 field
and abnormal physical conditions-of which the experiments de
scribed in the preceding pages afford abundant evidence-sug
gests the'mechanism' of psychosomatic illness. For, since the
state of the mind is reflected in the state of the field, it is not too
hard to imagine how business worries or an unhappy marriage
can produce ulcers.
Last-but not least-the discovery that the state of the mind
can affect the state of the field should induce a new sympathy for
the emotionally distressed. We should no longer be so ready to
brush off their miseries with the remark : 'it's all in their imagina
tion.' Perhaps it is. But if an emotion-even one recalled by
hypnosis-is able to affect a voltmeter it cannot be lightly dis
missed as a figment, whatever its origin. It has a definite reality.
As Dr. Ravitz has put it:
'Both emotional activity and stimuli of any sort involve
mobilization of electric energy, as indicated on the galvano
meter. Hence. both emotion s and stimuli evoke the same
energy. Emotions can be equated with energy.' THE FIELD AS A SIGNPOST
6
Behaviour is the reaction of a living �ystem to the co-ordina ted
and integrated stimuli resulting from changes in the physical and
chemical environments. In the case of man, at least, to the
physical factors of environ ment the ideological environment
must also be added because an idea is just as valid a stimulus to
the nervous system as a kick in the teeth.
As a matter of fact, it can be shown, without much question,
that ideas arc actually more important as stimuli to the nervous
system than any of the others. One needs only to look at the
history of the outstanding figures of the last two or three hundred
years who, rightly or wrongly, had ideas which profoundly
affected whole generations. This is true of dictators, politicians,
philosophers, religionists or military leaders.
As ideas are-or induce-em otions which evoke energy in
the nervous system, electro-metric studies of this phenomenon
seem relevant to the study of human behaviour, even if they offer
no hope of improving it. At the least we may be able to learn a
little about how the machine works, even if we cannot under
stand how the driving ideas originate.
Though man, over the years, has acquired an extraordinary
control over his physical environment, the problem of human re
lations remains unsolved. We seem to be no better off in dealing
with each other than were our remote ancestors. Part of the
reason for this, of course, is to be found in the enormous com
plexity of the nervous system of man and the lack of real under
standing of the way the protoplasm of nervous tissue operates.
So any approach to the problem of human behaviour should start
with a better understanding of the nervous system. For whether
it is an idea, an emotion or a kick in the teeth which triggers the
activity of the nervous system, a basic requirement, needless to
say, is the storehouse of energy made availahle by the chemical
flux of protoplasm as noted in the previol1s chapter.
Though the energy required to make an adjustment is derived
from this chemical activity, the direction in which the energy
flows, and the way in which it is used, is a consequence of the
90 THE FIELD AS A SIGNPOST
pattern of organization of neural tissues. It is not enough, there
fore, to know the details of the complex structures involved, but
rather to have some over-all grasp and underst anding of the way
the nervous system works. Analysis of the units is of vital im
portance, even down to the sub-microscopic level, but equally
important is a grasp of the relationships between all the com
ponent parts.
Since behaviour, moreover, is the result, in part, of the im
pact of one organism on another, no real picture of the forces
which make man operate the way he does is possible without a
complete knowledge and understanding of the structure and
function of the nervous system.
The results of many years of study have tended to emphasize
certain rather stereotyped activities. As a result, the electrical
circuit analogies tended to lead investigators away from the basic
fact that each neurone is in itself a living organism. These elec
trical circuit analogies, partly impired by the modern computer,
are derivable directly from the fundamental propert y of proto
plasm, and more particularly, from the all-or-none response of a
nerve cell.
Even the simplest protoplasmic system can be stimulated by
changes in the physical, chemical and ideological environment,
can transmit these effects through its substance, can coordinate,
correlate and integrate all the varieties of stimuli and can, as a
result, make that adjustment necessary for the continued exist
ence of the system. The behaviour of even the simplest organism
is parodic in that it 'functions in accordance with its inherent de
sign'.* One of the greatest difficult ies in assaying behaviour lies
in its complexity, in the lack of objective measurement and in
a very great influence of the subjective.
In the literature, the description of hehaviour of even the
simplest organisms is coloured by anthropom orphisms. The criti
cal study of behaviour, moreover, almost invariably involves
some disturbance in the organism under study. Ideally, any
measurement must involve no alteration in the thing measured
during the measure ment. This is difficult to achieve even in
* King, 1945.
91 THE FI EL D AS A SIGNPOST
physical systems. It is peculiarly difficult in biological systems
unless we employ the techniques described in the preceding pages.
Our experiments had offered some signposts to a better under
standing of the human nervous system. We had found with corn
kernels-it will be remembe red-evidence of a close correlation
between a measurable, electro-metric charact eristic and both the
genetic constitu tions and also their subsequent productivity in
the field.
A study, too, of the sensitive plant Mimosa, had yielded evid
ence that in this particular living form, the protoplasmic mechan
ism showed characteristics very similar to those found in the
nervous system. In other words, the nervous system in higher
forms and in a relatively-simple system like a plant had similar
electro-metric responses.
All this, admittedly, is a very modest approach to a better
understanding of the human nervous system. But, at least, it is
a beginning and, as Confucius said: 'The longest journey starts
with the first step.'
Perhaps the most important aspect of the first step is that L
field measurement s make it possible to measure the effects of
various stimuli to the nervous system. For, in the history of
science, the ability to measure something has often-if not
always-been the foundation-stone of progress.
7
As everyone knows, there is speculation whether the Universe
is an expanding one or a closed system, whether it is governed
by a static set of laws or is a dynamic, active Universe in which
growth and development occur. It is clear enough that the laws of
the Universe, as we know them, are not happenstanc e phenom
ena hut are closely integrated in a unit.
The statement that the biologist makes, that the living organ
ism is more than the sum of its parts, applies equally to the
Universe. The living organism, also, is a whole unit, no part of
which can go off on a tangent by itself without disaster to the
living system. There is no reason to suppose that this same
92 THE FIELD AS A SIGNPOST
general principle cannot be applied to human behaviour, for
human behaviour is not the result of the imposition of legalistic
and moralla ws on the biological laws of the organism, but rather
behaviour is the comeqence of the activity of the nervous system
of man. The nervous system of man is an organized, designed,
dynamic machine.
Many people object at once to this spuriously-lab elled'materi
alistic' approach to the Universe. But this is nonsense. The Uni
verse is not only a machine but also has certain qualitative
attributes. We talk about the beauty of the star-filled night,
the odour of a bed of lilies-of-the-valley; and we could go on
almost indefinitely listing the qualitative attributes of the things
that are common to our environment.
These qualitative characteristics do not control the physical
system but are attributes of it, and if our modern concepts are
anywhere near right, there is an interchange, which the experts
call 'feed-back relationships', between the qualitative attributes
of the physical system and the activity of the system itself. Just
how this is accomplished, we do not know. We ought to know,
and in time we probably will know.
In the meantime, we should remember the fact-pointed out
by Sir Charles Sherrington several decades ago-that the mind
of man does not exist in time, does not occupy space, and in
volves, so far as anyone knows, no energy transformations. But
the nervous system, through which the mind of man works, does
exist in time, does occupy space, and does require energy trans
formations.
Admittedly, this is a mystery. How can a


