order
to
achieve
a
deeper
cleansing
of
the
organism.
Letter
#4:
"I
have
not
been
able
to
completely
cure
my
eczema.
I
ate
sprouted
grains
on
an
empty
stomach,
put
compresses
on
my
feet
with
evaporated
urine,
didn't
eat
bread
or
pastries
for
a
month,
and
starved
myself
for
a
week.
I
drank
evaporated
urine
twice
a
day.
I
follow
a
diet,
eat
only
salads
and
porridges,
drink
juices,
but
I
have
not
achieved
a
complete
cure.
Although
my
feet
are
almost
eczema-free
and
my
palms
are
clean,
my
urine
and
blood
sugar
levels
are
close
to
normal.
Anyway,
I
improved
my
health
with
urine
therapy.'
Comment
and
recommendation:
Only
five
and
a
half
months
have
passed
since
the
beginning
of
the
treatment,
yet
the
disease
was
long-term:
diabetes
for
seven
years
and
eczema
for
five
years.
The
diabetes
has
practically
disappeared
and
the
eczema
must
still
be
tried
to
remove
the
compresses
with
evaporated
or
standing
urine
-
the
rough
skin
will
then
peel
off
better.
The
combination
of
acidification
and
alkalization
of
eczema
with
these
two
types
of
urine
will
strengthen
the
effect
of
urine
therapy.
Salads
or
stewed
vegetables,
porridge,
meat
and
the
like
should
be
eaten,
but
only
according
to
the
principles
of
a
separate
diet.
It
is
necessary
to
cook
only
with
melted
water,
eat
sprouted
grain
bread
more
often.
An
interesting
case
of
curing
diabetes
is
described
by
A.
Maslenikov,
one
of
the
founders
of
Russian
urinotherapy:
A
woman
cured
herself
of
"terrible"
diabetes
within
one
year
by
drinking
her
child's
urine
every
morning
and
then
freshly
milked
milk.
By
the
way,
Avicenna
already
talks
about
such
a
comprehensive
treatment
of
diabetes
with
urine
and
milk
in
his
"Canon
of
Medical
Science"
from
the
11th
century:
"Human
urine
and
camel
urine,
especially
together
with
its
freshly
milked
milk,
helps
with
dropsy
and
hardening
of
the
spleen."
Thus
the
words
of
the
Prophet
are
confirmed:
'If
you
drink
milk
and
urine,
then
you
will
surely
be
healthy.'"
Comment:
Such
treatment
is
suitable
only
for
people
who
tolerate
milk
well.
Urine
helps
to
stimulate
the
functions
of
the
pancreas,
activating
its
enzymes.
Freshly
milked
milk
in
small
quantities
is
an
ideal
food
that
is
processed
by
its
own
enzymes.
In
addition,
freshly
milked
milk
has
a
special
energy
that
also
helps
restore
the
structure
and
thus
the
functioning
of
the
pancreas.
Urinotherapy
and
diseases
of
the
heart
and
blood
vessels
Here,
it
is
primarily
necessary
to
purify
the
blood
and
remove
various
clots
and
deposits
from
the
bloodstream.
Before
cleansing
the
blood,
the
large
intestine
must
first
be
cleansed,
and
in
order
to
achieve
free
blood
circulation,
the
so-called
portal
hypertension
must
beremoved,
i.e.
the
liver
must
be
cleansed.
The
substances
contained
in
the
urine
will
do
everything
else:
they
will
help
the
heart
muscle
and
stimulate
it,
dissolve
thrombi.
It
is
recommended
to
drink
an
odd
number
of
sips
2-3
times
a
day
after
50-100
grams
of
urine.
Example:
“For
three
weeks,
I
collect
the
middle
part
of
the
urine
from
3
to
4
in
the
morning
and
drink
3
sips
of
quarter
urine.
It
seems
to
me
that
the
large
intestine
has
started
to
work,
the
comb
between
the
stomach
and
the
duodenum
works
better,
the
stomach
is
softer
and
the
heart
works
better.
So
far
I
have
under gone
8
surgeries
under
general
anesthesia.
Among
other
things,
they
removed
the
bullet
from
my
liver.'
Example:
"I
am
54
years
old,
I
am
already
retired,
I
felt
very
bad,
I
had
injections
twice
a
year,
I
suffer
from
rheumatoid
carditis
and
I
have
a
heart
murmur.
By
chance,
I
got
hold
of
your
book,
where
you
also
write
about
urinotherapy.
She
helped
me
a
lot.
I
haven't
had
any
injections
for
half
a
year
now,
I
drink
urine
and
smear
myself
with
it.
I
starve
twice
a
month.
I
feel
much
better.'
Example:
"I
am
54
years
old,
I
have
been
suffering
from
high
blood
pressure
for
8
years
up
to
200
to
120,
my
head
is
spinning.
After
only
ten
glasses
of
urine
drunk
on
an
empty
stomach,
my
blood
pressure
dropped."
Example:
The
patient,
64
years
old,
suffers
from
high
blood
pressure,
atherosclerosis,
ischemia
of
the
heart,
varicose
veins
on
the
legs.
For
a
month
and
a
half,
she
drank
urine
3
times
a
day,
smeared
herself
with
it
and
followed
a
diet.
The
results
are
good:
blood
pressure
130/80,
venous
nodes
on
the
legs
have
disappeared
and
heart
function
has
improved.
Example:
"Patient
swollen
to
the
waist,
'elephant'
legs
blackened
to
the
knees,
swollen
hands,
black
wrists,
sores.
After
many
months
in
the
hospital,
she
went
home
to
die.
A
neighbor
gave
her
faith
in
life
and
a
book
on
urine
therapy.
She
stopped
taking
medicine
and
started
drinking
urine,
doing
massages,
enemas,
for
the
first
time
with
a
man's
urine.
She
starved
for
seven
days.
Black
lumps
started
coming
out,
the
swelling
didn't
go
away,
but
it
didn't
get
bigger
either.
The
patient
has
a
weak
heart
and
cirrhosis
of
the
liver.
Please
advise
what
to
do
next?'
Comment
and
recommendation:
Always
apply
poultices
of
evaporated
quarter
urine
to
the
area
of
  swelling
and
wounds,
pay
close
attention
to


	to	bother	people	much.	When	they	grow	larger,	though,	they	can	cause
considerable	distress	and	damage	to	the	kidneys	and	the	rest	of	the	body.	To	prevent
kidney	problems	and	kidney-related	diseases,	it	is	best	to	eliminate	kidney	stones	before
they	can	cause	a	crisis.	You	can	easily	detect	the	presence	of	sand	or	stones	in	the	kidneys
by	pulling	the	skin	under	your	eyes	sideways	toward	the	cheekbones.	Any	irregular
bumps,	protrusions,	red	or	white	pimples,	or	discoloration	of	the	skin	indicates	the
presence	of	kidney	sand	or	kidney	stones.
	The	following	herbs,	when	taken	daily	for	a	period	of	twenty	to	thirty	days,	can	help	to
dissolve	and	eliminate	all	types	of	kidney	stones,	including	uric	acid,	oxalic	acid,
phosphate,	and	amino	acid	stones.	If	you	have	a	history	of	kidney	stones,	you	may	need	to
repeat	this	cleanse	a	few	times,	at	intervals	of	six	weeks.

Ingredients:

Marjoram	(1	oz.)

Cat’s	claw	(1	oz.)

Comfrey	root	(1	oz.)

Fennel	seed	(2	oz.)

Chicory	herb	(2	oz.)

Uva	ursi	(2	oz.)

Hydrangea	root	(2	oz.)

Gravel	root	(2	oz.)

Marshmallow	root	(2	oz.)

Golden	rod	herb	(2	oz.)

Directions:

Take	1	ounce	each	of	the	first	three	herbs	and	2	ounces	each	of	the	rest	of	the	herbs,	and
thoroughly	mix	them	together.	Keep	them	in	an	airtight	container.	You	may	put	them	in
the	refrigerator.	Before	bedtime,	soak	3	tablespoons	of	the	mixture	in	2	cups	of	water,
cover	it,	and	leave	it	covered	overnight.	The	following	morning,	bring	the	concoction	to	a
boil;	then	strain	it.	If	you	forget	to	soak	the	herbs	in	the	evening,	boil	the	mixture	in	the
morning,	and	let	it	simmer	for	5	to	10	minutes	before	straining.
Drink	a	few	sips	at	a	time	in	6	to	8	portions	throughout	the	day.	This	tea	does	not	need
to	be	taken	warm	or	hot,	but	do	not	refrigerate	it.	Also,
do	not
	add	sugar	or	sweeteners!
Leave	at	least	one	hour	after	eating	before	taking	your	next	sips.

Repeat	this	procedure	for	twenty	days.	If	you	experience	discomfort	or	stiffness	in	the
area	of	the	lower	back,	this	is	because	mineral	crystals	from	kidney	stones	are	passing
through	the	ureter	ducts	of	the	urinary	system.	Any	strong	smell	and	darkening	of	the
urine	at	the	beginning	of	or	during	the	kidney	cleanse	indicates	a	major	release	of	toxins
from	the	kidneys.	Normally,	though,	the	release	is	gradual	and	does	not	significantly
change	the	color	or	texture	of	the	urine.
Important:
	Support	the	kidneys	during	the
cleanse	by	drinking	extra	amounts	of	water,	a	minimum	of	six	and	a	maximum	of	eight
glasses	per	day,	unless	the	color	of	the	urine	is	dark	yellow	(in	which	case	you	will	need	to
drink	more	than	that	amount).

During	the	cleanse,	try	to	avoid	consuming	animal	products,	including	meat,	dairy
foods	(except	butter),	fish,	eggs,	tea,	coffee,	alcohol,	carbonated	beverages,	chocolate,	and
any	other	foods	or	drinks	that	contain	preservatives,	artificial	sweeteners,	coloring	agents,
and	the	like.	In	addition	to	drinking	this	kidney	tea	each	day,	if	convenient,	you	may	also
chew	on	a	small	piece	of	rind	from	an	organic	lemon	on	the	left	side	of	your	mouth	and	a
small	piece	of	carrot	on	the	right	side	of	your	mouth	30	to	40	times	each.	This	stimulates
kidney	functions.	Be	sure	to	allow	at	least	half	an	hour	between	chewing	cycles.

If	you	are	doing	liver	cleanses,	make	certain	that	you	do	a	kidney	cleanse	after	every
three	or	four	liver	cleanses.

In	addition,	those	suffering	from	large	kidney	stones	may	benefit	from	drinking	the
juice	of	one	to	two	lemons	(diluted	with	water)	per	day	for	about	ten	to	fourteen	days.
After	that,	drink	the	juice	of	half	a	lemon	per	day	indefinitely.

