 God’s great endocrine gland herbs (thyroid, adrenal, pancreas,
pituitary, etc.). Called the “male herb” for its anti-inflammatory and healing effect upon
the prostate. (Inhibits the production of dihydrotestosterone.) A strong herb for both female and male reproductive disorders. Enhances sexual function and desire. Beneficial in inflammation of the respiratory system (nose, throat,
bronchi and lungs). Has a strong effect upon the adrenal glands, thus increasing
neurotransmitters and steroids. Aids in sugar issues involving the pancreas and adrenals. Helps increase urine flow and kidney function. Useful in urinary tract infections.Scientific name
:
Serenoa repens
Parts used
: Berries (fruit). Actions
: Antiseptic, aphrodisiac, diuretic, expectorant, roborant. Skullcap
One of the greatest herbs for the brain, spine and nervous system. Strengthens the brain and nervous system. It’s a powerful nervine, sedative and anti-spasmodic. Used for spasms, cramping, convulsions, and the like. Aids in cases of insomnia and restlessness. A specific for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and palsies. Strengthens the medulla, thus used for vertigo and dizziness. Spinal cord injuries. Used for drug and alcohol withdrawal symptoms. As an aromatic, it calms the emotions. Scientific name
:
Scutellaria lateriflora
Parts used
: Herb, aerial portions. Actions
: Antispasmodic, nervine, sedative. Senna
Helps tone and strengthen the GI tract. Increases peristaltic action of the GI tract. Used as a strong laxative, so not recommended for prolonged usage by
itself. (Can irritate in high dosages and prolonged use.) Helps clean the intestinal walls. Scientific name
:
Cassia acutifolia
Parts used
: Pods and leaves. Actions
: Purgative that also inhibits reabsorption in the intestines. Shiitake Mushroom
Strengthens the immune system by increasing T-cell function. Effective in the treatment of cancer, as reported in a joint study by the
Medical Department of Japan.Scientific name
:
Lentinus edodes
Parts used
: Cap and stems. Sold dry. Actions
: Immune stimulating, nutritive, hypotensive, anti-cholesterol. Siberian Ginseng (Eleuthero)
One of the great endocrine gland herbs, especially great for the adrenal
glands. Increases neurotransmitter and steroid production. Strengthens cells (cellular proliferator). Improves vitality and stamina. Used for chronic fatigue or loss of energy. Helps strengthen the immune system. Increases circulation by helping to reduce cholesterol. Strengthens the pancreas and helps control blood sugar issues. Helps relieve emotional, mental and physical stress. Helps lower blood pressure and strengthens the heartbeat. Used in cases of asthma, emphysema and C.O.P.D., where an adrenal
gland relationship exists. A tonic for the whole body. Scientific name
:
Eleutherococcus senticosus
Parts used
: Root. Actions
: Demulcent, stimulant, rejuvenative. Slippery Elm
One of nature’s great healers of the body. Pulls toxicity out of tissues. Soothes irritated and inflamed mucous membranes. Soothes the mucosa of the GI tract (stomach and intestines). Excellent for the urinary tract (strengthens and cleans). Well known for its beneficial effect upon the respiratory system. Soothes sore and inflamed throat tissues. Helps pull (expectorant) mucus from the respiratory tract. High in nutrition. Used in prostatitis. Ulcerated conditions of the body. Lesions of the GI tract.Used in gastritis, enteritis, colitis and diverticulitis. Great for abscesses and gangrene. Used in gout and arthritis. Helps remove acids from the tissues. Scientific name
:
Ulmus fulva
Parts used
: Inner bark. Actions
: Astringent, demulcent, emollient, expectorant, nutritive,
vulnerary, yin tonic and soothing to the alimentary canal. Turmeric
An ancient herb used for liver and blood conditions. Stimulates bile flow and production. Helps dissolve and remove sediment in the liver. Has some antiparasitic actions, especially for protozoa infestations. Helps increase circulation. Has a beneficial effect upon the whole GI tract. Has strong anti-inflammatory properties, therefore very beneficial for
arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, etc. Aids in digestion. Promotes healing. Scientific name
:
Curcuma longa
Parts used
: Rhizome. Actions
: Aromatic stimulant, alliterative, analgesic, antiseptic, astringent,
cholagogue, em-menagogue. Uva Ursi or Bearberry
A powerful antiseptic and cleanser of the urinary tract system. Has a strong influence upon the pancreas and used to help regulate blood
sugars. Has a healthy effect upon the liver and spleen. Aids with the elimination of kidney stones. A great herb for the prostate gland (especially in prostatitis and prostate
cancer). Great in congestive conditions of the body (especially the bladder,
kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen).A diuretic. Strengthens the liver, kidneys, bladder, uterus, prostate and spleen. Useful in correcting bedwetting issues. Useful as a douche for vaginal infections and disorders. Soothes, strengthens and tones the mucous membranes of the
genitourinary (urinary organs, c.a. kidneys, urinary bladder) passages. Used in urethritis, cystitis, nephritis, incontinence, and urinary tract
ulcerations. Used for CHF (congestive heart failure), cardiac edema. Used for piles and hemorrhoids. Scientific name
:
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Parts used
: Leaves. Actions
: Antiseptic, astringent, diuretic. Valerian
Valerian has soothed a lot of nerves through the years. A strong nervine and non-narcotic sedative. Aids in anxiety (adrenals), nervous tension, muscle spasms, epileptic
seizures and depression (thyroid). Said to be somewhat of a cardiac tonic— helps regulate heart
palpitations. Helps in hyperactivity. Helps reduce high blood pressure from stress and tension. Helps strengthen brain and nerve tissues. Aids in colic conditions, gas and indigestion from nervous stomach. Scientific name
:
Valeriana officinalis
Parts used
: Root, rhizome and also the herb. Actions
: Anodyne, antispasmodic, anti-thermic, aromatic, carminative,
cathartic, diaphoretic, diuretic (lithotriptic), nervine (sedative),
stimulant, tonic. White Pond Lily
This is another one of God’s great cleansing herbs. Similar to white oak bark, but more for lower body cleansing. Helps remove toxicity from the tissues of the body.Has a healthy and toning effect upon tissues. Especially used to cleanse and strengthen the reproductive tissues in both
male and female. It has pain-relieving properties. Use in cancerous conditions. Useful for abscesses, boils and tumors. Makes a great mouthwash to clean and heal swollen or ulcerated gums. Makes an excellent douche for cleansing the vaginal wall (infections,
inflammation, A-typical cells, ulcerations, etc.). Strengthens prolapsed conditions and relaxed vagina. Use for prostate conditions, especially prostatitis and prostate cancer. Excellent for urinary tract system (kidneys and bladder). Use to heal wounds, sores, and the like. Helps remove congestion out of tissues. Scientific name
:
Nymphaea; Nymphaea Odorata
 or
Castalia Odorata
Parts used
: Fresh root and leaves, rhizome. Actions
: Alterative, anodyne, anti-scrofulous, antiseptic, astringent,
demulcent, deobstruent, discutient, tonic, vulnerary. White Oak Bark
Another tremendous herb of God. White oak bark is a great cleanser of the body. Has very strong astringent properties. Increases lymphatic flow and helps reduce swollen lymph nodes. A powerful cleanser of tissue, used for mouthwashes, poultices, douches,
enemas and abscesses. Use as a douche for infections and A-typical cell formation. Strengthens cells (cellular proliferator). Superb for internal or external hemorrhages. Has diuretic properties, thus increases urine flow. Kills and expels small worms (pin worms, etc.). Used to eliminate gallstones and especially kidney stones. Helps clean and strengthen the GI tract. Excellent for prolapsed conditions, including intestinal, uterus, bladder,
vascular system, etc. Used in all mouth and gum conditions. Has a powerful effect upon tooth enamel and bone growth.Used with plantain for snakebites. Ulcers, boils, gangrene, tumors, and the like. Use in all skin conditions including eczema, dermatitis and psoriasis. Hemorrhoids, piles and lesions. Used to strengthen the arteries, veins and capillaries; especially great for
varicose veins and spider veins. Scientific name
:
Quercus alba: fagaceae
Parts used
: Inner bark, gall, acorn. Actions
: Anthelmintic (vermifuge), antiemetic


