  world,  it will  have  disappeared  be-
fore it reached  your  world!  That  is the Power  of Alertness
and detection;  and it is why  We call with  all the earnestness
of Our  Beings,  for the students  to become  more  and  more
alert;  in the Acknowledgment  of their  Presence  and all the DISCOURSE  XXII  303
conditions  which  touch  their  worlds;  so they  may  be
prompted.
Let Me also  correct  a thing  which  has been  acting  within
mankind  concerning  promptings  or the premonition  of
things.  Such  a thing  is not given  as an inevitable  occurrence
to act in your  world  but you  are being  prompted  to issue
your  Mighty  Decree,  so it may  be dissolved  and  consumed.
Then,  it cannot  act in your  world!  Mankind  has been  ac-
cepting  premonitions  and  promptings  thruout  the centu-
ries; and  have  believed  because  Individuals  received  them,
they must  act in their  worlds.  Because  such  a prompting
was received,  you  may  say:  "Be  thou  dissolved  and  con-
sumed"!  and  it would  be so! Remember,  that  as you value
your  progress!
Beloved  Ones,  My  Joy is Boundless!  Will  you  rejoice
with  Me, in the Service  which  it has been  possible  to render,
while  the  Messenger  was  voicing  My  Words  to you!
Seventy-five  per cent  of you who  are in this room,  have  en-
abled  Me to dissolve  and  consume  seventy-five  percent  of
your  own  human  creation!  My Gratitude  and  Joy is very
Great!  Accept  It please!  Then,  as you  enter  into  the class
know  you have  entered  into  your  Eternal—your  Permanent
Freedom;  and  no longer  accept  any  condition  or appear-
ance,  as having  power  to limit  or disturb  you again.
Oh, will  you feel how  Real  all this is? I am none  the less
Real,  because  you  do not see Me.  Because  My  Vibratory
Action  raises  My Body  of Light,  beyond  your  physical  sight,
is no reason  why  I am not Real!  I am more  Real  than  you; 3o4  THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
believe  it or not!  Please  do not believe  a thing  is not Real,
because  it is invisible;  for all the Great  Powers  in the World
which  are being  used  are invisible!
Many  thousands  of students  have  seen  the Calls  of the
Messengers  answered  with  definite  precision.  Now,  as the
Great  Momentum  of the large  number  of students,  who  in
their  great  loyalty  are joining  in these  Wondrous  Decrees,
the Power  has become  Mighty.  Many  of the things  which
were  thought  to take  place  in the World,  have  not taken
place.  All of you  earnest,  Blessed  Ones,  have  been  a part
of That  Great  Service  in the Mighty  Decrees  which  you
have  issued.  We congratulate  all the students  who  are able
to release  such  a Mighty  Power  of the Ascended  Masters'
Divine  Love  and Blessings,  for It is the Secret  of all things!
The refusal  to accept  or listen  to human  gossip  is the
Open  Door  to solve  your  problems.  There  the Out-pouring
of the Ascended  Masters  Divine  Love  and  Blessing  is the
Open  Door,  to the Out-pouring  from  the Presence,  which
will solve  all things.  We rejoice,  so many  of the students
after,  such  a long  time  and many  repetitions  of This  Instruc-
tion,  are beginning  to understand,  the first  imperative  need
in their  worlds,  is to refuse  to listen  to or voice  destruction;
send  forth  discordant  qualities;  or even  to allow  them  to act
within  their  feeling.  Then,  as they  pour  out Divine  Love
and Blessings  to all persons,  places,  conditions  and  things,
the Whole  Universe  will  flood  their  worlds  with  money,
supply,  happiness,  health,  strength  and  courage;  because
they are complying  with  the great  Law  of Life! DISCOURSE  XXII  305
I thank  you  for this  opportunity,  to offer  My  Humble
Assistance  in that  which  has been  rendered;  and  may  the
Glory  of Our  Happiness  ever  intensify  and  increase  within
your  feeling  world  and  consciousness!  Remember—to  you
and all the students,  has been  offered  the Use  of the As-
cended  Masters'  Consciousness  and  Substance;  which  can-
not be requalified  by human  qualification.  Call  It into
action  in your  world!  Charge  your  body  with  It and  let Its
Perfect  Work  go on, unto  your  Full  Perfection.  Then,  you
attain  your  Ascension  into  the Eternal  body  of Light.  Oh,
Beloved  Ones,  how  wonderful  it is that  mankind  can have
the Opportunity  to come  home  and live within  the Happi-
ness,  the Glory  and  the Perfection  which  Life  has always
held for all Individuals;  but which  mankind  had forgotten.
The Love  and  Blessings  of the Great  Host  of Ascended
Masters,  the Legions  of Light  and  the Cosmic  Beings,  flood
your  Beings  and  worlds  and  enfold  you  in Their  Eternal
Perfection.
We Love  and Bless  you! DISCOURSE  XX
June  ig, 1938
DENVER,  COLORADO
Beloved  Students  and  Friends,  while  These  Words  are
spoken  to you  by the Messenger,  it shall  be My Pleasure
to release  approximately  sixty  percent  of those  in the room
from  the most  discordant  accumulation,  which  they  have
drawn  about  themselves  thru  the centuries.
Perhaps  you  do not understand  exactly  what  I mean;
but you have  accumulated  more  or less discord  thruout  the
centuries  and  it is still  about  you.  Few  of the students
have  used  the Violet  Consuming  Flame  with  sufficient  in-
tensity,  to allow  the Great  Presence  to have  dissolved  their
human  accumulation  completely.  Tonight,  I shall  en-
deavor  to finish  that for many  of you.
Since  your  sincerity,  since  your  stand  for the Light  in
Denver  has been  so unusual,  then  shall  your  reward  come
in your  own  release;  and those  for whom  it is accomplished,
will feel it without  question  within  a few days.
Therefore,  tonight,  will  you  be kind  enough  to accept
the Radiance  poured  forth  to you,  about  you  and  in your
feeling  world,  to render  This  Service ? Remember,  this is at
the Call  of your  Own  Life.  There  is but One  Power  in the
Universe  to act and  It is your  own  Life!  We  are a Part
of That  One  Great  Life  more  in advance  than  you.  Having
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set Ourselves  Free  ages  ago,  We are in a position  to help
mankind  today,  and the need  is imperative!
Therefore,  during  this class,  the Greatest  Work  has gone
on of any  class  of the Messengers.  We  congratulate  you
on your  harmonized  feeling,  on your  Love  and  Out-pour-
ing, which  makes  this  possible;  for outside  of the Direct
Attention  to the Great  Presence  of Life,  your  Harmony
is the most  important  thing.  If you


