 liver. When people develop diabetes or glaucoma their
eyesight is affected, which is again under the influence of the solar plexus
chakra. Touch. We express our love through hugging or holding, touch
being a therapy in itself. The anahata (heart) chakra is the one
associated with love and is also the seat of the healer. We hold
someone when we want to console them, and a loving couple
can express their love of each other by holding hands, with no words
required. Hearing. The vishuddhi (throat) chakra is associated with our
sense of hearing: we speak or express ourselves to be heard. When we are not able to express our emotions easily it results
in blockages of the throat chakra. When the throat chakra is
blocked for a prolonged period it affects our ears and sense of hearing,
resulting in frequent ear problems, earaches, ear infections or ringing of the
ears (tinnitus). The sixth sense: intuition. We all have a certain sense of intuition, which
is connected to our ajna (third eye) chakra. When this sense develops furtheralong with spiritual growth and with a shift in consciousness we
develop clairv oyance. The seventh sense: common sense. Common sense requires awareness. There are
two things we do regularly but are not aware of. The first one is breathing. We all start breathing
from the moment we come into the material world, but we are not conscious
of it. One part of yoga is pranayama, which is completely devoted to
breathing. According to tantra and yoga, our lives are not measured in the
number of days, months or years but in the number of breaths assigned to
each one of us; if we breathe fast we die young. Fast breathing is shallow
breathing, which doesn’t fill our lungs with oxygen and ultimately shows in
the body and its health. The second thing we do unconsciously is rubbing the body, which we all
do almost every day when we bathe or shower. If we rub the body with
awareness it will lead to good health. God has made our body very
intelligently, with all our lymph nodes in the front of the body; we can rub
those areas easily. The only lymph nodes that are towards the back are
behind the knees and in the neck, called occipital nodes, and our hands can
reach those. If we can focus on our lymph nodes when rubbing our bodies
and keep them unblocked and healthy, most health issues such as niggling
aches and pains, fluid retention and so on can be a voided. OceanofPDF. com4
Nervous and endocrine
systems
The chakras represent the activity of our organs and glands: they are the
barometers of our health. Yogic and spiritual practices impact the nerve
plexuses and thus the c hakras. Many people of scientific and y ogic mind ha ve
sought to understand and explain the physical and psychic aspects of
kundalini and the chakras; in particular Dr J. K. Sarkar, who in his paper
‘Anatomical and Physiological Basis of Raja Yoga’ tried to explain the
working of chakras thr ough the nerv ous and endocrine systems. The human nervous system is composed of two parts: the central (or
somatic) nervous system (CNS), which is responsible for voluntary actions,
and the autonomic nerv ous system (ANS), w hich is independent of our will. The CNS involves the brain and all its divisions within the skull,
including the cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalam us, pituitary, pineal body,
mid-brain, cerebellum, pons and medulla oblongata and the whole length of
the spinal column. The CNS sends and receives nerve impulses to and from
the entire body and its periphery with the help of 43 pairs of nerves arising
from the brain and spinal cord. The higher centres for thinking, hearing,
seeing, movement and so on are located in the different areas of the cerebral
cortex. The four ventricles or cavities of the brain and the narrow canal in
the spinal cord contain a fluid called cerebrospinal fluid, which flows in a
continuous stream. The ANS controls the activities of the internal organs and consists of two
divisions: sympathetic and parasympa thetic. Parasympa thetic nerves arisefrom the brain and from the lower part of the spinal cord. Their actions are
usually localised, such as slowing of the heart rate, and help to conserve body
energy. The sympathetic system consists of nerves arising from the middle
part of the spinal cord, forming two long trunks on the two sides of the spine
and extending fr om the base of the skull to the coccyx. The two sympathetic trunks contain several ganglions (congregation of
nerve cells) that meet terminally at a small ganglion called the ganglion
impar, which is located in front of the coccyx. Sympathetic nerves arising
from the ganglia on these two trunks form various nerve plexuses (networks
of fine nerves) on their way to different body organs such as the uterus,
intestine and heart. The reactions of sympathetic nerves are mass reactions
such as a constriction of arteries, acceleration of heart rate and slowing of
gastric movement. Sushumna is the central canal of the spinal cord; it continues into the
cavities of the brain and is in direct contact with the hypothalam us and
pineal gland. The spinal cord lies only in the upper two-thirds of the
vertebral column. In the lower third of the spine it tapers off abruptly into a
conical extremity. From the apex to this conical extremity a delicate non-
nervous filament called the filum terminale descends to the coccyx, the
lowest bone of the vertebral column. The lower part of the filum terminale is
in the vicinity of the inferior hypogastric plexus. There are various other
autonomic nerve plexuses situated on the two sides of the vertebral column;
these are the lotuses associated with our chakras. The suggested anatomical
sites for the chakra lotuses ar e as follows:
◼ muladhara (base root) chakra: inferior h ypogastric (pelvic) ple xus
◼ swadhisthana (sacral) chakra: superior h ypogastric plexus◼ manipura (solar plexus) chakra: coeliac or solar ple xus
◼ anahata (heart) chakra: car diac plexus
◼ vishuddhi (throat) chakra: plexuses connecting the superior, middle
and inferior cervical g anglia
◼ ajna (third eye) chakra: inter nal carotid plexus
◼ sahasrara (crown) chakra: pineal bod y. Glands of the endocrine system
The holistic approach to health fully acknowledges the integration of mind
and body; the well-being of one depends on the good health of the other. Human bodies consist of two kinds of glands: exocrine and endocrine. Exocrine glands are the glands that release their secretions through ducts
such as the liver and gall bladder. Endocrine glands do not have ducts and
release their secretions, known as hormones, directly into the bloodstream. These glands are responsible for our bodies’ physiological functioning. The
hormones secreted by the endocrine glands are chemical messenger s, and
together with the autonomic nervous system they maintain the parameter s
for optimum growth. Since the nervous and endocrine systems are
interconnected, then functionally an imbalance in one will af fect the other. Each of the seven main chakras is associated with a particular endocrine
gland. Chakra health is affected by the functioning of the endocrine glands
and vice versa: any imbalance  in the chakras may affect the associated
endocrine g land, manifesting in ter ms of physical or ph ysiological symptoms. The hypothalamus gland
The hypothalamus gland is a small region of the brain that activates and
regulates that part of the nervous system responsible for controllinginvoluntary body functions, the hormonal system and many other body
functions such as sleep regulation, body temperature and appetite. With
complex interconnections with the cerebral cortex and the other parts of the
brain that are little understood, it links emotions with the body’s autonomic
nervous system. It is r egulated by the ajna (thir d eye) chakra. The pituitary gland
The pituitary gland is a pea-sized structure that looks like an upside-do wn
mushroom; it hangs by a stalk from the undersurface of the brain. This vital
gland influences growth and metabolism and stimulates the activities of other
glands. It orchestrates the secretion of hormones from other endocrine
glands by producing a range of controller hormones such as human growth
hormone, follicle-stim ulating hormone, prolactin and thyroid-stimulating
hormones (vasopressin and oxytocin). The hypothalam us gland controls the
pituitary gland and indir ectly master minds its or chestration. The pituitary gland has two lobes — anterior and posterior — that
release a wide range of different hormones, including those responsible for
contractions during childbirth and those that regulate the release of breast
milk by


