 to optimize my mental performance, I need to take a
number of steps to ensure I am well-rested and able to operate at anadequate cognitive level. This is in addition to the stringent rules
and regulations employed by the industry, which ensure that our
rosters are compiled and managed safely. Since discovering breathwork, and its convincing benefits in
terms of sleep, energy, and wellbeing, I have used this to my
advantage consi stently. I have a daily breathwork routine that allows
me to sleep better, recover betw een flights, and perform optimally
during a flight. It all starts with sleep. In my experience, this is the most
important variab le to manage, whether I’m at home, staying in a
hotel around the airline’ s netw ork, or during critical rest periods
onboard ultra-long-haul flights. I use the principles behind Pranayama breathing, and the
scientifically backed exercises from The Oxygen Advantage  to
create a sleep-management routine which consists of the following:
• Taping my mouth at night to ensure nasal breathing and deeper more restful
sleep. • A sleep hygiene routine consisting of a dark room, eye shades, and ear plugs. • Presleep breathing exercises or meditation, to relax and activate the
parasympathetic response. These include long deep and slow diaphragmatic
breaths that emphasize longer exhalations to relax my body. • Keeping hydrated before bed. • Trying to be as consistent as I can and staying on a fixed “home time-zone” as
best as possible. My real-time breathwork practices during flights include:
• Box breathing using small breath holds after inhalation and exhalation. (Y ou will
find this exercise in Chapter T wo.) • Long slow and deep cycles of breathing, using the diaphragm, which is pretty
much a habit now anyway. • Consistent nose breathing to ensure maximum oxygen uptake. • These techniques are essential during flights because we operate in a low
oxygen environment of poor quality recirculated air. The exercises have obvious
benefits not only for the operating crew, but also for passengers who are not
used to the environment. In ef fect, we are already at a disadvantage because of
the low air oxygen levels and the altitude of approximately 6,000 feet. This is
compounded by the fact that a high percentage of the population has
dysfunctional breathing habits.My postflight exercises include:
• Any breathwork I feel like doing that emphasizes nasal and diaphragmatic
breathing. I especially like to practice this before bed. • Focusing on parasympathetic recovery and lowering my arousal levels, which are
usually quite high after flights due to lengthy periods of elevated concentration. I’m very aware of how physical and mental stress affects the
quality and speed of the breathing. I use the breath as a powerful
tool to control my state of mind, arousal, and general self-
awareness. It is a two-way street. The mind can control the breath,
and the breath can control the mind. This works particularly well in
high-pressure training situatio ns. These simulations, which  we
practice every three months, are similar to real-time combat training
in the military special forces and police tactical groups. The benefits I receive from breathwork are powerful and
effective. I can literally help my body and mind change and adapt as
I need it to, using the breath. OceanofPDF.comBCHAPTER EIGHT
DEVELOPING HEALTHY AIRWAYS IN
CHILDREN
WHA T CAUSES CHILDHOOD MOUTH BREA THING? ack in 1909, an article, “Habitual Mouth-Breathing and Consequent
Malocclusion of the Teeth,” was published in The Dental Cosmos. In it, DeLong described how mouth breathing can cause the sleeper
to wake with a dry mouth and throat in the morning, often accompanied by
headache:
A restless sleep, [and] much tossing in bed and snoring will be
observed. The face is usually elongated, the bones of the face are
underdeveloped, as the air spaces do not have the proper circulation,
the nostrils are small.1
DeLong goes on to list other detrimental effects of mouth breathing,
including recession of the chin and a high narrow palate with crooked teeth. Children who breathe through their mouths are observed as looking dull and
expressionless and may be accused by their teachers of being inattentive in
class.1 When I first discovered this article, over 100 years after it was
written, I could not help but feel a sense of disappointment that mouth
breathing is still not taken more seriously by the dental and medical
professions. Humans were never designed to mouth breathe. In fact, in the entire
animal kingdom, there are only a few creatures for which mouth breathingis norma l. Diving birds, such as penguins and pelicans, whose respiratory
apparatus differs from that of humans and other mammals, will take in a
gulp of air before descending below water to hunt. Even dogs, while they
are often  depicted with their mouths open and tongues lolling, only ever
pant to regulate body temperature. From birth, a tiny baby will instinctively breathe through the nose. You
may notice that a baby’ s tummy moves easily up and down with each
inhalation and exhalation as the diaphragm engages. However, at just a few
months old, many children switch to mouth breathing. Unfortunately, this is
a habit that stick s. Mouth breathing is classified as a pathological condition,
yet it is one that more than 50% of children exhibit. It is present in 60% of
boys and 40% of girls.2
Mouth breathing in children has a variety of causes, all falling into two
basic categories ; obstruction to the airway and behavior.3 The two most
common trigger s are chronic allergies and enlar ged tonsils and/or adenoids. The adenoids are glands located toward the back of the nasal cavity where
the nose connects to the throat. They form part of the immune system and
produce white blood cells to help fight infection. Enlar ged adenoids are
common among children aged  between two and seven years, typically
shrinking by adolescence. Other genetic and environmenta l factors that lead to mouth breathing in
children include a high narrow palate, tongue-tie, lip-tie, a small nose,4
constricted upper airways, asthm a, bottle feeding, insuf ficient breastfeeding
in infan cy, and an overheated home. Habits such as thumb sucking,
excessive use of pacifiers, overeating or eating too much processed food,
lack of physical exercise, and even wearing too many clothes also play a
part. A child with a high narrow  palate is nearly three times more likely to
breathe through an open mouth.5 Equally, something as simple as the use of
a conven tional pacifier can increase the probability of mouth breathing by
25% for each year of use.5
Of all these influences, swelling of the adenoids (adenoid hype rtrophy)
is the primary reason for mouth breathing in children. Untreated adenoid
hypertrophy results in adenoid facies  or long face syndrome, an alteration
in facial development characterized by an elongated, open-mouthedappearance. I see children with faces like this all the time. Tragically, it can
hold them back in their lives. HOW THE AIR WAYS DEVELOP
A 1991 study published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and
Dentofacial Orthopedics  compared the breathing of normal and long-faced
adolescents.6 The purpose of the research was to assess tidal volume and
ratio of nasal breathing in 32 children between the ages of 11 and 17. Those
with long faces (vertical dentof acial morphology) due to juvenile adenoid
hypertrophy had a significantly  different lower face form than those who
had developed normally. While the results showed that both groups of
adolescents had similar tidal volumes, the long-faced subjects were much
less likely to breathe nasally. Children who develop adenoid facies have
smaller nasal airways.6 This is an irreversible, lifelo ng consequence of
mouth breathing during early development. I live in the small village of Moycullen on the west coast of Ireland. Every few months, I visit my local dentist. He is in his early thirties and
was educated at Trinity College in Dublin. During one of our conversations,
I asked him about the implicatio ns of mouth breathing during childhood for
oral-facial development. I was surprised to discover he doesn’ t believe
mouth breathing contributes to crooked teeth or any negative development
of the face. Give n that he is a recent graduate, I expected that, if there were
a relatio nship between mouth breathing and crooked teeth, he would know
about it. Apparently, despite the topic having been hotly debated in
dentistry for over a century, this is not the case. Unfortunately, the well-
being of millions of children and adults is being sacrificed due to the
unwillingness of the dental and medical professions to reach agreement
about the connection. I am living proof of the effects of mouth breathing on the deve lopment
of the face. I have the same features described in the Dental Cosmos  article. My palate is very high, my jaws were set back, and my teeth were crooked. It could  be a coincidence, but it may not be. It is indeed still difficult to
reach conclusions on several points. It is unclear how much nasal
obstruction is necessary to cause mouth


