 which you can purchase online or from your chemist. This small plastic dilator is placed inside the nose to open the nasal
passages and alleviate snoring. In time, if you follow the breathing
exercises and techniques in this book and as your nasal congestion
improves, you will be less likely to require a nasal dilator. In a recent study that tested the application of lip tape to assess
difficulties with nasal breathing, researchers found that 83.5% of habitual
mouth breathers  were able to breathe comfortably through the nose with the
mouth taped. Remember, your nose will only ever become completely
blocked if you revert to mouth breathing.67If, durin g the night, you find it difficult to breathe while using the tape,
gently reduce your breathing until you feel comfortable. Try to acclimatize
to the tape rather than removing it. Without it, you are likely to revert to
mouth breathing  during sleep, and this will only make your symptoms
worse. Important: This method is not suitable for childr en under four
years old. While MyoTape does not cover the mouth, meaning that it is still
possible to communicate while wearing it, any child taping their mouth at
night must be able to remove the tape if they feel the need to. Do NOT  use MyoT ape or any other lip tape at night if you are
feeling nauseou s or have been drinking alcohol. If your child has a
tummy upset or is likely to vomit, you must NOT tape his or her mouth
during sleep. Check your BOL T Scor e
To find out whether you are overbreathing during the night, measure your
BOL T score before you go to bed and again when you wake in the morning. If your BOLT score is lower upon waking than it was the night  before, this
means that you have been breathing too hard or mouth breathing during
sleep. ENSURE BETTER CP AP COMPLIANCE
If you use a CPAP machine, mouth breathing during sleep compromises the
effectiveness of your treatment.68 If you commonly mouth breath e at night,
you may also find it necessary to wear MyoT ape with your CPAP device. Some people find it difficult to wear a mask all night, and the full-face
mask is naturally more uncomfortable. Acceptable CPAP adherence or compliance is defined as 4 hours  use per
night,69 at least 70% of the time.70 But studies show that different levels of
compliance lead to better or worse results and that adherence of more than
six hours a night is necessary to reduce the risk of cardiovascular
mortality.69 Given that we need between seven and eight hours sleep every
night, four hours of compliance is obviously less than ideal. Also, if you
drive or fly for a living, it’s worth noting that you are required to share yourCPAP compliance data with the relevant authorities70 and that if your
treatment compliance is inadequate, you may lose your job. Throughout this book, we explore the connections between SDB and
many different aspects of health. There are links with conditions including
diabetes, sexual dysfunction, heart failure, and high blood pressure. Clinical
interventions like CPAP can help prevent and, in some instances, reverse
these problems, but only when the device is used effectively, which means
all-night compliance. To achieve that, it is necessary to address mouth breathing, which is the
primary cause of CPAP noncompliance.68 Mouth breathin g allows air to
leak out through the open mouth before reaching the airways. This often
causes the user to wake, which  contributes to sleep fragmentation. When
you breathe nasally during sleep, the air supplied by the CPAP device
makes it to the airway as intended. It’s so simple but just by closing your
mouth, you improve your chance of staying asleep. There are various products such as chin straps on the market designed to
keep the mouth closed at night. These can be problematic. They fit tightly
around the head, fixing the jaw closed, and can cause side effects including
temporomandibular joint pain. This is another instance in which taping the
mouth during sleep is the best solution. Whether you choose MyoT ape or an
alternative produ ct, mouth tape is a gentle way to ensure CPAP compliance. It easily prevents oral air leaks without causing jaw pain, interfering with
your CPAP mask, or adding a level of discomfort that stops you from
sleeping. Another problem with CPAP is that air leakage can cause irritation to
the eyes. This is especially true for people who have floppy eyelid
syndrome—loose upper eyelids that easily fold back, leavi ng the eye
unprotected.71 Sleep apnea is known to be an independent risk factor for
blindness due to glaucoma,72 and although the reason for the relationship is
unknown, studies have found associations between OSA and various eye
diseases including floppy eyelid syndrome,73 Using mouth tape to prevent
oral air leaks, there is less chance of eye irritation. PREP ARING FOR A SLEEP STUDYWhen you have been practicing breathwork for a while, you may find that
your symptoms lessen and it’s time to discuss reducing your CPAP use with
your doctor. The best way to determine whether your sleep apnea is under
control is by attending a sleep study. You should only ask to take part in a sleep study once your BOL T score
has been  greater  than 20 seconds for at least 2 weeks. You should have been
practicing light, slow, deep nasal breathing with your tongue in the correct
resting position and your lips closed. For men, another indicatio n of healthy
breathing during  sleep is that you begin to notice yourself waking up with
an erect ion each morning. The reason for this is covered in much more
detail in Chapter Eleven  when we look at the link betw een breathing and
sex, but for now it’s just worth understanding that “mornin g wood” is
indicative of good cardiovascular health. On the night of the sleep study, before you go to sleep, practice slowing
down your breathing for 15 to 20 minutes to create air hunger. Then tape
your lips using MyoT ape. Over the years, I have advised many of my
students to wear lip tape during the sleep study. The technicians organizing
the study are often curious but have never, to my knowledge, vetoed use of
the tape. This is important, because during the sleep study, you want to
determine the severity of sleep apnea when breathing is throug h the nose,
slow and low. THE BASICS OF GOOD SLEEP HYGIENE
There are severa l best practices for going to sleep that are considered the
basics of good sleep hygiene. You can start by avoiding eating a large meal
or drinking alcohol late at night. Although alcohol can send you off to sleep
more quickly, it is actually a stimulant, which results in poor quality sleep
and waking in the middle of the night. Eating too close to bedtime creates
similar problems as it leaves the body needing to expend considerable
energy digesting food while in a state of semirelaxation. Reserve the bedroom, where possible, for sleeping, relaxation, and
making love. Your bedroom should not be a place to watch telev ision, work
on the laptop, or browse the Internet on your mobile phone. In fact, having
as little technology as possible in the bedroom will help ensure good quality
sleep. Technology is increasingly implicated in contributing to poor sleep.Even the age-old ritual of reading before falling asleep has been
compromised as backlit tablets and phones replace traditional paper books. When our eyes are exposed to bright light, especially blue light, such as that
produced by these devices, the brain stops secreting the relaxation hormone
melatonin, whic h is responsible for creating feelings of sleepiness. The
human body is designed to be awake during daylight and to sleep when it
gets dark. According to a Harvar d Health Letter  entitled “Blue light has a
dark side,” it is advisable to refrain from using a laptop or electronic device
for at least three  hours before sleep.74 If this is not possible for you, it is a
good idea to invest in a pair of blue-light-blocking glasses to wear when
using your computer or phone in the evening. CABIN PRESSURE: USING BREA THWORK IN A LOW
OXYGEN ENVIRONMENT
An email I received from a client who is a professional pilot provides an
interesting persp ective on the subject of breathing and sleep. Remember the
report from the British Airline  Pilots’ Association about pilots who fell
asleep while in char ge of a plane? According to my client, fatigue, disrupted
circadian rhythms, jetlag, sleep disturbance, and body-clock disruption are
all part of the job, along with a high level of pressure and responsibility. These are significant, unavoidab le issues that must be managed and closely
monitored if performance is to be maintained at the necessary levels
throughout the flight. My client explained:
At a major airline like mine, which is notorious for its diverse
operating schedule and network, these issues are amplified even
further. A quick  look at my logbook reveals that on average, 40% of
my fligh ts are operated at night and back-of-the-clock hours. This
cannot be taken lightly. In one month, I can typically fly one ultra-
long-haul, two or three medium-haul trips and multiple short-haul
return flights. In order