 take one cayenne capsule (40,000 HU)  daily with a
meal. Take 50 to 100 mgs regular-released niacin (B-3) with one meal daily
to help cleanse and open the cardiovascular system, also improves memory. Skin flushing may occur; don’t worry about this as it shows it’s working!After cholesterol level reaches
180 or lower, then only take niacin twice weekly. The heart needs healthy balanced nutrients, so take natural multi-
vitamin-mineral food supplements & extra heart helpers – mixed vitamin
E, C, CoQ10,  magnesium orotate, MSM, selenium, omega–3, zi nc, beta
carotene & amino acids L-Carnitine, L-Taurine, L-Lysine & Proline. Folic
acid, CoQ10,  B6 & B12  helps keep homocysteine level low. Hawthorn
Berry extract brings relief for palpitations, arrhythmia, senile hearts andcoronary disease. Take bromelain (from pineapple) and a multi-digestiveenzyme with meals – aids digestion, assimilation and elimination. For sleep problems try 5-HTP tryptophan  (an amino acid), melatonin,
calcium, magnesium, valerian in caps, extract or tea, Bragg vinegardrink, sleepytime herbal tea. For arthritis, osteoarthritis, pain/stiffness,try aloe juice or gel, glucosamine, chondroitin
& MSM  combo  (caps &
liquid), helps heal & regenerate. Also capsaicin & DMSO  lotion helps. Use amazing antioxidants – natural vitamin mixed E, C, Quercetin,
grapeseed and grapefruit extract, CoQ10, selenium, SOD, etc. They
improve  immune system and help flush out dangerous free radicalsthat cause havoc with cardiovascular pipes and health. Researchshows antioxidants promote longevity, slows ageing, fights toxinsand helps prevent disease, cancer, cataracts, jet lag and exhaustion.HEALTHY  HEART HABITS FOR A LONG, VITAL LIFE
 Recommended  Blood  Chemistry  Values139Nine Doctors
The laws of health are inexorable; we see people going down and out in
their prime of life because no attention is paid to them! – Paul C. BraggYou Have
        At Your Command
Mother Nature’s 9 faithful Doctors are ready to help
you attain radiant, glorious health! They are all specialists
in their particular fields of health building. They have
had years and years of experience with millions of
people. Their cumulative record is 100% perfect! They
have never failed a patient. Patients have failed them,
turned their backs on them and ignored them! But they
are kind and understanding and, no matter how manytimes patients have failed them, they still stand ready
to render perfect professional service. They have but one
prescription and that is elixir of life! They are the kindestDoctors in the whole universe! They are anxious and
willing to help everyone who comes to them for Higher
Health. Their professional services are available to all –the young, the old, the rich and the poor. They performno operations, except bloodless ones. They give no toxic
drugs, not even any so-called “wonder drugs”. You are all familiar with these
9 wonderful life-
changing  Doctors – we all need them. I want you to call
on these 9 Doctors frequently. They are so eager to help
you help yourself to supreme health, youthfulness,longevity and agelessness! This is the Highest Health
you can have; you should have it your entire long life! These wonderful Doctors will never, ever fail you. They want to be your personal care givers and also yourfriends. It gives me a most secure feeling that I have at
my command, every day, the world’s great Doctors andit’s my pleasure to introduce you to them. From this
day on, please feel free to call upon them. First, I want
you to meet the Father of them all, the most eminentand the greatest healer and giver of life to everything
on the face of this earth... Doctor Sunshine.140•The ironclad laws of Mother Nature and God. •Your common sense, which tells you that you are doing right. •Your aim to make your health better and your life longer. •Your resolve to prevent illness so that you may enjoy life. •Make an art of healthy living; you will be you thful at any age. •You will retain your faculties and be hale, hearty, active and
useful far beyond the ordinary length of years. •You will also possess superior mental and physical powers! What Wise Men Say
I saw few die of hunger –  of
eating, a hundred thousand. – Ben Franklin
Your health is your wealth. – Paul C. Bragg
Health is a blessing that money
cannot buy. – Izaak WaltonWisdom does not show itself so muchin precept as in life  – a firmness of mind
and mastery of the appetite. – Seneca
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee,
and her black attendant, Death. – Milton
Our prayers should be for a sound
mind in a healthy body. – Juvenal
Of all the knowledge, the one most worth having is knowledge about health! The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person. – Herbert SpencerKEEP HEALTHY & YOUTHFUL BIOLOGICALLY
WITH EXERCISE & GOOD NUTRITION
Always remember you have the following important
 reasons for following The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle:
WANTED – For Robbing Health & Life
The natural healing force within us is the greatest force in getting well. – Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, 400 BCBe a Bragg Crusader - copy and share with family, friends, clubs, etc. KILLER Saturated Fats CHOKER Hydrogenated Fats
CLOGGER Salt DEADEYED Devitalized FoodsDOPEY Caffeine HARD WATER
Inorganic Minerals
PLUGGER Frying Pan JERKY Turbulent EmotionsDEATH-DEALER Drugs CRAZY AlcoholGREASY Overweight SMOKY TobaccoHOGGY Overeating LOAFER Laziness141
Doctor Sunshine, the great healer, soothes and
sparkles your body inside and outside! – Paul C. Bragg
Doctor  SunshineChapter 1 9
Doctor Sunshine’s specialty is heliotherapy and his
great prescription is solar energy. Each tiny blade of grass,
every vine, tree, bush, flower, fruit and vegetable draws
its life from solar energy. All living things on earth
depend on solar energy for their very existence. Thisearth would be a barren, frigid place if it were not for
the magic rays of the sun. The sun gives us light and
were it not for sunshine, there would be no you or me.The earth would be in everlasting darkness. Human beings were never meant to have pale skins,
not even the fair northern races. Man’s skin should belightly tanned by the sun and should take on a darkerpigment according to his original skin tone. It has been
found that even fair, red-headed people can slowly tan. Pigmentation is a sign that solar energy has beentransformed into human energy. By enjoying the early
morning or late afternoon gentle sunshine man can gain
more health, vitality and happiness. The people whoare indoors too long have sallow-looking skin. This is
why many women hide sun-starved skins with makeup. The person who is starved of the vital rays of the sun
has a half-dead look. He is actually dying for the wantof solar energy! Weak, ailing and anemic people are all
sun-starved and – in my opinion – many people are sick
simply because they are starving for gentle sunshine. The sunshine’s gentle rays have powerful germicidal
properties. As the skin gathers these gentle rays, it storesup enormous amounts of this germ-killing energy. The
sun provides one of the finest remedies for the nervous
person who is filled with anxiety, worry and frustration.142
The law, “Whatsoever a man sows that he shall also reap,” is
inscribed in flaming letters upon the portal of Eternity, and nonecan deny it, none can cheat it, none can escape it. – James AllenSunshine Brings Peace, Relaxation to Nerves
When nervous people lie in the sunshine, its
soothing, gentle rays give them what their nerves and
body are crying out for – relaxation! Sunshine is a health
tonic and a Great Healer! As you bask in the warmsunshine, millions of nerve endings absorb the solar
energy and transform and store them into more Vital
Force energy for your nerves and body. Perform this experiment to determine the value of
sunshine in the matter of life and death. Find a beautifulpatch of lawn where the grass is like a green carpet.Cover up a small space of that beautiful lawn with a
small piece of wood or metal. Day by day you will notice
that the beautiful grass that was so full of plant blood,or chlorophyll, will start to fade and turn a sickly yellow. Then the tragedy happens. It withers and dies - death
from sun starvation! The same thing happens in yourbody without the life giving rays of the sun. This also
happens when you fail to eat an abundance of sun-
grown foods such as ripe, organic fruits and vegetables. We must have the direct rays of the sun on our bodies
and our diet must contain
60% or more of food that has


UE ON HEALTH,
WELLNESS,  AND SPIRITUALITYChapter One

THE DIALOGUE BEGINS:
Who Are We Really? DR. COOPER: I have found one of the most powerful inquiries of the
Conversations with God material to be the Four Fundamental
Questions of Life:

1. Who am I? 2. Where am I? 3. Why am I where I am? 4. What do I intend to do about that? It was the answering of these questions that catapulted my
understanding from being merely conceptual to transformative. The
material began to have a noticeable impact on my day-to -day life. I
began to walk through the world in a brand new way, almost as if my
glasses had been cleaned and I could at last see the world through
clear lenses. That is, through the lenses of what is really going on
and what we’re really “up to” on the planet, and on this journey of
being human. So I would love to chat about this today, Neale. I think it’ s a powerful place to start. NEALE: Great. There are really seven  simple questions about Life
that I think are important for people to ask themselves... yet my
observation is that 98 percent of the world’ s people have never
asked themselves those questions. Most go from birth to death,
actually, and never even consider  askin g themselves those
questions. The questions never even occur to them, except,
perhaps, in the most fleeting, passing way—if at all. I have
categorized these seven simple questions as: (A) the Three
Persistent Questions, and (B) the Four Fundamental Questions of
Life. The first three questions  are important because they
contextualize, or provide a reason, for asking the next four. Or, to put
it another way, if everything  was beautiful and wonderful on the
Earth, and the people of this planet were both collectively and
individually experiencing the lives that they wished and had hoped to
experience, then the Four Fundamental Questions would almost be
needless. There would be no real purpose in asking them, and
certainly no urgency around the answers. What creates  an urgency around the Four Fundamental
Questions of Life are the three questions that precede them in my list
of Seven Simple Questions. The first question is:
How is it possible for over seven billion people on the Earth to
all say they want the same thing and to be unable to get it? That’ s
the contextual basis for the Four Fundamental Questions of Life. As I
said, if everyone was living the life they wish they could experience,
there would be no point in asking those final four questions. The only reason to even get into self-examination is not for the
spiritual or intellectual exercise of it, but because something is notworking. One doesn’t walk into a room where the lights are all on and
say, “Do you think we should check the fuse box?” Everyone would
say, “Why bother? Everything is working fine.” But if you walk into
the kitchen and the lights aren’t on and the toaster doesn ’t work and
nothing else is operating, you’d better check the breaker box. So the Three Persistent Questions are not unimportant. That
first question again: How in the world is it possible for 7.3 billion
people on this planet to all say, including you and me and all the rest
of us, that we all want the same thing, but are unable to get it, except
for the tiniest percentage of us? The second question: Is it possible that there is something we
don’t fully understand about God and about Life, the understanding
of which could change everything? And the third question: Is it possible there is something we
don’t understand about ourselves, the understan ding of which would
change how we experience ourselves, and how we relate to all of
Life? DR. COOPER : It’s a mind-boggling concept that over seven billion
people could all claim to want the same things—pe ace, love,
opportunity, joy, abundance—and be utterly unable to achieve it. I’d
never quite thought of it in those terms before. It certainly puts the truth right in front of our eyes, when it
comes to examining the state of our world. And to pondering how a
presumably intelligent specie s—one that can send man to the moon,
uncover the mysteries of our ever-expanding universe, unlock the
genetic code, and discover miraculous medical miracles—could finditself at such a seeming “impasse” when it comes to the basics of
life. Simple things like joy, love, food, and shelter. And not only do we seem incapable of experiencing these
things to the degree that we would like to, we seem to struggle to
experience them in even the smallest degree. Speaking of eye-opening things, it certainly wakes us up to the
state of the world reading the statistics in your book God’ s Message
To The World: You’ve Got Me All Wrong. To quote from it, over 650
children die per hour of starvation. Almost 21 million women and
children are bought and sold into commercial sexual servitude every
year. About 2.6 billion are without basic sanitation, and 1.6 without
electricity. And the list goes on. So it certainly provides the context
for self-examination, both individually and collectively, for all of
humanity. NEALE: And 1.5 billion do not even have access to clean water. Imagine that. DR. COOPER: It’s unbelievab le. And Neale, I really want to ask you,
Why? How is it possible that such circumstances could  be
“accepted” in our world, almost without a second thought? Are
people not shocked that such a phenomenon is possible? NEALE: Peopl e live in a bubble. Especially, and probably primarily,
people who “have it good.” Which is just about 5-to-8 percent of the
world’ s people. They live in a bubble. They  think that because they have it
good, everybody has it good. Because they’re doing well,everybody’ s doing well. It doesn’t even occur to them —it’s not even
a part of our thinking—that billions of people might not even have
access to clean water. Or, that billions of people—not a few hundred
thousand, or even a few million, in outlying areas, but billions around
the world—need to relieve themselves out-of-doors. It doesn’t seem
feasible or possible, because  it’s simply not part of our experience,
and it’s hard for us to imagi ne that this is even going on; that any
race of compassionate sentient beings would allow  it to go on. I spent some time in the Seventies in Central West Africa, and
in South America as well, and in other places on the planet where
what I’m saying to you is—or  at least it was in 1976—the way things
are. It was just how things were. I visited families in places like
Ouagadougou and other locations in Africa where such conditions
were rather common. DR. COOPER: How did it feel to see that? NEALE: Y ou know, it changed my whole point of view about Life. I never again allowed myself to become upset or furious
because I couldn’t get a long-distance phone call through  from Los
Angeles to New York in seven seconds, and I wanted to know the
reason why. I can remember those days when I was so impatient
that the modern conveniences of life were not functioning properly
for me. You know, “Waiter, waiter!”, or whatever. That kind of an
attitude. When I came back from spending two and a half months in
Central W est Africa, I never again held those attitudes.I remember being in a so-called hotel in Upper Volta (now
known as Burkina Faso) that was actually just a brick shell of a
building without any windows. They simply had knockout holes in the
wall for windows. If you didn’t have a sleeping net—and I did not—
you were attacked by mosquitoes, and woke up the next morning
with your face swollen. I had to be given medical care at the
American Embassy, with all sorts of shots to counteract the effect of
being hit with fifty or sixty mosquito bites. And we’re talking about mosquitoes the size of a Volksw agen. Very large creatures. And in Upper Volta I recall I wanted to call back to the United
States. I went to the front desk to ask if there was a lobby phone I
could use to call home. (There was no phone in my room.) They
said, “Yes, sir, but you’ll have to request a long-distance line—and
there’ s a queue, so you’ll have to get in the queue.”
I had to wait three-and-a-half hours to get a line to the United
States, and I was given fifteen minutes to use the line! I recall that
vividly—that you had to wait in line and then they would call your
name. “Mr. Walsch, your line is available now.” And you’d rush to the
phone in the lobby and pick it up, and you’d be able to make your
call to the United States. I recall,  when I came back to the U.S., thinking of how many
times I’d tapped the phone impatiently (this was way before the
appearance of cell phones the size of a playing card), and I’d be
demand


