; myelogenous leukemia; recent surgery, pregnancy, or splenectomy; and inflammatory
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www.thegersonway.comThe Leukocyte (White Blood Cell, WBC) Count
Reporting on the number of white blood cells (WBCs) found in a microliter (cubic
millimeter) of whole blood by use of a hemacytometer or Coulter counter, the leukocyte count
varies with strenuous exercise, stress, or digestion. It’s used to detect infection or inflammation,
the need for further tests such as the WBC differential or bone marrow biopsy, and the response
to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The WBC count ranges from 4.1 to 10.9 x 1011. An elevated count signals infection such as an
abscess, meningitis, appendicitis, or tonsillitis, and it may indicate leukemia, tissue necrosis from
burns, myocardial infarction, or gangrene. A low count shows bone marrow depression from viral
infections or from toxic reactions such as those following treatment with antineoplastics, mercury
or other heavy metal toxicity, benzene or arsenic exposure, and invasion by the organisms of
influenza, typhoid fever, measles, infectious hepatitis, mononucleosis, and rubella. The White Blood Cell Differential
Being a relative number of each type of white blood cell, the white blood cell differential
test is determined by multiplying the percentage value of each WBC type to give an absolute
number of each kind of the 100 or more WBCs. There are granulocytes, agranulocytes, juvenile
neutrophils, segmented neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, large lymphocytes, small lymphocytes,
phagocytes, histiocytes, and so on. The WBC differential evaluates the body’s capacity to resist and overcome infection, various
types of leukemia, the stage and severity of infection, allergic reactions, severity of allergic
reactions, and parasitic infections. There is a long list of reference values in the WBC differential
test, divided into adult and child. For example some of them are:
For Adults—   Relative  Value (%)   Absolute Value (mcL)
Neutrophils   47.6-76.8    1950-8,400
Lymphocytes   16.2-43      660-4,600
Monocytes      0.6-9.6        24-960
Eosinophils     0.3-7        12-760
Basophils        0.3-2        12-200
To make an accurate diagnosis, the test examiner must consider both relative and absolute
values of the differential counts. For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are diagnosed
by them, please see Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to A
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www.thegersonway.comTherapy Patients. To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute, in
Bonita, California. The Routine Urinalysis
Elements of routine urinalysis include the measurement evaluations of physical
characteristics, specific gravity and pH, protein, glucose, and ketone bodies, plus examination of
urine sediment, casts, and blood cell crystals. The analysis of urine is an exceedingly important
test that tells a lot about the internal workings of a person. Routine urine test results have a great
number of implications for how the physiology is functioning or how it is responding to the diet,
nonpathologic conditions, specimen collection time, and other factors. For the vast number of variables and illnesses which are evaluated by urinalysis, please see
Appendix I of the Gerson Therapy Handbook: Companion Workbook to  A Cancer Therapy:
Results of Fifty Cases: Practical Guidance, Resources and Recipes for Gerson™ Therapy
Patients. To acquire a copy of this handbook/workbook, contact the Gerson Institute in San Diego,
California. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 195Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 27
CASE HISTORIES OF
RECOVERED PATIENTS
The following well-documented stories of recovered Gerson patients are just a very small
sample of the considerable collection of such records in our archive. All of them refer to
patients thoroughly diagnosed by biopsy, done mostly in U.S.hospitals; almost all of them were
in a so-called terminal condition with widespread cancers that have never been cured by orthodox
means. We chose them in an attempt to include as many kinds of malignant disease as possible,
since we know from long experience that individuals thinking of pursuing the Gerson Therapy
always want to know first whether anyone suffering from “their” cancer has ever recovered. This
selection aims to answer their questions. The Gerson protocol is often attacked on the grounds that it has never been subjected to a so-
called proper test, i.e., a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. This kind of
test, however, has taken over fairly recently from another, centuries-old way of judging medical
treatments, which was based on clinical results. In other words, as Dr. Gerson often stated, “It’s
the result at the sickbed that counts,” a self-evident view that would be hard to dispute. The currently favored randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial, however,
is not concerned with individual patients. It requires a large group of individuals and is called
double-blind, because neither the doctor nor the patients know who is receiving the new drug
under testing and who is not; this is meant to exclude psychological or other external influences
that might interfere with the working of the drug. Clearly, this method is suitable for testing a single drug—but useless for any therapy that
involves a total change of lifestyle, such as the Gerson treatment. Just consider for a moment
the impossibility of administering coffee enemas or serving fresh juices 13 times a day without
patients realizing that something radical is going on. Besides, the mainstays of conventional
oncology, namely radiation treatment and chemotherapy, have never been subjected to randomized
double-blind clinical trials. Only various kinds of chemotherapy have been tested against each
other ; never chemo- vs. non-chemo treatment. Yet all the time many books and academic studies
have been published by physicians and other scientists, attesting to the failure of chemotherapy. One of the latest books is The War on Cancer: an Anatomy of Failure, by Guy B. Faguet, M.D. 2005. (Springer, ISBN-10, 194020-3618-3.) In view of this, critics of the Gerson Therapy should perhaps demand the application of Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 196Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comrandomized double-blind clinical trials to chemotherapy before attacking a method they are
totally unfamiliar with..
Now read on... Highly aggressive Lymphoma
Born in 1943, S.M. was 47 years old in 1990 when she developed several swollen lymph
nodes, and, after having them biopsied, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Two
years later, in the summer of 1992, she arrived at the Gerson hospital with extensive edema ( fluid
accumulation ) in her legs, hips and buttocks, and also around a large, melon-sized tumor in her
abdomen. She embarked on the Gerson Therapy as the only treatment for her condition and was
not “tapped” to remove the fluid from her body. In the first five days on the full Gerson program,
with many trips to the bathroom, S.M. lost 28 pounds. In February of 1993, when the patient was re-examined by her doctor in Wenatchee, WA,
the MD’s report read: “Her lymphedema seems to be resolved (medical term for cleared up). Her lymph nodes are no longer palpable ( cannot be felt)  and the patient is feeling well. However,
she has severe carotenemia ( harmless  carrot-colored discoloration of the skin, common in many
Gerson patients), and she still refuses chemotherapy.” Understandable, since she no longer had
any swollen lymph nodes! S.M. continued in good health and testified about her recovery at a
convention in Seattle in 1998 and was active in her husband’s business at last report in 2002. At age 32  W.S. was a struggling young artist with a wife and three small children. When he
noted a mass in his abdomen, he was sent to surgery in May of 1951 in Cincinnati, OH. The doctor
reported


