  which  is coming  into  action  within  you;  and  the
many  things  so many  of you  are doing,  which  give  you
Great  Happiness  in the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence. The blessed  young  people! Oh,  what  worlds  of Happiness
and Blessing  they  can have. Do not  forget  your  Chart,  Dear  Hearts,  for one  single
day! I plead  with  you,  don't  sleep  at night,  until  you  have
given  a few  moments  Acknowledgment  of your  Chart. Speak  to It and  the "I AM  Presence"  above  you! Don't  be
afraid  of getting  too familiar  with  your  Presence;  and  don't
feel you  have  to bow  and  scrape  before  It. Just  with  the Ful-
ness of Joy,  acknowledge  and  say:  "Beloved  'Mighty  I AM
Presence'  here  'I AM'—a  Projection  of Thyself! Glorify
Thyself  in me,  in the Projection  of Thy  Wondrous  Perfec-
tion and  Mighty  Directing  Intelligence! Cause  this  body  to
glow  with  Thy  Perfect  Health  and  Strength." Please  FEEL
THIS,  as I am describing  it! "Cause  this  mind  and  body  to
glow  with  the Fulness  of Thy  Health  and  Energy;  with
Thy Light  Substance  called  forth  from  the  Love  Star,
which  cannot  be requalified  by human  feeling. Charge  me,
my mind,  body  and  world,  with  the Fulness  of Thy  Light
Substance;  and  cause  the Intelligence  which  Thou  art, Oh
'Mighty  I AM  Presence,'  to sweep  into  action  in my world;
and produce  Thy  Perfection  and  hold  Thy  Dominion
there." 8 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
It is so wonderful,  Precious  Ones  of the Light,  to know
you have  contacted  and  become  aware  of that  Great  Infinite
Intelligence,  which  can  and  does  release  into  your  world,
everything  you  require;  for the Glory,  the Freedom  and  the
Perfection  which  It wishes  to express  thru  you;  and  with
which  It can  only  fill your  world,  by expressing  thru  you. After  all the centuries  you  have  waited  and  It has waited,  to
have  an opportunity  to give  you  This  Assistance,  which  It
could  not  do without  your  attention  given  to It—it  is so
wonderful! You are moving  in a Vast  Sea of Light  Substance  in the
Acknowledgment  of your  Presence! Were  you  to see the
Atmosphere  of the room,  as it is charged  tonight,  then  you
would  know  how  Great  is your  Privilege;  to move  within
This  Light  Substance,  which  is drawn  here  for your  Bless-
ing and  the Eternal  Expansion  of your  Light. Believe  Me  when  I say,  you  have  entered  into  a Very
Powerful  Divine  Activity;  but Precious  Ones,  never  allow
your  human  self  to cause  you  to feel  faint. In the Presence
of This  Light  Substance  such  a thing  is incredible,  impos-
sible! Don't  let your  human  self  qualify  anything  in your
Groups  with  any  feeling  but the Strength,  the Power  and
Joy of the "I AM  Presence." In your  Heart  is your  Perfec-
tion! All these  things  which  occur  in mankind  are but the
Individual's  own  human  qualification  and  it is nonsense! You cannot  faint  unless  you  want  to! All these  things  are
human  qualifications,  which  you  can  set aside  in the Ac-
knowledgment  of your  Presence! Be strong,  be firm  and DISCOURSE  III  9
practical  in the Application  of these  Great  Laws,  that  is
what  you  should  be! Precious  Ones,  take  your  determined  stand,  to call  your
"Mighty  I AM  Presence"  into  action! Go  forth,  in the
Glory  of Its Mighty  Radiance  and  Directing  Intelligence;
and you  can be sure  that  We will  give  you  every  Assistance
possible,  to your  quick  and  Eternal  Freedom. If you  mean
business  as We do, then  your  Freedom  will  come  quickly! I tell you  in This  Group  and  This  Marvelous  Activity,  you
do mean  business. Go on, and  on, and  on, until  there  is
not a vestige  of the human  left! I rejoice  with  you  exceedingly,  Oh Precious  Ones,  in the
Glory  and  the  Victory  which  you  are winning. Eternal
is My Love,  enfolding  you  unto  your  Freedom  and  Ascen-
sion! Remember  We  are One  Great  Family! We  are just
your  Elder  Brothers  and  Sisters,  who  have  attained  just  a
little  ahead  of you;  and  We,  with  so Great  a Love,  are mak-
ing Every  Effort  the  Great  Cosmic  Law  permits,  to give
you Every  Assistance  possible! We  plead  with  you  month,
after  month,  after  month;  to just harmonize  yourselves  and
hold  That  Harmony,  until  We can help  you  win  your  Vic-
tory! In behalf  of the Great  Host  of Ascended  Masters,  We
call the  Great  Light  Substance  forth  tonight;  to enfold
each  one  of you,  as your  individual  requirements  may  in-
dicate;  to hold  that  Light  Substance  active  about  you;
supplying  the Courage,  the Happiness,  the Strength;  and
releasing  the Supply  of all required  for your  Happiness  and 10 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
Comfort;  all that  is necessary  for your  Service  to the Light! I say again  to you,  Precious  Ones,  I thank  you  for making
the call and  giving  the Decrees! Please  continue  it, and  you
can and  SHALL  have  your  own  Home  of Light  in which
you may  meet! The  Light  Substance  knows  no limit! The
supply  of money  provided  for mankind,  is really  not lim-
ited,  for the great  Presence  gives  all! As you  issue  your  De-
crees  for your  Auditorium,  for your  own  building  in which
to serve  the Light,  then  the Light  will  turn  and  serve  you
and supply  it! There  is naught  you  cannot  have  for the
Service  of the Light,  whether  it be a home,  an automobile,
organs,  or airplanes;  but  don't  be impatient,  I plead  with
you. Go on making  your  Decrees! Do not limit  them  and  you
will be surprised  what  one  year  will  supply  to you;  but
when  you  say Those  Decrees,  don't  let your  human  have
anything  to say afterward! Make  it be silent  concerning
your  Decree,  and  your  Decree  will  go on and  be fulfilled. Remember,  when  you  issue  a Decree,  the Power  of the Uni-
verse  goes  into  action  to perform  that  Service;  and  unless
you become  inharmonious  and  allow  your  human  feeling
to affect  It, your  Decree  will  go on and  act until  the achieve-
ment  is accomplished! It is a Law  of the Universe,  no one's
opinion! Therefore,  if you  do these  things  the results  will
be the Fulfillment  of your  Heart's  Desire! I say to you  tonight,  if you  will  stand  with  Us, We  will
stand  with  you! That  is a fair  contract! Accept  the  Full


 of the Law  of
your  own  Life;  because  you  are dealing  with  Vibration  and
Substance;  and  every  feeling  which  goes  forth  from  you,  is
setting  a cause  into  action  to produce  results  for you. That  is why  We  know  this. We  went  thru  the human
experience  in gaining  Our  Freedom,  the same  as you  are. Knowing  your  Requirements,  We  have  so kindly  offered
Our Assistance;  but if mankind  says  We do not exist;  it is
the Messenger's  own  activity,  which  is giving  this  forth;
then  you  have  lost  to a large  extent,  the Blessing  of Our
Vibratory  Action;  with  which  We  release  you  thru  your
Call,  from  all limitations. In My  Privilege  to assist  the number  who  have  been  re-260 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
leased  so far, could  you  see this  moment,  the Release  from
the Inner  Standpoint  for these  Individuals,  your  Joy would
be Boundless  forever. Just  because  you  have  not seen  some
Miraculous  Out-picturing  thru  and  from  those  Individuals,
is not the slightest  reason  to think,  It has not been  accom-
plished. This  is why  I say to you  today,  go on, and  on, and
on, in your  Application;  not worrying,  not being  definitely
concerned  about  the results. If you  do, you  are so apt to fix
your  attention  upon  the results,  instead  of the Power  which
produces  them. You  will  see at once  it is what  mankind  has
been  doing. The  people  are fixing  their  attention  upon  the
result  out here  all the time,  instead  of Its Power  of Release. In this  preparation  today,  for the coming  Class,  there  is
no one  thing  in which  We  rejoice  so greatly,  as the oppor-
tunity  to visit  the Groups;  and  to those  who  are present,
bring  a Certain  Attunement  for the Greater  Blessing  re-
leased  in the Class  Work. Did it ever  occur  to you  why  these  Classes  became  ten
day Classes ? Why  was  it not  different ? Because  it repre-
sents  the  Balance  between  the  human  and  the  Divine. Whatever  is more  than  that,  will  mean  an added  Power,  to
the Accomplishment  of Balancing  for all mankind. You  do
not know  outwardly,  what  it means  to hold  the Balance
over  the human  from  the Ascended  Masters'  Octave;  for
the Release  of Our  Light  into  the octave  which  is a lower
vibratory  action. We  see and  know  so clearly  what  that
means;  how  so many  have  been  lifted  out of their  limita-
tions;  and  had  the Complete  Release  from  this  lower  octave, DISCOURSE  XVIII  261
while  still  moving  in it. We know  there  is no limit  to what
can be accomplished  for the students. Try  to realize  with
Me today,  aside  from  yourselves  who  are students,  these
Mighty  Decrees  going  forth  in the  mental  and  feeling
world  of mankind,  are reaching  thousands  and  thousands
of people  who  have  not yet touched  This  Work. It is acting
in their  feeling  world. The  moment  the  slightest  thing
comes  to call their  attention  to This  Mighty  Presence,  their
"Mighty  I AM,"  their  feeling  is prepared  and  ready  to re-
ceive  It. It is why  the Transcriptions  and  the Radio  Broadcasts,
have  done  so much  for the Blessing  of mankind  and  they
are bringing  such  a tremendous  number  of people  into  This
Understanding. Therefore,  remember  in your  Group  Work
and in your  Decree  Work,  you  are rendering  a Service  In-
describable  and  Unparalleled  in the history  of the Earth. If it had  not been  for that,  We could  not have  hoped  to have
saved  humanity,  from  the  condition  which  threatens  the
entire  World. I said  mankind  might,  one  day,  be surprised  at another
Transformation  which  would  take  place  in Russia. I still
maintain  It! The  change  in the feeling  world  of those  peo-
ple, may  bring  a great  Transformation  there,  and  We  are
pouring  the Light  forth  for It. The  destructive  element  in
that great  country,  is fast losing  its power. It is why  recently,
We asked  the students  everywhere  to give  their  assistance  to
Europe  and  the Orient. We are trying  an Experiment  and
so far it is beyond  Our  expectations. 262 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
As We  have  found  Ourselves  reaching  a certain  point
of safety  in America,  We have  been  utilizing  some  of This
Power,  released  from—let  Me call them—the  Great  Amer-
ican people,  because  they  are! Who  on Earth  is so great  as
those,  who  give  forth  their  Life  Energy,  so We may  utilize
It, to bless  mankind  and  the world ? Should  Our  Experi-
ment  succeed,  you  will  see a Transformation  in Europe
which  will  be the Greatest  Miracle  you  ever  witnessed! We cannot  yet tell you  the outcome,  for We  cannot  de-
pend  upon  Europe,  as We do upon  the students  of Amer-
ica, today. Let  Me  call  your  attention  to something  you
might  have  heard,  some  of you. Beloved  Saint  Germain
performed  This  Tremendous  Service. When  it was  planned
to send  a secret  fleet  of airplanes  with  their  destructive
power  at night  over  America,  to spread  devastation,  He
prevented  that  plan's  success. Five  times,  He intercepted
the messenger,  who  tried  to carry  it out. At last,  He com-
pelled  their  destruction  back  into  the messenger  in order  to
prevent  it. Then,  He went  to the instigator,  who  is at the
head  of a great  army—made  Himself  visible  to him—and
said to him:  "If you  try this again,  I will  destroy  every  plane
and all that  is in them;  and  then  if you  persist,  I will  destroy
your  entire  army,  and  if you  think  I cannot  do it, try Me
out"! It is what  comes  from  the Activity  of the Great  Cosmic
Light,  which  on the seventh  day  of the Shrine  Class,  made
it possible  for the viciousness  of Individuals  to be returned
upon  their  creators! There  is no wrong  in doing  that! There DISCOURSE  XVIII  263
is no viciousness  about  it. Get  this  clear  in your  minds;  be-
cause  if you  don't,  you  will  find  yourselves  meeting  ob-
struction ! The  World  today,  is under  the pressure  of vicious
destructive  human  qualities. All mankind  is to some  degree
responsible  for it; but those  who  have  utilized  the destruc-
tive force,  to get the governing  power  over  mankind,  to
compel  the people  to be subservient,  will  find  themselves
meeting  their  own  creation. When  they  are compelled  to
look  upon  it, they  will  see their  own  destruction. This  is not  a matter  of My  Opinion,  your  opinion  nor
anyone's  opinion. It is the Law  of Life  which  is the Law
of cause  and  effect;  and  when  the cause  of destructive  qual-
ities comes  to a certain  point