 mean
we have become healthier. Heroin users feel good. So do coffee drinkers. So too do supe rfood evangelists. Junk-food-eating
entertainers, anorexic runway models, and supplement-pounding body builders may look good…but are any of these people
nourishing their bodies on a cellular level? Are they eating whole, unrefined foods in the quantities and proportions on which their
bodies were designed to thrive? Absolutely not. Where Diet and Health Meet
I struggled with how to position this book, debating with several colleagues  whether 80/10/10  referred to a weight-
management plan or a healthy eating guideline. As you may have g uessed, it’s really a bit of both. I have spent the last several pages driving home the differences bet ween fragmented thinking and the big-picture perspective
for one purpose: to cement in your mind the obvious and inextricable relation ship between the goals of weight management and
healthful living. If you picked up this book looking for guidance in losing or gaining weight, rest a ssured, you have come to the right place. Yet
I hope I have succeeded in persuading you that a perfect-looking body is not rea lly all you want. Shifting your focus to your health
will speed you toward optimal body weight, I promise … but chances ar e you will feel so great that your appearance will take
backseat—a mere sideshow to the vital main event your life has bec ome. Eating healthfully does not represent deprivation; having our hea lth destroyed—literally taken away by the mouthful—that is
deprivation. People say, “Everything in moderation.” I suggest that  foods that are good for us are good only in moderation, but that
the foods that are harmful to us should be avoided, regardless of the dose. Some say, “It is a sickness to try to eat too well.” I suggest that it is a s ickness to intentionally do anything that is self-
destructive. I believe it is time that we all started loving ourselv es a lot more, and that we demonstrate that love by nourishing our
bodies with foods that love us back. My goal in writing this book is to provide a definitive resource for those who w ant to reach for the sky. I am committed to
having it all in life, and I want that for my loved ones, my clients, and my  audiences, as well. In these pages, I define healthful nutrition and summarize some rel evant information about carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
and their roles in our bodies. I describe the 80/10/10  diet, my low-fat, low-protein program based on eating whole, fresh, ripe, raw,
organic, plant-based foods. I teach how to improve your diet in a gradual, easy wa y. Finally, I share numerous testimonials from
people who have transformed their lives by following this program. Rather than coming out against fat or any other dietary choice, my int ention is to give voice to what has proven to be the
healthiest choice in the world of food and nutrition. I am convinced that th e 80/10/10  plan meets human nutritional needs as well as
can be hoped for in our modern world. Chapter 1. Determining Our True Dietary Nature

How does one determine the correct food for any given creature? Let us suppos e that you were given a baby animal and you
had no idea what it was or what it was supposed to eat. Perhaps it was a gift fr om a foreign land. How would you know what to
feed it? The answer is relatively simple. All you would have to do is offer the cr eature different types of foods in their whole, natural
state. That which it was designed for, it would eat. It would likely ignore a ll the other items, not even considering them as food. I
have done this successfully with orphaned animals that I have save d.
The same technique would work with a human child. Put the child in a room wi th a lamb and a banana. Sit back and watch to
see which he plays with and which he eats. We can be fairly sure of the  outcome. Try again with fats versus fruits by offering a
choice of (natural, raw, unsalted) nuts, seeds, avocados, or olives on the one  hand and any fresh sweet fruit on the other. Again, we
can safely predict that the child will choose the sweet fruit. Aren’t We Carnivores? Our anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and psychology all indicate that we  are not carnivores. To say that carnivores eat
carnage or flesh does not accurately portray such creatures. Anima ls that live on other animals usually eat raw meat, straight from t he
carcass, with relish. Carnivores consume most of the animal, not mere ly the flesh, eating the muscle meat as well as the organs and
lapping up the warm, fresh blood and other bodily fluids with gusto. They delight  in the guts and their partially digested contents. They even crush, split, and eat the smaller bones and their marrow and gr istle (collagen or cartilage). Dogs, for instance, require far more calcium than humans,  for animal flesh is extremely acid forming. The calcium (an alkali ne
mineral) in blood and bones offsets the acidic end materials of flesh foods. Th ey also require much more protein than humans do. 11
When you note the vigor with which dogs devour whole animals, you can be sur e that what carnivores need for their nourishment is
quite delicious to them. Most of us love animals as fellow creatures on Earth. We do not salivate a t the idea of crushing the life out of a rabbit with our
bare hands and teeth, and the thought of eating one in a freshly killed sta te is repulsive. We certainly do not enjoy chewing on bones,
gristle, entrails, chunks of raw fat and flesh, and the hair and vermin  that inevitably accompany them. We can not imagine slurping
hot blood, getting it all over our faces, hands, and bodies. These behaviors are al ien to our natural disposition and are actually
sickening. The sights and smells of the slaughterhouse and even the butcher sh op are those of death. Many people find them unspeakably
abhorrent. Slaughterhouses are so objectionable to most people that no one is a llowed to visit. Even the employees find
slaughterhouse conditions impossible to make peace with. Slaughterhous es have the highest employee turnover rate of any industry. Meat eating does not fit in with our concepts of kindness or compassion. There  is no humane way to kill another creature. We kill our animals by proxy, finding the actual carcass or corpse to be a thi ng of disgust. The vast majority of adults agree
that if they had to kill the animals in order to eat, they would not eat meat  ever again. We disguise animal flesh by eating only small
cuts of the muscle and some organ meats. Even then, we prefer to cook them an d camouflage them with condiments. We disguise the reality of meat by changing the names of the foods from w hat they really are to something more acceptable. We do not eat cow, pig, or sheep, but rather eat mutton, pork, ham, beef, steak, and veal. We  do not speak of eating blood or
lymph, but we salivate at the thought of a “juicy” steak. W e distort r eality even further by giving animal qualities to our natural f oods. Hence we refer to the “skin” of the fruit, eat its “flesh,” dig out the “ meat” of the nut, and even slice the “cheeks” or “shoulders” off
fruit when we cut two sides away from the pit. These animal allusions  minimize the horror of eating true flesh, but those of us who
have not been desensitized are still aware of it. The Evidence
When we weigh the evidence, we see that too many considerations exist  in physiology, anatomy, aesthetic disposition, and
psychology for us to even seriously entertain the notion that we were de signed to eat flesh. By the time you finish this chapter
(substantially derived from the writings of T.C. Fry), I think you will a gree that human beings simply are not equipped to be
carnivores. Humans vs. Carnivores
The following is an incomplete list of the major differences between h umans and carnivorous creatures. Walking: We have two hands and two feet, and we walk erect. All of the carnivores ha ve four feet and perform their
locomotion using all fours. Tails: Carnivores have tails. Tongues: Only the truly carnivorous animals have rasping (rough) tongues. All other creatures have smooth tongues. Claws: Our lack of claws makes ripping skin or tough flesh extremely difficult. We possess much weaker, flat fingernails
instead. Opposable thumbs: Our opposable thumbs make us extremely well equipped to collect a meal of frui t in a matter of a few
seconds. Most people find the process effortless. All we have to do is pick it. The  claws of carnivores allow them to catch
their prey in a matter of seconds as well. We could no more catch and rip the s kin or tough flesh of a deer or bear
barehanded than a lion could pick mangos or bananas. Births: Humans usually have children one at a time. Carnivores typically g ive birth to litters. Colon formation: Our convoluted colons are quite different in design from the smooth colons of  carnivorous animals.