 macronutrients. 10. If you have had a dysfunctional breathing pattern for a long time, there are likely to
be biomechanical issues. It may benefit you to seek help from a physical therapist. 11. Even though breathing is something we all do, it is easy to misunderstand
instructions. If there is anything that feels wrong or seems to cause physical or
mental stress, stop the practice, and seek specialist advice, especially if you have a
serious health condition. 12. Never come of f your medication without consulting your doctor. 13. Never underestimate the power of this work and the changes in the mind and body
that can result from a few simple breathing exercises. OceanofPDF. comUCHAPTER SIXTEEN
JOIN THE BREATHING REVOLUTION
ntil recently, knowledge of the power and application of optimal
breathing has been limited to elite sports, advanced yoga
practitioners, research scientists, and other high-level professionals. In the last few years, we have witnessed the beginning of a breathing
revolution. Since I started my own journey with the breath, my aim has
been to bring these resources to as many people as possible. I believe the
exercises and understandings in this book can truly change lives for the
better. Just as it is human nature to leave things undone until they become
necessary, it has perhaps taken a global respiratory pandemic to underline
that we can’ t take anything, not even our breath, for granted. I am grateful this topic is now getting the attention it deserv es. The
negative effects of oral breathing  have been debated in dentistry since 1910,
especially the issue of whether mouth breathing affects craniofacial
development in children. All the while, millions of children and adults have
continued to suffer the health impacts of poor breathing while an industry
argues about whether the problem exists. I feel sorry for the dentists, orthodontists, and medical doctors who tried
to highlight the importance of nasal and functional breathing patterns, only
to be ridiculed by their peers. I know Professor John Mew and his son Dr. Mike Mew from  the United Kingdom well. I have visited their clinic and
observed them working with patients. Both have done their best to highlight
the importance of nasal breathing and received bad press within the
industry. Doctors William Hang, Kevin Boyd, James Bronson, Tamara
Gray, Carlos O’Connor, and James Bartley, along with Joy Moeller, Licia
Paskay, Barbara Greene, Samantha Weaver Moeller, and Marc Moeller, toname but a few, have also worked tirelessly in their quest to help children
and adults. I have often wondered why an industry populated with highly intelligent
people armed with dental and medical degrees has failed to realize the
importance of nasal and functio nal breathing. Breathing retraining is safe,
simple, and economically viable. It applies to major fields of dentistry,
respiration, sleep, mental, and physical health. This same question was raised during a recent panel discussion held by
the Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences (AAMS). The answers
presented by each of the panelists suggested a lack of cooperation between
dentistry and medicine, lack of scientific research, and similar arguments. These are all valid points. However, I wasn’ t so guarded in my comments. My belief is that the real reason  breathing does not receive attention from
the medical and dental industrie s is that its therapeutic applica tions do not
promise signific ant profit. One thing is certain: if there were a promise of
lucrative return—the kind of money generated by big pharma and sleep
medicine—there would be interest. For breathing to be properly integrated
into medicine, it seems necessary for there to be either the prom ise of profit
or the avoidance of the kind of loss that might be encountered when patients
raise a lawsuit on realizing they were not of fered the best treatment. I am not claiming that breathin g is a cure-all. It is not a magic bullet. My intention is not for peop le to replace traditional treatments with
breathing exerc ises expecting a miracle. However, there is a role for
functional breathing alongside medicine. I can’t help but think back to 1994 when I had an operation to fix my
nose so that I could breathe better through it. The surgeon performed a
successful procedure, but nobody told me I needed to stop my habitual
mouth breathing. I continued to experience sleep-disordered breathing for
four years until I discovered the importance of nasal breathing in 1998. Three decades later, my four-year-old daughter had surgery to remove
her tonsils and adenoids. After the operation, there was no follow-up or
advice to suggest we should help her learn to breathe through her nose. It is
never sufficient to treat the nasal obstruction. It is crucial for the long-term
outcome to change the behavior of breathing. This fact is regularly
overlooked. To realize the potential application of breathing exercises, it is necessary
to practice. You can read this whole book and understand the importance of
light, slow, and deep nasal breathing, but your efforts will be wasted unless
you apply the exercises to your health. To begin with, set aside some time each day to devote to breathing
practice. It will be the best investment in your health and well-b eing. Wake
up 20 minutes earlier in the morning, sit down on a chair or the floor, cross-
legged or in the lotus position, close your eyes, and draw your attention to
your breathing. Gently soften and slow down your breath for 15 minutes to
generate a tolerable air hunger. As you go about your day, take some attention out of your mind and
direct it to your breath. Slow down your breathing with latera l expansion
and contraction of the lower ribs. Go for a walk or head to the gym and
apply light, slow, and deep breathing while you exercise. Remember the
mantra LSD, Light, Slow, and Deep. This book contains breathing exercises for everyone. Some stress the
body, others relax it, up-regulating and down-regulating your nervous
system. Most important, when you think of functional breathing, remember it is
not limited to the studio, to your practice, or to your workout. Functional
breathing pattern s are relevant during rest, sleep, and physical exercise, for
life. On a day-to-day basis, it is likely that much of your attention is
directed outward. Modern life is full of distractions. Emails, text messages,
social media alerts, work, and family all fight for your attention—to the
point that you surrender your attention outward. It is increasingl y rare for us
to bring our attention inward. For me, this mindfulness of the breath has been life changi ng. The
ability to shift my attention from my mind to my breath, to create space
between though ts, has given me a new outlook and focused my abilities
beyond what I would have thought possible. Y ou can trust that time given to
breathing practice will never go to waste. Functional breathing is a game
changer for health and performance. As you begin your practice, be patient. Progress does not alway s travel
in a straight line. We all have ups and downs over the years, and you will
have some bump s along the road. Persevere and make a continu ed effort to
bring good breathing into your way of life, and you will reap the rewards. To assis t you, our mobile apps, which are available free of charge,
contain guided exercises and instruction. We have two apps available:
ButeykoClinic is for children, teenagers, and adults and focuses mainly on
health. OxygenAdvantage is designed to help adults with health and sports
performance. I close by wishing you the very best in your application of functional
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 every other seat of worldly power. But
when we get there, we must arrive as women, not men in drag. Being a woman means much more than just having a vagina. The feminine force is intuitive, nurturing, the connecting glue. The feminine is a place inside us where we’re receptive rather than
active. In this country and on this planet, humans have everything
we need in order to heal the world and live happy lives. We have
information, technology, skills, money, intelligence, and scientic
ability. What we are lacking is a meaningful relationship among
these things. We have knowledge but little understanding. We lack
context. We lack the consciou s intention to use our resources for thepurposes of love and healing. And without this, we cannot go
anywhere. We are like a 747 without fuel. Love is our fuel. It gives grace to progress and blessing to our will
for power. We fail in our deepest responsibility to God and to
ourselves each time we fail to declare love and act on love and
witness to love. As women, we must keep this message  alive. We
must understan d its importance and relay it to others, whispering it
in the dark and shouting it in the light of day. Yes, it is time for
women to enter the worldly mainstream. But not in such a way that
we contribute  to the power that produces without meaning or
strives forward  without love of humanity in mind. Let the word go
out and grow stronger withi n: The love in our hearts is the power
that matters. Let technology  serve our love for one another and not our mutual
destruction. Let intelligence lead us to peace and not to war. Let our
money be used to heal and not to further wound. We must
understand these words. They must become part of who we are. This is the song of the Goddess as she makes her way across the
earth. Sing with her, or lose your voice. The purpose of love is to nd a partner we can grow with, through
the barriers that keep love at bay, to the center of the universe that
exists inside all of us. Getting past the barriers, those walls that
surround our hearts, means hanging around long enough to get a
look at what they are. We must work to nd God, not to nd men. Women must stop trying to be good enough, except for God. People
judge us; God doesn’t. When we listen to God, it’s very clear to us
that we’re more than good enough already. We learn from God that
we’re absolutely glorious—in his image, for his sake. Ultimately, we learn to stop trying so hard. We no longer try to
get a guy when we remembe r we’re only here to bless him. There is
a dierence between getting  a partner and attracting  a partner. Getting  implies that our hooks work; attracting  means that our light
is brigh t and appears like a beacon to one who is mean t to see it.When we try to get a partner, we increase our chances of getting the
wrong one. Yes, we can hook one perhaps, but a hook in him is a
hook in us. We either end up neurotically obsessed, or he gures out
it’s a hook and does his own casting o. When we attract love by an
intensied connection to the spirit inside, we take responsibility for
the energy around us, harmonizing it in such a way that those who
come forward—who we sense are meant to be with us—connect
with us out of similarly pure intent. Surrender of the partner obsession is a great release and allows
much greater room for real love to enter. Be friends with a person. Don’t underestimate the grace of true friendship. If passion is to
follow, don’t worry that it won’t. But sex isn’t everything; and until
we know that, we are slaves to something stupid. And when we get
that gured out, then everything, including sex, gets better. Our entire life is a cycle of desire: desire satised, desire felt,
desire satised and then felt again. Sex keeps rhythm. When we love
a man, we love from the bottom of all souls, from our source, from
the center of things, from God. If men only knew what a blessing
our love is. And if we only knew what a blessing it is to be loved by
them. To say “I love you” and to mean it is the same thing as saying
“God bless you.”
When he is not with us but we can feel him inside us anyway,
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know much more than I did. But women my age and older who
didn’t know until now should continue to blossom as long as we’re
breathing. For me and for many other women forty and over, the
pieces of the puzzle have only just begun to t together. What mature women want is this: the lightheartednes s of our
youth with the added depth our suering of the past few years has
given us. Through the grace of the Goddess, it is within our grasp to
have both. Genuine spiritual experience transforms our suering
into something beautiful and lifts the heavy burdens  from our
hearts. The older we get, the lighter we can become. It takes eort
to move in this direction, because it is counter to the ways of the
world, but running counter to the ways of the world is the purpose
of our lives. The enlightened system isn’t set up so that we work hard, nally
nd joy, experience it for a relatively short time, and then grow old
and die. Unless we strive for an expanded, more compassionate
vision of age and aging, the achievements we seek here are at best
cruel mockeries of our pain-lled eorts. Let us imagine  a woman’s life improving as she ages. Age doesn’t
have to be bad. It could, in fact, be magnicent, if we would take
our spiritual lives more seriously. Throughout our twenties and
thirties, we care so much about what the Joneses think, even if we
think we don’t. These two decades are the time when we’re most
tempted to try to live for others. Around forty, it occurs  to us thatthe Joneses are either going to like us or they’re not, that the
Joneses have holes in their socks too, thank you, and that we have
less control over what other people think than we ever imagined. And other people shouldn’t have so much control over what we
think either. There’s too much “you should  … you should not” told
to women these days. Wheth er a woman takes hormones, wants to
have a face-lift, wants to admit her age, or wants to talk about
menopause is nobody’s busin ess but her own. There’s privacy in a
woman’s heart  that should never be violated, and certainly not in
the name of feminism. We are doing the best we can. Whatever we
come up with on our journey to expanded consciousness, let us have
and let us be. What’s going on inside us matters; everything else is
cosmetic and should be treated as such. Once we remember we’re
cosmic queens, these issues won’t arise. That’s the only solution to
all our shallow traumas. We can stop trying so hard to win love and power and inuence
in the world, because on some days we’ll have those things and on
others we won’t. But if we look to them for sustenance, we will nd
despair. And growing more desperate, we will grow old. Age appalls
us because maturity appalls us, responsibility appalls us. Our thirties
are the time to get serious about being an adult, taking
responsibility for our communities and our families. Our forties
become the time for getting good at those things, for achieving some
mastery. In our fties, we should be able to shine. People in their
fties are like full-bodied wine. In our sixties and seventies, we
could, in addition to shining, start teaching others, those coming up
after us, how to do what we have done. Without a spiritual life, what are we left with. What is there to
strive for. Where do we look for clues. In magazines. Here are some basics for spiritual renewal. First of all, meditate. Do transcende ntal meditatio n (my favorite), Christian meditation,
Jewish meditation, Buddhist meditation, open-eye meditation, full-
moon meditation, Quaker meditation—it doesn’t matter. Just do it. Also, pray. Engage in some sort of daily spiritual practice—
nonreligious, religious, whatever. Above all else, try to forgive. Andlastly, treat your body well. Practice yoga or some equivalent form
of concentrated physical exercise. Do not look to your husband, your lover, your children, your job,
your money, or your therap ist to make you happy. It’s not their
function, nor within their capacity to do so. Look to yourself, to the


