.
Celibacy can also be very distracting if you enter into it pre-
maturely. You can easily build up more sexual power than you are
able to balance in your meditation. You may have the inner will to
resist sexual involvement with women, but if your soul keeps wan-
dering back to them in dreams or thoughts you will lose energy and
it will divide your attention. For this reason men need women;
whatever the difficulty in coming into balance with them, their very
presence affords a certain primal peace of mind.
In this sense, dual cultivation is the safest path, as it leaves no
stone unturned. You have someone to accompany you on this long
journey through life, and that makes it fun if you enjoy your path
you stay on it more surely than someone who forces himself into an
austere program of self denial. A woman's heart filled with yin
essence is beautiful, accept it. You can both use the relationship as
a microcosm of the universe. It will act as a mirror and reflect back
to you a certain spiritual truth. This feedback from a partner is
valuable and is one of the reasons the Taoists often worked in168 Taoist Secrets Of Love
pairs, and not just lovers. There is valuable support and feedback
in every relationship.
In Right Hand Cultivation, you use your own mind and body
as a microcosm of the universe. Celibacy makes your life simpler,
less messy, and the borders of one's individual conciousness are
more sharply defined. This saves energy and can make for rapid
progress in meditation. But it can also lead to a certain sterility, if
you're not careful, the illusion of perfection in an inner world that
negates the reality of the material world.
It's like being inside a crystal ball and looking out at the world
but not actually experiencing the world and coming into harmony
with it. You may find yourself avoiding your real life obligations, or
falsely believing that you are separate from the world by virtue of
your spiritual energy attainment. If you believe this you may have
fallen into the common trap of putting too much energy in your
head, and broken true contact with your body, and the five primal
elements.
There is nothing to fear in the world if you keep your integrity,
your balance of body, mind, and spirit. In the case of dual cultiva-
tion, you needn't be afraid of a woman. Her yin energy may seem
different or discomforting at times, but the challenge a man takes
on is to absorb that energy and use it to increase himself and
balance her by increasing her yang. Spiritual men who are afraid of
women, who avoid them for fear they will get attached or contami-
nated, are trying to protect a self-contained male spiritual ego.
Many are afraid they will not be able to match the woman's power
over them. This is blocking the flow of the Tao. It's as irrational as
being afraid of water. You could drown in water if you fell off a
boat in the middle of the ocean. But you wouldn't refuse to drink
water because of it. It's a question of balance, of harmony between
the five subtle elements. You can control this balance more easily
once you've learned to control your seed. Then if you add her
water essence and your seed energy to the soil everyday, a healthy
garden will bloom that you can both share.
CULTIVATING THE RIGHT HAND PATH
One method of the Right Hand path that students of the Tao may
wish to try is the following. After retiring to bed early, awaken in
the early hours of the morning, somewhere between midnight andThe Seven Spiritual Stages 169
6:30 AM. Often an erection spontaneously occurs at this time; if
not, one can easily be induced. When erection is attained, assume
to the proper lying position.
Perform the Big Draw 9, 18 or 36 times depending how soon
erection drops down. Each time shift the power up to the head.
When the head fills, the power is allowed to descend to the heart,
solar plexus, and navel respectively. Then it will proceed down to
the Hui-Yin and rise back up to the head, completing a full circuit.
This meditating form is very strengthening and may be engaged in
every night if the student so desires, with increasingly beneficial
effects.
I have found this exercise to relieve many difficulties men
may experience with the prostate gland. It involves a literal pulling
away of any undue tension tending to swell and irritate the gland. It
also serves to open the routes of electrical energy in the body
which will increase your permeability to your partner's energy, as
well as to all other sources of life.
Some Masters regard the powers that are connected with sex-
ual intercourse as dirty or unrighteous power, somehow not pure.
If you are concerned by this, you should know the hour of 12 P.M.
is considered the purest one, for yang changes to yin at this mo-
ment. But remember, the power gained is like the money that
people earn. Some people earn it in the high and easy position,
some earn it from hard physical work like sanitation men, truck
drivers, window cleaners. The money they earn is the same. Can
you judge which one is the righteous man? It's not the money you
earn that counts; it's how you spend it. The Taoist spends his
energy cultivating himself and others to the highest level possible,
using his left hand, right hand, and no-hands.
NO HAND PATH OF THE TAO
In my meditation classes I go beyond, into things that cannot be
taught in a book. I expand on the Taoist approach to increasing
man's freedom absolutely. This is the Taoist teaching of the three
levels of enlightenment, and beyond that, Immortality. We Taoists
have many secret ways of reaching our pure being. In Iron Shirt
Chi Kung, I teach a technique for weightlifting on the male re-
productive organ which literally pumps great quantities of the
sperm power up into the head and body. In China or India, you170 Taoist Secrets Of Love
might wait a lifetime at the feet of a master before he taught you
this secret. I have no secrets, only the desire to teach others what I
have learned. The problem is to find students with the patience and
self-discipline to practice it.
Remember that the seminal power we use in Sexual Kung Fu
is more than the nutritional value of the substance, however high
that be. Here we are tapping into a nearly infinite source of electo-
magnetic energy from the sperm. They are moving constantly and
creating, by elementary principles of electro-magnetics, human
electricity. We have stopped the disastrous waste of energy from
frequent ejaculation, and have begun to elevate it's power more
completely to the heart and head.
DIAGRAM 34
The No Hand Path of Tao
Yin & Yang energies are balanced.
In the Iron Shirt Chi Kung practice, we increase the stability
of our life energy by rooting it more firmly in the earth and packing
the chi energy into the fascia, bones and hollow cavities of ourThe Seven Spiritual Stages 171
body. In the Taoist Esoteric Yoga technique of "Lesser Enlighten-
ment", or Kan and Li, I teach the esoteric formulae for increasing
the yin and yang powers within the body and "steaming" the
stored chi and ching up into the heart and head in a more refined
form. In the "Greater Enlightenment" you learn to absorb yin and
yang energy from sources outside your body—the earth, sun, and
moon—and "steam" those up in an alchemical process of refining.
But unless you can first master your own creative sexual energy,
you shouldn't even dream of mastering the subtle realms rest of the
universe. You will spend your life chasing illusory powers or a
false sense of oneness that will wither away in old age or on your
death bed, when you realize you can't carry your dreams with you
into afterlife.
According to Taoist tradition the basic process of transforma-
tion in stages of bodily energy is this: the sperm energy is chan-
neled into the warm current or Microcosmic Orbit. The warm cur-
rent is transmuted into mental power and this power or "soul" is
finally transmuted into the highest manifestation, which is pure
spirit. When this spirit is embodied in an Immortal Body, it gains
freedom to work in different spiritual planes at will. This is a step
beyond the awareness of cosmic oneness.
The man who practices Taoist cultivation inevitably becomes
more aware that all living things are one. He knows that power
flows into him from others and back to them again. Whenever there
is life the power flows. He understands this truth by experiencing it
in his body. After these experiences selfish motives gradually dis-
solve. To take from another is to take from oneself, for one is the
other. To dirty another's stream is to dirty ones own: there is one
stream in all creation, and that is the stream of life.
So I offer the reader a sequence of methods to choose from so
that you may spontaneously advance without any strain or forcing
on your part. It is advisable to proceed from one step to the other;
most spiritual people began with lower forms and gradually step-
ped up.
It is wrong to think the use of human sexual energy on the
physical plane is from an impure left-hand path, because it is the
path everyone must


 T ao. Be willing to change.
Do the T ao Now
I leave you with these words of Lao-tzu from Tao Te Ching: A New
Translation, which were translated by Sam Hamill. Here’ s the final verse:
The sage does not hoar d,
and ther eby bestows.
The mor e he lives for others,
the gr eater his life.
The mor e he gives to others,
the gr eater his abundance.
Copy these words by hand, study them, and put them into practice at least
once each day. You will energize the flow of the Tao in your life, in this
world of 10,000 things.
Namaste,
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
OceanofPDF.comE p i l o g u e
I close this yearlong project on a personal note to share with you how
these 81 verses unexpectedly increased my personal sense of awe and
incredulity concerning the power and vast wisdom in this ancient classic.
Reread the displ ay quote at the beginning of this book, which is attributed
to Confucius. Legend has it that this master was so impressed by Lao-tzu’ s
influence that he sought him out for consultation on etiquette and rules,
which was the major focus of Confu cian philosophy but considered to be
hypocrisy and nonsense by Lao-tzu. After meeting Lao-tzu, Confucius told
his disciples that the man was a sage—a dragon with mysterious powers
beyond the understanding of most people, including Confucius himself.
Throughout the writing of these 81 short essays, I felt an almost mystical
attraction to Lao-tzu. In the early verses, I thought of him as a great
educator offering all of us advice on how to apply his wisdo m from an
ancient Chinese  perspective to our modern world. As time passed  and I
became more engrossed in his teachings, I began to feel that Lao-tzu was
speaking directly to me... and then through me to you, and even to coming
generations. It felt at times as if Lao-tzu was intently saying that we had to
get these important messages or perish as a civilized society. As this book
unfolded, there were times that I could even feel his presence.
When I concluded writing this manuscript, I had an unavoidable and
painful opportun ity to experience the dragonlike qualities that impressed
Confucius. Through the Tao Te Ching, Lao-tzu gave me insight into the
Way to confront the winds and clouds of time and space, along with what
initially seemed to me to be an insurmountable crisis.
As I reread the final edit of Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life, I
was presented with perhaps the greatest personal challenge of my life. I felt
the deep internal hurt that often drives human beings into conflicts. I felt the
anger that allows people to think of themselves as victims and ultimately
leads to the extremes of war that are addressed so frequently throughout the
Tao Te Ching. My thoughts struggled with how Lao-tzu could speak of
never having enemies—surely it would be impossible for anyone to stay
serene and feel connected to their Source of love and well-being in the faceof what I was going through. What good fortune could be hidden in this
misfortune that seemed to emer ge out of nowhere for no justifiable reason?
Was I now to be the designated teacher for “bad men”? On and on went the
questions within me as I read each verse.
Then it began to feel as if Lao-tzu’ s dragonlike character appeared,
burning my face as I read. It was almost as if he spoke these words directly
to me:
So you think you’ve mastered the Great Way because you’ve
spent a year reading and interpreting these 81 verses. Here’ s an
opportunity to explore your mastery of the Tao. Here’ s something
unexpected that’s capable of turning you upside down and inside
out spiritually, physically, intellectually, and emotionally. Apply all
that I’ve taught you: Stay peace ful; trust your nature; know that it
is all perfect; and most of all, do nothing. Live the hidden virtue of
the T ao. If you feel dragged into a war, refuse to have any enemies.
Don’ t have any violence in your mind—no revenge and absolutely
no judgment. Do this while staying centered in the all-loving, all-
knowing perfection of the Tao in the face of what you think of as
insurmountable. Then you will be able to call yourself a man of the
Tao.
I began to feel that Lao-tzu was warming me with his dragon fire, as each
verse was exactly what I needed  each time I reread it. What at first seemed
so hope less and devastating became my ultimate calling: to live joyously
and with deep gratitude for all that the Epilogue Tao brings me. As you
close this book, it is my wish that you, too, will be able to apply this great
wisdom of the Tao so that you can, even in the most difficult of times,
change your thoughts and enjoy changing your life as well. I may not be a
Tao master, but I am a man of the Tao. However these words of the Tao Te
Ching came to be written and to endure for over 25 centuries, I’m honored
to have been called to help clarify them for you. I am at peace.
Thank you, Lao-tzu.
OceanofPDF.comA c k n o w l e d g m e n t s
I thank the translators and authors of
the following ten books:

The Essential T ao: An Initiation into the Heart of T aoism through the
Authentic T ao Te Ching and the Inner T eachings of Chuang Tzu, translated
and presented by Thomas Cleary

The Illustrated T ao Te Ching:
A New T ranslation with Commentary, by Stephen Hodge

Tao Te Ching, by Lao T su;
translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English

Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition,
by Lao Tzu; translation and commentary by Jonathan Star

Tao Te Ching: A New English V ersion, by Stephen Mitchell

Tao-Te-Ching: A New T ranslation,
by Lao-Tzu; translated by Derek Bryce and Léon W ieger

Tao Te Ching: A New T ranslation,
by Lao Tzu; translated by Sam Hamill

Tao The Ching, by Lao Tzu; translated by John C. H. W u
A Warrior Blends with Life: A Modern T ao, by Michael LaT orra

The W ay of Life Accor ding to Lao Tzu, translated by W itter Bynner
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in the field of self-development. He’s the author of 30 books, has created
many audio programs and videos, and has appeared on thousands of
television and radio shows. His books Manifest Your Destiny, Wisdom of the
Ages, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, and The New York
Times bestsellers 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, The Power of
Intention, and Inspiration  have all been featured as National Public
Television specials.
Wayne holds a doctorate in educational counseling from Wayne State
University and was an associate professor at St. John’ s University in New
York.
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 sulfadiazine showed better response than when 1% silver sulfadiazine was used alone possibly by potentiating the absorption of silver sulfadiazine across the mucosal membrane in the treated animals.
113
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PDT) is able to photoinactivate microor -
ganisms produced by a light-activated photosensitizer (PS). PDT mediated by meso-mono-phenyl-tri( N-methyl-4-pyridyl)-porphyrin (PTMPP) to treat burn wounds in
mice was used with 25% of 500  µM DMSO in mice with third-degree burn wounds 1
day after being infected with bioluminescent Staphylococcus aureus. When a PDT–
DMSO–PTMPP mixture was used,
114 a substantial fluence-dependent reduction of
the luminescence signal was obtained, indicating that more than 98% of the bacteria were eradicated. By contrast, PDT alone or light alone had no antimicrobial effect, and 500 μ M PTMPP in PBS had only a small light dose-dependent effect on reduc -
ing the luminescence signal and did not appear to have significant antimicrobial activity against S. aureus.
114 The effect of DMSO in this preparation was thought to
have been to disaggregate the PS molecules and to increase the antimicrobial PDT efficiency by the light-activated PS.
114
Chemical burns have been treated with DMSO. Subcutaneous injections of
20% calcium gluconate in a solution of 25% DMSO significantly slowed the progress of hydrochloric acid burn in rat hindquarters during the first 24  h, markedly reduced damage, and enhanced tissue recovery for the remainder of
the observation period.
115 Subcutaneous injections of calcium gluconate–DMSO
were found to be more effective in this chemical burn model than topical applica-
tion of this preparation.11531 DMSO in Basic Pharmacology
The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of DMSO were tested in rats
exposed to alkali-acid burns of the esophagus. The resulting corrosive esophagitis
was treated with 10 mL/kg of a 10% DMSO solution given intraperitoneally 15 min following the corrosive esophagitis.
115a DMSO treatment was continued every 12 h for
4 days, and the esophagi were removed postmortem after 7 days. Histopathological examination revealed that the alkali burn group treated with DMSO showed signifi -
cantly reduced inflammation than the control alkali burn group. When alkali and acid burn groups treated with DMSO were compared, there was more inflammation in the DMSO-treated acid burn group, but histological analysis still showed signifi -
cantly less damage than the acid control group. DMSO treatment also resulted in a significant decrease in the immunoreactivity of the oxidative stress marker nuclear factor-kappa B (NF- κB) in both the acid and alkali groups.
115a This study suggested
that DMSO is a promising agent in the treatment of experimental corrosive esopha -
gitis possibly by suppressing NF- κB from rapidly activating transcription factors that
express genes critical in the acute phase inflammatory response.
Corneal alkali injury was induced in rabbits and treated with daily topical appli -
cations of 20% DMSO. Corneal opacification at day 3 and corneal ulceration were significantly lower in the treatment group than in the control group, but this effect was not sustained during the rest of the study period.
116
Not many studies have been reported on the effects of DMSO in scar formation.
A study by Erk et al.117 reported that incubation of human scar with 99% DMSO
showed disruption of collagen fibers and dramatic loss of periodic cross-striations when examined by electron microscopy. Scar tissue incubated with 50% DMSO showed only moderate loss of the periodic striations in the collagen fibers and no fiber fraying.
117 These findings have intriguing implications to limit or abolish unde -
sirable scar tissue in the clinical setting.
DMSO treatment administered intraperitoneally to rats for 35  days decreased
experimentally induced intestinal adhesions by 80% over controls as compared to saline, cortisone acetate, or a combination of cortisone and DMSO administered separately.
118
When administered next to a wound incision but not at the incision site itself in
rabbits, 70% DMSO appeared to increase the development of wound tensile strength over controls.
119 Although 70% topical DMSO administered peripherally will also
reduce local pain from the wound, effective pain analgesia with intrawound adminis-tration of very minute amounts of DMSO may be as effective or more so than periph -
eral wound administration. This intrawound application approach will be reviewed in detail later (see Section “Intrawound Administration of DMSO”).
In 1968, McFarlane et al.
120 reported that DMSO could prevent necrosis in experi -
mental skin flaps by increasing blood perfusion to the ischemic region. This observa -
tion was followed by many articles since then, which have confirmed this finding.121
The mechanism for the protective effect on skin flaps by DMSO remains to be clari -
fied, but one possibility may be the stimulation by DMSO of histamine, a strong
vasodilator that could counter the vasoconstriction seen in dying skin flaps.122,123
Another possibility is DMSO’s action as an antioxidant and free radical scavenger
that would likely worsen the skin flap necrosis.32 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Survival of skin flaps in surgery by preventing tissue necrosis is an important
aspect of patient recovery. In one study, experimental skin flaps were elevated in
rat abdomen, and the epigastric vein was occluded by a microvascular clamp for 8 h.
124 DMSO 1.5 g/kg was injected intraperitoneally only once at reperfusion or
administered every day for 5  days. DMSO did not increase percent flap survival when given as a single dose at reperfusion compared with saline solution, but when given for 5 days at reperfusion and postoperatively, DMSO significantly increased flap survival.
124
In plastic surgery, a direct relationship between heavy smoking and flap necro -
sis is well known. As an antioxidant and vasodilator, DMSO was given orally at 2 mL/kg to rats with random skin flaps that had been exposed to nicotine.
125
DMSO was shown to reduce the serum and skin levels of malondialdehyde, an indicator of oxidative stress in cells and tissues and a marker of lipid peroxidation, and to lessen the necrotic vasculopathy observed in controls following nicotine exposure.
125
The topic of scarification after physical injury of CNS tissue and the use of DMSO
in scar formation will be further examined in Chapter 8.
RESPIRATORY STIMULATION
The effects of DMSO and two analeptics, doxapram and ethamivan, were tested for their activity on respiratory minute volume (RMV) and respiratory rate in monkeys and rats.
126 These tests were inspired by the dramatic respiratory response of rhe -
sus monkeys given IV DMSO following experimental traumatic brain injury, which produced a short period of apnea due to severe brain swelling
127 (see Chapter 8 for
details). In a subsequent experiment, 10 rhesus monkeys were lightly anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital (a respiratory depressant), intubated, and given an IV injection of 0.09% saline; DMSO, 2 g/kg in a 50% solution; doxapram, 0.8 mg/kg; or ethamivan, 5 mg/kg. Doxapram is a stimulant of central respiratory centers used clinically at low IV doses in patients with respiratory depression due to ingestion of excessive doses of narcotics.
Doxapram is also indicated in preterm infants with prolonged periods of apnea
that can lead to hypoxemia and neurological damage.
128 Doxapram is also used
in pets presenting with acute respiratory problems associated with perioperative respiratory depression and neonatal hypoxia. Although not presently used any -
more, ethamivan is a respiratory stimulant drug related to nikethamide and was mainly used in the treatment of barbiturate overdose and chronic obstructive pul -
monary disease.
129
Adverse effects of these and other respiratory stimulants include hypertension,
skeletal muscle hyperactivity, tachycardia, and generalized CNS excitation, includ -
ing seizures.
One minute after DMSO injection in the monkey experiment, RMV and RR
showed a sharp rise in RMV of 295% together with a rise in RR of 49% of the preinjection levels. The stimulating effects of DMSO on RMV and RR remained high for 25 min and reached preinjection levels after 50 min. Some animals treated with DMSO urinated copiously during this time.
127 Injections of doxapram also 33 DMSO in Basic Pharmacology
increased RMV to 300%, while RR rose 37% of baseline levels. Ethamivan injec -
tion stimulated RMV and RR only slightly, and the effect lasted only 2 min. These
changes by ethamivan were accompanied by severe convulsions