 of life itself or they do not. Power comes from aligning
with the  dominant attractor patterns that are aligned with that which
supports life. Contemplating the Map of Consciousness reverses the world’ s
understanding of cause and ef fect. In this respect, the Declaration of
Independence ca n provide a rewarding study. This document calibrates very
high, at about 7 00. If one goes through it sentence by sentence, the source
of its power appears: the concept that all are equal by virtue of the divinity
of th eir creation, and human r ights are intrinsic to human c reation and
therefore inalienable. Interestingly enough, this is the same concept that
was the source of Mahatma Gandhi’ s power. This very powerful ABC
accounts for the success of the United States as a democracy on the
observable leve l of A
 B
 C. If the reference to Divinity were removed
from the founding document, the calibration would drop considerably. THE COLUMNS OF THE MAP◆  The center column of the Map consists of the levels of consciousness
for each ener gy field, alongside the corresponding logarithmic numerical
values. The next chapter describes this center column and details the
essence of each level. The prese nt section introduces the other four columns
found to the left and right of the  levels of consciousness on the  Map. They
indicate key aspects in human experience that correlate to ea ch level of
consciousness: view of God, view of one’ s self, emotion, and the process
going on  within  consciousness. A later section in the book shows that brain
function and rates of happin ess are also correlated with level of
consciousness. ◆  The column on the far -left side of the Map shows the view of God  at
each level of consciousness. Each level has its own understanding of God, a
fact that explains the existence of widely dif ferent theologies and religious
beliefs. A person’ s view of God  has nothing to do with God; rather, their
level of consciousness determines the God-view. At the bottom of the Map, we see the demonic depictions of God, the
anthropomorphic projections in which God is punitive, capricious, cruel,
and terrifying. In certain books of the Bible and in primitivistic beliefs, God
has to be assuag ed by sacrificial killing animals and humans. Even today,
“end times” predictions abound that describe natural occurrences such as
tsunamis as evidence of God’ s anger or the fulfillment of some prediction
from the Bible. This is the do wnside of religion and why m any people
become spiritual and not religious. The fallaciousness of such depictions of
God is obvious when we recall  that tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes
occurred on the planet long before humankind got here! It was a natural
disaster that ostensibly wiped out the dinosaurs. So, was God angry at the
dinosaurs? Such  views of God are obviously negative projections from the
human ego. At h igher levels of consciousne ss, God is viewed as benevole nt, wise,
infinitely loving, and merciful. F rom these levels, God is realiz ed to be the
source of love, of oneness, of a ll-being-ness. Finally, Divinity itself shines
forth in all things, at which point Gloria i n Excels is Deo  (Glory to God in
the Highest) is all that can be said. ◆  The Map also has a column for one’ s own life-view. Those at a low
level of conscio usness hate themselves, and they project their hatred ontothe world, seeing evil everywhe re. As you move up the scale, y our view of
yourself and your life becomes more and more positive, and finally you are
comfortable with yourself. “Be as you are” calibrates at 590, the level of
consciousness of Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man, who,
because of a bone disease, became extremely disfigured. Despite taunting,
ridicule, and social rejection, his attitude and demeanor were described as
truly saintly. He was gentle, for giving, nonreactive, and compassionate,
even in the face of the basest ignorance. His uniqueness implies that his
singular life symbolized spiritual possibility under even extreme conditions. Notably, he ignored the temptations of self-pity, victimhood, resentment,
and hatred of h is tormentors. At calibration level 590, he stood at the
doorway of Enlightenment and was at peace with himself and the world. A be nign view of yourself is an important step, as it af firms the truth that
you are doing the best you ca n. In fact, every human from moment to
moment is always doing the best they can. Nothing else is pos sible except
as a hypotheti cal mentation. From a negative ener gy field, people
hypothesize impossible ideals for themselves and then go into guilt or self-
punishment if they fall short o f them. The self-satisfaction of Neutrality
(250) of fers considerable relief from the negative self-talk and
immobilizing self-doubts experienced in the lower levels. People who
operate at an int egrous level overall may find that there is a cer tain area of
life where they suf fer a negative self-view, and it can be very liberating to
let g o of the resistance. For example, the woman who lets go of her
negative body image is freed fr om the constant drain of compa ring herself
to other  women. The man who  overcomes his fear of public speaking is
freed into new areas for career advancement and self-expression. ◆  T o the right of the list of leve ls are the emotions  associated with each
specific level. These are the cla ssic stages found in perennial philosophy,
psychoanalysis, and various rel igious traditions. Under 200, we find what
psychoanalysis terms the “eme r gency” emotions, and over 200 are the
“welfare” emotions. All lower emotions are limitations and blind us to the
reality of our true Self. Resisting a negative emotion ke eps you stuck. If you are willing to let go
of nega tive emotions, you get freer and move up the scale, eventually
experiencing predominantly positive feelings. At the very top o f the scale,
there occurs the realization of one’ s true Self and the varying levels ofIllumination. The main importance of this is to note that, as one  gets higher
and free r, what the world calls spiritual awareness, intuition, an d growth of
consciousness o ccur. That which is impossible to see or experie nce at lower
levels of consciousness becomes self-evident and glaringly obvious at
higher l evels of  consciousness. For example, when one is in the grips of
Desire (cal. 125), one cannot imagine that Serenity (cal. 540) could ever be
possible. Y et for the person who has recovered from addiction, Serenity is a
daily reality. It is well to remember that the emotional correlates of the ener gy fields of
consciousness a re rarely manifested as pure states in an in dividual. A
person may operate on one level in a given area of life and on quite a
dif ferent level in another area of life. An individual’ s over all level of
consciousness is the sum total ef fect of all the various levels operating
within their life. ◆  Farther to the right shows the pr ocess going on within consciousness
itself. On  the level of Pride, for exam ple, inflation is the process going on
within consciousness and is of particular danger in our socie ty, with the
contentious narcissism of “I’m  right” (at both ends of the political
spectrum) and the ego inflation of the megalomaniac who leads the masses
to their deaths. This phenomenon can be observed historically in the case of
Napoleon, whos e level of consc iousness started out quite high, at 450, as a
very goo d tactic ian and genius at mathematics and other accom plishments. Then suddenly, when he crowned himself emperor, his level dropped below
200. Th e Pope had always crowned the heads of Europe, but Napoleon
crowned himself—the ultimate self-inflation! In that instant, his calibrated
level went from 450 to 175. When he faced the Duke of W ell ington (cal. 420) at W aterloo, Napoleon’ s intention was at 75 and thus he was defeated. The sam e thing happened with Hitler, who dropped from 430 to 40. When
megalomania hi ts a leader, the populace is not aware that it ha s happened. In th e beginning, Hitler ’ s prog rams advanced society— autobahn  and so
forth. Th en suddenly he crashed, and the monster emer ged. Wh at had been
a great benefactor became the great killer of society. The Map of Con sciousness, therefore, casts new light on the pr ogress of
history. An important distincti on for our purpose is that between for ce
(ener gy below 200) and power  (e ner gy above 200). W e can, f or example,
investigate a historical epoch such as the end of British colonialism in India.As t ouched on e arlier, the position of the British Empire at