 urged me not to wait, but to have the
operation "before it was too late." I  followed orders. I  had the operation. (By the way,
I  remember being sedated and prepared in the morning for the operation, which was
scheduled for 1:00 p.m. I  remember not being wheeled in until 4:00 p.m.! I  was
worried and wondered... w ill I  get the right operation? This experience filled me
with dismay and created distrust for the medical profession.)
I  was discharged with a clean bill of health. Now that I  had had the operation, did I
feel better? No, I  felt worse! I  was passing gas, feeling tired and terribly constipated. It
did no good to hear nice words of assurance from the doctor or that the tumor they
had removed was the size of a five-month pregnancy. I  didn't feel better hearing that
it was normal for some people not to have daily bowel movements. I  felt loggy.
Shortly after the operation and an "OK checkup" from the surgeon, I  went to our
family physician with the complaint "I have pain in the abdomen." He examined me
and was surprised to find a cyst in the former womb area. He asked me to return to
the specialist. I  refused. I  told our family physician that my confidence in the
specialist was gone. I  asked him to take care of me. After much pleading, he did. He
removed the cyst in his office by cauterization. Those were two painful office visits
for me.
I  still felt rotten. I  was fatigued all the time and passing gas much of the time. I  had
attacks of illness diagnosed as myositis and facial neuritis. I  had pains in my
abdomen, which were diagnosed as a nervous stomach. The family doctor suggested
I  take the gallbladder test. I  took it. Fortunately, at the time, there was nothing wrong
with my gallbladder. I  went to the dentist often because my gums were bleeding and
my teeth were loose.
I  was born with a brown mole on my left cheek. When I  was 14, hair began to
grow in the mole. It didn't hurt, but I  felt a pulsating sensation in the mole area. I  saw
a doctor who recommended removing the hairs by electrolysis. I  did this. Afterward,
the doctor said "It looks OK; we'll leave it alone for now, but you should always
watch the mole for any changes."
Two years after the hysterectomy operation at the age of 39, the brown mole on my
left check started to throb and grow. I  saw a skin specialist and had the mole excised.
A biopsy was performed. Diagnosis: Non-malignant.
In the fall of 1969, I  saw a gynecologist for a checkup. This doctor recommended
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estrogen because I  had had a partial hysterectomy. I  took the estrogen for three
months only because round white spots emerged on both of my thighs and a growth
developed under the arch of my left foot. I  had to have this growth surgically
removed. This, too, was biopsied and declared non-malignant. At the same time, the
skin specialist removed some small growths on my face, forehead and right wrist.
I  was depressed; I  was still suffering with passing gas; my eyes were deteriorating. I
couldn't focus; couldn't see telephone numbers or addresses in the telephone book,
found it difficult to read the newspapers. I  suffered with muscle weakness and
cramps. The latter condition would often strike me at night while I  was sleeping with
such severity that I  would wake up screaming from the pain. My chestnut brown hair
was turning gray; the texture was now brittle. Worst of all, my face "itched" 24 hours
a day. I  wanted to holler because there was no letup of pain. I  found I  could no
longer tolerate any sunlight.
I  went to yet another specialist. I  gave him a list of my complaints. He gave me a
battery of tests, a big bill, and said that the tests showed there was nothing wrong
with me. He said, "You're getting older, try to make things easier." He suggested I  see
a psychiatrist. I  questioned him about my facial condition. He said the facial problem
was probably part of my active imagination. Ooh, but I  was angry when I  left his
office.
I  found the pain in my face intolerable. I  made an appointment with a skin
specialist in 1971. He performed surgery in his office and said, "W e'll do a biopsy but
I  doubt that you'll get your money's worth," Well, his office is the party that called
and told me, "You have cancer." I  think I  was shocked because I  thought I  had a
charmed existence when it came to surgery and biopsies. After all, I  had been
through many operations and biopsies and all had been diagnosed as being benign.
I  followed the skin specialist's recommendation of going into the hospital
immediately and having the "entire cancerous tumor completely removed." He said
he was sure this would be the case.
The short hospital stay was an ordeal. For a facial condition, I  had to undergo a
series of body X-rays and other tests. When I  asked, "Why? I  was told it was "hospital
procedure." I  don't know what good they did; I  do know it hiked up the bill. In the
hospital I  had a section between my lip and chin cut again. This biopsy also stated
that "the patient has cancer." The doctor said, "Go home, let your face heal and see
me in six months."
About this time I  began to visit health food stores in my neighborhood. Why? I
thought there might be something to taking supplements. I  was hoping to find
something to take to have more energy. I  bought books on health and I  bought health
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magazines. I  was investigating another avenue towards feeling better.
I  didn't wait six months to see the doctor. I  called for an appointment four months
later because of the continuing pain. I  saw the skin specialist and on January 14,
1972, he cut away another portion of my chin. Another biopsy was performed.
Diagnosis: Cancer. He now told me that I  should see another type of specialist. In his
opinion, I  now needed chemo-surgery because the cancer had metastasized and
evidently was deeper than he had previously thought. He explained the treatment to
me. I  would be under the care of a very well known chemotherapy specialist. I  would
not have to be hospitalized for the treatment. I  would go to the hospital for five to ten
days on a daily basis from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Special chemicals would be put on
my face and where an area revealed cancer, the specialist would cut. After following
this procedure, he told me that if my face did not heal he knew of a very good plastic
surgeon.
For several reasons, I  decided not to follow the above path. First, the expense was
beyond the means of my husband and myself, and second, female vanity. I  could not
bear to think of going out shopping, or going to work with a face any more mutilated
with scars and blobs than I  already had from previous facial operations described
above. I  must mention here that after the second facial surgery when the bandages
were removed, instead of a scar there was a big blue eruption on my skin, which I
named "The Blue Blob." The surgeon said it was the "cancer showing." I  reasoned
that since neither the surgeon or the skin specialist had cured me — even though I
was assured of a cure with each bit of surgery I  went through — I  was fearful of
following the road many of my relatives had. Too many in my family have died of
cancer. I  can remember hearing the doctors assure them and members of the family
that they would recover. Doctors assure cancer patients they w ill recover till the day
the cancer patients die.
The surgeon/skin specialist recommending chemo-surgery wanted me to start
treatment immediately. I  had quite a time telling him I  could not do this immediately;
that I  had to take care of business and personal matters first. It was difficult but I
finally convinced him it wasn't necessary for me to quickly hop into the chemo-
surgery program. I  promised to call him soon and let him know when I  would start
the chemo-surgery program. I  never did call him, but his nurse and even he called my
husband, urging him to reason with me "for my own good."
Right after receiving the "black news," I  called my husband at work and told him I
wouldn't be back at our place of business or home until I  found another way to
combat cancer. Don't laugh at me. I  knew there must be a way to fight cancer
without being cut, burned or poisoned any more. In the summer of 1971, my
husband was tutoring in Connecticut. While he was out working one sunny afternoon
and I


 are over
whelmed by the 'whatness' of them and look in the HANDLING MAJOR CRISES 255
wrong direction. The mind also gets a secret payoff
from negative emotions (e.g., attention, self-pity, drama)
plus indulgence in martyrdom, etc.
Many times when drugs are introduced, altered
states of consciousness occur, and the person is taken
to the emergency room. What could be a crucial
spiritual discovery is covered over with a band-aid,
and the family tries to distract the person from the
spiritual work.
The essential aspect of the spiritual benefit comes
from running directly into the experience. There is a
saying in Zen to "Walk straight ahead, no matter
what," so when this catastrophic experience comes, it
is beneficial to center oneself right into'the core of it,
say "yes" to it and experience it through.
There have been catastrophic experiences in my
life when band-aids were available, and I refused to
accept them because by then I had learned the value
of experiencing them through. The band-aids really
prevent the experiencing through of what might be
called 'hitting bottom'. The concept of hitting bottom,
which is well known in handling many serious prob
lems, such as alcoholism, means to let go completely.
In an acute catastrophic situation, the mind tries to
cling to that which is familiar. It tries escapism, distrac
tions, tranquilizers, drugs and alcohol, and various
other ways of trying to ameliorate the situation rather
than face it directly and work through it.
The essence of a catastrophic situation is total
surrender to the discovery of that which is greater than
the personal self.The experiencing through completely
of a catastrophe brings us into a connection and a realHEALING AND RECOVERY 256
ization that there is something within ourself that has
the power to sustain, no matter how catastrophic the
experience appears to be.As a result, we come out on
the other side of it as a greater person with the aware
ness that there is something within, that there is a
Presence, a quality, or an aspect of life within that has
the power to sustain us through the most seemingly
impossible situations.
If the catastrophic experience is not worked
through completely; there are certain residuals. It is like
we have only halfway fallen off the cliff. Some people
think they have walked off the cliff,but actually we
find that they were secretly crossing their fingers and
hanging onto some little outcropping or lifeline. The
abandonment to God was not really total, so a doubt
remains, and out of that doubt is the residual of, for
example, grief or fear of the experience. Ifwe do not
experience something greater than the personal self
when going through the experience, we may end up
with a limitation, a certain crippling, the inability to go
beyond a certain point, and the willingness to partici
pate becomes limited.The person says, "I would rather
live a limited life than face that kind of experience
again. I would rather never love again than to love and
10se."The saying is, "'Tis better to have loved and lost,
.than never to have loved at all:' The experiencing of
lOVingness puts us in touch with our Self, that which is
greater than our own limited, small self.
The complete resolution brings us into conscious
contact with something that is greater than the personal
self. Many people who have tried this attest to the fact
that when they surrendered the small self to someHANDLING MAJOR CRISES 257
thing greater than themselves, they came into contact
with that which they considered to be'real'.That per
sonal inner experience of spiritual reality takes one
from book learning to a profound inner conviction.
Out of this inner conviction comes the willingness to
re-enter life again, to participate in it, and to take the
risks and chances.
What is the inner experience of hitting bottom? It
comes out of the feelings of hopelessness and despair;
the person's small self is saying,"I, of my own self, can
not handle this." The person surrenders out of the
hopelessness, and from that comes the willingness to
let go, to surrender to something greater than oneself.
At the very bottom, in the pits, one realizes and accepts
the truth that "I, of myself, my own individual personal
self, my own ego-self, am unable to handle this. I am
unable to resolve it." It is out of this defeat that victory
and success arise.The phoenix rises out ofthe ashes of
despair and hopelessness. It is not the despair and
hopelessness that are of value but the letting go and
the realization of the limitation of the small self. In the
middle of the catastrophe, the person says,"I give up. I
cannot handle this," and then may consciously or
unconsciously ask God for help.
Due to the law of free will and the nature of con
sciousness being what it is, it is said that the great
beings that are willing to help all of us are waiting for
us to say"yes:' It is the sudden turning from the bottom
of the barrel to the willingness to accept that there is
something greater than ourselves that we can turn to.
When the person says, "If there is a God, I ask him to
help me," then the great transformative experiences 258 HEALING AND RECOVERY
happen that have been recorded throughout history
from the very beginning.
The beginning of the great worldwide organization
of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) came out of such an
experience. Bill W, the famous founder of AA, had hit
bottom. He was in a state of total despair and hope
lessness and gave up the personal self.At the time, he
was a nonbeliever, but he said,"If there is a God, I ask
him to help me." At that moment came a great trans
formative experience, the spiritual power ofwhich is
evidenced by the millions oflives that have been affected
by the energy that flowed out into the world as the
result of this man's sharing his spiritual experience.
Obviously, letting go and hitting bottom are crucial.
It is out of the awareness that we cannot change things
and are limited and powerless that we discover what
does have the power in the universe. That power
comes in and handles the experience, and we know
when that happens because of the profound state of
peace. Where there was agony, there is now a state of
infInite peace and an ineffable awareness of an InfInite
Presence.
Historically, it has been a speCial occasion when a
realization of the truth has arisen, but that is not at all
necessary; it is only one type of experience. Actually,
this is the nature of spiritual work all the time.The per
son who is involved in spiritual work is always looking
at what is occurring in life, seeing it as the teacher, as
the grist for the mill.What is happening represents that
which is being worked on, so an acute catastrophe
would just be a continuation of the process that is
going on anyway.As a result, the person who is intensely HANDLING MAJOR CRISES 259
involved in spiritual work would then see it as a golden
opportunity, painful and regretful perhaps, but one of
great benefit.The essential nature ofspiritual work is to
remain focused on what arises from instant to instant
and become aware of'what'is experiencing andwhere
it is being experienced.
There is a meditative and contemplative technique
that can be use to bring about the same result. It is the
process of constantly letting go of wanting to control
the experiencing as well as experiencing itself. There
then occurs the sudden realization that awareness is
being handled by some infinite aspect of conscious
ness (the Self); this may have been suspected previously
but not actually realized. After this realization, the
.awareness of the Presence occurs more frequently.
Out of this experience comes an ever greater will
ingness to rely on that inner Presence, with less and
less reliance on the small self. Less frequently, then,
does the person look to the small self to handle life's
problems, as there is a progressive willingness to
surrender to one's higher Self.The progressive loss of
identification with the small self and the increasing
identification with the Presence, along with the will
ingness to surrender life and all ofits aspects to the will
of God, become the very core of the person's spiritual
exercise and experience.
The acute catastrophic experience is a key learn
ing opportunity that teaches us to go to the very core,
to the very essence of the experience, to see what it
is and handle it at the level ofexperiencing within the
energy field of consciousness itself. There is the will
ingness to surrender and to let go of wanting to 260 HEALING AND RECOVERY
change what happened 'out there'.There is the letting
go of wanting to control by thinking about it and try
ing to handle it with the intellect and the emotions.
There is the willingness to surrender to the essence
of the experience without calling it anything, or label
ing it, or putting names on it.There is the willingness
to handle the energy field of it and go directly to the
inner experience.