 by re” is a popular sentiment among
American rewalkers. In both camps the re is a symbol for inner
barriers that one must break through in order to prove that reality is
more than the senses perceive. But we have to probe deeper and
ask, “What is the link between the subjective world of the re
walker and the burning coals?”
The rewalker thinks  he can enter the re safely, and therefore he
can. His thought causes the re to become harmless, which implies
that the re understands  him. The Greek rewalker s accept this
assumption: they frequently say that the re beckons them. They
know to walk onto the coals only after the re says “yes.” It is
dicult to avoid the conclusion that the re is in fact intelligent.If the idea of intelligent re is too shocking, we could say that one
continuous eld of mind-stu links the rewalker and the re. When a person thinks, that is one vibration in the eld; when the
re cools down, that is another. So it is all eld speakin g to eld,
without any mystery to it. Mihalis does not really walk into the re;
he walks into the outskirts of his own mind. Two Fullnesses
It is hard to deny that our reality remains stubbornly intact
because our logic is stubbornly rational, geared solely to the events
of the waking state. A dreamer can y because defying gravity in a
dream is just a matter of altering one’s brain wave patterns:
everything that occurs in a dream, no matter how bizarre, is clearly
self-generated. Yet the same holds true in waking state, with a
dierence. Sitting in my chair this minute, I might think,  “I want to
y,” and nothing will happen. I lack the power of a dream er, or so it
seems, and the reason, I tell myself, is that certain laws of nature
have been set aside out of my control, gravity being a prominent
example. However, the rishis would argue that this setting aside is itself a
human act. What holds me down to earth is not the fact that gravity
is a law of nature. It is the choice  of laws that happen to be in eect. When a person has reached a higher state of consciousness, he
realizes that such choices are always being made and can also be
unmade. For every natural law that holds me down in my chair,
another, still asleep in the eld, would allow me to y. Gaining the siddhis means gaining freedom of choice. The rishis
say, “ Purnam adah, purnam idam,”  which means, “This is full, that is
full.” The word this signies the manifest reality  I see all around me;
the word that signies the unseen world of the transcendent, the
world of Being, the eld. Both worlds are full—i.e., innit e—and if I
do not like the natural laws that trap me here, I can nd alternatives
inside the eld. I don’t have to defy the current set of laws, but only
wake up a new one. This is how re can be convincingly hot at one
time and cold the next.The doctrine of “This is full, that is full” causes the yogi to declare
that nature is perfect. He is not referring to the picture that reality
presents today, nor is he glossing over the gross imperfe ctions that
create suerin g. The cruelty and violence we see in our world
cannot be called perfect by any means. But another kind of world is
also available, at the touch of Being, and that fact overrid es the evil
we are witness  to in daily life. Nature is perfect because it contains
all possibilities. We are just beginning to abandon a fragmented view of Nature in
favor of a comprehensive vision of the whole. Seventy years ago the
great quantum physicists of Einstein’s generation postulated that
“local reality” was a dubiou s proposition. “Local reality”  is a term
that describes separate events leading independent lives in time and
space. An atom  of oxygen on Mars is local because it has nothing to
do with an atom of oxygen  on Venus, just as a suering man in
China has nothing to do with me. On the human level, this
arrangement has never seemed satisfactory, because in sympathy I
do suer with the man in China. Before the advent of quantum  theory, the same could not be said
of two atoms. In order for them to be in sympathy, one would have
to negate the millions of miles of void that separate them. Common
sense says that emptiness is empty; by denition it cannot have
anything in it. Today, howe ver, it is known from radio  telescope
observation that the universe has organized itself along orderly lines
across vast distances. Stars at one end of the cosmos obey the same
structural laws and pass through the same life stages as those at the
other end. It can also be proved in the laboratory that certain
elementary particles are paired like twins (according to a principle
called “spin type”), and a change of spin in one is instantly matched
by an equal but opposite change in its mate, whatever the distance
between them. They are connected by a telephone wire that
happens to be made of nothing. Such strange behavior dees  ordinary logic. It has led physicists
to say that the quantum realm is not only stranger than we think but
stranger than we can think. The rishi disagrees. To him, a quantum
and a thought are remarkabl y alike. The eeting, invisible impulsesof the mind can turn into concrete, locatable neurotransmitter
molecules like dopamine and serotonin. Where can you stand to
watch an emotion turn into a molecule? Nowhere—you cannot see
or touch  an emotion; you can barely pin it down in time, and it has
no home in space whateve r. Molecules can be objectively seen,
stored, and manipulated. They are easier to deal with than
emotions, and therefore scientists always assume that the reality of
molecules should be the benchmark, while the reality of emotions is
somehow inferior. In the quantum world this situation changes. A quantum  event is
also invisible, eeting, and unpredictable, just like our thoughts. Before the sun throws out light, where is the light? Photons come
out of nowhere; they cannot  be stored. They can barely be pinned
down in time and have no home in space whatever (that is, light
occupies no volume and has no mass). The similarity between a
thought and a photon is very deep. Thinking is a quantum activity, which is why it permi ts us to
control the laws of nature. Because he is enlightened, a rishi does
this far better than I do, but I am not without talent. Consider the
calcium that builds a femur, clavicle, or any other bone. The
calcium in my body is not xed in place but constantly owing. It
moves from bone to bone as need dictates (when you wear a new
pair of shoes long enough, for example, your leg bones change their
inner structure to adjust to your new gait). Calcium also moves out
of our bones into the blood, and my skin and urine are sloughing
calcium into the world while I take in new quantities through food. I contro l this constant ow with great precision, even though I am
unaware of how I do that. The white clis of Dover, which are made of calcium carbonate,
could be enter ing my bones today, via the sheep that graze on their
slopes and then go to market. At every step of the way, from cli to
grass to sheep to lamb roast to blood and nally to bone, the
calcium atoms  remain unchanged. I don’t resemble a cli or a
sheep, however, because once the calcium enters me, it must be
transformed. It suers a sea change into me, a complex structure of
intelligence. This change occurs at the quantum level, whereeverything in creation is given its identity. Even as the calcium ies
in and out, circulating in me like leaves in the wind, I remain
myself, solidly structured in my quantum mechanical body. I have read that with every  breath one breathes, one takes in
several million atoms breathed out by Christ, Buddha, Confucius,
and every other luminary who ever lived (there is plenty of room for
this, since we breathe in 1022 oxygen atoms at a time, or 10
followed by 21 zeros). Also, a few millionths of every breath I inhale
today left the lungs of a peasant in China yesterday; his exhalation
takes barely twenty-four hours to travel halfway around the globe
and mix into my local atmosphere. This is a marve lous fact, but more marvelous is that I do not turn
into Christ, Buddha, or a Chinese peasant. My identity is grounded
in the eld, and when raw matter enters me, I stamp it with my
inuence.


 be adjusted and he began to pay attention to the minor back problems he had all along. Daniel had also developed a ne w
problem –inflammation of the eye. It was so severe that he went to an opthamologist seeking immediate relief because he could
hardly see. I put him on massive doses of vitamin C and protomorphogens for the eye and we attacked the other problems. Now I still see Daniel every three months f or minor dietary and supplement adjustments. His emotional space is very positive. His business is doing well. His love life is doing well. He has developed no new problems and all the old ones are under cont rol. His organ systems, though better, will neve r tolerate many insults, physical or mental, but if he lives within his limits, he has every
chance of a long and happy life. Daniel has become a friend of mine by now and I like to see him but I expect I won't see Daniel very much at all any more. He
has learned what he needs to know to take care of himself. This is a typical onion case that resolved successfully. However t his
case might not have worked out so well had Daniel not possessed a high degree of personal integrity and bravery, had he not f aced
and resolved his emotional conflicts. Fortunately, Daniel had always conducted an ethical life, without dishonesty or a secre t
collection of disreputable acts. Bodies are easy to fix; they are carbon oxygen engines that work on chemistry and respond
unfailingly to physical measures. But the entity that runs the body is not so simple. The thoughts and emotions of the spirit
impinge on a body as powerfully or more powerfully than all the vitamins, dietary reform or protomorphogens I can provide. Th e
mind,  and the spirit behind that mind, can make a body sick or can prevent it from getting well or staying well despite everything I
do. Unethical Illness
    I see a lot of spiritually -induced physical illness in my practice. Maybe more than my share. Maybe i ts karmic; it tends to find
me because I understand it. And it comes up my driveway because people who have it often become doctor shoppers, and seek out
a naturopath as a last resort after exhausting everything that modern medical science has to offer. I have had large numbers of
undiagnosable people that suffer greatly but who medical doctors can find nothing wrong with and label psychosomatic. I have
also repaired people given specific medical diagnoses that standard physical remedies cannot make better. In most of these cases, the physical illness is secondary to, is an overlay of a more fundamental spiritual cause. On this ty pe of
case there are inevitably severe problems connected with close friends, relatives and business associates. The sick pers on
inevitably blames the friends, relatives and business associates and takes no responsibility. The problems seem unresolvable. When I probe deeply enough into these problems, I begin to discover the real infection below. The sick person, so fond of
compl aining about all the terrible things done to them by the people they have or have had problems with, or sometimes, so proud
of not complaining about all the terrible things done to them. Actually, almost inevitably this person has committed a huge m ass of
secret crimes, viciousness and betrayals, rarely indictable felonious acts, but crimes none the less, disreputable deeds that  must be
kept secret. These deeds are always completely justified; the sick person always claims to have been right for having  done them and it is
next to impossible for me as a therapist to get them to take responsibility for their sins. But at the deep, center of almost  all people
is an honest, decent soul that knows what it has really done and feels guilty and judges itself. T hat is why it says in the Bible,
'judge not, lest you be judged'. It is not the judgment of the Deity we have so much to fear; we are own worst judge, jury, a nd
executioner, and eventually extract from ourselves full payment with compound interest for all harmful acts. People frequently punish themselves with severe, incapacitating illness or even death. A spiritual illness will not respond v ery
well to physical treatment until the spiritual malaise's is resolved. This case has to find enough courage t o become honest with
themselves, to admit their deeds in all their disgusting detail and then to make amends, or if amends are not possible, to at  least
cease and desist. They have to take personal responsibly for what they really are being and what they h ave really done and most
importantly, accept that they are responsible for creating their own illness. It is not a virus, a cancer cell or something t hat just fell
out of the universe and struck them, innocent victims that they are. They have made their il lness and only they can uncreate it. Unfortunately, few people who have spent a lifetime indulging themselves in this degree of irresponsibility have the integrit y to
change. This is a tough case. Especially so because they think they are physically il l, they did not come to me to be defined as a
"mental" case and tend to reject such approaches. •

    There is no shortage of additional degenerative conditions that I could describe. There are eating disorders, shingles, skin
problems, kidney disease, A lzheimer's, senility, mental illness, addictions, chronic fatigue syndrome, aids. There's macular
degeneration, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic ear infections (especially in children), tonsillitis, bronchitis, pancreatitis,  cystitis,
urethritis, prostatiti s, colitis, sinusitis, osteomyelitis and a dozen other itises, including appendicitis. There's algias (itises of the
nerves): neuralgia, fibromyalgia. There's ism's (really itises of the muscles). There are 'onias like pneumonia; omas like ca rcinoma,
melan oma and lymphoma. I could (but won't) write a page or two on every one of these conditions and turn this book into an encyclopedia. After twent y
five years of practice, there is little I have not seen. Or helped a body repair. Generally, everyone of th ose following pages I'm not
going to bother to write would repeat the same message. That the medical profession has little understanding of the real caus es or
cures of disease; that the world is full of unnecessary suffering; that there are simple, painles s, effective, harmless approaches to
eliminating most of the ailments of mankind except the ultimate ailment, old age, the thing that takes us all eventually; tha t
essentially all the diseases resolve from the same approach. But I have already explaine d the theoretical basis of natural hygiene, the key role of toxemia, enervation, constipation, the
essentials of good diet, fasting and colon cleansing, the importance of regular exercise, and the rational for vitamin
supplementation. I have revealed a lot  of the secrets in my bag of tricks, like my favorite herbs, poultices and wheat grass. What concerns me most about medicine today is that there seems to be ever fewer hygienists practicing. The young holistic
practitioner is overwhelmed with confusing  data and approaches and is increasingly less able to discern what is really important
and what is distraction, and is increasingly intimidated by the AMA, made fearful of accepting people with serious conditions. Too
many young practitioners become ideolo gues, clinging to the rightness of a single rigid discipline, missing the truths that exist in
other approaches and worse, missing the limitations that exist in their own personal healing methods. The current concern about the cost of medical care and resorting to government -run insurance programs and regulations will do
little or nothing to reverse the trend to more and more sickness that costs more and more to treat. The root causes of our cu rrent
crisis are two fold. One, our food, just as it comes o ff the farm, is getting ever worse. This is not even recognized as a problem. After we process it for an industrial food distribution system, much nutrition is lost too. This is barely recognized as a pr oblem. Until we are better nourished, we will be ever  sicker and each generation will become a degeneration. Secondly, our society is
suffering from all the evils of monopoly medicine. This is barely recognized. The AMA has a stranglehold on the sick. There i s no
effective competition for its methods. Altern atives are suppressed. In my version of a better world, if anyone that wanted to could
hang out a shingle and offer to diagnose, treat and cure disease, a few quacks would really hurt a few people. But many genui ne
therapies would appear and the public wou ld be exposed to workable alternatives. If anyone that wanted to market it could put a
label on a bottle of pills, power or tincture that said its contents would heal or cure disease, yes, a few people would be p oisoned. And a few would die needlessly by f ailing to get the right treatment. But on the positive side, all this liberty would result in
countless new therapies being rediscovered and many new uses for existing substances would appear. Fundamentally, this is the issue of liberty. I believe it i s better to allow choice and options, to permit the dangers that go with
liberty to exist. And to allow unfortunate outcomes to occur without intervention into individual lack of intelligence and
irresponsibilities. The opposite is our current path –an atte mpt to regulate and control away all dangers. But this