, poor memory, and
decreased ability to concentrate. On the other (balancing) side of the ANS, we find the well-studied
connection between the vagus nerve and the parasympathetic nervous
system (PNS), the rest and digest side of the ANS. The vagus nerve, which
sends impulses to all the major organs and is particularly conn ected to the
heart and respir atory system, secretes a brilliantly useful substance called
acetylcholine  or ACh. Acetylcholine (ACh), the first neurotransmitter ever to be identified,12
was discovered in 1913 by English chemist Arthur Ewins. 12 Later, in 1921,
the Nobel Prize winning physio logist Otto Loewi determined its functional
significance. Loewi found that activating the vagus nerve reduced heart
rate. 1 He did this by isolating the heart of a frog and stimulating the vagus
nerve to release something he called “Vagusstuf f. ” This substance, later
identified as acetylcholine, caused the frog’ s heart to slow, replicating
relaxation, the reaction to a nonthreatening environment—or the rest-and-
digest state. The implications of this are huge. It means that stimulating the
vagus nerve can activate the PNS, subduing or balancing out the fight-or -
flight reaction of the SNS. This “Vagusstuf f” (ACh) released by the vagus nerve is a
neurotransmitter—a chemical messenger released by nerve cells to send
messages to other cells. This neurotransmitter is found in all motor neurons,
where it stimulates smooth muscles to contract, slows the heart rate, and
dilates the blood vessels. It is also present in many brain neuro ns where it
has a role in vital mental processes such as cognition and mem ory. Severe
depletion of acetylcholine has been associated with conditions such as
Alzheimer ’s. 12
STRESS, INFLAMMA TION, AND ILLNESS
From a health perspective, if we define stress as a disruption of
homeostasis, inflammation often begins as the body’ s natural response to
stress. What’s more, chronic, low-grade inflammation has been proven to
indicate an overactive fight-or -flight response. 10 It makes sense, therefore,
to deduce that inhibiting the fight-or-flight reaction (as the ACh released by
the vagus nerve does) could reduce inflammation. Inflammation is a defense mechanism triggered by injury or infection. It
is at the extreme  end of the spectrum that ranges from homeosta sis to stress
response to inflammatory response. 10 It combines different immune
mechanisms that work to neutr alize invading pathogens such as bacteria
and viruses, repair injured tissues, and heal wounds. However, when out of
balance, inflamm ation plays a key role in the development and persistence
of many diseases. It can be triggered by extreme internal imbalances or byexternal challen ges that disturb homeostasis. After a stressor occurs, the
inflammatory response kicks in. While modern life has its benefits, including a much longer life span,13
advanced technology, and home  grocery deliveries, the nature of stress has
changed dramat ically. When stress is severe and prolonged, it causes the
body to compensate, physiologically and behaviorally, to maintain
homeostasis. Long term, this can put an unsustainable load on the body’ s
systems. There is increasing evidence that chronic stress increases the risk of
both physical and mental health disorders. It can play a critical role in the
onset and progress of stress-rela ted illness, including diseases of the heart,
digestive system, brain, and many forms of cancer. Chronic stressors are
known to suppress immune function. In fact, while not yet fully understood,
studies show that stress is a common risk factor in 75% to 90% of human
diseases. 13 That’ s nearly all of them. Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University discovered a direct
relationship betw een chronic mental stress, the body’ s inability to regulate
inflammation, and the progression of disease. 14 Their study, which used the
common cold as a model, found that prolonged stress decrease s the body’ s
sensitivity to the stress hormon e cortisol in such a way that the immune
cells become insensitive to it. This negatively affects the ability of cortisol
to regulate inflammation. Inflam mation gets out of control, and disease sets
in. The research demonstrated that the symptoms of a cold are not actually
caused by the virus. They are a side effect of the body’ s inflammatory
response, which is designed to fight infection. People who suf fer most when
they have a cold don’t have “Man Flu”—they are actually experiencing a
more extreme inflammatory reaction. The study also confirmed that stress led to the immune cells being less
able to respond to signals that normally regulate inflammation. Participants
who were stressed were much more likely to develop colds when exposed
to the virus than those who weren’ t stressed, and those people also
produced more cytokines —the chemical messengers that trigger
inflammation. Because inflamm ation is pivotal in so many illnesses, this
offers a valuable  window into the impact that psychological stress can have
on health. VAGAL STIMULA TION AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
A clear connection between the nervous system and the immune system
was discovered by neurosur geon Kevin Tracey in 1998. In an experiment
on a rat, he investigated the idea that stimulating the vagus nerve could
alleviate harmful inflammation. 4 He found that the nervous system could be
used almost like a computer to trigger commands that stop a problem in its
tracks. The results of his expe riment were so unexpected that Tracey’ s
colleagues were apparently in the corridor outside his lab, running bets
against his theor y even as he was in the middle of testing it. 4 Further trials
confirmed Tracey’ s findings. Using electronic implants to stimulate the
vagus nerve in humans, he produced a dramatic reduction and even
remission in rheumatoid arthriti s, a condition with no known cure. 15 This
helped illuminate the vagal system’ s close interrelationship with the
inflammatory system. The first steps of an inflammatory reaction involve the release of those
pro-inflammatory chemicals called cytokines. 8 When the body produces too
many cytokines,  they can cause more damage than the invading  pathogens. For exam ple, in sepsis, the body’s own immune reaction can cause tissue
injury, dangerously low blood pressure, and even death. Chronic
inflammation can also feature in many diseases where no infection or injury
is present. In obesity, for examp le, an overload of storage in fat cells leads
to a stress response that causes the release of inflammatory cytokines. 10
The conversatio n between the immune system and the brain that
moderates this inflammatory response relies, in part, on the vagus nerve,
which, in turn, is important due to the anti-inflammatory role of
Vagusstuf f/ACh. Crucially, ACh, the neurotransmitter secreted by the vagus
nerve, blocks the release of many of the pro-inflammatory cytokines. In
studies of diseases characterized by an excessive immune reaction,
including sepsis and pancreatiti s, vagus nerve stimulation was found to be
sufficient to block cytokine activity. When the vagus nerve is stimulated
electronically, the body’ s level of inflammatory cytokines decreases. 16
As it turns out, the breath also provides a (natural) gateway to influence
the vagu s nerve and the ANS— through the role of carbon dioxide (CO 2)
levels in mainta ining the body’ s acid-base balance. 17 One of the functionsof breath ing is to regulate the level of blood CO2 to maintain the blood’ s
acid balance (or pH). When levels of CO2 in the blood are too high, over
time, CO2 diffuses  into the red blood cells as carbonic acid, making the
blood too acidic, a condition called acidosis. When CO2 levels are too low,
respiratory alkalosis  occurs. Both acidosis and alkalosis are serious,
potentially life-t hreatening in their acute forms and damaging to health if
they persist long term. Therefore, the proper management of CO2 through
the breath is crucial. When blood pH changes even subtly, respiration will automatically
decrease or increase to compensate. One example of this is ketoacidosis, a
serious complication which can occur in diabetes. Ketoacidosis increases
acidity in the blood, stimulating corrective overbreathing. This fast, upper
chest breathing  is also commonly seen after the acidosis following
prolonged diarrhea and as a response to increased progesterone levels in
women. Conversely, alkalosis can be induced by vomiting or the use of
steroids or diuretics. The respiratory drive is then suppressed as the body
works to restore homeostasis. 17 Information about blood CO2 is sent to the
respiratory center so that breathing can adjust via pathways involving the
vagus nerve. Therefore, breathing exercises to increase CO2 have a “vagotropic
effect. ”18 CO 2 directly influences the sensitivit y of the vagus nerve’ s nuclei. This slows the pulse and improves the blood-filling of the heart. 19 Increased
blood


