 lessthan half
oftheir intake. Much oftheir intake isinnuts, salads, steamed potatoes, rice,
cheese, steamed squash, steamed sweet potatoes, steamed broccoli andsteamed
corn. While most eataround 50to80% raw,Iwould regard the20to50% eaten in
cooked form far less than ideal.
When I eat fruits, especially bananas, I get gas. Why is this so?
When yougetgas, thatmeans you’re notproperly absorbing thesugars ofthe
bananas. Bacteria arefermenting it.Iusually eatbananas alone anddonothave
thisproblem. Isometimes eatbananas with other fruits andwith celery andlettuce.
Istilldonothave thisproblem. Ifyour body isnotabsorbing thesugars available
from bananas, there must besome physiological faculty involved thatisnotfunc-
tioning properly.Isuggest thatyoufastforaperiod oftime andthen trybananas
again a day or two after breaking the fast.
Fruits donotcause gas.Failure toabsorb their carbohydrates makes them avail-
able toourbacterial flora which create gas.Overeating, ofcourse, cancause quite a
bitofgas.Eating wrong combinations cancause lotsofgas.That food material that
isnotabsorbed willbedealt with byintestinal flora which ferment and/orputrefy
it in accord with the character of the food.
I’ve tried afewfruit meals forafewdays running. They don’t stay with me
very long and I get hungry again very quickly. Is that normal?
Itisnormal toabsorb meals offruits quickly.Butitisabnormal tobehungry
again immediately after such ameal hasbeen appropriated, forthebody usually
shuts down the appestat upon having absorbed its needs of sugars and nutrients.
There exist several possibilities astowhy youfeelhungry soquickly.Possibly
you’re mistaking appetancy forhunger.Possibly youhave gastric irritation. Possi-
blyyour body hasnotyetaccommodated tofruit meals andstillhasirritations that
drive youtoyetseek theoldsatisfactions andstimulations. Butitisunlikely that
thefruit meals arenotsupplying your needs orthatyouarefeeling truehunger asa
result of your bodily needs.
Demonstrated irrefutably inthislesson isthenutritional adequacy offruits in
supplying human needs.
Intheprevious lesson wedemonstrated thatfruits aretheonly foods thatmeet,
allrelevant criteria forahuman food. This lesson hasshown thatspecific nutri-
entsforwhich RDA ’shave been established arecontained amply within thevarious
fruits available to us on our markets.Further,thislesson hasdealt with chargesmade against fruits asfoods and
refutes them onacharge-by-char gebasis. The lesson shows thatthechargesare
groundless andareofanature asmight beinspired bythemeat, grain anddairy
industries who have a commercial interest in promoting their products.
Article #1: Fruit Eating By Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Fruit isfood. Indeed, fruits areamong thefewsubstances produced inorganic nature that
seem tobedesigned specially toserve asfood. Theoldmedical prejudice against fruit,
sostrong during thelastcentury thatcities passed ordinances against bringing fruits into
thecities during thesummer months, washammered down byHygienists, andAmeri-
cans learned torelish fruits. Unfortunately,incertain Hygienic circles thisoldanti-fruit
prejudice hasbeen revived. Some ofourHygienists have developed agroundless fearof
a number of wholesome fruits.
Fruits supply thebody with anabundance ofminerals, sugars, vitamins and, inthe
case ofsome ofthem, considerable high-grade protein. Thesugar infruit isideally as-
sociated with minerals andvitamins andneed notberejected asonedoes (orshould) re-
fined sugars. Fruit sugar issuperior ashuman nutriment tohoney,which issoludicrous-
lylauded inmany quarters. Indeed, honey,when compared with thesugars offruits,
ranks about on the level with white sugar.
Most fruits areabundant inminerals, also containing important trace minerals, so
thatthey form important andvital ingredients inthedietofthegrowing child. Most
ofthem aredeficient incalcium, butthisiseasily compensated from other wholesome
sources. Fruits arecommonly richinvitamin Cbutcontain lessofother vitamins. They
are, however, on the whole, excellent sources of vitamins.
They arecommonly lowinprotein, rarely containing over twototwoandahalfper-
cent andmany ofthem containing much lessthan this. Thedate, banana, avocado and
afewother fruits contain small amounts ofexcellent proteins. Supplemented with nuts
andgreen leaves, their proteins become valuable additions tothediet. Afruit andnut
dietisimproved bytheaddition ofgreen leafy vegetables. Alargegreen salad each day
makes such a diet almost ideal.
Most fruits contain more orlessacid—such asmalic, citric, tartaric, etc., being pre-
sent. Theprejudice thathasgrown uparound fruits isarevival ofthemedical prejudice
against acid fruits. They were declared tocause “acid diseases,” andwere regarded as
especially objectionable in rheumatism.
Fortunately,thebody isable tooxidize theorganic acids offruits, atleast ofthose
fruits thatwecommonly useasfood. These leave analkaline ashupon being oxidized.
There isoften some difficulty with theacid ofprunes, butthere isnoground forthe
prejudice thathasbeen revived against oranges, tangerines, lemons, grapefruit, tangelos,
tomatoes and similar citric-acid bearing fruits.
The acids ofberries arealso easily oxidized andthese, also, leave analkaline ash.
The acid radical oforganic acids isexpelled ascarbon dioxide through thelungs; the
alkaline salts lefthelp toalkalinize theblood. Teeth have been kept uninterruptedly im-
mersed inlemon juice foraslong assixmonths andtheacid hadnoeffectontheir enam-
el.There would seem tobenofoundation fortheidea thateating oranges ordrinking
orange juice injures the teeth.
Itshould begenerally known thatwhen acids aretaken intothemouth there isaco-
pious outpouring ofanalkaline saliva, which bathes themembranes ofthemouth and
thetongue. This secretion ofsaliva iskept uplong after theacid hasbeen swallowed.
Any acid leftontheteeth orinthemouth isquickly neutralized bythealkaline saliva.
We are too prone to overlook the body’ s own provisions for its safety.
Inthelatespring andsummer,when such fruits aspeaches, plums, apricots, nec-
tarines, cherries, thevarious berries, canteloupes, watermelons, grapes, figs, etc., are
plentiful, itiswell tomake alargepartofthedietfruits. Inthefall,when pears, apples,persimmons andthecitrus fruits come intoseason, these should constitute alargepartof
thediet. Certain ofthese fruits, likethetomato, grapes, oranges, andgrapefruits areplen-
tiful throughout most oftheyear andmay beeaten allthetime. Theavocado isabundant
through most oftheyear,butisbest eaten during thecooler periods oftheyear.Such
sundried fruits asfigs, dates, raisins, peaches, apricots, pears, etc., may befreely eaten
during the winter months.
The melons make anexcellent breakfast during theseason oftheyear when they
areripening. They arebesteaten alone. Alargepiece ofwatermelon makes anadequate
breakfast, even forthephysical worker.Canteloupe, banana melon, casaba, cranshaw
andthePersian melon, inseason, make adelightful andsatisfying breakfast. Ifmore
food is desired for breakfast, it should be taken half an hour after eating the melon.
Nearly allofwhat weseeofso-called allergytofruits isindigestion resulting from
wrongly combining thefood eaten. Fruits with starches, fruits with sugar,fruits with
proteins, andsimilar combinations areprone todecompose, producing gas,discomfort,
skin eruptions. Melons with other foods may cause marked distress—eaten alone, they
digest with thegreatest ofease. Invery young children there may sometimes beashort
period during thedevelopment ofachild, when itsdigestive system cannot handle acer-
tainfruit, forexample, anapple. Itiswell toleave some fruits outofachild’ sdietuntil
itsdevelopment hasprogressed toapoint where itcaneasily digest thefruit thatgives
trouble.
Great improvement intheability todigest andhandle foods follows afast. Itisno
uncommon thing tofind thatanindividual who hastrouble with aparticular article of
food, cantake itwith thegreatest ofease after afast. Ifwecanlearn thatwhat iscalled
allergy isnotapermanent possession, butthatwhen itscauses arerem


