dehydration and urinary problems. It is a suitable mudra for the
swadhisthana (sacral) c hakra and associa ted imbalances. Surya mudra: join the tips of both ring fingers at the root of both
thumbs. Allow the other three fingers of each hand to remain straight. Keep
the hands at the folded knees, with the palms facing up. Put a little pressure
in the palm; the rest of the hand should be relaxed. This mudra is useful for
the manipura (solar plexus) chakra. It should be practised for 10 to 15
minutes daily. Beneﬁts: generates body heat and aids digestion and weight control. It also
relieves health problems such as diabetes and regulates cholesterol and liver
imbalances. Prana mudra: this is formed by joining the tips of the ring finger and
little finger with the tip of the thumb. It balances all vayus in the body and is
recommended f or the anaha ta (heart) c hakra and all c hakras abo ve that. Beneﬁts: energises the heart, improves the functioning of the lungs and
eyesight and r evitalises the bod y. Abhaya mudra: this is normally practised after reciting the gayatri
mantra. As with the gyan mudra, touch the forefinger to the tip of the thumb
and raise the hands vertically to the side of your head. This mudra is useful
for anxiety-prone and fearful people, and helps to balance both the solar
plexus and heart c hakras. Beneﬁts: the mind becomes fearless, giving a feeling of courage and
strength. Shunya mudra: this mudra is attained by putting the middle finger of
both hands at the root of the thumb and pressing gently. Keep the hands on
or near the knees with the palms facing up; maintain the position for 5 to 10
minutes. This mudra regulates the space element and is thus useful for the
throat chakra and those abo ve it. Beneﬁts: strengthens the heart and gum muscles, and relieves toothache
and earache. It also regulates thyroid gland functions and helps with deafness
and vertigo. Mudras can be practised while seated, lying down, standing or even
walking. However, please ensure that the body posture is symmetrical and
centred. Its sounds easy but can be difficult sometimes when our fingers are
inflexible and rebellious and holding a position for 10 to 15 minutes becomes
tedious. Normally a mudra should be practised for a minimum of 10 to 15
minutes to have an effect; for a therapeutic effect a mudra should be
practised for up to 45 minutes. You can also perform mudras three times a
day for 10 to 15 min utes each time. Meditation
Meditation (dhyana) is the integral part of antaranga (internal) yoga. It is an
effective tool to achieve a balance of mind, body and spirit. According to
Patanjali, dhyana is the state where mental diversion stops and there is
nothing on which to focus except a continuous flow of awareness, allowing
the practitioner to connect with the higher consciousness. Meditation does not mean merely contempla tion; it originates from the
Latin word mederi, meaning ‘to heal’. It is intended to heal mental afflictions
caused by psychological stress. Various teachers promote meditation in
different forms, but the ultimate objective is the same: achieving a tranquilstate of mind devoid of thoughts and connection to universal consciousness. It may not be easy to achieve a state of thoughtlessness as the mind drifts
constantly. However, certain practices such as chakra meditation help to
steady the state of the mind by initially focusing attention on each chakra
point while chanting the chakra seed syllable and ultimately moving
consciousness to the crown chakra, staying connected there until there are no
thoughts. The benefits of meditation include a greater sense of relaxation in both
mind and body, greater flexibility of thinking and an ability to meet a
situation with freshness and insight. From the standpoint of pure physical
expression, it can help loosen the knots and tensions trapped in the body by
dissipating emotions. It can help to change both facial expression and body
posture, thereby softening and strengthening at the same time. These are
some of the possible results, but they are not the goals. Meditation helps
strengthen the positive qualities of compassion, patience and wisdom and
free us of conf licting emotions and er roneous beliefs. Chanting
Chanting, or japa, destroys sins and liberates a person from the cycles of
birth and death. Japa is repetition of a particular letter, word, mantra or
sentence; ‘naam japa’ is repetition or chanting of a deity’s name; and
‘mantra japa’ refers to the repetition of a particular mantra. This path of
spiritual practice is known as nama sankirtan yoga (path of chanting the
Lord’s name). Our subconscious mind carries millions of impressions that arise out of
our prakruti (nature). The mind, intellect and subconscious mind (chitta) are
the constituents  of prakruti, and they all function according to their owncharacteristics and create their own impressions. When we do any repetitive
activity it seda tes the mind and pr events its vriti (modifica tion). Ancient sages used to proscribe a guru mantra to their followers that was
appropriate for each one in order to balance their chakras, as they had the
ability to see the aura and understand the chakra imbalances. This is still
practised b y some sages. Chanting can be done by people of all religions and hues as per their
faith and beliefs. Chanting the name of our ishta (favourite) deity or angel
also helps to balance energies. There is so much information available now
on mantras and chanting. The market is flooded with audio tapes and CDs
of the mantra chanting; however, it is very important to understand the
energy and effect of the mantras bef ore you chant them. One of the most po werful mantras is the g ayatri mantra:
‘Om bhur bhuva s waha, tat savitur var enyam,
Bhargo devasya dhimahi, dhiy o yona prachodayat. ’
This potent mantra helps clear negative energies and even entities. It
invokes the energy of the sun (the fire element) and should be chanted with
care, preferably in the early morning or late evening and in the presence of
water. The best way to chant it is to do a minimum of three japa malas (of
108 beads). Prayer beads are recommended, as chanting generates positive
vibrations that stay with the beads. Most prayer beads consist of either 27, 54
or 108 beads, which all add up to 9: the n umber of completion. Bija mantras associated with each of the chakras are easy to understand
and follow; they are short and simple to remember. Aum chanting is the best
to use for chanting. When you focus on a chakra point while aum chanting
you will be able to feel the vibrations generated every time you repeat the
syllable. Chanting the names or mantras of the deities associated with each
chakra is a common practice in Hindu culture. All deities have their own
energy vibrations, and by chanting and praying to the deities we invoke the
energy of that deity. For the muladhara (base root) chakra, for which the ruling deity is
Ganesha, w e can chant:
‘Om shri ganeshay a namah’ or ‘Om shri gan ganpathay e namh’. The swadhisthana (sacral) chakra is considered to be the centre for
procreation and the seat of kundalini shakti. The Sanskrit word kula means
‘family’’; kuldevi is the form of Shakti, the benefactor of the family, while
kuldevata also represents the benefactor energy of the family deity. Chanting
the name of the family deity or simply ‘kuldevi’ will benefit the family and
remove any curse on it. A curse on the family can be recognised when all
family members are suffering from any kind of physical, mental or emotional
affliction or financial pr oblem. The chanting mantra f or swadhisthana is:
‘Shri kul deviyah namh’ or ‘Shri kul devtayeh namh’. Alternatively, you can chant the name of shakti dur ga:
‘Om shri dur ga deviyahe namh. ’
For the manipura (solar plexus) chakra the seed mantra is ‘ram’,
which is the name of the deity Shri Ram. Chanting his name helps
strengthen the solar ple xus chakra:
‘Om shri ram, jai ram, jai jai r am. ’
Alternatively, chant the g ayatri mantra, as it in vokes sun ener gy. Lord Krishna is an a vatar (reincarnation) of Lor d Vishnu, sustainer of the
universe; chanting his name helps the anahata (heart) chakra, providing
detachment, healing and courage:
‘Om namho bahgwate vasude vayah. ’For the vishuddhi (throat) chakra the seed mantra is ‘


the time and would probably continue that way for many years to come. This was good news, though the need to apply personal
responsibility toward the solution of my problem seemed a little sobering. But I could also see that Dr. Moser was obviously not telling me something. So I gently pressed her for the rest. A little sh yly,
reluctantly, as though she were used to being rebuffed for making such suggestions, Isabelle asked me if I had ever heard of
fasting? 'Yes,' I said. "I had. Once when I was about twenty and staying at a farm in Missouri, during a bad flu I actually d id fast,
mainly because I was too sick to take anything but water for nearly one week.' "Why do you ask?" I demanded. "If you would fast, you will start feeling really good as soon as the fast is over." she said. "Fast? How long?" "Some have fasted for a month or even longer," she said. Then she observed my crestfallen expression and added, "Even a
couple of weeks  would make an enormous difference." It just so happened that I was in between set -up stages for a new mail -order business I was starting and right then I did have a
couple of weeks when I was virtually free of responsibility. I could also face the id ea of not eating for a couple of weeks. "Okay!" I
said somewhat impulsively. "I could fast for two weeks. If I start right now maybe even three weeks, depending on how my
schedule works out." So in short order I was given several small books about fas ting to read at home and was mentally preparing myself for several
weeks of severe privation, my only sustenance to be water and herb tea without sweetener. And then came the clinker. "Have you ever heard of colonics?" she asked sweetly. "Yes. Weird practice, akin to anal sex or something?" "Not at all," she responded. "Colonics are essential during fasting or you will have spells when you'll feel terrible. Only c olonics
make water fasting comfortable and safe." Then followed  some explanation about bowel cleansing (and another little book to take home) and soon I was agreeing to get
my body over to her place for a colonic every two or three days during the fasting period, the first colonic scheduled for th e next
afternoon. I'l l spare you a detailed description of my first fast with colonics; you'll read about others shortly. In the end I withstood
the boredom of water fasting for 17 days. During the fast I had about 7 colonics. I ended up feeling great, much trimmer, wit h an
enormous rebirth of energy. And when I resumed eating it turned out to be slightly easier to control my dietary habits and
appetites. Thus began my practice of an annual health -building water fast. Once a year, at whatever season it seemed propitious, I 'd set
aside a couple of weeks to heal my body. While fasting I'd slowly drive myself over to Great Oaks School for colonics every o ther
day. By the end of my third annual fast in 1981, Isabelle and I had become great friends. About this same time Isabelle's
relationship with her first husband, Douglas Moser, had disintegrated. Some months later, Isabelle and I became partners. And
then we married. My regular fasts continued through 1984, by which time I had recovered my fundamental organic vigor and ha d retrained my
dietary habits. About 1983 Isabelle and I also began using Life Extension megavitamins as a therapy against the aging process. Feeling so much better I began to find the incredibly boring weeks of prophylactic fasting too difficult to motiva te myself to do,
and I stopped. Since that time I fast only when acutely ill. Generally less than one week on water handles any non -optimum health
condition I've had since ‘84. I am only 54 years old as I write these words, so I hope it will be many, many years before I find
myself in the position where I have to fast for an extended period to deal with a serious or life -threatening condition. I am a kind of person the Spanish call autodidactico, meaning that I prefer to teach myself. I had already lea rned the fine art of
self-employment and general small -business practice that way, as well as radio and electronic theory, typography and graphic
design, the garden seed business, horticulture, and agronomy. When Isabelle moved in with me she also brought most of Great