4.	Drink	Ionized	Water	Frequently

The	sipping	of	hot	ionized	water	has	a	profound	cleansing	effect	on	all	the	tissues	of	the
body.	It	helps	reduce	overall	toxicity,	improves	circulatory	functions,	and	balances	bile.
When	water	is	boiled	for	15	to	20	minutes,	it	becomes	charged	and	saturated	with	negative
oxygen	ions	(hydroxide,	OH
-
).	When	you	take	frequent	sips	of	this	water	throughout	the
day,	it	begins	to	systematically	cleanse	the	tissues	of	the	body	and	help	rid	them	of	certain
positively	charged	ions	(those	associated	with	harmful	acids	and	toxins).
	Most	toxins	and	waste	materials	carry	a	positive	charge	and,	thus,	naturally	tend	to
attach	themselves	to	the	body,	which	is	negatively	charged	overall.	As	the	negative
oxygen	ions	enter	the	body	with	the	ingested	water,	they	are	attracted	to	the	positively
charged	toxic	material.	This	neutralizes	waste	and	toxins,	turning	them	into	fluid	matter
that	the	body	can	remove	easily.	For	the	first	couple	of	days	or	even	weeks	of	cleansing
your	body	tissues	in	this	way,	your	tongue	may	take	on	a	white	or	yellow	coating,	an
indication	that	the	body	is	clearing	out	a	lot	of	toxic	waste.	If	you	have	excessive	body
weight,	this	cleansing	method	can	help	you	shed	many	pounds	of	body	waste	in	a	short
period	of	time,	without	the	side	effects	that	normally	accompany	sudden	weight	loss.

Directions:

Boil	water	for	15	to	20	minutes	and	pour	it	into	a	thermos.	Stainless	steel	thermoses	are
fine.	The	thermos	keeps	the	water	hot	and	ionized	throughout	the	day.	Take	one	or	two
sips	every	half	hour	all	day	long,	and	drink	it	as	hot	as	you	would	sip	tea.	You	may	use
this	method	anytime	you	do	not	feel	well,	have	the	need	for	decongesting,	wish	to	keep
the	blood	thin,	or	simply	want	to	feel	more	energetic	and	clear.	Some	people	drink	ionized
water	for	a	certain	duration,	such	as	three	to	four	weeks;	others	do	it	ongoing.

The	oxygen	ions	are	generated	through	the	bubbling	effect	of	boiling	water,	similar	to
water	falling	on	the	ground	in	a	waterfall	or	breaking	against	the	seashore.	In	the	thermos,
the	water	will	stay	ionized	for	up	to	12	hours	or	for	as	long	as	it	remains	hot.	The	total
amount	of	water	you	need	to	boil	to	give	you	enough	hot,	ionized	water	for	one	day	would
be	about	20	to	24	ounces.	This	specially	prepared	water	should	not	substitute	for	normal
drinking	water.	It	doesn’t	hydrate	the	cells	like	normal


for anxiety, depression—even loneliness.”
— B ESS H. M ARCUS, P H. D.,  Dean, Brown University School of
Public Health
“Drawing upon examples ranging from medical science to parable, Deepa k
Chopra il lustrates how, like virtual reality technologies, the human mind
paints a layer of imagination atop of the physical world.”
— D. F OX H ARRELL, P H. D.,  Professor, Digital Media and
Artificial Intelligence; and Director, MIT Center for Advanced
Virtuality, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Reflecting on neuroscience, physics, cosmology, and anthropology—
everything from the molecular-level se nsitivity of our senses to an octopus’s
emotions—Deepak Chopra explains ho w the world of our experience is an
inner construct and not the thing in itself. In so doing, he offers a path
through modern life, guiding us to put suffering in perspective and perhaps
gain some control over it.”
— G EORGE M USSER,  author of Spooky Action at a Distance  and
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory
“It ta kes courage to  bridge the gap between hard-core ‘western’ science and
eastern es oteric quasi-mystical traditio ns. There is no one better equipped to
construct such a bridge than the erudite Deepak Chopra, who transmits the
‘wisdom o f the east’ to his audience. The result is this highly readable book
that w ill s timulate r eaders’ curiosity about human existence and the nature of
reality.”
— V. S. R AMACHANDRAN,  Professor of Neuroscience,
University of California, San Diego
“This book contains the quintessence of Deepak Chopra’s teachings.
Everything comes forth from a conscio us source; our own consciousness can
link us back to it, if only we cease to separate ourselves from it. Chopra’s
argument is fluent, scientifically well-informed, and persuasive, as well as
eminently practical, with detailed instructions. How refreshing!”
— R UPERT S HELDRAKE, P H. D., biologist and author of Ways to
Go Beyond and Why They Work
“ Metahuman  is  a reflective deconstruction of the everyday experience of
reality, away from the physical and t oward the mental and metaphysical.
Here Deepak Chopra aptly explores the  evolution of consciousness and charts
a path for humans to become liberated and limitless.”
— M ICHELLE A. W ILLIAMS, S C. D.,  Dean of Faculty, Harvard T.
H. Chan School of Public Health
“In Metahuman,  Deepak Chopra gives us a beatifically written understanding
of his views on consciousness, the universe, the body, and the mind. This
book is a t remendous resource—not only for providing a direct path to attain
true reality but, importantly, for enabling a healthier, more wholesome life.”— R ALPH S NYDERMAN, M. D.,  Chancellor Emeritus, Duke
University; and Director, Duke Center for Personalized Health
Care
“This book is a manual for living as nature intended us to, and it can’t be read
soon enou gh. Deepa k Chopra’s clarity a nd gentleness, and his ability to reach
people—despite the  maelstrom of nons ense and confusion we find ourselves
immersed in today—probably make h im one of the most important people
alive.”
— B ERNARDO K ASTRUP, P H. D.,  author of The Idea of the
World
“Deepak C hopra’s prose is a work of a rt, an inspired vision of the life of th e
mind and what it means to be human  and beyond. Science will continue to
explore th e true origins of consciou sness, but until we have definitive
answers, t his book provides practical tools for increasing human well-being.
Even redu ctionists like myself will fi nd much to enjoy in Deepak’s latest
contribution to the philosophy of mind.”
— H EATHER B ERLIN, P H. D., M. P. H.,  Assistant Clinical
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine
at Mount Sinai
“Integrating recent discoveries in neuroscience, endocrinology, and
psychology, Deepa k Chopra demonstrates in concrete terms how
reductionistic and physicalistic constraints on human nature are simply
incorrect and seriously limit those who hold them. This book is a page-
turner.”
— A LLAN L ESLIE C OMBS, P H. D.,  Professor of Consciousness
Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies
“Deepak Chopra’s Metahuman  is a deep dive into educating or familiarizing
its readers with a fundamental understanding of self, consciousness,
enlightenment, and metareality,  i n the sam e way Stephen Hawkins’s A Brief
History of Time  a ttem pted to teach  the layman about the mysteries of the
origins of the physical quantum universe. A must-read.”
— D R. K ENNETH P. G REEN, D. M. D., B. S.,  Commander, US
Navy (retired); Senior Vice President, Brain Mapping
Foundation; Vice President, Strategic Initiatives for
Government and Nonprofit Partnerships; and Member of the
Board of Directors, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics
“In Metahuman,  Deepak Chopra provides us with a step-by-step guide for how
we can once again r eimagine the reality of the world we live in, a reality not
bound by  the beliefs and understandings we have about the material and
physical world, but by the boundlessness of our purpose and energy.”
— R OBERT L O C ASCIO,  founder and CEO, LivePerson
“What sets Deepak Chopra’s new book apart and makes it particularly valuable
and impo rtant is that it takes modern life and secular culture as its point ofdeparture, rather than being situated in the context of the spiritual wisdom
tradition o f some ancient and distant culture. Metahuman  does not shy away
from what  those approaches offer but, importantly, is also not bound by their
perspectives and approaches. This boo k, Dr. Chopra’s gentle and insightful
guidance, is a great blessing for its readers.”
— E DWIN L. T URNER, Professor, Department of Astrophysical
Sciences, Princeton University
“This book is another masterpiece from  the renowned endocrinologist Deepak
Chopra. It is an invitation to self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-
improvement. A must-read for those who seek to be better humans, live much
more fulfilling lives, and impact others.”
— B ABAK K ATEB, M. D.,  Chairman of the Board and CEO, Society
for Brain Mapping and TherapeuticsCopyright © 2019 by Deepak Chopra
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epC O N T E N T S
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
A Personal Preface: Going Beyond
Overview: Metahuman Is the Choice of a Lifetime
PART ONE
THE SECRETS OF METAREALITY
1: We Are Entangled in an Illusion
2: “I” Is the Creator of Illusion
3: Human Potential Is Infinite
4: Metareality Offers Absolute Freedom
5: Mind, Body, Brain, and Universe Are Modified
Consciousness
6: Existence and Consciousness Are the Same
PART TWO
WAKING UP
7: Putting Experience First
8: Going Beyond All Stories
9: The Direct Path
PART THREE
BEING METAHUMAN
10: Freeing Your Body
11: Recovering the Whole Mind
12: Choiceless Awareness
13: One LifeA MONTH OF AWAKENING:
31 METAHUMAN LESSONS
A Final Word
Acknowledgments
About the AuthorTA PERSONAL PREF ACE

G O I N G  B E Y O N D
his book is an invitation to find out who you really are,
beginning with  two simple questions. In moments when you feel
very happy, do you also wat