months	ago	on	a
morning	hike,	when	we	focus	on	what	we	want	with	gratitude,	we	draw	it	tous.	We	become	a	magnet	for	our	good.
When	we	give	gratitude	to	life,	life	gives	back	to	us.	When	we	feel	grateful,
people,	as	well	as	the	abundance	of	the	universe,	are	drawn	to	us.	If	you	have
money	problems	and	you	find	a	penny,
feel
	gratitude	with	great	intensity,	and
you	will	draw	more	money	to	you.
When	we	give	thanks	for	the	situations	and	events	in	our	life	that	are
challenging,	knowing	that	we	are	being	blessed	with	wisdom	from	this
experience,	the	very	act	of	gratitude	transforms	the	negative	experience	into	a
positive	one.	When	we	express	gratitude,	we	draw	to	us	people	and	situations
to	be	grateful	for.	That	is	the	magic	of	gratitude.
Gratitude	fills	our	hearts	with	gladness	and	allows	us	to	see	the	truth,
empowering	us	to	make	the	right	decisions	and	take	appropriate	actions.	With
a	grateful	heart,	we	can	see	the	best	in	every	situation	and	everyone	we	meet,
and	bring	out	their	best.
Gratitude	is	also	a	gateway	to	the	Divine.	A	grateful	heart	is	an	open	heart	and
continually	lifts	us	higher	until	we	connect	with	the	Divine.
A	few	years	ago,	I	took	a	trip	to	Mt.	Shasta	in	Northern	California	in	a	desire
to	come	into	deeper	communion	with	my	higher	self.	During	the	long	hours
of	driving,	I	placed	my	attention	on	my	higher	self	with	love	and	gratitude.
Hour	after	hour,	I	raised	my	focus	to	just	above	my	head,	sending	love	and
gratitude	to	this	beloved	part	of	myself	for	gently	guiding	and	protecting	me
moment	by	moment,	day	after	day.
In	the	last	hour	of	the	trip	as	I	was	entering	the	beautiful	pine	forests
surrounding	Mt.	Shasta,	I	felt	my	higher	self	descend	and	wrap	her	loving
arms	around	me.	As	this	presence	enveloped	me,	I	felt	totally	loved.	It	wasn’t
an	intellectual	idea;	it	was	kinesthetic.	I	could	actually
feel
	every	cell	of	my
body	being	enfolded	in	love.	Feelings	of	bliss	washed	over	me,	totally
complete	in	this	sacred	union.	I	knew	I	was	in	the	arms	of	the	beloved.
In	that	moment,	I	understood	what	all	the	mystics	have	said	down	through	the
ages,	that	we	are	never	alone.	We	are	all	connected	with	the	Divine.	Any
thought	that	we	are	separate	is	an	illusion.	Love	and	gratitude	reveal	the
connection.
This	state	of	communion	was	the	most	glorious	state	I	had	ever	experienced.During	the	night	when	I	would	awaken,	I	would	immediately	raise	my	focus
to	see	if	this	presence	was	still	there.	Of	course	it	was,	and	I	would	fall
contentedly	back	to	sleep.
As	this	state	of	communion	continued,	I	found	myself	thinking	that	I	had	to
hurry	up	to	be	somewhere.	I	would	hear	in	my	ear,	“Slow	down	and	be	on
time.”	This	was	very	different	from	my	usual	way	of	hurrying	to	keep	up	with
my	schedule.	But	as	I	relaxed	into	this	new	way	of	being	and	allowed	myself
to	be	gently	guided.	I	found	that	I	always	arrived	at	the	right	place	at	the	right
time.	Life	unfolded	in	an	easy,	effortless,	magical	way,	filled	with	wonderful
synchronistic	events.	It	was	like	leading	a	charmed	life	with	everything	I
needed	brought	to	me.	My	conscious	choice	to	send	continual	love	and
gratitude	to	my	higher	self	was	the	key	that	opened	the	door.
It	is	always	our	choice	how	we	want	to	live	our	lives.	By	choosing	to
maintain	an	attitude	of	gratitude,	we	are	assured	of	living	a	happy,	healthy,
successful	life.
“Gratitude	Is	Heaven	Itself”
Laura	Archera	Huxley
Laura	Archera	Huxley

came	to	the	United	States	from	her	native	Italy	as	a
concert	violinist.	In	1956,	she	married	Aldous	Huxley.	She	is	the	author	of	the
books	YOU	ARE	NOT	THE	TARGET;	HIS	TIMELESS	MOMENT:	A
PERSONAL	VIEW	OF	ALDOUS	HUXLEY;	BETWEEN	HEAVEN	AND
EARTH,	ONE-A-DAY	REASONS	TO	BE	HAPPY;	and	THE	CHILD	OF
YOUR	DREAMS,	which	she	co-authored	with	Piero	Ferrucci.
In	the	four	words,	“Gratitude	Is	Heaven	Itself,”	William	Blake,	the	mystic
poet,	expresses	the	essence	of	gratitude.
When	gratitude	begins	at	the	time	of	birth,	it	becomes	an	integral	part	of	our
feeling	life.	Birth	is	a	miracle,	and	it	must	be	greeted	with	joy	and	gratitude.
Unfortunately,	this	is	not	always	the	case.	Too	often,	birth	is	surrounded	by
fear	and	unconsciousness.	Yet,	the	fact	remains	that	the	marvel	of	physical
birth	is	awesome—no	less	is	the	wonder	of	psychological	rebirth,	and	of	the
physiological	fact	that	the	cells	in	our	body	are	continuously	dying	and	are
immediately	renewed	with	new	cells.	Often	called	a	peak	experience,	rebirth
is	felt	as	freedom	from	ancient	and	constricting	conditioning;	rebirth	reveals
the	wonder	of	the	timeless	renewal	of	life	and	of	unexpected	possibilities.
In	our	book,
The	Child	of	Your	Dreams,
	Piero	Ferrucci	and	I	suggest	a	guided
imagery	of	our	ideal	birth,
which	can	be	experienced	at	any	age.
	Choose	a
quiet	place	to	read	your	own	ideal	birth	without	interruption;	it	is	a	good	idea
to	make	your	own	recording	of	this	meditation	with	your	own	chosen	music,
inspiring	you	with	love	and	gratitude.	Before	you	begin,	breathe	deeply	and
slowly	a	few	times.	Let	each	breath	take	you	closer	to	that	place	in	yourself
that	is	untouched	by	all	impressions,	where	the	dramas	of	life	have	left	no
trace.	There,	everything	is	still	possible,	no	thought	is	absurd,	and	everything
seems	to	be	happening	for	the	first	time.Create	Your	Own	Ideal	Birth
Close	your	eyes,	relax	for	a	while,	then	let	a	vivid	image	of	the	place	where
you	are	going	to	be	born	to	come	into	your	mind.	Look	at	this	place,	smell	its
fragrance,	and	let	go	of	your	present	body.	You’re	newly	born,	and	you	are
very	sensitive.	You	feel	the	vibration	of	love	and	gratitude	all	around	you.
There	is	a	deep,	natural	peace	in	this	birth,	and	you	feel	encircled	by	all	the
beings,	real	or	imaginary,	whom	you	love	and	respect.	You	have	the	whole
creation	ready	to	welcome	you.	You	see	your	favorite	flower,	which,	with	its
beauty	and	fragrance,	tells	you,	“Welcome,	I	am	grateful	you	are	born!
Welcome	into	the	world,	into	the	world	of	flowers.”
Now	look	at	the	creatures,	each	welcoming	you	in	its	own	language.	It	may
be	your	favorite	animal	welcoming	you	into


