energy healing with a tai chi master in London. As well as being able to feel
the human ener gy field, I discovered I could feel the chakras a short
distance away from the physical body. My knowledge and experiences of
the chakras and the ener gy system of the body expanded when I began
studying to be a yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga. Gradually I
became very aware of my own chakras and the fluctuating state they were
in day to day. By understanding and healing my own chakras I changed
myself and my life for the better. I hope this book will help you to do the
same. What ar e the chakras? They are ener gy centres that connect to the physical body. There are seven
main chakras and these are the ones we will be working with in this book. Unless you are clairvoyant you will be unable to see the chakras as they are
not physical in nature. Even so, they af fect your physical body very
strongly. In fact they af fect all areas of your life including your emotional,
mental and spiritual well-being. What do they look like? Chakra (pronounced shack-ruh) means wheel because they look like
coloured wheels of ener gy spinning round. They are funnel shaped, with thenarrow part of the funnel near the spine, getting wider the further from the
spine they are. The first chakra points downwards from the base of the
spine, the seventh chakra points upwards from the top of the head and the
remaining five project out from both the front and back of the body. Each
chakra spins at a dif ferent speed. The first chakra at the base of the spine
spins at the slowest speed. The seventh chakra projecting from the top of
the head spins the fastest. What is the purpose of the chakras? Their purpose is to step down Universal ener gy so that it is at the right
frequency to be utilised by us here on earth in our physical body. Imagine if
you plugged an electric shaver into a normal wall socket. It would blow up
because too much char ge would be going through it. So we use an adaptor. That ‘steps down’  the flow of ener gy. That is what the chakras do. In that
way you could call the chakras adaptors or transformers. Wher e are the chakras? They are located along the spine. In your physical body, the nervous system
runs along the spine and into the brain. Our main ener gy channel also runs
along the spine. It has three channels called IDA  (rhymes with leader),
PINGALA  (ping-gala) and SUSHUMNA  (soo-shoom-nuh). The IDA  and
PINGALA  wind to and fro up the SUSHUMNA  in the same way that the
two snakes wind around the staf f in the symbol of the caduceus. The places
where the IDA  and PINGALA  cross are where the chakras are located. These crossing places coincide with the places in the physical body where
we have a cluster of nerve plexuses. Ida Nadi can be compared to the Parasympathetic Nervous system. Pingala Nadi can be compared to the Sympathetic Nervous System. What is the sushumna? The sushumna is a hollow channel along the spinal cord that does not exist
in the physical body. It exists in the ener gy body. This space is the interfacebetween the physical body and non physical bodies. Many people think that
yoga is an exercise system for improving the suppleness of the physical
body but in fact yoga is a powerful system that helps to clear the sushumna
channel, allowing an increased amount of prana/chi/ener gy to flow through. If ener gy in the sushumna is flowing freely, then the chakras can spin more
easily. The more ener gy in the sushumna, the faster the chakras can spin,
the higher our consciousness. Think of a basin of water emptying. It spins as it goes down the plug hole in
exactly the same way that a chakra spins. However, if your bathroom pipes
are clogged up then your basin gets blocked and gunge builds up in the
pipe. Then the water cannot spin freely. It becomes stagnant. Some of the
water will seep through the gunge and the basin will eventually empty. That
is how it is with the chakras. The ener gy in the chakras can get stuck and
‘gungy’  and need unblocking. How do the chakras affect our  lives? Each chakra represents one area of your life. The First Chakra: The survival instinct. Being grounded and rooted on the
earth in your physical body. A sense of security. The Second Chakra: Relating to the world and the people in it. Finding what brings you pleasure. Sexuality. The Third Chakra: The ability and drive to complete things. Using your
willpower. The Fourth Chakra: Love, feelings of empathy and compassion. The Fifth
Chakra: Expressing your truth for the benefit of others. The Sixth Chakra:
Intuition. Sixth sense. The Seventh Chakra: Connecting to spirituality and your higher purpose. How do chakras get blocked or  unbalanced?We all have chakras and they all spin to some extent. When the chakras are
fully functioning they will be in balance and spinning freely. When we have
a difficult experience we either uncon- sciously block the ener gy flowing
through a chakra or the chakra locks open. Either of these will cause an
imbalance. A block, a lock or an imbalance are the same thing, resulting in
the chakra either under functioning or over functioning. The chakras can become unbalanced at any time. They are not fixed. They
don’t get into balance and stay that way forever. They can change moment
to moment so it’ s a constant balancing act, day in and day out. An
imbalance in any chakra will af fect the entire system. Compare it to a
central heating system. If there is a block in one of the radiators the whole
system will be af fected. Understanding how the chakras get out of balance is common sense. An
injury, a dif ficult emotional experience, a profound shock or putting too
much emphasis on any one part of your life at the expense of another are all
the sorts of things that can put one or more of your chakras out of balance. For example, if you sit around all day watching soaps on television, never
clean and tidy your home and never go out in nature then your base chakra
is likely to be under functioning. How can we balance our  chakras? To keep (or bring) our chakras into balance then we need to incorporate the
needs of all seven chakras into our everyday life. Not only will this be
emotionally, physically and spiritually healing, but you will find that your
life transforms as you come into balance. Balance your life and your
chakras will gradually come into balance. Doing a regular audit of your life
under the following headings could be helpful:
Contact with nature / Work and earning a living / Time with family and
friends, chilling out, having fun / Health, diet and exercise / Spirituality and
meditation / Being creative and expressing yourself / Personal growth and
expanding your knowledge / Helping others and voluntary work.Write under each heading in what way you are satisfying these eight needs. You will clearly see which areas you are neglecting and which you are
overemphasizing. You can then make a conscious ef fort to redress the
balance. Allow your chakras to come into balance rather than striving to balance
them. Compare it to trying to relax. If you strive to be relaxed the relaxation
will never come as you will be caught in the striving! It’ s the same with
sleep. If you try to sleep you will be kept awake by the act of trying. Sleep
cannot be taught. You can put things in place that will encourage sleep to
happen, such as dim lighting, a comfortable clean bed, lavender oil on the
pillow and soothing music. Then sleep happens of its own accord. So it is with balancing the chakras. Put into place the activities for
balancing the chakras and then allow the balance to happen naturally. As you read this book, try and remember that imbalance in the chakras is
not anybody’ s ‘fault’. If your base chakra was imbalanced by your early
childhood experiences or your heart chakra was temporarily put out of
balance by the ending of a love af fair, then it was all meant to be. A wise
person under -
stands that the source of everything they experience is within them. Although accidents, ar guments and challenging situations may appear to be
coming from other people, at a deeper level you have drawn these events to
you in order to grow and evolve. OceanofPDF.comChapter 2
The First Chakra
Location: The base of the spine
The Sanskrit name: MULADHARA  (pronounced mool-uh-dah- ruh)
Also known as: Base chakra, root chakra, coccyx chakra
The colour related to this chakra: Red
Number of lotus petals: 4
Mantra: Lam (rhymes with lamb) Yantra: Four lotus petals (


 are used to. But it’s going on everywhere. It’s the
real liberation, and there aren’t a lot of excuses in today’s world for
not joining in the work that will ultimately free us all. There’s not much mystery here. Sickness is not that interesting. When you were a little girl, Daddy told you in various ways that you
weren’t really all that great, so that any man who gives you the
same message years later feels to you like the one you belong with. He’s familiar in that he’s remote and slightly disapproving. And the
more we look,  the more we realize that it wasn’t just Daddy who
went weird on us around the time we reached puberty. The whole
world did. Our burgeoning sexuality didn’t just freak out Daddy,
who was attracted and repelled at the same time. It freaked out
Mommy too, who was jealous, and our teachers, who had similar
projections. It freaked out the entire society in which we grew up,
because sex is still thought of as evil here. As we grew more and
more into our womanhood, we were perceived as being  more and
more dangerous. None of this was conscious on anyone’s part. Very
little is conscious in this society or anywhere. The whole human
race is still basically in a fog, but that’s why we’re here, and it’sdenitely why we’re looking into this painful stu that’s been ruling
us subconsciously for ages. Women are very confused about power, and actually, so are men. Feminine powe r isn’t something we go out and acquire; it’s already
within us. It’s something we become willing to experience. Something to admit we have. Until we do, our positive power lies unexpressed. It’s there, but
it’s not working. We’re wired  for something we don’t know how to
access. Having  been taught that the power of strong women is in
various ways suspect, many of us nd it hard to fully embrace our
power. We’re afraid. But the Goddess is ready to correct our
thinking. Her key, the access  point, the miracle, is love. We are here
only to love, and love casts out fear. When we understand that love
is the reason for our power— that it is our power—we lose our fear
of owning its strength. We become willing to experience the power
within us, that it might be used as a channel through which love is
expressed to all humankind. And so, powerful women fall prey to the East Coast lady-killer not
because he’s consciously seeking to murder the Queen but because
they are. Not having embraced her themselves, they nd no one else
to embrace her either. They are stuck in princess mode, crying and
tearing their hair out, shoutin g “You can’t treat me this way” when,
quite obviously, he sure can. Until we own our own power, we will
constantly seek it in others, particularly in men, and power sought
that way never saves us; it destroys us. Many women complain that they keep attracting the “wrong
relationship. ” What they mean by that, of course, is that they are
attracted to the wrong relationship. They are stuck in a place that is
dangerous but seductive. They want desperately to get out of the
pattern but often not quite desperately enough. They lack the self-
esteem to save their own lives. We give up what we want to give up and keep what in some way
we still want to keep. There are payos for holding on to small,
weak patterns. We have an excuse not to shine. We don’t have to
take responsibility for the world when we’re spending all our timein emot ional pain. We’re too busy. The truth that sets us free is an
embrace of the divine within  us. It means remembering we are the
daughters of God, and daughters of God don’t brake for jerks. When a woman falls in love with the magnicent possibilities
within herself, the forces that would limit those possibilities hold
less and less sway over her. A relationship that keeps us tied to the
push and pull of co-dependent neuroses is a block to our shining. When we are very clear that we want to shine—and  if we want to
know the Goddess, we want to shine—then we attract into our lives
the kinds of relationships that help us do that. Until a woman has
given herself permission to be fabulous, she will not nd herself
with partners who promote her ability to be so. As long as she tears
herself down, she will attract others who tear her down; she will
nd people who agree that she is undeserving and lacking as long as
that is how she thinks of herself. So we’re left with a commitment to being a certain kind of woman
before worrying about nding a certain kind of man. Once we make
such a commit ment, good guys will appear. Until we do, let’s just
say they’re waiting in the lobby. Embrace the Goddess and her divine perception of you. Ask her to
reveal to you the you she has in mind. Ask her to send you the
relationships and circumstances that will foster that strength within
you, that the world might be blessed by the presence of a woman in
all her glory. Ask and you’ll receive. Don’t ask, and you’ll continue
to receive the relationships that destroy you. Until we embrace the
light, we remain vulnerable to darkness. The choice is easy once we
see it for what it is. In relationships, as in everything else, we ask for
heaven, or we ask for hell. Several years ago, my boyfr iend left me for a bimbo. Actually, he
didn’t leave me, and according to quite a few people she’s not a
bimbo. But my emotional experience, as arrogant and unenlightened
as it was, was that I had been rejected for someone half my size. It’s not uncommon for an intelligent man to gravitate toward a
woman who can’t quite put a sentence together. But why does it
happen. I wanted to nd out because the pain I felt was searing. Iknew in my heart that I had blown something big-ti me, and I
wanted to correct myself. I would have done anything and gone
anywhere to learn what I needed to before I went out again. Some
of the cleares t thinking we do about relationships occurs while
we’re not in one. We’re humbler, more in touch with our pain, more
teachable. Our intelligence is always sharper when informed by our
own feelings. At another point in my life, I lived a scene like the one at the end
of the movie Gone With the Wind, where Scarlett asks Rhett what’s to
become of her if he leaves her. In my case, the man did give a
damn, but he still had to leave. I then had to prove to myself, and to
whomever else I thought might care, that I could make it without
him. Imagine another scene, the one in which Scarlett says, “I will
never go hungry again. ” My pledge, uttered with the same strength
and anguish, was “I will never need a man again. ”
That was a awed decision. I couldn’t have him, so I became him. I wanted him within me so
badly I invoked his energy from within myself. I conquered outer
worlds, just as he had. I expressed masculine strength and power,
just as he had. But it didn’t bring me closer to him or to others like
him because I had become one of the guys, and that’s not what most
men are looking for. He had never loved me for being a great guy. I don’t know when my mourning set in, but I know it climaxed
when I lost out to the woman I thought was a bimbo. What I
realized was that she was in some ways the old me—not the me I
wanted to become but the me I had been and then left behind. She
wasn’t stupid; I just wanted to think she was. And that’s why I had
to hate her. I couldn’t bear to take on all the hatred I felt toward
myself for becoming so masculine and tough. I started to understand what had gone wrong, includ ing the
realization that I was far from alone in my predicament. And it
wasn’t enough just to understand. I had to retrain myself,  which I’m
still doing. I don’t want to lose the masculine power I’ve developed,
the worldly eectiveness, the power to act on things I care about. It’s part of me and an important aspect of who we all are. It wascertainly a necessary social development for women to actualize
their masculine power in the world. But I needed to put things in their proper perspective. In intimate
relationships with men, I want to major in feminine and minor in
masculine. At a lecture podiu m, I’m the masculine, active energy to
the audience’s feminine receptiveness. After work, if I’m with a man
I am close to, I want to experience myself as a woman. And I no
longer kid myself that it would work for him, or for me, to play it
any dierently. That doesn’t mean we don’t trade roles at times. It
means the dominant groove is that he’s masculine and