 benefits, andindustrialized America wasready foritsfirstconvenience
foods. Breakfast cereals had become the first commercial “health” food.
31.1.12 How Healthy Are They?
Television commercials tellusthatifweeatonecupofthisorthatspecially fortified
cereal, we’ll get100% ofalmost allourvitamin andmineral requirements. They don’t
tellyouthatthese vitamins andminerals areinorganic fillers andadditives which have
been laced through asugar -coated product thatisdestructive toourhealth andwell-be-
ing.
Nordothey tellthatthereason they addthose vitamins, etc.isbecause alltheorig-
inalnutrients inthegrain have been heated, rolled, puffed, squeezed andsugared out
ofexistence. Thevitamins andminerals areadded sothemanufacturers canjustify the
prices they chargeforaproduct that isOnly slightly more nutritious than thebox it
comes in.
And thecereal manufacturers really blow their own horn about these miniscule
amounts ofnutrition bytheadvertising ontheboxes andontelevision. Ifyour chief
source ofnutritional information about breakfast cereals hasbeen thecharts andpanels
onthesides ofcereal boxes, then thefollowing facts may open your eyes tooneofthe
biggest food frauds of the twentieth century.
31.1.13 It Used To Be A Grain Of Corn
What is a corn flake? How is it made?
First, thekernels ofcorn aresoaked inlye.Lyeisacaustic, corrosive substance that
will burn skin of f your body. It’s used in making rayon, soaps, and—breakfast cereals.
After thesoaking, thekernels areblasted bylivesteam. Then aflavoring syrup full
of mostly white sugar is poured over the soaked and steamed corn.
Next, thekernels aredried until they’re hard. Then they’re runthrough huge rollers
thatpress down with 75tons ofpressure toflatten them out.Now they’re ready tobe
toasted, heated andflaked onemore time. Then they gettheir lastdosing ofpreserva-
tives, additives andchemicals andarepackaged upinabrightly colored boxwith apic-
ture of an athlete, animal, or cartoon character on the front.
Originally youhadagrain ofcorn, fairly richinprotein, phosphorus, Vitamin A,and
thethree major Bvitamins. Now you’ve gotasugar -frosted flake thathasnooriginal
vitamins, fewminerals, andanaltered protein thatisharmful tothebody.What’ smore,
you’re probably paying fivetotentimes asmuch forthisprocessed, denatured food than
you would if you had just bought the original whole grain.
31.1.14 Why Do People Eat Prepared Cereals?
TheAmerican public hasbeen completely sold onthehealthfulness ofeating anear-
lymorning breakfast andoneating cold cereals asaconvenient, nutritious breakfast
food. Consider what Richard Carter,author of“The Unappetizing Truth About DryCe-
reals,” says about cereal consumers.
“Asthey putthismixture intotheir mouths, many ofthefeeders actually glow with
asense ofwell-being. Decades oftradition andmillions andmillions ofdollars inad-
vertising have trained them toregard their ready-to-eat breakfast cereals asthelastword
inmorning nourishment. Any suspicion thatthestuffisnutritionally inferior toother
breakfast foods, likefresh fruits, isbound tobedispelled bythesales literature printed
on the brightly-colored boxes.”
Sopeople eatbreakfast cereals because: 1)they feelthatthey should eatsomething
every dayassoon asthey getup,according toconventional nutrition; 2)cereals require
aminimum ofpreparation andareeasy toeat;3)people believe thatthecereals them-
selves furnish “minimum daily requirements” due to the added vitamins and minerals.Inresponse: 1)Most people would bebetter offifthey didnoteatfirst thing inthe
morning; thisisthebody’ stime toclean house anditisnotready todigest food. Greater
health could result ifpeople would adopt asensible “No-Breakfast” plan, andatemore
nutritious foods later intheday.2)Fruits arefarsuperior tocereals asanutritious break-
fastfood, andthey aretheultimate convenience food—no milk, nobowls, noprepara-
tionorclean-up whatsoever.3)Added nutrients tofood (“fortified” foods) areriotuti-
lized bythebody likethenaturally occurring organic elements. They innoway replace
orserve thesame functions asdovitamins, minerals, andco-existing nutrients innatural
foods.
31.1.15 The Real Harm of Breakfast Cereals
Formany people, breakfast isthesame almost every dayoftheweek. Most people
eatbreakfast outofhabit. They rarely make aconscious decision astowhat toeatfirst
thing in the morning, and so if they eat cereals they do so almost every day.
Thecereal habit isalsohard tobreak notonly because ofmental habits, butbecause
thehigh-sugar content ofthecereals cancreate aphysical, addictive habit aswell. The
most popular cereals are25% to50% refined white sugar,which makes them sweeter
than chocolate candy.Granolas, orhealth food cereals, arehardly better; with their high
honey and maple syrup content, they, too, may be 20% to 30% concentrated sugars.
Eating such heavily sweetened breakfast cereals firstthing inthemorning plays hav-
ocwith theblood-sugar levels, andcreates theconditions foralife-long sugar addiction.
31.1.16 And It’s Indigestible Too...
Notonly isbreakfast cereal anabysmal food byitself, it’susually eaten with such
foods as milk and fresh fruits so that it becomes virtually indigestible.
Besides being atotally unsuitable food, pasteurized milk thatispoured over cereal
combines very poorly with anyother food. Milk isaprotein with ahigh fatcontent. Ce-
reals arerefined starches andsugars. Putting those types offoods together inthestom-
ach is a sure invitation to acid indigestion.
Fresh fruits aregenerally acidic orsub-acidic innature. Mixing them with starchy
cereals creates afermenting environment thatnegates anyhealth benefits ofthefruit to
begin with. Better to just eat the fruit and for get the cereal.
Ifanything istobeeaten early intheday,itshould beeasily digested, high-fluid
foods such asfresh fruits. Refined starches clog thebody andtheir waste products create
a feeling of heavy lassitude that lasts throughout the day.
31.1.17 Are Grains Good Food At All?
Sofar,wehave discussed mostly refined grain products, such asflours, breads, and
cereals. There islittle disagreement among health-minded people thatsuch refined grain
products areharmful andshould becompletely eliminated from thediet. Butwhat about
whole grains? Areunrefined grains, likerice, corn, andwheat, eaten intheir whole state
beneficial and optimum foods?
Ifwestrictly apply thetestofanoptimum food which isthatitbepalatable andnour-
ishing initsrawstate, then grains fail.Raw grains, except when they areintheir young
milky stage orsprouted, arevirtually indigestible andhigh inphytic acid which tends to
bind calcium, iron, and zinc and make them unavailable to your body.
Grains arealsounbalanced inpotassium andsodium. Grain-eaters often trytobalan-
cethesodium-deficiency ofgrains byadding saltwhich isaninorganic poison. Ingener-
al,grains aredeficient inthealkaline minerals, toorichinnitrogen andphosphoric acid,
and tend to acidify the system.
Thestarches ingrains arehard todigest (about tentimes more difficult than potato
starches) and are prone to fermentation.Grains, according toOtto Carque author ofRational Diet,areincapable ofbuilding
strong bones andteeth. Man cannot liveexclusively ongrains foranylength oftime and
maintain thebestofhealth. Ifgrains areeaten, they must beaccompanied bygreen leafy
vegetables to supply needed alkaline elements.
Grains contain thelargest amount ofstarches ofallfoods. Humans arenotnaturally
starch-eaters. Weonly have onestarch-digesting enzyme, andthatisfound inthesaliva.
Starches aredifficult foods todigest, andwewould dobetter tolook toother foods, such
asfruits, vegetables andnuts forourenergyandcarbohydrate needs. Starches arenota
necessary part ofthediet.There isnotaparticle ofstarch intheentire constitution of
your body.
Grains arearelatively new food inthehuman dietary—hardly 10,000 years
old—and refined grain products have really only been around for200years intheir pre-
sent form. Man prospered very well before theadvent ofgrain foods, sothey cannot be
defended as an essential part of the diet.
Infairness, itmust ben


Phosphorus 46.4%
Magnesium 44.7%
From the potato, total loss 50%
From the cabbage, total loss 40%
From the Carrot, total loss 30%
From the apple, lost by peeling, boiling and coring 50%
43.2.7 Demineralization Processes
Dr.Shelton tells usthatmineral lossfrom foods bycooking isaccomplished bythe
following means:
1.ByLeaching: theminerals arecarried outinthefood’ sown juices which then runout
into the surrounding liquid.
2.ByVolatilization orEvaporation: Certain minerals, iodine andsulphur being prime ex-
amples, will“bubble out” from certain foods upon theapplication ofheat. Intheprocess
ofpasteurization ofmilk, thelossofiodine canamount toasmuch astwenty percent.
Any time a person can smell cooking odors, he knows that nutrients are being lost.
3.Chemical Alteration: Certain mineral salts contained infoods arechanged chemically
bytheapplication ofheat, somuch so,infact, thatthey become biologically unavailable
tothebody.Pasteurization ofmilk, forexample, changes thecalcium inmilk from its
organic form toaninorganic molecule which iscompletely useless tothehuman econ-
omy..Inthegreen leaves ofplants, infresh ripefruits, intheedible nuts andseeds are
found alltheminerals deemed necessary topreserve health andtoextend lifeinhealth.
Itmust beunderstood, however,their usefulness does notdepend solely onthepresence
ofasufficient quantity andvariety ofminerals alone, even though all,other nutrients are
also present; but,largely upon theproportion ofallthese vital nutrients tooneanother
and, most particularly tothepresence oftheorganic mineral molecules andtotheratio
between theacid carrier elements andthealkaline mineral elements. Werefer,ofcourse,
totheacid-alkaline balance. Withtheunavoidable mineral loss thatensues whenever
food iscooked, thepossibility exists thatthisbalance canbedisturbed somuch thatan
acid-alkaline imbalance will result (acidosis or toxicosis).
43.2.8 The Mineral Presence
Mineral elements comprise lessthan five percent ofourbody andonly about one
percent oftheweight ofcellular protoplasm. However,minerals areessential toallmeta-
bolic activities. Their presence isrequired tosustain thealkalinity ofbody fluids; they
are required for structure, in healing and for repair.
Our body requires agreat variety ofminerals, some more, some less. Some ofthe
more common elements likecarbon andhydrogen areplentifully supplied byfruits and
vegetables; others likepotassium, sodium, magnesium, andother alkaline mineral ele-
ments required tomaintain fluid alkalinity andsalinity arefound liberally infresh leafy
green vegetables. Inourview,these latter foods should comprise animportant partofthe
dietary intake. Theimportant micro-elements, theso-called trace minerals, including io-
dine, chromium, zinc, molybdenum, manganese, copper,vanadium, fluorine, selenium,
andsoon,arealsorequired butinunknown amounts. These trace elements arerequired
tofeed thebody’ scellular factory production lineandtoparticipate inthethousands of
actions andreactions thataregoing on.Werequire afullassortment ofallrequired min-erals tokeep usbreathing, growing, regenerating, healing; tokeep usalive. Thedynamic
importance ofminerals tohealth isnotalways appreciated andprobably fewamong us
receive ourfullquota ofminerals nordowereceive theones wegetintheir original
proportionate distribution simply because most people eat lar gely of cooked food.
Many sick people improve dramatically when they change from theordinary mixed
diettothevegetarian fare, even though cooked, butwhen they change toanallrawfood
intake, they areoften amazed atthedramatic results obtained bythem within avery
short time. Itisnotonly important toknow where thefood youeatoriginates butitis
even more important toeatthatfood unfired, replete with allitsminerals intheir correct
proportionate arrangements andcombinations prepared expressly forhuman physiolog-
ical machinery in nature’ s grand plant factories.
Mineral deficiencies andimbalances produced bypoor food selection andbycook-
ingcanlead tomany disorders: togeneral malnutrition, increased sterility,development
ofhomosexual tendencies, body encumbrances ofmany kinds, concretions, skin moles,
blemishes, general debility and weakness, as well as to other diseased conditions.
43.2.9 Fragmented Foods
Fragmented foods arefoods inwhich certain nutrients areinshort supply.Toensure
superb health throughout alifetime, food must contain allthenutrients required forthe
living process andthese elements must befurnished inorganic combinations andincer-
tainprescribed arrangements asthey have been formulated innatural foods. Life cannot
bemaintained forlong onfragmented foods. Cooking fragments food because, among
other things, it disrupts the mineral presence, throwing it out of balance.
Organized bynature, iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sodium, potassium
andalltheother minerals contained within thehighly organized molecules offoods
canbedigested, absorbed, transported andassimilated with highly beneficial results.
Cooked, fragmented, demineralized ormineral-poor foods create problems forthediges-
tiveprocess, problems which lead toimperfect processing allalong thenutritive chain.
Alifesustained oncooked mineral-poor food willbeplagued from time totime byboth
minor andchronic diseases; such alifewillexperience varying amounts ofweariness,
fatigue, alack ofendurance andstrength andwillbeshortened commensurately with the
existing mineral deficit.
Adiet rich initsmineral content, unfragmented bycooking, ontheother hand,
means smaller quantities offood must beeaten, fewer waste products with quicker elim-
ination, improved endurance, greater strength, themaintenance ofaproper blood vis-
cosity andalkalinity,clean fluid channels, together with excellent general health, both
physical and mental.
AsLife Scientists wemust understand thatnoproximate food factor alone iscapable
ofsustaining vital force andfurther than this, thatfragmented foods, even though they
may contain many oreven most oftherequired nutrients, arealso incapable ofsustain-
inglifewithout creating deficiencies which, inthefinal analysis, aredestructive ofsome
measure ofhealth. When wechoose mineral-rich foods andthen eatthem uncooked,
masticating thefoods well, wethen willprovide ourbody with thebestrawmaterials to
produce healthy cells andtissues. Wecaneattwice thequantity ofcooked fragmented
food andyetnotobtain anequivalent amount ofbiologically available mineral wealth
nor can we be sure to obtain our full requirement thereof.
43.2.10 Cooking and Enzymes
Perhaps thegreatest argument against thepractice ofcooking liesinthefactthat
heating anyfood above approximately 122 degrees Fahrenheit destroys thefood en-
zymes. Waterboils at212° sowecanreadily seethateven theapplication ofcompara-
tively low heat can destroy the enzymes.Enzymes present infruits andvegetables play avital roleinthemetabolic activity
oftheplant cells. They arecomplex proteins formulated inandbytheplant cells from
primary inorganic elements soluble inwater andtaken upbytheroots oftheplants and
bythecombined action ofsunandairthey become incorporated intothecellular plant
community.
Like allother proteins contained infoods, thechemical structure ofthecomplex en-
zyme molecules ischanged bytheapplication ofheat andthecatalytic force destroyed.
Cooking willkillfood enzymes justaseffectively asanexcessively high body temper-
ature will cause ustoburn up.Heating food effectively stops thevegetable metabolic
action. Inother words, when heat isapplied toaplant inexcess of122°, thelifeforce
of the plant comes to an abrupt end.
When rawfood iseaten, thefood enzymes remain intact. Justliketheprotein inthe
food, theenzymes aredigested inthestomach andbecome apartofthenutritive pack-
ageoffered upbytheparticular food, fruit orvegetable, nutorseed. Humans have the
ability tomanufacture their own cellular enzymes from thenutrients transported tothe
cells inthefluids ofthebody.Thus, ifwesupply ourselves with adequate amounts of
suitable kinds ofrawfoods wewillmore easily andthoroughly digest ourfood, wewill
absorb agoodly quantity ofnutrients tosupply cellular needs andwecanthen formulate
the required human enzymes, as the need arises.
However,when weeatcooked food wethen failtosupply thewherewithal toman-
ufacture ourown enzymes and, ifweremember thatenzymes activate andcontrol all
thechemical actions andreactions within thecells andregulate theenergyoutput forall
physical andmental activity,wecanseejusthow important theenzyme presence isto
the continuance of life.
Adjustment bythebody totheeating ofcooked enzyme-poor food isalways done at
the