 and classifying anemia. Low MCV and MCHC show
microcytic hypochromic anemias caused by iron deficiency anemia, pyridoxine-responsive
anemia, or thalassemia. High MCV indicates macrocytic anemia caused by megaloblastic
anemias coming from folic acid or vitamin BIZ deficiency, inherited disorders of DNA synthesis,
or reticulocytosis.
The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Measuring the time required for erythrocytes in a whole blood sample to settle to the bottom
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www.thegersonway.comindicates the presence of disease when other chemical or physical signs are normal. It rises in
widespread inflammatory disorders caused by infection, autoimmune disease, or malignancy.
Thus, the ESR monitors inflammatory or malignant illness and detects occult disease such as
tuberculosis (TB), tissue necrosis, or connective tissue disorders. The normal ESR ranges from
0 to 20 mm/hour. It rises in pregnancy, acute or chronic inflammation, TB, paraproteinemias,
rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, and some cancers. ESR also rises in anemia. ESR drops in
polycythemia, sickle cell anemia, hyperviscosity, and low plasma protein.
Note: ESR  is frequently raised during and after reactions and fevers induced by the Gerson
Therapy.
The Platelet Count
Platelets, or thrombocytes, are tiny formed elements in the blood which create th’e hemostatic
plug in vascular injury. They promote coagulation by supplying phospholipids to the intrinsic
thromboplastin pathway. The platelet count is vital for monitoring chemotherapy, radiation
therapy, or severe thrombocytosis and thrombocytopenia. A platelet count that falls below 50,000
brings on spontaneous bleeding; below 5,000, fatal central nervous system bleeding or massive
gastrointestinal hemorrhage is possible.
The platelet count evaluates platelet production, assesses effects of cytotoxic therapy, aids
the diagnosing of thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis, and confirms visual estimate of platelet
number and morphology from a stained blood film. Normal platelet counts range from 130,000 to
370,000/mm (130 to 370 x 1011/L).
A decreased count comes from aplastic or hypoplastic bone marrow; infiltrative bone marrow
diseases like carcinoma, leukemia, or disseminated infection; megakaryocytic hypoplasia;
ineffective thrombopoiesis caused by folic acid or vitamin B1 deficiency; pooling of platelets in an
enlarged spleen; increased platelet destruction from drug use or immune disorders; disseminated
intravascular coagulation; Bernard-Soulier syndrome; or mechanical injury to platelets.
Medications decreasing the count include acetazolamid, acetohexamide, antimony,
antineoplastics, brompheniramine maleate, carbamazepine, chloramphenicol, ethacrynic acid,
furosemide, gold salts, hydroxychloroquine, indomethacin, isoniazid, mephenytoin, mefenamic
acid, methazolamide, methimazole, methyidopa, oral diaoxide, oxyphenbetazone, penicillamine,
penicillin, phenylbutazone, phenytoin, pyrimethamine, quinidine sulfate, quinine, salicylates,
streptomycin, sulfonamides, thiazide, thiazidelike diuretics, and tricyclic antidepressants. Heparin
causes transient reversible thrombocytopenia.
An increased platelet count results from such diseases as hemorrhage; infectious disorders;
malignancies; iron deficiency anemia; myelofibrosis; primary thrombocytosis; polycythemia
vera; myelogenous leukemia; recent surgery, pregnancy, or splenectomy; and inflammatory
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www.thegersonway.comThe Leukocyte (White Blood Cell, WBC) Count
Reporting on the number of white blood cells (WBCs) found in a microliter (cubic
millimeter) of whole blood by use of a hemacytometer or Coulter counter, the leukocyte count
varies with strenuous exercise, stress, or digestion. It’s used to detect infection or inflammation,
the need for further tests such as the WBC differential or bone marrow biopsy, and the response
to chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
The WBC count ranges from 4.1 to 10.9 x 1011. An elevated count signals infection such as an
abscess, meningitis, appendicitis, or tonsillitis, and it may indicate leukemia, tissue necrosis from
burns, myocardial infarction, or gangrene. A low count shows bone marrow depression from viral
infections or from toxic reactions such as those following treatment with antineoplastics, mercury
or other heavy metal toxicity, benzene or arsenic exposure, and invasion by the organisms of
influenza, typhoid fever, measles, infectious hepatitis, mononucleosis, and rubella.
The White Blood Cell Differential
Being a relative number of each type of white blood cell, the white blood cell differential
test is determined by multiplying the percentage value of each WBC type to give an absolute
number of each kind of the 100 or more WBCs. There are granulocytes, agranulocytes, juvenile
neutrophils, segmented neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, large lymphocytes, small lymphocytes,
phagocytes, histiocytes, and so on.
The WBC differential evaluates the body’s capacity to resist and overcome infection, various
types of leukemia, the stage and severity of infection, allergic reactions, severity of allergic
reactions, and parasitic infections. There is a long list of reference values in the WBC differential
test, divided into adult and child. For example some of them are:
For Adults—   Relative  Value (%)   Absolute Value (mcL)
Neutrophils   47.6-76.8    1950-8,400
Lymphocytes   16.2-43      660-4,600
Monocytes      0.6-9.6        24-960
Eosinophils     0.3-7        12-760
Basophils        0.3-2        12-200
To make an accurate diagnosis, the test examiner must consider both relative and absolute
values of the differential counts. For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are diagnosed
by them, please see Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to A
Cancer Therapy: Results of Fifty Cases: Practical Guidance, Resources and Recipes for Gerson Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 194Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comTherapy Patients. To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute, in
Bonita, California.
The Routine Urinalysis
Elements of routine urinalysis include the measurement evaluations of physical
characteristics, specific gravity and pH, protein, glucose, and ketone bodies, plus examination of
urine sediment, casts, and blood cell crystals. The analysis of urine is an exceedingly important
test that tells a lot about the internal workings of a person. Routine urine test results have a great
number of implications for how the physiology is functioning or how it is responding to the diet,
nonpathologic conditions, specimen collection time, and other factors.
For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are evaluated by urinalysis, please see
Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to  A Cancer Therapy:
Results of Fifty Cases: Practical Guidance, Resources and Recipes for Gerson™ Therapy
Patients.
To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute in San Diego,
California. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 195Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 27
CASE HISTORIES OF
RECOVERED PATIENTS
The following well-documented stories of recovered Gerson patients are just a very small
sample of the considerable collection of such records in our archive. All of them refer to
patients thoroughly diagnosed by biopsy,


 properties, and hypothyroidism in conditions relative to the
bones, skin, sweating.
TARRAGON OIL
 — A digestant (which supports the pancreas, liver). Use
for inflammation (various itis’s), as a laxative, and as an anti-parasitic.
Valuable in cases of anorexia, and for support of the nervous system.
TEA TREE OIL (MELALENCA)
 — A great oil for support of the immune
and lymphatic systems. Useful for shingles, as an anti-fungal, or antiviral.
Good for burns, shock, and eliminating warts.
THYME OIL
 — Anti-parasitic for all types of parasites: fungal, bacterial,
viral, or worms. Use in cases of lung congestion, stress, anxiety and tension
(when adrenal glands need support), skin disorders, thyroid-related problems
(like depression or skin conditions), lymphatic/congestive conditions, tumors,
nausea, gout, cardiac problems, circulation, and throat congestion.
WILD TANSY OIL
 — Provides support for the immune system, lymphatic
system, adrenal glands (especially emotional issues).
WHITE LOTUS OIL
 — Useful as tonic. Uplifting, said to bring euphoria.
Spiritual properties. Immune system enhancing. Anti-cancer properties.
In my sister’s herb shop we have a sauna in which we use essential oils.
This offers a great benefit to the body, especially in assisting elimination
through the skin, lungs, kidneys and even the bowels. Using oils in this way
can literally pull the toxins from your skin. I recommend using Eucalyptus,Birch, Sage or Lavender oil (see their properties and uses above).
Essential oils can also be burned in oil lamps or special essential-oil
burners. They can be used in the bag of your vacuum cleaner, which allows
the essential oils to neutralize many toxic particles that escape from your
sweeper. This method also spreads the oil throughout the area that you are
vacuuming.
Let the aroma of the oils invigorate you and enhance your life in endless
ways.
CHIROPRACTIC AND KINESIOLOGY