 at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA and worked in the public and private sector as an Engineer for several years before eventually making a lifestyle change to a more spiritual, healthy and balanced life.All of her knowledge was put to the test when she went through her own battle with illness. For 2.5 years, Jennifer had a horrible full-body itchy rash that doctors were not able to diagnose. She eventually managed to heal herself through detox and change of diet. If you ever want to compliment Jennifer on her now radiant and glowing skin, it’s a compliment that she is very proud to accept! Jennifer is a fully trained and qualiﬁed IIPA Certiﬁed Comprehensive Iridologist (CCI). She provides Iridology Readings & Raw Food Coaching to clients, teaches Raw Food and Healthy Living courses, offers detox, fasting and cleansing support and continues to educate, motivate and inspire others on their journey of healing. Jennifer works as a Certiﬁed Iridology Practitioner, Raw Food Educator and also a Detox/Fasting, Vegan/Live Foods, Green Smoothie and Healthy Habits Coach. She offers lectures, workshops, training and one-on-one consultations at health and detox spas around the world. She has worked with clients and presented workshops in Australia, USA, China, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, Dubai, Israel, Jordan, Indonesia and Thailand.Photos of Parasites/WormsWarning:  If you have an aversion to seeing intestinal roundworms, you may want to skip this section. Every worm was photographed and measured for purposes of documenting the experience and sharing this information with as many people as possible.Day 8The first worm...let the exodus begin!! Day 9Yes, these are inches. 17 inches = 43 cm!! Day 10Female Ascaris can be 2 feet in length or more
Day 11Ascaris can lay up to 200,000 eggs per day!! Photos of Worms
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!117Day 12Ascaris can leave the colon & move to other areas
Day 13A s c a r i s  i s  t h e  m o s t  c o m m o n  w o r m found in humans16
Photos of Worms
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!11816 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascaris_lumbricoidesDay 14A t  l e a s t  4  m i l l i o n  A m e r i c a n s  h a v e Ascaris worms17
Day 16Roughly 1.5 billion people worldwide are infected
Photos of Worms
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!11917 http://www.medical-explorer.com/parasites.php?024Day 18Ascaris worms can perforate the bowel18
Day 23Ascaris feeds on partially digested food
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!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!12018 http://home.austarnet.com.au/~wormman/WLNEMA.HTMDay 2498% of people infected have abdominal pain19
Day 28A s c a r i s  i n  t h e  m o s t  c o m m o n  w o r m  i n f e c t i o n in the world20
Photos of Worms
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!12119 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/212510-overview#a019920 http://globalnetwork.org/about-ntds/factsheets/ascariasisDay 34Severe cases can cause intestinal blockage21
Day 35Fresh Ginger is known to kill roundworms22
Photos of Worms
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!12221 http://globalnetwork.org/about-ntds/factsheets/ascariasis22 http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/cond/C171273.htmlDay 36Thyme is known to kill roundworms23
Day 37Follow-Up Parasite Cleansing is Important
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!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!12323 http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/cond/C171273.htmlDay 38Fresh Garlic helps to kill adult worms24
Day 39Water Fasting Starves the Ascaris Worms
Photos of Worms
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!12424 http://www.emedicinal.com/diseases/worms.phpDay 43Raw garlic, ginger & onions are known to help remove worms
Day 44Humaworm seems to be working! Photos of Worms
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!125ResourcesA Cure for All Diseases, Dr. Hulda ClarkCleanse and Purify Thyself Book One & Two, Dr. Richard AndersonEvery Body has Parasites, Valerie SaxionFasting Can Save Your Life, Herbert Shelton & Ronald CridlandProgram for Dynamic Health, T. C. FryRational Fasting, Arnold EhretThe Essene Gospel of the Peace, translated by E Bordeaux SzekelyThe Live Food Factor, Susan SchenckThe Master Cleanse, Stanley BoroughsThe Miracle of Fasting, Paul C. Bragg & Patricia BraggThe Tao of Detox, Daniel ReidWater Can Undermine or Save Your Health, Norman WalkerWhat’s Eating You? People and Parasites, Eugene Kaplan80-10-10 Diet, Dr. Douglas Graham<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:. 97If I eat that for a few days with some pureed cucumbers and continue to do one enema a day, I may just fumigate the last tenants out and still ﬁnish with the pure and perfect temple I’ve been dreaming of. Day 40Sometimes you never think the end will come, and then all of a sudden, it’s there. That is how I felt today. It’s really hard to imagine that I have had only water for 40 days now, and that I actually achieved this magniﬁcent goal. If I wasn’t so tired, I would probably feel even more proud of myself. I did not have any worms released today; however I still have the twitching in my legs, some waves of heat and the occasional bout of nausea which all tell me that there are still some worms there. Of course I feel sad to stop the fast knowing this, but I know that eating some food now will be good for me and I know it’s time to bring in some nutrition for strength. I am still planning to eat the puree of onion, garlic, ginger and cucumber for a few days. I do think it is absolutely essential to have a solid plan for what to eat before you break the fast. Otherwise, it can just become so easy to start eating everything in sight. The mental strength post-fast is just as important as the mental strength during a fast. Today I had a few clients and although I enjoyed the sessions very much, it really drained my energy. In between, I felt exhausted and completely wasted. It was difﬁcult to get through the day. I was very relieved when I ﬁnally had some time to myself, and I slept for 2 hours this afternoon. Personal Story - 40-Day Fast. www. healthybliss. net. 98At about 4pm today,  I decided to have some fresh lime squeezed into water because I wanted to start slowly preparing my body to become ready for food tomorrow. I cut half of a fresh lime and licked the inside of the the slice before squeezing it - wow. It was the best thing I ever tasted in my whole life. I could not believe the ﬂavor. I was so happy to have some of the lime water; instantaneously I felt energized and came back to life. Later this evening at about 8pm, I decided to drink some of the onion, garlic, ginger water. I probably drank about 1 cup or 200 ml of the strained liquid. That is seriously potent stuff. It knocked me out. I had to lie down for more than 2 hours afterwards. I sure hope that I can get through eating it tomorrow, but my goal is to fumigate those worms, and I will do what needs to be done. Speaking of which, the humaworm arrived today of all days. There could not have been better timing had I tried. Tomorrow is when I wanted to start the course of herbs, and now I can do everything according to plan. So, I do feel better breaking the fast knowing that I can go directly into the parasite program. The key is to gently transition the body back into food. Pureed food is very easy to stomach and digest and I will simply listen to my body and eat as much as I feel it needs. I have plenty of time to enjoy all the foods I love later.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What did the author decide to eat after 40 days of water fasting?,
A: The author decided to eat a puree of onion, garlic, ginger, and cucumber.
Q: How many days did the author go without eating anything but water?,
A: The author went 40 days without eating anything but water.
Q: What did the author do to help with the transition back to eating solid food?,
A: The author decided to slowly transition back to eating by eating small amounts of food


What if scrambled, all-all-all pereprobuyu. - Can all starve or have any contraindications. - First, and this I want to emphasize especially, can starve
only under medical supervision, with a doctor who owns it
method. Such specialists in our country quite a bit -
approximately 200 people. mostly students who died two years
ago, Professor Osipov Nikolayev, who wrote
wonderful book "Fasting for the sake of health. " Secondly, it is impossible
hungry people suffering blood diseases, endocrine
system, some mental illnesses, cancer
patients. - How much are you now. - Eighty-second year. - Over 43 years have passed since your recovery,
relapse was not. - The disease is very taught me a lot. first of all, I realized
that our body has enormous reserves, which not only we,
but most of our doctors do not know anything. Coped
with the disease, I started looking and studying these reserves. ultimately
created his own system of healing that saves me
Throughout all these years. All these stories show that against the will of man and his
a great desire to recover any powerless, even "incurable
disease. Rheumatoid arthritis - an inflammatory disease of the joints,
characterized by a chronic progressive course. Is one of the most common joint diseases. Women
there are 2-3 times more often than men. Causes of
Rheumatoid arthritis is not installed. Much importance is attached
immunological disorders, including autoimmune
process characterized by the elaboration of lymphocytes and antibodies
against its own tissues. 220
220If you simply say that some kind of infection or chemical
connections so alter the normal structure of the tissue that
own immune system begins to perceive it as alien
and destroys it. In the dry fasting is a global
purification, the burning of an alien, the destruction of infections. SG
in the first place qualitatively and quantitatively restores
most important of rights - immunogenetic system,
reinforces barriers to cells, organs and systems, and revives the depot
(Microcirculatory bed) and, equally importantly, provides
long-term (prolonged), therapeutic and preventive
effects on the body. When I first started dry fasting, the very first
My patient was a man with rheumatoid arthritis. Fingers
hands and feet were deformed, all the joints were pain, he
without pills and injections could not even stand up. Pass technique of dry
starvation, he agreed immediately. Prior to meeting with me he went through all the
traditional treatments: herbalists, psychics, acupuncture
etc. "Sergei Ivanovich, I have no way surprised, I think
not be worse, but I instinctively feel that there is a chance. " When I
he said that during the passage of dry fasting can be
insomnia, he said: "I was not surprised by this, I'm so eight years
did not sleep from the pain. " He was a former athlete, he had the will
awesome. Starvation is well tolerated. When I was doing medical
bypassing it, or read or listened to music. It took seven days, shifts
No, all the symptoms of the disease at the same level. On the eighth
day, I thought to myself that here will be the night, I'll put out
starvation, perhaps all this is useless, and his illness is cured
impossible. True, in the evening he became very lit joints. When the morning of the ninth day I went to see him, I saw how he wrung
from the floor, and his eyes were tears. The first time in eight years, he
could be wrung out without pain. He was hungry for eleven days, pain
all the joints are gone, reduced deformation, increased volume
movement and even a few resorbed rheumatic nodules. Here
for the past seven years, he had no exacerbations, it was removed
with a disability, as he stopped attending the clinic works
driver. Each year, comes to us in Altai on preventive
courses. I always think to myself, but if I stopped the famine. Most
big difference from wet dry fasting, that the most therapeutic
- Second acidotic crisis. Begins with 8 po11-day, and sometimes
what a night it can solve all the truth and psychologically during this period
the most difficult. We passed a lot of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, of course,
Not all such good results, someone we will not be able to
help. Reasons for failure - it's not all can pass the necessary
healing period of fasting and a very big experience hormonal
therapy when all the natural healing forces of the body just
crushed chemistry. 221
221The case has brought me to a woman who I've been searching for. When
we meet her, she was with Kostylkov and very strongly
limping on his right leg. She had a deforming osteoarthrosis
right hip, and she very much did not want to do
operation. with pleasure, she went to our Altai, passed two
rate of dry hunger for seven days. from the fifth day she had a strong
glow in the hip joints. After fasting from her pain disappeared
and she stopped limping. The output of our entire group went to a cafe,
all marveled at how she danced beautifully. Unfortunately, it lacked
This course of fasting for five years. Sometimes after a good result
after fasting people cease to comply with all recommendations
arrange fasting days, and preventive courses of hunger, then
disease inevitably returns. When we met her five years later it became clear that she
- Still had the surgery. She told me: "How do you Sergey Ivanovich
left, I lost the support and incentive. " I often write and ask if you can help starving
with this incurable and insidious disease, as scattered
sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease of the central
nervous system with an unpredictable, often with progressive
flow. Multiple sclerosis affects the brain,
optic nerves, the spinal cord that leads to disruption
respective functions. The disease is characterized by
formation of randomly scattered foci of demyelination -
loss of myelin, a white fatty substance that covers the axons
(Nerve fibers). Morbidity. Multiple sclerosis usually begins
in his youth, but can occur in any period of 15 to 60 years. Women are more susceptible than men. Most
high incidence - among Caucasians living in the temperate
climates. The disease is not inherited. U.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What was the author's experience with dry abstinence?,
A: The author spent 11 days without food or liquids and experienced significant health benefits, including the disappearance of gallstones, uterine fibroids, and cancer.
Q: What is the author's advice for someone with a precancerous condition in the cervix?,
A: The author advises the woman to prepare well and come to their consultation to learn about dry fasting.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the effectiveness of dry fasting in treating bronchial asthma?,
A: The author states that dry fasting can be effective in treating bronchial asthma, as it increases the body's natural defense mechanisms and eliminates the need for inhalers.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the treatment of heart disease?,
A: The author believes that fasting can be an effective treatment for heart disease, as it can reduce the risk of heart attack and improve the heart's ability to function properly.
Q: What is the author's stance on the treatment of multiple sclerosis?,
A: The author suggests that dry fasting can be an effective treatment for multiple sclerosis, as it can help restore the body's natural healing forces and eliminate the need for medication.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>in the list of reasons
total disability in the productive years of life scattered
sclerosis ranks third - after the injury and rheumatology
diseases. the world is ill with multiple sclerosis about 3,000,000
people. The prevalence of the disease depends on geographic
zones, being the lowest in the equatorial region and increasing
to the north and south. in Russia falls ill with multiple sclerosis 10 to 70
per 100 000 population. Cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown. It is believed that
disease may be associated with viral infection, transferred
in early childhood, and autoimmune processes in the central
nervous system. During acute exacerbation occur
inflammatory foci with swelling of the myelin sheath. Through
several weeks or months of a local inflammation and edema
subside, leaving behind scars or multiple foci
222
222lesions, called plaques. In this case, axons usually
remain intact. This course explains the process,
why patients sometimes observed a partial or almost
full recovery. However, if the old lesions
adds a new neighborhood, then the recovery will have less
complete. Treatment. There is no single method of treatment or prevention,
effectiveness of which would be proved. Here is an interesting
the story of the fight against this insidious disease. "I want to tell you how I managed so far not only
survive and continue, not only for scientific activities, but
and creative daily work on the transfer of their life
experience, techniques and advice on fighting with our infirmities and sores
in old, old age and to date store
alertness and sobriety of mind, keep on - this healthy lifestyle
(HLS) in these difficult times. Finally, do not be on the side of their
years, a burden and concern for the lives