humane society,would
prosecute anyone ignorant andstupid enough toallow themales ofanybreed ofanimals
totease andexcite sexually thepregnant females; butthishealth destroying practice is
permitted without protest among human animals.”
Thevery least thehusband candoistocooperate with themother ofhischild inthis
matter andother conditions pertaining toher’sandthebaby’ shealth. Hemust consider
thatsheismaking much greater sacrifice inthedeal than he,andthatalittle selfcontrol
andalessstimulating mode ofeating andliving willreduce hisrapacity andimprove his
health.
The Hygienic mother hasnothing tofear.The parturition will bepainless andthe
newborn babe blessed with thehealth andpromise every proud parent wishes ittoposs-
es.Home orahygienic institution arethebest places forthebirth totake place. Like-
wise, amidwife, ifobtainable, isthesafest practitioner tohave present atthetime. The
hospital anditsbrutal methods ofhastening theparturition with drugs, anesthesia, for-
ceps, andCaesarian section (thelatter being routine procedure insome establishments)
should beavoided with rightful dread. Here, everything isanti-natural. The birth ofa
child istreated asthough itwere theremoval ofacancer instead ofaperfectly normal,
completely physiological, function.
Thehospital mother israrely capable ofperforming themost important function for
herchild after itisborn; namely,thatoflactation, ofnursing itatherbreast, because of
thedestructive medical procedure. Ifshecan, themilk hasinvariably been made unfit
forthesame reason andrarely lasts beyond thefourth orfifth week. Tothehygienic
mother, these are all nightmares and disappointments she will never experience.Lesson 56 - Normal Feeding Of Infants; Feeding Babies
Under Abnormal Conditions Until Weaning Age
56.1. History Of Infant Feeding
56.2. Importance Of Breast Feeding
56.3. The Mechanics Of Breastfeeding
56.4. Methods Of Breast-Feeding
56.5. Feeding Solid Foods
56.6. Feeding Under Abnormal Conditions
56.7. Questions & Answers
Article #1: Simplicity of Infant Feeding by W illiam L. Esser
Article #2: Indigestion in Babies by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Article #3: The Long Nursing Period by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
56.1. History Of Infant Feeding
Until recently,women never considered notnursing their babies. Itwastheonly means
available tothem atthetime—the only way they knew how tofeed their babies. Infact,
notonly didthey breast-feed their babies butthey didsountil thechild wasatleast two
or three years of age.
Shelton points outinanarticle, “The Story ofInfant Nursing,” thatmost civilizations
ofpeople nursed their babies andforlong periods oftime. Heincluded theEgyptians,
theAmerican Indians, theMesopotamians, theGreeks, theRomans, andtheOrientals in
hisdocumentation ofthisfact. Inthese cultures, awetnurse (awoman with breast milk
who nurses your baby foryou) wasutilized only byrichwomen who thought they were
“above” nursing their own babies.
When babies were first artificially fed, itwas onbread andwater.Then came the
useofcow’ smilk. Theinvention ofthebottle naturally followed. Thefirst bottle con-
sisted ofacow’ shorn with acouple ofpieces ofleather sewn tothenarrow endwhich
hadahole init.Thebaby sucked themilk through theholes between thestitches ofthe
leather.Next came theinvention ofartificial formula milks andallsorts ofcanned baby
foods—and needless to say, the deterioration of health.
Nursing, andinfactnursing forlong periods, continued inthiscountry until thebe-
ginning ofthiscentury.After this, thedecline inbreast-feeding wasvery rapid inAmer-
ica.This islargely duetothemedical profession advising mothers thatbottle-feeding is
better (cleaner) forthebaby andwillallow them more freedom. This decline wasalso
duetotherising dairy industry followed bythemanufacture ofartificial formula milks
which were pushed for a profit.
Bythe1920s, awomen’ srights movement began andbreasts went outofstyle.
Women were moving intoamen’ sworld andtook jobs outside ofthehome. They were
no longer able to stay home and nurse their babies.
Besides women being forced into thework world, doctors—and other “experts”
were urging mothers nottobreast-feed andifthey dobreast-feed, they should wean ear-
ly.These “experts” claimed thatifmothers nursed their babies toolong, their child will
become tooattached tothem, become emotionally retarded, orthatitwillruintheir mar-
ital relationships, etc.
Withthe20th century came so-called scientific child rearing—rearing thechild on
aschedule rather than oninstinct orcommon sense. Upuntil ageneration ago, children
mostly stayed home with their mothers until kinder garten orfirst grade. Each year it
seems theageofchildren being cared forbythose other than parents getslowered. Now
even infants areraised indaycare centers. Much ofthisisduetotheeconomic situ-ation—our exploitive industrial society—forcing women towork andaway from their
children.
Inthe1960s and 1970s thetrend, however,came back toward breast-feeding.
Women began questioning the“experts” andfeeling there must beabetter way.Now
there aremany books available onthesubjects ofnatural birthing andbreast-feeding.
There arealso organizations such astheLaLeche League willing tohelp andurging
women to go back to nature’ s way of nourishing their young.
56.2. Importance Of Breast Feeding
56.2.1 Advantages of Breast-Feeding
56.2.2 Bottle-feeding
56.2.3 Common W orries and Apprehensions About Breast-feeding
“Breast milk asthebaby draws itdirectly from thematernal fountain without
theinterference ofamiddle man, isdrawn from theliving cells thatproduce itfor
thespecific purpose ofnourishing thebaby.Itistaken directly intothebaby’ sstom-
achatthetemperature atwhich itleaves thebreast, without oxidation orcontam-
ination. Itsingredients andphysical characteristics areespecially adapted notonly
totheneeds ofthedigestive organs ofthehuman infant butalsotothenutritive re-
quirements oftheinfant. Itiseven designed toeducate thedigestive organs ofthe
infant.”
— Dr. Herbert M. Shelton, “The Story of Infant Nursing,” Hygienic Review
Theonly perfect food foraninfant isitsown mother ’sbreast milk. Ofcourse,
under certain circumstances, itisnotpossible forthemother tobreast-feed (this
will becovered later inthislesson). However,most women canbreast-feed their
young and should if they want to have the healthiest baby possible.
“Nature hasmade provision fortheinfant tobenursed. She hasequipped
women with milk-producing glands andthenormal woman ispossessed ofinstincts
thatlead hertonurse herbaby.Atthesame time, thebaby itself isequipped with
instincts thatcause ittoseek forthematernal breast andtoextract itsfood from this
source.”
— Dr. Herbert M. Shelton, “Baby’ s First Y ears,” Hygienic Review
There aremany advantages tobreast-feeding your young which Iwillgointointhe
next section ofthislesson. There arealso some myths surrounding theadvantages of
breast-feeding. One ofthese istheidea ofimmunity.Most books orarticles onthesub-
jectofbreast-feeding state thatbreast milk produces animmunity inthesuckling in-
fanttocertain diseases. From previous lessons touching onthesubject ofimmunity you
areprobably aware thatwecanbemade immune tonothing. Ifweindulge inthecaus-
esofdisease, wesufferdisease. Thesame holds trueforinfants. Breast-feeding builds
stronger,healthier babies that—providing themother isingood health andtheinfant
isn’tbeing fedanyunwholesome foods inaddition tobreast milk andexposed toun-
wholesome environmental influences—will be free of disease.
Another claim bytheaforementioned books andarticles isthatbreast-feeding pre-
vents breast cancer.Again, ifthecauses ofcancer aren’ tindulged, cancer willnotoccur.
Perhaps thefactthatmost women who breast-feed their babies aremuch more health
conscious than, those who bottle-feed isanexplanation forthelower fateofbreast can-
cer among these women.
Inspite ofthese myths, however,there aremany advantages tobehadbybreast-
feeding your young.56.2.1 Advantages of Breast-Feeding
Several years ago, astudy wasconducted byDr.Randolph Paine oftheUniversity