 of the lump. The young woman remained under my care for
the remainder of two weeks and was discharged. I had occasional contact with this woman for thirteen years after her recovery and during this
period there was no recurrence of the “tumor. ” I have been able to maintain contact with
subsequent cases for as many as twenty years and they have suffered no recurrence of their
“cancers. ” Hers was one of two such “cancers” that fully recovered in three days. 137I have seen a large number recover in a week, several more to recover in two weeks, and many
to become free of their breast “cancers” in three to six weeks. I am sure that not all such cases of
“cancer” find their way to me or to my institution. There must be many thousands of them who
submit to operations every year, either for the removal of the lump or for removal of the whole
breast. I have seen enough of them to know that there is a wide difference between cancer and a
diagnosis of cancer. I am sure that these are the only kinds of “cancer” that are
cured
 by early
surgery. I have never seen a case of undoubted cancer recover, no matter how cared for nor by whom. I
am convinced that cancer is an irreversible pathology and that the only remedy for the condition is
prevention. I am
sure that it can be prevented and that this can be done by a well-ordered life, one
that maintains a high state of health at all times. I think that I should call attention to the fact that all four of the diagnoses in the case of the young
woman, which I have just described, were made without a biopsy, which is a procedure of taking
out some of the tissue of the lump or growth and examining it under the microscope. Each man
advised an operation upon the basis of a wild guess. The biopsy is far from infallible, often finding cancer where none exists, but it is probably far
more accurate than merely feeling of the breast, at these men did. Their diagnoses may be said to
have been made on suspicion. Or, perhaps they were merely floating with the propaganda tide. At
any rate, they all agreed without knowing the others’ diagnosis, that the young woman had cancer
of the breast and that an immediate operation was urgent. Fortunately for women, not more than one such lump out of ten thousand is cancer. Most of the
lumps will quickly clear up when the mode of living is corrected. Just as fasting causes the body to
use up its excess fat in nourishing the vital tissues so it causes the break down, by the process of
autolysis
, of growths or tumors (neoplasms) and uses the nutritive elements contained in these with
which to nourish the vital tissues. In like manner, dropsical swellings, edematous swellings, deposits and infiltrations are
absorbed and the usable portion are used as food; the non-usable portions are excreted. To understand this, it is necessary for the reader to know that tumors (new growths) are
composed of the same kinds of tissue of which the normal parts of the body are constituted. Tumors are named according to their composition. Thus a fatty tumor is called a
lipoma
; a
muscular tumor is called a
myoma
; a nerve tumor is called a
neuroma
; a bone tumor is called an
ostemoma
; an
epithelioma
 is made up of epithelial tissue; a
fibroma
 or fibroid is composed of
fibrous tissue, etc. Being constituted of the same tissue as the normal structures of the body, when
they are broken down, they yield up the nutritive material contained in them. A woman was told that she had a fibroid tumor of the uterus about the size of a lemon, and that it
should be removed at once. This meant that her womb would be removed and that during surgery
reasons might be discovered for removing her ovaries. But this would not restore health. She would still be a sick woman. Operations remove no
causes. There would probably be a recurrence of tumor. She would also be a physiological
cripple. Cutting into the ovaries is like cutting into the brain. The patient rejected the operation and
resorted to the fast. Soon the tumor was absorbed and her organs were saved. One case that I cared for was a woman who had a uterine fibroid about the size of a medium
sized grapefruit. Complete absorption of the tumor was brought about in twenty-eight days. This
was an unusually rapid rate
of absorption and I have never seen it take place so rapidly in another
138case. I have seen tumors in the breast, on the womb, in the abdomen, on the feet and elsewhere
absorbed while fasting, and some of these absorptions have been rapid while others have been
slow. One man who had a large tumor in the right lower abdomen, which had been diagnosed, by
means of a biopsy, as “giant cell sarcoma” (cancer) lost all of his sarcoma in seven days of
fasting. Of course he didn’t have cancer, but he did have a diagnosis. For reasons that are not yet fully understood, some tumors are not affected by the fast, but
thousands of tumors, some of them of considerable size, have been completely and permanently
removed by fasting. I have had the pleasure of saving hundreds of women from mutilating
operations for the removal of the breast, and many more from desexing operations for removal of
uterine fibroids. The process is identical with the removal of stores of fat in the tissues. There is
nothing mysterious about it. The layman who can understand how it is possible to reduce weight, losing large quantities of
fat in the process, by fasting, should have no difficulty in understanding how the body may also
free itself of other organized accumulations of structural materials while abstaining from food. Just as fat on any part of the body may be autolyzed and taken up by the lymph stream to be
mingled with the blood and used in nourishing the vital tissues of the organism while no food is
being taken, so other tissues may be digested in the same manner and used as food. Muscular
tissue, glandular tissue, and other tissues may be called upon to supply nutriment for the more vital
tissues, those that have to carry on the most essential functions of life. In like manner, the tissues that make up a tumor (neoplasm) are digested and absorbed, the
usable portions employed in nourishing the vital tissues, the non-usable portions excreted. 13936
Sterility in Women
The pattern of the case was simple and familiar: A young Italian woman had been married for five
years to a virile young man, also Italian. Both wanted children and had avoided all efforts at birth
control in the hope that pregnancy would take place. It did not. She consulted several physicians who assured her that her sterility was permanent. Her father-
in-law told her of the fast and of the possibility that it might help her. She consulted a
Hygienist. “Will a fast enable me to become pregnant. ” she asked. It was explained to her that there are
different reasons for sterility and that some of them yield to the fast, others do not. After
interrogation, she was told that the probability was that a fast would enable her to become
pregnant. She underwent the fast. A few weeks after the fast was broken, she conceived and later bore a
bright, healthy boy. This is one case out of many of similar nature. Fasting has enabled many women to conceive
after years of sterility. Many of these women give a history of menstrual irregularities, profuse
flow, severe cramps that send them to bed each month, large clots, soreness of the breasts and
similar symptoms that indicate endocrine (ductless gland) imbalance, inflammation of the ovaries
or womb and nervous difficulties. Others give a history of metritis (inflammation of the lining of the womb) with a more or less
chronic vaginal discharge. In these latter cases, the discharge is often highly acid, sufficiently acid
to destroy the sperm. These are the types of cases that are most readily corrected and that are restored to health by a
period of physical, mental and physiological rest. Few cases of female sterility are absolute; most
of them are the outgrowth of conditions of disease and are remediable. Great numbers of women
have found the ability to conceive restored by a restoration to good health, and a large part of these
women have found the fast of inestimable value in the clearing up of conditions that prevented
conception. In passing, it may be well to mention that in those many cases of women who readily conceive,
but who abort, being unable to carry their baby to full term, a restoration of good health will
enable them to give birth to normal babies. A clearing up of the toxic state followed by greatly
improved nutrition enables them to avoid abortions. The most spectacular case of this kind that has come under the author’s observation was that of a
woman who had previously had twenty-eight spontaneous abortions. After a fast of ten days and a
period on a greatly improved diet, she became pregnant and at full term gave birth to a healthy boy. Delivery was normal. The length of fast required in cases of female sterility varies with the condition of the woman. I
recall the case of a comparatively young woman who had been married for ten years and had not
conceived, although no attempt had been made to


 of the garden, and eats some raw salad every day. Mostly he drinks milk with his meals. In early youth
and for years, he drank sweet milk abundantly. Mr. Jacobsen had three
teeth filled when he was a young man in Denmark. MARGARET D. YOUNG

Born and reared near Gainesville, Mrs. Young, 40, has lived in
Hereford for 23 years. Her well-bala nced diet—two small helpings of
meat a day, with plenty of vegetables from the home garden, and occasionally raw carrots, celery and tomatoes, with lots of raw milk accounts for her beautiful set of teeth. Mrs. Young likes buttermilk,
too. She had plenty of milk to drink as a child. Her husband, a heavy
meat-eater who drinks no milk has lost his teeth. LOUIE LeGRAND

A native Texan, Mr. LeGrand has lived in Hereford for 47 of his
50 years. He has never been on a diet but eats meat only two or three
times a week. For the most part, he subsists on fresh vegetables from
the home garden and he eats a generous portion in a raw salad every
day. He consumes lots of raw fruit. He likes buttermilk and drinks heavily of it at his meals. He ea ts little sweet stuff. Mr. LeGrand
brushes his teeth once a day with a dentrifice. MRS. SALLIE MORRIS CARTER

Born in Texas 83 years ago—on the same day as the author of
this book—Mrs. Carter has lived in Hereford for 39 years. She has
enjoyed good health all her life; neve r had a severe spell of sickness
nor paid any attention to her diet. She had plenty of raw sweet milk as
a child; but now prefers buttermilk and drinks lots of it. She eats meat
sparingly; likes corn bread with fresh vegetables, raw and cooked, out
of the home garden. She eats very little sweets. Mrs. Carter never has
used a toothbrush. DR. HEARD'S PHILOSOPHY