Oak's extensive library, including very hard to obtain copies of the works of the early hygienic doctors. Naturally I studied  her
books intensely. Isabelle also brought her medical practice into our house. At first it was only a few loya l local clients who continued to consult
with her on an out -patient basis, but after a few years, the demands for residential care from people who were seriously and
sometimes life -threateningly sick grew irresistibly, and I found myself sharing our family  house with a parade of really sick
people. True, I was not their doctor, but because her residential clients became temporary parts of our family, I helped supp ort and
encourage our residents through their fasting process. I'm a natural teacher (and how -to-do-it writer), so I found myself explaining
many aspects of hygienic medicine to Isabelle's clients, while having a first -hand opportunity to observe for myself the healing
process at work. Thus it was that I became the doctor's assistant and came to pra ctice second -hand hygienic medicine. In 1994, when Isabelle had reached the age of 54, she began to think about passing on her life's accumulation of healing wisd om
by writing a book. She had no experience at writing for the popular market, her only m ajor writing being a Ph.D. dissertation. I on
the other hand had published seven books about vegetable gardening. And I grasped the essentials of her wisdom as well as any
non-practitioner could. So we took a summer off and rented a house in rural Costa Ri ca, where I helped Isabelle put down her
thoughts on a cheap word -processing typewriter. When we returned to the States, I fired -up my "big -mac" and composed this
manuscript into a rough book format that was given to some of her clients to get what is tren dily called these days, "feedback." But before we could completely finish her book, Isabelle became dangerously ill and after a long, painful struggle with
abdominal cancer, she died. After I resurfaced from the worst of my grief and loss, I decided t o finish her book. Fortunately, the
manuscript needed little more than polishing. I am telling the reader these things because many ghost -written books end up having
little direct connection with the originator of the thoughts. Not so in this case. And unl ike many ghost writers, I had a long and
loving apprenticeship with the author. At every step of our colaboration on this book I have made every effort to communicate
Isabelle's viewpoints in the way she would speak, not my own. Dr. Isabelle Moser was for many years my dearest friend. I have
worked on this book to help her pass her understanding on. Many people consider death to be a complete invalidation of a healing arts practitioner. I don't. Coping with her own dicey
health had been a major motivat or for Isabelle's interest in healing others. She will tell you more about it in the chapters to come. Isabelle had been fending off cancer since its first blow up when she was 26 years old. I view that 30 plus years of defeatin g Death
as a great success r ather than consider her ultimate defeat as a failure. Isabelle Moser was born in 1940 and died in 1996. I think the greatest accomplishment of her 56 years was to meld virtually a ll
available knowledge about health and healing into a workable and most  importantly, a simple model that allowed her to have
amazing success. Her "system" is simple enough that even a generally well -educated non -medico like me can grasp it. And use it
without consulting a doctor every time a symptom appears. Finally, I s hould mention that over the years since this book was written I have discovered contains some significant errors of
anatomical or psysiological detail. Most of these happened because the book was written "off the top of Isabelle's head," wit hout
any refere nce materials at hand, not even an anatomy text. I have not fixed these goofs as I am not even qualified to find them all. Thus, when the reader reads such as 'the pancreas secreates enzymes into the stomach,' (actually and correctly, the duodenum)  I
hope they will understand and not invalidate the entire book. Chapter One
How I Became a Hygienist

From The Hygienic Dictionary
Doctors. [1] In the matter of disease and healing, the people have been treated as serfs. The doctor is a dictator who knows it all,
and the people are stupid, dumb, driven cattle, fit for nothing except to be herded together, bucked and gagged when necessar y to
force medical opinion down their throats or under their skins. I found that professional dignity was more often pomposity,  sordid
bigotry and gilded ignorance. The average physician is


 world is governed by our thoughts. When we know this truth and consciously align our thoughts with it—
sometimes even despite how we feel— we activate its spiritual power. We
transform our mortal circumstances by bringing our thoughts about them
into alignment with a world that lies beyond. If you think of yourself as being at the effect of a random universe that
does not care about you, then you will experience your life that way. If you
think of yoursel f as being at the effect of a loving universe that does care
about you, then you will experience your life that way. No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think
about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to
change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most
intractable situa tion, we have the power to believe that somet hing else is
possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen. This simple shift in how we think can make all the differenc e in what
happens next. How we think releases an infinite number of possibilities thatcould not have occurred had we not believed that they were possible. Such
is the power of our thoughts to attract as well as deflect miraculous
breakthroughs. Free will means you can think whatever you want to think. You cannot,
however, make untrue what is true or true what is untrue. The universe does
care about you. The universe is set up to work on your behal f. And the
universe is capable  of bringing miraculous transformation to any situation
of broke nness or lack. Regardless of what has happened in your life, the
universe is able and prepared to bring you comfort and repair. You are loved, and your purpose is to love. From a mind filled with
infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have the
power to think in ways that reflect and attract all the love in the world. Such
thinking is called enlightenmen t. Enlightenment is not a proce ss we work
toward, but a choice available to us in any instant. Enlightenment is the answer to every problem. In any situation where you
seem to be at the effect of forces over which you have no control, remember
that God dwells within your mind, and there are no forces over which He
has no control. Therefore, through His power within you, there are no
mortal conditions over which you are powerless. Whenever your good is
obscured by the appearances of a nonloving world, the universe is
programmed to lift you out of that condition and return you to an abundant
state. As an expressio n of divine perfe ction, the universe is both self-or ganizing
and self-correcting. To whatever  extent your mind is aligned with love, you
will receive divine compensation for any lack in your material existence. From spiritual substance will come material manifestation. This is not just a
theory; it is a fact. It is a law by which the universe operates. I call it the
Law of Divine Compensation. Just as there are objective, discernible laws of external phenomena, so
there are objective, discernible  laws of internal phenomena. The law of
gravity, for instance, is not just a “belief. ” It is true whether or not you
believe it. Spirit ual laws are not just beliefs, either; they are descriptions of
how consciousness operates. Once we know this law—that there is a natural tendency of the universe to
improve all things—then we lean naturally into the arms of God and allowHim to lift us up. We surrender our thoughts, then He uplifts our thoughts,
then our experiences change. The practical issue is whether we choose thoughts that activate or
deactivate the Law of Divine Compensation. We activate it with every
loving thought. We deactivate it when we give more credence to the reality
and power of the material world than to the reality and power of love. If our circumstances tempt us to think thoughts such as, “I must not be
good enough,” “I will never have another chance,” “It will take forever for
this to right itself,” or “I hate whoever is to blame for this,” then miracles,
though they are programmed into the nature of the universe, cannot make
their way into our awareness. With every thought we think, we either
summon or block a miracle. It is not our circumstances, then, but rather our thoughts about our
circumstances, that determine our power to transform them. The Law of Divine Compensation applies equally to all situatio ns, but in
this book we will focus on its application to money and the lack thereof. In
a time of economic uncertainty—when circumstances make it particularly
tempting to believe in the scarcity of the material plane over the abundance
of the spiritual—our capacity to think differently is the miracle-worker ’s
edge. Bills stare you in the face. Foreclosure looms. Credit is wrecked. Jobs
aren’ t available. And with all that comes chaos on many fronts. Who
doesn’ t need a miracle then. If you identify only with your body and its reality, rather than with your
spirit and its reality, then you’re tempted to think that diminished material
assets somehow diminish who you are. But you are not merely a being of
the material world; you are a being of unlimited spirit. And in spirit there is
no lack. You are not lacking just because your circumstances are. If your core belief is “I lack” and you carry that belief with you, then you
will subconsciou sly perpetuate or create the circumstances that reflect the
belief. But your circumstances are completely malleable: they simply
reflect the dictates of your mind. Regardless of what limits exist  in your material world, your immutable
truth is that you are an unlimited spiritual being. By remembering this, you
summon the Law of Divine Compensation. You are a loving  idea in the Mind of God. Circumstances shou ld not and
need not tempt you to believe otherwise. The universe showe rs you with
love not because of what you have done or not done, but because of who
you are. Think of the universe itself as a personal love note from God to
you. God is love, and in sharing His love you share His power. By aligning
yourself with thoughts of infinite love for yourself and others, you gain
dominion over the lower thought forms of the world. In a material sense, your situation might indeed be bleak. You might have
been given a raw deal, even been betrayed by others. You yourself might
have made a huge mistake. Still, what matters is what you think now: Are
you lingering in the past, or are you allowing for a miracle in the present. Are you blaming yourself and others, or blessing yourself and others. Are
you clinging to your faith in the reality of the disaster, or opening your
mind to the possibility of a miracle. Realign your thoughts with the
thoughts of God, and in any given instant the universe is ready to begin
again. The laws of time and space are more malleable than we think. Mistakes and wrong turns need not throw us off. The capacity for
correction is built into the unive rse, just as it is into the working s of a GPS. If you’v e progra mmed an address into your GPS but then take a different
turn than it recommends, the GPS automatically creates a new route. And so
does the universe. Perhaps you thought you’d get to where you wanted to be financially
through achieving a certain credential, doing a particular job, or making a
particular inves tment. But then something happened: the economy
worsened, you made a mistake, or someone else did. The Law of Divine
Compensation gives us the assurance that the universe will simply create a
new route. What is lacking shall become abundant, and what is wounded
shall be healed. From “out of the blue”—or miracle-mindedness—miracles
will flow forth naturally. Why. Because perfection is your etern al home, to
which the universe is program med to return you whenever you have
deviated, for whatever reason, from the thoughts that get and keep you
there. That is how loved you are.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the most important decision we make, according to Albert Einstein?,
A: Whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.