’ t “beat the
game” because they haven’ t arrived at the pinnacle of material success they
envisaged as youths. Even more revealing are ego-strivers who achieve
their goals. The mountain they climb so laboriously overlooks a barren
landscape. When they stand upon the highest spot and look out over the
bleak vista, their souls are seized in the viselike grip of fear, and they turn
their eyes to the earth and never look skyward again. Our cities and nations are populated with people who cannot stand to look
into their souls because they never have discovered who they truly are. Infinity and eternity appall them by dwarfing the ego. What is needed most
of all is an ef fective guide to living, a humanistic relationship between us
and our creating source, so that each of us is able to see with absolute
clarity and perfect equanimity that our life not only is part of a divine plan
for the development of consciousness in the universe but that we ourself are
both mentally and spiritually unified with that master spirit whose field of
unfoldment the world is. Such spiritual illumination allows us to put our life
and our works in the hands of the Divine, with complete assurance that both
will be used for the best purpose. Once this psychological dispossession of
personal ef fort and personal victory has been accomplished, we never again
suffer defeat. Apparent defeat becomes only a turning place in the road; all
detours mer ge into one triumphal march to victory, become part of that plan
by which eventual success is assured. When the revelation comes to us that the Divine is working through us, all
our labor takes on a highly char ged spiritual significance alongside which
material rewards pale. W e no longer work for money, no longer work for
success, but only for the expression of that mind and consciousness within
us which we now know to be the Supreme manifesting upon the earth. W e
do the work of the Secret Self and never of our surface self. W e subjugatethe surface self to a master spirit that uses it as a tool for the ef fectuation of
the divine purpose in the world. The faith that grows out of this knowledge
sustains us under the most fierce, adverse pressure. Something higher than
heart or intellect upholds us through the longest detours and the blindest
gropings. Our egoistic self has found that supreme master and highest
philosophy by which it not only understands itself and its place and purpose
in the world but also is admitted to a secret place of light and peace and
understanding. In the heart of the enlightened person is the hidden
knowledge that they are never at the mercy of immediate appearances, that
they have within them the power to change all through their identification
with the Divine, through their knowledge that the mind in them is the mind
in all others. Perfect Knowing and Imperfect Seeing

This giving over of oneself and assuming another is far more than just a
merely psychological switch of viewpoint. The awakened person dies in
one small part of their nature in order to be reborn in a lar ger and wider
consciousness. T o the onlooker the change may be imperceptible. The
person may do the same work, live in the same manner, forsake neither
friends nor fun, but all actions now will be unified by spiritual awareness,
so that there emanates from them an inner joy, an absolute acceptance of
life. They may rise to a position of prominence in the world or they may
not; it is indif ferent to them. They serve not the causes of humanity, only
the will and purpose of the Divine. “W e are here to see what we can add to,
not to see what we can get from, Life,” wrote W illiam Osler, the Canadian
physician and cofounder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. In the enlightened
person the egoistic nature has been so far withdrawn from the frontal part of
personality that their impression upon others is one of constant giving,
never of taking. They become a horn of plenty through which the Divine
pours its infinite resource. T o whomever they contact there comes a sense
of love and understanding and security, descending through them into the
other from the Secret Self. Those whose consciousness is focused in the surface self live within narrow
horizons of awareness and are puppets driven by sensation. The world
makes itself known to them through the tiny windows of their senses, and
they react to it, never exerting a mental or spiritual influence upon it. Their
failures are failures of imperfect seeing. They see neither who they are nor
what the true nature of a situation is; consequently their actions are always
based upon partial knowledge. A suf ficient number of failures stemming
from this imperfect working completely defeats them, and their frustration
is announced through physical ailments of the body. Emotional blockages
and repressions inhibit circulation in certain areas of the body, and disease
and malfunction set in. Repressed hostility, aggression, insecurity, and fear
are root causes of arthritis, heart disease, arterial sclerosis, cancer, ulcer. A
society that demands conformity of its members is bound to frustrate a lar ge
number of them, and this manifests itself as a gradual rise in physical
infirmity. Since it is patently impossible for individuals to alter the social
system under which they live, solution of the dilemma must provide
spiritual freedom while allowing for physical conformity. Arriving at the
realization that the Divine dwells in you just as you dwell in the Divine
dissolves the cares and frustration of the egoistic nature. Once you have
been able to identify yourself with the master spirit of eternity it becomes
possible to view existence on a long-term basis, to detach yourself from
physical goals. Failur e Is a State of Mind

Existence is essentially a fight. W e are tested in the crucible of conflict from
cradle to grave, and the time of our most severe testing is the time of our
greatest growth. Nature is not interested in winners. All too often victory is
a signal for cessation of ef fort. Nature is interested in growth, and growth is
possible only to one constantly at work expanding their abilities and talents. In any line of endeavor those who have it made are going downhill. Our
waistlines stay trim and our minds alert when we are kept at our labors
through necessity. Our surface selves often find in victory or gain theopportunity to indulge sensation, and we are caught in a trap from which we
may never emer ge as aspiring individuals again. Havelock Ellis wrote,
“Conquest brings self-conceit and intolerance, the reckless inflation and
dissipation of ener gies. Defeat brings prudence and concentration; it
ennobles and fortifies. ” Defeat, of course, is never a fact unless it is
accepted as final. Those who realize that all growth possibilities are within
them never accept defeat. They know that they can do much better than
they thus far have shown, for they have a secret pipeline into the source of
all ener gy and talent. Failure is a state of mind and never a physical fact. W e try to accomplish
something and if results don’ t come our way within a certain period of time
we often throw up our hands and say we can’ t do it. If this psychological
abdication from trying is done without a cessation of physical ef fort, we
may find that suddenly we are getting results, for unconsciously we have
turned our works and actions over to the Secret Self and they have become
effective. But if we cease to make any further physical ef fort, then the work
will never be done for we have turned our back on it. Boldness

Each of us best fulfills ourself and the purposes of nature when we perform
the task of torchbearer in some area of our activities. Boldness engenders its
own success through liberating ener gies repressed by inhibition. If we find
within ourself the courage to go out on a limb, it will never break under our
weight, will sustain us no matter how fragile it appears, and we will see
from our new vantage point an entirely dif ferent world. Between the timid
and the brave is but a single step, and that is the first one. W ild animals
attack the prey that runs away but stand stock-still and are intimidated by
any that faces them. If we find within ourself the spiritual resource to make
our first step toward danger instead of away from it, we will find that
danger disappears. But if we give in to the impulse of fear and make our
initial step away from danger, life will chase after us and surely devour us. Let any man show the world that he feels
Afraid of its bark and ’ twill fly at his heels:
Let him fearlessly face it, ’ twill leave him alone:
But ’ twill fawn at his feet if he flings it a bone. — EDW ARD BUL WER-L YTT ON