 course, it took Nicky two distressing weeks to be able to
breathe without trying to control every breath. She had resolved to stop
breathing in the old way immediately but couldn’ t work out how to breathe
functionally. She tried to implem ent everything she had learned at once. As
a result, she found herself on the edge of a panic attack most of the time. She experienced the following problems:
• She started using her diaphragm properly and it ached constantly, making it
impossible to switch her focus away from her breathing. • She changed her posture overnight and again experienced pain. Sitting was
uncomfortable, and she preferred to stand. • She stopped sighing and tried to breathe through her nose at all times. She tried to
retrain her breathing while speaking and began to lose weight because she didn’t
like the ef fect eating had on her breathing. • She tried to do the breathing exercises as taught but the reduced breathing
destabilized her respiration. • She experimented with her breathing, counted her breaths, and tried all sorts of
things to no avail. By lying down and reducing her breathing she could get her
breathing rate down to four or five breaths per minute, which felt good. When she
stopped the practice, her breathing became rapid again. She wondered whether
going from one state to the other was dangerous. By now, she had become very concerned about her seizure threshold. Her husband had to go away for a night, and she was terrified to go to sleep
without him there to wake her if her breathing changed. During the day, she
was so focused trying to work out how to breathe that she could barely do
anything else. Her breathing instructor advised her to ease up, stop taking her pulse,
stop practicing breath holds and counting her breaths, and just breathe
softly and gently through the nose, one step at a time. She finally had a
breakthrough when, one morning, in desperation and with a panic attack
imminent, she began to read the chapter Nine Healthy Breathing Habits in
Five Days, from Tess Graham’ s book Relief from Snoring and Sleep
Apnea. 100 The instruction s in the book enabled Nicky to finally let go of
control and start to breathe easily again. Four months later, the improvements in Nicky’ s health were
extraordinary. She lost six kilos as her metabolism stabilized, and she didn’ t
need to drink so much water. The hyperexcitability and asynchronous firing
of brain neurons that, at times, caused her to be overreactive, emotional,
fragile, hostile, irrational, anxious, and fast, which she thought were part of
her personality, vanished. Raising her CO2 levels led to a much calmer
outlook. Her memory and cognitive function improved. She taped her
mouth every night, and her sleep quality became so good that she needed
less sleep, no longer needing  to go to the toilet during the night or
experiencing nightmares. Exerc ise no longer left her feeling exhausted or
achy, and her capacity for exercise increased. However, her BOL T score was still only 16 seconds, and her lack of
progress was frustrating. She wanted to achieve the level of super health
that she knew was available with a BOL T score over 40. To teach, she also
needed to improve her BOL T score. She had the time, energy, motivation,
and commitment to do the work, but her breathing instructor ’s advice was
just to relax and not focus on her BOL T score. At this point, her breathwork consisted of daily yoga or a walk, during
which she reduced her breathing, and one or two meditation sessions where
she lay on her back and practiced reduced breathing. She was still unable to
do the reduced breathing exercis e as it was taught to her. Two or three times
a week, she had bad breathing days when her head and sinuses would feel
constricted, and she would be less able to focus. She developed tension in her neck and shoulders. Her instructor
suggested that she try the Himalayan rock salt drink (a quarter teaspoon of
rock salt in warm  water three times a day) and see what happened. This had
been suggested in the course, but she had overlooked it. She took the drink
twice that day and has been taking it ever since. The tensi on problem
resolved immediately, and it has not returned. In September 2016, without consulting her doctor or specialist, Nicky
started to come off Lamotrigine  at a rate of 25 mg every few weeks. This
process took five months. She felt safe reducing the dose as she considered
the recurrence of some complex  partial seizures to be a warning system that
would let her know the epilepsy was still there. She also felt that as long asher mouth was taped at night, she wasn’ t likely to hyperventilate enough to
bring on a grand mal seizure. From her research, she unders tood that her BOL T score should be
around 35 befor e epilepsy would be controlled, but she decided to go ahead
and reduce the drug anyway. Everything was fine until she got down to 25
mg per day (down from six pills per day to one), and then her nervous
system reacted. Her nervous excitation and feelings of irritability returned,
and she struggled to get any work done. Her capacity for exercise reduced
again. She lost confidence in the future and in her breathing practice, and
she was nervous  about having come off her medication with a BOL T score
of only 16. Nicky realized that with such a low BOL T score, her breathing was still
too unstable for her epilepsy to be under good control. She need ed to make
some progress, and it seemed that by practicing strong breath holds she
might achieve this, but her breathing coach had told her not to practice
breath holds at all. She had also been warned that the intense detoxification
caused by strong breath holds could induce exacerbations of disease, which
in her case meant grand mal seizures. She was confused and frustrated. However, she persisted in seeking help
and working to understand her breathing. She also consulted physical
therapists and began to release long-standing physical tensions and
imbalances. Fast-forward to 2019, and Nick y noticed that, despite all the changes
she had made, speaking still left her feeling exhausted. She experienced
tension in her abdomen when she spoke for long periods, and she found
herself cancelling social engage ments due to a sense that she didn’ t have
enough breath to go out and talk for the evening. She also had a phobia of
public speaking. Nicky’ s ambition was still to become a breathing educator, but she
wasn’ t sure how this would work. She consulted speech therapist Hadas
Golan, who identified the problem: Nicky was speaking for too long
without taking a breath, exhaling  too much air, bringing it below the resting
expiratory level, leading her to gasp and overinflate her lungs on the
inhalation. This habit creates a lot of tension in the secondary breathing
muscles and abdominals. While Nicky still hyperventilates when she talks,
she now uses practice of reduced breathing, after teaching, to recover. Nicky also began taking a selection of supplements. In the book Normal
Breathing,101 author Doctor Artour Rakhimov identifies that levels of
calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium tend to run low in
overbreathers, and Nicky began adding these minerals to her diet. Now, Nicky’ s end-tidal CO2 reading is between 38 mmH g and 40
mmHg at rest. Her BOL T score is around 20 seconds. She has not had either
type of seizure since she took the first breathing retraining course. In fact,
she believes the breathing pract ice probably saved her life. She is planning
to train as an instructor in New Zealand and works to raise awareness of
breathwork. One of her goals is for breathing dysfunction to be screened for
in general practice, and she is taking steps to promote this. ADVICE T O FELLOW PERFECTIONISTS AND
OVERBREA THERS
1. Before training as a breathing instructor, it is important to do a course yourself to
ensure that your own breathing health is suf ficient. 2. A client can be quite sick while appearing to be normal and high functioning. A
detailed health questionnaire is an important part of any breathing assessment. 3. For anyone with a serious health condition, breathing retraining cannot be
undertaken in a five-day course. Ongoing, long-term support is likely to be
necessary. 4. People with epilepsy must learn very gently and slowly. Weekly sessions are
enough. 5. If you have anxiety or control tendencies, the work should be taken very slowly,
especially if you also have a serious health condition. 6. Long breath holds must not be practiced by anyone with epilepsy. 7. Chronic hyperventilators may not be able to relax the breathing muscles. When
muscles are underoxygenated, they become “jumpy. ” This may also af fect the
diaphragm. 8. The body compensates for anemia by increasing breathing. This is an appropriate
physiological response, and iron levels should be restored before attempting
breathing retraining. If you have a history of anemia, you should check your iron
levels regularly. 9. Overbreathers tend to run low in


 n’s pain, there for her through the thick of it, sharing this
time of crisis as if it were his own. When human beings stand by one
another, testify to their faith, and witness each other’s pain, miracleshappen. If we are loved enough, we are emotionally healed and
spiritually made whole. There is a little bit of Gwen in all of us, struggling to deal with the
pain of our predicaments yet holding on to the love we’ve found,
knowing it’s the only thing that can save us. Gwen and Daniel
struggle, as do every woman and every man, with the questions that
illuminate the fundamental issues of life: Why are we here? How do
we heal? Are we, in fact, our brother’s keeper? We might not be our
brother’s keeper, but we are denitely his mother, his sister, his
daughter. For his sake and for ours, we must begin to say no to the
diseases that threaten to kill us. Some of them stalk our bodies, and
some of them stalk our souls. I once told a lover that I would write a book of poems for him and
called it Severely Laid. Now I would  write another book and call it
Sincerely Touched. It probably would not be interesting to anyone
but me, since the rocky road to peace is more sensational than peace
itself, and the yearning for love is more dramatic when it hurts. Until we get to the point where we’ve had enough of things that
hurt and long more than anything for a peaceful love, we are bound
to take painful roads. We are destined to play out our frivolous
disasters until we declare ourselves nished and done with them. How much pain do we have to suer before we are sure we want no
more? As much, it seems, as we have to until we don’t. We just get
tired, or we get reborn, when we have suered so much that we
have started to die. The scars on our hearts do not last forever. They are the
temporary signs of a tender soul who has touched the earth and
been burned by such a low descent. Once the earth has been
redeemed and our relationships are returned to God, the scars
within us will be miraculously healed. But until we know  the source
of true healing, we will continue to go down, and we will continue
to hurt. This is endurable until we are no longer young, but even the
young grow old if our hearts are blasted hard enough and often. What holy thought can spur us on when we feel too sick to try
again? The thoughts of God are not so distant. The truth is therewhen the mind  is ready to receive it. As soon as prayers are lifted
up, the heart begins to rise and mend. There are many books and
many teachers. So many new friends arrive when we stop making
love to enemies. As soon as we have chosen to do so, we can see each other not as
we were but as we would be. We can choose to see the goodness in
each other, to be loyal friends, to forgive and support. The sight of
our innocence is the experience of light. We know the darkness: how
to condemn, how to judge. The pain we felt there was a symptom of
our sickness, a sign that we had turned away from love. Love is not a cool arrangement or a night in bed. Love is angels
hovering, circling, calling us to seek the sky together. And when we
do, we change our patterns. We become new women; we become
new men. And then we can go back to bed and laugh and howl as
we used to do, but with much more joy and such relief. Our goal in love is to love like queens, showing up not as girls but
as women, with faith and charity and purity of heart. Love is very
serious business. It takes a powerful heart to invoke it clearly and
prepare for its coming. We must recognize the perniciousness of our predominant cultural
imagery. Everywhere we look we are presented with the idea that
men toy with women, women toy with men—that’s just the way
things are; it’s the way of love. But that is not the way of love; it’s
the way of lovelessness. How often we seek love but leave love out. We don’t think  about being kind and caring, we think about how we
can hook a man. We don’t think about his fears and his problems,
we think of our own and how we can get him to solve them. We
don’t think about him period—but about his money, his body, his
job, or his connections. Perhaps these mistakes don’t apply to you. But if they apply at all
to any thoughts that ever enter your mind, then know the universe
is taping your every thought and playing them back to some council
in the sky. Consider it all recorded in some book they keep and tally
up. And we suer according to the level of our bullshit. Exploitative
thoughts are not pure, and our function on earth is to reach for
some pure state. Until we do, the pain will endure.Sorry, girls, I never said this would be easy. Dear God, we have wandere d in the desert for so long, cut o
from each other and from ourselves. Never again need we go back
to worn-out patterns of cruel ty and betrayal. From this day forward,
let us love anew and become like new and forever laugh. Let the
devil, whatever we call his power, be cast into hell and never get
out again, never stalk our streets again and never poison  our wells
again. We have found the key that opens the gate, and we enter the
garden of our father’s house. We are comforted, and we are released
at last. We smile at our brothers, embrace our sisters. They have
made it too. No one remain s outside the gate—only the devil is
there, and he can reach us no more. Some men know how to love a woman, and some men don’t. Some
men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman’s
toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various
places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would
add immeasurably to world peace. Add to that pertinent
conversation about political events, history, philosophy, art, and—
most particularly—your feelings and hers, and you’ve got the stu
that makes a woman happy. It sounds relatively easy, this
prescription for pleasing a woman, because it is. Do not tear her
down. Do not ignore her. Do tell her she is beautiful and wonderful
and precious. Do kiss her often and caress her shoulders. Give us a little, and we y. Give us the things I just told you
about, give them consistently  and do not get caught up with drugs,
alcohol, or any similar obsessions, and you will not believ e the way
we soften. Our hearts melt when we’re loved; and when we’re loved
the way I’m telling you, we’re the best, the most wonderful, the
most lovable creatures. When love goes wrong, terrible chemical reactions occur in our
cells. They cause illness and hysteria and deep, deep sadness. We
feel as if a dark ink has spilled through our emotional veins when
we are toyed with or our hearts are crushed or our sexuality is
mocked. Our womanhood is major business. When it is treated like a
minor issue, we burn.In bed, we want to surrender. We want to feel he’s bigger, stronger,
on top, in charge, and that he could be tough if he had to be. Outside of bed, we want the opposite. How dare he be bigger,
stronger, on top, in charge, or even a hint of tough. There is obvio us confusion here. Surrender isn’t a losing position
in bed, and it’s actually not a losing position outside of bed, either. But we can see this only when we’re clear that surrend er doesn’t
mean giving up or giving in. Surrender is not loss. To surrender is
not to capitula te. To surrender basically just means to relax and let
someone else have his or her own strength. A lover used to say to me, “Surrender, Dorothy,” whenever I
would get too pumped up and full of myself. When we surrender,
we don’t surre nder to a man. We surrender to a part of ourselves
that is softer, less controlling, more interested in peace than in
argument. It’s not a game we play; it’s a dance we do. And the truth is we all want to so badly. For a lot of us, it feels
like a dirty secret at rst to admit this. We’re afraid not to toe the
party line. God forbid we should say, “I want to surre nder.” We
might be labeled retro-ites, backlashers, the ones who would send us
back into the kitchen instead of forward to the White House. But it is not regressive to surrender to our feminine selves. It’s the
most progressi ve line of development because it honors, instead of
represses, our emotions. We’re denitely headed for the White
House, please God, and to Congress, the state house, the mayor’s
oce, the boardroom, and


