humm’; chanting
the following hanuman mantra will help to generate the same vibrations,
develop courage and clear an y throat chakra blockages:
‘Hung hanumate namh. ’
The ajna (third eye) chakra is the seat of guru, the guiding principle. By chanting the following mantra we can invoke our guiding principle and
get mental clarity:
‘Shri guruvey namh. ’
Alternatively, you can chant the name of ‘ Shri gurudev datt’. Dattatrey is an incarnation of the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and
Shiva. Chanting this mantra will connect us to the energy of supreme
consciousness. For the sahasrara (crown) chakra the chanting of any of the following
mantras is useful:
‘Om namo shivay a’ or ‘Shivom’ or ‘Om soham’. Whenever a japa mala or rosary is used for chanting, certain guidelines
need to be f ollowed to get the maxim um benefit of the practice:
◼Don’t cross the merumani, the central bead. When you reach the
central bead during chanting, instead of continuing and crossing
past it reverse the japa mala so that you begin from the first bead
again. The objective of this spiritual practice is to maintain the
balance in our sushumna nadi. If you carry on in one direction you
activate either of the other nadis, ida or ping ala. ◼The beads of the mala should be drawn towards yourself. The prana
vayu is active when the beads are drawn towards you and samana
vayu is active when you turn them away; we feel better vibrations
when we are drawing the mala or r osary towards our own self. The mere mechanical pronunciation of mantras is not deemed to be
chanting. A seeker should become endowed with divine emotions and
awareness of the Lord’s omnipotence. Chanting with the correct
pronunciation will help to generate divine energy. You can also weave the
chant in your breath, then you don’t have to say it out loud. For example,
inhale while saying ‘om’, hold the breath while chanting ‘shri’ and chant
‘guru dev dutt’ while releasing the br eath. This kind of chanting done with devotion invokes the bhavana of the
mantra. When a substance is repeatedly dipped in a solution it gets fully
immersed into it; thus a seeker should chant regularly with devotion and get
fully engrossed into it, merging with the mantra. This is the prime objective
of chanting. Sound
Nada, or sound and music, is the manifesta tion of sound in harmony. The
Big Bang is belie ved to be the pr ecursor for the beginning of the univ erse and
life on it. In Indian scripture ‘om’ or ‘omkara’ is not a word but the
primordial sound made before the beginning of all manifested things on
Earth. This is supported by the biblical reference to the Word, which existed
before anything else. The word ‘universe’ itself connotes the ‘sing le rhythm in
which the world is nurtured as a verse’. The idea that sound affects our health is not a new one. Sound is
resonance, the frequency at which an object naturally vibrates; it is the
representation of energy vibrations and has the ability to alter the state of
consciousness. Sound has a physiological effect on us as its vibrations are not
merely heard but also felt. The resonance can lower the heart rate, relax
brain wave patterns and promote medita tion and slee p. Mystics and sages of ancient cultures were aware of the effect music
could have on harmonising, balancing and healing human energy. Chanting
and recitation of mantras is a part of the Indian spiritual practices of bhakti
yoga. Music is a kind of sadhana (spiritual practice) and was practised by
gandharvas (a group of celestial musician). Section summary:

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* Controls reproduction &amp;s urges, linked to public sector job satisfaction dissatisfaction
• Emotions regulate bodily movements ->-fluid transport disorder

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    * Treatments:-   • Abdomnal Breaths

Manipur **Ahima**

Manipuri (Solar Plexus)

Desired Centre

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Q: What is the main issue associated with the Swadhisthana (Sacral) chakra?,
A: Emotional balance and attachment issues.
Q: What is the purpose of the third eye chakra, according to the text?,
A: To dissolve the ego and achieve a state of higher awareness and connection with the universe.
Q: What is the primary purpose of the Vishuddhi (Throat) chakra?,
A: To purify the mind and achieve a state of higher awareness and connection with the universe.
Q: What is the recommended way to practice yoga for the crown chakra?,
A: Focusing on the breath and chanting the bija mantra, and also using certain crystals and essential oils.
Q: What is the purpose of chanting mantras, according to the text?,
A: To invoke the energy of the deity associated with the chakra and to generate divine emotions and awareness.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Bhakti yoga has two aspects:
music created with devotion to the Lord, and devotional songs. In India,
Meera Bai, the singing saint, has been the symbol of devotion to Lord
Krishna through her melodious bhajans, or songs in praise of the Lord. People associated with krishna consciousness are engrossed in the energy of
krishna w hile chanting ‘Hare rama hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, har e hare.’
Viththal is another name and form of the deity Sri Krishna, whose
temple is in the small town of Pandharpur in Maharashtra, India. A recent
research study was carried out by an institute in Pune to investigate the
health benefits of chanting the name ‘Viththal Viththal’. The study used 25
people with various health problems who were asked to chant ‘Viththal
Viththal’ in a quiet place for at least 10 minutes every day for 15 days. All of
the subjects showed a marked improvement, especially the ones with heart
conditions such as high blood pressure and erratic palpitation, or arterial
fibrillation. The study concluded that during the chanting the letters ‘ththa’
vibrate your heart to a certain fr equency, which helps heart health. There have been many saints and seekers all over the world who have
used music and devotional songs as the path to connect to supreme
consciousness. Music and devotional songs do incorporate mantras,
specifically bija mantras, but they are more than an extension of the repeated
chanting of the mantras. Music is a vital energy that penetrates all forms of
manifesta tions. We can use it to attain unity with the life forces and to
connect to the inner most core of all things.The ragas (melodies on the Indian music scale) and the notes of music
can create different effects on different people. They can have a calming and
relaxing effect, as they bring about a balance of emotions and energy, and
they can be stimulating and uplifting. In ancient India Tansen was the
musician in the court of Akbar, the great Mogul emperor; whenever he used
to play raga deepika (lamp) at dusk the sound vibrations would light up all
the lamps in the palace. Practitioner s of sound healing, also called sounders, use singing bowls
and tuning forks. Sound from Tibetan singing bowls train the brain to move
into theta brainwave frequencies, which induce deep meditative and peaceful
states, clarity of mind and intuition. The sound creates resonance, the
frequency at which an object naturally vibrates. The sound vibrations impact
the nervous system by promoting relaxation, which inhibits the stress or pain
response. Through the use of the human voice and tools such as singing
bowls or tuning forks that resonate to stimulate healing, sound therapy has
become one of a growing number of subtle-ener gy therapies that make up
the field of vibra tional medicine. Different musicians and practitioner s have used their abilities in the area
of vibrational medicine. Like the bija mantras for each of the chakras,
Western music practitioner s use specific tones and keys for each of the
chakras. For example:
◼deep C and C major f or muladhara
◼D and D major f or swadhisthana
◼E and E major f or manipura
◼F and F major f or anahata
◼G and G major f or vishuddhi◼A and A major f or ajna
◼H and H major f or sahasrara. Aromatherapy
Each of us has an individual and unique sense of smell, which is one of the
most powerful and instinctive of all our senses. For aeons we have relied on it
for our choice of food, medicinal herbs, to sense the dangers of warand for
religious/spiritual purposes and sex. We continue to use aromas to
communicate our personalities and emotions through the perfumes we use
and the gifts we give. When we take flowers to someone