afastwere started atthefirst sign of
anappendicitis attack. Most people, however,ignore thefirstfewwarnings andcontinue
with their old ways of eating. Appendicitis is due 100% to dietary errors.
68.3.14 Vomiting and Diarrhea
Donothing tostop either vomiting ordiarrhea. Watch fordehydration ifthey persist
foralong period oftime. Drink only water.Stop allfood intake. Begin animmediate
fast.
68.3.15 Nosebleeds
Sit the patient in a chair with the head tilted forward.
Moisten apiece ofcotton andplace inside thebleeding nostril. Press thenostrils to-
gether andhold foratleast fiveminutes ormore, andhave patient breathe through his
mouth. After bleeding stops, the cotton should stay in place for several hours.
68.3.16 Stings by Jellyfish, Wasps, Fire Ants, Etc.
These types ofstings areaccompanied byaneurotoxin thatisinjected under theskin.
The only serious effectofsuch anattack isusually great pain. Torelieve thepain, try
apaste ofbaking soda andwater.Insome cases, relief canalso beobtained byrubbing
lemon juice or vinegar around the bite.
68.3.17 Dog Bites
Washthewound well with water only,andletitbleed freely forafewminutes. Clot
theblood with aclean cloth. Ifthearea isnotsolargeastorequire stitches, then simply
forget about it.
DoNOT getrabies shots ortreatments. Such treatments arefarmore dangerous than
the bite.
68.3.18 Foreign Particles in the Eye
Washyour hands andthen carefully pull your upper liddown over thelower lid.
Wipethecorner oftheeyegently with aclean cloth orcotton. DoNOT rubtheeye.This
may push the particle farther under the lid. T ry to get the eye to “cry” or to “tear.”
Ifirritation continues orifapiece ofglass isintheeye, then seek professional help
in removing it.
68.3.19 Broken Bones
DoNOT move thevictim, unless itisaquestion oflifeordeath, ifthebroken bone
isintheneck orspine. Waitforoutside help ifpossible. Ifyoucannot wait, make atem-
porary splint andtransport thevictim asbest youcan. Foratemporary splint, youcan
usebranches, boards, oreven thebody itself (e.g., tiebroken legtouninjured one). Fora
broken ankle, carefully wrap thefootinapillow,andtieitclosed. Foranyfracture, don’ttieanything directly over thewound—tie above andbelow it.Best procedure, thought,
is to wait for help to arrive if you can.
Abroken bone israrely acritical situation; youcanusually wait andhave itsetby
an osteopath or orthopedist.
Rolled newspaper splint.
68.3.20 Heart Attack or Stroke
Some or all of these symptoms can point to a heart attack:
1.Pain, usually inthemiddle ofthechest, orintheleftshoulder orarm, ortheneck. May
feel like a crushing force.
2.Pale and sweaty skin.
3.Feeling of impending doom.
4.Shortness of breath.
Here’ s what to do:
Place thevictim horizontal, andelevate thehead slightly.Loosen orremove allcon-
stricting clothing. Give artificial respiration andfairly vigorous cardiac massage ifthe
heart appears stopped. (See the“How toGive CPR” inthe“Emer gency Techniques”
section.)
Make sure thatfresh airisavailable, andthepatient iskept warm. After theattack,
complete resting (including a fast) is essential.
68.4. Emergency Techniques
68.4.1 How to Give CPR
68.4.2 How to Give Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation
Every person (both child andadult) should betaught thetwoemer gency techniques
described below.Inthelocal news wasanitem about afour-year -oldboywho saved the
lifeofhistwo-year -old brother because heknew how togive mouth-to-mouth resusci-
tation andCPR. It’snever tooearly (orlate) tolearn about emer gency life-saving tech-
niques.
68.4.1 How to Give CPR
CPR stands forcardiopulmonary resuscitation.CPR istheonly way tosave the
lifeofsomeone whose heart hasstopped. Tolearn itproperly,youshould take aCPR
course. The American Heart Association andtheAmerican Red Cross offerexcellent
CPR courses.
Ifyou’ve determined thataperson hasnoheartbeat, youmust begin CPR. Here’ s
how:
1.Kneel at the person’ s side.
2.Find the bottom of the breastbone—the bone in the middle of the chest.
3.About two inches above that, place the heel of your hand.
4.Place the other hand over the first hand and lock the fingers.
5.Witharms kept straight, push down onthechest, sothatit’scompressed about 1-1/2or
2 inches. You must push fairly har d.
6.Asyoupush, count outloud: “One, andtwo, andthree, andfour,and...”Keep going a
little faster than one push per second until you get to fifteen.
7.After 15pushes, move quickly back totheperson’ shead, andblow twoquick breaths
into his mouth.8.Then goright back tohischest, findthespot twoinches above thebottom ofthebreast-
bone again, place your hands, and push 15 times again.
9.Keep on with 15 pushes, then two breaths, and so on, until one of these things happens:
1.You are relieved by someone who can do CPR, or
2.Theperson’ sheart starts beating (check hispulse every minute orso).Youmay stillhave
to continue mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Or,
3.A physician pronounces the person dead.
68.4.2 How to Give Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation
When someone stops breathing, nomatter whether ithappened because ofdrowning,
electrical shock, heart attack, oranything else, youcanbreathe forhimbygiving mouth-
to-mouth resuscitation. Here’ s how:
1.Place victim on his back.
2.Check inside ofmouth formaterial thatcould block theairpassage. Clean outifneces-
sary.
3.Kneeling atthesideofhishead, place onehand ontheforehead andtheother under his
neck. Tiltthehead back (unless yoususpect aneck injury) sothejawispointed up.This
keeps the airway open.
4.With the hand that’ s on the forehead, pinch the nostrils shut.
5.Blow four quick breaths into thevictim’ smouth, hard enough tofilllungs. Ifchest
doesn’ trise, clear theairway bycleaning outmouth, orrollvictim onhisside andslap
between shoulder blades todislodge material. Then rollhim back andtrybreathing
again.
6.After the four initial breaths, remove your mouth and watch for chest to fall.
7.Continue byblowing onebreath intovictim’ smouth every fiveseconds until hestarts
breathing again onhisown. (For small children, blow intomouth andnose, onebreath
every three seconds.)
68.5. Accident Prevention: The Life Science Way
First aidcanhelp youwhen anaccident orinjury occurs, justasfasting canhelp when
thebody starts adisease orillness process. Butwouldn’ titbenice ifwedidn’ tgetsick
or never become injured?
Ifyoufollow asensible program ofexercise, diet, andother health-building prac-
tices, then youwillhave thebesthealth insurance youcanbuy.Butwhat about accident
insurance? WilltheLife Science health regimen prevent usfrom becoming injured or
having accidents?
The answer is YES.
Itisafact. Ahealthy person hasfewer accidents andsufferslessinjuries than the
average individual. Maybe youknow someone who is“accident prone” orwho always
seems tobeinjuring himorherself. Ontheother hand, youmay know someone (perhaps
even yourself) who rarely suf fers misfortune or injury.
Themajority ofallaccidents andinjuries occur because ofanerror injudgment. In
other words, faulty orunclear thinking leads toaccidents. Ahealthy person canthink
more clearly,make more correct decisions, precise movements, andavoid many ofthe
minor injuries and accidents that happen to most people.
Most injuries andaccidents areself-invited, either consciously orunconsciously.
They occur because wearenot“ontopofthings” orwhen wearenotatourbest. Haven’ t
younoticed thatmany accidents happen when weareunder stress orhave been engaging
in negative lifestyle patterns?
When youbecome more healthy,youtake chargeofyour lifeonalllevels. Yoube-
come more capable andmore incontrol. Youdon’tbecome “off-centered” or“spacedout.” Ahealthy body seeks topreserve itshealth. Asick ordiseased body isanintoxi-
cated body.Itoften hurts onward toself-destruction


 learns totolerate itandadapts itself toitsuseasfar
aspossible. Thesystem soon becomes depraved anditspowers impaired bytheuseof
tobacco, itspoisonous character isnolonger detected andnoalarm isgiven, rather a
craving forthesubstance isdeveloped. However,thehabitual useofanysubstance that
isinjurious initself cannot inanyway render itharmless orbeneficial andthehabitu-
alpresence ofanysuch substance isinjurious tolife,even though noenergetic effort is
made to resist its action.
Habits, gradually built andlong established, cannot usually besuddenly broken.
There isnoimmediate danger tolifeasaresult ofsudden breaking offahabit long prac-
ticed, butitisoften followed byoneormore crises more orlesssevere astheorganism
seeks toaccommodate itself tothechanged condition. Because ahabit does notseem to
beimmediately destructive isnoevidence thatitisnotdestructive orthatitisbeneficial.
Itssecondary effects alone canfurnish uswith theclue toitsinfluence. Acupofcoffee
produces animmediate feeling ofwell-being while nosuch feeling accompanies thetak-
ingofaglass oforange juice. Butwhen thesecondary effects ofthese twosubstances
areviewed, noroom fordoubt isleftastowhich ofthese isreally beneficial andwhich
is injurious.
Men liveinalmost every conceivable climate andunder almost every conceivable
condition, aresubject toallkinds ofinfluences andindulge inmany andoften very op-
posite habits. Ifgiven time, thebody isable toadapt itself tothese varying conditions.
Only sudden andviolent changes become immediately destructive tolife. Wecannot
quickly transfer theEsquimaux tothetropics northeHottentot toGreenland. Wecan
suddenly force upon thenonuser theamount ofalcohol, arsenic, oropium used bythe
habitue, only at the expense of life itself.
Withaknowledge oftheabove laws nooneneed bemisled bytheclaims forthe
therapeutic virtues contained insome drug, serum, orapparatus. These laws form reli-
able rules by which to order our life. “The wise will understand.”
Reprinted fr om The Hygienic System V ol. 1Lesson 80 - Adjustment To Hygienic Living Within The
Family
80.1. Introduction
80.2. Influencing Factors
80.3. The Modern Family
80.4. The Newly Married
80.5. The Infant And The Family
80.6. Adults W ithin The Family
Article #1: Feeding Diapers by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Article #2: Introducing Grandchildren T o Hygienic Living
Article #3:How WeCanStimulate OurChildren’ sPhysical Development byChuck
and Mimi Y oung
Article #4: A voiding Compulsory Immunization by Dr. Christopher Kent
80.1. Introduction
80.1.1 Defining the Family
80.1.1 Defining the Family
Forpurposes ofdefining thelimits ofthislesson, weshould perhaps explain what
we include in the term “family.”
Inbiological classification, FAMIL Yrefers toagroup ofgenera with related charac-
teristics. Inhuman terms, however,werefer toacloser unit, onethatgenerally includes
parents andtheir children. Sometimes, wealso acknowledge theclose relationships of
grandparents, aunts, uncles andcousins. Inthecontext ofthisdiscussion, however,we
will refer basically tothemore limited family group which includes only parents and
their offspring. Inthearticles ofthislesson wehave included thetrueexperience oftwo
grandparents inorder tobriefly illustrate how even occasional contacts between genera-
tions can serve to promote Hygienic living.
80.2. Influencing Factors
80.2.1 W ithin the Family
Thekind oflifestyle pursued byafamily living within a‘particular society depends
largely oncustomary societal practices—the cultural mores ofthesociety itself. They
seem tobeabsorbed, transmitted, rubbed-of ffrom individual toindividual living within
thelargergrouping. Few persons resist aping theherd influence, most follow willingly
the traditions and customs of the people with whom they live.
Probably themost important influencing factors within thesocial grouping arethe
existing ratio between males andfemales, with theperfect ratio being largely undeter-
mined; theeconomic realities ofearning aliving andmaintaining thefamily; provid-
ingfood, shelter,education, spiritual training andclothing; and, finally,thecustoms that
prevail; thatis,thatareaccepted without reproach and/orcondemnation. These last, of
course, largely determine thedating, courtship, marriage, frequency ofchild-bearing,
andrelationships among andbetween sexes outside ofthemarital context andbetween
different generations.80.2.1 Within the Family
Within thefamily there isgenerally adherence toacommon mold, themold itself
having been established bythetraining andbackgrounds ofthehusband andwife. When
thebackgrounds ofthemating partners arefairly similar,thefamily meld isusually more
successful than when parties oftwowidely diverse backgrounds arejoined toform a
family unit; but not always.
Sometimes onepartner ortheother extends himself beyond theyouth horizons and
enlar gesinanew direction orinseveral directions andenters anew dimension ofliving,
leaving the sexual partner behind. A schism is thus created.
Theschism canbeeither intellectual, emotional (spiritual) orphysical; andperhaps
even inalldimensions atoneandthesame time. Theschism candevelop suddenly,as
when thefullrealization ofthecorrectness ofHygienic living dawns onasingle member
of the family; or it can be an emer ging consciousness which takes years to consolidate.
Regardless ofthenature ofthenew thrust, itcanbecome animportant factor incon-
tinuing family unity.Itisareality which must beintelligently addressed sothatsome
acceptable solution can be found.
Differences inthelevels ofintelligence between parents frequently prevents family
progress inknowledge ofHygienic principles byallmembers ofthefamily.Differences
inbackgrounds canhave profound effects onacceptance ofnew ideas, those thataredif-
ferent from those generally practiced within thecommunity atlarge.Asuccessful meld-
ingofconcepts andbeliefs willproduce ahappy family,anunsuccessful acceptance and
follow-through will lead to family conflict and failures.
Toillustrate how relationships within family units ofdifferent cultural backgrounds
may differ,wecanbriefly examine twofamilies related bymarriage between theoldest
son of one and the daughter of another; and the children of this union.
80.2.1.1 Elizabeth’s Family
Thefather wasborn inWales. Hewasthegrandson ofaminister,onehigh upinthe
hierarchy ofBritish religious circles. Hisfamily reflected thecloseness, thejoy,thelove
of art and music so characteristic of the W elsh people.
Themother inthisnew family wasthedaughter ofanEnglish merchant. Herbrothers
returned toEngland topublic school (theequivalent ofourprivate “prep” schools). She
wasbrought upathome tobea“proper British gentlewoman.” Shewasreserved inman-
ner, precise in dress and always the curious intellectual.
Thechildren ofthisunion were thus exposed totwocultures: oneextremely closely
knitandfun-loving; theother more formal andstylized, geared tothe“correct” societal
behavior common earlier in this century in the country of birth.
Itisinteresting tonote thatevery Sunday wasthetime setaside forallthesiblings of
thefather ’sgeneration (and there were twelve), their wives and/orhusbands, andtheir
children (ofwhich there were many) togather attheWelsh grandparents’ home togeth-
erwith most oftheexpatriated Welsh community.Fun, food, andfrolic were theorder
oftheday.Music andsinging filled theair.Love endcaring togetherness were visibly
demonstrated.
Thevery formal English mother wasawise woman. While thistype of“goings-on”
wasentirely foreign toher,sherecognized itforwhat itwas: wholesome. Shetherefore
notonly permitted herown family tobecome apartofthisnew way oflifebutsheher-
selfparticipated asamember ofthefamily.Therefore, shewasaccepted andloved by
the family.
Thevarious members oftheEnglish family were separated byland andsea.Howev-
er,they allkept incommunication regularly with oneanother viathemails. Once ayear
aunts, uncles andcousins gathered atgrandma’ shome. There were excursions intothe
countryside topick berries, there wasswimming intheriver,there were family dinnersandSunday afternoon meetings. However,most ofthetime wasspent inlistening tomu-
sicastheoldgramophone played andinreading books chosen bytheelders; books by
Dickens, Thackeray,andpoems bythegreat English poets: thetraditional British “quiet
time.”
Meetings between aunts,


