, and hold without touching; these three
ways of living beyond form need to be a part of your awareness. These
shapeless realms merge into the one world of spirit (the Tao), which  creates
and rules all life. You’re being encouraged to live with a total awareness of
this all-encompassing principle. Some scholars have singled out this 14th verse of the Tao Te Ching as the
most significant of all its 81 offerings because it stresses the significance of
the single principle that’s the underpinning of all existence. Tapping into
this invisible, untouchable, immeasurable force will enable you to gain the
harmony that comes with being  connected to the oneness, and harmony is
your ultimate objective in deciding to live an “in-Spirited” life. You want to
learn to abandon your ego—which identifies with the world of things,
possessions, and achievements—and reenter the placeless place from which
you and all others originated. By doing so you regain the mystical, almost
magical powers of your eternal Source of being. Here, you live beyond the
world of form. When you live exclusively “in-form,” you concentrate on accumulating
“in-form-ation.” This 14th verse of the Tao calls for you to immerse
yourself in inspiration rather than information, to become at one with that
which has always been. And as this verse of the Tao concludes so
insightfully, “Discovering how things have always been brings one into
harmony with the W ay.”The Way has no conflict in it. How could it? There is only the oneness
that is a blend of the invisible, inaudible, and intangible. Imagine a world
where conflict is impossible, where Lao-tzu says that there is no darkness or
light. The nameless Source that has alwa ys been  gives only the peace and
harmony you desire, so recognize this infinite oneness and keep it in your
awareness. You’ll know that the Way is simply the Way when you stop
questioning why things have been as they have! Free of the fears that attend
sole identificatio n with this world of form, you can embrace your infinite
nature. That is, you can love your foreverness, rather than dread that life
ends with the death of your body. You, your body, and all of life are the
result of the unwinding of this eternity. Here’ s what Lao-tzu is relating in this 14th verse of the Tao Te Ching
from his 2,500-year -old perspective:
Use the technique of walking meditation to obtain knowledge of the
absolute. Stay in a persistent state of awareness of the eternal principle that
animates all of life. By seeing  the unfolding of God in everyone you
encounter—and in all of your identification with your ego-based world—
you’ll come to be more like Him, and less like that which has tarnished
your link to Him. This is the alignment that will bring you back into balance
and restore the harmony that is your true egoless nature. Impr ove your vision by looking beyond what your eyes see. Whatever you gaze upon, ask yourself, What is the true essence of what
my eyes reveal to me? Wonder about that magical some thing that awakens a
tree in the spring time and places blossoms where frozen limbs existed only
a few weeks before. Inquire, What is the energy behind the creation of that
mosquito—or behind my every thought, for that matter? Do the same thing
with everything you hear as well. Those sounds emer ge from, and return to,
a silent world—improve your hearing by listening for the “quiet sounds.”
Awe and gratitude will grow when you embrace this forever principle. But
even greater than this, you’ll awaken to new possibilities that include your
own Divine magnificence. Your mind will free itself from a false
identification with the transitory world, and you’ll see the eternal in all
things. Yes, Lao-tzu tells you, you’ll transform your life by being in-Spirit.It is here that you will recognize what Rumi poetically offered some 1,500
years after Lao-tzu’ s powerful words:
Every tr ee and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which
average eyes would see as fixed and still. I urge you to see the dance of “how things have always been” in the
unseen, unheard, and untouched present. Do the T ao Now
Take note of as much invisible ness as you can when gazing at a tree, a
distant star, a mountain, a cloud, or anything else in the natural world. Embrace the principle that allows it to be, and then turn it inward and do the
same for your own physical existence. It is the principle that expands your
lungs, beats your heart, and grows your fingernails—live in this principle
for ten minutes  today and take note of how you feel connected to your
Source of Being. OceanofPDF.com15th Verse
The ancient masters wer e profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it. One can only describe them vaguely by their appearance. Watchful, like men cr ossing a winter str eam. Alert, like men awar e of danger. Simple as uncarved wood. Hollow like caves. Yielding, like ice about to melt. Amorphous, like muddy water. But the muddiest water clears
as it is stilled. And out of that stillness
life arises. He who keeps the T ao does not want to be full. But pr ecisely because he is never full,
he can r emain like a hidden spr out
and does not rush to early ripening. OceanofPDF.comLiving an
Unhurried Life
This 15th verse speaks of ancient masters who enjoyed an indescribably
profound level of cooperation with their world. Lao-tzu uses similes to
dramatize the flexible and peaceful lives of these sages: Imagine crossing
an icy winter stream that might crack at any moment, remaining cautious
and watchful while at the same time alert to imminent danger. These
descriptors paint a picture  of those who live unhurriedly but are also in a
profoundly aware state. Consider the two ways of being presented in this verse of the Tao Te
Ching: first to meld into, and therefore become at one with, your immediate
surroundings; and to then simultaneously stay so relaxed that your stillness
allows all things around you to settle, resulting in a deep clarity. Keep alert
and subtly awar e, yet at the same time stay still within—not  rushing or
demanding, but totally in charge of your inner world. This passage of the
Tao reminds me of these words  of the Bible: “Be still, and know that I am
God” (Ps. 46:10). The place of your origination is stillness, from which all of creation
comes. Stay in a creative, simple state, which Lao-tzu describes as
“uncarved wood,” symbolizing  beginner ’s mind and unlimited potential. Have a mind that’s willing to flow with life and be shaped by the etern al
forces of the Tao. See yourself as all of these things mentioned in this 15th
verse of the Tao: watchful, yet relaxed and peaceful; alert, yet unhurried and
confident; yielding, yet willing to be still and wait for the waters to become