Fear engenders fear. The first step away from danger turns into a trot, then a
shambling run, then a panic-stricken dash, and the innocuous cur that
pursues us is now a fancied monster. Similarly, courage engenders courage. The first step toward danger allows us to see our antagonist clearly. We
examine its face and behold that it is not nearly so threatening as we
imagined. W e begin to see ways and means of coping with it, and just
because we have confronted it head-on, it stops its aggressive action toward
us and considers whether we ourselves might not


 title, or even know ing if I had
the certainty of legal ownership. At that time, in that space, there was no
problem. There wasn’ t any question. That’ s how things were, because that’s
how people  were. It wasn’ t the things. It was the people. Then a big article about this town appeared in the New York Times
financial section, proclaiming that real estate here was the second best
investment in the United State s. Within no time at all people came into
town with a totally different motivation, way, and style of being in the
world. They were looking to make a profit, to exploit, and to capitalize. Now everyone has to show a driver ’s license. I’d never give someone
$5,000 without a certificate of title. No one would take an out-of-state
check from an unknown person. The integrity is gone. It went down the
tubes in the mode of seeking success as something “out there,” hoping that
it was profit. Profit then justifie d exploitation. No matter how much money
was shown on a transaction on that level, it only had the appearance of
success. When the goodw ill is gone, success is gone. When the goodwil l is gone,
trust, faith, satisfaction, attitude, customer loyalty, and all that makes life
worthwhile go with it. It all goes down the tubes together. Now we have to
lock our doors in town. Now we have to take the key out of the ignition of
our cars. If we’re not coming from being a friend of life and a friend of
human nature, there’ s no guara ntee the world is going to be our friend
either. So what should Luigi do if he wants to expand his enterprise? Instead of
expanding that which is already successful and thereby destroying all the
elements that were making it that way, he would do far better to merely
repeat the enterprise in another town or in another section of the city. He
could have Luig i’s East and Luigi’s West. But Luigi’ s West had better be
exactly the same as Luigi’ s East, otherwise all his customers are going to go
visit it once and never go back again. One of the best demonstrations of this principle is what happened to a
very famous nightclub in the East Village in New York back in the late ’60s
and early ’70s. It was a pacesetter for the country. It was the first
multimedia disco, freestyle, strobe-light breakthrough in the entertainment
field. It was famous. People lined up outside while the avant -garde went
there—Andy Warhol and you name it. Obviously, it was not set up with a
lot of money. It was upstairs and used canvas for backdrops because theycouldn’ t afford anything else. Yet it was absolutely perfect the way it was. The place was mobbed. It was the “in” place to go. Then the inevitable happened. Either it changed hands or who knows
what, but the decision was made to improve it. And so it made that fatal
mistake: It was closed for remodeling, which seemed to take forever. If I
remember corre ctly, it was a number of months before it reopened. Sure
enough, the hand-painted canvas  had now become slick alabaster walls with
ultra-modernistic, curved surfaces. Everyone went back once to see what it
was like and never went back again. The curved, smooth, shiny, hard
surfaces totally changed the acoustics; the ambience was gone. The
qualities that had made it a winn er were now being exploited. Without even
knowing the details, everyone got that this was what happened. Nobody
went there anymore. The principle here is when we’v e got a winner, we must stay with it and
not get greedy. Those who focus solely on profit margin often lose it. It
doesn’ t matter how successful they are—giant corporations file Chapter 11
every day. Do these examples mean that we shouldn’ t improve? Of course  not. It is
a matter of knowing what  to improve. The thing to improve is what is
working so that it works even better. It means to ride the horse in the
direction it’s going. The fact that we’re good polo players doesn’ t make us
winning jockeys. Those are two different games. It’s okay to learn to be a
jockey, but let’ s not blow the polo playing in order to do it. Look at all of the successful and incredible cars that Detroit produced
over the years. Where are they now? They have a design that made that
particular car top dog, so they decided to change the design—the very thing
that was winning for them. The 1946 Lincoln Continental, for example, was
elegant, sleek, clean, and stunning at the time. Look at the cars with the
same name that have come out over the years since then. They are not the
same. The marketing motive behind the constant change in the design of cars is
so obvio us to everyone that it’s laughable. Making obsolescence part and
parcel of the design is one of the reasons for Detroit’ s constant struggle to
survive. Whatever we buy is going to become outdated within a year. They
think they’re making a profit by that strategy; actually, they’re taking a big
loss. If we knew that our cars were going to stay in style for years to come,
we would be willing to spend a lot for them. We’d be willing to spend a loton replacement parts. (I understa nd the profit on parts is higher than on new
autos.) Look at the prices for which classic cars go. If that design is worth such
an astronomical price, then why doesn’ t Detroit turn out the classic designs? Ask them. I’m sure their computers have reasons for what they do. So what
pulled Chrysler out of its slump? The personage of Lee Iacocca did. Was it
his knowledge of marketing, or his knowledge of mechan ics, or his
knowledge of investment? What made the difference? The whole public
knew that Chrysler was a different company with Iacocca at the head in the
1980s. Like Eddie Basha of Bashas’  supermarkets, there was a different
man in charge. The whole corporation turned around for the better. Whatever Iacocca did was a consequence of who he was; the manifestation
of who he was. As we said before, power is in the presence. Power is in
charisma. Power is in just being  a certain way. Besides overambitiousness, unwise expansion, and greed, the next tripper
with success is pride. Blowing it happens when our excellenc e begins to
manifest itself in a response from the world and we let this go to our heads. What was solicitude for our customers’  convenience and pleasure now
becomes indifference. We can’t be bothered anymore because of that sense
of importance. That is the great collapse of wonderful careers. It happens to celebrities
in the entertain ment field so visibly. The drugs, the alcoh ol, and the
eventual overdoses are merely the symptoms of what has already happened
—they couldn’ t handle it. The guarantee of success is the inner knowing
that it was the consequence of your awareness of some inner truth of human
nature that doesn’ t belong to you as an individual. It gives you the humility
you need  to withstand the assaults of success. A real test it is... one of the
biggest tests in the world. Don’ t let your ego spoil and exploi t that which
was the very source of your charm. Gratitude is one of the best defenses. If you’ve discovered your gift and
now it is bringing home the bacon, then be grateful for it. Be thankful and
seek to share the success with others rather than to show it of f pridefully.In the world of super successful people, an expensive car doesn’ t mean
anything, as they all can afford an expensive car. In the world of “would be”
successful peopl e, however, the expensive car is a must. It’s like they still
feel called upon to prove it. Real success brings such an inner state that they
don’t need to prove anything to anybody. They don’t need to impress
anyone. If others are impressed, that’s nice; certainly the applause of the
crowd is a legitimate pleasure and it frequently ener gizes them. By not realizing that it was dealing with human nature rather than
customers’  cash, Coca-Cola pulled the great “new Coke” blooper, which
was when they changed their original formula and thus made  one of the
most impressive gaf fes in business history. The company was one of the most beloved success stories in modern
times—all in America knew about it—and their image became incredibly
tarnished. They really blew it. The comfortable, secure, home-life image of
Coca-Cola as part of the Americ an way of life was suddenly sent reeling by
corporate decisions and the disregard for human nature and human
relations. Whatever the compute rs told the executives about the move they
made, we have to remember that computers don’t have feelings. Computers
don’t have human nature. They just deal in numbers. We all know that Coca-Cola had to back up, try to recoup its losses, and
make whatever attempts it could to regain its steadfast image and public
loyalty. But we were all indignant because something within our humanness
had been


cretions	that	are	thrown	off	from	diseased	beasts,	nature

adjudging	it	too	vile	to	contaminate	the	system	of	any	living	creature. SCROFULA,	that	hydra-headed	monster	of	pathology,	whose	ramifications

extend	into	and	complicate	nearly	all	the	diseases	that	flesh	is	heir	to,	and	whose

victims	are	as	the	sands	of	the	seashore	in	number,	is	one	of	the	oldest	children

of	vaccine	poisoning. "SYPHILIS,	that	disreputable	disorder,	that	sinks	its	victims	below	the	scale	of

decency,	and	hounds	them	to	dishonorable	graves,	has	been	carried	by	the

vaccinator's	needle	into	the	homes	of	the	innocent	and	virtuous,	and	there,	with

consequent	suffering	that	defies	the	imagination	of	man	to	depict." Dr.	J.M. Peebles	(M.D.,	Ph.D.)	in	his	hook	"VACCINATION	A	MENACE	TO

PERSONAL	LIBERTY"	wrote:

"When	a	mad	dog	enters	a	community	and	bites	a	child,	the	whole	population

rises	up	and	demands	the	death	of	the	creature,	and	desires	that	all	available

means	be	immediately	used	to	eliminate	from	the	system	of	the	child	the	virus

that	has	been	so	cruelly	inserted. The	action	of	the	people	in	this	case	is	a	very

natural	one;	but	let	me	tell	you	that	where	tile	bite	of	a	mad	dog	has	caused	death

in	one	case,	the	mad	doctor	with	his	calf-lymph	and	poisoned	needle	has	caused

tens	of	thousands	of	deaths. Vaccination	is	the	most	outrageous	insult	that	can	be	offered	to	any	pure	minded

man	or	woman. It	is	the	boldest	and	most	impious	attempt	to	mar	the	works	of

God	that	has	been	attempted	for	ages. The	stupid	blunder	of	doctor-craft	has

wrought	all	the	evil	that	it	ought,	and	it	is	time	that	free	American	citizens	arise

in	their	might	and	blot	out	the	whole	blood	poisoning	business." Dr.	Thomas	Morgan,	in	his	"MEDICAL	DELUSIONS"	(page	6)	writes:

"At	the	present	time,	the	medical	profession	prescribes	innumerable	poisons,

such	as	arsenic,	strychnine,	morphine,	mercury	and	other	destructive	drugs	that

ruin	the	health	of	the	human	race...and	the	greatest	of	all	delusions	is	the	GERM

THEORY,	and	the	consequent	introduction	of	serum	therapy,	with	its	various

antitoxins...Notwithstanding	the	fact	that	these	medical	delusions	have	been	the

cause	of	more	injury	and	death	than	pestilence,	famine	and	war	combined,	the

medical	doctors	have	agreed	to	meet	each	other	half	way,	on	the	common	ground

of	self-interest,	for	the	purpose	of	formulating	and	enforcing	the	tyrannical	laws

to	prevent	anyone	outside	their	ring	from	practicing	medicine." The	following	public	confession	was	made	by	J.	W.	HODGE	M.D. of	Niagara

Falls,	New	York:

"To	affirm	that	there	never	has	been	any	scientific	warranty	for	a	belief	in	the

alleged	protective	virtues	of	vaccination	and	that	its	practice	is	backed	by

ignorance	and	indifference,	is	a	sorry	charge	to	make	against	the	medical

profession...but	the	charge,	I	regret	to	say	is	only	too	true. I	know	whereof	I

affirm,	for	I,	too,	must	plead	guilty	of	the	charge. Before	discovering	my	mistake