 a fear -monger, if he is anything. He goes about like a roaring lion, seeking
whom he may scare to death. Dr. John. H. Tllden, Impaired Health: Its Cause and Cure, Vol. 1, 1921. [2] Today we are  not only in
the Nuclear Age but also the Antibiotic Age. Unhappily, too, this is the Dark Age of Medicine --an age in which many of my
colleagues, when confronted with a patient, consult a volume which rivals the Manhattan telephone directory in size. This  book
contains the names of thousands upon thousands of drugs used to alleviate the distressing symptoms of a host of diseased stat es of
the body. The doctor then decides which pink or purple or baby -blue pill to prescribe for the patient. This is not, in my opinion, the
practice of medicine. Far too many of these new "miracle" drugs are introduced with fanfare and then reveled as lethal in cha racter,
to be silently discarded for newer and more powerful drugs. Dr. Henry Bieler: Food is Your Best Medicine; 1 965. I have two reasons for writing this book. One, to help educate the general public about the virtues of natural medicine. The
second, to encourage the next generation of natural healers. Especially the second because it is not easy to become a nat ural
hygienist; there is no school or college or licensing board. Most AMA -affiliated physicians follow predictable career paths, straight well -marked roads, climbing through apprenticeships
in established institutions to high financial rewards and soc ial status. Practitioners of natural medicine are not awarded equally
high status, rarely do we become wealthy, and often, naturopaths arrive at their profession rather late in life after followi ng the
tangled web of their own inner light. So I think it is  worth a few pages to explain how I came to practice a dangerous profession
and why I have accepted the daily risks of police prosecution and civil liability without possibility of insurance. Sometimes it seems to me that I began this lifetime powerful ly predisposed to heal others. So, just for childhood warm -ups I
was born into a family that would be much in need of my help. As I've always disliked an easy win, to make rendering that hel p
even more difficult, I decided to be the youngest child, with tw o older brothers. A pair of big, capable brothers might have guided and shielded me. But my life did not work out that way. The younger of my
two brothers, three years ahead of me, was born with many health problems. He was weak, small, always ill, an d in need of
protection from other children, who are generally rough and cruel. My father abandoned our family shortly after I was born; i t fell
to my mother to work to help support us. Before I was adolescent my older brother left home to pursue a career in the Canadian
Air Force. Though I was the youngest, I was by far the healthiest. Consequently, I had to pretty much raise myself while my single mothe r
struggled to earn a living in rural western Canada. This circumstance probably reinforced my cons titutional predilection for
independent thought and action. Early on I started to protect my "little" brother, making sure the local bullies didn't take advantage
of him. I learned to fight big boys and win. I also helped him acquire simple skills, ones th at most kids grasp without difficulty,
such as swimming, bike riding, tree climbing, etc. And though not yet adolescent, I had to function as a responsible adult in our household. Stressed by anger over her situatio n
and the difficulties of earning ou r living as a country school teacher (usually in remote one -room schools), my mother's health
deteriorated rapidly. As she steadily lost energy and became less able to take care of the home, I took over more and more of  the
cleaning, cooking, and learned h ow to manage her --a person who feels terrible but must work to survive. During school hours my mother was able to present a positive attitude, and was truly a gifted teacher. However, she had a
personality quirk. She obstinately preferred to help the most able students become even more able, but she had little desire to help
those with marginal mentalities. This predilection got her into no end of trouble with local school boards; inevitably it see med the
District Chairman would have a stupid, badly -behaved child that my mother refused to cater to. Several times we had to move in
the middle of the school year when she was dismissed without notice for "insubordination." This would inevitably happen on th e
frigid Canadian Prairies during mid -winter. At night, exhausted by the day's efforts, my mother's positiveness dissipated and she allowed her mind to drift into negative
thoughts, complaining endlessly about my irresponsible father and about how much she disliked him for treating her so badly. These emotions and their irresponsible expression were very difficult for me to deal with as a child, but it taught me to work on
diverting someone's negative thoughts, and to avoid getting dragged into them myself, skills I had to use continually much la ter on
when I began to manage mentally and physically ill clients on a residential basis. My own personal health problems had their genesis long before my own birth. Our diet was awful, with very little fresh fruit or
vegetables. We normally had canned, evapo rated milk, though there were a few rare times when raw milk and free -range fertile
farm eggs were available from neighbors. Most of my foods were heavily salted or sugared, and we ate a great deal of fat in t he
form of lard. My mother had little money but  she had no idea that some of the most nutritious foods are also the least expensive. It is no surprise to me that considering her nutrient -poor, fat -laden diet and stressful life, my mother eventually developed severe
gall bladder problems. Her degen eration caused progressively more and more severe pain until she had a cholecystectomy. The
gallbladder's profound deterioration had damaged her liver as well, seeming to her surgeon to require the removal of half her  liver. After this surgical insult she had to stop working and never regained her health. Fortunately, by this time all her children were
independent. I had still more to overcome. My eldest brother had a nervous breakdown while working on the DEW Line (he was posted on
the Arctic Circle watching radar screens for a possible incoming attack from Russia). I believe his collapse actually began w ith ou r
childhood nutrition. While in the Arctic all his foods came from cans. He also was working long hours in extremely cramped
quarters with no leave for months in a row, never going outside because of the cold, or having the benefit of natural dayligh t.
    When he was still in the acute stage of his illness (I was still a teenager myself) I went to the hospital where my bother wa s
being held, and talked the attending psychiatrist into immediately discharging him into my care. The physician also agreed to
refrain from giving him electroshock therapy, a commonly used treatment for mental conditions in Canadian hospitals at that ti me. Somehow I knew the treatment they were using was wrong. I brought my brother home still on heavy doses of thorazine. The s ide effects of this drug were so severe he could barely exist:
blurred vision, clenched jaw, trembling hands, and restless feet that could not be kept still. These are common problems with  the
older generation of psycho tropic medications, generally contro lled to some extent with still other drugs like cogentin (which he
was taking too). My brother steadily reduced his tranquilizers until he was able to think and do a few things. On his own he started taking a lot of
B vitamins and eating whole grains. I do not know exactly why he did this, but I believe he was following his intuition. (I
personally did not know enough to suggest a natural approach at that time.) In any case after three months on vitamins and an
improved diet he no long needed any medica tion, and was delighted to be free of their side effects. He remained somewhat
emotionally fragile for a few more months but he soon returned to work, and has had no mental trouble from that time to this day. This was the beginning of my interest in mental  illness, and my first exposure to the limitations of ‘modern' psychiatry. I always preferred self -discipline to being directed by others. So I took every advantage of having a teacher for a mother and
studied at home instead of being bored silly in a classroom. In Canada of that era you didn't have to go to high school to enter
university, you only had to pass the written government entrance exams. At age 16, never having spent a single day in high sc hool,
I passed the university entrance exams with a grade of 97 percent. At that point in my life I really wanted to go to medical school
and become a doctor, but I didn't have the financial backing to embark on such a long and costly course of study, so I settle d on a
four year nursing course at the Univer sity of Alberta, with all my expenses paid in exchange for work at the university teaching
hospital. At the start of my nurses training I was intensely curious about everything in the hospital: birth, death, surgery, illness, etc. I
found most births to be joyful, at least when everything came out all right. Most people died very alone in the hospital, terrified if


 crucifixion before Jesus rose. In the biblical stories of both Moses
and Jesus, the mind of one close to God became a cond uit for the
reconstruction of the mortal world. We, too, through the power of our
thinking, can radically shift our experience of the world. God loves us the same when we do the wise thing as when  we make
mistakes. His love for us is based not on our behavior but on who we are,
and He knows who we are—innocent within—because He made us thatway. When we make a mistake, it’s because in the moment we make it we
forget who we are, and His response to that is not to punish us but to correct
us. This doesn’ t mean you don’t have to do anything to make things right; in
fact, any lesson you might have failed to learn before, you will have to learn
now. The mercy of the universe lies in the fact that you are given the
opportunity to do that. You might not get a bigger paycheck right away; you
might have to humble yourself and make do with less for a while. You
might not be Mr. or Ms. Big Shot in a new position; you might have to be
brought down a few notches before you can make your next big move up. But you will see the handwriting of God in all of it, if you participate in—
rather than resist—the balancing of the spiritual scales. You will know in
your heart that this is a good thing, and you will be glad to earn your way
back into the abundant realm. Once you have reclaimed your inner
prosperity, the universe will begin the process of reclaiming it externally. You are internal ly programmed to rise to your highest creative possibility. Nothing you do can erase the yearning of your soul to achieve it, or the
yearning of the universe to give it to you. No deviation from love—on your
part or anyone else’s—can keep the universe from its divine intention that
your life be one of fullness and joy. According to A Course in Miracles,  any miracle you might have deflected
is “held in trust for you until you are ready to receive it.” The universe has
an inbui lt insurance policy. Whatever you have lost is programm ed to return
—in another form, in another situation, in another town, or with other
people, perhaps, but through the power of atonement, it will return. Dear God,
I feel that I have failed. I feel that all my efforts have come to naught. I feel shame at the way my life has turned out. I do not know what to do or wher e to go. Please, dear God, r epair my heart,
Heal my mind, and change my life. Pave a way for me out of darkness into light. I atone for my err ors, and I pray for for giveness.Please do for me what I cannot do. Thank you, God. Amen. OceanofPDF.comChapter 7
Facing Our Prejudice
Another way we deflect wealth is through the unrecognizable belief that
it’s not really okay  to have  money. Just as some  people are prejudiced
against the poor, some are prejudiced against the rich. I suppor t the Occupy Wall Street movement, because over the last few
decades there has been a systematic dismantling of the appropriate
guarantees of economic justice in the United States. But I noticed, among a
few of the Occupiers I met, that their passion seemed to be less an
enthusiasm for the rights of all people to participate in the engine of
economic prosperity and more a knee-jerk criticism of anyone who does. This then leaves the movement open to all kinds  of erroneous criticism—
that supp orters of Occupy are anti-rich, and so forth. That’ s hardly the case. The message isn’t that people shouldn’ t be able to get rich in America; it’s
that the playing field should be so level that with enough hard work anyone
can! And money should be able to buy a lot of things in America; it just
shouldn’ t be able to buy our government. As long as we’r e making money righteously, we’r e not
only r eceiving a blessing but also extending one to others. No matter how much we strug gle for financial abundance, we’ll have a
hard time attaini ng it if we disapprove of those who have it. If we’re saying
one thing but thinking another, we’ll always end up with confused results. Many people set themselves up to lose, working hard yet giving anambivalent message to the universe about whether or not they really want
money. Thoughts like “I want it, but I shouldn’ t want it, so I guess no, I don’t
really want it; but actually I do want it, but I don’t want to admit that I want
it” indicate ambivalence. This confusing mix of thoughts inevitably brings
forth a confusing mix of experiences. Many people fail to manifest money
because on some deep level they don’ t think they should. Having been taught that pover ty is holy, perhaps they think that rich
people are therefore not holy. Having been taught that wealth is a finite
resource, some people think that to manifest money for themselves is, by
definition, to take money away  from someone else. Whatever their reason
is, many people don’t think it’s okay to desire money. And if you disown
the desire, you literally disown the money. THIS BOOK  DEALS  not only with how we attract miracles, but also with how
we deflect them. Judgment is one of the biggest barriers to our own
miraculous breakthroughs. If we judge someone else for having wealth,
then we’ll subconsciously sabotage our own. If we have the idea that
somehow it’s more pure to be poor, then that’s most probably what we’ll
manifest. I once received a letter from a woman named Judy, who ran a business
called Café Joy. She told me she was despondent because her café was
getting ready to close. She owed her landlord money, and a neighboring
business was making an unfair play for her space. She wrote:

We’ve been working hard for four years to keep this place going. This
place is so speci al, and I would be devastated to lose it all. Not only do
we serve healthy food, but we created what many people say is a
beautiful, peaceful place. We also created a community and supported
and brought together artists, as well as neighbors and colleag ues,... becoming a very special, important place to people in our neighborhood. It was never a venture for money—the importance was always on
fellowship and good health—so I’m feeling sad and confused about why
it’s being taken from us ... and especially upset to lose the space to
people who are simply able to pay more. When Judy and I spoke, I loved her passion and vision for the café, but I
also noticed that she had some interesting attitudes about money, business,
and capitalism in general. As a business owner, she needed to make a profit
in order to stay afloat, yet she said things that made it clear she didn’ t
respect the effort to do so. She spoke of profit with a subtle disdain. Whether she wanted to admit it or not, as an operator of a small business
she was a capit alist; yet she also seemed to project onto all capita list
ventures that they’re an unethical rip-of f of the 99 percent! Judy was giving mixed messages to the universe, her conscious mind
saying  one thing and her subconscious hearing  another. In talking to her
further, I learned that she had both a degree in social work and a
background in the nonprofit world, as well as excellent business skills. Integrated, her past experiences  could have been a marvelous marriage of
values and mate rial aptitude. But those things were at war with each other
inside her. Judy  was operating in conflict with herself: she was a business
owner, yes, but it was almost as though she was ashamed  of the fact. It was
like she didn’ t want to admit to herself that the business had to make money
in order to survive, because somehow that would make the venture unholy
or impure. Judy’ s challenge was to make peace with the fact that her café required a
profit. And she could do that only by looking more deeply at why she’d
ever thought it shouldn’ t.
“I’ve never wanted to have more than the next person,” she told me, as
though her having more than other people somehow made less abundance
available to them. This picture of the financial world, in which we assume
that there are only so many pieces of the pie and if I have a slice then
there’ s less available to you, is called a zero-sum game. If I feel that by
asking you to pay me I’m ripping you off, of course I’ll feel guilty about
charging you money! This will then confuse the universal programming and
deflect my abundance. But if I feel that I’m providing an honorable service, asking for an
equitable and fair pay in return, then I can feel good about the exchange
because I’m increasing abundance for both of us. Fair exchange is a
spiritual, not just an economic, principle. As long as we’re making moneyrighteously, we’re not only receiving a blessing but also exten ding one to
others. The spiritual universe does not operate as a zero


 believing that whatever you  do can be
converted to a healthy reaction, you take on the same aut omatic new
response in your approach to exercise and physical well-being. Y our newly
balanced internal-picturing procedure af firms W illiam James’ s assertion. I am a Divinely healthy and fit human being. Thi nk i t. Say it. Believe it. Even if you’ve harbored a previous image of being overweigh t and out of
shape, s ay it anyway. Y ou’re sta rting the process of passionately believing
in some thing th at still doesn’ t exist. By af firming it and making it your
inner rea lity, you’ll activate a n ew automatic response that resonates with
your sta ted desire. The next th ing you know you’ll be going for a walk. Then perhaps you’ll participate  in something that has definite ly not been
part of the balance in your life up till now—maybe a jog, a yoga class, or a
health-club mem bership. This will all happen without trying, because you
must act upon your beliefs. The imb alance between your desire for a healthy body that feels great
and persistently unhealthy habit s is not remedied by simply changing those
habits. Y ou mus t have a firm determination to learn the art of p assionately
believing in something that doesn’ t yet exist, and refuse to allow that
picture t o be distorted by you o r anyone else. T ruly, you are not what you
eat or how muc h you exercise, but rather what you believe about the you
that you’re presently birthing in your thoughts. Keep re minding yourself: I ge t what I think about, whether I want it or
not. CHAPTER SIX
YOU CAN’T DISCOVER LIGHT
BY ANALYZING THE DARKNESS
B A L A N C I N G  Y O U R  D E S I R E  F O R  P R O S P E R I T Y
W I T H  Y O U R  H A B I T S  O F  S C A R C I T Y
“God wills us to have everything. As we express life, we
fulll God’s law of abundance, but we do this only as
we realize that there is good enough to go around—
only as we know that all of God’s gifts are given as
freely and fully as the air and the sunshine. ”
— ERNEST HOLMES
“Every man is free to rise as far as he’s able or willing,
but it’s only the degree to which he thinks that
determines the degree to which he’ll rise. ”
— AYN RAND
I
f you had to search for light, the one thing you’d obviously shun
would be the da rkness. Y ou’d know for certain that spending y our
time ana lyzing dark places and wallowing around blindly in the
dark wo uldn’ t be the way to discover and experience the light. Now
exchange the words light  and dark  i n this example  for the words abundance
and scar city —the sa me logic should now apply. Y ou can’ t find abundance
by analy zing and wallowing around in scarcity consciousness. Y et this is
often wh y a disparity exists between your desire for prosperity and the lack
of it in your life. Review the observation of fered  by Ernest Holmes in the quote at the
beginning of this chapter: “As  we express life, we fulfill God’ s law of
abundance. ” Think of this a s a legally binding dictum from God, as a
law. E ven St. Paul observed that “ God is able to provide you with every
blessing in abundance. ” I draw the conclusion that prosperity is something
that’ s always available, because this is descriptive of the Source  from which
we o riginated. If we came from unlimited abundance, then we must be what
we came from. Scarcity isn’ t a problem because of where you were born or what your
parents accumul ated or the state  of the economy. The so-called  problem of
scarcity is due to  the simple fact  that you tipped your belief away from your
original connection to unlimited abundance and began to live in and analyze
scarcity—the equivalent of darkness in the first paragraph of th is chapter. I
advocate makin g a shift toward analyzing the light of pro sperity and
correcting this imbalance betw een what you desire and the way you’re
living. How You Avoid Expressing Life and Fail to Fulll
God’s Law of Abundance
In o rder to exp ress life and be the recipient of God’ s ble ssing for
abundance, you need to know w hen you have thoughts and behaviors thatunbalance your desires. The voice of your balance position is something
I’ve repeatedly written about in this book: Y ou become what you think about
all day long. Here’ s a list of out-of-balance-type situations:
Dwelling on what’ s missing from your life
Conversations that are heavily weighted with what’ s lacking in
your life
Complaining to whoever will listen about all of the reasons
you’ve been prevented from having more
Cultivating an inner picture of yourself as a person who’ s just
plain unlucky
These w ays of thinking and being set into motion an ener gy pa ttern that
attracts precisely what you activate into your life. If you think scarcity,
you’ll create scarcity. If you talk to others about your lack, you’ll just attract
more lack. If you analyze your shortages, then more shortages will appear. I’m aware that this may seem simplistic—that is, just change your
thinking and money will come flying in your window. But  bef ore dism issing
this, con sider th at an out-of-balance existence is asking you to notice what
barriers and resistance you’ve e rected in a world where God is available to
provide you with all blessings in abundance. Removing Your Resistance
Y our de sire to attract prosperity represents a highly spiritual request. It’ s
perfectly attuned to the law of abundance from which you originated. Y our
imbalances are ener gies in the fo rm of thoughts that you mistak enly believe
will bring about the desired prosperity. Following are seven of the m ost common thoughts that make the
manifestation of prosperity virtually impossible. I call these the
unmagnificent seven,  b ecause each b elief practically  guarantees that you’ll
stay stuck in sca rcity in the way  that A yn Rand describes in the quote at the
beginning of this chapter. The degr ee to which you think  is the determining
factor in creating a life of prosperity. So here are the seven thought systems that keep you out of balance:
1. It’s Not God’s Will
By b laming God for not having what you need or desire, you justify a
built-in excuse for accepting your lot in life. In reality, as St. Paul reminds
us, God is more than willing to p rovide you with the blessing of abundance. In fact, God is  pure abundance, but you’r e  t he one out of balance on the
prosperity scale. By putting the responsibility for your shortages on Divine
will, you create enormous resistance ener getically. Y ou’re asking the
Universe to send you more of what you believe in. The solution to removing this barrier (which applies to all seven of these
resistance ener g ies) is changing the belief. Carlos Castaneda, writing in
Journey to Ixtlan,  s aid : “I f I really felt that my spirit was distorted I should
simply f ix it—p ur ge it, make it perfect—because there was no o ther task in
our entire lives which was more worthwhile. ”
How do  you “fix it,” “pur ge it,” and “make it perfect”. By first  catching
yourself in the m idst of a fallacio us thought, and replacing that t hought with
something like I am  a cr eation of God. God is abundant. I must be what I
came fr om. Being like what I ca me fr om means that God wants me to enjoy
the fullness of pr osperity. This is how I’m going to expr ess life fr om now on. If n ecessary, print these af firmations and refer to them unt il they’re a
perfectly balanc ed reminder. Y our lack is not God’ s fault. Y ou have choice,
so you choose to reconnect to abundance or stay out of balance, believing
that that is God’ s plan for you.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: According to the author, what is the most important thing to change in order to achieve a healthy and balanced life?,
A: Your beliefs and thoughts.
Q: What is the author suggesting is not responsible for one's physical health and well-being?,
A: Not what you eat or how you exercise, but rather your beliefs and thoughts.
Q: What is the key to correcting an imbalance in one's life?,
A: Changing one's thoughts and beliefs to align with their desires.
Q: What is the author saying is the primary focus of one's life?,
A: The material world, rather than the spiritual.
Q: What is the author suggesting is the most important thing to change in order to achieve a balanced life?,
A: Your thoughts and beliefs, not your external circumstances or behaviors