. Astragalus
Astragalus is a tremendous cellular proliferator (strengthens cells). I especially like this herb for its effect upon the adrenal tissues. Astragalus is a superb immune builder, strengthening the bone marrow,
the endocrine glandular system (thymus, etc. ), and the spleen. Aids in shortness of breath. Strengthens the nervous system. Increases energy to cells, especially in the spleen and GI tract (stomach,
in particular). Strengthens prolapsed conditions, e.g., uterus, stomach, intestines and
bladder. Has mild diuretic properties and helps tone the lungs. Brings tone and balance to tissues. Scientific name
:
Astragalus membranaceus
Parts used
: Roots
Actions
: Anhydrotic (stops sweating), cellular proliferator, diuretic. Bilberry
Tremendous in strengthening the vascular system (arteries, capillaries,
and veins); great for varicose veins. Helps reduce inflammation (flavonoids) in the vascular walls, hence
reduces arteriosclerosis (obstruction of the vascular walls with lipids). Inhibits coagulation of platelets in the blood. Helps with edema, aids in diarrhea. Bilberry helps tone the skin. Helps prevent cataracts and protects eye tissue from effects of diabetes.Used in formulas to help control blood sugar levels. A great anti-inflammatory for all tissues. Helps to control stress and anxiety. A great aid in night blindness or any vision weakness. Scientific name
:
Vaccinium myrtillus
Parts used
: Leaves and fruits
Actions
: Antidiabetic effect, antidiarrheal, astringent, anti-inflammatory. Black Cohosh
This herb stimulates estrogen receptors and has estrogenic properties
itself. Used in female conditions where vaginal dryness, lack of menstruation,
and infertility is present. Stimulates estrogen production. Not suited for estrogen dominant females, where excessive bleeding and
cysts, fibroids, and fibrocystic conditions exist. Said to help loosen and expel mucus from the lungs. Contracts the uterus and increases menstrual flow. Said to be a tonic for the central nervous system (CNS). Scientific name
:
Cimicifuga racemosa
Parts used
: Rhizomes, fresh and dried root
Actions
: Alterative, antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-venomous, arterial,
astringent, cardiac
stimulant, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue,
expectorant, sedative, stomachictonic. Black Walnut Hull
Black Walnut Hull is one of my favorite herbs for many reasons. It’s one of nature’s most powerful antiparasitics. It will kill microorganisms (bacterium, fungi, yeasts, etc.) to larger
parasites including all worms and flukes. It is a cellular proliferator (strengthens cells). It increases the oxygenation of blood cells. It is a detoxifier used to balance sugar levels and disperse fatty materials. Black Walnut Hull is excellent for any condition and weakness of the
body.Promotes healing of all tissues and is said to help restore tooth enamel. Strengthens and stimulates the immune system. Promotes lymph movement and bowel peristalsis. Strengthens the bones (high in calcium). Scientific name
:
Juglans nigra
Parts used
: Inner hull (can use the bark)
Actions
: Alterative (leaves) bitter, Anthelmintic (vermifuge), astringent,
cholagogue, detergent, expectorant, hepatic, laxative, mild cathartic,
purgative, tonic (fruit). Bugleweed
A specific for the thyroid gland, especially when enlarged or when a
goiter exists. Said to be a detoxifier, and especially valuable at removing heavy metals. Bugleweed is said to offer protection against radiation. Beneficial in irregular heartbeat and palpitations. Improves thyroid and adrenal function. Restores tooth enamel. Possibly enhances neurotransmitters. Also said to resemble digitalis in its actions. Has a strengthening effect upon tissue. Scientific name
:
Copus virginicus
Parts used
: The aerial portions of the herb
Actions
: Antigonadotropic, anti-inflammatory anti-thyrotropic,
astringent, cardiac tonic, diuretic (mild), narcotic (mild), and
sedative. Burdock
The leaves are considered by many to be one of the top “burn healers” of
all times. This includes first, second, third and fourth degree burns. A strong blood and liver cleanser and tonic. Reduces swelling in the body, especially around the joints. A great aid in detoxification. Burdock rids the body of toxins and mucus. Promotes urine flow and perspiration.Number one in skin conditions of all types. Promotes kidney function and helps remove acid build-up within the
body, especially sulfuric, phosphoric and uric acids. Scientific name
:
Arctium lappa
Parts used
: Leaves, roots and seeds
Actions
: Alterative, anti-inflammatory, antiscorbutic, aperient, astringent
(mild to medium), demulcent, depurative, diaphoretic, lipotropic,
stomachic, tonic, sedative. Butcher’s Broom
A great circulatory herb. Has anti-inflammatory properties (flavonoids and tannins) which help
remove plaque in the vascular system. Used in cases of phlebitis. Tones and strengthens the vascular walls (arteries, capillaries and veins),
thus used for varicose veins, hemorrhoids and post aneurysms. Increases circulation throughout the body, especially to the peripheral
areas (e.g., brain, hands and feet). Antithrombotic (use to prevent postoperative thrombosis). Strengthens bones and connective tissue. Aids alkalization of the blood. Scientific name
:
Iuscus aculeatus
Parts used
: Herb and rhizome. Actions
: Anti-inflammatory, aromatic, cellular proliferator, diuretic,
laxative (mild), vasoconstrictor. Cascara Sagrada
A great herb in low dosages to strengthen the GI tract. Helps tone and strengthen the intestines. Increases and strengthens peristalsis. Increases secretions of the liver, pancreas, stomach and intestines. Strengthens the autonomic nervous system of the alimentary canal. Use for constipation, but better used in a cleaning and rebuilding formula
for the GI tract. Helps clean and strengthen the liver. Promotes bile secretion.Improves digestion in small dosages. Use in cases of gallstones, piles and hemorrhoids. Can be used for intestinal worms. Scientific name
:
Rhamnus purshiana
Parts used
: Aged, dried bark. Actions
: Alterative, anti-bilious, antidiabetic, bitter tonic, cathartic,
emetic, febrifuge, hepatic, laxative, nervine, peristaltic strengthener,
purgative, stomachic. Cayenne (Red) Pepper
Used in high blood pressure cases because of its vascular dilation
properties. Increases circulation. Excellent in cold conditions. Stimulates lymph flow. However, it also creates mucus. I do not
recommend long term use of cayenne or any hot peppers because of their
stimulating and mucus-forming properties. Can be an irritant to the mucosa of the GI tract in prolonged usage. Used to heal ulcers. Used with castor oil packs to help drive oils and herbs into tissues. Used as a homeostatic externally and internally (stops bleeding). A must for strokes and heart attacks. Treats shock. Scientific name
:
Capsicum annuum
Parts used
: Fruit
Actions
: Alterative, anti-rheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent,
carminative, condiment, emetic, expectorant, hemostatic, pungent,
rubefacient, sialagogue, stimulant, stomachic, sudorific, tonic. Chaparral
Chaparral is one of God’s top herbs in the Northern Hemisphere. Its greatest power lies in its ability to move the lymphatic system. Used for removal of tumors, boils and abscesses. Has strong antimicrobial properties (bacterial, viral, fungal, etc.). Very useful in rheumatic and arthritic conditions. Also excellent for gout. Has analgesic properties (for pain).Stimulates peripheral circulation. Stimulates liver function and increases bile production and flow. Works as an anti-inflammatory
Somewhat of a cellular proliferator (strengthens cells). Use in all cancers and HIV. Use for all types of stone formation. Prolapsed conditions, especially of the uterus. Poisonous bites including snakebites. Chicken pox, mumps, and the like. Useful in all types of female conditions. Very useful for stomach and intestinal conditions, including
hemorrhoids. Scientific name
:
Larrea tridentata
Parts used
: Leaves and small stems
Actions
: Alterative, analgesic, anti-arthritic, anticancer, anti-
inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-rheumatic, anti-scrofulous, anti-
tumor, anti-venomous, aromatic, astringent, bitter, depurative,
diuretic, emetic (large doses), expectorant, laxative (mild), tonic,
vasopressor (mild). Cleavers
One of the great lymphatic herbs. Helps move and dissolve lymphatic
congestion. Use


 eat, but in proportion to how muchthey digest and assimilate. When the organs of digestionand assimilation are maintained in poor workingcondition, eating too many fatty foods in an effort to
gain weight defeats its own purpose. Being underweight is usually due to faulty health. It’s futile to stuff a lot of food into the body when
assimilation and digestion are working at a low ebb. Thesecret of normalizing weight (up or down) is to make
the detoxifying system more efficient through fasting. Then the underweight person rejuvenates the digestiveand assimilative systems to work efficiently. What the underweight person needs is exactly what
the overweight person needs – a fast that gives the bodya cleansing physiological rest. In both the overweight and
the underweight, the digestive and assimilation systems
have been overworked. This is difficult to explain tounderweight people. They are impatient and want to gain
weight immediately on a diet, but first the underweight
person must realize that the period of physiological restprovided by the fast results in improved digestion andbetter assimilation of foods. The Body Has Powerful Recuperative Powers
The body has extraordinary recuperative powers
when it is not burdened with an excessive amount of
food. In over  70 years of fasting underweight people, I
have had outstanding success with underweight andemaciated people who learned to have faith in fasting
and a full program of Natural Living. I have a sister whom I love very dearly who was born
a very tiny baby. I believe she weighed about 3 pounds
at birth. All through her life, my sister Louise was called
“skinny.” When she was a child, everyone would tellmy mother that she should be stuffed with milk and
cream and that she must eat a lot of pork, potatoes, rice,
custards and all the supposed weight-gaining foods. Butthe more my sister was stuffed with all of these so-called
fattening foods, the thinner, weaker, paler and more121lifeless she became! There were many times when my
sister was so weak that she had to remain in bed. And
even during these periods in bed, she was still stuffed
on a so-called weight-gaining diet. Later, after I had left home and regained my health,
I returned to Virginia near where my sister Louise lived. She was then an adult and unmarried. She was teachinghigh school and was thin, rundown and had an overall
weakness. Her color was pale and sickly. After a hard
day in the classroom, she would come home and throwherself across the bed in a state of exhaustion. I told her that I had found a natural way for people to
gain weight and when school closed and summer vacationbegan, I would return to Virginia and supervise a program
to help her gain weight. She had seen the great miracle
that had transformed my body after I began  living a
natural healthy lifestyle and had perfect confidence in
everything I told her. I explained to her that part of the
program would be a series of fasts which would give herbody a physiological res t. This would allow  the digestive
and the assimilative organs of her body a chance to revive
and rejuvenate themselves and perform better. This is a cleansing system of detoxification. I told her
that the fast would help increase the hydrochloric acid
in her stomach so that she could absorb more proteinfoods. Not only would the digestion of protein be better,
but all the digestive organs would improve and renew
themselves through the fast. Her whole process ofmetabolism would improve through her fasting program. I have proved over the years that when metabolism is
improved through fasting there is a healthier density and
a specific gravity in the new flesh that is built after fasting. Fasting helps the body to better assimilate proteins, fats,
carbohydrates, starches, natural sugars, minerals, vitamins
and all the other essential nutrients necessary for the body
to work efficiently and with more strength. Good! You have decided to take the Health and Happiness road to Higher
Health. There will be a few rough spots as you begin, but soon you willbe hiking along the Pathway of Health and Long-Lasting Youthfulness!122Miracles Happen With Fasting! I started Louise on a  7 day distilled water fast. She
entered this fast believing that Mother Nature was going
to purify her digestive and assimilative organs and help
her rebuild a new body. It is true that she lost weight inthe
 7 days of the fast, but after she broke the fast she
developed a healthy appetite. What miracles this week
of rest for her organs did for her system. She told me shehad never enjoyed food as much as she now was
enjoying her new diet. Not the so-called “good,
nourishing, fattening food,” but a diet of
 60% raw, fresh
salads, vegetables and luscious, fresh fruits and brown
rice, lentils and raw nuts and seeds, etc. I gave her cooked
vegetables and beans, brown rice and lentils, raw,unsalted nuts and seeds and their butters. A month after
the first fast, I put her on another fast of 7 days. This 7
day fast started a new life for her because her body wasin such clean, healthy condition that it began to fill out. My skinny sister became a beautiful woman – fully
rounded and streamlined – every part of her body seemedto be rejuvenated. Her hair took on a sheen it never hadbefore, there was a glow to her cheeks and a sparkle in
her eyes like a young child! Our relatives and friends
were flabbergasted at the transformation in Louise. Thehappiest part is that within a year my sister had become
one of the most popular girls in Westmoreland County,
Virginia, and in another year she had married a fine,
handsome man! Their lives were like a fairy tale because
they had children and lived happily ever after. My sister
has remained healthy, fit and youthful throughout life. Along with fasting, I gave my sister a system of
exercises. She started with short walks and then built
up to long walks. I persuaded her to get an abundanceof fresh air, take early morning or late afternoon sunbaths
and do deep breathing exercises. At all times, she
maintained a tranquil and serene mind... she workedwith Mother Nature and not against her! Eat not for pleasure thou mayest find therein; eat to increase thy strength,
and eat to preserve life thou hast received from Heaven. – Confucius123Fasting is Safest, Healthiest Weight Normalizer
What I did for my weak, thin sister, I have done for
thousands of underweight people. Fasting works miracles
for both the under and overweight. The genuine needs
for both types of people are met by exactly the sameprogram of natural living combined with fasting. Fasting is the magic key for helping anyone to restore
themselves to a superior state of health. Fasting is thegreat detoxifier and by detoxifying the body we give it a
chance to restore its normal functioning. Fasting is the
great “Open Sesame” to good health and long life. Each person is different and some get results quicker
than others. If you faithfully concentrate on living The
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle in which fasting plays anintegral part, Mother Nature will never fail you! So, if
you are thin, under weight and have tried various
weight-building diets that failed, don’t be discouraged.Instead, try a
24 hour fast weekly and also the Bragg
Vinegar Drink ( page 230). Both will help give the body a
chance to cleanse and normalize your weight. 124
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned God-ward. – Phillips Brooks
Give us Lord, a bit of sun,A bit of work and a bit of fun.Give us, in all struggle and sputter,Our daily whole grain bread and food.Give us health, our keep to makeAnd a bit to spare for others' sake.Give us too, a bit of songAnd a tale and a book, to help us along.Give us Lord, a chance to beOur goodly best for ourselves and othersUntil men learn to live as brothers in peace. – An Old English PrayerFamous Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes declared that if all the
doctor’s drugs were thrown into the sea it would be somuch better for humankind and worse for the fish. Everyday is a new birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we
are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor. – Isaac WattsCheerfulness and content are great beautifiers and are
famous preservers of youthful looks. – Charles DickensMorning Resolve
I will this day live a simple, sincere and serene life, repelling promptly
every thought of impurity, anxiety, discontent,  discouragement,jealousy and self-seeking. I will cultivate cheerfulness, happiness,
charity and the love of brotherhood; exercising economy in
expenditure, generosity in giving, carefulness in conversation anddiligence in appointed service. I pledge fidelity to every trust and a
childlike faith in God and Mother Nature. In particular, I will be
faithful in my daily habits of health, prayer, study, work, physicalexercise, deep breathing and good posture. I shall fast one 24 hour
period each week, eat only healthy foods and get sufficient sleep
each night. I will make every effort to improve myself physically,mentally, emotionally and spiritually every day. Morning Prayer used by Paul C. Bragg and