Q: What is the main principle of A Course in Miracles?,
A: The relinquishment of fear and the acceptance of love into our hearts to replace it.
Q: What is the Law of Divine Compensation, according to the author?,
A: It is the natural operation of the universe, stating that only love is real, and our thoughts about our circumstances determine our power to transform them.
Q: What is the author's message about the power of faith?,
A: Faith is not just a theological principle, but a mental and emotional muscle that gives us the power to transcend our current circumstances and invoke a miracle.
Q: What is the author's advice for dealing with guilt and negative self-concepts?,
A: To acknowledge the mistake, take responsibility for it, and forgive oneself, and then ask for guidance from a higher power to correct the situation.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>The time it takes for the materia l world to reflect our shift from fear-based
to miracle-mind ed thinking is symbolized in the Old Testament by the forty
years it took for the Israelites, after fleeing their slave condition, to reach
the Promised Land. It is expressed in the New Testament by the three days
after the


 what you’re about to do is going to have a
deleterious ef fect on your body, then you’re doing precisely what
Kazantzakis sug gests—you’re p assionately believing in something that still
does not  exist. That is, your unh ealthy bodily reaction to what y ou’re about
to do is only a thought, not a material reality. However, by ho lding on to
that thought, you facilitate the process of indeed making it yo ur material
reality. Now suppose that you decide t o passionately believe in something that
doesn’ t yet exist, and that something is you  in a perfectly healthy body
comprised enti rely of the well-being that characterized it when it
materialized into  a physical sou l. Moreover, you include a belief that your
body is capable of converting any fuel that it receives into healthy, happy
cells—a radical idea, perhaps, b ecause so many people believe something
to th e contrary. Nevertheless, yo u passionately decide to believe this, even
though the reality doesn’ t yet exist. As you adopt the idea that your  brain and body are more than c apable of
converting any fuel into healthy, happy cells, you begin the  process of
looking around for evidence that supports your belief, rather than attaching
yourself to contrary, non-health-producing belief systems. Y es,  you  now  say,
ther e ar e many people who get what they want, when they want; and who
pay no attention to diets, who do n’ t obsessively weigh themselve s every day,
and who  ar e not only at a normal weight, but ar e happy in their own skin. I’m going to think like they do for a while and see if it works. As you engage in this radically new idea, guess what begins to happen. Y ou act ually begin to alter you r eating behaviors. Why. Because eating
healthy food in smaller portions  feels good, and feeling good is what your
tenth-rung desire is all about. But it has to star t with a thought that feels good, and it is this: Whatever I
eat is okay. I’l l instruct my b rain and my body chemistry to convert
whatever I eat into health. Y ou have a whole new cycle of thinking toexamine, and this new way of thinking passionately about som ething that
still doesn’ t exist applies to being physically in shape as well. Shaping Up Your Out-of-Balance Thinking
So what are you r beliefs about w hat it takes to be in shape and physically
healthy. Is it necessary for a person to suf fer every day and g o through a
rigorous workout routine in order to be in good health physically. These are
commonly held beliefs that sho uld be challenged if you’re seeking a more
balanced life. Y our wish is for a body that looks and feels terrific—that’ s
the tenth-rung desire. So what kind of thoughts do you entertain in order to reach th is desire. All too often y our thoughts go something like this: I’m not an active
person. It doesn’ t matter how much I exer cise—I still can’ t get the weight off
and get in shap e. I hate runn ing and sweating. I’m not destined to be
athletic. These beliefs, and many like them, keep you on the bottom rungs
of that ladder. M oreover, they contribute enormously to the obesity crisis,
and to the exist ence of so much  lifestyle-related disease that originates in
this kind of collective thinking. When y ou change your thoughts, and what you believe about what’ s
possible for you, you change everything, including your physiology. Y ou
need to fervently believe that  you’re a specimen of perfect health by
creating that picture of yourself as looking and feeling great. Carrying this
image w herever you go and be lieving passionately in its reality is a total
thought-changer. Now the  inner dialogue will sound more like this: I’m headed in the
dir ection of perfect health. I ha ve no shame or guilt about myself or my
behavior. If I ch oose to be a couch potato, I’ll be a healthy, tri m, beautiful
couch p otato. I love my body. I ’m going to take gr eat car e of i t because it
houses t he sacr e d being that I am. As you begin this new ritual of changing
the way you look at your body, the body that you’re looking at will change. Y ou’ve been immersed in a cul ture that promotes how you sh ould feel
about y our body, based on co mmercial endeavors that want to realize
profits from your dissatisfaction with yourself. The sales pitch is that if you
don’ t look like a supermodel, you should feel some remorse. Right there we
have the beginnings of eating disorders, obesity, and weaken ed physical
constitutions. W hen you buy in to this kind of collective brainwashing, you
set yourself up f or a great imbalance between your desire to have a healthy
body that feels great, and daily self-defeating behaviors leading  to ill health
and feeling exhausted and out of shape. Remember that you become wha t you think about. Why think of yourself
in any way that leads to less -than-perfect health. What’ s the point in
looking at your body in its curre nt condition of disrepair and tak ing on a set
of beliefs guaranteed to make matters worse. Here’ s a  radically new option for you. Believe passionately in what
doesn’ t yet exist, and recall Kazantzakis’ s observation that “the nonexistent
is whatever we have not suf ficiently desired. ” Y ou can adopt a belief system
that’ s so well balanced that no one, and not any social pressure, can weigh it
down or put it out of range of your self-love and reverence for the sacred
temple that is your body. Then  you can experience what it feels like to
passionately believe in somethi ng that doesn’ t yet exist. That new belief
system i s going to be the balance point allowing you to enjoy  a friendly,
loving, h ealthy relationship wit h your body, and alter any self-sabotaging
behavior. Acting on Your New Passionate Belief in Something
That Doesn’t Exist. Yet. As your beliefs go, so goes your behavior. When you’re able to see
yourself as a D ivine creation who emanated from a Sour ce of pure
unconditional love, with a total absence of shame or self-repudiation, your
body has no choice but to enjoy the trip. Whatever you decide to  eat, if your
thoughts are: It’ s my intention  that this food be converted to ener gy that will
make my  body feel vigor ous and str ong,  your body will begin to respon d inkind. On ce you remove the old beliefs that fostered feeling anxious, guilty,
worried, and even fearful, you r brain begins producing chemicals that
return you to a balance of feeling good and creating a healthy body. Y es, I’m  saying that by reprogramming your thinking to align with your
desire to be and feel healthy, you can and will alter the unhealthy behaviors
that produced ill health and bein g out of balance. This is a func tion of law. Here’ s how W illiam James, the father of modern psychology, put it:
There is a law in psychology that if you form a
picture in your mind of what you would like to be,
and you keep and you hold that picture there long
enough, you will soon become exactly
as you have been thinking. Such is the aw esome power of our thoughts. But I’m als o saying
something that goes beyond thi s idea of your body acting automatically in
response to your reprogrammed thinking. As you begin to balance
stereotypical exp ectations for your body that are out of harmony with your
desire to be healthy and feel great, you’ll notice another automa tic reaction:
Y our be haviors will begin to spontaneously seek to balance with your
expressed desires. It may happen gradually, but there it is—you see yourself not living in
fear or overly f ocused on your appearance. This wonderful awareness of
self-acceptance combines with a strong desire to treat your body with
respect. Y our eating habits shif t without making a conscious decision to
change a nything. Y ou stop counting calories and simply enjoy what you’re
eating, knowing  that you can trust the inherent spiritual wi sdom that’ s
programmed into your DNA, your connection to the Source that  created the
baby you once were. Y ou’ve found a better way to ba lance and enjoy your life by trusting your
thoughts to attract the health yo u desire. Y ou’re able to relax and enjoy this
journey. By consciously having Spirit weigh in through the ene r gy of your
thoughts, you’v e tipped the balance in favor of your desires. Y our ego,
which id entifies with your body, has been relegated to a less do minant role. Spirit has no exc ess fat, indigestion, hunger pangs, or overeating  habits, and
this is where you’re now choosing to make your stand. Y ou’re choosing  thoughts that are in harmony with your originating
Spirit, an d in so doing there’ s no  room for being unhealthy. Bec ause you’re
more at peace in your thoughts,


 muscles, a redu ction of lactic acid buildup, and stronger
overall perform ance, including longer endurance and a lower risk of
inflammation and injury. But of course the catch is that h igh-altitude