Chiropractic is a therapeutic system based upon the interaction of the spine
and the nervous system. A trained chiropractor can use a variety of methods
to manipulate the spinal column, making adjustments to specific vertebrae,
and thereby opening energy pathways and releasing energy blockages to
various parts of the body.
Kinesiology is a feedback system of diagnosis that involves testing the
strength of particular muscles. The theory is that the muscles are weakened
when any part of the body is threatened or weak. By “asking” the body
specific questions, and then testing the strength of the muscles, the trained
kinesiologist can pinpoint which system is in need of attention, and determine
how best to strengthen it.
When used together, chiropractic and kinesiology have saved many
suffering souls. The combination is important, as spinal vertebrae oftentimes
move out of place from toxic, weak muscles. Muscles hold the skeletal
system in place. The body naturally stores toxins in muscles first, in order to
save the vital organs. Dairy products, refined sugars, and starches all cause
lymphatic congestion, which eventually lead to muscle and tissue weakness.
This can leave some muscles weaker than others. The stronger muscles then
begin to pull bones out of place.
Of course, we can also displace our skeletal system through injuries.
When your skeletal system is out of place, you can suffer severe pain and
discomfort. I have seen convulsions occur from spinal misalignments. If you
add detoxification to chiropractic you could truly heal the muscular/skeletal
system.COLON THERAPY

See section 6.9 on “Healthy Bowel Management,” in
Chapter 6
.
COLOR THERAPY

Without color, life would not exist. The energies that make up the millions of
colors create, support and sustain the untold dimensions that exist beyond our
sight. The power of colors to enhance tissue is phenomenal. I developed a
color therapy machine years ago and had great fun experimenting with colors
and their effects upon the body. The sun is the ultimate provider of color
therapy. Full-spectrum rays surround and flow through us, healing and
embracing our cells. All life looks to the “light,” one way or another.
As we have discussed, energy creates, supports, sustains and changes the
universe. This energy manifests from consciousness, and extends out into
creation. As it moves, it gives off colors (light) and music (sounds). These
energies, their colors and music, are both dramatic and subtle. Duality dictates
that colors or energies move between hot (acid) and cold (alkaline), or light
(acid) and dark (alkaline).
Everything that exists has a main energy or energies that support or
sustain it, whether this is a human, animal, plant, planet or universe. An
example of this would be a planet, like Mother Earth, where gemstones play a
major role in channeling these energies that sustain her. There are also lay
lines or electromagnetic energy lines that crisscross the earth. Where they
meet is said to be a place of very high energy—a place where more
spiritually-minded people tend to congregate and live. Sedona, Arizona is an
example of such a place.
Another example of energy centers is found within the bodies of animals
and humans. There are basically seven main energy centers within each of us.
These main energy centers correspond to different aspects or different bodies
that we use. Most people cannot see these types of energies. Those who can
we call psychic; however, anyone can train himself or herself to see these.
Your ability to achieve anything depends upon the degree of your desire for
it. These centers of energy are “seen” as follows:
First CenterDimension
: physical (survival)
Location
: base of spine (fourth sacral)
Color
: red
Second Center
Dimension
: physical (social, healing)
Location
: 2 inches below the naval
Color
: orange
Third Center
Dimension
: emotional (astral, survival)
Location
: solar plexus
Color
: yellow/pink
Fourth Center
Dimension
: emotional (healing, astral)
Location
: center of chest (heart) first, second, third thoracic
Color
: green
Fifth Center
Dimension
: mind (survival)
Location
: throat first through third cervical
Color
: sky blue
Sixth Center
Dimension
: mind (healing)
Location
: third eye, pineal gland
Color
: indigo
Seventh Center
Dimension
: ego (crown)Location
: crown of head, pituitary gland
Color
: purple/violet
Eighth Center
Dimension
: soul itself
Color
: yellow/white
The above main centers are expressed through your physical body and
are called chakras (pronounced: sha’-crahhz).
When one has physical, emotional or mental disease, these centers will
begin to shut down respectively. These energies emanate from and through
your physical body. Your aura, or the electromagnetic energies emanating
from you, can be read and analyzed to determine weaknesses or strengths.
In the aura, white or yellow are the colors of Consciousness. The main
creative and sustaining energies of Earth, divided into five basic influences or
elements, are seen in the aura in the following colors:

Air element = violet
Fire element = red
Ether element = blue
Water element = orange
Ground element = green
The following are examples of colors and the specific tissues that they
affect.
By using different colors, or electromagnetic frequencies, therapeutically,
we can affect tissue in a positive way. It will respond or function in a greater
capacity. Today, we need all the healing power we can get because of the
severe hypo-conditions that most of us have in our cells, tissues, organs and
glands as a result of our diets and genetics.
If you truly wish to become healthy physically, emotionally, mentally
and spiritually, then you must reconnect with God. In this world we are
interconnected with nature, without which life could not exist as we know it.
Nature offers us an abundance of tools to assist us in the quality of our
expression while we live on this planet. Take control. Use all of these tools
available to you, to obtain your goals.
Below is a list of foods and their specific colors. Eat more of the foods
that fit the area of your body you wish to work on.
In creation there is always duality or opposites. Without opposites there
would be only one thing – God! Opposites give us matter, energy, time and
space. There are always two processes or forces at work in nature: anabolism
and catabolism. Anabolism is the process of growth, repair, building,
enhancement and dynamic energy. The essential opposite to this is
catabolism, which is the destructive or the “tearing down” side. This side
affects change; balances out over-growth; maintains the shape and size of
forms; and destroys the weak, to make room for the strong. Catabolism
creates the wastes from metabolism, while anabolism moves these out
through the lymphatic system. Life in these material worlds requires duality
for its existence. We need to understand both sides of life’s essential
processes.
Colors add beauty and elevate the consciousness in one


 and soul. Throughout history theworld’s greatest church leaders, philosophers and sages
including Socrates, Plato, Buddha and Gandhi have
enjoyed fasting and preached its many miracle benefits.
Juice bars are springing up everywhere and juice fasting
has become “in” with the Stars of Hollywood. The numberof Stars who believe in the power and effectiveness ofjuice and water fasting is growing. Some are: Steven
Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin,
Christie Brinkley, Dolly Parton, Donna Karan, etc., andauthor Danielle Steel. They say fasting helps balance theirlives physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.
Although a distilled water fast is best, an introductory
liquid juice fast can offer people an opportunity to givetheir intestinal systems restful, cleansing relief from the
commercial, high-fat, sugar, salt, protein and “fast foods”
diets that too many Americans exist on daily.
Organic raw live fruit and vegetable juices can be
purchased fresh from many health stores. You can alsoprepare these healthy juices yourself using a good homejuicer. When juice fasting, it’s best to dilute the juice with
3 distilled or purified water. This list gives you delicious
varieties. With vegetable and tomato combinations tryadding a dash of Bragg Liquid Aminos or herbs. Non-fast
days, try some of the nutritious green powders (barley,
chlorella, spirulina, etc.) to create a powerful health drink.When using herbs in these drinks, use 1 to 2 fresh leaves
or a pinch of dried herbs. A pinch of Dulse (seaweed) –
rich in protein, iodine and iron – is delicious withvegetable juices ( also sprinkled on salads, veggies,  etc. ).
Dine with little, sup with less; do better still, sleep supperless. – Ben Franklin
59Juicing has come a long way since Paul C. Bragg imported
the first hand operated vegetable-fruit juicer from Germanyand introduced juice therapy to America. Before this, juice
was pressed by hand using cheesecloth. Juices are now
considered an ideal health beverage worldwide!11. Asparagus, carrot, and mint
12. Carrot, celery, parsley, onion,       cabbage and sweet basil13. Carrot and coconut milk14. Carrot, broccoli, lemon, cayenne15. Carrot, cauliflower, rosemary16. Apple, carrot, radish, ginger17. Apple, pineapple and mint18. Apple, papaya and grapes19. Papaya, cranberries and apple20. Leafy greens, broccoli, apple21. Grape, cherry and apple22. Watermelon (include seeds)Here are Some Powerful Juice Combinations:
1. Beet, celery, alfalfa sprouts2. Cabbage, celery and apple3. Cabbage, cucumber, celery,     tomato, spinach and basil4. Tomato, carrot and mint5. Carrot, celery, watercress,     garlic and wheatgrass6. Grapefruit, orange and lemon7. Beet, parsley, celery, carrot,     cabbage and garlic8. Beet, celery, dulse and carrot9. Cucumber, carrot and parsley10. Watercress, cucumber, garlic
Fruit bears the closest relation to light.  The sun pours a continuous floodof light into the fruits, and they furnish the best potion of fooda human being requires for the sustenance of mind and body. –  Alcott
Dr. Koop & PatriciaBAD NUTRITION
#1 Cause of Sickness
People don’t die of infectious
conditions as such, but of
malnutrition that allows the
germs to gain a foothold insickly bodies. Bad nutrition is
usually one of the main causes
of noninfectious, degenerativeor fatal conditions. When the
body has its full vitamin and
mineral quota plus precious potassium, it’s impossiblefor germs to get a foothold in its healthy bloodstream
and tissues! We greatly admire our friend, the former
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop who, in hisfamous 1988 landmark report on nutrition and health,
made this revealing, strong statement:
Diet-related diseases account for 68% of all United States  deaths!
60Chart is from book: Water – The Shocking Truth, see back pages for booklist.
Teeth............................ 10% Lungs............... 80%
Bones............................ 22% Brain................. 75%
Cartilage....................... 55% Bile................... 86%
Red blood corpuscles......68.7% Plasma............. 90%
Liver.............................. 71.5% Blood................ 83%
Muscle tissue................. 75% Lymph.............. 94%
Spleen........................... 75.5% Saliva............... 95.5%
This chart shows why 8 glasses of water daily is important.Water Percentage in Various Body Parts:The amount of water in the human body, averaging 70%, varies
considerably and even from one part of the body to another area
(illustration on right). A lean man may hold 70% of his weight in body
water, while a woman – because of her larger proportion of water-poorfatty tissues – may be only 52% water. The lowering of the water
content in the blood is what triggers the hypothalamus, the brain’s
thirst center, to send out its familiar urgent demand for a drink of water.
Blood
83%Muscle
75.6%Kidney
82.7%Brain
75%100%
70%
0%Bone
22%The 70% Watery Human61
Dehydration of certain organs will result in symptoms which are
often misdiagnosed by physicians. The message is: drink your way tohealth with volumes of pure water.  – F. Batmanghelidj,
M.D.,  Author of
Your Body’s Many Cries for Water; You Are Not Sick,  You Are Thirsty! - watercure.comChapter 6
Why I Drink Only
Pure, Distilled Water!
When I refer to fasting in this book, I constantly make
the statement, “Eat absolutely no food and drink distilled
water exclusively.” Distilled water is pure H2O – which
means it’s a compound of 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part
oxygen. If you drink rain water, or the fresh juices of
fruits and vegetables, remember that all of this liquidhas been distilled by Mother Nature. If you drink rain
water or snow water, there are no inorganic minerals in
it. It is
100%  mineral-free. If you drink fruit and vegetable
juices, you are drinking distilled water plus certain
nutrients such as fruit sugars, organic minerals and
vitamins. But if you drink lake, river, well or spring water,you are drinking undistilled water, plus the inorganic
minerals that the water has picked up. Some of this water
is known as hard water, meaning it has high inorganic
mineral concentrations that can cause health problems.
Now, let me give you a short lesson in chemistry.
There are two kinds of chemicals - inorganic and organic.
The inorganic chemicals are inert, which means that
they cannot be absorbed into the tissues of the body.
Our bodies are composed of
 16 organic minerals
which all come from that which is living or was alive.
When we eat an apple or any other fruit or vegetable,that substance is living. Each has a certain survival time
after it has been picked before spoiling. We prefer the
vegetarian diet, but the same applies to animal foods,fish, milk, cheese and eggs if you eat them.
Distilled water is the healthiest and greatest solvent on earth, the only
water that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues. –
Dr. Allen Banik, Author of  The Choice is Clear62Hard, Inorganic Minerals Cause Problems!
Organic minerals are very vital in keeping us alive
and well. If we were cast away on an uninhabited island
where nothing was growing, we would starve to death.
Even though the soil beneath our feet contains 16inorganic minerals, our bodies could not absorb them.
Only a living plant has the power to extract inorganic
minerals from the earth. No human can extract thenourishment from inorganic minerals.
Many years ago, I was on an expedition to China
when one part of the country was suffering from droughtand famine. I saw with my own eyes poor, starving
people heating earth and eating it for want of food. They
died horrible deaths because they could not get one bitof nourishment from the inorganic minerals of the earth.
For years I have heard people say that certain waters
were rich in all the minerals. What minerals are theytalking about? Inorganic or organic? These are inorganic
and they are burdening their bodies with these inert
minerals, which may cause the development of stones
in the kidneys, gallbladder and stone-like acid crystals
in the arteries, veins, and other parts of the body.
I was reared in Virginia where the drinking water is
called hard water. It is heavily saturated with inorganic
minerals, especially sodium, iron and calcium. I saw manyof my elders die of kidney troubles. Nearly all  the people
were prematurely old because the inorganic minerals would
collect on the inner walls of their arteries and veins, causingmany to die from hardening of the arteries, strokes and
heart attacks. One of my uncles died at Johns Hopkins
hospital when he was only 48. The autopsy