 is no joy in continuity, in the
perpetua. Wc desirc it only because the prcsent is
empLy. A pcrson who is trying to cat moncy is
always hungry. When someone says, "Time to stop
nowl" he is in a  panic because  he has had nothing
to eat yet, and wants more and more time to go on
eating money,  ever hopeful of satisfaction around
the comer. We do  not really want continuity, but
rather a present ex - pcrience o( total happincss. Thc thought of wanting  such an expcricnce to go
on and on is the result of be - ing sclf -conscious in
thc experience, and thus incom - pletely aware of
it. So long as there  is the  feeling of  an "I" having
this experience, thc moment is not all. Eternal life
is rcalized when the last trace of differ - cncc
between  ·T' and "now"  has vanished -when  thcre
is just this "now"  and nothing  else. By contrast, hell or "cverlasting damnation" is
not Lhc everlastingness of time going on forever,
but of  the unbrokcn circle,  the continuity  and
frustration  of going round and round  in pursuit of
something  which can ncver be attained. Hcll is  the
fatuity, the  cvcrlasting impossibility, of self -love,
sclf-conscious - ncss, and sclf-possession. lt is
trying to sec one's own  cyes,  hear  one's  own  ears,
and kiss  one's  own  lips. To see, however,  thaL  life is complete  in each
mo-
ment -whole, undivided, and evcr new -is to
under - stand  the scnse  of the doctrine  that  in
eternal  life THE  WJSDOM  OF INSECURITY
God, the undefinable this, is ali -in-ali and is the
Final  Cause or End for,vhich  everything exists. Because  the future is everlastingly unanainable,
and, like the  danglcd carrot, always ahead of the
donkey, the ful - fillment of the divine purpose
<loes not líe in the fu - ture. lt is found in the
present, not by an acl of resig - nation  to
immovable fact, but in seeing that there is no one
to resign. For this is the meaning of that universal and
ever - repeated religious principie that to know
God, man  must givc up himself. lt is as familiar as
any plati - tude,  and yet nothing has bccn  harder to
do, and  nothing so  totally misunderstood. How
can a self,  which  is selfish,  give  icself up. Not,  say
the theo - logians, by its own power,  but through
the gift of  divine grace, the power which enables
man to achieve  what is beyond  his own strength. But is this grace  given to ali or to a chosen few,
who, when they re - ccive it, have no choice but to
surrender themselves. Sorne say that it comes to
ali, but that there are those  who accept its aid and
those who refuse. Others say  that it comes to a
chosen elect, but still, for the most  part, insist that
the individual has the power to take  it or leave
it. But this does not solvc thc problem at all. It re -
places  the problcm of holding or surrendering the
self by  the problem of accepting or refusing divine
grace,  and the two problems  are identical. The
Chris -
146 RELIGION  REVIEWED
tian religion contains its own hidden anwer to
the problem in thc idea that man can only
surrender  himself "in Christ. " For "Christ"
stands for the real - ity that there is no separatc
sclf to surrender. To give  up "I" is a false
problem. "Christ" is the realization  that there  is
no separa  te "l. " "I do nothing  of myself. I and the Father  are one. Before  Abra -
ham  was,  I am. " If thcre is any problcm at ali, it is to see that
in this instant you have no 'T' to surrenclcr. You
are completely free to do this at any momem, and
noth - ing whatever is st0pping you. This is our
freedom. We are not, however, free to improve
ourselves, to  surrender ourselves, to lay
ourselves open to grace,  far all sucl1 split -
mindedness is the denial and post - ponement of
our freedom. It is trying to eat your  momh
instead  of bread. Is it neccssary  to undcrlinc  the vast  diffcrcnce
be-
tween the rcalization that ''I ancl the Father are
one,"  and the statc of mind of thc pcrson who, as
we say,  "thinks he is God". If, still thinking that
there is an isolated "I," you identify it with God,
you become  the insufTerable ego -maniac who
thinks hirnself suc - cessful in attaining thc
impossible, in dorninating  experience, and in
pursuing ali vicious circles to satisfactory
conclusions. I am the master  of my /ate;
I am the caf,tain  of my soul. 1 47 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURJTY
When the snake swallows his tail he has a
swelled  head. It is quite another thing to see
that you are  your "fate," and thal there is no one
either to master  it orto  be mastered,  lo rule  orto
surrender. Must we also insist that this loss of "l" in God
is not a mystic miasma in which the "values of
per- sonality" are obliterated. The 'T' was not, is
not, and  never will be a parl of human
personality. There is  nothing unique, or
"differenL," or interesling about  it. On the
contrary, the more human beings pursue  it, the
more uniform, uninteresting, and impersonal
they become. Thc faster things move in circles,
the sooner they become indistinguishable blurs. It is ob - vious Lhat the only interesting people
are interested  people, and to be completely
interested is to have  forgoLLen  about  "l. "
We can see, thcn, Lhat the basic principies of
philosophy, religion, and melaphysics may be
undcr - stood in Lwo cntircly differcnl ·ways. They can be  seen as symbols of the undivided
mind, expressions  of the truth tbat in each
moment life and experience  are a complete
whole. "God" is not a definition of  this stale but
an cxclamation about it. Ordinarily,  howevcr,
they are uscd as anempts to srnnd outsidc
oneself  ancl  the universe  to grasp  them  and to
rule
them. This process is circular, however complex
and devious. Because  men  have  been  circling  for so many
ages,
148 REI. IGION  REVIEWEO
the powers of technology have availed for little
save  to speed the process Lo a point of unbearable
tension. Civilizalion is ready to fly apan by sheer
centrifuga}  force. In such a prcdicament thc self -
conscious type  of religion  t0 which  we have  so
long been  accustomed  is no cure,  but part  of the
disease. If scientific  thought has weakened its
power we need have no re - grets, for the "God"
to which it could have brought  us was not the
unknown RealiLy which the name sig- nifies, bul
only a projecLion of ourselves -a cosmic,
discarnalc  'T' lording  it over  Lhe universc. The true  splendor  of sciencc  is not so much  that
it
names and classifies, records and predicts, but
that it  observes and desires to know Lhe facts,
whatever they  may turn out to be. However
much it may confuse  facts with conventions, and
reality with arbitrary di - visions, in this openness
and sincerily of mind it bears  sorne resemblance to
religion, underst0od in its other  and decpcr sense. Thc greater the scienti sl, the more  he is
imprcsscd with his ignorance of reality, and the
more he realizes that his laws and labels,
descriptions  and definitions, are Lhe products of
his own thought. They help him to use th