 be explained by three factors:
1. Hypoxia lowers blood sugar, independent of insulin sensitivity.45
2. Hypoxia strengthens the innate function of the immune system.46
3. Hypoxia increases insulin sensitivity.47Important:  It is never advisable to practice breath holds while in the
water. If you take part in any water sports, you should only practice these
breathing exerci ses on dry land so you can enjoy the benefits when in the
water. Of the three techniques, slow breathing, taping, and breathholdin g, Nick
found that taping  at night had the greatest impact. He wakes every morning
energized, with good blood sugars, ready for a great day. Since beginning
with a breathing  practice, he has seen a marked improvement in his quality
of life and in his diabetes. His average blood sugar measurements are the
best they have ever been. DIABETES CONTROL AND THE BREA TH
Functional breathing is a keystone habit that forms the foundat ion of good
health,48 and diabetes is no exception. Studies have explored the potential
of deep breathing and controll ed intermittent hypoxia (IH) as a holistic
intervention to relieve symptoms associated with both type 149,50 and type 2
diabetes.47,51,52 Trials have focused on the possible applications for
improving blood sugar, biological functioning, energy, stress, and well-
being. Controlled IH is a period ic dropping of blood oxygen saturation with
adequate recove ry between sets. Because it is controlled, it differs from the
unhealthy oxyge n decrease seen in sleep apnea. IH can be achieved with
breath holds or by using breathing equipment and altitude tents. Research into breathing techniques would be immensely valuable for
medics, certified breathing instructors, and other holistic practitioners who
are interested in using the princ iples of IH breath training to improve the
health of their diabetic patients. Studies indicate that integrating periodic
breath holds (IH breathing training) into diabetic care plans is an excellent
step toward improving quality of life. Important: If you have diabe tes, it is vital that you monitor your
blood sugar levels regularly during practice of any kind of breathing
exercises. Breath holding can cause blood sugar levels to drop too
quickly. To monitor blood sugar level s, consider investing in a continuous
glucose monitoring (CGM) device—a readily available gadget that allowsyou to check your blood sugar levels in a noninvasive way. They are not
cheap, but, as the range of products on the market expands, they are
becoming more  accessible. If you have type 1 diabetes, it’s likely you
already own a CGM, but they are equally valuable for any type 2 diabetic
interested in making lifestyle choices that will improve their condition. As Nick also discovered, good quality sleep is an essential part of
diabetes management. Many aspects of sleep-disordered breathing can be
addressed simply by making the switch to nasal breathing during sleep. Healthy breathing while asleep  has many positive effects on the body’ s
systems that are beneficial for many conditions, including diabetes. This is
worth paying attention to since sleep deprivation is associated with insulin
resistance, and poor sleep qualit y, sleep apnea, and insomnia have all been
shown to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.53
DIABETES AND RESPIRA TORY DISEASE
Type 1 and type 2 diabetics have a higher risk for four major respiratory
diseases.54,55 A resea rch pape r published in Diabetes Resear ch and Clinical
Practice  analyze d the link between type 1 and type 2 diabetes and four
common respir atory diseases:  chronic obstructive pulmona ry disease
(COPD), chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma.54,55 The study looked
at data from 53,146 adults, all aged 20 years or more. Of the participants,
781 had type 1 diabetes, 4,277 had type 2 diabetes and 48,088 were
nondiabetic. Respiratory diseases were present in 26% of type 1 diabetics,
21% of type 2 diabetics, and 13% of nondiabetics. A number of different
examinations also showed that type 1 diabetics were 62% more likely to
suffer a respiratory disorder than nondiabetics, while type 2 diabetics were
26% more vulnerable. The most common disease was asthma, and type 1
diabetics were found to be 51% more at risk of asthma than nond iabetics. In
type 2 diabetes, the increased likelihood of asthma was 38%.54,55
Impaired immun e function is a common feature of diabetes. In type 2
diabetes, researchers have identified oxidative stress as one possible
pathway by which innate immunity is disrupted.56 In type 1 diabetes, the
immune response is, by nature of the condition, dysregulated. One theory
points to systemic inflammation as a link between diabetes and lungdysfunction.12 Exaggerated inflammatory responses in the lung may be the
result of an impaired ability to regulate inflammatory mechanisms.12 (The
connection between inflammatory responses and breathing was explored in
depth in the chapter on the vegas nerve, Chapter Four.) Equally, even before type 2 diabetes is diagnosed, the lung may be the
primary location  for the activat ion of inflammatory processes. This might
explain why lung function is already worse before the onset of diabetes. A
2012 study describes lower lung volumes in type 2 diabetics with
inadequate glycemic control than in those whose blood sugars were well-
regulated. Patients with poor blood glucose control also had much higher
blood levels of inflammatory markers, indicating that inflammation is
involved in the decrease in lung function and fibrosis in type 2 diabetics.12
The paper suggests that both systemic inflammation, which involves
chronic activatio n of the immune system57, and inflammation in the lungs58
may contribute to the “complex interplay between respiratory and metabolic
dysfunction.”12
In type 1 diabetics, abnormal growth during childhood (stunting)59 may
affect the proper growth and development of organs including the lungs. While the duration of diabete s has an inverse relationship with lung
function in type 2 diabetics, there isn’t strong evidence to support the same
connection in type 1 diabetes.60 Howev er, a 2011 study did find a
significant difference in the incidence of restrictive breathing disturbances
depending on whether or not “extreme stunting” was present. Another study states that children with type 1 diabetes have increased
airway resistanc e and that they are more likely to have abnormal lung
function later in life, with long-term problems, including decreased lung
volume, less ability to diffuse CO2, and poor diabe tes control. Researchers
concluded that progressive abnormalities in lung function might adversely
interfere with the ef fectiveness of intrabronchial insulin treatment.61
In a 2020 Swedish cohort study of more than one and a quarter million
children, of whom 9.5% had asthma and 0.3% had type 1 diabetes,
scientists found that children with asthma were more likely to develop type
1 diabetes, but the reverse was not the case. Asthma was assoc iated with a
small but significant increased risk of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
compared with non-asthmatic children.62 In an article for MedPage Today,physician Michael Yafi suggested that, “It may seem plausible that some
factors, like early exposure to viruses, would play a role in the development
of these two diseases.”63
Yet another paper looked at changes in the thickness of the lung cell
basement membrane in patients with pulmonary diseases. The study
examined participants with diabetes, asthma, bacterial pneumonia,
pulmonary tuberculosis, idiopa thic pulmonary fibrosis, sarco idosis, and
even lung cance r and found that the basement membrane of cells was only
thicker in diabetes and asthma. What this means is that diabetes and asthma
have physiological similarities,64 and that explains why the Oxygen
Advantage breathing techniques used successfully for asthma may also be
effective for diabetics. With this understanding and given that respiratory
illnesses are so prevalent in people with diabetes, it seems essential to
include breathing exercises into diabetes treatment along with other forms
of wellness maintenance such as nutrition and exercise. THE IMPORT ANCE OF EXERCISE
It’s no secret that people who are physically active are healthi er. Exercise
boosts the immune system, supports cardiovascular health, and is important
for weig ht control and self-esteem. Exercising your muscles more often and
pushing them to work harder improves their ability to use insulin and
absorb glucose.65 When the musc les are better able to metabolize glucose,
the insul in-producing cells don’t have to work so hard. However, exercising
with diabetes can be challenging, and it is important to consult with your
healthcare professional to receive appropriate guidance on diet and
medication before changing your exercise regime. You may find that you get more out of your exercise time and enjoy it
more if you incorporate a mixture of resistance training and a variety of
aerobic exercise s such as cycling, swimming, and jogging. You will also
notice gradual improvements in your health if you simply reduc e periods of
inactivity throughout the day and evening.4
When it comes to sedentary


 ou my darkness,
please fill me with Y our light. Take away what is wr ong with me
and leave only what is right. May I know at last
who I truly am. Amen
OceanofPDF.comLESSON 21
THE BODY BRILLIANT
You are on a journey now that, having started, will never end. Every time you think God’ s name, your cells will fall more deeply into
Divine alignment. Surrender your body to love, seeing your only function
on this earth as being love’ s hands, feet, words, and actions. Make this like
a game you play, imagining that you’re living in a holy world. For indeed
you are. W ith every breath you take, you will thrill to breathe in God’ s
spirit. Y our entire body will awaken to a new and almost startling aliveness. You live in Him, as He lives in you. When you look upon your hand, see His hand. When you see through
your eyes, imagine you are seeing through His. Several times throughout
the day, just stop and imagine that your body is made of light. And light you
will be. Yes, you will lose your weight. Add to this course whatever regimen
works for you regarding food and physical exercise, and you’ve got a
winning combination at last. But remember: once you’ve lost the weight, if
you go back to the thought-forms that were stored inappropriately in your
flesh to begin with, then it’ s reasonable to assume that the storage process
will resume. Y ou’ve learned something about yourself from all of this: you
do not function well outside the circle of God’ s love. All roads, whether filled with darkness or filled with light, circle back in
time to the arms of the divine. Whether through the light at the end of the
tunnel or the light that is seen at the moment of death, love will always have
the final say. You need not wait for either tunnel or death; you can hear it
now. The suf fering you’ve experienced was not love’ s will to begin with,
and you have suf fered enough. Y ou know now what to do to stop. Will you ever be able to eat this or that, whenever you want to? That is
not for me to say; those with a far better understanding of your physicalcircumstances than I would have to advise you about that. W ill you ever be
able to just for get about serving the dictates of love in everything you do? To that, I can respond quite confidently: No. At least not without risk. You’ve entered into a deep understanding of where your soul most longs to
be: held tightly in the arms of God, without the slightest interest in going
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        It’s less important how quickly you lose weight, and more important how
holistically  you lose weight; you want your mind, your emotions, and your
body to all lose weight. W eight that disappears from your body but not from
your soul is simply recycling outward for a while, but is almost certain to
return. It’ s self-defeating, therefore, to struggle to drop excess weight unless
you are also willing to drop the thought-forms that initially produced it and
now hold it in place. Judgment and blame are the weightiest thoughts of all, as they lack love. They are products of the fear -mind, representing the densest ener gy in the
universe—the perception of someone’ s guilt. Learning to for give both
yourself and others is the greatest gift you can give yourself on your path to
conscious weight loss. Compulsive eating separates you from others, and for giveness heals the
separation. Once again, you might have wonderful connections with people,
but any breakage at all is a place where the devil can get in. Unless you
address your relationship issues themselves, then they will always lurk in
the back of your mind, able to trip the addictive switch back to ON at any
time. In order to deal with your weight loss from a holistic perspective, you
must address your issues with relationships as seriously as you address your
issues with food. Losing weight will not of itself heal your relationships,
but healing your relationships will help you lose weight. Forgiveness is critical, as we all make little as well as big mistakes, and
little as well as big judgments. Cultivating a for giving attitude softens theedges of human contact. It’ s an aspect of what is called the Atonement, or
the correction of our perceptions from fear back to love. The purpose of this
lesson is to atone for any lack of for giveness on your part, releasing excess
weight that lies heavy on your heart. There are two basic filters through which to view all things: the filter of
the body, and the filter of the spirit. T o the extent that you view your life
only through the body’ s filter, you are bound to the body in a way that does
not serve you. Being bound to the body, you are at the ef fect of the body’ s
appetites. But when your eyes are lifted, giving you the capacity to see
beyond the body to the realm of your spirit, you’re given power over your
body that otherwise you do not have. Dwelling lightly within your body,
your body becomes light. And how do you do that. How do you see beyond  the body. Y ou do it by
being willing to extend your focus beyond the dramas of the material plane,
remembering that beyond this drama there is the truer truth of who we all
are. Yes, a friend might have said something cruel to you—but in her heart,
she’s simply lost and lonely like everyone else. Y our friend does love you;
she was just disconnected from her love at the moment when she made that
hurtful comment. No matter what happens to you, you have a choice as to how to interpret
it. You will make that choice—consciously or subconsciously. You can
focus on the body’ s drama—your friend’ s unkind words, her mistake, her
betrayal. But if you do, you won’ t be able to escape the emotional
experience of being at the ef fect of her words. By choosing to focus on the material drama, particularly the drama of
guilt, you increase your attachment to the material plane and thus your
vulnerability to its dysfunctions. Y ou for give because you wish to stay
above the dramas of the material world, particularly the drama of your
compulsion. You can choose to focus on the innocence in your friend—on her divine
reality that is beyond, and truer, than her bodily self. All of us are made of
love, yet all of us make mistakes. In detaching from an overemphasis on
someone else’ s mistakes, you detach from an overemphasis on your own. And in overemphasizing your mistakes, you overemphasize your body. As
you reach across the wall of separateness—and there is no wall thicker thanthe wall of judgment—then the wall comes down. That is the miracle of
forgiveness. Forgiveness is like preventive medicine. It cancels out the lie at the
center of the fear -mind, robbing it of its ability to hurt you. The fear -mind
jams your personal radar system, disconnecting you from Divine Mind and
leading you toward thoughts and behaviors that destroy your inner peace. It
tells you that you are less than perfect, tearing you from the memory of
your divine self. From there, it’ s easy to convince you that no one else is
divinely perfect either. Fear-mind’ s mantra is: Guilt, guilt, and mor e guilt. It casts you into
judgmental consciousness—whether judgment of yourself or others—
dooming you to an emotional seesaw ride between love and fear. That
seesaw is emotionally unstable, and is one of the biggest threats to your
food sobriety. The fear -mind doesn’ t have to convince you to eat excessively so much
as it just has to convince you that someone is guilty, for the perception of
guilt is enough to throw you out of your right mind and thus into your
disease. An attitude of for giveness takes you of f—or keeps you of f—the
seesaw. Forgiveness is a selective remembering. It is a conscious choice to focus
on someone’ s innocence instead of his or her mistakes. In common
parlance, it usually amounts to simply cutting people more slack. This
serves you. Judgment and blame put stress on the body of whoever is doing
the judging and blaming, and stress is the time bomb at the center of your
addictive ur ge. It is in “staying above” the drama of the body that you dwell more
harmoniously within it. Y our body was not created to bear the burden of
your overattachment to it, but was created as a container for the light of
your spirit. It will more easily remember how to function perfectly when
you remember the perfection in everyone. Forgiveness is hugely powerful yet often fiercely resisted. A young man I
knew in an AIDS support group years ago once asked me, “Do I really have
to for give everybody. ” To which I responded, “W ell, I don’ t know … do
you have the flu, or do you have AIDS. Because if you only have the flu,
then,