mgperday,corre-
spondingtotheso-calledtissuesaturation, isconsideredtobeanupper
limittotheamountofvitaminCrequiredfor"ordinarygoodhealth."
AnargumentsimilartothosedevelopedinChapter9,ontheotherhand,
leadsustotheconclusionthatthisintake,atwhichthetubularpumps
reachtheircapacity,isalowerlimittotheoptimumintake(Pauling,1974).
Letuscompareatubularpumpforascorbicacidthatpumpsuntilthe
*Theprocessofconcentratingtheurineisregulatedbytheantidiuretichormone,whichis
secretedbythepituitarygland.Somepeopledeveloparatherrareillness,diabetesinsipidus,
involvinganinsufficientoutputofthishormone;theirurinevolumemayreach40litersper
day,requiringthemtodrinkanequalamountofwater.
BIOCHEMICALINDIVIDUALITY 87
concentrationofascorbicacidinthebloodis14mgperliterwithonethat
operatesonlyuntilconcentration is13mgperliter.Thesecondpumpis7
percentsmallerthanthefirstandrequires7percentlessenergy,whichis
providedbythefoodthatweburnasfuel,foritsoperation.Thesmaller
pumpwouldaccordinglybelessofaburdentousthanthelargerone.Then
whyshouldwehavedevelopedthelargerpump?Theanswersurelyisthat
weneedthelargerpumptoconservetheextra7percentofvitaminC.
Hencethelimittowhichtubularreabsorptionhasbeendevelopedrepre-
sentsalowerlimittotheoptimumintakeofvitaminC.Thislowerlimitis
morethantwicetheRecommendedDailyAllowance(RDA)setbythe
FoodandNutritionBoard.
IfalargeamountofvitaminCistaken,62percentoftheamountthat
entersthebloodstream isexcretedintheurine,sothatonlyabout38per-
centremainsinthebodytocarryonitsvaluablefunctions.Itis,however,
goodtohavevitaminCintheurine.Itprotectsagainsturinaryinfections
andalsoagainstcancerofthebladder,aswillbeshowninChapter20.
Moreover,thatfractionofalargedoseofvitaminCtakenbymouththat
remainsintheintestineshasvalue.DeCosseandhiscoworkersstudiedthe
effectof3gperdayofascorbicacidincontrollingthegrowthofadeno-
matouspolypsoftherectuminpeoplewhohaveinheritedthetendencyto
developthem(1975).Thispolyposisisseriousbecausethepolypsusually
developintoamalignantcancer.Inagroupofeightpatients,thepolyps
regressedcompletelyintwoandpartiallyinthree.
TheappearanceofvitaminCintheurinehasbeenusedbynutritional
authoritiesasanargumentagainstahighintake.Dr.FredrickJ.Starein
hisbookEatingforGoodHealth(1969)statesthat60mgor70mgperday
isenough:"Anextraamountofthevitamincannotbestoredinthebody
andissimplyexcreted.Youdon'tneedvitamin-Cpillsundernormalcir-
cumstances."ThesestatementsarerepeatedbyhiminhislatestbookPanic
inthePantry(WhelanandStare,1975).Thestatementsarenottrue.
Theobservationsthathavebeenmadeontheconcentration ofascorbate
inthebloodplasmacorresponding tothecapacityofthemechanismof
tubularreabsorption indifferentpeoplegivesomeinformationaboutbio-
chemicalindividualitywithrespecttovitaminC.Inonestudy,withnine-
teensubjects,thecapacityvariedbetween10mgand20mgperliter
(Friedman,Sherry,andRalli,1940).Similarvariationhasbeenfoundby
otherinvestigators.
Ascorbicacidispresentinthevariousbodyfluidsandorgans,especially
theleukocytesandtheblood.Itsconcentration inthebrainisalsohigh.
Whenapersonwithaninsufficientsupplyofascorbicacidingestsaquan-
tityofit,itmovesveryrapidlyfromthebloodserumintotheleukocytes,
othercells,andorganssuchasthespleen.Theamountremaininginthe
88 CHAPTER10
bloodserummaybesosmall,lessthanthecapacityofthemechanismof
tubularreabsorption,thatverylittleiseliminatedintheurine.
Atestwasdevelopedlongago(HarrisandRay,1935)toshowthe
aviditywithwhichthetissuesremoveascorbicacidfromthebloodserum.
Thistest,calledaloadingtest,involvesgivingthesubjectacertainamount
ofvitaminCbymouthorbyinjection,collectingtheurineforthefollowing
sixhours,andanalyzing itforascorbicacid.Ifanoraldoseofabout1gis
given,mostpeoplewhosebloodserumisnotdepletedofthevitaminelimi-
nateabout20to25percentofitintheurineinsixhours.
Apersonwhoeliminatesasmallerfractionoftheingestedascorbicacid
maydosoeitherbecauseheorshehasbeenlivingonadietcontainingan
insufficientquantityofthevitamin,suchthatthetissuesaredepleted,or
becausesomebiochemicalabnormalityofhisorherbodyoperatestore-
moveascorbatefromthebloodserumveryrapidly,perhapsbyconverting it
rapidlyintoothersubstances. ItwasreportedbyVanderKamp in1966that
patientswithchronicschizophreniarequiredaloadingdoseofascorbicacid
abouttentimesgreaterthanthatrequiredbyotherpersonstocausethe
appearanceofacertainamountintheurine.Thisobservationwasverified
byHerjanicandMoss-Herjanic (1967).
Theresultsofanotherloadingtestareshownintheillustrationonpage
89(Paulingandothers,Chapter2inHawkinsandPauling,1973).Inthis
studyforty-fourpatientsrecentlyhospitalizedwithacuteschizophreniaand
forty-fourothersubjectsweregiven1.76gramsofascorbicacidbymouth,
andthefractionexcretedintheurineinsixhourswasmeasured.There
wasatwentyfoldindividualvariationinthisfraction,from2percentto40
percent,withtheschizophrenic patientsexcretingonlyabout60percentas
muchastheothers.Thisvariationisprobablypartlynutritionalandpartly
geneticinorigin.Thedistributionfunctionssuggestthattherearethree
kindsofhumanbeingswithrespecttotheirhandlingofascorbicacid,the
lowexcretors,themediumexcretors,andthehighexcretors.Thisideahas
not,however,beenthoroughlytestedasyet.
Someofthesubjectsinthisstudyweregiven1.76gofascorbicacidevery
dayforeightdays,andthefractionexcretedinthesixhoursafterthelast
dosewasdetermined.Ofsixteenlowexcretors(lessthan17percentex-
creted),eighthadmovedoutofthelow-excretor class,whereastheexcre-
tionoftheothereightremainedlow.Thisobservationsuggeststhatthese
personshaveanabnormalwayofhandlingtheiringestedvitaminC.They
mightrequiremuchlargerintaketobeingoodhealth.
Severalseriousgeneticdiseases,suchasphenylketonuria, galactosemia,
andmethylmalonicaciduria arediscussedinChapter11.Ofthemanysuch
diseasesnowknown,somecanbecontrolledbyalargeintakeofanappro-
BIOCHEMICALINDIVIDUALITY 89
5810
Amoil)uacid,percentre<oveiv
VitaminCandschizophrenia Ina1973study,forty-fourpatientshospitalizedwith
acuteschizophreniaandforty-fourStanfordUniversitystudentstooka1.76-gramdoseof
ascorbicacid(vitaminC)bymouth.Researchersmeasuredthefractionofthedoseexcreted
intheurineoverthenextsixhours.Manyofthestudents(uppercurve)eliminatedabout
25percentoftheascorbicacid,asomewhatsmallergroupeliminatedabout20percent,
andsomeofthestudentseliminatedastillsmalleramount.Thelowercurve,forthe
schizophrenic patients,seemstoshowthreesimilargroups,withthetwopeaksshiftedtothe
left,indicatingeliminationofsmalleramountsofascorbicacid,andwithalargerfractionof
thepatientseliminatingonlyasmallamountofthevitamin.The17percentlinedivideslow
excretorsfromhighexcretors.
priatevitamin.Itishardertorecognizeamildgeneticdiseasethanaseri-
ousone,butthemildgeneticdiseasesmayintheaggregatecausemore
sufferingthantheseriousones,becausesomanymorepeoplesufferfrom
them.Itislikely