 humans,
now known to be spread by the eating of brains by some cannibalistic tribes in New Guinea, is caused by a'slow virus'. It has
been suggested that as mental diseases are' seasonal (especially
schizophrenia), and as they are much more frequent in the prosperous communities, with a high standard of living, there could be a nutritional factor as well as a genetic one in mental disease
(See New Scientist, Monitor, 12 July 1973). V. Branfenbrenner's, Origins of Alienation (Scientific
American, p. 53, August 1974) is a good account of the break
between the young and the old, with its attendant social disturbances, due to disturbances in family life. The following are still worth reading, W. M.S. Russell, The Wild Ones (Listener, 5
Nov 1964) and his The Affluent Crowd (Listener, 12 November
1964). A. Koestler, The Ghost in the machine (London 1967), a
fascinating discourse on man's mental predicament, although his inferences are faulty. For a reappraisal of the meaning of mind in its highest aspects, see Altered States of Consciousness, edited by C. T.
Dart (London 1958). The benefits of food restriction in mental
diseases are recorded by Y. Nikolay ev in Soviet Weekly, reported
by New Scientist, 414, 22 October 1964. Fifteen years of starving psychiatric patients for upwards of a week resulted in dramatic improvement, even in schizophrenics. After a period of total abstinence, fruit juice, grated carrots, sour milk, nuts, vegetables,
bread and honey are given. Animal foods are ruled out. A
confirmatory letter regarding results in a clinic in the UK is in New
Scientist, 24 December 1964. The Nobel prizewinning biochemist, L. Pauling, is largely
responsible for the flare-up of interest in vitamin C, in his much advertised claim that his family were kept free of colds by large
doses of vitamin C. But Pauling has failed to sense, or admit, the
wider implications of his claim, namely, that the fact that such large doses are without any toxic effects, must mean that man is perfectly adapted to them, which in turn can only mean that he is essentially a
fruit-eater. But Pauling's orthodoxy has not prevented him from being
repeatedly attacked for claims regarding vitamin C usually considered as sensational. As with amply proved phenomena like telepathy, scientists, lacking an adequate world-view, find themselves emotionally compelled to deny. But man is not unique in such large vitamin C needs. The guinea-pig, a frantic gobbler of
fresh green tasties, requires as much as man on a body weight
basis—a child, for instance, would need 1500 milligrams daily, instead of the 200 officially recommended. (Man Li Yew. National Academy of Science, USA, Vol. 7, p. 964, 1974.) The ever increasing wonders of vitamin C now includes claims
for counteracting the cancer-inducing nitrosamides, for reducing
heart attacks, for alleviating diabetes, and, latest of all, for mitigating hang-overs! See New Sc ientist, 12 April 1973, and 18
April 1974. Coffee drinking doubles the risk of myocardial infarctus ('heart
attacks'). No affect appeared to be associated with tea drinking (up
to six cups a day). Lancet, Vol. 2, p. 1278, 1972. That does not
mean that tea drinking is health y—only that it is less harmful! The food crisis is focussed in the Commentary in New Scientist
(18 July 1974), 'Will Britain starve?' with the following conclusion: 'Perhaps the most important of all, the public must get used to the
idea that it can get by with a great deal less food than it usually
consumes, and that edible protein is  too valuable to feed to farm
livestock.' For the disasters of pollution, of dwindling natural resources, of
overcrowding, see G. Rattray Taylor's, The Doomsday Book
(London 1970). Rats, made to fast for one to three days a week, live longer,
with a lower incidence of all cau ses of death, including cancer. Dr
Alec Comfort concludes that by eating less, humans should be able to increase their present lifespan by 20 per cent to 40 per cent (New
Scientist, 30 March 1972). Given a wide choice and abundan ce of foods, rats, with much
more native instinct than man, nonetheless fail to pick the right
foods. On the contrary, they have a singular ability, owing to an equivalent of human greed, to pick the pattern of eating most likely to induce cancers and the other di seases of age (Nature, Vol. 250,
July 1974). A recently discovered long-living community in Ecuador,
where people live frequently over the century—the record is 130 years—on a diet essentially vegetarian and with abundant fruits, is reported in New Scientist, by D. David Davies (A Shangri-la in
Ecuador 1 February 1973). A study of a classical example, that of
the Hunzas, is in Dr D. Wrench's, The Wheel of Health (London
1938). For the basal needs of salt and other constituents, as well as the
feats of attempted human adaptation to different environments, see P. T. Baker, J. S. Weiner, Editors of The Biology of human
adaptability (Oxford 1966), also G. A. Harrison, J. S. Weiner, J. M.
Tanner. N. A. Bannicot's Human biology (Oxford 1964). A well-known researcher on the brain, Sir J. C. Eccles, in his
book, Facing Reality (London 1970) does not find that anything
discovered by science or likely to be discovered can rule out the ancient human hoping that the mind transcends the limitations of
time and space. For those who assume that science and materialism
have once and for all dismissed th e belief in immortality, such
corrections should come as a ray of light in a dark material age. There are many books of vegetarian recipes which can be
consulted, picking out those whic h need the less manipulation and
fussy cooking. In spite of perhaps overmuch cooking, W. and J.
Fliess, Modern Vegetarian Cookery (London 1964), is well worth
consulting for ideas. Also a happy little book by R. Mabey, Food
for Free (London 1972). For a wide-ranging concern for the
survival menage of vegetarianism, see Jon Wynne-Tyson's Food for
a Future (London 1975).<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Still unique as a document by a biologist, running against the
popular views of bestiality and promiscuity, is H. S. Jenning's, The
Biological Basis of Human Nature (London 1930). It is an
incrimination against science and civilization that the facts, and the theme presented, have not been s ubsequently developed. For a more
recent account of society, without the usual lip service to the hoof and claw mentality, see Lawrence D. Sahlin's, Origin of Society,
Scientific American. 207, 48, p. 76, September 1960. For the effects of cortical (i. e., social) conditioning on sexual
behaviour, see G.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Who wrote the book "The Biological Basis of Human Nature"?,
A: H. S. Jenning
Q: What is the main theme presented in Lawrence D. Sahlin's "Origin of Society"?,
A: A more recent account of society without the usual lip service to the hoof and claw mentality
Q: What is the claim made by L. Pauling, a Nobel prize-winning biochemist?,
A: He claims that by eating less, humans can increase their lifespan by 20-40%
Q: Who is the author of the book "The Wheel of Health"?,
A: Dr. D. Wrench
Q: What is the main idea presented in Sir J. C. Eccles' book "Facing Reality"?,
A: He does not find anything discovered by science or likely to be discovered that can rule out the ancient human hope that the mind transcends the limitations of time and space<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Praise for The 80/10/10 Diet

“Dr. Graham is wise, insightful, and a leading-edge thinker. Read, savor, and use his brilliance, and I hope it serves you as well
as it has me.”
—Mark Victor Hansen, coauthor of the
Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books

“For people who want to create balance in their lives and reach a nd sustain the level of health they deserve, I highly
recommend this book.”
—Kimberly Mac, The “Naked” Vegan,
radio talk show host and live-food chef

“Dr. Graham’s 80/10/10 diet has literally saved my life! By putting hi s advice into practice, I have recovered from serious
illness and attained a level of health I never dreamed possible. If you des ire the tools


2pbat4/150400.pdf. ♠
87. Some of the information in this sidebar comes from various USDA Web pages a ccessed through
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/, pages that document the National Nutrie nt Database for Standard Reference, or from the
USDA publication, “Composition of Foods: Raw, Processed, Prepared,” avail able at
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/sr17_doc.pdf. For a full descrip tion of Atwater’s work, see Agriculture Handbook
74 (Merrill and W att, 1973. Energy V alue of Foods…Basis and Derivation). U.S. Gover nment Printing Office. W ashington, DC. 105p. This reference is out of print, but a scanned copy is viewable at www.nal.u sda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Classics/ah74.pdf. ♠<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        During the initial detoxification and rebuilding  phases, a low-fat vegan diet may not seem sufficient, but if you stick
with it and live a healthful lifestyle in a climate that is not too c old, it becomes apparent that the 80/10/10 diet is the optimum way to
go. Robert Dyckman, New York, New York
Last year, I heard Dr. Graham speak about the 80/10/10  ratio of nutrients, and even though I’d been off the standard
American diet (SAD) for three years, I still occasionally felt slu ggish and a bit clogged up when I overconsumed nuts, seeds, and
other fats. Now, while that was still better than the way I felt afte r a SAD meal, I prefer enjoying superior health, not just average or
“standard. ”
So I made changes in my eating habits, vectoring my diet in the directi on of 80/10/10, and in a very short period of time I felt
more energetic during and after exercise, slept better, felt calmer  and more at ease, saw better definition in my muscles, and perhaps
best of all for me (an actor and singer), my singing voice was clearer a nd stronger. It also now takes a heck of a lot less time to
warm up my voice before I perform. This year has been amazingly healthful and I feel grateful for th e bounty that awaits me every single day. Thanks Dr. Graham
for your inspiration and wonderful knowledge. Sky Grealis, New Brunswick, New Jersey
I was so pleased with the results when I first transitioned to a raw die t, and I thought I could eat anything raw with abandon
and maintain perfect health. When I found myself as tired as I had b een before raw, I blamed it on “detox. ” Luckily, it was at that
point that I found Dr. Graham and the 811  way of eating. Thanks to him and this program, I am energetic, have lost 35 poun ds, and
have been able to put on solid muscle for the first time in my life. Dr. Graham is the most down-to-earth leader in the raw food movement—one w ho offers common-sense advice and speaks
the truth even if the world doesn’t seem ready to hear it. Hats off to Dr. Gr aham and low-fat raw veganism. Tera Warner, Montréal, Québec, Canada
I’ve spent 30 years feeling lost in my own skin. I’ve never suffered an y significant health issues, and I always had tonnes of
energy (relatively speaking), but I’d look in the mirror and think, “Th ose are my legs. That’s my skin. ” This morning I woke up
feeling tearful appreciation for the fact that after 30 years of str uggling with insecurity and self confidence, I’m finally starti ng to feel
comfortable in my own skin. My skin is soft, water retention disappears more a nd more every day. I know my limits, I control my
food (instead of it controlling me). This, the result of working relentles sly toward achieving 811rv. I understand that health is more than nutrition, but for me, when proper nu trition has been applied, everything else sort of
settles right into place naturally. I had no idea that 811  would have had such a tremendous effect on my life. I thought I was happy,
high energy, active, and positive … I guess it’s a matter of degree. I’ m thrilled about plunging myself into this living adventure themost I can—and about reveling in this newfound liberty of thought. I look f orward to meeting Dr. Graham next year and thanking
him in person. Appendix D. Resources for Diet Analysis

