	own
alkaline	minerals	(such	as	calcium	and	magnesium)	leached	from	the	bones	and
teeth,	leading	to	dental	problems	and	osteoporosis.	By	contrast,	fresh	and
unprocessed	foods,	rich	in	alkaline	minerals,	help	keep	pH	within	normal	limits.
For	this	reason,	among	others,	most	of	our	calories	should	come	from	fresh,
unprocessed	vegetables,	fruits,	beans	and	whole	grains.
Concerned	about	your	pH?	Measure	the	pH	of	your	first	morning	urine	before
eating.	This	test	offers	an	indicator	of	your	cellular	pH	and	can	be	used	to
monitor	changes	as	you	work	to	normalize	your	pH.	First	morning	urine	should
be	in	the	range	of	6.5	to	7.5.	If	readings	fall	below	6.5,	you	are	too	acidic.
Occasional	readings	above	7.5	are	normal,	but	consistent	readings	above	7.5	are
an	indication	of	tissue	breakdown,	and	a	pH	over	8.0	is	a	serious	matter.	Fatigue
is	often	reflected	in	an	acidic	pH.
Why	Am	I	So	Tired?
Fatigue	is	one	of	the	most	common	complaints	made	to	physicians	today.
During	the	onset	of	my	own	illness,	the	first	thing	I	noticed	was	fatigue.	I	simply
did	not	have	the	energy	I	had	been	accustomed	to	having.	So	many	people—
epidemic	proportions,	actually—are	tired	and	lack	energy,	but	they	do	not	knowwhat	to	do	about	it.	Indeed,	when	I	told	my	doctor	about	my	fatigue,	he	told	me
it	was	the	result	of	aging.	In	truth,	the	fatigue	had	nothing	to	do	with	growing
older	and	everything	to	do	with	becoming	sicker.
All	cells	require	energy	to	function.	Your	cellular	powerhouses	use	enzymes
to	turn	carbohydrates,	fatty	acids	and	amino	acids	into	energy	the	body	is	able	to
use.	Fatigue	occurs	because	the	body’s	energy	production	systems	have	been
impaired.	The	powerhouses	(called
mitochondria
)	may	not	be	receiving
sufficient	fuel	or	oxygen,	may	have	been	damaged	by	free	radicals,	may	have	the
wrong	pH,	or	may	have	their	enzymes	disabled	by	toxic	chemicals.	The	high-
energy	compounds	made	by	the	powerhouses,	such	as	ATP	(adenosine
triphosphate),	are	made	in	large	quantities	when	we	sleep,	which	is	one	reason
that	an	under-rested	person	functions	poorly	and	lacks	energy.
Don’t	Blame	Your	Parents
Genes	are	the	blueprints	for	the	structure	and	function	of	every	cell	in	our
bodies.	Although	we	inherit	genes	from	our	parents,	how	we	maintain	and	care
for	our	genes	determines	how	well	our	cells	work.	Over	a	lifetime,	to	some
degree,	genes	deteriorate	and	mutate	naturally,	but	what	we	must	focus	on	are
man-made	free	radicals	that	accelerate	or	distort	this	natural	process.	Minimizing
the	damage	is	crucial;	important	steps	are	to	avoid:	radiation	from	medical	X
rays	and	other	sources,	environmental	chemicals,	prescription	and	recreational
drugs,	alcohol,	tobacco	smoke	and	even	char-broiled	meat.	Minimizing	the
damage	also	means	protecting	genes	with	good	nutrition—particularly	foods
containing	ample	antioxidant	nutrients	such	as	vitamins	A,	C,	E	and	the	mineral
selenium.
Many	people	assume	that	“bad	genes”	or	a	family	history	of	disease
predestines	them	to	be	sick.	In	truth,	while	genetic	predispositions	do	put	a
person	at	risk	for	disease,	what	a	person	chooses	to	do	to	protect	the	health	of
their	cells	and	genes	plays	a	more	important	role	in	whether	or	not	disease
develops.	Choices,	rather	than	genetic	inheritance,	are	the	key.	We	must	focus
on	how	we	play	the	game,	not	the	cards	we	were	dealt;	what	we	eat,	what	we	do
and	what	we	are	exposed	to	determines	how	healthy	we	will	be.
Learning	a	New	Way
Unfortunately,	a	common	medical	response	to	a	diseased	organ	is	to	remove	it
surgically.	Before	taking	such	a	drastic	action,	why	not	give	the	cells	that	makeup	that	organ	what	they	need,	keep	them	free	of	what	they	do	not	need	and
restore	the	organ	to	health?
Modern	lifestyles—diets	and	toxins—create	the	formulas	for	cellular
malfunction	and	disease,	yet	traditional	medical	practices	ignore	them.	How
often	have	you,	a	friend	or	a	relative	consulted	a	physician	and	been	given	a
diagnosis	or	treatment	but	were	not	asked	even	one	question	about	how	you	care
for	or	neglect	your	body?	Not	asked	even	one	question	about	what	you	eat,	what
harmful	substances	invade	your	environment	or	how	you	live	your	life	in
general?	More	commonly	you	are	asked	about	symptoms	alone.	Traditional
medicine	does	not	make	us	healthy	and,	worse	yet,	can	make	us	sick	and
promote	our	death.	Drugs,	surgeries	and	other	medical	procedures	that	disregard
the	causes	of	disease—not	fixing	the	problems	inside	the	cells	and	instead
addressing	symptoms—	can	never	cure	the	disease.	Disease	is	not	about
“diseases,”	it	is	about	cells;	diagnoses	and	treatments	should	always	reflect	this
approach.
The	battle	between	sickness	and	health	takes	place	within	every	cell	in	your
body.	Choosing	healthy	cells	means	following	each	of	the	six	pathways	in	a
positive	direction;	let	us	move	on	to	the	first	of	the	six:	the	nutrition	pathway.5
T
HE
N
UTRITION
P
ATHWAY
“The	well-nourished	American	is	a	myth.	Despite	the	high
level	of	education	and	the	abundance	of	available	food,
many	people	make	poor	food	choices	and	are	badly
nourished.	.	.	.	[T]he	average	human	diet,	nutritionally	unfit
for	rats,	must	be	equally	unsatisfactory	or	even	more	so	in
meeting	human	needs.”
Carl	Pfeiffer,	M.D.,	Ph.D.
Mental	and	Elemental	Nutrients
M
eet	Elizabeth.	For	eight	years	Elizabeth	has	waged	a	losing	battle	against
chronic	fatigue.	She	suffers	from	painful	arthritis	(with	measurable	bone	loss	in
one	shoulder),	and	she	takes	powerful	pain	medications	daily.	Overwhelming
exhaustion,	coupled	with	the	pain,	prevent	her	from	working	or	participating	in
meaningful	activity.	She	has	seen	numerous	medical	doctors	and	alternative
practitioners,	but	she	is	not	improving.
After	hearing	me	speak	at	a	chronic	fatigue	support	group,	Elizabeth	reached
out	for	my	help.	Within	a	few	months	Elizabeth’s	pain	was	gone	and	her	energy
was	soaring.	A	year	later,	she	returned	to	work,	at	a	six-figure	income.
“Raymond	gave	me	back	my	life,”	she	tells	friends.	In	reality,	I	simply	taught
her	how	to	give	her	cells	the	nutrients	they	were	desperately	missing.	Even	more
simply,	I	taught	Elizabeth	how	to