, and that is the first one. W ild animals
attack the prey that runs away but stand stock-still and are intimidated by
any that faces them. If we find within ourself the spiritual resource to make
our first step toward danger instead of away from it, we will find that
danger disappears. But if we give in to the impulse of fear and make our
initial step away from danger, life will chase after us and surely devour us. Let any man show the world that he feels
Afraid of its bark and ’ twill fly at his heels:
Let him fearlessly face it, ’ twill leave him alone:
But ’ twill fawn at his feet if he flings it a bone. — EDW ARD BUL WER-L YTT ON

Fear engenders fear. The first step away from danger turns into a trot, then a
shambling run, then a panic-stricken dash, and the innocuous cur that
pursues us is now a fancied monster. Similarly, courage engenders courage. The first step toward danger allows us to see our antagonist clearly. We
examine its face and behold that it is not nearly so threatening as we
imagined. W e begin to see ways and means of coping with it, and just
because we have confronted it head-on, it stops its aggressive action toward
us and considers whether we ourselves might not pose some danger to it. This is true of events as well as living things. A psychological aura
emanates from events as from people. If something seems to threaten us,
then it surely will pursue us if we run away, but if we advance upon it
boldly, it stops its movement toward us. It hangs back to reconsider, and
eventually yields. Nothing stands before continued ef fort, and nothing can
resist the person who persists in the face of all discouragement. The mental
attitude that never fails is one in which we dispossess ourselves of the goal-
seeking ego and lodge our psyche firmly in a consciousness of the Divine,
viewing our own lives as an opportunity for emer gence of the master spirit,
regarding the work that we do as being the work of the Secret Self. Perseverance
 Everything great is accomplished by people whose perseverance transcends
mere human endurance. Galileo at his telescope, Newton beneath his apple
tree, Einstein in his laboratory — all are examples of illumination following
a period of prolonged perseverance. No one performing at the behest of
egoistic desire could possibly have accomplished the feats of these
enlightened pioneers; long before illumination arrived, they would cease
their searching and go on to other fields. The Divine uses the discoverer and
the creator, each for the purpose for which they are best suited. Such people
cannot fail for they are doing the work for which they were intended at
birth. In consequence, their lives are completely absorbed in their tasks, so
that the work is inseparable from the person, and is in some kind of mystic
sense the person spun out in space and time and perpetuated as a creative
fact. When that psychological turnabout is made by which the individual
life is surrendered to the Secret Self, there enters into the person an
unearthly determination that impels them to perform their work in the face
of all odds, in the teeth of the bleakest appearances. They take their cue
from a light within, and they are able to alter the psychological aura of
things by bringing into the midst of events their own positive determination
and absolute dedication to the accomplishment of their tasks. Their impact
upon events is not brought about through vain desires or selfish goals, only
because they are doing those tasks that are natural to them. Fear of failure is a deterrent to action in all those entrapped in ego-
consciousness. The surface self does not possess that sense of equality
necessary to the undertaking of perilous tasks. It is concerned always with
appearances, and it cannot bring itself to undertake an adventuresome
action because if such action comes of f disastrously or comically it is made
to appear incapable or a fool. Millions of people are afraid to try because
they are afraid to fail, and such inhibition keeps them from realizing all but
the tiniest fraction of their capabilities. This shortsighted focusing of
consciousness in the surface self keeps their attention upon transitory goals. They undertake to sing a song, for example, not because a song in them
must be sung but because they want the attention and admiration of others. With this false viewpoint, it is even dif ficult for them to bring themselves to
get up before their audiences, for they carry within a picture of the shame
and defeat they will feel if their attempt to win admiration results instead in
ridicule. The song therefore does not get sung, and if sung, is sung poorly.These individuals have not become the thing they are doing but are only
using it for the satisfaction of their surface nature. Don’t Be Afraid to Fail

The mental attitude that never fails is one that is not afraid to fail. W e must
be willing to accept the conditions that follow failur e befor e we have any
chance of attempting a new enterprise. If it be such a simple thing as diving
off a boar d into a swimming pool, we must be willing to accept the pain
attendant upon a belly flop befor e we ar e able to muster the determination
to dive. Once fear is gone, we will not belly flop; our dive will be swift and
clean. W e perform it because it is in us, and it performs us as much as we
perform it. T o get the surface self out of the way and allow the psyche to be
possessed by a master spirit allows us to undertake our tasks without the
slightest fear of failur e because we not only have a sense of equality towar d
others but know that a power gr eater than we is guiding our steps in the
best possible manner. We need to r ealize that everything is the r esult of
change, that ther e is nothing permanent in the entir e world except that
Secret Self fr om which we have sprung.OceanofPDF.com
About the Author

U. S. Andersen (1917–1986) was an American football player and self-
help author best known for his books Thr ee Magic W ords and The
Magic in Y our Mind. Born in Portland, Or egon, Andersen attended
Stanford University, captained its 1939 football team, and was also one
of the nation’ s top competitors in shot put. He played in the NFL and
later became a successful businessman. A student of Mary Baker
Eddy’ s Science and Health and Ernest Holmes’ s The Science of Mind,
he became a teacher and writer himself.OceanofPDF.com
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        The Sea of Consciousness

Science has always investigated a world of multiplicity, attempting to
establish physical relationships between one thing and another. The human,
as animal, exists in a world of action and reaction, but the human, as a
mental being, exists in a world that appears to be without division, withoutspace and time, for inherent in the mental makeup is the ability to transcend
these. No enlightened mind can have any quarrel with the investigations of
Dr. J. B. Rhine and the British mathematician Dr. S. G. Soal in the field of
parapsychology, and from their results the only possible conclusion is this:
There are not many individual minds in the world at all, but only one mind,
and


, and grasping from generous, expansive, and giving. Once again the
left brain might say, “Well, I don’t have those qualities.” Again, that is
trying to imitate what is “out there.” Those attitudes of generosity, caring,
bigness, creativity, resourcefulness, and adaptability are all automatically
rising out of the fact that the one directing the enterprise has human nature. These are qualities of human nature itself; therefore, they exist in all of us. All we have to know is where the switch is located and how to turn on our
electromagnet of power. How do we attract success instead of trying to
purchase it? Success is suppose d to chase us. We’re not supposed to chase
success. The whole world is chasing success. So what? Those who have it
don’t even pursue it. By the time we’ve finished this conversation, we’ll have finished our
dinner. It’s time to get the check. This is the next big disaster. Every single
member of a waitstaf f knows when it’s time for the check. It seems that
they hide out in the kitchen on purpose, because now is the time when they
finally realize their profit: their tip. Everyone makes a living and leaves
with a positive feeling and goodwill, right? At this final crucial point, as the
success of the entire experience hangs by a thread, the waitstaf f disappears. How many times have we sat in a restaurant with an appointment to
catch, a theater opening to make, or whatever, clutching our money and
begging someone to please take it? Even after they’ve decided to reluctantly
take our money, they now disap pear for another 20 minutes. What are they
doing with the check? Where did they go? We wonder if they’ve run down
the alley  with our change or something. Or, when they finally do appear
with the change, it’ s the wrong amount. If the lunch bill is $20, for instance, they bring back the chang e from a
$50 bill with a $20 and a $10. Inasmuch as we would like to good-naturedly
leave the minim ally expected 15 to 20 percent, even though the service was
lousy, they now have us successfully blocked from doing so easily. We have
the choice of stiffing the waitress or blowing another ten minutes while we
try to catch her eye again. She makes another round-trip to the cash register,
where who knows what all goes on, because it takes forever. She finally
comes back with five singles and an attitude like we’ve impo sed on her. What the heck, we say. It’s her money. On top of it all, they add the insult of
adding the tax to the bill and giving it to us as one sum. So we’re now
expected to tip 15 to 20 percent on the tax as well. The $75 dinner requires a minimum 15 percent tip on the bill, doesn’ t it? The fact that there is at least a $5 tax then makes it a minimum of $80. This
means the waite r now expects at least 15 percent of $80. That brings up the
next principle: taking responsibility for the customers’  welfar e. We should
watch out for their bucks. We should protect their money and prevent them
from getting fleeced. We should protect them from inconvenience and
aggravation. As the owners of our enterprise, if we don’t do it, who will? An occasional good employee will do it, if we’re lucky, because it’s an
expression of who they are. We can’t imitate it. We either have it or we
don’t. Success is completely unavoidable if we express the right set of attitudes. This is why top-notch people turn down many offers. It’s not that they don’tknow that they can make a success of it. That’ s a foregone conclusion—of
course they can. Success is automatic. What they’re trying to figure out is
whether it’s worth the bother, or whether they’re really even interested. Why can’t we buy the very top people then? Because they’re not for sale. They’ve got it made, thank you. Curiously, the fact that they cannot be
bought is one of the things that powerfully attracts us to them. OceanofPDF.comHAVING IT MADE
We know  from our own experiences that some people have it made in
this world and other people don’t, no matter what they do. If we have it
made, little we do goes wrong. Most everything we touch turns a profit. When we watch  people unsuccessfully try to mimic success, they try to
grow a flourishing garden without having a green thumb. What we are
interested in is having a green  thumb. If we have a green thumb, we’re
going to grow a successful garden no matter where we go because a green
thumb is an attitude of the gardener. It’s not something that grows in the
garden. What grows in the garden is the result; the cause is in the green
thumb. Having it made then means having the know-how that goes with us no
matter where we are and express es itself no matter what we do. Having a lot
of accumulated data is interesting; all kinds of training courses, universities,
and books will fill us up with data. I’ve never been interes ted in data. Acquiring data is a very mecha nical thing—it’ s what computers do. What
we need to know is where the data is available so we can put our fingers on
it. There  is no point in carryin g all that useless information around with
ourselves. It’s a convenience, but it’s irrelevant. It’s nice, but it’s not the key
to success. The next time you see a stunning dancer, try to mimic every motion they
make and see what it looks like in the mirror. It’s not the same thing at all. What’ s missing is that you haven’ t caught on to the source of the essence of
their abilities. The years of practice are merely the perfecting of the
expression of something that already exists within the person. Of course ifyou practice many hours a day, your expertise and your capacit y to express
will increase, but you still won’ t be able to produce more than you have. Lots of people have mastered low levels of accomplishment. The boring,
flat, mechanical waiters have mastered that. They’re superb at being bored,
disinterested, in debt, unpopular, and endured by their fellow employees
and the boss. Yet what have they actually mastered? Purposeful ly try being
boring, and you’ll see what I mean. It’s very hard to do. It’ll drive you
crazy. Let’s not put down boring, because mechanically functional has its place
in the world and I’m sure the world can’t live without it. There are some
people whose level of mastery is so low that they’re not even up to boring
yet. There are plenty of others who are very satisfied with the mundane, the
routine, and the boring, because  it provides a sense of security, comfort, and
safety. It serves a worthy purpose. We all need feelings of comfort and
security, areas that we feel are nailed down and areas that frankly are just
not interested in growing yet. So the point is not whether we’re boring or
perfunctory, but whether it serves our happiness. When I was in the service, a lot of guys passed up promotions or chances
to go to officer candidate school. “No, thanks,” they’d say. “I’ve got it made
right where I am.” The feeling that they had it made is one of the evidences
of success. They didn’ t need to search further because they’d already found
it. To have found your niche and be happily and comfortably immersed in it
is grand and fine. Beware of the people who are constantly trying to nudge
you out of it. They’ve undoubtedly done a whole lot of “con sciousness”
programs and are full of enthus iastic and wondrous ideas. If they’re given
too much crede nce, pretty soon you will find that they have upset your
apple cart. It’s important to understand that happiness can come from satisfaction in
the completion of a goal. So for the guys I was with in the service, there
was no need to go further. What was wanted had been attained. Let’s look at
it from a different perspective: If what you want is obtainable and limited in
its scope, then two things happen when it is achieved: satisfaction and
happiness. Or you find boredom and disillusionment because it did not
contain within it what you were hoping to find there. Picturing action in the world as going from here to there, as
accomplishing a given task in time, as moving from this place to another
place, is what this is all abou t. The question is: What happens to ourenterprise after it’s been achieved? Our lives alternate between what we
don’t have and what we do have; we don’t have it and now we do have it. Each time a new goal is set, it is set from the experience of we don’t have it
and we want it. Then what happens is either we get it or we don’t. If we
don’t get it, we say we’re unhappy. If we do get it, we say we’re satisfied. If
our goal is limited, the success  will be limited. If our commitment is to a
more universal principle, our goal is always in the process of