 this mind is infinite and eternal and is the sustaining source of each of
us, is in its truest essence all of each of us, just as each of us in truest
essence is all of it. Now if each of us exists in a sea of consciousness, and
the consciousness in us is in everything else and in all other people, it then
becomes possible to understand what we are dealing with when we deal
with extrasensory perception. It has been stated that human intelligence is like an iceber g, one-third of it
appearing upon the surface, two-thirds existing below, but parapsychology
reveals the relationship between conscious and subconscious intelligence to
be one part to a million. Moreover, universal subconscious mind exhibits no
necessity for being educated during the lifetime of the individual. It
provides eternal and infinite guidance because it has existed since the
beginning of time; all knowledge is contained within it, and that very small
“taught” intelligence acquired by conscious mind is the tiniest light
compared to the illumination known when the individual life has been
turned over to the guidance of the Secret Self. A thousand times more
awareness is obtainable by the person through enlightened use of universal
mind than through ef forts in the world of material things. Once the Secret
Self has been fully exposed to humankind, education, which today takes
sixteen years of a person’ s life, will be accomplished in weeks, even days. When the powerful and penetrating aspects of universal mind become
common enough knowledge to be taught at our schools, such buildings and
bridges as now are constructed in six months will rise overnight. There is no such thing as a particle of matter that is not possessed of
conscious intelligence, however low, however restricted by the form in
which it finds itself. All things exist by grace of the Secret Self, which is
innate in each, has become each as part of an overall plan. And the ur ge to
self-knowledge that exists within the heart of each creature is that impulsion
to find in partiality that same sense of self-awareness and expressive joy
that it knew in its complete and whole state. T o develop the use of the sixthsense is to learn to use universal mind, to cease living in the separate
egoistic nature, and to turn over the whole life to a wider and more
encompassing awareness than is possible to the surface self. Steps to Spiritual A wakening

The consistent use of the sixth sense depends upon spiritual awakening,
depends upon our recognizing the spiritual bond that unites us with all
others, with all things. Dethroning the ego, removing the focus of our
consciousness from the surface self, we thereby attain to a state of widened
awareness that emanates directly from our identification with the one mind
and one life that is the true inhabitant in all bodies. When we reach this
state of illumination, a new world opens up for our exploration. Physical
effects take on secondary significance. W e see that things originate on an
invisible plane, that all causes are mental and proceed out of ideas, out of
visualizations. W e begin to see that material things are not really solid facts
at all, but only partially revealed manifestations of conceptions held in
mind. Now we are able to perceive the secret of acting mentally, of altering
things by altering the idea that exists within them. W e begin to see that this
altering is possible through complete identification of ourselves with the
thing, that once this widened consciousness is achieved, we can change the
thing merely by changing our idea of it, because the same mind is in us as is
in the thing. Nothing is impossible to those of us whose consciousness
breaks out of the bonds of the ego. Once we shake of f surface self, there is
revealed to us a world that is bounded only by eternity and infinity. We can
become anything we desire, can accomplish anything we wish, for in a very
real sense all events and things have their existence in us. T o achieve this
state of spiritual awakening is the goal; to arrive at this state of joy and bliss
and complete ef fectuality is beyond doubt the most worthwhile and
rewarding culmination of life. Steps by which spiritual enlightenment is achieved are the steps by which
the sixth sense is brought under dominion, and they are four. These stepsinfallibly produce spiritual enlightenment, and to those who put them into
practice are brought not only the sixth sense but an expanded consciousness
that allows them to live their lives joyfully and ef fectively. The four steps
are: (1) consecration, (2) surrender, (3) sacrifice, (4) love. Consecration
means the focusing of the total mental and spiritual ef forts of the individual
on discovery of the Secret Self. Surrender means a wholehearted giving
over of all action and goals to the Divine. Sacrifice means continual and
deliberate subjugation of ego to the will and purposes of the Secret Self. Love means yearning for unity, longing to return to a state of wholeness and
oneness. These four sacramental steps, if performed unceasingly, are bound
to develop that wider consciousness in which the sixth sense becomes an
integral part of the life. The first step taken, all others will follow. With the
mind and being dedicated to a search for wider consciousness, the life
inevitably will be transformed, a sense of intimacy will come into the
consciousness, and the person will find resource by which they are able to
give over their goals and aspirations to the Divine. We Are Made of Magic

Once this psychological divestment of the ego has taken place, illumination
is near. Now it becomes second nature to practice the sacrifice by which the
ego is kept in subjugation. Little egoistic desires are daily given up in favor
of that one encompassing search for unity that is now the total consecration
of the individual. The ego does not cease to exist, far from it; in some areas
it appears as vigorous as before, but now it recognizes that it is only a tool,
not originator, not captain or master; and it performs its tasks, goes about its
work under the impulsion of and following the guidance of a will and a
power totally beyond and inexpressibly more powerful than itself. There
comes to us an experience of the unity from which we have sprung, an
experiential return to a source of absolute bliss and joy and power. We enter
the Secret Self; the Secret Self enters us. This mutual penetration, this
merging, is the union known as love, and when this takes place in our
consciousness, our emer gence as an enlightened and ef fective personbegins. Now we realize that we are not merely bone and blood and flesh or
even brain but are constructed of invisible essences that can only be called
magic. The philosopher and linguist Jean Gebser wrote:

Telepathy, trance, precognition, telekinesis, levitations, dual personality,
and many other paranormal phenomena are rooted in the magic structure of
man. So-called paranormal phenomena are not at all paranormal but
fundamentally natural. W ithout certain telepathic powers, without traces of
the magic structure, without a minimum of inner prevision (or the power of
precognition), without sleep and light “intuitioning,” not one of us could
live another day. And all of these powers arise in the main from the magic
structure of our consciousness. The ef fective use of the sixth sense is attained by those who come to the
realization of the essential magic of human consciousness. They do not give
their allegiance to the world of material things, but to a world of ideas and
concepts and thoughts, which, they perceive, preexists and preordains the
material world. Perceptions of the sixth sense are never as concrete as those of the five
physical senses. The reason for this is obvious. Our physical senses are used
through all our waking hours; our sixth sense seldom, if at all. The sixth
sense works in us as feeling, not feeling sustained by emotion, but inner
certainty as to a course of action, as to the development of coming events. Reason is not renounced altogether, nor logic, nor knowledge, but all these
are subordinated to intuition, and they are used only to bring into
consciousness all aspects of a problem that needs to be solved. Intuition
develops the solution, which emer ges in the consciousness of the individual
as a deep certainty that may have either visual or auditory manifestations,
perhaps both. Someone might list all elements of a problem confronting
them. They might wrestle with the problem in terms of reason and logic, but
they will draw no conclusion immediately. They will turn over the problemto their subconscious for a period of resolution, confident that the correct
solution will be delivered to them. Frontiers of the Mind

When enlightened, we do not shut out one part of our nature in order to use
another but use all we are all the time in all places in each thing we do. Reason and logic and intuition become a unified tool for our coping with
life; the sixth sense mer ges with the five material senses so as to convey to
our consciousness a constant impression of both the inner world and the
outer. Because we exist on all possible levels of consciousness, we are able
to perceive things and events in their true nature and thereby to guide our
own actions accordingly. We do not oppose events because we see their
inevitable direction, and we take up our tasks within the moving stream of
history as if