 natural meat-
eaters?  There are too many considerations in physiology, structure (miscalled anatomy), aesthetic disposition and psy -
chology that characterize us as non-flesh-eaters t o ev
en seri-
ously entertain such notions.
I had a nutr itionist tell me in
fron
t of an audience that we
had canine teeth and that
proved our meat-eating character.  I responded with: “You really mean dog teeth, don’t
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Fruiticultureyou?  Like fangs?”  This caused her to redden.  Then I related one of Abraham Lincoln’s
favorite retorts: “If you counted a sheep’s tail as a leg, how many legs would it have?”  Invariably the answer was “five. ” To which Lincoln would respond: “Only four. Counting the tail as a leg doesn’t make it one. ”
I think you’ll agree that we are not equipped in any aspect of our being as carnivores. Are We Eaters of Fermented and Rotten Foods?Substantially all of Americans eat fermented and putrefied substances that are
called foods.  When fats oxidize and decompose they become rancid and repulsive.  Carbohydrates ferment when decomposed by fungi (yeast) and bacteria.  And proteins putrefy (rot) when decomposed by bacteria and fungi.
It is odd that we will discard fermented grapes, yet drink their fermentation end-product
called wine.  Odder still, most Americans consume with relish something that never oc -
curred in nature: a pathogenic putrefactive product called cheese.  Cheese represents about all the decomposition products in a single package: r
ancid fats, putrefactive prod -
ucts and fermentation products.
Bacterial and fungal (y east) f
ermentation produce
alcohol, vinegar (acetic acid) and lactic acid with other byproducts of methane and carbon dioxide.  Proteins, decomposed primarily by anaerobic bac -
teria but also by fungi and aerobic bacteria, have as dec omposition end-products pt omaines (putr
es-
cine, muscarine, neurine, cadaverine, ptomatropine
and y et other toxic c ompounds), indoles
, leukomaines, skatoles, mercaptans, ammonia,
methane, hydrogen sulfide and yet other toxic compounds.  You need only to refer to a good dictionary to learn just how poisonous these products are.  Yet, Americans eat bil -
lions upon billions of pounds of cheese annually.
Cheese is made b y taking the casein portion of milk and r otting it with t
ypes of bacteria
that yield byproducts that many palates have come to treasure.  That all these poisons
going into the system cause anything less than sicknesses, diseases and debility is mis -
representation.  Tumors and cancer are often the result.
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FruiticultureHumans consume many fermentation, rancid and putrefactive products.  Most are de -
rived from milk. Some are derived from grains (especially the alcohols), fruits (wines and
certain vinegars), legumes (especially the soybean and its tr ain of putr
efactive prod -
ucts), and decomposed meats.
As humans could not consume these dec omposed pr
oducts in nature without tools and
containerization, we may safely categorize them as unnatural.  I dare say that you agree.Are We Sucklings of Animals?I doubt that humans ever directly suckled cattle, goats, mares, camels, sheep and other
animals. And, of course, the idea of doing this is obnoxious to our disposition.  I refer,
facetiously, to milk drinkers as secondhand grass eaters although, to be sure, grass has all the nutr ients necessar y t
o support life.
While we can live on milks (certain Africans, like the Masai, live substantially on milk and blood, thus reducing themselves to parasite status), these are by no means our natural foods. Milk-drinking as a regular part of our intake is only a few hun -
dred years old with the exception of certain Arabic and A frican peoples.  M ilk
-drinking is pathogenic.
If milk and milk products were discontinued today, millions of people would cease to suffer sicknesses and pathologies within a short pe -
riod. In fact, if this alone was discontinued, the hospitals would virtually empty out and physicians’  w
aiting rooms would be mostly vacated.
Milk-drinking is also an act by proxy.  If we had to get milk directly from the teats of ani -
mals by suction, I’m sure we’d skirt milk altogether.  I would and I’m sure you would too.
Are We F
rugivores?
Are we a species of fruit eaters?  Would you, in nature, relish ripe, vibrant grapes, peach -
es, melons, bananas, apples, plums, oranges, mangos, avocados, tomatoes, figs, berries
and the thousands of other fruits?  Would fruits attr ac
t your eye, tantalize your sense of
smell, and be a gustatory delight in their raw natural ripe state?  Would you prefer any -
thing that occurs in nature to a juicy sweet watermelon?
59
FruiticultureMan has always had a love affair going
with fruits.  Even through all his perver -
sions, he has continued to relish fruits.  Fruits are the natur al f
ood of humans
and the only food category ideally suit -
ed to all their faculties.  This does not mean we should eat fruits totally and
e
xclusively in our present circumstances,
but it does mean that, in nature, that’s all we ate as attested to by anthropo -
logical evidence scientists have uncovered, notably Dr. Alan Walker of Johns Hopkins University.
Of c
ourse, you go for fruits in their raw state regardless of what else your acculturization
and circumstances dispose you to eat.  Your instincts are still alive and well despite per -
versions.  Many myths have been built around and about fruits.  As a fruitarian I can offer
a new dietary for those who say w e
’re not—their own words!
Nutritionists, so-called, are the creatures of training dictated by the meat, grain and milk trusts.  These trusts are part of the dominant commercial interests that dictate what will be taught in our educational institutions from universities down to kindergarten.  Nutritionists are trained like seals to parrot the propaganda which will induce the popu -
lace to consume their masters’ products, with the basic five food groups being one of the primary propaganda w eapons put a
t their disposal to serve their masters.  Of course,
there are renegade nutritionists and dietitians who have revolted against the basic four except for the fruit and vegetable category.  Most nutritionists are ashamed of the fifth food category and don’t even mention it though it is on the books along with the basic four.
The fifth category consists of what might broadly be termed “accessory foods” such as
oils, syrups, snack foods, sugars, wines, seasonings, jams, preserves, etc.  Even though we are admonished to eat from all five food categories daily by the framers of this scheme to peddle commercial products, nutritionists and dietitians are not keen on mouthing this part of the propaganda even though they include it liberally in their recipes.
60
FruiticultureWhile some nutritionists and dietitians praise fruits and vegetables, they still charac -
terize those who point out our biologically correct foods as faddists and nutritional
quacks.  Yet, ev
en in seminars, those who sharply question me must admit that, aestheti -
cally, they would eat little besides fruits in nature and that we humans are naturally fruitar ians.
All the cr it
eria heretofore cited as the requirements of our natural foods are amply met
by fruits. In short, they are replete with our nutrient requirements in practically the pro -
portions that we need them. We are biological symbionts of fruit-bearing plants, and in nature would ea t v
ery little besides fruits.  Despite all this, there’s no particular harm in
eating green leafy vegetables, stalks, stems and their fresh juices in the raw state.  Even some steaming or conservative cooking of tu -
bers, stalks, stems, roots, corms and selected legumes and g rains (pref er
ably sprouted), are
not sufficiently deleterious to seriously harm our health.  Of course, there are some toxic re -
sults from eating all this fare.  We’re better off without them.  Yet, I r epea
t, there is no great
harm in their consumption relative to what is suffered from conventional fare.
Dr. Bruce Ames of the University of California, Berkeley, has created a catalog of poi -
sons in vegetables and published an extensive article in the September 23, 1983 issue
of Science magazine.  No indic tmen
t of fruits as having toxic substances was made or
can be made.  Virtually every vegetable was indicted.  All were a part of the same study.  Humans are biologically equipped to handle most fruits.
When ripened, fruits accommodatingly convert their carbohydrate components into glu -
cose and fructose, simple sugars we can use without further digestion.  Their enzymes
conver t their pr
oteins into amino acids and their fats into fatty acids and glycerols.  Thus,
when we