vaccination	everywhere,	and	smallpox	continues	to	claim	a	fair	number	of

victims	every	year. The	last	great	epidemic	broke	out	in	1919	and	extended	into

1920. More	than	five	and	a	half	million	persons	were	vaccinated	during	these

two	years,	and	this	completely	arrested	the	spread	of	the	epidemic. In	1921,	the

number	of	cases	had	gone	down	to	92	as	compared	with	7,895	in	1919	and	3,004

in	1920." The	epidemic	wore	itself	out	in	two	years	and	the	vaccinators	claimed	that	it	was

the	serum	that	arrested	it. If	vaccination	could	arrest	an	epidemic	at	all,	it	should

certainly	do	it	in	less	than	two	years. If	there	had	been	no	vaccination	at	all	there

would	have	been	a	much	lower	smallpox	rate	as	is	proved	by	world	records

where	the	facts	are	not	falsified. The	fact	that	there	was	less	smallpox	the	following	year	was	no	proof	that

vaccination	curbed	it. Isn’t	it	quite	logical	that	all	those	who	were	in	a	condition

to	develop	it	did	so	during	the	long	two	year	epidemic,	so	there	would	not	be

many	to	contract	it	the	following	year? The	following	report	put	out	by	the	League	of	Nations’	Health	department	is	a

typical	example	of	how	the	medical	schemers	influence	the	average,	unthinking

person	with	data	that	appears	to	be	true	and	convincing. "NORTHERN	AFRICA—As	vaccination	progresses,	the	most	remarkable

success	is	being	achieved	in	Egypt	which	in	1926	had	2,677	cases	with	544

deaths. But	in	1930	it	(smallpox)	caused	only	14	cases	without	deaths...This	is

undoubtedly	due	to	the	vaccination	campaign	begun	at	the	end	of	1925	and

completed	in	1926. Approximately	14,600,000	vaccinations	were	performed,

thus	reaching	practically	the	whole	population." Here	we	have	a	number	of	statements	that	are	hard	to	reconcile	with	known

facts. For	instance:

1)	In	June	1925,	the	population	of	Egypt	was	estimated	to	be	13,964,900	yet	the

report	said	they	gave	14,660,000	vaccinations. Since	there	are	more	vaccinations
	reported	than	people,	either	the	figures	are	fabricated	or	the	vaccinators	didn’t

really	believe	in	vaccination	and	knew	it	would	not	protect	for	even	one	year	so

they	revaccinated	thousands	of	people	with	the	vain	hope	that	the	repetition	of

failure	would	in	some	way	reap	success. 2)	In	the	first	report	they	blamed	the	frequent	outbreaks	of	smallpox	on	the	claim

that	it	was	impossible	to	enforce	vaccination	on	all	the	people. Yet	their	figures

in	the	second	record	showed	the	number	of	vaccinations	exceeded	the

population. 3)	The	first	report	stated	that	their	widespread	vaccination	campaign	in	1920

which	reached	5,500,000	people	had	completely	arrested	smallpox	and	the

following	report	of	1931	made	it	clear	that	the	complete	and	thorough

vaccination	campaign	succeeded	in	conquering	smallpox,	even	to	the	point

where	there	were	no	deaths	at	all	from	that	cause. This	type	of	propaganda	has	a

tendency	to	lull	the	people	into	a	sense	of	false	security	which	leaves	the	real

cause	of	disease	unchecked. Let’s	follow	the	record	a	little	farther	and	see	what

happened. The	five	and	a	half	million	vaccinations	in	1920	were	supposed	to	have	brought

smallpox	under	control,	yet	in	1926	(only	6	years	later)	the	second	report	tells	of

a	sweeping	smallpox	epidemic	in	which	2,677	were	stricken	and	544	died. In	spite	of	the	5,500,000	vaccinations	in	1920	and	the	14,600,000	vaccination	in

1926	and	all	the	vaccinations	in	the	intervening	years,	including	the	compulsory

vaccinations	of	all	infants,	there	occurred	another	larger	and	more	terrible

smallpox	epidemic	in	1932	(only	6	years	after	the	alleged	complete	control	of

smallpox	in	Egypt). This	sweeping	epidemic	continued	for	two	years,

aggravated,	of	course,	by	the	meddling	vaccinators. By	the	end	of	1934,	7,650

cases	had	been	reported	of	which	1,373	had	died. Where	is	the	remarkable

success	of	vaccination	boasted	of	by	the	medical	faction	of	the	League	of

Nations? "These	figures	speak	for	themselves	and	eloquently	proclaim	the	utter	futility	of

vaccination	as	a	preventive	or	mitigant	of	smallpox." ("The	Vaccination

Problem",	Joseph	Swan,	p.	291)
	LEAGUE	OF	NATIONS	HEALTH	COMMITTEE	IN

THE	DARK
In	their	monthly	Epidemiological	Report	(RE	132)	dated	Nov	15,	1929,	this	one

time	great	organization	revealed	its	biased	confusion	on	health	matters	by

stating:

“It	will	therefore	be	plain	that,	if	the	conclusions	are	to	be	accepted,	and

allowing	for	individual	peculiarities,	revaccination	should	be	repeated,	three	or

four	years	at	least,	or	even	more	often." Joseph	Swan	comments	on	this	in	his	book	‘The	Vaccination	Problem’	page	288

by	saying	‘All	these	demands	for	frequent	revaccination	may	be	to	an	absurdity

by	asking	a	simple	question—‘How	is	it	that	in	England,	abandonment	of	even

primary	vaccination	by	approximately	half	the	parents	during	the	past	25	years,

and	the	almost	entire	neglect	of	revaccination	at	any	age,	have	been

accompanied	by	the	lowest	smallpox	mortality	rate	on	record?" After	smallpox	vaccination	was	found	to	be	so	financially	profitable	doctors	and

serum	manufacturers,	serums	for	other	diseases	were	invented	and	enforced	with

the	same	financial	increase	but	also	with	the	same	decrease	in	the	elimination	of

the	disease. Diphtheria	is	one	of	the	most	notable	examples	of	this. The	following	table	is	one	of	the	many	records	that	show	how	the	unvaccinated

diseases	declined	more	rapidly	than	those	that	were	supposed	to	be	wiped	out	or

controlled	by	vaccines. (This	report	was	compiled	before	serums	were	invented

for	the	other	diseases	shown.) CHART	SHOWING	DECLINE	OF	DISEASE	WITHOUT	VACCINATION