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accomplished and there is no end. There is no end because each moment is
in itself complete and already the end. If our goal is to make our customers’
experiences delightful, profitable, enjoyable, and a positive contribution to
their lives, there  is absolutely no end to how we can express that. Every day
is a new delight. There are restaurants like that, where the decor is just fascinating, where
the menu options are delicious,  where the whole experience is unique and
irreplaceable. The motivation of the owner of the enterprise behind this
experience is different from the carrot and the mule. The person who is
coming from that whole program of “want, work, get” is constantly running
after the carrot. There’ s always a time/space between what is desired and its
fulfillment or accomplishment. From that set of attitudes, people spend their
entire lives waiting impatiently to get to the destination. Hence, happiness is
always at the end of the rainbow; it’ s never where they are right now. If we’ve decided that one of our purposes, goals, or motives is to enjoy
ourselves, we will be successful. One of the earmarks of truly successful
people is that they always enjoy what they’re doing in the moment—they
enjoy the process. I know artists who have worked on the same painting for
years, or writers  who have worked on the same novels for years. They’re
already enjoyin g themselves, so what’ s the rush? People who are truly
successful have within them the capacity to create an endle ss series of
successes. Once we know the secret of how to make a million, a lot of times
we don’t even bother, unless something that captures our interest comes
along and makes it worth doing. “Having it made” is not coming from need. It’s not coming from looking
for results “out there.” Having it made is an attitude that comes from
connecting with that certainty within ourselves. Others get it—that’ s why
they want us. They obviously need us. We have the capacity to serve them,
and that’s what makes us valuable. We have the intention to serve them, andthat’s what makes us sought after by them. Doing it that way is our style,
and that’ s why we’re popular. It’s common in pop psychology to put down “people pleasers.” I know a
lot of individuals who are not people pleasers. As a matter of fact, they are
people dis-pleasers. So let’s take apart people pleasing and see what it’s
made of. It isn’t the people pleasing itself; it’s the “how” and the intention
behind it. If we don’t please people and some quality of their human nature,
we can forget success. Success is achieved only because we have attuned to,
pleased, and satisfied something  within the human nature of our customers,
readers, listeners, or whomever. “People pleasing” is the common put-down because it’s inferred that it
means the selling out of one’s integrity. People equate it with subservience,
passivity, or masochism; those with this limited understandin g think that
people pleasing is wrong. Consequently, we have the “me generation” with
its narci ssistic orientation of pleasing itself, letting it all hang out, and
making a solo out of the dance of life. The goal here seems to be the
satisfaction of one’s own inner vanity. There’ s no genuine connectedness
with real human values. How do we genuinely please people and be successful? We do that by
being a champion; that’s what pleases people. It isn’t our product. It’s the
quality that our product conveys. It’s what goes with the product that people
buy. Think of all the famous singers, the really great celebrities, who didn’ t
have a voice at all—yet Fats Waller, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Dylan all had
a magic that we like to call charisma. What it means is the presentation of a
certain kind of pr esence. We’re getting closer to the core of it now. We see that success comes
automatically to people because of their presence. All of these people, we
will notice, seem  to have the guts and the self-assurance to just be who they
are. They capitalize on what to other people would have been limitations. As we said, facts are not what carry power. Rather, it is our attitudes about
them. Why did everyone clam or after Bob Dylan? Was Jimm y Durante
handsome? Was he a great pianist?What made Thomas Edison one of the greatest figures in history? His
accomplishment illuminated the world and changed the lifestyle of all of us
forever, but nowadays I’m sure he’d be sent to see the neares t analyst to
overcome his obsessive-compulsive workaholism. Wasn’t it 8,000, or
10,000, or some staggering sum of different substances that he tried to make
the filament of a lightbulb until he finally hit on the right one? All along he
knew that it was there; it was just a matter of searching it out and locating
it. What was there was absolutely certain to him because he knew the
underlying princ iples involved. He knew how to capitalize on resistance. The light comes not from the electricity, but from the resistance of the wire
to it. He capitalized on the quality of the resistance to force and not the
force itself. The answer was not to keep increasing the voltage ; instead, it
was to find a resistance that came so close to the energy of the force that the
interaction and impact created the desired outcome. Thus, we see that there
are no obstacles in the world. Resistance is not something to overcome; it is to be included, capitalized
on, and used as a springboard. The reason Roger Banniste r broke the
world’ s record of the four-minu te mile was because the four-minute time
was not an obstacle to him—it was a springboard. Before he broke through
it, no one else had done so. After he broke through it, one after another did
so as well. Where were they all that time? Bannister ’s position about that
four-minute time limit was different. To him it became an invigorator, a
motivator, the lure, the prod, the lever. He made it serve him. What thrilled
us all was the stature of the man. His accomplishment was only the
expression of that stature. Prese nce is stature. It’s a way of holding oneself. Bannister had it made; it was only a matter of when. In the great restaurant in the town where I grew up, the owner always
came around to greet us and sincerely made sure that everything was being
handled to our satisfaction; sooner or later the chef himself also came out, if
only for a moment. The chef would be carrying a huge tray with a gorgeous
roast turkey, or a brace of ducks, or a giant salmon surrounded by dots of
mayonnaise. We all got to at least say hello and share in being a part of this
delightful dining experience. The chef got a chance to get some energyfeedback, and the whole encou nter was always a highlight. Doesn’ t that
kind of experience make us feel like honored guests instead of just
customers whos e money the owner is after? It creates a whole different
ambience. Success, therefore, is only success when it is shared. The restaurant
owner shares the joy and the delight of his success. The chef comes out and
displays the joy and delight of his creation, which is obviously for the
customers’  joy and delight as well. The whole place abounds in goodwill. Everyone has it made in this experience. What’ s crucial is that the
customers also have it made  in experiencing the owner and chef’s
enterprise. Pleas ing people is a matter of knowing genuinely what they
enjoy. There was this terrific little Chinese restaurant in San Francisco that
everyone loved. The food was fantastic. The service was terrific. The place
was jammed. This restaurant was super popular, yet it was rather homely. There was no partition to the kitchen, and the tables were plain. The man
who ran it, I think his name was something like Crazy Charlie, told his
customers where to sit, what they were going to have for dinner, what was
good and not good. He was going to please his customers no matter what
they said. He was surly, rude, short, unattractive, and everyone adored him. His commitment to the excellence of the food was what drew people,
along with the humor of his gruff style. What could have been a turnof f
became a turn-on with him. What could have been repellent became
attractive. He was good at what he did and he knew it. He cooked the best
Chinese food anyone had ever tasted. Plus, he did it in a hurry; there was no
waiting there. At this point a lot of opportunistic entrepreneurs would have started
raising prices, but not Crazy Charlie. Part of his being perfect at what he did
included not only serving terrific food, but making it available at a
reasonable price as well. If someone tried to order what he didn’ t
recommend, he would order the person out to one of those expe nsive, fancy
places with awful food. If someone got on his bad side, they didn’ t get in
again. It was obvious he


immunization	decreased	only

88.8%	which	was	the	least	of	all. If	left	alone	it	would	have	declined	at	the	same

rate	as	the	others,	or	even	faster	because	it	was	the	least	prevalent. It	will	be	noted	that	in	1861	diphtheria	was	the	least	fatal	of	the	children’s

diseases. But	according	to	this	report	of	the	Ministry	of	Health,	the	1948	record

shows	it	to	have	increased	to	the	second	most	deadly	of	the	children	killers	with

its	105	deaths	per	million,	while	whooping	cough	was	only	slightly	higher	with

121	deaths. Another	report	issued	by	the	British	Ministry	of	Health	gives	the	diphtheria

death	rate	from	among	4,000,000	children	who	were	not	immunized. It	gives	a

five	year	period	(1945	to	1949)	in	which	the	diphtheria	death	rate	declined	from

551	cases	in	1945	down	to	63	in	1949. What	caused	this	phenomenal	drop	of

87%	in	only	five	years	when	the	record	of	immunized	children	showed	a	decline

of	only	88%	in	an	87	year	period	of	immunization? The	credit	cannot	be	claimed

by	the	serum	makers	because	these	children	were	not	"protected"	by	any

vaccines. The	Ministry	of	Health	attributed	the	rapid	decline	of	the	other	diseases,	to

improvements	in	sanitation,	nutrition,	housing,	education	and	social	conditions,

but	diphtheria	and	smallpox	were	claimed	to	have	declined	because	of

"prophylactics." If	vaccination	and	immunization	were	preventives	of	smallpox

and	diphtheria	they	should	at	least	keep	pace	with	the	decline	of	other	diseases. IMMUNIZATION	INCREASED	DIPHTHERIA	IN

SOME	COUNTRIES
Although	France	had	rejected	immunization	after	seeing	the	disasters	that

followed	its	use	she	was	pressured	into	submitting	to	it	after	German	occupation. By	1941	most	of	the	French	children	had	been	inoculated	after	which	the

diphtheria	incidence	rose	to	13,795	by	the	end	of	that	year. By	1943,	diphtheria

had	increased	to	46,750. At	the	beginning	of	the	Second	World	War	immunization	was	made	compulsory
	in	Germany	and	the	diphtheria	rate	soared	up	to	150,000	cases	(1939)	while	in

unvaccinated	Norway	there	were	only	50	cases. Space	in	this	chapter	does	not	permit	the	reviewing	of	the	numerous	records	that

condemn	immunization. More	on	this	subject	will	be	given	in	the	chapter	on

DIPHTHERIA	AND	IMMUNIZATION	in	Book	II. DECLINE	OF	VACCINATION	IN	UNITED	STATES
The	overall	picture	for	United	States	has	been	toward	a	steady	decline	in

smallpox	since	the	gradual	abandonment	of	vaccination	laws	in	the	various

states. Only	a	few	of	the	more	backward	states	and	some	of	the	medically

dominated	institutions	and	businesses	still	impose	compulsory	vaccination	laws

on	the	people. In	1902	when	vaccination	was	endorsed	by	the	majority,	the	death

rate	from	smallpox	was	2,121. By	1910,	vaccination	disasters	had	caused	it	to

lose	favor	to	such	an	extent	that	the	smallpox	death	rate	dropped	down	to	202. The	serum	makers	used	the	frenzy	of	the	First	World	War	to	work	up	a	nation

wide	vaccination	campaign	that	raised	the	smallpox	death	rate	up	to	358	(1919)

and	by	1921	it	had	increased	to	642. When	the	people	began	to	notice	that	the

vaccinated	were	the	ones	who	suffered	the	worst	from	smallpox	and	flu	(an	after

effect	of	vaccination)	they	lost	faith	in	it	to	a	large	extent	and	by	1927	the	deaths

dropped	down	to	138	where	it	has	been	fluctuating	every	since. In	contrast	to	our	diminished	smallpox	rate	under	optioned	vaccination	we	have

an	excellent	example	of	compulsory	vaccination	in	our	(U.S.)	dominated

Philippine	Islands. In	a	10	year	period	(1911-1920)	24,436,889	vaccinations

were	given	which	resulted	in	75,339	deaths. Before	vaccination	was	introduced

the	highest	death	rate	in	the	Philippines,	even	during	epidemics	was	only	10%	of

the	population. After	many	years	of	thorough	vaccination	and	revaccination	the

death	rate	rose	to	74%	which	is	the	highest	in	history. In	United	States	(1919)	when	vaccination	was	indifferently	accepted,	the	death

rate	from	smallpox	was	only	358,	while	in	the	Philippines	(1919)	under	strict

vaccination	enforcement	the	death	rate	from	this	cause	was	18,213. In	1920	in

vaccinated	Italy,	the	smallpox	death	rate	was	12,155	as	compared	to	only	508	in

United	States	during	the	same	period. In	spite	of	these	cold	facts	and	thousands	of	others	like	them,	the	promoters	of
	vaccines	insist	that	vaccination	has	been	a	blessing	to	the	world	and	has	reduced

disease. This	all	goes	to	prove	the	old	saying	that	figures	can’t	lie	but	liars	can

figure. INOCULATE	THE	DOCTORS

Inoculate	for	smallpox
Inoculate	for	mumps;
Inoculate	for	typhoid
For	colds	and	nervous	slumps;
Inoculate	with	cow	pus
And	germs	of	every	brand
Inoculate	with	monkey	glands
To	make	us	young	again. But	one	fine	day	the	laity
Will	move	in	self-defence
To	inoculate	the	doctors
With	a	little	common	sense. —by	a	medical	student,	Winnipeg,	Canada