training is not available to most  of us—which brings me to the goal of this
book. Y ou don’ t need to go to the mountain. The mountain can come to you. I w ill show you  how to make this happen through simple tec hniques
that in ef fect tak e you up a mile high. By learning how to sim ulate high-
altitude training, you will increase the oxygen-carrying capac ity of your
bloodstream, allowing your red blood cells to fuel new capabilities. Additionally, it will help you to  sustain sharper psychological focus during
physical activity as you become less conscious of the act of breathing. This
will free you to  devote more a ttention to maintaining proper form while
exercising or formulating strategy in a competitive sport. If you reduce your breathing and properly regulate the amount of air
you take  in, you will teach your body to breathe more ef ficien tly, and youwill become healthier. No matter what your athletic baseline is to begin
with, better breathing will revo lutionize your fitness, your endurance, and
your performan ce. I know this  for a fact because I have ex perienced it
myself. I was once a chronic overbreather. Back in 1997 I  was an execu tive in the corporate world, b ut since
childhood I had experienced poor health as a result of asthma. My identity
was bas ed on everything that I wasn’ t. I wasn’ t fit, I wasn’ t he althy, and I
wasn’ t confiden t. I looked despe rately for a solution to my health problems. Then I found it. My life change d forever when I discovered the work of the late Dr. Konstantin Bu teyko, a brilliant Russian physician who conducted
groundbreaking research to determine the optimal breathing for astronauts
during t he Soviet Space Race. The Cold W ar had trapped his pioneering
methods on the other side of th e Iron Curtain, but, starting in  the 1990s,
they beg an to be known in the r est of the world. Using breathing exercises
based on Buteyko’ s teachings, I successfully reversed my own sleep-
disordered breathing and chronic asthma, fully recovering from the
conditions I had suf fered from my whole life. Inspired, I left m y corporate
job and trained directly under Dr. Buteyko. Thanks to his work, my life
underwent a profound transformation. When you experience something like
that, it’ s impossible not to wa nt to share it. In my case, sh aring it has
become my passion and my profession. Over the last thirteen years I have built on Dr. Buteyko’ s inn ovative
approach and developed the Oxygen Advantage program not only for
significantly improving asthma control but also for helping to improve
anyone’ s health and fitness. I have worked with more than five thousand
individuals, running the gamut from lifelong couch potatoes to ripped-ab
Olympians. I’d like to tell you three stories about people whose lives radically
changed because they learned  how to stop overbreathing. One is a
competitive athlete, one is a ne wly converted fitness junkie, and one was
just trying to lose weight and to become a little healthier. Br eathing ExcessivelyIn the Croke Park arena in Dublin, where I’m from, more than eighty
thousand fans regularly crowd  into the stadium to watch their favorite
football teams compete. Every game feels like Super Bowl Sun day at “the
Croker. ” Irish football is more than a sporting event—it’ s a passion, a way
of life, and a s ource of national pride. While the players are  considered
semiprofessional, management spends considerable sums of money on the
latest sp orts technology for the team members and closely monitors their
lifestyle and physiological parameters, 24-7. If a player eats a french fry
late at night, management knows. I me t David when he was a ris ing star at Croke Park. He was twenty
years old and tr ained five days a week with his team. He was in excellent
physical shape, but he frequently succumbed to breathlessness and
experienced nasal congestion and coughing. There was nothing more
exhilarating for David than to play in front of a packed stadium, but after
every ga me he was dogged by a barking cough, and his lungs f elt like they
were full of junk. He worked hard at his training and even harder at hiding
his symp toms from his coaches and their electronic monitors. Finally David
paid a visit to his doctor and was prescribed medication, w hich helped
slightly, but he still struggled to keep up with his fellow players and still
worried that he would be dropped from the team if his coaches found out
about his dif ficulties. When I first started working  with David, he displayed all the
characteristics of a person who was breathing far more tha n his body
required. He breathed heavily and through his mouth, even while resting. He was getting oxygen into hi s lungs but too much, and he wasn’ t self-
regulating in the way that was natural—and indispensable—for a
competitive athlete. Through bad habits accumulated over th e years, his
body was out of sync with his br eath, and he had become unable  to meet his
own needs for CO 2. I we nt through my program wit h David, and he practiced the e xercises
exactly a s described in this boo k: reduced breathing, breath holding during
training, and keeping his mout h closed at night to train him to breathe
through his nose. T oday, David is one of the star players on his team and no
longer h as to hide his breathless ness from his coach. But he still has to hide
his love of french fries. Like David, many competitive athletes breathe excessively, re gardless
of how many years they have sp ent training. For some, no matter how hard
they trai n, they will never attain their ideal fitness. In addition, in order to
maintain their fitness, they will n eed to train more than their peers. The first
time athletes hear of the ef fects of chronic overbreathing it can  take a little
while to sink in, although of ten it comes as a revelation, answering
questions that have been at the backs of their minds for years and giving
them a whole ne w understanding of their training. By incorporating simple
practices into your existing train ing program, you can enjoy a more intense
workout withou t putting extra strain on your lungs. One factor that
dif ferentiates eli te athletes from others is their ability to exercise at a higher
intensity with reduced breathlessness. This book will he lp you to
understand the factors that allow oxygen to be released to or gans and
working muscles, enabling you to improve running economy (lowering of
ener gy e xpended during running ) and increase “VO 2  max” (the maximum
capacity of the body to transport and use oxygen). Throughout the years I have wit nessed miraculous results with all types
of athletes, including rugby players, soccer players, runners, cyclists,
swimmers, and Olympic competitors. So many of these athle tes suf fered
from excessive breathlessness, weak diaphragms, and inef ficien t breathing,
and the dif feren ce ef ficient breathing brought to their athletic ability has
been nothing short of amazing t o witness. Developing body strength while
ignoring breathi ng ef ficiency is counterproductive, and this book will show
you how  to build your respirat ory stamina alongside any athletic training
program. Harnessing Explosive Athletic Potential
While David’ s story is powerful, don’ t think that better breathing
techniques only benefit elite athletes. They can be just as transformative for
“normal” people and, in fact, are often more so. T ake the case of Doug. Doug is a high-p owered American professional in his midforties. Since
childhood he battled asthma, an d he never considered himself an athlete. Doug’ s b rother, on the other han d, was the jock. When they were kids they
would g o to the park, where h is brother played basketball with their dadwhile D oug just  watched. Doug always felt like there was something wrong
with his body. He did manage to row crew in college for a year, trying to
follow in his father ’ s footsteps, but after each training run, his lungs would
scream for mercy. His aerobic capacity—or lack thereof—limited him,
keeping an athletic lifestyle out of reach. But finally, when his father started
to become frail, he resolved to take action so that he would be around for
his own kids and grandkids. Doug started running, but he f ell into his habitual gasping for breath
after just a ha ndful of steps. He realized he needed to rebuild his
cardiovascular fitness from the ground up, and that’ s when he contacted me. By inco rporating the simple program described in this book into a busy
work an d family  life, he started  making progress. From being able to run
only ten  feet with his mouth cl osed, he progressed to running


. She had, quite logically within her own reality, decided to kill mewith a butcher knife in self-defense before I succeeded in killing her. I had todisarm Christine several times, hide all the household knives, change my sleepingspot frequently, and generally stay sufficiently awake at night to respond to slight,creaky sounds that could indicate the approach of stealthily placed small barefeet. With orthomolecular treatment Christine improved but also became more
difficult to live with as she got better. For example, when she came out ofcatatonic-like immobility, she became extremely promiscuous, and wasdetermined to sleep with my husband. In fact she kept crawling into bed with himwith no clothes on. Either we had to forcefully remove her or the bed would behanded over to her—without a resident man. Christine then decided (logically)that I was an obstacle to her sex life, and once more set out to kill me. This stagealso passed, eventually and Christine got tolerably well. Christine’s healing process is quite typical and demonstrates why
orthomolecular treatment is not popular. As a psychotic genuinely improves, theiraberrated behavior often becomes more aggressive initially and thus, harder tocontrol. It seems far more convenient for all concerned to suppress psychoticbehavior with stupefying drugs. A drugged person can be controlled when they’rein a sort of perpetual sedation but then, they never get genuinely well, either. Another early patient, Elizabeth, gave me a particularly valuable lesson, one