(England	and	Wales)	Death	Rate	per	million	children	living. (Ages,	between

birth	and	15	years.) 20	year	periods
Measles
Scarlet	fever
Whooping	cough
Diphtheria
1861-1880
1,062
1,973
1,344
932
1881-1900
1,149
585
1,104
838
1900-1920
877
197
684
504
1921-1940
297
50
294
293
1941-1948
62
69
121
105
Here	we	see	that	measles	decreased	94.1%	during	this	period;	scarlet	fever

decreased	99.7%	;	whooping	cough	decreased	91%	while	diphtheria,	the	disease

that	was	supposed	to	be	conquered	by	serum


,	as

we	call	them,	but	we	have	support	in	the	higher	ranks	of	society. The	duchess	of

Hamilton’s	seven	children	are	all	exempted	and	two	of	them	have	King	George

and	Queen	Mary	as	sponsors. Lady	Maud	Warrender,	who	also	moves	in	royal

circles,	paid	a	fine	sooner	than	have	her	son	vaccinated. Lady	Isabel	Margesson,

sister	of	the	Earl	of	Buckinghamshire,	is	a	member	of	the	league. Among	scientists	our	most	notable	supporters	were	Alfred	Russel	Wallace	and

Herbert	Spencer. We	have	fifteen	or	sixteen	registered	medical	men	as	vice	presidents	of	our

league	and	there	are	some	thirty	others	who	more	or	less	sympathize	with	our

work. That	the	number	is	not	more	is	easily	understood. Medical	students	in

England	do	not	study	the	vaccination	question. It	is	taken	for	granted	at	all	the

medical	schools	and	no	student	dare	question	what	he	is	taught. He	has	to	cram	a

vast	amount	of	book	knowledge	into	his	brain	and	he	has	neither	the	time	nor	the

inclination	to	study	any	subject	not	needed	for	his	examinations. When	he

qualifies	he	goes	into	general	practice	or	becomes	a	specialist,	but	as	the

majority	of	the	vaccinations	in	England	are	done	by	the	4,000	public	vaccinators,
	most	of	the	doctors	see	very	little	of	the	operation. They	do	not	realize	the	harm

done	by	it	and	their	minds	have	been	closed	up	when	they	were	students. Of	literary	men,	George	Bernard	Shaw	is	our	most	noted	supporter. Important	developments	are	in	sight	in	England. Early	this	year	the	government

appointed	a	committee	of	inquiry	into	vaccine	lymph. It	is	certain	that	the

present	glycerinated	calf	lymph	has	caused	deaths	from	"sleepy	sickness"	in

England,	two	London	professors	having	brought	to	the	notice	of	the	government

seven	of	such	cases	at	the	end	of	the	year	1922. At	the	Paris	Academy	of

Medicine	in	July,	1925,	doctors	discussed	deaths	from	this	disease	which	had

occurred	shortly	after	vaccination	in	Holland	and	other	European	countries. At

the	beginning	of	this	year	there	was	a	conference	at	The	Hague	under	the

auspices	of	the	health	committee	of	the	League	of	Nations,	which	discussed

many	matters	in	connection	with	smallpox,	vaccine	lymph,	etc.,	and	finally

decided	to	ask	each	country	represented	there	to	appoint	a	committee	to

investigate	these	matters. Smallpox	in	England	has	declined	almost	to	the	vanishing	point	and	the

recognized	dangers	of	vaccination	will	probably	induce	the	government	to	drop

compulsory	infant	vaccination	altogether	and	substitute	for	it	the	compulsory

vaccination	of	all	persons	who	have	been	in	contact	with	smallpox. This,	of

course,	we	shall	resist	with	all	our	might	so	far	as	our	friends	will	allow. In	answer	to	an	article	headed	"Vaccination	Wins	Again"	in	the	Detroit	Saturday

Night	Press,	Miss	Loat	asks:

1)	That	the	disease	which	is	being	diagnosed	as	smallpox	in	unvaccinated

persons	in	England	is	hardly	distinguishable	from	chickenpox,	the	absence	or

presence	of	vaccination	marks	being	the	fact	that	definitely	decides	the

diagnosis. This	has	been	admitted	by	English	medical	officers	of	health	and	the	Ministry	of

Health	has	twice	stated	in	answer	to	questions	in	Parliament	that	vaccination	is

one	factor	in	the	diagnosis	of	these	cases. 2)	That	as	in	those	districts	where	this	very	mild	disease	is	running	the	vast

majority	of	the	children	are	unvaccinated,	it	would	be	difficult	for	the	disease	to

find	a	child	who	had	been	vaccinated	in	infancy	to	attack. 3)	That	those	cases	which,	though	vaccinated	immediately	after	being	in	contact

with	this	alleged	smallpox,	subsequently	contract	it,	are	all	classified	as

unvaccinated. 4)	That	in	spite	of	these	official	attempts	to	make	out	a	case	for	vaccination,	the

fatality	rate	of	the	unvaccinated	cases	in	England	is	less	than	half	of	the

vaccinated	cases. 5)	That	the	English	Ministry	of	Health	omits	to	state	that	in	1872,	when	85%	of

the	infants	born	were	vaccinated,	there	were	19,000	deaths	from	smallpox	in

England	and	Wales. While	in	1925,	when	less	than	half	the	children	born	were

vaccinated,	there	were	only	6	deaths	from	that	disease. The	history	of	vaccination	and	smallpox	in	England	can	be	summed	up	in	these

words,	the	truth	of	which	is	apparent	to	any	unbiased	student	of	our	national

statistics:

"Much	vaccination,	little	sanitation,	much	smallpox;	little	vaccination,	improved

sanitation,	little	smallpox." The	children	of	England,	five	million	of	whom	are	unvaccinated,	were	never

healthier	than	they	are	today. The	people	have	shown	their	detestation	of

vaccination	and	neither	persuasion	nor	force	will	induce	them	to	submit	to	what

the	famous	Dr.	Charles	Creighton	called	"a	grotesque	superstition." OPEN	LETTER	TO	GOVERNOR	KNIGHT

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bugs’	in	the	medico-scientific	field	had	the	effrontery	to	calmly	state,	in	their

public	meetings,	that	the	‘appendix’	served	no	useful	purpose	in	the	body	and	the

tonsils	were	the	remains	of	our	‘gills’—left	over	in	our	bodies	when	man

emerged	from	the	sea	as	a	land	animal. Now,	students	realize	that	the	appendix

helps	to	keep	the	cecum	on	the	safe	side	by	holding	the	putrefactive	bacteria,	in

that	blind	sewer,	at	a	safe	level	and	that	the	tonsils	play	important	parts	in	killing

disease	organisms	that	would	otherwise	get	into	the	lymphatic	circulatory

system. "Yet	in	many	quarters	the	yanking	out	of	tonsils	for	a	fee	and	the	chopping	out	of

the	appendix	for	the	doctor’s	wife’s	fur	coat	continue	unabated. Gall	bladder

operations	are	still	sending	unfortunates	to	the	insane	asylums	as	of	yore	and	the

so-called	‘fixing’	of	stomach	and	intestinal	ulcers	by	‘removing	a	section	of	the