 the sinuses. Patting the back is helpful with infections and congestions of the lungs,
especially with asthma and cystic fibrosis. Lie face down over a chair, or
over th e edge of a bed or couch with the head to the floor. Have a helper
vigorously pat the back with flat hands while you try to cough up and spit
out loosened phlegm. It may help to take some iodine beforehand, such
as Lugol’s Solution. This tends to make the mucus thinner or more liquid
and therefore easier to expel. 86
 CLEANSING WITH REMEDIES
In addition to cleansing by reducing food intake, remedies are available
for targeted cleaning of specific systems. A liver cleanse may contain
lemon juice, choline, inositol, alpha lipoic acid, N -acetylcysteine, Milk
thistle, MSM, trimethylglycine, and vitamin C. Of special importance are
proteolytic and fibrinolytic enzymes to clean the blood vessels. Other
remedies to improve blood flow are carbon  dioxide, cayenne, fresh garlic
and olive leaf extract (oleuropein). See: Cardiovascular Disease. Hypercoagulation
Fibrin is a sticky protein fibre. It naturally cross -links to form blood clots
for sealing wounds and stop bleeding. However, fibrin also may cross -
link with non -bleeding inflammations. Commonly  such inflammations are
due to Candida and other microbes and toxins in the gut and blood. The resulting excess of cross -linked fibrin forms micro -clots that block
blood flow in capillaries, it also sticks to the walls of blood vessels and
narrows their opening, and it causes blood cells to clump together in a
process called hypercoagulation. Sticky blood appears to be a
precondition for tumours developing metastases, for cholesterol to clog
up arteries, and it is also a co mmon factor leading to high blood pressure,
heart infarct, stroke, deep vein thrombosis, kidney disease, muscle pain
as in fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, circulation problems as in diabetes,
fainting, declining memory and dementia. Clumping can be seen wi th live blood analysis when erythrocytes
aggregate, sometimes looking like many coins sticking together in a
column -like manner ( rouleaux formation ). Such clumped blood does not
flow freely like healthy blood and  cannot move through capillaries so that
many organs become starved of nutrients. Until sufficient improvement
with antimicrobial and cleansing therapies, fibrinolytic enzymes can
decrease blood stickiness and clean out congested or blocked blood
vessels. Nattokinase,  originally from natto, fermented soy traditionally used in
Japan, may be the most effective  fibrinolytic enzyme. It is commonly 87
 available as capsules with 2000 FU or units of fibrinolytic activity. The
normal maintenance dose is one capsule each before br eakfast and
dinner or at bedtime, best in a non -protein drink. However, to clean already clogged -up blood vessels and dissolve clots
a higher dose of up to 2 capsules 3 times daily may be tried for several
months or until the blood circulation is sufficie ntly improved. I ndividuals
with blood -clotting disorders and excessive bleeding should avoid
nattokinase, also when using blood -thinning drugs such as warfarin. Serrapeptase  originally derived from silkworms, is somewhat less
effective in dissolving fresh  clots but it also dissolves old clots and dead
tissue, such as scar tissue, adhesions and cysts. Commonly used are
20,000 to 80,000 units  per capsule but even 250,000 units  per capsule
are available. The maximum dose is up to 2,000,000 units per day. It m ay
be taken together with nattokinase. Bromelain  breaks down all kinds of unwanted protein residues and so
reduces inflammations. Activity is measured as Gelatine Dissolving Units
or GDU, commonly 2000 GDU/gram. It can be taken on an empty
stomach; prefera bly separated from nattokinase and serrapeptase (e.g. 20 minutes later) as these may be digested by bromelain and papain. However, it can also remove the mucus coating from inflamed mucous
membranes and ulcers and then cause strong pain. If rather sensitiv e
take this only as part of a protein meal. Soft Tissue Calcifications
With increasing age our bones become softer as calcium moves out and
accumulates in soft tissues, such as blood vessels, on the outside of
joints, in muscles, brain and glands. This causes inflammation, pain,
rigidity, arteriosclerosis, heart attacks, stro kes, kidney disease, cataracts
and loss of memory, basically the same conditions caused by
hypercoagulation. The underlying cause is usually an underactive thyroid
and overactive parathyroid glands due to chronic Candida, mercury
problems, and deficiencies  of iodine, boron, magnesium  and vitamins D
and K2. 88
 Carbon dioxide Therapy
Carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by cells is required for red blood cells to
release oxygen into tissues. In addition,  CO2 relaxes tissue and
especially blood vessels to help flushing them out. The combination of
both of these actions can be used to improve p oorly oxygenated parts of
the skin and the blood vessels below the skin. The connective tissue
becomes tighter and more elastic, good for aging skin and brittle or
congested blood vessels. It is the only method shown to heal "diabetic foot", a condition w here foot
or leg ulcers become gangrenous for which the only conventional
solution is foot or leg amputation. However, a Japanese team has shown
that these conditions can be healed with a bath generating CO2 micro -
bubbles. For an overview see: drsircus.com/medicine/co2 -medicine -
bath-bombing -your-way-to-health
While CO2 face masks and "bath -bombs" can be commercially bought,
they can be come rather expensive with frequent use. However, there are
Internet articles on how to make them yourself. For ulcers, gangrene and other leg wounds the foot or leg may be
immersed in a large bucket of water with a handful of garden or
agricultural dolom ite at the bottom. Then slowly over the course of an
hour add about half the volume of dolomite as citric acid crystals. Occasionally stir the slurry at the bottom. It may be hard to see the
developing micro -bubbles,  but they can usually be felt. Dolomite h as the
advantage that it reacts relatively  slowly and supplies beneficial
magnesium. Alternatively,  you may sprinkle several tablespoons of washing soda
(sodium carbonate) in the bucket and then add citric acid at a very slow
rate so that bubbles develop a t a reasonably steady rate. When no more
bubbles develop after adding citric acid then add again a larger amount
of washing soda followed by a slow addition of citric acid. Do not sprinkle
washing soda on the skin; it becomes hot as it dissolves. Washing s oda
reacts much faster than dolomite but more slowly than sodium
bicarbonate. It helps if citric acid has been exposed to moisture so that it 89
 clumps together and dissolves more slowly. Another possibility is to tie a large plastic bag below the knee and f ill the
bag with CO2 gas from an outside source (e.g. CO2 bottle). Preferably
wet the skin beforehand. Generally,  several months of daily use are
required to heal leg ulcers. Toxic Metals
Accumulations of toxic metals, especially mercury from dental amalgam
fillings and vaccines, are a major problem with many diseases. Use oral
chelation to reduce this toxic load. Sulphur compounds are needed to
detoxify the liver. If these are not well tol erated, add molybdenum. If these are not well tolerated, add a molybdenum supplement. One of the strongest metal chelators is alpha lipoic acid which is able to
cross the blood -brain barrier to pull mercury out of brain cells. Helpful as
support are abso rbent clay, Chlorella (cell broken), cilantro, DMSA,
MSM, N -acetylcysteine, sodium thiosulphate, vitamins C and E.
A helpful method is: gesundohnepillen.de/cutler.pdf. Alpha lipoic acid is
used for 3 d ays and 2 nights every 3 hours during the day and every 4
hours during the night, and this is repeated once a week or fortnight. Each dose may be from one quarter to 1 mg/kg body weight. However, I believe that with a high intake of vitamin C and other ch elating
remedies a less strict schedule can be used. During detoxification health
problems may temporarily increase. Preferably use mercury chelation
only after Candida is under control. *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

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Improve your Living Conditions and Minimize Pollution