I	had	vaccinated	more	than	3,000	victims,	ignorantly	supposing	the	disease	I	was
	propagating	to	be	a	preventative	of	smallpox. Having	taken	for	granted	what	my

teachers	had	asserted,	I	was	a	staunch	believer	in	the	alleged	efficacy	of

vaccination	as	a	prophylactic	against	smallpox. I	remained	in	this	blind	and

blissful	state	of	ignorance	for	several	years,	and	not	until	I	acquired	a	little

experience	in	the	school	of	observation	and	reflection	did	I	discover	that	my

faith	was	pinned	to	a	shameful	fraud. "The	first	real	eye	opener	I	received	upon	the	subject	was	while	I	was	practicing

my	profession	in	Lockport. At	that	time	(1902)	smallpox	made	its	appearance	in

this	city	and	soon	attained	the	proportions	of	an	epidemic. At	the	outbreak	of	the

disease	more	vaccinations	were	ordered	by	the	Department	of	Health	and	I	was

officially	appointed	Public	Vaccinator. My	duty	was	to	go	from	house	to	house

and	vaccinate	all	persons	who	could	not	present	recent	vaccination	scars	on	their

bodies,	and	to	revaccinate	all	those	who	could	not	give	assurance	of	having	been

vaccinated	within	a	period	of	two	years. "Just	before	and	during	the	prevalence	of	this	epidemic	I	vaccinated	nearly	3,000

victims,	using	the	so-called	‘pure	calf-lymph’	obtained	every	third	day	'fresh'

from	the	vaccine	farm	of	the	New	York	City	Board	of	Health. Much	to	the

disgust	of	the	people,	and	more	my	own	surprise	and	chagrin,	I	was	confronted

with	a	large	number	of	cases	of	vaccinal	erysipelas,	as	well	as	several	cases	of

phlegmonous	axillary	abscesses	following	as	results	of	vaccination. This	is	not

all;	a	number	of	those	vaccinated	were	attacked	with	confluent	smallpox	at

periods	varying	from	twelve	days	to	three	weeks,	after	having	been	rendered

‘immune'	by	vaccination. "These	astounding	facts,	so	contrary	to	my	preconceived	notions	about

vaccination	and	smallpox,	I	could	not	account	for	and	they	confused	me	as	I	was

not	able	to	see	where	the	'protection'	came	in. "With	Pascal,	I	'considered	the	affirmation	of	facts	more	powerful	than

assertions	of	men'. I	then	began	a	careful	study	of	the	relations	existing	between

smallpox	and	vaccination,	with	the	ultimate	result	that	I	was	forced	to	entirely

abandon	all	faith	in	the	medical	dogma	of	vaccinal	protection	against	smallpox. During	the	epidemic,	I	had	under	my	inspection	28	smallpox	patients,	all	of

whom,	with	one	exception,	had	been	'successfully'	vaccinated. Several	of	these

patients	had	been	revaccinated	before	contracting	the	disease. THUS	I	WAS

FORCED,	THROUGH	THE	STERN	LOGIC	OF	DISAGREEABLE	FACTS,

TO	THE	UNWELCOME	CONCLUSION	THAT	VACCINATION	HAD	NOT
	PROTECTED	THESE	VICTIMS	OF	SMALLPOX. "After	the	revelations	of	this	dismal	experience	had	dawned	upon	me	I

determined	to	make	a	careful	study	of	the	printed	data	on	vaccination. After	a

thorough	investigation	of	the	statistics	of	smallpox	epidemiology	collected	from

various	parts	of	the	world,	I	was	treated	to	another	great	surprise,	namely,	the

world's	greatest	statisticians	on	smallpox	and	vaccination	fully	corroborated	the

experience	that	I	had	met	with	in	the	Lockport	epidemic. "Previous	to	this	disappointing	experience	I	had	read	only	the	usual	literature	on

the	subject,	found	in	libraries	and	medical	schools. I	had	heard	only	the	"expert"

(one-sided)	testimony


’	management	must	have	been	below	that	of	the	others	for	this

dealer	in	death	only	increased	its	1956	profits	from	$14,322,015	(in	1955)	to

$17,645,728. All	of	these	figures	are	taken	from	Moody’s	Manual	of	Industrials,	the	investors’

bible. All	are	"after	taxes"	profits. The	poor	Cutter	people,	goats	in	the	legal	action,	actually	saw	their	profits	drop

from	$584,219	in	1955	to	$188,241	in	1956. Lloyd’s	of	London	(who	will	bet	on	anything)	seem	to	be	the	big	goat,	for	these

six	companies	have	been	insured	against	this	kind	of	thing	up	to	$5,000,000	per

company. A	trillion	dollars	couldn’t	pay	for	the	cripplings	and	murders	which

happened	before	the	companies	stopped	the	slaughter	by	putting	red	water	in

their	ampules,	instead	of	the	pus	of	diseased	monkey	kidneys. ___________

Duon	Miller	of	Florida,	the	blood	chemist	who	probably	is	our	best	posted

individual	on	poliomyelitis,	has	challenged	the	sales	pitch	put	out	by	the	USPHS

which	claims	Salk	vaccine	has	made	polio	decline	62%	and	paralytic	cases	73%. Even	the	fake	statistics	of	USPHS	can’t	make	polio	victims	in	the	District	of

Columbia	believe	this. The	Health	Dept. records	here	show	nine	times	as	many

cases	in	1957	as	in	1956—this	in	spite	of	serum	trust	claims	that	Salk	vaccine

has	"wiped	out	polio." In	a	scorching	letter	to	the	swivel	chair	doctor	who	heads	up	the	USPHS,	Mr.

Miller	pointed	out:

"If	these	figures	are	the	brain-child	of	the	National	Foundation	for	Infantile

Paralysis	that	alone	labels	them	worthless. "Its	President	(Basil	O’Connor)	knows	of	clinics	in	this	country	that	has	long

successfully	treated	polio. He	has	received	invitations	to	visit	these	clinics;	even

when	he	is	in	their	vicinity	he	ignores	them. "Why? Because	he	places	gold	before	God. "An	MD,	lecturing	for	NFIP,	admitted	they	had	no	immediate	positive	diagnosis
	for	polio. So,	it	is	very	clear	that	NFIP	juggle	its	figures	to	brainwash	the	public. "If	a	sick	child	were	brought	into	your	office	could	you,	any	member	of	your

bureau,	or	any	member	of	the	American	Medical	Assn.,	give	an	immediate,

correct	and	positive	diagnosis	as	to	polio? I	doubt	it. "Polio	is	a	condition. It	is	not	a	disease	caused	by	any	mysterious	live	virus,	as

no	such	virus	exists. Polio	vaccine	has	never	prevented,	nor	mitigated	polio	in

even	one	child	or	adult...yet	look	at	the	deaths	from	vaccine. "An	honest	Congressional	investigation	would	shock	the	nation." ___________

DUON	H.	MILLER
300	Bird	Road,	Coral	Gables,	Florida
November	14,	1948
Mr.	Arthur	S.	Flemming
Sec’y	Health,	Education	&	Welfare
Washington,	D.	C.

Dear	Mr.	Flemming:

I	have	just	read	an	article	in	Drug	Trade	News	which	states	the	Public	Health

Service	is	to	work	hard	on	"selling"	Salk	shots. For	quite	some	time	it	has

appeared	that	the	U.	S.	Public	Health	Service	seems	to	be	a	"sales	promotion

organization"	for	the	Vaccine	Trust,	working	at	the	expense	of	the	American

taxpayer. Enclosed	you	will	find	a	copy	of	my	letter	to	Dr.	Burney	written	January	8th,

delivered	to	him	through	our	Senator	George	Smathers,	and	followed	up	by	a

request	from	Senator	Smathers	for	a	reply,	but	as	yet	this	letter	still	has	not	been

replied	to...	unquestionably	because	Dr.	Burney	could	not	answer	it	honestly. I	see	in	the	article	I	am	just	reading	that	the	Public	Health	Service	spent	about

$40,000	on	its	previous	drive	and	expects	to	spend	that	much	more	money	on	the

new	campaign. Also,	he	states	the	fact	that	no	cases	of	polio	can	be	traced	to	any	lot	of	vaccine

since	May	of	1955. Let	me	enclose	a	couple	of	clippings	here	which	are	typical
	of	happenings	all	over	this	country	where	people	have	had	the	three	shots	and

die. If	that	happened	in	your	family,	how	would	you	like	it? Dr.	Burney	is	paid	by	the	taxpayers	in	this	country	and	if	he	is	so	involved	he

cannot	answer	a	letter	honestly,	I	think	he	should	be	removed	from	office. It	has	just	been	documented	in	the	book	"Who	Is	Your	Doctor	And	Why?’	by	Dr.

Shadman,	M.	D.	of	Boston,	that	germs	do	not	cause	disease	nor	does	virus

because	there	is	no	such	thing. Now	let	me	quote	a	paragraph	from	a	Washington	newspaper	taken	from	an

article	I	recently	wrote:

"The	national	polio	program	has	been	truly	disgraceful,	ungodly	and	inhuman. Polio	is	a	condition,	not	a	disease. Since	there	is	no	such	thing	as	a	virus,	polio

isn’t	caused	by	a	virus...Therefore,	any	polio	vaccine	is	fraudulent,	and	is	rapidly

proving	itself	just	that	in	spite	of	faked	figures	and	statistics." We	have	doctors	who	are	successfully	treating	polio	in	this	country,	and	I	say	it

is	a	crime	against	God	and	humanity	that	U.S.P.H.S. does	not	bring	this

information	to	the	public,	rather	than	devote	all	their	time	as	a	"sales	agency"	for

vaccines. The	Asian	Flu	Vaccine,	in	my	opinion,	was	a	hoax	and	the	old	idea	of

vaccination	against	small	pox	has	been	a	hoax	for	some	time	and	there	has	been

practically	no	small	pox	in	this	country,	according	to	the	official	figures	which	I

read	a	couple	weeks	ago,	since	it	is	caused	ONLY	by	the	poisonous	bite	of	the

bed	bug. Why	propagate	this	vaccine,	which	is	of	no	value,	like	all	the	other

vaccines? I	think	our	U.S.P.H.S. should	be	FOR	THE	PEOPLE	and	not	for	the	Vaccine

Trust. I	would	appreciate	a	reply	to	this	letter	and	also	to	the	questions	I	wrote	to	Dr.

Burney	on	January	8th. I	have	been	in	blood	chemistry	a	good	many	years	and	I

think	I	know	what	I	am	talking	about	concerning	polio	and	what	a	vicious,

disgraceful	racket	it	has	been,	and	still	is. I	was	in	hopes	that	when	you	took	over	we	would	get	some	common	sense	in	our

U.S.P.H.S. and	have	it	run	as	it	should	be	run	for	the	benefit	of	the	public. Very	truly	yours,
Duon	H.	Miller
DHM:sw
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Natural	Health	Guardian
319	Huntington	Ave.
Boston	15,	Mass. July,	1959

"WHAT	FOOLS	THESE	MORTALS	BE"

By	Dr.	T.	M.	Schippell,	N.	D.