	CHAPTER	3
VACCINATION	HIT	BY	DOCTORS
“It	often	happens	that	the	universal	belief	of	one	age—a	belief	which	no	one

was,	not	without	an	extraordinary	effort	of	genius	and	courage	could,	at

that	time	be	free—becomes	to	a	subsequent	age	se	palpable	an	absurdity

that	the	only	difficulty,	then,	is	to	imagine	how	such	a	thing	can	ever	have

appeared	credible.”
—John	Stuart	Mill

From	its	inception	down	to	the	present	time,	vaccination	has	been	denounced	as

dangerous,	disease	producing	and	even	deadly,	by	all	thinking	doctors	who	have

investigated	the	facts	and	have	had	the	courage	to	voice	them. A	few	of	these	published	statements	from	prominent	doctors	are	presented	here. From	Dr.	Alexander	Wilder,	Editor	of	the	New	Yolk	Medical	Times,	Professor	of

Pathology	in	the	United	States	Medical	College	of	New	York	and	author	of

WILDER'S	HISTORY	OF	MEDICINE,	we	have	this	observation:

"Vaccination	is	the	infusion	of	contaminating	element	into	the	system,	and	after

such	contamination	you	can	never	be	sure	of	regaining	the	former	purity	of	the

body. Consumption	follows	in	the	wake	of	vaccination	as	certainly	as	effect

follows	cause." Dr.	Walter	M.	James	of	Philadelphia	says:

"Vaccination	does	not	stay	the	spread	of	smallpox	nor	even	modify	it	in	those


	a	taxpayer	and	a	spokesman	for	a	large	group	of	thinking	people,	I	feel

justified	in	asking	why	you	are	wasting	this	large	sum	of	our	tax	money	to

promote	a	scheme	that	has	not	proved	to	be	either	safe	or	beneficial	in	the	light

of	true	investigation. We	know	this	vaccine	has	killed	many	people	and	caused

paralysis	in	many	more	who	would,	undoubtedly,	have	been	well	today	without

the	shots	of	Salk	toxoid. In	spite	of	all	the	high	pressure	sales	talk	and	advertising	technique,	plus	the

false	reports	and	garbled	statistics	designed	to	sell	the	people	and	their	leaders

this	dangerous	vaccine,	enough	of	the	truth	has	leaked	out	so	that	17	states	have

already	rejected	their	supplies	of	Salk	vaccine. Why	should	our	great	state	be	the

slowest	to	wake	up	to	this	monstrous	fraud? According	to	an	AP	report	(Dec.	13)	"Only	4	states	have	used	up	their	grants

from	the	$53,600,000	federal	appropriation	to	aid	states	in	providing	free

vaccine	to	people	under	20	years	of	age." It	is	evident	that	the	people	do	not

want	this	deadly	vaccine	and	have	not	been	induced	to	use	it	up. It	is	bad	enough

to	have	President	Eisenhower	rob	us	for	this	large	sum,	but	why	should	you	rob

us	again	for	the	same	thing? Health	Director	Peterson	of	Idaho	didn’t	mince	words	when	he	stated,	to	the

press,	that	polio	struck	only	vaccinated	children	in	areas	where	there	had	been	no

cases	of	polio	since	the	preceding	autumn. "In	9	out	of	10	cases	the	paralysis

occurred	in	the	arms	in	which	the	vaccine	had	been	Injected." After	the	American	Public	Health	Service	announced	that	there	had	been	"168

confirmed	cases	of	poliomyelitis	among	the	vaccinated	with	6	deaths”...	the	Salk

promoters	clamped	down	a	rigid	censorship	on	the	reporting	of	Salk	casualties

and	the	people	were	told	that	there	were	none	and	that	the	vaccine	was	safe	and

successful. Even	Surgeon	General	Scheele	admitted	(to	the	closed	session	of	the	convention

of	the	AMA)	that	"Salk	vaccine	is	hard	to	make	and	no	batch	can	be	proved	safe

before	it	is	given	to	children." Yet,	the	public	was	immediately	told	that	the

vaccine	was	SAFE. They	also	announced	that	it	was	the	intention	to	vaccinate
	57,000,000	people	before	Aug.	1955	(before	the	propagandized	people	had	a

chance	to	learn	of	its	dangers.) One	paper	reported	that	the	promoters	expected	a

five	billion	dollar	profit	from	the	vaccine. (See	page	29	of	HIDDEN	DANGERS

IN	POLIO	VACCINE,	enclosed.) We	elected	you	because	we	had	confidence	in	your	integrity	and	ability. If	you

have	been	deceived	by	these	ruthless	promoters	of	a	multimillion	dollar	racket,	it

is	time	to	turn	the	tables	and	open	an	honest	investigation. On	the	other	hand	if

you	are	associated	with	them	and	knowingly	fostering	a	program	that	is	doing

damage	to	the	people	under	your	leadership	you	will,	sooner	or	later,	have	to

face	charges	that	will	not	be	altogether	pleasing. I	am	enclosing	the	booklet	titled	HIDDEN	DANGERS	IN	POLIO	VACCINE

which	is	a	compilation	of	some	of	the	latest	findings	on	the	Salk	vaccine

program	and	its	hazards	as	well	as	other	vital	information	about	polio. W	believe

it	is	worthy	of	your	serious	attention. It	is	to	be	hoped	that	this	information	will

help	you	to	gain	a	broader	view	of	the	subject	that	will	help	you	to	reverse	your

decision	on	this	life	and	death	issue. We	ask	that	you	withdraw	your	ca? for

public	funds	to	support	private	rackets. YOURS	FOR	ENLIGHTENMENT	AND	PROGRESS	Eleanor	McBean

Dear	Friend:

From	an	answer	I	received	from	Governor	Knight,	it	seems	he	is	determine	to

use	this	$3,000,000	he	has	already	taken	from	the	taxpayers,	and	he	suggest

raising	still	more,	to	vaccinate	the	whole	population	under	forty. This	obvious

would	be	very	dangerous	to	those	infected	with	this	poison. The	drive	will	be

sometime	this	month. We	had	better	make	our	voices	heard	and	write	o	protests

to	him	immediately. Yours	for	Truth	and	Health
Eleanor	McBean

VACCINE	ECONOMICS

As	quoted	by	AMERICAN	CAPSULE	NEWS,	Washington,	D.	C.

February	9,	1957. Friends	and	well	wishers	of	Duon	H.	Miller,	the	Florida	cosmetic	manufacturer

who	spent	many	thousands	of	dollars	of	his	own	money	to	warn	the	American

public	against	the	lethal	effects	of	Salk	vaccine,	its	worthlessness	as	a

preventive,	the	false	propaganda	of	the	serum	trust	and	the	doctored	"statistics"

of	the	US	Public	Health	Service,	will	be	glad	to	know	that	he	is	now	off	the

hook. Upon	demand	of	the	National	Foundation	for	Infantile	Paralysis,	whose	racket

he	was	seriously	interfering	with,	he	was	railroaded	by	a	Federal	Court	in

Florida	after	the	Post	Office	Dept. was	importuned	to	go	far	afield	and	split	hairs

to	convict	him	of	sending	out	"derogatory	statements"	about	the	Salk	racketeers

on	a	postal	card. There	actually	is	a	P0	regulation	which	says	that	such	statements	are	all	right	in

sealed	mail,	but	"un-mailable"	on	postal	cards. The	usual	procedure	is	for	postal

inspectors	to	notify	the	"culprit"	and	have	him	sign	a	stipulation	not	to	do	it

again. We	know	this	from	personal	experience. In	the	Miller	case	this	was	not

done,	because	of	pressure	from	NFIP	and	those	who	own	the	serum	trust—the

House	of	Rockefeller. Miller	was	given	a	2-year	prison	sentence	and	placed	on	probation	for	two	years

in	July	of	1955. It	was	admitted	by	the	"prosecution"	that	its	main	object	was	to

stop	him	from	telling	the	truth	about	Salk	vaccine. So,	terms	of	the	probation

were	that	he	was	not	to	send	anything	thru	the	mails	having	the	slightest

reference	to	vaccine	or	medicine	of	any	sort. This	(illegally)	revoked	his	rights	to	freedom	of	speech	and	press	granted	him	by

the	First	Amendment	to	the	Constitution. This	was	so	raw	that	the	judge	has

been	prevailed	upon	to	declare	the	Constitution	again	in	effect. His	probation

thereupon	was	"lifted"	January	28	instead	of	causing	it	to	run	its	full	course	to

July	1957. This	also	lets	the	judge	off	the	hook	because	Congress	could	have

filed	impeachment	charges	against	him	for	violation	of	his	oath	in	abrogating	the