clear. This verse reminds you that through nature, everything ultimately
becomes clear. Your purpose is to stay in harmony with nature like the
sprout hidden beneath the surface of the ground, waiting unhurriedly to
emer ge and fulfill its destiny. It cannot be rushed, nor can anything in
nature. Creation takes place on its own timetable. The metaphor is clear
here for you as well: You are unfolding in Divine order. All that you require
will be provided in an unhurried fashion. Let go of your demands and trustin the perfect unfolding of the Tao. Be in a state of watchful gratitude and
align with the W ay. In attem pting to access the mind and intentions of Lao-tzu through
meditation and research on the Tao Te Ching, here’ s what I believe he
would say to us today:
Stop chasing your dr eams. Allow them to come to you in perfect order with unquestioned timing. Slow down your frantic pace and practice being hollow like the cave and
open to all possibilities like the uncarved wood. Make stillness a regular
part of your daily practice. Imagine all that you’d like to experience in life
and then let go. Trust the Tao to work in Divine perfection, as it does with
everything on the planet. You don’t really need to rush or force anything. Be an observer and receiver rather than the pushy director of your life. It is
through this unhurried unfolding that you master your existence in the way
of the T ao. Get in the flow of life and allow yourself to proceed gently down its
stream. Give up struggling and start trusting in the wisdom of the Tao. What is
yours will come to you when you aren’ t trying to push the river. You’ve
probably been encouraged to actively direct and go after your desires all of
your life... now it’s time to trust in the eternal wisdom that flows through
you. The Way of Life Accor ding to Lao Tzu, translated by Witter Bynner in
1944


hears	what	people
really
	want,	which	means	in	their	heart	of	hearts. After	I
grew	up,	I	heard	about	an	interesting	study	in	this	area. People	were	asked	the
question	“What	do	you	want?”	Then	no	matter	what	answer	they	gave,	they
were	asked	why. So	the	questioning	might	go	like	this:Q. What	do	you	think	you	want	right	now? A.	I	want	a	great	body. Q. Why? A. Because	I’d	be	more	attractive	and	confident. Q. Why? A. Because	people	would	notice	me,	and	that’s	important. Q. Why? A. Because	it	makes	me	happy,	and	I	want	to	be	happy. What	the	experimenters	found	is	that	if	you	ask	the	question	“Why?”	often
enough,	everybody	winds	up	saying	the	same	thing:	“Because	I	want	to	be
happy”	It	doesn’t	matter	what	they	start	out	wanting—money	popularity
fame,	a	better	job. In	the	end	all	wishes	are	for	happiness. Baba	taught	me	that	if	what	you	really	want	is	happiness,	why	not	get	it
directly? The	place	where	happiness	is	always	available	is	inside	yourself. You	have	to	create	your	own	joy	Possessions	can’t	do	it	for	you,	and	neither
can	other	people. Naturally,	you	feel	happy	with	your	friends	or	when	you
buy	something	you	coveted. But	these	periods	of	happiness	are	temporary
Your	soul	knows	this,	which	is	why	it	leads	you	to	the	root	of	happiness,	not
to	its	leaves	and	branches. On	the	outside	life	will	always	be	fickle,	which	is	another	reason	not	to	plant
your	happiness	there. I	heard	a	story	once:	Four	brothers	came	to	a	wise	man
and	said,	“Our	grandfather	died	and	left	us	a	hundred	pieces	of	gold. But	he
didn’t	say	how	the	money	should	be	divided. Can	you	tell	us	the	best	way?”
The	wise	man	said,	“Do	you	want	it	divided	the	way	most	people	would	do	it
or	the	way	God	would	do	it?”
“We	want	the	way	God	would	do	it,”	said	the	four	brothers. So	the	wise	man	gave	eighty	pieces	of	gold	to	the	first	brother,	fifteen	to	the
second	brother,	four	to	the	third
	brother,	and	only	one	piece	of	gold	to	the	last
brother.“This	is	how	God	would	do	it?”	they	said	in	astonishment. “Yes,”	said	the	wise	man. “If	you’d	asked	for	the	way	most	people	would	do
it,	I’d	have	given	you	all	an	equal	share!”
The	nice	things	of	this	world	are	not	divided	equally. Some	people	get	more
than	their	share,	while	others	get	less. But	this	pertains	only	to	outward
desires. On	the	inside	everyone	can	win	a	life	that	brings	equal	joy	and
happiness. Baba	told	me	to	wish	for	just	one	thing:	“Make	me	rich	inside,”
which	means	as	full	of	joy	and	satisfaction	as	possible. He	told	me	that	my
soul	would	help	me	every	day	to	make	this	wish	come	true,	no	matter	how
many	outward	things	came	my	way	or	not.Follow	the	Thread
E
ven	without	a	wishing	tree	there’s	a	magical	way	to	make	a	wish	come
true,”	said	Baba. He	held	his	hand	out. “Here,”	he	said. “Ill	give	it	to	you.”
“I	don’t	see	anything,”	I	said. “I’m	handing	you	a	string;	you	can’t	see	it	because	it’s	invisible,”	he	said. He
wasn’t	satisfied	until	I	pretended	to	pick	up	the	invisible	string	dangling	from
his	palm	and	put	it	in	mine. “Now	all	you	have	to	do	is	follow	the	string. It	will	lead	to	what	you	want.”
I	was	bewildered. “What	if	I	want	a	car? I’m	too	young	to	drive. There	are
almost	no	cars	in	the	village	and	no	dealership	in	a	hundred	miles. How	will
this	string	get	me	a	car?”
“It	will,”	Baba	said	with	smiling	confidence. “Let	me	show	you	how.”
We	had	been	walking	down	the	road	for	a	while,	and	I	could	almost	see	the
outskirts	of	the	village	up	ahead. Baba	started	searching	for	something	in	the
bushes. “Ah,	here	we	go,”	he	exclaimed.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Fire	in	the	Heart
A	Spiritual	Guide	for	Teens
DEEPAK	CHOPRA
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Q: What is the title of the book that Deepak Chopra wrote?,
A: Fire in the Heart: A Spiritual Guide for Teens
Q: What is the main theme of the book?,
A: The book is a spiritual guide for teens, focusing on spirituality and self-discovery.
Q: Who is the old man with the white beard that the narrator meets?,
A: Baba
Q: What is the first thing Baba teaches the narrator?,
A: Baba teaches the narrator to look within and not rely on the external world for happiness.
Q: What is the main message of the book?,
A: The book emphasizes the importance of inner change and self-acceptance, and encourages the reader to focus on their inner self rather than external desires.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>I	went	over	to	where	he	was	standing. “A	spiderweb?”	I	said. “That’s	right,	and	where	is	the	spider?”	asked	Baba. The	web	was	suspended
between	two	bushes,	and	it	looked	freshly	made	that	morning. “After
finishing	her	web,	the	spider	weaves	one	last	thread. She	follows	it	to	a	hiding
place	and	sits,	holding	tight	to	her	thread. She’s	waiting	for	it	to	vibrate,	and
when	it	does,”	said	Baba,	“she	knows	she’s	caught	her	prey.”
