rote:
Eleven	years	into	my	career	as	a	surgeon,	I	became	disillusioned	with
the	treatment	paradigm	of	U.S.	medicine	in	cancer	and	heart	disease. Little	had	changed	in	100	years	in	the	management	of	cancer,	and	in
neither	heart	disease	nor	cancer	was	there	a	serious
effort	at	prevention. I	found	the	epidemiology	of	these	diseases	provocative,	however:
Three-quarters	of	the	humans	on	this	planet	had	no	heart	disease,	a	fact
strongly	associated	with	diet. 41
Dr.	Esselstyn	started	to	reexamine	the	standard	medical	practice. “Aware
that	medical,	angiographic	and	surgical	interventions	were	treating	only	the
symptoms	of	heart	disease	and	believing	that	a	fundamentally	differentapproach	to	treatment	was	necessary,”	Dr.	Esselstyn	decided	to	test	the	effects
of	a	whole	foods,	plant-based	diet	on	people	with	established	coronary
disease. 42
	By	using	a	minimal	amount	of	cholesterol-lowering	medication	and
a	very	low-fat,	plant-based	diet,	he	has	gotten	the	most	spectacular	results
ever	recorded	in	the	treatment	of	heart	disease. 42,	43
In	1985,	Dr.	Esselstyn	began	his	study	with	the	primary	goal	of	reducing
his	patients’	blood	cholesterol	to	below	150	mg/dL. He	asked	each	patient	to
record	everything	he	or	she	ate	in	a	food	diary. Every	two	weeks,	for	the	next
five	years,	Dr.	Esselstyn	met	with	his	patients	to	discuss	the	process,
administer	blood	tests	and	record	blood	pressure	and	weight. He	followed	up
this	daytime	meeting	with	an	evening	telephone	call	to	report	the	results	of
the	blood	tests	and	further	discuss	how	the	diet	was	working. In	addition,	all
of	his	patients	met	together	a	few	times	a	year	to	talk	about	the	program,
socialize	and	exchange	helpful	information. In	other	words,	Dr.	Esselstyn	was
diligent,	involved,	supportive	and	compassionately	stern	on	a	personal	level
with	his	patients. The	diet	they,	including	Dr.	Esselstyn	and	his	wife	Ann,	followed	was	free
of	all	added	fat	and	almost	all	animal	products. Dr.	Esselstyn	and	his
colleagues	report,	“[Participants]	were	to	avoid	oils,	meat,	fish,	fowl	and	dairy
products,	except	for	skim	milk	and	nonfat	yogurt.”
42
	About	five	years	into	the
program,	Dr.	Esselstyn	recommended	to	his	patients	that	they	stop	consuming
any	skim	milk	and	yogurt,	as	well. Five	of	his	patients	dropped	out	of	the	study	within	the	first	two	years;	that
left	eighteen. These	eighteen	patients	originally	had	come	to	Dr.	Esselstyn
with	severe	disease. Within	the	eight	years	leading	up	to	the	study,	these
eighteen	people	had	suffered	through	forty-nine	coronary	events,
	including
angina,	bypass	surgery,	heart	attacks,	strokes	and	angioplasty. These	were	not
healthy	hearts. One	might	imagine	that	they	were	motivated	to	join	the	study
by	the	panic	created	when	premature	death	is	near. 42,	43
These	eighteen	patients	achieved	remarkable	success. At	the	start	of	the
study,	the	patients’	average	cholesterol	level	was	246	mg/dL. During	the
course	of	the	study,	the	average	cholesterol	was	132	mg/dL,	well	below	the
150	mg/dL	target
! 43
	Their	levels	of	“bad”	LDL	cholesterol	dropped	just	as
dramatically. 42
	In	the	end,	though,	the	most	impressive	result	was	not	the
blood	cholesterol	levels,	but	how	many	coronary	events	occurred	since	the
start	of	the	study. In	the	following	eleven	years,	there	was	exactly	ONE	coronary	event
among	the	eighteen	patients	who	followed	the	diet. That	one	event	was	from	a
patient	who	strayed	from	the	diet	for	two	years. After	straying,	the	patientconsequently	experienced	clinical	chest	pain	(angina)	and	then	resumed	a
healthy	plant-based	diet. The	patient	eliminated	his	angina,	and	has	not
experienced	any	further	events. 43
Not	only	has	the	disease	in	these	patients	been	stopped,	it	has	even	been
reversed. Seventy	percent	of	his	patients	have	seen	an	opening	of	their
clogged	arteries
. 43
	Eleven	of	his	patients	had	agreed	to	angiography,	a
procedure	in	which	specific	arteries	in	the	heart	can	be	“x-rayed.”	Of	these
eleven,	the	blockages	in	the	arteries	were,	on	average,	reduced	in	size	by	7%
over	the	first	five	years	of	his	study. This	may	sound	like	a	small	change	but	it
should	be	noted	that	the	volume	of	blood	delivered	is	at	least	30%	greater
when	the	diameter	is	increased	by	7%. 44
	More	importantly,	this	is	the
difference	between	the	presence	of	pain	(from	angina)	and	absence	of	pain,
indeed	between	life	and	death. Authors	of	the	five-year	report	note,	“This	is
the	longest	study	of	minimal	fat	nutrition	used	in	combination	with
cholesterol-lowering	drugs	conducted	to	date,	and	our	finding	of	a	mean
decrease	of	arterial	stenosis	[blockage]	of	7.0%	is	greater	than	any	reports	in
previous	research.”
42
One	physician	took	special	note	of	Dr.	Esselstyn’s	study. He	was	only
forty-four	years	of	age	and	seemingly	healthy	when	he	found	himself	with	a
heart	problem,	culminating	in	a	heart	attack. Because	of	the	nature	of	his	heart
disease,	there	was	nothing	that	conventional	medicine	could	safely	offer	him. He	visited	Dr.	Esselstyn,	decided	to	commit	to	the	dietary	program,	and
after
thirty-two	months,	without	any	cholesterol-lowering	medication,	he	reversed
his	heart	disease	and	lowered	his	blood	cholesterol	to	89	mg/dL. What
follows	is	the	dramatic	image	of	this	patient’s	diseased	artery	before	and	after
Dr.	Esselstyn’s	dietary	advice	(
Chart	5.4
). 8
	The	light	part	of	the	picture	is
blood	flowing	through	an	artery. The	picture	on	the	left	(A)	has	a	section
marked	by	a	parenthesis	where	severe	coronary	disease	reduced	the	amount	of
blood	flow. After
adopting	a	whole	foods,	plant-based	diet,	that	same	artery
opened	up,	reversing	the	ravages	of	heart	disease	and	allowing	a	much	more
normal	blood	flow,	as	shown	in	the	picture	on	the	right	(B).CHART	5.4:	CORONARY	ARTERY	BEFORE	AND	AFTER
CONSUMING	PLANT-BASED	DIET
Is	it	possible	that	Dr.	Esselstyn	just	got	a	lucky	group	of	patients? The
answer	is	no. Patients	this	sick	with	heart	disease	don’t	spontaneously	heal
themselves. Another	way	to	check	the	likelihood	of	this	degree	of	success	is
to	look	at	the	five	patients	that	dropped	out	of	the	dietary	program	and
resumed	their	standard	care. As	of	1995,	these	five	people	h


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ilt, or Fear
that to rise out o f despair is an enormous jump. Pride as such generally
has a good reput ation and is soc ially encouraged, yet, as we see from the
Map of the Scale of Consciousness, it is suf ficiently negative to remain
below the critical level of 200. Pride feels good only in contrast to the
lower levels. Because “Pride goeth before a fa ll,” it is defensive and vulnerable as it is
dependent upon external conditions, without which it can suddenly revert
to a lower level. The inflated ego is vulnerable to attack. Pride remains
weak because it can be knocked of f its pedestal into Shame, which is the
threat that fires the fear of loss of pride. Pride is divisive and gives ri se to factionalism, resulting in costly
consequences. Man has habitua lly died for Pride for which armies still
regularly slaughter each other. Religious wars, political terrorism and
zealotry, and the ghastly history  of the Middle East and Central Europe
are all the price of Pride and hatred for which all of society pays. The downside of Pride is arrogance and denial. These chara cteristics
block growth. In Pride, recovery from addictions is impossible because
emotional probl ems or character defects are denied. The whole  problem
of denial is tha t of Pride; thu s, Pride is a very sizable block to the
acquisition of real power, which displaces Pride with true stature and
prestige. Discussion.As t he level of consciousness rises, so does the presence of exp erienced
happiness. Appr oximately twelve percent of the people at the level of
Anger feel happy about their  lives, but at the level of P ride, the
percentage rises  to twenty-two percent. Y et, Pride, like Anger and Fear,
is still a defens ive posture because of its intrinsic vulnerability that
requires its positions be guarded  and defended. Pride is gratifying yet a
block to moving on to the solid ground of Courage, which is bey ond fear
because of its invulnerability. The ego inflation of Pride is the c ore of its
vulnerability in  that the ego overestimates its importance and thus
miscalculates its  value as a guide to function, survival, and interaction
with others. The self-esteem of Pride rests on an inflated and exaggerated
opinion rather than on reality. T hus, the ego searches for confirmation,
which rests on the insecure premises of opinion. Pride is operationally serviceable as a transitory self-reward for
successful accomplishment and therefore a normal response that is
learned in childhood via par ental approval and rewards for good
behavior. Thus, as a reward system, it facilitates maturation and
acculturation. Th e error occurs when the ego assumes that it is  the ‘me’
that is being rewarded rather than the behavior itself. This leads to the
seeking of the reward of admiration by which actions become
subservient to the goal of winning approval. The motivating pattern
persists in most adults to varyin g degrees, but with progressive maturity,
the patte rn becomes internalized  and self-reward occurs by virtue of the
authority of internalized parental figures and standards. W ith further
maturity, the opinions or approv al of others diminish in import ance and
are supp lanted by self-approva l, and life is then lived according to
internalized standards. At a more mature level, although the approval of
others is  nice, it is not determi nistic of behaviors, as expressed in the
common dictum, “I have to live with myself.”