 be,consists in
making abeginning.” So,here weare.Wehave travelled alifetime together; wehave
learned many new andwonderful things about living. Weknow thatthisearth might well
become aplace ofjoy,ifman would butfollow natural law.Thesages ofalltime have
taught usthatthesimple ways oflifebring health tobody,mind andsoul. Itisthesim-
pleways thatcause theblood tomove gently within thearteries andtocourse merrily
through theveins. Obedience toLaw causes movement toquicken andthespirit tosoar,
thememory toclear andwisdom tocome. Weknow thatsickness shortens ouryears,
even ashealth prolongs andgladdens them. Wemust now make abeginning, foreach
oneofusisrequired totravel thismagic road tohealth alone; itmust beourdesire and
it must also be of our doing.
Inthiscentury,ayoung woman spent herbody’ senergiescaring foraninvalid moth-
er.She, too,laysick anddying. Soill,infact, wasshethatanew young doctor inthe
village where shelived, wasafraid tobeseen treating her.Hefeared that, ifheoffered
hisservices tothisdying girl, thathemight lose thefewpatients hehadjustobtained.
There was no other doctor to whom she could turn.
Herfamily,knowing noother way,closed heruptight inherroom thinking tokeep
herwarm andsnug. They fedherfreshly boiled broths anddidtheir best. However,this
giving, loving girlcontinued toweaken andherpain became almost unbearable. Shefi-
nally concluded thatdeath would beawelcome release from anexistence such asthis.
Shebegged hertroubled father tocarry herouttothelawn andthere toplace herona
mattress. Shetoldhimtobring hernofood andnodrink forshewasdetermined todie,
butshewas also determined todieunder God’ sheavenly blue sky.Sheasked him to
bring her a stick and then to leave her there.
Thefather,himself weary with life, didashisdaughter quested. Hecarried herout
ofthecomfortable warm house andplaced heronamattress there onthelawn. Noone
brought herfood ordrink, only some pure fresh water.Thegirlamused herself with her
stick, feebly digging from time totime intheearth, first ononeside, then ontheother.Shelooked upattheblue skyandwatched thebirds onthewing. Shetalked upon occa-
sion with the passersby. And so the day passed by, but still she lived.
Thenext dayshecontinued todig,butsheatenofood andhadnodrink; only,pure,
cool water.The days passed, days turned into weeks andweeks into amonth andstill
shedidnotdie.This feeble woman, nomore than achild inyears, began todigdeep-
eranddeeper.Astrange andunexpected thing began tohappen: shegrew stronger and
stronger. Suddenly, one day she decided she wanted to LIVE!
Infact, sheknew thatthereality oflifecould behers anditwasrevealed toherhow
she could bring it all to pass.
How excited shewas. Shecried outforfood, andthey brought herthefoods shere-
quested: only God’ ssun-ripe fruits would shehave, andthese inabundance. Soon, she
wasable tositupandthey then placed heronacouch, stillunder theblue sky.Shecon-
tinued todig,rolling firstononesideandthen ontheother,reaching down totheround.
Intime, shearose from hercouch, andherjoywascomplete. Like thebirds shehad
watched forsolong, she, too,wasnow onthewing. Health hadreturned, agiftofna-
ture. Ithadbeen there toreceive allalong butithadtaken adeep desire toliveandthen
theknowledge ofhow toachieve lifeplus living according tothedemands ofthehuman
structure and function.
Sometimes we,liketheyoung girlinourstory,require nofood. Perhaps wecanuse
only thesun, theair,thefresh cooling breezes. Perhaps allweneed todoistoforgetthat
wearesick andlook around usatthisbeautiful world andenjoy thefreegifts thatcan
bring health. Perhaps allweneed iscool, pure water until thattime comes when we,too,
canreach outandtouch alifethatisbeginning toblossom again. Knowledge, Desire,
followed by the Doing! Could these be the magic keys to health?
Article #3: A House Divided
We Must Get Involved
“Ahouse divided cannot stand!” Weareallfamiliar with thissaying. Itapplies to
families, tocountries, andtoprofessions. Thevoices areloud inextolling theadvances
ofmankind, yetdoes itnotseem paradoxical atthistime inourhistory,when somuch
progress isreported insomany diverse fields, thatwearewitnessing somuch confusion
in the field of health science?
Wewalk onthemoon andcommunicate tothefarreaches ofspace. Weexplore the
innermost depths ofland andofseawith equipment andinstruments from anever -never
land ofmake-believe. More money,time andeffortareprobably being spent inresearch
intotherealm ofdisease than ever before inthelong history ofmankind. Theamount of
dollars expended in this country alone troubles the mind.
Astronomical sums aregathered each year fortheinvestigation ofourmodern day
scour ges: arthritis, diabetes, cancer,multiple sclerosis andheart trouble. Name thedis-
ease andthere isprobably afund being collected somewhere. Each year,with aregular-
itythatprovokes admiration, come theappeals formoney,offering ever anew thehope
ofmeaningful progress around some illusive corner.Thehunters areontheloose, orso
wearetold, ready tosearch outanddestroy allthedeadly robbers ofhealth—if they can
only find them. But, it takes money! and MORE money! and still MORE!
Scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, physicians ofallpersuasions—all offer“cures,”
“treatments,” andopinions, these latter being almost asdiverse asthegrains ofsand on
theshore ofthesea! There aredivisions within divisions. Preventive medicine isalso a
“Big Thing” buteven here there isdisagreement astohow toprevent disease inthefirst
instance.
Where aretheteachers ofhealth? Wedonotfind them among these. Allseem to
beconcerned with thesick, with disease, fewwith health! How canweknow anything
about health when weconcentrate solely ondisease? Where arethose who teach thelaws ofthebody—laws which have always determined ourstate ofbeing, whether we
arehealthy orwhether wesufferfrom some degree ofdiminished health? Where are
those who canshow people how tobuild ahealth bank account andcanpoint outand
demonstrate forcefully bytheir own doing, theexciting andasyetunexplored realms of
discovery that may lie ahead for the person whose health account is in good order?
Instead, depending onwhom weconsult, wemay betoldthatoursickness isjusta
sign ofthetimes. Weprobably sufferfrom acidosis oranemia, either ahigh oralow
blood pressure. Perhaps wetake toofewcalories, orcould itbe,toomany? Wenodoubt
eat“too little” protein. Everybody does, youknow! Ourmetabolism is,without adoubt,
sadly disarranged andourbody chemistry issurely amess. Weneed iron, oriodine, or
folic acid, perhaps; and of course, V itamins C, X, Y, and Z!
Inalllikelihood, too,wecould usealittle magnesium, potassium, zinc, orsome other
mineral right offthechemist’ sshelf. And then, it’seasy toseethatwemust, ofnecessity,
shed thatpot-belly,orcould itbethatwecould usejustaweebitmore padding tobalan-
ceusoff?Totopitalloff,ofcourse, ourendocrine system isworn toafrazzle giving us
severe emotional problems andwedefinitely need afewshots andapsychiatrist. And,
ofcourse, there’ salways thepossibility,too,thatthere’ sabsolutely nothing wrong with
us.Ofcourse, that’sit!It’sallinourmind andwe’d better getwith it,orelse! And so,
humankind sickens and dies, often prematurely and in great pain.
...Sickness iseverywhere about us,butnoonesees themessage tobefound insick-
ness. Sickness anddeath give way only tomore ofthesame. The hope ofhumankind
lies in understanding the ways of health—THE HYGIENIC W AY!
We Must Get Involved
Ahouse which issodivided causes confusion andmany problems. Itgets nowhere