If	I	looked	very	closely,	I	could	just	see	the	thread	he	was	talking	about,
although	I	still	couldn’t	spy


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sensitizer such as 5-delta-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), tissue oxygen, and a target
cell. Photosensitizers can be given systemically or locally on the skin. Topical pho -
todynamic therapy is generally well tolerated, and the usual side effects following 5-ALA include erythema and pain at the site of application. 32
Recent studies have shown that topical photodynamic therapy with 5-ALA
and DMSO in 60 patients with basal cell carcinoma resulted in 81% of the patients becoming symptom-free 72 months after treatment with good cosmetic outcome. 33
A similar study evaluated the long-term follow-up for 19 cases of Bowen’s disease,
a neoplastic skin disease also called squamous cell carcinoma, in which patients were given topical 5-ALA plus DMSO with a single exposure to 630 nm diode laser at differing energy dosages. At 60 months, 57% of the patients treated with 5-ALA and DMSO showed no histologic signs of squamous cell carcinoma. 34
DMSO IN EXTRAVASATION
DMSO has been used to reduce extravasation of cytotoxic agents given to cancer patients intravenously. Extravasation or leakage of these agents from the blood into the surrounding tissue is a true medical emergency that requires immediate action to prevent ulceration or tissue necrosis. The only licensed drug that is used in the United States to reverse extravasation of anthracycline, a class of drugs used in
 cancer chemotherapy, is dexrazoxane,35 a derivative of ethylene diamine tetraacetic
acid (EDTA), which chelates iron ions bound to anthracycline to lower the formation of superoxide radicals. 36
However, cooling and topical DMSO over the area of extravasation has been
shown effective in reducing small anthracycline extravasations.37 The advantages of
DMSO and cooling are the rapidity of preventing anthracycline tissue damage fol -
lowing extravasation and substantial cost-effective savings due to the high cost of a hospital maintaining dexrazoxane in its inventory. Although brief reports and anecdotal accounts have often appeared attesting the
usefulness of DMSO in the treatment of lymphomas, glioblastomas, melanomas, and prostate and colon cancer when combined with conventional cancer therapeutic agents, these reports remain unconfirmed by strategic clinical trials. These controversial findings suggest that DMSO may have an important role in
anticancer chemotherapy. However, further research is needed, particularly on a larger population that can be studied long term in randomized clinical trials. CANCER AND RADIATION
Radiation is a well-established carcinogen for humans, and 10% of invasive can -
cers are related to radiation.38 A study was conducted that used high linear energy
transfer (LET) particles, which are used in radiotherapy, to irradiate a human bron-chial epithelial cell line, a stepwise neoplastic transformation of these cells occurred together with a consistent downregulation of the tumor suppressor TGFBI  gene. 39
The irradiated cells showed fragmentation and shrinking of mitochondria, which was 128 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
accompanied by a reduction in mitochondrial functions. The reduced mitochondrial
functions were seen as lowering of cytochrome C oxidase, superoxide production, as well as succinate dehydrogenase activities when compared with nonirradiated con-trols. 39 Cytochrome C oxidase is the last enzyme in the respiratory electron transport
chain of mitochondria and is important in the synthesis of ATP, the energy fuel of all cells. DMSO exposure of the irradiated epithelial cells was able to control the super -
oxide production and the damage caused by this free radical on the mitochondria. 39
A combination therapy using DMSO and sodium bicarbonate infusion was
recently reported by Hoang et al.40 DMSO and sodium bicarbonate were mixed into
a solution and infused daily for 6 months to nine patients suffering from advanced nonresectable biliary tract carcinoma, a highly fatal malignancy that has a poor response to chemotherapy. The treatment was well tolerated by all nine patients, and no adverse effects were recorded. The combined DMSO–sodium bicarbonate infu -
sion was seen to improve pain control, blood biochemical parameters, and quality of life for the patients. Notably, this treatment led to a 6-month period of progression-free survival for all nine patients in the trial, a finding the authors consider signifi -
cant of further research and application for the palliative care and extended survival of patients with this condition. 40
These findings add fuel to the conclusion that more research is needed using anti -
cancer agents mixed in DMSO solutions, a procedure that may provide more effec -
tive penetration and effectiveness in cancer suppression. Onyx EMBOLIZATION
Onyx is composed of ethylene–vinyl alcohol copolymer dissolved in DMSO and sus -
pended with micronized tantalum powder to provide contrast for visualization under fluoroscopy. Onyx liquid is used as an embolic agent of the vascular endothelium for a number of conditions including carotid-cavernous fistulas and cerebral arteriove -
nous malformations (A VMs). 41,42 Embolization of these vessels may prevent lethal
hemorrhage if they burst or leak. Onyx has been used with radiosurgery where it was successful in 80% of patients
treated for A VMs, showing safety and efficacy with a low rate (5%) of clinical com -
plications.43 Radiosurgery involves a single high-dose fraction of radiation directed
stereotactically at an intracranial region of interest.44,45
The flow-directed catheters used to deliver the liquid Onyx for embolization can
be coated with DMSO to prevent early polymerization within the catheter.46 It has
not been investigated whether DMSO may serve a secondary role during emboliza -
tion in stabilizing A VMs besides being a vehicle for the copolymer. Transvenous occlusion of the cavernous sinus in dural arteriovenous fistula
using Onyx embolization has been tried on patients with some success.47 Onyx with
DMSO was injected through the superior pharyngeal branch of the ascending pha -
ryngeal artery where small transosseous feeders to the fistula arising from the supe -
rior pharyngeal branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery could be occluded by this approach especially when more conventional approaches cannot be achieved. 47
Arteriovenous fistula of the spinal dura is also amenable to Onyx endovas -
cular embolization. Although vascular malformation of the spinal cord is a rare 129 DMSO in Malignancy
clinical condition, it occurs when congestion of the spinal cord medullary venous
plexus results in edema and neuronal ischemia.48 If not repaired, axial or radicular
back pain, gait imbalance, weakness of the lower limbs, numbness, and bladder or bowel disturbances can result. 49
Onyx has been tried in order to embolize the abnormal communicating vessels to the
dura and relieve the spinal cord edema that develops with a relatively high rate of suc -
cess.49 However, the neuronal ischemia is not always improved in arteriovenous fistula
of the spinal dura using Onyx, and it is only speculative whether a high dose of intrave -
nous DMSO separate from the Onyx embolization could aid control of this condition.50
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 answer,”
“You make your own luck,”
and
“There’s more where that came from. ”
Dad was
my first experience
of fearlessness. Introduction
You are about to have an extraordinary
experience. You are about to have a
conversation  with God. Yes, yes. I
know. that’s not possible. You probably
think (or have been taught)  that’s not
possible. One can talk to God, sure, but not
with Go d. I mean, God is not going to  talk
back, right. At least not in the form of a
regular, everyday kind of conversation. That’s what I thought, too. Then this book
happened to me. And I mean that literally. This book was not written by me, it
happened to me. And in your reading of it,
it will happen to  you, for we are all led to the
truth for which we are ready. My life would probably be much easier if I
had kept all of this quiet. Yet that wasn’t the  reason it happened to me. And whatever
inconveniences the book may cause me
(such as  being called a blasphemer, a
fraud, a hypocrite for not having lived these
truths in the past,  or—perhaps worse —a
holy man), it is not possible for me to stop
the process now. Nor do I  wish to. I have
had my chances to step away from this
whole thing, and I haven’t taken them. I’ve
decided to stick with what my instincts are
telling me, rather than what much of the
world  will tell me, about the material here. Those instincts say this book is not
nonsense, the overworking of a frus trated
spiritual  imagination, or simply the self -
justification of a man seeking vindication
from a life misled. Oh, I’ve thought of all of
those things —every one of them. So I gave
this material to a few  people to read while it was still in manuscript form. They were
moved. And they cried. And  they laughed
for the joy and the humor in it. And their
lives, they said, changed. They were
transfixed. They were empowered. Many said they were transformed. That’s when I knew this book was for
everyone, and that it  had to be published;
for it is a  wonderful gift to all those who truly
want answers and who truly care about the
questions; for  all those who have embarked
upon quests for truth with sincerity of heart,
longing of soul,  and openness of mind. And
that’s pretty much all of us. This book addresses most, if not all, of the
questions we have ever asked about life
and love, purpose and function, people and
relationships, good and evil, guilt and sin,  forgiveness and redemption,  the path to
God and the road to hell. everything. It
directly  discusses sex, power, money,
children, marriage, divorce, life work,
health, the hereafter, the  before -
now.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Who does the author acknowledge first and last?,
A: The author acknowledges the Source of everything, including life itself, first and last.