Constitution. The	serum	trust	is	getting	desperate. They	saw	in	the	Miller	"prosecution"	a

warning	to	all	who	dared	to	tell	the	truth	about	their	deadly	racket,	so	they	"went

to	town"	in	making	it. It	now	develops	they	have	a	"stockpile"	for	25,000,000	of

these	deadly	"shots"	which	they


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"Heat Induced Changes in Free Amino Acids on
Manufactured Heated Pulps and Pastes from
Tomatoes." 75n. Hcrb(s)
Dressing, Garlic^ 157
shopping list. I 37
Hcrbcd Butter Sauce, 210
High blood pressure, 68, I0l
High-water-coiitcnt food. 42. 58. 116. 141
principle of. 28—36
see also Fruit; Vcgetablc(s)
Ililf. Russell. 73n. Hindus, 73
Hippocrates. 14
Holistic approach to health, xiii
Holmbcrg, Dr.. S3
Hollywood Health Foods. 135. 136
Homeostasis, xii. xiv Honey Corn Bread. 219
Hot Buttered Corn Tortillas. 167-68
How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your
Doctor (Mendelsohn), 110
Hufnagel, Dr. Vicki C, 104-105
Human bodv, Natural Hvgicnc and a hcalthv,
16-19
Hunzas. 73
Hunzukuts of Pakistan, 35
Hur, Robin A., 78n., I03n. Hygiene, see Natural Hygiene
Hygienic Care of Children, Tne(Shelton), 85n.,
103n., 104
Hygienic System, The (Trail), 15
Hygienic System, Vol. II, The (Shelton), 41
Hypertension, see High blood pressure
Hypoglycemia. 101-102
Ice cream, 85
lees, Cantaloupe, 204
Indigestion, 40,41,42, 52
Inglefinger, Dr. Franz, xiiin. Ingrasci, Dr. Rick, xiiin. Insulin, 96
Integrative medicine, xi-xiv
International Congress on Obesity, 50
International Society for Research on Civilization
and Environment, 79n. International Society for Research on Nutrition and
Vital Statistics, 79
Intestinal Tract, The (Spencer), 78n. Intestines, 75
"Intrinsic factor," 78
Jennings, Dr. Isaac, 1 5
Jerusalem artichokes, 128
Jicama, 128
Johns Hopkins University, 49
School of Medicine, 44
loumal of the American Medical Association, 37,
77,78
Joy, Dr. Brugh, xiin. juicer, 114, 118, 119, 204
Juices
fruit, 4
breakfast suggestions, 114-17
fresh. 53-54T 118-19 _
when to consume, 51-52, 54-55, 56-57. 59
vegetable. 5. 54. 118-19
Cocktail. Fresh. 152
Kale. 74. 128
Kasha. 132
Keeler, Richard O., 81
Kelp, 86
Kettle Chips—N. S. Khalsa, 132, 134
Kidneys, 9, 95, 96, 99. 100, 101
Kiwi, 125
Breakfast Fruit Platter, 220-21
Strawberry-, Salad, 170
Kleeman, Dr. Charles, xiiin. Kling, Jovce M., I03n. Kulvinskas, Viktoras. 49n.. 68. 72n., 81
Kuzu. 136
Labels, reading, 122
lactase, 83, 103
Lapp£, Frances Moore. 71
Law of minimum. 100
Learning disabilities. 116
Lee, Dr. Royal. 97-98
U-ck(s), 128'
Carrot-. Bisque, 192
Legumes. 134
JNDEX • 237 Lemon Butter Sauce
Broccoli in, 213
Steamed Vegetables in, 206-20
Lentil Soup, Old-Fashioned. 218-19
Leonard, George, xiiin. Leonardo, Blanche, 50n., 68
"Lesson #8, Proteins in the Diet," 68n., 75n.,?8n. "Lesson #33, Why We Should Not Eat Animal
Products in Any Form," 85n. "Lesson #55, Prenatal Care for Better Infant and
Maternal Health and Less Painful Childbirth,"
103n., 104n. Lettuce, 128
California Tostada, 187-88
French Peas and, 202
The Properly Combined Sandwich, 150-51
Romaine Roll-Ups, 208
see also Salad(s)
Leukemia, 49
Levy, Dr. Stuart, 83
Lewis, David L., 46-47
Life Science llealthSystem, The (Fry), 72n. Life span, xii, 6, 35
Lifestrcam Natural Foods, Ltd., 131, 133
Life-style, 6-7, 59, 65-66, 223-24
guidelines, 143-46
Light Dressing, 150
Lima beans, 128
Yam Stew, 211-12
List of foods you ate in one day, 28, 35
Live Food Products, 136
Liver, 72. 75, 79, 99, 100
cancer, 49
Lo Mein with Shredded Vegetables. Stir-Fried,
179-80
Loquat, 125
Los Angeles Times, 34-35, 81, 99
Lumholtz, Dr. Carl, 79
Lunch, 5
four-week sample menus and recipes, 149-222
substitution of fresh fruit for. 144
Lungs, 17
Lychee, 125-26
Lymph system, 72
McBean, Eleanor. 97
McCay. Dr. CHve. 97
Macrobiotics, 54
Main-course salad, 139-42
as dinner substitute, 140, 143
substituting one, for another, 140
Malic acid, 97
Mammalian Protein Metabolism (Munro et. al), 73n
Mammals, eating patterns of, 32-35, 45
Mango, 125
dried, 12
"Man Who Lives with Corillas, The," 70n. Marinated Pasta Salad, 192-93
Mayo, William)., 49-50
Mayo Clinic, 49
Mayonnaise, 136
Dressing, Curried. 165
Meal, see Flour and meal
Meat, 69-78, 111, 181
carnivore versus human physiology, 75-76
chemicals given to animals, 76—77, 79, 83
hints to minimize negative effects of eating. 76-78
shopping list. 134-35
when to eat fruit after eating, 55
see also Chicken; Fish
"Meat for B,2," 78n. Mediterranean Rice Salad, 156
Melons, 114, 115, 117, 124
Cantaloupe
Breakfast Fruit Platter, 220-21
Ice. 204 Supreme, Blueberry-, 204
Menstrual cycle, 144
Menus, four-week sample, 149-222
Metabolic imbalance, theory of, 24-27
Mi-Del Honev Crahams—Health Foods. Inc.. 132. 133
Migraine headaches, 81, 84
Milk, xii, xiv, 81-85, 110-11, 119
Almond, Fresh, 195
digesting^ 82-83, 103
see also Dairy products
Minerals, 29-30, 36, 50, 53, 103
supplements, 99-101, 104
Miso, 136
Modern Products, Inc., 137
Mother Earth Chips—Enterprises, Inc., 132, 134
Mucus, 63, 83, 84. 85, 116
Munro, H. N., 73n. Muscular system, 17
Mushrooms, 129
Black, with Zucchini and Chinese Greens, Stir-
Fried, 214-16
Cream Gravy, 172
Marinated Pasta Salad, 192


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There is no evidence that DMSO can alter progression of degenerative joint
disease, and, for this reason, DMSO may be considered for palliative treatment
only and not to the exclusion of standard anti-inflammatory agents. The safety of
DMSO in combination with other drugs has not been established; neurotoxic
interactions with sulindac have been reported.
In experimental animals, intravenous DMSO is as effective as mannitol and
dexamethasone in reversing cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension. An
initial clinical trial in eleven patients tends to support this latter application.
DMSO enhances diffusion of other chemicals through the skin, and, for this reason,
mixtures of idoxuridine and DMSO are used for topical treatment of herpes zoster
in the United Kingdom. Adverse reactions to DMSO are common, but are usually
minor and related to the concentration of DMSO in the medication solution.
Consequently, the most frequent side effects, such as skin rash and pruritis
(itching) after dermal application, intravascular hemolysis (breaking up of the
blood elements) after intravenous infusion, and gastrointestinal discomfort after
oral administration, can be avoided in large part by employing more dilute
solutions. Most clinical trials of DMSO have not incorporated the components of
experimental design necessary for objective, statistical evaluation of efficacy.
Randomized comparisons between DMSO, placebo, and known active treatments
were rarely completed. Final approval of topical DMSO for treatment of rheumatic
diseases in particular will require a multicenter, randomized comparison between
high and low concentrations of DMSO and an orally-active, nonsteroidal anti-
inflammatory agent.
36
HOW DMSO IS ADMINISTERED TOPICALLY
The substance is usually administered in liquid or gel form on the surface of the
skin; the liquid may be more effective though people seem to prefer the gel. It isnot rubbed in but merely painted or patted on in a thin coating. When Dr. Jacob
showed Sandy Sherrick how to apply the solvent to her neck and back, as shown
on
60 Minutes
, he said, “Now, when you put it on, don’t rub it too hard. You just
have to apply it to the skin and it goes in. Let it dry over twenty minutes to a half
an hour. It won’t be totally dry, but anything left you can just wipe off.”
Treatment must be individualized. The optimal concentration varies from 50 to
80 or even 90 percent. In general the face and neck are more sensitive to DMSO
than other parts of the body and no higher concentration than 50 percent should be
applied there. Topical concentrations of DMSO should be kept below 70 percent
in areas where there is a reduction in circulation. Not all clinicians agree that this
lesser concentration is necessary. It is preferable to begin treatment with lower
concentrations until the skin tolerance builds up. Look for skin irritation before
advancing to the higher concentration.
For some rare conditions such as scleroderma or Peyronie’s disease (where
plaques or strands of dense fibrous tissue encircle the penis, causing deformity
and painful erection) the treatment periods are more than a year. How often you
administer the DMSO solution depends on the judgment of your doctor and the
particular clinical problem.
If the solvent is applied for long periods where there is a lessened blood
supply, antibiotics should become part of the therapy, despite their bacteriostatic
qualities.
The most common set of health problems for which people will apply topical
DMSO at home probably involves acute musculoskeletal injuries and
inflammations. The earlier the drug is put onto the injured site, the more dramatic
the result. For example, a fourteen-year-old boy was punched in the face. A one-
inch laceration with swelling broke open over the bridge of his nose and extended
to his eye. Six milliliters (ml) of DMSO were applied to the area. Fifteen minutes
later the pain, swelling, and skin irritation started to diminish and disappeared
completely within four hours.
The skin must be clean, dry, and unbroken, not only for musculoskeletal
problems, but for any topical use of the medication. Remove any excess skin oil or
perspiration. Make sure heavy metal or insecticide material has not been allowed
to dry on or coat the skin. The medical
conditions that respond best are acute post-
traumatic soft tissue injuries to the neck, shoulders, and back, sprains and strains
of the larger joints of the upper and lower limbs, acute post-traumatic soft tissue
injuries associated with subcutaneous and intramuscular bleeding involving the
trunks or the limbs, and acute bursitis involving the large joints of the body.A 70 percent concentration of DMSO mixed with water in volumes ranging
from 8 to 12 ml, applied on and around the injury in a wide area at least three
times daily, will provide effective healing response for four out of five people.
Some benefit will be experienced within twenty-four hours.
Measure out the amount of DMSO you judge is required to cover the affected
area. Paint on the solution with a cotton-tipped applicator. As an example, to treat
gout of the big toe, apply about 6 ml of the material to the toe and the entire
forefoot. Usually it requires several minutes of painting and repainting before an
adequate dosage is achieved. Allow the treated area to remain uncovered for thirty
or forty minutes; any remaining solution should then be wiped off with an
absorbent material to prevent injury to your clothing. Relief from gouty swelling
and pain occurs in thirty minutes and lasts for one to four hours. Repeated
applications up to four times daily will adequately control the pain of acute gout.
When 60 to 90 percent DMSO is applied to the skin, warmth, redness, itching,
and sometimes local hives may occur. In most cases this local irritation disappears
within two to three hours. The skin surfaces behind the knee and elbow joints and
the skin of the face, neck, and armpit are sensitive to strong concentrations of the
solvent. When 60 to 90 percent concentration is applied to the palm of the hand,
the skin may wrinkle and stay that way for several days.
Some liniments give pain relief, decreased muscle spasm, and increased
mobility of affected arthritic joints through a counterirritant effect. Ordinary
liniments take pain away only as long as counterirritation lasts. This is not how
DMSO works. In contrast, with DMSO the skin reaction of hives and irritation
disappears while the beneficial effects last for several hours.
An interesting observation is that the application of DMSO to one affected
joint or area often leads to pain relief in some other location. DMSO has systemic
effects. It is a depressant to the central nervous system and, of course, it reaches
all areas of the body when absorbed through the skin and into the blood stream.
HOW DMSO IS SUPPLIED
The only DMSO solution of sufficiently pure grade for medical purposes,
available commercially, has been Rimso-50 manufactured by Terra
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Buena Park, California and distributed by Research
Industries Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah. Recently other distributors have been
marketing DMSO in gel and solution in strengths other than the 50 percent
concentration of Rimso-50.The brand Domoso is a 90 percent, pharmaceutical grade DMSO suitable for
injection and for mixing with water to lower its strength for topical application and
oral ingestion. Thirteen distributors across the United States make Domoso
available. Until the FDA stopped its production, Demso, another brand-name
product, which had a 75 percent concentration, the ideal strength for use on the
skin (other than the face and neck), was produced by Commercial Laboratories of
Florida, an ethical drug company producing DMSO for prescription by doctors. It
was licensed by individual states under the stringent rules and regulations that
cover all pharmaceutical manufacturers. DMSO is available legally to
veterinarians and for research purposes with humans in states where such
investigational use is allowed by law.
Rimso-50 comes in 50 cubic centimeter (cc) vials. Domoso is supplied in pint
bottles and in gallon bottles for veterinary use. These products are sold mainly to
doctors and pharmacists, but many businesses have acquired supplies for resale to
the public. Veterinary DMSO gel comes in a 120 gram tube of 80 percent
concentration. There has to be some water mixed in to dilute pure DMSO,
otherwise it tends to freeze at around 68
°
F. Adding one part water to 10 parts
solvent will drastically lower the freezing temperature. The material is exceedingly
hard to handle without water in the solution.
Many of the industrial grade DMSO solutions have an acid or acetone
contamination of several percent. Although this solvent grade is being used for
pharmaceutical purposes from one end of the country to the other, there is some
hazard involved. Human skin reacts to the contaminants and to too high a DMSO
concentration. Acetone contamination can lead to serious medical consequences.
Because of its small molecular weight, acetone is readily carried into the blood by
acetone-contaminated DMSO. Prolonged exposure to acetone can lead to liver
damage and death. So