 Breads and Cereals
Are Fed to Our American Children
They are told to give the children “Blunder bread”
and “Ghost toasties” that have been “enriched”. This is
virtually an admission that essential food values have been
extracted in the processing, and that the product needsto be “enriched”. Mothers feed their children fast foods,
hot dogs,  luncheon meats and the refined bleached
breads (
staff of death ), that are all loaded with toxic chemical
additives! Millions of American children are overweight,
malnourished, and they drink harmful sugared cola
drinks, that are filled with “empty calories” which may
give a short surge of energy, but contain no basic health
nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and nutrients.
They eat ice cream which is high in sugars (that trigger
diabetes) and is filled with toxic additives and commercialfillers. Plus they eat sugared candy bars, cookies, donuts,
cakes and pastries. These foods could be called “deprived”foods. They satisfy a child by making him feel well-fedwhen he is truly being partly starved by spoiling his
appetite for more nourishing healthy foods. How in
heaven’s name can you feed a child’s brain on such “junkfoods” as potato chips or french fries with salt and gobs
of catsup smeared over them? It’s little wonder our
nation’s test scores are so low and still falling.
Most Young American Men Are Unfit
Is it any wonder that 58% of all the young men who
enter the military service are physically unfit? The United
States Army Planning Officer, stated, “Even though
standards have not been raised, there is a worseningcondition of the unfit, overweight American youth. The
percentages of failures due to their inability to meet
minimum service requirements has been alarming.”
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, flatly states
that: “Nutrition is the most important single factoraffecting health. This is true at age
 1 or 101. But too
often, this fact is overlooked in the development of new
health programs. Nutrition is a specific factor in the
prevention and control of many chronic diseases.”172
Three Needed Health Habits
There are 3 habits which, with but one condition added, will give you every
thing in the world worth having, beyond which the imagination of mancannot conjure forth a single additional improvement! These habits are:
• The Health Habit   • The Work Habit   • The Study Habit
If you have these habits, and also have the love of someone who has thesesame habits, you are both in paradise now and here. – Elbert HubbardAmerica Leads The World in Sickness
Medical Science  notes that: “One of every  14 boys and
1 of every  17 girls under the age of 20 are hospitalized in
a year and their hospital costs are high, according to the
experience of one insurance company.”
An editorial in the London Times  said, “The food
industry... is in for a turbulent time and had better
take steps at once to remedy its shameful neglect of basic
research in nutrition.”
In World Medical Journal,  Dr. G. Burch, Professor of
Medicine at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana,states, “Even in the young age group, the incidence ofneoplastic diseases such as leukemia
(cancer of the blood)
is increasing. The collagen diseases such as acute arthritisare also becoming common among youth.”
Boys made a sad showing in physical examinations
while the nutritional status of girls – the mothers oftomorrow – is even more serious. Most nutritionists,doctors and teachers agree that basically two factors areto blame: dietary ignorance and the lack of parentaldirection! One of the immediate consequences is theinability to resist infectious disease. Major childbirthcomplications are another result of poor nutrition. Awoman whose nutrition is not adequate for her ownbody cannot expect to produce a healthy baby.
America leads the world in the highest standard of
living, the largest supplies of food and highest healthcare costs!  These factors should make it the healthiestnation in the world, not one of the sickest! Yet, Americahas the gloomiest health forecast and leads the world indegenerative diseases. Why? Maybe because Americans
consume more processed, chemicalized, toxic foods.173
The freedom and ease you experience during fasting enables you to
discover new undreamed depths to the meanings of life. – Herbert Shelton
Kindness should be a frame of mind in which we are alert
to every chance to do, to give, to share and to cheer.American Adults Are in a
Sad Physical and Mental Condition
If you think school age children are befuddled in
their thinking, consider the adult population. If you
think the young population is half sick or completelyill, our adult population is even worse! I have notedthat 58% of our youth between
 18 and 25 would be unfit
for military service. If we examined our adult populationaged from
25 to 75, what a group of physical and mental
wrecks we would find!
If a group of  15 adults are gathered together in a room
for a social evening and the conversation turns to healthand disease, you can be sure that
99% of these people have
some chronic ailment eating away at one or more of their
vital organs. It seems that every one has something wrong
with them! They talk of the shots they are taking, the
operations they have had or are going to have, the pillsthey are taking and the misery they are suffering. Theycalmly admit to each other that they are seeing a therapist,
as if it were natural to be in a confused condition!
The longer the adult person lives on the standard
civilized diet, the worse he gets mentally and physically.This is proven by the many convalescent and nursinghomes in America. These places are packed withprematurely old adults, many who are senile, feeble,forgetful humans. I ask you, “Is this the way that Godand Mother Nature intended us to end our days onearth?” If you are going to eat a diet deficient in theessential nutrients and let your body become loadedwith toxic poisons, the answer is, “Yes!” Just becausewe live a limited number of years, there is absolutelyno need for us to break down mentally or physically.
Since the mind is supported by purely physical
processes, it is not hard to see the connection betweenfoods and thinking. Our physical functions depend socompletely on what we eat that we cannot disassociateour state of mind from the quality of our foods.174Mental, Physical and Spiritual Rewards
During fasts, when the body nears a purified state, the
mind is on such a high level that the subconscious mind
becomes very active and sharp. One can almost seem to
experience the supernatural. Some of the greatest mental
feats have been performed during a fast. You experience
higher mental efficiency for long periods following thefast. Because fasting helps clear the system of toxic debris
that allows the brain to be nourished by a purer blood
stream so it can reach am azing heights of efficiency.
America has achieved miracles in inventions and
science; but how much more might we have achieved ifwe had known the simple facts of fasting and propernutrition as a foundation for thinking more efficiently?
The ancient Greek philosophers placed proper diet
first in training their students. Their rigid use of foods
shows clearly it’s importance in their philosophy.
Socrates, Epicurus, Plato and many others placed greatemphasis on fasting and food and its relation to the mind
as a background for philosophical study. They practiced
what they preached – they fasted regularly.
The philosophy of these sages is respected today as
thinking on a very high plane. It’s been said that the
sayings of these men contained wisdom so far advanced
that it appeared divinely inspired! I believe this.
Out of a toxic body come foul, evil thoughts and,
conversely, a clean, purified body emits clean thoughts.The responsibility for clear thinking arises from thequality of eating along with living a healthy lifestyle.
As the body becomes cleared of toxic debris, we begin
to think on a higher plane. “As a man thinketh in his
heart, so is he,”  is more than a trite saying. When the
body is cleared of waste material, the mind soars toheights not formerly glimpsed by toxin-filled minds.New worlds open to the cleansed, reborn body and mind.
Follow steps of the godly, and stay on right path to enjoy life to the fullest.
– Proverbs 2:20-21
Observe and respect the laws of Mother Nature and God.175
CREATIVE MEDICINE FOR HEALTHY LIVING
It is no over-simplification to say that our health comes from the
soil. No matter how many physicians and health professionals we
train, and how much curative or preventative medicine they may
practice, we cannot a ttain optimum health until our attention is
focused on preven tive m edicine, and thereby learn to keep and
even improve our health. To build and maintain healthy soil is the
real fundamental service. Creative medicine must be founded on
growing healthy,  NON-GMO  organic foods. We can create real health
for our people – only through creating a sound, healthy and
prosperous organic-based agriculture in America and the world.
– Dr. Jonathan Foreman, The Land
It is never too late to be what you might have been – just get started.  – George ElliotHealthy Lifestyle Eating is a Natural Science!
Most of


 get rid of static
habits. The erotic force will lift a person out of separateness, be it
only for a short time. Eros gives the soul a foretaste of unity andteaches the fearful psyche the longing for it. The more strongly one
has experienced eros, the less contentment will the soul nd in the
pseudo-security of separateness. Even an otherwise thoro ughly self-
centered perso n may be able to make a sacrice during the
experience of eros. So you see, my friends, eros enables people to do
things they are disinclined to do otherwise; things that are closely
linked with love. It is easy to see why eros is so often confused with
love.
The Dierence Between Eros and Love
How then is eros dierent from love? Love is a permanent state in
the soul; eros is not. Love can only exist if the foundation for it is
prepared through development and purication. Love does not come
and go at random; eros does. Eros hits with sudden force, often
taking a person  unawares and even nding him or her unwilling to
go through the experience. Only if the soul is prepared to love and
has built the foundation for it will eros be the bridge to the love that
is manifest between a man and a woman.
Thus you can see how important the erotic force is. Without the
erotic force hitting them and getting them out of their rut, many
human beings would never be ready for a more conscious  search for
the breaking down of their own walls of separation. The erotic
experience puts the seed into the soul and makes it long for unity,
which is the great aim in the plan of salvation. As long as the soul is
separate, loneliness and unhappiness must be its lot. The erotic
experience enables the personality to long for union with at least
one other being. In the heights of the spirit world, union exists
among all beings—and thus with God. In the earth sphere, the erotic
force is a propelling power regardless of whether or not its real
meaning is understood. This is so even though it is often misused
and enjoyed for its own sake, while it lasts. It is not utilized to
cultivate love in the soul, so it peters out. Nevertheless, its eect
will inevitably remain in the soul.The Fear of Eros and the Fear of Love
Eros comes to people suddenly in certain stages of their lives,
even to those who are afraid of the apparent risk of adventuring
away from separateness. People who are afraid of their emotions
and afraid of life as such will often do anything in their power to
avoid—subconsciously and ignorantly—the great experience of
unity. Although this fear exists in many human beings, there are few
indeed who have not experi enced some opening in the soul where
eros could touch them. For the fear-ridden soul that resists the
experience, this is good medicine regardless of the fact that sorrow
and loss may follow due to other psychological factors.  However,
there are also those who are overemotional, and although  they may
know other fears of life, they are not afraid of this particular
experience. In fact, the beauty of it is a great temptation to them
and therefore they hunt greedily for it. They look for one subject
after another, emotionally too ignorant to understand the deep
meaning of eros. They are unwilling to learn pure love, and simply
use the erotic force for their pleasure and when it is worn out they
hunt elsewhere. This is an abuse and cannot continue without ill
eects. Such a personality will have to make amends for the abuse—
even if it was done in ignorance. In the same vein, the too-fearful
coward will have to make up for trying to cheat life by hiding from
eros and thus withholding from the soul a medicine, valuable if used
properly. Most people in this category have a vulnerable point
somewhere in their soul through which eros can enter. There are
also a few who have built such a tight wall of fear and pride around
their souls that they avoid this part of life-experience entirely and so
shortchange their own development. This fear might exist because
in a former life they had an unhappy experience with eros, or
perhaps because the soul has greedily abused the beauty of the
erotic force without buildi ng it into love. In either case, the
personality may have chosen to be more careful. If this decision is
too rigid and stringent, the opposite extreme will follow. In the next
incarnation circumstances will be chosen in such a way that abalance is established until the soul reaches a harmon ious state
wherein there  are no more extremes. This balancing in future
incarnations always applies to all aspects of the personality. In order
to approach this harmony to some extent at least, the proper
balance between reason, emotion, and will has to be achieved.
The erotic experience often mingles with the sexual urge, but it
does not alway s have to be that way. These three forces— love, eros,
and sex—often appear completely separately, while sometimes two
mingle, such as eros and sex, or eros and love to the extent the soul is
capable of love, or sex and a semblance of love. Only in the ideal case
do all three forces mingle harmoniously.
The Sex Force
The sex force is the creative force on any level of existence. In the
highest sphere s, the same sex force creates spiritual life, spiritual
ideas, and spiritual concepts  and principles. On the lower planes,
the pure and unspiritualized sex force creates life as it manifests in
that particular sphere; it creates the outer shell or vehicle of the
entity destined to live in that sphere.
The pure sex force is utterly selsh. Sex without eros and without
love is referred to as animalistic. Pure sex as the reproductive force
exists in all living creatures: animals, plants, and minerals. Eros
begins with the stage of development where the soul is incarnated
as a human being. And pure love is to be found in the higher
spiritual realm s. This does not mean that eros and sex no longer
exist in beings of higher development, but rather that all three blend
in harmoniously, are rened, and become less and less selsh. Nor
do I mean that a human being should not try to achieve a
harmonious blend of all three forces.
In rare cases, eros alone, without sex and love, exists for a limited
time. This is usually referred  to as platonic love. But sooner or later
with the somewhat healthy person, eros and sex will mingle. The
sex force, instead of being suppressed, is taken up by the erotic forceand both ow in one current. The more the three forces remain
separate, the unhealthier the personality is.
Another frequ ent combinati on, particularly in relation ships of
long standing, is the coexistence of genuine love with sex, but without
eros. Althou gh love cannot be perfect unless all three forces blend
together, there is a certain amount of aection, companionship,
fondness, mutual respect, and a sex relationship that is crudely
sexual without the erotic spark, which evaporated some  time ago.
When eros is missing, the sexual relationship must eventually suer.
Now this is the problem with most marriages, my friends. There is
hardly a huma n being who is not puzzled by the question of what to
do in a relatio nship to maintain the spark that seems to evaporate
the more habit  and familiarity with one another set in. You may not
have posed the question in terms of three distinct force s, yet you
know and sense that somet hing goes out of a marriage that was
present at the beginning; that spark is actually eros. You nd
yourself in a vicious circle and think that marriage is a hopeless
proposition. No, my friends, it is not, even if you cannot as yet
attain the ideal.
The Ideal Partnership of Love
In the ideal partnership of love between two people, all three
forces have to be represented. With love you do not seem to have
much diculty, for in most cases one would not marry if there did
not exist at least the willingness to love. I will not discuss at this
point the extreme cases where this is not so. I am focusing on a
relationship where the choice is a mature one and yet the partners
cannot get around the pitfall of becoming bound by time and habit,
because elusive eros has disappeared. With sex it is very much the
same. The sex force is present in most healthy human beings and
may only begin to fade—particularly with women—when eros has
left. Men may then seek eros elsewhere. For the sexual relationship
must eventually suer unless eros is maintained.How can you keep eros? That is the big question, my dear ones.
Eros can be maintained only if it is used as a bridge to true
partnership in love in the highest sense. How is this done?
The Search for the Other Soul
Let us rst look for the main element in the erotic force. When
you analyze it, you will nd that it is the adventure, the search for
the knowledge of the other soul. This desire lives in every created
spirit. The inherent life-force must nally bring the entity  out of its
separation. E