arealready theinformation processors oftheplanet, says Russell. We
collect data, build libraries, museums andsatellites. Information passes through national
boundaries asifthey didn’ texist. In1944 there were only three computers intheworld.
“Now look,” Russell says. “Wemoved from theIndustrial Age totheInformation Age
with tremendous speed. Now 40years after thefirstcomputers, we’re already starting to
gobeyond them, toconsciousness andawareness.” Heightened consciousness,hesays,
isourinevitable next step.Individual consciousness willbecome group consciousness,
andhumankind willinterconnect inasingle vastcooperative ofconsciousness. “Weare
anevolutionary experiment,” Russell says. “And thequestion is,areweagood thing or
not?Areweacancer,ablight destroying thevery fiber oflife,orwillweserve another
purpose?”
Peter Russell isnotalone inhisvision ofaliving Earth. Hestudied theoretical
physics atCambridge University,butfound himself drawn toEastern philosophies; and
when hewent toIndia topursue those interests, he“experienced adimension ofmycon-
sciousness of which I had never dreamed.”
Today,doom scenarios arepopular,Russell says. “Weareinavery dangerous time.
Butshouldn’ tourlargebrains serve some greater purpose than self-destruction?” Inhis
book hequotes1 inventor Buckminster Fuller: “The world now istoodangerous forany-
thing less than Utopia.”
101.2.4 The Life Force
We’ve spent alotoftime discussing health andsurvival oflife, andpondered the
mysteries ofourexistence forsome time now.What then, doweknow about lifeitself!
What isthisamazing quality thatcancome andgo,leaving anentity “alive” onemo-
ment and“lifeless” thenext? Just aswecanseeandhear,whether weknow wehave
“optic nerves andtympanic membranes” ornot,ortaste even ifwedon’tknow thatour
taste buds are“small ovoid neuroepithelial structures thatliebetween theepithelial cells
thatcover thetongue,” sotoocanwelive, once thelifeforce iswithin us,whether we
understand itornot—luckily forus!Allofourcellular groupings, organs, bones, and
everything down toourHyoglossus (amuscle thatwe’d better have between ourhyoid
bone andtongue ifweplan on“pulling thetongue intothefloor ofourmouths” anytime
soon), areallpart ofanincredibly intricate lifesupport system. Ask anycarmechan-
icwhat’ sinvolved inassembling hismachine thatmoves through space—plenty—but
well soon seethatourbodily machine isinfinitely moreintricate.Ifyoulook atabook
onphysiology,you’ll seehow many “parts” ourmachine has! Being avessel ofthelife
force isonething—duplicating it,another.Genetic “engineers” keep trying, andheaven
help us,forwe’re trying toexercise divine power (control life) before wetruly under-
stand what divinity is.Yet,asaresomany things, Isuppose that’s“inournature,” too.
Whether weknit, garden, build, ortinker,weareallimbued with thepassionate urge
tocreate something.Inanycase, itmight bewise ifweknew more about thelifeforce
befor etinkering with it too!When someone “dies,” wesaythelifeforce “leaves thebody.”This isgenerally
agreed upon, although what happens next isstillopen todiscussion after allthese years.
Perhaps oneofthereasons wehave ahard time getting past these age-old questions is
thatwe’re falling back intothatsame oldtrapof“trying toohard” (inthiscase, thinking
toomuch) once again. Let’sface it,wehave been wondering about some ofthese things
foralong time now,yetwestillseem togetlostsomewhere between thequestion and
theanswer! What’ sourproblem here? Aside from thefactthatweoften block ourintu-
itive channels with “logical” reasoning, maybe we’ll alsoseeour“abstract” predicament
more clearly with a“concrete” example: imagine aprimitive person standing infront of
acomputer,wondering what itis.Whatever theprimitive person canconjure upinhis
mind toexplain orcomprehend thisobject, with hislimited resources, willstillnotserve
toexplain itsfunction. There isa“gap.” This primitive person probably hastheinnate
intelligence tooperate acomputer,butuntil thegapofunderstanding isclosed, itwill
remain amystery.Justasthebaby inthecarmust learn what thegadgets arebefore they
willbecome “real” tohim, sotoo,themore welearn about ourmental abilities, themore
meaningful they will be for us.
Weoften become impatient. Here weare,faced with ourhuman physical mortality,
bills due, andamystery: what happens when we“die”? Like angry children, wedemand
answers tothemystery oflife,butwe’re stillforcing theissue andoverlooking thesim-
ple.We’realready inover ourheads when wetrytoexplain “supernatural” phenomena
inourhuman terms andwords. Ifwewant tounderstand thelifeforce, wemust begin by
realizing thatitis“more” than a“human” event—intangible andinvisible, itisanevent
ofthespirit, encompassing farmore than ourlimited human reality.Since wecan’tsee
thelifeforce inthefirst place, itwould bepresumptuous toassume thatlifedies just
because aliving entity “becomes lifeless.” This ispure speculation onourpart. Thelife
force itself doesn’ t die when the entity “dies.”
Mysticism hasalways included some concept of“eternity”, eternal life, infinity.
Somewhere along theline, some ofourpioneer spirits found something, andbegan to
pass iton:The story ofeternity hasunder gone countless metamorphoses andversions
throughout theages. Some saywe“gotoheaven” (or,ifnotsolucky,tothe‘big barbe-
cuepit’inthesky?), andsome saywe’re reborn—but, although theaccounts differ,en-
lightened people from alltimes have clung tenaciously tosome common belief insome
form ofeternal life,oranimmortality ofthespirit, with absolute certainty thatthere was
life“beyond” thephysical form, thatthebody islikeavehicle thatisabandoned after it
becomes useless and can’ t take us any further.
Once upon atime, long ago, someone died, andhisfriends stood around insadness
andtried tofigure outwhat hadhappened. One minute hewasmoving, andthenext...
asbestthey could determine, thisperson wasgone, finished, ended—and theconcept or
word “dead” wasinvented toexplain thisevent. Thus came theconclusion thatwhere
there is“nolife,” there is“death.” Itsounds logical enough, andwe’ve been saying it
solong thatwe’ve pretty much taken itforgranted bynow,butoneofthemain rea-
sons wesaythere’ snolifewhen aperson dies isbecause theperson weknew doesn’ t
move anymore andbodily organs have ceased tofunction. The word “death” may be
useful indescribing anevent, butthenotion ofdeath asafinite, final event might have
asmany flaws initasouroldworld-is-flat theory orcurrent germ/ contagion theories,
held bysomany as“absolute” truths. Since wehave aprofound lack ofknowledge (even
after allthese years) ofexactly what happens beyond what isvisible tothenaked eye
when someone dies, we’d besomewhat naive tosaythatnothing elsehappens justbe-
cause wecan’tseeitordon’tknow what happens! Rather than being anendtolifeitself,
death isjustaprocess ofchange,apassage, transition, transcendence, metamorphosis,
anew journey beyond thephysical world ofourbodies. Think about it.How canlifebe
dead? How canlifenotbealive.Thepioneer spirits who first spoke ofeternal lifesaw
asimple answer tothecomplex question ofwhat death was: asortofevolution —life
goes on,eternally,forever,endlessly changing form. Thefirst thing wedowhen wedieischange form: ourbody begins todecay,to“disappear,”tobreak down what itonce
built up—like areverse-action film, it’scompleting the“cycle.” Theprocess ofcellu-
lardecay isoneofchange, change, change—of metamorphosis asthebody fades from
thephysical world.How canwedefine what isobvious activity asa“dead” (motion-
less) process, when thismovement ofmolecular structure from oneform toanother is
obviously aprocess ofchange (visible andinvisible), andmight better bedefined asjust
another partofthelifeprocess itself!When thebody finally disappears from ourvisible
physical reality


  ALL accidents, unsafe driving practices, road rage, and everything
less than Perfection and REPLACE IT PERMANENTLY AND FOREVER  with the Golden
Christ Light, the Cosmic Christ Light of a Billion Suns, and the Light of God That NEVER,
NEVER, NEVER  Fails! For I AM, I AM, I AM GOD’S INVINCIBLE PROTECTION
MANIFEST, EVERYWHERE FOREVER! (x3) This which I call forth for myself, I call forth
for ALL life (especially _____________ )!

By the Mightiest Violet Flame Love in the Universe! (x3)
THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)

Evening  Call
Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - I CALL
on the Law of Forgiveness and the Cosmic Violet Transmuting and Spiral Blue Flame for all
those  whom  I have ever wronged, those who have ever wronged me, my family,  friends,
acquaintances, and all to those whom I am karmically tied, and all life, everywhere forever
(especially _____________ )!

Take me to the Ascended Masters’ Octave and Retreats tonight (_____________ ) and see I
bring back  in full conscious use and memory Your Gifts and Blessings in the morning  to bless
and free all life, everywhere forever!

By the Mightiest Violet Flame Love in the Universe! (x3)
THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)  Decree Matrix
Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - All the
Ascended Masters, the Cosmic Beings, and the Great Angelic Host; All Great Beings, Powers,
and Legions of Light; My Guardian, Ministering Angel; the Powers of N ature and Forces of the
Elements; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether -

Beloved Mighty I AM Presence, enfold me now in my Mighty Magic Electronic Tube of
Ascended Masters’ Light Substance! Make It so powerful no human creation can pass through!
See that It keeps me Invisible, Invincible, and Invulnerable to everything but Thy Almighty
Presence and Infinitely and Divinely Sensitive to Thee and Thy Divine Perfection! Blaze up
through me now Your Mighty  Crystalline Solar Cosmic Violet  Transmuting and Spiral Blue
Flame, the Purifying Power of Divine Love, in Its Most Powerful, Dyna mic Activity!
TRANSMUTE  and CONSUME  cause,  core,  effect, record, and memory forever - past, present
and future - ALL human creation and limitation and  everything less than Perfection and
REPLACE IT  with the Ascended Masters’ Electronic Substance of Light, Lo ve, Purity, and
Perfection; and HOLD  Your Dominion within me forever!  Beloved Mighty I AM Presence and
Beloved Great Divine Director, PLACE  Your Disc of Light  and Blue Belt  in my being and
world and through the Whirling Action of the Violet Flame TRANSMUTE  and CONSUME
everything less than Perfection! Right Now! this instant  and forever!  Beloved Mighty I AM
Presence and Beloved God Harmony, I DEMAND the Invincible Victory of Your  Sacred Fire
Power of Indestructible Harmony ENFOLD ME! Right Now! this instant  and forever!  Beloved
Mighty I AM Presence and Great Sanat Kumara, SURROUND ME  with the Invincible Wall of
Blue Flame outside my Tube of Light as added Protection  until ALL are Free in the Ascension!

I CALL  on the Law of Forgiveness and the Cosmic Violet Transmuting and Spiral Blue Flame
for all those  whom  I have ever wronged, those who have ever wronged me, my family,  friends,
acquaintances, all to those whom I am karmically tied, and all life, everywhere forever  for I
VOW  to transmute and consume 100% of my human creation and limitation through the Cosmic
Violet Transmuting and Spiral Blue Flame! IN THE NAME I AM THAT I AM KUAN YIN -
*FORGIVE ME!  (x3) FORGIVE US ALL!  (x3) NAH  MO GWAN SHER  EEN POO  SAH! (x3)
JEE OH KOO JEE OH NAHN POO SAH LYE! (x3) OM MANI PADME HUM HRI!  (x3)

For I DEMAND, I COMMAND that You direct… I AM a Being of Violet Fire,
I AM the Purity God Desires! (x 9) For THE VIOLET CONSUMING FLAME IS THE
FORGIVING MERCY OF LOVE’S IMMORTAL PURITY!  (x3)

Beloved Archangel Michael and Faith…  I AM, I AM, I AM GOD’S INVINCIBLE
PROTECTION  MANIFEST, EVERYWHERE FOREVER! (x3)

IN THE NAME I AM THAT I AM  PADMA SAMBHAVA - (GRANT ME… )
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDH I HUM! (x9)

OM VAIROCHANA! OM AKSHOBHYA HUM! OM RATNASAMBHAVA TRAM!
OM AMITABHA HRIH! OM AMOGHASIDDHI AH! OM VAJRASATTVA!
 HUM  TRAM  HRIH  AH  (x9) VAJRA! (x 9) OM!