6
times higher than drinking it. * from Science News
To help retard the processes of premature and decrepit old age,
it is essential that you drink plenty of distilled water daily.
– Dr. Norman W. Walker, Author, Water Can Undermine Your Health
In terms of cumulative damage to your health,
showering in chlorinated water is one of the most
dangerous risks you take daily. Short-term risks include:
eyes, sinuses, throat, skin and lung irritation. Long-term
risks include: excessive free radial formation (that ages
you faster!), higher vulnerability to genetic mutation and
cancer development, difficulty metabolizing cholesterol
which can cause hardened arteries. *from Science News
Five Hidden Dangers in Y our Shower:
152 • Chlorine: Added to all municipal water supplies, this
disinfectant hardens arteries, destroys proteins in the
body, irritates skin and sinus conditions and aggravates
any asthma, allergies and respirator y problems.
• Chloroform: This powerful by-product of chlorination
causes excessive free radical formation (accelerated
ageing!), normal cells to mutate and cholesterol
to form. It’ s a known car cinogen!
• DCA (Dichloroacedic acid): This chlorine by-product
alters cholesterol metabolism and has been shown to
cause liver cancer in lab animals.
• MX (another chlorinated acid) : Another by-product
of chlorination, MX is known to cause genetic mutations
that can lead to cancer growth and has been found in
all chlorinated water for which it was tested.
• Proven cause of bladder and rectal cancer: Resear ch
proved that chlorinated water is the direct cause of 9%
of all U.S. bladder cancers and 15% of all rectal cancers.
Showers, T oxic Chemicals & Chlorine
Skin absorption of toxic contaminants has been
underestimated and ingestion may not constitute the
sole or even primar y route of exposure.
– Dr. Halina Brown, American Jour nal of Public Health
Taking long hot showers is a health risk, accor ding
to the latest resear ch. Showers – and to a lesser extent
baths – lead to a greater exposure to toxic chemicals
contained in water supplies than does drinking the water.
These toxic chemicals evaporate out of the water and   are inhaled. They can also spread through the house
and be inhaled by others. People receive 6 to 100 times
more chemicals by breathing the air around showers
and baths than they would by drinking the water.
 – Ian Anderson, New Scientist
A professor of W ater Chemistr y at the University of
Pittsburgh claims that exposure to vaporized chemicals
in the water supplies through showering, bathing, and
inhalation is 100 times greater than through drinking
the water.  – The Nader Repor t – Troubled W aters on T ap
Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern
times. While it prevented epidemics of one disease, it
was creating another. Twenty years after the star t of
chlorinating our drinking water in 1904, the present
epidemic of heart trouble, cancer and senility began.
– Dr. Joseph Price, Coronaries/Cholester ol/Chlorine
filter on your shower arm. The filter we found to be the
best removes chlorine, lead, mer cury, iron, chlorine by-
products, arsenic, hydrogen sulfide, and many other
unseen contaminants, such as bacteria, fungi, dirt and
sediments. It has a 12 to 18 month filter life-span and
the filter can be easily cleaned by backwashing and
replaced when needed. It comes with a money-back
guarantee. T o get the best shower filter call 800-446-1990.
I have been using this filter for 3 years and really enjoy
my chlorine-free showers! Now you can order one, too!
Start enjoying safe, chlorine-fr ee showers right away.
It’s essential to reducing your risk of hear t disease and
cancer and to ease the strain from your immune system.
And you may even get rid of long-standing conditions –
from sinus and respirator y problems to dr y, itchy skin.
153 Don’t Gamble W ith Your Health
– Use a Shower Filter
The most effective method of removing these hazards
from your shower is the quick and easy installation of a
You can save yourself much money and the anxiety of falling ill
by paying attention to your body’s constant need for pure water.
– Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, Your Body’s Many Cries For Water Ten Common-Sense Reasons Why Y ou
Should Only Drink Pure, Distilled W ater!
■	There are over 12,000 chemicals on the market today...
and 500 are being added annually! Regardless of where
you live – in the city or on the farm, some of these
chemicals are getting into your drinking water.
■	No one knows what effects these toxic chemicals may
have upon the body and what and how many toxic
combinations ar e created. It’ s like making a mixture of
colors; one dr op can change the color.
■	No equipment has been designed to detect these harmful
chemical combinations and may not be for years.
■	The body is made up of appr oximately 70% water, the
essential fluid of life. Ther efore, don’ t you think you
should be wise about the type of water you drink?
■	The Navy has been drinking distilled water for years!
■	Distilled water is chemical and mineral free. Distillation
removes all the chemicals and impurities from water that
are possible to remove. If distillation doesn’ t remove them,
154 there is no method known today that will.
■	The body does need minerals, but it’ s not necessar y that
they come from water. There is not one mineral in water
which cannot be found mor e abundantly in food! W ater
is the most unreliable sour ce of minerals because it varies
from one area to another. The food we eat – not the water
we drink – is our best r eliable sour ce of organic minerals!
■	Distilled water is used for intravenous feeding, inhalation
therapy, prescriptions and baby formulas. Therefor e,
doesn’ t it make common sense that distilled water is good
and healthier for ever yone?
■	Thousands of water distillers have been sold throughout
the United States and many foreign countries to
individuals, families, dentists, doctors, hospitals, nursing
homes and government agencies... and these informed,
alert consumers are helping protect their health by using
only pure distilled water.
■	With all of the chemicals, pollutants and other impurities
in our water, it only makes good common sense that you
should clean up the water you drink the inexpensive way,
through distillation.
Chlorination of water supplies is sufficient reason in itself to drink and
shower in pure distilled water. – Marilyn Diamond,  co-author Fit for Life 14 Nobel Prize W inners Who Oppose Fluoridation
Dr. Arvid Carlsson, Prize in Medicine, Oct 2000,  for his work on the
brain. He played a pr ominent r ole in banning fluoridation in Sweden.
Dr. Guilio Natta, Prize in Chemistry, 1963,, Director Industrial
Chemistry Resear ch Center P olytechnic Institute of Milan, Italy
Dr. Joshua Lederber g, Priz e in Medicine, 1958, WHO’ s Advisory
Health r esear ch Council,  U.S. National Medal of Science, 1989, F ormer
Chairman of Cancer P anel of Nat’l Academy of Science, U.S.
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshel wood,  Prize in Chemistr y, 1956, O.M.,
M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., Oxfor d Univer sity, England
Nikolai Nik olaevilch Semeno v, Prize in Chemistry, 1956,  D.Sc.,
Director Institute of Chemical Ph ysics, Moscow, Professor Leningr ad
Polytechnic Institute, member USSR Academy of Science, member
Chemical Society of England & Royal Society of England.
Hugo Theorell,  Prize in Medicine, 1955, M.C., Dir ector, Bio-
Chemistry Department, Nobel Medical Institute, President Swedish
Medical Association. Stated hazar ds of fluoridation in a r eport to the
Swedish Royal Medical Boar d.
Dr. Phil Hess, Prize in Medicine, 1949,  D.Sc., Pr ofessor of Physiolo gy
155
& Dir ector of Phsyiolo gical Institute, Univer sity of Zuric h, Switz erland
Sir Robert Robinson, Prize in Chemistry, 1947, O.M., D.Sc., F.R.I.C.,
F.R.S.,  Director Shell Chemical Co., Pr ofessor of Chemistry,
Oxfor d Univ ersity, England
James B. Sumner, Prize in Chemistry, 1946, Director of Enzyme
Chemistry, Dept. of Bioc hemistr y & Nutrition, Cornell Univer sity, U.S.
Professor Arturi L. Virtanen, Prize in Chemistry, 1945, Director
Biochemical Institute, Helsinki, pr esident F


, while the chamomile tea soothes the colon. There is no time
limit for the use of chamomile tea. In case of severe diarrhea, an enema of chamomile tea only is
used for gentle cleansing morning and evening
To prepare chamomile tea, put 1 ounce of the dried flower heads into a glass dish, add 1
pint of boiling water, cover the dish and stand it in a warm place, letting it infuse for 15 minutes.
Strain, cool and store it in a stoppered bottle for a maximum of three days. Increase amounts in the
above proportion, as required. Chamomile is one of the herbs most used in the Gerson Therapy,
both as an enema component and as an herbal drink.
Sometimes a patient has been doing enemas for the first few days of the treatment without
a problem, but suddenly he/she cannot get more than 8-12 ounces into the colon. This may be a
symptom of a healing reaction or flare-up, and the solution is to take what is possible, release it,
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www.thegersonway.comand take the rest. Even if the coffee solution has to be infused in three small amounts, it doesn’t
matter.
Flare-ups are dealt with in detail in Chapter 16. In brief, they occur when so much bile is
released that the intestine is unable to contain it all. The bile then overflows and backs up into the
stomach. Since the stomach needs to be acid in order to hold and digest food, the highly alkaline
bile produces enormous discomfort: the stomach cannot hold food or liquid, and the patient
vomits. In itself this type of flare-up is welcome, because it clears out a lot of toxic bile—but
in the process the stomach membrane becomes irritated and needs instant relief. To do that, the
patient needs to drink as much peppermint tea as possible. At the same time the coffee enemas are
reduced, since they are causing the heavy flow of bile. The correct order for the next 2-3 days is
two chamomile enemas and only one coffee enema a day, until the nausea and vomiting clear up.
Then the regular schedule can be resumed.
During the flare-up, if the patient vomits and also has diarrhea, the body loses a lot of fluid,
so dehydration must be prevented. One way is to use more chamomile enemas instead of coffee.
Also, the carrot/apple and green juices can be used as rectal implants. The regular 8-ounce dose
of juice is warmed to body temperature, by standing the glass in a warm water bath (NOT on the
stove, and without diluting it), and gently infused into the rectum. This is not an enema,  and the
patient should hold it until the liquid is absorbed. That may not take more than 10-15 minutes
of lying still in bed. These infusions can be used with all the juices, even every hour, instead of
having them as drinks—particularly valuable at times when during the flare-up the patient cannot
even bear to look at a juice, let alone drink it. Please note: do not infuse orange juice into the
rectum.
Another problem occurs when the patient takes in the full 32 ounces of coffee solution, but
after 12 minutes is unable to release it. When that happens, the usual reaction is to take another
enema, expecting it to push out the first lot. But that doesn’t happen, and the patient tends to
panic. The reason of the blockage is that the colon spasms, cramps and doesn’t release the liquid.
Of course there is no danger in this: the colon could actually hold up to 5 quarts—but that is
not the point. If the trouble is caused by cramping, the patient needs to lie down on his/her side,
with a warm water bottle on the stomach, and try to relax. If that doesn’t put things right, a small
amount of castor oil can be applied to the rectum; this usually promotes relaxation and release.
However, if the situation lasts a little longer, including the time for the next enema, it helps to put
2 tablespoonfuls of the regular potassium compound (see Chapter 14 ) into each enema for a few
days. This will help to release the cramping and/or spasming. Please note:  do not use this method
for more than 2-3 days, to avoid irritating the rectum and the colon.
It is only when they are on the regular enema routine that patients realize how much waste
material their bodies have stored over many years. Once the organism gets a go-ahead in the
direction of self-cleansing, it does release a variety of strange, disturbing accumulations which
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www.thegersonway.comappear in the enema returns, including a wide range of parasites. Experts claim that some 85%
of us harbour parasites in our colon, which are best expelled. So the message is not to panic, if
the enema returns contain unusual substances: they prove that detoxification and cleansing is
progressing well.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For patients who have been pre-treated with chemotherapy, the enema
schedule is reduced. It has become evident that such patients must be detoxified more slowly and
cautiously, so as not to release all the remaining toxic chemotherapy residues too rapidly, which
would add up to a dangerous overdose.
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www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 14
Medications
For the general public, “medications” normally mean drugs, used in allopathic medicine in the
treatment of disease. In acute cases and emergencies many drugs are life-saving and highly
valuable. But when it comes to chronic conditions, as a rule the synthetic drugs, which are alien
to the body, can merely alleviate, i.e., suppress symptoms without dealing with the basic cause.
This process is often accompanied by severe side effects, which may require more drugs to
control.
The medications used in the Gerson Therapy belong to a totally different category. Far from
being drugs, they are nutritional supplements, consisting of natural substances present in, and
needed for, the normal functioning of the various body systems. Being natural, they have no
damaging side effects. Their purpose is to make up for the deficiencies of the sick body, until it
recovers sufficiently to cover all its needs. So pure are these substances that even if by mistake
they are incorrectly used, in excessive or insufficient doses, they do no harm—with the exception
of the thyroid/iodine supplementation, which must be correctly adjusted.
Let us take them one by one and explore their purpose.
Potassium Compound
Dr. Gerson found that the basic problem in all chronic degenerative diseases is the loss of
potassium from, and the penetration of sodium into the cells, now known as t he tissue damage
syndrome. The average diet in most countries, especially in the developed world, contains far
too much salt (sodium), which eventually causes the breakdown of the healthy balance within
the body. To correct this, Dr. Gerson added a large amount of potassium (a 10% solution of three
potassium salts) to the already potassium-rich organic vegetarian diet, and observed that this
enabled the sick body to release the excess sodium, together with edema, while also reducing high
blood pressure and, in most cases, pain.
To prepare the compound,  100 grams of three ready-mixed potassium salts are dissolved in
one quart of distilled water and stored in a dark glass bottle, or in a clear one kept inside a large
brown or black paper bag, to keep out all light.
On the full intensive therapy 4 teaspoonfuls of the potassium compound are added to
ten of the freshly prepared fruit and/or vegetable juices. This dosage is reduced after 3-4
weeks to 2 teaspoonfuls in each of ten juices.
In seriously ill patients it takes many months, even 1-2 years, to restore normal potassium
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www.thegersonway.comcontent to the essential organs. The serum potassium level, as shown in the blood test result, does
not reflect the potassium status of the cell. Low serum potassium values may signify healing,
because the depleted tissues are reabsorbing potassium, while high figures may be found in
failures, because the tissues lose it.
Thyroid and Lugol’s Solution
It is a fact, known since Dr. Gerson’s day, that most cancer patients are suffering from a low
basal metabolism. Much of the problem is caused by the chlorine widely used in the purification
of the water supply, and—