 news, but it all stems from having a
split desire in the mind.When we can see that all is projected, all the specifics, all the
differences, and also all the preferences, it is clear that what we are now
really going for is an unlearning or a subtraction process. We can think
of it as a process of cleaning the film. As we take steps to face and undo
what’ s blocking us from the joy that is our birthright, we finally  arrive in
the miracle, in the light.
The way to come from split to unified desire is to see that the
problem is not out there, outsid e of our minds; we have to look inside.
To illustrate this, let’s use the levels of mind map and insert all the
seeming proble ms of the world on the outer layer of the mind,
perception: floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, typhoons, or tornadoes;
diseases like cancer, heart diseas e, or HIV; financial problems, economic
conditions around the world, poverty, and world hunger; terrorism; and
wars. We can fill in with anythin g we conceive of in our mind that we’ve
been conditione d to think of as a problem within time and space on any
scale or of any magnitude. It’s all out there on the screen. There seems to
be a myriad of external causes and external effects on the screen, but,
gently, the Holy Spirit keeps singing this song to the mind: “That’ s not
the reason why. The problem’ s not out there; you have to look inside.”
The Holy Spirit is not only telling us to look inside, but has also given us
the steps, the how to move throug h illusion and to find the solution. The
correction to this erroneous thought system can only happen in the mind.
With Spirit’ s help, we can find the correction in our own minds, just like
Jesus did. He simply accepted the correction for every false belief. And
now Spirit is giving us a detailed roadmap. The way is made clear!
Going Back to the Projector
How do we get to a peaceful perception of the world? By not judging.
The less you judge anything in your life, the more it seems like you are
just watching a movie or theater play (sometimes with lots of good
acting going on!). Rather than being within the movie as a character
among other characters, you have the greater perspective of an observer.
It’s only the ego that tries to separate out and thinks it knows the
motivations of all the characters, why they did certain things, and what
they were thinking. The ego is constantly reading meaning intoeverything. And whenever you see through fragmented perception and
try to analyze the characters, including your own, it gets very
complicated. In fact, it’s so complicated that you couldn’ t possibly see it
as just a dance of form. You can’t even enjoy the movie of life because
there’ s too much judgment going on. And part of that judgment is
control. The mind that has fallen asleep, has forgotten its Creator, and is
trying to control absolutely everything. It’s always showing up with an
agenda. It needs to back off the screen and make its way back to the
projector room.
Through the miracle, you can experience that everything is thought.
It all can merge and meld into holistic perception and awarenes s. When
that happens, it’s so peaceful; there are no parts to conflict and no parts
to defend and attack. Your perception becomes more and more unified in
the joy. Therefo re, things that others identify as problems and may even
apologize for, you don’t even notice; they are not in your awareness.
This is how it goes with perception. It’s subjective. And it is through
facing your beliefs, allowing your emotions to come up, and becoming
more aware of your thoughts, you will find that your perceptions become
lighter. You are moving toward unified perception where your
experience is more and more one of peace and harmony.
A Different Tool for Awakening to Joy
I am a huge fan of using movi es as helpful tools on the journey. I see
movies as modern-day parable s, and the journey can be quite fun. I
encourage you to explore your perception in every movie-watching
experience. A spiritual journey need not be cumbersome or tiring.
Movies are an excellent way to watch your mind, to pay attentio n to
your emotions, and to help you discover what your unconscious beliefs
are. When you react emotionally to a movie, it’s the same dynamic as
when you react to people in your life. If you have issues with people, it’s
a projec tion of your mind. And it’s the same if you have react ions to a
movie—it’ s coming from a projection of your mind. Watching movies is
an enjoyable way to wake up and heal, compared to being in a difficult
family situation or in a confrontational relationship. W atching movies forhealing can help you get clear in those difficult situations faster. Being
aware of your state of mind, thoughts, and reactions while watching
movies accelera tes healing. It can be intense at first when you start to get
in touch  with emotions and belie fs, but it gives way to joy, and you open
up more to lasting peace, happiness, and contentment. Ultimately,
movies can help guide you to enlightenment.
The Spirit showed me techniques for watching movies in a new
way—not as entertainment or escapism, but as a way to allow intense
emotions to arise for healing. Movies can trigger memories that have
been repressed and denied. When these intense emotions come up for
you, pause the film so you can be present with whatever is arising for
healing in the moment. Welcome  the feelings so they can be released and
open up to a new perspective.Exercise: Enjoy the Show!
Watch the Disney movie, The Kid. Even if you’ve seen this movie
before, it is guaranteed that with this new purpose, you will have a
deeply meaningful and healing experience. Remember that the
purpose of watching the movie is for healing the mind by releasing
unconscious beliefs. Hold this intention of using it for healing
clearly in your mind before you start the movie. A simple  prayer
can be helpful:  “Holy Spirit, I invite a new and healing experience,
watching this movie with You.” During the movie, watch your
emotions and anything that the scenarios or characters bring up
for you. Even if you experience discomfort, try not to distract away
from it. More than anything, be willing to stop the movie and feel
and observe your emotions  during intense scenes, attractive
scenarios, or moments when  you want to know or think you know
what will happen next. Give yourself permission to stop
investigating and just be with what is arising in awareness.
Following your viewing of the movie, answer these questions
in your journal (you may use some of these questions for any
movie that you watch going forward):
1. Do you see how observing your different perceptions allows
you to identify certain emotions and maybe even beliefs?
Write down the emotions and beliefs you identify.
2. Did you experience any triggers or upsets from seeing any
particular scenes or conversations in the movie? What were
they?
3. What were your general feelings and associations about
Russ as a character in the beginning of the movie?
4. Russ seems to have a lot of stress over keeping his self-
image. How might this relate to you? Do you attempt to
keep a good self-image in dif ferent situations?5. How did you feel when little Rusty confronted him about the
way his life ended up as a forty-year-old—that he had no
dog or girlfriend and that he does not fly planes?
6. Does this movie remind you of anything about your past
that you try to hide or might still be upset about? Write
down anything that feels unresolved.
7. There is a funny scene when Russ makes an attempt to
find safety in a sandwich. Are there situations when you feel
that your self-image begins to fail? What are the forms of
“safety” that you try to use to cover insecurities?
8. How does Russ’ s attachmen t to his false identity block him
from true love and happiness?
9. What enables Russ to let go of his false identity and step
into an experience of love?
Release and Rest:  Take some quiet time to detach and let
emotions and ideas from the processing of the movie drop away.
Open your mind to the Holy Spirit to wash away any remaining
feelings and relax into peace. Take your time; there is never any
rush.
Peace in Spiritual Perception
The power of desire is the determ iner of your state of mind. You are now
in the early stage of changing your perception, which really means
changing your life toward the real experience of peace. Small steps can
lead to some big shifts in your awareness. It’s important to be vigilant
with your perception and the tendency to perceive upsetting things as
real problems. This is a process  of looking honestly at your mind while
allowing your heart’ s desire to be purified.
The spiritual journey will culminate when you open up to spiritual
vision, the vision of Christ, which takes you beyond the body entirely,
back into an awakened state. Spiritual vision is a vast experie nce. The
observer and the observed are one through healed, peaceful perception.When you perce ive the entire cosmos as unified and as neutral, you have
reached true perception. It’s like a happy movie that includes everything
and everyone. That