 the next grandest version of the
greatest vision ever you held about Who You Are be a person who
leaves her husband becaus e he had an accident and his injury
makes it impossible for him to have sexual intercourse?Is Who You Are a person who adds to the tragedy of your
husband’ s injury by expanding it to include the tragedy of losing his
life partner?
Is Who You Are a person who cannot live happily without
experiencing sexual intimacy in a specific and particular way?
If this is Who You Are, the way to stay loyal to your husband
would be to speak the truth to him about how you define yourself in
this situation, and ask for his loving help and support with your
decision on what to do next in your life.
As a man, I know exactly what I would say to my wife if we
were in this exact situation. I would say: “If having sexual
experiences in your life in one particular way is more important to
you than having me in your life, I will never stop you from leaving
me. All I’ve ever wanted for you is your happiness and joy in life. I
would do anything to help you in creating that for yourself—including
releasing you from any promise you’ve made to me.”
The God of my understanding  has revealed to me that my life is
not about me. It’s about everyone whose life I touch, and the way in
which I touch it. I believe that the highest level of spiritual
understanding is reached when we realize, announce, and declare
Who We Really Are (Indiv iduations of Divinity) and when we
demonstrate why we are here on the Earth (to expre ss and to
experience our T rue Identity).
The soul has materialized a body and a mind in a particular
way at a partic ular time in order to manifest a particular expression
of a Singular Reality. We are the living answer to the ques tion, “What
would God do now?” That is the question I would ask myself if I werethe husband in this situation —and that is equally the question you
may wish to ask yourself as the wife.
And remember, there is no “right” or “wrong” answer to this
question. There is only the answer that reveals you to yourself, and
opens you to being the person you most earnestly seek to be. In this
and in all things, it is, in the end, as Shakespeare wrote. This above
all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day,
thou canst not then be false to any man.Question #6:

WHY DEATH OCCURS

Why do we grow old and die? I know from
a spiritual perspective there is no death,
but clearly on the physical plane there is death. Why?

DR. COOPER: Let’s start with the medical perspective. Why do
doctors believ e that death occurs? Or, to rephrase that, what, if
anything, does medical science offer as an explanation for why
death occurs?
This is a quest ion that has intrigued physicians for years. As we
mentioned in Part 1, the heart has always been viewed as one of the
most critical organs that keeps us alive. So initially one might think
that death is when the heart stops beating. But in truth death does
not occur solely because the heart stops beating.
How do we know this? Because many a person’ s life has been
saved by CPR—cardiopulmonary resuscitation— several minutes
after their heart has stopped beating.  And the heart has been able to
be restarted, with some combination of chest compressions,
defibrillating shocks (when doctors put the “shock pads” on the chest
and say “everyone clear!!” ), and medications that are able toincrease blood pressure and blood circulation and encourage, or
provoke, the heart to start beating again.
Furthermore, many a person has been “saved” from a heart
attack—when the heart is essentially rendered non-functional for a
while, but doctors are able to go in and remove the blockage and
restore circulation in a functional way before the person dies. So it is
not the heart that is the “last domino,” so to speak—the
distinguishing factor between life and death.
What is it then?,  doctors began to ask them selves. And the
next answer suggested by the medical profession was: the brain.
The theory here was that, when the heart stopped beating, the
brain would be starved of oxygen. Oxygen, of course, is one of the
most crucial “nutrients” keep ing our cells alive and, without it, our
cells could not survive (it is for this reason we cannot stay
underwater very long without coming up to breathe—for  oxygen is
essential to human life). The job of the heart is to circu late blood
precisely so that fresh oxyge n from the lungs can be delivered all
around the body to nourish  the cells and keep them alive.  What
happens in this regard, then, when the heart stops beating?
Ahhh, doctors thought, well the brain would not be getting
oxygen! For the duration of time that the heart stoppe d beating,
gradually those brain cells would become more and more starved of
the critical nutrient that keeps them alive.
And when our brain begins to “die,” we begin to lose critical
aspects of who we are—our personality, our memories, and all of the
brain functions that presumably (from a western medical model)
allow us to walk through the world as the person we are.The interesting  thing about this theory involving the brain is that
it was found to be time-dependent. That is, if we, as doctors, could
restore the person’ s heartbeat quickly enough so that circulation
could return to the brain (somewhere between four to six minutes
was thought to be the “cut-of f”), then the person could in fact “return
to life,” after being what we call clinically dead, and continue on
living! So it was only those people whose brains were not receiving
oxygen for four to six minutes or longer who would die...
So you’d think we’d found the solution! The answer to the age-
old question, “Why do we have to die?” Except we hadn’t... not
entirely, anyway.
In the last chapter of Part 1 we touched on cryopreservation —
which is the idea of freezing a human body (or brain) in hopes of
“bringing it back to life” years later, when medical science has
“caught up,” so to speak, and “created a cure” for whate ver illness
the person passed away from. Well the interesting thing about this is
that, when we drop the temperature of the body low enough
(somewhere between -213 and -321 degrees Fahrenheit, scientists
suggest), cellular  damage due to lack of oxygen does not occur.10
As Conversations with God  says (and medical science supports
this as well), life is motion. And when we drop the temperature of the
body low enough, things essenti ally stop moving.  They become
extraordinarily close to “frozen,” and cells need very, very little
oxygen (edging in on zero) to survive in this state.
And so it appears  that if we could drop the temperature low
enough, the heart could stop beating for a lot longer than four or six
minutes—perhaps several hours, or several days, or even longer—and the brain would be undamaged (or at least not severely
damaged) and the person could still be brought back to life!!
So what, then, is the “last domino”? Why do we have to die?
And what is the answer to this question not only medically, but also
spiritually?
Medical science does not appear to have a conclusive answer
yet... so let’ s take a look at the spiritual side of things.
I believe that spiritually we die because we have come to
“completion”—having accomplished what our soul came here to do
in this lifetime. It may not always appear this way to other people—
such as to the parents of a child who is on the verge of passing away
from childhood cancer (they may very well feel quite the opposite )—
but I resonate with what Home with God suggests, which is that no
soul dies at a time or in a way that is not of their choosing.
(It may not even be clear to the person themselves  at the time
of their passing, from the limited point of view of their mind ; however,
I do believe the soul always has clarity, purpose, and intention with
regards to when and how a person dies.)
I also believe that physical “death” allows us an opportunity to
rejoin with the Oneness that is our fundamental nature.  In other
words, we can move out of the Realm of the Relative—where things
appear to be “separate”—an d return to the Realm of Pure Being
(followed by the Realm of the Absolute), where we once again know
and experience (at the moment of our passing) the feeling of being
One with everything.
And finally, as we touched on in the last chapter of Part 1,
humanity’ s fundamental impulse is to continually grow, evolve, and
change. If we were to remain in one physical body forever, we wouldbe denying this impulse and restricting ourselves at the most
fundamental level.
So I believe death brings an additional gift when we begin to
see it not strictly as an “ending,” but also as a beginning,


, if I dec ide that I want to use them. The machines are fun, but
they aren’t “calling” me right now.