The popular foods served today are disease creating. The diseases which attack us are of our own creation. Man has the power of choice. Whatever he has, he has chosen. Any town can be a town without a toothache if the people choose
it. The business of man is to rule and to choose. Whatever is with us
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        As it happened, mine has been a lone quest. As I see it, the pilgrim has attain ed his perfect day when he has
gained health of body, mind and soul, when he possesses an
abundance of life's good things and dwell in harmony with his
environment. So far as my contact with it has gone, the church has never set
such a goal for its members. Rather the church has adjured poverty in
the here and now, to fit oneself fo r the more abundant life hereafter
but as the tree falleth so it lieth. As I read it, such is not the implication of the Sermon on the
Mount, which holds the sum and substance of Jesus' message: "Lay
not up for yourselves treasure upon earth. " That tenet, if obeyed, would eliminate the love of money, which
Paul taught was the root of all ev il. Eliminate evil and you eliminate
the causes of sickness, sorrow and death. In all my 75 years of church going I have never heard this doctrine expounded from the pulpit. But
I read Amos' prophecy and find the identical teaching: "See good and
not evil, that he may live". and never ill and in want. My own profession, dentistry, and medicine also, it seems to me,
fail in the same way. Neither can se e the underlying causes of human
ills for the symptoms. Consequently, the three leading professions
dedicated to the service of mankind, the clergy, dentistry and
medicine, do not teach or practice the way of life. That teaching is all
in the Bible, but our preachers do not master it. Seemingly they are content to quote stray passages of scripture taken out of its content to support their own ideas of what is true, honest, just, pure, lovely or of
good report. As it seems to me, both dentistry and medicine are rather
disposed to disown any member of their respective professions who
would dare teach the true way of life, which would prevent most of
the disease, poverty and misery which afflict mankind today. The churches teach that the Devil is responsible for all the
wrongs abroad in the world today—but I say that man himself is
responsible for those evils. He has wandered far from the good way
that the law and the prophets and the Nazarene laid out for him. Today he is lost in a bog, confused and bewildered, groping for a path back to the King's highway. That has come to pass, I believe, because men, instead of
thinking upon things of good report, as Paul advised in his letter to the
Phillippians, have thought upon disease, loss, poverty, depression and war. Fearing those evils, man has brought them upon himself. Disease
is man-made. Poverty is man-made. Depressions and wars are man-
made. As I have said before, and I repeat, the 20-odd years since my
60th birthday have been the best years of my life. It was not until I
began fasting or perhaps eating lightly of fruits or vegetables or juices, to correct bodily conditions which ha d threatened my life that ideas
and visions of that good way of life came flooding my being. Thus for
the first time I had achieved spiritual heights to get some inkling of the
meaning of life, to taste the satisfactions which the good way might
hold for me. I have since striven to continue in that way. Dreamlike
thoughts and visions pour in on me and open up vistas never glimpsed during my younger years. It follows that the widely held notion that at 60 a man is too old
to work at his job, full of pains and inefficient, and ought to retire, is
far removed from my experience. Had I continued to feed my appetite,
as I had done in youth and middle lif e, then I would have been ready
to go on the shelf at 60. What happens to a man after 60. I have concluded, depends on
the man himself. He must decide what master he will serve, whether
he will yield to his physical appetites that will drag him down or will
resolutely choose and pursue the good way of life, that promises him
good health, efficiency and durable satisfactions long past his three
score years and ten. CHAPTER 37. SIGNALS ON LIFE'S HIGHWAY
 As a foresighted motorist, the reader would not think of starting
out on a cross-country tour without a supply of up-to-date road maps. Life is a journey too, but we pass over the route only once. For that
reason it is much more important that we study life's maps, chart the way we mean to follow and learn what we can concerning what is to
be expected along the road. The better we know ourselves, the better
we understand the rules of the road (which are nature's laws), the more
we shall reap from the journey in health and happiness and in beauty
seen by the way. On this life journey, we have to obey two sets of traffic rules,
natural law and man-made law. For every moment of our lives we are
subject to that dual authority. The rewards which we earn and the
penalties which we incur depend upo n how well we learn and keep the
law. The reader knows well enough which is the more important. He
can sometimes break a man-made law, exceed the speed limit or cut a
corner and get away with it. By contrast, experience has taught him
that nature never overlooks a mistake. There are no suspended sentences, paroles and pardons in nature's court. Man-made customs,
conventions and standards of value are constantly changing. Each
generation sets up its own. If we wish to be happy on the west side of
this rise (in life's journey), we must not stake our all on man-made
values. These will one day become ou t of date and be discarded. New
standards will be substituted to fit the new time. Not so with natural
law, God's law, that is changeless and eternal. It  is therefore important
that the traveler on Life's Road le arn Nature's Laws and learn that he
must obey those laws if he is to find the going smooth. Particularly when the young man starts out from the parental
home to make his own way, he needs a map to guide him. It is essential first of all that he know himself; but he should also know the natural and man-made laws with whic h he has to deal. It will help to
inform him that the roadside is we ll strewn with signs and signals for
who can read. No lesson that a young man can learn is more important
than learning to look for, recognize and read aright the signals on life's
highway. As a practicing dentist, after I had once learned how food makes
the man, I could look at signs in my patient's mouth and tell him the
type of food he lived upon, whether he had a


ducted as far back as 1952 by Scottish epidemiologist Dr. Jeremy
Morris. Commo nly, known as the “bus conductor study,” Dr. Morris
and colleagues investigated the incidence of heart attacks across
31,000 male transport workers between the ages of 35 and 65 who
worked during the years 1949 and 1950. Morris JN, Heady JA, Raf fle
P A, Roberts CG, Parks JW. Coronary heart-disease and physical
activity of work. Lancet  1953 Nov 21;265(6795):1053–7. 232  The  sam e study : Andrade J, Ig naszewski A. Exercise and the heart: A
review of the ea rly studies, in m emory of Dr R.S. Paf fenbar ger. B C
Med J. 2007 Dec;49(10):540–6. Appendix: Upper Limits and Safety of Br eath Holding
290  A nother ef fect is bradycard ia: Lindholm P, Lundgren CE. The
physiology and pathophysiology of human breath-hold diving. J Appl
Physiol. 2 009 Jan;106 (1):284-92. Esp ersen, Frandsen, Lorentzen,
Kanstrup, Christensen 2002 May, 2071–9. 290  Breaking point: Lin YC, Lally DA,  Moore T O, Hong SK. Physiological
and conventional breath-hold break points. J Appl Physiol. 1974
Sep;37(3):291–6. 290  While it is extremely: Nunn  JF. Applied Respiratory Physiology. London and Boston: Butterworths; 1987. 291  Res earch by Iv ancev: Ivancev  et al. investigated whether re petitive
breath holding blunts the chemoreceptors, resulting in reduced
reactivity to carbon dioxide. Blunted chemoreceptors are recognized as
a common result of obstructive  sleep apnea. Ivancev et al. tested the
hypothesis that repeated breath  holds, which are an integral part of
breath-hold diving, blunt cerebrovascular reactivity to hypercapnia. T wo groups of seven elite bre ath-hold divers and seven non-divers
were inv olved in  the test. The study noted that breath-hold diver s had a
greater toleranc e to carbon d ioxide, lar gely the result of lower
breathing frequ ency. The findings of the study were “that the
regulation of the cerebral circulation in response to hypercapnia isintact in  elite breath-hold divers, potentially as a protective mec hanism
against the chronic intermittent cerebral hypoxia and/or hyper capnia
that occurs during breath-hold diving.” Therefore, regular brea th-hold
practice does not impair cerebrovascular reactivity to high carbon
dioxide pressure. Ivancev V, Palada I, V alic Z, et al. Cerebrovascular
reactivity to hypercapnia is unimpaired in breath-hold divers. J
Physiol. 2007 Jul 15;582(Pt 2):723–30. 291  A  further stud y by Joulia: W ith repeated practice, elite bre ath-hold
divers a re able to sustain very l ong breath holds that induce a  severe
drop in oxygen without causing  brain injury or blackouts. A study of
the circu latory e f fects of apnea in elite breath-hold divers by Joulia et
al. s howed that bradycardia a nd peripheral vasoconstriction were
accentuated in breath-hold divers compared with non-divers. In
addition, a decrease in oxygen s aturation was less and carotid a rteries
blood fl ow was  greater among the breath-hold divers during apnea. Joulia F, Lemaître F, Fontanari P, Mille ML, Barthelemy P. Circ ulatory
ef fects of apnea in elite breath- hold divers. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2009
Sep;197(1):75–82. 293  “Ple ase do not practice”: Preparation. Navy Seals. www.navyseals.com/prepara tion (accessed August 20, 2012).A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s
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 2,000 years and listed twelve different formulae for Aloe Vera preparations. Over the centuries, there have been many references to Aloe Vera, in many different cultures, from the
Ancient Greeks and Romans to Babylonian, Indian and Chinese peoples. Important thinkers such as Celsius from the time of Jesus Christ, through to the Roman physician, Pliny the Elder and the Greek
Dioscorides all supported the therapeutic importance of Aloe Vera. Galen, the father of modern medicine,
who was the first doctor to describe how the heart and circulation worked, is known to have used it. The first reference to Aloe Vera in English was made in AD 1655 in a translation from Dioscorides by
John Goodyear. Dioscorides wrote that this bitter tasting strongly scented liquid had “the power of
binding or procuring sleep, of drying, of thickening bodies, and loosening of ye belly and of cleansing of ye stomach”. In addition “it stops ye spitting of blood and it cleanseth ye icterus (liver)” and finally, “it
properly healeth exulterated genitalls”. Dioscorides wrote De Materia Medica from which this was
translated in AD7O-90. In this treatise he catalogued and described more than 600 plants and plant
principles. Dioscorides certainly got it right when it came to treating genital lesions as a most recent paper by Dr T A
Syed et al, published last year, showed that a topical 0.5% Aloe Vera extract in a randomised double blind
trial, significantly healed the lesions of genital herpes faster than a control, and prevented recurrence. Traders first brought Aloe to London in 1693 and, by 1843, 4,227 gourds were being imported each year. Although physicians had prescribed Aloe for more than 2,000 years, it was not until 1851 that T & H.
Smith of Edinburgh discovered Aloin, which they believed in small doses acted as a tonic assisting
digestion and exerting a special influence on the liver. In larger doses it became a strong laxative. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries Aloe remained one of the more popular prescribed and over the counter medicines. The presence or absence of Aloin in modern Aloe Vera products is a controversial issue. Some companies
filter it out, whereas others leave a little in, so I will look at this closely in the section on Anthraquinones,
in which chemical group it falls. THE PLANT AND ITS STRUCTURE