 that Dr. Gross actually ran out of food and had to
dash to the market immediately so the other people could eat.) Lunch: extra large
bowl of pureed steamed celery and three baked potatoes. Supper: large bowl of pureed steamed green beans, large bowl of pureed zucchini squash, and two baked potatoes.
Five, you should pardon the description, semi-formed and mushy B.M.s today. A very comfortable and enjoyable day.
   Friday, October 23, 1964 --8th eating day: Weight 122-3/4 pounds; a gain of 1/2
pound yesterday and a total gain of 14-3/4 pounds after one week of eating. Blood pressure 90/60. Breakfast: two baked apples and, would you believe it, six bananas.
Lunch: bowl of pureed steamed celery and two bowls of mashed baked potatoes and
mashed steamed carrots (about five carrots and three potatoes). Supper: large bowl of
pureed steamed peas, a whole avocado, and a small bowl of pureed brown rice.
Comfortable day. Six "mix and match" B.M.s today. The "skeleton" appearance is gone and my face is pretty well filled in. It's a pleasure to peek in the mirror now and
see that handsome devil returning.
   Sunday, October 25, 1964 --10th eating day: Weight 124-3/4 pounds; a gain of 1/4
pound from yesterday and a total gain of 16-3/4 pounds after nine days of eating.
Blood pressure 100/70. Breakfast: four baked apples followed a little later by a bowl
of dry cottage cheese. Lunch: pureed steamed cauliflower, pureed steamed celery and
carrots, and three baked potatoes. Supper: pureed steamed celery, pureed steamed butternut squash, and two baked potatoes. Exercised lightly in the gym. I plan to do
this on alternate days. I take walks to my tolerance and at no time do I tax myself.
Most of the time is still spent resting in bed. Four semi-loose B.M.s today. What a
blessing compared to the 20 to 30 B.M.s a day in the latter stages of the illness, even while under medical care and being dosed and poisoned with so many drugs.    Tuesday, October 27, 1964 --12th eating day: Weight 125-1/2 pounds; a gain of 1/2
pound from yesterday and a total gain of 17-1/2 pounds after 11 days of eating. Blood pressure 110/66. Breakfast: seven baked apples followed by a little later by a bowl of
dry cottage cheese. Lunch: pureed steamed cauliflower, pureed mixed vegetables,
pureed steamed peas, and two baked potatoes. Supper: my first attempt at a meal with
no purees, except for the raw salad. Pureed, raw, mixed vegetable salad (romaine
lettuce, carrots, cucumber, celery, green pepper, and tomato), steamed peas, steamed carrots and celery, and two steamed potatoes. Ten B.M.s during the day and several
during the night. (Despite these many B.M.s, I am absorbing nutrition from the food and putting on healthy weight.)
   Thursday, October 29, 1964 --14th eating day: History was made this morning! I had
my first formed B.M. in six years. This may sound strange to those who have never
had ulcerative colitis, but I laughed and cried at the same time. I could not believe it. I
think I was as proud as the father of a new born infant. I called Dr. Gross and gave him
the news. I also announced the event to some of my friends at the Manor and then I
called home and told my wife. In fact, I wa s so elated that if I had a camera, I
probably would have taken a photograph of " it" for posterity. (The importance of this
was the fact that I was getting better, evolving health. True, this was not going to be a
regular occurrence in these early years, but it was an indication of things to come--and they surely did.) Weight 126-1/2 pounds; a gain of l l pound from yesterday and a
total gain of 18-1/2 pounds after 13 days of eating. Breakfast: six baked apples and
three whole bananas. Lunch: vegetable soup (zucchini squash, tomato, celery, carrots,
corn, green beans, and peas), steamed carrots and artichokes, bowl of natural (whole
grain or brown) rice. Supper: pureed raw vegetable salad, steamed beets with the tops (the tops are very rich in amino acids, the protein building blocks), three steamed
potatoes. So far, I seem to be tolerating the change toward increased roughage. I have
not noticed any digestive disturbance or bowel irritation, except an occasional but decreasing incidence of indigestion since the introduction of the pureed raw salads.
Eight semi-formed B.M.s, the greatest freque ncy occurring at night. For the next few
days the routine was similar, the ultimate goal being a basically raw vegetarian diet--
live foods; a diet my past doctors, particular ly Dr. Kale, said I would never be able to
eat. These days have been very comfortable and I feel wonderfully alive, much stronger, and have an anticipation and relish  for simple plain vegetarian fare. I feel
little or no discomfort or spasms, which is the first time in the six years of this
disease, regardless of past hospitalizations, drugs, treatments, etc. I notice very little
need for water now. Sometimes go several days without it. This is due to the
abundance of water contained in the raw fruits  and vegetables. In fact. the less cooked
food, the avoidance of condiments, and overeating, then the less is the actual thirst for
water. Of course vigorous physical exertion will increase the body's need for water.
   Sunday, November 1, 1964 --17th eating day: Today started out uneventfully, but it
was to be a special day for me--a milest one. I was to have my first raw, whole
vegetable salad in six years. It was to be  at supper. I remember Dr. Kale forbidding
me to eat roughage because of the potential devastating effects to a damaged,
debilitated colon. I was frightened. I didn't know how much healing had taken place or if I could tolerate this roughage wit hout serious consequences. However, the body
does have extraordinary healing power when it is given the proper circumstances,
which it had been given here at the Manor. Nevertheless, I spent most of the day
anticipating eating that salad at supper. By the time supper was ready, I was running a fever of 100° and trembling because of the built-up anxiety. Dr. Gross personally
brought in the salad and said he was honored to serve it to me because whatever had been accomplished this far, I had earned. The salad was in a small bowl and consisted
of romaine lettuce, celery, cucumber, and shredded carrots. Dr. Gross instructed me to
"take an hour to eat it." This was to be the first step in a more natural, raw diet. I did
take an hour to eat that salad and then I sat back and waited for something to happen.
To my surprise there was no explosion, no violent reaction. In fact, I felt comfortable. There was some indigestion during the night, but I had not eaten raw food in six
years. (This indigestion occurred for the next couple of days and then subsided and did not recur.)
   Thursday, November 5, 1964 --21st eating day: Weight 131-1/2 pounds; a gain of 2-
3/4 pounds from yesterday and a total gain of 23-1/2 pounds after 20 days of eating.
Blood pressure 110/66. Took a short, early morning jog and felt marvelous. I've been
waking up at 6:00 a.m. feeling refreshed, rested, and raring to go. I feel alive and vital. Breakfast: four oranges and about four ounces of raw peanuts ground to a nut
butter. Lunch: a half of a honeydew melon, two pears, three bananas, and a few dates.
Supper: large raw vegetable salad, steamed  asparagus, and eggplant parmigiana stew.
I notice an increased endurance in my reading ability--speed, concentration, etc. Visual and auditory acuity increased.
   Friday, November 6, 1964 --22nd eating day: Weight 134-1/2 pounds; a gain of 3
pounds from yesterday and a total gain of 26-1/4 pounds after three weeks of eating.
I'm anxious to go home. I'm ready to get back into the normal routine of life--to work,
to play, to be with Corinne and my children, and to live again. Dr. Gross estimates a
few more days here, just to see how I'll be handling the diet change toward the
increased roughage. Breakfast: one whole grap efruit, two oranges, and four ounces of
filbert nuts ground fine. Lunch: a half of a honeydew melon, one persimmon, grapes, and two bananas. Supper: large raw vegetable salad


 him and star ted him on
his first fast day.  It was not easy for this man to fast. Mr.
Wilson was so full of toxic poisons, so full of sticky mucus
in his head, throat and lungs that he had a great deal of
discomfort and trouble getting rid of it. But he was an
Englishman with plenty of fortitude. He passed a lot of
toxic wastes from his body. At the end of the 10 day fast,
he felt better than he had for many years!
Then, I put him on a natural live food diet consisting
of fresh fruit and vegetable juices and distilled water.
Within 3 weeks after his fast, he climbed the 5 flights of
stairs to my apartment – something he had not done in
7 years! His wife became enthusiastic about my natural
way of living and began to follow the program which
became The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. She started to shed
the fat from her body that she couldn’ t lose before.
After 6 months you could not tell the W ilsons were
the same people. They were healthier, stronger and
happier! Mr. Wilson ran up to my
apartment twice a day. Now Mrs.
Wilson looked trim and slim and
had to have all her clothes taken
in. Their married daughter lived
in Canada and came to visit. She
could not believe what she saw.
The W ilsons’ health troubles were
47
gone. They were now The Wilsons thanked me and said they
enjoying life fully and felt “reborn.” By following The Bragg Healthy
it made me happy! Lifestyle, they found new, vigorous health.
Perfect Health is above gold; a sound body before riches. – Solomon These were the first two cases who followed my new
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. The results gave me confidence
which grew as I studied the teachings of the world’ s great
healers. It was Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in
400 B.C. who gave these wise words to the world to use:
Let food be your medicine and medicine
be your food. – Hippocrates, 400 B.C.
Mother Nature and God’ s Way
48 We give thanks for the millions of people who r ead
our books and have come to us for advice through the
years and have literally been reborn healthy again by
living The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle which is God and
Mother Nature’ s Way! W e feel blessed to know we’ve
inspired people to make healthy changes in their lives.
This is Mother Nature’ s own natural lifestyle. Ther e
is a big difference between feeling well enough to car ry
on one’ s daily activities with no sensation of anything
wrong, and that more exhilarating state of health which
fills one with enthusiasm for life and its challenges. An
adequate amount of that important commodity – vibrant
health – supplies sufficient energy for life to go on
serenely, but it takes more to give one a sense of
exuberance. People who live by Mother Natur e’s Eternal
Laws will enjoy an exalted feeling of well being that is
not euphoric (abnormally happy and buoyant), but is
the result of a natural joie de vivr e or joy of living.
The W ilsons discover ed this joy of living when they
changed from their unhealthy lifestyle and went on
The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. They learned through their
own experience that the body is a naturally self-repairing
and self-healing instr ument. Mr. Wilson found out that
the stiffness in all his moveable joints was not due to
the number of years he had lived, but due to the wrong
kinds of food, water and lack of exer cise! He lear ned that
time is not toxic, but it’ s lifestyle and habits that count.
When pure rules of business and conduct are observed, there is true religion.
Walk in the path of duty, do good to your brethren and work no evil towards them.
Mother Nature and its beauty is the signature of God. – Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D. Mr. Wilson’ s stiffness was brought on by a combination
of toxic acid cr ystals from an unbalanced, acid diet and
drinking water saturated with inorganic minerals and toxic
chemicals. Fasting helped to dissolve these encrustations
which had been deposite d in his joints. A n atural diet and
distilled water continued the cleansing and healing process
and helped prevent a recurrence of his former ailments.
The same thing happened with Mrs. W ilson’ s weight
and kidney problems. She felt remarkably improved. By
switching from their old unhealthy ways to The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle – Mother Natur e’s Way – they were
able to enjoy their full potential and experience the true
joy of healthy living and superb energy!
Jack LaLanne, Patricia Bragg, Elaine LaLanne & Paul C. Bragg
Jack says, ”Bragg saved my life at age 15, when I attended the Bragg
Health and Fitness Crusade in Oakland, California.” From that day,
Jack has continued to live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, inspiring
millions to health and fitness! – visit Jack at: jacklalanne.com
49
Ponce de Leon
Searched for the
“Fountain of Y outh.”
If he had only known
It’s within us...
Created by the food we eat!
Food can make or
Break your health!
50
Studies Show
Exercise Keeps
You Youthful,
Stronger and
Healthier!
Paul C. Bragg and Patricia Lift W eights 3 T imes W eekly
An Old English Prayer
Give us Lord, a bit of sunshine,
A bit of work and a bit of fun.
Give us, in all the struggle and sputter,
Our daily whole grain bread and food.
Give us health, our keep to make
And a bit to spare for others’ sake.
Give us too, a bit of song in heart
And a tale and a book, to help us along.
Give us Lord, a chance to be a blessing,
Our goodly best for ourselves and others
Until men learn to live peacefully as brothers.
50 Chapter 4
Water and Its Effects
On the Human Body
The Stones W ithin Us
The more we learned about biochemistr y (life
chemistr y), the more we realized why so many people
were prematurely old, stiff and suffer ing from pain
throughout their bodies. During our visits to London’ s
largest hospitals, we learned more about stones forming
within the human body.
Why do stones form in our bodies? What does this
mean with regard to human health?
The most common places to find such stones are in
the gallbladder, the kidneys, the passageways between
kidneys and bladder (known as the ureters) and within
the bladder itself. Another organ where stones are
sometimes revealed, by an ultrasound, x-ray or CT scan,
is the pancreas. This is the glandular organ which lies
behind the stomach and has both an internal and an
external secretion. Stone formation anywhere in the
body has always been regarded as a diseased condition.
In our opinion, all these stones are formed by the
unbalanced, acid, toxin-producing diet that most
humans eat; further aggravated by the chemicalized,
inorganically mineralized water they drink. Add to this
the heavy concentrations of salt most people use, plus
the tremendous amount of waxy cholesterol (saturated
fats) ingested by the average person, then unhealthful
conditions result! Unbalanced diets form toxic poisons
which the body cannot metabolize or easily eliminate,
so these toxins are formed into stones by the body’ s
chemistr y. Practically all drinking water contains the
inorganic mineral calcium carbonate. This and other
inorganic minerals and toxins play a big part in the
formation of painful stones within the body’ s organs. 51 52 Silent, Painless Gallstones
May Suddenly Become Noisy and Painful
“Silent” gallstones are those which remain quietly
in the gallbladder and do not produce the acute
abdominal pain which is known as gallstone colic.
However, these silent stones may at any time – per haps
at an inopportune moment – become raucously “noisy”
and extremely painful!!!
Noisy gallstones may involve not only the gallbladder
itself but also the common duct – a vital structure which
serves to carr y secretions from both the gallbladder and
the liver into the intestine. This often happens when
the gallbladder contracts and attempts to expel a
gallstone. If the stone gets stuck on the way out, there is
acute pain, and in many cases, inflammation of the
gallbladder and the common duct.
If the stone blocks the common duct, the liver cannot
send its bile into the intestine where it is essential for
proper and healthy
digestion. Then the
liver is in trouble! The
result is what is known
as obstructive jaundice,
evidenced by the
yellow of the bile
which shows up i n
the skin and in the
whites of the eyes.
The color of the
skin also betrays the
presence of silent
gallstones. This was
the case with the
great Hollywood film
actor T yrone Power, GALLSTONES IN GALLBLADDER