 Granted, I felt somewhat better after  go-
ing to health resorts, but at some point, the pain
came back. I realized that if I didn’t cardinally
change something in my life, I would become
fully disabled and immobilized. I began collect-
ing information, talking to people with the same
diagnosis, w ho had improved their health by
natural means. At that time, there was practically
no information on body cleansing or fasting. I
learned about liver cleansing from a talented
healer from a neighboring village. I’d known
about fasting since childhood, beca use my
grandmother had rigidly observed the fast —
only water and nothing else. I cleansed my liver
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ter after a ten -day fast, my joints were hurting
less, my capacity for movement increased. After
that I star ted walking more. Once after a walk I
had bad swelling in my left knee and horrible
pain. I thought that if I tried fasting without wa-
ter, then my swelling would come down faster.
To my surprise, the pain and the swelling went
away on the third day, which had never hap-
pened during water  fasting. The first time I dry
fasted for five days. Of course, it was harder than
a water  fast, but the results and the effect of dry
fasting impressed me. I realized that you can
achieve better results in a shorter period of time.
After that, I only fasted dry. Every week I dry
fasted for a day, and two times a year – for seven.
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knowledge I had received from other people’s
experience, I achieved a full cure from coxar-
throsis of the hip joints.
Last year I celebrated my 80th birthday as a
practically healthy man.
Reaching this age, which seemed improbable
and inaccessible 30 years ago, not only became a
reality, but a reality full of joy and happiness.
The tests that I conducted and my test results
show that I’m not only healthy, but also that for
me the age of 80 isn’t the time of decrepit old age
and suffering from ailments, on the contrary, it’s
the time of a normal life of a person looking for-
ward to the future. (... ).
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foremost take care of my moral health, and mon-
itor my nutrition regime, which rich in cereals,
vegetables, fruit, without salt or solid fats, and
maintain a high level of physical activity, but the
most important thing is systemic dry fasting.”
Subsequently, this unique example influenced
me greatly, affecting my decision to introduce
dry fasting into my practice.
One of the striking examples of the miracle of
fasting is the author of the homonymous book
Paul Bragg20. He tragically died surfing the ocean

20 Paul Chappuis Bragg  (1895 – 1976) was an American  alterna-
tive health  food advocate and fitness enthusiast.  He wrote on sub-
jects such as  detoxification, dieting, fasting, longevity, natural hy-
giene  and physical culture. His books are very popular in Russia.
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his very death.
Perhaps, one day doctors will accept fasting as
a powerful natural method of body rejuvenation,
which is in many ways superior to manipula-
tions with stem cells or expensive plastic surgery.
It’s important to understand that any effective
rejuvenation of the body is the result of internal
strength and processes working under favorable
conditions, and not of forcible states induced by
exotic actions. Health restoration, in other
words, termination of the pathological state and
rejuvenation are the same process.
If we could see fasting as a method that gives
the body an opportunity to not only free itself of
the load of accumulated toxins, but also  from the
burden of accumulated anomalous changes in its
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for the purposes of rejuvenation with enormous
success.

8.7. Preventive mechanism: protection
against radiation, adverse environmental fac-
tors, preve ntion of oncological diseases
Why does fasting protect from radiation and
why are fasts held on designated days?  In order
to answer this question comprehensively, we
are going to begin with what seems an entirely
different topic — how does radiation damag e
our organism? Radiation is a powerful flow of
energy which, when penetrating the organs,
cannot be assimilated by the cells because of its
power and causes a phenomenon of ionization
in them. Ionization is the tearing off of atoms
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ticles. As a result, a mass of radicals is formed in
the cells. A radical is an extremely biologically
active fragment of a molecule which combines
with DNA molecules and blocks their biological
properties, which start to damage its genetic ap-
paratus. Then a breakdown of the DNA and
RNA double helix takes place. As soon as that
happens, and it usually happens in the quickly
dividing cells of the gastrointestinal tract, the
cells stop dividing and start being destroyed as
foreign by the  organism’s own immune system.
A destructive process develops in the tissues.
Such micro -holes created by the aforemen-
tioned process are easily penetrated by infec-
tions (which are numerous in the gastrointesti-
nal tract) and then sepsis begins, leading to t he
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of interesting experiments on rats. One group
of rats was exposed to radiation or fed food con-
taining radionucleotides, and then starved. For
comparison purposes, a group of absolutely
healthy animals was starved, too. A physiologi-
cal period of starvation for rats is 12 days. All
animals in the healthy control group died after
this period, but the irradiated rats lived for 24
days, started to look even better than before,
and had no intention of dying. The researchers
had to kill the rats and thoroughly analyzed
their tissues, as a result of which they found out
that the rats looked excellent, as young, healthy
animals, and had no radioactive damage! Why
does this happen? It turns out, when fasting
during ad vanced biosynthesis, the body needs
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before, now is fully expended on this. The bad
turns into good! A number of other mecha-
nisms that protect the organism from radiation
during hunger were discovered at the same
time. Here they are:
1. The body restores the cells’ membranes by
increasing alcohol production. Restoration of
the cells’ membranes is nothing but a rein-
forcement of cellular barriers. As a result,
subsequent exposure to radiation will have a
less pronounced damaging effect on the cells.
2. Increased carbon dioxide content in the cells
decreases the ionization caused by exposure
to radiation.
3. The quickly dividing cells of the gastrointes-
tinal tract, which suffer the most from
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After all, they’re forced to divide quickly be-
cause they’re affected by their own digestive
enzymes, get damaged and desquamate. The
organism, owing to high speed of division of
these cells, restores the stomach and intesti-
nal walls. This do esn’t happen during fasting.
The gastrointestinal tract cells rest, and the
energy previously spent on accelerated divi-
sion is now used for restoring internal struc-
tures, repairing torn DNA and RNA helices.
This is also facilitated by enhanced biosyn-
thesis  inside the cell because of the fixation of
carbon dioxide in it, which doesn’t happen
during regular food


1.
2	green	tea	bags

1.
1	lime,	sliced

1.
1	tablespoon	agave	nectar

Directions

1.
Bring	water	to	a	boil.	Then,	add	tea	bags	and	lime.

2.
Remove	the	tea	bags	and	add	agave	nectar.	Transfer	to	a	fridge.

3.
Serve	chilled	and	enjoy.Jalapeno	Cilantro	Lemonade
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	pint	boiling	water

1.
2	jalapenos,	seeded	and	chopped

1.
1/2	cup	cilantro,	washed	and	chopped

1.
1	½	cups	fresh	lemon	juice

1.
Honey	to	taste

Directions

1.
First	of	all,	pour	boiling	water	over	jalapenos	and	cilantro.

2.
Allow	to	chill	for	about	4	hours.

3.
Add	lemon	juice	and	honey	to	taste.	Enjoy!Peppermint	Citrus	Detox
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	pint	filtered	water

1.
1	cucumber,	sliced	with	peels

1.
1	lime,	sliced

1.
1	orange,	sliced

1.
1	tablespoon	freshly	grated	ginger

1.
A	few	peppermint	leaves

Directions

1.
Mix	all	of	these	components	in	a	bottle	or	a	pitcher;	refrigerate	for	a	few
hours	or	overnight.

2.
Serve	well	chilled	and	stay	hydrated	all	day	long!Grape	and	Blood	Orange	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1/4	cup	grapes

1.
1/2	medium	blood	orange

1.
1	teaspoon	grated	ginger	root

1.
Water

Directions

1.
Add	all	of	these	components	to	your	pitcher	or	a	mason	jar.	Stir	well	to
combine.

2.
Place	in	a	refrigerator	for	a	few	hours.	Stir	before	serving.

3.
Serve	well	chilled	and	enjoy!Sage	Blackberry	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	cup	blackberry

1.
1	tablespoon	sage

1.
1/2-inch	ginger	root

Directions

1.
Add	all	ingredients	to	your	pitcher	or	a	mason	jar.

2.
Pour	in	your	favorite	spring	water	or	coconut	water.

3.
Stir	your	fruit	infused	water,	cover	with	a	lid	and	transfer	it	to	the
refrigerator;	let	sit	overnight	for	the	best	flavor.	You	should	drink	it	within
2-3	days.	Enjoy!Rosemary	Watermelon	Cocktail
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1/4	cup	watermelon	chunks

1.
1	sprig	rosemary

1.
1	sprig	mint

1.
5-6	raspberries

Directions

1.
Combine	all	the	above	ingredients	in	a	large	glass	jar.	Fill	the	jar	with
spring	water	of	choice.

2.
Let	sit	for	30	minutes	before	enjoying.	Serve	over	ice	cubes.	Stay	hydrated!Tropical	Dream
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	mango,	diced

1.
1	kiwi	fruit,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
1	vanilla	bean,	sliced	lengthwise

Directions

1.
Add	the	mango,	kiwi	and	vanilla	bean	to	a	64-ounce	pitcher.

2.
Add	the	filtered	water	or	coconut	water.

3.
Then,	refrigerate	until	cold	and	serve.

4.
Get	rid	of	sleep	problems	and	lower	blood	pressure	with	this	delicious
beverage.	Enjoy!Kiwi	and	Lychee	Soda
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
3	tablespoons	kiwi	slices

1.
2	tablespoons	lychee	crush

1.
3	cups	soda

Directions

1.
In	your	blender	or	a	food	processor,	blend	kiwi	slices	and	lychee	crush
along	with	1	cup	of	soda.

2.
Add	remaining	soda	water	and	mix	to	combine	well.	Serve	over	ice	cubes.

3.
Juicy	lychee	is	an	excellent	source	of	vitamin	C	and	B-complex	vitamins.	It
also	carries	a	significant	amount	of	minerals	such	as	copper	and	potassium.Pineapple	and	Cantaloupe	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	cup	pineapple	chunks