This Is Eeeeeasy …
I have found this way of eating is much, much, much easier, quicker, and mor e efficient than any other I’ve tried. Life itself has also
become easier overall. Not only do I have greater peace of mind, increased phy sical abilities, increased energy, and greater health and happiness, but my personal needs are so much simpler and easier to meet t han before. I have more time and resources to spend
on other things. My life is very full of activities and responsibiliti es, so this improvement really helps.
I know that there is no way I could have done all that I have done and all that  I am doing, if I were still eating any other way.
Since beginning Dr. Graham’s program, I started homeschooling my  gifted and dyslexic son with self-created custom curricula,
started two corporations with my husband, organized a local branch of our chur ch, was ordained as one of the clergy, and
counseled members of our congregation. I have also started a homeschooling  support group, a raw food support group, and
organized regular raw food potlucks, all with corresponding websites.
I am still doing all of these things now, and I am also writing two books, filmi ng a video/TV series, working on building up my
fitness level, doing occasional work for long-standing clients from my ol d consultancy, and of course, continuing to maintain terrific
and loving relationships with both my husband and my son.
Now I find it much easier to go places for the day, or even a few days. I have le ss stuff to take with me. I no longer need to
walk around with a water bottle on a shoulder strap so I always have wat er. I don’t even use it during the day now. I still drink
water in the morning and after intense exercise, but I don’t find th e need for it otherwise. My body regulates its temperature better,
so I don’t need to take as many clothing options with me when going out, eith er.
Because of my autoimmune condition, I used to get sunburned almost in minu tes, at times even in the shade, whereas now I
can stay in the sun without a burn  ten times longer than I used to. My skin is not tan yet, but it’s not pas ty anymore. I don’t need to
desperately seek out the shade at the beach, or figure out which hat will  stay on and give me adequate protection. I can actually take
walks on the beach without all the cover-up gear and  out of the shade. I only use a sun hat if I’m out in the full sun during midda y.
For the first time, I can go to the farmer’s market in the afternoon wit hout a hat and no burn!
My hair is just getting silkier and better looking—without shamp oo or conditioner! W ow! My skin, teeth, and nails have never
looked or felt better either. Amazing, because while I brush and f loss my teeth and bathe daily with water, I haven’t used shampoo,
conditioner, face soap, body soap, toothpaste, deodorant, makeup, lotion, sunscreen, bug repe llant, or anything but water on my
body (except dish soap on my hands) for over two and a half years now. Funny—just some scrubbing and water. Who’d have
thought?
My skin has never been smoother or more lovely than it is now, and I am vir tually free of the acne that I’ve had ever since
puberty. People comment frequently now on how my skin “glows,” how healt hy I look, and how pretty my hair is, wanting to touch
it and do things with it. I haven’t had people wanting to do that with my  hair since I was a very young child.
Eating this way requires little food preparation. All I have to do is put my  fruit for the day in a box, and maybe grab some
salad and tomatoes if I don’t have enough at work already, and go. No need to slice, spread, arrange, layer, bag, or cook, transfer,
clean, etc., as with cooked food. Of course, you can make the 80/10/10rv  food fancy enough for any gourmet undertaking if you
want, but you don’t have to go through all that every day just to eat.
If I don’t have enough with me or get caught out at mealtime, I can go int o practically any grocery store and get fruit. No more
shakiness, spiciness, and low blood sugar if I have to skip or delay a meal. Inste ad I feel fine and still perform well mentally and
physically until I refuel.
If I know I’m going to have a busy day, I’ll throw some fruit and possibly  greens or celery in a blender with water in the
morning before I leave, to take with me to drink while working. I take a bit of thi s, watered down, to Ashtanga as my sports drink
and often drink the full smoothie afterwards on my drive back to work. I have a ble nder at work too, in case I decide to exercise or
have a smoothie or dressing while there, as I am often at the office for ov er twelve hours at a time. But in truth, I rarely need or want
to use it at work.
I use less trash, and have more compost with which I can grow more food. At th e end of the day, I have only a salad bowl,
occasionally a smoothie container, and a compost container to wash for the w hole day. You can do that with just water, too, if you
do it right away.
The day we got rid of our stove was such a wonderful day. It was such a freein g experience, and it made the whole kitchen
seem so much cleaner somehow. I have no need for pots, pans, ovens, or other cooking a ppliances and accessories. In fact, I could
get away without any food-preparation utensils or dishes at all if I w anted to. I don’t need spices, herbs, medications, vitamins,
minerals, or other supplements, either. It’s just so much simpler a nd more natural—less expensive too.

Finally, I’m at Peace
Prior to going raw, I had been close to a nervous breakdown as a result of living  in a high state of stress for several years. I knew I
needed to de-stress, but I couldn’t see how, without conditions changing i n my life. I couldn’t exercise or do other stress-relieving
activities, because I would just feel like I was getting further beh ind on things, which would stress me out even more
(counterproductive to say the least).
Now I am far less prone to stress and emotional baggage issues. My emotions  are more even and at a higher level than
before. I still attend to things, but I don’t feel stressed about them. I  feel too good to bother, actually. It is not my life that changed,
it’s me. I simply am not as stressed about things anymore. In fact, I ha ve had even more stressful things happen in my life than
before, yet I have felt less stressed during these times. It’s kind of hard to describe … I guess the best way is to say that I’m at peace, more so than ever before—at peace with
who I am, who everyone else is, and with what is going on in my life and aroun d me. From my experience, good health truly is
happiness and peace of mind. I just plain feel good, and it’s hard to get t oo down when you feel so darned good all the time, you
know? My body tells me it wants to play, and I follow!

Learning to Eat Enough Food
Once I started on Dr. Graham’s program, I started really liking my food a gain. It is yummy, and I look forward to it. I don’t put off
my meals until I get ravenous anymore. I used to be so disinterested in  and uninspired by my food that I’d wait until I was so hungry
I would just grab whatever was closest and quickest—which was almos t never a healthy food choice. My body just wasn’t
interested in the food I was giving it. Now that I’m providing health y food for my body, it loves my food, and so do I.
I find it fairly easy to get enough calories now, but it took a while to get to t he level of eating this much. When I started out, I
wasn’t eating enough calories, although I felt fine. I think my body just didn’t want that much food back then, because it wanted to
clear out old stuff. I figured out that I was only eating as many calorie s as would support an 80-pound person, but I also realized I
had some fat to live off of to help my transition.
Over time, it did work out. Initially, I only lost weight because I had exces s fat. Eventually I lost most of the fat, gained some
new muscle (and weight along with it), and gradually started eating  more calories naturally as my body adjusted to things. Currently,
I probably eat more calories than some would think I should and many think I coul d. It works out anyway, as I am getting stronger,
gaining weight while