have developed the ability to dominate their bodies with their minds and routinely pay their bodies absolu tely no attention, driving
them relentlessly to do their will. Usually they use their energies to accomplish good, Christian works. Eventually, these de dicated
and high -toned people break down and die like everyone else. Will they do so later on life exten ding vitamins than they would
have otherwise? I couldn't know because I can't know how long they might have lived without supplementation and since they
refuse to admit the vitamins do them any good, they won't pay for them.
    Many on life extension prog rams experience a reverse aging process for awhile. However, after the full benefit of the
supplementation has worked itself through their body chemistry, they again begin to experience the aging process. I believe t he
process will then be slowed by their vitamins compared to what it would have been without supplements. But I can't prove it.
Maybe we will have some idea if the program worked 20 to 40 years from now.
    At this time I know of only two companies that make top quality life extension vitamin supplement formulas. One is
Prolongevity (Life Extension Foundation), the other, Vitamin Research Products. I prefer to support what I view as the altrui stic
motives  behind Prolongevity and buy my products from them. Unfortunately, these vitamin compounders can not put every
possibly beneficial substance in a single bottle of tablets. The main reason they do not is fear of the power -grabbing Food and
Drug Administrati on. This agency is threatening constantly to remove certain of the most useful life -extending substances from the
vitamin trade and make them the exclusive property of prescription -writing medical doctors. So far, public pressure has been
mobilized against  the FDA every time action was threatened and has not permitted this. If some product were included in a mix
and that product were prohibited, the entire mixed, bottled and labeled batch that remained unsold at that time would be wast ed, at
enormous cost.
    Were I manufacturing my own life extension supplement I would include the following. By the way, to get this all in one day, it
is necessary to take 6 to 12 large tablets daily, usually spread throughout the day, taken a few at a time with each meal. If you
compare my suggested formulation to another one, keep in mind that variations of 25 percent one way or another won't make a
significant difference, and adding other beneficial substances to my recommendations probably is only helpful. However, I wou ld
not want to eliminate anything in the list below, it is the minimum:

Beta-Carotene  25,000 iu  Selenium  100 mcg
Vitamin A  5,000 iu  Taurine  500 mg
B-1 250 mg  Cyctine  200 mg
B-2 50 mg  Gluthaianone  15 mg
B-3 niacinamid  850 mg  Choline  650 mg
B-5 750 mg  Inositol  250 mg
B-6 200 mg  Flavanoids  500 mg
B-12 100 mcg  Zinc 35 mg
PABA  50 mg  Chromium  100 mcg
Folic Acid  500 mcg  Molybdenum  123 mg
Biotin  200 mcg  Manganese  5 mg
Vitamin C  3,000mg  Iodine (as kelp)  10 mg
Vitamin E  600 iu  Co-Enzyme Q -10 60 mg
Magnesium  1,000 mg  DMAE  100 mg
Potassium  100 mg  Ginko biloba  120 mg
Calcium  1,000 mg  Vitamin D -3 200 iu

Please also keep in mind that there are many other useful substances not listed above. For example, every day I have a "green
drink," an herbal preparation containing numerous tonic substances like ginseng and also various forms of algae and chlorophy ll
extracts. My green drink makes my body feel very peppy all day, so it certainly enhances my life and may extend it. It costs ab out
$25,00 a month to enjoy that. I also use various pure amino acids at times. Phenylalyanine will make me get more aggressive
whenever I am feeling a little lackluster; this nutrient has also been used as an effective therapy against depression. Melatoni n
taken at bedtime really does help me get to sleep and may have remarkable life -extending properties. Other amino acids help my
body manufacture growth hormones and I use them from the time I begin training seriously in spring through the end of the
summer triathlon competition season. Pearson and Shaw's book (see Bibliography) is a good starting point to begin learning ab out
this re markably useful subject.

The Future Of Life Extension
    I beg the readers indulgence for a bit of futurology about what things may look like if the life extension movement continues  to
develop.
    Right now, a full vitamin and vitamin -like substance life extension program costs between $50 and $100 dollars per month.
However, pharmaceutical researchers occasionally notice that drugs meant to treat and cure diseases, when tested on lab anima ls
for safety, make these animals live quite a bit longer and function better. Though the FDA doesn't allow any word of this to be
printed in official prescribing data, the word does get around to other researchers, to gerontologists and eventually to that  part of
the public that is eagerly looking for longer life. T oday there are numerous people who routinely take prescription medicines
meant to cure a disease they do not have and plan to take those medicines for the rest of their long, long life.
    These drugs being patented, the tariff gets a lot steeper compare d to taking vitamins. (Since they are naturally -occurring
substances, vitamins can't be patented and therefore, aren't big -profit items. Perhaps that's one reason the FDA is so covertly
opposed to vitamins.) Right now it would be quite possible to spend ma ny hundred dollars per month on a life extension program
that included most of these potentially beneficent prescription drugs.
    As more of life -extending substances are discovered, the cost of participating in a maximally effective life extension prog ram
will escalate. However, those who can afford chemically enhanced functioning will enjoy certain side -benefits. Their productive,
enjoyable life spans may measure well over a century, perhaps approaching two centuries or more. Some of these substances
greatly improve intelligence so they will become brighter and have faster reaction times. With more time to accumulate more
wisdom and experience than "short livers" these folks will become wiser, too. They will have more time to compound their
investment a ssets and thus will become far more wealthy. They will become an obvious and recognizable aristocracy. This new
upper class will immediately recognize each other on the street because they will look entirely different than the short -lived poorer
folk and w ill probably run the political economic system.
    And this new aristocratic society I see coming may be far more pleasant than the one dominated by the oligarchy we now have
covertly running things. For with greater age and experience does really come gr eater wisdom. I have long felt that the biggest
problem with Earth is that we did not live long enough. As George Bernard Shaw quipped when he was 90 (he lived to 96), "here  I
am, 90 years old, just getting out of my adolescence and getting some sense, and  my body is falling apart as fast as it can."