 a 10K in a
few months, then a half-maratho n after a few more, and finally the Big Sur
marathon less than a year after we began working together. Doug needed to let go of lif elong breathing habits. Overbreathing
distorted his self-understanding  and turned him into someone who he
wasn’ t. I needed to convey  to Doug that inheriting t he genetic
predisposition t oward asthma didn’ t mean he was resigned to a life of
breathing problems. Asthma has been around for thousands of years, with
records dating back as far as an cient Egypt. However, it has be come much
more prevalent since the 1980s, and considering that our gene pool doesn’ t
change in forty years, it is nec essary to look at lifestyle and address the
impact t hat this has on our breat hing. Currently almost one in ten adults and
children have asthma, and if you add the number who have cyc list’ s cough,
exercise-induced asthma, or other lung-limiting conditions, the number
skyrockets. Over the  years, I have worked w ith thousands of people like Do ug who
have been diagnosed with asthm a, and it’ s nearly always the same story:
Explosive athlet ic potential is limited by a condition they don’ t think they
can ever overcome. By not add ressing the root problem, enthusiasts like
Doug often devote their formi dable willpower to training practices that
inevitably lead them back to sq uare one. It doesn’ t have to be t his way. At
first it may se em counterintu itive to think that implementing simple
techniques over a short period of time can reverse decades of limitations,
but that’ s how transformative correcting breathing is. W ith breath-holdingexercises that unblock the nose and combat wheezing or coughing,
nonprofessional athletes—even those with asthma—can lift th eir passions
to an entirely new level. Y ou may  not have major athletic goals. Some of us just want to get to a
weight t hat makes us feel goo d when we look in the mirror. For many
people struggling to attain this sense of satisfaction, the barrier  is standing
right the re—not in front of them, but inside them, in the quantit y of air they
are taki ng in. W ithout correct breathing, it’ s like walking up a down
escalator—you get nowhere. Feeling Defeated
There w asn’ t a diet Donna hadn’ t tried. Y ou’ve heard of them al l: low-carb,
South Beach, The Zone, W eight W atchers, Jenny Craig, Mediterranean,
Atkins, Slim-Fast. Y ou name it, she had been on it. Her medicine cabinet
was filled with fat burners, carb blockers, and a host of appetite
suppressants. For twenty-five y ears she had believed that with each new
diet she would f inally lose the extra forty pounds she carried, finally be able
to st ep outside in something o ther than black, form-hiding clothing, and
finally r eclaim t he health she en joyed when she was younger. B ut after the
initial en thusiasm of beginning a new diet faded, the weight she lost would
return and a profound sense of failure would set in. When Donna came to see me, she was defeated. She ha d spent
thousands of dollars to slim do wn again and again, but she was still forty
pounds overweight—and still miserable. She had tried just as many exercise
programs as diets, but always ended up quitting because she  ran out of
breath a fter min imal exertion. As is the case for so many peo ple, oxygen
felt like an opponent rather than an ally. The sensation of intense
breathlessness limited her physical endurance far more than muscle fatigue. “I can’ t exercise because I’m too heavy,” Donna said. “And I can’ t lose
weight because I can’ t exercise. ” During the few times that Donna did visit
the gym, she fel t totally self-conscious and out of place. She panted on the
treadmill while beautifully sculpted bodies decked out in form-fitting
clothing jogged ef fortlessly on e ither side of her, adding another  blow to her
self-confidence. It was a vicious cycle, but one I had seen many times before. Her body
wasn’ t p roperly metabolizing oxygen. Donna needed a simple routine that
wouldn’ t put excess stress on her body and breathing, but would give her
fast, concrete results to keep her motivated and boost her confidence. I gave
her simp le breathing exercises and encouraged her to practice breathing
through her nose while watching television or working at her desk. In two weeks, Donna lost six p ounds. She didn’ t modify her diet, but
her brea th-reduction exercises g ave a kick-start to the oxygen levels in her
blood, which caused her bod y to process foods more ef fi ciently and
naturally supressed her appetite. She benefited from one of the most
startling aspects  of my program : Substantial gains can be ac complished
while literally sitting on the couch. Once you see this progress, however, the
last thing you’ll want to do is keep sitting. T oday Donna has lost thirty pounds, and, more important, she  finds it
much ea sier to keep them of f. M y work with her and so many o ther people
in similar situations has nothin g to do with what to eat or not eat. It’ s
critical to take a  step back from the table as well as the scale in order to get
a big-picture view of the problem. W eight loss only occurs when the
amount of calories we burn is greater than those we consume, and our
breathing has a direct bearing o n this process. By focusing on not just how
much we eat b ut how much we breathe, we cause our cons umption-to-
burning ratio to even out. W i th properly oxygenated cells, our bodies
operate more ef ficiently, even— or especially—in passive ac tivities like
sitting. A desire for more water and less processed food naturally follows. This is why diet work is not a pa rt of this book. The only guidance I give to
people l ike Don na is to eat when hungry and stop when satisfied, allowing
self-control to come from the inside. Putting better breathing at the center of
your health plan makes you look and feel better. The Oxygen Advantage program detailed in this book is the culmination
of m y work wi th thousands of people like David, Doug, and Donna. It
empowers peopl e, regardless of their activity level, to improve their health,
fitness, and performance—without training more or taking any drug or
supplement. The program also provides readers with the ability to easily
and accurately measure advance s and ensures that exercise is done safely,
reducing the risk of injury. Last ly, the Oxygen Advantage program can betailored to anyone and any lifest yle, enabling you to seamlessly incorporate
it into your daily obligations and exercise routine. The chapters to come will prov ide knowledge and practical breathing
techniques so that you can optimize oxygen release at a cellular level. The
simple practices  I will explain, while unknown to most athletes, have been
utilized since ancient times to great ef fect. All you need to apply them is a
straightforward understanding of how your breathing af fects the
oxygenation of your body
Part I of this bo ok, The Secret of Breath, explains in greater d etail the
function of oxygen and CO 2  in  your body an d helps you to evaluate how fit
you actually are. Y ou’ll learn about the importance of nose breathing over
mouth breathing, as well as the first key technique that will begi n to reverse
overbreathing. I will also teach you about the ancient breathing  secrets that
have been used for centuries. In P art I I, The Secret of Fitness, you will learn about red blood cells and
how utilizing them the way Olympic athletes do will carry you into a new
realm of  fitness. This section als o introduces you to simulated high-altitude
training and teaches you how  to find “the zone” mentally as well as
physically. Part III,  The Secret of Health, explores how better breathing n aturally
leads to  weight loss and reduces the risk of sports-related injuries. It also
explains the relationship between oxygenation and improved heart function. And for people prone to asthma,  it gives you the tools to eliminate exercise-
induced asthma. Part IV  takes everything you’ve learned and shows you how to
construct your own personal O xygen Advantage program. This section is
geared toward specific groups based on their health and fitness. Breathing is
generally an involuntary activity that we engage in uncons ciously and
rarely think about, but it’ s there  always, every single moment we’re alive,
either helping us forward or ho lding us back. The point of this book is to
elevate y our awa reness of how y ou can harness your breath to reclaim your
body’ s n atural ability to breathe in a way that will help you  to achieve
lifelong health and fitness, whe ther you are running to catch up with your
kids or running to win a gold m edal. My promise is that by applying the
concepts and simple exercises in  this book, each