 in his relationship
with women and ultimately this leaves a vacuum in his understand-
ing of himself and the female pole of his own male energy. For this same reason adolescents tend to fanaticism, political,
religious, or otherwise. Mao's Red Guard is but one youth group
that has propagated its reigning tyrant's brand of fascism. The
proliferation of various cults in the U.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Why has the spiritual power of sex been kept a secret?,
A: According to the text, the spiritual power of sex has been kept a secret because it is a powerful tool for spiritual growth and evolution, and the ancient Taoist masters feared that it could be misused or exploited if made public.
Q: What is the difference between food and sex as energies?,
A: The text explains that sex energy is stored in the body and can be transformed into higher creative and spiritual energy, whereas food energy is not stored and is constantly being consumed.
Q: What is the goal of Taoist cultivation of sexual energy?,
A: The goal of Taoist cultivation is to cultivate and refine the sexual energy to achieve a higher level of spiritual growth and fulfillment.
Q: Can someone transform their sexual energy into higher mental or spiritual energy?,
A: Yes, the text states that it is possible to transform the sexual energy into higher mental or spiritual energy through Taoist practices.
Q: Can one's vital energy be restored by conserving and transforming sexual energy?,
A: The text suggests that yes, it is possible to restore one's vital energy by conserving and transforming sexual energy, as this energy can be redirected into higher forms of energy.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>There is a substantial increase in available energy re-
serve after Taoist lovemaking, as the male has not only conserved
his own super potent seed power but also absorbed a high dose of
equally potent yin/earth power from his lover. Any athlete who can
master the urge to ejaculate his life-force will have taken a step in
the life-long process of mastering himself and his chosen sport. He
can awaken from a night of ecstatic lovemaking feeling light
hearted and energetic, with his batteries fully charged. This is quite
different from the pleasant exhaustion that often follows ejacula-
tory sex. Some male athletes claim that ejaculatory sex the night before
is beneficial to their sport. The reason for this is usually simple—
the athlete has too much nervous energy and lovemaking relaxes
him. His excess energy impedes his performing ability, and
ejaculation relieves that tension. This improves his coordination
and attention in the field the next day and thus helps him to win. This is entirely in line with the Taoist idea of the function of love-
making to harmonize the mind, body, and spirit. Huge quantities of
raw chi energy in the physical body are useless until they are
harmoniously integrated with the mind and spirit. University of New Mexico Professor Mark Anshel did exten-
sive research on sex and the athlete. He found that many coaches
were intentionally creating sexual frustration with the hope that
their athletes would redirect their drives against an opponent. "All
people don't react to frustration the same way," Anehel points out. "By preventing sexual activity, these coaches (or the athlete him-
self; Guillermo Vilas, the Argentine tennis pro, once admitted stay-
ing celibate for a year to improve his game) may actually bring
about negative personality manifestations such as anger or feelings
of isolation. "The Sexual Economy 41
The Taoists have used sex since ancient times to heal phys-
ical, emotional, and mental imbalances, a practice very much in
line with helping athletes maintain maximum fitness. The Taoists
were martial artists as well, and knew the secret of defeating an
opponent was a combination of physical discipline and maintaining
a superior degree of self-awareness. For this reason they cultivated
their chi energy and guarded against the loss of their seed to
women. This Taoist practice of "Sexual Kung Fu" is kept a closely
guarded secret amongst martial artists lest their opponents learn it
and grow stronger. The modern athlete can enjoy the same benefits
today as the Taoist fighters, swordsmen, and Tai chi chuan players
have for hundreds of years—the full freedom to love without losing
the competitive edge. SEX, COMMITMENT, AND MARRIAGE
This subject of marriage is too vast to be generalized by any fixed
rules. Marriage may suit some men and not others. One man may
marry and be happy for a lifetime and his brother find it torture. In
the Tao, nothing is ever forced; alignment with the natural is
sought, and from this comes lasting balance of yin and yang. The Taoist sages would never say that a celibate man is higher
or more pure than a married man. Both men have equal opportu-
nity to adapt their daily practice of cultivating their chi energy to
their life situation, and thus, to achieve union with the Tao. If all
spiritually inclined men were to remain celibate, society might suf-
fer from the lower quality of parental guidance offered to children,
and result in disharmony in the world. Practically speaking, a marriage, especially with children,
consumes an enormous amount of time and energy and should not
be entered into lightly or for the wrong reasons. The wrong reasons
include marrying because of outside cultural pressure or to satisfy
someone else's desire, such as parents. The decision should come freely from within you or else later
you will have trouble accepting the responsibilities which arise
from your choice. Many men marry because they are emotionally
insecure and hope a woman will offer that security. This emotional
insecurity can often be traced to insecurity in the male sexual role. So, if you have not yet married, I suggest you master the sexual
energy cultivation methods in this book before making that deci-42Taoist Secrets Of LoveThe Sexual Economy 43
sion, and if possible learn the Fusion of Five Elements meditation
for balancing emotional energy (see Chapter 18 for a description). Even this is no miraculuous overnight cure for emotional inse-
curity. If you spent decades feeling and acting insecure, it will take
a while to change. Cultivate and balance your internal energy con-
stantly, and you will be surprised at how your emotions will lose
their power over you, and be replaced by a continuous feeling of
inner connectedness. You won't need to seek your emotional un-
derstanding from a woman, which is a dependancy trap many men
fall into. When you understand the source of your emotions in the
movement of the chi energy in your body, you will be in a position
to maintain inner balance and help your lover to achieve the same. Once you are free of sexual and emotional compulsiveness
you will find yourself a very changed man in your relations with
women. Ideally, you would get to know a woman for several years
before having children with her. This allows you both to learn the
subtle energy rhythms of the relationship before your attention is
focused on child-raising. If, by then, you have practiced dual
cultivation to a high level, the deep bond will go far in getting you
through the inevitable difficulties that lie ahead. For many American men, sexuality actually remains on an
infantile level. It is often no more than an extension of feeding. It is
an attempt to take in love from outside themselves and childishly
demand the certainty of continual gratification. This leads neces-
sarily to the jealous dependency that plays havoc with so many
relationships. People spend years watching to see if they are loved:
in this way they annihilate even the possibility of what they seek. This type of destructive sexuality is a constant looking outside
oneself for assurances. This insecurity can generate negative emo-
tions we are often unconscious of, such as jealousy and guilt, as
well as acts that consciously violate our own integrity, such as
adultery. One ceases to live in the present moment, creation stops,
and life becomes slavish rehearsals of lust broken by long periods
of boredom. It's easy to observe that after a time the life of many couples
seems weary, stale, flat and unprofitable. One reason for this is
because when they embrace intending to make love, the man ejacu-
lates and thus excretes his deep vitality and depletes his yang
charge. Nature is abundant and forgiving, but after years of
ejaculation the difference shows up as weakened sexual desire.44 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Unless the couple has spontaneously found the will to transform
their life energy into a higher love—a process of spiritual attune-
ment that balances the daily losses of vital energy—the relationship
is in danger of becoming a ghost of its former passionate self. Energy that could become genuinely joyous is spasmodically
thrown out of the body by ejaculation. This loss occurs every time
you ejaculate. Eventually a man can develop feelings of indif-
ference or hate for his sexual partner because he subconsciously
realizes that when he touches her, he loses those higher energies
that could make him a truly happy man. This produces a deep
crisis, because during the years of love-making and sharing their
lives, a powerful emotional bond has developed. A lot of his sexual
energy has gone into making that bond and he can't understand
how the bond could exist and yet he feels bored, resentful, and
fatigued. This flattening of sexual desire between regular partners is
due largely to depletion of polarity or sexual-electrical tension. You can increase the attraction by charging the positive and nega-
tive poles of the male-female


 stop, you say good-
bye to the troubles that accrue for those who sacrifice arriving for a lifetime
of striving. Do the T ao Now
Pick an area of your life to practice releasing an attachment by deciding
when to stop. For example, plan to leave ten minutes before you think
you’re done in the grocery store, or refrain from buying anything that’s not
on your list. At work, restrain yourself from getting another cup of coffee or
writing one more personal e-ma il. In a relationship, don’t say anything else
in a discussion that’s going nowhere. Those are all examples of attachment
to being or doing. You can also practice detaching by giving something away. Just recently,
for insta nce, my son surprised both of us by doing just that. I was admiring
a new T-shirt he’d just purchased, and he said, “Here, Dad, you like this one
so much that even though it’s my favorite, I want you to have it.” It was a
simple, spontaneous letting go of an attachment, and both of us felt the
wealth that is the fruit of generosity. OceanofPDF.com45th Verse
The gr eatest perfection seems imperfect,
and yet its use is inexhaustible. The gr eatest fullness seems empty,
and yet its use is endless. Great straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkwar d.
Great truth seems false. Great discussion seems silent. Activity conquers cold;
inactivity conquers heat. Stillness and tranquility set things in or der
in the universe. OceanofPDF.comLiving Beyond
Superficialities
This verse subtly asks you to view the world with new eyes. Most likely
you’ve been conditioned to evaluate just about everything with a cursory
and fleeting glance. Here, however, Lao-tzu is asking you to stop seeing
through your ego-dominated culture, and to instead begin noticing the still
and tranquil invisible space within everything. When you go beyond
superficialities, you beco me aware that what used to look imperfect, empty,
awkward, or even stupid now appears perfect, full, eloquent, and intelligent. Your previous way of thinking about the world told you that it’s full of
imperfections—the people in your life should be different, politicians
should be aligne d with your values, the weather should be more consistent
and reliable, the multitudes should be more peaceful, young people  should
study harder, and older people should be more tolerant. The assessments are
relentlessly endless, and they’re all based on teachings that you’ve adopted. While they may seem sensible and correct, these views are simply the result
of only looking at what exists on the surface. “Hold on a minute,” this verse
of the Tao Te Ching seems to say, “try looking at it this way. What seems to
be imperfect has perfection, and what seems empty and false has a profound
spiritual truth supporting it.”
The paradox here is evident: Hunger does exist in the world as an element
of the perfection of the Tao, and the desire to help those who are starving is
also part of that perfection. You’re being asked not to label what you see as
imperfect, stupid, or empty; rather, look for the stillness and tranquility
within you that you can bring to these superficial appearances. When you
refrain from engaging in judgments based solely on looks, you
paradoxically become an instrument for change. Study the opening lines of this verse. What seems imperfect is
nevertheless inexhaustible; what seems empty is endless. Imagine a pitcher
out of which you could pour delicious iced tea without ever needing to
refill. “Impossib le!” you say, yet that’s precisely what the Tao does. It
never, ever runs out. It never has, and it never will. It cannot be exhausted.You are asked to be like this inexhaustible, always-full Tao—be
nonjudgmental, still, and above all, tranquil. Let the world and all of its
creations unfold  while you remain constant with the invisibleness that
allows it all to take place. Allow whatever you feel deep within you in that
quiet and peaceful space to guide you in the direction that is your true
destiny. Recently I attended a talk by my friend, colleague, and mentor Ram Dass,
who had a stroke in 1997 that impacted his speech. As of this writing, he
still spends almost all of his waking moments in a wheelchair, and his
lecture lasted approximately 45 minutes. He received a standing ovation at
the end, and I personally felt so blessed and blissful by having been in the
audience. There  are some who might have only seen superfi cialities—to
them, the lecture might have seemed halting and slow because of the stroke,
and judged as embarrassing or even intellectually challenging. Much of my
dear friend’ s time onstage was silent, and it certainly appeared to be
awkward in comparison to his earlier speeches, which were always
masterful and eloquent. But as I sit here writin g, I can only say that because
I changed the way I looked at this experience, the entire thing changed for
me in a very dramatic way. While Ram Dass’ s words were few, his message was straightforward,
laconic, and direct. What might have appeared as unintelligible to others
struck me as brilliance masked by circumstance. What could have been
viewed as fumb ling was articulate and perfect in every way. I heard a great
presentation to a loving, receptive crowd that was done largely between
long periods of luscious silence. Through out this lecture, all of the audience
members and I 45th Verse remained still and tranquil. As Lao-tzu concludes
in this 45th verse of the Tao Te Ching, it “set things in order in [our]
universe.”
I can feel the presence of Lao-tzu here this morning as I gaze at the
drawing of that beautiful old man sitting on an ox. He seems to be urging
me on to tell you how to apply this great wisdom, which comes from living
beyond shallowness:
See imperfections as perfect, even if your ego-mind cannot compr ehend
this.Become aware of your conditioned responses that lead you to label
people, places, and circumstances as less than perfect. See the flawlessness
behind the supposed defects. As I watched my children grow up, for
instance, there were many times when their challenging behavior at a
certain age was really a kind of brilliance. For example, I observed them
refusing to eat certain nutritious foods, knowing that they needed to go
through these phases in order to reach higher places. An adamant refusal to
eat vege tables isn’t stupid or twisted thinking—it was perfect and necessary
for them at the time. You can apply this same kind of patient stillness to
your world. Inch by inch, we evolve as a people toward a fuller  union with
the T ao. One of history’ s great mystical thinkers, Meister Eckhart, poetic ally put it
this way several centuries ago:
Every object, every cr eatur e, every man, woman and child has a soul and it
is the destiny of all,