Socialized Pride. Pride is  often dependent on social image and its expressions via
possessions, pub licity, titles, wealth, etc. Social status and its symbols
motivate subcultures, which have their own intrinsic earmarks of
success. These may include everything from style of language and dress
to ‘w hom you k now’, as well as  address, size of house, automo bile, and
the appurtenances of wealth. Although Amer ica and other d emocracies are hypothetically classless
societies, in practice, social clas s is a strong reality. Other than age and
sex, it is one of the first things that people notice about each other. Each
subculture has its own ranking system of ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ and
stratifications. These appear in nuances of roles and privileges, a s well as
responsibilities and expectations, with consequent rewards and
obligations as a result of complex system motivators.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Everything belo ngs to God; con sequently, all that is considered to
be ‘mine ’ and ‘belonging to’ me  is a temporary condition, including
the human body itself. Domina tion is only control; it is dominion
that reigns. 4. See all ownerships and relationships as stewardships only. The
obligation is to responsibility of alignment rather than attachment or
involvement. 5. Cling to principles rather than people, objects, conditions, and
transitory situations. The calibrated levels of consciousness are
indicative of the principles tha t correlate with and determine that
level an d its overall attractor field of consciousness by which all is
aligned and influenced. 6. Resolve to live with courage and dignity. This stance summ ons
forth th e unseen Power by wh ich all life survives. Accept that
mourning is a normal process rather than resisting it. 7. Accept that all sentient beings  live by faith. Despite naive and
pretentious claims to the contrary, all people live solely by the
principle of faith—it is only a q uestion of faith in ‘what’. Faith  can
be p laced in th e illusory, the intellect, reason, science, progr ess,
political and worldly power, ego satisfactions, pleasure, wealth, or
hope (e. g., ‘tomorrow’). These fa iths are  all based on presumptions that can be eclipse d at any
moment because they are fragile beliefs. Even the hypothetical
‘nonbeliever ’ or  skeptic lives by faith in their own intellect, which, to
that person, represents ‘reality’. In the actual Presence of the Infinite
Reality, all such pretensions eva porate, as do all positionalities of a ‘this’
(self) believing in a ‘that’ (pr oposition). Reality is self-af firming by
virtue o f being Identity, within which the dualistic nature of all beliefs
falls away. Disassembly of Grief (and also of Desir e). The value or wo rth of desires reflects what they represent sym bolically
or as a class. T o see through the particulars to their perceived essence
facilitates withdrawal of attachment and therefore dif fuses both intensity
of w antingness and importance of loss. Each ‘thing’, person, or item that
is considered to be important is only valued by virtu e of its
representation of a more abstract quality. The grief at loss is thu s not due
to th e pa rticular but to an attractor field of consciousness of which it is a
symbolic representation. Each ‘thing’ reflects abstract qualities that can
be classified at progressive levels of abstractionSurrender of attachment is facilitated by appreciating that ‘value’ is a
superimposition that depends on abstract significance and what a thing or
attribute symbolizes. Thus, it will be found that a specific loss or gain
can be compens ated for by sub stituting an equivalent in the s ame or a
higher class. Some fo rms of grief have to do  with real or imaginary loss of personal
attributes, such as youth, physical strength, health, or even lost
opportunities and regrets over unfruitful pursuits, past failures, or
unfortunate choices. Grief over past errors or misjudgments resolve via
recontextualization as part of the learning process called ‘being human’. Regret i s also a consequence of giving reality to the hypothetical, e.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of ownership and attachment?,
A: The author believes that everything belongs to God and that all attachments and relationships are temporary and based on a false sense of security.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>V alues can
automatically accrue to certain activities and qualities, such as e ducation,
personality traits, and styles of behavior and speech. These become
codified within subcultures, each of which also has its own accepted
internal codes. The social pressure of subcultu res is quite strong and often determines
the cont ent of internalized behavioral patterns that define success or
failure and af fect pride, self-esteem, and perceived social value. The
same behavioral  style that leads  to approval or success in one su bculture
may spell failure and rejectio n in another. Thus, appropriate is the
wisdom of the dictum, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
Paradoxically, there are subcultures that emphasize conformity to their
characteristics of nonconformity. Each subculture has its own intrinsic, unwritten philosophy interwoven
with attitudes and belief system s that are expressed as an orientation
towards presumptive values, goals, and range of options. These
contextualize and express as a calibratable, evolutionary level of
consciousness in which


 being the awareness in the background. For
others it happens in such a subtle way they hardly notice it, or they just
notice an influx of joy or inner peace without knowing the reason.A New Earth
T H E  V O I C E  I N  T H E  H E A D
That first glimpse of awareness came to me when I was a first?year
student at the University of London. I would take the tube (subway)
twice a week to go to the university library, usually around nine oclock
in the morning, toward the end of the rush hour. One time a woman in
her early thirties sat opposite me. I had seen her before a few times on
that train. One could not help but notice her. Although the train was full,
the seats on either side of her were unoccupied, the reason being, no
doubt, that she appeared to be quite insane. She looked extremely tense
and talked to herself incessantly in a loud and angry voice. She was so
absorbed in her thoughts that she was totally unaware, in seemed, of
other people or her surroundings. Her head was facing downward and
slightly to the left, as if she were addressing someone sitting in the empty
seat next to her. Although I dont remember the precise content, her
monologue went something like this: And then she said to me... so I said
to her you are a liar how dare you accuse me of... when you are the one
who has always taken advantage of me I trusted you and you betrayed
my trust... There was the angry tone in her voice of someone who has
been wronged, who needs to defend her position lest she become
annihilated. As the train approached T ottenham Court Road Station, she stood up and
walked toward the door with still no break in the stream of words
coming out of her mouth. That was my stop too, so I got of f behind her. At street level, she began to walk toward Bedford Square, still engaged
in her imaginary dialogue, still angrily accusing and asserting her
position. My curiosity aroused, I decided to follow her as long as she
was walking in the same general direction I had to go in. Although
engrossed in her imaginary dialogue, she seemed to know where she was
going. Soon we were within sight of the imposing structure of Senate
House, a 1930s high?rise, the universitys central administrative building
and library. I was shocked. W as it possible that we were going to thesame place? Y es, thats where she was heading. W as she a teacher,
student, an of fice worker, a librarian? Maybe she
was some psychologists research project. I never knew the answer. I
walked twenty steps behind her, and by the time I entered the building
(which ironically was the location of the headquarters of the Mind Police
in the film version of Geor ge Orwells novel, 1984), she had already been
swallowed up by one of the elevators. I was somewhat taken aback by what I had just witnessed. A mature
first?year student at twenty?five, I saw myself as an intellectual in the
making, and I was convinced that all the answers to the dilemmas of
human existence could be found through the intellect, that is to say, by
thinking. I didnt realize yet that thinking without awareness is the main
dilemma of human existence. I looked upon the professors as sages who
had all the answers and upon the university as the temple of knowledge. How could an insane person like her be part of this? I was still thinking about her when I was in the mens room prior to
entering the library. As I was washing my hands, I thought: I hope I dont
end up like her. The man next to me looked briefly in my direction, and I
suddenly was shocked when I realized that I hadnt just thought those
words, but mumbled them aloud. Oh my God, Im already like her, I
thought. W asnt my mind as incessantly active as hers? There were only
minor dif ferences between us. The predominant underlying emotion
behind her thinking seemed to be anger. In my case, it was mostly
anxiety. She thought out loud. I thought mostly in my head. If she was
mad, then everyone was mad, including myself. There were dif ferences
in degree only. For a moment, I was able to stand back from my own mind and see it
from a deeper perspective, as it were. There was a brief shift from
thinking to awareness. I was still in the mens room, but alone now,
looking at my face in the mirror. At that moment of detachment from my
mind, I laughed out loud. It may have sounded insane, but it was the
laughter of sanity, the laughter of the big?bellied Buddha. Life isnt as
serious as my mind makes it out to be. Thats what the laughter seemed to
be saying. But it was only a glimpse, very quickly to be for gotten. I
would spend the next three years in anxiety and depression, completely
identified with my mind. I had to get close to suicide before awarenessreturned, and then it was much more than a glimpse. I became free of
compulsive thinking and of the false, mind?made I. The above incident not only gave me a first glimpse of awareness, it also
planted the first doubt as to the absolute validity of the human intellect. A few months later, something tragic happened that made my doubt row. On a Monday morning, we arrived for a lecture to be given by a
professor whose mind I admired greatly, only to be told that sadly he had