 was ready to eat! I took my ﬁrst dose of humaworm and then prepared my ﬁrst meal.  I chopped 5 cloves of garlic with equal amount of ginger plus 1 raw onion and 5 mini cucumbers, peeled.  I blended everything into a puree. It was the most delicious smell ever!I sat quietly by myself to enjoy my ﬁrst meal after 40 days of water fasting.  It’s so important to eat consciously, with gratitude and grace.  The ﬁrst spoonful was euphoric.  The taste was neither too strong nor boring - it was just perfect.  After 5 small spoonfuls, I was full.  And energized!  I felt ready to climb a mountain!  I put the remainder back in the fridge and set out for a 10-minute walk to visit my friend.  She was so happy to see me full of life and spirit after watching me throughout this fast.  We hugged and laughed and I kept telling her how happy I felt!  It was an amazing feeling, like someone had plugged electricity back into me!When I went home, I had about 4 more spoonfuls.  Then I decided to add some raw apple cider vinegar and I mixed it all together.  Wow!  Even better!Throughout the day, I had a few spoonfuls every 3-4 hours.  Actually in the evening I was very sad when I dropped the bowl, with almost half left inside! I took this as a sign that the universe did not want me to eat anymore, so I cleaned it up and left it for today.I took several probiotics throughout the day and continued to rest as much as I could. It’s still a day of transition for my body. Tomorrow I would like to try to walk a bit more, stretch my muscles and start teaching my body to move again.  And I look forward to making my raw soup, hopefully not spilling any next time.  It’s is so fantastic to be back in the eating world again!Day 42Amazing day. I felt pumped full of energy and life again, almost like someone brought back from the dead! I was so excited to go for a walk today, and ﬁnally I had a chance to do the 15-minute walk down to the market, bank and Tesco.  It felt like a marathon after being dormant and at Eating!
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!101home for so long!  I really felt good the whole way.  Even I was surprised that I didn’t fade out.  In Tesco, I was totally overwhelmed by the bright lights, people and shelves and shelves of choices.  It was like landing on another planet.  My life has been so simple for the last 40 days and suddenly I was dropped into a world full of stimulation.  Somehow I managed to buy everything I wanted - cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, fresh limes, fresh herbs, leeks, spinach, one daikon and some onions.  All I want are savory foods right now. I am not at all craving fruit or anything sweet.  In fact, I have been dreaming of pickling my own cucumbers.  A big storm came in not long after I had arrived home, but luckily I had time to wash all my veggies and rinse them well before we lost power.  I bought a new little basin today just for washing veggies and 2 new huge colanders.  It’s my commitment to myself after this fast to soak everything I buy in Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) and water for 10 minutes to kill any parasite eggs before rinsing and drying.All day I only ate 2 mini-cucumbers. I didn’t feel hungry at all and so I simply listened to my body and honored that.  The food that I bought at Tesco was mainly for ‘playing’ - I just wanted to enjoy chopping, mixing and making food after being away from it from so long!  I was so happy to feel reconnected once again, it’s a feeling that I just can’t even describe!  Especially right now but even in general, I do prefer to make my own food Eating!
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!102so I know what’s in it and also so I can put loving intention and gratitude into the food while I make it. For sure, that makes a difference!We lost power for about 90 minutes and during that time, I made my raw food creations.  I lit some candles and managed to have just enough light to be able to see what I was doing. With the intention of still eating a lot of garlic, ginger and onion, I decided to make a nice salsa and then I made a cucumber salad.In the salsa, I mixed 10 fresh chopped Roma tomatoes, 1 1/2 onions, 10 cloves of chopped garlic, 1 handful of fresh coriander, 2 stalks of diced celery and the juice of 6 limes.  Then I mixed in a drizzle of raw apple cider vinegar, some cayenne pepper, a pinch of cumin, a pinch of freshly ground mustard seed and sea salt.  I put it in the fridge to let it marinate.Meanwhile, I made my ‘dinner salad’ which consisted of 3 Japanese cucumbers, peeled and chopped, 3 stalks of diced celery and 1 yellow onion chopped.  I added about 1 Tbsp. grated ginger and sprinkled some cumin powder in with a pinch of sea salt.  For the dressing, I made the Cilantro Lime Dressing which I have listed in Chapter 6 as a Cleansing Salad Dressing in the Follow-Up Cleansing Section.  Since it’s still early after the fast, I omitted the jalapeno pepper from the recipe for now.  Wow! That dressing is so delicious!!  I made a double batch, putting the other half in a jar in the fridge for tomorrow’s salad.  Eating!
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!103I had so much fun making all that food!!  Just touching, smelling and intuitively creating beautiful dishes from raw food is such an enjoyable experience.  Although I had said I would puree all my foods for awhile, today I felt I really wanted to chew so I decided to chop everything, small making it easier to eat.I tried just a bit of the salsa, eating it like a soup, and it was delicious.  By the time I cleaned everything up and sat down to eat my salad, the raw apple cider vinegar had ﬂavored the cucumbers and I almost had my taste of raw pickles.  Yum!  That salad was pure bliss.  I was sure I would eat it all!  But, halfway through I became so full that I had to stop, so I put it in the fridge for tomorrow.  No problem!I’m still taking the humaworm capsules and probiotics.  I’ve also taken some cascara sagrada at night before bed.  That plus the walk today wasn’t enough for my bowels to start moving on their own, so I did do an enema this afternoon.  There were no worms released, although I still have the annoying twitching in my legs and my ear was popping today too.  I’m trying not to let that get me down.  After all, I did so well to fast for 40 days. There is no more I could have possibly done.  Hopefully just having signiﬁcantly less worms will allow the humaworm to work more effectively and really fumigate those buggers out, once and for all.I changed my toothbrush today just in case there were any parasite eggs on the old brush.Eating!
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!104Tomorrow I hope to go for a longer walk to stretch my muscles even more.  Slowly but surely, I am coming back to life...and I must say it feels pretty good!!Day 43With every day, my strength is coming back and I am feeling more and more ‘normal’ again.  Today I walked the beach for about 40 minutes which was excellent, and then I even walked to Tesco later!  Last week, that would have been an unthinkable expedition.  Today, I almost did it with ease.  It felt so good to move my muscles, and to me, this is very important after a fast.  When you eat, it is essential to then move, so that the body learns to metabolize (i.e. burn) food again.  Otherwise, it will put everything into storage (i.e. fat).  I bought more tomatoes and came home to start making new creations again.  Today I made the green onion salad dressing listed in the Follow-Up Cleansing Section. I modiﬁed the recipe, using only apple cider vinegar and no agave or honey, adding more green onions (5 stalks) and less olive oil (about 4 Tbsp.) and I added 2 Tbsp. ground ﬂax seed instead of ﬂax oil.   The result: a very tangy but delicious and creamy salad dressing! I chopped up fresh tomato, garlic and onion, and mixed in this dressing, which actually almost look liked mustard.  It was so good!This afternoon I did an enema because I am still not having bowel movements on my own, and I was shocked and surprised to see 3 worms!!  I could not believe it! Is the humaworm working?? Or is the follow-up cleansing diet full of garlic, onion and ginger fumigating them out as I had Eating!
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form. True, he never produced feces. According to
doctors, the patient appears regularly literally
a few drops of urine, that accumulate in the bladder
and then absorbed by the walls. For all the time observing the holy nor
never use a toilet. The experiment lasted ten days,
but no change in the health status of the subject noticed
was not. Obviously, this lifestyle is really for
his habit. Mental state Pralada Janney was also
recognized by physicians as perfectly normal. He thinks of Health,
not nervous, it is not irritable, and always set complacent.
Doctors could not explain the phenomenon, which they happened to
watch.
In Nepal, sent the delegation of European scientists to
investigate the unique phenomenon that some call
perhaps the reincarnation of Buddha. Fifteen year old boy
Ram Bahadur Bandzhan here for six months without food and water
and meditating in the shade of a tree. Scientists say - it's impossible, but
to prove fraud has nobody succeeded. The place where Rama sits
Bahadur, has become a place of mass pilgrimage.
Our instructors in mountaineering, told me a lot
interesting story about a unique person "Berendey. Before
climbing in the camp of climbers appeared outlandish grandfather
with a thick white beard. The Group is ready to Belukha, the most
highest peak of Altai - 4506 meters. His grandfather asked the climbers to take
it with you! The unexpectedness of the men speechless. And then
explained Berend, that the district Belugas avalanche, and it does not
equipment. Well, they could not tell him directly and rudely: "What are you, grandfather,
the coils moved out? What swung? So easily climb
on the very Beluha! ". Nevertheless Berendey downright offended by the
climbers and one without equipment as he was, in rubber boots,
went up before the release of the route. One rose
on Belukha, left a note on the rules and went back
the camp, with no "cat" and cords. After this climb
strange alien climbers long time to recover,
thinking about what happened. Grandfather "ran" on top of that required
high technology ascent as a walk, and returned
unharmed. Who is he?
It was a traveler Peter G. Nikitin. True,
him to prefer the status of a wanderer. This fall, Peter Nikitin
departed from Moscow (by bike), the way he held in Karelia and
Kola Peninsula. Permanently "stuck" under Medvezhegorsky,
studying the petroglyphs and other monuments of ancient culture, as well as
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in a career with schungite water. and got back in the saddle the bike. Came
in Kandalaksha, pitch a tent in a pine forest near the city,
the night, and next morning went to get acquainted with the northerners.
- Very interesting nature of the North! - Admires wanderer.
Particularly attracted his mystery seids - the sacred stones of the tundra.
- The ancient Slavs, too, had their sacred stones - family,
generic. Our ancestors have turned to them for help, and they
materialize these requests - says Peter Nikitin
and edifying remarks: - You must know your roots! Their spiritual
Nikitin mission wanderer sees it, is to make the world around
kinder, fairer, and the purpose of his travels - to achieve harmony
mind and body, the level of consciousness in which there is unity between
God, man and nature.
On his mission, Peter G. forgets. In the forest near
Kandalaksha he was armed with a chisel gouged on a huge
boulder commandments ancient Slavonic god Svarog, as the stream left
Ward. Next went the way of Monchegorsk and Polar Zory, and then
in Murmansk. the capital of Arctic indefatigable traveler
entered on his shabby bicycle in the afternoon. Again
put a tent in the hills outside the town, and next morning went to meet
with him. Found and housing. While waiting for the visa to Finland, not
only met with Murmansk, but also held numerous
meeting with the townspeople. He especially likes to meet
with youth. Petr Nikitin - an active advocate of healthy
lifestyle. - A sound, not healthy. I insist on it -
corrects traveler. - The ancient Slavs had a wonderful
the word "health".
Petr Nikitin, first aroused the curiosity of others
unusual appearance. White-bearded old man wearing a shirt with embroidered
It Slavic symbols and belted belt smacked
Treefolk. He spoke to the students of Technical University,
at other schools, clubs, creative associations and even
Semenov bathed in the lake with the Polar walruses.
- Well beloved water! - Praised the bathing Peter
Grigorievich. - I have done the impossible with God's help -
he recalls his ascent, especially the first, the one on
Beluga.
Visited the Krasnoyarsk and the Pillars in the Alps. in the Himalayas
rose to seventhousander. Usually travels by bicycle
and on foot. He drove the European part of Russia, Siberia and Far
East. Travelling abroad Russian pilgrim - is Poland,
Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, China, Tibet, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand,
Malaysia... Lamented that there was in India, although there was a visa.
Proud of the fact that twice already girded the globe at the equator.
a puffy album Traveler collected pictures from various points
planet. Nikitin then removed from the Tibetan monks in orange
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then on the glaciers of Himalayas. There is also the Kamchatka and Lake Baikal. In Kamchatka
the irrepressible Peter G. visited the five volcanoes, had
communicate closely with the Bears, who feel at ease
in these wild places.
He rides a bicycle Soviet era. On the age
silent. Or says: "The soul has no age!". Strong
and lean, the traveler a view already is changing the
the inevitable senility of old age. He ran marathons, participated
in peace marches, became a follower of Porphyry Ivanov.
Nearly fifteen years of not eating meat and fish. in the Altai Mountains starved
forty days, as Jesus Christ in the desert, and dry starvation
lasted fifteen days. and now sure if people endure
sixty days of fasting, he can live for years without food. in one
travel along the Ural Nikitin met a woman
who live without food for five years. Adherents of the "solar
power "(those who do not eat at all, and insist that they take energy from the
sunlight) - and there are several thousand - are going to their forums
in Australia. But to Australia Grigorenko has not yet arrived.
Unbearable physical and psychological stress seem to
become the norm for the Russian pilgrim. He walks barefoot in the snow,
hot coals and broken glass.
- For me, nothing is impossible! - Said Nikitin.
In traveling he found himself in such bindings that miraculously remained
alive. Was under avalanches and rock falls, once stumbled upon
gangsters who crippled him. Nevertheless, good people
met him everywhere, in all countries. Russian pilgrim Nikitin
sure that it is very bad with it does not happen, because he tries to
to live according to conscience and does not reject God.
Traveler earnestly trying to get back to basics, taking
in the way the ancient Slavic Vedas. Calls himself an Orthodox
man. However, in the bizarre world-wanderer
get on Marxism-Leninism, Eastern philosophy, "Live
Ethics Roerich, Helena Blavatsky's Theosophy, the Vedas of ancient Slavs.
Nikitin's interest to pre-Christian Russia forced him to learn
ancient Slavic. More Grigorenko speaks German
and some English. He has two higher education. Profession
mechanical engineer often helps him on the road.
Family restless traveler lives in Kazakhstan. he
eight children, six grandchildren, will soon be the seventh.
He recalls, returning to the roots of that ancient family
Slavs considered complete if it grew sixteen children. For
order in Russia grew by a strong viable generation
need a healthy family with no bad habits, respect for God
Commandments.
Nikitin did not refrain from reproaches the fair sex, in his opinion,
betrayed women's essence:
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and a dress to wear, not pants, as now accepted.
After long wanderings Peter G. returned to their native,
but not for long again to hit the road. As if some
mysterious force pulls him out of the house.
- I - a stranger - again emphasizes Nikitin. - And place of residence
for me does not matter.
For Peter Nikitin really nothing is impossible. His
home - the Earth.
WOMEN ness who will not eat
Not to reproach others, not to save or
from lack of food Zinaida Baranova refused G.
from food and drink, and two and a half years, fueled only
Holy Spirit, the sun, oxygen, and nothing more. In other words,
switched to energy