Here	is	something	to	paste	in	your	hat—statistics	show	there	was	more	paralysis

polio	last	year—yes,	1958—than	any	preceding


 Herb. 157
Light, 150
see also Sauce(s)
Salade Parisienne with Asparagus, 173
Saliva, 75
Salsa, Fresh Tomato, 187-88
Salt, 101
seasoned, 137
substitutes, 136
Sandwich(es)
New York Goodwich, 159-60
The Properly Combined, 150-51
Stuffed Pita, 182-83
Sapote, 126
Saturated fat, 75
Sauce(s)
llcrbcd Butter, 210
Lemon Butter, 206-207. 213
see also Salad dressings)
Savory Cabbage Strudef. 205-206
Scharffenbcrg, John A., 68
Schell, Orville, 68
Seafood Salad, Cantonese, 216-17
Sea salt, 101
Seasonings and condiments, 136—37
Sea vegetables, 129
Seeds, 86, 103, 104
butters, 131
shopping list, 130
Scclcct Inc., 138
Semmelweis, Ignaz, xii
Sesame seeds, 74, 85, 86
Shakc(s)
Banana, 221
Berry Smoothie, 201
Date or Strawberry, 194-95
Fruit Smoothie, 189
Shallots, 129
Shelton, Dr. Herbert M. 15, 37, 41, 52, 68, 81,
85n., 87. 103n., 104
Shelton Farms Poultry. 135
Shepherd's Pie. 171-72
Shopping list, 122-38
Sidhwa. Dr. K. R„ 15
Skeletal system, 17
Skin. 17. 52, 86
Smith, Dr. Ccrard, 44
Smoking, 105
Snap beans, 129
Snodgrass, Beth, 87
Snow peas. 129
Cantonese Seafood Salad, 216-17
Soda, 97-98. 105. 119
Soken Trading, Inc., 132, 133, 137
Soup(s)
Carrot-Leek Bisque, 192
Cauliflower
-Pea Cream, 190 Perfect Creamy, 152-53
Chowder, Countrv Corn, 158-59
Golden Potato, 213-14
Harvest, 167
leftover, 144
Lentil, Old-Fashioned, 218-19
Split Pea, Blue Ribbon, 177-78
Tortilla, 196-97
Source, The, 135
Sour cream, 134
Dillcd Cucumbers, 185
Farmer's Chop Suey, 200
Sovcx Natural hoods. 133
Sov Sauce, 137
Spencer, R. P., 78n. Spices shopping list. 138
Spinach, 129
see also Salad{s)
Sprouts, 129
Cantonese Seafood Salad, 216-17
Energy Salad. 149-50
The Properly Combined Sandwich. 150-51
Romaine Roll-ups, 208
Spinach-, Salad, 161
Squash, 74, 130
Crusty Butter-Crumb Vegetables, 176-77
Harvest Soup, 165
Potato Boats, 153
Spaghetti. Sweet, 185-86
Steamed Vegetables in Lemon Butter Sauce,
206-207
Yam Stew, 210-11
zucchini, see Zucchini
Starches, 75
combining protein and, 41, 43, 46. 141
combining starches and. 43-44
see also Carbohydrates
Steak-Lovers' Salad, 181
Steamed Artichokes, 209-10
Steamed Vegetables in Lemon Butter Sauce,
206-207
Stew for Two, 162
Stir-Fried Black Mushrooms with Zucchini and
Chinese Greens, 214-16
Stir-Fricd Lo Mein with Shredded Vegetables,
179-80
Stomach, 75
Strawberry
•Kiwi Salad, 170
Shake. 194-95
String beans, see Green beans
Strudel, Savory Cabbage. 205-206
Stuffed Pita Sandwiches, 182-83
Sugar, 97. 98, 102
Sugar peas, see Snow peas
Sulfur. 79
Summer Greens with Creamy Avocado Dressing,
222
Sunflower seeds, 74
Sunshine. 90, 91
Suntan lotion, 91
Survival into the 21st Century (Kulvinskas). 49n.,
72n., 78n. Sushi, 75
Sweet Basil Carrots, 173
Sweeteners shopping list. 138
Sweet potatoes. 74
Sweet Spaghetti Squash, 185-86
Tabouli, 205
Tagamet, 47
Tamari sauce, 137
Tangelos, 125
Tangerine juices for Berry Smoothie, 201
Tangerines, 114, 125
Tangv Crecn Coleslaw. 169
Taste'buds, 31-32, 111
240 • INDEX Taub, Dr. Edward A., xi-xiv
lea. 95-97. 105, 119
decaffeinated, 96
herbal, 97
shopping list, 138
Teeth, 75
Tcriyaki Broccoli, 168
Testicular atrophy, 98
Thalidomide, 105
Theobromine, 98
Theory of metabolic imbalance, 24-27
Third World Congress of Alternative Medicine, 15
Thyroid problems, 83
Tildcn, Dr. John H., 24, 26
'l'omato(es), 74, 127
Energy Salad, 149-50
The Properly Combined Sandwich, 150-52
Romainc Roll-ups, 208
Salsa, Fresh, 187-88
Vegetable-Fruit Platter, 156
Tongue, 76
Tostada, California, 187-88
Tortilla(s)
Avotiilas, 201
Boogie, 190-91
California Tostada, 187-88
Cukc-A-Tillas. 170-71
Hot Buttered Corn, 167-68
New York Coodwich, 159-60
Soup, 196-97
Toxemia, see Metabolic imbalance'
Toxemia Explained (Tildcn), 24
Toxic wastes, 22. 23, 29, 36, 100
theory of detoxification, 61-66
theorv of metabolic imbalance, 24-27
see atso Elimination cycle
Trail. Dr. Russell, 15
Trop, Jack D, 20
"Truth About Milk, The," 84n. Turkey, see Meat
Turnips, 130
Ulcers, 52, 68, 95
Ultra-Matic juicer, 119
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 81
United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook. The, 78
U.S. Senate, Select Committee on Nutrition and
Human Needs, 19
University of California, Berkeley, 98
Uric acid, 75
Uricasc, 75
Vegetables), 29, 34, 64-65, 74, 85, 86, 100, 103
Baked Carden, 202-203
Bollito Misto (Steamed Vegetable Platter),
208-209
Crush- Butter-Crumb, 176-77
Curried. 183-84
Farmer's Chop Suey, 200
fresh, 143
frozen, 143
-fruit Platter, 155, 156
as high-water-content food, 29, 31, 32, 42
juices, see |uices, vegetable
the main-course salads, 139-42
shopping list, 128-30
Steamed, in Lemon Butter Sauce, 206-207
Slir-Fried Lo Mein with Shredded, 179-80
Stuffed Pita Sandwiches, 182-83 Toastic. 189
Tortilla Boogie, 190-91
Tortilla Soup, 196-97
when to eat fruit after eating, 55
see also Salad(s); individual types of vegetables
Vegetable bouillon and broth, 137
Vegetable fruits, 127
Vegetarian Child, The (Gross), 71n. Vegetarianism, 74, 76, 78
Vcgcx Co., 137
Vilabambans of Ecuador, 35, 73
Vinaigrette, Zucchini with Basil, 199
Vinegar, 144
Vitamin B,2, 78
"Vitamin Bj? Contents of Some Articles of Indian
Diet and Effect of Cooking on It," 78n. "Vitamin Megadoses Can Be Harmful