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by W alter Last
Our metabolism works best when the lymph ﬂuid is slightly acid while the blood is always slightly alkaline. If the diet is deﬁcient in
minerals or the cellular energy produ ction is inefﬁcient, and produces much lactic acid instead of oxidizing nutrients to carbon dioxide
and water, then the body gradually becomes too acid. This leads to loss of minerals and inﬂammations with pain and oversensitivity.
Chronic inﬂammations cause most of the discomfort and health deterioration associated with chronic diseases. The most common
conditions associated with inﬂammations are infections and Candida problems, autoimmune diseases, including arthritis, and cancer.
To reduce and eventually stop destructive inﬂammations the body needs to be alkalized. This is best done with mineral-rich
vegetables, especially green leaf-veg etables and green protein powders such as spirulina, chlorella, and wheat grass or barley grass
powder. However, until the inﬂammation is under control it is often helpfu l or necessary to use in addition alkalizing remedies such as
sodium bicarbonate and potassium citrate.   Both are 'natural' as the body produces large amounts of sodium bicarbonate to
neutralize the stomach acid when it enters the intestines, and potassium citrate is the strongest alkalizing agent in citrus fruit.
When you dissolve sodium bicarbonate in water it is more alkaline than potassium citrate but inside the body potassium citrate
becomes a stronger alkalizer. Another difference is that sodium bicarbonate should not be taken with meals as it then reduces our
stomach acid which is needed for digestion, but potassium citrate can be mixed with meals.
All this seems to show that potassium citrate is a better choice for alkalizing than sodium bicarbonate but which one is preferable
really depends on some additional factors. The following conditions favour the use of potassium citrate:
1. A high sodium and low potassium intake as in a conventional W estern diet
2. Raised and especially high blood pressure
3. Kidney problems or water retention/edema.
Sodium bicarbonate, on the other hand, is called for...
1. With low blood pressure
2. With a diet high in fruits and vegetables and low in salted foods.
Those who do not ﬁt into one of these categories may take both alkaliz ers. Commonly a ratio of 2 parts of sodium bicarbonate to 1
part of potassium citrate is being used, but also 1 : 1 or an excess of potassium is alright. These may be mixed and taken together in
the same drink, or they may be taken separately during the day. If you take more than 1 teaspoonful then space them out during the
day.
How much and for how long?
Sodium is the most abundant miner al in the blood and lymph ﬂuid while potassium is highest inside cells. Therefore a sudden high
intake of potassium can cause an imbalance in the blood, and higher amounts need to be distributed over several meals. A diet high
in fruit and vegetables may provide 5 g of potassium daily while a


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The only hope for such a marriage to provide a happy and satisfying relationship is the transformation of erotic love into mature love.
Sometimes this just happens on its own with compatible individuals, but most have consciously to work towards this goal. While it is
said that one cannot make oneself to love someone, one can work, nevertheless, on diminishing one's ego that is the greatest
obstacle of loving the other as a person.
I see the greatest chance for this transformation into mature love to succeed if both partners become interested in inner growth and
self-responsibility and start walking the spiritual path hand in hand, healing themselves and each other. Preferably even join up with
other couples with similar interests.
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One of the most destructive elemen ts in many present relationships is the demanding of rights. Traditionally males had most of the
rights and a relationship may just develop in this way even without any special effort on their part. This commonly leads to emotional
deprivation and increasing resentme nt of the female partner. The other side of the coin is the growing trend of western and especially
American females to become assertive and demanding in a relationship.  This tends to push the male partner away and results either
in the male emotionally withdrawing or the relationship becomes an arena for competition and ﬁghting. The solution depends instead
on a cooperative approach.
This may start by one of the partn ers realising that the competitive approach does not lead to happiness and only makes the
relationship unpleasant to be in. The main thing that this individual needs to realise is that they cannot change their partner by
demanding or expecting change. They can only change themselves. Depending on the nature of the relationship the partners may
talk it over how to change track or the realised partner may take the ﬁrst steps alone.
In most instances, deep down in our basic feelings females want a partner who embodies the ideal that they have of masculinity
while males would like to be with their ideal in femininity. I am not referring here to physical appearances but to emotional qualities.
Therefore, try to ﬁnd within yourself and offer to your partner the best or female qualities that you are capable of. Do this with a loving
heart without demanding or expecting an instant reciprocal change from your partner. In most cases your partner will begin to change
for the better of your relationship.
Things that your partner did not do or did only with resentment when you demanded them may now be offered as a gift. Instead of
demanding or nagging what you want your partner to do, the right attitude is to think of what you can do to make your partner happy.
However, if your partner is not willing or is unable to change in return and repeated discussions do not lead to a satisfactory result
then separation appears to be the best solution. It is not a sign of spirituality to let yourself be emotionally abused and suffer in
silence. If you believe that circumsta nces force you to remain with an uncooperative or abusive partner, then use this opportunity to
learn and practise unconditional love and forgiveness.
The keys to making a relationship work are goodwill and communication. We must learn to share our inner life with our partner. It is
also important how we share. We let our partner know that we feel hurt by something s/he did or did not do, but we do not accuse.
We speak of our own feelings and may say "I feel hurt by what you did", but we do not say in an accusing voice: "Y ou did this to me."
Initially it may be good to agree on set times for sharing. Ask your partner if something annoyed him or her and then let your partner
speak without interruption. If this direct approach is too difﬁcult in the beginning keep diaries about your hurts and suggestions and
exchange them from time to time for discussion.
Inﬁdelity
Inﬁdelity is possibly the most commo n cause of severe relationship problems. From a spiritual (not a religious) point of view the real
problem is not that our partner shared love or sex with an outsider, but that he or she broke the stated or unstated trust in the sexual
exclusivity of our relationship; one partner then feels resentful and the other guilty. This is not a recipe for a happy relationship, and
how soon and well it can be mended depends mainly on the spiritual quality of forgiveness on the part of the hurt partner.
However, again looking at it from a spiritual point of view, it is quite natural for a sexual attraction between males and females to
develop in suitable conditions, while on the other hand it is not good for our spiritual and emotional wellbeing to suppress strong
longings or desires. This leads to a typical dilemma: we have a choice either to harm ourselves through emotional suppression or
through feelings of guilt and a possible deterioration of our relationship.
A spiritual way out of this is by learning to transmute our sexual feelings for an outsider into unconditional love and beam this back
onto this person. Another possibility is instead of sharing sex to share a joined meditation or meditative sex without any direct
touching of the sexual organs, for details see the article on Spiritual Sex.
If your relationship is sufﬁciently open, you may also discuss if and under which condition a sexual encounter with an outsider is
acceptable. You may realise that the demand for exclusive mating rights is due mainly to a combination of our social conditioning with
a fear of losing our partner. This is not a solid foundation for a spiritua l relationship. Instead, if sexual ﬁdelity is important for your
relationship, then both partners should freely agree to it, because that is how you feel about each other, and that is what both really
want.
However, emotionally mature partne rs will not enshrine this into law because they realise that we are not perfect. If one partner
should not be able to keep this agreement, then the spiritual solution is to ask their partner for forgiveness, and obtain it without any
damage to the relationship. If both are secure in their love and commitment for each other, then they may not even wish to
emotionally restrict or deprive their partner. However you work it out in your relationship, try to ﬁnd solutions that are based on
openness, understanding and forgiveness.
Sometimes we may wonder what it would be like to live in a genuinely loving and caring society. Surprisingly, such societies existed
even in modern times. In 1929, the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski published an account of his two-year stay with the Trobriand
Islanders near the East Coast of New Guinea.
All the people there were happy and caring. They shared with each other and liked to work. Children were always good-natured and
effortlessly conformed to the rules of their society, and they had one freedom that appears unbelievable to us: there was not the
slightest restriction on their sexual activities. There was no emotional suppression at all.
Children watched their parents and others making love, and when growing up started imitating them. Younger children would just
tenderly play with each other, while teenagers had unrestricted penetrative sex. However, there was one important social convention:
pregnancies must only occur in marriage. These islanders actually did not know that sex had anything to do with getting babies.10/30/24, 3:01 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Healing Social Relationships
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way. Without any other precautions or protection than this belief, babies out of wedlock were unknown.
After loving experiences with many different partners, the youngsters eventually found their marriage partners. Marriage was
desirable because it gave babies and status. The marriage lasted as long as the couple loved each other, usually for many years or a
lifetime. While married there was never any unfaithfulness or even a desire for it, they did not even have a word for it.
Marriage break-up was no disaster for the children. The father always remained a good friend of the mother and the children.
Furthermore, as they did not have the concept of a biological father, the maternal uncle always played the father role. This was a
matriarchal society, and all property rights came through the mother to the children.
As these people could observe all varieties of loving sexual activity, it had no unhealthy fascination or obsession for them, as it has
for most people in our society. Consequently, abuse of children, rape, or other forms of violence, were unknown to them. Sexual
activity to them was as natural and open as eating to us. No doubt, if eating would be regarded as 'dirty' and restricted in the same
way as sexuality, and children and others would not be allowed to see us eat, most of us would have neuroses associated with eating
disorders.
The Continuum Concept
In the 1970's Jean Liedlof f lived for several years with the Yequana Indians in the jungles of Venezuela. She discovered that these
Indians lived in a continuum of unbroken traditions in close harmony with their inner and outer nature. This appeared to be the reason
for their unusually positive qualities.
There was no trace of aggressiveness in the Yequana towards each other, even if they were all drunk at an occasional party, and
they never