A number of websites exist that can analyze the food you eat. Two of my fav orites are FitDay. com  and Nutridiary. com. They calculate your intake of various nutrients and help you make sure  you are getting an appropriate number of calories each day. Most people do not realize just how little fat it takes in the diet to exceed 10%, given that even fruits and vegetables contain some
fat. The automated calculators are very helpful in this regard. You can also download a PC version of FitDay, which allows you to use the softw are without being on the Internet. Or you
can download another excellent free program (I consider it the best), cal led CRON-O-Meter, from http://spaz. ca/cronometer. This
tool yields results including a caloronutrient pie chart; a summary  listing of calories, protein, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, and
minerals; and a detailed breakdown of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, lipi ds, and more. You can view all of this data for any single
ingredient or food, for any recipe you enter into the program, or for an enti re day’s intake. Unfortunately, there are many variables in the caloronutrient equ ation, and you will find widely differing results among the
various nutrition-analysis tools on the market (see sidebar, “ Trying to Replicate the Numbers. ” on page 333). Thus, your
calculations may not correlate exactly (or even closely) with the  ones in this book or with the numbers that others claim to have
derived. At best, they are rough estimates. Use them accordingly. The USDA Nutrient Database
The above products and their competitors all use for their underlyin g data the USDA ’s National Nutrient Database for
Standard Reference, a repository of nutritional information for more tha n 7,300 foods. Available on CD-ROM, as well as online at
www. nal. usda. gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data, this database tracks more than 100 nutr ients and is the foundation of virtually all public and
commercial nutrient databases used in the United States and a number  of foreign countries. The database is a compilation of data derived from published scientific and t echnical literature as well as unpublished sources,
such as the food industry, other government agencies, and research condu cted under USDA contracts with universities and food
testing laboratories. Unfortunately, less than 15 percent of its inform ation comes from primary laboratory research. The USDA periodically reviews and updates information for some portion of th e foods it tracks and issues new releases of the
database. For example, release SR-16 (its sixteenth major release) in  January 2004, updated nutrient profiles for 28 raw fruits and
23 raw and cooked vegetables. At least nine fruits changed significant ly in terms of caloronutrient ratio with that release. Therefore,
it is a good idea to check that the software you choose for calculating your c alorie and nutrient intake keeps up to date with the most
recent data from the USDA. As of late 2010, the current release is SR-23. An Inexact Science at Best
Unfortunately, the information in the USDA database (though it is th e best information available) is of questionable value. A 1993
General Accounting Office report criticized the Department of A griculture for using lax methods to evaluate nutrients, citing (a mong
other things) small sample sizes and “little or no supporting inform ation on the testing and quality assurance procedures used to
develop the data. ” 86
Even under the best of circumstances, nutritional analysis is far  from an exact science. The USDA attempts to address
“physiological availability” of the caloronutrients in foods, but i t does not consider in any meaningful way, whether the foods are
cooked or raw, animal or plant. It does not begin to account for nutritional differ ences between conventional produce, organically
grown produce, and produce grown in highly bioactive soils. At the micronutr ient level, these cultivation methods would yield
considerably different results. Sadly, Western science is general ly ignorant of such issues at the level that raw nutritional scie nce and
Natural Hygiene understands them. Nonetheless, the USDA database is the primary source of food nutrient dat a for this nation and beyond. Until some well-
funded organization with a holistic health perspective and a differen t set of assumptions is able to undertake the nutrient analysis of
fresh organic produce grown in nutrient-rich soils, the USDA database  is all we have to analyze our nutritional intake. Trying to Replicate the Numbers. If you are mathematically minded and attempt to deconstruct the number s in this book or on the USDA website, you will have
to do some serious digging. After years of working with these numbers, I ha ve learned some things about


 are fasting, you don’t have to face any bad eating habits, comfort foods or succumb to any social eating pressures. But as soon as you start to eat again, you will be faced with these challenges. The biggest challenge is, of course, to not overeat right away. Be strong! Mentally prepare yourself to break your fast slowly, gently and safely. This is critical for your success. Don’t even think about bingeing – you will be throwing all your good work down the toilet, not to mention that fact that you will make yourself sick!When you break a long fast, it is very important that you wake up the digestive system very slowly. Your body is used to having nothing, so even one juice can make you feel very full. Remember that as you plan your ﬁrst day of eating.KEEP IT SIMPLEOne of the biggest mistakes that people make when they break a fast is that they immediately start eating a lot of different foods, perhaps similar to the way that they ate before the fast. When you have only had water for a long period of time, any food, even healthy foods, will seem like a lot to the body, and several foods at once can become mayhem. Often, a person will feel sick, too full and tired as their body desperately tries to digest all the incoming food. Try to stay with mono-meals, meaning one or two types of fruit, juice or vegetables at a time, in the ﬁrst several days after the fast. Avoid all dried foods, dehydrated foods and packaged foods as much as possible. If you don’t, you will most likely end up feeling tired and constipated. You might even get headaches from the overdose of food.The goal is to be gentle with the body and try to get the colon moving to avoid constipation. Dried foods will block up the colon. High-water content foods are easy to pass. Raw foods are best because they are high is enzymes and move most quickly through the digestive track. You have never met someone so miserable and full of regret than a person who becomes constipated after a long fast. Don’t let this be you!Be sure to continue to drink plenty of water so you don’t become dehydrated as well.After every juice or meal, take one probiotic. Also take one probiotic at night before bed. As you start to eat solid foods, you may also want to take 2 herbal laxatives at night before bed until you start becoming regular again. I recommend Cascara Sagrada.How to Break a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!31FIRST MEAL - SHORTER FASTPeople have different opinions as to what to break a water fast with. Whatever you choose, make sure it is organic. Personally I choose pomelo fruit, an Asian fruit very similar to grapefruit. I recommend high-water content fruits and/or green juices to start with. Grapefruit is a good choice because it has a low GI-index, so it will not overwhelm your body and pancreas with too much sugar. In the beginning, always dilute your juice with 50/50 water.On my shorter 10-day water fast, the morning of my ﬁrst day of eating, I made about 200ml or 1 cup of fresh pomelo juice at around 10:00am and drank it 50/50 diluted with water. After, I felt quite full, yet completely energized! I waited until my body naturally showed a craving for more. At about 2pm, I had some coconut water. After each drink, I took one probiotic.At around 4pm, I ate one slice of the pomelo (or grapefruit) fruit. At 6pm I ate one more slice, and at 8pm I had a ﬁnal slice. That was all I had on the ﬁrst day. I tried to keep it simple for my body – I don’t think it is a good idea to confuse your body with too many different foods, especially right after a fast.By evening time I started to feel pretty normal again. I made a plan to do some light walking the next day to slowly introduce some exercise to my muscles again.Over the next few days, I ate much the same – some papaya, more pomelo, some cucumber – all simple, high-water content fruits. I took a lot How to Break a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!32of probiotics – every time I ate and also at night before bed. I let my body tell me when it was hungry. I avoided the temptation to eat just for the sake of eating. My energy levels rose naturally and quickly. I could feel the elixir of life pumping through my veins thanks to the pure foods I was giving my body. The feeling of enjoyment from eating food after a pure water fast is indeed bliss!Many Natural Hygienists recommend to break a water fast on fresh watermelon. In Thailand where I did my fasting, the watermelons are known to be heavily sprayed with pesticides and are even rumored to be injected with sugar and color dyes. If you choose watermelon, be sure that it is organic. If you are in a foreign country, ask around and plan what you will choose to break the fast with beforehand. In Thailand, pomello is known to have very little and often no pesticides, so it’s as near to organic as you can get.FIRST MEAL - LONGER FASTIf you have done a long water fast, it is a good idea to plan for several days of juices before you build up to solid foods again. Listen to your body. Be gentle and patient with yourself! Follow the same guidelines of sticking to high-water content foods. This will help you avoid constipation.On my long 40-day fast, I decided to break my fast on pureed raw foods. I planned this well in advance so I had plenty of time to mentally prepare and visualize eating the right foods for my body. During my fast, I collected How to Break a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!33recipes for raw soups and raw salad dressings that had anti-parasitic properties so I could drizzle them on my soups.The reason why I decided to go for pureed foods and not juice is because I wanted to stay away from sugar fruits for awhile to try to continue to rid any leftover parasites from my body. In my case, I made my plan based on the results I had experienced during the fast.For the ﬁrst few days, I made a puree consisting of: one raw onion, 5 cloves of garlic plus equal amounts of fresh ginger. I blended this mixture and then added 3 small cucumbers, peeled. It became a delicious raw soup full of natural anti-parasitic effects. I simply ate a few spoonfuls of this 3 times a day, taking one probiotic every time I ate. At night, I took 2 Cascara Sagrada before bed.As the saying goes, 'Any fool can fast, but only a wise man can break it properly.' Keep that in mind as you prepare to break your fast. Remember, you have the rest of your life to eat all of the healthy foods you desire. Eat lightly and avoid overeating as much as possible. Stay in control and you should have any easy, natural transition back into the eating world. Be sure to start doing some exercise to get those muscles moving again. And don’t forget to thank yourself for the wonderful gift you have given yourself!Please Note: All of the material here is for informational purposes only.It is not meant to diagnose any disease or to cure any illness.For any medical questions or concerns, please consult with your doctor. How to Break a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!34Chapter 5Ascaris Intestinal RoundwormWHAT IS IT?Many people mistakenly believe that intestinal worms only live in dogs, cats, horses, ﬁsh and other animals. It never occurred to them that these same worms can also live in humans. In fact, it is much more common than one may think.Worms usually infect the host when the host directly and unknowingly ingests the eggs. Eggs can be transmitted from undercooked meat, water supplies, shaking hands, sharing drinks, dirty toilets, unwashed produce, petting animals and contact with feces. Once ingested, the eggs will eventually make their way to the colon where they will start to hatch into live adults. Of course, thereafter, the adult females will continue to lay eggs, happily settled in their new home.Worms are just one type of parasite that can invade the body. Nearly 70% of parasites are microscopic. The other 30% are visible to the human eye.1  Just some of the worms that can live in humans include ringworms, tapeworms, pinworms, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and ﬂukes.It is important to note that intestinal roundworms are not earthworms! They are a different species. However, the ascaris worm does look a bit 1 https://humaworm.com/parasitetypes.htmllike an earthworm when they are released. I always described them as what looks like ‘cooked spaghetti.’Some information speciﬁc to the ascaris worm from emedicine.medscape.com:‘Intestinal (roundworm) infections affect one fourth to one third of the world's population. Of these, the intestinal roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides is the most common. While the vast majority of these cases are asymptomatic, infected persons may present with pulmonary or potentially severe gastrointestinal complaints.’According to Dr. Hulda Clark,‘Ascaris infects animals and humans from pole to pole of this planet. It is safe to say that all dogs and cats have it and