committed suicide sometime during the weekend by shooting himself. I
was stunned. He was a highly respected teacher and seemed to have all
the answers. However, I could as yet see no alternative to the cultivation
of thought. I didnt realize yet that thinking is only a tiny aspect of the
consciousness that we are, nor did I know anything about the ego, let
alone being able to detect it within myself.A New Earth
C O N T E N T  A N D  S T R U C T U R E  O F  T H E  E G O
The egoic mind is completely conditioned by the past. Its conditioning
is twofold: It consists of content and structure. In the case of a child who cries in deep suf fering because his toy has
been taken away, the toy represents content. It is interchangeable with
any other content, any other toy or object. The content you identify with
is conditioned by your environment, your upbringing, and surrounding
culture. Whether the child is rich or poor, whether the toy is a piece of
wood shaped like an animal or a sophisticated electronic gadget makes
no dif ference as far as the suf fering caused by its loss is concerned. The
reason why such acute suf fering occurs is concealed in the word my, and
it is structural. The unconscious compulsion to enhance ones identity
through association with an object is built into the very structure of the
egoic mind. One of the most basic mind structures through which the ego comes into
existence is identification. The word identification is derived from the
Latin word idem, meaning same and facere, which means to make. So
when I identify with something, I make it the same. The same as what? The same as I. I endow it with a sense of self, and so it becomes part of
my identity. One of the most basic levels of identification is with things:
My toy later becomes my car, my house, my clothes, and so on. I try to
find myself in things but never quite make it and end up losing myself in
them. That is the fate of the ego.A New Earth
I D E N T I F I C A T I O N  W I T H  T H I N G S
The people in the advertising industry know very well that in order to
sell things that people dont really need, they must convince them that
those things will add something to how they see themselves or are seen
by others; in other words, add something to their sense of self. They do
this, for example, by telling you that you will stand out from the crowd
by using this product and so by implication be more fully yourself. Or
they may create an association in your mind between the product and a
famous person, or a youthful, attractive, or happy?looking person. Even
pictures of old or deceased celebrities in their prime work well for that
purpose. The unspoken assumption is that by buying this product,
through some magical act of appropriation, you become like them, or
rather the surface image of them. And so in many cases you are not
buying a product but an identity enhancer. Designer labels are primarily
collective identities that you buy into. They are expensive and therefore
exclusive. If everybody could buy them, they would lose their
psychological value and all you would be left with would be their
material value, which likely amounts to a fraction of what you paid. What kind of things you identify with will vary from person to person
according to age, gender, income, social class, fashion, the surrounding
culture, and so on. What you identify with is all to do with content;
whereas, the unconscious compulsion to identify is structural. It is one of
the most basic ways in which the egoic mind operates. Paradoxically, what keeps the so?called consumer society going is the
fact that trying to find yourself


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them, and they play it automatically. They must play the parts they are
playing because we are what we are. You will change the world only when you become the embodiment of that
which you want the world to be. You have but one gift in this world that is
truly yours to give and that is yourself. Unless you yourself are that which
you want the world to be, you will never see it in this world. “Except ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: According to the passage, what is the only reality?,
A: Consciousness is the one and only reality.
Q: What is the key to changing oneself and, in turn, changing the world?,
A: We must assume that we already are what we want to be and sustain this assumption.
Q: What is the main spring of action?,
A: Desire is the main spring of action.
Q: According to the passage, can we change others?,
A: No, we cannot change others; we can only change ourselves, and by doing so, we will automatically change the world.
Q: What is the importance of forgiveness?,
A: Forgiveness is complete forgetfulness; we must forgive by forgetting, and not by using words of denial.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>As soon as man assumes the  feel-
ing of his wish fulfilled, his fourth dimensional Self finds ways for the  at-
tainment of this end, discovers  methods for its realization. I know  of no clearer  definition of the  means by which we  realize our de -
sires than to EXPERIENCE IN  THE IMAGINATION  WHAT WE WOULD  EXPE-
RIENCE IN  THE FLESH  WERE WE TO  ACHIEVE OUR GOAL. This imaginary
experience of the  end with acceptance, wills the  means. The  fourth di -
mensional Self then constructs with its larger outlook  the means neces -
sary to realize the  accepted  end. The undisciplined  mind finds it difficult to assume  a state which is denied
by the  senses. But here  is a technique  that makes it easy to "call things
which are  not seen as though they were," that is, to encounter  an event
before  it occurs. People  have a habit of slighting  the importance of simple
things. But this simple  formula  for changing  the future  was discovered  af-
ter years of searching  and experimenting. The first step  in changing  the future  is DESIRE, that is, define  your objec -
tive  know  definitely what you  want. Secondly, construct an event which you. believe  you would encounter
FOLLOWING  the fulfillment of your desire  an event which implies fulfill -
ment of your desire  something  which will have  the action of Self predomi -
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havennant. Thirdly, immobilize the  physical body, and  induce a  condition akin to sleep
by imagining  that you  are sleepy. Lie  on a bed, or relax in a  chair. Then,
with eyelids closed  and your attention focused  on the  action you  intend  to
experience in imagination, mentally feel  yourself right into the proposed
action; imagining  all the  while that you  are actually performing  the action
here and now. You must always participate  in the  imaginary action; not merely stand
back and look on, but feel that you  are actually performing  the action so
that the  imaginary sensation is real  to you. It is important always to remember  that the  proposed  action must be one
which FOLLOWS  the fulfillment of your desire. Also you  must feel yourself
into the  action until  it has all the  vividness and  distinctness of reality. For example,  suppose  you desire  promotion in your office. Being  congrat -
ulated  would  be an event you  would  encounter  following  the fulfillment of
your desire. Having  selected  this action as the  one you will experience in
imagination, immobilize the  physical body;   and induce a  state akin to
sleep, a  drowsy state,  but one  in which you  are still able  to  control the
direction of your thoughts, a state  in which you  are attentive  without ef -
fort. Then visualize a  friend  standing  before  you. Put your imaginary hand
into his. Feel it to be  solid and real, and  carry on an imaginary conversa -
tion with him in harmony with the  action. You do not visualize yourself at a  distance in point of space  and at a dis-
tance in point of time  being  congratulated  on your good  fortune. Instead,
you make elsewhere  HERE, and   the future  NOW. The  future  event is a  re-
ality NOW in a  dimensionally larger world  and oddly enough, now  in a di-
mensionally larger  world  is equivalent to HERE in the  ordinary three di -
mensional space  of everyday life. The difference between FEELING  yourself in action, here  and now, and  vi-
sualizing  yourself in action, as though you  were on a motion picture
screen, is the  difference between success and  failure. The difference will
be appreciated  if you  will now  visualize yourself climbing  a ladder. Then,
with eyelids closed  imagine  that a  ladder is right in front  of you  and FEEL
yourself actually  climbing  it. Desire, physical immobility bordering  on sleep, and  imaginary action in
which Self feelingly predominates HERE AND  NOW, are  not only important
factors in altering  the future, but they are  also essential conditions in con -
sciously projecting  the spiritual Self. When the  physical body is immobilized  and we become  possessed  of the
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenidea to do  something, if we imagine  that we  are doing  it HERE AND  NOW
and keep the imaginary action feelingly going  right up  until sleep  ensues
we are likely to awaken out of the   physical body to find  ourselves in a  di-
mensionally larger world  with a  dimensionally larger focus and  actually
doing  what we  desired  and imagined  we were doing  in the  flesh. But whether  we awaken there  or not, we  are actually performing  the ac-
tion in the  fourth dimensional world, and  will in the  future  reenact it here
in the  third dimensional world. Experience has taught me  to restrict the  imaginary action, to condense
the idea which is to  be the object of our meditation into a  single  act,
and to reenact it over  and over again until it has the  feeling  of reality. Otherwise,  the attention will wander  off along  an associational track, and
hosts of associated  images will be  presented  to our attention, and  in a few
seconds they will lead  us hundreds of miles away from our objective  in
point of space, and  years away in point of time. If we decide  to climb a  particular  flight of stairs, because  that is the  likely
event to follow  the realization of our desire,  then we  must restrict the  ac-
tion to climbing  that particular  flight of stairs. Should  the attention wan -
der off, bring  it back  to its task  of climbing  that  flight of stairs, and keep
on doing  so until the  imaginary action has all the  solidity and  distinctness
of reality. The  idea must be  maintained  in the  field of presentation without
any sensible  effort on our part. We  must, with the  minimum of effort, per -
meate  the mind with the feeling  of the  wish fulfilled. Drowsiness facilitates change  because  it favors attention without effort,