 elimination diet (to be described in detail later) was employed, whilestringently avoiding all foods usually found to be allergy producing. I also decided that if I was going to employ fasting as my primary medicine, it
was important for me to have a more intense personal experience with it, becausein the process of reviewing the literature on fasting I saw that there were manydifferent approaches, each one staunchly defended by highly partisan advocates.For example, the capital “N” Natural, capital “H” Hygienists, such a HerbertShelton, aggressively assert that only a pure water fast can be called a fast.Sheltonites contend that juice fasting as advocated by Paavo Airola, for example,is not a fast but rather a modified diet without the benefits of real fasting. Coloncleansing was another area of profound disagreement among the authorities.Shelton strongly insisted that enemas and colonics should not be employed; thejuice advocates tend to strongly recommend intestinal cleansing. To be able to intelligently take a position in this maze of conflict I decided to
first try every system on myself. It seems to me that if I can be said to really own
anything in this life it is my own body, and I have the absolute right to experimentwith it as long as I’m not irresponsible about important things such as care of mykids. I also feel strongly that it was unethical to ask anyone to do anything that Iwas not willing or able to do myself. Just imagine what would happen if allmedical doctors applied this principal in their practice of medicine, if all surgeonsdid it too! I set out to do a complete and fully rigorous water fast according to the
Natural Hygiene model—only pure water and bed rest (with no colon cleansing)until hunger returns, something the hygienists all assured me would happen whenthe body had completed its detoxification process. The only aspect of a hygienicfast I could not fulfill properly was the bed rest part; unfortunately I was in solecharge of a busy holistic treatment center (and two little girls); there were things Ihad to do, though I did my chores and duties at a very slow pace with many restperiods. I water fasted for 42 days dropping from 135 pounds to 85 pounds on a 5' 7"
frame. At the end I looked like a Nazi concentration camp victim. I tended tohide when people came to the door, because the sight of all my bones scaredthem to death. Despite my assurances visitors assumed I was trying to commitsuicide. In any case I persevered, watching my body change, observing myemotions, my mental functioning, and my spiritual awareness. I thought, if Mosescould fast for 42 days so can I, even though the average length of a full water fastto skeletal weight for a person that is not overweight is more in the order of 30days. I broke the fast with small amounts of carrot juice diluted 50/50 with waterand stayed on that regimen for two more weeks. After I resumed eating solid food it took six weeks to regain enough strength
to be able to run the same distance in the same time I had before fasting, and ittook me about six months to regain my previous weight. My eyes and skin hadbecome exceptionally clear, and some damaged areas of my body such as my
twice-broken shoulder had undergone considerable healing. I ate far smaller
meals after the fast, but food was so much more efficiently absorbed that I got alot more miles to the gallon from what I did eat. I also became more aware whenmy body did not want me to eat something. After the fast, if I ignored my body’sprotest and persisted, it would immediately create some unpleasant sensation thatquickly persuaded me to curb my appetite. I later experimented with other approaches to fasting, with juice fasts, with
colon cleansing, and began to establish my own eclectic approach to fasting anddetoxification, using different types of programs for different conditions andadjusting for psychological tolerances. I’ll have a lot more to say about fasting. After my own rigorous fasting experience I felt capable of supervising
extended fasts on very ill or very overweight people. Great Oaks was graduallyshifting from being a place that mentally ill people came to regain their sanity tobeing a spa where anyone who wanted to improve their health could come for afew days, some weeks or even a few months. It had been my observation fromthe beginning that the mentally ill people in my program also improved remarkablyin physical health; it was obvious that my method was good for anyone. Evenpeople with good health could feel better. By this time I’d also had enough of psychotic people anyway, and longed for
sane, responsible company. So people started to come to Great Oaks School of Health to rest up from a
demanding job, to drop some excess weight, and generally to eliminate theadverse effects of destructive living and eating habits. I also began to get cancerpatients, ranging from those who had just been diagnosed and did not wish to gothe AMA-approved medical route of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, tothose with well-advanced cancer who had been sent home to die after receivingall of the above treatments and were now ready to give alternative therapies a trysince they expected to die anyway. I also had a few people who were beyondhelp because their vital organs had been so badly damaged that they knew they
were dying, and they wanted to die in peace without medical intervention, in a
supportive hospice cared for by people who could confront death. Great Oaks School was intentionally named a “school” of health partially to
deflect the attentions of the AMA. It is, after all, entirely legal to teach about howto maintain health, about how to prevent illness, and how to go about makingyourself well once you were sick. Education could not be called “practicingmedicine without a license.” Great Oaks was also structured as a school becauseI wanted to both learn and teach. Toward this end we started putting out a holistichealth newsletter and offering classes and seminars to the public on variousaspects of holistic health. From the early 1970s through the early 1980s I inviteda succession of holistic specialists to reside at GOSH, or to teach at Great Oakswhile living elsewhere. These teachers not only provided a service to thecommunity, but they all became my teachers as well. I apprenticed myself to eachone in turn. There came and went a steady parade of alternative practitioners of the healing
arts and assorted forms of metapsychology: acupuncturists, acupressurists,reflexologists, polarity therapists, massage therapists, postural integrationists,Rolfers, Feldenkries therapists, neurolinguistic programmers, biokinesiologists,iridologists, psychic healers, laying on of handsers, past life readers, crystaltherapists, toning therapists in the person of Patricia Sun, color therapy with lampsand different colored lenses a la Stanley Bourroughs, Bach Flower therapists,aroma therapists, herbalists, homeopaths, Tai Chi classes, yoga classes, Aricaclasses, Guergieff and Ouspensky fourth-way study groups, EST workshops, ZenMeditation classes. Refugee Lamas from Tibet gave lectures on The Book of theDead and led meditation and chanting sessions, and we held communicationclasses using Scientology techniques. There were anatomy and physiologyclasses, classes on nutrition and the orthomolecular approach to treating mentaldisorders (given by me of course); there were chiropractors teaching adjustmenttechniques, even first aid classes. And we even had a few medical doctors of the
alternative ilk who were interested in life style changes as an approach to
maintaining health. Classes were also offered on colon health including herbs, clays, enemas, and
colonics. So many of my client at Great Oaks were demanding colonics inconjunction with their cleansing programs, that I took time out to go to Indio,Calif. to take a course in colon therapy from a chiropractor, and purchase a stateof the art colonic machine featuring all the gauges, electric water solenoids andstainless steel knobs one could ask for. During this period almost all alternative therapists and their specialties were
very interesting to me, but I found that most of the approaches they advocateddid not suit my personality. For example, I think that acupuncture is a very usefultool, but I personally did not want to use needles. Similarly I thought that Rolfingwas a very effective tool but I did not enjoy administering that much pain,although a significant number of the clients really wanted pain. Some of thetechniques appealed to me in the beginning, and I used them frequently with goodresults but over time I decided to abandon them, mostly because of a desire tosimplify and lighten up my bag of tricks. Because of my enthusiasm and successes Great Oaks kept on growing. Originally the estate served as both the offices of the Holt Adoption Agency andthe Holt family mansion. The Holt family had consisted of Harry and Bertha Holt,six of their biological children, and eight adopted Korean orphans. For this reasonthe ten thousand square foot two story house had large common rooms, and lotsand lots of bedrooms. It was ideal for housing spa clients and my own family. Theadjoining Holt Adoption Agency office building was also very large with amultitude of rooms. It became living space for those helpers and hangers-on wecame to refer to as “community members.” My first husband added even more tothe physical plant constructing a large, rustic gym and workshop. Many “alternative” people visited and then begged to stay on with room and
board provided in exchange for their work. A few of these people made a
significant contribution such as cooking, child care, gardening, tending the ever-
ravenous wood-fired boiler we used to keep the huge concrete mansion heated,or


otherapy, etc. All these measures are tried because the condition is not fully
understood. Some think it is due to a disorder of the bowels' regular and smooth peristaltic
movements - a 'dysmotility', and on the same theme others claim that the gut's sensitivity is
decreased. Another theory is that there is too much yeast such as Candida albicans in the
bowel which may be the underlying cause, whilst there is a group of doctors who, as with post-viral fatigue syndrome (to be discussed later), think it is wholly psychological and the
result of the stresses of modern living. Whatever the cause, it was stated in the British Medical Journal in January 1995: "No
uniformly successful treatment exists for the Irritable Bowel Syndrome". I know that there are a lot of dissatisfied patients out there, for when the journalist, Hazel Courtney, wrote an
article on IBS in the Daily Mail in 1994, featuring amongst others, my views on Aloe Vera, it
generated 10,000 letters asking for more information. Aloe Vera has now become my first line approach in the treatment of confirmed IBS and I have more success with this regime than any other. Unfortunately, it is not successful in every
case and I suspect the failures tend to occur more where the emotional response to stress is
greatest, i.e. there is less of a physical component. But it is really reassuring and pleasing to
hear patients say, as one did, "I can go shopping now with confidence - it's great". Previously
she could only shop where she had an intimate knowledge of where all the toilets were to be found. I must emphasise that I am talking about Aloe Vera gel, not the old 'bitter aloes' made from
the sap. This would produce quite different results! How much Aloe Vera did you say you gave him? Immune system

People who take Aloe Vera gel regularly, including myself, report a greater sense of well-
being - they just feel better and more at ease. I believe this comes about because of a well-balanced and effective immune system which the Aloe Vera is capable of modulating. As the immune system exists to protect the body from change caused by invading organisms
for example, bacteria, viruses or altered cells such as cancer cells, its efficient functioning is
of extreme importance. It necessitates a very complex system, involving many different elements which I do not claim to fully understand. The study of immunology is a subject in its
own right. So I will present it in a greatly over-simplified form, in which I shall mention only
the key players. There is much more going on in the background which modifies the action of
these key cells, as they do not work in isolation. The immune system is working around the clock to protect the body from attack and therefore
any disruption to its immediate and efficient response will cause a major problem to the
individual. Problems can arise where the immune system is under active as well as when it is
overactive, or even when there is inappropriate action such as when the system attacks the
host tissues. This action will cause the so-called auto-immune disorders, some common examples being:

Ulcerative colitis
Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus)
Rheumatoid arthritis

If the immune system is unable to produce an adequate response, the individual can't fight infection and will eventually succumb. The classic instance of such a situation, of course, is
AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. If the response is too great, such as the hypersensitive response in allergic asthma, this is a
harmful response capable of ultimately causing death, so it is vital that the response should be just enough to knock out the enemy without overkill. Such immune responses are occurring in healthy individuals continuously. The immune
system should be thought of as an essential part of our defence mechanism, continually
keeping out and destroying invaders and abnormal cells as they appear. Who are the key players? The most important are cells called lymphocytes of which there are two types, B cells and T
cells which are found in lymphoid tissue and in the blood. Second in importance are cells called phagocytes which are basically scavengers. Some of
these are found in tissue, while others which are the white blood cells, are found circulating in the blood. B lymphocytes produce antibodies but the T lymphocytes have several functions:

1. They help B cells to make antibodies
2. They recognise and destroy cells infected with viruses
3. They activate phagocytes to take up pathogens that they have identified 4. They control the level and quality of the immune response. Life is a constant fight both internally and externally, so I have represented the immune
response as a battle in which the orders are delivered by messengers. These messengers are
called cytokines. The cytokine systems orchestrate the T helper cells (lymphocytes) in
searching out and destroying the enemy and it is at this level where a major component of
Aloe Vera works. This very important component, acemannan, is found amongst the sugar fraction. It is a long
chain polysaccharide and acts as an immune modulator. This means it has the ability to either
enhance or to slow down the immune response and this remarkable activity has been demonstrated and is well documented in laboratory experiments. It has been isolated from Aloe Vera by the Carrington Laboratories in the USA and produced
as a drug, trade name 'Carrisyn', which has been licensed by the Food and Drugs
Administration (FDA) to be trialled in human AIDS patients. Ace mannan has attracted enormous interest and the future of Aloe Vera may well be in the success of this component. At the moment it has reached the penultimate stage of testing before it can be licensed for
unrestricted use in humans. It currently holds a veterinary licence in the USA for the
treatment of feline leukaemia virus in cats. On the veterinary side in the UK very recent work carried out by Peter Green, an equine vet,
on post-viral syndrome in horses, has produced some dramatic results. Fortunately, in equine post-viral syndrome, unlike that in human beings, there is a measurable
entity in the blood. Horses with this condition drop their white blood cell counts to almost
fatal levels. Peter Green recorded these levels in horses suffering from this condition, then put
them on a three to five week regime of adding Aloe Vera gel to their feed. Being a sceptic at first - as I was - he was incredibly surprised with his findings as eleven out of fourteen horses
 treated made a full recovery and returned to eventing, jumping and racing. The affected
horses all showed increased white cell counts after the course of Aloe Vera. Normally, most
of these horses would not have expected to recover. In his paper Peter Green says:
"Nevertheless, despite the limitations of this form of clinical study, we believe that there are
genuine therapeutic benefits to be gained from the administration of Aloe Vera extracts". I have suggested its use in my patients with post-viral fatigue syndrome on an empirical basis
and one or two have benefited. However, the numbers are really too small to draw any
conclusions but, considering there is no other convincing treatment, it must be worth a try. On the basis of what has been said, it would be expected that those suffering with asthma of
an allergic origin would benefit from Aloe Vera, either for the immunomodulating effect or the natural anti-inflammatory effect. In general, I have found this to be the case, leading to a
reduction in the number of times they need to use their inhaler and the reduction in the
frequency of severe disabling attacks. As with post viral syndrome I have not seen sufficient
cases to be absolutely sure about it, but it certainly calls for some research - a topic I will
return to at the end of the book. Finally, on this subject, I must tell you Alison's story. The young woman to whom this book is dedicated and the patient who convinced me that there really was something worthwhile in
Aloe Vera. Alison is a delightful young woman whom I have treated for fifteen years. She suffers with
Still's disease or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. This condition has been progressive since she
was a child and because of its severity and the deformity it has caused, she has been under regular specialist supervision and has received a variety of potent conventional treatments,
both drug treatments including high-dose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)
and hydrotherapy. She has borne her disability bravely but about eighteen months ago she
came to the surgery complaining that she needed more anti-inflammatories to control her pain
and stiffness, but couldn't take any more because of the abdominal pain these caused. Catch 22. I didn't know what else to suggest so I said, "You wouldn't like to try a sort of wacky
cactus juice that's supposed to have a natural anti-inflammatory effect as well as settling
stomachs would you? Unfortunately, I can't prescribe it and you'll have to buy it from a local
agent." Alison and her mother, who was present during the consultation, said they would try anything
to get some relief. So Alison started a course of Aloe Vera gel. It was agreed that she would not reduce her current level of drugs but just add in the Aloe
Vera and record the amounts of NSAIDS she took, the amount of Aloe Vera and her symptoms on a daily basis. I was to see her every two weeks. After a few weeks we were both thrilled to see an improvement. Her abdominal pain
disappeared, she was in less pain and she certainly looked better


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OURSELVES.Everything that can happen
has happened or is
happening or will happen.The eternal invisible projects as the temporal visible. Only the
invisible is real.Every time we reach for a creative idea, we go to
the same place where the universe goes to create a rose or a
galaxy. Self-awareness is the highest knowledge and transforms
knowledge into wisdom. In the absence of despair, there is
no need for hope. Being is
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despair. Since your potential for knowledge,
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Mindful Moments
OceanofPDF. comBreathe-Reality is DIFFERENT in
diﬀerent states of
consciousness. To REVISE
your reality, look within. In my stillness, I am the eternal
possibility. In my movement, I am the cosmos. Inﬁnite being is also inﬁnite love. KNOWING YOURSELF IS KEY
TO KNOWING THE WORLDThe world outside your skin is as much
you as the world inside. Your personal
and universal bodies are equally
yours. There is no center of consciousness in
the body because consciousness is not
in the body. The body is in
consciousness. Gratitude is ABUNDANCE
consciousness. Intention with LOVE and
detachment makes even the
most IMPROBABLE
happen. Words are noises in the air. Consciousness gives them life. Names and forms are many. Reality is one. Embrace the unpredictable and the
unexpected. That is the path to your inﬁnite
creativity. If you want inﬁnite energy, focus on
the inﬁnite. BLISS, CONSCIOUSNESS,
and LOVE are the essence
of BEING. Joy, ecstasy, and
unbounded LOVE are
the natural state of the
unconditioned mind. Awareness conceives, governs, and
sustains body and mind. You need
only not interfere with it. Your personal desire is also a
manifestation of the total universe. Everything you call the “world,” including your
own body, is sensations, images, feelings, and
thoughts in consciousness. When you look at your body, you are looking at
your past. To love and to be
loved—this is the most
natural and
spontaneous
expression of our
being. Love is the HIGHEST
intelligence. Everything perceived as “outside” is sensations,
feelings, images, and thoughts within you, and
“you” has no location. The observer has no location in space or time. The
terms inside and outside do not apply. Addiction is not getting enough of what
you don’t want. It is being hooked to a
memory of pleasure that is now pain. Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is
the memory of pleasure. Freedom is
beyond both. To SHIFT your identity to
your INNERMOST being is
to aﬃrm your perfection. ere is ONLY innity. Letting go of our habitual certainties
opens the doorway to creativity. Instead of thinking outside the box, get
rid of the box. Consciousness
exists in every cell
of our body and in
every particle in the
universe. OceanofPDF. comThis moment is as it should be, unless you think
about it. This moment is eternal before you label it. This is the moment of power. Be the moment. Every experience
creates its own
bodymind. I
experienced childhood
and youth in diﬀerent
bodies, diﬀerent
minds. Beyond LOGIC is
POETRY. Beyond POETRY is
MUSIC. Beyond MUSIC is the
DANCE. Beyond the DANCE,
just LOVE. Pure consciousness is the source of
synchronicity and meaningful
coincidence. As you rest in pure awareness and
watch synchronicity unfold,
“surrender to God” takes on new
meaning. The universe dances to a silent, abstract,
mathematically perfect symphony in the cosmic
mind. The laws of physics are precisely ﬁne-tuned for us
to exist and even to allow us to discover those
laws. You CREATE your past
and your future NOW. Your senses send