1.
1/4	cup	cantaloupe	chunks

1.
1	tablespoon	fresh	mint	leaves

1.
1	tablespoon	fresh	sage	leaves

Directions

1.
Add	the	ingredients	to	a	mason	jar.	Add	the	filtered	water.

2.
Serve	well	chilled	and	enjoy!Spring	Strawberry	Refresher
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	sprig	fresh	mint

1.
1/2	cup	mango,	chunks

1.
4-5	strawberries,	hulled	and	halved

Directions

1.
Place	mint	leaves	in	a	pitcher	and	squeeze	them	with	the	back	of	a	regular
spoon.	Add	mango	and	strawberries.

2.
Cover	with	spring	water	or	coconut	water;	transfer	to	a	refrigerator	for	a
few	hours	before	serving.Raspberry	and	Fig	Limeade
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
8	cups	spring	water

1.
1	cup	raspberries

1.
3	basil	leaves,	roughly	chopped

1.
1	lime,	sliced

1.
2	dried	figs,	roughly	chopped

Directions

1.
Simply	drop	all	ingredients	in	your	glass	jar;	now	place	the	lid	on	top.

2.
Place	your	water	in	the	refrigerator	and	let	infuse	at	least	1	hour.Honeydew	Date	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	honeydew,	diced

1.
1	cucumber,	sliced

1.
1	tablespoon	fresh	mint

1.
1	tablespoon	fresh	cilantro

1.
1-2	tablespoons	dried	dates,	pitted	and	roughly	chopped

Directions

1.
Mix	the	honeydew,	cucumber,	mint,	cilantro	and	dates	in	a	blender	or	a
food	processor.	Then,	pour	the	pureed	mixture	through	the	sieve.

2.
Pour	in	filtered	water.	Serve	well	chilled.

3.
Date	is	a	rich	source	of	dietary	fiber,	potassium,	polyphenols,
etc.Rose	Cantaloupe	Refresher
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	cantaloupe	pieces

1.
1/2	fennel	bulb,	thinly	sliced

1.
1	tablespoon	tarragon

1.
A	few	edible	rose	petals

1.
2	quarts	filtered	water

Directions

1.
Add	the	ingredients	to	large	glass	bottles.

2.
You	can	refill	your	water	a	few	times,	and	then,	allow	it	to	infuse	over
again.

3.
Enjoy	this	fragrant	and	refreshing	beverage!Raspberry	Peach	Cooler
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
2	quarts	spring	water


name is Chuck McGee III, and he’ s a big dude with a sandy bowl cut,
rainbow-lensed blade glasses, and car go shorts that dangle just a few inches
above white socks and dirt-baked sneakers. I’ve hired him for the day to
help me redline my sympathetic nervous system with overbreathing.
So far it’ s working. My heart is beating violently. It feels like there’ s a
rodent loose in my chest. I feel anxious and paranoid, sweaty and
claustrophobic.
This must be the sympathetic overload. This must be Irritable Heart
Syndrome coming on.
—
Breathing, as it happens, is more than just a biochemical or physical act; it’ s
more than just moving the diaphragm downward and sucking in air to feed
hungry cells and remove wastes. The tens of billions of molecules we bring
into our bodies with every breath also serve a more subtle, but equally
important role. They influence nearly every internal or gan, telling them
when to turn on and of f. They af fect heart rate, digestion, moods, attitudes;
when we feel aroused, and when we feel nauseated. Breathing is a power
switch to a vast network called the autonomic nervous system.There are two sections of this system, and they serve opposite functions.
Each is essential to our well-being.
The first, called the parasympathetic nervous system, stimulates
relaxation and restoration. The mellow buzz you get during a long massage
or the sleepiness you feel after a big meal happens because the
parasympathetic nervous system sends signals to your stomach to digest
and to the brain to pump feel-good hormones such as serotonin and
oxytocin into your bloodstream. Parasympathetic stimulation opens the
floodgates in our eyes and makes tears flow at weddings. It prompts
salivation before meals, loosens the bowels to eliminate waste, and
stimulates the genitals before sex. For these reasons, it’ s sometimes called
the “feed and breed” system.
The lungs are covered with nerves that extend to both sides of the
autonomic nervous system, and many of the nerves connecting to the
parasympathetic system are located in the lower lobes, which is one reason
long and slow breaths are so relaxing. As molecules of breath descend
deeper, they switch on parasympathetic nerves, which send more messages
for the or gans to rest and digest. As air ascends through the lungs during
exhalation, the molecules stimulate an even more powerful parasympathetic
response. The deeper and more softly we breathe in, and the longer we
exhale, the more slowly the heart beats and the calmer we become. People
have evolved to spend the majority of waking hours—and all of our
sleeping hours—in this state of recovery and relaxation. Chilling out helped
make us human.
The second half of the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic, has
an opposite role. It sends stimulating signals to our or gans, telling them to
get ready for action. A profusion of the nerves to this system are spread out
at the top of the lungs. When we take short, hasty breaths, the molecules of
air switch on the sympathetic nerves. These work like 911 calls. The more
messages the system gets, the bigger the emer gency.
That negative ener gy you feel when someone cuts you of f in traf fic or
wrongs you at work is the sympathetic system ramping up. In these states,
the body redirects blood flow from less-vital or gans like the stomach and
bladder and sends it to the muscles and brain. Heart rate increases,
adrenaline kicks in, blood vessels constrict, pupils dilate, palms sweat, the
mind sharpens. Sympathetic states help ease pain and keep blood fromdraining out if we get injured. They make us meaner and leaner, so we can
fight harder or run faster when confronted with danger.
But our bodies are built to stay in a state of heightened sympathetic alert
only for short bursts, and only on occasion. Although sympathetic stress
takes just a second to activate, turning it of f and returning to a state of
relaxation and restoration can take an hour or more. It’ s what makes food
dif ficult to digest after an accident, and why men have trouble getting
erections and women often can’ t experience or gasms when they’re angry. *
For all these reasons, it seems odd and counterintuitive to willingly
place yourself in an extended state of extreme sympathetic stress, and to do
this every day. Why make yourself light-headed, anxious, and flaccid? And
yet, for centuries, the ancients developed and practiced breathing techniques
that did just this.
•       •       •
The stress-inducing breathing method that brought me to this roadside
public park is called Inner Fire Meditation, and it’ s been practiced by
T ibetan Buddhists and their students for the past thousand years. Its history
begins around the tenth century AD, when a 28-year -old Indian man named
Naropa got bored with domestic life. He divorced his wife, packed a bag,
and walked northeast until he was surrounded by stone towers, pavilions,
temples, and blue lotus trees. This dazzling place was Buddhist University
Nalanda, and thousands of scholars from throughout the East gathered there
to study astronomy, astrology, and holistic medicine. A few sought
enlightenment.
Naropa excelled in his courses, mastering the lessons of Sutra and the
secret techniques of T antra, which had been handed down from one master
to another over the millennia. He set out into the Himalayas to put
everything he’d learned into practice, living inside a cave on the banks of
the Bagmati River in what is now Kathmandu, Nepal. The cave was cold.
Naropa harnessed the power of his breath to keep himself from freezing to
death. The practice became known as T ummo, the T ibetan word for “inner
fire.”
T ummo was dangerous. If used incorrectly, it could elicit intense sur ges
of ener gy, which could cause serious mental harm. For that reason, it wasreserved only for advanced monks and stayed in the Himalayas, locked up
in the T ibetan monasteries for the next thousand years.
Fast-forward to the early 1900s, when a Belgian-French anarchist and
former opera singer was making her way up to T ibet with soot on her face,
yak fur woven into her hair, and a red belt around her head. Her name was
Alexandra David-Néel, and she was in her mid-40s traveling alone through
India—unheard-of at the time for a W estern woman.
David-Néel had spent most of her life exploring dif ferent philosophies
and religions. As a teenager, she’d hung out with mystics, starved herself,
beaten herself, and followed diets used by ascetic saints. She was into
Freemasonry and feminism and free love. But it was Buddhism that really
fascinated her. She taught herself Sanskrit, then set out on a spiritual
pilgrimage through India and T ibet that lasted 14 years. Along the way she
happened into a cave high in the Himalayas, just as Naropa had done. It was
there that a T ibetan holy man passed down the instructions for the
superheating power of T ummo.
“[T ummo was] but a way devised by the Thibetan hermits of enabling
themselves to live without endangering their health on the high hills,” wrote
David-Néel. “It has nothing to do with religion, and so it can be used for
ordinary purposes without lack of reverence.” David-Néel would rely on the
practice over and over again to keep happy, healthy, and heated as she hiked
for 19 hours a day in freezing temperatures without food or water, at
elevations above 18,000 feet.
—
“T wo more, make them good,” says McGee. I can’ t see him—my eyes are
still squinted—but I can hear him, heavy-breathing alongside me, cheering
me on. I take another giant inhale, then roll the air up to my chest and
exhale, like a wave. I’ve been doing this for what feels like five minutes.
My hands are tingling and my intestines feel like they’re slowly uncoiling. I
let out an uncontrolled moan.
“Y es!” McGee cheers. “Expression is the opposite of depression! Go for
it!”
I moan a little louder, wiggle my body, and breathe a little harder. For a
moment, I get self-conscious thinking about the EMT s and the ruddy-faced
drunk nearby, who no doubt are watching the spectacle: the middle-agedcity boys hyperventilating on a purple BP A-free yoga mat, both of us
sounding like dedicated perverts.
This self-expression is an important part of T ummo, McGee said before
we started. It reminds me that the stress I’m creating is dif ferent from the
stress of, say, running late for an important meeting. It is conscious stress.
“This is something you are doing to yourself—not something happening to
you!” McGee keeps yelling.
The stress that Da Costa’ s soldiers experienced was unconscious. The
men had grown up in