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hypoglycemia. On some occasions he did experience mild symptoms of these conditions, but by repeatedly adjusting his
menu, he was gradually able to assess his daily requirements of protein and sugar. He always made allowance for vital
food factors as yet undiscovered, so he followed no fixed menu based on known nutrients, but constantly altered his menu.
 “Raw vegetable therapy, when judiciously carried out, could be a great help to the cancer patient in his fight for survival,
but for the therapy to be successful, a sound knowledge of the nutrients – particularly of essential amino acids – present in
various types of food is essential.”
 Wong was convinced of the importance of auto-psychotherapy, wherein the patient understood that the human body is
self-healing and the natural tendency in illness is always towards recovery (called homeostasis), provided that the
causation of the illness is removed. Faith and determination in one’s recovery are essential, and if the physician can instill in
the patient the faith in the intrinsic power of the body to fight off the disease, and assure him of the chances of a final
victory, the best chances of success are then possible. Add to this the inspiration and confidence which comes when the
patient sees progressive improvement in his condition, the gradual abatement and regression of his cancerous growth, as
well as the steady increase in strength and vigor, and success is assured.
 In his recovery from cancer, all his chronic afflictions which existed prior to his developing cancer disappeared – viz. colds,
sore throat, sinusitis,  gingivitis, hay fever, indigestion, and insomnia. His sense of smell and taste gradually returned, the
tumor continued to regress slowly but surely, and within eight months he was completely cleared of nasal obstruction. He
was carefully examined at a hospital and the doctor stated, “You seem to be all right. There’s no trace of the tumor.”
 He learned to avoid the cancer recurrence which he so greatly feared, by constant vigilance. By his 35th birthday, he was
so improved in health and vigor that he was able to jog for hours without feeling unduly tired.
“And all the while I had adhered to the Single Meal Routine – a diet which gave me little more than 1000 calories of energy
daily. On the Single Meal Routine I have been able to maintain my body weight constant at 100 lbs. – not an abnormally low
weight for an Asian of average height. This amounts to a loss of only about 10 lbs. compared to my body weight in early
youth, when I was eating three or four meals a day. But paradoxically, my reduction in weight was compensated by
increased vigor, a keen appetite, and – most important of all – a gradual abatement of all my chronic ailments and complete
eradication of cancer.”
 For the past 14 years since his biopsy, free from colds, hay fever, and catarrhal troubles and in recent years, with further
improvement in health and vigor, he was able to indulge in strenuous sports like badminton, judo, and weight lifting in
addition to running.
“I must add that, despite my increasing daily expenditure of energy, I haven’t increased substantially the quantity of food
eaten daily. Yet, during the past few years, I have been able to gain a few pounds in weight. The mechanism of human
metabolism is certainly more complex than can be simply explained in terms of calorie requirements. ’”
 The treatment for cancer does not end with the cure – the cure is just the beginning of the treatment. It is appalling to think
of the number of supposedly “cured” cancer patients who continue to die needlessly because they won’t make any personal
effort to guard against recurrence of the disease! “My recovery from cancer is in no way extraordinary or unique. The
recuperative power of the human body from illness to health can only be described as little short of amazing. The cure for
cancer must ultimately lie with the patient himself, and the reward of recovering is only for those who are prepared to
undergo with fortitude some degree of self-denial.
 “It is one of the most remarkable attributes of the human body that it can adapt itself to changes in habits of eating and
living with extreme flexibility. My Single Meal Routine, initially employed as a desperate measure to check a fatal disease,
has now become to me an established habit, inasmuch as I have come to look upon the three-meal-a-day routine as
something bothersome and tedious. I still adhere – though it is no longer necessary to do so with rigidity – to the raw food
diet, as I consider it a natural preventative against cancer recurrence.
 “My daily solo running has lost its initial boredom and become a pleasing habit. It has helped me build up a satisfactory
level of health; it has helped me, in my late forties, to maintain my blood pressure at around 120 mm (systolic) and to regain
and relive a youth long lost to ill health and disease.
“To those cancer sufferers whose prospects of recovery seem dim, I would say ‘as long as there is still breath in the body
and the will to live, there is always hope... there will always be hope’.”
The recuperative power of the human body from illness to health can only be
described as little short of amazing.
copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 15Interview with Dr. Bass
What problems can people run into during natural healing?
When sick people begin to heal and detoxify they often seem to get even sicker. They may get new disease symptoms, like
headaches, colds, skin breakouts, fevers. This can cause some to panic and seek help from medical doctors, who will
prescribe drugs. Not a good idea, since drugs have an immediate effect of stopping the ongoing detox.
So using drugs is a serious mistake. By avoiding necessary inner cleansing, people only prolong their disease, or even
make it worse. By allowing the detox, they will get well maximally fast.
Is it possible to avoid detoxification symptoms?
Orthopathic doctors can either design the natural recovery to be short and efficient with strong symptoms, if they think the
patient can handle it. Or design a really slow detox with very few, if any, symptoms.
An example: As a young doctor I had a woman in her 60's who consulted me for high blood pressure. I noticed her fingers
seemed crooked from rheumatism, but didn't ask about it. I gave her an easy-to-follow diet of 3 meals per day - two raw and
one mixed cooked/raw. No water fasting.  I adjusted the diet every month or 2 weeks when she came to visit. This was such
a slow detox that she didn't get detoxification symptoms. Her blood pressure improved steadily. When she came to visit the
8th month I noticed that her fingers looked straight, and asked her about it. Yes, she said, my fingers have straightened out
- and by the way, the diabetes I was suffering from is gone as well.
I was elated, this was the first time I had seen an example of how our bodies heal all our diseases if given a chance.
Can you give an example of detox symptoms?
Currently I have a patient who has been using a walker for many years. His legs used to be normal, but were so severely
damaged by poisonous salves that he lost his ability to walk. The salves were prescribed by doctors for a parasitic infection.
A very difficult case to solve.
After going on a strict diet, his body started breaking out in severe blisters allover, which is a sign of detoxification via the
skin. Since this was very uncomfortable he was on the verge of giving up. It took three 21-day water fasts and a strict diet
during 9 months before the blisters disappeared. By now he has recovered most of his walking ability, and is well on his
way to full recovery.
For more examples of detox symptoms, read "What Symptoms to Expect When You Improve Your Diet."
Does it often take months to recover?
It depends on the patient, and on what method is used, what combination of strict diet and fasting. This summer I have had
a patient in his 30's who was in terrible shape. When he came to me he feared he would die soon. He had many tumors
and a chronic backache, and had been to multiple doctors but only gotten worse. I asked him 2 questions: Are you willing to
go on a strict diet? Are you willing to have a short water fast? He was, and the result was a real miracle, in his own words.
In less than 2 months his back ache is gone, his blood pressure is down, his tumors have almost disappeared, and he has
lost 40 lb of weight.
What other methods or therapies do you use?
I only use the most efficient methods available, which also are as close to nature as possible, in essence a combination of
high-quality diets and fasting. Together with general advice about improved lifestyle, e.g. sleep, rest, meditation, exercise,
breathing, sunshine, etc. E.g. to get rid of pain in shortest possible time, fasting is the best choice. Drugs, herbs


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too small for the teeth that have been made for them. A more general explanation for certain types
of deformity, particularly for the protruding of the upper teeth over the lower, is that they result
from thumb sucking, which tends to bring the upper arch forward and to depress the lower.
Among the other contributing factors named have been faulty sleeping and breathing habits. To
these has been assigned much of the blame. This problem of facial form, as well as that of bodily
design, including dental arch design, is so directly a problem of growth, not only of individuals, but
of races themselves, that certain laws have been very definitely worked out by physical
anthropologists as laws of development. They have assumed that changes in physical type can
occur only through the impact of changes in the environment which have affected a great number of
generations. It is important to keep this viewpoint in mind as the succeeding chapters are read, for
they contain descriptions of many changes in physical form that have occurred routinely in the
various racial groups, even during the first generation after the parents have adopted the foods of
modern civilization.
    Many of our modern writers have recognized and have emphasized the seriousness of mental
and moral degeneration. Laird has made a splendid contribution under the title "The Tail That
Wags the Nation," (7)  in which he states:
    The country's average level of general ability sinks lower with each generation. Should the
ballot be restricted to citizens able to take care of themselves? One out of four cannot.... The
tail is now wagging Washington, and Wall St. and LaSalle Street.... Each generation has seen
some lowering of the American average level of general ability.
    In Laird's analysis of our present situation he has stressed a very important phase. While
emphasizing that the degeneration is not limited to restricted areas, he raises the question as to
whether local conditions in certain areas play important roles in the rate and extent to which
degeneration has taken place. He says further, (7)
   Although we might cite any one of nearly two dozen states, we will first mention Vermont by
name because that is the place studied by the late Dr. Pearce Bailey. "It would be," he wrote,
"safe to assume that there are at least 30 defectives per 1000 in Vermont of the eight-year-old
mentality type, and 300 per 1000 of backward or retarded persons, persons of distinctly inferior
intelligence. In other words, nearly one-third of the whole population of that state is of a type to
require some supervision."
   The problem of lowered mentality and its place in our modern conception of bodily diseases has
not been placed on a physical basis as have the better understood degenerative processes, with
their direct relationship to a diseased organ, but has generally been assigned to a realm entirely
outside the domain of disease or injury of a special organ or tissue. Edward Lee Thorndike, (8) of
Columbia University, says that "thinking is as biological as digestion." This implies that a
disturbance in the capacity to think is directly related to a defect in the brain.
    Another of the distinguished students of mental capacity, J. B. Miner, (9)  states:
   If morality and intellect are finally demonstrated to be correlated throughout the whole range
of individual differences, it is probably the most profoundly significant fact with which society
has to deal.
    The origin of backwardness in a child seems to have been assigned very largely to some
experience in that child's life which becomes a conditioning factor and which thereafter strongly
influences his behavior. The problem of the relation of physical defects to delinquency in its various
phases, including major crime, constitutes one of the most alarming aspects of our modern
problems in social degeneration. Chassell (10) has made an exhaustive study of the reports from
workers in different fields in several countries and summarizes her finding as follows: "The
correlation between delinquency and mental inferiority as found in the case of feeble-minded
groups is clearly positive, and tends to be marked in degree."7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 16/250   Burt, (11) who had made an extensive study, over an extended period, of the problems of the
backward child and the delinquent child in London, states in his summary and conclusion with
regard to the origin of backwardness in the child:
    Both at London and at Birmingham between 60 and 70 per cent belong to the (innately) "dull"
category.... In the majority the outstanding cause is a general inferiority of intellectual
capacity, presumably inborn and frequently hereditary.
In discussing the relationship between general physical weakness and the mentally backward, he
writes:
    Old and time-honoured as it must seem to the schoolmaster, the problem of the backward
child has never been attacked by systematic research until quite recently. We know little about
causes, and still less about treatment.... Thirdly, though the vast majority of backward
children--80 per cent in an area like London--prove to be suffering from minor bodily ailments or
from continued ill-health, nevertheless general physical weakness is rarely the main factor.
Among the many surveys made in the study of the forces that are responsible for producing
delinquency and criminality, practically all the workers in this field have testified to the obscure
nature of those forces. Burt (12) says that, "it is almost as though crime were some contagious
disease, to which the constitutionally susceptible were suddenly exposed at puberty, or to which
puberty left them peculiarly prone." He emphasizes a relationship between delinquency and
physical deficiency:
    Most repeated offenders are far from robust; they are frail, sickly, and infirm. Indeed, so
regularly is chronic moral disorder associated with chronic physical disorder that many have
contended that crime is a disease, or at least a symptom of disease, needing the doctor more
than the magistrate, physic rather than the whip.
.    .     .     .     .     .     .
    The frequency among juvenile delinquents of bodily weakness and ill health has been
remarked by almost every recent writer. In my own series of cases nearly 70 per cent were
suffering from such defects; and nearly 50 per cent were in urgent need of medical treatment....
Of all the psychological causes of crime, the commonest and the gravest is usually alleged to be
defective mind. The most eminent authorities, employing the most elaborate methods of
scientific analysis, have been led to enunciate some such belief. In England, for example, Dr.
Goring has affirmed that "the one vital mental constitutional factor in the etiology of crime is
defective intelligence." In Chicago, Dr. Healy has likewise maintained that among the personal
characteristics of the offender "mental deficiency forms the largest single cause of
delinquency." And most American investigators would agree.
    The assertion of the obscurity of the fundamental causative factors of delinquency constitutes
one of the most striking aspects of the extensive literature that has been accumulated through the
reporting of intensive studies made by workers in many countries.
    Thrasher, (13)  in discussing the nature and origin of gangs, expresses this very clearly:
    Gangs are gangs, wherever they are found. They represent a specific type or variety of
society, and one thing that is particularly interesting about them is the fact that they are, in
respect to their organization, so elementary, and in respect to their origin, so spontaneous.
    Formal society is always more or less conscious of the end for which it exists, and the
organization through which this end is achieved is always more or less a product of design. But
gangs grow like weeds, without consciousness of their aims, and without administrative
machinery to achieve them. They are, in fact, so spontaneous in their origin, and so little
conscious of the purposes for which they exist, that one is tempted to think of them as
predetermined, foreordained, and "instinctive," and so, quite independent of the environment in
which they ordinarily are found.
    No doubt, many cities have been provided, as has Cleveland, with a special school for
delinquent boys. The institution there has been given the appropriate title, the "Thomas A. Edison
School." It usually has an enrollment of 800 to 900 boys. Dr. Watson, (14) who has been of
outstanding service in the organization of this work, makes an important comment on the origin of
the student population there:7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 17/250   The Thomas A. Edison student population consists of a group of truant and behavior boys,
most of them in those earlier stages of mal-adjustment which we have termed predelinquency...
. In general, they are the products of unhappy experiences in school, home and community.
They are sensitive recorders of the total complex of social forces which operate in and combine
to constitute what we term their community environment.
    It will be seen from these quotations that great emphasis has been placed upon the influence of
the environment in determining factors of delinquency.
    Hooton, the distinguished physical anthropologist of Harvard, has made important observations
regarding our modern physical degeneration. As an approach to this larger problem of man's
progressive degeneration, he has proposed the organization and establishment of an Institute of
Clinical Anthropology, (15)