In order to understand Aloe Vera's ability to act as a medicinal herb one must have some knowledge of its
general structure and the contents of the leaves. So, first let us look at it from a botanical point of view
and see where it fits into the plant kingdom. Description

Aloe Vera is a succulent belonging to the lily family (Liliacae). In this family there are about 3,700
species of flowering plants, but also included are garlic, onion and asparagus of which the former is also
accredited medicinal properties. Aloe Vera itself, forms part of a subspecies (the Aloinae) of which there
are at least 200 to 300 types. No one seems to know exactly how many there are. Most species are non-toxic but there are about 15 poisonous ones containing a deadly hemlock-like
substance - the method chosen by Socrates to commit suicide. Of the true Aloes there are probably only four or five with documented medicinal benefits. These are:

1. Aloe Barbadensis Miller sometimes called: Aloe Linne or Aloe Vulgaris or the Curacao Aloe. 2. Aloe Perryi Baker, the Socotrine Aloe or Zanzibar Aloe. 3. Aloe Ferox often called Cape Aloe
 4. The last two and least popular are Aloe Arborescens and Aloe Saponaria which are mainly used
in Japan. Of all of these, Aloe Barbadensis Miller is the most potent and is the one generally used in commercial
preparations in the UK and USA. It is really the only species that should be called Aloe Vera and this name should really be reserved
exclusively for the barbadensis Miller variety. This is because it was first referred to by this name in a
South African publication “Flora Indira” by N L Burman in 1768. This description preceded the
publication of Miller's dictionary by at least ten days! This gives it priority. The species is indigenous to Africa, but these plants have become widely distributed both in the Near and
Far East as well as the West Indies (Aloe Vera arrived on the Caribbean island of Barbados in about
1650), and the drier parts of Europe such as Spain. Aloe Vera thrives in warm, rather arid areas. Its one great enemy is frost, so it grows well as a pot plant in
the home, but not outside. If you have one growing on your window-sill, when you next get a bite, a sting
or a burn, just cut off a leaf and squeeze the gel out on to the painful area and rub it in. Feel the 'First Aid
Plant' at work! The Structure

The plant takes four to five years to reach maturity when its leaves, which grow from a short stem, are
about 60 cm (2 feet) in length and about 8-10 cm (3-4 inches) wide at the base. The leaves taper to a point
and possess soft marginal spines. If the stem is cut transversely the leaves can be seen to be growing in a
rosette pattern. From the middle of the mass of dark-green leaves, the flower stem develops reaching about 90 cm (3 feet)
in length and has long, rather tubular yellow flowers. At the base of the mother plant little'suckers', or 'pups', grow which are easily separated to make new cuttings. The plant can also reproduce by cross
fertilisation. In the wild the method of pollination is often by humming birds. Aloe Vera, being a perennial, has the life span of about twelve years, but the leaves are usually harvested
at about three to four years of age. When the outer leaves are harvested, possibly up to three times a year,
the plant is able to'seal' itself against water loss. This protective habit is peculiar to succulents. Within a
few seconds of the wound being inflicted it films over and during the next few minutes a rubber-like protective coating stops further loss of sap, so the stem does not become dessicated and continues to live. In a short time the wound heals completely. No wonder it's called the Wand of Heaven! Inside the Leaf

The structure Of the Aloe leaf (seen below in cross-section) shows the outer-rind about fifteen cell layers
thick. This is dark-green in colour and has a hard, waxy surface. The hardness is due to the large amounts
of calcium and magnesium present in it. The greenness comes from chlorophyll which uses sunlight,
carbon dioxide and water to manufacture the Aloe Vera gel. Below the rind are vascular bundles, or tubes,
of xylem and phloem. The xylem transports water and minerals from the roots upwards into the leaves, providing ingredients for the manufacturing process. The phloem transports the synthesised materials down to the roots and other parts of the leaf. Small
pericyclic tubules connect these, and larger tubules running lengthwise down the leaf take nourishment to
the young 'pups'. Next comes a mucilage layer of long, chain polysaccharides, (the relevance of which
will be discussed later), forming a container to hold the inner parenchyma or gel. It also maintains the sterility of the inner gel. When a leaf is cut and held up, sap will quickly drain out of the larger tubules and, if this were used on its
own, it would provide a stunning laxative, because it is composed largely of anthraquinones which we
will look at in the next section. The leaf and Its contents

In analysing the contents of the leaf, I shall be looking at the three essential ingredients:

- the sap
- the mucilage - the parenchymatous gel. There are over seventy-five known ingredients in the Aloe Vera leaf, divided into eight distinct
categories, and I suspect that there are still others to be discovered. However, there is some confusion
over the exact content of some of the fractions, so I will present a consensus opinion, gleaned from a
recent literature review. The solid fraction only forms some 0.5 - 1.5% of the plant so this is a relatively
small amount. Its average pH value is 4.55. In the next chapter we will look at how and where these ingredients work. Lignin

A cellulose based substance found in the gel with no known specific medicinal properties, but it is thought to provide the property of penetration of the human skin in Aloe preparations that contain it. Saponins

Glycosides are thought to comprise about 3 per cent of Aloe Vera gel. They are soapy substances capable of cleansing, and with antiseptic properties. Anthraquinones and Derivatives

There are twelve of these in the complex listed below:

Aloin Barbaloin
Isobarbaloin Anthranol
Anthracene Loetic acid
Emodin Aloe Emodin
Ester of Cinnamonic acid Ethereal oil
Chrysophanic acid Resistannol


 there was light,” from the Old Testament. If you look in an
English-Hebrew dictionary, you’ll find that the English translation of the
Hebrew can be read as: “And god intended. ” The decision to create is
the decision to intend. To create healing, you can’t have thoughts of illness
and anticipate your body falling victim to disease. Become aware of the
thoughts you have that support the idea of sickness as something to be
expected. Begin noticing the frequency of those thoughts. The more they
occupy your mental landscape, the more resistance you’re creating to
realizing your intention. You know what those thoughts of resistance sound like: I can’t do
anything about this arthritis. It’s the flu season. I feel okay now, but by the
weekend, it will be in my chest and I’ll have a fever. We live in a
carcinogenic world. Everything is either fattening or filled with chemicals. I
feel so tired all the time. On and on they go. They’re like huge barricades
blocking the realization of your intention. Notice the thoughts that represent
a decision on your part to buy into the illness mentality of the huge profit-
making drug companies and a health-care industry that thrives on your
fears. But you’re the divine, remember. You’re a piece of the universal mind of
intention, and you don’t have to think in these ways. You can opt to think
that you have the ability to raise your energy level, even if all of the
advertising around you points to a different conclusion. You can go within
and hold an intention that says: I want to feel good, I intend to feel good, I
intend to return to my Source, and I refuse to allow any other thoughts of
disorder or disease in. This is the beginning. You’ll feel empowered by this
unique experience. Then in any given moment of not feeling well, choose
thoughts of healing and feeling good. In that instant, feeling good takes
over, if only for a few seconds. When you refuse to live in low energy, and you work moment by moment
to introduce thoughts that support your intention, you’ve effectively decided
that wellness is your choice and that being a healer is a part of that decision. At this time, wheels of creation are set in motion, and what you’veimagined and created in your mind begins to take form in your everyday
life. Give it a shot the next time you’re low-energy thinking of any kind. Just
note how quickly you can change how you feel by refusing to think
thoughts that are out of harmony with your Source of intention. It works for
me, and I encourage you to do so as well. I simply will not think any longer
that I must be a victim of illness or disability, and I will not spend the
precious moments of my life discussing illness. I am a healer. I heal myself
by co-creating health with God, and I give this gift to others as well. This is
my intention. Illness Is Not a Punishment
Illness became a component of the human condition when we separated
ourselves from the perfect health from which we were intended. Rather than
attempting to intellectualize reasons why people get sick and come up with
a rationale for understanding illness, I encourage you to think of yourself as
having the potential to become a master healer. Try visualizing all of human
illness from the perspective of something that the human race has
collectively brought upon itself by identifying with the ego rather than
staying with the divinity from which we emanated. Out of this collective
ego identification, we brought about all that goes with the ego problems—
fear, hate, despair, anxiety, depression—all of it. The ego feeds on these
emotions because it’s insistent on its own identity as a separate entity apart
from this God-force that intended us here. In one way or another, virtually
every single member of the human race bought into this idea of separation
and ego identification. Consequently, illness, disease, sickness, and the need
for healing simply come with the territory of being human. However, you needn’t feel stuck there. The power of intention is about
returning to the Source of perfection. It’s about knowing that the power to
heal is all wrapped up in making that divine connection, and that the Source
of all life does not punish, offering karmic paybacks through suffering and
hardship. You don’t have a need for healing because you were bad or
ignorant, or as retribution for past-life offenses. You’ve taken on whatever
you’re experiencing for whatever lessons you need to learn on this journey,which is being orchestrated by the all-providing intelligence that we’re
calling intention. In an eternal universe, you must view yourself and all others in infinite
terms. Infinite terms mean that you have an infinite number of opportunities
to show up in a material body to co-create anything. As you view the
sickness of the mind and body that permeates your own life as well as the
rest of humanity, try viewing it as part of the infinite nature of our world. If
starvation, pestilence, or disease are a part of the perfection of the universe,
then so is your intention to end these things a part of that same perfection. Now decide to stay with that intention—first in your own life, then in the
lives of others. Your intention will match up with the intention of the
universe, which knows nothing of egos and separation, and all thoughts of
illness as punishment and karmic paybacks will cease to exist. Making Your Intention Your Reality
Below is my ten-step plan for implementing the intention of this chapter
to optimize your capacity to heal and be healed:

Step l: You can’t heal anyone until you allow yourself to be healed. Work in a collaborative effort with your Source to create a sense of your
own healing. Put all of your focused energy on knowing that you can be
healed of physical or emotional disruptions to your perfect health. Connect
to a loving, kind, receptive-to-healing energy, which is the field that
intended you here. Be willing to accept the fact that you’re a part of the
healing energy of all of life. The same force that heals a cut on your hand
and grows the new skin to repair it permanently is both in your hand and in
the universe as well. You are it, it is you; there’s no separation. Be
conscious of staying in contact with this healing energy, because it’s
impossible to separate from it except in your ego-diminished thoughts. Step 2: The healing energy that you’re connected to at all times is
what you have to give away to others. Offer this energy freely, and keep
your ego entirely out of the healing process. Remember how St. Francisresponded when asked why he didn’t heal himself of his diseases, which
would cause his death at the age of 45: “I want everyone to know that it is
God who does this healing. ” St. Francis was healed of ego domination, and
he deliberately held on to his infirmities to teach others that it was God’s
energy working through him that provided the energy for all of his
miraculous healings. Step 3: By raising your energy to a vibrational match with the field
of intention, you’re strengthening your immune system and increasing
the production of well-being enzymes in the brain. A change in
personality from being spiteful, pessimistic, angry, sullen, and disagreeable
to one of passion, optimism, kindness, joy, and understanding is often the
key when witnessing miraculous acts of spontaneous recovery from
fatalistic prognostications. Step 4: Practice surrender. Let go and let God is a great theme in the
recovery movement. It’s also a wonderful reminder in the world of healing. By surrendering, you’re able to have reverence for, and commune with, the
Source of all healing. Remember that the field of intention doesn’t know
anything about healing per se,because it’s spiritual perfection already, and it
creates from that perspective. It’s ego consciousness that creates the
disorder, disharmony, and diseases of our world, and it is in returning to that
spiritual perfection that harmony of body, mind, and spirit are realized. When this balance or symmetry is restored, we call it healing, but the
Source knows nothing of healing because it creates only perfect health. It’s
to this perfect health that you must surrender. Step 5: Don’t ask to be healed, ask to be restored to that perfection
from which you emanated. Here’s where you want to hold an intention for
yourself and for others in an unbending, nonnegotiable way. Let nothing
interfere with the intention you have to heal and be healed. Discard all
negativity that you encounter. Refuse to let in any energy that will weaken
your body or your resolve. Convey this to others as well. Remember, you’re
not asking your Source to heal you, because this assumes health is missingfrom your life. It assumes scarcity, but the Source can only recognize and
respond to what it is already, and you too are a component of that Source. Come to the Source as whole and complete, banish all thoughts of illness,
and know that by connecting back to this Source—filling yourself with it
and offering it to others—you become healing itself. Step 6: Know that you are adored. Look for reasons to praise and feel
good. In the moment in which you’re experiencing thoughts


 If
you do not have enough space (or a big enough pot) to boil it, you can use very
hot tap water. Add this water to a 3 gallon bucket. 4. Now stir the melted soap mixture into the bucket with your water until
everything comes together. Leave the lid halfway ajar for 1 ½-2 hours after you
have mixed everything to allow any evaporation or steam to escape. If you cover
the detergent when it’s toasty warm, condensation can form on the inside of the
bucket lid and excess water will drip into your detergent. 5. After you’ve waited a bit, cover it completely and let the mixture sit for 24 hours. In the morning, stir in either a 1/2 cup of washing soda, or a ¼ cup of Borax. It may
look either too solid, or too watery, but don’t worry. Give it a good stir and it will
come together. Funnel out into re-purposed detergent containers, or leave it in
the bucket. Use 1/4 cup for regular loads, and up to a ½ cup for large loads. If you
have an HE machine, use 2-3 tablespoons for a regular load, and 5 tablespoons
to ¼ cup for large loads. This will keep for up to 3 months in a cool, dark place, in
an airtight container. If you won’t use all of this by that time, feel free to halve the
amount. 304Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Laundry DetergentY ou will need… DirectionsFor those times you just don’t feel like bringing out the pot and melting the soap and stirring it into a bucket and
blah blah blah. “Lazy” Liquid Laundry Detergent
-1 cup of liquid castile soap
-1 cup of water
-2 tablespoons of baking soda
-1/2 cup of washing soda
-1/2 cup of Borax1. Mix everything together thoroughly, and use the same ratios per load
as the regular liquid laundry detergent. Store in an airtight container in a
cool dark place for up to 3 months. 305Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Laundry DetergentY ou will need… DirectionsI have to say I prefer liquid laundry detergent over powdered, but here’s a version for those of you who prefer
powdered! This recipe uses castile bar soap (grated), washing soda, baking soda, and borax. This is also a good
alternative if you struggle with getting the proper consistency of liquid detergent.Powder Laundry Detergent
-1 cup of finely grated pure
castile bar soap
-2 cups washing soda
-2 cups borax
-1/2 cup baking soda1. Grate the bar soap finely (or use a food processor) until you have 1
cup. 2. Mix this together with the washing soda, baking soda, and borax, and
store in a container with a tightly fitting lid. 3. Use 2 tablespoons for small to regular loads, and up 5 tablespoons
if a load is large and the clothes are heavily soiled. This will keep
indefinitely. 306Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Laundry DetergentY ou will need… DirectionsMetal cleaner is nasty stuff, and used to get me particularly freaked out
when I used it on any grubby metal pots or pans. I was so paranoid that
I would always toss out the sponge I used to scrub with afterwards,
scared of what might happen if it came in contact with my dishes-even
after being rinsed for minutes on end! These metal cleaners are similar
to the “abrasive cleaners” but slightly more specialized to fit the task. Use them without fear!Metal Cleaner
-These cleaners are suitable for
brass, bronze, and copper (not
silver or jewelry though.) They
could also be used on stainless
steel. -When using salt, make sure that
the surface you are cleaning will
not scratch easily. 307Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingSalt and vinegar makes for more than just good chips, it makes a great metal cleaner too. The abrasiveness of
the salt and the acidity of the vinegar do a good job at removing grime, soap scum, and tarnish.Salt & Vinegar
-White distilled vinegar
-Sea salt
-A soft cloth1. Dampen a cloth with vinegar and then dip the cloth in a small bowl of
sea salt. Gently rub surface in a circular motion to clean. 308Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Metal CleanerY ou will need… DirectionsI have a tendency to procrastinate when it comes to doing the dishes sometimes, but when I accidently left
my cast iron pot in the sink overnight, I paid for putting it off with a giant rust stain on my lovely white sink. The
solution? A salty paste of lemon juice, flour, and salt, left to sit and rubbed off with the lemon rind!Lemon, Flour & Salt for Rust
-1 lemon
-Flour
-Salt1. Wet some flour (about tablespoon, depending on the size of the stain)
just barely with water. 2. Finish creating a paste by adding the juice of one lemon, and then stir
in sea salt. 3. Apply the paste to the stain and let it sit for 30 minutes, or several
hours. Take the rind of the lemon you used earlier, and rub the solution
off. Repeat as needed. 309Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Metal CleanerY ou will need… DirectionsThis is kind of a cross between recipes 1 and 2, and works as a wonderful polish as well as a cleaner.Salt, Vinegar & Flour Paste
-1 tablespoon of flour
-1 tablespoon of sea salt
-White vinegar
-A damp cloth or sponge1. In a small bowl combine the flour and salt, and then make a thick
paste by adding the vinegar a little bit at a time. Using a cloth or sponge
dampened with water, smear on the paste and rub in gently (but not off.) 2. Let it sit for 30 minutes to 1 hour, and then rinse with a cloth dipped in
warm water. Buff dry with a soft cloth. 310Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Metal CleanerY ou will need… DirectionsThe second staple of natural household cleaning is sodium bicarbonate-
or baking soda. What exactly is this miraculous substance anyways? A chemical compound that is both naturally occurring and obtained
by artificial means, sodium bicarbonate is alkaline, which means
it neutralizes acids, breaks down proteins, and raises pH levels. Something that is extremely alkaline will dissolve and eat through
what it comes in contact with-many drain cleaners are highly alkaline. Baking soda is great on its own for a number of reasons, but no matter
what you’re doing, adding some scent can add a lot to the cleaning
experience-and yes, it will still absorb odor with essential oils added to
it. There’s such a variety of things baking soda is used for I only listed a
few below, but plenty of other recipes in this book will call for it and give
you many more reasons to love it!Scented Baking Soda
-One of my favorite uses for
baking soda is sink stains. Just
sprinkle some in your skin and
let it sit for a few minutes before
scrubbing it around with the
coarse side of a sponge. Y our sink
will be pearly white in no time! -I always keep the baking soda I
am using in a shaker-the kind you
see at restaurants that usually
have sugar/parmesan/hot pepper
flakes in. That way I don’t have
to get frustrated trying to deal
with the box, and I can control the
amount used. -Use baking soda for regular drain
maintenance to avoid having to
turn to something harsher later on. When it’s scented it adds a nice
fresh smell and helps keep drains
smelling fresh as well. -Add some baking soda to your
usual shampoo. Especially when
scented, it makes a lovely addition
to your hygiene routine. Simply
sprinkle a little pinch in your palm
along with your shampoo. -Try coordinating your scented
baking soda with your scented
vinegar, either for a fresh mix of
smells or matching them. -Just a reminder-don’t mix baking
soda and vinegar directly as they
will neutralize each other. 311Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingIf this is your first time experimenting with scented baking soda, start with lemon! There’s a reason it’s added to
so many cleaners-it just has such a wonderful, refreshing, scent. Lemony Baking Soda
-15-20 drops of lemon
essential oil
-1 ½ cups of baking soda
-Fork
-A shaker
-A bowl1. Fill your shaker with plain baking soda, and then pour the amount into
a clean bowl. 2. Make indents in the baking soda by pushing your finger into it, and
add the essential oil into these little wells. 3. Using a fork, carefully stir the baking soda and essential oil together
and pour back into shaker. 312Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Scented Baking SodaY ou will need… DirectionsI absolutely adore the smell of jasmine-if you haven’t added it to your collection of essential oils, I would highly
recommend you do so!Jasmine Baking Soda
-10 drops of jasmine essential
oil
-1 ½ cups of baking soda
-A