but it must not  be pushed  to the  state of sleep, in which we  shall no
longer  be able to control the movements of our attention, but a  moder -
ate degree of drowsiness in which we  are still able to direct our thoughts. A most effective  way to embody a  desire  is to assume  the feeling  of the
wish fulfilled  and then, in a  relaxed  and sleepy state,  repeat over and over
again like  a lullaby, any short  phrase  which implies fulfillment of your de -
sire, such as, "Thank  you, thank  you, thank   you," until the  single  sensa -
tion of thankfulness dominates the  mind. Speak these words as though
you addressed  a higher power for having  done it for you. If, however, we seek  a conscious projection in a  dimensionally larger
world, then we  must keep  the action going  right up  until sleep  ensues. Experience in imagination with all the  distinctness of reality what would
be experienced  in the  flesh were  we to achieve  our goal and  we shall in
time meet it in the  flesh as we  met it in our imagination. Feed the mind with premises  that is, assertions presumed  to be true, be -
cause  assumptions, though false,  if persisted  in until they have  the feel-
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 rosemary, or oregano)
- Salt and pepper to tast e
- 2 cups mixed vegetables (zucchini, bell peppers, onions, etc.) - 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Preparation:
1. Preheat the grill to medium-high heat. 2. Brush the chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle with dried herbs,
salt, and pepper. 3. Grill the chicken for about 6-8 minutes per side, or until cooked through. 4. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). 5. Toss the mixed vegetables with olive oil, salt, and pepper.6. Spread the vegetables on a baking sheet and roast for about 15-20
minutes, or until tender. 7. Remove the chicken from the grill and let it rest for a few minutes before
slicing. 8. Drizzle the roasted vegetables with balsamic vinegar and serve alongside
the grilled chicken. 5. Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl:
Ingredients :
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 cup mixed greens
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup chopped cucumbers
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 2 tablespoons sliced black olives
- 2 tablespoons extra-vir gin olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. In a bowl, combine the cooked quinoa, mixed greens, cherry tomatoes,
cucumbers, feta cheese, and black olives. 2. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and
pepper. 3. Drizzle the dressing over the quinoa mixture and toss to combine.4. Serve chilled. 6. Roasted Butternut Squash Soup:
Ingredients:
- 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and diced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Optional toppings: Greek yogurt, chopped fresh herbs
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). 2. Place the diced butternut squash on a baking sheet and roast for about 25-
30 minutes, or until tender and slightly caramelized. 3. In a lar ge pot, sauté the chopped onion, carrots, and garlic until softened. 4. Add the roasted butternut squash, vegetable broth, dried thyme, ground
cinnamon, salt, and pepper to the pot. 5. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 15-20 minutes. 6. Use an immersion blender or transfer the soup to a blender to puree until
smooth. 7. Adjust the seasoning if needed.8. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with a dollop of Greek yogurt and
chopped fresh herbs, if desired. 9. Serve hot. 7. Baked Lemon Herb Chicken:
Ingredients:
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped herbs (such as rosemary, thyme, or parsley)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation :
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). 2. Place the chicken breasts in a baking dish. 3. Squeeze the lemon juice over the chicken. 4. Sprinkle the fresh herbs evenly over the chicken breasts. 5. Drizzle with olive oil. 6. Season with salt and pepper. 7. Bake in the preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes, or until the chicken
is cooked through. 8. Serve hot with steamed vegetables or a side salad. 8. Vegetable Stir -Fry:
Ingredients:- 2 cups mixed vegetables (broccoli, bell peppers, carrots, snap peas, etc. ),
sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce (optional)
- Salt and pepper to tast e
Preparation:
1. Heat the olive oil in a lar ge skillet or wok over medium-high heat. 2. Add the minced garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes until fragrant. 3. Add the mixed vegetables to the skillet and stir -fry for about 5-7 minutes,
or until crisp-tender. 4. Stir in the soy sauce and hoisin sauce, if using. 5. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 6. Cook for another 1-2 minutes, stirring continuously. 7. Remove from heat and serve hot over
brown rice or quinoa. 9. Spinach and Mushroom Omelette:
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup fresh spinach, chopped
- 1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1/4 cup diced onion s- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. In a bowl, whisk the eggs until well beaten. 2. Heat the olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. 3. Add the diced onions and sliced mushrooms to the skillet and sauté until
softened. 4. Add the chopped spinach and sauté until wilted. 5. Pour the beaten eggs into the skillet, spreading them evenly to cover the
vegetables. 6. Cook the omelette for a few minutes until the edges are set. 7. Gently lift the edges with a spatula and tilt the skillet to allow the
uncooked eggs to flow to the edges. 8. Once the omelette is mostly set, fold it in half using the spatula. 9. Cook for another minute or two until the eggs are fully cooked and the
omelette is lightly golden. 10. Season with salt and pepper. 11. Slide the omelette onto a plate and serve hot. 10. Berry Chia Pudding:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 cup almond milk (or any non-dairy milk)
- 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup (optional)Preparation:
1. In a blender, combine the mixed berries and almond milk. 2. Blend until smooth. 3. Pour the berry mixture into a bowl or jar. 4. Stir in the chia seeds until well combined. 5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until the chia seeds have
absorbed the liquid and the mixture has thickened. 6. Stir the pudding well before serving. 7. If desired, drizzle with honey or maple syrup for added sweetness. 8. Enjoy chilled. 1. Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Salad:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 2 cups mixed roasted vegetables (such as broccoli, cauliflower, bell
peppers)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh herbs (such as parsley, basil, cilantro)
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons extra-vir gin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). 2. Toss the mixed vegetables with olive oil, salt, and pepper. 3. Spread the vegetables on a baking sheet and roast for about 20-25
minutes, or until tender and slightly caramelized.4. In a bowl, combine the cooked quinoa, roasted vegetables, chopped
herbs, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper. 5. Mix well to combine all the flavors. 6. Serve chilled or at room temperature. 2. Grilled Salmon with Lemon-Dill Sauce:
Ingredients:
- 4 salmon fillets
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
- 1 tablespoon extra-vir gin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. Preheat the grill to medium-high heat. 2. Brush the salmon fillets with lemon juice and olive oil. 3. Sprinkle with chopped dill, salt, and pepper. 4. Grill the salmon for about 4-5 minutes per side, or until cooked through. 5. Remove from the grill and let it rest for a few minutes before serving. 6. Serve hot with a side of steamed vegetables or a green salad. 3. Quinoa Stuf fed Bell Peppers:
Ingredients:
- 4 bell peppers (any color)
- 1 cup cooked quinoa- 1/2 cup diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup cooked black beans
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup diced red onions
- 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). 2. Slice of f the tops of the bell peppers and remove the seeds and
membranes. 3. In a bowl, combine the cooked quinoa, diced tomatoes, black beans,
cilantro, red onions, salt, and pepper. 4. Spoon the quinoa mixture into the bell peppers, packing it tightly. 5. If desired, sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each stuf fed
pepper. 6. Place the stuf fed peppers in a


 miles over the
arid desert inland from the coast. We were exceedingly fortunate in having as our interpreter and
guide Dr. Albert Giesecke, who for fourteen years was the Chancellor of Cuzco University. With
his excellent knowledge of the country and its languages, with the credentials which gave us entry
to the secluded places, together with the kindness and helpfulness of the Peruvian Government
officials in almost all localities, we were able to obtain much valuable information. In an estimate of
this culture not only their arts, but their scientific skill should be included. Since the primary object of this quest was to learn of the efficiency of these primitive people in
the art of living in harmony with Nature's laws and their methods for accomplishing this, it was
desirable to find, if possible, some living descendants of these people to gain from them the
information that had been handed down. We were told that there were a few villages in an isolated
section of the coast in northern Peru where the inhabitants claimed descent from the ancient Chimu
cultures of that area. This group was characterized by a flattening of the skull at the back which
classified them as short heads and is readily identified. We were very fortunate in having the
assistance of Commander Daniel Matto of the Peruvian Army. He was able to utilize the police
facilities for locating typical old residents who could tell us much of the story of their race and its
recent history as it had been handed down by word of mouth. In Fig. 80 will be seen one of these
nonagenarians. He told us of incidents that had been related to him by his great-greatgrandfather
and by the old people of that area, of the coming of Pizarro four hundred years ago. The height of
this man can be judged as he is seen standing beside Mrs. Price, who is five feet three. His head is
shown both front and side view, revealing the flattened surface at the back. An ancient skull with