 irradiated into the living organism. Topical
application of DMSO to the skin of sixteen-day-old nestling rats protects them
against X-ray-induced damage.
12
A method for the prevention of radiation injuries of the urinary bladder and
rectum for cervical cancer patients was worked out by medical
researchers in
Russia. Reported in March 1985 in the Russian radiological journal,
Meditsinskaia
Radiologiia
, the method was based on the local application of dimethyl sulfoxide
as a radioprotective agent before a session of interstitial irradiation with the
AGAT-B X-ray apparatus was carried out. Accompanying radiation therapy with
DMSO as the protectant was provided to twenty-two cervical cancer patients. Thecontrol group included fifty-nine patients who received similar treatment without
DMSO. The expression of early reactions and late injuries of the rectum and
urinary bladder were significantly lower in the DMSO group. The DMSO-
protected patients did not get radiation burns, while the unfortunate control group
of patients did.
13
There is evidence that DMSO sustains red blood cells during freezing and
thawing. Evidence of preservation against cellular freezing by DMSO was
published in a 1959 report.
14
 Little doubt exists that the solvent, at concentrations
between 5 percent and 10 percent, offers excellent protection to a number of very
different cellular systems from the damaging effects associated with freezing and
thawing.
INJURIES OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
An important possible advance in the prevention of paralysis after injuries to the
brain and spinal cord, DMSO is being studied for this purpose at four centers of
learning. One of them is the University of Miami School of Medicine, where Jack
C. de la Torre, M.D., is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and
Chief of the Department of Neurological Research. By 1992, he had been working
with the compound for about twelve years. Dr. de la Torre first illustrated his
findings at a November 1980 scientific conference of the DMSO Society of
Florida, Inc. held in Sarasota, Florida.
Studying monkeys that were given an occlusion of the middle cerebral artery,
the blood vessel in the brain that controls motor function, Dr. de la Torre
prevented their paralysis by dosing them with DMSO. The DMSO-treated
monkeys didn’t suffer from the severe neurological damage from cerebral stroke
that would occur if they were left untreated or were treated with corticosteroids,
the current conventional treatment. Stroke, which causes half a million deaths or
more each year among Americans, is the second most common cause of death
from cardiovascular disease. There are many facets to the pathologic process—
pressure, lack of oxygen, inadequate blood flow, release of enzymes—and DMSO
is well equipped to arrest them.
15
 The DMSO must
be administered within four
hours to be effective, and within ninety minutes is best, reports Dr. de la Torre.
16
 I
provide a full discussion of his DMSO research with head and spinal cord injuries
in
Chapter 9
.
At the University of Oregon Medical School where Dr. Jacob works,intravenous DMSO was given to patients following severe head injury. For a
group of patients receiving barbiturates and mannitol, brain pressure remained
elevated. When 40 percent DMSO was administered (one gram of DMSO per
kilogram of body weight) the pressure came down to normal within three to five
minutes. Barbiturates and mannitol are at present considered the best available
treatment in traditional medicine for such brain injuries, but DMSO proved better,
said Dr. Jacob in an interview.
In separate animal studies with cats, rats, and dogs done at three universities,
DMSO given intravenously to the spinal cords of the animals within an hour of
injury brought about reversal of the injuries, which ordinarily would have been
irreversible.
“We have had experience at our medical school in Oregon with two patients in
which DMSO was given as early as an hour after what was considered an
irreversible injury—an immediate, complete quadriplegia—and in both people
there was total recovery with them walking out of the hospital,” said Dr. Jacob.
For optimal therapeutic effect it is considered critical to give DMSO intravenously
within ninety minutes of a head injury.
“Since the grey matter of the brain seems to deteriorate after any injury, at
least in experimental subjects, DMSO has to be given very quickly. Every
emergency room and every ambulance should carry it. For paralysis, the drug
should be administered in the dosage of one gram per kilogram of body weight.
Forty percent concentration for paralysis is recommended even though it extends
the bleeding time,” Dr. Jacob said. “We have had three patients come into our
medical center paralyzed after injury: one five hours, a second six hours, and the
last nine hours. Historically, we thought their chances of recovery were just about
zero. Two of those three are now walking as a result of our administering IV
DMSO despite the time being beyond an hour-and-a-half of the injury.” The
Douglass Center recommended, and Dr. de la Torre concurred, that 2 grams per
kilogram patient body weight should be given for the first dose in these trauma
cases.
HEMORRHAGIC STROKE AND HEAD WOUNDS
Even though 40 percent DMSO does cause a prolongation of bleeding
time, it is
still indicated for use in treating embolic or hemorrhagic stroke. Hemorrhagic
stroke is the rupture of a weakened blood vessel in the brain often causing
headache, nausea, and ringing in the ears just before the onset of this type ofcerebral vascular accident. Embolic stroke is the plugging of a vessel by a clot.
DMSO is superior to any other treatment for high velocity missile wounds of
the brain where a great deal of hemorrhage is present. The key to success with
DMSO for hemorrhagic stroke or any other problem, as has been shown, is to use
it as soon as possible after the stroke or head wound occurs. The healing qualities
of DMSO work to bring the injured tissues back to normal. See
Chapter 9
 and
Appendix I
 for more extensive information on DMSO’s use in embolic and
hemorrhagic stroke.
BRAIN-DAMAGED CHILDREN
DMSO has been useful in cases of mental retardation and Down’s syndrome. As a
penetrant it carries drugs across the blood-brain barrier, always a major problem in
treating the brain. It has also been used to combat certain forms of psychosis.
Brain-damaged children are given oral DMSO in 50 percent strength. It’s
especially advantageous for impaired babies, who are provided with a quantity of
one half of a gram per kilogram by mouth. Efficacy will be noticed by the child’s
parents, although measurable changes may not reach the level of statistical
significance for the person administering therapy. A cholinesterase inhibitor, the
drug may stimulate central nervous system transmission, which is certainly worth a
try even over several years to restore a brain-damaged child.
17
,
18
See
Chapter 10
 for greater detail on the response to DMSO therapy of children
with mental retardation, Down’s syndrome, and learning difficulties.
SCIATICA AND LUMBAR DISC PROBLEMS
In aching backs, particularly disc diseases that cause excruciating spinal pain and
often end with surgery, European reports show treatment time and techniques can
be reduced by 50 percent with DMSO use.
From 20 to 50 ml of 20 percent DMSO combined with the local anesthetic
Xylocaine injected intramuscularly into the painful area daily is a valid adjunct to
other treatment. The injections should be given for three to five days in a row.
The following is part of a letter written by Patrick J. Potter of Beavercreek,
Oregon, and sent to Chairman Claude Pepper of the House Select Committee on
Aging March 25, 1980:I, myself, have realized almost complete freedom from pain since being
injected with DMSO by Dr. Stanley Jacob. My pain was due to scar
tissue formed around the sciatic nerve as a result of two lumbar disc
surgeries and would drop me by surprise to the ground—thus causing a
constant need for pain medication and the use of a cane, for walking. After
two (2) shots of DMSO I was able to quit using the cane, and after about
six (6) shots of DMSO by Dr. Jacob I was able to stop using the pain
medication. I now feel better than I have since before I got hurt, and owe it
all to Dr. Jacob and DMSO....
Unfortunately, not everyone treated for these difficult back problems gets such
an excellent result.
KELOIDS, SCARS, AND BURNS
Applied topically and repeatedly, DMSO will flatten the raised, nodular, lobulated
linear mass of scar tissue in keloids and take away some of the discoloration. It
won’t cause the parallel bands of densely collagenous material to disappear, but it
does have a positive effect. It could also be an aid in reducing scarring from
chronic acne where the fibrous papules have developed at the site of hair follicles,
usually on the back of the neck at the hairline.
In


 current over the counter health food products.

      Silver was used as a medicine in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Silver, along with other metals wa s discovered to possess
germicidal properties. Silver alone showed both strong germicidal properties and low or no toxicity to humans. The Colloidal state
proved to be the most effective form because it lacked the caustic properties of salts (such as silve r nitrate) and demonstrated a
high level of activity with very low concentrations.

      Medicinal silver compounds were developed in the late 1800's and there was widespread use of silver compounds and colloids
prior to 1930. By 1940 there were approxim ately four dozen different silver compounds on the market being used to treat every
known infectious disease. These were available in oral, injectable, and topical forms. They carried such names as; Albargin,
Argonin, Argyn, Argyrol, Largin, Lunosol, Novar gan, Proganol, Electrargol and Silvol, etc.

      These different silver preparations were drastically different from each other. Some were true colloids of silver, others wer e
colloids of silver salts or other compounds of silver, many were silver prote inates, and some couldn't legitimately be called
colloids.  The actual silver content also varied widely, with some products containing 30% silver by weight.

      The effectiveness of the silver sol or suspension, as antibacterials, depended on the comp osition of the product, the initial
quality of the product and the time elapsed since manufacture. Consequently, there was a wide variation in their effectivenes s and
safety.

      With some products, skin staining could occur from topical use and, becaus e of the relatively high silver content of some
compounds, there was a greater risk of silver toxicity and argyria. None of these products were as effective against bacteria  as
silver nitrate. However silver nitrate has potential serious, if not fatal, sid e effects due to its toxicity.

      With the discovery of antibiotics, interest in Silver as an anti -microbial medicine declined. There were at that time no antibiotic
resistant strains of disease organisms and there was a lot of excitement over the new  wonder drugs. There were also problems with
silver based pharmaceuticals.  The overuse of certain types of protein bound silver compounds caused a discoloration of the s kin
called argyria and the therapeutic results were variable depending on the age and quality of the preparation.

      In Ayurvedic medicine silver is used in small amounts as a tonic or elixir or rejuvenative agent for patients debilitated by age
or disease.

      A correlation (not an explanation) of some of the diverse reported effe cts and discrepancies in reported effects of colloidal
silver can be found by regarding colloidal silver as a Homeopathic substance rather than an antibiotic. In Homeopathy, a subs tance
is "proven" by administering large doses to a group of healthy individ uals and observing the symptoms that develop. Then when a
patient has the same or similar group of symptoms a highly diluted preparation of the same substance is given to correct the
condition. Simila similibus curenteur is the Homeopathic motto. Illnesses  are treated by the “rule of similars.”

      It so happens that the 1, 5, and 10 PPM. colloidal silver products being sold in health food stores have concentrations of si lver
in the same range as Homeopathic preparations. I suspect that the most common complaints treated with colloidal silver a re the
common cold and flu. It so happens that the Homeopathic symptom profile for silver corresponds to many of the common
symptoms of colds and flu.

      Homeopathy was developed over 200 years ago in Europe by physicians who did not have access to mo dern scientific tools.
They believed in a concept that today would be called "energy medicine". Most allopathic medical doctors and scientists do no t
consider Homeopathy to be valid, yet its empirical track record is impressive. In addition, more recent re search into the scientific
principles relevant to homeopathy are giving credibility to this school of medicine while provoking hostility in the debunker s.

      The critics of colloidal silver focus on two things: (1) Unsubstantiated claims by promoters a nd (2) The toxic characteristics of
silver. In some cases the language used by critics can be as biased and critical as the promoters. There are also many sincer e
individuals who hold diverse and opposing viewpoints.

      Their concern over hype and m ismarketing has some justification. There are some who promote consumption with little regard
to the accuracy or truthfulness of their statements, or for the appropriate use of colloidal silver or for the quality of the ir product. It
appears that most of t hem have copied the pitch of their predecessors without checking the accuracy or truthfulness of the
statements. This isn't true of all colloidal silver promoters but it only takes a few bold and reckless ones to give them all  a bad rap
and their critics a n excuse to quash them all.

      The toxic effects of silver is another matter. Silver is toxic when used in excess but appears to be harmless if used in smal l
amounts. Critics of colloidal silver sometimes state that it has been known to cause organ da mage, kidney damage, pulmonary
edema, atherosclerosis and death. Many of these claims appear to be based on a research study on dogs in which the dogs were
deliberately killed by extremely large lethal doses of silver in order to enable the investigators t o study silver toxicity. At the doses
given any heavy metal and probably many essential minerals like zinc, iron, copper, etc. would have produced death in a simil ar
fashion. Out of context references like this do nothing to bring light to the subject. Thi s study is reviewed in a more meaningful
context in this document.

      Critics also say that there is risk of developing a condition called argyria in which excess silver is deposited in the skin and
tissues causing discoloration and possibly other har m. This is possible and those who use colloidal silver need to be aware of it.
The issue of toxicity is of major importance and it needs to be understood by everyone using colloidal silver. Since colloida l silver
has become popular, numerous (probably tens  of thousands to hundreds of thousands) of individuals have consumed colloidal
silver, some of them in substantial quantities.  It appears that the modern low concentration versions of colloidal silver ar e better
tolerated and eliminated from the body than  those preparations from the early 1900's.  Still there is a lot that needs to be better
understood about silver toxicity.

      With regard to the political correctness, or incorrectness, of colloidal silver, it is necessary to maintain a balanced per spective.
If you think "approved" medicines are safe, go to the library and look them up in the PDR (Physicians Desk Reference). If you  like
to read scary stuff, this is a good hobby. On the other hand, some folks who are dedicated to "natural alternatives " often consider
anything from a pharmaceutical company to be "bad". They need to remember that most antibiotics were derived from natural
substances (like penicillin from molds) at one time. Common sense and an ethic of "do no harm" to yourself or others must prevail.

      There is a lot of concern today about the threat of new antibiotic resistant diseases and the potential for devastating plagu es.
There is historical and informal evidence that silver will work as an antibiotic. Given a specific infect ious disease, proper diagnosis
and the informed consideration of all alternatives is essential. The use of silver in the treatment of infectious diseases ma y be
appropriate in situations where the infection is truly dangerous and safer alternatives are not  available or have failed to prove
effective. Anyone using silver in these situations must engage a physician as an ally.

      There is a great need for credible research to be performed by independent institutions regarding the toxicity, toxic
mechanis ms, potential clinical uses, and usage protocols for colloidal silver. Pharmaceutical companies won't spend money doing
that because they can't patent it and make money on it and published proof of effectiveness could result in an inexpensive co lloidal
silver competing with their products.

      Recently, with the development of antibiotic resistance in many diseases and the increase in the new strains of bacteria and
viruses world -wide, there is renewed interest in silver. Large companies are developing a nd introducing new silver compounds for
a variety of anti -microbial applications, including protection against the spread of the AIDS virus. (2)

      Today, colloidal silver is sold as a trace mineral supplement without medical claims or claims of speci fic benefits. Its need, or
lack of need, in human nutrition is not scientifically established. It remains popular as an "alternative" health care modali ty
because of the large number of anecdotal reports of positive benefits.