 level that the laws, the arts, and all social cr eations
emer ge. Specialism is the gift of intuition, which permits man to see the
inner as well as the outer in all its ramifications. Intuition, consequently, is
the most satisfactory and adequate, the highest form of knowing. T o know is
to see. It is amazing how much we can accomplish when we allow our
subconscious minds to perform the work. It is equally amazing how
difficult it is to do the simplest task when we go about it with our conscious
minds. There is an elusive quality about life that makes it gossamer to the
conscious mind. The microscope reveals another world but yields no secrets
of that world. W e hold an object in our hands and peer at it with all our
attention focused upon it, but what is revealed to us about it is but the
merest suggestion of its totality, barely indicative of the infinite qualities
hidden from us by the very nature of our conscious examination. W e have
no trouble walking along a two-foot path when we do not think about it, but
put that two-foot path across a hundred-foot gor ge and we begin to think
about each step. Chances then are very good that in crossing we will tumble
off the bridge and fall into the ravine below. We have to learn to trust our subconscious to do things naturally at the
behest of a principle that is greater than our surface mind. Reason is not to
be trusted because it does not know enough about what it is dealing with. The complete knowledge about all things rests in universal mind, and this
knowledge is within us. If we learn to call upon this intelligence to deal
with each of our problems, we soon find that there is no such thing as aninsurmountable obstacle. W e have within us a resource that enables us to
penetrate the block in our understanding that caused the obstacle in the first
place. Have you examined your own life lately for the place where your
understanding is blocked? It is easy to recognize. Do you find the same
situation repeating itself with monotonous regularity? Do you sometimes
feel that you are traveling around the perimeter of a circle, over and over? Like someone lost in a snowstorm, each of us eventually comes across our
own tracks in life, for the law of living is that we must cover the same
ground until our understanding concerning it is complete. Psychic A wareness

People object to pain and suf fering being instituted in a world that was
made by a loving God, but the master intelligence that has created all
permeates all and seeks through countless dif ferentiations of its own being
for manifold expression of its infinite and eternal nature. Pain is the path by
which it grows, and has no other significance. Pain is related to pleasure
only as pleasure represents the absence of pain. Things that feel good make
us static. Pleasure is the earmark of self-satisfaction. Those whose aim in
life is the seeking of pleasure have by that very attitude stunted their
spiritual growth. The Supreme sees the goal along the path of the infinite
and uses each of us to attain it. Our brains and bodies and hearts and minds
and egos are instruments of a greater intelligence and will; and in that
greater intelligence and will we have our true identity, not in the surface
mind and ego at all. Basic in the spiritual realization that comes to us when we have achieved
the proper psychic balance between ego and Secret Self is the knowledge
that we and God are one. This claiming to be God is mystical and should
not be confused with factual language. W e do not suddenly come to the
realization that we are God with any kind of implication that we personally
are in char ge of the universe. The God that we speak of is defined by the
limited semantics of language. The God that we know ourselves to be is amystical life force that we allow to use us. Any attempt by us to act upon
the world from the position of God immediately defeats itself, for we
cannot coerce things to a personal end without separating ourselves from
the Supreme and acting in the ego, thereby losing the psychic position from
which our knowledge first sprang. The world is not here to be used by people who attain psychic illumination;
it is here as a field of action for the working out of the expression of the
Secret Self. Those who are able to achieve illumination simply come into
position as knower. By subordinating their egos and surface selves to the
workings of a greater mind and being, they achieve ef fectiveness and
serenity, but they do not change the world. The world is what it is because
of what it must become, and it was what it once was because of what it had
to be now. The egotistic and vain actions of people carry with them a sense
of personal responsibility and impending disaster. There are wars and
rumors of wars, there are economic crises and political crises. There are
plagues and diseases and crimes. People run about, hurry with this and that,
convinced that disaster can be staved of f only by their individual and heroic
efforts. If there is any sense or meaning to life at all, no philosophy could be
farther from the truth. The intelligence that reveals itself in the design of a
snowflake, in the photosynthesis of green and growing things, in the
complex biochemistry of living protoplasm, is in char ge of the world and of
life, and destiny and purpose can be left in its sure hands. It is not our
position to rant and rail against fate and circumstance, and to save the world
from disaster. It is ours to understand, to attempt to penetrate the meanings
of existence so that we can grow into higher levels of consciousness and
thereby become better instruments for the manifestation of the Secret Self. If we take this very great and exciting step, we fulfill the primary
commandment of life. Creativeness becomes the guiding principle of the enlightened life. If we
place ourselves in the hands of the Supreme, we soon realize that the work
to be done through us will be unique because each of us is a unique
instrument. W e will not attack our tasks; we will listen and allow the work
to be done. If we let the ego control or originate, we defeat our purpose, for
we cannot serve two masters. The creative ur ge prods so deeply at some
people that they must abandon all to serve it, and in the serving of it theyfind spiritual enlightenment. They go each day to the fount of selfhood,
rededicate themselves as instruments, and let universal mind work through
them. Creative W ork Is a Prayer

Harry worked as a bank clerk, and in his late twenties was aware of a
gnawing dissatisfaction with life. He thought it was because he wasn’ t
getting ahead, and he certainly felt that he had little talent for his job. Day
after day he arose at the same hour, fixed his breakfast in his small
apartment, took the bus to work, sat at a small desk behind a low iron
railing, ate his lunch at the same restaurant, returned home at night to an
evening of reading before going to bed. The monotony of this existence, its
lack of creativity, palled on him. He became antisocial and was irritable and
resentful to those about him. Returning home from work one day, he
sprinted after a departing bus, slipped, fell under the wheels. Both legs were
crushed, had to be amputated. When Harry returned to full consciousness
after weeks of hovering near death and learned how the world had tumbled
about his shoulders, he exhibited a strange reaction. Instead of being
overcome by despair, he actually seemed happy. When asked about it, he
replied, “I don’ t really know why, but for some reason I feel that now I can
really be myself. I’ve lost part of my physical body, but gained something
else, I think.”
After Harry was dischar ged from the hospital, he took a cottage at the
beach, where he lived on a small income derived from insurance. He began
to write. He sat all day in a chair, propped up before a typewriter, and
turned out reams of copy. After a while, some of it was published. W ithin
three years, he was comfortably augmenting his income. Even more marked
than his success as a writer was his transformation as an individual. He was
radiant. His clear eyes focused far away as he spoke of what his
creativeness meant to him.“It’s religious,” he said. “Like praying, I think. It’ s like being visited each
day by a supreme mind that works through you because it needs you to do a
particular work. I sit here all day in my little house, apparently all alone, but
I must tell you that I feel more needed now than I ever have felt before in
my life.”
He gestured toward the manuscript scattered around the room. “All this has
been done through me. It doesn’ t matter whether people think it’ s great or
mediocre or even poor. It has been done by a power greater than I am, and
this power works through me.” The joy on Harry’ s face was testimony to
the tremendous spiritual transformation that had taken place within him. “I
lost everything,” he continued, “my job, my health, my legs, but in losing
them I found something of far greater importance. I learned that material
things, even limbs of the body, are unimportant


  ASHER AHAYAH      YAHOVAH      ALLAH
EL ELYON      YAH HAY VAH HAY      EL SHADDAI
ADONAI YESHUA    EMMANUEL    CHRIST OS   LOGOS    YESHUA MESSIAH

AHAYAH      YAH     YAHWAY ELOHIM
EL     ELOHIM GIVOR     ADONAI YESHUA MESSIAH
YAHWAY TZAVAOT     ELOHIM TZAVAOT     SHADDAI EL CHAI
ADONAI HA ARETZ

KADOSH, KADOSH, KADOSH
ADONAI TZAVA OT! (x3)
SHALOM! (x3)  [Priestly Blessing ]
AMEN SELAH AMEN! (x3)

BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)
 Violet Flame Vigil

Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - Beloved
Ascended Master Saint Germain and Portia, the Goddess of Justice; Beloved Archangel Zadkiel
and Holy Amethyst and All Your Legions of the Violet Flame Angels; Beloved Mighty Elohim
Arcturus and Diana  (Victoria) ; Beloved Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy;  Beloved
Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion; Beloved Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva
of the Great Vow; the Great Divine Director - Lord Sai thru and Lady Mercedes; Lady Alexa,  the
Goddess of Liberty; Beloved Goddess of Freedom; Beloved Columbia, Angel Deva of
America ; Beloved Godfré  and Lotus; Beloved Arion and Daphne; Beloved Z arathustra;
Beloved Oromasis and Diana;  Beloved Omri -Tas, Ruler of the Violet Planet; Ascended Master
Orion, the Old Man of the Hills; Lord Melchizedek  and the Priests and Priestesses of the Sacred
Fire; Lord Kamakura and Lady Sengen Sama; Beloved Afra; Be loved  Aquari us; the Fourteen
Ascended Masters Who Govern the Destiny of America; the Ascended Master Nicholas
Roerich; the Spirit of Cosmic Freedom and the Spirit of Cosmic Justice in the Great Central
Sun; the Violet Flame Temple, Violet Planet, and Belov ed Saint Germain’s Maltese Cross; and
All Who Direct the Amethyst Violet Ray and Flame to the Earth -

I CALL FORTH and INVOKE ALL Violet Flame Dispensations from the Heart of God in the
Great Central Sun ever released to TRANSMUTE, CONSUME and REPLACE  cause, core,
effect, record and memory forever - past, present and future - of ALL human creation and
limitation and everything  less than Perfection; all personal and planetary karma; and all that is
not of the Light from my li festream and all life through these ____ days of Violet Flame
decrees  (before my birthday/the new year /__________ ) (especially in through and around
____ ______)  and replace it permanently and forever with the Golden Christ Light, the Cosmic
Christ Light of  a Billion  Suns, and the Light of God That NEVER, NEVER, NEVER  Fails! For I
DEMAND, I COMMAND I become a living Violet Flame Pillar in the Earth! I ASK that all of which I call forth this day be multiplied a billionfold to go forth to bless ALL
life and can never be misqualified or requalified under any circumstance or condition,
whatsoever, anywhere, everywhere forever  until all are Ascended and Fr ee! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3) THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY  I AM (x3)