that changed the direction of my career away from curing insanity and towardregular medicine. Elizabeth was a catatonic schizophrenic who did not speak ormove, except for some waxy posturing. She had to be fed, dressed and pottied.Elizabeth was a pretty little brunette who got through a couple of years of collegeand then spent several years in a state mental hospital. She had recently run away
from a hospital, and had been found wandering aimlessly or standing rigidly,
apparently staring fixedly at nothing. The emergency mental health facility in asmall city nearby called me up and asked if I would take her. I said I would, anddrove into town to pick her up. I found Elizabeth in someone’s back yard staringat a bush. It took me three hours to persuade her to get in my car, but that effortturned out to be the easiest part of the next months. Elizabeth would do nothing for herself, including going to the bathroom. I
managed to get some nutrition into her, and change her clothes, but that wasabout all I could do. Eventually she wore me down; I drifted off for an hour’s napinstead of watching her all night. Elizabeth slipped away in the autumn darknessand vanished. Needless to say, when daylight came I desperately searched thebuildings, the yard, gardens, woods, and even the nearby river. I called in amissing person report and the police looked as well. We stopped searching aftera week because there just wasn’t any place else to look. Then, into my kitchen,right in front of our round eyes and gaping mouths, walked a smiling, pleasant,talkative young woman who was quite sane. She said, “Hello I’m Elizabeth! I’m sorry I was such a hassle last week, and
thank you for trying to take care of me so well. I was too sick to know anybetter.” She said she had gone out our back door the week before and crawledunder a pile of fallen leaves on the ground in our back yard with a black tarp overthem. We had looked under the tarp at least fifty times during the days past, butnever thought to look under the leaves as well. This amazing occurrence made my head go bong to say the least; it was
obvious that Elizabeth had not been “schizophrenic” because of her genetics, norbecause of stress, nor malnutrition, nor hypoglycemia, nor because of any of thecauses of mental illness I had previously learned to identify and rectify, butbecause of food allergies. Elizabeth was spontaneously cured because she’d hadnothing to eat for a week. The composting pile of leaves hiding her had producedenough heat to keep her warm at night and the heap contained sufficient moisture
to keep her from getting too dehydrated. She looked wonderful, with clear shiny
blue eyes, clear skin with good color, though she was slightly slimmer than when Ihad last seen her. I then administered Coca’s Pulse Test (see the Appendix) and quickly
discovered Elizabeth was wildly intolerant to wheat and dairy products. Followingthe well known health gurus of that time like Adelle Davis, I had self-righteouslybeen feeding her homemade whole wheat bread from hand-ground Organicwheat, and homemade cultured yogurt from our own organically-fed goats. Butby doing this I had only maintained her insanity. Elizabeth was an intelligent youngwoman, and once she understood what was causing her problems, she had notrouble completely eliminating certain foods from her diet. She shuddered at thethought that had she not come to my place and discovered the problem, shewould probably have died on the back ward of some institution for the chronicallymentally ill.
As for me, I will always be grateful to her for opening my eyes and mind a little
wider. Elizabeth’s case showed me why Russian schizophrenics put on a 30 daywater fast had such a high recovery rate. I also remembered all the esotericbooks I had read extolling the benefits of fasting. I also remembered twooccasions during my own youth when I had eaten little or nothing forapproximately a month each without realizing that I was “fasting.” And doing thishad done me nothing but good. Once when I was thirteen my mother sent my “little” brother and I to a
residential fundamentalist bible school. I did not want to go there, although mybrother did; he had decided he wanted to be a evangelical minister. I hated bibleschool because I was allowed absolutely no independence of action. We wererequired to attend church services three times a day during the week, and fiveservices on Sunday. As I became more and more unhappy, I ate less and less; inshort order I wasn’t eating at all. The school administration became concernedafter I had dropped about 30 pounds in two months, notified my mother and sent
me home. I returned to at-home schooling. I also resumed eating. I fasted one other time for about a month when I was 21. It happened because
I had nothing to do while visiting my mother before returning to University excepthelp with housework and prepare meals. The food available in the backwoods ofcentral B.C. didn’t appeal to me because it was mostly canned vegetables,canned milk, canned moose meat and bear meat stews with lots of gravy andgreasy potatoes. I decided to pass on it altogether. I remember rather enjoyingthat time as a fine rest and I left feeling very good ready to take on the world fullforce ahead. At that time I didn’t know there was such a thing as fasting, it justhappened that way. After Elizabeth went on her way, I decided to experimentally fast myself. I
consumed only water for two weeks. But I must have had counter intentions tothis fast because I found myself frequently having dreams about sugared plums,and egg omelets, etc. And I didn’t end up feeling much better after this fast wasover (although I didn’t feel any worse either), because I foolishly broke the fastwith one of my dream omelets. And I knew better! Every book I’d ever read onfasting stated how important it is to break a fast gradually, eating only easy-to-digest foods for days or weeks before resuming one’s regular diet. From this experiment I painfully learned how important it is to break a fast
properly. Those eggs just didn’t feel right, like I had an indigestible stone in mybelly. I felt very tired after the omelet, not energized one bit by the food. Iimmediately cut back my intake to raw fruits and vegetables while the eggscleared out of my system. After a few days on raw food I felt okay, but I neverdid regain the shine I had achieved just before I resumed eating. This is one of the many fine things about fasting, it allows you to get in much
better communication with your own body, so that you can hear it when it objectsto something you’re putting in it or doing to it. It is not easy to acquire this degreeof sensitivity to your body unless you remove all food for a sufficiently longperiod; this allows the body to get a word in edgewise that we are willing and
able to listen to. Even when we do hear the body protesting, we frequently decide
to turn a deaf ear, at least until the body starts producing severe pain or someother symptom that we can’t ignore. Within a few years after Elizabeth’s cure I had handily repaired quite a few
mentally ill people in a harmless way no one had heard of; many new people wereknocking at my door wanting to be admitted to my drug free, home-basedtreatment program. So many in fact that my ability to accommodate them wasoverwhelmed. I decided that it was necessary to move to a larger facility and webought an old, somewhat rundown estate that I called Great Oaks School ofHealth because of the magnificent oak trees growing in the front yard. At Great Oaks initially I continued working with psychotics, employing fasting
as a tool, especially in those cases with obvious food allergies as identified byCoca’s Pulse Test, because it only takes five days for a fasting body to eliminateall traces of an allergic food substance and return to normal functioning. If theperson was so severely hypoglycemic that they were unable to tolerate a waterfast, an


 can take a very long time to heal. I was excited to find an
example that had just occurred as a result of trauma - she had knocked her leg against the sharp corner of some furniture. I saw it within a few hours of the accident happening and after
cleaning the wound, persuaded my nursing staff to apply Aloe Vera twice a day under a moist
dressing. The speed of healing was quite remarkable with no sign of infection, which is the dreaded complication. I am pleased to say that the nurses were also impressed and would like to use it
again on some of their cases which stubbornly refuse to heal. Quite remarkably this ulcer
healed with minimal scarring, a typical feature of Aloe treatment. If a result such as this is indeed consistent, then the Aloe Vera approach could save the
National Health Service an awful lot of money. Other workers also report excellent results with burns and ulcers and in the USA it is
regularly used in some major burns units. Thromboxanes and Prostaglandins are known to effect:

i) platelet aggregation
ii) leukocyte adherence
iii) vasoconstriction
In Japan since 1976, Professor Keisuke Fujita has been studying the Bradykininase
activity in a natural Aloe - Aloe Vera Arborescens. He concluded that the anti-
inflammatory enzyme he described was a serine carboxypeptidase which hydrolyse
d
Bradykinin and Angiotensin l, a vasopressor, in vitro. A later paper from 1993, reinforced the view that this enzyme is one of the key factors
involved in the pharmacological effectiveness of Aloe. Aloe also contains Salicylic aci
d
which is both analgesic and anti-inflammatory due to the inhibition of prostaglandin
synthesis. Other agents which also contribute to the anti-inflammatory effect, found by the Japanese
workers, are thought to be plant hormones, Lectin like substances such as Aloctin A foun
d