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Affirmations, 288-289
Agm, 172-173,233,316
Ahamkara, 126, 141-142, 318
Air
Element, 12-13, 62, 190
Types, 25, 154-155
Ananda, 311
Anandamaya Kosha, 84, 99-100, 309-310
Annamaya Kosha, 84, 99-100, 309-310
Aroma Therapy, 216-221
Aromas, 216-221
Ashtanga Yoga, 263
Association, (Right), 151-152
Astral Plane, 297
Astringent Taste, 192, 198
Astrology, 211
Atman, 98, 126
Awakened Prana, 100-101
Awareness, 8-10, 49, 75
Being, 311
Being-Consciousness-Bliss, 311
Bhakti Yoga, 142
Bitter Taste, 192, 195-196
Bliss, 60, 311
Brahman, 244, 311
Brahmacharya, 266-268
Breath, 25, 100, 270-273
Breathing
Alternative Nostril, 276
Buddha, 93
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Causal, 171, 176, 307-312
Chakras, 312-313
Chit, 76,81,98, 136
Chitta, 76-79,81-87, 97-100
Christ, 250- 297
Coconut Oil, 202
Color Therapy, 205-206, 209-210, 213, 287
Compassion, 248, 254
Conscience, 96-97
Consciousness (see Chitta)
Pure, (see Chit)
Constitutional Types, 15-24, 154-165
Cosmic Consciousness, 80-81, 89, 98, 288
Life, 182, 231,259, 289
Mind, 39, 117, 252
Person, 311
Counseling, 149
Death, 102, 253,291,308
Deep Sleep, 88, 174
Deities, 252-253
Desire, 122
Detoxification, 174-176, 192, 234
Devotion, 244-245, 248, 250
Dharana, 283-284
Dhanna, 263-264
Dhannic Living, 259
Dhyana, 289-290
Diet, 150, 170, 186-192, 194-195,268
Vegetarian, 39, 191, 268
Divine
Consciousness, 90, 25 1
Father, 81
Mother, 6 Index
Name, 250-251
Self, 82
Word, 98
Dreams, 88, 174
E.S.P., 121
Earth Element, 64, 190
Ego, 125-133
Elements, 170-171, 190
Emotion, 113-114
Faith, 91
Fire Elements, 13, 190
Fire Types, 13, 18-19, 59-66, 110
Five Senses, 1 10, 172, 250
Foods, 187, 191, 193-194
Gem Therapy, 205, 21 1
Gems, 147, 182, 205, 21 1-216, 333
Ghee, 200-201, 209, 251, 284-285
God, 248-251
God-realization, 134
Goddess, 234, 244, 249, 253
Gods, 32, 117, 250-252
Gunas, 29-35,41-42, 171
Gum, 98, 104, 154, 128, 250, 289
Hamsa, 273
Hanuman, 253
Heart, 67, 82-83, 90-91
Herbs, 176, 183-186, 195-199
Hessonite, 214
Hinduism, 252-253
Homa, 210
Honey, 200
Ida, 274-276
Incense, 182-201,216-218
Individual Nature, 86
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Intellect, 94-96
Intelligence, 62, 63, 69, 93-99
Ishvara, 133, 244, 267
Ishvara Pranidhana, 134, 267
Jiva, 132-133, 135-136
Jivatman, 132, 317
Jupitor, 212-214
Kali, 186, 250, 253
Kapha, 11-15,20-25
Kama, 6-7
Ketu, 213
Krishna, 184, 250, 253
Kundalini, 274, 313
Kwan Yin, 250
Lakshmi, 185, 253
Logos, 98
Love, 90
Mahadeva, 252
Manas, 109-111, 116-117, 119-120, 137-142
Mandalas, 210, 287
Manomaya Kosha, 117, 309
Mantra, 176, 224-226, 230-235, 251
Mannas, 219
Mars, 212-214
Matter, 311
Meditation, 229-230, 285-287, 289-292
Memory, 87-88
Mercury, 212-214
Metals, 215-216
Mind (see Manas)
Mind-Body Medicine, 1, 4, 6
Moon, 184,212-214
Mustard Oil, 202
Nadis, 231,273-276 Index 343
Nasya, 201
Negative Emotions, 89
New Age, 312
Niyamas, 267, 274, 302, 320
Non-possessiveness, 265-266
Non-violence, 265
Oil Massage, 165, 201-203
Ojas, 25-28
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ustachian tubes any more, allowing mucous to drain from the middle ear.
This will resolve glue ear and the constant chain of ear infections.
Another common contributing factor to ear infections are food allergies,
particularly allergy to milk. In the previous chapters we have discussed what
role the gut flora plays in the development of food allergies. With the use of
diet and probiotics we can improve the state of the gut flora and the immune
system in the child's body. Clinical experience shows that a lot of food aller
gies disappear as the gut heals. In the meantime it is a good idea to remove
the foods, which the child may be allergic to, particularly cow's milk.
However, it takes time to change the child's diet and to establish normal
bacterial flora in the throat. What do we do as an immediate response to an
ear infection?
Unfortunately, a very common thing that happens is the prescription of
antibiotics. It is a routine response of the medical profession pretty much
everywhere in the western world. We have discussed in detail what anti
biotics do to the bodily flora (in the gut, on the skin, on all mucous mem
branes, including the nose, throat and ears). Though the course of anti
biotics would clear that particular ear infection, it would lay the ground for
the next one to come. Apart from destroying the beneficial bacteria, anti
biotics are usually given to small children in a syrup, which would provide concentrated amounts of sugars and starches to encourage the growth of
pathogenic microbes in the throat, many of which are resistant to the
antibiotic in that syrup. As a result these pathogens start growing even
while the antibiotic is being administered. Many children, whom I see,
have another ear infection pretty much as soon as the course of antibiotic
finishes. Unfortunately, in these cases children are put on a permanent
antibiotic for many months, which would cause a very deep damage to the
child's bodilyflora and immune system.
There have been comparison studies done, where one group of children
with an ear infection was treated with antibiotics and another group
received no treatment. The result of these studies was the same - there is
no difference in the outcome of an ear infection after an antibiotic treat
ment or doing nothing at all.
So, if you leave a child with an ear infection without any treatment, he or
she will recover just as well. However, there is no need to leave the child
without any help. People treated ear infections very effectively for
centuries with simple home remedies. Here are some recommendations.
1. If you can manage it keep your child indoors until the ear infection
resolves itself. Keep.your child warm all the time. Put a knitted
woollen hat on your child, and a warm jumper while indoors and let
your child wear a warm hat at all times - during the day and at night.
2. Give your child plenty of hot drinks. Just hot water with a slice of
lemon and a spoon of honey is sufficient. Sit your child on your lap
andgivehim or her this drinkfroma teaspoon, taking great care not to
burn the child but to let him have this drink as hot as possible. Put
some probiotic powder on his/her tongue after finishing the drink. If it
is difficult to get your child to take the powder, mix it in a teaspoon of
warm water and give him this teaspoon straight after finishing the
drink. Remember that probiotic contains live bacteria, which will
be killed by hot water, so mix it with warm or cool water.
Instead of just water with lemon and honey, you can make some
herbal teas: camomile, calendula, marjoram, eucalyptus and thyme
all have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. Make sure that
you get the pure herb itself without any additives. Put a teaspoon of
the herb into your teapot, pour over boiling water, cover and let it
brew for 5 minutes. Pour this tea through a sieve into a teacup, add
some honey and give it to your child spoon by spoon. After finishing
the tea, follow with the spoonful of probiotic powder on the tongue. 3, Take 1-2 tablespoons of cold pressed olive oil and mix in a crushed
clove of garlic. Leave it for 30 minutes, strain through a sieve or
cheese-cloth. Put a few drops of this oil into your child's ear every
hour, particularly before going to bed. Keep this oil at a room temper
ature and warm it up slightly before putting into your child's ear. To
warm this oil up, stand the cup with the oil in a dish with warm water
(not hot though, as it will reduce the oil's effectiveness). Do not
microwave this oil, as all the enzymes and other active substances in it
will be destroyed. Every day make a fresh mixture. The fresher it is the
more effective it will be. There are some commercial preparations
available as natural ear drops, containing olive oil with some garlic oil,
lavender oil, calendula and other natural herbs.
4. The old onion remedy. Take a large white onion, chop it up finely and
wrap it into a piece of cotton cloth. Put it into a microwave and warm
it up fairly hot but tolerable to the touch. Put it on your child's ear and
securely cover with a warm hat (a soft woollen knitted hat is best). You
can put a piece of cling film between the onion wrap and the hat, so
the onion juice does not soak the hat. Keep it on your child's ear until
it starts cooling down. Warm it up again in the microwave and repeat
the application. This procedure is very relaxing for the child and is
very good to do at bedtime. It is a bit messy and makes your child
smell of onion, but works amazingly well. After this procedure keep
the warm hat on your child and let him/her go to sleep on the side of
the affected ear to keep it warm.
If your child run s a fever below 38°C (ioo°F), you do not need to reduce it.
The fever is the body's way of fighting the infection. However, temperature
above 38°C (ioo°F) should be reduced as it can be harmful. Unfortunately,
all anti-inflammatory preparations for children are made with syrup, Ml of
sugars and starches, which should be avoided. I recommend the parents to
use Aspirin for children (if there is no allergy to Aspirin), which is very
effective in reducing pain and inflammation. Get Soluble Aspirin in small
75mg tablets, dissolve half a tablet in warm water and give to your child as
a drink with some honey. You can also dissolve it in his cup of hot herbal
tea. Aspirin should never be given on an empty stomach as it may irritate
the stomach lining. Let your child eat something first before giving
him/her Aspirin.
Aspirin is a very safe medicine and has been given to children for
decades until a very rare and obscure condition was described, called Reye's syndrome. A whole host of drugs, pesticides and other chemicals
can cause this condition. This association with Reye's syndrome has led to
the withdrawal of aspirin from routine use in children in the USA and UK,
though it is still used for many childhood rheumatic conditions.
Consequently, aspirin got replaced by paracetamol for use as a painkiller
and anti-inflammatory in children. Yet, paracetamol is far more dangerous
a drug than aspirin will ever be. Because paracetamol is extremely bitter it
has to be mixed with very concentrated sugary substances to disguise its
taste. We know that children with GAP syndrome should avoid sugars.
Aspirin has a very mild taste and is very easy to give to children. It is one of
the safest and oldest medicines used for all inflammatory conditions.
Apart from reducing inflammation and pain it will improve blood circula
tion in the body. As a result, quite often an administration of Aspirin
relieves an ear infection very well on its own possibly by allowing the
mucous to drain from the middle ear.
A caution: if your child has got any rare genetic condition, liver impair
ment or kidney impairment, always consult your doctor before using any
medication, including Aspirin.
All these measures should be applied as early as possible. If after 2-3
days the pain and fever are not getting any better you may have to resolve
to antibiotics. However, in the majority of cases these natural treatments
work very well and the child recovers without any help from the doctor. In
the meantime it is a good idea to start the long-term intervention (diet and
probiotics) as soon as possible to prevent any future ear infections. 2. TOP TEN INFLUENCES,
WHICH BOOST IMMUNITY
1. Cold pressed oils: olive oil, fish oils, nut and seed oils.
2. Fresh eggs, particularly raw egg yolk.
3. Onions and garlic.
4. Freshly pressed vegetable and fruit juices.
5. Regular consumption of greens: parsley, dill, coriander, spring
onion and garlic, etc.
6. Probiotic supplementation and fermented foods.
7. Contact with animals: horses, dogs, etc. Having a pet in the family
can do a lot for children's immune status.
8. Physical activity in the fresh