typical flattening is also shown. Fortunately these people are living very closely in accordance with
the customs of their ancestors. They are fisherfolk, with a hardihood and skill that is in striking
contrast with the lethargy of the modernized groups. Their fine physical development, the breadth
of their dental arches and the regularity of their facial features are in striking contrast to the
characteristics noted among individuals in the modernized colonies. In Fig. 81 will be seen typical
members of these colonies.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 140/250FIG. 80. The ancient Chimus flattened the back of the head,
as shown in the lower left, by placing the infant on a board. A descendant of the Chimus is shown in the upper left with
Mrs. Price, and in front and side views at the right. Note that
the back of his head is similarly flattened. FIG. 81. Some descendants of the ancient Chimu culture are
still living in a few fishing villages in the north of Peru. They
live, as did their ancestors, largely on the sea food. Typical
faces of this native stock are shown in this photograph. Note
the breadth of the dental arches and full development of the
facial bones. 7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 141/250    The skill with which these men manage their fishing boats is inspiring. Even though the surf was
rolling in great combers they did not hesitate to go out in either their small crafts carrying one
individual or in their large sailboats carrying a dozen men. The abundance of the fish in this district
is demonstrated by the large catch that each succeeding boat brought to shore. At the time the Spanish Conquistadors arrived in Peru one of the most unique of the ancient
cultures held sway over both the mountain plateaus and the coastal plains from Santiago of Chile
northward to Quito, Equador, a distance of about 1200 miles. This culture took its name from the
ruling emperors called Incas. The capital of their, great kingdom was Cuzco, a city located
between the East and West Cordillera Ranges of the Andes. These parallel ranges are from fifty to
two hundred miles apart. Between them is situated a great plateau ranging from 10,000 to 13,000
feet above the sea. The mountain ranges are snow-capped and include in Peru alone fifty peaks
that are over 18,000 feet in altitude, ranging up to 22,185 feet in Mount Huascaran. Only Mount
Aconcagua in Chile is higher. It is 23,075 feet--the highest mountain in the Americas. The air drift
is across South America from east to west, carrying vast quantities of water received by
evaporation from the Atlantic Ocean. This moisture is precipitated rapidly when the clouds are
forced into the chill of the higher Andes. In the rainy season the great plateau area is frequently well
watered, though not in sufficient quantity to meet the needs of agriculture for much of the territory. In the past the precipitation has been supplemented by vast irrigation projects using the water from
the melting snows. It is estimated that the population ruled over by the reigning Incas at the time of
the coming of the Spaniards reached five millions. It is probable that few, if any, of the ancient or modern cultures of the world have ever attained
a more highly perfected organization of society than had this Inca culture. The ruling Inca was a
benevolent despot, and according to history unique in that he practiced most diligently all of the
laws he promulgated for his people. There was no poverty, want or crime. Every man, woman and
child was specifically provided with all necessities. The entire amount of tillable land was divided
so that every man, woman and child had his assigned parcel. Everyone worked as assigned by the
proper official. While it is not appropriate here to go into details, it is important that we have a
bird's eye view of this great culture for which I will quote a paragraph from Agnes Rothery's
"South America, The West Coast and The East." (2)
The people who erected this temple lived in order and health, under the most successful
communism the world has ever seen. Their land was divided into three portions--one portion for
the Inca, one for the Sun, and one for the people, with seventy square meters for every boy and
thirty-five for every girl. The live stock and implements were similarly apportioned and the land
was ploughed, planted, and the crops gathered in strict rotation. First the fields of the Sun were
cultivated, and then the land of the aged, the sick, widows, and orphans was tended; then the
lands of the people, neighbors assisting one another; and last of all the lands of the Inca, with
songs of praise and joy, because this was the service of their King. To every living soul was
given his tasks, according to his physical and mental capacities. He was prevented from
overwork, prohibited from idleness, cared for in illness and old age. Children were taken by the
Government when they were five and trained to the profession where they were most needed. There was no hunger, no crime in the whole empire. The Inca held his kingly office over the docile, industrious, and contented mass not only
through his royal blood, but through his wisdom and kindness in caring for and guiding his
subjects, his bravery in war, and his statesmanship at home. Although he set an example to his
subjects by following every law which he promulgated (astonishing idea to our modern
lawmakers! ), he lived, as became his rank, in luxury. In his garden were rows of corn moulded
from pure gold with leaves of pure silver, and a tassel of spun silver, as fine as silk, moving in
the air. Llamas and alpacas, life-sized and cunningly fashioned from the same metal, stood upon
his lawns, as they did in the courts of the Temple of the Sun. Cuzco, the capital, is reported to have housed about two hundred thousand people at the time
of the Spanish Conquest. It is situated on a branch of the Urabamba River in a beautiful valley
surrounded by fertile mountain sides and towering snow-capped pinnacles. The Urabamba River
drains a large area of the plateau lying to the south of Cuzco and has cut a magnificent gorge
through the southern range of the Andes where it passes from the plateau to the eastern watershed
and thence to the Amazon. A little to the south of Cuzco the eastern and the western ranges of
mountains approach and combine in a cluster of magnificent pinnacles and intervening valleys and7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 142/250gorges, that are to be equalled by no mountain scenery in the world. Today, almost all travel from
the Andean Plateau north of this region, as well as from all areas along the coast, must proceed to
the coast, thence down the coast by boat to the port of Mollendo which is often dangerous or
impossible of approach because of the heavy seas. The journey is made by train up through
Arequipa and over the western Cordillera Range of the Andes into the plateau country and from
there northward to Cuzco. So great


 extremely pleasant. In the high 500s, it gets
ecstatic. Everything is incredibly beautiful; the sound is crystalline and
pure; there’ s a total oneness to everything; everything happens by
synchronicity. If you think salt, somebody says, “W ould you like some
salt?” It’ s a marvelous world. You can leave in the high 500s, you can walk
out of the door without a nickel in your pocket and no food, and everything
will be provided, and I’ve done it. I walked out without anything and, just
as you think, Gosh, I could sur e use a snack, a friend of yours says, “I’m
going for breakfast, I’m going to take you out for breakfast.” It just happens
that way, and you can go for months without anything at all. So, the high
500s are the world of the synchronous, the miraculous, harmonious—it’ s an
exquisite world. Many gurus, I would say the majority that the world
considers to be gurus, are in the mid-to-high 500s. Over 540, as you
remember, is Unconditional Love.People ask me, “What’ s a true guru?” A true guru (and we asked with
kinesiology) has to calibrate over 540: Unconditional Love. So, that brings us up to 600. The ride up to 600 is hard work in the
beginning, but after a while, it becomes intensely inspired, and it takes on
an ener gy of its own. And the movement, the spiritual movement, continues
of its own volition, you might say. It’s like the spiritual ener gy is so strong
that it now takes over the whole process, and you become more of a witness
of it. At 600, one reaches a state that the world calls enlightened, in which
you may or may not stay in the world. You may or may not stay in the
world. At 600, everything sort of goes into a state of exquisite bliss, and it’ s
very dif ficult to function. It’ s questionable whether or not to even breathe. A
number of times, breathing only resumed because somebody insisted on it,
but you didn’ t need to breathe, and that state was perfect. The body
disappears as a reality, and there is really no reason to continue. However,
there’ s probably a karmic propensity, a momentum that carries one along. In
each instant that that happened, it was Love that got the body to breathe
again. So, Love for someone who would have been concerned if the body
stopped breathing—the world considers that death and goes into a great
“reaction” about that. Somebody that you care about, you look at him and
you realize he believes in death and he thinks you’re dead, and he will now
feel very bad about that, so you breathe. That’ s the only reason you breathe,
because you really don’ t have to. At that point, one has really entered a nonlinear domain. At 700, we’re
going to redo a few things. We don’ t have anything from 700 to 1,000,
except it just says, “Enlightenment.” Actually, Enlightenment starts at 600. At 700, the reality of the Self, with a capital S, is All That Is. Those are the
levels of Ramana Maharshi, Nisar gadatta Maharaj, swamis—a number of
them. Eight hundred is quite a higher level, and up to 600 is blissful and
maybe even close to 700, but beyond that, the trip, at least in this case, was
extremely painful. The slightest thing that’ s “out” brings a wracking pain through the whole
nervous system. It was horrific at times, and by meditation and prayer, one
gets what the paradox is that’ s blocking you. So, you learn that what the
world considers to be the state is one of a series of states. Although it’ s true
that enlightenment is at 600, most people at 600 don’ t move any further. Half of them leave the world and don’ t return, go into retirement, withdrawfrom the world—or, I suppose, there was nobody around to cajole them into
breathing, so they didn’ t.