 water.  Refrigerate and use immediately or within 3 d ays because
the quality deteriorates quickly after harvesting.
Good W ith
• Lemon herbs such as lemon balm, lemongrass, lemon verbena.
• Savoury seasonings such as coriander, parsley, raspberry or rice vinegar.
• All cheeses, especially Parmesan, Gruyère, pecorino and goat cheese.
• Sauces such as aïoli, hollandaise, Béarnaise, tartar, and Sweet Raspberry
V inegar ( sweet raspberry vinegar ).
• Other vegetables, such as eggplant, artichokes, tomatoes, onions, zucchini.
• Egg dishes and custards.
• V eal, beef, chicken; tuna, scallops, shrimp and most fish.
• T oasted pine nuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, almonds.
• Often served as appetizers or starters.
Pr eparation
W ash by swishing in a sink full of clean, cool water. If particu larly sandy,
wash two or three times. Rinse well and pat dry.Canning Asparagus
There is  no doubt that cannin g asparagus can produce some less than
optimum results. Be sure to start with fresh-harvested, early and thin, first-
quality s talks. T ry a small batch  to see if you are happy with the product; if
not, freeze the remaining stalks. See detailed canning information,
Preparing and Canning V egetables. Photo, bottom  right: This jar of
asparagus and hot pepper pickles was commercially produced using
asparagus from the farm of Andrew Barrie, for farm gate sales.
1. Cut spears  1-1 /2 inches (3. 5 cm) shorter th an the height of the jar, or cut
into 1- or 2-inch  (2.5 or 5 cm) pieces, reserving the tips for a  fresh dish,
such as Spring Salad.
2. 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 ).3. Pack asparagus into jars either hot or raw  (I prefe r the Raw Pack
Method for asparagus because of the fragility of the tips).
Make a Raw Pack:  F ill jars with whole asparagus spears, tips down and
packed fairly tightly; or fill with asparagus pieces (shake the jar to pack
them). C over with boiling water or broth, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm)
headspace. Run a non-metallic u tensil around the inside of the jar to allow
air to escape. Add more boiling water, if necessary, to leave a 1-inch (2.5
cm) headspace. W ipe sealing edge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-free
cloth. Position flat lids over the tops of jars and hand-tighten screw bands.
OR
Make a Hot Pack:  This works best with pieces. Add asparagus pieces to
gently b oiling w ater and boil for 2 or 3 minutes. Loosely fill hot jars with
asparagus. Cover with boiling water, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace.
Run a non-metallic utensil around the inside of the jar to allow  air to
escape. Add more hot water, if necessary, to leave a 1-inch (2.5 cm)
headspace. W ip e sealing edge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-free cloth.
Position flat lids over the tops of jars and hand-tighten screw bands.
4. P r ocess asparagus in a cann er:  U se a Pressure Canner accordin g to the
chart below for Dial-Gauge or follow manufacturer ’ s instructions.
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.Fr eezing Asparagus
1. Select Equipment:  Se lect suitable-size freezer c ontainers, bags or
Mason jars ( Freezing ).
2. Blanch or Roast Asparagus:  I pers onally p refer to have roasted
asparagus for use in recipes because of the flavour, and roasting seems to
keep the texture firm.
T o Blanch:  Cut  spe ars 1-1/ 2 inches (3.5 cm ) shorter than the height of the
jar, or cut into 1- or 2-inch (2.5 or 5 cm) pieces. Bring a lar ge saucepan of
water to  a boil over high heat. A dd asparagus, bring back to a boil and boil
for 1 minute. Li ft out and imme rse in ice water for 1 minute. Drain and pat
dry.
T o Roast:  Roasting works best with whol e, fat asparagus spears. W ash an d
trim spe ars; leave whole. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Lightly oil a
rimmed baking sheet. Arrange s pears in single layer on prepare d sheet and
roll in oil to coat evenly. Roast in preheated oven for 15 minutes or until
almost tender (a sharp knife should meet with some resistance when
inserted into the centre of a spear). Spears may be lightly charred. Grind salt
and pepper over top. Let cool slightly. Cut spears to fit th e container,
allowing for 1/2 to 1-inch (1 to  2.5 cm) headspace, or cut into 1-inch (2.5
cm) pieces.
3. Fill  pint  (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1  L) freezer containers with blanched
or roasted asparagus. Squeeze out air; leave 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace.
Seal, label and freeze.
a s p a r a g u s  s a u c e
Having this sauce on hand to use in fall or winter is like having a patch of
crisp and sunny spring in the pantry. Y ou can trim off the tend er tips anduse them fr esh i n a salad (see Spring Salad ) an d r e serve th e stalks for this
sauce—a gr eat way to can your asparagus and eat it too.
MAKES 9 CUPS (2.25 L)
8 cups (2 L) asparagus pieces (1-inch/2.5 cm lengths), about 4 lb (2 kg)
4 cups (1 L) chicken stock
2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil
2 tbsp (25 mL) butter
1 cup (250 mL) chopped onion
1 cup (250 mL) finely chopped mushr ooms
1/2 cup (125 mL) finely chopped gr een onions
3 tbsp (45 mL) chopped fr esh parsley
1 tbsp (15 mL) fr esh thyme leaves grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

1. In a saucepan, combine aspar agus and chicken stock. Bring to a boil over
high hea t. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until tender.
Remove from heat and set aside.
2. H eat nine 1-cup (250 mL) jars in boiling water, and scald the  lids, lifter,
funnel and tongs ( Pressure Canner Method ).
3. Mean while, in  a canning kettle, heat the olive oil and butter over medium
heat. Add onion and sauté for 5 minutes. Stir in mushrooms and green
onions. Cook, stirring frequently, for 7 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
Add asparagus and stock to the vegetables and bring to a boil. A dd parsley,
thyme, l emon ri nd and lemon j uice. Simmer gently for 1 minu te. Using a
blender or food processor, puré e the asparagus mixture, in ba tches, until
smooth. Return each batch to a clean saucepan and keep hot over medium-
low heat.4. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Run a thin non-metallic
utensil around the inside of the  jar to allow air to escape. Ad d more hot
sauce, if necessary, to leave a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. W ipe sealing edge
of ja rs w ith a clean, damp, lint-free cloth. Position flat lids over the tops of
jars and hand-tighten screw bands.
5. Place  jars in pressure canner. Adjust water level (check manufacturer ’ s
instructions), lock lid and bring to a boil over medium-high  heat. V ent
steam for 10 minutes (check manufacturer ’ s instructions), then close vent.
Continue heatin g to achieve 10 lb (69 kPa) pressure and maintain pressure
to process pint ( 2-cup/500 mL) jars for 25 minutes and quart (1 L) jars for
30 minutes. These times and pressure are based on using a weighted gauge
pressure canner at 1,000 feet (


 you rely on
the values of others from your past. And once again the payoff is in
being protected from having to take charge of your own life.
• Guilt is a useful method for transferring responsibility for your
behavior from yourself to others. It is easy to get infuriated at how
you are being manipulated and to shift the focus for your guilt off
yourself, and onto those infernal others, who are so powerful that
they can make you feel anything they want, including guilt.
• Often you can win the approval of others even when those
others don’t approve of your behavior by feeling guilt for that beha-
vior. You may have done something out of line, but by feeling guilty
you are showing that you know the proper way to behave, and are
making an attempt to fit in.
• Guilt is a superb way to win pity from others. No matter that
the desire for the pity is a clear indication of low self-esteem. In this
case you’d rather have others feel sorry for you, than like and respect
yourself.
There you have the most notorious of the dividends for hanging
onto guilt. Guilt, like all self-nullifying emotions, is a choice, some-
thing that you exercise control over. If you don’t like it, and would
prefer to make it go away so that you are entirely “guilt-free” here
are some beginning strategies for wiping your guilt slate clean.
Some Strategies for Eliminating Guilt
• Begin to view the past as something that can never be102 / Your Erroneous Zoneschanged, despite how you feel about it. It’s over! And any guilt that
you choose will not make the past different. Emblazon this sentence
on your consciousness. “My feeling guilty will not change the past,
nor will it make me a better person.” This sort of thinking will help
you to differentiate guilt from learning as a result of your past.
• Ask yourself what you are avoiding in the present with guilt
about the past. By going to work on that particular thing, you will
eliminate the need for guilt.
A client of mine who had been carrying on an extramarital affair
for some time provides a good example of this kind of guilt elimin-
ation. The man professed to feel guilty about the affair, but continued
to sneak away from his wife each week to see the other woman. I
pointed out to him that the guilt he spoke so much about was a
totally futile emotion. It did not improve his marriage and even
prevented him from enjoying his affair. He had two choices. He
could recognize that he was devoting his present to feeling guilty
because it was easier than examining his marriage closely and going
to work on it—and himself.
Or he could learn to accept his behavior. He could admit that he
condoned extramarital sexual exploration and realize that his value
system encompassed behavior which many people condemn. In
either case, he would be choosing to eliminate the guilt, and to either
change or accept himself.
• Begin to accept certain things about yourself that you’ve chosen
but which others may dislike. Thus, if your parents, boss, neighbors,
or even spouse, take a stand against some of your behavior, you can
see that as natural. Remember what was said earlier about approval
seeking. It is necessary that you approve of yourself; the approval
of others is pleasant but beside the point. Once you no longer need
approval, the guilt for behavior which does not bring approval will
disappear.
• Keep a Guilt Journal  and write down any guilty moments, noting
precisely when, why, and with whom it occurs, and what you are
avoiding in the present with this agonizing over theTHE USELESS EMOTIONS—GUILT AND WORRY  / 103past. The journal should provide some helpful insights into your
particular guilt zone.
• Reconsider your value system. Which values do you believe in
and which do you only pretend to accept? List all of these phony
values and resolve to live up to a code of ethics that is self-determ-
ined, not one that has been imposed by others.
• Make a list of all the bad things you’ve ever done. Give yourself
guilt points for each of them on a scale of one to ten. Add up your
score and see if it makes any difference in the present whether it’s
one hundred or one million. The present-moment is still the same
and all of your guilt is merely wasteful activity.
• Assess the real consequences of your behavior. Rather than
looking for a mystical feeling to determine yes’s and no’s in your
life, determine whether the results of your actions are pleasing and
productive for you.
• Teach those in your life who attempt to manipulate you with
guilt that you are perfectly capable of handling their disappointment
in you. Thus, if Mamma gets into her guilt act with “You didn’t do
this” or “I’ll get the chairs, you just sit there,” learn new responses
like “Okay, Mom, if you want to risk your back on a few chairs be-
cause you can’t wait a few minutes, I guess there is little I can do to
dissuade you.” It will take some time, but their behavior will begin
to change once they see they cannot force you to choose guilt. Once
you de-fuse the guilt, the emotional control over you and the possib-
ility of manipulation are eliminated forever.
• Do something which you know is bound to result in feelings of
guilt. As you check into a hotel, and a bellboy is assigned to show
you to a room that you are perfectly capable of finding alone with
your one small piece of luggage, announce that you’ll do it alone. If
you’re rejected, tell your unwanted companion that he is wasting
his time and energy since you will not be leaving a tip for a service
that you don’t want. Or take a week to be alone if you’ve always
wanted to do so, despite the104 / Your Erroneous Zonesguilt-engendering protestations from other members of your family.
These kinds of behavior will help you to tackle that omnipresent
guilt that so many sectors of the environment are adept at helping
you to choose.
• The following dialogue represents a role-working exercise in a
counseling group led by myself, in which a young girl (23) was
confronting her mother (being played by another group member)
about wanting to leave the nest. The mother was using every con-
ceivable guilt-producing response to keep her from leaving home.
This dialogue was the end product of an hour of teaching the
daughter how to outmaneuver her mother’s guilt-producing state-
ments.
DAUGHTER : Mother—I’m leaving home.
MOTHER : If you do, I’ll have a heart attack, you know how
my heart is, and how I need you to help me with my medicine
and all.
DAUGHTER : You’re concerned about your health and you
think you can’t make it without me.
MOTHER : Of course I can’t. Look, I’ve been good to you all
these years, and now you’re just walking out, leaving me
here to die. If that’s all you think of your mother, go ahead.
DAUGHTER : You think that because you’ve helped me as a
child that I should repay you by staying here and not become
independent and be on my own.
MOTHER : (Clutching at her chest) I’m having a tachycardia
attack right now. I think I’m going to die. You’re killing me,
that’s what you’re doing.
DAUGHTER : Is there anything you’d like to say to me before
you leave?”
In this dialogue, the daughter refused to yield to the obvious guilt
producers offered by her mother. The daughter had been aTHE USELESS EMOTIONS—GUILT AND WORRY  / 105literal slave, and any effort to be on her own had always been met
with guilt-engendering talk. Mamma was willing to use anything
to keep her daughter dependent and in her control, and the daughter
either had to learn new responses or be a slave to her mother and
her own guilt for the rest of her life. Take careful notice of the
daughter’s responses. They all begin with references to her mother
as responsible for her own feelings. By saying “You feel,” rather
than “I feel,” the potential for guilt is tactfully minimized.
Such is guilt in our culture—a convenient tool for manipulating
others and a futile waste of time. Worry, the other side of the coin,
is diagnostically identical to guilt, but focuses exclusively on the
future and all of the terrible things that might  happen.
A Closer Look at Worry
There is nothing to worry about! Absolutely nothing. You can
spend the rest of your life, beginning right now, worrying about the
future, and no amount of your worry will change a thing. Remember
that worry is defined as being immobilized in the present as a result
of things that are going or not going to happen in the future. You
must be careful not to confuse worrying with planning for the future.
If you are planning, and the present-moment activity will contribute
to a more effective future, then this is not worry. It is worry only
when you are in any way immobilized now about a future happen-
ing.
Just as our society fosters guilt, so it encourages worry. Once again
it all begins with equating worrying with caring. If you care about
someone, the message goes, then you are bound to