      Another application for  silver in medicine has been approved by the FDA. A.B. Flick, M.D., founder of Argentum Research
has developed a line of silver coated bandages that are used for wound and burn dressings.

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 society becomes, the less
conﬂict will arise. Similar with the health care system, which will largely become redundant as people learn to live in harmony with
their biological, emotional, mental and spiritual needs. Any necessary therapy would be a combination of the best in modern and
natural medicine.
Agriculture, food processing and energy production will be sustainable and in harmony with planetary requirements. A society of self-
responsible citizens will be based on a maximum of individual freedom and a minimum of bureaucratic interference.
No multitude of laws and law enforcement will keep a society of deprived and ego-centred individuals operating harmoniously, while
emotionally satisﬁed and responsible individuals will function well in any system with a minimum of rules.
The main problem, therefore, is not to devise better political and social systems, and improve our laws and wealth distribution, but
rather to provide the opportunity for everyone to heal their emotions, and start on the road to self-responsibility. A harmonious society
will then automatically evolve from this.
Cooperative Solutions
In the following I like to give a few examples to show how a caring society might solve some contemporary problems.10/30/24, 3:01 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Healing Social Relationships
https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_the_Mind/Healing-Social-Relationships.html 4/7The most important aspect will be to raise all children in a caring and loving way following the principles of the continuum concept, in
order to ensure a harmonious socie ty into the future. The school and education system will concentrate on developing creativity,
intuition and holistic concepts similar to Rudolf Steiner schools.
There will be no parties or electioneering. In one possible model electors will simply write the name of one neighbourhood community
leader of their choice on the ballot paper based on their personal experience. Leaders will be chosen for their experience, maturity,
spiritual insights and wisdom. The elected leaders from several neighbourhoods will form local councils of wisdom. These local
councils will then elect someone, possibly even an outsider, as represen tative at the next higher level. In this way it can continue up
to a world council of wisdom.
Very suitable as community leaders will be women after they have harmoniously raised a family, because they will be very skilled in
facilitating just and harmonious social relationships. The legal system will be very simple and observed in spirit rather than in letter.
Together with other decisions affecting the individuals, communities and regions in their care, these councils of wisdom on each level
will also be responsible for any so-called legal disputes, and arbitrate in a spirit of cooperation of all concerned.
Initially the unemployment problem may be solved with ﬂexible working hours. This means instead of an unemployment rate of 10%
the standard hours of work per week will be reduced by 10 per cent. Conversely, if a shortage of workers develops the standard
working week will be lengthened. Standard hours may be different in different professions or ventures. Eventually work will become a
desirable outlet for creativity.
Our society based on the adversary  system causes so much friction, conﬂict, waste and incompetence that I estimate our present
lifestyle could be maintained with less than a quarter of the present work input. However, this percentage may initially be somewhat
higher until underdeveloped nations and the planetary environment reach an appropriate level.
The more a society matures, the less resources will be required for the legal, law enforcement and prison systems, for the defence,
pharmaceutical industry, and the hospital system. Most of these could be eventually phased out. On the other hand, much more will
be channelled into sustainable agriculture and health-friendly food production, into education, training and community facilities,
including an appropriate public transport system.
In regard to health care, I see a uniﬁed system of holistic medicine in which surgery and drug medicine are branches, just like
nutrition, herbalism, or homoeopathy. Extensive clinical trials will determine the best combination of procedures for speciﬁc diseases.
However, in an increasingly enlightened society, diseases as we know them will become increasingly rare. Surgery, for instance, will
only be required for accidents, which themselves will become less common. Most of the healing work in such a society would be
concerned with promoting inner and outer harmony and spiritual growth.
In regard to a more natural sexual development of children and teenagers, I see two possibilities. One is complete openness in
sexual matters, letting children watch loving sexual activity of adults without any restriction. This is nature's way as practised in the
animal kingdom. This does not necessarily lead to unwanted pregnancies as shown by the example of the Trobriand Islanders. How it
all works out depends on the customs of society and the examples shown by the individual members of society.
The other possibility is to lead the juvenile sexuality towards striving for high ideals within the context of a loving and caring society. At
a certain age or level of development, girls would be ceremonially and lovingly initiated by experienced and spiritually evolved men,
while boys would be taught by women with the same qualities. There are different possibilities of either the juveniles choosing the
initiator or leaving this selection to their parents. This may be the spiritual solution of the future.
Of course, in our present condition all this sounds rather utopian. Unfortunately, I do not believe that a transformation into a more
caring and mature society will take place gradually and in a coordinated  way. I expect the present system to run into an acute crisis
and more or less self-destruct. If and when this happens, it will be important to have mature leaders in all areas who can pick up the
pieces and show the way towards a caring society as outlined above.
HEALING GROUPS
The small nuclear family as the basis of our social structure is an expression of the ego-centred and individualising nature of our
society. It leads to social isolation, difﬁculty in relating and cooperating, and a disruption of the age-old continuum of traditions.
Formerly, and presently still in underdeveloped countries, there was a continuum of learning experiences. Step by step, through
observation and imitation, children learned how to care for babies, do the various forms of housework, repairs and other skills, how to
make love and relate in a loving way, how to care for sick people, give birth, and how to deal with death and dying. Grandparents
made themselves useful and passed on their experiences.
Now, most of these skills have to be incompletely learned from books, or left to the experts, and the art of relating and cooperating is
at an all-time low. The recent explorations in communal living are an attempt to return to the security and emotional closeness of the
extended family, and a more traditional lifestyle.
Activities in various clubs and intere st groups are used to lessen our social isolation. However, this is commonly only a bandaid.
Instead, I suggest setting up neighbourhood healing groups with the speciﬁc aim of healing each other, our social relationships, and
us.
A healing group can provide many functions not normally available in our society. In a way, it can act as an extended family, with an
unlimited variety of support facilities, such as baby-sitting, child minding, kindergarten and pre-school, and possibly even alternative
schooling. Members can help each other in all stressful life situations, be it childbirth, sickness, bereavement, unemployment, or
building activity. There may be common fruit and vegetable production, a food co-op, communal library and leisure facilities, and
shared expensive working appliances.10/30/24, 3:01 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Healing Social Relationships
https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_the_Mind/Healing-Social-Relationships.html 5/7The main aspect of a healing group, however, would be healing activity on all levels. For healing the body, experiment with all kinds
of natural and holistic healing methods. Suitable communal healing moda lities are massage, reﬂexology, acupressure, spinal therapy,
meridian therapy, and so forth. Indiv iduals share their experiences of what they do on their own, such as nutrition, colour therapy,
packs or ﬂower remedies. Many different forms of massages may be used, such as stimulating massage, deep muscle massage, and
sensual massage, or energy distribution massage.
A member of the group may participate in a healing workshop, and then pass on the experience to the others. The group may also
invite natural therapists, and other health professionals and healers, for demonstrations, lectures, and teaching of speciﬁc methods.
There may be group evenings on which you exercise together, on others you may discuss interesting topics, someone may read a
good book and report on it, there may be meditation evenings, or all of these in varying combinations. You may use group therapy for
emotional release; do rebirthing together and other emotional growth work. Buy some books about emotional therapies for the
communal library, and then just start experimenting.
A healing group may actually operate on two levels. At one level it can just be a neighbourhood support group with food co-op,
shared child minding, communal leisure activities, and so forth, and on the other level individuals dedicated to healing may
speciﬁcally meet once or twice a week for this purpose. An empty large garage could be converted into a group-meeting place, while
smaller groups might meet in living rooms of participants.
In the following I like to describe just a few of the multitude of possibl e group activities for exploring and developing feelings and
bonding relationships. In group-exercises try to pair of f with partners of the opposite sex, or when forming a circle alternate