Seldom do they move beyond that. First of all, the state is so complete
and total and satisfying that there would be no thought to move beyond. There is no beyond. You are already at the ultimate state; 600 is already an
ultimate state, so there’ s nowhere to move beyond, nor is there any reason
to do so. Once in a great while, peculiarly, that state will begin to move of
its own. That inner drive of the Self within, an aspect of Consciousness
itself, presents a paradox, because 600 isn’ t the solution of every paradox
that’s possible. And a paradox will appear, and with it, this wracking
physical pain. One then intuits what the paradox is, or it just comes to you
as you’re driving along. And these are dualities that are extremely abstract
and that are not worth bothering with for the average person. The Paradox: Existence vs. Nonexistence
Those of you who know my personal story know that my spiritual sojourn
began at age three. When I was complete nothingness, suddenly there was a
shocking awareness of existence. I had returned into actual existence. The
paradox then that arose—at age three, there was no mentation, but there
was a complete and total understanding of the paradox. There came the fear
of nonexistence. To exist brings up its polar opposite of nonexistence. And
the fear came up: if I had come into existence, then it might have been that I
would not have come into existence. So, the paradox to be solved in this
lifetime, which only took another 50 years to solve—or 60 years, or
whatever—was existence versus nonexistence. To solve that paradox takes
you beyond what? Let’ s see what “existence versus nonexistence” is. “Existence versus nonexistence comes up as a blockade at 800” (calibrates
True); “810” (T rue); “840” (Not true); “830” (T rue); “835” (Not true). It
comes up at 835. So, at consciousness level 835 comes up this incredible
pain, and that paradox of existence versus nonexistence is—the question is
really: Is there an opposite to God? And the answer is no. Is there an
opposite to existence? No. So, it’ s a very high paradox, but you don’ t have
to worry about it until then. That’ s good news. The bad news is, if you have the karmic momentum to continue on after
having reached such a blissful state, you go through some agonizing states.An example of this is when we were in Korea in 2001, and I was in such
an agonizing state. I for get what that polarity was. You see, consciousness is
blocked all the time by a positionality, which we’ll get into. Positionality
creates a duality. Well, there are dualities within the ordinary domain—
Love and hate, and all that everybody’ s familiar with. But there are
paradoxical, seeming dualities at much higher levels, but you don’ t have to
really bother with them until you get there. So there I was, wracked with
pain, and I was intuiting what it was and sort of meditating, and then
suddenly, I saw it. It was extremely painful, like your whole body is on fire. It’s like your nervous system is made up of barbed wire, and the barbed
wire now has electricity running through it. It is a wracked pain. It is really
within the whole aura. You can’ t get away from it, because it’ s the aura that
does that. In other words, it demands attention. So, I was questioning why
that is. And Susan was reading something out of—there was a Buddhist
bible in Korea, in the hotel room—in it, she was reading that the Buddha
was wracked with pain, as though his bones were broken, and he was
attacked by demons. She read that to me, and instantly I felt better. It’s okay
to be wracked by demons and feel like all your bones are broken. So those
are just adventure stories, neither here nor there. What I was really driving at is, out of Power vs. For ce, there seemed to
arise (and it bothered me at the time) a seeming duality, or at least one
could draw a sort of political position about it. Above 200 is that which is
pro-life, supports life, and that which is true. Below 200 is that which is not
true, does not support life; everything that is venomous, hateful, selfish,
greedy, and destructive to others. That seemed to create a certain polarity. So, here is the work devoted to transcending polarities, and the work itself
seems to be bringing up a polarity—similar to good and evil. There is above
200 and below 200. And below 200, keep away from them: “Don’ t go out
and play with those kids that are below 200, Jimmy. They have wicked,
greedy thoughts and are out to drag you down into a street gang, and get


 much better. They had a saying in the medical community at that
time that leafy, green vegetables had 'natural insulin' in them. It wasn't actually the
truth, but they became aware of the fact that including these vegetables in the diet did
play a role and they were trying to explain it. We're in the same situation now with
cancer. Some day in the near future, it w ill dawn on the medical community that diet
makes quite a difference in people with cancer, and greatly affects health in general. It can't happen too soon. When it does, a lot of lives w ill be lived more healthfully
and a lot of lives w ill be saved." Pancreatic Cancer Testimonial
Donnella Z. ~ Amarillo, TX
8-Year Victory Over Pancreatic Cancer
The parents of the patient relate this testimony. Female: age 27, no history of smoking, drinking or drugs; attack of hypoglycemia
between ages of 15-17. November 1973 (when D was 20) was our first indication of a problem. D was
stricken with aches and pains and fever. A 3-day flu had been hitting our area with
similar symptoms so at this point we were not overly concerned. After several days of
unsuccessfully trying to keep her temperature down, we decided this was something
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other than the flu. At the emergency receiving room of our hospital, chest X-rays,
blood tests and urinalysis failed to locate her problem. Her temperature range for a
24-hour period went from below normal to 106°F. We were referred to a M.D. who
specialized in internal medicine. Thus began a nightmare that lasted many weeks. Testing for one week as an
outpatient ended in no answers. She was rapidly going downhill — weakened by the
many hospital trips. We were advised to admit her into the hospital for extensive
testing. Up to this point in our lives we had never even considered the fact that
anyone could be this sick and not have a physician give the reason. We feared in the
beginning a serious disease, but as time went on we would have welcomed anything
that would have been a concrete answer. Watching D dying with no apparent reason
left us quite helpless except for our faith in God. As time went on we found ourselves
doing more praying and less reaching out to Man for answers. We needed a miracle
and we had no doubt where that would come from. Biopsies, scans, X-rays, bone marrow tests and blood taken every two hours
became our way of life for the next ten days. No answers. D losing ground. Six local
doctors and two consulting doctors from a larger city failed to find anything that
could be causing death. By now D had lost 40 pounds, most of her hair had fallen out, her menstrual
periods had stopped, severe anemia and painful hot lumps traveled all over her body. Massive doses of penicillin and streptomycin had caused a near total hearing loss. She was dying from malnutrition. The week before Christmas the doctor informed us that D had run out of time. The
only thing left was exploratory surgery. After questioning the doctor closely about her
chances of coming through the surgery and of their chances in finding the problem,
we decided to take her home. It was a big decision. If she was going to die, we
wanted her to be at home where her loved ones could be with her. No more tests and
definitely no hospital, we were leaving for home with a lung fungus medication
although all tests were negative. Little did we know that this would be the turning point in our battle. Everything was
downhill from there out except for one minor incident. We were on our own now but somehow had a strange feeling of relief. We had no
intention of just sitting and waiting; we could not just do nothing. We began with
Adelle Davis' anti-stress formula and large dosages of vitamin C — (the doctor had
refused to give D any vitamin C through the vein while in the hospital.) We had been
taking natural vitamins for several years and knew vitamin C would do no harm. As
we look back we know that this was God's way of letting us know we were finally on
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the right track. Many people all over the USA were praying which resulted in two
tired weary people getting divine guidance directly from God daily. Five days after the vitamin C was given, her temperature was normal. God in
simplicity, restored life to a dying body. Our first visit to the doctor's office three weeks later found D improved in every
area, strong enough to walk, hair growing, appetite normal and gaining weight. The
doctor's face could not hide his disbelief. His associates came for a look-see too. After we explained what we had done, he checked her records and gave all the credit
to the fungus medication. He was so sure and convincing, we made our first blunder
since leaving their hospital. We cut back on the vitamin C and concentrated on the
medication. Her temperature rose immediately. We were shook. After asking God's
forgiveness, we resumed with our vitamin C schedule, adding health-building foods
as fast as D could take them. A searching time began as we looked for answers. D was returning to health as
rapidly as she went down, but what happened? Would it happen again? Did God
want us to go on searching for the answer or accept her healing and let it go at that. God led our steps to the answer. Because we were involved in a natural business, we had heard of Dr. Kelley. Thinking he could help us with a proper balanced diet that would be scientific
instead of guesswork, we began to investigate the possibility of a visit. We had
exhausted our finances paying hospital and doctor fees, so back to earnest praying. When we received a check from a friend in the amount that we needed for the trip,
we knew God had given us a green light. In March our first visit to Dr. Kelley was made. We could not believe what took
place. Answers instead of questions. How refreshing! There was a problem: A
malignant tumor on her pancreas. It was still there. Wasn't God good to keep us
searching? (A medical doctor later confirmed the tumor.) Although we were saddened
by the nature of her problem, we were relieved to finally have an answer. We were
told when her problem started, how long it would take to clear it and a possible
reason for the problem beginning in the first place. The diet alone would have been
worth the trip, the rest we considered priceless. Upon our return we began to change our lifestyle to fit D's new program. It was
difficult, but we followed it in its entirety without any alterations. D had amazingly
few problems and returned to work June 1. (A total leave-of-absence of 6 months.) To
date she has had no recurrence of cancer and no major health problems of any
nature. She takes vitamin and mineral supplements. 152
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What we have learned about cancer through Dr. Kelley has spared at least eight
lives. We would go the same route again well knowing what we would be getting
into and knowing the results. D's life was worth it all; the other eight we look at as a
major bonus from the Lord. My unanswered question: Why could Dr. Kelley find in
one day what many doctors could not find in many months? Dr. Kelley: "Pancreatic cancer is very devastating and very close to my heart
because that's what I  had. The average life expectancy of a clinically diagnosed case
of pancreas malignancy is two months. This lovely young lady, with eight years'
survival, is an example of what can be done with total family unity. This family is a
wonderful example of 'how to.' They addressed two contributing factors to successful
healing — a positive attitude and the willingness to do whatever it takes to get well. "Pancreatic cancer has some particular characteristics which are not like other
cancers. These characteristics include a lot of excessive gas and very unusual mental
states such as very severe nightmares, depression, anxiety and all the negative factors
that otherwise happy and cheerful individuals would not have. Such individuals flip
into depression and irritation and become hard to get along with. "D is so nice, it's hard to imagine her being hard to get along with. But even if she