out”ifyoudon’tdoit?
Thisisthe“enthusiasm”whicheveryone,fromashoemakerto
asculptor,musthave,inerdertofollowhis“calling”properly.
Nowthenursehastodo,notwithshoes,orwithchiseland
marble,butwithhumanbeings;andifshe,forherownsatis-
faction,doesnotlookafterherpatients,notellingwillmakeher
capableofdoingso.
Anursewhohassucha“calling”will,forherownsatisfac-
tionandinterestinherpatient,informherselfastothestate
ofhispulse,whichcanbequitewelldonewithoutdisturbing
him.Shewillhaveobservedthestateofthesecretions,whether
toldtodosoornot.Nay,theveryappearanceofthem,aslight
differenceincolour,willbetraytoherobservingeyethatthe
utensilhasnotbeenemptiedaftereachmotion.
Shewill,inlikemanner,haveobservedthestateoftheskin,
whetherthereisdrynessorperspiration—theeffectofthediet,
ofthemedicines,thestimulants.Anditisremarkablehow
oftenthedoctorisdeceivedinprivatepracticebynotbeingtold
thatthepatienthasjusthadhismealorhisbrandy.Shewill
mostcarefullyhavewatchedanyrednessorsorenessoftheskin,
alwaysonherguardagainstbed-sores.Anylossoffleshwill
nevertakeplaceunknowntoher.Norwillsheevermistake
puftingorswellingforgaininginflesh.Shewillbewellacquainted
withthedifferenteruptionsoffevers,measles.&c.,andpre-
monitorysymptoms.Shewillknowtheshiverwhichbetraysthat
matterisforming—thatwhichshowstheunconsciouspatient’s
desiretopasswater—thatwhichprecedesfever.Shewill
observethechangesofanimalheatinherpatient,andwhether
H2
100 NOTESONNURSINCV.
periodical,andnotconsiderIiiinaaapieceofwoodorstone,in
keepinghimwannorcool.
Anursewholiassucha“calling”willlookatallthemedicine
bottlesdeliveredtoherforherpatients,smelleachofthem,and,
ifnotsatisfied,tasteeach.Ninehundredandninety-ninetimes
therewillbenomistake,butthethousandthtimetheremaybe
aseriousmistakedetectedbyhermeans.Butifshedoesnot
dothisforherownsatisfaction, itisnousetellingher,because
youmaybesurethatshewilluseneithersmellnortastetoan31
puImpose.
Anursewhohasnotsucha“calling,”willneverbeableto
learnthesoundofherpatient’sbellfromthatofothers.
Shewill,whencalledtoforhotbrandy-anil-water forher
faintingpatient,offertheweekly“Punch”(fact).Orshewill
waittobringthecordialtillshebringshistea(fact).
Undersuchanurse,thepatientnevergetsahotdrink.She
poursouthistea,thenshemakesajourneytothelarderforthe
butter,thenshe1emembersthatshehasforgottenthetoast,and
hasanotherjourneytothekitchenfiretomaketheto.ast,then
shefillsahotwaterbottle,andlastofallshetakeshimhistea
Suchanursewillneverknowwhetherherpatientis.awakeor
asleep.Shewillrousehimuptoaskhim“ifhew.antsany-
thing,”andleavehimuncaredforwhenheUup.
Shewillmaketheroomlikeanovenwhenheisfeverishat
night,andletoutthefirewhenheiscoldinthemorning.
Suchanumeseemstohaveneithereyes,norears,norhands.
Shenevertouchesanythingwithoutacr.ashoranupset.
Shedoesnotshutthedoor,butpullsitafterher,sothatit
alwaysburstsopenagain.
Shecannotrubinanembrocationwithoutmakingasore,
which,intoomanyaises,neverhealsduringthepatient’slife.
Shecatchesupacupandsaucerinonehand,andpokesthe
firewiththeother.Bothofcoursecometo“grief.”Orshe
carriesinatrayinonehand,andacoalscuttleintheother.
Bothofcoursetipouttheircontents.Andshe,instoopingto
pickthemup,knocksoverthebedsidetableuponthepatient
withherhead(fact).
Tablesaremadeforthingstostandupon—bedsforpatientsto
liein.
Butsuchanurseputsdownaheavyflower-potuponthebed,
oralargebookorbolsterwhichhasrolleduponthefloor.
M’UATISAKCRSE? 101
Yetthesethingsarenotdonebydrinkingoldfemales,hut
byresj«ctablewomen.
Yetweareoftentoldthatanurseneedsonlytobe“devoted
andobedient.”
Thisdefinitionwoulddojustaswellforaporter.Itmight
evendoforahorse.Itwouldnotdoforapoliceman.Consider
howmanywomentherearewhohavenothingtodevote—neither
intelligence,noreyes,norears,norhands.Theywillsitupall
nightbythepatient,itistrue;buttheirattendance iswoilh
nothingtohim,northeirobservationstothedoctor.
Caseshavebeenknownwherethepatientwascoldbeforethe
nursehadobservedhew'asdead—andyetshewasnotasleep—
manycaseswhereshesupposedhimcomfortablysleeping,andhe
wasinsensible—verymanywheresheneverknewhewasdying,
unlesshetoldhersohimself.
Butletnowomansupposethatobediencetothedoctorisnot
absolutelynecessary.Only,neitherdoctornornurselaysuffi-
cientstressuponintelligentobedience,uponthefactthat
obediencealoneisaverypoorthing.
Ihaveknownanobedientnurse,toldnottodisturbaverysick
patientasusualatteno’clockwithsomecustomaryservicewhich
sheusedtoperformforhimthen,actuallyleavehiminthedai'k
allnight,allegingthisorderasherreasonfornotcarryinginhis
night-lightasusual
Everybodyhasknownthewindowleftopeninheavyfogor
rain,orshutwhenthepatientwasfainting,bysuchobedient
nurses.
Thereseemstobenomediumforthembetweenafurnaceofa
fireandnofireatall;andoneisactuallyobligedinthisvariable
climatetodividetheyearintotwoparts,andtellthem—“Now
nofire,”“Nowfire;”asiftheywerevolunteerrillemen.You
cannottrustthemtomakeasmallfire,althoughinEnglanditis
aquestionwhether,exceptwhentheairwithoutishotterthan
theairwithin,patientsarenotalwaysthebetterofsomefire,
ifonlytopromoteventilation.Butno;suchnursesmakeit
impossible.
Theelementsofanurse’sdutyaretoobservethestateofthe
pulse;theeffectofthediet,—ofsleep,whetherithasbeendis-
turbed;whethertherehavebeenstartingsupinbed—acommon
markoffataldisease;whetherithasbeenaheavy,dullsleep,
witlistertorousbreathing;whethertherehasbeentwitchingof
102 KOTESONNUnSINO.
tliebecl-clothea,—toobservethestateoftheexpectoration, tlie
rustyexpectoration ofpneumonia,thefrothyexpectoration of
pleurisy,tlieviscidmucousexpectorationofbronchitis,theblood-
streaked,dense,heavyexpectorationwhichoftenoccursincon-
sumption,—thenatureofthecoughitselfbywhichtheexpecto-
rationisexpelled,—toobservethestateofthesecretions(yet
nine-tenthsofallnursesknownothingaboutthese),whetherthe
motionsarecostiveorrelaxed,andwhatistheircolour,or
whethertherearealternationseveryfewdaysofdiarrhoea,and
ofnoactionofthebowelsatall;whethertheurineishigh-
colouredorpale,excessiveorscanty,muddyorcleai',orwhether
itishigh-colouredwhenthebowelsdonotact,andpalewhen
thereisdiarrhoea;whetherthereiseverbloodinthemotions,—
inchildren,whetherthereareworms.Allthesethingsmost
nursesdonotappeartoconsiderittheirbusinesstoobserve.
Theconditionofthebreathingandthepositioninwhichthe
patientbreathesmosteasily,isanotherthingessentialforthe
nuraetoobserve.Inheartcomplaints lifeisoftenextinguished
bythe[latient“accidentally” fallingintoapositioninwhichhe
cannotb


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A B O U T  T H E  A U T H O R
Biographical and Autobiographical Notes
Dr. Hawkins is an internationally known spiritual teacher, author, and
speaker on the subject of advanced spiritual states, consciousness research,
and the Realization of the Presence of God as Self.
His published works, as well as recorded lectures, have been widely
recognized as unique in that a very advanced state of spiritual awareness
occurred in an individual with a scientific and clinical background who was
later able to verbalize and explain the unusual phenomenon in a manner that
is clear and comprehensible.
The transition from the normal ego-state of mind to its elimination by
the Presence is described in the trilogy Power vs. For ce  (1995), which won
praise even from Mother T eresa, The Eye of the I  (2001), and I: Reality and
Subjectivity  (2003), which have been translated into the major languages of
the world. T ruth vs. Falsehood: How to T ell the Differ ence  (2005),
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness  (2006), Discovery of the
Pr esence of God: Devotional Nonduality  (2007), and Reality, Spirituality
and Modern Man  (2008) continue the exploration of the ego’ s expressions
and inherent limitations and how to transcend them.
The trilogy was preceded by research on the Nature of Consciousness
and published as the doctoral dissertation, Qualitative and Quantitative
Analysis and Calibration of the Levels of Human Consciousness  (1995),
which correlated the seemingly disparate domains of science and
spirituality. This was accomplished by the major discovery of a technique
that, for the first time in human history, demonstrated a means to discern
truth from falsehood.
The importance of the initial work was given recognition by its very
favorable and extensive review in Brain/Mind Bulletin  and at later
presentations such as the International Conference on Science and
Consciousness. Many presentations were given to a variety of
or ganizations, spiritual conferences, church groups, nuns, and monks, both
nationally and in foreign countries, including the Oxford Forum in England.In the Far East, Dr. Hawkins is a recognized “T eacher of the W ay to
Enlightenment” (“T ae R young Sun Kak Dosa”). In response to his
observation that much spiritual truth has been misunderstood over the ages
due to lack of explanation, Dr. Hawkins has presented monthly seminars
that provide detailed explanations which are too


 bring it to you. So  don't care about bad feelings if they come
upon you. Don't resist them at all, and then you take all the power out of
them.
 Points of Power

• Every person is surrounded by a magnetic field. Wherever Y ou go, the
magnetic field goes w ith you.
• Y ou attr act everything through the magnetism of your field. Y our feelings
determine whether your field is positive or negative at any time.
• Every si ngle tim e you give love, through your feelings, words, or actions,
you add more love to the field around you.
 • The mor e love in your field, the more power you have to attract the things
you love.
 • Imagine what you want as the size of a dot' For the force of lo ve, what
you want is smaller than a dot!
• Y ou do not have  to turn the negative in to a positive. Just give love for
what you want, because the creation of what you want replaces the
negativity'
• Spend seven minutes each day ima gining a nd feeling having what you
want. Do it unti l you know your desire belongs to you, as you k now your
flame belongs to you.
• There is  only one force in life and that force is love. Y ou are eith er feeling
good because you are full of lo ve, or you are feeling bad because you are
empty of ove - but all of your feelings are degrees of love.
• T o l ighten up ab out bad feelings, imagine bad feelings as wild h orses you
climb on. If you climbed on th em you can climb of f them, too. Y ou can
choose to get of f that horse as fast as you jumped on to it.
• Change what you give, and yo u will always, without exception, change
what you receive, because that is the law of attraction. That is the law of
love.
Life Follows Y ou...