Q: What is the author's purpose in writing this book?,
A: The author's purpose is to share the truth about God and the nature of reality, and to help readers understand themselves and their relationship with God.
Q: What is the author's message about the nature of God and humanity?,
A: The author's message is that God does not reveal Himself through words or physical forms, but rather through our inner feelings and experiences. God is not a distant, judging being, but a loving, guiding force that is always with us.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of God's communication with humanity?,
A: The author believes that God communicates with everyone, not just a select few, and that this communication is not limited to words or physical forms, but can be experienced through feelings, thoughts, and experiences.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to approach God and the concept of prayer?,
A: The author advises that we should not ask for specific things, but rather focus on gratitude and faith, and that our prayers should be based on love and not fear.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>If you conclude
from this that past, present, and future exist
at one  and the same “time,” you are  right. (Yet now is not the moment to discuss that. We can get into this in much greater detail
when we explore the whole concept of
time—which we will do later). The world is the way it is because it could
not be any other way and still exist in the
gross  realm of physicality. Earthquakes
and hurricanes, floods and tornados, and
events that you call natural disasters are
but movements of the elements from one  polarity to the other. The whole birth -death
cycle is part of this movement. These are
the rhythms  of life, and everything in gross
reality is subject to them, because life  itself
is a rhythm. It is a wave, a vibration, a
pulsation at the very heart of the All That  Is. Illness and disease are opposites of health
and wellness, and are made manifest in
your reality at your behest. You cannot be
ill without at some level causing yourself  to
be, and you can be well again in a moment
by simply deciding to be. Deep  personal
disappointments are responses which are
chosen, and worldwide  calamities are the
resul t of worldwide consciousness. Your question infers that I choose these
events, that it is My will and desire they
should occur. Yet I do not will these things
into being, I merely observe you doing  so. And I do nothing to stop them, because to
do so would be to thwart your will. That, in
turn, would deprive you of the God
experience, which is the experience you
and I have chosen together. Do not condemn, therefore, all that you
would call bad in the world. Rather, ask
yourself, what about this have you judg ed
bad, and what, if anything, you wish to do
to change it. Inquire within, rather than without, asking:
“What part of my Self do I wish to
experience now in the face of this calamity? What aspect of being do I choose to  call
forth?” For all of life exists as a tool of your
own creation, and all of its events  merely
present themselves as opportunities for
you to decide, and be, Who You Are. This is true for every soul, and so you see
there are no victims in the universe, only
creators. The Masters who  have walked
this planet all knew this. That is why, no
matter which Master you might name, none
imagined themselves to be victimized —
though many were truly crucified. Each soul is a Master —though some do
not remember their origins or their
heritages. Yet each creates the situation
and the circumstance for its own highest
purpose and its own quickest
remembering —in each moment called
now. Judge not, then, the karmic path walked by
another. Envy not success, nor pity  failure,
for you know not what is success  or failure
in the soul’s reckoning. Call not a  thing
calamity, nor joyous event, until you decide, or witness, how it is used. For is a  death a
calamity if it saves the lives of thousands? And is a life a joyous event if it  has caused
nothing but grief? Y et even this you should
not judge, but keep always  your own
counsel, and allow others theirs. This does not mean ignore a call for help,
nor the urging of your own soul to work
toward the change of some circumstance
or condition. It does mean avoiding labe ls
and judgment while you do whatever you
do. For each circumstance is a gift, and in
each experience is hidden a treasure. There once was a soul who knew itself to
be the light. This was a new soul, and so,
anxious for experience. “I am the light,” it
said. “I am the light.” Yet all the knowing of
it and all the saying of it could not substitute
for the experience of it. And in the realm  from which this soul emerged, there was
nothing but the light. Every soul was grand,
every soul was magnificent, and eve ry soul
shone with the brilliance of My awesome
light. And so the little soul in question was
as a candle in the sun. In the midst of the
grandest light —of which it was a part —it
could not see itself, nor experience itself  as
Who and What it Really Is. Now it came to pass that this soul yearned
and yearned to know itself. And so great
was its yearning that I one day said, “Do
you know, Little One, what you must do to
satisfy this yearning of yours?”
“Oh, what, God? What? I’ll do anything!”