by Saito et al in 1982. One of the most satisfying aspects of general practice is that we get to know our patients and
share with them some of the intimate and often amusing events in life. For example, I once gave an elderly gentleman some Aloe for this arthritis and asked to see him two weeks later. When he returned he looked happy and so I suggested that the Aloe must have improved his
condition. "No," he said. "it's about the same - but I whistle when I walk now and my wife
says that I haven't done that for twenty years." Another chap, a retired dustman, stopped me in the street to tell me how pleased he was that
I'd given his wife some Aloe to help her asthma. "It's improved it then, has it?" I asked, to
which he replied "Yeah, her asthma is great, Doc', but so's my sex life - she can't get enough
of me!" "I'm really pleased for you," I said, trying hard not to smile as I noticed two litres of Aloe Vera gel in his shopping basket. Aloe Vera is extremely safe and non-toxic and I think that virtually all people who react to
Aloe Vera are probably reacting to the vehicle or additives necessary to preserve it. Of course,
someone, somewhere must be allergic to Aloe Vera but, throughout the years, it has consistently been reported as very safe. Most commonly, allergic reactions are due to such
added substances as lanolin or parabens in the creams, sandalwood or propolis itself. I have
seen only one reaction to a drink, that was a hyperactive effect, the most likely culprit being
the sodium benzoate used as a preservative. The leading authority on toxicology in this country is the Poisons Unit at Guy's Hospital in
London and, when asked about Aloe Vera, they admitted they had very little on file, only that some whole leaf products had been shown to produce abdominal pains and diarrhoea in some
people. (I will explain the difference between the gel and whole leaf Aloe juice in a later
chapter.) I believe the only possible source of toxicity would be the anthraquinone fraction; in high concentration. But this level does not exist in the products sold as tonics or health drinks, and
I believe them to be perfectly safe. Aloe Vera preparations have been sold in the USA for
many years and, before going on sale to the general public, any American product has to pass
the strict Food and Drugs Administration tests for safety before it can be sold as a food, in
which group it is classed. No products are licensed yet to be sold as medicines in the UK. Allergy to Aloe Vera

Only one form of pure reaction to Aloe Vera has been documented and that is discoid o r
Nummular Eczema following ingestion of the gel. Reduced Pigment Formation

Melanin is formed from the amino acid Tyrosine which is converted by the enzyme
Tyrosinase to Dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). This is then polymerised to form melanin. Aloe Vera through its anthraquinone fraction possesses anti-tyrosinase activity thereb y
reducing skin pigmentation. A preparation containing Aloesin is sold in the Far East for the
sole purpose of lightening Asian skin. I have not discussed the use of Aloe Vera in cosmetics where it is designed to nourish the skin
and retard the effects of ageing. It is widely used and the 'with Aloe Vera' handle is becoming
much more common. Boots the Chemist and Body Shop have used it for a while, but recently Gillette has added Aloe Vera to one of their products to make shaving more pleasant for men. The combination of high quality Aloe in skin preparations firstly helps to moisturise and
smooth the skin. It penetrates the skin, bringing about anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing
effects, this includes the reduction and sometimes eradication of 'liver spots' on older skin. Secondly, after penetration, it stimulates the fibroblasts in the dermis to produce more
collagen and elastin, thereby reducing the tendency to wrinkles which occur as a result of
reduced collagen levels. Finally, it enhances skin's immune system and therefore lessens the tendency to damage from ultraviolet rays. Finally, before leaving the subject of skin it must be said that even Aloe Vera can have some
side effects but, far from being harmful, they are generally welcomed. Women in particular,
after several weeks of using the gel, often remark that their nails grow faster, and are not so brittle; that their hair also grows faster and looks healthier and that because Aloe Vera has a
vasodilatory effect (opening the blood vessels in the skin) they can develop rosy cheeks. People who are told they look well, generally feel well. The Digestive Tract

The other major organ system where Aloe consistently helps is in the digestive tract, from
simple dyspepsia or indigestion and heartburn, to reported cases of it healing peptic ulcers,
but I have no personal experience of the latter. Many ulcers are now known to be due to
bacterium called Helicobacter Pylori and it would be interesting to see what effect Aloe Vera
has on this bug. (I am trying to organise some in vitro testing at the time of writing.) If it were
to be seen to kill this organism and bring about the healing of these ulcers, we would see an explosion in the demand for Aloe Vera and it would save the National Health Service the
huge amount of money spent on courses of antibiotics used to eradicate the organism. As I've said, in the past, Aloe Vera was used widely as a purgative and an aid to digestion
generally, so it is not surprising that sufferers from inflammatory bowel conditions like colitis and diverticulitis have reported great results with regular ingestion of Aloe Vera. It must be
stressed, however, that their symptoms tend to return after stopping the drink so taking Aloe
Vera gel has to be an on-going habit. These conditions are well known for relapsing and
remitting, and for some people who have suffered regularly from these unpleasant complaints,
the reduced frequency and severity of the relapses has been benefit enough. I am often asked
 if Aloe Vera is available as a suppository but, as far as I'm aware, it is not as yet - but perhaps
it's in the pipeline!! One condition that I think deserves special mention is the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It
is the commonest disorder of the bowel in the industrialised western world and the most
frequent cause for referral to gastroenterologists by family doctors. It is estimated that there may be more than five million sufferers in the UK alone. Irritable bowel syndrome is a collection of symptoms that vary from person to person but the
most common features are abdominal pains, constipation or diarrhoea with abdominal
bloating or with the passage of mucous. There is no effect on general health and the sufferers usually maintain their weight. But it can be an extremely debilitating and embarrassing
condition, and can at times prevent sufferers from going outside and getting on with their
work or, indeed, their life. Often it is associated with a stress-related emotional upset or
depression and may be combined with other 'irritable' organs such as the bladder. Conventional treatment is not terribly effective and depends on dietary change, usually with
an increase in fibre, antidiarrhoeal or bulking agents, antispasmodic drugs, antidepressants and psycho/ hypn


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tures is also described and an3iysed. The radiopaque
"B, zone mainly represent s electroosmotic accumula
tion of water during an electropositive phase of polar-ization of the tumour. The "B" zone can be distin·
guished from focal thickening of the pleurn, atelecta·
sis, neoplastic extension to the pleura and a previously
undescribed finding called a pleural retraction pocket. This latter finding is produced by hydropenic rctrac·
tion of fibrous radiating structures during anodic (elec·
tropositive) driving phase of the tumour. As overlying
visceral pleura is retrncted, an intrapleurnl pocket re·
mains filled with pleural fluid. Further radiographic
signs named lamellae and inftltrated strands are also
described and analysed. Radiographically observed corona structures are not
specific for any kind of lung tumour, benign or malig
nant. This unexpected result Jed to consideration of
the possibility that we here arc encountering a more
general biologic mechanism (which later on developed
into the concept of BCEC). Clinical and experimental studies of the corona
transformation in lung tissue imply strongly that cor·
responding pathophysiological mechanisms ought to
be found in other organs as well. To test this possibil·
ity, the human female brea.st was selected for study. Mammary structure and function obviously differ con·
sidernbly from pulmonary structure and function. The
breast has the additional advantage that it is easily
accessible for in vivo radiograp hic-pathologic correl·
ative studies. Corona structures around breast cancers can be
shown rndiographically rather commonly. These struc
tural changes are the same as those seen around lung
tumours, including "A" and "B" zones, arches and
arcades, radiating structures, circular displacemems of tis·
sue structures and retractum of certain fibrotic compo·
nents within the radiating structures. Electric potential measurements (with nonpolariza·
ble Ag-AgCI electrodes over KCI bridges) were also
performed, which showed that reproducible potemial
differences could be demonstrat ed between tumour and
surrounding tissue in certain instances of breast cancers. Like lung tumours the polarity of the tumour was
sometimes electronegative, sometimes electropos itive,
in relation to surrounding tissue. Mammary tissue water in relation to fat was shown
in in vitro and in vivo experiments to move from the
anode toward the cathode in an electricall y closed
circuit. This movement produces radiographica lly de
tectable differences of attenuation between hydropic
and hydropenic fat tissue. Fat and water were then measured quantitatively in
"A" and "B" zones after in vitro electrophore sis of