to see as God sees, to know as God knows,
to feel as God feels, to Be
as God
Is. Give yourself permission to be perfect, even with
all of your seeming imperfections. Recognize yourself first and foremost as a creation of God, which is your
perfection. It has nothing to do with how you look or any so-called mistakes
or failures you may have attracted to yourself, even though these
superficialities will continue throughout your entire lifetime in this body. The Source of your material self, the eternal Tao, is flawless, straight, full,
and an expressi on of truth. When those ways that you’ve been  taught are
imperfect appear and you notice the pain you’re causing yourself by
disliking or judging them, call in your Tao-perfect self to tend to the so-
called faults. When you surround it with love, the superficial appearance
and feeling of being unloved will become tranquil.The 13th-century mystical poet Rumi sums this up perfectly in this short
observation:
You are the truth
from foot to br ow. Now,
what else would you like to know? Do the T ao Now
Make a list of ten things you’ve labeled as imperfect, twisted, or stupid. Then take one at a time and elicit the feeling in your body that’s attached to
that item. Allow the sensation to be observed and to be held in your
thoughts from a perspective of loving permission. Do this for as long as
you’re comfortable, allowing the “Tao now!” to be present. Remember as
you do this exercise that the Tao is nonjudgmental and provides equall y to
all. You can take the sunshine and bask in it, or you can burn yourself to a
crisp. The T ao just is, and it doesn’ t care! OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com46th Verse
When the world has the W ay,
running horses ar e retired to till the fields. When the world lacks the W ay,
warhorses ar e bred in the countryside. There is no gr eater loss than losing the T ao,
no gr eater curse than covetousness,
no gr eater tragedy than discontentment;
the worst of faults is wanting mor e—always. Contentment alone is enough. Indeed, the bliss of eternity
can be found in


our	soul	for	help	and	encouragement. Let	go	and	allow	the	results	to	take	shape. Act	when	you	feel	clear. Don’t	take	any	action	when	you’re	in	doubt. Don’t	spread	confusion;	have	faith	in	your	purpose. Don’t	act	on	anger,	anxiety,	or	other	negative	impulses. Expect	the	best. Accept	every	result	as	the	best	you	can	do	at	that	moment. Don’t	blame	yourself	for	setbacks	and	obstacles. Don’t	shrivel	up	and	go	tight	inside	when	something
goes	wrong. Be	open	to	the	lesson	that	every	setback	contains. Don’t	blame	others. Know	any	outcome	is	possible. Put	the	past	behind	you. Trust	in	a	better	future. Don’t	accept	bad	outcomes	passively—change	whatever	has	to	be	changed
within	yourself. Don’t	force	or	control	the	situation.Don’t	go	off	in	fantasy. Try	to	be	as	present	as	possible,	without	distraction. Feel	safe	and	centered	inside. Check	all	around	you	for	signs	that	you	are	on	the	right	path. Be	responsible	for	your	own	destiny. The	flow	comes	down	to	one	thing:	Spirit	can	accomplish	anything	once	you
get	out	of	its	way	When	you	are	truly	in	the	flow,	there	is	much	less	struggle
and	stress. You	don’t	have	to	try	so	hard. Yet	I	mostly	go	back	to	this	list	when	I’m
not
	in	the	flow,	when	I	need	a
reminder	of	all	the	blocks	that	make	life	difficult,	such	as	negativity,	criticism,
losing	trust,	getting	tense	and	tight	inside,	and	so	forth. These	are	just	the
opposite
	of	what	the	list	tells	me	to	do. When	you	stop	blocking	yourself,	you
can	get	back	to	your	calm	and	confident	center. When	you	run	into	problems,
turn	them	into	spiritual	lessons,	such	as	learning	to	be	patient	and
	courageous. Nobody	grows	if	everything	comes	too	easily	all	the	time. But	you	shouldn’t
consider	struggle	to	be	the	normal	or	right	way. God	is	asking	for	cocreators,	not	soldiers. As	spirit	grows	with	you,	you	will
find	that	being	a	creator	is	much	easier	and	hugely	more	fun	than	winning	any
fight.Pure	Gold
D
o	you	talk	to	God?”	I	asked	Baba. “Does	he	talk	to	you?”
“In	a	way,”	he	said. “I	don’t	hear	his	voice,	but	I	know	what	God	wants
anyway. That’s	the	easiest	thing	in	the	world.”
“Really?”
Baba	had	decided	that	we	could	rest	for	a	while	from	our	tramping. He	found
a	stream	deep	in	the	woods,	and	we	were	dangling	our	feet	in	it	to	cool	off. “Nobody	seems	to	think	it’s	easy	to	figure	out	what	God	wants,”	I	said. I
wondered	if	Baba	had	another	of	his	tricky	answers	up	his	sleeve. “No	tricks	this	time,”	he	said. “Who	could	fool	God? Although	everyone	tries
to,	all	the	time.”
I	thought	he	was	going	to	launch	off	on	that	subject,	but	he	gazed	into	the
water	for	a	long	time. “This	whole	situation	is	muddy,”	he	said. “So	maybe
you	can	tell	me,	what	could	God	want	if	he’s	all-powerful—not	to	mention
that	he’s	not	talking?”
“He	could	want	a	lot	that	I	haven’t	figured	out	yet.”
“Don’t	look	so	nervous,”	Baba	said,	smiling. “Maybe	God	isn’t	like	a	tough
boss	who	demands	more	than	you	can	give,	even	working	overtime.”
“That	would	be	a	relief,”	I	admitted. “But	I’d	rather	hear	what	you	were	going
to	tell	me.”
“God	can	want	only	one	thing,”	said	Baba,	who	then	told	me	the	following
story:
One	day	in	a	rich	man’s	house	nobody	was	home,	and	all	his	expensive	things
started	an	argument. “I’m	the	most	precious	thing	here,”	a	gold	ring	declared	proudly.“No,	you’re	not,”	a	gold	necklace	said	even	more	haughtily. “Look	how
complicated	and	beautiful	I	am. No	simple	little	ring	can	compare	with	me.”
“You’re	both	wrong,”	said	a	gold	watch	with	disdain. “I’m	ten	times	more
complicated	than	any	necklace,	and	besides	that,	I’m	useful,	too.”
The	argument	only	got	worse,	until	a	grandfather	clock	in	the	corner	broke	in. “You’re	all	wrong,”	he	said. “A	ring	isn’t	the	same	as	a	necklace,	and	a
necklace	isn’t	the	same	as	a	watch. But	you	are	all	made	of	the	same	pure
gold,	and	that	makes	you	equal.”
Baba	looked	at	me	when	he	finished	his	tale. “Do	you	see	what	it’s	about?”	he
asked. “God	is	like	the	grandfather	clock,	who	sees	everyone	as	spirit,	but	we
go	around	seeing	differences. We	think	that	what	we	look	like,	what
	we	say
and	do,	determines	who	we	are. That’s	why	God	wants	only	one	thing:	He
wants	us	to	drop	our	disguises. Once	you	see	yourself	as	he	sees	you,	there	is
nothing	more	that	God	could	ever	want.”
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HAT
	I	L
EARNED
This	lesson	made	me	breathe	a	sigh	of	relief. I	used	to	worry	a	lot	about	what
God	wanted	me	to	do,	and	even	more	about	what	he	might	do	to	me	if	he	got
angry. It	seemed	incredibly	difficult	to	figure	out. Being	“holy”	and	yet	a
normal	kid	at	the	same	time	didn’t	seem	possible. But	Baba	taught	me	that
being	spiritual	has	nothing	to	do	with	pretending	you’re	holy	or	trying	to
imitate	someone	you	think	is	holy. You	are	spiritual	when	you	stop	pretending
that	God	is	anywhere	but	in	you. That’s	what	Baba’s	parable	was	about. The
pure	gold	in	the	story	is	the	most	valuable	thing	on	Earth,	and	so	is	spirit. The
only	thing	that	comes	close	is	air,	which	you	can’t	put	a	price	on,	even	though
it	sustains	all	life. I	have	heard	people	say	that	human	beings	are	angels	in	disguise. Each	of	us
has	been	given	a	mission	here	on	Earth,	but	after	we	get	our	orders,	God
erases	the	memory	at	birth	so	that	we	can	have	the	adventure	of	finding	out	on
our	own	what	we’re	meant	to	do	down	here. I	like	that	idea,	but	a	person	can
have	a	divine	mission	without	being	an	angel. The	following	story	may	strike
close	to	home:
When	God	created	the	world	he	summoned	his	angels	and	said,	“I	am	making
human	beings	in	my	image. They	will	be	creative,	intelligent,	and	good.Everything	divine	will	be	theirs	by	birthright.”
The	angels	said,	“But	if	they	know	the	truth	about	themselves,	their	lives	will
be	too	smooth	and	boring.”
“Then	I’ll	hide	the	truth	on	the	highest	mountaintop,”	said	God. “Human	beings	can	easily	figure	out	how	to	climb	the	highest	mountain,”	the
angels