing ex ists by mere chance.
It cannot be.  This is a universe of intention.  And so, within its
energetic fabric, and your own energetic  fabric, is the truth of creation,
choice, and focused thou ght and intentionality.
 Be who you are.  Who you ultimately and supremely are.
Watch the universe align your will and deliver those intentions
within your experience.
 Resistance can only occur when th ere is a lack – a lack of belief.
In your willingness to believe, you cut the resistance in half.  When
you relax into the truth of believi ng, resistance falls away, with the
weight of a snowflake.  Resistance only exists to /G01cue your system, /G1D/G0D/G0D/G04/G03/G11/G02/G26/G01  115
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  minutes  until
the  thermometer  reads  180  degrees  F.  If  you're  using  a
gas  stove,  place  pan  over  a  flame  tamer,  which  will
cause  the  heat  to  distribute  evenly.  Allow  the  milk  to CONSERVATION
AND   RECYCLING   OF
FOOD   REMAINS
The  one  important  practice  that  is  often  neglected
through  omission  rather  than  violation  is  the  sadhana
of  disposing  of  food  remains  after  cooking  a  meal.
From  the  perspective  of  sadhanas,  how  we  dispose  of
the  unusable  reflects  our  knowledge  of  actions  that
are  harmonious  to  the  environment,  and  our  rever-
ence for  the  planet.
According  to  Ayurvedic  thinking,  the  question  is
not  how  much  we  need  to  recycle,  but  how  little  we
need  to  use  of  that  which  cannot  dissolve  naturally
back  into  the  earth.  The  following  methods  of  preser-
vation can  help  prevent  the  generation  of  unneces-
sary and  irreverent  waste  products.
1.  Use  cotton  kitchen  towels  and  dinner  napkins,
which  may  be  washed  and  reused.  Refrain  from
using  paper  towels  and  napkins  (or  paper  plates and  cups).
2.  Reuse  plastic  and  paper  shopping  bags  from  the
market  as  containers  for  inorganic  garbage.
These  may  then  be  disposed  of  through  recy-
cling centers,  if  available.
3.  Refrain  from  purchasing  plastic  products,  such
as  garbage  bags,  plastic  wrap  or  baggies,  and
plastic  utensils.  You  may  reuse  the  clear  plastic
fruit  and  vegetable  bags  from  the  store  for  your
various  wrapping  needs.  Understandably  a  cer-
tain amount  of  plastic  will  be  necessary  for  the
present-day  mode  of  living — the  option  is  to
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minimize  the  usage.  In  sum,  continue  to  use
what  you  own,  but  do  not  support  the  produc-
tion of  more  paper  or  plastic.
4.  Minimize  the  use  of  aluminum  foil  and  con-
tainers made  of  foil,  such  as  baking  pans.  In-
stead use  pans  and  containers  that  can  be  washed
and  reused  for  all  of  your  cooking  needs.
5.  If  possible,  create  a  compost  pile  for  the  veg-
etables, fruits,  grain,  dhals,  and  spices  that  re-
main after  meal  preparation.  In  this  way,  the
unusable  remains  of  foods  are  returned  natu-
rally to  their  source,  Mother  Earth,  along  with
the  used  portions.  Speak  to  the  proprietor  of
your  neighborhood  gardening  supply  store  to
learn  how  to  create  and  maintain  a  compost  pile.
6.  Be  especially  alert  to  preparing  only  the  quan-
tity of  food  needed  for  your  meals.  Avoid  gen-
erating any  excess  that  will  then  have  to  be
thrown  away.  If  there  is  excess,  feed  it  to  the
animals,  or  compost  it.
7.  Collect  the  stems,  stones,  and  husks  remaining
from  your  grain  cleaning  in  a  small  container.
Make  a  weekly  or  biweekly  visit  to  the  earth  to
dispose  of  your  collection. years  of  mono-cropping,  the  United  States  has  in-
curred a  devastating  loss  of  farmland.  We  cannot  re-
build this  land.  More  than  half  of  our  water  supply
throughout  the  country  is  contaminated  with  the
chemical  pesticides  used  in  farming.  Our  bodies  are
made  of  soil  and  water.  These  elements  are  the  foun-
dation of  plant  life  and  other  organisms  upon  which
our  lives  depend.  We  are  burning  up  more  fossil  fuel
to  produce  chemical  and  synthetic  fertilizers  than  to
cultivate  and  harvest  all  the  crops  in  the  United  States.
The  use  of  human  energy  used  in  the  farming  of  our
croplands  is  becoming  extinct.
The  Environmental  Protection  Agency  of  the
United  States  considers  90  percent  of  all  fungicides,
60  percent  of  all  herbicides,  and  30  percent  of  all
insecticides  to  be  carcinogenic.  Pesticides  are  impli-
cated in  the  cause  of  cancer,  birth  defects,  nerve  dam-
age, and  genetic  mutations.  The  remaining  percent-
ages of  these  chemicals  contribute  to  the  devastating
transmutation  of  our  internal  systems.  The  more  our
food  sources,  soil,  and  water  are  tampered  with,  the
less  linkage  we  are  able  to  maintain  with  memory  of
the  earth  and  nature.  Unless  we  maintain  our  memory
A  SMALL   PLOT  OF   LAND
The  need  for  small  community  food  gardens  is  im-
perative. Whether  we  reside  in  urban  or  rural  areas,
the  plan  for  a  small  plot  of  earth  where  people  share
the  work  and  the  crops  is  a  vital  necessity  for  our
preservation.  The  best  response  to  the  paucity  of  clean
foods  is  to  create  our  own  supply  and  augment  it
from  the  organic  produce  of  other  farmers.  We  can-
not depend  solely  on  the  health  food  market  or  the
many  small  organic  farms.  The  deepest  change  will
come  when  we  contribute  to  the  health  and  longevity
of  nature  with  our  own  hands  and  heart.
Each  year,  nearly  three  billion  tons  of  topsoil  is
eroded  from  the  croplands  of  this  country.  The  soil  is
being  killed  by  chemical  fertilizers  and  depleted  of  its
natural  minerals  by  repeated  planting  of  the  same
crops  on  the  same  acres  of  land.  Over  the  last  forty Man  ami  Oxen  Ploughing  the
I .nut.  Prom  l  gj  pii.m  relief,  2,000  b,
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base  through  the  use  o(  earth's  plants  and  organisms,
we  cannot  continue  to  develop  as  a  species.
Each  sense  organ  links  us  to  the  beginning  of  time,
connecting  us  to  the  past  in  order  that  we  may  chart
the  future.  Water  is  the  sole  contributor  to  taste.  The
most  important  of  the  five  senses,  taste  directly  melds
us  with  our  food  bodies,  the  earth,  and  the  universe.
With  the  present  tasteless  and  taste-distorted  fare  of
chemical-fed  foods,  we  slip  deeper  and  deeper  into
cosmic  amnesia.
One  acre  of  land  can  produce  forty  thousand
pounds  of  potatoes,  thirty