ocardial infarction, and suicide. The treatments
have been free of mortality. Complications (e.g.,
pneumothorax ) have been minor. Electrochemical treatment of tumours offers a new
and promising therapeutic possibility. The technique
of treatmenr, including the electronic equipment and
elecuodes, is, however, still far from optimized. Treatment of tumours with direct current might also
be supplemented by chemotherapeutic compounds
provided with a suitable charge. Experiments were
performed which suggest that such a medium, after
injec1ion into the blood stream, might then beeome
attracted electrophoretically to the tumour during ap
plication of direct current. The treatment with direct current produces around
tumours radiograph ically visible structural changes of
an appearance which can not be distinguished from
spomaneously developed corona structures. These
changes include "A" and "B" zones, radiadn,g fibrous
struclUres, arches and arcades, and narrowing and
circular displacement of vessels. The fomfation of ttcw '1-vtssels in healing of injury is
still not well understood. Newly formed pathological
vessels are often found inside and around malignant
fumours. In vitro experiments on fat tissue have
shown that application of direct current through an
excised specimen is able to transform the tissue into
primirive channels. It is anticipated, on the basis of
these observations, that a spontaneous flow of current
Summary 9 over a BCEC system is likely to be a main factor in the
development of tissue channels. Future research may
disclose the role of an activated VICC system for the
formation of new vessels. As knowledge of BCEC mechanisms increases, oth
er closed circuit therapeutic measures may become
possible, e.g., healing of wounds, fractures and infec
tions. The inconsistent results of previous attempts to
improve healing of fractures by electric current is, in
the opinion of the author, dependent on lack of know
ledge about how the treatments should be coordinated
with the physiologic mechanisms. A large number of chemicals, physical and biologic
factors are capable of induci"g ca,.cer. They all seem to
have the capability, direct or indirect, of polarizing
tissue. A unidirectional activation of BCEC systems by
weak currems over a long time will change the internal and
external cmvircmmem of cells. Surviving, modifzed cells
still capable of multiplying may therr possibly produce
neoplastic tissue. It is suggested that activated BCEC
systems, under certain circumstances, represent a commmr
factor in carcinogenesis. An acceptance of the principle of BCEC systems leads
logically to a number of imeresting cotuequenc:es. The last
chapter of this book discusses some of these conse
quences. Thus, it will be seen that poorly understood
events or even rather obscure phenomena such as
acupuncture and oral galvanism may be explained on
the basis of BCEC systems. An important function of BCEC systems, not pre
viously mentioned, must now be touched upon. Closed circuit electric transport s are always associated
with the creation of magnetic fields around L>ach cir
cuit. Such electromagnetic systems can be influenced
10 Summary by external electromag netic fields, by the principle of
superimposition. A flow of current in a BCEC system
will consequently produce electromagnetic fields. Moreover, an external magnetic field moving in rela
tion to BCEC circuits will produce a flow of current in
the BCEC channels. The BCEC system then ca11 be seen
to act as a recepwr for extmuJl electromagnetic forces. Such forces, both man-made and natural, are pans of
our normal surroundings and within certain limits
evidently well tolerated. A continuous separation of
electric charges takes place in the atmosphere. When
these collections of charges (ionars) move by winds,
strong electromagnetic fields are created. Before thun
derstorms, during certain winds such as the Fohn
winds in Central Europe, and sometimes even during
ordinary changes of weather, many organisms includ
ing human beings react in various ways. Headaches,
hemicrania, epileptic fits, joint pains, increase in traf
fic accidents and the like are reported. From a physical
standpoint the moving electromagnetic external fields
must induce transport of current in the channels of
BCEC systems. When these currents exceed physio
logic tolerance, the organism will react. Such phenom
ena are most easily explained as a disturbance of ho
meostasis. An ordinary Faraday's cage will not protect
against such interferences. The energy of activation of
BCEC systems is tied 10 the moving magnetic fields. Their high power of penetration would probably re
quire a chamber of steel with perhaps one inch thick
walls for protection. It is the hope of the author that the reader will proceed
to read the followi11g chapters, because this summary coll
tains ma11y shortcuts and simpliftcatimu. n.
Radiographic detectability
of corona structures
Clinical radiologic research based on large numbers of
examinations is hampered by the fact that the quality
of routine radiographs varies widely. This fact in turn
may limit various aspects of a study. Not only do
technique s of image production vary, but also inter
pretation and documentation of images are not stan
dardized. For these reasons, the extraction of basic
information about specific problems in diagnostic ra
diology is often difficult to collect and to present in
statistically treatable terms. Furthermore, the collec
tion of clinical radiologic information is frequently a
discontinuous process influenced by personal interest,
training, and trial and error. Improved examination
technique increases knowledge, which in turn im
proves technique. This feedback makes clinical radio
logic research a dynamic process. The statistical pre
requisite of uniformity is therefore often very difficult
to achieve in any large srudy. Twenty-eight ye-ars ago the author was impre-s:sed by
chest radiographs of a patient with a peripheral carci
noma of the lung and a peculiar pattern of air-filled
lung separating peripheral "atelectasis" from the car
cinoma (Fig. 1: 2). In the next decade not one single
additional case was recognized among several thou
sand patients with lung tumours. The explanation is
not to be found simply in inadequate techniques of radiographic examination. It is mainly the result of
lacking knowledge about what to look fQr. Radiolo
gists' visual search patterns are of fundamental impor
tance in diagnostic radiology. Improved visual search
can lead to improvements not only of radiographic
technique, but also to improved rates of detection of
specific radiologic findings. Similar situations, familiar to experienced radiolo
gists, are probably infrequently appreciated by our
non-radiological colleagues who have not been exposed
to the almost impossib le task of combining long-term
research with standardization in radiologic technique
and interpretation. so.. called "routine technique" in
chest radiography varies considerably between differ
ent instit utions and different radiologists. So-called
"special films", e.g., oblique chest radiographs, vary
even more in technical quality. Also, radiographic
quality has gradually improved over the past decades
for a muhjtude of technical reasons. With this background it is obvious that exact statis
tical figures over three decades of personal experience
can not always be presented. Nevertheless, on the basis
of personal experience of reviewing chest radiographs
of more than 7 000 patients with tumours in the lungs,
the author estimates that corona structures of the lung,
described in 1969 (1), should now be recognized on
Delectability of corona structures II "routine" examinations in 20 to 30 per cent of patients
whose tumours are periphera l 10 the hila and larger
than approximately 2.5 em. Some technical radiographic and radiologic com
ments are now in order. So·called routine radiograp hs
are often far from sufficient as a basis for proper
clinical radiologica l research. One or two of the signs
of corona structures may be detected on a single chest
radiograp h, but all the signs are rarely seen on one
radiograph. Different projections and expOsure tech
niques are often required. For reasons which will be
described later, certain structural signs are sometimes
complete ly lacking. A "good routine technique" is,
however, essential for the preliminary detection of the
radiographic signs. Some general remarks will, for that
reason, be made on the author's technique of chest
radiography. The importance of oblique views in routine chest
radiography is unfortunately seldom fully recognized. In our institution oblique views are included in the
routine procedure for chest radiography, in addition to
the traditional pOsteroanter ior and lateral views. Any
physician with experience in bronchograp hy will im
mediately understand why the oblique views are of
fundamental impOrtance for a radiologic approach to
structural analysis of the lungs. In the lungs, only the central bronchi and the cen
tral pulmonary vessels are oriented predominant ly in
the sagittal and coronal planes. For structural analyses


 the relative
amount of fat and water in these regions corresponded
to what was found in the electrophoretic experiments. This result is consistent with and may therefore indi
rectly point to the possibility of spontaneous e.lectro
phorcsis and electroosmosis in vivo over a BCEC. Of equal interest is the observed experimental
shrinking of fat cells adjacent to the cathode and the
"atrophic" appearance of fat cells around the anode. It is now relevant to review a well-known but as yet
unexplained structural phenomenon, which develops
adjacent to tumours in fat tissue. Carcinomas in the
breast, in the subcutis or in other sites of adipose
tissue often show what pathologists call "atrophic" fat
cells adjacent to the surface of the tumour (89). Such a case is shown in Fig. XVI: 21. This histolo
gic section through a breast cancer shows small,
"atrophic" fat cells close to the tumour tissue. In the
upper right-hand part of the figure the fat cells are
larger and almost normal in size. Presently an explana
tion for the atrophy of peritumoural cells is lacking. In
the author's opinion, a spontaneous polarization of a
tumour in relation to its surroundings should be capa·
ble of producing peritumoural fat atrophy as a conse
quence of fat mobilization and transport over a BCEC. The spontaneously atrophic, peritumoural fat cells are
characteristically small. Their walls are even. In these
respects the peritumoural fat cells are most similar to
the "atrophic" fat cells adjacent to the anode in an
electrophoretic experiment. 224 BCEC in cancer of the breast Fig. XVI: 21. "Atrophic"
fat cells adjacent to a hu
man breast carcinoma, his·
tologic section. Also ob
serve large numbers of
white blood cells in the tu
mour and in adjacent fat
tissue. (Photograph cour
tcsyofDr I. SOmegi, Ka
rolinska Hospiutl, Stock
holm.) H. Circular displacement of
tissue structures around
breast tumours
Circular displacement and narrowing of vessels have
been previously described around lung tumours
(Chapter Ill). Similar radiographically visible struc
tures have also been observed and demonstrated (Figs. XVI: I, 4, 6, 20) around certain breast tumours. The
basic morphologic differences between the two organs
are of considerable importance in the evaluation of
these structures. As has been pointed out earlier, compression is
often applied against the breast in mammography,
which may displace structures considerably. In xeroradiography, a mammogram can be obtained
without compression technique. Such a xeroradiogram
is seen in Fig. XVI: 22, where a small carcinoma
resides close to the chest wall. A preoperative stereo
taxic needle biopsy and electric potential study re
vealed an electronegative mammary carcinoma. The
small tumour is surrounded by radiating strucrures
and concentric arrangements of curved linear struc
tures, which all seem to have their centre in the tu
mour. Concentric arrangement of structures can also be
recognized frequently in ordinary mammograms (e.g.,
Figs. XVI: I, 4a, 6a, band 14 b). T·o explain the development of circular structures
around a breast tumour, once the effect of external
compression can be excluded, an activated BCEC
should be considered. This mechanism is capable of Fig. XVI: 22. Xeroradio
graph of a small carcinoma
of a breast without the use
of external compression
technique. Concentrically
surrounding the: tumour
arc many radiating and cir·
cular structures. After
stereotaxic needle biopsy
for cytologic diagnosis of
this nonpalpable tumour, a
metal dip was placed in its
centre as a guide to the
surgical excision. producing anionic, cationic and water transports be
tween a tumour and its surroundings. Moreover, it is
easy to recognize that secondary biologic effects will
also take place within a BCEC, contributing to the
development of circularly arranged structures. Thus,
thrombosis of capillaries will take place in the sur
roundings of a polarizing tumour over a VICC (Chap
ter XIV). Such thromboses, developing during an
electropositive phase of the tumour, should produce
local dystrophic changes in the poorly nourished tis
sue, which will yield due to retractive forces in the well
nourished surrounding tissue. This mechanism should
contribute to circular displacement of tissue, as has
also been observed in the lung (Figs. III: 30b, 34b). During an electronegative phase of a polarizing tu
mour, a net inflow of water toward it will increase local
water pressure and thereby further contribute to the
circular displacement of structures (Figs. XVI: 6, 20,
22). Broad, circularly running structures of a different
origin may be identified around a tumour as a result of
electroosmotic transport of water. Such a collection of
water then represents what has previously been de
fined as a hydropic "B" zone. Such structures were
shown to disappear in the lung when air entering the
pleura changes the flow conditions in the lung (Chap
ter III, Section D). Fig. XVI: 23 shows a correspond
ing situation in the breast. This patient's xeroradio
graph (Fig. XVI: 23 a), obtained without compression
technique, shows broad circular segments in the tissue
surrounding the carcinoma. These circular structures
could not be demonstrated on radiography of the sur
gically removed breast (Fig. XVI: 23b). This result is
in accord with the disappearance of a hydropic "B"
zone in the lung when the pleura is opened. The local
accumulation of electroosmotically transported flwd
producing such a "B" zone (a special case of a circular
ly arranged "structure") requires, of course, an exact
balance of interacting forces, which differ in vivo and
in a surgical specimen. Peripheral displacement of tissue structures during
an electropositive phase of the tumour should be con
siderably enhanced during a phase of electronegative
polarization. An electroosmotic inflow of water toward
til~ t\!mour, causing perifocal ~ema, could then sim
ply move tissue structures outward as a consequence of
locally increased turgor pressure. Thus, in cases of
true perifocal ~ema, as in the patients shown in
Table XVI: 2 (Figs. XVI: 6 and 20), very well devel
oped circular structures can be seen radiographically. They can also be influenced and change their appear
ance by external compression. Conclusions
It seems altogether plausible that the development of
circular tissue struc~ures around certain breast and
lung tumours involve similar mechanisms. Polariza
tion of tissue over a BCEC as the common mechanism
explains the transporting of materials and secondary
biologic tissue changes which can satisfy most of the
requirements for the production of circularly arranged
structures in both breast and lung. We will now take.a closer look at some other struc
tural details in the breast encountered in patients with
breast cancers. We will start with a short description
of the appearance and developme.nt of arches, which,
when appearing in a row, form an arcade. I. Arches and arcades
A large carcinoma in the breast with many radiating
structures and small calcifications is shown in Fig. XVI: 24. A broad structUre extends from the tumour
to the areola, which is somewhat retracted toward the
tumour. The skin also shows increased radiopacity
around the areola. A 6 mm broad, diffuse, semicircu-
BCEC in cancer of the breast 225 -
226 BCEC in cancer of the breast Fig. XVI: 23. Hydropic
"8" zones producing
uralse circular structures•'
around a carcinoma of the
breast. (a) Xerondio
gnpb. A brust cancer (T)
is surrvunded by arcs of
uB" zx:oes, which appear
as brood circular opolcities
(arrov.-beadl ) near the tu·
mour. Tb...: opacities are
interpreted asloc:al oe·
dema (hydropic '*B"
zones), disappearins (b)
after mastectomy. Fig. XV/:24. MammOtJflm
showir.a arches around a
carcinoma or the breast in a
52-year-old woman. Radial·
ing structures join into large
arches, givina the tumour
and surroundins tissue an
appearance like the cut sur·
face of a citrus fruit. Retrac·
tioo of the nipple, mkroeal·
c