Hindu  Mantras

AUM
OM TAT SAT OM

BRAHMA : OM KHAM BRAHMA

SARASVATI : OM AIM SARASVATYE NAMAHA

VISHNU : OM NAMO NARAYANAYA

LAKSHMI : OM SRIM LAKSMYE NAMAHA

SHIVA : OM NAMAH SIVAYA

DURGA : OM DUM DURGAYE NAMAHA

GANESHA : OM GAM GANAPAT AYE NAMAHA

KĀLI : OM KRIM KALIKAYE NAMAHA

RAMA : OM REEM RAMAYA NAMAHA

HANUMAN : OM HA M HANUMATE NAMAHA

KRISHNA : OM KLEEM KRISHNAYA NAMAHA

MAHAVATAR BABAJI : OM KRIYA BABAJI NAMA H OM

Deity

Seed Syllable

Brahma  KHAM
Sarasvati  AIM
Vishnu  DAM
Lakshmi  SRIM
Shiva  HRUM
Durga  DUM
Kāli KRIM
Rama  REEM
Krishna  KLEEM

Gayatri  Mantra

OM BHUR BHUVA SV UH
TAT SAVITUR VAREN AYAM
BHARGO DEVASYA DH IMAHI
DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAT

Jain Mantras

NAMAH ARIHANTANAM
NAMAH SIDDHHANAM
NAMAH AYARIYANAM
NAMAH UVJHAYANAM
NAMAH LOYE SAVVA SAAHUNAM
AISO PANCH NAMAHKKARO
SAVVA PAAV PANASANO
MANGLANANCHA SAVVESIM
PADHMAM HAVEI MANGALAM

Sikh Mantras

 IK ONG KAAR
SAT NAAM
KARTA PURAKH
NIRBHAO
NIRVAIR
AKAL MURAT
AJOONEE  SAIBHANG
GUR  PRASAAD
JAAP
AAD SACH
JUGAAD SACH
HAI BHEE SACH
NAANAK HOSEE BHEE SACH

WAHEGURU

Buddhist Mantras

OM

SHAKYAMUNI : OM MUNI MUNI MAHAMUNI SHAKYAMUNI SVAHA

PRAJNAPARAMITA : GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA

 AVALOKITEŚVARA : OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH

TARA : OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA

MAÑJUŚRĪ : OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHIH  / OM WAGI SHORI MUM

AMITAYUS : OM AMARANI JIVANTIYE SVAHA

MAITREYA:  OM MAITREYA MAIM

MILAREPA : OM AH GURU HASAVAJRA SARVASIDDHI H UM

KṢITIGARBHA : OM KṢITIGARBHA  BODHISATTVA YA H

NAMGYÄLMA : OM BHRUM SVAHA OM AMRITA AYUR DADE SVAHA

VAJRAPĀ ṆI: OM VAJRAPĀ ṆI HUM PHAT

Buddha

Seed Syllable

Vairochana  OM
Akshobhya  HUM
Ratnasambhava  TRAM
Amitabha  HRIH
Amog hasiddhi  AH
Vajrasattva  HUM
Avalokiteśvara  HRIH
Mañjuśrī  DHIH
Tara TAM
Maitreya  MAIM

Six Taoist Healing Sounds

Element
 Wood
 Fire
 Earth
 Metal
 Water

Healing
Sound
 SHU

A# HA

C# HU

F# SZE

G# CHU

D#

HE
Torso - Triple Burner

Organs  Liver,
Gallbladder  Heart,
Small
Intestine  Spleen,
Stomach  Lungs,
Large
Intestine
Kidneys,
Bladder

Direction -
Motion
 East-
Outward  South -
Upward  Center -
Stabilizes  West -
Inward  North -
Downward
Virtue  Kindness  Joy Trust  Courage  Gentleness
Time  Dawn  Morning  Midday  Afternoon  Evening
Season  Spring  Summer  Harvest  Autumn
Winter

Climate
 Wind  Heat  Dampness  Dryness  Cold
Animal
Snake  on
Tortoise
 Pheasant  Phoenix  White
Tiger  Black
Deer

Taste
 Sour  Bitter  Sweet  Pungent  Salty

System
 Nervous  Circulatory  Digestive  Respiratory  Excretory

Tissue
 Tendons


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a l l o w e d  t o  d i e. A n d  p e o p l e  l i k e  A l e x  S p e n c e  ( t h e b r e a t h i n g m a n ),  w h o  h a s
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N o v o z h i l o v  a n d  m a n y  m o r e  p e o p l e,  w h o m  t h e r e  i s  n o  o p p o r t u n i t y  h e r e  t o
n a m e. A l l  o f  t h e m  a r e  w o r k i n g  F O R  p e o p l e  w h o  a r e  i l l,  a n d  t h i s  i s  t h e  r e a s o n  t h e
p i l l - p u s h i n g  m a f i a  r e w a r d s  t h e m  w i t h  u n p l e a s a n t n e s s  a n d  a b u s e. B u t  s t i l l
t h e y  s t u b b o r n l y  c o n t i n u e  t h e i r  d i f f i c u l t  w o r k,  a n d  I  a m  p r o u d  t h a t  i t  h a s
f a l l e n  t o  m e  t o  b e  t h e  f i r s t  c h r o n i c l e r  o f  t h e  B u t e y k o  m o v e m e n t. L e t  u s  a l l
c l o s e  r a n k s. I t  i s  a  s t r u g g l e  t o  t h e  e n d. H o w  c a n  w e  n o t  f i g h t  f o r  h i m  a n d  a
G r e a t  D i s c o v e r y  t h a t  b r i n g s  r e c o v e r y  t o  s o  m a n y  p e o p l e. F o r e w o r d  t o  V o l u m e  1  -  T h e  D e s t r u c t i o n  o f  t h e  L a b o r a t o r y
F o r  o v e r  3 0  y e a r s  –  f r o m  O c t o b e r  1 9 5 2  t o  S e p t e m b e r  1 9 8 5  –  t h e  m e d i c a l
e s t a b l i s h m e n t  h u s h e d  u p  m y  d i s c o v e r y. I t  d i d  e v e r y t h i n g  t o  t r a m p l e  o n  a n d
d e s t r o y  t h e  s t r o n g e s t  w e a p o n  i n  t h e  f i g h t  a g a i n s t  m a n y  m o d e r n  d i s e a s e s. I
w a s  c a l l e d  a  c h a r l a t a n,  a  s c h i z o p h r e n i c  a n d  a  r a v i n g  n u t t e r,  a m o n g  o t h e r
n a m e s. T h e y  t r i e d  t o  p o i s o n  m e  t h r e e  t i m e s,  a n d  o r g a n i s e d  t w o  c a r  c r a s h e s. T h e r e  w e r e  s e v e r a l  a t t e m p t s  t o  p u t  m e  i n  a  p s y c h i a t r i c  h o s p i t a l. T h e y
p h y s i c a l l y  d e s t r o y e d  m y  l a b o r a t o r y,  w h i c h  w a s  u n i q u e  t h r o u g h o u t  t h e
w o r l d. A n d  a l l  o f  t h i s  b e c a u s e  I  h a d  d i s c o v e r e d  a  l e v e r  t h a t  p a t i e n t s  c o u l d
p u l l  t o  b e  f r e e  f r o m  t h e i r  p i l e s  o f  p i l l s  a n d  c o m p l i c a t e d  s u r g i c a l  p r o c e d u r e s
t h a t  w e r e  f a r  f r o m  s a f e. B u t  o f  c o u r s e,  t h i s  i s  t h e  m a i n s t a y  o f  p h a r m a c o l o g y,
a n d  t h o u s a n d s  o f  s u r g e o n s  h a v e  w o n  S t a t e  p r i z e s. W h a t,  a f t e r  a l l,  i s  e a s i e r :
t o  r e c o g n i s e  a  d i s c o v e r y  a n d  d e c r e a s e  y o u r  o w n  s p e c i f i


	with	a

blood	fraction	which	they	call	gamma	globulin	and	which,	they	said,	contains

"disease	fighting	antibodies." This	was	being	done,	not	to	prevent	poliomyelitis,

for	they	acknowledge	that	the	serum	will	not	prevent	polio,	but	in	the	hope	that

those	children	who	developed	polio	subsequent	to	inoculation,	would	not

become	paralyzed. Hammon	"stressed	the	fact	that	gamma	globulin	cannot
	prevent	polio,"	but	that	he	believes,	from	tests	made	on	monkeys,	(I	assume	that

he	means	the	monkeys	of	the	lower	order,	not	the	ones	that	were	inoculating	the

children)	it	can	prevent	paralysis. Thirty-five	thousand	children	were	to	be	used	in	the	test. Half	of	them	were

being	inoculated	with	the	"gamma	globulin,"	the	other	half	were	being

inoculated	with	an	"ineffective	substance"	that	resembled	gamma	globulin. This,

said	Hammon,	is	the	only	way	to	test	the	theory	that	paralysis	can	be	prevented

by	the	blood	fraction. A	previous	test,	using	5,768	children	of	Provo,	Utah,	made

last	year,	was	not	on	a	big	enough	scale	to	be	"conclusive." A	bigger	test	was

needed,	and	Houston	was	chosen	as	the	laboratory	in	which	to	use	the	human

guinea	pigs. Last	year	we	had	a	physician	here	in	Texas	to	inoculate	a	lot	of	children	with

anti-rabies	serum	on	the	absurd	theory	that	it	would	prevent	polio. Last	year,

also,	the	gamma	globulin	was	tested	on	a	large	number	of	children	in	a

midWestern	state. Now	comes	the	news	from	Sacramento,	Calif.,	dated	July	24,

1952	that	fifty	children	in	the	Sonoma	State	Home	(presumably	orphans	who

have	nobody	to	protect	them	from	the	state	and	the	medical	gangsters)	are	being

fed	a	"special	kind	of	chocolate	milk	containing	a	virus	which	"scientists"	hope

will	prevent	polio. Frank	Tallman,	state	mental	hygiene	director,	said	in	a	report

to	Governor	Warren	(a	man	who	dared	to	aspire	to	the	presidency)	that	the	milk

diet	is	the	key	part	of	an	experiment	aimed	at	finding	means	of	preventing	polio. The	rascals	who	are	conducting	this	experiment	selected	"100	children	who	were

found	to	have	no	naturally	built	immunity	to	polio." Why	do	newspapers

continue	to	dignify	men	of	this	stripe	with	the	title	"scientists"? Why	do	they	not

rather	expose	the	scoundrels	for	what	they	are—reckless	experimenters	who	toy

with	human	life	as	though	it	were	the	life	of	a	guinea	pig? These	are	the	mass	experiments	that	are	being	carried	out	or	that	have	been

carried	out	during	the	past	two	years	on	children	in	this	country	that	have	made

the	headlines. There	is	no	way	to	tell	how	many	other	such	experiments	are

going	on	or	have	been	carried	out	that	have	been	and	are	being	kept	secret. The

children	of	America	are	being	freely	used	as	guinea	pigs	and	the	parents	of

America	seem	to	be	indifferent	to	the	whole	matter. What	has	become	of	the

sense	of	responsibility	that	parents	are	supposed	to	feel	towards	their	children? Where	is	the	love	that	parents	are	traditionally	supposed	to	have	for	their