  finger
length  of  fresh  ginger  and  grate  to  a  fine  pulp  with  a
ceramic  grater.  Wash  your  hands  and,  placing  the
grated  ginger  in  you  stronger  hand,  squeeze  the  pulp
firmly  over  a  small  bowl.  Use  the  pulp  to  cook  with  or
to  make  fresh  ginger  tea.  Haifa  finger  length  of  ginger
will  make  approximately  two  tablespoons  of  juice.
If  fresh  young  ginger  is  not  available,  grate  'A  finger's
length  of  dried  ginger  with  a  ceramic  grater.  Use  2
teaspoons  of  this  grated  ginger  in  recipes  that  call  for
2  tablespoons  of  ginger  juice.
Making  Fresh  Coconut  Milk
Select  a  fresh  coconut:  shake  it  to  be  sure  there  is
water  inside.  The  coconut  should  be  heavier  than  it
looks.  Preheat  oven  to  400  degrees  F.  Using  a  sharp
knife  or  ice  pick,  pierce  two  of  the  eyes  and  drain  the
coconut  water.  (The  coconut  water  may  be  used  to
drink  or  mix  with  the  grated  coconut  to  form  the
coconut  milk,  below.)  Place  coconut  in  heated  oven
for  15  minutes,  until  the  shell  begins  to  crack.  Open
the  coconut  with  a  hammer  and  allow  to  cool  for  10
minutes.  Pry  nut  pieces  away  from  the  shell  using  a
small  knife,  and  scrape  off  thin  brown  film.  Using  a
hand  grinder,  grate  the  coconut  pieces;  place  1  cup  of
grated  coconut  in  a  stainless  steel  bowl  with  2  cups  of
water  (coconut  or  spring  water)  for  30  minutes.  With
a  slotted  spoon,  gather  the  grated  coconut  and  place
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in  the  center  of  a  clean  cloth  over  the  bowl.  Wrap  the
cloth  tightly  around  the  coconut  and  twist  both  ends
in  opposite  directions;  squeeze  until  remaining  milk
is  released  into  bowl  with  soaking  water.
Alternately,  combine  2  cups  of  water  with  1  cup
fresh  coconut  pieces  in  a  blender  and  puree  for  3  to  5
minutes,  until  all  the  coconut  has  been  dissolved  and
the  milk  is  smooth.
Pour  coconut  milk  into  a  jar  and  use  fresh.  Use  less
water  for  a  thicker  milk.
Making  Fresh  Almond  Milk
In  a  large  bowl,  combine  4  cups  of  hot  water  and  1
cup  whole  almonds  and  allow  to  sit  for  30  minutes,
until  skins  loosen.  Slip  skins  off  with  your  fingers  and
discard,  along  with  soaking  water.  Place  skinned  al-
monds and  2  cups  of  cold  water  in  a  blender  and
puree  for  3  to  5  minutes,  until  the  nuts  are  completely
dissolved  and  the  milky  liquid  is  smooth.  Pour  into  a
jar  and  use  right  away.  Use  less  water  for  a  thicker
milk.
Grilling  Eggplant
Wash  the  eggplant,  keeping  its  stem  intact.  Using  ei-
ther an  open  grill  or  a  gas  stove  burner,  place  the
eggplant  over  a  direct  flame  until  the  skin  becomes
charred.  If  using  a  gas  burner,  place  a  metal  bread
rack,  about  8-10"  in  diameter  and  1"  in  height,  to  rest
directly  over  the  burner  and  grill  the  eggplant  over  a
low  flame.
Turn  occasionally  with  metal  prongs  to  ensure  even
roasting.  When  cooked,  using  the  prongs,  place  the
eggplant  in  a  metal  colander  over  the  sink  for  5  min-
utes to  cool.  Run  cool  water  over  the  skin  as  you  peel
the  charred  skin  off  with  your  fingers.  Place  the
skinned  eggplant  on  a  cutting  board  and  remove  the
stem  with  a  knife.
Sprouting  Beans
In  India,  sprouted  beans  are  called  ugadela  kathar.
The  following  instructions  are  for  mung,  the  most
commonly  used  dhal  for  sprouting.  Wash  beans  well
with  cold  water.  In  a  bowl,  combine  4  parts  warm water  (70-80  degrees  F.)  with  1  part  dhal.  Cover  with
a  plastic  wrap,  securely  fastened,  and  allow  to  sit  over-
night. Drain  well  and  divide  among  several  clean  quart
jars,  putting  about  'A  cup  of  soaked  dhal  in  each. Place  a  double  thickness  of  cheesecloth  around  rim
and  secure  with  a  rubber  band.  Keep  jars  in  a  warm,
dark  place.  Twice  a  day,  fill  jars  with  tepid  water  and
shake  gently  to  water  all  legumes.  Through  the  cheese-
cloth, drain  and  return  jars  to  their  resting  place.
Continue  this  process  for  3  to  5  days,  until  beans
produce  sprouts  of  desired  length.  (In  India,  legumes
are  usually  only  sprouted  until  a  very  small  white
shoot  appears.  In  these  recipes,  however,  you  may  al-
low the  sprout  to  grow  to  whatever  length  you  desire.)
Making  Tamarind  Paste  from  Dried Tamarind  Slab
Cut  a  2-inch  piece  of  dried  tamarind  and  place  in  2
cups  of  boiling  water.  Remove  from  heat  and  allow  to
soak  for  4  hours.  Remove  softened  tamarind  from  the
water  and  squeeze  it  with  clean  fingers  into  a  fine
sieve  with  a  bowl  underneath,  releasing  the  pulp  from
the  fibers.  Mash  the  fibers  inside  the  sieve  and  scrape
additional  pulp  off  the  bottom  of  the  sieve  into  the
bowl.  It  is  best  to  prepare  tamarind  just  before  serv-
ing, allowing  sufficient  time  for  preparation.  The
roughage  is  a  good  addition  to  dhals  and  soups;  it
should  be  removed  and  discarded  before  serving  the
dishes.
PREPARING   THE
VEGETABLES
The  ancient  Vedic  cultures  approached  food  ami  the
preparation  ol  food  with  great  reverence.  The  ban
dling  of  each  food  completely  reflects  its  vital  powei
and  taste.  Unruly  scrambling,  tossing,  oi  throwing
doe*  not  lend  itsell  to  a  splendid  meal.
Approach  each  vegetable  with  a  respect  foi  the
universal  intelligence.  The  natural  grain  ol  each  veg
etable  will  tell  you  how  it  is  to  be  cleaned  and  cut
Vegetables