The little soul s aid. “You must separate yourself from the rest,
of us,” I answered, “and then you must  call
upon yourself the darkness. ”
“What is the darkness, O Holy


ottenger states that "when additional growth stimulation is
applied to certain deficient children at the right time, before they have attained facial growth, material changes in the
contour of the face can brought about without the application of surgical appliances." IN EUROPE
In Europe a diet composed primarily of raw foods was employed in the treatment of disease as early as the latter part of the
nineteenth century. At that time the " Jungborn" a health resort located in the Hartz mountain region between Isenburg and
Hartzburg of Germany, was opened. The director of this institution was Adolph Just, a philosopher and naturalist, who
concluded from his observations of wild and domestic animal life that only raw foods were capable of building the health,
strength, and vigor that are normal in nature. At his resort, Mr. Just provided sun and air baths, special water baths, and
earth compresses as treatment in addition to raw foods. The diet consisted in the main of fruits, berries, nuts, and milk in
the uncooked state. In 1896, Mr. Just issued a number of case history records illustrating the results of his raw food and natural treatment
therapy. Among the diseases reported cured or benefited were inflammatory rheumatism, consumption of the spinal cord,
tuberculosis of the bones, dropsy, incipient dropsy, fistula of the rectum, cancer, nervous spasms, deafness, and various
digestive ailments and sexual disorders. Recoveries were often rapid as well as complete. Recovery from severe nervous
disorders was achieved in ten weeks, from deafness in eight weeks, from inflammatory rheumatism in nine days, and from
incipient dropsy in less than a week. Great improvement in cases of different forms of consumption was noted during the
first two weeks of treatment. In almost all cases treated at the " Jungborn" some benefit was reported, and the general
success was attributed largely to the use of raw foods. BIRCHER-BENNER
During the year, 1897, another great raw food institution was opened in Europe, this being the famous Bircher- Benner clinic
and sanitarium in Zurich, Switzerland, which continues operation in the present day. Here extensive use has been made of
raw foods, and some patients have been placed on an exclusive raw diet for a limited period of time when this was deemed
necessary. The late founder of the institution, Dr. Bircher- Benner, stated that "raw vegetable food is the most potent healing
copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 6factor that exists" which is able "to bring healing to very many widely spread disorders of health and serious diseases, in
quite astonishing fashion, where all other curative measures have failed." He called raw food "sunlight food" and referred to
his delicious preparations of fruits, vegetables, nuts, honey, milk and other foods, all in their raw state, as "sunlight dishes." The success of this sanitarium has been so phenomenal that it has attracted patients from all over the world. It is best
known for its treatment of digestive diseases. So astonishing was the recovery, on a strictly raw diet, of one supposedly
incurable patient suffering from the Herter-Heubner disease that it attracted the attention of the children’s hospital in Zurich,
which in turn introduced a raw diet for its coeliac patients. The medical director of the hospital at the time published a
monograph giving an account of the "staggering success" thus achieved. Today Dr. Ralph E. Bircher carries on the important work of his father at the clinic and sanitarium, with equally satisfactory
results. He describes raw food in relation to "the five zones of its influence." In the first zone the effects are noticeable within
a few days, with the "return of appetite, rapid fading of unnatural thirst" and "much better digestion." In the second zone,
embracing weeks of time, the circulatory system responds to the curative effects of raw food. The third zone "needs months
to become effective," though some improvement may be noticed almost immediately. It covers the endocrine glands and
metabolism. The fourth zone, embracing the capillary system and secondary effects on all parts of the organism, is reported
by Dr. Bircher to require one to three years, sometimes less, "to show the effects of its domain." The entire four-fold action,
according to Dr. Bircher, "generally brings about a complete change in obstinate cases of many chronic conditions such as
stomatitis and ulcers, spine, amoebic dysentery, lambliosis  and malaria, kidney troubles, jaundice, eczemas  and urticaria,
headaches, and schizophrenias, also in cases of varicose, thrombophlebitis  and many other conditions." The fifth zone
applies to the constitution itself, from which our diseases and infections originate. It means a fundamental change in the
physiological efficiency of the entire body, with new vitality and vigorous health. At the First Medical Clinic of the University of Vienna, two scientists, Eppinger and Kaunitz, tested the Bircher- Benner raw
food diet as a means of improving the interchange of energies and substances between the ends of the blood vessels
(capillaries) and the tissue cells of the body. Under normal conditions of life, the blood gives up its nutritive substances, and
the cells give up their waste substances in this interchange through two fine membranes and a narrow dividing interstice. Often, however, the cells lose a part of their "selective capacity" because of salt penetrating the cell wall, distortion and
spasms of the capillaries, a sticky coating of blood globules, waste products,being scattered around the cells, and
reduction of the chemical, physical, and electrical tensions which promote the nutritive interchange. When this happens,
cells cannot rejuvenate fast enough; bacteria tend to multiply too rapidly, and the general cause of many clinical symptoms
of disease is in existence. Eppinger and Kaunitz studied this condition and tried every possible means of restoring normal
selective power in the cells once this had been lost. Only one measure was found to be successful. This was the application
of an exclusive raw food diet "exactly according to the prescriptions of Dr. Bircher- Benner." Under the influence of this diet,
the life-giving tensions between capillaries and cells grew and the capillaries were slowly restored to a normal, vigorous
condition. HUMLEGAARDEN
In Denmark an exclusive raw diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, nuts, cornmeal, sprouted grains and legumes, honey, and
milk is given for all patients who visit the " Humlegaarden" a sanitarium located near Humlebek. Dr. Kristine Nolfi, medical
director of this sanitarium, was formerly associated in medicine and surgery with the Communal Hospital in Copenhagen
and also with the State Hospital in Pediatrics. During her years of hospital training she suffered from weak digestion and
catarrh of the stomach, and in the winter of 1940 and 1941 she observed the symptoms of cancer. A trial microscopy taken
at the Radium Centre in Copenhagen was positive, indicating there were cancer cells. Dr. I. Nolfi treated herself with an
exclusive raw diet and recovered excellent health. This success prompted her to open the " Humlegaarden" where not only
all patients, but even members of the hospital staff, live entirely upon foods which have not been treated by heating. About
one thousand patients annually visit this sanitarium, and doctors from Denmark and foreign countries also visit the place
and make observations which are later utilized in their practice. The therapeutic successes attained at the " Humlegaarden" are said to be phenomenal. Dr. Nolfi attributes this to the
consumption of raw foods, and in particular to the use of raw garlic and raw potatoes. Patients at this sanitarium recover
from all manner of diseases, including cancer, sterility, obesity, diabetes, heart debilitation, high blood pressure,
rheumatism, epilepsy, asthma, and many others. In some cases even grey hair darkens in color. According to Dr. Nolfi, the
raw diet "has a curative effect not only for a particular disease and on an individual organ, but on the organism as a whole. It cures not only the diseases contracted during our short span of life, but also those determined by hereditary
predispositions." OTHERS