, but
not nearly as strong as Type Two metabolizers. Type  Five metabolizers are more toward the
normal or balanced metabolism. They can tolerate a wide variety of foods. Type Five
metabolizers do well on beef or lamb several times a week, seafood, salmon, tuna, raw
(unpasteurized) goat cheese, avocado, beans, peas, lentils, celery, carrots, asparagus, butter,
whole grain cereals and breads, some nuts and occas ionally Danish pastry and raw
(unpasteurized) goats’ milk cheesecake.
Type Five metabolizers are not as prone to hypoglyc emia as are the Type Two metabolizers.
However, Type Five’s can easily develop hypoglycemi a if they indulge in too many candies and
sweets. Many Americans fall into this class and do not do well as vegetarians.
Metabolic Type Seven
Type Seven metabolizers are the sickly, weak, ineff icient parasympathetic metabolizers. Their
bodies do not utilize their food well and as a resu lt they function very poorly. They almost
always feel bad or sickly, functioning very sluggis hly. It is difficult for them to maintain
adequate nutrition to their individual body cells. Their body chemistry systems are quite
inefficient and more than normal supplementation mu st be maintained at all times. Care must be
given to the intake of whole and complete natural f oods. All refined, processed, synthetic food
and food additives must be avoided constantly.
Type Seven metabolizers are encouraged to stress th e following foods in their diets: seafoods,
sardines, salmon, brains, liver, heart, meat gravie s and soups, non-colored unprocessed
(unpasteurized) goat cheeses, beans, lentils, carro ts, celery, butter, and cauliflower. Small
amounts of Danish pastries, raw (unpasteurized) goa ts’ milk cheesecake and an occasional
alcoholic beverage may be taken. Type Seven metabol izers function best on purine meats such as
salmon, tuna, beef, lamb, and wild game. These meat s should be preferred over others and used
whenever possible and practical. Care should be giv en to adequately detoxify the bodies of these
metabolizers.
Group C — Balanced Sympathetic/Parasympathetic Type s  Group C metabolizers are classified as Types Three,  Eight, Nine and Ten. These types have
balanced autonomic nervous systems. The sympathetic  and parasympathetic nervous systems
work well together in a normal balance of glandular  activity and metabolic function. Group C
metabolizers have balanced metabolisms, which are n either strongly meat eating nor strongly
vegetarian — they fall in the middle. They are both  vegetarian and meat eating. Metabolizers in
this category have the greatest freedom in what the y can eat. Indeed, they enjoy and thrive
equally on foods from both the vegetarian and meat- eating categories.
The balanced metabolizers burn their food neither t oo fast nor too slow. This is one of the
reasons they do equally well on all varieties of fo od.
Balanced metabolizers generally need such nutrition al support as Vitamins A, B-1, B-2, B-6, B-
12, Niacinamide, Vitamin C, Bioflavonoids, Vitamin E, Folic Acid, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid,
PABA, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Manganese, Ch romium and Zinc. Each of the
balanced Types Three, Five, Nine and Ten needs thes e supplements but each type needs different
amounts and in different ratios. They also require extra amounts of Hydrochloric Acid and
Pancreatic Enzymes.
The balanced metabolizers can suffer from the condi tions and disorders of either the vegetarian
groups or the carnivore groups of metabolizers. The y are prone to the following conditions and
have the following characteristics, all of course, in moderation and generally not to the extreme.
Balanced Metabolizers Are More Prone To:
Catch cold occasionally
Coating tongue sometimes
Fairly good digestion
Hay fever once in a while
Infection once in a while
Maintain normal weight
Normal appetite
Normal blood pressure
Normal blood sugar — not diabetic or hypoglycemic
Normal cholesterol level
Normal pulse rate — 72-80 per minute
Normal reactions to insect stings or bites
Normal skin texture — not too rough and not too sof t
Occasional acne
Occasional asthma attacks
Occasional cold sores
Occasional emotional upsets.
Occasional fever blisters
Occasional headaches from eyestrain
Occasional hiccoughs
Occasional indigestion
Occasional itching skin Occasional nausea
Occasional rash or hives but not often
Occasional stomach ache
Occasional sweating
Rumbling or growling of intestines sometimes
Seldom get motion sickness
Seldom have diarrhea
Seldom have insomnia
Seldom have spells of sneezing
Sour stomach sometimes
Typical Characteristics of Balanced Metabolizers:
Actions are occasionally extreme or explosive
Normal alertness
Occasionally get angry
Occasional periods of fatigue
Sometimes experience belching
Normal bowel movements
Eyes are set normally in sockets
Normal thickening on soles of feet
Average size chests
Face colors are normal — not white or red
Sometimes have stomach pains
Seldom have constipation
Like a wide variety of food
Sometimes have dreams
Have a fair amount of drive
Hair is not too oily or too dry
Skin is not too oily or too dry
Like fruit, but also like meat
Normal endurance
Eyelids — eye slits normal
Fall asleep within a reasonable length of time
Normal amount of sexual passion
Don’t mind exercise when there is time to do it
Gums have normal color tone — not too light or too pink
Seldom have hoarseness
Don’t get hungry between meals
Have coffee occasionally
Normal initiative and energy
Normal stools — not hard or loose
Very seldom need laxatives
Get started in morning without too much trouble
Occasionally cough up mucus
Once in a while do things on impulse Sometimes have a sense of ill health
Eyes have very little sensitivity to strong light
Like all kinds of salad dressings
Saliva is normal — not too thick or thin
Occasionally need extra sleep
Occasional splitting of nails
Seldom, if ever, have mood changes
Handle stress fairly well
Voice is normal — not low or high pitched
Don’t worry much
Normal size bowel movements
Skin is not too thick or thin
Occasionally have reaction to shots or injections
Handle quite a bit of pain
Fair muscle tone
Don’t get excited easily
Stable but occasionally run out of energy
General Nutritional Guidelines for Balanced Metabol izers (Group C)
Balanced metabolizers have different needs and requ irements depending upon which type they
are. Generally however, they do well on a large var iety of food.
Metabolic Type Three
Type Three metabolizers are balanced metabolizers. That is, their sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous systems are functioning in balance equally well. However, Type Three
metabolizers come with bodies that are very ineffic ient. No matter what foods or supplements
they take in, they are generally only going to use about 10% to 15% of them. Type Three
metabolizers find it difficult for their individual  cells to obtain adequate nutrition. All refined,
processed, synthetic foods and food additives must be avoided at all times. Type Three
metabolizers of necessity must take larger quantiti es of nutritional supplementation to maintain
their nutritional health than any other type. They must eat food prepared in such a manner as to
be easily digested. They should have a wide variety  of foods, which enables them to get the wide
spectrum of nutrients their bodies require.
Type Three (and Six and Seven) metabolizers are gen erally those with the poorest health. They
have to keep constant vigilance over their diet and  supplements. Generally they have inherited
weak, defective bodies and very rarely will they ev er have good health and feel really well if
they are not extremely cautious.
Unfortunately, due to the stress of modern living a nd agribusiness, more and more Americans
who have inherited good bodies have so exhausted an d destroyed their bodies that they are now
functioning in the Type Three (or Six and Seven) ra nge. It would take supreme effort to rebuild
and repair these bodies and put them back into norm al optimum health again.  Metabolic Type Eight
Type Eight metabolizers account for the greatest nu mber of people. More Americans are Type
Eight than any other metabolic type. Type Eight met abolizers have fairly healthy bodies. Their
bodies can adapt to a wide variety of stresses and yet remain stable. Their autonomic nervous
systems also have a wide range of adaptability. Typ e Eight people need a wide variety of foods
each day. This permits them to attempt to obtain a large variety of nutrients required to operate
their bodies efficiently. Nutritional supplements, like their food, must cover a wide spectrum.
Metabolic Type Nine
Type Nine metabolizers are in the balanced class — their sympathetic and parasympathetic
nervous systems work equally well. This type is the  most difficult to understand. If these people
had a choice, they would always prefer cooked food.  Working with these people through the
years has led to the