dog fat tissue. High fat content and low water content
appeared in "A" zones. High water and relatively low
fat content were found in "B" zones. When electrone·
gative fat is mobilized adjacent to the cathode in elec
trophoresis, it moves interstitially toward the anode
and there enters the fat cells. This movement is, how-ever, countered by that of fat from the anodic field,
which obtains a reversed polarity under influence of
anodic acidity. Eventually the moving fat boundaries
will meet in the middle as a zone of cathodic and
anodic fat. In vivo electrophore tic experiments in
breast fat of dogs with quantitative determinations of
relative fat and water content indicate that spontane
ous development of radiograp hic "A" and HB" zones
around a brttl$1 tumour can be explained as ;, vivo
electrophoretic transports over a BCEC. Quantitative fat·
water determinations around human breast cancers
were found to support this hypothesis. Circumferential structures around breast masses,
which may be berugn but are usually malignant, con·
stitute a new radiographic sign, which should focus the
physician's attention to a centrally located process
which may be a carcinoma. These structures around a
breast cancer are USL!ally produced by realignment of
interlobular fat septa. Sometimes peritumoural vessels
are narrowed and positioned in a circular fashion, very
similar to the findings seen around focal lesions in the
lung. The mechanisms of these changes seem in prin
ciple to be the same for both lung and breast. Radiating structu<es around breast cancers often
contain both malignant cells and pathological vessels
close to the tumour. Farther out in breast tissue the
radiating structures contain fibrous tissue but not rna·
lignant cells. Some of the fibrous tissue is birefringent. Some of the non birefringent tissue is hygroscopic. A
theory is presented, supported by in vitro experi·
ments, that the hygroscopic tissue elements in radiati11g
structures shrink in the hydropenic "A" zone, produci11g
skin recractums. When the radiating structures reach
close to the skin, these retractions contribute to lower·
ing the local turgor pressure and facilitate the accumu
lation of tissue water in "skin thickening". The water,
it is suggested, moves to this hydropic "B" zone as an
electroosmotic trnnsport of fluid from driving anodic
to cathodic tissue within a spontaneously polarizing
BCEC. The well known.accumulation of white blood cells
both inside and around a carcinoma of the breast can
readily be explained as an electrophoretic pheno·
menon. Experimental support for this theory is pre·
sented. When a tumour polarizes spontaneously (as by
local necrosis or bleeding) and enters an electropositive
driving phase, compared to its surroundings, the elec
tronegative white blood cells will accumulate electrophor
etical/y over VICC channels. A pathologic ftnding, often recognized but hitherto
unexplained, is a red·yel/qwish zone in the fat tissue
around a malignant rumour. Similar changes of colour
of breast fat have been produced electrophor etically in
vivo in the dog and in vitro in human mammary fat
tissue around the anode. It was also found that the so
called atrophic fat tissue around breast cancers, well
Summary 7 known to pathologists, occurs adjacent to the electro·
pOsitive electrode in in vivo and in vitro electrophore·
sis. Fibrous tissue commonly develops around carcino
mas, by mechanisms previously poorly understood. Electropho resis of normal fat tissue from human fe
male breasts offers new approaches to the study of this
phenomenon. The application of closed electric cir·
cuits was found to transform tissue and cell elements
in breast fat tissue. Two types of new fibrous tissue
were found to develop in vitro. Anodic fibrous tissue appears microscopically to con·
tain many fibroblast-like cells and large amounts of
fibrous, partly birefringent, dense material. Irregular
or circular arrangements of the fibres are often seen. Trus material appears to develop inside interstitial
spaces at the time as fat cells loose their contents. Cathodic fibrous tissue appears microscopically to
form a delicate network (later it becomes more coarse)
of pardy birefringent material. It does not contain
fibroblast-like cells. This tissue looks as if it develops
by thickening of cell membrane s while other parts
atrophy. The intracellular material develops a reticular
panem of thin structures before it gradually disap
pears. Similar types of SpOntaneously developed fibro·
sis have also been found near cancers as regions of
well-developed anodic and cathodic fibrosis. Fibrotic tissue of different gross morphologic ap·
pearances can be produced. Thus, fibrous membranes
of anodic and cathodic t~s can be produced by using
flat electrodes. When these electrodes are provided
with small protrusions, which lead to electrical edge
enhancement, radiating fibrous structures develop. They
can often be observed as thin fibrous streaks of irregu
lar course between the electrodes in the in vitro speci·
men. Further variation of fibrotic tissue is obtained by
changing the polarity of the electrodes. This switch
has led to the development of mixed anodic and ca
thodic types of fibrous tissue. Inside newly devek>ped cathodic and anodic fibrosis, fat
cells undergo remarkable transformatiom and develop
structures which look lik.e primitive ductal and vascular
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CLINICAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND
THEORETICAL EVIDENCE FOR AN
ADDITIONAL CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
by
Bjorn E. W. Nordenstrom, M. D. Professor of Diagnostic Radiology


region through cell membranes which look intact to
light microscopic examination. The exit of fat from
cells leaves them appearin,g small and shrunken. Ca
thodic fat droplets appear in the interstitium and later
disappear from this region, which becomes pale and
yellow. This fat moves toward the anode, shown by
the analytic results, indicating that a bulk portion of
original fat material should be electronegative. Inter
stitially migrating electronegative fat then seems to
enter disrupted anodic fat cells, explaining their dis
tension and the many sites of what appear to be broken
cell membranes. The fat-water ratio in the cathodic
region is now lowered d11e to loss of fat and some
increase in electroosmotic accumulation of water, ac
cording to the analyses. The ratio is corresponding ly
elevated in the anodic regi.on due to inflow of electro
negative fat and electroosmotic loss of water. What happens, then? How can the liquid fat zone in
vitro be explained? It starts to develop close to the
anode and moves, increasing in thickness, toward the
mid-part of the electrophoretic chamber. Anodic fat in vitro and in vivo very close to the
anode must leave the fat cells, because these cells
appear small. Electronegative fat may partly be elec
trophoretica lly pulled out and become mixed with ca
thodic fat, which is moving toward the anode. This
explanation may account for the presence of freely
floating fat at the surface of the anode both in in vivo
and in vitro experiments- Fat disappears from the
anode probably because the anodic acidity, by proton
liberation, should change the polarity of fat from elec
tronegative to electroposi tive. Some of this fat can be
expected to move in the direction of the cathode. As
222 BCEC in cancer of the breast the electrophoresis continues, electropOSitive fat will
be produced and follow the migration and diffusion of
protons. This transport will leave anodic, small cells
behind and produce a zone of increasing distension of
fat cells where cathodic electronegat ive and anodic
electropos itive fat meet. The increasing thickness of
this zone, the distinct anodic and cathodic interphases,
and tendency to reach the mid-part of the electric field
can be explained in tltis way. When the turgor pres
sure is high enough, fat cells will rupture and develop
fat pools surrounded by small cathodic and small an
odic fat cells. This explanation of fat movement in the
electrophoretic chamber is in agreement with the well
known fact that a compound can change its polarity
according to surrounding acidity or alkalinity. Water can easily disappear in vivo by electroosmosis
from the anodic region, which therefore shrinks. Wa
ter will accumulate in the cathodic region, which
therefore swells. These phenomena are influenced by
the local circulatory conditions in vivo, which are
eliminated in vitro. Otherwise, the same explanation
holds for movements of fat and water in vivo as for the
movements in vitro. Both the in vitro and in vivo specimens had to be
ftXed in formalin for the preparation of the histologic
examination. During the process of ftXation, formalin
dehydrates tissue specimens. This dehydration is the
reason for the seemingly contradictory appearance of
swollen cathodic tissue in vivo and shrunken cathodic
fat cells without distended spaces in the histologic
preparations. G. Peritumoural water
and fat, including atrophy of
fat adjacent to electronegative
mannr.nary carcunoma s
Considerable difflculties arise on attempting to deter
mine the regional amount of tissue water in the lung. Opening the pleural space, for instance, alters disten
sion of tissue and vascular perfusion, thereby radically
changing the local distribution of tissue water. In the breast, a subcutaneous and therefore relative
ly accessible.organ, the conditions are more favourable
than in the lung for such determinations. Attempts
were therefore made to determine the relative amounts
of water and fat in the breast tissue around different
breast tumours as soon as possible after mastectomy. Sites for excision of pieces of tissue around breast
tumours were selected by means of pre-and postoper
ative mammography. Pieces of reference tissue were
also excised from regions of breast tissue appearing grossly normal. The different samples were weighed