Dr. K. Eimer, of the University Medical Clinic at Marburg-Lahn, has employed the raw diet in the treatment of many different
diseases. He reports that no gastric disturbances occur on the diet and that the relatively large amounts of cellulose in the
raw vegetable foods appear to aid peristalsis. He found the raw diet to be especially suitable in cases of renal or cardiac
oedema or the oedema of obesity, with the elimination of superfluous water and salt being rapidly achieved. In diseases of
the circulatory system, the diet was found to usefully supplement other treatment, and high blood pressure and diabetes
were found to be benefited through the use of raw food. The blood was improved on the raw diet, and the alkali reserve was
copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 7raised an average of 20 per cent among the patients. Dr. Eimer also reported that the refractive index of the serum
increased through the use of raw foods. Of equal importance is the experience of Dr. Joseph Evers  in Germany, who has treated


scientist Dr. Candace Pert 2, co-discoverer of
endorphins,  “Cells are conscious beings that communicate with each other, affecting our emotions
and choices.” It is equally true that our emotions and beliefs af fect the activity of our cells. Fear Is The Enemy
As a recovered Gerson patient and practicing psychotherapist myself, I know the devastating
emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis. It is a major trauma, which evokes powerful emotions:
panic, shock, rage—or hopeless resignation and numbing despair. To make things worse, there
is also a sense of isolation, as if having cancer excluded one from the rest of humanity and from
normal everyday life. But the overriding and overwhelming feeling is fear. I know this profound
fear from my own experience, and that of the many patients I have worked with over the past 23
years. Although there are many other life-threatening diseases, probably none of them is able to
induce the same abject, debilitating fear as cancer. There are good reasons for this. One is the growing incidence of the disease. Most people
know someone who has died of cancer after much suffering, having endured drastic treatments
with horrendous side effects but no hope of a cure. To find oneself suddenly confronted with
the same fate is truly terrifying for all those who see a cancer diagnosis as an automatic death
sentence. Then there is a non-rational fear, too, that interprets cancer as an intruder, an evil alien
that has breached our defenses, is growing and spreading beyond our control and will eventually
kill us. Panic-stricken patients are in no state to realize that tumors don’t come from outer space
but from their own malfunctioning organisms, where ‘law and order’ on the cellular level has
broken down. The shock of the diagnosis is usually made worse by the average physician’s way of
announcing it. Doctors are not trained in the art of communication. They hate to give bad news
and protect themselves by becoming withdrawn, remote and cold, at the precise moment when
the sick person would most need human warmth and support. If the patient then spends time in an
average hospital, the sense of dependence, loss of autonomy and privacy will make the prospects
look even bleaker. The patient becomes a passive sufferer, with no say in what is being done to
him or her. In the telling phrase of the brilliant thinker and author, the late Ivan Illich, “Modern
medicine turns the patient into a limp and mystified voyeur in the grip of bio-engineers.”3
 These observations apply to cancer patients diagnosed and treated in a conventional medical
framework. But as almost all patients come to the Gerson Therapy after that system had failed
them, it is important to recognize their depressed or scared state and do something about it at once. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 167Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comOrdinary human empathy and caring demand that we try to dispel their fear and hopelessness. Just as importantly, in the light of PNI’s findings there are sound medical reasons for urgently
relieving the patients from their huge emotional burden and steer their negative orientation
towards a positive outlook. “No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul,” wrote
the Greek philosopher Plato nearly 2,400 years ago—a powerful endorsement of the body-mind
link in healing from an unimaginably remote past. If something deep down in the patient’s inner world does not want to live, even the tried
and tested Gerson program cannot do its best. That something may have nothing to do with the
cancer diagnosis.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        As pointed out earlier (see Chapter 9, The Gerson
Household, pg. 95 ) no toxic cleaning materials are to be used in the patient’s home. After 8-12 months on the Therapy the patient is usually in a much better condition and can
take on a number of food preparation tasks, including juicing. However, if this extra effort brings
on new symptoms or excessive fatigue, outside help must be brought in. Some people, particularly
the breadwinner, are able to return at first to part-time work, later to a regular job. There is just
one important condition: the patient must never eat lunch in a restaurant. He/she needs to eat the
usual Gerson lunch at home, together with the freshly made green juice (which cannot be taken
along to work), and also have some rest plus the midday enema. The carrot/apple juices can be
taken to work in the morning, in a glass-lined thermos flask; another thermos full of juice needs
to be ready for the patient to drink during the afternoon. Then on returning home the balance of
the green juices can be taken, along with the missing enemas and followed by  rest. This arrangement only works if there is a person at home able to prepare all the Therapy
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www. thegersonway. comitems needed by the patient. The Trouble With Sunshine
Sunshine can be a source of good health; it can also be a killer. The difference lies in the degree
of exposure we choose. The human body needs Vitamin D, which helps to maintain several organ
systems and is essential for forming and maintaining healthy bones. However, very few foods are
naturally rich in Vitamin D (some commercial foods are fortified with synthetic versions of the
substance), so we need the Vitamin D, which is produced in our skin exposed to sunlight. The trouble is that the ultra-violet (UV) rays contained in sunlight can cause severe damage
to cells. This partly explains why the widespread fashion for deep tanning has been accompanied
by the doubling of skin cancer cases in the last few decades. Even those who don’t lie for hours
practically naked on a sunny beach but have an outdoor job may develop skin cancer, since 30-
50% of UV rays reach us even on a cloudy day. All this means that Gerson patients must take great care to avoid sunburn, which causes
immediate harm in the form of blisters, reddening and discomfort, but can also produce long-term
damage, with dry, wrinkled skin as its mildest, and melanoma as its worst effect. The first rule
is to keep out of sunshine between 10 a. m. and 3 p.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: How long will I have to do the therapy? How long until the tumor is gone? How long until,
A:
Q: With all the enemas being used in the course of the two years on the therapy, will I,
A:
Q: Since this therapy bans animal products, where do I get my protein? A: It is a mistake to believe that all protein is of animal origin. On the contrary. Most vegetables,
A:
Q: What is the Gerson Therapy's stance on the use of toxic cleaning products in the home?,
A: No toxic cleaning materials are to be used in the patient's home.
Q: Can Gerson patients start eating their favorite foods again after completing the therapy?,
A: No, it is not recommended. The therapy is designed to heal the body, and returning to unhealthy foods can cause a setback.
Q: Why can't Gerson patients eat lunch in a restaurant?,
A: Gerson patients are required to eat their usual lunch at home, along with the freshly made green juice, and also take rest and enemas.
Q: Can Gerson patients use sunscreen or sunblock?,
A: No, it is not recommended. The Gerson Therapy advises avoiding excessive sun exposure, and sunscreen or sunblock may not provide adequate protection.