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice." (W illia m Jennings
Bryan 1860-1925)Life Follows Y ou
Absolutely everything you experience in your life is a result of what you
have giv en out in your thoughts  and feelings, whether you realize you have
given them or n ot. Life is not happening to you... life isJollo wing you.
Y our de stiny is in your hands. Whatever you think, whatever you feel, will
decide your life.
Everything in life is presented to  you for you to ch oose what y ou love! Life
is a ca talogue, and you are the one who chooses what you love from the
catalogue! But are you choosing the things you love or are you  too busy
judging and labeling the bad things? If your life is far from wonderful, then
you've inadvertently been labeling all the bad things. Y ou've allowed the
things you think are bad to distract you from the purpose of your life.
Because the purpose of your life  is to love! The purpose of you r life is joy.
The purp ose of your life is choose the things you love and turn away from
the things you don't love so you don't choose them.

Choose What Y ou Love
When you see your dream car go whizzing down the street, life is
presenting that car to you! How you feel when you see your dream car is
everything, beca use if you choose to feel nothing but love for t hat car, you
are bringing your dream car to you. But if you feel envy or jealousy because
someone else is driving your dream car, you just gonged yourself out of
having your dream car. Life presented the car to you so you could choose.
And yo u choose it, by feeling  love. Do you see that it do esn't matter
whether someone else has something and you don't? Life is presentingeverything to you, and if you f eel love for it, you are bringing the same
thing to you.
When y ou see a happy couple madly in love, and you desperately want a
partner in your life, life is prese nting the happy couple to you - for you to
choose. But if you feel sad or lonely w hen you see the happy couple, you
just gave out negativity, and in ef fect said, "I want to be sad and lonely."
Y ou have to give love for what you want. If you are overweight and you're
walking down the s treet and a person with a perfect body passes you by,
how do you feel? Life is presen ting the great body to you for you to choose,
and so if you feel bad beca use you don't have tha t body, you just said, "I
don't wa nt a body like that, I w ant the overw eight body I have." If you are
struggling with some kind of d isease, and you are surrounded by healthy
people, how do you feel? Life is pre senting healthy people to you so you
can choose health, and so whe n you feel love for the health around you,
more than you feel bad about a lack of health, you are choosin g health for
yourself.
When you feel good about anything any person  has, you are bringing it to
you. When you feel good about the success of another person, the happiness
of an other person, or all the goo d things anyone else has, you are choosing
those things from the catalogue of life, and you are bringing them to
yourself.
If you meet someone who has qualities you wish you had, love those
qualities and feel good about those qualities in that person, and you are
bringing those qualities to you rself. If someone is smart, b eautiful, or
talented, love those qualities and you choose those things for you.
If you want to become a parent and you've been trying for a long time, then
give love and feel good every single time you see a parent with a child! If
you feel depressed when you see children because you don't have a child,
then you are repelling and pushing children away from you. Life is
presenting children to you each time you see them, so you can choose.
When you're playing a sport and another person wins, wh en a work
colleague tells you they got  a pay raise, when someone wins the lottery,
when a friend t ells you that th eir spouse gave them a surprise gift of a
weekend away, or that they boug ht a beautiful new house, or that their childwon a scholarsh ip, you should b e as excited as they are. Y ou should be as
excited and happy as though it has happened to you, because then you are
saying yes to it, then you are giving love to it, and you are bringing it to
you!
When you see your dream car, a happy couple, the perfect body, children,
great qu alities in  a p erson, or whatever it is you want, it means you are on
the same frequency as those thi ngs! Be  excited, because your excitement is
choosing it.
Everything in life is presenting  itself to you so you can choose what you
love and  what you don't love, b ut only love brings what you want to you.
Life's catalogue contains many things you don't love, so don't c hoose them
by giving bad feelings. Judge another person and think they're bad, and you
bring ne gativity to you. Feel envious or jealous of something another
person h as, and  you bring nega tivity to you while pushing aw ay the very
thing yo u want with a mighty force. Only love brings what you want to
you!

"This is the miracle that happens every time to those who r ea lly love: the
mor e they give, the mor e they possess. " (Rainer Maria Rifke 1875-1926)
The Law of One - Y ou!
There is a simple formula you can use for the law of attraction that will
stand you in good stead w ith every person, situation, and circumstance. A s
far a s the law of attraction is concerned, there is only one person in the
world - you! There is no other perso n, and nothing else as far as the law of
attraction is concerned. There is  only you, because the law of attraction is
responding to your feelings! It's only what you give that counts. And it's the
same for every  other person. And so i n truth the law of attraction is th e law
of you. There is only you , and there is no other person. For the law of
attraction the other person is you, and  that other person is you, and those
other pe ople are you, because w hatever you feel about anyone else, you are
bringing to you.

What you feel abo ut another person, what you think or say about another
person, what you do to another person - you do to you. Give ju dgment and
criticism and you give it to you rself. Give love and appreciation to another
person or anything, and you give it to yourself. There is no other for the law
of attrac tion, so it makes no dif ference if someone else has what you want,
when yo u feel love for it yo u're including it in your life! And with anything
you don't love, simply turn away from it without judgment


 by
means of judicious appli cation of the fast at properly regulated intervals; and a combination of abstinence from food with
corrective dieting will lengthen the life of the sufferer to the degree to which a defective organism will permit vitality to  operate.

Functional disease a nd its ultimate consequence, functionally caused organic disease, are the results of nutrition impaired by
incorrect methods in feeding, by improper selection of food, or by a supply beyond the power of the metabolic processes to ha ndle.
The latter include  those operations by which on the one hand dead food is converted into living tissue, and on the other by which
living matter is broken down into simpler products in a cell or organism. In any of the circumstances poisons are produced th at
injure the syste m, until finally the condition becomes general and disease is apparent. The subject cannot have been ignorant of
disturbance for some time previous to actual disability, for minor aches and pains have given ample warning. Mild preventive
steps, taken when symptoms first appear, will obviate by anticipative action later drastic measures, but natural resident power of
contending against bodily abuse is limited only by individual characteristics, and these may permit of extended transgression  of
hygienic law. Usually a positive halt is not called until the physical machinery has been well nigh obstructed with food waste and
its products

It is possible that at first sight the principles here set forth may not be fully apprehended, hence, as important premises to the
argument, they are again enumerated for reference by the student in connection with the body of the text.

In disease, whatever abnormal conditions are present, whatever the nominal symptom, an impure blood stream is always
discovered.

Impure blo od is caused primarily by impaired nutrition.

Impaired nutrition results from

(a) Taking into the body food wrongly selected in kind or in quantity, wrongly prepared, or wrongly masticated.
(b) Taking into the body food that may have been correctly se lected, prepared, and eaten, but that in quantity is greater than is
needed for the repair and growth of tissue.
(c) Nerve force inhibited at its source, at some point in transmission, or by reflexive stimulus, irritation, at its termini.
(d) Mental pert urbation, such as worry, fear, jealousy, anger, and the like.

Any of these causes being operative, food ingested fails of complete digestion, ferments and putrefies, generating circulatin g
poison that creates and continues disease until the producing cau se can be eliminated.

Inherent or congenital organic disease and functionally caused organic disease in its later stages embody defects in form, si ze, or
cell structure of any one of the vital organs. Except in rare instances through surgical interventio n, such structural deficiencies are
beyond the hope of repair, but a carefully selected dietary combined with judicious application of the fast and its accessori es will
afford relief and prolong existence.

In disease that is purely functional in cause th e vital organs are normally developed and are physically perfect in structure, but are
obstructed in action by food -excess and its toxic products. Functionally caused disease is a condition that always admits of full
recovery, and cure is a certainty when natural law is permitted its course.