 of the disk cracks and the formation of hernia
diverticulum. They compress the blood vessels (which leads
to swelling and disturbance of spinal blood flow) or roots
spinal cord, and in rare cases, the spinal cord itself. Except
that arise and grow in the degenerative changes of cartilaginous
surfaces of the vertebrae, accompanied by the formation of hernia
disc, vertebral body. At one time, when I first started to engage in treatment
fasting, I thought that fasting is ineffective in treating
neurological disorders, there are more effective massage
manual therapy, girudoterapiya, acupuncture. But when I was
to study under Professor JN, in his office fasting I
met with a man who was treated for starvation after a heavy
accident. Spinal problems he had set. He told me
said that already went through all - and manual therapy, and in China
went took acupuncture, but the best has helped me and starvation. That makes each year by 21 days of fasting and began to feel
man. I want to tell an interesting case from his practice. Rang
me in March, my friend from the Tyumen region, his work involves
with the laying of gas pipelines. He tells me: "I have a hernia
thoracic spine, for the past two months, as I am concerned about
horrible pain in the thoracic spine with radiation
in the solar plexus. All anesthetic injections only
time relieve the pain. It has been two months since I did not sleep from the pain, to live
very reluctant. " Usually in March we did not spend the dry fasting,
because at this time, dry starvation poorly tolerated. But given
this particular case, I had to go. Brought his cousin,
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215All the way he was lying and took painkillers. Only
On the seventh day dry hunger in his pain disappeared. Hungry, he
nine days. Of course, we did it a soft hood and at the exit
from fasting leeches. That's three years have passed, he calls me constantly
rings, the spine is greater than he is not worried. Like - it was a visit to his patient. My husband says: "How come
from you, but just talk about the Altai and its unique nature. But I would never have been able to starve if I do not eat meat, then I do not
man, it really can cure my hunger problem. " He had
vertebrobasilar syndrome - a functional neurovascular
violation of the vertebral artery in osteochondrosis of the cervical spine
spine. He was worried about the headaches in the occipital region,
dizziness during rapid head rotation, tinnitus,
reduced vision. I've already forgotten about those conversations, but called
wife and said that he went to work and lost consciousness. Now
discharged from the hospital, wants to come to your medical treatment with hunger. Dry fasting well tolerated, passed two courses, we do it
massage, leeches. After fasting feels good on paper
all marveled at how he looks good. Occasionally, there are headaches
pain, but the dizziness and loss of consciousness was no more. The main therapeutic mechanism in this condition - it is
Of course, the removal of edema, peeling muscles, ligaments and joints of salt
deposits, improved nutrition drives. I was always amazed at how
fasting improves mobility and flexibility of the spine. Migraines (in French migraine - the pain in half
head) - repetitive paroxysmal headaches, usually
unilateral, due to the periodic contraction and expansion
cerebral arteries. Women suffer from migraines 2-3 times more often
men. Perhaps this is due to the phenomenon of frequent occurrence
migraine attacks during the premenstrual period. But men
attacks are usually more intense and prolonged. Causes of migraine are: stress,
nervous and physical stress, excessive alcohol
alcohol, smoking, staying in a stuffy room, the lack of
or excess of sleep, fatigue, intoxication, a change of weather or
climatic conditions, hormonal naruscheniya etc. As I wrote,
women suffer from migraine is 2-3 times more often, but most interesting is that
to us with this problem came in the male-dominated. Probably
because they have it flows more painful. come to visit us
young guy, he had such severe headaches that he
constantly had to twice a month to call an ambulance,
to remove the pain. He told me that when preparing
to starvation and cleaning the liver, he has been vomiting bile
but then the headaches became much easier. Yes, indeed
important organ of the liver, and what significant role it plays in
any disease. Famine he went relatively easy, but
most interesting is that on his seventh day was very high fever
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216in the head. He had to resolve pour cold
ice-cold water, but it helped him endure the heat. After
eighth day of fever was gone and he felt great relief,
head was clear and easy. That's almost three years, as it is more
do not bother headaches. He consistently comes to us on
prophylactic course of fasting and complies with all recommendations. Now I want to talk about "incurable diseases",
from the viewpoint of modern medicine: rheumatoid arthritis,
ankylosing spondylitis deformans Osteoarthritis, infectious
polyarthritis. The first case is remarkable healing told me
Professor YS Nikolaev. When he learned that his illness is incurable,
hero of our story announced... hunger strike. After some
time he felt completely healthy. have passed since then
many years, and the example of Sergei Alexandrovich BORODIN
healed thousands of patients. Here is his story. The history of the disease. Up to 36 years, I was very healthy. It all started,
I had in July 1972 became ill knees. Physicians for a long time
I have enjoyed from the Meningitis, until, finally, do not understand what he
nothing to do with, and then referred to a rheumatologist. Physician-rheumatologist, surveying me and asked: "And you do not spin
does it hurt? Well, soon sore...». "So what's my diagnosis?" "You will
complete immobility, "- she said and began to cry. It turned out I
spondylitis - the same disease who are bedridden, and
then brought to the grave of Nikolai Ostrovsky. Only he, after the first
pain was a desperate supine position after six
and a half years, and I - just four months. The doctors tried very hard to help me, but the disease did not notice
their efforts, I was getting worse and worse. Compared
with Ostrovsky I had a big advantage: all of his
education - one course in college, and I am by the time the disease has already
Fifteen years was the inventor and ten years - a PhD. But the principles of experimental science is everywhere, including in
medicine are the same: to change the conditions of the experiment and get
entirely different result. Setting aside the literature on its
specialty, I began to study the medical, but soon realized
I hope that does not matter what. One professor in a specialized
Medical Journal candidly wrote that drug
treatment for a disease like mine, is completely useless. A small ray of hope shone when my hands were very
scarce materials then fasting. Lose it
nothing: in the worst case die a few months earlier -
shortening their suffering, at best - going back a full-fledged
man. and I, lying in a hospital, completely gave up drugs
and from food. Only so many drinking water infusion of rose,
which I brought from home. Doctors entire consilium
persuaded me to give it a disgrace. Meanwhile, medical
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217the effect was astounding, bordering on a miracle: by the end of
first day of fasting temperature became normal,
attacks of pain became shorter. On the sixth day I ran
race with a well-fed, and soon, when I was released from hospital
besides warming up, as in ancient times, heavy weights,
enjoying its extraordinary vigor and muscular joy. That first course of fasting lasted 27 days, and almost all of it
time, to my surprise, I felt a huge burst of energy. None of the doctors did not believe that I am, so to speak, ran away from his
disease. They told me: "Do not you first begin to feed, and you have it
resumes. But this, fortunately, did not happen. Relapse
in future cases, but I shot them short, for twenty to forty
hours, rates of fasting, while he at the time analyzed,
that must be corrected in the method or way of life. Before me
revealed that the same technique can heal others
illness and when with someone from my family or friends happened
trouble is, naturally, I could not remain indifferent. Just in those years
my mom caught between life and death: she was lying with stroke
and non-healing fractures of both legs. Very long, about three months,
I had to persuade her to starve. Now her 93rd year, and she
I appreciate that I've added it to at least a quarter century of healthy
and active life. The second case I told Professor AN
Coco, when I re-passed a specialization in RTD. In 1961, the life of the famous physicist and journalist Vladimir
Leshkovt


with intestinal sanitation followed by the antimicrobial program below. However, it may persist in areas with reduced blood supply, such as
between toes and under nails, and also as vaginal thrush or causing
endometriosis. In this case, fungicides need to  be applied directly to the
problem area. Most effective for vaginal thrush are inserted capsules
filled with borax. In long -standing and severe conditions Candida tends to protect itself
with biofilms - like a mass of fungal strings covered in slimy or st icky
mucus which cannot normally be penetrated by fungicides. This may be
overcome by high doses of a strong fungicide such as 20 drops of Lugol's
solution, CDH or non -acidified MMS, which may induce diarrhoea and
vomiting of stringy mucus. Topical DMSO is best to eliminate Candida
from inaccessible places, preferably add another fungicide, such as
Lugol's solution. Frequently, especially with Candidiasis, there is a die -off or Herxheimer
reaction during intestinal sanitation or systemic therapy. You may feel 63
 weak and nauseous. In this case temporarily interrupt or reduce the
intake of antimicrobials but  make special efforts to clean out your bowels. The Spit Test: At the start of your program do the Spit Test which shows
if you have a fungus pro blem in the mouth. Immediately after rising
before you eat or drink anything, fill a clear glass with water at room
temperature. Spit some saliva into it. Then check for up to an hour what
happens. If Candida is present, you will see any of these:
1. Strings  like legs extending downwards from the saliva floating on top
2. Cloudy saliva accumulating at the bottom of the glass
3. Cloudy bits remaining suspended in the water. The quicker and stronger the strings grow and the sooner the saliva
sinks, the more Candida i s in the sample. If there are no strings and the
saliva is still floating after one hour the test is negative, Candida may still
be present in other parts of the body. It may be eliminated from the mouth
by swishing diluted Lugol's solution or CDH for seve ral minutes in the
mouth. Urine therapy
Urine is used in many cultures and  is especially effective against
disorders of the immune system, including infections, allergies,
autoimmune diseases and others. Urine contains antibodies and immune
stimulating factors against all microbes in our body. To switch off an
allergic reaction use urine collected during or after the reaction. Put a few
drops of straight or diluted urine under the tongue and  keep it in the
mouth for a few minutes. For the Universal Remedy  mix 2 drops of urine and 1 tablespoon of water
in a small (dropper) bottle by shaking for ten seconds with a strong
downwards movement. Whenever you feel sick put several drops under
the tongue every 2 waking hours. Make a new remedy every week,
usually no refrigeration required. Another meth od is to dilute a spoonful of morning urine with 5 to 10 times
the amount of non -chlorinated water. Shake 20 to 40 times with a sharp 64
 downward stroke.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Blood group AB has the characteristics of A as well as B. The sub -
group  A2 needs more protein and fat than the dominant A1 type. Individuals of the non -vegetarian type, commonly with blood group O, 31
 need mainly slow -digesting food; those of the vegetarian type and
commonly with blood group A1 do better with fast digesting food or a low-
fat diet, while the other types and blood groups  may use a balanced diet. *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