Q: Can Gerson patients use supplements to boost their immune system?,
A: No, the Gerson Therapy does not recommend using supplements. The therapy provides a balanced diet and natural detoxification methods, which are more effective than supplements.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>It could be an almost forgotten early emotional wound, a severe loss, a deep
resentment, or some unfinished business with a loved or hated person. Or else we may be dealing
with someone who conforms to the so-called ‘cancer-prone personality,’ as defined by Lawrence
LeShan4, pioneer researcher of the body-mind link in malignant disease. LeShan, also known as
‘the father of psycho-oncology,’ has observed over several decades that certain personality traits
seemed to pre-dispose some people to cancer. These traits include low self-esteem, difficulty
in expressing anger or aggression, an urge to please others and ignore their own feelings and
needs, and inhibited emotions. The true self of such people has been banished behind a false self,
probably developed quite early in life to ensure parental approval, and maintained in adulthood,
too, when it was no longer necessary. Of course this personality profile does not apply to all cancer patients, although in my work
with sufferers I have often come across similar character traits. Together or separately they suggest
a dispiritingly negative outlook on life, which a cancer diagnosis can turn into black despair, and
PNI tells us what that means in terms of reduced immune competence. It has been observed that cancer often appears 18 months or two years after some adverse life


 make them think that you lov e them, but
rather that you want them to be dif ferent. Y ou have to remember to go back
to what you fell in love with. All relationship s are about an opposite. Y ou don’ t need a mirror of
yourself—you’ve already got th at. Even with your children, the things that
usually endear you the most to them are the things they do that are not like
you. Those are often the things you respect the most. Y ou admire, for
example, your child who will st and up for what she thinks is rig ht and take
the sling s and arrows that go al ong with such fearlessness. Of course you
don’ t want her t o be contrary an d disobedient, but there’ s a part of you that
says, “Y ou know, I never had the courage to do that myself. I don’ t want her
to ever not  do that. ” When you ad mire such qualities, you can le arn from
them, and they become your teachers. Y ou can make something very positive and beautiful out of those
dif ferences. When you make conflict something to honor, to da nce with, to
celebrate, you become instant ly focused on solutions. Most often, the
solution to the d if ferences in any relationship lies in respecting, honoring,
and cele brating the very things t hat are dif ferent in the other person. Again,
you bring a win-win attitude to it. So when conflict crops up at wo rk, you have to take the same a pproach. Resist th e ur ge to be problem-oriented—that is, I’m going to make this
person wr ong, and I’m going to make myself right —or turn it into a contest. Y ou do not need  to feel threaten ed by the dif ferences in other people. Y ou
see t hat others a re on a dif ferent  part of the path than you are. Some people
are very ef ficient at getting things done, while others are slower. Instead of
making them wrong, you can refrain from being ego-involved in this at all. I think this one of the hardest things for us in the try-to-get-ahead-of-the-
other -guy, comp etitive-oriented W est to grasp. Y et we must try to get to the
point wh ere the dif ferences in other people are to be respected a nd honored,
accepted for what they are rather than treated as contests. Bringing in a
spiritual, right-brained, intuitive kind of approach isn’ t going t o make you
wimpy, weak, or less profitab le; in fact, it will bring you peace and
harmony. It will give you a sense of knowing what you’re about and why
you’re here, and that lack of the need to be right or to win or to put
somebody else down frees you up to do better. I hav e moved m uch more in this direction in my own life. I don’ t need to
make a contest out of every dif ference I have with others; instead, I
recognize those variations and look toward solutions. I dance with, even
enjoy, th e disco rd rather than tr eat it as something that shouldn ’ t be there. Since I’ ve given up some of my attachments to having to be right and
embarked upon a path of sending out love and peace and ha rmony and
contentment, I’v e never had more “success” come into my life. My books
and audio programs are very popular. The demand for my lectures has
increased, and people are inviting me to do things that never even came to
me before, such as create my own television shows and write plays. Success
as v iewed in an external fashion, as an achievement, has certai nly gone up
for me. Y et I’m talking about going beyond all of that. Again, the great irony is that wh en we get focused on following our bliss
and being in the service of others, all those things that w e seek so
desperately—the success, the achievement, the performance—seem toarrive in our lives in great amounts. But as long as we fin d ourselves
pushing for, demanding, chasing after, and striving for them, they will never
arrive. T he only  vehicle that’ s a vailable to take us from striving  to arriving
is detachment and acceptance. A NEW KIND OF APPROACH
When yo u are enlightened, you no longer see yourself as separated from
higher c onsciousness. Instead, y ou see it as what you are. The n you start
having dramatic new changes in your life. That old focus on accumulatio n and having to get things done is no
longer th ere, so  you become m uch more peaceful. Then after a while you
realize that Everything that I’m doing is all right. Even when I mess up,
even wh en the deal doesn’ t go t hr ough, ther e’ s something to learn. Ther e’ s
an opportunity in that obstacle or in that failur e. Y ou get this incredible
peace with all the things that you’re doing. Y ou see that this world of form is all an illusion and that  you are
destroying yourself with things that aren’ t even real. Why should you
concern yourself  with whether this person likes you or doesn’ t, whether you
get that money o r not, and all that. Y ou can’ t do anything with t hat anyway. Y ou tell yourself, I’m going to sto p messing myself up. I won’ t even think
like that any longer. Be fore long, instead of being full of anger and
disharmony, yo u become full of acceptance. Y ou have a n ew kind of
approach to all that you’re doing  in your life, and the only thing that matters
is love. Deep inside you—in that special place where you know that you are
thought and thought is you, and you are a higher consciousness—you feel
more productive  and less consumed with what other people a re thinking. Y ou find  yourse lf moving away from all the stuf f that used to  be such an
important part of your life, trying to get this one to like you a nd trying to
please that one, or being in an overbearing or controlling relati onship. Y ou
leave tha t all behind. Y ou avoid confrontation and conflict becau se that isn’ t
you any longer. Y ou’re much more peaceful with everything. After a while, you look for the beauty in what others do, and you see it in
everybody. Somebody will cut you of f on the freeway, somebo dy will yellat you, somebod y will be obnoxious toward you, somebody w ill not pay
their debt toward you—any number of things that at one time would have
driven you absolutely insane—and you understand, That’ s w her e the y ar e
on the path. Y ou know that everything that happens to you and everybody
you run into in your life are gifts. They teach you something abo ut yourself. Y ou think, All t hose people ar e just tests for me to see whether I can, in
fact, send them something positive and useful and not let them get to me. The minute a n egative person starts getting to you, what you’ve really
done is given up control of your life to them. Y ou’ve communicated that
their opinions of you are more i mportant than your own are. If you see that
person for where they are on the path, recognizing that the way they behave
has nothing to do with you, then you’re not going to ma ke yourself
miserable becau se they choose to act toward you in that way. Before long,
you can turn those kinds of people around. T ake three people looking at a given situation: one of them sees the
anger, an other one sees the hostility, and another one sees the lo ve behind it
all. The person who sees the lov e behind the encounter, wherever it may be,
has a much better chance of not only getting what they wa nt but also
helping to turn others around. For example, think of an airport, where there
are a lot of people fighting over how they’re going to get seated on a plane. I have found myself in a similar  situation to this many times. There will be