Any symptom of disease is evidence of poison circulating in the blood. The conventional method of treatment invariably aims a t
the suppression of the symptom rather than at the removal of its cause. On the other hand,  the natural manner of handling the
situation recognizes disease as health perverted, and far from attempting to suppress its symptoms it aims at still further
uncovering the condition by assisting the action of the very evident eliminative process in oper ation. And oftentimes this
assistance of the eliminative function results in an aggravation of symptoms, in an apparent increase in the severity of dise ase. This
is a purely logical and salutary consequence of natural curative phenomena. Disease in itself being but a process of the elimination
of toxins from the system, nature, given free rein, thus expresses herself in determined effort towards the restoration of he alth, the
normal state of physical existence

Hunger and disease cannot exist simultaneousl y in the animal body. This is a truth that cannot be too strongly emphasized. When
hunger is absent because of disease, food is required neither for cell rebuilding nor for strength, and all animate creation,  save man,
obeys the primal law of abstinence wh en the physical scale no longer balances. Knowing that disease arises from a single source,
natural therapeutics knows as well but a single means of relief --rest for organs overworked, and prompt removal by natural aids of
substances deleterious to health.

To revert to the symptoms of disease --the function of digestion is generally regarded as an extensive and complicated process, and
it is so closely related to the functions of other parts of the body that it is difficult to describe the bounds, if any, beyond which
Page 9 of  72 digestion has no influence. The digestive apparatus is commonly spoken of as including the alimentary canal and those importa nt
glands that contribute secretions to the successive processes involved; but, as absorption and assimilation, on the  one hand, and
formation and withdrawal of waste products, on the other, are so nearly related to preliminary digestion, it is impossible to  form a
clear conception of disease of the digestive organs, for instance, without observing the state of other and contributory parts of the
body. While it makes for simplicity of description to exclude those organs not commonly grouped with the digestive apparatus,
this does not result in a correct understanding, and therefore, if an explanation is to be found, not on ly for a disturbed physiological
state, but also, in instances, for structural changes in the digestive organs, the field must be widened, and study be direct ed to the
nervous system, including its physical manifestations, to the fluids of the body, to the  rebuilding and breaking -down of tissue, and
to the eliminative functions as well. Unconsciously a great part of the importance of this general view is perhaps recognized  when
it is assumed that good digestion depends upon restful sleep, fresh air, sunligh t, physical exercise, and activity of the bowels,
kidneys, and skin. But, disregarding these essential matters, it is difficult to apprehend the nature of digestive disturbanc es, or to
prescribe for their relief. It may truly be said of an individual that,  in a sense, his digestive ailment arises in the brain, in the lungs,
in the heart, or in the kidneys, but the distinctions and differences stated must be clearly kept in mind lest the idea of th e unity of
disease and cure be clouded. It must be fully unde rstood that the study of disease of the stomach is not limited to that organ, that
the symptom expressed is merely that of disturbances that may be widely distributed throughout the body. Medicine has sought to
give disease names that are specifically clas sified, names based upon the locality of expression of the symptom; but this, it is seen,
is only a relatively justifiable conception. There are no symptoms referable solely to the kidneys, to the heart, to the bloo d; the man
is sick from a single cause; h is illness appears here or there, but his body is sick as a whole.

It is surprising to discover that the disturbances of the functions of the human body should not long since have been traced to their
single source. Long ago should pain and other distres sing symptoms of illness have been recognized as benevolent warnings, sharp
reminders of a condition, not perhaps yet fully developed, but as warnings that in themselves should compel the repose that i s
necessary, and that should forbid admission into the body of substances that are injurious.

The doctrine of unity in the cause and cure of disease as set forth in the text of this work has been carefully and earnestly
investigated by the author through a period of more than thirty years. Thousands of cases  have been treated upon this basis, and
each instance has but confirmed the conviction that the principle involved is absolutely sound. It has stood all tests. When death
during a fast has occurred, the autopsy invariably revealed organic deficiency, inher ent or acquired through years of continuous
functional abuse. But in all cases of disease purely functional in cause, proper application of the method led to complete re covery.

So far as may be accomplished in a work of this size, the fast as a therapeut ic agency, with its effects both upon the body and
mind, is fully discussed. What is asked of the reader is that he lay aside prejudice and approach the subject without bias, k eeping
before the eyes of his mind the words of the apostle: --"Prove all things;  hold fast that which is good."

CHAPTER III
STARVATION

STARVING FROM OVERFEEDING: THERE IS NO HUNGER WHEN DISEASE IS MANIFEST

THE CHIEF purpose of food is that of supplying the tissue of the body with the elements necessary for its growth and
mainte nance. In the event that, through faulty digestion, through organic defect, or through deficiency in the functions of
absorption and assimilation, tissue waste is not replaced as broken down, starvation ensues. In any of the designated conditi ons,
the more  food supplied, the less resistance to disease succeeds since energy then must be directed to the elimination of food and
food products that cannot be utilized because


, and of tomorr ow without fear, then you ar e on the
road to success.
“Every year I live I am mor e convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given and
the powers we have not used”. – Mary Cholmondeley
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Vaccinations
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Viruses
Vision
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Wheatgrass
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 compress into a vise at the base of her skull, while the
pulsing of blood in her head crests into a throbbing pain in her
temples. Feverish activity inames her eyes, tightens her chest,
strains her lower back, and turns her body odor into the smell of
sour milk. At these times she needs to open the valve on her
pressure cooker and discharge pent-up steam. Sympathetic attempts
to console her are spurned until after she nds release. A hard game
of racqu etball, a erce argument, a solitary workout, or prevailing
over a demand ing piece of music help her to dispel tension, relieve
bottled-up feelings, and soften her disposition.
To regulate her internal state so that it doesn’t interfere with her
agenda, Sally nds it expedient to rely on coee to get her going
and alcohol to slow her down. Often in a hurry, she grabs quick
meals on the run, starving herself one day, overeating the next,
continually overcompensatin g for her extremism and appetite for
novelty. Intolerant of limitati on, Sally tends to believe that if a little
is good, more is better—her  impulse is always to go farther. She
dreads boredom and stays occupied with a vengeance. One month
she wakes early and jogs, the next she stays up late and sleeps in.
Consistently inconsistent, she pays the price of a careless life-style in
the form of indigestion, pain in her joints and muscles, erratic
energy, and unpredictable moods.
When Sally runs out of steam, she becomes indecisive, scattered,
and distracted. Rather than encouraging relaxation, fatigue makes
her feel nervous and uptight. The thought of resting when tiredcontradicts her propensity to push herself. Instead she tries to
reinvigorate herself through stimulation, by working harder,
exercising, or eating sugary, fatty, and spicy foods. This constant
prodding creates more agitation and tension, which makes her feel
hot, dry, and volatile. Too much heat and lack of moisture make
Sally brittle and inexible like an unwatered sapling. Losing softness
and resiliency, she snaps at the slightest provocation, her good
humor abandoned. Irritable and depressed, jittery and exhausted,
she is overtaken by a sullen pessimism. Easily frustrated, she begins
projects that she cannot nish, no longer having the zest for
sustained eort. When no longer buoyed by the feeling of pressure
and intensity that she identi es as the source of her strength and
drive, she feels frightened, humiliated, and disabled, as if her body
has betrayed her.
Sally is at her best when the pace of her life keeps her engaged
but not exhaus ted, dened by a clear purpose but not conned to an
inexible program. Permittin g herself to moderate extremism and
accept structur e and discipline helps her to harness her drive. This
optimum functioning reect s the harmony between Wood  (Liver),
Earth  (Spleen ), and Metal  (Lung). Earth  modulates the variability of
Wood, while Metal  subdues and diuses its force. Wood  keeps Earth
from becoming stagnant and inert and Metal  from being vacuous
and stied.
Just as the Liver governs movement and pressure by regulating the
ow of Qi, storing and releasing the Blood, Sally develops the power
in her body and psyche by “pumping up” her emotions and uids so
that she is always primed and ready. In generating power to run a
turbine or mill, a river is dammed so the momentum of falling water
channels into smaller and smaller conduits, which increase its
pressure and force. Self-generated pressure and tension supply Sally
with the steam necessary for her to put her projects into motion.
Without adequate avenues for channeling this internal force, she can
develop high blood pressure, muscles locked in spasm, and
emotional lability. She needs adequate mechanisms for release as
well as buildup. When the Qi in the Liver is obstructed or depleted,
the Blood  cannot nourish the Heart, eyes, and muscles. This leads toproblems like insomnia or anxiety, photophobia or blurred vision,
cramps or tremors, hypersensitivity, and fatigue. When Sally is
thwarted, she becomes agitated and erratic, loses foresight, and
becomes awkward and uncoordinated.
Sally may also experience trouble with her menstrual cycle,
another proce ss characteriz ed by rhythmic buildup and release.
Before her period, uid and blood accumulate in Sally’s breasts and
abdomen, making her feel stretched and tender. This uncomfortable
strain against her tissue translates into mental and emotional
urgency in her psyche. Goaded by this oppressive fullness, Sally gets
cantankerous, overwrought, and eruptive, losing her judgment and
perspective. She feels assaulted by noise, yet she herself tends to be
loud and prone to sudden outbursts of tears, peevishness, and
temper. Knotted up and restless, she sleeps poorly, anxiously
anticipating the decompression and relief that accompanies the
onset of her period. Sally lives two personalities, one premenstrual
and the other post-. Her period behind her, she recovers her
composure, once again in charge of herself.
Sally has the strength of a tiger. When she handles herself well
she is capable of tremendous work—provoked and unrestrained, she
can wreak havoc. Like the archetype whose nature she shares, she is
a productive dynamo when conditions are right. The urge to get
things moving, make things happen, and voyage onward typies the
Pioneer.
HOW WE RECOGNIZE  SALLY AS A WOOD TYPE
At her best, Sally expresses her true nature: she is bold, decisive,
clear, relishing work and performing well under pressu re. On the
other hand, because she is driven by a tendency to overdo,
overperform, and overdirect, what was once a gratifying challenge
can turn the corner into an aggravating distress. It is then dicult
for her to retreat and recover a hedonic state. Boldness can become
aggressive and hostile, decisiveness can become impulsive and
unyielding, and clarity can escalate into fanatical adherence.Sally can become a tyrant. When Wood  is unbridled, it can run
wild, inicting emotional and physical trauma. When Sally’s desire
to remain even-tempered is confounded, her muscles swell and
tighten, and her focus of attention narrows. This restricts her
capacity for sustained arousal and appropriate release, making her
feel shackled and compressed.
Exaggerated, inated, or “bound” Liver Qi expresses itself by a
propensity toward tension headaches; a drive to discharge pent-up
energy in noisy, emotional outbursts; nervous, erratic behavior like
eating on the run and inconsistent exercise; intolerance, indulgence,
obstinence, strong body odor, a compulsion to work, and the need
for sedatives to slow down.
Collapsed, deated, or “exhausted” Liver Qi is characterized by
irritability, indecisiveness, a sensitivity to noise, a loss of judgment
and perspective, a need for stimulants, and feeling overwrought,
overwhelmed, uptight, and tired. These reactions are linked to the
deciency  and stagnation of Liver Qi and Blood. In periods of
deciency  or excess, the Liver is unable to maintain the equanimity of
the mind and emotions. In Sally, as in us all, her true nature coexists
with states of exaggeration  and collapse.
THE EVOLUTION OF  DISTORTED  PATTERNS OF  WOOD
Understanding the interdependent dynamic between Wood-Earth
(Liver-Spleen ) and Wood-Metal  (Liver-Lung ) gives us insight into
people like Sally. When the relationship between these forces and
functions is disturbed, distortions evolve in predictable  patterns.
Corresponding to the arousin g power of Wood  in nature, the Liver
awakens, mobilizes, and coordinates human process. Sally’s
diculties mirror aberrant activity of the Liver.The Liver activates the process of digestion and assimilation and
by regulating the ow (volume and pressure) of Blood, helps the
Spleen  disseminate nutrition. The Blood, enriched by the Nutritive
Essence  of the Spleen, is stored and released by the Liver. Together
the Spleen  and Liver distribute nutrients and Blood.
Together, the Lung and Liver govern the circulation of Qi. The
Liver’s capac ity to elevate, accelerate, and expand is matched by the
Lung’s abilit y to descend, retard, and constrict. The even, rhythmic
pulsation of the diaphragm, digestive tube, heart, and blood vessels
is governed by this interaction.
The Liver restrains the Spleen, and the Lung restrains the Liver.
When the Liver becomes overly strong, it oppresses the Spleen  and
antagonizes the Lung. Unbridled Liver Qi interrupts the smooth
upward and downward movement of Spleen  and Stomach Qi,
upsetting digestion. This results in erratic