I AM THE LIGHT OF GOD THAT NEVER  FAILS! (x3)

IN THE NAME I AM THAT I AM JESUS THE CHRIST - I AM THE RESURRECTION
AND THE LIFE! (x 3) I AM THE ASCENSION IN THE LIGHT! (x3)

THIS WHICH...! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY  I AM! (x3)  Decree  Service
Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM -
All the Ascended Masters, the Cosmic Beings, and the Great Angelic Host; All Great Beings,
Powers, and Legions of Light; My Guardian, Ministering Angel ; Beloved Sanat Kumara,
Gautama Buddha, Lord Maitreya, and Jesus Christ; the Powers of Nature and Forces of the
Elements; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether; Beloved Helios and Vesta;
Beloved Æolus  and Amaryllis; Beloved Oromasis and Diana; Beloved Thor and Aries; Beloved
Neptune and Lunara; Beloved Pelleur and Virgo; Beloved Polaris and Magnus ; and All Who
Govern the Sacred Fire to the Earth -

Beloved Mighty I AM Presence, enfold me now in my Mighty Magic Electronic Tube of
Ascended Masters’ Light Substance! Make It so powerful no human creation can pass through!
See that It keeps me Invisible,  Invincible, and Invulnerable to everything but Thy Almighty
Presence and Infinitely and Divinely Sensitive to Thee and Thy Divine Perfection! Blaze up
through me now Your Mighty  Crystalline Solar Cosmic Violet  Transmuting and Spiral Blue
Flame, the Purify ing Power of Divine Love, in Its Most Powerful, Dynamic Activity!
TRANSMUTE  and CONSUME  cause,  core,  effect, record, and memory forever - past, present
and future - ALL human creation and limitation and  everything less than Perfection and
REPLACE IT  with the  Ascended Masters’ Electronic Substance of Light, Love, Purity, and
Perfection; and HOLD  Your Dominion within me forever!  Beloved Mighty I AM Presence and
Beloved Great Divine Director, PLACE  Your Disc of Light and Blue Belt in my being and
world and through the Whirling Action of the Violet Flame TRANSMUTE  and CONSUME
everything less than Perfection! Right Now! this instant and forever! Beloved Mighty I AM
Presence and Beloved God Harmony, I DEMAND the Invincible Victory of Your  Sacred Fire
Power of Indestructible Harmony ENFOLD ME!  Right Now! this instant  and forever!  Beloved
Mighty I AM Presence and Great Sanat Kumara, SURROUND ME  with the Invincible Wall of
Blue Flame outside my Tube of Lig ht as added Protection  until ALL are Free in the Ascension!
3
I CALL  on the Law of Forgiveness and the Cosmic Violet Transmuting and Spiral Blue Flame
for all those  whom  I have ever wronged, those who have ever wronged me, my family,  friends,
acquaint ances, all to those whom I am karmically tied, and all life, everywhere forever  for I
VOW  to transmute and consume 100% of my human creation and limitation through the Cosmic
Violet Transmuting and Spiral Blue Flame! IN THE NAME I AM THAT I AM KUAN YIN -
*FORGIVE ME!  (x3) FORGIVE US ALL!  (x3) NAH  MO GWAN SHER  EEN POO  SAH! (x3)
JEE


 right people. Out of friendliness,
people will warmly see to it that these good things are provided in our
worlds. It is true that sometim es we take advantage of friendly people.
Nevertheless, they create a warm place in our hearts. We build up a feeling
of obligation toward them, which sooner or later will find expression in
some positive way.This reminds me of that remarkable plaque that appeared in Bashas’
supermarket, where there was an annual award for the friendlies t employee.
Imagine, in a world that people picture as dog-eat-dog and cutthroat, one of
the most successful ventures that I knew held the friendliest employee as a
high organizing principle. Isn’t that amazing? Here was a story in which
their orientation  was for their customers to become their friends. Did
Bashas’  have to worry about customer loyalty? Hardly. Although someone
may shop at another grocery store, they will gravitate back to the one in
which they feel most at home.
Where do we feel most at home? Where do we like to be? The places
where we like to deal with others are where we feel at home. Home is what
is frien dly. The reason we keep going back to the same business
establishment is because we feel at home there due to familiarity.
Familiarity is accomplished rapidly in an atmosphere of friendliness. The
purpose of having a greeter at the door, then, is that it makes some
businesses very successful.
Success is really being the reed in the water. By observing the patterns of
the interaction of life itself, all we have to do is station ourselves and
position ourselv es with a certain  principle, and the eddies and currents form
around us. The currents, the eddies, and the forces automatically and
effortlessly circle around us. We don’t have to do anything. Does it make
any sense to be tired and exhausted at the end of the workday? How
nonsensical. Is the reed exhausted at the end of the day from modifying the
currents of the stream? On the contrary, the reed is nourished by the
elements of the stream; thus, one way of knowing when we’re successful is
that as the day goes by, our energy increases. We almost have to force
ourselves to quit at the end of the day because we’re so interested in what
we’re doing. “Time has gone by so quickly,” we say, “it can’t be five
o’clock already. Where has the day gone?” A person with a busy and
successful life hardly notices the pages of the calendar changing. The years
drop away effortlessly. A successful person doesn’ t know what boredom
even is.
If we’re applying these principles in business, we are in somewhat of a
position to understand who and what is important to pay attenti on to in our
daily business lives. Most proprietors, entrepreneurs, and executives cannot
tell the importan t from the unim portant. They especially cannot discern the
important person from the unimportant person except by reputation. Herethey are usually fooled because the unsophisticated person confuses
celebrity status or demandingness with importance. What often  happens is
the unimportant  people are considered to be important because of their
celebrity status, or because of their demandingness, or because of the flash
of the external marks of succe ss through conventional worldly symbols
such as stretch limousines, diamonds, designer clothes, status, addresses, or
titles.
For those who’ve never met a really successful person, it’s time to
describe one. Unless we have been as successful ourselves, it’s unlikely that
we have  run across or recogniz ed them. They’ve been in and out of our
lives. It’ s just that we didn’ t recognize who they were.
From understanding the principles I’ve outlined so far in this chapter, it’s
obvious that super successful people can be described as, first of all,
relaxed. They perform effortlessly and unostentatiously. They are
undemanding, unassuming, and usually quiet. Don’ t be fooled, because they
may not dress the part at all and may be driving a little beat-up car.
Typically they look like nobody at all. If we’re intuitive, we get that they’re
coming from an inner state of absolute certainty, of total self-confidence
and easygoingness that only comes from that level of certainty, which itself
only comes from understanding  some of the principles we’ve  outlined in
this book. The very top successful people of the world—of which there are
not all that many, frankly—are  completely aware and conscious of what
principle is operative, thus they know what results will happen in the world.
So why worry about it?
These are very creative people. They know from just observing  the laws
of the universe, without necessa rily describing them as such, that once one
starts a snowball down the hill it will automatically gather mom entum and
become a larger snowball. So what is the problem? Success, as I’ve said, is
instantaneous. That flash of knowingness at the moment of the creation of a
new attractor pattern tells us automatically what the consequenc es are going
to be in the world. People of great success have this capacity for discerning
the critical point that needs to be influenced by the pattern.
For insta nce, a company came to me that was falling down on its knees.
From the origin al phone call I already knew exactly what was wrong with
the company and what to do about it. The name was all wrong. There’ s no
way they could be successful in the world with a name like that. It was
wrong on every single level. The unconscious associations it would bringup in people who even heard the name were unpleasant. Know ing nothing
about the comp any, I predicted that they were all working their heads off
and getting nowhere; the customers probably avoided them like the plague.
Upon investigation, this turned out to be true, even though the product
itself was a quality product, was needed, and should have been selling right
and left. The only thing needed here was a change of name. I could’ve told
them that over the phone in eight seconds. Would they have believed it? No.
If they were aware that such things were possible they wouldn’ t have been
calling me in the first place. So I had to go through a fancy routine with
them as though I was running it through my left brain and analyzing it in a
way that I knew would be acceptable to their consciousness. I think I came
out with a weighty final decision of a change of name.
In this case, the whole situation  was actually humorous. The people still,
I could see, had some doubt. So to convince them I said that I had run it
through an advanced mathematical formula in my computer. At that point
they became agreeable. (I didn’ t tell them that the computer in this case was
my right brain.) They were now convinced that my advice was coming from
what to their left brains was an acceptable logic pattern. Conseq uently, they
instituted the change. I didn’ t even have to bother checking back on what
the consequences would be. It was quite obvious.
There is a particular attractor energy pattern in certain symbols, syllables,
and alphabetical configurations—the associations they would bring up in
the unconscious  would make success automatic. As a matter of fact, I’ve
invented over the years a number of names that bring automatic success. It’s
up to anyone to decide what products they want to attach to them, because
these names could sell anything, from bran flakes to mothballs  to golf-ball
cleaners.
The secret of success is to be a cork, be a reed, or be a top that spins from
its own momentum. As we see, the attractor pattern creates momentum. It is
the momentum that carried us effortlessly through a daily routine that
boggles the mind of the average  person. We’ll have more done by noon that
everyone else will have done by dinnertime or by working late into the
evening.
We could light up the city by running around every building and
throwing the switch, or running around every block and throwing the switch
for the block, or running aroun d every substation and throwing the switch
for all the substations. That’ s just how some people live. Or we can throwthe main switch for the city, and everything lights up at once. It takes no
more energy to do this; in fact, it takes about one one-hundredth of the
energy to light up the city at once than it does to light it up piecemeal. It is
effortless and delightful—imagine the fun of putting a hand on a switch and
watching the whole city light up at once. That’ s what our work is supposed
to be like. We’re not supposed to be running around all night throwing
switches for every city block. Make a decision to stop doing that.
We’re ready to go back and understand what the super successful, truly
important people  are like and why they look that way. As I said before, once
we have the formula for gold we don’t have to carry a sack of it around on
our shoulders anymore. We have the automatic key to success. It’s often
nothing more than a whim, whether or not we’re going to express it in a
given area. There’ s no need to prove anything. Consequently


orn	it	was	malformed

without	any	complete	fingers	or	toes.	The	poisons	in	the	cola	had	robbed	it	of	the

necessary	minerals	to	build	a	normal	body.	It	will	have	to	go	through	life	as	a

helpless	cripple,	dependent	on	the	public	as	thousands	of	others	have	to	do
	because	certain	physicians	and	manufacturers	want	to	make	money.

"Any	doctor	who	will	suggest	to	a	pregnant	woman	that	she	drink	"cola"	or

suggest	that	a	child	of	any	age	drink	"colas"	should	be	disbarred	by	the	Medical

Association	and	given	the	rest	of	his	life	to	realize	that	the	letters	"M.D."	after

his	name	actually	mean	"Mentally	Deficient."	(Duon	Miller)

‘Doctors	from	the	University	of	Pennsylvania	Medical	School	undertook	a	study

of	the	prenatal	diets	of	mothers	who	had	given	birth	to	45	children	so	malformed

that	90%	were	born	dead	or	died	within	a	year	after	birth.	The	diets	of	these

women	were	found	to	have	been	deficient	in	practically	every	nutrient."	—"Lets

Have	Healthy	Children",	Adelle	Davis,	p.	18-19

Dr.	Joseph	C.	Risser,	in	a	broadcast	on	the	subject	of	NUTRITION	AND

HEALTHY	BONES	stated:

"Delay	in	development	of	fragmentation	of	bone	growing	centers,	porous	or	soft

bone,	are	commonly	seen	in	X-ray	of	recent	POLIO	patients.	These	X-ray

evidences,	having	appeared	long	before	the	attack	of	polio,	strongly	indicate	that

in	the	polio	patient	there	was	a	pre-existing	state	of	malnutrition."

SIMILARITY	OF	POLIO	TO	PELLAGRA,	BERIBERI	AND	OTHER

DEFICIENCY	DISEASES

Ralf	R.	Scobey,	M.D.,	president	of	the	Poliomyelitis	Research	Institute.	Inc.

Syracuse,	New	York	(in	the	Archives	of	Pediatrics,	Sept.	1950)	lists	170	diseases

of	polio-like	symptoms	and	effects	but	with	different	names	such	as:	epidemic

cholera,	cholera	morbus,	spinal	meningitis,	spinal	apoplexy,	inhibitory	palsy,

intermittent	fever,	famine	fever,	worm	fever,	bilious	remittent	fever,	ergotism,

etc.

There	are	also	such	common	nutritional	deficiency	diseases	as	beriberi,	scurvy,

Asiatic	plague,	pellagra,	prison	edema,	acidosis	etc.	No	drugs,	medicines	or

medical	treatments	have	ever	been	able	to	cure	any	of	these	diseases	and	no

germs	have	been	isolated	as	the	cause.	But	they	all	respond	to	fasting,	cleansing,

proper	diet	and	improved	circulation.	The	similarity	of	these	diseases	to	polio	is

too	obvious	to	go	unnoticed.	They	are,	in	reality,	all	one	disease	with	varying

stages	of	intensity	and	different	names.	It	is	ridiculous	to	assume	that	polio	is

caused	by	a	virus	and	the	rest	of	them	are	caused	by	nutritional	deficiency.	Dr.
	Scobey	senses	this	fact	when	he	states:

"Inasmuch	as	nerve	cells	react	in	much	the	same	way	to	various	poisons,	further

research	will	probably	show	that	in	these	cases	polio	micro-organisms	are	not

always	present,	but	intoxication	(poisoning)	may	be	produced	through	faulty

metabolism	or	by	the	absorption	of	poisons	from	without."