 participation—I bet things will
change.”
“How do I do that?” she asked.
“You have to break out of your own conditioning,”  I said.
“The next time you have an attack, just stand back from it a
little; let the pain be there, as innocently as you can.” If she
could do this, I told her, the whole thing would probably
evaporate.
She listened and thanked  me, then I heard nothing more
for two weeks. Perhaps I had touched too many nerves. I
had been making her disease more and more personal,
when what the family desperately hoped for was that it was
impersonal. Conventional medicine goes out of its way to
put diseases  into neat, classiﬁable boxes just so that the
personal element is eliminated. I had noticed while
interviewing her that this girl placed a huge importance on
her diagnosis. She would preface each episode by saying,
“When I get my mitral valve prolapse…” It was as if these
words explai ned everythi ng. They were like a net that drew
together all her symptoms and held them tight. When I
mentioned this, she looked very thoughtful. She had
invested so much in the words mitral valve prolapse  that
they had acquired a kind of magic for her. It was essential
to break the spell of this magic, which can be uncannily
powerful.
I was wrong if I thought she hadn’t taken our session to
heart. Out of curiosity I phoned  the family to see how shewas doing. The news was very good: she was oﬀ all
medications and her attacks were now limited to occasional
bouts of chest pain. Her parents would some times see her
sitting with her eyes closed. When they asked what she was
doing, she said, “I just watch the pain until it goes away.”
The accom panying symptoms—dizziness, vomiting,
fainting, et cetera—have disappeared.
—
In psychology there are certain extreme feelings—such as
loathing, dread, horror, and awe—that many peop le cannot
face. When these people grow horriﬁed or struck with awe,
they could swear that their emotion comes from outside
themselves. In cases of paranoia, the person might even
think that “they” are broadcasting such feelings into him
through some kind of magic. (“They” can be Martians,
communists, or next-door neighbors.) Freud called these
our “uncanny” emotions and spent many years observing
them in neurotic and psychotic patients.
But uncanniness is always present, I think. It is nature’s
way of putting a veil over our most secret fears ; it hides
inner pain from us until the moment when the pain breaks
an invisible dam and comes pouring out. Then the twin
thought arises, “Is this happening to me, or am I doing it to
myself?” It doesn’t really matter  if the end result is a
disease or just a sense of extreme discomfort. The
important thing is to keep the patient from getting twisted
up in his doubts—that way lies total paralysis.
Medicine has already paid a very high price for not
dealing adequately with the personal nature of disease. For
one thing, we have aroused guilt without being  able to
assuage it. People are horriﬁed at the idea that they are to
blame for their diseases. Doctors don’t think they are
stoking this guilt. Perhaps it was born out of being told
over and over that no one is to blame. But if you say thatliving right will help prevent a heart attack or cancer, don’t
you have to accept that living wrong will help bring on the
same diseases?
The whole issue of blame and responsibility is painful to
untangle. When I had my private practice in endocrinology,
I would see obese patients whose weight put them  at high
risk for becoming diabetic. I would warn them about the
danger of continuing to eat too much; at the same time, I
knew I was feeding their guilt, which would only lead to
more eating. If a patient was a chain-smoker, I would be
very ﬁrm and say, “My God, you know you have to quit
smoking—think of the risks you are running.” Many of
these patients were ex-servicemen I saw at the V.A. hospital
in Boston. After listening to me, they could go to the PX
upstairs, where government-subsidized cigarettes were
being sold at a steep discount. (I bought mine there, too,
having become a smoke r during my night shifts as an
intern.)
In fact, no disease points up the paradoxes of blame and
responsibility better than lung cancer. The public is well
aware that this is almost exclusively a smoker’s illness.
That puts the responsibility squarely on the patient, but
then a second thought enters. Aren’t these people addicted
to nicotine? A 1988 report by the surgeon general states
that they are, and that their addiction may be harder to
break than addiction to heroin or alcohol. This means that
one is not dealing with a rational situation.
Sigmund Freud attempted for many years to stop
smoking after being informed by his doctor that twenty
cigars a day—Freud’s normal ration—was bad for his heart.
He stopped once for seven weeks, but his heart went into
palpitations worse than before. He became intolerably
depressed and was forced back to his cigars. When he
didn’t smoke, Freud told his biographer, “the torture was
beyond human power to bear.” I have  witne ssed advance dlung cancer patients waiting for radiation who walk around
a corner to smoke a cigarette—this implies that prevention
may be impossible, beca use it would have to start before
the ﬁrst cigarette gets smoked.
In every disease, not just lung cancer, the patients are
often too hooked, too guilty, or simply too convinced to be
helped. There is no denying the deeply irrational streak in
man. At the V.A. hospital we took in every variety of
alcoholic, including the dilapidated, malnourished ones that
were routinely swept in oﬀ the streets by the police. One of
the most frequent conditions in advanced alcoholism is
pancreatitis, or inﬂammation of the pancreas. Everyone
brought in with pancrea titis had to be treated with great
care. They could not eat or digest food, because calling  on
the pancreas only made it more inﬂamed and extremely
painful. Patients would vomit if they tried to eat even one
bite. We had to feed them by drip through an IV tube, insert
another tube into their stomachs to drain the digestive
juices that continued to inﬂame the pancreas, and inject
antibiotics to ﬁght the infection that was often present.
It was all we could do to pull these men back from the
brink of death, but when  we had succeeded and they were
discharged back onto the street, we often saw the same
ritual. Looking out the second-ﬂoor window, we could see a
tavern across the street from the hospital. Our patients
walked out the door, barely tottered across the street, and
went into the bar. Their ﬁrst drink came ten minutes after
their cure. Compassion for these people has its limits.
Anyone could  be forgiven for saying, “If you want to smoke
and drink, if you don’t exercise and insist on eating
cholesterol, then too bad for you.” Undeniably people do
say such things, or at least think them. But the essence of
compassion lies in recognizing how hard it is to be good. To
forgive someone is to let him be free, even if he abuses that
freedom beyond exasperation.There is a story in India about the sadhu and the
scorpion:
A man is walking down the road when he spots a sadhu
kneeling beside a ditch. He approaches and sees that the
sadhu is watching a scorpion. The scorpion wants to cross
the ditch, but when he gets into the muddy water, he
begins to drown. The sadhu carefully reaches down to pull
him out of the water, but as soon as he touches it, the
scorpion stings him. The scorpion goes into the water
again, again it begins to drown, and when the sadhu lifts it
out, he receives another sting.
The man sees this happen three times. Finally he blurts,
“Why don’t you stop allowing yourself to be stung?” The
sadhu replies, “There is nothing I can do. It is the
scorpion’s nature to sting, but it is my nature to save.”
The reason that society  has set up the institution of
medicine is to ensure that our instinct to save one another
never dies. It is the same instinct that sees no blame in
another person’s weakne ss; it freely takes responsibility for
troubles that are not its own. If I ever walked into a
hospital and detected there that the spark of compassion
had gone out, I could write the end of medicine— darkness
will have won.
—
Modern medicine is still dominated by the notion that
disease is caused by objective agents. A sophisticated
analysis shows that this is only partly true. A disease
cannot take hold without  a host who accepts it, hence the
current


body examined was, for more or less lengthy periods before death, free from drug dosage, offering for examination tissues
unaffected by recent artificial chemical stimulus or destructive change from similar cause.

Human progress has ever been associated with constant discovery, and it would show not only deficiency in judgment but ac tual
mental incapacity to decry the achievements of earnest and conscientious seekers after truth among men of medicine. The autho r,
however, differs from these scientists in a number of respects, principally because she has always been of the opinion that  the
outstanding need of humanity is public health education; and, while she has indicated that medicine is finally awake to this need,
too many of its practitioners still are devoted to pathological rather than to physiological investigation. Heretofore t he day book of
the family physician consisted of a record of visits to households for the treatment of measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, t yphoid
fever, or malaria. The man was educated to treat disease and knew little of preventive measures, sanitation, hygiene, or diet, nor
did his medical curriculum provide such knowledge. Too long has the medical doctor studied disease and death to the exclusion  of
health and life. Hence again it is stated that, while the facts presented in the text are intended primar ily for lay intelligence, yet,
since they are in all instances corroborated, earnest investigation should follow on the part of those men of science who are  not
bound by prejudice to reject every cult not sanctioned by the traditions and doctrines of their  own system of practice.

Page 2 of  72 The aim of medical investigation for many years has been largely towards the classification of the symptoms of disease and th e
segregation of the micro -organisms discovered in its presence. Because of this the medical physician m ay and often does delay
specific treatment until symptoms develop to a point where what he considers an accurate diagnosis may be made. It is not tho ught
that any intelligent mind will differ with the author when she says that the first things to be consid ered in the sick -room, the first
things that the practitioner of natural therapy considers, are the possibility of recovery and the necessity for prompt and e fficient
action along lines that tend to the eradication of the cause of disease.

The gospel of good health is based upon the principles of prevention of disease, and there will be found in the introduction to the
second edition of this work, published in 1908, these words: "No one knows better than the thinking member of the medical
profession that the time is at hand when prevention rather than cure will be the keynote of therapeutics." That this prophecy, for
such it has proved, is in part realized, is shown in the trend of thought in every recent article on the subject of medical p rogress in
autho ritative professional publications. The family physician now is urged to educate his patients and his community in preventive
measures, and so to place himself towards his clientele that his chief service will be one of keeping them well rather than o ne of
curing them when ill. This means that medicine, while still recognizing the specialist, also recognizes that the family physi cian as a
class must form the foundation of all true health service, and that he must maintain most intimate relations with those for whom his
guidance is required.

This is exactly what the practitioners of natural therapy have been doing for the past half century and more. For they have e ver
contended that true perception of cause and effect is the mother of the physician, and tha t in this understanding there can exist no
doubt as to remedy. In other words, not man but nature is the doctor, and nature indicates her curative processes in the exis ting
state of disease. And they who follow nature in her physical law further contend th at whatever information they acquire of the
procedure through which natural curative processes are carried on shall freely be given to their patients, so that in the fut ure the
latter may in great measure be relieved of dependency upon professional guidanc e.

The upbuilding and the maintenance of the human body lie wholly with its individual possessor, and he should be cognizant of its
parts and of the conserving tasks which they perform to the uttermost degree of knowledge. Ignorance in these respects is a
universal fault resulting from the custom of depending upon others for specialized information. The message contained in the
pages that follow, if rightly perceived and executed, in large degree substitutes for a state of blind dependence upon unharm onized
fact and theory one of reliance upon self and natural law.

LINDA BURFIELD HAZZARD
Wilderness Heights,
Olalla, Wash.

PART ONE : HISTORICAL

CHAPTER I
THE PIONEERS OF THERAPEUTIC FASTING IN AMERICA

DR. TANNER'S FORTY DAY FASTS:
FASTING EXPERIEN CES OF DR. E. H. DEWEY:
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DR. HAZZARD'S WORK FOR THIRTY YEARS

IN THIS chapter the author proposes to speak of her personal acquaintance and friendship with those two pioneers in the cause  of
natural therapy whose names and deeds stand for th as do none other by reason of their intellectuality, their courage, and their
ability to grasp the fundamental truths which more or less accidentally were revealed to each of them approximately at the sa me
time. The chapter also purposes a short resume of the contribution of the author to therapeutic fasting and of the difficulties and
persecution to which she has been subjected.

It is now about half a century since the newspapers of this country were filled with articles dealing with Dr. Henry S. Tann er and
his claim that he had gone without food for forty -two days. One of my purposes in writing this chapter is to dissipate the fiction
that the fasts that Dr. Tanner undertook were made in order to attract notorietyófor the mere sake of advertisement Th ey were not.
Naturally these fasts attracted attention, and such periods of abstention from food still would attract attention were they b rought to
public notice. But Dr. Tanner had another object in view, and it is best expressed in his own words as conta ined in a personal letter
dated December 28, 1911.

He says: "I really believe that I am entitled to be called the father of therapeutic fasting in this country, for away back i n 1877 I had
given up hopes of ever regaining what might be called normal heal th. I was then in Minneapolis in the practice of my profession,
and, after a strenuous time with a patient critically ill, I virtually collapsed. I was at such a low ebb physically and ment ally at the
time that I did not care whether I lived or died, and I  determined that, since my drugs gave me no relief, I would starve myself to
death ere I again would suffer the physical misery that had been mine for months preceding. I accordingly told Dr. Moyer, my
Page 3 of  72 consulting companion, that I would not again eat food until I was dead or recovered in health." It will be remembered that Dr.
Tanner was a fully accredited doctor of medicine.