anatomy’	with	a	knife,	is	still	considered	good	‘practice’. Yet	even	the	most

obstinate	medical	physician	and	surgeon	KNOWS	that	ulcers	are	caused	by	too

strong	stomach	chemicals,	digesting	the	mucous	membrane,	and	that	the	proper

treatment	is	merely	to	reduce	the	strength	of	such	digestive	chemicals. Smallpox

vaccine—which	has	spread	syphilis	throughout	the	civilized	world	is	still

‘obligatory’	in	many	parts	of	the	universe	and	the	Schick	vaccine—that	arch

killer	of	Japanese	babies	in	the	hands	of	our	army	‘brass	hat	doctors’—is	still

being	used	as	a


39-47
Dijon Dressing, 181
Dilled Cucumbers, 185
Dinner, 5
four-week sample menus and recipes, 149-222
substituting a main-course salad for, 140, 143
Dip
Fruit, 170
INDEX • 235 Dip (cont.) Great Guacamolc, 176
Nut Butter, 158
Disease, 6, 19-20, 30, 35
defining, xiv
degenerative, see Degenerative diseases
diet and, 64-65, 68
DNA, 17, 18, 98
Dr. Bronner's All-Onc-God-Faith Inc., 132, 134,
136
Dolomite, 105
Dosti, Rose, I04n. Dressings, see Salad drcssingls)
"Drug Resistant Salmonella from Animals Fed
Antimicrobials," 83n. Drugs, 62, 105
Ducellier, Armand, 111
Dulse, 86
Ear infections, 81, 87, 116
Early American Life (Lewis), 45-46
Easv Fruit Salad, 186-87
Easy Roast Chicken, 154
Eden Foods, 129, 132. 133, 135, 137
Edward and Sons, 132, 134
Eggplant, 74, 128
Eggs, 79
Einstein, Albert, 74
Elimination cycle, 21. 22, 25, 26. 29. 38, 46, 59,
91, 114, 116
high-water-contcnt food, 29-30, 36
theory of detoxification, 61-66
see also Detoxification
Ellis, Dr. William A., 84
El Molino Mills. 133
Endive, Belgian, 128
Energy, 56
balance, xii, xiv, 6, 7, 14
dairy product consumption as drain on, 84
to digest food, 38, 39, 41-42, 50-51, 55, 56, 59,
68
Energy Udder, 120-21
increased, 38, 43, 45, 46, 47, 64
Energy Salad, 149-50
Erythorbic acid, 97
Evaluation of Proteins for Humans (Bodwell), 75n. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About
Nutrition (Reuben), 19
Exercise, 78, 88-91
Eyes, circles under the, 52
Fad diets, 5-6, 7, 8-9
Farmer's Chop Suev, 200
Fat (dietary). 64. 75, 86. 134
Fatigue, 62, 83, 84
Fatty acids, 50, 51, 53
Feces during detoxification period, 62-63
Fennel, 128
Fermentation, 40-41, 42, 43. 58. 98
Fiber. 74, 98
Figs, 86, 104, 124, 127
Fingernails. 86
Finn Crisp-Wasa Bread-Shaffer Clarke, Inc., 132,
133
Fish
shopping list, 134-35
Steaks, Broiled, 184-85
Fit for Life program
breakfast, see Breakfast
conclusion. 223-25
dairy products. 80-87
dinner, see Dinner
encrgv increases from, see Energy
the Energy Udder. 120-21
exercise as part of. 88-91
four-week example of. 147-222 guidelines
breakfast, 117
life-style, 143-46
lunch, see Lunch
the main-course salad. 139-42
menus, 149-222
natural body cycles, 21-23
Natural Hygiene, 13-20
permanent results of, 4, 5-6
portion size, 113, 114-15, 143
positive beliefs and, 92-94
principle of correct fruit consumption, 48-60,
102, 115 143
principle of high-water-content food, 28-36, 58
principle of proper food combining. 5. 37-47. 84
protein, 67-79
questions and answers about, 95-106
recipes, 149-222
shopping list for, 122-38
substitutions, 140, 143, 144
theory of detoxification, 61-66
theory of metabolic imbalance, 24-27
what it isn't, 3-4
when to eat, 5. 55-57
fruit. 51-52. 54-55. 56-57, 115, 143
Flatulence, 41, 42, 45, 63
Flesh food, see Meat
Flours and meal, 133
Food and Drug Administration, 77
Food combining, see Combining foods, principle of
properly
Food for Life, 131, 133
Food Reform—Our Desperate Need (Hur),
78n., 103n. Ford, Henrv, 45-46
Formula, 110
Foundation for Nutritional Research, 98
Four-food-group myth, 44-45
Fourteenth Annual Nutrition Conference, 104
Framingham Study on Heart Disease, 50
French Dressing, 173-74
French Green Salad, 154-55
French Peas and Lettuce, 202
Fresh air, 90-91
Fresh Applesauce, 218
Frieda of California, 125
Fructose, 50, 51. 102
Fruit. 29, 34, 64-65, 74, 86, 98, 100, 103
Breakfast, Platter, 220-21
breakfast suggestions, 114-17
calcium content of, 85, 86
canned, 4
Dip, 170
dried, 54, 86, 115. 127
exotic, 125-26
fresh, 4, 3, 53, 54, 143, 144
as high-watcr-content food. 29, 31, 32, 50
hypoglycemics and, 101-102
juices, see Juices, fruit
principle of correct fruit consumption, 48-60,
102
the digestive process, 50-51, 53, 59
instinctive cravings, 48-49
when to cat fruit, 51-52, 54, 55, 56, 59. 115. 143
Salad, Easy, 186-87
at salad bars, 141
shopping list, 123-27
Smoothie, 189
vegetable, 127
see also individual types of fruit
Fry, T. C, 15, 21, 68, 72n., 73, 75n., 78«. Gaer-Luce, Cav, 21
Calilco, 44-45
Garden of Eatin'. 131. 133
Carlic, 128. 144
236 • INDEX Broiled Chicken, 198
Croutons. 163
Herb Dressing. I 57
String Beans, 154
Gas. 41, 42, 4?, 62. 63
Cavclord Hauser Products, 137, 138
Glucose, 51, 53, 102, 103
Glucose Tolerance Test, 102
Glycerine. 51
Coldcn Eagle products, 135
Coodwich, New York, 159-60
Gould, George M.. 79n. Gout, 68
Cove. Dr. Mary, 15
GraberCo.,C. C, 136
Craham, Dr. Svlvester, 15
Grains
shopping list, 131-33
see also individual types of grains
Grandma's Coleslaw, 197
Grapefruit, 124
Grapes, 124
Breakfast Fruit Platter, 220-21
Gravy, Mushroom Cream, 172
Great Guacamole, 176
Greece, 14
Green beans, 128
California Toslada, 187-88
Garlic String Beans, 154
^ Steak-Lovers' Salad, 181
Grocers Journal of California, 81
Gross, Jay, 7, 71n. Guava, 125
Guidance Textbook of Medical Physiology (Guyton). 68n. Guidelines
breakfast, 117
life-style, 143-46
Guyton, Arthur C. 68n., 72n., 73
Habits, changing vour eating, 65
Hain products, 131, 135. 136
Hair
balding. 52
graving, 52
loss, 86
Harris, David, xiiin. Harris poll


 for transfusions and semen for artificial insemination are
preserved in this manner.
As a penetrating carrier of drugs, DMSO is unsurpassed. It easily carries
necessary pharmaceuticals to any part of the body for a therapeutic effect. It
passes through cellular membranes and tissues. It is invariably able to penetrate
endothelial coatings of the arterial walls, meninges of the brain, healthy skin,
mucous membranes, and other tissues.
Intravenous or intramuscular injection of DMSO passes into the fluid of the
head and spine. When injected within a sheath such as that surrounding a muscle
or nerve, it appears rapidly in the blood stream. The central nervous system has a
response to DMSO different from that to other drugs because DMSO passes the
blood-brain barrier, easily penetrating it and flowing out again. Other drugs will
pass through this usually impenetrable blood-brain barrier along with the solventwhen they are molecularly mixed with it.
Basic chemical processes at the nerve cell level are stimulated in the central
nervous system by use of DMSO. It permits the transport of amino acids to the
brain where they take part in the synthesis of glutamic acid and other elements
that, incorporated in the metabolic cycle in the brain, energize the functional
activity of the neurons and the brain. This functional stimulation permits the
correction of many neurological syndromes characterized by mental deficiency,
slower brain activity, loss of memory, and depression and anguish.
On an experimental basis, DMSO has been administered topically,
subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, intravenously, orally,
intrathecally, and by inhalation. It has been instilled into the eye, on the mucous
membranes, and into the urinary bladder. It has been given to laboratory animals
including rabbits, hamsters, rhesus monkeys, chickens, dogs, pigs, guinea pigs,
rats, mice, and goldfish, as well as humans.
In the United States DMSO is currently an experimental drug for human use
and has been released as a veterinary prescription drug for the treatment of acute
musculoskeletal injuries and inflammations of horses. At the time of this writing,
DMSO remains approved by the FDA only for use in interstitial cystitis, a
relatively rare bladder disease. It has been prescribed for humans by clinics in
parts of Europe and South America for three decades.
DMSO’S PRIMARY PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIONS
DMSO has a wide range of pharmacological actions including membrane
penetration and anti-inflammatory and local analgesic effect. It inhibits the growth
of bacteria, promotes the excretion of urine, holds back the secretion of
cholinesterase, changes the action of a concomitantly administered drug, acts as a
solvent for collagen, provides a specific or nonspecific increase of immunity, and
produces local vasodilatation. Moreover, DMSO will effectively carry local
anesthetics into the deeper layers of skin and into the eardrum, permitting incision
without pain.
In controlled studies veterinarians report a wide range of efficacy for their
animal patients in multiple problems involving musculoskeletal injuries and acute
inflammations, including skin problems.
When integrated with other drugs, DMSO is more efficacious than when it is
used as the sole medication. For instance, Dr. Jacob told the assembly of the
American College of Advancement in Medicine: “We have treated a number ofpatients with cellulitis [the inflammation of cellular or connective tissue] but
DMSO alone has limited effect on the condition. Rather, I would combine DMSO
with an antibiotic, although the solvent by itself has anti-bacterial properties. It will
convert bacteria which are resistant to a given antibiotic to being sensitive to that
same antibiotic.” This DMSO characteristic of resensitizing bacteria could
possibly restore an entire group of obsolete antibiotics to the armamentarium of
medical practitioners.
In 1968, based on two years of animal experiments, the first clinical
investigations were begun on people in hospitals and health centers of Santiago,
Chile. DMSO, combined with many different drugs, was administered for various
diseases such as mental retardation, senility, rheumatic and cardiovascular
disorders, chronic respiratory insufficiency, skin infections, and other problems.
These clinical studies integrating individual drugs with DMSO gave excellent
results that widely surpassed those obtained in the United States and in Europe up
to that time. DMSO previously had been administered alone, not in the form of an
integrated DMSO therapy.
Further observations of the primary pharmacological actions of DMSO
indicate that administered parenterally (by some other means than through the
intestinal canal, particularly by injection into veins and subcutaneous tissues), it
has a more rapid and efficacious therapeutic effect than oral or topical (on the
skin) applications. For example, after both one-time and repeated topical
application of DMSO on the skin of rats, rabbits, and dogs for as long as several
weeks, there was no accumulation of the labeled DMSO found in the organs.
(DMSO was labeled with a dye.)
Autoradiograms (photographs detecting radioactivity) taken of rats twenty
hours after skin application showed no accumulation in the brain, spinal cord,
vertebral disks, fatty tissue, or adrenal glands. In dogs, skin application for three
weeks resulted in no accumulation of radioactivity except in those regions of the
skin that were directly treated with DMSO and in the muscle underneath the
treated areas.
In contrast, intravenous injection of DMSO into laboratory animals
resulted in
its permeation of almost all organs of the animals’ bodies. Yet, DMSO
administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or intraperitoneally has an extremely
low index of toxicity. Hence the therapeutic dosage is far below the toxic dose
(see
Chapter 5
).
Topical and oral absorption in humans is different from that in animals. DMSO
is readily absorbed when administered on human skin, with peak levels occurringafter 4 to 8 hours. The orally administered drug was rapidly absorbed, reaching a
blood serum peak in 4 hours, and serum levels of DMSO were undetectable after
120 hours. Both unchanged DMSO and its metabolite dimethyl sulfoxone
(DMSO
2
) were isolated from the urine. DMSO
2
 appeared in the blood after 48
hours and stayed in the blood for as long as 400 hours.
27
Scientists have concluded that the pharmacological action of DMSO lasts in
the body even when it is applied to the skin or swallowed. It is excreted partly as
the unchanged drug and partly as DMSO
2
. DMSO is rapidly absorbed in humans
when applied on the skin or given by mouth. Since blood levels are lower after
skin administration than after oral administration, skin absorption is probably less
complete than absorption from the gastrointestinal tract.
While the solvent readily crosses most membranes of the body without
destroying the integrity of these membranes, it will not rapidly penetrate the nails,
the hair, or the enamel of the teeth.
Steroids dissolved in DMSO, including hydrocortisone and the hormone
testosterone, will increase threefold in skin penetrability.
28
DMSO will carry hydrocortisone or hexachlorophene into the deepest layers of
the skin, producing a reservoir that remains for sixteen days and resists depletion
by washing the skin with soap, water, and alcohol.
29
,
30
,
31
DMSO significantly lessens inflammation and swelling by reducing
inflammatory exudate and enhancing the development of granulation tissue. Within
tissues such as the membranes of cells or their organelles, it renders steroids in the
body more available to their targets.
32
,
33
,
34
Keloids show softening and increasing return to normality when exposed to
DMSO therapy. A concentration of 50 to 80 percent put on two or three times a
day will flatten the raised scar after several months. Microscopic changes seen in
the skin will show loosening of collagen bundles.
35
A medical journal review article published in January–June 1985 discussed
the drug interactions, therapeutic use, metabolism, and toxicity of dimethyl
sulfoxide. The author, Dr. B.N. Swanson, gave a rather complete summary picture
of the substance. He described DMSO as a
clear odorless liquid, inexpensively
produced as a byproduct of the paper industry that is widely available in the
United States as a solvent, but whose medical use is currently restricted by the
FDA to the palliative treatment of interstitial cystitis and to certain experimental
applications. Cutaneous (skin) manifestations of scleroderma appear to resolve
following topical applications of high concentrations of DMSO. A limited numberof clinical trials indicate that intravenous DMSO may be of benefit in the treatment
of amyloidosis, possibly by mobilizing amyloid deposits out of tissues into urine.
(Amyloidosis is the accumulation of amyloid in the tissues, in amounts sufficient
to impair normal function. Amyloid is a glycoprotein, resembling starch, that is
deposited in the internal organs.) Topical application of DMSO provides rapid
temporary relief of pain in patients with arthritis and connective tissue injuries.
Dr. Swanson, in his balanced evaluation, said that claims for anti-inflammatory
effects or acceleration of healing by DMSO seem to be currently unwarranted