There	are	literally	thousands	of	cases	in	which	beriberi,	scurvy,	polio,	pellagra,

etc.	have	developed	among	arctic	explorers,	sailors,	construction	gangs,	prisons

and	every	other	group	where	the	people	try	to	live	on	an	unbalanced	diet	of

starch,	protein,	coffee	and	devitalized,	processed	foods.	Alfred	McCann

describes	many	of	these	(poison	squads)	in	his	book	THE	SCIENCE	OF

EATING.	In	the	case	of	the	German	crew	on	the	"Kronprinz	Willem"	when	the

ship’s	hospital	was	filled	with	helpless	sailors	and	more	were	dropping	on	the

deck	each	day	the	German	and	American	doctors	exhausted	all	their	skill	(such

as	it	was)	but	the	condition	grew	steadily	worse.	The	men	had	polio	but	all	the

doctors	had	a	different	name	for	it.	They	thought	the	disease	was	contagious	and

the	ship	lay	in	quarantine	in	an	American	harbor.

When	all	the	medical	methods	had	utterly	failed,	Mr.	McCann	went	aboard	and

gave	the	captain	a	simple	diet	which	was	followed	out	and	it	brought	about

recovery	of	most	of	the	patients	within	10	days.	The	rest	of	them	were	well	in

record	time.	Not	a	man	was	lost.	On	the	other	hand,	when	the	workmen	on	the

South	American	railroad	began	collapsing	with	the	same	deficiency	disease,	the

doctors	failed	(as	usual)	and	there	was	no	"health"	man	to	give	them	a	diet	so

4,000	of	them	died.	Viruses,	germs	or	bacteria	did	not	cause	these	epidemics.

The	men	were	stricken	with	acidosis	from	malnutrition.	They	suffocated	in	their

own	internal	poisons.	They	had	the	fever,	the	swelling,	the	sore	throat,	the	lack

of	coordination	of	muscles	and	finally	paralysis	the	same	as	our	present	polio

patients.

When	will	our	blundering	physicians	ever	learn	to	profit	by	the	experiences	of

the	past	instead	of	torturing	animals	and	experimenting	on	and	killing	people	in

a	effort	to	learn	something	that	is	already	known?

COMMON	POISONS	THAT	CAUSE	POLIO

In	addition	to	the	drastic	vaccine	poisons	and	the	self	generated	poisons	from

wrong	foods	there	are	a	number	of	other	poisons	that	are	being	freely	used	that
	are	known	to	cause	polio.

INSECTICIDES	such	as	lead	arsenate,	hydrocyanic	gas	and	other	cyanide

compounds,	DDT,	parathion	and	other	deadly	poisons	are	a	constant	cause	of

death	and	disease.	Dr.	Abraham	Gelperin,	director	of	the	Bureau	of

Communicable	Diseases	and	assistant	Clinical	Professor	or	Public	Health	at	Yale

University,	stated	flatly	that	he	believes	many	ills	to	be	the	result	of	these	poison

insecticides,	and	that	large	numbers	of	what	are	believed	to	be	polio	are	in	reality

cases	of	poisoning,	possibly	caused	by	something	like	parathion.

Dr.	J.	W.	Norton	of	the	N.	C.	Department	of	Health	said	the	"symptoms	of

parathion	poisoning	are	similar	to	those	of	polio,	including	headache,	gastric

upset,	giddiness,	tightness	of	the	chest,	vomiting	and	sometimes	diarrhea.

"One	of	the	manufacturers	of	the	widely	used	insecticide	parathion	describes	it

as	‘capable	of	producing	severe	systemic	toxic	effects	and	death	in	animals	and

man	either	by	oral	administration,	inhalation	of	mists,	dusts,	or	vapors	and	by

absorption	through	the	unbroken	skin."	(Prevention,	June,	1950.	p.	12)

What	are


 identity they would simply be
generic human cells. Put your personal set of self-receptors back on the
cells and they again reflect your identity.
When you donate an or gan, the closer your set of self-receptors
matches the receptors of the person who is to receive the or gan, the less
aggressive the rejection reaction launched by the recipient’ s immune
system. For example, let’ s say that a set of 100 dif ferent self-receptors on
the surface of each cell is used to identify you as an individual. Y ou are
in need of an or gan graft to survive. When my set of 100 self-receptors is
compared to your self-receptors, it turns out that we have only 10
receptors that match. I would not be a great or gan donor for you. The
very dissimilar nature of our self-receptors reveals that our identities are
very dif ferent. The vast dif ference in membrane receptors would
mobilize your immune system, shifting it into hyper -drive to eliminate
the foreign, i.e., not-self, transplanted cells. Y ou would have a greater
chance of success if you could find a donor whose self-receptors more
closely match the ones on your cells.
In your search for a better donor, however, you will not find a perfect
100 percent match. So far scientists have never found two individuals
who are biologically the same. However, it is theoretically possible to
create universal donor tissues when you remove the cells’ self-receptors,
though scientists have yet to carry out such an experiment. In such an
experiment, the cells would lose their identity. These self-receptor -less
cells would not be rejected. While scientists have focused on the nature
of these immune-related receptors, it is important to note that it is not the
protein receptors but what activates the receptors that give individualstheir identity. Each cell’ s unique set of identify receptors are located on
the membrane’ s outer surface, where they act as “antennas,”
downloading complementary environmental signals. These identity
receptors r ead  a signal of “self,” which does not exist within the cell but
comes to it from the external environmental.
Consider the human body a television set. Y ou are the image on the
screen. But your image did not come from inside the television. Y our
identity is an environmental broadcast that was received via an antenna.
One day you turn on the TV and the picture tube has blown out. Y our
first reaction would be, “Oh, #*$?!! The television is dead.” But did the
image die along with the television set? T o answer that question you get
another television set, plug it in, turn it on, and tune  it to the station you
were watching before the picture tube blew out. This exercise will
demonstrate that the broadcast image is still on the air, even though your
first television “died.” The death of the television as the receiver in no
way killed the identity broadcast that comes from the environment.
In this analogy, the physical television is the equivalent of the cell. The
TV’ s antenna, which downloads the broadcast, represents our full set of
identifying receptors and the broadcast represents an environmental
signal. Because of our preoccupation with the material Newtonian world,
we might at first assume that the cell’ s protein receptors ar e  the “self.”
That would be the equivalent of believing that the TV’ s antenna is the
source of the broadcast. The cell’ s receptors are not the source of its
identity but the vehicle by which the “self” is downloaded from the
environment.
When I fully understood this relationship I realized that my identity,
my “self,” exists in the environment whether my body is here or not. Just
as in the TV analogy, if my body dies and in the future a new individual
(biological “television set”) is born who has the same exact set of
identity receptors, that new individual will be downloading “me.” I will
once again be present in the world. When my physical body dies, the
broadcast is still present. My identity is a complex signature contained
within the vast information that collectively comprises the environment.
Supporting evidence for my belief that an individual’ s broadcast is still
present even after death comes from transplant patients who report that
along with their new or gans come behavioral and psychological changes.
One conservative, health-conscious New Englander, Claire Sylvia, wasastonished when she developed a taste for beer, chicken nuggets, and
motorcycles after her heart-lung transplant. Sylvia talked to the donor ’ s
family and found she had the heart of an eighteen-year -old motorcycle
enthusiast who loved chicken nuggets and beer. In her book called A
Change of Heart,  Sylvia outlines her personal transformational
experiences, as well as similar experiences of other patients in her
transplant support group. (Sylvia and Novak 1997) Paul P. Pearsall
presents a number of other such stories in his book, The Heart’ s Code:
T apping the W isdom and Power of Our Heart Ener gy.  (Pearsall 1998)
The accuracy of memories that accompany these transplants is beyond
chance or coincidence. One young girl began having nightmares of
murder after her heart transplant. Her dreams were so vivid that they led
to the capture of the murderer who killed her donor.
One theory about how these new behaviors become implanted into the
transplant recipient along with the or gan is “cellular memory,” i.e., the
notion that somehow memories are embedded in cells. Y ou know I have
immense respect for the intelligence of single cells, but I have to draw a
line here. Y es, cells can “remember” that they are muscle cells or liver
cells, but there is a limit to their intelligence. I do not believe cells are
physically endowed with perception mechanisms that can distinguish and
remember a taste for chicken nuggets!
Psychological and behavioral memory does make sense if we realize
that the transplanted or gans still bear the original identity receptors of the
donor and are apparently still downloading that same environmental
information. Even though the body of the person who donated the or gans
is dead, their broadcast is still on. They are, as I realized in my flash of
insight while mulling over the mechanics of the cellular membrane—
immortal, as I believe we all are.
Cells and or gan transplants of fer a model not only for immortality but
also for reincarnation. Consider the possibility that an embryo in the
future displays the same set of identity receptors that I now possess. That
embryo will be tuned into my “self.” My identity is back but playing
through a dif ferent body. Sexism and racism become ridiculous as well
as immoral when you realize that your receptors could wind up on a
white person, a black person, an Asian, or a male or female. Because the
environment represents “All That Is” (God) and our self-receptorantennas download only a narrow band of the whole spectrum, we all
represent a small part of the whole … a small part of God.
E a r t h  L a n d e r s
While the TV analogy is useful, it is not a complete one because a
television is only a playback device. In the course of our lives, what we
do alters the environment. W e change the environment simply by being
here. So a more complete way of understanding our relationship to Spirit
is to compare a human to the Martian rovers “Spirit” and “Opportunity”
or the other NASA landers we have sent to the Moon and Mars. Humans
are not yet able to go physically to Mars, but we really want to know
what it would be like to land on Mars. So we send up the equivalent of a
human explorer. Although the Mars rovers don’ t physically resemble a
human, they have functions of humans. These vehicles have cameras,
which are the “eyes” that see the planet. They have vibration detectors,
which are “ears” that hear the planet. They have chemical sensors, which
“taste” the planet, etc. So the lander is designed with sensors that can
experience Mars somewhat as a human would experience it.
But let’ s look a little more closely at how the Mars rovers work. The
rovers have antennas (“receptors”) that are tuned to receive information
broadcasts by a human being in the form of a NASA controller. The
Earth-bound controller actually sends information that animates the
Mariner on Mars. But the information is not a one-way street. The
NASA controller also learns from the lander, because the vehicle
transmits information about its Mars experiences back to Earth. The
NASA controller interprets the information about the lander ’ s
experiences and then applies that new awareness to better navigate the
Martian terrain.
Y ou and I are like “Earth landers” who receive information from an
environmental controller/Spirit. As we live our lives, the experiences of
our world are sent back to that controller, our Spirit. So the character of
how you live your life influences the character of your “self.” This
interaction corresponds to the concept of karma. When we understand it,
we must take heed of the life we live on this planet because the
consequences of our life last longer than our bodies. What we do during
our lifetime can come back to haunt us or a future version of ourselves.In the end, these cellular insights serve to emphasize the wisdom of
spiritual teachers throughout the ages


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