Vitamin Program For The Sick
    No matter which way you look at it or how well insured you may be against it, being sick is expensive (not to mention what it
does to one's quality of life), and by far the best thing to do is to prevent it from happening in the first place. However, most people
do not do anything about their health until forced to by some painful condition. If you are already sick there are a number o f
supplements you can take which have the potential to shorten the duration and severity of the illness, and hopefully p revent a
recurrence.
    The sicker you are, the more supplements you will require; as health is regained, the dosage and variety of substances can be
reduced. In chronic illness, megadoses of many nutrients are usually beneficial. Any sick adult should b egin a life extension
vitamin program unless they are highly allergic to so many things already that they can not tolerate many kinds of vitamins a s
well. In addition to the life extension program, vitamin C should be taken by the chronically ill at a dose  from 10 to 25 grams
daily, depending on the severity of the condition.
    Many people want to know whether or not they should take their regular food supplements during a fast. On a water fast most
supplements in a hard tablet form will not be broken dow n at all, and often can be seen floating by in the colonic viewing tube
looking exactly like it did when you swallowed it. This waste can be avoided by crushing or chewing (yuck) the tablets, befor e
swallowing. Encapsulated vitamins usually are absorbed, b ut if you want to make sure, open the capsule and dump it in the back of
your mouth before swallowing with water. Powdered vitamins are well absorbed.


 colleague, parent or child,
or the unfolding of events in the world – the same happiness that we would
feel on winning the lottery will be released in our current experience.
     Imagine the freedom of leading a life in which we know that our happi -
ness is not dependent on anyone or anything. The peace and joy that is the
nature of our being would be our constant companion, sometimes present
quietly in the background of experience and sometimes overflowing into the
foreground.
112suffering is our own activity
eroding the layers

Almost all psychological suffering is the activity of seeking and resisting that
is triggered by our deeply ingrained tendencies. It is, as such, our own activity.
It is never imposed on us from the outside. If we find ourself blaming some -
one or something for our unhappiness, it simply indicates that we have not
yet clearly understood the mechanism of suffering.
     If we think that the loss of our faculties, the behaviour of our partner, the
state of our bank balance or the condition of our health is the cause of our un -
happiness, we are mistaken. None of these can cause unhappiness unless we give
them permission to do so, in which case they will do so. As soon as we withdraw
that permission, we immediately take responsibility for our own suffering.
     Happiness is the inevitable consequence of facing one’s moment-by-
moment experience without resistance. Each time we face our current ex -
perience with this attitude of openness and surrender, we are, without
realising it, undermining and gradually eroding the subliminal store of ten -
dencies and preferences that lies in the depths of our mind.
     Likewise, every time we allow our responses and actions to be governed
by this subliminal layer, we are strengthening it and setting ourself up for
unhappiness in the future.

Shantananda Saraswati used to tell a story about Krishna and his companion
on a journey. At the end of the first day’s walking, they came to the mansion
of a wealthy man and asked if they could rest there for the night. The wealthy
man commanded one of his servants to show them to the cattle shed, where
they found a place to sleep in the straw. On leaving in the morning, Krishna
cast a spell over the man that caused his wealth to double.
     The following evening, they came to the house of an impoverished farmer
who had only one cow, whose milk he relied on as a source of nourishment
and income. They asked the farmer for a place to stay, and in response he
cleared out his own modest bedroom for them, shared his meagre evening
meal with them, and himself went to sleep in the shed.
     The next morning Krishna thanked the farmer and cast a spell on his cow
that caused it to become sick and die. After several hours’ walking, Krishna’s
companion could no longer restrain himself and asked him to explain why
he had treated their hosts so unfairly.
113you are the happiness you seek
     Krishna replied that the wealthy man had numerous attachments and he
had simply doubled them, thereby causing him more misery, while the
farmer had only one attachment that stood between him and causeless hap -
piness, and he had simply removed it.
     In the context of our exploration, we could liken the two men’s at -
tachments to the storehouse of residual energies that remain in our heart
long after the event which provoked them has disappeared. Krishna was
strengthening the influence of this storehouse in the wealthy man’s life.
In doing so, he was intensifying the rich man’s tendency of seeking and re -
sisting, thus increasing his suffering.
     By causing the poor man’s cow to die, Krishna was undermining the
strength and density of his residual tendencies, purifying his heart of the last
vestiges of belief that happiness is dependent on circumstances, thereby
enabling him to fully experience that causeless joy.
    External circumstances are not responsible for provoking seeking or
resisting within us; they are our own responsibility. Instead of reacting
emotionally and impulsively, we take a step back from the conditioned
layer of likes and dislikes which characterises the separate self or ego and,
standing as the presence of awareness, face all experience without resis -
tance.
     In the absence or neutralisation of the intermediary layer of likes and dis -
likes, and the activity of seeking and resisting that is generated by it, the
peace and happiness that is the nature of our essential self shines unob -
structed in our experience.
     It is not the object, substance, activity, state of mind or relationship that
we truly seek. All we truly seek is to bring the experience of seeking to an
end. We desire only the ending of desire.

‘yes’ to all experience

The first words I ever heard Francis say were, ‘Meditation is a universal “yes”
to the totality of one’s experience’. Had I fully understood their implication,
no further instruction would have been necessary. By simply saying ‘yes’ to
our current situation, irrespective of its content, we are, without necessarily
realising it at first, standing in and as our true nature of awareness and open -
ing ourself to its innate qualities of peace and joy.
114suffering is our own activity
     Just as the empty space of a room unconditionally allows whatever takes
place within it without resistance, so our essential nature of pure awareness
is open without resistance to all experience. It is thought alone that rises up
and says ‘no’ to the current experience. If that ‘no’ rises on behalf of the safety
or well-being of the body, then it is a direct and legitimate response to the
current situation.
     Usually, however, the ‘no’ rises on behalf of an illusory self that we almost
constantly try to protect, enhance or fulfil. In fact, the separate self is not an
entity in its own right; it is the  feeling  of defence and lack, and the cor -
responding activity  of seeking and resisting. T o counteract this resistance,
one may simply determine to say ‘yes’ to all experience, unless the safety and
well-being of the body are at stake.
     This universal welcoming of all experience does not, in fact, need to be
practised by the mind. It is the very nature of awareness to allow all experi -
ence as it is. In the absence of an intermediary layer of seeking and resisting,
we, awareness, are naturally and effortlessly surrendered to or in alignment
with our current experience, completely open to it and at the same time free
or independent of it.
     The moment we separate ourself out from the totality as a separate self
or person, we create a state of opposition. The remedy is simple: say ‘yes’ to
experience. In doing so, we align ourself with the universe, moment by mo -
ment, rather than pitting ourself against it.

In fact, it is not even necessary to say ‘yes’ to any experience, for, being in -
separable from the universe, we are always and already one with it. There is
just the indivisible totality of the situation, and we as an apparent individual
are in participation, not conflict, with it, just as a practitioner of Aikido will
flow with their opponent’s energies rather than resist them.
     A friend of mine who used to coach one of the top under-fourteen tennis
players in the world told me that whenever she made a mistake or lost a
point, she would smile. Instead of provoking in herself ‘the failure’ – the ego
that inhibits the free flow of inspiration in an athlete’s game – her smile
would erase the error, leaving her open and relaxed to face the next point
without any residue of the past to sabotage it.
     And I once heard a violinist performing Bach’s solo violin partitas in a
church. At a critical moment, in the silence between two movements, the
115you are the happiness you seek
mobile phone of a woman sitting in the front row rang with that familiar,
persistent ringtone: da da der der, da da der der, da da der der, der der.
Without a moment’s pause, the violinist briefly improvised on the theme be -
fore weaving it into the beginning of the next movement. Bach would surely
have been delighted!
     Actions that are in line with and an expression of the whole tend to restore
balance and harmony in situations that have diverged from it. And when
the response is over, no separate self rises up to claim authorship. As it says
in the Tao T e Ching, such a person ‘acts without doing anything’.
     Welcoming our current experience is not something that we need practise.
It is what we are. This attitude of welcoming is, as such, the natural condition
of our self prior to the arising of the apparently separate self or ego. It is our
default state and, therefore, does not have to be maintained by effort. It is
for this reason that this approach is said to be an effortless path.
     All that is necessary is to cease resisting experience. It is our unimpeded
openness to the current experience that enables our innate happiness to be
fully felt, irrespective of the content of the experience. In the absence of
resistance, our natural state of openness to experience is revealed. Openness
is what we are; resistance is what we do.

116chapter fifteen
The Way of Surrender
Life could be limitless joy, if we would only