was, her parents would have understood and paid no attention. That kind of unselfish
support can make the difference between life and death." Skin Cancer Testimonial
Betty F. ~ Spokane, WA
11-Year Victory Over Skin Cancer
"You have cancer." When I  heard those three words over the telephone my only thought was "I'm
going to die!" I  was "shook up!" I  barely heard the voice on the other end of the
telephone tell me to come in and see Dr. S.L. as soon as possible. Only another cancer patient knows what it means to be told "you have cancer." It
is not only a sentence of death; it is a sentence of death linked with severe pain. I  was 46, living and working in New York City when I  was diagnosed as having
cancer. I  had been feeling "poorly" since I  was 37 and had had a partial
hysterectomy. I  was trying every day to live with "feeling poorly" because no doctor I
saw was able to help me "feel better


 down through all the energy channels,
stimulating all the organs of the body. With a negative
thought, the energy flow through one of the twelve
main meridians is interrupted and, if done repeatedly,
disease comes about in the affected organ. Negative
emotions potentiate a disease process. Unconscious
guilt gives it energy, and the form the illness takes is a
consequence of mental mechanisms because the body
expresses what is believed. We also have to look at how experience is actually 116 HEALING AND RECOVERY
experienced. The body itself is insentient, as curious
as that may seem. It has no capacity to experience
itself. The next level of experience comes through
sensations, from the senses of the body, so we do not
experience the body; instead, we experience the sen
sations of the body. Senses themselves have no innate
capacity to experience themselves. They are experi
enced in mind. The senses report what is going on
with the body, so we are several levels removed. Mind
itself is unable to experience its own experience. It
has to be in a greater, larger energy field than itself,
and in this case, it is the energy field of conscious
ness. Because of consciousness, we are aware of what
is going on in mind. Mind then tells us via the senses
what is going on in the body.We can see that percep
tion is several levels removed from the physical body. Consciousness itself requires something greater than
itself, called awareness. Awareness allows us to know
what is going on in consciousness and reports what is
happening within mind. Mind in turn reports what is
happening about the body via the senses. That which we call'myself' is many levels removed
from the physical body. It is necessary to understand
that fact because we then see that the mind has power
over the body. We can appreciate the physics of the
energy fields of the 400s, and see that, just by their
sheer power, they are greater than the energy of the
physical body.The physical body (calibration leve1200)
does what the mind tells it to do.Therefore, if the mind
says,"I have this disease," the body complies. We can thus see the importance of not buying into
programs, all of which are really limitations of the HEALTH 117
truth. We can see the importance of consciously
canceling the limiting programs and instead saying
something that is the truth. The truth is, "I am an infi
nite being not subject to that." So, when people hear
something such as, "Eggs are full of cholesterol, and
cholesterol gives you heart disease," they accept the
thought as the truth and buy into the beliefsystem that
the cholesterol in eggs will raise their blood choles
terol. Their bodies simply agree and raise the blood
cholesterol when eggs are eaten. One time I had a very high cholesterol level and
began to cancel the belief system. I repeatedly said, "I
am an infmite being; I am not subject to that. I am only
subject to what I hold in mind.This does not apply to
me, and I hereby cancel it and refuse it:' Ifthe mind can
program you with a negative belief system, it can also
reverse itself, can it not? Therefore, we begin telling
ourself that the belief system has no effect on us, that
it is only a belief system, and that we do not have to
buy into it or go into agreement with it. When ~e go into agreement with a belief system,
we give it the power of the collective energy of that
belief. When we refuse it, we then release ourselves
from the collective energy of the belief system and
count ourselves out. One attitude is to not buy into
agreement with negative belief systems that have to
do with our health. This is very important when it
comes to epidemic suggestion and hysteria. The pro
gramming that comes in is aided and abetted by an
emotional program. Much is still heard about AIDS, for example, which
is accompanied by constant repetition in the media 118 HEALING AND RECOVERY
that play on fear-fear about this, anger about that,
and, of course, the guilt about this. What better dis
ease to bring up all of man's feelings of sinfulness and
guilt, especially about one's sexuality, which is so
common in all cultures, not just ours? Of course, it
then takes on a negative energy when the coin is
turned over and becomes the lowest.What better area
in which to create an epidemic to ensure the belief in
it? There is the unconscious guilt, not to mention the
conscious guilt about one's. sexuality, the sadness
about it, the grief over it, and the fear about the dis
ease itself.All this contributes to setting the stage for
a mental belief system in an energy field of the 400s. There is also the negative energy field of fear, which
is the energy field ofthe 1OOs, plus the guilt of calibra
tion level 30. This is the exact set-up for disease
because the mind chooses that with which it is
impressed and uses that as a form of expression. In the case of the cholesterol experiment, I can
celed the thought every time it came up. After a short
time, the cholesterol level decreased, and now I can eat
three eggs for breakfast every morning, lots of cheese,
even other high-eholesterol foods, yet my cholesterol is
low and sometimes even below normal for my age. The body will do exactly what the mind believes,
but there is a credibility problem here.The person asks,
"How could just my beliefin that make it happen with
in my life?" It is due to the nature of the unconscious,
which creates the opportunity for that to occur.There
is the person who is 'accident prone' because that
belief has taken hold in their mind. Unconsciously, the
person just manages to get their body in the right place HEALTH 119
at the right time in order to get hit by the fender of a
car, or slip down the stairs, or get hit on the head.There
is no need to worry about it because the mind will fmd
a way. People just slip into a sort ofhypnotic trance and
expose themselves to the correct opportunities to. make that program manifest in their lives (e.g., extreme
sports, climbing Mt.,Everest, etc.). There have been many experiments with a cold
virus, for instance, in which one hundred volunteer
subjects were exposed to very heavy doses of a cold
virus. Interestingly, not everyone ended up with a cold,
just a certain percentage. In other words, ifthe power
were in the virus itself rather than within conscious
ness, all one hundred would have gotten a cold
because the virus is so potent. What happens is that
maybe only sixty-five percent will get it because one
third of the subjects do not believe in it.There is suffi
cient doubt within the mind, along with insufficient
unconscious guilt. It is not acceptable to the person to
express it in that form, so nothing is universal. The same thing can be seen with healing. Pneumonia or bird influenza does not occur in one
hundred percent of exposed people, just in a certain
percentage of them. Comparably, only a certain per·
centage of people will respond to any medical treat
ment.The difference is because those who do respond
are not dominated by unconscious guilt. Also, a nega
tive belief system is not operative because the particu
lar illness does not fit any specific thought form they
have bought into, so both sides of it-the sickness and
the healing-are reflecting the energy that is put into
a certain belief system. 120 HEALING AND RECOVERY
Health is the willingness to let go of buying into
negativity. Why would a person buy into negativity in
the first place? Why are some people so receptive to
programming? There are people who become fearful
every time they open a magazine that reports about a
current illness, which relates to the amount offear and
guilt they already carry within them. The amount of
fear is really consequent to the amount of unconscious
guilt. It is as though the vulnerable person is attracted
by fear, and when they hear of an illness, they become
mentally programmed enough to make it happen in
their lives. Health requires the willingness to adopt mental
attitudes that are positive and constructive and to let
go of the negative ones. The willingness to take an
easygoing and forgiving attitude towards life is also
beneficial, along with the unwillingness to buy into
negative programming. It takes the willingness to own
thepowerofthemind.We give ourpowerawaywhen
we go into denial and blame an illness on something
'out there'. The energy fields below level 200 potentiate
becoming a victim. Below 200, people have given their
power away and placed it on something outside them
selves.At the lower levels, people have told themselves
unconsciously that the source of their happiness and
survival arises from something outside themselves. When people move up into the levels of truth
above 200, the energy fields are now positive, and we
can see that they are re-owning their power.They now
say, "I, and I


. Acceptance means seeing what the internal
setup is without blaming oneself or getting into a
'make wrong' scenario. There is nothing wrong with it;
it just does not work. We have been trained and set up
in our world to think that way by our parents who
were also set up to think that way. They just passed it 378 HEALING AND RECOVERY
down to us. It has been going on since ancient biblical
times, where there are descriptions of very severe
depression, so it arises in the inherited collective con
sciousness, which contains the same program-that
somehow happiness and the source of it are outside
ourself. As we move up to level 310,with the willingness to
tell the truth and to look at this, we can see the power
of the field then goes up to the level ofAcceptance at
350. Here the energy field is positive instead of nega
tive because above-the level of Courage, the person has
stopped projecting the source of their happiness out
side themselves. They have begun to re-own their
power. At the level of Courage, there is the willingness
to tell the truth, face the situation, cope with it, and
handle it. By the time we move up to the energy. level of
Acceptance, we see a person who is confident and
easygoing, which comes from the awareness that one is
the source of one's happiness. It means that the person
has realized in their emotional, psychological, and spir
itual growth that they are the cause ofthe happiness in
their life. Ifwe were to put such a person on a desert
island somewhere in the South Pacific, sail away, and
return a year later, he would have a coconut factory, he
would be making flutes out of bamboo, the children
would be learning songs, and he would be teaching
French to the natives. He would have found a native
girl, built a tree house, and re-created for himself the
world around him as an expression ofbeing the source
of his own happiness. The anger was based on placing the source of hap379 DEPRESSION
piness outside of oneself. On a deeper level, the anger
is that of having sold oneself out and having been sold
out by being given this program to operate with and
then finding out that it does not work. One has to
accept that it does not work,be willing to look at it,
change, and say,"Okay. "It only takes a matter ofseconds
to find a position from which it will work. How long does it take to come out of depression. It only takes as long as it takes to become willing to
look at the truth ofwhat has happened. The capacity is
within ourself to accept what has happened, to realize
that we are the source ofour own happiness, and to be
unwilling to give it out to the world any more. The re
owning ofthat power suddenly results in a state ofcon
fidence. It no longer matters what happens 'out there'. The realization of that truth allows us to experience
ourself now in a far more whole and complete way
instead of from lack or vulnerability. There is just the