sunlight are linked to cancer. When your skin cells darken, this is a
signal that they have already been exposed to and damaged by the sun.Fair skin  is more prone to skin damage and cancer than darker skin
types. Know your skin type and how quickly it burns. Do not rely on
this oil to prevent damage to your skin or to protect it against the
cancerous ef fects caused by exposure to sunlight.Face and Body Scrub
Makes 4 cups (several applications)
This body scrub not only exfo liates dead skin cells, it also m oisturizes,
leaving your skin feeling soft, with a delicate coconut fragrance.
2 cups salt or granulated sugar
2 cups unsweetened desiccated coconut, fr esh or dried
1/2 cup softened coconut oil
1.  In a ble nder, combine salt, coco nut and oil. Blend for 1 minute or until a
thick paste has formed.
2.  T ransfe r to a jar  with a lid (1-quart capacity) and refrigerate. Ge ntly rub a
liberal amount of scrub over yo ur face, hands and body after showering.
Rinse of f and pat dry with a towel.
Depending on the grade, sea salt can melt into this mixture. T a ble salt
works best in this recipe.Herb and Coconut Deep Hair Conditioner
Makes scant 3/4 cup (about 12 applications)
This co nditioner is easy to apply and makes hair soft and silky.
Sometimes after deep conditioning for a couple of hours, I find that I
need to shampoo my hair twi ce, so I will shampoo it after the initial
application and then again the next morning. If you find the glycerine
stays in your hair, rinse with coconut vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
2 tbsp jojoba oil
1 tbsp glycerine
1/4 tsp r osemary oil or chamomile oil
1.  I n a jar with a tight-fitting lid (3/4 cup capacity), combine coconut oil,
jojoba o il, glyce rine and rosemary oil. Cap, label and shake well. Store at
room temperature and shake well before using.
Y ou can find es sential oils at health or alternative food stores. Use
rosemary oil for dark hair and chamomile oil for light hair.
T o u se as a regular conditioner: Pour a dime-size portion into  the
palm of your han d and rub palm s together. Apply to wet hair and comb
through. Dry naturally or blow-dry and style as you normally do.
T o u se as a deep hair conditioner: Pour a quarter -size portion into
the palm of you r hand and rub palms together. Apply to dry h air and
massage thoroug hly into hair and scalp. Cover your hair with a plastic
shower cap and allow the co nditioner to penetrate the hair for a
minimum of 1 hour or overnight.Lavender Bath V inegar
Makes 2 cups (1 application)
The coconut oil doesn’t mix with the bathwater but instea d floats on
the surface. As you rise out o f the water, it coats your body, leaving it
moisturized and soft. Use any dried ar omatic herb or a mixtur e of
herbs in place o f the lavender, including crushed dried bay leaves, sage,
chamomile or lemon balm.
1/4 cup dried lavender buds
2 tbsp melted coconut oil
1 cup boiling water
1 cup coconut vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1.  Pla ce the lavender and oil in a 4-cup liquid measuring cup  or quart
Mason jar. Pour boiling water overtop. Cover and let steep for 30
minutes. Add vinegar, stir, cove r and let steep at room temperature for 1
hour or overnight.
2.  T o use, draw the bathwater and, using a fine-mesh sieve, strain the
vinegar into the tub as it fills with water.
If desired, double this recipe to make enough bath vinegar for 2 baths.
T o store, strain into an open o r loosely capped bottle (such a s an
apothecary glass jar with stopper). V inegar will keep at room
temperature for several months.Lemon Balm Spritz
Makes 3 cups
Lemon balm ( Melissa of ficinalis ) is a calming herb with the taste and
fragrance of lemon. It is used in teas to help ease tension, r estlessness,
nervous sleep disorders and digestive and gastr ointestinal disorders. Its
antibacterial an d antiviral pr operties make it a good addition to lotions
and cosmetic waters.
1/2 cup crushed dried lemon balm leaves
1/4 cup grated lemon rind
1 tbsp crushed allspice berries
1 cup coconut vinegar
2 cups coconut water or plain water
1.  In a pint jar w ith a lid, combi ne lemon balm, lemon rind, al lspice and
vinegar. Shake well and set aside in a sunny window to steep for 10 days.
2.  Usi ng a  fine-me sh sieve, strain vinegar (discarding herbs) into a jar with
a lid (1-quart capacity) and add coconut water. Cap, label and shake well.
Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
3.  T o use, pour so me of the spritz  into a small atomizer bottle. Use daily as
a ref reshing face toner before ap plying makeup or throughout the day to
refresh the skin.
CAUTION : Do not use lemon balm during pregnancy.T urmeric Coconut Face Mask
Makes 1/4 cup (2 applications)
T urmeric ( Curcuma longa ) is a powerful anti-inflammatory,
antimicr obial, antibacterial, antifungal and wound-healing herb, which
makes it a perf ect ingr edient in skincar e pr oducts. This combination of
natural ingr edi ents helps to r e duce r edness and dark age sp ots or dark
cir cles under the eyes. For a r elaxing weekly or monthly beauty ritual,
take a long, ho t bath using Lavender Bath V inegar (page 201). Apply
Face and Body Scrub (page 1 98) as dir ected. Spritz with Le mon Balm
Spritz ( page 202) and apply T urmeric Coconut Face Mask as dir ected
below.
1 heaping tbsp gr ound turmeric
1 tbsp liquid raw honey
1 tbsp melted coconut oil
1 tbsp 2% milk
1.  I n a small glass  bowl, add turm eric. Using a long-handled teaspoon, stir
in honey. Add oil and milk and stir to make a smooth past e. Divide
mixture in half. Use one half  immediately and store the r emaining
mixture, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
2.  T o use, remove  makeup, wash face and neck and pat dry. Using the back
of a spoon, spre ad mask evenly over cheeks, forehead, chin, nose and
under th e eyes. Leave mask on f or 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse of f w ith warm
water, p at dry, spritz with Lemon Balm Spritz (page 202) or toner and
moisturize with coconut oil.
This mask does not dry and tighten the skin. When gently rinsed of f
with wa rm water, the lactic acid in the milk acts as an exfoliant andsoftens the skin. For best results, apply once or twice a week and use
pure coconut oil as a daily non-greasy moisturizer.
CAUTION:  T ur meric is a yellow dye that w ill stain, so use a long-
handled spoon to mix and apply it and be sure to wear old clothes or an
old a pron when working with it. Be aware that it will stain facecloths
and tow els, cera mic bowls, as w ell as your porcelain sink. T o remove
yellow turmeric  stains from porcelain, wipe the surface with the cut
edge of half a lemon and rinse well.A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
I’m incredibly grateful to be able to do what I love, which is to explore
gardens and experiment with w holesome, or ganic food and to write about
those experience s. I’m also bles sed with family and friends who  share some
of my passion for herbs and g ardens, food markets, restaurants and, of
course, h ealthy, fresh food. T o all those people with whom I have shared a
fine meal, thank you for joining me in one of life’ s mo st precious
entitlements.
My talented daughter, Shannon McLauchlin, designed the spice labels
shown on pages 135, 136 and 141.
I t hink what mak es HarperCollin s a great publisher is their understanding
of th e process of building books. They appreciate and give full rein to
authors. Thanks to Brad W ilson, Alan Jones, Kelly Hope, Erin Parker, Kelly
Jones, R uth Pinc oe, Natalie Garriga, Beverley Sotolov and Maria Golikova.
T racy B ordian trained her eye on the copy to tweak and tighte n my words
into cohesive text and I value her attention to detail.