and dried at a temperature of 11o•c for 16 hours. The
per cent loss in weight was then determined as an
expression of the relative water content. The relative
fat content was then determined by dissolving the
material in chloroform, and filtering and drying the
fat-chloroform solution, as previously described (Sec
tion F). Specimens from two patients will be illustrated. Tbe
mammary carcinoma of an 80-year-<Jid patient (G. P.,
Fig. XVl: 6) presented with thin radiating structures
and also circular tissue structures about 2-4 em from
the surface of the tumour. The radiographic density of
the tissue inside compared to outside the circular
structures did not show any definite differences. The
electric potential of the tumour was also measured
(Fig. XVI: 7). Fig. XVI: 20a shows a radiograph of a breast carci
noma of a 60-year-<>ld woman (B.S.). Some radiating
structures are evident at the tumour surface. As in the
previous case, the surrounding tissue shows circularly
arranged structures but no radiographically clear
change in density, such as an "A" zone. The profile of
electric potential of this tumour showed intratumoural
negative deflections (Fig. XVI: 20b) similar to the
previous case. The potential in the centre of the tu
mour was relatively elevated and even slightly positive
in relation to the surrounding breast tissue. Mter operative removal of these two carcinomas,
their relative content of fat and water was determined
both close to the tumour and in distant parts of the
same breast, which presumably were not affected by
the tumour (Table XVI: 2). nach ol the two subjects shows the same findings:
relatively higher wat.er content and lower fat content
close to the electronegative tumour compared to dis
tant normal fat tissue of the breast. The fat-water ratio
close to the two electronegative tumours is similar to
the ratios produced in vitro in human mammaty fat
Table XVJ: 2. FQt-water tonteni of brtast tiss~tt Qround two
eleccronegarive mammary carcinomas: per cent of toea/ wtighc
aosc: to
tumour Peripheral
Pari em surface tissue
G.P. H20 14.1 7.2
(Figs. 7.6
XVI:6, 7) Fat 77.2 86.9
86.4
B.S. H,O 8.8 5.2
(Fig. 11.8 5.4
XVI: 20) Fat 71.2 78.2
72.8 78.6 b
Fig. XVI: 20. Breast carcinoma analysed for fat and water
content of surrounding mammary lissue. (a) Mammogram,
60-year~ld woman (8. S.). Radiating ard circular structures
are evident without clearly visible changes of density such as
an "A" zone. (b) Profile of electric potential through the tu·
mou.r shows negative potential in the periphery of the tu·
mour and slight elevation of potential in the centre, com
pared to surroundjng noncancerou s breast tissue. Ecg is su·
perimposed on the tracing. Table XVI: 2 shows analysis of
fat and water from th.is breast (B.S.). tissue and in vitro and in vivo in dog mammary fat
tissue adjacent to the electronegative electrode (Sec
tion F). These two cases may therefore represent the appear
ance of true perifocal oedema around electronegative
tumours. As was shown in the studies of electric potential, a
mammary tumour may also present an elevated elec
tric potential in relation to surrounding tissue. In these
cases a clear radiolucent "A" zone could be seen. Fat-water analyses of the tissues around such tumours
should presumably show a relatively lower content of
water and higher content of fat. As of this writing,
however, no such specimens have yet been analyzed. Discussion and conclusions
Water moves in an electric field from the electroposi
tive to the electronegative side, while fat moves in the
opposite direction, according to the analysis of in vitro
BCEC in cancer of the breast 223 ~..... ~\. ·I
... ~
.,..._ :»...''
and in vivo electrophoresis of breast fat tissue in Sec
tion F.
Studies of human fat tissue adjacent to two elect.ro
negative carcinomas of the breast, compared to distant
fat in the same breast, have shown that


 the Full  Power  of Joy  and  the Consciousness  of your
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Great  Law  of Life. Let  the Power  of your  Presence  flood
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Mighty  I Am  Presence"  to take  command  of each  mind
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remain  silent  and  obedient  to the Great  Light  within  your
Heart. I call  That  Light  to take  Its Command;  to hold  Its 52 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
Dominion  and  to produce  Its Perfection  in you  and  your
world. Then,  you  become  a Pillar  of Light,  thru  which  the
Power  of the "I AM  Presence"  pours  forth  Its Radiance,
into your  environment  everywhere. The Glory  of Our  Light  will  cause  people  to come  to
you and  inquire  of the Glory,  of the Peace  and  the Love
which  radiates  from  you. Then,  will  be your  opportunity
to explain  to them  the Knowledge  of the Presence  and  the
Chart;  which  gives  them  an Eye-picture  and  is a Powerful
Means  of their  quickly  entering  into  the Full  Conscious-
ness of their  Presence;  and  the  Perfection  which  It will
bring  forth  thru  them. It is not a matter  of can It, or will  It
do so; but It does  do so. The  Light  of your  Being,  the Light
of the "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  compels  It to go forth;  as
you understand  and  harmonize  your  feeling  enough;  and
stop the qualification  of that  mighty  Pure  Perfect  Energy
which  stands  ever  ready  and  waiting,  to flood  you and  your
world  with  Its Glory  and  Freedom  from  all limitations. Then  you  arise  into  your  Ascension. DISCOURSE  VI
May  4,1937
NEW  YORK  CITY,  N. Y. Beloved  Children  of Earth,  your  Pilgrimage  is fast draw-
ing to a close;  and  out of That  Light  from  which  you  came,
is flowing  forth  your  Victory. Can  you  with  Me compre-
hend  for a few moments,  the Light  from  which  you  came. The Light  which  is every  moment  beating  your  Heart;
Out of That  Great  Fire-Breath  of God,  came  your  Individ-
ualization. The  "Mighty  I AM  Presence"  projected  your
Higher  Mental  Body,  then  the Ray  by which  your  human
form  came  into  being. Contemplate  with  Me This  Mighty
Reality  and  no longer  feel  yourselves  separate  from  that
Great  Light  which  gives  you  Life. That  is your  Life. That
is your  Intelligence  and  Power. We, who  know  so well  the Great  Freedom,  which  comes
alone  from  the Light;  We  who  have  It, because  We have
It, We know  you can too. Will  you  not enter  into  Our  Open
Door,  thru  which  Beloved  Saint  Germain  has invited  you  to
come;  and  no longer  dwell  upon  the fragments  of human
creations. Can  you  bear  it Oh,  Beloved  Children,  to face
the Truth:  and  know  the fragments  of Life  which  you  are
ordinarily  using,  are but the farthest  outer  covering  of the
Light;  which  is your  Perfection,  into  which  you  may  enter,
if you  will,  in the  Acknowledgment  of your  Presence,
53 54 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
which  is All-Wise,  All-Powerful,  and  Whose  Light  fills  the
Earth. Do not  let your  attention  go astray  longer,  for in your
attention  to the  Presence,  comes  your  Eternal  Release. There  is naught  else  to set you  Free. Once  you  can  hold
yourself  firm  to your  Presence,  acknowledging  It, calling  It
into action,  then  quickly  comes  your  Release  and  Freedom. We, who  have  attained  the Victory,  know  all your  Re-
quirements,  perhaps  far better  than  you  could  even  imag-
ine. When  We  say to you,  We know  your  Victory  is CER-
TAIN,  can you  not accept  It and  let the Quality  which  We
are knowing  for you,  enter  in and  perform  Its Perfect  Serv-
ice for you. It seems  to Me It is quite  practical,  quite  logical. Your  teacher  who  taught  you  mathematics,  who  taught
you English,  had  attained  such  knowledge  up to that  point,
wherein  he or she was  your  teacher. Today,  We who  have
attained  Freedom  offer  Our  Services  to you;  because  We
have  attained. Then  you  should  be as open  to This  Help  a
far more  Transcendent  Privilege,  than  you  were  to your
teacher  in the schools  of the physical  world. It is all quite  as practical;  still  It is Transcendent,  It is
Unusual. Try  to feel This,  Beloved  Ones,  and  no longer  let
human  concepts  cause  you  to doubt  again  and  fear. If
someone  came  to you  and  said,  there  was  something  won-
derful,  marvelous,  over  here  in one  of your  magnificent
buildings—would  you  hesitate  to go and  see for yourself,
what  it was  and  that  it was  there. Would  you  disbelieve
someone  and  think  that  Chicago  was  not in existence;  be-DISCOURSE  VIII  55
cause  you  had  not been  there,  or in Los  Angeles. Do you
not see how  inconsistent  the human  intellect  is. It joyously,
willingly  accepts  some  things  and  rebels  tremendously  at
others;  most  of the time  at the things  which  would  give  it
the Greatest  Freedom. Beloved  Saint  Germain  has  brought  to you  This  Tran-
scendent  Knowledge  of the "I AM"—every  Word  of which
is True,  Vital,  Living,  Powerful. It is your  Freedom. The
Messengers  have  pled  with  you,  offering  so kindly  every
angle  of Explanation;  which  will  enable  you  to compre-
hend  and  understand,  that  It is your  Application  in your
attention  to the "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  which  compels
your  Freedom. Notice. It compels  your  Freedom. It is not
a matter  of can It be accomplished;  but  It does  compel  It
at your  Call. Now  will  you  not accept  This  tonight  in Its Fulness. With  GREAT  FIRMNESS  set about  your  application,
knowing  It cannot  fail. Then,  it only  means  a sufficient
amount  of your  application  to produce  the results  you  re-
quire. Do not waver  in your  application. Go on, and  on, and
on, until  results  are there. I tell you that  you  cannot  fail