realization that we are the source and have the power
to create. The self projected the meaning onto this;
therefore, they say that one man's meat is another
man's poison. The same event that would make one
person happy would depress another. I have watched people resist coming into money,
for example, because it was not within their value
system. At the time they valued not having money;
therefore, it would be a problem if they won the
lottery. Thus, winning might make one person joyful
and fill the other one with guilt. Why. The difference
is meaning. Who or what created the meaning that gave this
thing outside ourself the power and significance. We 380 HEALING AND RECOVERY
are the creator ofthe meaning and the one who chooses
what meaning to give to something. Therefore, we have
to look at the way in which we have bought into social
consciousness. We have to look at the values by which
we have unwittingly allowed ourselves to be pro
grnmmed and say to ourselves, "Do I agree with that. Am I willing to give it that value. Am I willing to set
myself up for that vulnerability. " The realization emerges that we have the power to
resource ourselves and to recontextualize our lives by
seeing how we are setting ourselves up. It brings a
state of inner joy to realize that we alone have the
choice and the power. We are the ones who set up the
meaning and give these things the power over us;
therefore, it really is possible to come out of disap
pointment, grief, sadness, and anger about the event, to
even become indifferent and willing to look into it and
re-experience the inner self. Actually, a depressive episode, even a brief one, has
the potential for joy within it because it is something
comingupinlife,saying,"Look atme. Look atme. Here
is a mistake that has been causing you pain and suffer
ing for endless amounts of time and will continue to
cause you pain and suffering for endless amounts of
time. "That inner state of joy and serenity really comes
about from a knowingness of our own invulnerability. Therefore, even though the depression is not current
ly present clinically, the knowledge that we are vul
nerable precludes that incredible state called the
peace of God, the knowing that we are not separate
from the source of anything but are connected with
it, and that we are with God. 381 DEPRESSION
How does one then experience that which, in body
mind, and spirit, is called spirit-that subtle knowing
ness. It can come from one of life's tragedies, or even
from a minor disappointment. All these things have
within them the seed of truth that is always present. That which is the spirit and reveals itself as the truth
behind consciousness is always present and can there
fore be discovered at any moment-in moments of
high joy or depression. In Zen, it is said that heaven and
hell are only a tenth of an inch apart. Personally, I have shared what I have experienced,
and I have witnessed the truth of what I am talking
about. My own inner experience included a time of
great, severe, agonizing depression way down in the
pits of Hell. In that state of absolute hopelessness in
which time stopped, the experience went on for liter
ally eons and eons. (In severe depression, the experi
ence of time is altered and each second seems like an
eternity. ) In those eons, there was no hope. In fact,
there was a sign that said, "All ye who enter here give
up all hope. " It was like the deepest of the hells in
Dante's Inferno. Out of the experience of that infinite suffering
and agony, out of that total feeling of abandonment
and being separated from love and God, there suddenly
came an inner voice that said, "If there is a God, I ask
Him for help. " From the pits of agony, by a profound,
deep surrender, suddenly there was the awareness of
an Infinite Presence of Eternal Love and the silent
Knowingness of Truth. With the collapse of the
ego/self, the mind became silent and disappeared into
the Self. The event heralded a, major transformation 382 HEALING AND RECOVERY
that has been described in other writings. Self-healing is the willingness to love and forgive
ourselves, to look at our vulnerability and call it our
humann~ss. It is the capacity to love our humanness for
its weaknesses, errors, and foibles in order to see that
within this humanness, as mistaken as it might be,
there is a primordial, intrinsic innocence. The only thing that is certain in the phenomenal
aspect of this world and its expression is that all
things change. All things change within human expe
rience because human experience is that ofchange. If
all things change and nothing remains the same, then
to place the source of our happiness outside ourself
on that which changes means it is only a matter of
time before the depression ensues. If we place our
security on that which is transitory, disappearing,
coming and going, or changing, then the vulnerability
is ever present. That simple mistake,which we all make, is common
to the whole human condition and arises out of some
thing that is also the same in aU of us and which can be
rediscovered right in the pain of experience-the
intrinsic innocence of consciousness itself, the intrin
sic innocence of our own inner self. We can see this in
two different ways. First, by reaching that state of com
passion ourselves, we attain such a level of conscious
ness that we literally see into the hearts of others; we
just see and know that innocence. The second way is
through introspection to see how this arose. We notice the primordial innocence of the child
who is innately trusting. The child has faith in the
integrity of adults, and it never dawns in the child's 383 DEPRESSION
mind to doubt the truth of what is being told. The
young child loves its parents and those extensions of
parents called teachers, other family members,


seed oil
lemon juice
Thinly slice the beets and celery and mix with lettuce. Add  dressing.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 231Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
onions, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic
red bell peppers, seeded and sliced
tomatoes, sliced
parsley, chopped
Dressing:
flaxseed oil
1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp. water
sugar (optional)
Thinly slice the onions and put into a bowl which has been rubbed over with a cut clove of
garlic. Seed  and slice the red peppers and lay them on top of the onion. Add a layer of sliced
tomatoes. Crush the garlic and sprinkle on top. Pour over the dressing and sprinkle with
chopped parsley. Tomato and Watercress Relish
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2-4
cherry tomatoes (red and yellow), halved
watercress
fresh chives (or green  onions), finely chopped
herbs, finely chopped
Halve the tomatoes and place in a bowl. Steam the watercress over boiling water for 10 seconds,
rinse well in cold water and shake dry. Trim off any woody stems and cut or tear the remaining
stems and leaves into small pieces. Add to the tomatoes. Add the finely chopped chives (or
green  onions) and herbs  and toss together.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 232Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comTomato and Zucchini  Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
tomato, chopped
zucchini, chopped
green onion, sliced
beet
lettuce
Dressing:
flaxseed oil
yogurt
lemon juice
Chop the tomato and zucchini  into chunks. Slice the green  onion and add. Finely grate the raw
beet (or chop cooked beet into chunks) and mix into the salad. Lay on a bed of lettuce. Pour
over dressing. Tomato Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
tomatoes, sliced
onion, sliced
1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp. water
sugar (optional)
parsley, chopped
chives
Slice the tomatoes and spread out over a flat dish. Slice the onion and arrange the onion rings
over the tomatoes. Mix the apple cider vinegar  with water (and optional sugar, if used). Pour
over the tomatoes and sprinkle  with chopped parsley and chives.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 233Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves 2
watercress
endive (frisé e or escarole, or both)
grapefruit
yogurt
Tear the watercress into smaller pieces, remove woody stems and put in a bowl with the endive
leaves. Cut the grapefruit in half. Juice 1/2 and segment the other half. Add the segments to
salad leaves. Mix the grapefruit juice with yogurt and pour over the salad. Toss well and serve. Zucchini  Ribbon Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves 2-4
3 large zucchinis, cut lengthwise
1 lb. tomatoes, quartered
6 green  onions, thinly sliced
Dressing :
2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
pinch of sugar
2 tbsp. flaxseed  oil
freshly chopped cilantro
Using a vegetable peeler or cheese slicer, cut the zucchinis  lengthwise  into thin ribbons, running
along the side so that the ribbons include the green skin. Place into a bowl. Quarter the tomatoes
and thinly slice the onions. Add to the bowl. Toss in the dressing just before serving.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 234Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comSoups
Apple and Fennel Soup
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30-45 minutes
Serves 4
1 lb. potatoes, peeled and diced
2 bulbs fennel, trimmed and chopped
2 leeks, sliced
2 Granny Smith apples, cored and chopped
1 tsp. sugar (optional)
1 tart eating apple
Peel and dice the potatoes, trim and chop the fennel, slice the leeks, and core and chop the
apples into small pieces. Put these ingredients into a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil,
turn down the heat and simmer gently until potatoes and fennel are cooked. Purée. Add the
chopped apples to the puréed soup. Serve immediately. Variation: Omit apples, if you wish. Argyll Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves 4
2 large carrots, sliced
2 large onions, roughly chopped
4 sticks celery, sliced
1 lb. potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
parsley
Slice the carrots, roughly chop the onions and slice the celery. Peel and chop the potatoes and
crush the garlic. Put all into a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Turn down the
heat and simmer gently for 45 minutes. Purée. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 235Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves 4
1 large onion, chopped
3 large cloves garlic, crushed
1 lb. squash (or pumpkin), peeled and chopped
4 large red bell peppers, seeded and chopped
1 lb. tomatoes, chopped
thyme
fresh green herbs (2 small bay leaves, fresh parsley or cilantro)
Chop the onion and crush the garlic. Peel and chop the squash into small chunks. Seed the
peppers and chop into small pieces. Put it all into a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and add the chopped tomatoes, thyme and bay leaves. Simmer gently for
no longer than 20 minutes. Purée. Serve immediately, garnished with fresh green herbs of your
choice. Beet Soup
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 4
2 medium beets, unpeeled and chopped
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
1 medium carrot, unpeeled and chopped
2 large tomatoes, unpeeled and chopped
red cabbage leaves, chopped
1 bay leaf
water
1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
juice of 1/2 lemon
herbs
yogurt
parsley
Chop up beets, onion, carrot, tomatoes, without peeling (except for the onion!). Put into a
large pot. Add chopp ed cabbage leaves and the bay leaf. Cover with water and add apple cider
vinegar, lemon juice and herbs. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer gently for about 1
hour. When cooked, purée (with electric blender or food mill) and serve with a swirl of yogurt
and garnish with parsley.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 236Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 small green (or white) cabbage, coarsely chopped
2 leeks, coarsely chopped
2 potatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 onions, coarsely chopped
2 sticks celery, coarsely chopped
1 clove garlic
yogurt
parsley, chopped
Coarsely chop the vegetables. P ut in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat
and simmer until vegetables are tender. Purée. Serve hot with swirls of yogurt and garnished
with chopped parsley. Broccoli Floret Soup
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
6 oz. potato, peeled and chopped
1 lb. broccoli, trimmed and cut
bay leaf
yogurt
Peel and chop the onion and potato. Trim the broccoli and cut into florets. Keep a few florets
to