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 Chapter Three
NUTRITION - Part Two
Use Supplements, Allergy Testing, and Alkalize the Body

SUPPLEMENTS
Presently nutritional supplements are promoted on a big scale because
that is where the money is. But the health benefits are usually very limited
because most people use supplements instead of focusing on basic
health improvement. The proper place of supplements is in addition to a
health improvement program, and th en focusing on essential nutrients
instead of using a wide range of fancy products. Commonly supplements now provide many times the amounts of
individual nutrients that might be available even from a good diet and, if
the correct nutrients are supplied in such high doses, they can actually
improve or normalize a health problem. The reason for this success can
be understood as follows. Presently diets are low in various nutrients but high in factors that reduce
their availability, such as seeds high in phyta tes and phytic acid ( e. g., in
cereals and bran) that prevent absorption of minerals, while microwave
cooking, high heating and refining greatly reduce the amount of absorbed
undamaged vitamins and other nutrients. Further, because of Candida -caused deficien cy of gastric acid and
inflammation of the intestinal wall in addition to gluten sensitivity, many
nutrients are poorly absorbed. These factors also cause Leaky Gut
Syndrome, microbial infestation of the blood, chronic inflammations and
allergies. This lea ds to hypercoagulation of the blood with blockage of
blood vessels and tissue calcification. Therefore,  sensitive structures in the brain, eyes, glands and organs are
no longer sufficiently supplied with blood, and the blood that they do 33
 receive is low in  essential nutrients. So, it is no surprise that deficiencies
are widespread. If we now increase the intake of a deficient nutrient ten -
fold with the help of a supplement, then we may double the blood level
of this nutrient and get more of it to the nutrient -starved organs. However,
supplements have the disadvantage that they are often synthetic and do
not have bioenergy for proper absorption and use. They can help if really
needed, but often they also are not properly excreted and produce toxic
resid ues which the body may find difficult to excrete. An alternative strategy would be to use high -quality food prepared in a
user-friendly way, heal the damage to the stomach and the intestinal wall
by getting and keeping Candida under control, cleaning the blood of
microbes, the blood vessels of obstruction s, and the tissue of
calcifications. This corresponds to the Health Improvement Program. Until this becomes fully effective, high amounts of key nutrients may on
balance still be beneficial. With this in mind, food supplements are most important for indi viduals
with malabsorption, chronic diseases and those using microwave
cooking, processed and refined food, or mostly non -organic produce. The following are some basic guidelines. To improve your diet preferably use concentrated health foods such as
barley  or wheat grass powder, bee pollen, spirulina or chlorella, whey
protein isolate, lecithin, krill oil and fish oils with added vitamin E. Preferably crush any vitamin or mineral tablets and mix them with meals
or take your tablets or capsules near the mid dle of a meal. Some individuals and especially children cannot swallow capsules or
tablets. An easy way is to place a tablet or capsule at the back of the
tongue and then tilt the head back to look at the ceiling. The tablet or
capsule will then automatica lly roll into the throat. Pyroluria  is a common metabolic condition in which pyrrol e, a key
component of haemoglobin, is overproduced in the liver. The surplus
binds to vitamin B6 and zinc and is excreted in the urine. This creates
severe deficiencies in B 6 and zinc and some other nutrients, such as 34
 niacinamide, gamma linolenic acid (GLA), and biotin. Depending on conditions, this may be a n underlying  cause of most
chronic diseases, especially of  diabetes and mental -emotional
condition s. Pyroluria can be inherited or acquired  due to intestinal
dysbiosis with overgrowth of Candida, pleomorphic (shape -changing)
microbes in the blood, and possibly Lyme disease, all affecting the liver. The resulting vitamin and mineral deficiencies may initially require a h igh
intake of these vitamins, although biotin can be obtained from egg yolk,
while gamma linolenic acid is highest in spirulina. With pyroluria the liver often cannot convert normal vitamin B6 or
pyridoxine into the activated form Pyridoxal -5-Phosphate whi ch should
then be supplemented. For d etails see: Pyroluria and Candida. Digestive enzymes  are beneficial for malabsorption, underweight, if
elderly or in poor health, and may be taken with all cooked meals. Lipase
(to digest fats) is especially good for diabetes, heart disease and
overweight. Proteases (to digest proteins) such as bromelain and papain
help with cooked meat. Fat-soluble nutrients  are frequently deficient due to malabsorption. Vitamins A and D may be  obtained from fish oils especially hali but liver
oil and krill oil, which also supplies beneficial astaxanthin. Deep sea fish
oil is good for providing omega -3 fatty acids but may not contain vitamins
A and


 a vague
or abstract theoretical/theological level. A practical method to hold
and transform the sex energy in the body was never taught to the
public. The best place to begin a brief historical survey of this field is
with Theophrastus Bombastus Paracelsus, the famous 16th century
physician and alchemist extraordinaire. Paracelsus' credentials as
a medical scientist are impeccable; more than 400 years ago heSex In the Esoteric Traditions 55
discovered the mercury cure for syphilis. Yet, he came to the same
conclusion as the Taoist masters of what was known as sexual
alchemy—the seemingly magical but entirely natural transforma-
tion of the sexual seed. Paracelsus experienced the seminal fire with as much reality
as an ordinary person feels when his hand is burned in a hot oven. Regarding the constituent elements of the substance, he wrote:
"All the organs of the human system, and all their powers and
activities, contribute alike to the formation of semen... The se-
men is, so to say, the essence of the human body, containing all the
organs of the latter in an ideal form." This position is strikingly
similar to the Taoist description of "ching chi," or sexual essence. Taoist cultivation also emphasizes balancing the subtle energies of
each organ, which one then fuses into a single higher spirit. Paracelsus distinguishes between the sperm fluid and the
"aura seminalis", which is the light or energy of the sperm. Scien-
tists today might call the "aura" the biophysical energy of the
seminal fluid. Paracelsus claimed energy could be distilled from the
physical fluid: "This emanation or separation takes place by a kind
of digestion, and by means of an interior heat, which during the
time of virility may be produced in man by the proximity of
woman, by his thoughts of her, or by his contact with her, in the
same manner a piece of wood exposed to the concentrated rays of
the sun may be made to burn." This statement rudely translated into modern language means
that contact with an attractive woman may stimulate the produc-
tion of high quality biophysical energy. Taoist alchemists realized a
thousand years before Paracelsus practical ways to retain these
valuable energies in order to profit from them. If we turn from the Renaissance alchemist to the great British
authority on Indian Tantric practice, Sir John Woodruffe, we find
the same principles. In his classic work, The Serpent Power, Sir
John speaks plainly to those who know how to hear: "... the force
of the latter (sexual centers), if directed upwards, extraordinarily
heightens all mental and physical functioning." He notes that
mind, breath and sexual function are interconnected. The spiritual
aim of the yogi is to "carry his seed high." This seed releases
pranic energies, also known as the Kundalini power, rising up the
spine to higher chakras or centers of spiritual function. Another great modern spiritual authority, attuned to the56 Taoist Secrets Of Love
power within semen was Gurdjieff. According to this master, cer-
tain peoples understood that "... by means of the substances
'Exhioehary' or sperm formed in them, it was possible to perfect
oneself." He adds that "... this self-perfection could probably be
actualized by itself, by abstaining from the ejection from oneself in
the customary manner of these substances formed in them called
sperm." Gurdjieff maintains that this self-perfection usually cannot be
attained simply by retaining the semen, but requires a technique to
release the energies of the seed. He is in perfect agreement with
Paracelsus and the Taoists on this point. Without exception authorities on the occult know of the semi-
nal power, and that this substance must be stored and transformed
to accomplish higher deveopment. The distinguished magician,
Kenneth Grant, writes: "Thus the function of the semen—in the
Tantras—is to build up the body of light, the astral body, the inner
body of man. As the vital fluid accumulates in the testicles it is
consumed by the heat of the Fire Snake, and the subtle fumes or
'perfumes' of this molten semen go to strengthen the inner body." Most authorities agree on the necessity of collecting seminal
fluid and transmuting it by application of inner heat. In the Chinese
practice we refer to this as "cooking" the seminal fluid to obtain its
"steam." The first step to release this tremendous vitality is con-
servation of the semen in the act of love. The modern American spiritual master, Da Free John, also
stresses the necessity of conserving the seminal force: "We must
find a way of enjoying sexual intimacy whereby Life is not lost, we
do not discharge Life in order to achieve pleasure, and we love one
another, completely happy and free in our life together." The "loss of Life" Da Free John refers to is ejaculation. He
considers proper use of the sexual force—without ejaculation and
with truly loving feeling between partners—as a key to human
evolution. He stresses the importance of love in aiding the spon-
taneous transmutation of the seed to its higher centers of divinity. In this he is in complete accord with other spiritual authorities. Alchemists, yogis, magicians, and mystics agree unanimously on
this fundamental point. Another perspective on the vital seed is found in the works of
an eminent Kabbalist and poet, Carlos Suares. The esoteric Kab-
balist tradition originated in ancient Egypt. He emphasizes thatSex In the Esoteric Traditions 57
development of the will to retain the seed is identical with develop-
ment of one's true self: "... man, endowed with his self (which,
though static by nature, shelters living seed) must struggle against
and overcome the centrifugal sexual movement which tends to lead
him into the abyss of the female.... Instead of being carried
away, his mind rules." Suares here alludes to the degenerative role played by woman
in unconsciously luring the seed out of man. She profits very
slightly from his great loss, since she usually doesn't have the yogic
skills to absorb it. Woman is a bottomless pit for the man who
incessantly gives his seed to her, although she can attempt to com-
pensate this loss with her nearly inexhaustable female energy and
love. This chapter could be expanded to include the entirety of
initiatory writing. There are many works by Masters who have felt
the powers of semen transmuted by vital heat. When Moses is
wandering in the desert for forty years, he speaks in the Bible of
experiencing "a serpent fire." Since the Bible also declares Moses
was "trained by the Egyptians in all their mysteries," it seems
likely that this fire refers to the transmutation upward of his psy-
chic energies. Bodily experience of the subtle realm is the final
criterion in these matters. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TAOISM AND TANTRA
The principles of Tantra from India and Tibet have received wide
attention in the west in recent years, especially by seekers inter-
ested in integrating their sexual impulses into their spiritual
growth. The principles behind Tantra are nearly identical to that of
Taoism. Both seek to reconcile the opposing dualities of life as
symbolized by male and female and both accept any moment or
experience in life as a starting point for spiritual growth and as an
end point for insight into truth. Keith Dowman, a western scholar and practitioner of Tibetan
Tantric Buddhism put it succinctly: "Strip the (tantrie) yoga of its
arcane terminology and there is a simple meditation technique:
stimulate the desire and then use it as the object of meditation and
it becomes awareness—a field of Emptiness and pure Pleasure." A
Taoist would agree, only he might phrase it differently: "Within
every moment there is only the Emptiness of yin receiving the58 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Fullness of yang." This is the eternal marriage of man and woman,
of spirit and matter, of Heaven and Earth. The Taoist path and Tan trie path differ mainly in their lan-
guage and in the practical yogic methods taught to achieve the
same union of mind, body, and spirit. Both fully accept the mastery
of one's sexuality as not only a legitimate but necessary means to
attain the highest enlightenment possible in the body. Dowman
describes the importance of semen in the inner tantric path:
"Refined semen in the heart center permeates the body as awareness. Loss of semen, by any means, causes life-span to be shortened and
causes a pallid complextion. In Anuyoga (fulfillment yoga, or Kun-
dalini yoga) loss of semen is equated with killing of the Buddha.... After initiation, intensity of desire is essential to force the bodicitta
(seed essence) up the medial nerve (of the spine); not only is desire
vitiated by orgasm, but the will to enlightenment itself is temporarily
lost. "*
This accords perfectly with the Taoists view of retaining se-
men and transferring it upward, only the Taoists do not personify
the subtle energies with a pantheon of divine beings. So I would
say that the Tantra is for someone who is fascinated by or is at-
tracted to the religious archetypes of the Tantrics—the gods and
goddesses,