 remedies available; develop your intuition and use whatever appeals to you.
The most important vitamins are niacinamide (3 x 250 mg), B2, B6, B12 (inject or dissolve under tongue), folic acid and vitamin C.
The most important minerals are magnesium, selenium and zinc.
Sanitize the bedroom by minimizing electro-stress, chemical pollution as well as geopathic radiation, do not use innerspring
mattresses or metal beds, and sleep  in total darkness. Sanitize your teeth, especially have all dead teeth removed. Experiment with
ways to increase your life force. Try strong south pole magnet and blue light therapy for pain and tumor control, even better is the
south pole of a fast magnetic pulser; also use various types of packs.
Search for and neutralize the emotio nal shock that may have triggered your cancer. Several hours every day practice guided imagery
and energy meditation; especially improve the energy center closest to the area of cancer activity. Practice positive thinking and
develop faith and a joyful mind. Nothing will cure you if you do not believe in it.
Learn to feel and express your negative emotions as well as your emotional needs, become assertive. Open your heart center and
send love to the diseased area. Focus on improving your health instead of ﬁghting the cancer. Choose to live life to the fullest, have a
goal for the future, and become enthusiastic about your life, follow your dream. Your attitude is the key to your success.
Caution: The information in this program has been provided in good faith according to my experience and understanding. I am not
aware of any harmful effects with the described methods if used sensibly. However, I cannot guarantee results or accept
responsibility for any side ef fects.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
The author cannot accept any legal responsibility for any problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease,
or if you are unsure about a particular course of action, seek the help of a competent health professional.
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Every day, we urinate nutrients that can fertilize plants
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Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plantstells you
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Liquid Gold features three ways to use urine hygienically and productively for plant growth,
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by W alter Last
We need a new world order based on cooperation and spiritual values
In a wider sense we live in three different forms of relationships. These are our higher relationships with God and the spiritual
dimension, our interpersonal relationships in human society, and our relationships with our planet and all of its life forms.
In a holistic way of living we move towards greater harmony on all three  levels. Meditation and the spiritual path are our attempt to
heal our relationship with our spirit ual source, while an attitude of loving care towards our planet and its creatures will heal our
relationship with our biological roots.
Our social relationships, in a way, are the most difﬁcult to heal, for they are the testing ground for what we have learnt, and how far
we are spiritually advanced. With much effort and by using emotional release, reprogramming and meditation we may feel that we
have made much progress in healing ourselves. But have we? W e can only ﬁnd out in our social interactions.
Are we still upset if someone makes a mistake? Do we suppress our annoyance or do we speak out and if so in a suitable way? Do
we instead feel like pointing out what has been done wrong and how to correct it or do we prefer to let the other discover this for
himself? These are all different poss ibilities of responding to the same problem, and the way we respond can show us how far we
have healed ourselves and what we still have to do.
Furthermore, no matter how well we fare in these tests of everyday life, can we be fully happy and satisﬁed if we encounter on the
streets or on television the suffering  of our underprivileged brothers and sisters? Certainly not! With our increasing sensitivity and
compassion this causes us to suffer ourselves and we feel drawn to help. Again, there are different ways in which we can respond to
ease our common suf fering. Foremost may be to give hope and healing by our living example.
We may also donate money, goods and services to the needy. We may single out an individual for special support, or we may work
through an organization, we may use the political system, or in other ways try to change our whole structure of social injustice. What
will it be? Increasingly we will be drawn to do something because we feel and know that we are all one. Whatever our choice, it is not
a question of right or wrong but of trying to live according to our highest ideals, using the opportunities as they arise.
INTIMA TE RELA TIONSHIPS
Our intimate relationships, more than anything else, are a testing ground for our feelings and emotions. They are the catalyst that can
make us feel on top of the world or in the depth of depression. How do we cope with these strong feelings and emotions? Our
intimate relationships are a mirror of our general level of consciousness, they show us how well we are able to manifest our ideals in
everyday life.
There are different kinds of intimate relationships. In the best sense, they all will be love relationships, lovingly relating to a partner,
be it in marriage or without a legal status, short-term or long-term. Preferably we try to ﬁnd a partner with similar or compatible ideals
or we try to improve our existing relationship by ﬁnding and harmonising our ideals. Our common ideals, more than anything else,
can help to ensure a happy and fulﬁlled long-term love relationship. A relationship based mainly on sexual attraction or a need for
material or emotional security, on the other hand, does not have a solid foundation and is likely to fail.
In our society it is fashionable to make romantic love the deciding factor for marriage. However, this is the kind of love of which it is
rightly said that love makes blind. With this, it combines the two worst factors for marriage: it does not last and it blinds us to the
shortcomings of our partner.
After a few years the erotic appeal has been swept away and the relationship faces the test of reality. In many instances the couple
stays together only for the sake of the children, in others it is the need for emotional and material security. A new romance is now
sought outside of marriage. Sometimes this leads to a string of marriages and divorces based on erotic straw


,  July,  and  August
Mid-life
Hot,  humid  weather
Ideal  Routi
Morning
6:00-8:00  a.m. ne
7:00-8:00  a.m.
9:00-10:00  a.m.
10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.
12:00-1:00  p.m.
2:00-4:00  p.m.
3:00-4:00  p.m.
4:00-4:30  p.m.
5:00-6:00  p.m.
6:00-7:00  p.m.
7:00-9:00  p.m. Arise  promptly  on  awakening
Engage  in  calming  activities:
Perform  a  gentle  dry-brush  body
scrub  three  times  a  week
Take  a  cool  shower  or  bath
Apply  mild  natural  lotions  and
sandalwood  powder  to  body
Perform  morning  pranayama  and
meditation
Do  yoga  asanas  or  run
Breakfast
Engage  in  work-related  activities,
communication,  etc.
Engage  in  contemplative  activities;
remain  calm  and  alert
Perform  even-tempered  workout
Do  creative,  nonstressful  work
(artwork  and  other  visual  activities
are  generally  calming)
Exercise  care  and  sensitivity  while
dealing  with  others  during  this  time
Have  a  peaceful  and  quiet  lunch
Engage  in  work  details,
communication,  meetings
Present  ideas  and  proposals  during
this  time
Break  for  tea  or  snack
Regroup;  sit  back  and  assess  your
success  or  lack  of  success  (very
important  for  Pittas).  Hold  the
reins  of  your  fire  close  to  your
chest  at  this  time
Time  to  reflect  on  the  day,  wind
down;  plan  ahead
Have  dinner  with  family  or  friends
Take  a  long  walk,  engage  in  soothing
activities
Reduce  activities:  reading/work
preparation Carrying  Water  from  the  Well —
Sadhana  to  Invite  New  Life  and  Cleansing
8:00-8:30  p.m.
9:00-10:00  p.m.
10:00-10:30  p.m. Take  a  nurturing  evening  brew
Perform  bedtime  pranayama  and
meditation  or  aromatherapy
Do  evening  yoga  asanas
Retire
Note:  During  weekends,  include  the  kitchen  sadhanas  (grains,
spices,  etc.)  and  sadhana  of  the  land.  Also,  in  the  summer  be
especially  attentive  to  cooling  down  your  activities  and  to
regrouping  and  engaging  in  calm  contemplation.
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FOOD    SADHANAS
Daily  Kapha  Sadhana
Times  of  Increased  Pressure
6:00-10:00  a.m.  and  p.m.
December,  January,  February,  March,  mid-April
Childhood,  youth
Cold,  damp  weather
Ideal  Routine
Morning  Rise  promptly  on  awakening
6:00-8:00  a.m.  Engage  in  vital  activities:
Perform  a  vigorous  dry-brush  body
scrub  daily
Take  a  warm  shower
Massage  body  with  a  mild  natural
body  lotion
Perform  morning  pranayama
Do  30  minutes  of  yoga  asanas  or  run
or  do  some  active  sports  (do
something  stimulating  first  thing each  day)
8:00-9:00  a.m.  Light  breakfast
9:00  a.m. -2:00  p.m.  Engage  in  normal  work  activities  of the  day
I — <{M.
Washing  Clothes  in  the  River —
Sadhana  for  Contemplation Picking  Fruit — Sadhana  for  Celebration
1:00-2:00  p.m.  Have  a  hearty  meal
3:00-6:00  p.m.  Perform  normal  activities  i>t  the  da)
4:00-4:30  p.m.  Afternoon  tea
6:00-7:00  p.m.  Light  dinner  with  family
7:00-9:00  p.m.  Participate  in  a  consistent  evening
program  outside  ol  the  home  I  d<> not  ua\)  oi  watch  l  V  during  oi  after
dinnei )
Join  yoga  groups  and  engage  in
stimulating  lectures  or  events
9:00-10:00  p.m.  Wind  down
I'd  form  evening  pi  ana)  uni
Meditate  oi  pra)
Note:  During  weekends,  include  the  kitchen  sadhanas  i  v;iams,
spites,  etc.)i  the  preparation  ol  condiments,  chutneys,  and
pi(  kits,  and  the  sadhanas  ol  the  land
Be  espe<  ially  alert  and  active  during  wintei  ami  eai  1\  spring
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INTRODUCTION    TO
THE    RECIPES
The  intelligent  person,  remembering  the  pain  of  diseases,
should  take  food  which  is  suitable  to  him,  and
according  to  proper  quantity  and  timing.
Charaka
wish  it  were  possible  for  me  to  scan  the  entire  world  and  all  its  cultures  to  evaluate  the
Ayurvedic  energetics  of  all  of  God's  foods.  Ayurvedic  cooking  is  not  modern  Indian  cooking.
Ayurveda  is  a  living  ideal  with  universal  principles  that  embrace  all  cultures,  all  living  entities.  In
keeping  with  this  line  of  thought,  in  this  book  I  have  evaluated  Ayurvedically  a  wide  variety  of  food
staples  including  many  foods  traditionally  found  in  a  macrobiotic  diet.  This  should  help  you — the
consumers — to  determine  which  foods  are  suitable  for  your  constitutional  type.  For  some  body  types,
Oriental  foods  can  be  too  salty,  too  sour,  and/or  too  fermented.
The  handling  of  foods  is  a  most  important  aspect  of  cooking.  Approach  the  kitchen  with  a
prayerful  attitude.  Wash  all  grains  and  vegetables  properly.  Be  sure  your  cooking  utensils  are  clean  and
preferably  made  from  stainless  steel,  cast  iron,  or  clay.  Avoid  Teflon,  aluminum,  electric  cookware,
and  microwave  ovens.  Microwaves  are  a  natural  enemy  to  the  harmonious  energies  of  food.  Gas
stoves  and  open  fires  provide  the  best  energy  for  cooking.  Pressure  cookers  are  imperative  for  the
cooking  of  grains  and  beans.  Minimize  the  use  of  all  electrical  appliances.  Refrigerators  encourage  us
to  use  stale  and  frozen  foods  and  to  store  leftovers.  Purchase  fresh  vegetables  daily,  if  possible.
When  the  term  "natural"  appears  before  a  food  item,  the  food  should  be  purchased  in  a  natural
foods  store.  Each  recipe  is  prefaced  by  a  symbol  noting  the  season  during  which  it  is  best  eaten
pj-spring     ^J-summer     f>.J,y-fall      ra^n-winter     \QQ )  —festivals
and  by  letters  indicating  the  body  types  that  can  eat  it.  Substitutions,  when  recommended,  appear
below  the  ingredient  list.  Some  recipes  appropriate  for