piritual
evolution	or	the	progression	of	science	to	understanding	the	nature	of	life
itself.
The	discovery	of	the	distribution	of	the	levels	of	consciousness
throughout	society	was	also	quite	significant	and	explained	much	of	human
behavior	in	history.	How	millions	of	people,	whole	generations	and	whole
cultures,	even	whole	continents,	could	be	so	easily	manipulated	to	their	own
destruction	was	explained	by	the	discovery	that	seventy-eight	percent	of	the
world’s	population	calibrates	below	the	level	of	Integrity	at	200.	In	addition	to
this	limitation,	the	consciousness	level	of	mankind	as	a	whole	remained	at
only	190	and	was	unchanged	for	centuries	until,	suddenly,	in	1986,	it	jumped
across	the	critical	line	from	falsehood	to	Integrity	and	Truth	at	200,	and	on	to
its	current	level	at	207,	which	indicates	progressive	integrity	and	truth.	The
calibrated	Scale	of	Consciousness,	together	with	the	capacity	of	the	muscle
test,	thus	provided	a	reliable	map	and	compass	for	anyone	desiring	to	evolve
spiritually	or	advance	their	level	of	consciousness.
The	heavy	programming	of	man’s	consciousness	by	negativity	has	meant
that	not	only	is	seventy-eight	percent	of	the	population	below	the	level	of
Integrity	at	200,	but	only	four	percent	of	the	world’s	population	ever	reaches
the	level	of	Love	at	500,	and	only	0.4	percent	reaches	the	level	of	540,	or
Unconditional	Love.	The	consciousness	level	of	Enlightenment	at	600,	which
is	the	crossover	from	duality	to	nonduality,	is	reached	by	approximately	one
in	ten	million	persons	(0.000001	percent).	Also	of	importance	is	the
realization	of	the	enormously	different	levels	of	power	between	the	calibrated
levels.	Because	they	are	logarithmic,	even	a	few	points	are	very	significant.	If
the	muscle-testing	method	and	the	Scale	of	Consciousness	are	used	to
elucidate	the	underpinnings	of	the	great	barrier	of	duality	that	arises	from
perception,	which,	in	turn,	arises	from	positionality,	the	veil	that	hides	the
light	of	truth	falls	away.	Divinity	is	present	everywhere	but	obscured	byidentification	with	the	mind	and	the	body.
The	Eye	of	the	I	is	the	Self	of	Divinity	expressed	as	Awareness.	The
unmanifest,	transcendental	divinity	of	Allah/God/Brahman/Krishna	becomes
manifest	as	the	Self/Atman—the	immanent	divinity.
Spiritual	evolution	occurs	as	the	result	of	removing	obstacles	and	not
actually	acquiring	anything	new.	Devotion	enables	surrender	of	the	mind’s
vanities	and	cherished	illusions	so	that	it	progressively	becomes	freer	and
more	open	to	the	light	of	Truth.
Illumination	refers	to	those	spiritual	states	where	sufficient	barriers	have
been	dropped,	either	deliberately	or	unconsciously,	so	that	a	greater	context
suddenly	presents	itself,	and	in	so	doing,	illuminates,	clarifies,	and	reveals	an
expanded	field	of	consciousness	actually	experienced	as	inner	light.	This	is
the	light	of	awareness,	the	radiance	of	the	Self	that	emanates	as	a	profound
lovingness.	Although,	for	many	people,	the	experience	may	not	last	(as	in
near-death	experiences),	the	residual	effect	is	permanent	and	transformative.
In	due	time,	the	light	is	likely	to	return	again	for	periods	of	infinite	bliss,
peace,	and	silence,	followed	by	a	profound	gratitude	for	the	gift.
The	unforgettable	event	tends	to	set	up	a	yearning	to	return	to	that	state,
which	may	result	in	the	willingness	to	give	up	everything	in	this	world	to	do
so.	Curiosity	is	replaced	by	dedication,	surrender,	and	devotion.	Spiritual
inspiration	strengthens	and	becomes	the	guiding	light	of	one’s	life.	All	human
desires	fade	away	in	comparison	to	what	is	now	realized	as	the	ultimately
possible	state.	One	then	has	become	truly	a	devotee	and	a	servant	of	God	for
whom	one	is	willing	to	surrender	all	that	this	life	has	to	offer.
The	next	obstacle	that	is	likely	to	arise	is	impatience,	which	sometimes
reaches	the	level	of	desperation.	Having	once	experienced	Shangri-la,	the
explorer	will	risk	life	itself	and	make	any	sacrifice	in	order	to	return.	The
search	and	the	journey	can	become	a	powerful,	driving	obsession.	There	is,
therefore,	sometimes	the	awful	grief	at	the	disappearance	of	that	illumined
state,	or	the	guilt	that	perhaps	one	has	done	something	to	deserve	being
separated	from	it.	One	beseeches	God	in	heaven	for	assistance.
Despair	can	set	in,	as	well	as	periods	of	despondency	and	self-blame.
These	are	followed,	however,	by	even	more	powerful	rededication	and
commitment	to	the	journey.	The	soul	is	unwilling	and	now	perhaps	even
unable	to	settle	for	anything	less	than	the	presence	of	God.	Surrender	occurs
at	greater	and	greater	depths	until	there	is	finally	the	willingness	to	let	even
one’s	very	self	as	‘I’	disappear.	That	‘self’	goes	deeper	and	is	stronger	than
one	had	suspected.	Its	hold	seems	tenacious	and	fierce.
Then,	by	the	greatest	surrender,	which	is	accomplished	not	by	one’s	own
will	but	by	the	grace	of	God,	the	agony	of	the	death	of	the	ego/self	occurs	andseems	almost	unbearable.	It	then	disappears	into	eternity,	and	into	the	vacancy
swells	the	All-encompassing	Presence	in	stunning	glory	and	radiance.	That
one	ever	experienced	oneself	as	separate	or	not	identical	with	that	Presence	is
unthinkable	and	incomprehensible.	There	is	no	explanation.
There	then	arose	the	potentiality	for	the	one	to	know	and	experience	itself
as	One.	It	is	simultaneously	both	and	yet	neither.	That	is	the	present	state	or
condition—all	potentiality,	all	possibility,	all	states—all	of	them,	yet	none	of
them.	It	is	not	verbally	explicable.
Preliminaries
One	difficulty	with	spiritual	writings	is	that	they	often	do	not	present	a
context	of	familiarity	so	that	a	seeker	can	approach	the	subject	with	comfort.
For	instance,	it	is	often	stated	that	the	personal	life	of	the	writer	or	speaker	is
of	no	consequence,	which,	although	true	in	an	absolute	sense,	ignores	the
level	of	consciousness	of	most	of	humanity	that	has	a	natural	curiosity	and
expectation	about	the	style	in	which	information	needs	to	be	presented.	To	say
that	one’s	personal	life	is	of	no	significance	has	no	meaning	to	most	people.
There	is	a	natural	tendency	to	be	curious	about	what	kind	of	person
experiences	unusual	spiritual	revelations.	There	is	curiosity	about	the
personality	traits	or	lifestyle.	There	is	also	the	intuitive	awareness	that	to
understand	it	is	to	discover	that	perhaps	those	traits	or	characteristics	tend	to
eventuate	in	spiritual	awareness.	Perhaps	there	are	certain	personality	styles
or	characteristics	that	are	common	to	those	who	become	dedicated	to	spiritual
discovery	or	who	realize	certain	states	of	consciousness.
The	spiritual	pathway	is	facilitated	by	certain	characteristics	that	become
reinforced	and	more	powerful	with	practice,	experience,	and	success.	These
include	the	capacity	to	focus	unswervingly	on	a	goal	and