, and illuminating without piercing,
disrupting, or dazzling. When bad fortune feels so tr oublesome that you can’t get unstuck, see
good fortune leaning on it. When you feel overpoweringly discouraged during a trip through the
valley of despair, it can feel as if that’s all there is. If you’re unable to see a
circumstance or situation as part of a larger picture, remind yourself that
good fortune is leaning on this bad one, just as morning  follows the darkest
night. With wholeness as a backdrop, rely on your knowledge of day
following night at these times. Keep 58th Verse in mind that when you’v e
reached the valley floor, the only direction you can go is upward. Things
definitely will get better; your luck must change; scarcity has to turn into
abundance. This is because good fortune is invisib ly there in all moments of
despair, and you want to learn to live untroubled by them both. Do the T ao Now
Spend a day noticing what aspects of life fall into the categories of
“fortunate” or “unfortunate.” List them under their titles at the end of the
day, and then explore each of them when you won’ t be interru pted. Allow
yourself to either feel each one physically in your body or see it as an image
that presents itself to you. Without trying to change it in any way, allowyourself to observe the subject with your eyes closed. Just as if it were a
kaleidoscope (or life itself), watch it and permit it to flow through you—the
way the clouds drift in the sky, night turns into day, rain evaporates... and
how confusion comes and goes when you’re living untroubled by good or
bad fortune. OceanofPDF.com59th Verse
In governing people and serving natur e,
nothing surpasses thrift and moderation. Restraint begins with giving up one’ s own ideas. This depends on virtue gather ed in the past. If ther e is a good stor e of virtue, then nothing is impossible. If nothing is impossible, then ther e are no limits. If a man knows no limits, he is fit to lead. This is the way to be deeply r ooted and firmly planted in the T ao, the secr et
of long life and lasting vision. OceanofPDF.comLiving by Thrift
and Moderation
There are four words that crop up repeatedly in many of the translations
of this passage of the Tao Te Ching: restraint, frugality, moderation, and
thrift. Here, Lao-tzu is advising you to examine the way you look at these
qualities in relation to your supervisory and parenting roles—he doesn’ t say
that you should sit on the sidelines and do nothing, but he does counsel you
to practice self-control. When you cultivate a style of leadership that creates
“a good store of virtue, then nothing is impossible,” for there are no limits. Living in thrift and moderation  means being in harmony with the world
through your generous nature. Rather than continually prodding, directing,
giving orders, setting down rules, and demanding obedience, it’s important
to be a leader who accumulates a warehouse full of virtue by living in
accordance with the Tao. When that’s what you have to give away, you’ll
naturally interfere less. Feel joyful knowing that the example you’re
modeling is helping others make the right choices, as this is the essence of
Tao leadership. As Lao-tzu specifically states, “If a man knows no limits, he
is fit to lead.”
People whose lives are run by rules, dogma, and fear can only do what
they’ve been told to do... nothing more. The options for self-direction are
nonexistent for the blindly obedient, so practice restraint, moderation,
frugality, and thrift when making pronoun cements about how others must
behave. Children  raised in families where that blind obedience is demanded
have the highest levels of prejudice  when they become adults. Why? Because they’ve been taught to “prejudge” what’ s acceptable, according to
someone in a position to lead them. That’ s why it’s so vital to give your
kids an example of leadership that encourages them to make choices based
on higher standards. I have a gift from my daughter Saje that I’ve placed on my desk, which
I’ve titled Nothing Is Impossible. It’s a green plant growing out of a rock—
there’ s no dirt or earth, only hard rock, yet it thrives, despite what all of us
have been taught to believe. When Saje gave this to me, she remarked thatit reminded her of me because I’ve always said that I refuse to believe in
anything being impossible. My plant helps me remember that nature knows
no limits, and that I am as much a part of nature as both the rock and the
greenery growing within that hard stone. Lao-tzu reminds you that “if nothing is impossible, then there are no
limits.” So practice living without limits by gathering virtue and modeling
it. When you do, you’ll see the “lasting vision” in those you’ve been
selected to lead in one way or another, and they’ll see it in you, too. And put
the wisdom of this 59th verse to work for you by taking these suggestions:
Gather as much virtue as you possibly can. For years I practiced gathering virtue without realizing it. I sent hundreds
of thousands of books to individuals and organizations at my own expense,
getting into the habit of beginning each day with this act of love. I spent a
great deal of time giving away much of what I earned, almost all of it
anonymously. I didn’ t realize it at the time, but what I was doing was
accumulating virtue, or what I facetiously called “God points.”
I then found that not all of my life was to be peaks and mountaintops. Yet
when I succeede d in getting out from under what felt like a mountain, I was
virtually unscathed. This is because I was so deeply rooted and firmly
planted in the Tao that my original vision was to be a lasting one,
impervious to external circumstances. Practice moderating your ego. Change the way you look at your life by moderating your ego. See
yourself as a being who gives rather than collects, and live on what you
need rather than practicing conspicuous consumption. You’ll begin to see
that your purpose has more to do with Tao consciousn ess than ego
directives. When  you moderate your demands and use only what you and
your family require, you’ll gather virtue points by servin g rather than
accumulating. Lao-tzu reminds you that this is “the secret of long life and
lasting vision.”
William Shakesp eare described this more than 2,000 years after Lao-tzu’ s
passing in his play The Thir d Part of Henry the Sixth:
My cr own is in my heart, not on my head;Not deck’d with diamonds and Indian stones,
Nor to be seen. My cr own is call’d content;
A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy. Do the T ao Now
Make a commitment to gather five God points today. Imagine how the
Divine Source of all 10,000 things must be operating in order to maintain
the creation cycles of life, and do five things that match up to it. Pick up a
piece of someone else’s trash, which is an example of excess; anonymously
give a gift to someone in need; or perform any other actions that help you
accumulate virtue and remain deeply rooted in the T ao. OceanofPDF.com60th Verse
Governing a lar ge county
is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Appr oach the universe with the T ao
and evil will have no power. Not that evil is not powerful,
but its power will not be used to harm others. Not only will it not do harm to others,
but the sage himself will also be pr otected. If only the ruler and his people would
refrain fr om harming each other,
all the benefits of life would accumulate
in the kingdom. OceanofPDF.comLiving with
Immunity to Evil
Your assignment in this verse of the Tao Te Ching is to change the way
you view the presence of evil in your personal world, as well as the entire
planet. You can do so by acquiri ng an inner awareness that evil simply can’t
impact you if you’re centered within the protective net of the Tao. If you
live in accordance with the Great Way, refusing to have injurio us thoughts
directed either toward yourself or others, then the powers of wickedn ess
and wrongdoing will be rendered impotent. The Tao isn’t about destruction or visiting harm on anyone; rather, it gives
sustaining energy to everyone, without exception. When people violate this
principle, they’re only successful when others respond in kind. This is when
war erupts and dissension becomes presen t in the family and the
community. Negativity then begets more negativity, and the leader or ruler
will ultimately be destroyed as the lar ger grouping falls into chaos. Update your viewpoint on the presence of malevolence in the world to
one that emphatically affirms: My loved ones and I cannot and will not be
impacted by the presence of evil anywher e in the world. Your inner
landscape will immediately begin to change as well. So when you