The facts as recorded are these. On the 15th of July, 1877, Dr. Henry S Tanner was called in consultation with Dr. A. Moyer o f
Minn eapolis, Minnesota, to attend a critical case that detained them late into the night. The next day Dr. Tanner felt ill and di d not
leave his room. During the day he drank some milk, as he did on the day following. But this was the last food taken by him un til
August 29th following, a period of forty -two days. Both Dr. Tanner and Dr. Moyer concurred in the opinion that from the
viewpoint of medical diagnostics the symptoms in the case were those of low gastric fever. During "treatment" Dr. Tanner
occupied a room in the home of Dr. Moyer, and he was not at any time confined to his bed. He took during the entire forty -two
days of abstinence nothing but water into his stomach, but of this he drank freely when thirsty.

At the end of ten days of fasting the symp toms of his disorder disappeared; he gained in strength, and in every way showed
physical and mental improvement. Dr. Moyer, however, frequently remonstrated with Dr. Tanner for pursuing what he, Dr. Moyer,
believed to be a suicidal course, but Dr. Tanner persisted, and we have in the small volume, Forty Days Without Food, a record of
the full fast from Dr. Moyer's pen. The latter says, after detailing the daily experiences of his "patient" for forty days:

"The case continued until I became alarmed, and I  strenuously urged Dr. Tanner to allay his gastric irritation by taking milk, which
he finally consented to do. The next forenoon --that of the forty -second day of fasting --he ate a cracker and drank some lemonade,
but this his stomach rejected." In the lig ht of more recent knowledge of the therapeutics of fasting this experience was to be
expected. But later on the same day Dr. Tanner went downtown, and, coming home within half an hour, said to Dr. Moyer, "Well,
Doctor, I think I have finished affairs for g ood. I not only have taken a pint of milk, but have eaten five pears and half a good -sized
watermelon. "


can get Shell -Sol D40, SBP 100/140 and Gum Turpentine, SBP 100/140
has the strongest effect, see Amazon or www.ebay.co.uk    70
 Also try stores selling building materials and paint supplies, larger
hardware stores, or the Internet. If a low -aromatic product is not available
then even normal kerosene may be used. It is not more toxic but only
has a stronger odour. Benzene is toxic b ut boils at 80°C and so is not a
problem in fractions boiling over 100°C.
The dosage and duration of a course are rather flexible. Generally,  it may
be best starting with half a teaspoon, then continue with one teaspoon
for a week or two and gradually inc reasing up to one tablespoon for a
week or two until ending again with one teaspoonful for a total duration
of about 6 weeks. This may be repeated as needed.
It is best taken before breakfast or at bedtime. Coat the tongue with
molasses and follow with a small amount of drink and food. For children
it has been used as several drops on sugar. The higher doses tend to
cause diarrhoea and liver detoxification. While this is beneficial, it also
causes unpleasant cleansing symptoms. Whenever a problem arises
reduce or temporarily stop the intake.
Pure Gum Turpentine
Gum Turpentine ( not mineral turpentine!) was a trusted antimicrobial
remedy for thousands of years. Take up to 1 teaspoon per day, possibly
at bedtime to sleep off any reactions. You may coat your tongue with
molasses and dilute the turpentine with a spoonful of paraffin oil  or olive
oil. Wash down with a drink and follow with a small amount of food.
It has a pine flavour and is relatively pleasant to take, but it has a stronger
effect than kerosene. Start with only a few drops and increase very
gradually. It is especially a ctive in the headspaces, and too high an initial
dose may cause temporary balance problems in some individuals.
Instead of using it daily you may try using it 2 or 3 days a week, and
kerosene or another remedy on other days.
Borax
Borax and boric acid contain boron and are excellent fungicides with
additional wide -ranging antimicrobial properties, and also chelating
fluoride and heavy metals. See Chapter 7 for more details.  71
 Dissolve a lightly rounded teaspoonful (5 -6 grams) of borax in 1 litre of
good q uality water (no chlorine or fluoride). This is your concentrated
solution. Keep this bottle out of reach of small children.
One 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of concentrate is the standard dose with 25 to 30
mg of borax and provides about 3 mg of boron. Start with on e dose mixed
with drink or food.  Gradually increase to the chosen maximum intake.
About 10 mg of boron is sufficient as a food supplement, while the
minimum effective dose as a fungicide is about 100 mg of borax.
Individuals with low to normal weight may  increase to a daily amount of
500 mg or 100 ml of the concentrated solution; drink spaced out during
the day or mix with food. Heavier individuals may use 1 gram or 200 ml
of concentrated solution. Autoimmune diseases have been cured with 2
grams/day for several months and even higher amounts have been used
for cancer. When taking high doses,  it is more convenient to use borax
powder directly mixed with food or drink. One gram corresponds to about
¼ of a level teaspoon, two grams to ½ tsp.
Take your m aximum amount for about 1 month and then alternate with
another microbicide. However, continue taking a maintenance amount of
about 100mg of borax daily. Alternatively,  with long -term use of high
amounts of borax stop taking it for one week each month.
Borax is rather alkaline and in higher concentrations has a soapy taste.
You may disguise this with lemon juice, vinegar or ascorbic acid. It is one
of the best remedies for vaginal thrush: fill and insert a gelatine capsules
at bedtime for one to two weeks; for more details see: The Borax
Conspiracy.
Fenbendazole
This is a veterinary product used to eliminate parasites and worms from
domestic animals, and it is also one of the best fungicides. It is generally
non-toxic for humans and has a bland taste as powder or liquid. In recent
years it came to prominence due t o effective cancer treatments and
positive research publications in prominent science journals. End -stage
lung cancer was cured within 3 months. I received similar success stories
from Australia, see: www.myca ncerstory.rocks    72
 Start taking about 250 mg as powder or ½ tsp of the liquid with food or
drink for three consecutive days each week and pause for the remaining
four days. Periodically you may increase this for several weeks to 500
mg or even 3 x 500 mg taken every day. The re do not seem to be any
common side -effects but if there is an increase in inflammations or pain
then return to the initial schedule. It is commonly sold as Panacur but in
Australia better as Fenbender 100 from www.ebay.com.au
Coconut Oil
The medium -chain saturated fatty acids in virgin coconut oil are potent
antimicrobial agents, effective against Candida and other fungi, viruses
and many bacteria. Gradually increase up to 70 ml or 5 tablespoons of
coconut oil spre ad out during the day mixed with food. Later reduce this
to a comfortable maintenance dose. I prefer coconut oil to monolaurin,
an isolated active component in coconut oil, or undecylenic acid, a
related fungicide.
Colloidal Silver
Colloidal silver has a long history in medicine as a natural anti -biotic.
Colloidal silver is commercially available. During acute conditions or as
systemic therapy use several tablespoons three times daily, and then
continue with a gradually reducing dose for several weeks long er. Store
colloidal silver in a brown glass bottle and in a dark and cool place as
light will precipitate the silver and make it ineffective.
Colloidal silver works best if applied directly to the site of infection, to
gargle, as vaginal douche, as coloni c, or for skin infections. Most of it is
ionic silver which forms ineffective silver chloride in the stomach when
swallowed. Nevertheless, the amount that does go into the blood can still
work. Newly developed remedies called Molecula Silver, Monoatomic
Silver, Covalent or Nano -silver and Biotic silver protein are claimed to be
much more effective than common colloidal silver and are not
precipitated in the stomach.

 73
 Oxygen Therapies
Hydrogen peroxide is suitable for getting microbial and especially fungal
overgrowth and "Leaky Gut Syndrome" in the intestines under control. It
is easy to obtain and may be used as a supplementary remedy. You may
dilute 35% hydrogen peroxide or  buy 3% o r 6% peroxide from a
supermarket or pharmacy. Best dilute peroxide for daily use to about 3%
by adding 1 part of 35% peroxide to 10 parts of water.
Start taking just a few drops in a glass of water. Gradually increase to 1
teaspoon or more four times dai ly before meals and at bedtime. If you
develop an aversion, decrease again to a more comfortable level.
Swallow quickly instead of slowly sipping. To disguise the strong
aftertaste, add aloe vera gel and fruit flavours, or herb tea, or water
flavoured with  cinnamon.
You may continue this for a month or two and then reduce the intake to
only once before breakfast. In addition, use hydrogen peroxide to rinse
your mouth, and gargle morning and evening. It helps with thrush and to
prevent colds and other infe ctions, and also tooth decay, and is better
than toothpaste.
To treat bowel cancer,  use colonics with the addition of hydrogen
peroxide. Gradually increase the amount of peroxide to the maximum
that you can hold for 5 – 10 minutes, for details see Hydrotherapy, Packs
& Colonics.
One teaspoon of 3% peroxide is equivalent to about 12 drops of 35%
peroxide. Be careful handling 35% hydrogen peroxide, f lush any
accidental spills on clothes or skin immediately with water or immerse in
water.
DMSO
DMSO is not only an excellent microbicide in its own right; it is also most
effective in carrying other microbicides into inaccessible places and
penetrating bi ofilms. It is especially effective against mycoplasmas.
Iodine dissolves easily in DMSO, and molecular iodine or Lugol's solution
is the perfect addition. Try several drops of Lugol's in a teaspoon of 74
 DMSO and take in a drink several times daily or rub ont o the skin over
infected areas. You may also mix it with magnesium chloride solution,
non-acidified MMS, hydrogen peroxide and other remedies, but not
kerosene