) and partly of a vessel (right). This effect is explained by the compression augment·
ing the local turgor pressure of peritumoural oedtma. Tbe oedema was verified after mastectomy (see Table
XVI: 2). Electric pOtential in this tumour (Fig. XVI: 7) was
negative in relation to its surroundings. The first five
tracings illustrate a W -shaped pattern, while the two
bottom tracings show only a V-shaped pattern. This
finding has been interpreted as follows: the interior of
the tumour contained material with a surplus of nega
tiv~ charges. The centre of the tumour contained a
smaller surplus of negative charges than the periphery. When the electrode traversed the central part, the Electrode ~ in
zmvJ ~
in
out
out
Fig. XVI: 7. Seven tracings of eleetric potential through dif
ferent parts of a breast carcinoma (same patient as in Fig. XVI: 6, before mastectomy). Tracings of potential were ob
tained by inserting (in) or retracting {our) the exploring elec·
!rOde. The upper five tracings show a W-shaped tissue pro
file of potential and the lowest two a V -shaped profile. These
findings arc interpreted as caused by an electronegative inte
rior of the tumour but a less electronegative tumour centre
(W-shape). When the electrode passed exccntrically through
the tumour only one negative deflection (V-shape) was ob
tained. Grounded reference eleetrode in the subcutis of the
shoulder. profile of potential was W-shaped, as seen in the five
top tracings. When the electrode traversed only the
periphery of the tumour, outside the less electronega
tive central region, only one negative deflection oc
curred. Its profile was V-shaped, as seen in the two
bottom tracings. To the right of the tracings of potential (Fig. XVI: 7) is indicated whether the tracing was obtained
on introducing (in) or retracting (out) the electrode. This distinction is important because slight changes of
pressure in the agar-KCJ bridge may produce arte
facts. As is evident, the tracings were not influenced
by this mechanical factor. A broad radiolucent zone was seen around the mam
mary carcinoma shown in Fig. XVI: 8. The tumour,
which contains microcalcifications, is also surrounded
by radiating structures. The irregular radiolucent zone
is identified by its low x-ray attenuation, indicated by
the Jess blackened areas. Below this zone, a Jess radio
lucent zone is seen, which ordinarily might be de
scribed as "skin thickening". These zones resemble
the previously described hydropenic "A" zone and
hydropic "B" zone in the lung. The exploring elecuode is seen in Fig. XVI: 8b after
its introduction through the centre of the tumour. The
tip of the electrode is now positioned in the "A" zone
to the left of the tumour. Upon slow, even withdrawal
of the electrode, a posiriWJ porenrial compux com~
sponded to the site of the tumour, as seen in Fig. XVI: 8c. The carcinoma shown in Fig. XVI: I is also sur
rounded by a clearly visible radiolucent zone, approxi
mately one em wide. A positive potential was obtained
in this tumour in relation to surrounding tissue, as
seen in Fig. XVI: 9. The poorly differentiated ductal carcinoma seen in
Fig. XVI: lOa also showed a positive deflection of
potential in relation to surrounding tissue (Fig. XVI: lOb). This tumour is seen surrounded by a
relatively broad, radiolucent "A" zone and a radio
dense "B" zone. No radiating structures or circularly
running structures are seen in the tissue surrounding
this tumour. In these respects its radiographic appear
ance is rather similar to that of a pulmonary hamar
toma. The electronegative potentials of the breast cancers
illustrated are representative of the findings for twelve
of the patients. Three carcinomas and one fibroadeno
ma were electropositive in relation to surrounding tis
sue. The potential profiles can for most carcinomas be
described as W-or M-shaped. The electric potential
differences between maximum deflection in the tu
mour and surrounding tissue have varied by ± 15 m V
among different rumours. These studies of electric
potential were performed on only one occasion in each
patient before mastectom y. As in the lung, each of the
breast rumours showed a characteristic and reproduc
ible profile of potential, but, as also was found in lung
tumours, no correlation was found with the histologic
type of neoplasm. 3. Discussion and conclusio ns
Collecting a series of patients for studies of electric
potential presents many difficulties. The material is
therefore not randomized and is limited to 117 pulmo
nary lesions, mostly carcinomas (Chapter VI), and 16
mammary tumours, including IS carcinomas. Trac-
BCEC in cancer of the breast 209 a
-20 -10 0 10 20
c
Io.smv
Fig. XVI: 9. Tracing oft'lcctrk pou:ntia.l from a breast can
cer ln a 62-year-old woman (mammograms already shown in
Fig. XVI: 1). Two positive deOections sugge!t an M-shape of
(Xltential profiJe through the mmour. Grounded reference
electrode in the subcutis of the shoulder. [smv
210 BCEC in cancer of the breast Fig. XV/:8. Electropositive potential in a
carcinoma of the breast (29-year-old woman). (a) Craniocaudalmammogram. Radiating
suuctures and pericumoura l arches (compare
Fig. XVI: 24). Tissue around the tumour ap·
pea.n to have a relatively low x-ray attenu·
ation. The "thickened" skin (! 1 ) shows
relatively high x-r.Jy auenuation. Microcalci
fications inside tumour (_,). (b) Electrode
positioned before retraction. (c) Profile of po
tential. The interior of the tumour was rela·
tively electropos itive in relation to surround·
ing tissues. Grounded reference electrode in
the subcutis of the shoulder. ings of tissue profile of electric potential of broncho
genic carcinom as sometimes showed a positive poten
tial in rotation to surrounding lung tissue (Chapter
VI). Inside these tumours, the potential was often
lower than at the surface of the tumour. The potential
profile then resembled an M. In other cancers of the
same histologic type a deep negative potential could be
observed, sometimes with a W-shaped potential pro
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        Two platinum electrodes were inserted into the lung
of a dog at a distance between them of about 5 em. Alternatively, one platinum electrode was inserted in
lung and the other electrode, a stainless steel guide
wire, was inserted through an intravascular catheter
into the pulmonary artery or aorta. The introduction
of one electrode through a transvenous catheter into
the pulmonary artery makes it possible to use the
branching pulmonary arterial tree as the conducting
pathway between the electrodes. When an electrode is
in the aorta, bronchial arteries serve as the conducting
pathway. The electrically induced changes in tissue around a
small, 5 mm long, intrapulmonary electrode as anode,
with the cathode positioned in a supplying vessel 3 em
or more distant, were found to be almost spherical. The longer string electrodes gave a more elliptical
shape to the changes in tissue. Experiments were performed in ten dogs, first as
chronic studies over four weeks and then acutely in
each animal. Current was first applied between two
electrodes in one lung. Four weeks later, current was
applied between electrodes in the contralateral lung. Each animal was then sacrificed immediately by intra
venous injection of a large dose of sodium pentothal. The acute effects of an applied current between an
intravascular electrode and a percutaneously inserted
string electrode in pulmonary parenchyma may be
seen in a representative example in Fig. XIV: 20. The
anodic platinum string electrode was inserted percuta
neously into the parenchyma of the left lower lobe and
the cathodic catheter and its guide wire of stainless
steel into the left pulmonary artery (Fig. XIV: 20 a
and b). Before current was applied, an arteriogram of
the dog's left lower lobe was made with 20 ml of 60%
Urografin. This study was normal, as seen in lateral
projection (Fig.