. All
the Ascended  Ones  tell you  the same  thing,  because  of Their
Own  Achievement. If you  let your  feeling  world  resist,
then  you  but delay  your  Freedom;  but if you  will  call your
Presence  to give  you  now,  the Full  Feeling  of Its Victory,
your  Victory—then,  do you  not see how  quickly,  you  will
enter  into  the Fulness  of Its Power. Joyous,  Wonderful  is the Privilege  within  your  grasp. 56 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
Do not give  way  to human  concepts,  to human  impulses
which  would  say to you:  "Oh  no, no, you  are just deceiving
yourself,  you  are not  gaining  the  Victory  you  think  you
are. " That  is what  your  human  intellect  would  say to you. Then  you  say to it: "You  have  no power. No longer  do you
govern  my world. You  have  led me into  limitations  for the
last time. Now  then  step  aside. Get  out of my way. "I AM"
going  into  the Light. "I AM"  going  into  the Light. " The
Life that  enables  you  to speak  Those  Words,  is the Power
which  carries  you  forward  to Victory  in the Light. There
is naught  which  can  stay  your  progress—naught  that  can
stay the Expansion  of your  Light. Stand  firm  and  unyield-
ing. Know  your  Victory  is Certain. Why. Because  God,
the "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  which  is beating  your  Heart
and giving  you  Life  is your  Certain  Victory. Naught
in the world  can  prevent  It—not  even  your  own  human
creation. Remember,  one-third  of your  accumulation  of the cen-
turies  has been  dissolved  and  consumed  for you. One-third
of your  probation  is set aside. Oh,  can you  not,  will  you  not,
accept  THAT  in the  Fulness  of what  It means  to you. Try,  for one  moment,  to comprehend  what  It means. Ask
your  Presence  to give  you  the Full  Comprehension  of what
It means  to you;  of the Great  Assistance  which  is being
given;  of the Great  Cosmic  Light  which  makes  all possible
for you  now. In the great  quantity  of disembodied  intelligences  which
are being  taken  out of the atmosphere  of Earth,  you  will DISCOURSE  VIII  57
be Greatly  Blest. That  could  not be done  before. Will  you
not with  Me,  try in My Radiance,  to comprehend  the Vast-
ness of this. Oh,  the Limitless  Assistance  being  given  to
mankind. It is as your  people  say in California—so  "Un-
usual". Beloved  Ones,  enter  into  This  Comprehension  now
—as I utter  Those  Words. Feel  It. Enter  into  your  compre-
hension  so It may  act within  your  world  All-powerfully. I rejoice  that  I have  been  able  to render  you  and  your
city This  Service  and  how  far reaching  It is. Will  you  not
enter  into  it Individually,  and  in your  Groups,  sustaining
the Greatest  Harmony  possible. I do not  ask  you  to be
wholly  Perfect;  but I do ask you  to maintain  Harmony  In-
dividually  and  in your  groups;  so the Completeness  of This
which  is now  set into  operation,  may  claim  Its Great  Vic-
tory before  the end  of this  year. We  are doing  everything
possible  for your  Assistance  and  for your  city. It seems  to
Me all, every  one  in your  city,  should  be willing  to accept
Our Assistance  and  co-operate  with  It, to the Fulness  of all
It means  to you. Oh, how  great  is the  Rejoicing  of the  Great  Host  of
Light;  because  so many  of mankind  are  understanding
This  Great  Presence;  calling  It into  action  for the Blessing
of all. For your  encouragement,  this  morning  in Europe,  a
Transcendent  Miracle  was  performed. I doubt  not you  will
see mention  of it in your  papers. Go on, and  on, and  on,
Beloved  Ones,  in your  Mighty  Call  to your  Presence;  in
your  Mighty  Decrees,  flooding  the  mental  and  feeling
world  of mankind  with  Our  Great  Perfection;  for the Call 58 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
in Those  Decrees  which  are sent  forth  like  a rocket,  does  do
Its Perfect  Work. Great,  Great  is your  Privilege  in giving  This  Assistance  to
America  and  the World. Glorify  yourselves  as you  feel the
Transcendent  Privilege  which  is yours. Tonight,  while
These  Words  are being  spoken  to you,  the Final  Activity  is
being  given  for your  Freedom,  if you  will  accept  It. There  are many  of you  who  have  seemed  to have  the
appearance  of age,  who  can transform  yourselves  in a short
time. Won't  you  try it, knowing  that  your  Life  only  requires
Harmony  in your  feeling,  to Beautify,  Perfect  and  bring
back  to your  form,  its youth  and  beauty. It is not vain  to
wish  to be beautiful,  in order  to express  Perfection. It is not
vain  to have  a form  of Perfect  Health,  to respond  to your
desire  for Service  to the  Light  and  produce  Perfection. Mankind  just  lost  the way  and  now  is finding  It again,  in
Our Home  of Eternal  Perfection,  the "Mighty  I AM. " To-
night,  let us think  of it, as a Great  Home  Coming. Forget
this building,  your  old world  for a moment. FEEL  you
have  entered  into  This  New  World,  where  all the buildings
are Beautiful  and  Perfect;  where  there  is Happiness  and
all good  things. Then  in THAT  FEELING,  charge  your
feeling  world  with  Its Reality,  Eternally  Sustained. As you
go into  the outer  world  again,  you  will  find  Completeness,
Abundant  Supply,  soon  finding  its appearance  in your
world  and  use. Call often  on the Law  of Forgiveness  for all mistakes,  and
then  say:  "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Presence. thru  your DISCOURSE  VIII  59
Mighty  Violet  Consuming  Flame,  wipe  out all memory,  all
appearance  of mistakes  which  has  found  action  in my
world. " See how  soon  changes  will  take  place;  and  in the
place  of that  which  has been  disturbing  and  terrifying,  will
come  Peace  and  Rest  which  passeth  understanding. Then,
out of the Presence  will  pour  everything  you  require. It is
a Law  of your  Being. It cannot  fail. You are the Decreer  of your  world. Decree  Its Perfection. Turn  your  attention  where  Perfection  is, and  Perfection
must  flow  back  in response,  to fill your  world. It is Power-
ful. It is Certain. It cannot  fail,  and  I join  Saint  Germain
in His  Invitation:  Come  Oh,  Beloved  Ones. Enter  thru
Those  Gates  of Freedom,  into  the World  of your  "Mighty  I
AM Presence,"  and  have  in use,  all It holds  for you. The Love  of the Entire  Ascended  Host,  the Great  Cos-
mic Beings,  the Gods  of the Mountains  and  the Angelic
Host,  pour