orite
Calciumfluorideisfoundworldwide,intheform
ofthemineralfluorspar,whichoccursasbeautiful-
colouredcrystals.Themostcommonofthesecrystals
isvioletcolouredandwhenthisisexposedtoultra-
violetradiation itemitsabeautifulbluelight(itisfrom
thisthatwederivetheterm'fluorescence').
Thelargestsingleuseoffluorsparisinthesteel
industryasaflux-anagenttoincreasethefluidityof
certainmetalsintherefiningprocesses-anditisalso
usedinthesmeltingofgold,silver,copperandlead.
Theword'fluor'comesinfactfromtheLatinmeaning
'aflowing'.
Calciumfluorideispresentintheenamelofthe
teeth,thesurfaceofthebonesandintheelasticfibres
oftheskin,themusclesandthebloodvessels.
Thehomeopathicpreparation ismadefromselected
piecesofcrystalfluorspar,whicharepreparedby
trituration.
GENERALANDEMOTIONAL/
MENTALSYMPTOMS
Therearenostronggeneraloremotional/mental
symptomsforCalcareafluorica,althoughaswiththe
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Calcareaphosphorica(Calc-p.) •63
otherCalcareasaltspeopleneedingthisremedyare
generallyworseforcold,dampweather. Itises-
peciallyusefulasatonicforanytissuesthathave
becomewornout,flabbyandlax,inthesamewaythat
Calcareaphosphoricacanbeusedasatonicforworn-out
nervoussystems.Forexample,duringpregnancythis
maybeindicatedforwomenwhoseskinisdryandout
ofcondition;andvaricoseveinsisanotherexampleof
elastictissuethathaslostitstone.Thosewithfirm,
elasticskinandnoworryofstretchmarkswillnot
needthisremedy.ShortcoursesofCalcareafluoncacan
berepeatedifitisfoundtobeofbenefit.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Backache
SymptomsPainsinlowerback.
Better(01continuedmovement.
Worseonbeginningtomove.
IfRhustoxicodendronwasindicatedandonlypartially
relievesthepain,orifitfails,thenCalcareafluoncawill
usuallyhelp.
Commoncold
SymptomsXasalcatarrhdry.Sneezingwith
difficulty.
Betterforsneezing.
Thisisforstuffycoldsintheheadwithdrycatarrh.
Toothdecay
SymptomsCrumbling;Decaying.
Thisremedyusedasatonicwillhelptobuildstrong
healthyteethinchildren. Itisasaferoptionthan
fluoridetablets,whosepotentialsideeffectscontinue
tocauseconcern.Thehomeopathicpreparation isobtainedbydrop-
pingdilutephosphoricacidintolimewater.The
particleswhichformasaresultofthisprocess
arewashedindistilledwateranddried,andthen
triturated.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Catchescoldseasily.Complaintsfrom:lossofbody
fluids.Facepale.Slownessofchildrentolearnto
teethe.Thin.
Worseforcold;fordamp;fordraughts;forfreshair;
forwetweather.
Calcareaphosphorica isofvitalimportanceinthegrowth
andmaintenanceofhealthycells.Itnourishesblood
cells,bones,teethandallconnectivetissueanditis
thereforearemedythatmaybeindicatedinyoung
childrenwhodevelopslowly.Youngchildrenareslow
learningtowalkandslowtolearn.Becausetheirfood
isnotwellassimilatedtheytendtobeanaemic,grow
slowlyandtheirteethdecayeasily.Theydevelop
slowly,babies'fontanellescloseslowlyandtheyare
slowtoteethe.Thisisawonderfultonictogiveto
childrenwhohavehadagrowthspurtandhave
becomepaleandexhaustedasaresult.Adultsand
childrenwhoareweakandtiredwhileconvalescing
fromanillnesswilllikewisebenefitfromthisremedy-
itwillhelpthemtoregaintheirstrength.Thetypical
calcareaphosphoricatypeisthinwithlong,dark
eyelashesanddarkhairTheyaresensitivetothecold
andthedamp,andhavecoldextremities.
EMOTIONAL/MENTAL SYMPTOMS
Anxious.Discontented. Restless.Sighing.Sluggish
inchildren.
Worseformentalexertion.
Calcareaphosphorica (Caic-p.)
Othernames:calciumphosphate; calciiphosphas
precipitata;phosphateoflime
Calciumphosphate isamineralsaltandistheprinci-
palmineralconstituentofbonesandteeth.Itaccounts
forabout60percentoftheaveragehumanskeleton.
Commercially, themostimportantofthecalcium
phosphates isprimarycalciumphosphate,or'super-
phosphate'.Thisisusedasafertiliseringredient,asa
leaveningagentinbakingpowders,asastabiliser
forplastics,andinthemanufactureofglass.Other
formsofcalciumphosphatearealsowidelyusedin
commercialproducts.Adultscomplainandgrumbleaboutmanythings.
Thinkingoftheircomplaintsoftenmakesthemfeel
worse.Theysighalotwhiletalkingandaregenerally
restless.Childrenarepeevishandlifelessandhaveno
go'inthem.Theywantsomethingbuttheydon't
knowwhat.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Anaemia
SymptomsWithexhaustion.
Causesacuteillness.
Thisisfortheconvalescentstageofanillness,
orpost-childbirth,whereregainingstrengthis
provingdifficult.
64•Calcareasulphurica(Calc-s.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Brokenbones
SymptomsBonesslowtomend.
Thisremedyisindicatedforfracturesthataretaking
longerthanexpectedtoheal.Itcanbegivenroutinely
afterSymphytumhasdealtwiththepainofthefracture,
asitwillspeedupthehealingofthefractureand
ensurethattheboneisgoodandstrong.
Cough
SymptomsYellowmucus.
Worsewhenteething.
Calcareaphosphoricamaybeusefulinclearingobstinate
coughs(orwhoopingcough)inchildren.Theseare
coughsthattendtobeworseinthecold-weather
months.Teethingmayalsomakethiscoughworse.
Cramp
SymptomsCrampincalves.
Worseforwalking.
Headache
SymptomsInschoolchildren.
Causesmentalexertion;overworking;anaemia.
Theheadacheisoftenworseforacoldwind,butcold
bathingcanrelieveit.
Insomnia
SymptomsWaking:difficult;late.
Worsebeforemidnight.
Morningsareanawfultimewhenwakingisdifficult.
Jointpain
Worseforcoldweather.
Thejointsofthefeetinparticularareoftenaffected.
Thefeetarealwayscoldandthereisacrampingand
achingnumbness.
Periodproblems
SymptomsPeriod:painful;heavy.Blood:darkred;
clotted.
Womenbecomeanaemicaftertheseheavypainful
periods.Calcareaphosphoricawillworkasaneffective
tonic.
Stiffneck
SymptomsInadults.
Causesdraughts.
Teething
SymptomsPainfulinchildren.Slow.Difficult.
Stoolsgreen.
Calcareaphosphorica ishelpfulforeitherfirstorsecondteeththatareprovingslowanddifficultincutting
throughthegums.Teethingchildrenmaydevelop
diarrhoea,coldsandcoughs;thesecomplaintsplus
theteethingdifficultieswillbehelpedbythisremedy.
Theteetharealsoinclinedtodecayeasilyand
prematurely.Calcareawillensureabetterassimilation
ofcalciumandsoencouragehealthydentine
formation.
Calcareasulphurica (Caic-s.)
Othernames:calciumsulphate;sulphateoflime;
gypsum;plasterofParis;selenite
Calcareasulphuricaisachemicalcompoundfoundmost
commonlyeitherintheformofcrystals,asselenite,or
inearthymasses,whenitisknownasgypsum.Itis
oneofthefirstmineralstocrystalliseasseawater
evaporates,andbedsofgypsumfrequentlyunderlie
depositsofrocksaltformedbytheevaporationof
ancientseas.
Rawgypsum(minedfrompitsandcliffs)isused
mainlyasaretarderinPortlandcement(itslowsdown
therateofsetting).Itisalsousedasanagricultural
fertiliser,andinthemanufactureofpaints,phar-
maceuticalsandinsecticides.Whenpartiallydehy-
dratedandmixedwithwater,calciumsulphateforms
plasterofParis,


 depth to our inner lives and our  outer life experiences.    The ability to trust  lives within all of us as well.  In
trusting, we can relax deeper an d deeper into the divine truths
of this great universe, that cr adles our every need, hope, and
desire.  It is in this perfect earth nest that we can manifest
beautiful expansions.  Innate trust is not something that we earn, but something that we alre ady are.  We simply and only
need to invest it, by relaxing into the good and the guidance that it can bring.  The ability to be flexible  is an essential core talent.  When
we expand choices of greater density, with heavier thoughts, harder feelings, and tougher ex periences, we find ourselves
locked into the blocks of energy that were previously described as resistance.  When we are in a state of resistance, we simply
do not feel good.  That “not feeling good” vibration can physically show itself in an infinite amount of ways in our every day lives.  It is communicating to us where we are in relation to our flow.  The ability to be flexible, even a willingness  to be
flexible, opens the door a crack,  for more good to come.  When
we are more flexible, we  are by nature then, less resistant.  With
less resistance, we allow the clar ity of divine guidance to flow in
our life choices, leading us to the best outcomes for our highest good in all ways.  Sometimes being flexible and listening to our guidance is not the most popular choice.  But in time, as we
learn to bow and to bend, to the guidance of our good feeling flow, we receive the simple gifts that can materialize as cosmic wealth in all areas of our lives.  Thus, when we are consciously
flexible, and we invest  our talent of flexibility, we can receive
the great gifts of Source guidance, infinite wisdom, and unconditional love.  It is a talent that indwells us at all times. Innate Talents 69
 I really cannot say enough about the core talent of
willingness, in our experience of a rich  inner life.  It is a true
divine ability.  It is the bridge that allows us to rediscover, or remember, the truth of who we really  are.  It is the non-physical
bridge that can bring us safely and more securely, from where we are...  to where we wish to be.  Conscious willingness is the gap closer, in all of our experiences, into that which we are  becoming.  When we are willing, we  are in a state of allowing.
When we are allowing, we are in a state of receiving.  Receiving
the greater good, of all the blessings that await us in our spiritual escrow account, is our true path.  Investing our willingness ability is perhaps one of  the most critical deliberate
choices we can make along this earth journey, towards greater infinite expansion.   The ability to animate  is one talent that has perhaps gotten
little attention, but deserves big praise and recognition for its
critical role in our lives.  When we  animate, we are in our spirit.
Animation is a form of life force.  It is an expre ssion of our life
force energy.  It is also part of  our sentient system, enabling us
to sense likeness and dis-likeness all around us.  Things that feel
flat to us, or uninteresting, are not resonating with our animation system.  Things that  excite us are engaging our
animation system.  It is deeply valuable to begin to invest this
ability of animation, for our benefit.  One way to invest it is to appreciate  its cues as guidance in our lives.  When we animate in
any direction (happy, angry, sad, etc.), it tells us there is a
trigger or an attraction.  When we  don’t animate, it tells us that
we are not of like energy with that person, issue, or thing, for whatever reason.  There is tr emendous guidance gleaned from
paying attention to what  and whom  we animate about in our
lives, and what that animation is reflecting to us about our
selves, our present path, our direction, and our next steps.  It is a source of feedback directly from Source, detecting where our energy is in relation to Source flow, and the energies around us.
Additionally, focusing  the direction and intention of our
animation can be key in manifesting something we truly desire.  When we animate with good feeling Source flow, we are experiencing the resonance of f eeling the likeness of that which Cosmic Wealth
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we desire.  Conversely, if we animate with “not feeling good”
energy, it can be a cue for us to pay attention to what we are
giving our attention to, so that we can release that energy from our life experience.  Animation, in  all ways, is a very important
tool in our spiritual connections and life experiences.  Stillness is a beautiful and gentle inner talent, that in today’s
world, often is overlooked.  Th e gifts of stillness are many.
When we begin to see its value,  and we invest in it, it
pays dividends that probably cann ot be quantified.  Yet, there
is a qualitative difference to th ose individuals who honor this
sweet inner space within, and th ose who do not.  Stillness
requires only your intention to make time for a quiet peace in
your day, every day.  Some people do this through the practice  of yoga or meditation.  Some people find it through jogging, swimming laps, or walks in nature.  There are various ways to create the space for it in the schedules of our lives.  But it is the quieting of the mind, to allow the truth of your inner spirit to speak to you and to connect with the whole of you, that brings us all into a state of mindful heartfulness - of the simple truths, gifts, and blessings in our lives.  Stillness brings the kind of
peace, which passes understanding.
When we do invest  this time, and ego thoughts and “to
do” lists crop up within our consciousness to distract us from our inner connections, we simply observe them, by noting to ourselves, “thinking,” and let them  float away.  When we invest
this time, and ego feelings  crop up within our consciousness to
distract us from our inner connections, we simply note to ourselves, “feelings,” and we le t them float away.  It is a
training of the mind to take a rest, so that the Source of infinite intelligence can offer us expand ed perspectives.  We simply
want to be in a state of breathing and allowing, to permit the quiet expansive flow of Source en ergy to resonate and revitalize
our consciousness - with the truth of who we really are.
Investing the talent of stillness really means investing a
small amount of time each day to breathe, to feel good, and to relax into what we already are.  Many jewels of inspirations
(ideas, solutions, guidance, and more) arise when we make the
time to be still and to listen.  For when we get still, and we get Innate Talents 71
“inspired,” it translates to mean - we are “in [our] spirit.”  Many
of the inspirations th at arise out of the st illness are incredibly
prosperous.  It is a ta lent worth investing!
 And lastly, for the purposes of this chapte r anyway, is the
ability and talent of our inner guidance system.  This innate talent is
our sentience.  Our ability to listen to the cues of our body, mind, and spirit, and to sentiently  interpret what those cues are
saying.  The beauty of the inner guidance system is  that nothing is ever “wrong.”  Our unique systems are cueing
us perfectly, in terms of our dominant vibrations and our  Source-ful vibrations.  When we listen, we can feel our optimal state of freedom, flexibility, limitlessness, prosperity,  empowerment, abundance, and inne r bliss.  Why?  Because the
more we listen, and allow our flow, the less resistance we retain in our energy fields.  Resistance is a heavy, dens er, vibration.
Allowing is our lighter, organic,  vibrational nature.  Our inner
guidance system will always guide us, to the truth of who we really are and therefore to the gifts of our divine birthright.
There is no shame in any experience.  We may have
misinterpreted “not feeling good” as feeling shameful in the past.  Shame is really a human  creation of judgment.  “Not
feeling good” is a natural part of our inner sentience, which - in the absence of judgment, simply te lls us that we have moved off
track from our flow.  If we honor its guidance, we can move in the direction (through the talent of choice) of allowing.
The sentient system in dwells us all.  It patiently, lovingly,
and persistently cont inues its gentle guidance in our lives.
When we turn away from it, an d thus expand our resistance,
we experience denser outcomes in our lives, that result from  the dense vibrational attraction power of resistance.  When
we accept it, we expand our allowing, and we experience
the lighter outcomes in our lives, that result from the light vibrational attraction power of i nner truth.  It