 shall  stand
in the midst  of mankind  visible  to all! Then  the Earth  will
know  what  Harmony  means. Try to understand,  Oh Beloved  Ones,  everything  which
irritates  or disturbs  you,  is just  the human  creation  which
wants  to longer  hold  its dominion  within  and  about  you. It
should  be your  signal  to call your  "Mighty  I AM  Presence"
into action,  to take  command  of you  and  your  world. There  is no power  to harm  you,  even  of your  own  crea-
tion,  Beloved  Ones! There  is no power,  I say to you,  which
has power  to harm  you  even  of your  own  creations,  in the
Acknowledgment  of your  Presence! Please,  Oh  Beloved
Students  of Saint  Germain,  know  that  neither  your  own
creation  nor any  one's  else  has power  to limit  or harm  you! Even  the discarnate  entities  have  no power  to touch  you  or
harm  you,  if you  will  take  your  stand  in the Presence  of
Light  and  say to them:  "Be  gone"! Do not yield  to those  things  thru  superstition,  or belief,
or by suggestion. The  world  is full of suggestions. Be Firm! you do not have  to accept  them. Be Firm! I plead  with  you! Don't  accept  suggestions  from  anything  or anybody. If you
will draw  That  Tube  of Light  about  you,  you  will  have  an
Invincible  Protection;  which  does  not allow  suggestions  of
any kind,  to charge  your  world  or find  entrance  there. I
say to you  now:  Be Firm! Be Firm! Be Firm! DISCOURSE  VIII  65
There  is no power  to act except  your  Presence,  when
once  you  come  to know  It! Become  serene! Issue  your  De-
crees! either  for the Freedom  of America  or the removal
of discarnates,  and  then  go on about  your  work. Do not
allow  your  contemplation  to be on that  which  you  do not
want. You  compel  it to come  into  your  world  if you  do;
but stand  firm  in the Fulness  of your  Presence,  which  is the
All-Power  of your  world. Remember,  your  Higher  Mental  Body  will  release  in-
stantly  into  your  body  and  world,  everything  you  require,
if you  will  but realize  it! If you  will  but feel  the Fulness  of
Its Power  at your  Call. Feel  It flow  thru! Even  as I speak
These  Words! Feel  that  Power  flow  thru  you  from  your
Presence—an  Invincible  Activity,  forever  sustained  and  ac-
tive within  your  minds  and  bodies. It is True! It shall  re-
main  so within  you,  unless  you  insist  upon  allowing  your
attention  to go and  be fastened  upon  discordant  things! We are in This  Class,  making  a Tremendous  Effort  to
set you  Free—every  one  here! If you  will  but follow  Our
Explanations  and  refuse  to let fears  or doubts  trouble  you,
then  you  will  have  no struggle! I say to you,  doubts  and
fears  no longer  have  power  to hold  or bind  you. Doubts
and fears  are dissolved  from  your  world! Whatever  has
been  accumulated  there  is dissolved. If you  allow  your  at-
tention  to be on doubts  and  fears  again,  the fault  is yours! In This  Class  they  have  been  removed  from  your  world. You are given  the  Opportunity  to stand  firm  with  your
Presence,  and  no longer  experience  what  you  have  created. 66 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
Remember,  I have  said  to the Students  of Saint  Germain
in America,  one-third  of all your  accumulation  of discord
has been  dissolved  for you  in your  world,  and  I mean  Every
Word  of it! One-third  of what  would  be considered  in the
old occult  parlance,  one-third  of your  probation  has  been
set aside  for you—all  the  Students  in America  and  the
World,  of the "I AM,"  under  Beloved  Saint  Germain. Will
you not accept  This  and  let the Fulness  of Its Power  act in
your  world,  to produce  Perfection  for you ? Beloved  Ones,  is it so difficult  to realize,  that  We  are
Wholly  Free  Beings  wielding  Infinite  Power,  today  coming
to render  Assistance  to the Children  of Earth ? Is it so diffi-
cult to feel It? Is it so difficult  to accept  the Infinite  Power
of Love  and  Freedom  which  We  offer ? Is it so difficult  in
the Acknowledgment  of the  Presence,  to maintain  Self-
control ? It means  Harmony  in your  world,  which  allows
these  Great  Currents  of Energy,  not only  from  your  Pres-
ence,  but  Those  Great  Cosmic  Currents  to go forth  with
Their  added  Strength  and  Power—to  strengthen  and  en-
courage  you  to keep  on with  your  Call  to the Presence;  until
every  particle  of resistance  in your  feeling  world  has failed
to find  power  of action;  and  is dissolved  by your  attention
held  to your  Presence—the  Power  and  Presence  of all Light! Sufficient  human  creation  has been  dissolved  for you  in
your  feeling  world,  to let you  have  your  Mastery  quickly
from  today. Will  you  not understand,  feel,  believe  and  ac-
cept these—My  Words  to you ? I say to you,  in this ten days,
sufficient  has  been  dissolved  in the world  of every  one  of DISCOURSE  VIII  67
you, to let you  go Free  in the Full  Power  of your  Applica-
tion and  Freedom  from  today  on. Now  then,  when  you  can accept  that,  and allow  Its Power
to act,  with  your  earnest,  firm,  sincere  Application—you
will find  things  in your  world  all reversed. Do not  yield
longer  to the appearance  world  as having  power. When
I say to you,  sufficient  accumulation  has been  dissolved  from
your  world,  to give  you  the Strength  and  Power  needed,  to
go forward  from  this  day,  Free  Beings,  will  you  refuse  to
accept  it again ? It is done,  if you  will  turn  away  from  every-
thing  which  has disturbed  you;  and  keep  holding  your  at-
tention  to your  Presence—not  all day;  but three  times  a day
for thirty  minutes,  will  enable  you  to hold  your  Dominion
and Freedom. Will  you  not accept  this  and  have  the Joy and  Freedom
which  is here  for you? Just  feel Our  Freedom  now! This  is
not suggestion  to you,  It is simply  calling  your  attention  to
that which  has been  accomplished  for you;  so you  may  feel
more  fully  Its Reality;  until  you  see SUFFICIENT  OUT-
WARD  MANIFESTATION  in your  Life  and  world,  for
you to know  definitely  the Truth  of which  I speak  to you
this moment. YOU  MUST  BE  FIRM! YOU  MUST  BE  DETER-
MINED  FOR  YOUR  FREEDOM! You  must  be deter-
mined  in saying  to all appearances:  "You  have  no power"! It is True,  if you  will  say it to appearances  which  are dis-
turbing  and  mean  it and  feel  it! Instantly  all your  world
will


 great  numbers  of students  have  seen  it take
place. Do not let any  one  be foolish  enough  in thought  to
refute  This  Statement;  because  it is True. Whatever  the
Messengers  have  done,  every  one of you  can do. Their  Hap-
piness  and  Freedom  is complete. Therefore,  when  they  call
for something,  it immediately  appears. 328 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
When  you  understand  you  are the  Authority  in your
world,  and  as long  as you  hold  your  Life  Stream  free  from
feeding  into  limiting  appearances,  places  or conditions—
you will  have  the Full  Glory  of Life. It will  pour  like  a
Great  River  into  your  activity,  to spread  Its Great—Its
Mighty  Blessing  to you. TRY  TO  FEEL  WITH  ME  NOW  IN YOUR  AT-
TENTION  TO YOUR  GREAT  PRESENCE,  this  Mighty
Stream  of Light  and  Energy  which  is beating  your  Heart,
animating  your  body. That  is the Power  of the Universe! IT WOULD  ASSERT  ITS  FULL  POWER,  IF YOU
DID  NOT  INTERFERE  WITH  IT BY  DISCORD  IN
YOUR  FEELING. Life  would  take  charge  quickly  and
naturally! You  would  not have  to urge  It! Since  you  have
created  about  yourself,  these  limitations  of discord  and  all
in your  feeling  world;  the discord  must  be cleared  away. It must  in order  to allow  Life  once  again  to take  Its natural
flow;  and  hold  Its dominion  thru  your  bodies  to produce
Perfection. IN  YOUR  WORLD  OF  ACTION,  LIFE
WILL  DO  IT! LIFE  NEVER  CRITICIZES  NOR  CONDEMNS
YOU  FOR  YOUR  MISTAKES! IT  JUST  WAITS! WE CALL  YOUR  ATTENTION  TO  CERTAIN
THINGS;  BUT  WE  NEVER  CRITICIZE  OR  CON-
DEMN  ANY  ONE. THERE  IS NO  ONE  IN  THE
UNIVERSE  TO  JUDGE  YOU,  BUT  WHOM? YOUR
HIGHER  MENTAL  BODY. IT KNOWS  THE  PER-
FECTION  OF  THE  PRESENCE  AND  YOUR  IM-DISCOURSE  XXII  329
PERFECTION. THEREFORE,  IT  IS THE  JUDGE
OF YOU  AND  YOUR  LIFE! YET,  IT NEVER  DOES
FOR  A SINGLE  INSTANT,  CRITICIZE  OR  CON-
DEMN  YOU. This  is why,  Beloved  Ones,  in all the Activity  of Life  in
Its Perfection,  there  is not  one  destructive  thing. Then,
what  has produced  destruction  in your  world ? Mankind's
qualification  of the Wondrous  Energy  of Life. Energy  flows
constantly! Do you  have  to call for action  of energy  in the
use of Life  ordinarily  speaking ? You  do not consider  it, do
you? You  go to sleep  at night. If you  are feeling  comfort-
able,  you  do not question  whether  you  are going  to wake
up in the morning  or not,  do you ? Now  suppose  you  get
scared  on going  to sleep,  that  you  would  not wake  up. If
you were  scared  enough,  you  probably  would  not wake  up. You do not  feel  afraid  to go to sleep! You  trust  Life  in
some  ways  magnificently,  don't  you;  but  in other  ways,
you don't  trust  It at all. Notice! Is it not strange  how  Individuals  are constantly
in conflict  with  themselves? They  trust  Life  so magnifi-
cently  to take  care  of the body,  until  they  have  done  some-
thing  which  produces  inharmony  there. Then  they  say:
"What  in the world  is the matter  here" ? Not  stopping  for
one moment  to see, they  were  the only  cause  for it. It could
not be in their  worlds  and  could  not act in the body  nor in
their  worlds,  unless  they  were  its creator. Is it not  very  wonderful,  Beloved  Ones? Thank  you,
tonight,  for your  comprehension. Thank  you. Oh,  be clear 3o4  THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
and definite  in your  comprehension  of these  Simple  Great
Majestic  Laws. I am preparing  you  tonight,  for the Great
Blessings  which  shall  be yours,  and  I want  you  to feel
Them. I want  you  to see, how  you  alone  are responsible  in
your  world. When  you  see this,  then  I can help  you,  as you
could  not even  imagine;  to clear  your  world  of all limiting
discordant  conditions;  so, when  you  call  Life  into  action,
you will  have  Instantaneous  Mighty  Results. That  is what
every  one should  have. There  is not one  of you  who  should
not be able  to make  the Call  now  and  inside  of three  hours
have  the answer. Many  of you are coming  to this point  now. Until  it arrives,  be firm  and  determined  in your  applica-
tion;  for that  is the way  you  dissolve,  consume  and  break
down  all of these  conditions,  which  have  disturbed  and
limited  you. You  cannot  do it without  your  application. Don't  think  for one  moment,  Life  is going  to do these
things  for you,  without  your  application! THE  GREAT-
EST  NEED  IN THE  WORLD  TODAY,  IS THE  AP-
PLICATION  OF  LIFE. Individuals  have  had  it before  them  in every  conceivable
activity,  in the  attempt  to explain  Life! Think  of it, in
the old methods,  everything  was  made  so mysterious! More
and more  subtle  and  cunning  has  become  the remainder
of human  destructive  creation,  which  We  call  the sinister
force! Orders  are  being  established—several  of them  in
America  and  the world,  where  they  say to you,  when  you
enter  the doors:  "You  must  take  an oath  never  to mention
one thing  which  goes  on in here." When  somebody  says DISCOURSE  XXII  331
that,  you  had  better  turn  and  go the other  direction. They
are concentrating  on America  just  now. Remember! be-
cause  you will  be approached. Many  of the "I AM"  Students
have  already  been. A thing  which  asks  this  of you  is no
good! Don't  believe  it for a second. I am prompting  you,  because  I see it. Some  of the students
who  took  that  oath  and  attended  once,  not a thing  in the
world  could  ever  get them  to return  to another  meeting. Dear  Ones,  if you  care  to follow  Us, We will  from  time  to
time,  prompt  you  to keep  yourselves  Free  from  the clutches
of such  things. We have  urged  the people  to keep  away  from  all things
psychic,  spiritualistic,  astrology,  numerology  and  all those
things  which  breed  and  breathe  limitations  into  your
world! If you  do not care  to listen  to Us and  then  you  ex-
perience  unhappiness,  remember  We tried  to help  you! We
don't  say what  you  shall  do! If you  insist  on going  on with
the things  which  limit  and  distress  you,  well  Who  are We
to say you  should  not! You  are Beings  of Free  Will. We
want  to help  you,  but We cannot  do it, if you  do not want
Us to. We certainly  would  not intrude  into  your  world