 the human bo dy is too complex. Obviously, a frail, 90-year old senior
shouldn't eat like a 25-year old athlete, nor a sma ll child like a full-grown adult.

In the end, the reason why all these diets have a c ollection of success stories is because they are al l doing the
one primary dynamic: Dramatically increasing the am ount of nutrients to the body.

To do this, one must omit all the low-nutrition and  no-nutrition processed foods and eat LOTS of the h ighest
quality foods available that your body is able/read y to eat. What benefits one may not benefit another. You
must learn to listen to your body while attempting to give your body what it needs to heal itself.

So it goes back to what I've been saying all along:  If you give your body what it needs, it will usual ly
surprise you with how well it can heal itself.

Many times folks assure me they eat "good diets", o r "healthy diets". They say this because they don't  eat
junk food. They never go to a fast food place, they  mostly omit processed foods (the whites - white fl our,
rice, noodles, sugar), they don't drink soda pop or  rarely eat ice cream or much candy. They occasiona lly eat
cheese, or have a steak or some fish. They might ea t various nuts instead of sweets. Once in awhile th ey eat
some pizza, but rarely. They might eat chocolate fr om time to time or drink a beer or have a glass of wine
with supper.

Compared to all their friends, they're almost freak s. The contrast between their diet and most of thei r friend's
diets is so great that it makes them feel like they  are the health nuts (their friends tell them so).

Yet they've been diagnosed with cancer, heart disea se, arthritis, diabetes; they're tired frequently o r even all
the time. They have sinus and skin problems, gas an d bad breath, head and stomach aches, sleep poorly and
many times wake up with the equivalent of a hangove r. Their hair is grey or falling out, the men have
prostate issues, the women have yeast infections or  other female health issues.

Sound like anyone you know?

But here's the problem. (You may not like this.)

Compared to the diets of almost everyone they know,  they eat well and healthy. Compared to our ancesto r's
diets, they are barely getting any nutrition. Just enough to stay alive, and far, far less than what i s required to
actually be healthy and immune to cancer, diabetes,  arthritis and heart disease. Frequently I am faced  with
the option of telling them, "Pretty much everything  you eat is wrong." (I never do it. That's how you lose
clients.)

What's so bad about their diet?

The one outstanding dynamic found in every one of t he genuinely effective anti-cancer (or anti-poor he alth)
diets is that convenience is not a factor (and actu ally, neither is flavor, until you've reprogrammed your tongue). Every meal takes time, thought, planning, attention and preparation, because of the effort to  cram as
much nutrition into that meal as possible.

Every meal is purposely, deliberately designed to o ptimize nutrition. One health guru described his mo rning
smoothy. He said, "I take over 100 pills per day. I t's impossible to drink enough liquid to wash down 100
pills, so I just put them all into a blender and gr ind them up and drink them. It's the worst tasting thing I love
to drink!" This particular man (Jack Lalanne, who l ived to the age of 96), at age 70, swam across the Long
Beach Harbor (3 miles) towing 70 boats carrying 70 people, with his hands and feet shackled together.

My point is that as Dr. Reams once said, "It's not what you eat, it's what you don't eat." He was refe rring to
not getting enough nutrition, which cannot be provi ded by regular foods found in a grocery store.

In my article, "Basic principles of health and nutr ition", I discuss the importance of sprouted and fe rmented
foods. If they are available and affordable, you ca n buy lots of sprouted and fermented foods to eat w ith each
meal, but really, it's best to sprout/ferment them yourself.

What a bother!

On the other hand, what a bother lousy health is, o r dying of cancer or heart failure or a stroke.

Many times (actually, most of the time) folks want to know what supplements will make their health iss ues
go away. But the supplements are supposed to help t he food heal you, not take the place of the food.

Too often, folks will want colloidal silver or iodi ne or Vit E or whatever to heal them without the ra dical diet
change that is actually the foundation upon which g ood health is built.

Sometimes that works, but sometimes it just post-po nes the sickness until a later date.

Giving your body what it needs means both food AND supplements.
 <|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>HOW TO OVERCOME CHRONIC AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
by W alter Last
Recently I heard an award-winning medical researcher say that steroids and immuno-suppressants as used in the treatment of
autoimmune diseases have serious side ef fects and are not very ef fective (1). This reminded me of my own experiences in this area.
Initially I had only positive results. Rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1-diabetes, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis, scleroderma, lupus (SLE) and
other autoimmune and chronic degenerative diseases disappeared within several weeks or months. The basis of my successful
approach was to put everyone on a cleansing diet of fresh raw foods.
But later I increasingly encountered patients who did not make much headway. Gradually I realized that these resistive patients
commonly had systemic Candidiasis, lots of mercury amalgam ﬁllings or root canal treatments, and often were on corticosteroids,
mainly prednisone. Frequently they also had reasons why they could not adopt a strict cleansing diet, be it because of work
commitments or underweight. I tried to make up for this with other remedies and therapies, but nothing worked as well as a raw-food
cleansing diet
The Nature of Autoimmune Diseases
The prevailing medical view of autoim mune diseases is that the immune system attacks healthy cells and organs for no good reason.
This attack results in local or generalized inﬂammations which cause most of the damage.
Therefore, the usual medical treatment aims to suppress inﬂammations and the immune system in general. Commonly
corticosteroids are being prescribed in addition to other anti-inﬂammatory drugs.
Natural medicine has a very different view of autoimmune diseases. Numerous researchers have shown that in autoimmune
diseases certain organs and tissues are being attacked by cell-wall deﬁcient and pleomorphic or shape-changing microbes. These
range from tiny nanobacteria and cell-wall deﬁcient mycoplasma through various bacterial forms to fungi and even large multi-cellular
units.
These same microbes are also present in cancer. As an analogy we may see tumors as large multi-cellular units arising from invasive
fungal forms very similar to mushrooms growing out of an extensive underground root system. The mushroom-tumors are relatively
harmless; instead the invasive root system and a massive fungal presence cause most of the damage.
One of the ﬁrst researchers was the German professor of microbiology Guenther Enderlein who described in 1925 the different
stages of a microbe that is normally present as tiny colloidal protein units. In various degenerative diseases, especially cancer and
autoimmune diseases, these protein units grow into cocci and highe r bacterial forms and ﬁnally into fungi. Before him, in the
nineteenth century, the French professor Antoine Bechamp had already described similar microbes and called them microzymas.
Independently, mostly without knowing of each other's work, several other researchers, including Royal Raymond Rife, Wilhelm
Reich, V irginia Livingston-Wheeler, Alan Cantwell and Gaston Naessens, have described the same phenomenon (2, 3).
While orthodox microbiologists are aware of the presence of such microbes, they have the dogma that microbes do no change
shape. They expect a deﬁnite microbe always to be associated with the same disease. This very much suits the drug companies.
But the shape of pleomorphic organisms depends mainly on the vitality of the affected cells. The unhealthier the cells, glands or
organs, the more highly evolved and aggressive become these organisms. Therefore, researchers see different microbes at different
stages of the disease and many orthodox microbiologists deny that they can have anything to do with it.
However, the Space Studies Board of the US National Academies is not restricted by the interests of drug companies and freely
discusses pleomorphic organisms. A research paper says about nanobacteria, the most primitive forms of bacteria: “The environment
causes drastic changes in their unit size: under unfavorable conditions they form very large multi-cellular units. Yet, they can release
elementary particles, some of which are only 50 nm in size, smaller than many viruses.” Another passage reads: “