 either chloroform,
benzene, or other fat solvents. Fats are hydrolyzed by the action of acids,
alkalies, lipases (fat-splitting enzymes) and superheated steam.
Fat-soluble
 capable of dissolving in the same organic solvents as fats and
oils. Not soluble in water.
Fatty Acids
 any one of many organic acids from which fats and oils are
made.
Febrifuge
 reduces fever (Fringe Tree, Feverfew, Tansy).
Fermentation
 the oxidative decomposition of complex substances through
the action of enzymes or ferments, produced by microorganisms; bacteria,
molds, and yeasts are the principal groups of organisms involved in
fermentation.
Fiber
 the indigestible portion of plant matter. Fiber is an important
component of a healthy diet because it is capable of binding to toxins and
carrying them out of the body. Acts as an electrical intestinal broom.
Fistula
 abnormal (tube-like) passage between two internal organs, or from an
organ to the surface of the body.
Flavin
 one of a group of natural water-soluble pigments occurring in milk,
yeasts, bacteria, and some plants.
Flavonoidial and Flavone Glycosides
 Glycosides have a broad range effecton the body. Each glycoside has its own individual effect as well. Some are
antispasmodic, diuretic, increase circulation, and act upon cardiac tissue.
Flavonoid complexes known as bioflavonoids are essential to vitamin C
absorption and calcium absorption (all occur in nature together). Some
flavonoid glycosides (bioflavonoids) include hesperidin, rutin, and vitamin P.
Free Radicals
 a group of atoms that are highly chemically reactive because
they have at least one unpaired electron. Because they join so readily with
other compounds, free radicals can attack cells and cause a lot of damage in
the body. They form in heated fats and oils, and as a
result of exposure to
atmospheric radiation and environmental pollutants, among other things. (A
human ingests over 125 lbs. of chemicals per year. Talk about free radicals!)
Fungus
 one of a class of organisms that include yeasts, mold, and
mushrooms. A number of fungal species, such as Candida albicans, are
capable of causing severe disease in immuno-compromised hosts.
Galactagogue
 promotes secretion of milk (Anise Seed, Fennel, Vervain).
Galactophyga
 herbs that diminish or arrest the secretion of milk (Bilberry,
Cassia Bark, Cranes-bill).
Gastralgia
 pain in the stomach.
Gastritis
 inflammation of the stomach lining.
Gastroenteritis
 inflammation of the mucous lining of the stomach and
intestinal tract.
Gland
 an organ or tissue that secretes a substance for use elsewhere in the
body rather than for its own functioning.
Giardia
 a genus of flagellate protozoa some of which are parasitic, found in
the intestinal tract of humans and domestic animals; transmitted by ingestion
of cysts in fecally-contaminated water and food; interferes with the
absorption of fats; boiling water inactivates them.
Gleet
 the mucous discharge in the urine from urethra, in cases of chronic
gonorrhea.
Glucose
 a simple sugar that is the principal source of energy for the body’s
cells.
Gluten
 vegetable albumin, a protein that can be prepared from wheat, rye,
barley, and oats.
Glycogen
 a polysaccharide (complex carbohydrate) that is the main form inwhich glucose is stored in the body, mostly in the liver and muscles. It is
converted back into glucose as needed to supply the body with energy.
Gout
 inflammation of the joints. Joints affected may be at any location, but
gout usually begins in the knee or foot.
Hair Analysis
 a method of determining the levels of minerals, including both
toxic metals and essential minerals, in the body by measuring the
concentrations of those minerals in the hair. Unlike mineral levels in the
blood, those in the hair reflect the person’s status over several preceding
months and their utilization at the cellular level.
Heavy Metals
 metallic elements whose specific gravity (a measurement of
mass as compared with the mass of water or hydrogen) is greater than 5.0.
Some heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury, are
extremely toxic.
Hemetics
 herbs rich in iron and manganese and which augment and enrich
the red corpuscles of the blood (blood-builders) (Agrimony, Quassia, Yellow
Dock, Dandelion).
Hemiplegia
 paralysis of one half of the body.
Hemoglobin
 the red (iron-containing) pigment in blood that carries oxygen
from the lungs to the tissues of the body. Hemoglobin is a conjugated protein
consisting of heme (which is an iron carrier) and globin (which is a simple
protein carrier).
Hemolytic
 1. a substance which destroys red blood cells; 2. related to the
destruction of red blood cells.
Hemostatic
 stops the flow of blood; type of astringent that stops internal
bleeding or hemorrhaging.
Hepatics
 herbs used to strengthen, tone and stimulate the secretive functions
of the liver, causing an increased flow of bile (Goldenseal, Dandelion, Milk
Thistle, Oregon Grape).
Herbal Therapies
 the use of herbal combinations for healing or cleansing
purposes. Herbs can be used in tinctures, tablets, capsules or extract form, as
well as in baths, poultices, teas, etc.
Herpatics
 herbs that are healing to skin eruptions and scaling diseases such
as ringworm. (Buckthorn Bark, Chickweed, Cleavers, Comfrey).
Histamine
 a chemical released by the immune system that acts on various
body tissues. It has the effect of constricting the smooth bronchial tubemuscles, dilating small blood vessels, thus
allowing fluid to leak from various
tissues, and increasing the secretion of stomach acid.
Holistic Medicine
 a form of therapy aimed at treating the whole person
(mind, body and spirit), not just the part or parts in which symptoms occur.
Homeostasis
 equilibrium of internal environment.
Hormone
 chemical messengers released by the glands of the endocrine
system. They are released directly into the bloodstream and carried to the
tissues they affect. Hormones fall into two categories: proteins and steroids.
All hormones are extremely potent. They are effective in very small amounts.
Hormonal Agents
 herbs that contain phytosterols, or hormones used by the
plant for its own growth, are compatible with female hormones and appear to
work as building blocks to provide ready-made material for hormonal
production. Some herbs, like Chaste Tree Berry, are thought to work on the
level of the pituitary gland (the “mother of the female hormones”), and can
produce either an oestrogenic or progestogenic effect, as the body turns it to
its own use. Those known as oestrogenic are used to treat estrogen deficiency
problems and are certainly effective (False Unicorn Root). Wild Yam
provides the only known natural plant source of progesterone.
Hormonal System
 consists of a series of tissues, glands, and cells. The
glands produce chemicals (hormones) that are secreted into the bloodstream.
These chemicals are either directly released into the bloodstream (through
endocrine glands) or released through tubes called ducts (exocrine glands).
The hormones stimulate other cells or organs. They regulate many of the
body’s activities, including growth, development, and homeostasis. There
may be as many as 100 hormones in the human body, but not all have been
determined. The major exocrine glands are all associated with the digestive
system. The major hormone-secreting endocrine glands in the body are the
thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, pineal, parathyroid, and pancreas (pancreas is both
exocrine and endocrine). There are two gender-specific endocrine glands—
the ovaries in females, and the testes in males.
Hydragogue
 promotes watery evacuation of bowels.
Hydrochloric Acid
 (HCL) a normal constituent of gastric juice. The amount
of HCL concentration in the stomach varies, depending on several factors,
including rate of secretion of gastric juice and the type of food eaten. It
converts pepsinogen into pepsin and produces an acid medium favorable for
the activity of pepsin; dissolves and disintegrates nucleoproteins and collagen;
hydrolyzes sucrose; precipitates caseinogen; inhibits multiplication ofbacteria, especially putrefactive organisms that ferment lactic acid and certain
pathogenic forms; stimulates secretion by the duodenum; inhibits the action
of ptyalin and thus stops salivary digestion in the stomach.
Hyperchlorhydria
 excess of hydrochloric acid in gastric secretion
(insufficient gastric acid output).
Hyperglycemia
 an abnormal concentration of sugar in the blood.
Hypertension
 chronic high blood pressure often caused by stress.
Hypertensive
 used to increase blood pressure.
Hyperthyroidism
 (overactive thyroid) a condition caused by excessive
secretion of the thyroid glands