children? Is	it	true	that	modern	American	parents	would	sacrifice	their	children
	to	a	modern	Moloch	as	did	the	parents	of	ancient	Carthage;	or	that	they	would

throw	their	babies	in	the	path	of	the	Juggernaught	as	did	the	parents	of	India? Let	no	one	deny	that	they	will	do	this,	for	do	we	not	see	them	sacrificing	their

children	to	the	superstitions	and	hallucinations	of	medical	idiots? Why	was	Houston	chosen	for	this	mass	experiment? It	was	stated	that	Houston

was	picked	because	of	the	high	rate	of	polio	there,	but	this	may	not	be	the	whole

truth. It	may	be	that	the	high	rate	of	polio	in	Houston	was	due	to	the	fact	that	the

city	had	been	chosen	for	the	test. Before	parents	can	be	induced	to	submit	their

children	to	the	dangers	of	inoculation	in	this	manner,	and	especially	before	they

can	be	induced	to	permit	their	children	to	be	used	for	purely	experimental

purposes,	they	must	first	be	frightened	out	of	their	wits. There	is	nothing	like	an

epidemic	to	frighten	ignorant	people. It	is	not	probable	that	more	than	one	third

of	the	cases	diagnosed	as	polio	in	Houston	were	polio. But	this	fact	is	not	known

to	the	parents	of	that	city. Parents	are	as	easily	frightened	by	false	diagnoses	as

by	correct	ones	The	epidemic	at	Houston	may	have	been	staged	because

Houston	had	been	secretly	picked	as	the	place	for	the	test. The	manner	in	which	Houston	parents	crowded	into	the	inoculation	centers	with

their	children	and	the	readiness	with	which	they	submitted	their	children	to	the

experiment	indicates,	not	alone	the	abject	ignorance	of	parents,	but	also	the	fear

that	was	in	them,	as	the	physicians	and	board	of	health	of	that	city	had	built	up	a

synthetic	epidemic	for	that	very	purpose. The	plan	of	the	experimenters	was	to	inoculate	35,000	children—half	of	them

with	gamma	globulin,	which	it	was	hoped	would	prevent	paralysis;	the	other	half

with	gelatine,	which	they	referred	to	as	an	"ineffective	substitute." The	children

who	were	to	get	the	"ineffective	substitute"	were	to	be	"controls." But	many

frightened	parents	in	Houston	refused	to	wait	and	see	if	the	experiment	was	a

success. They	refuse	to	take	a	chance	on	not	getting	the	gamma	globulin	for	their

children. They	took	their	children	to	private	physicians	and	paid	to	have	them

inoculated. Oh,	yes,	the	serum	was	available	and	for	sale	and	so	were	physicians

(most	physicians,	in	fact)	who	will	administer	it	for	a	fee,	even	though	it	is	not

yet	known	to	have	any	value. The	manufacturers	and	the	physicians	are	in	a

hurry	to	reap	their	profits,	for	they	know	that	at	the	conclusion	of	the	test,	they

may	not	be	able	to	sell	it	even	to	the	most	frightened	individual. According	to	a	July	27	report	from	Houston,	but	33,000	children	were	used	in

the	test. This	means	that	so	many	of	the	frightened	parents	went	to	private
	physicians	and	had	their	children	inoculated	with	gamma	globulin,	rather	than

risk	having	them	get	the	"ineffective	substance,"	that	the	experimenters	did	not

get	the	expected	35,000	children	out	to	the	experimental	centers. The	frightened

parents,	thinking,	in	their	ignorance,	that	the	serum	would	prevent	the	disease,	or

at	least	prevent	paralysis,	and	knowing	that	if	they	took	their	children	to	the

experimental	clinics	they	stood	but	a	fifty-fifty	chance	of	getting	gamma

globulin,	paid	for	the	inoculations	and	thus	made	certain	that	their	children	did

not	receive	a	shot	of	gelatine. Thus	the	expected	35,000	guinea	pigs	did	not

materialize. Not	all	of	the	parents	of	Houston	were	as	"scientifically"	minded	as	Robert	N.

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 Foods, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 90061
Garden of Eatin', 5300 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90029
Soken Trading, Inc., 591 Redwood Hwy., Suite 2125, Mill Valley, CA
94941
El Molino Mills, 345 N. Baldwin Park Blvd., City of Industry, CA
91746
Arrowhead Mills, Inc., Hereford, TX 79045
Sovex Natural Foods, Box 310, Collegedale, TN 37315
Health Valley Natural Foods, Montebello, CA 90640
Ak Mak-Ararat Bakeries, Div. of Soojian, Inc., 89 Academy Ave.,
Sanger, CA 93657
Finn Crisp—Wasa Bread—Shaffer-Clarke, Inc., Old Greenwich, CT
06870
Mi-Del Honey Grahams—Health Foods, Inc., Des Moines, IL 60018
Rice Cakes—Arden Organics, Inc., 99 Pond Rd., Asheville, NC 28806
THE FIT FOR UFE SHOPPING LIST • 133 Ananda Products—918 N. Broadway, Box 24125, Oklahoma Citv, OK
73124
Barbara's Chips—Barbara's Bakery, Inc., Novato, CA 94947
Dr. Bronner's All-One-God-Faith, Inc., Box 28, Escondido, CA 92025
Edward and Sons, Union, N] 07083
Hav-A-Com—Hav-A Natural Foods, Box 964, Laguna Beach, CA
92651
Kettle Chips—N.S. Khalsa, Box 664, Salem, OR 97308
Mother Earth Chips—Enterprises, Inc., U.S. Naturals Corp., Novato,
CA 94947
LEGUMES
ADUKI BEANS LENTILS (red and brown)
BLACK-EYED PEAS (cowpeas) LIMA BEANS
GARBANZO BEANS (chick- MUNG BEANS
peas) NAVY BEANS
GREAT NORTHERN BEANS PINTO BEANS
KIDNEY BEANS SPLIT PEAS (yellow and green)
DAIRY PRODUCTS
All dairy products should be unpasteurized (raw) whenever possible. Al
though there are medical concerns pertaining to raw vs. unpasteurized
dairy products, the controversy may be more commercial than scientific
in nature. Notwithstanding the unresolved debate that currently exists,
numerous individuals find their health and well-being immeasurably en
hanced through the avoidance of unnecessarily pasteurized products. (Alta Dena Dairies, City of Industry, CA 91747, has a full line of deli
cious, high-quality raw dairy products.) BUTTER (unsalted)
SOUR CREAM
WHIPPING CREAM
WHITE CHEESES (Yellow cheeses are dyed.) YOGURT (plain, cow's or goat's milk)
MEAT AND FISH
Since saturated fats are always to be avoided, pork is the least desirable
meat, beef is the second least desirable, and duck is third. Any cured or
134 • FIT FOR LIFE salted meats or fish are not recommended (frankfurters, sausages, smoked
fish). Buy naturally grazed meat and poultry when it is available. Shelton
Farms Poultry, Pomona, CA 91767, is naturally corn-fed and available
in many natural food stores. (Beware of parasites—avoid eating your
meat or fish raw!) Buy fresh or frozen fish, rather than canned, whenever
possible. CHICKEN SEAFOOD
CORNISH HENS TURKEY
FISH
OILS
Should be unrefined and cold-pressed, if possible. ALMOND (Hain)
AVOCADO (Hain)
CORN (Arrowhead Mills, Eden)
OLIVE (Golden Eagle, Old Monk, Williams-Sonoma [mail order],
Westbrae), or any cold-pressed or first-pressing olive oil you prefer. There
are scores available at a wide range of prices. "Extra Virgin" is the finest
grade and is almost always cold-pressed.) PEANUT (Arrowhead Mills)
SAFFLOWER (Arrowhead Mills, Eden, Hain, Hollywood, Westbrae;
Hollywood safflower oil is distributed more widely than any of the others. I have found Hollywood to be comparable to Hain oil. They are made by
Hain-Hollywood, and Hollywood is more widely distributed and lower in
price. Hollywood Oil: Hollywood Health Foods, Los Angeles, CA
90061.) SESAME (Eden, Hain, Westbrae)
SALAD DRESSINGS
Any that are pure, containing no sugar, vinegar, or chemicals: Aware
Inn, Cardini's, Hain, Health Valley, The Source. (Cesar Cardini Foods,
Culver City, CA 90230.) THE FIT FOR LIFE SHOPPING LIST • 115 SEASONINGS AND CONDIMENTS
BARBECUE SAUCE
Hain
Robbie's (Robbie's Natural Products, 3191 Grandeur Ave., Altadena, CA
91001)
KUZU or ARROWROOT (Westbrae)
MAYONNAISE (any without sugar—Hain Saf-flower, Hollywood [Rich
in Safflower], Westbrae)
MISO (Cold Mountain, Eden, Westbrae)
MUSTARD
Albert Lucas' 100% Natural Mustard (no salt) (Albert Lucas, 25 Rue
Royale, 75008 Paris, France)
Grey Poupon
Gulden's Spicy Brown
Hain unsalted
OLIVES (any without acid preservatives or vinegar)
Capello's (Capello's Gourmet Food Products, Buena Park, CA 91062)
Graber (C. G Graber Co., Ontario, CA 91761)
PICKLES (dill—any without preservatives)
Cosmic Cukes (Pure & Simple, Inc., Corona, CA 91720)
Pure & Simple (same)
SALT SUBSTITUTES (should contain no MSG or sugar)
Ananda Low Sodium Seasoning (Ananda Products, 918 W. Broadway,
Box 24125, Oklahoma City, OK 73124)
Bragg Liquid Aminos (Live Food Products, Santa Barbara, CA 93102)
Dr. Bronner's seasonings—dry and liquid
dulse flakes or powder
Herbit (Presco Food Products, Flemington, NJ 08822)
kelp granules or powder
Parsley Patch salt-free herbal blends (Parsley Patch, Inc., P.O. Box 2043,
Santa Rosa, CA 95405)
SEA SALT (Pure & Simple, Westbrae)
136 • FIT FOR LIFE SEASONED SALTS (Gayelord Hauser Products, Modern Products,
Inc., 3015 W. Vera Ave., Milwaukee, Wl 53209)
Onion Magic
Spike
Vege-Sal
Vegit
SOY SAUCE and TAMARI (low-sodium—Eden, Soken, Westbrae)
TOFU SAUCE (Westbrae)
VEGETABLE BOUILLON and BROTH
Gayelord Hauser
Hiigli (K & L, Box 54606, Tulsa, OK 74115)
Morga (Morga Ag, 9652 Ebnat-Kappel/Suisse)
Vegex (Vegex Co., Division of Presco Food Products, Inc., Flemington,
NJ 08822)
HERBS
Gayelord Hauser Products (Modern Products, Inc., 3015 W. Vera Ave.,
Milwaukee, Wl 53209) puts up very pure herbs under the Spike brand
name. There are many companies offering the herbs listed here, but
some put chemical additives in their products. BASIL MARJORAM
BAY LEAF OREGANO
CELERY SEED PARSLEY
CHERVIL PEPPERMINT
CILANTRO ROSEMARY
DILL SEED SAGE
DILL WEED SUMMER SAVORY
FENNEL TARRAGON
KARI LEAVES {mam)* THYME
*An Indian herb available at Indian markets, not available from Spike. THE FIT FOR LIFE SHOPPING LIST • 137 SPICKS
SWEETENERS Spike brand spices by Gayelord Hauser are the best. ALLSPICE MACE
ASAFETIDA {king) * * MUSTARD SEEDS ***
CARDAMOM NUTMEG
CAYENNE PAPRIKA
CINNAMON RED PEPPER
CLOVES SAFFRON
CORIANDER SWEET HUNGARIAN PAPRIKA
CUMIN TURMERIC
CURRY WHITE PEPPER
GINGER
DATE SUGAR
MAPLE SUGAR
MAPLE SYRUP
RAW HONEY (Legally, honey can be heated to 160 degrees and still be
termed "natural." But at 130 degrees the honey is made useless due to its
resulting acid nature.) TEAS
Celestial Seasonings, 1780 55th St., Boulder, CO 80301 (We have found
this to be an exceptional product.) Seelect Inc., Chatsworth, CA 91311
COFF