asting
refer  to  the  same  procedure.
Known  as  bhona  in  Sanskrit,  dry  roasting  is  done
in  the  same  manner  as  chaunking,  except  without  the
use  of  ghee  or  oils.  In  today's  world,  we  find  chaunking
being  displaced  by  dry  roasting.  Powdered  or  crushed
spices  that  are  more  than  one  week  old  can  be  enliv-
ened by  the  dry-roasting  process.  Sometimes  spices
and  crushed  or  whole  seeds,  along  with  other  season-
ings, are  dry  roasted  in  a  heavy  skillet  with  chickpea
flour  (besan).
Heat  a  heavy  stainless  steel  frying  pan  or  cast-iron
skillet  over  medium  heat.  Wash  all  seeds  in  a  colander
and  allow  them  to  drain  completely.  Add  seeds  to  the
hot  pan  and  stir  frequently  with  a  wooden  spoon  to
prevent  them  from  sticking  together.  Lower  the  heat
and  allow  the  seeds  to  roast  for  10  minutes.  Stir  occa-
sionally while  roasting.  When  they  are  golden  brown,
or  crisp  enough  to  snap  between  your  fingers,  trans-
fer seeds  to  a  bowl  and  serve  while  hot  and  crunchy,
or  use  in  recipe.
If  salt  and  powdered  spices  are  to  be  added  to  the
seeds,  use  the  same  skillet  to  roast  them  over  low  heat
for  2  minutes.  Then  combine  the  roasted  salt  and
spices  with  the  seeds  before  serving.  A  good  ratio  of
these  ingredients  would  be  1  cup  seeds,  lh  teaspoon
salt,  and  V2  teaspoon  powdered  spices.
If  tamari  is  to  be  added,  dilute  it  with  an  equal
amount  of  water  and  pour  over  the  seeds  during  the
last  3  minutes  of  the  roasting  process.  Mix  thoroughly.
A  good  ratio  of  these  ingredients  would  be  1  cup
seeds,  1  tablespoon  each  tamari  and  water.
Steaming
This  is  an  excellent  method  for  preserving  the  fresh-
ness and  vital  minerals  in  foods.  In  India  this  proce-
dure, known  as  bhap  dayana,  is  generally  used  in  the
spring  and  summer.  Although  it  may  be  done  through-
out the  year,  steaming  is  not  advisable  in  the  cold
seasons  since  heat  is  not  retained  in  the  food.
Steamers — both  of  bamboo  and  stainless  steel — are
available  with  anywhere  from  one  to  four  tiers.  Place  a
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small  amount  of  water  in  the  bottom  of  a  pan  that  has
a  tight-fitting  lid;  the  water  level  should  remain  below
the  lowest  steam  basket.  Add  the  steamer,  filled  with
uncooked  vegetables,  to  the  pan  and  cover.  Maintain  a
medium-high  heat  to  keep  the  water  boiling.
The  cooking  time  varies  from  7  to  45  minutes
depending  on  the  soft  or  firm  qualities  of  the  veg-
etables, the  cutting  styles  used,  and  the  desired  result.
Leafy  greens  and  watery  vegetables  take  about  10
minutes  to  steam;  stalk  vegetables,  such  as  broccoli,
cauliflower,  and  Brussels  sprouts,  take  about  15  to  20
minutes,  as  do  soft  root  vegetables,  such  as  daikon.
Hard  root  vegetables,  such  as  carrots,  burdock,  and
potato  chunks,  require  a  deeper  pot  and  more  water;
they  take  about  30  to  35  minutes  to  steam.  With  leafy
greens,  be  careful  not  to  oversteam;  ideally,  the  cooked
leaf  should  be  a  vibrant  green.  Vegetables  are  best
cooked  just  until  fairly  crisp,  or  al  dente.
Sauteing
This  method,  lightly  cooking  a  food  in  a  small  amount
of  oil,  is  ideal  for  most  vegetables.  The  freshness  and vital  minerals  are  maintained  in  the  vegetables,  while
the  rich  accent  of  oil  adds  to  the  flavor  of  the  food.
Sauteing  requires  much  less  oil  than  frying — a  mere
2  teaspoons  of  oil  being  enough  to  saute  a  handful  of
vegetables.  The  addition  of  a  few  teaspoons  of  water
extends  the  effects  of  the  oil  on  the  food.  Vegetables
may  also  be  sauteed  in  a  few  tablespoons  of  water,  in-
stead of  oil.  If  spices  are  called  for,  they  may  be  sauteed
in  the  oil  before  the  vegetables  are  added.  Either  a
heavy  stainless  steel  frying  pan  or  a  cast-iron  skillet,
both  with  a  tight-fitting  lid,  is  required  for  sauteing.
Moderate  heat  is  best  for  sauteing.  The  cooking
time  varies  from  5  to  25  minutes  depending  on  the
soft  or  firm  qualities  of  the  vegetables,  the  cutting
styles  used,  and  the  desired  result.
Place  the  oil  in  the  skillet  and  allow  to  warm  over
medium  heat.  Add  the  spices  (if  called  for)  and  saute
for  2  minutes.  Add  the  vegetables  and  water  equal  to
the  amount  of  oil  used  and  cook  until  done.  Vata
types:  use  1  tablespoon  oil  to  1  handful  of  vegetables;
Pitta  types:  use  2  teaspoons  of  oil  to  1  handful  of
vegetables;  Kapha  types:  use  1  tablespoon  of  oil  to  1
handful  of  vegetables.
191; >m
TRADITIONAL    GROUND
DHALS   AND    GRAINS
n  India,  dhals  and  grains  are  freshly  ground  into  various  textures,  such  as  flours  and  wet-pastes,
for  daily  use.  Once  broken,  the  grains  and  seeds  begin  to  lose  their  vital  energy.  The  longer  the
time  between  the  processing  and  use  of  ground  dhal  and  grain,  the  more  depleted  their  energy.
Freshly  ground  flours  and  pastes  produce  the  most  nutritive  and  wholesome  results.  The  grinding
processes  are  very  simple  (see  page  194).  Once  you  incorporate  them  into  your  daily  cooking  routines,
you'll  find  it  difficult  to  revert  to  cooking  with  lifeless  flour.
Vadai  and  amavadai  are  deep-fried  patties  made  from  ground  dhal  that  have  been  spiced  and
soaked  in  yogurt.  Traditional  to  South  India,  the  vadai  are  made  with  urad  dhal  and  the  amavadai  are
made  with  toor  or  chana


’ s Truth vs. Falsehood
program, Dr. Hawkins discusses the “38 Characteristics Inher ent in
Spiritual Truth.”  After reading about these characteristics, we hope you
have a deeper understanding and insight into this pr ofound inquiry.
#1: T ruth Is Always T rue
Universality means that truth has always been revealed in exactly the same
way throughout all of history, over thousands of years, different parts of the
globe, different cultures, different ethnic settings. The realized mystic has
spoken the same truth throughout all of time. In fact, it is this characteristic
that has brought up doubt in the minds of some skeptics. And the skeptic
who is scientific says, “On the other hand, it still troubles me that in diverse
cultures, many centuries remov ed from each other, the same declaration is
made over and over again. There must be some universality.” So truth is
always true at all times, in all places, to all people. It may not bediscoverable, but the eventual truth that emer ges is always the same truth.
The truth by its nature has to be the same, no matter what, because it’s not
subject to personal opinion or views.
#2: T ruth Is Non-Exclusionary
Truth is all inclusive. There’ s no secret about it. Nobody owns it. It’s
open for anyone to discover who wishes to do so and wishes to go through
the inner discipline to discover it for themselves. It’s not limited. It’s
available to everyone. Just like seeing the sky is available to everyone. It’s
not exclusive. That means that it’s all inclusive. There are no secrets, it’s
not limited, it’s not sectarian. It means that nobody owns the truth
exclusively, despite the fact that many such groups peddle that claim, that
they are the sole owners of truth. Nobody has any exclusive ownership of
the truth any more than they have exclusive ownership of sunlight or the
sky.
#3: T ruth Is A vailable
It’s available, because like the sky, it’s open to everyone. It’s not
exclusive. There are no secrets to be revealed, nothing to be sold, no
magical formulas or mysteries. The sky has no mysteries. It stands open,
honest, revealed.
#4: Spiritual Organization Has Integrity of Purpose
There’ s nothing to gain or lose. In other words, there is no profit if you
go along with the organization and nothing to lose if you leave it. Why?
Because truth is self-suf ficient; it’s self-fulfilling in and of itself. Like the
state of what the world calls enlightenment or self-realization. It’s complete
and total; it need s nothing from anyone. It doesn’ t need people’ s agreement.
It’s complete and total unto itself. The truth has no needs.
#5: T ruth Is Non-SectarianThis is sort of a development of the first quality, of universality. Truth is
not an expositio n of a limitation. People want to claim exclusive ownership
of truth. Here’ s this select little group that nobody has ever even heard of.
They’ve got this great revelatio n from Master Baba on the other side. I
mean, the whole thing’ s idiotic, and then they claim that this is the
exclusive truth the whole world must abide by. So truth is non-se ctarian; it’s
not limited to favorite groups.
#6: T ruth Is Independent of Opinion
Truth is not subject to the intellect. Whether a thing makes sense
intellectually, whether it makes sense within the linear world of form or not,
is irrelevant. Theology tries to make spiritual truth fit within the explicable,
the definable, and the logical, and to put it in an intellectual context. You
can say something about truth, but what you say about it is not what it is
because you’re only talking  about it. T o really know truth, you have to be it.
#7: T ruth Is Devoid of Positionality
As we mentioned, truth is not anti-anything. There is no opposite to truth;
there’ s only its absence. Ignorance is just the absence of truth, and
therefore, truth doesn’ t really have any enemies. Whether people believe it
or not is their problem. It neither wins nor loses by af firmation.
#8: T ruth Has No Requirements or Demands
In other  words, truth, being self-fulfilling and integrous, has nothing to
peddle. There’ s no required mem berships; you don’t have to pay any dues;
and there are no regulations, oaths, rules, or threats if you want to leave or
not participate. Freedom, therefore, is intrinsic, which we’ll get to later.
#9: T ruth Is Non-Controlling
This differentiates it from what is peddled by cults in which the leader
wants to control  everybody down to the most minute details: their sex lives,
how they should dress, whether they should have a beard or not, whether tohave a hat. Wha t would God care about whether you wear a hat or have a
beard? Cults are characterized by not only control, but almost slavery.
#10: T ruth Is Free of Force or Intimidation
The downside of cults is that there is progressive brainwashing. All kinds
of adulation of leaders: “Oh, master so-and-so, Baba, Baba.” All kinds of
rituals, indoctrinations. These people are really programmed scientifically.
And you say, “How could peopl e seeking the truth be programm ed to do the
things they do?” People don’t realize how powerful programmin g is. That’ s
why there are professional deprogrammers out there—because once you’ve
been programmed, you’re blind  and deaf. People who are caught in cults
are in a desperate situation and can do dangerous things from force and
intimidation.
#11: Truth Is Non-Binding
Spiritual truth is complete and total in itself. It has nothing to gain, so it
doesn’ t have any regulations. It doesn’ t have any laws, no contracts. You
don’t have to sign anything. The wisdom says never go along with an oath
or pledge. Why? Because you’re binding yourself in more than this lifetime.
All kinds of horrible things happ en to people and if you research the karmic
propensity, they took an oath in a lifetime. They took an oath, and the oath
usually ends up, “Oh, I made the reverse be my fate.” The minute you hear
that, watch out, because you know what? Karmically, the reverse  is going to
be your fate because you just took an oath.
#12: Freedom Is Innate to Divinity
Karmically, we are the only ones who paddle our canoe; it moves by our
choice and our options. So spiritual truth, then, would exhibit the quality of
divinity itself, of freedom. Ever ything is voluntary. There’ s no adulation of
people: people who serve spirit ual organizations are the servants, and they
do what they do, and there’ s no point in adulation and that kind of thing.
#13: CommonalityThat means recognition is dependent on what you are. Your reality comes
out of what you have become and what you are now, not as a result of some
external additio n, a title or a trapping or an office or some  extraneous
power. Recognition is a consequence of what you have actually become.
We give people credence becau se we are believing in their integrity, not
because they have some title.
That’ s in contrast to the cult leaders. The only power they have is their
title, but their knowledge of truth, if you calibrate it, is usually less than
200.
#14: T ruth Is Inspirational
Inspiration is different than glamorization. Many people are impressed
because a teacher is called a great avatar and has millions of followers
worldwide. And yet, when you calibrate that avatar, he or she calibrates at
about 300. You need to look past the followers, the title, and the theatrics.
There’ s so much costuming and posturing, and it’s always popul ar to wear a
robe and sandals and have long hair and a staf f. That’ s the old Jesus symbol.
I’m sure Jesus didn’ t even look like that.
#15: T ruth Is Non-Materialistic
Spiritual truth is not interested in financial gain, wealth, pomp, et cetera.
There are many cults. They’re not rare. They’re common, and they will
fleece you financially and work you for money. It’s really horrendous.
Think about it like this: if you’re complete and total within yourself, of
what good would worldly wealth be? Well, what happens is the cult leader
or the religion justifies it. They say, “If we have lots of money, then we can
spread the good word and save the world.” Sure, you and everybody else
who’ s screwed religion out of its integrity has said exactly the same thing.
“For the sake of the good Lord, you can sign over all your goods to us.”
And in the mean time, your wife can work for free in the kitchen and we’ll
take over your kids at a certain age and you can sign your property over to
us right here—and now you’ve just saved your life. That’ s such thin
rationalization.