 among these
elements we have calcium. Such starch molecules are not soluble in
water.
Vital organic calcium is needed by the entire system, and such
calcium, the only kind that IS soluble in water, can be obtained ONLY
from fruits and vegetables, and their juices when these are raw and
fresh. As such, it passes through the liver and is completely assimilated
in the process of gland functions and cell and tissue building.
The calcium in all concentrated starches and sugars which have
been subjected to heat is inorganic, and is not soluble in water. Its
presence in the system is extraneous and foreign, and as such is cast
aside at every opportunity by the blood and lymph streams. The first
convenient dumping ground is the bile duct, which carries it to the
gall bladder. The next most convenient place is what we may term the
dead-ends of blood vessels either in the abdomen, resulting in tumors,
or in the anus, resulting in hemorrhoids. Such inorganic calcium atoms
as happen to get past these usually end up in the kidneys.
A few atoms of inorganic calcium, either in the gall bladder or in
the kidneys, may not do much harm, but with a continuance of the
use of bread, cereals, cakes, and other flour products, the deposits
become progressively cumulative and result in the formation of gravel
or stones in these organs.
It has been found from long experience that the removal of
these deposits or encumbrances by means of surgery is often
unnecessary except, perhaps, in the most extreme cases; and even
then, it is doubtful if better results could not be obtained by helping
Nature, the Great Healer, by the intelligent use of natural means.
Lemon juice, in the proportion of the juice of one lemon to a
tumblerful of hot water, taken many times a day, supplemented with
a tumblerful of the combination of carrot, beet, and cucumber juice
three or four times a day, has helped a great many sufferers to
experience with satisfaction the disappearance of both gravel and
stones sometimes within a matter of a few days or a few weeks.
23 A perfect example would be to share the experience of a business
man well into his forties. He stood prominent in the business world
having successfully placed on the highway to fortune, several of the
large nationwide chainstores in this country and one or two in Great
Britain. He has suffered acute pains for more than twenty years.
X-rays were taken with and without idophthalein, which is a dye used
to detect problems in what appeared to be the gallbladder area. The
Dr.'s diagnosis was confirmed with the results of the tests. He was
suffering from stones in his gallbladder. Fear and aversion to surgery
was the only thing keeping his gallbladder where it belonged.
He was then told about the success of JUICE THERAPY, read
one of the earlier editions of this book, and sought aid from a person
competent and experienced in this treatment. It was explained to him,
that in order to receive a relatively quick treatment with these juices
that he may experience, for a short time, more agonizing pain than he
had before. These pains could last for a few minutes or maybe even
and hour or so at a time, but would eventually cease all together with
the passing of the dissolved calcium. He drank ten or twelve glasses
of hot water with the juice of one lemon in each throughout the day
and about three pints of carrot, beet and cucumber juice daily. On the
second day he did have some terrific spasms of pain for 10 to 15
minutes each. By the end of the week the crisis arrived and for about
half an hour he rolled on the floor in agony; but the pain suddenly left
him and a short while afterward stones passed out and caused a reaction
like mud in his urine. That evening he was a different man. The next
day he took a long trip—from New York to Washington and on to
Canada—with me in my car, feeling 20 years younger and marveling
at the simplicity of Nature's miracles.
This is not an isolated instance. Thousands the world over have
testified with gratitude to the benefits derived from fresh-raw
vegetable juices.
The combination of carrot, beet, and cucumber juice gives us one
of the finest cleansing and healing aids for the gall bladder, liver,
kidneys, and the prostate and other sex glands.
Something else to bear in mind is the fact that when we eat meat
an excessive amount of uric acid is generated in the system, which
apparently cannot be completely eliminated by the kidneys, thus
causing a definite strain on these organs, reacting on the rest of the
body. This combination of juices is therefore invaluable in this respect
to help cleanse the system. At the same time, it has been found
24 advisable to eliminate concentrated sugars and starches, as well as
meat, for awhile at least to give the body the opportunity it needs to
readjust itself to normalcy. Once the healthy condition of the body
has been reestablished then of course, we should know from experience
that to devitalize it again, if we choose to do so, we need only to go
back to eating devitalized foods. It is truly gratifying to find that
many have no desire to return to a mediocre or worse state of health.
They have experienced the realization that health, vigor, energy, and
vitality are well worth retaining and that it is not a sacrifice to exchange
what they thought was palatable with what they now know is more
nutritional.
Nevertheless, nourishing foods are, and can be made, palatable
by the simple method of learning how to do it. Study my book DIET
& SALAD SUGGESTIONS.
BRUSSELS SPROUTS JUICE
The juice of Brussels Sprouts combined with that of carrot, string
bean, and lettuce furnishes a combination of elements which helps to
strengthen and regenerate the insulin generating properties of the
pancreatic functions of our digestive system. For this reason, it has
been found of inestimable benefit in cases of diabetes.
This benefit, however, has been derived when all concentrated
starches and sugars were avoided altogether and when colonic
irrigations and enemas were used regularly to cleanse waste matter
from the system.
CABBAGE JUICE
Duodenal ulcers have responded almost miraculously to the
drinking of cabbage juice. The only drawback is the frequent
generation of excessive gas. In any case, plain carrot juice has been
used with equal success and most people find it more palatable.
Cabbage juice has wonderful cleansing and reducing properties.
Sometimes it has a tendency to cause distress because of gas forming
in the intestines after drinking it. Such gas is the result of waste
putrefactive matter present in the intestines being broken up by the
cabbage juice, which causes a chemical reaction to set in and may
form gas. This is a natural condition—sulfuretted hydrogen, a foul
smelling gas, being the outcome of the cleansing elements in the juice
acting on and dissolving the waste matter. Enemas and colonic
irrigations help to remove both this excessive gas and the waste matter
causing it.
25 The most valuable properties in cabbage are the high sulphur and
chlorine content and the relatively large percentage of iodine. The
combination of the sulphur and chlorine causes a cleansing of the
mucous membrane of the stomach and intestinal tract, but this only
applies when cabbage juice is taken in its raw state without the addition
of salt.
When excessive gas or other distress is experienced after drinking
raw cabbage juice, either straight or in combination with other raw
vegetable juices, it may be an indication of an abnormal toxic condition
within the intestinal tract. In such case it has been found advisable,
before much of the juice is used, to cleanse the intestines thoroughly
by drinking carrot, or carrot and spinach juice daily for two or three
weeks and taking enemas daily. It was found that once the intestines
were able to assimilate cabbage juice, it was invaluable as a cleanser,
particularly in the case of excessive adipose weight.
When raw cabbage juice is added to raw carrot juice, it forms an
excellent source of Vitamin C as a cleansing medium, aiding
particularly where infection of the gums is present resulting in
pyorrhea. When boiled or dehydrated with excessive heat, however,
the effectiveness of the enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and salts is
destroyed. One hundred and twenty pounds of cooked or canned
cabbage could not furnish the same vital organic food value that is
assimilated from drinking one-half pint of straight raw cabbage juice
when properly prepared.
Cabbage juice has been used very effectively to help the relief of
ulcers and constipation. As constipation is usually the primary cause
of skin eruptions, these have also been cleared up with the judicious
use of this juice.
The addition of salt to cabbage or its juice not only destroys its
value, but is also harmful.
RAW CARROT JUICE
Depending on the condition of the individual, raw carrot juice
may be taken indefinitely in any reasonable quantities—from one to
six or eight pints a day. It has the effect of helping to normalize the
entire system. It is the richest source of Vitamin A which the body
can quickly assimilate and contains also an ample supply ofV


 of my son that was born
with Muscular Dystrophy. I started to give my own Urine to him since he was
three years old. I gave him in his baby's bottle and I was taken it normally.
Jn five weeks we started to prove good resuJts for he was abJe to move his joints
a little and every time he moves them a little more. It was possible for him to
stand up for a few second but at least that is something.
Matha Pacheco
Trimming, Florida U.S.A-Saturday, June 09, 2001 AT 15:56:16 (EDT)
TESTIMONY 113*
AMBVLATORV ARTHRlTlS
Waldo Chavez {Tacna, Peru}
1 am 60 years old, Now retired. 1 am rejoiced and 1 was Bohemian,
loving the celebrations, the good life and the meat.
For this reason three years ago I was committed the military hospital in Lima for
six months where they diagnosed ambulatory arthritis. {Rheumatoid arthritis}.
My normal treatment at the hospital did not make the intense pains go away and I
suffered in the joints, knees, elbows foot and fingers,
heel inflammation of the legs inflammation of the joints.
I could not to eat neither a piece of meat nor to drink type of liquor,
and especially beer.
I had the luck to find the works of the WATER OF LIFE and URINE-THERAPY.
Good luck for all the people who wish to follow this method,
for it is a 100% effective.
waldo chavez Tacna, Tacna peru -Sunday, May 20, 2001 AT 10:48:42 (EDT}
TESTIMONY 114*
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Jose Manuel Fernandez { Hermigua, Soltero Country}
I am 35 years old. I have had Epilepsy from the age of 8 years. I have been taking
my own Urine that created a change in my life of good health and the analysis
proves that 1 am well. Good food, good living gives you great Urine and a good
body. I hope that it leave peace and love for all of you all. HASTALUEGO
105 jose mauel fernandez dwells hermigua, unmarried country
Sunday, March 18, 2001 AT 12:10:05 (EST)
TESTIMONY 115*
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Robert { Mexico }
My name is Robert and I am 37 years old.
For approximately two years I have been having
problems with arterial hypertension due to the
excessive tobacco consumption, a1coho1 and bad feeding.
More than two years ago, one night, I felt I was going to die because my pressure
raised, raised and raised, to a degree it was a the point of a heart attach.
They took me to the hospital of the Mexican Institute of Social Security.
The first electronics that they processed, I heard them say what a serious cardiac
problem I had. I was hospitalized one week in total.
The arterial pressure did not lower (sometimes 150-90 or more) and the doctors
changed me to the floor for serious critical patients stay.
On the fourth day they controlled the pressure and on the seventh day they
released me.
Nevertheless, already nothing was the same.
When leaving the hospital they said the hypertension crisis was my fault.
Doctors thought that these problems were to the esophageal flow
and others to a problem of the brain.
I saw many doctors as cardiologists, gastroenterologists, neurologists,
irid61ogist, acupunturist, etc. All made a concerted effort, but they did not
manage to standardize my pressure to tranquilize me.
Until recently he took Tenormin every night. They are blockers of the pressure to
avoid the nocturnal hypertension crises. Sometimes J felt that J was going to die.
Already for several years a friend whom he is more than 70 years old but he
pretends he is as healthy as an individual of 50 years suggested me to take age
calmly with Urine.
Without great excuses 1 every day took a glass of my Urine in the mornings, but
not gave importance to this. Recently, I found a book and I decided to investigate.
What I read was much more interesting and I continued investigating.
I then bought the book named the Curative Power of Urine,
(the liquid gold of Health),
by May Ana, and the Water of the Life, by J.W. Armstrong.
But what I decided was to drink my Urine as to what I read in this page,
and yet really, I began the therapy 18 days ago.
It clarified that I did not need to consult any doctor.
What could I lose if the Urine is sterile and it does not produce any disease?
106 Today, after 18 days I have initiated the therapy and the anxiety and the fear
which preceeds to a hypertension crisis have disappeared 90 percent.
In general I feel far better and I am recovering my original perception of things
much better. I also encounter better flavor of foods.
J have better digestion and little by little J have been recovering my tranquiUity.
My pressure has been normal 115-80 118-80 with a pulse of 75 per minute.
That f did not even have before the crisis of two years ago.
I suppose that still I am not cured, but have taken the first step towards my
definitive treatment. 1 offer my testimony to those in case it serves to them as
something. I hope that they are animated to put in practice this therapy that is
free, in benefit of its health. Greetings and that God bless them.
Roberto { Mexico }
Thursday, March 08, 2001 AT 23:09:40 (EST)
TESTIMONY 116*
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Edelmira Maniquez { Michoacan Mexico }
My name is Edelmira Manriquez. I live Santoyo and in the street Cuautla, Juarez
Colony in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. My telephone is-------.
I want to make public my testimony. My Celestial Father again gave the
opportunity for me to 1ive. 1 am a Leucemia patient (Cancer in the Blood).
In March of 1999 the last of the my three children" Lucia" I gave her birth.
I noticed that a muscle grew of considerable form in my abdomen.
I returned to the doctor. He began to examine and between analysis, ultrasounds,
x-rays, studies of bone marrow and others; they finished diagnosing
" LEUKEMIA" to me. According to the doctor, my problem took but of a year.
As it is logical, the tears came and other thousand questions.
J initiated fasting and J deaJt to face my disease with vengeance.
That disease was mine and it would be with me all the way that I had left of life.
One night I woke up contents. I deduced that during my dream my Celestial
Father close remembered that he was part of me.
1 put myself in his hands and 1 entrusted much to my family above.
That night I found half of my strength and other half I obtained it when I finished
reading the book of Urine Chemistry by Sonia Rodriguez.
Two friends of mine also read her book.
After reading the book, the 19 of September of 1999, at 9 in the morning,
I did the first taking of my Urine promising to my Celestial Father that I will take it
by everything what I had left of life. I also chose to leave all medicines.
J did not doubt at any moment, what J had to do.
I mean to them that my hemoglobin was very low (6 mg/ml) and that the number
of 270.000 leukocytes was above of pox mililiter
(normal level: 5.000 to 10.000 leukocytes by mililiter.)
107 In addition I received very high doses of oral chemotherapy and other medicines
Uke the interferon and many others.
At the rnoment my leukocytes are normal and I am alive happy with my family.
Everytht rrg was a slow process relatively (5 months), during which little by little
J was fe :r:ing better. Every time with force my appetite and desires to Jive grew.
Urine is t~ihe first wonder of the world. Like medicine for the health it is a gift that
God t: 11e Father donated to us because he does not want. Disease with us.
He wants always to be happy.
With Edelmira affection.
';f'lrs. Edelmira Manriquez Santoyo Morelia, Michoacan Mexico
Thursday, February 01, 2001 AT 13:30:50 (EST)
TESTIMONY 117*
AU~s\i a11b cosmctic l11t~est
Norma A. Diaz { Argentina }
Very I am interested in the subject
In fact J began the processing days ago.
I ( agerly read on the subject the books that are in the market.
Amaroli, thr water of the Life and practical guide of the Urine-therapy (Ed. Kier).
I an