 pm. (Keep the hot -water bottle in the
area of your right  hypochondrium). After drink-
ing it, lie on your right side, with a hot -water
bottle, wrapped in a towel, under your right hy-
pochondrium, keep it there until 9:00 pm.
11:00 pm  — cleansing enema (35 °C water),
empty your bowels into a pot, examine the con-
tents: there could be a discharge of bile, fecal
stones, green oval calcium bilirubinate stones,
yellow cholesterol flakes, sand at the bottom of
the pot.
7th day
3:00 am  — cleansing enema (35 °C water),
drink Epsom salt  (1 sachet mixed in a glass of
water) a fter the enema.
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8:00  am — drink 2 tablespoons of POL YPHE-
PAN UM24 dissolved in water.
Note:  while conducting a cleansing you might
feel somewhat unwell, this is related to an inten-
sive discharge of bile and fast absorption in the
intestines, you may feel weak, dizzy, nauseated,
especially during a cleansing enema. You should
smell some ammonium hydroxide, ensure ac-
cess to fresh air, take 24 drops of CORVALOL
(menthol sedative), suck on a clove of garlic cut
in half. In case of persistent nausea, don’t hold it
in, or you can take 2 tablets of CERUKAL

24 Polyphepanum is an intestinal sorbent. Composition: hydro-
lysed lignin. The drug has a high sorption activity and general de-
toxification effect.
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able to take LINEX25 for a period of time after
cleansings. For adults: take 2 capsules of LINEX
3 times a day, washing it down with a small
amount of liquid. None of these bacteria can sur-
vive in gastric juice with a pH of 2. After food
intake, the pH o f the gastric juice fluctuates be-
tween 4 and 5, which makes it possible to save
the viability of lactic acid bacteria in the digestive
tract. That’s why LINEX is ingested  after meals.

25 LINEX is a probiotic that contains strains of living lactic acid
lyophilized bacteria, which are natural for the microflora of the hu-
man intestine. The drug is indicated for the treatment and preven-
tion of disorders of the intestinal microflora. It is categorized as a
biologically active supplement.
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constipation, you need to prepare a good laxa-
tive mix for the whole cleansing course. Ingredi-
ents: dried apricots, figs, prunes, raisins — take
100 grams of everything. Wash everything thor-
oughly, blend, add 100 grams of honey, 2 table-
spoons of vegetable oil and 50 grams of the cassia
herb. Take 2 tablespoons before sleep for 4 days.
Before cleansing, you have to do an ultrasound
of the liver and gallbladder. If any stones are
found in the gallbladder, cleansing is contraindi-
cated. Sometimes life circumstances don’t allow
you to conduct liver and intestinal cleansing, as
mentioned in the first version.

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to conduct liver and intestinal cleansing, as men-
tioned in the first version. In this case:

9.6. Accelerated cleansing of the body
The advantage of this version is a fast cleansing
of all segments of the gastrointestinal tract from
fecal stones and gas blocks. It’s recommended in
cases of all chronic diseases, except for the ones
listed below.
Contraindications:  all edemas, asthm a, diabe-
tes, peptic ulcer disease in the acute phase, acute
diseases of digestive organs (colitis, gastritis,
cholecystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis, hemor-
rhoids, tuberculosis and colorectal cancer). This
version is not recommended for weakened
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(20-30 mm Hg above the individual norm),
heart attacks, arrhythmia, for patients who are
bedridden for any reason, those with stage III
obesity, for people with chronic constipation
and for people over 60 years old,  if they haven’t
done any cleansing before.

Cleansing regimen
1st day
• Vegetarian diet. Take 3 tablespoons of
POLYFEPAN UM (sorbent)  per one glass of
water 3 times a day, one hour before meals.
• 10:00 pm. Do an enema.
2nd day
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have to open the bottle, so that the gas
comes out), dissolve 60 grams of Epsom salt
in 1 glass of mineral water (if you weigh un-
der 80 kg), or 80 grams of Epsom salt  in 1
glass of mineral water (if you weigh more
than 80 kg). You can add some lem on juice
to the Epsom salt, so it’ll be easier to drink.
Drink the Epsom salt  in one shot, and
within 1 hour wash it down with 6 -7 glasses
of mineral water. Proceed to self -massage
your abdomen. After achieving the desired
outcome of intestinal cleansing, drink 2 -3
glasses of fresh, room -temperature water
and induce vomiting. This will empty the
stomach and contract the pyloric sphincter.
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drink any water. In 30 minutes eat some rice
cooked in water (2 tablespoons of rice)
without sugar, salt or butter. You can have
some vegetable soup and porridge — after
the rice.
3rd day
• 8:00 am. Drink some juice (apple, carrot -
beet).
• 2:00 pm. Drink 3 teaspoons of Epsom salt
mixed in a glass of water. Wash down with
0.5-1 glass of cold water. During the day,
you can drink water without restraint.
• 6:00 pm. Drink 3 teaspoons of Epsom salt
mixed in a glass of water. Start to warm up
your liver from both sides (from the front
and the back) with two hot -water bottles.
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oil on a water bath and heat it up to 40 -42
°C.
• 7:00 pm. Prepare 200 -250 ml of olive oil and
150- 200 ml of citrus juice. Drink all the olive
oil at once with a small amount of citrus
juice, change the water in the hot -water bot-
tles, go to the toilet, lie down on your right
side.  One hot -water bottle should be placed
in the liver area on the abdominal side, the
other – on the back. The bottles should be
wrapped in towels. For cleansing, use room -
temperature citrus juice. Drink the juice
without standing up, every time in the
amount of 1 gulp on the 15th, 30th, 45th,
60th, 75th and 90th minutes, on the 105th
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and lie for 30 more minutes.
• Perform an enema at 10:00 pm, 3:00 am,
6:00 am.
• In the morning eat a salad made of sauer-
k


 s low-fat regimen is nothing short of miraculous in terms  of reversing heart disease, a healthy heart
does not ensure a healthy person. Pritikin’ s emphasis on grain (and, interestin gly, its excess protein, which averages
“only” 12% of calories) creates other health issues, ranging from arthritis to c ancer.
Horne’ s book presents a compelling and spellbinding argument against the consump tion of grains. Here is an excerpt
from Chapter 10, “Grains Are for the Birds”. 31
Pritikin’s mission, first and foremost, was the reversal of coronary he art disease. This was uppermost in his mind and so his
reasoning followed:

We must lower fat, cholesterol and protein, the causes of atherosclerosi s and heart disease. To do this we must cut out foods
of animal origin. We must become vegetarian.
As most of the food we eat goes into the production of energy, if we cut out anima l foods which provide most of the energy in
the American diet, as well as the protein, where then will we get our  energy and sufficient protein? The only other suitable foods available are cereals, root vegetables, and f ruits, because green vegetables are so low in food
value that you would have to eat them constantly all day long like cattl e do to get enough. We must therefore choose between
starch foods (cereals and potatoes) and fruit, and consider green vegetabl es mainly as a source of vitamins and minerals.

So far Pritikin’s reasoning was correct, but at this point his pr eoccupation with eliminating atherosclerosis became an
impediment. He knew that cholesterol and triglycerides (blood fats) were  the two factors most implicated in atherosclerosis and he
was determined that his diet should diminish these in the blood to as low lev els as possible. Cutting out animal derived foods
completely eliminated cholesterol and the harmful animal fats from  the diet, but what about triglycerides from vegetable sources?
Pritikin knew that concentrated sugar of any kind—refined sugar or ev en extracted natural raw sugar—entered the bloodstream too
quickly, upsetting the normal blood sugar levels and resulting in the produ ction of triglycerides, his number-two enemy. His reasoning
logically continued:

If out of our two remaining sources of energy and protein, one of them contain s sugar, a substance which elevates
triglycerides, we cannot entertain it as a principal source of nouris hment.
We must therefore severely ration fruit because of its sugar conte nt and rely almost entirely on cereals to provide our energy
and protein.

What was the outcome of this reasoning? It was a great outcome; Priti kin first of all eliminated his own atherosclerosis and
then proceeded to eliminate the atherosclerosis in the bodies of thousands  of people who followed his teachings.
This is how the current rage on complex carbohydrate started and why compa nies who make whole-grain bread, pasta,
cookies and crackers are doing so well.
But the reversal of heart disease and its associated problems is not the  be-all and end-all of health and longevity. There are
other things to consider besides restoring good circulation. Unsticking t he blood is only the first step in optimizing health, the second
step is to get the blood’s chemistry right. Pritikin had taken the lip o from lipotoxemia but much toxemia still remained. When he
grouped the natural sugars contained in fruit in with other sugars, Pritkin had made  a fatal mistake.

Because cooked grains create a condition known as acid toxemia, people who adher e to starch/grain-based diets eventually
fall victim to cancer, arthritis, chronic fatigue, hypothyroidism, a nd a host of other health challenges. A diet of grains and cooked
vegetables provides most of the vitamins; however, vitamin C—the  most important vitamin of all for the maintenance of tissue
integrity and immune system function, and the most easily destroyed by heat—is seriously lacking unless the diet also includes a great
deal of fresh fruit.
I maintain that whole, fresh fruits—“the other carbohydrate”—con tain precisely the fuel upon which we were designed to
thrive.
Let’s step back for a moment and examine in more detail the three typ es of carbohydrates—complex carbohydrates, refined
simple sugars, and whole-food simple carbohydrate from fruits.