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I gratefully acknowledge the help I have received from my friends and colleagues in putting this book together. This book
could not have been published without help from the editors—my wife Allison, Dr. Guy Abraham, Stephanie Buist, Dr. Robert
Radtke, Dawn Malott, and Janet Darnell. To Hailey Brownstein, thanks for the title pages!
I would also like to thank my patients. It is your search for safe and effective natural treatments that is the driving force behind
holistic medicine. You have accompanied me down this path and I appreciate each and every one of you.
And, to my staff. Thank you so very much for taking this trip with me. Without your help and support, none of this would be
possible. I do appreciate all of your hard work and your dedication.A Word of Caution to the Reader
The information presented in this book is based on the training and professional experience of the author. The treatments
recommended in this book should not be undertaken without first consulting a physician. Proper laboratory and clinical monitoring
is essential to achieving the goals of finding safe and natural treatments. This book was written for informational and educational
purposes only. It is not intended to be used as medical advice.ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Brownstein, M.D. is a Board-Certified family physician who utilizes the best of conventional and alternative therapies.
He is the Medical Director for the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, MI. He is a graduate of the University of
Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Brownstein is a member of the American Academy of Family
Physicians and the American College for the Advancement in Medicine. He is the father of two beautiful girls, Hailey and Jessica
and is a retired soccer coach. Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally about his success using natural items. Dr. Brownstein
has authored eleven books:
Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It, 5
th
 Edition; Vitamin B12 for
Health;

Drugs That Don’t Work and Natural Therapies That Do, 2
nd
 Edition;

The Miracle of Natural Hormones 3
rd
Edition;

Overcoming Thyroid Disorders 3
rd
 Edition;

Overcoming Arthritis;

Salt Your Way to Health, 2
nd
 Edition;
The Guide To Healthy Eating, 2
nd
 Edition;

The Guide to a Gluten-Free Diet, 2
nd
 Edition;

The Guide to a Dairy-
Free Diet;
 and
The Soy Deception.

Dr. Brownstein’s office is located at:

Center for Holistic Medicine
5821 W. Maple Rd.
Ste. 192
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
248.851.1600
www.drbrownstein.com
www.centerforholisticmedicine.comContents
Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction to Iodine
Chapter 2: Iodine Deficiency and Iodized Salt
Chapter 3: Different Forms of Iodine
Chapter 4: Iodine and the Thyroid Gland
Chapter 5: The Oxidation and Organification of Iodine
Chapter 6: Iodine and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
Chapter 7: The Selenium/Iodine Connection
Chapter 8: Iodine, Breast Cancer, and Fibrocystic Breast Disease
Chapter 9: The Importance of Iodine Before Pregnancy
Chapter 10: Children, ADHD, Autism, and Iodine
Chapter 11: Toxic Halides: Bromide and Fluoride
Chapter 12: Detoxification Questions and Answers
Chapter 13: Iodine Dosage Guidelines
Chapter 14: Case Histories
Chapter 15: Questions and Answers
Chapter 16: Final Thoughts: Overcoming Medical Iodophobia
Appendix
IndexDEDICATION
To the women of my life: Allison, Hailey, and Jessica, with all my love
To physicians not satisfied with the dogma who are willing to search for a new paradigm that promotes
health.
To my staff: Thanks so much for all of your help and encouragement. I appreciate all of your hard work.
And, to my patients. Thank you for being interested in what I am interested in.
Last, but certainly not least. I dedicate this book to my mentor on iodine: Dr. Guy Abraham.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
Of all the elements known so far to be essential for human health, iodine is the most misunderstood and the most feared. Yet
iodine is the safest of all the essential trace elements, being the only one that can be administered safely for long periods of time to
large numbers of patients in daily amounts as high as 100,000 times the RDA. However, this safety record only applies to
inorganic nonradioactive forms of iodine. Based on a review of the literature, both forms, iodine and iodide, are needed for
optimal function of every organ and cell of the human body.
1
Some organic iodine-containing drugs, such as amiodarone, are extremely toxic and prescribed by physicians. The severe
side effects of these drugs are blamed on inorganic iodine although studies have clearly demonstrated that it is the whole molecule
that is toxic, not the iodine released from it. A case in point: the thyroid hormones are organic iodine-containing substances. Not a
single physician has attributed the effects of thyroid hormones to inorganic iodine. Why not? They are basically the same forms of
iodine covalently bound to an organic molecule. This author believes that this inconsistency of doublethink is most likely due to
decreased cognition caused by iodine deficiency. Medical iodophobia may have caused more human misery and death than both
world wars combined by
preventing meaningful clinical research in the daily amount of iodine needed for optimal physical and
mental health
2
.
It is of interest that the recommended daily amount of iodine for supplementation by clinicians of previous generations, that is
12.5-37.5 mg in the form of Lugol’s solution, turns out to be the exact range of intake for sufficiency of the whole human body,
based on a recently developed loading test.
3
 Iodine/iodide in the proper amounts resulted in increased urinary excretion of heavy
metals such as lead and mercury; and had a detoxifying effect by increasing excretion of the toxic halides fluoride and bromide.
4
 It
is time to wake up and realize that we are sitting on the shoulders of the giants of past generations who have given us useful
information, which we have discarded in favor of preconceived ideas by self-appointed experts.
This book by Dr. David Brownstein is a welcome departure from the past and a fresh look at facts only, discarding myths and
unfounded concerns about inorganic nonradioactive iodine/iodide. Patients will be grateful to Dr. Brownstein for bringing to light a
simple, safe, inexpensive way of healing many medical conditions.
The ultimate Healer is the Creator of heaven and earth. His guidance has been felt constantly during this project by this
author. May He bless and guide Dr. Brownstein and his patients.
“I the LORD am your healer.”
(Exodus 15:26)
Guy E. Abraham, M.D., FACN.
1
 Abraham, G.E., Flechas, J.D., Hakala, J.C., Orthoiodosupplementation: Iodine sufficiency of the whole human body. The
Original Internist, 9:30-41, 2002.
2
 Abraham, G.E., The Wolff-Chaikoff Effect of Increasing Iodide Intake on the Thyroid. Townsend Letter, 245:100-101,
2003.
3
 Abraham, G.E. The safe and effective implementation or orthoiodosupplementation in medical practice. The Original
Internist, April 2004 (In press).
4
 Abraham, G.E., Iodine Supplementation Markedly Increases Urinary Excretion of Fluoride and Bromide. Townsend Letter,
238:108-109, 2003Preface to the Fourth Edition
(Author’s note: Dr. Abraham died before I began working on the 5
th
 Edition of this book. He was gracious to write a new
Preface for each edition. I am including the last Preface that he wrote for me.)
Less than five years ago, David Brownstein, M.D. introduced to the medical community and to consumers, his book on the
essential element iodine, describing his experience with the orthoiodosupplementation program and the iodine/iodide loading test.
1
 This test is simple, straightforward, and practical.
Since then, he has crisscrossed the continental U.S.A. from East to West and North to South, lecturing on his experience with
inorganic non-radioactive iodine to physicians, other healthcare professionals and consumers. Due mainly to his persistent efforts,
reassuring healthcare professionals that inorganic non-radioactive iodine is safe and effective, there are now thousands of
physicians and other healthcare professionals using the iodine/iodide loading test and implementing orthoiodosupplementation
safely and successfully in their practices. After trying orthoiodosupplementation on themselves and their loved ones, they became
conf