 of f. In psychiatry this
mechanism is called displacem ent. It is because we are angry that events
‘make’ us angry.”
Dr. David R. Hawkins, fr om  Letting Go
Don’ t yo u feel exactly like a p ressure cooker when a bad feeling like anger
sweeps over you strongly and  really fast? If you know of someone who
suf fers f rom fre quent anger, it m eans that they’ve suppressed a lot of anger,
most likely in th e earlier years of their life. They’re also sure to believe that
it’ s other people or circumstances that bring on a bout of their anger, but most
definitely it’ s their suppressed anger that is the sole cause.
“The rea l source of ‘stress’ is actually internal; it is not exter nal, as people
would li ke to believe. The readiness to react with fear, for inst ance, depends
on h ow much fear is already present within to be triggered by a  stimulus. The
more fear we have on the inside, the more our perception of the world is
changed to a fearful, guarded ex pectancy. T o the fearful person, this world is a
terrifying place.  T o the angry person, this world is a chaos of frustration and
vexation. T o the guilty person, i t is a world of temptation and s in, which they
see everywhere. What we are holding inside colors our world. If we let go of
guilt, w e will see innocence; however, a guilt-ridden person will see only
evil.”
Dr. David R. Hawkins, fr om  Letting Go
So, when you next experience a negative feeling sweeping over you,
remember that no matter how it might appear to you, you’re experiencing it
because it is alr eady  i nside you—not because an  outside person or
circumstance caused it.
Y ou would think we would have worked this out, wouldn’ t you? After all, it’ s
clear from our experience that negative feelings arise from inside  our body.
Not one of us has ever walked down a street and had to dodge negative
feelings flying toward us! Y ou’l l never find a negative feeling outside of your
body, or anybody else’ s body. It is our r eaction  t o a per son, cir cumstance, or
event th at is the cause of negative feelings, not the actual person,
circumstance, or event.
Honey, I Shrunk MyselfNegative feeling s are ener gized even further when we believe that a negative
feeling is who we are. How can we be a feeling? Y et when we identify with a
feeling, it means we have shrunk our Infinite Self right down, because we’re
allowing ourselves to be ruled by one puny little feeling.
“Thoughts and emotions seem powerful because we give the m ener gy. By
letting them rise and fall of their own, they simply move on.”
Kalyani Lawry
“It is not true to say, ‘I am sad.’ W e should say instead, ‘At this moment a
feeling o f sadness is flowing thr ough me.’ If we just let the feel ing of sadness
flow, we  autom atically and unknowingly take our stand in tha t which is not
flowing.”
Francis Lucille, fr om  The Perfume of Silence
Ask yourself: Are you the feeling of sadness, or are you the one that’ s aware
of the sadness?
Y ou’r e the one that’ s awar e of the sadness.
W ere you here before the sadness came?
I’m pr etty sur e you wer e.
W ill you still remain after the sadness leaves?
I hope you will still be her e.
W ill you lose a bit of yourself when the sadness goes?
I sur e hope not.
Y es, you were here before the sadness came, and yes, you’re here after it
leaves, fully intact, because you  are not sadness. Sadness is something you’re
awar e of. It’ s  not at all who you are. Don’ t let a feeling shrink you down to
the s ize of a pea, when you are  the Infinite Being that holds the Universe in
place!
“Stop acting so small. Y ou are the universe in ecstatic motion.”Rumi
My teacher suggested that I question every  negative feeling with:
“Am I that, or am I the one that is aware of it?”
This question immediately takes most of the power out of the feeling because
it stops you from identifying with it.
“See tha t though ts and feelings are like a train that enters a station and then
leaves; be like the station, not like a passenger.”
Rupert Spira, fr om  The Ashes of Love
Notice that feelings appear and  then disappear, and that it’ s you, A wareness,
that is aware of them when the y first appear and aware of them when they
disappear.
“Negative feelin gs are in you, not in reality. Never identify with that feeling.
It has nothing to do with the ‘I. ’ Don’ t define your essential self in terms of
that feel ing. Don ’ t say, ‘I am depressed.’ If you want to say, ‘It is depressed,’
that’ s al l right. If you want to say, ‘Depression is there,’ that’ s fine; if you
want to say, ‘Gl oominess is there,’ that’ s fine. But not: ‘I am gloomy.’ Y ou’re
defining yourself in terms of t he feeling. That’ s your illusion; that’ s your
mistake. There is a depression there right now, there are hurt feelings there
right now, but let it be, leave it alone. It will pass. Everything passes,
everything.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
“Say to your mind, ‘Get as worked up or depressed as you wa nt. I am only
ever going to observe or ignore you, but I am not going to join you.’”
MoojiIt’ s an Inside Job
“Imagine a patient who goes to a doctor and tells him what he is suf fering
from. The doctor says, ‘V ery well, I’ve understood your symp toms. Do you
know what I w ill do? I will prescribe a medicine for your n eighbor!’ The
patient r eplies, ‘Thank you very much, Doctor, that makes me feel much
better.’ I sn’ t tha t absurd? But that’ s what we all do. The person  who is asleep
always thinks he’ll feel better if somebody else changes. Y ou’re suf fering
because you are asleep, but you’re thinking, ‘How wonderful li fe would be if
somebody else would change; how wonderful life would be if  my neighbor
changed, my wife changed, my boss changed.’”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
Don’ t expect people, circumstances, and events to change fo r you to feel
better, because none of them ever will. Y ou’ll never be happy if you wait for
the world to change according to your desires or your expectations. T o change
how you feel in any given moment is always an inside job.
“W e spend all o ur time and ener gy trying to change external c ircumstances,
trying to change our spouses, our bosses, our friends, our enemies, and
everybody else. W e don’ t have to change anything. Negative f eelings are in
you. No person on earth has the power to make you unhappy... Nobody told
you this; they told you the opposite.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
Negative feeling s are self-inflicted. W e’re the ones who cause our own stress
and upset, as much as we would like to think that our stress and upset are
inflicted upon us from the world around us.
“The actions of others do not have the power to grant you or deny you peace.”
Jac O’Keeffe
“No eve nt justifies a negative feeling. There is no situation in the world that
justifies a negative feeling. That’ s what all our mystics have  been crying
themselves hoar se to tell us. But nobody listens. The negative  feeling is in
you.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
It’ s good news  that we inflict negative feelings on ourselves, because it means
we h ave the power to stop doing it! And when we suf fer enou gh with those
bad feelings, we will want to find a way out. Nothing teaches us to look for a
way out more than unhappine ss and being miserable. Even better news,
there’ s a simple way to end bad feelings—for good.C H A P T E R  6  S u m m a r y
When you ar e fr ee of all negative feelings, what r emains is
the Infinite A war eness that you  ar e, and your life will be
absolutely br eathtaking.
Thoughts cr eate feelings. The kinds of thoughts you have
will cr eate the same kinds of feelings.
What you feel inside will match pr ecisely with your
experience in the outside world.
Feeling good is your