Complex Carbohydrates
We find complex carbohydrates in rice, corn, and other grains; roots and tuber s (potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, carrots,
beets, turnips, parsnips, and the like); and legumes (beans, peas, and lentil s). We make breads, cakes, pastas, cereals, pancakes,
and pastries from these complex carbohydrate sources.
Across the board, complex carbohydrate foods are nutritionally inferior to fr uits and vegetables, which are the two highest
sources of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. Grains, for example, are low in vitamins A, B, C, and E, as well as sodium,
calcium, sulfur, and potassium. The phytic acid in grains is an antinu trient that drastically reduces zinc absorption. Legumes are low in
vitamins A and C as well. Both grains and legumes contain more protein  than I would recommend eating in quantity (their
percentages averaging in the teens and twenties, respectively).
With the exception of corn, peas, and some root vegetables like carrots and beet s, we cannot even attempt to eat most
complex carbohydrate foods from the garden, unprocessed, in the form Nature gi ves them to us. Even if we can physically chew
and swallow starchy carbohydrates, they are very difficult for our bodies  to digest. This is true whether they are eaten raw, soaked,
cooked, processed, or refined. We do not have the digestive enzymes to break down the ol igosaccharides in beans, nor the
polysaccharides (cellulose and other fibers) in grains and starchy v egetables, a sure sign that they are not designed for human
consumption. Biochemistry tells us exactly which foods we can and cann ot digest, and therefore what foods we should eat.
In the raw food world, creative chefs have devised recipes that utilize  soaked lentils, wild rice, oats and other grains. The
dishes they create from these easier-to-swallow yet still subst antially indigestible “staples” allow them to replicate many of  the tastes and textures we once enjoyed with cooked food. In all cases, however, grains, st archy tubers, and legumes create nutritional,
digestive, and health problems for those who eat them. Even when soaked and ra w, grains are acid forming in a body that needs to
be slightly alkaline.

Complex Carbohydrates and Disease
Many research studies link diets high in complex carbohydrates to nega tive health conditions. The gluten-containing grains 32
(primarily wheat, but also rye and barley) contain at least fifteen opi oid sequences, which are strongly addictive, morphine-like
substances that have potent psychoactive properties and produce serious n eurological disorders, constipation, urinary retention,
nausea, vomiting, cough suppression, and other symptoms. 33
Gluten intolerance (celiac disease) contributes to or causes a wide  range of other diseases, including asthma, arthritis, chronic
fatigue, Crohn’s disease, Type 2 diabetes, depression, eczema, fibromya lgia, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, lymphoma, and
gastrointestinal cancers. Gluten intolerance may also be linked to a utism, schizophrenia, and several autoimmune disorders.

Masking the Bland Taste of Complex Carbs
Most people who attempt to thrive on a high-carbohydrate diet devoid of fruit ru n into health problems. Primarily, this is because
most starchy carbohydrates are completely unappealing if served as is. Society has proven repeatedly for more than forty years that
people will not, in fact cannot gravitate toward a diet dominated by plain, undr essed complex carbohydrates.
Brain-destroying, neurotoxic, and profoundly addictive flavor enhance rs, called “excitotoxins,” are added to almost all
processed foods, especially frozen and diet foods. 34

Excitotoxins Enhance Flavor While Poisoning Our Foo ds
In his book, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, Russell L. Blaylock, MD suggests that the prolific use of excitotoxic f lavor
enhancers in almost all processed foods is a major cause of obesity and disea se in our country.
The most common and dangerous excitotoxins include Nutrasweet, (aspart ame) and MSG and its derivatives, which show up
on food labels as innocuous-sounding ingredients like hydrolyzed vegetable  protein, autolysis yeast, yeast extract, textured protein,
soy protein extract, sodium caseinate, natural flavoring, and spices. 35
Excitotoxins are substances that react with specialized receptors  in the brain in such a way as to lead to destruction of certain
types of brain cells. These highly addictive, neurotoxic substances ac celerate aging and stimulate the nervous system, causing
neurodegenerative diseases, neurological disorders, endocrine disorders, heart attacks, strokes, tumors, vision loss, migraines,
seizures, and many other diseases. They also worsen or mimic the symptom s of such diseases and conditions as fibromyalgia, MS,
lup


 It ispossible to buy unhulled millet, usually by special order from the health fooddistributor—if you’ll take a whole sack. Millet can be hulled at home in smallbatches. Here’s how we figured out how to do it. There probably are betterways.
Using a cheap steel-burr flour mill, set the burrs just far enough apart that the
seed is ground to coarse grits, but not flour. This pops the hulls loose. An old millwith worn-out burrs works great for this job. Then you have to get some handseed cleaning screens just large enough to pass the grits but not pass the hulls(most of them). Window screen or other hardware cloths won’t work. Seedcleaning screens come in increments of 1/128 inch; we use a 6/64" round screen.Other batches of millet might work better with a screen one step larger or smaller.It will take you a little ingenuity to find hand-held screens. They’re used by seedcompanies and farmers to clean small batches of seed for inspection and areusually about one square foot in size with a quality wooden frame. Larger framesmade of the same screening material are used in big seed cleaning machines. (Thehulls could also be winnowed out by repeatedly pouring the grit/hulls mixture backand forth between two buckets in a gentle breeze.)
After you’ve screened out most of the hulls, the rest will rinse out, floating off
as you wash the grain prior to cooking. We never hull more than enough millet fortwo or three meals and keep the uncooked (unwashed) millet in the freezer in anairtight jar. It is interesting how people will accept poor nutrition and itsconsequent sickness as the price of convenience.
If you eat much buckwheat you should also figure out how to hull (sometimes
called groating) it yourself. Someone should write a thorough book on the home
milling of cereals. And perhaps sell the equipment by mail. Probably would be agood little homestead business.
Something else you need to keep in mind about seed. Even though the
embryo’s food supply is protected by the seed coat, it still slowly deteriorates,steadily oxidizing and losing nutritional value. Eventually old seed looses the abilityto sprout. The decline in germination ability matches a decline in nutritional quality.Any seed you are going to use for eating should possess the ability to sprout,strongly and rapidly. (After you’ve comparatively sprouted a few grain samples,you’ll know what I mean by this.) Fortunately, cereal grains usually sprout well forquite a few years after harvest if they have been stored cool and dry. Eating deador near-dead seeds will help move you closer to the same condition yourself.
Finally, one more warning about buying store bread. Salt-free bread tastes
“funny” to most people. It bakes fine, salt is not necessary to the leaveningprocess, but no bakery could stay in business without salting their bread. Thestandard level of salt is two percent by weight. That is quite a lot! Two percentequals one teaspoonful per pound. I’ll have more to say about the evils of salt.
I imagine some of my readers are feeling a little overwhelmed by all these
warnings and “bewares ofs,” and intricacies. They are used to taking noresponsibility for securing their own food supply quality and have come to expectthe “system” to protect them. I believe it is not because of lack of governmentintervention, but because of government intervention itself, our food system is veryperverse. Until our mass consciousness changes, if you wish to make yourself andyour family truly healthy, you are going to have to take charge and become quite adiscriminating shopper. Unconscious consumers are on a rapid road to the totalunconsciousness of death.
And again, let me remind you here that this one small book cannot contain
everything you should know. The bibliography at the end of should become yourguide to earning your post-graduate education in nutritional health.
Freshness Of Fruits And Vegetables
Most people do not realize the crucial importance of freshness when it comes
to produce. In the same way that seeds gradually die, fruits and vegetables gothrough a similar process as their nutritional content gradually oxidizes or isbroken down by the vegetables own enzymes, but vegetables lose nutritionhundreds of times more rapidly than cereals. Produce was recently part of a livingplant. It was connected to the vascular system of a plant and with few exceptions,is not intended by nature to remain intact after being cut. A lettuce or a zucchiniwas entirely alive at the moment of harvest, but from that point, its cells begin todie. Even if it is not yet attacked by bacteria, molds and fungi, its own internalenzymes have begun breaking down its own substances.
V egetables, especially leafy vegetables, are far more critical in this respect than
most ripe fruits. All, however, deteriorate much like radioactive material; theyhave a sort of half-life. The mineral content is stable, but in respect to the vitaminsand enzymes and other complex organic components, each time period or “halflife” results in the loss of half the nutrition. Suppose a lettuce has a half life of 48hours, two days after harvest only 50 percent of the original nutrition remains.After two more days, half the remaining half is gone and only 25 percent is left.After two more days half of that 25 percent is lost. Thus six days after harvestand a lettuce contains only bout 12 percent of its original nutrition. A two dayhalf-life is only hypothetical. Those types of produce I classify as very perishableprobably do have a half-life of from 36 to 48 hours. Moderately perishableproduce has a half life of about 72 hours; durable types of produce have half livesof 96 hours or longer.
Very Perishible  Moderately Perishible Durable
lettuce zucchini apple
spinach eggplant squash
Chinese cabbage sweet peppers oranges
kale broccoli cabbage
endive cauliflower carrot
peaches apricots lemons
parsley beets
The half life of produce can be lengthened by lowering its temperature. For
that reason, sophisticated produce growers usually use hydrocooling. Thisprocess dumps a just-cut vegetable into icy water within minutes of beingharvested, lowering core temperature to a few degrees above freezing almostimmediately. When cut vegetables are crated up at field temperatures, and stacksof those crates are put in a cooler, it can take the inside of the stack 24 hours, orlonger, to become chilled. Home gardeners should also practice hydrocooling. Fillyour sink with cold water and wash/soak your harvest until it is thoroughly chilledbefore draining and refrigerating it. Or, harvest your garden early in the morningwhen temperatures are lowest.
Still, when you buy produce in the store it may have been sitting at room
temperature for hours or possibly days.
The bottom line here: fresh is equally as important as unsprayed or organically
grown!
The Real Truth About Salt And Sugar
First, let me remind certain food religionists: salt is salt is salt is salt and sugar is
sugar is sugar. There are no good forms of salt and no good forms of sugar. Saltfrom a mine and salt from the sea both have the same harmful effect; white sugar,natural brown sugar, honey, molasses, corn syrup, maple syrup, whatever sweet
have you. All are sugars and all have the similar harmful effects. I know of no
harmless salt substitute that really tastes salty. Nutrisweet is basically harmless tomost people and can be used as a very satisfactory replacement for sugars. (Afew people are unable to tolerate nutrisweet, causing the anti-chemicalists tocirculate much anti-nutrisweet propaganda, but you should carefully consider thisthought before dismissing nutrisweet—there is almost no food substance thatsome people are not allergic to or unable to digest. The fact that nutrisweet ismade in a chemical vat and the fact that some cannot handle nutrisweet does notmake it “of the devil.”
And its not all black and white with the other items either. Sea salt does have
certain redeeming qualities not found in mined salt and under certain very specialconditions, eating small quantities of salt may be acceptable. Similarly, some formsof sugar are not quite as harmful as other forms, though all are harmful.
The primary health problem caused by table salt is not that it contributes to
high blood pressure in people with poor kidneys, though it does that. It is not thateating salt ruins the kidneys; salt probably does not do that to most kidneys. Thereal problem with salt is that sodium chloride is an adrenal stimulant, triggering therelease of adrenal hormones, especially natural steroids that resist inflammation.When these hormones are at high levels in the blood, the person often feels verygood, has a sense of well-being. Thus salt is a drug! And like many drugs of itstype, salt is a habituating drug. However, we are so used to whipping our adrenalswith salt that we don’t notice it. What we do notice is that we think we like thetaste of salted food and consider that food tastes flat without it. But take away aperson’s salt shaker and they become very uncomfortable. That’s because theaddict isn’t getting their regular dose.
What’s wrong with repetitive adrenal whipping is that adrenal fortitude is
variable; many people’s adrenals eventually fail to respond to the prod of salt andthe body begins to suffer from a lack of adrenal hormones. Often those inheritingweak adrenals manifest semi-failure in childhood. The consequence is that
ordinary, irritating substances begin causing severe irritation. The person becomes
allergic to pollen, dust, foods, animal danders, etc. We see asthma