several people acting aggressively toward a clerk who is trying to do her
best and  be as polite as she can. But the person who is antagonistic can only
see the antagonism in another person. I’ll be admiring how well the attendant is handling all of th e people
giving her a hard  time. I recognize what a kind person she is and how she’ s
trying to  do her absolute best. When it’ s my turn to get up the re, I’ll say,
“W ow, y ou’re re ally having to struggle. Y ou sure have to put u p with a lot
when you do a job like this, but you handle it so well and don’ t lose your
cool. ” Y ou know what. She will often go out of her way for me. I might get
moved up to firs t class, get the very seat that I want, or simply b e rewarded
with a genuine smile. When y ou’re looking for the g ood, you can make almost any situation
turn arou nd for you. After a whi


 the things that weshould not do, and leaving undone those thingsthat we ought to do," as the Prayer Book tellsus, including carelessness of eating, andshirking physical exercise. To return to thecallow book of the canny doctor-son of myantagonist of a dozen years ago. It isn't socallow as it is canny, and since the persons inthe case are of the canniest of peoples, thosewho are so shrewd that Jewish merchants do
not thrive among them, and the prescriptionresults in thousands of pounds a year revenue,the game may be set down to ordinarycommercial cupidity and popular gullibility. It issafe to always warn against Prescription forRevenue. Like patriotism or religion forrevenue, it is questionable, if not surelyselfishly prejudiced. On the other hand, MotherNature charges no fee for her advice. She paysgood coin as a premium for her patients in thesame way that I bribed my first test subjectsinto eating right by paying them for eating in
addition to furnishing the food. DOUBTING  THOMASES
who are too lazy, or incredulous, or careless, to
take a month to try the Mother NaturePrescription as interpreted by me, are liable tosay: " Appetite is abnormal. Taste is perverted,and the demands of the body are whollyunnatural. " True. But abnormality of that sortcan be corrected in a very short time. A "poorchap " who is lucky enough to have to gowithout food long enough to " whinney like ahorse " at the smell of fresh-baked bread and
the thought of good Danish butter on it, is notgoing to " turn up his nose " at even a crispbaked potato; neither is he likely to requiresweetbreads to coax himself to eat. Correctingperverted appetite is like purifying a streamwhich is being polluted at its source and runsmuddy all the way to the sea. Stop thepollution, and the stream will purify itself asfast as ever it can by hurrying along with itsimpurities to the great ocean sewerage. CHAPTER X
WHAT CONSTITUTES A FLETCHERITE
Fletcherism and Longevity—W. E. Gladstone, Fletcherite —
Fletcherizing Liquids—Getting the Best out of Everything— TheStudy of Mother-Nature. SINCE the term "Fletcherite" is incorporated
in some of the latest dictionaries, it is properthat the person whose name has been used forthe designation should define what constitutesa Fletcherite. Any person who eats in a healthy manner is a
Fletcherite. Any person who eats in a polite manner is a
Fletcherite. Any person who is faithful to his end of
responsibility in securing healthy nutrition forhimself is a respectable eater and a goodFletcherite. WHAT  IS NOT A FLETCHERITE. The above definitions are fully compre-
hensive, but sometimes it is more effective todescribe a thing by telling what it is not, andleaving the remainder as an inferential
description. Following this suggestion: it is safe to say,
that :
Anyone who eats when he is not hungry or
what his appetite does not approve, is not aFletcherite. All this presupposes the ordinary opportunity
for selection in civilized communities where thisbook is liable to be read and where itsrevelations and recommendations are mostneeded. Any one who does not give his appetite a
chance to guide him to healthy nutrition is not aFletcherite. Any one who does not extract all of the taste
from his food, while it is in the region wheretaste is developed, is not a Fletcherite. Any one who succumbs to greed of " getting
the worth of his money," because he has paid forfood, or can get food free of cost, or takes it onthe insistence of Aggressive Hospitality, or tokill time, or for any purpose other than for thesatisfaction of a real appetite, is not aFletcherite. FLETCHERISM  AND LONGEVITY. Returning to positive definition of a
Fletcherite : it is a good safe betting propositionthat all persons who have passed the seventyyear-mark in the life race are Fletcherites inthe fundamental requirement of healthy eating. If they reach beyond the eighty year-mark it iscertain that they have been fairly decent eatersfor many years, even if they abused themselvesearlier in life. For example : vide the
autobiography of Luigi Cornaro,* which wasconcluded only when he was nearly onehundred years old. Vide also, occasional
newspaper statements attributed tocentenarians or near centenarians who claim tohave been Fletcherites before Fletcher wasborn. Some of them have had the " constitution "necessary to attain the respectable longevityand have used tobacco and alcohol at the sametime, but there is no evidence that eithertobacco or alcohol lengthened their lives. In thesame category of questionably-profitableindulgences may be put any of the stimulants or
* London: Ewart, Seymour & Co.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's approach to understanding the importance of personal responsibility in nutrition?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of personal responsibility and encourages readers to "Show me!" and verify the information through their own experiences and observations.
Q: According to the author, what is the key to good digestion?,
A: The author stresses the importance of head digestion and mastication in the mouth, emphasizing that the head plays a crucial role in the digestive process.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the role of the stomach in digestion?,
A: The author does not believe that the stomach plays a significant role in digestion, emphasizing that the mouth and head are responsible for the digestive process.
Q: What is the author's stance on the idea of prescription and proscription in nutrition?,
A: The author is strongly against prescription and proscription, emphasizing that Mother Nature is the ultimate authority on nutrition and that any attempts to prescribe or proscribe food are misguided.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the concept of "Fletcherite"?,
A: The author defines a Fletcherite as someone who eats decently, respects their appetite, and does not succumb to gluttony or greed, and also emphasizes that being a Fletcherite is not a personal achievement, but a natural and normal state.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>He was a medicalman, past forty, beginning to slack up a little inhis elasticity and strength. He was reachingthat age when even the most temperate andcareful begin to be a little lenient withthemselves. His doctor friends were in the habit
of prescribing a little stimulant to counter-balance this expected decline in energy and hetook their advice. It was the medical fad of theperiod. At first, Dr. Anderson ordered for himself one
small drink of good medicinal whisky a day, andthe effect was as expected. By and bye, however,a little more was needed, and this increasingdemand continued its insistence until threedrinks were no more efficacious than one hadbeen at first. When I was introduced to him hehad begun on his fourth drink daily, and yetburned it up in his exercise without feeling itmuch. A couple of weeks after he began to check up
my tests by personal experience, which is theonly scientific way, he all at once remembered,one day, that he had forgotten to take hiswhisky, and yet he was fitter than usual. I hadnot mentioned my own experience in this regardto him, I believe, as when we were together hekept me busy with the exercises of the ‘Varsitycrew, and I had little chance to give himaccounts of my full experiences. Besides, it didnot occur to me that it would interest him who
seemed to be moderation and temperancepersonified. And so he was, according to thescientific estimate of the time, but Nature hasanother standard of temperance, and under herstrict guidance very little but good spring wateris needed or desired. HOW TO ENJOY  WINE. To illustrate this and also suggest a way of
letting Mother Nature prove that I representher correctly in this important matter, I willgive an account of an actual happening. I was lecturing in Buffalo, New York, in
America, and was invited to address themembers of the sumptuous Buffalo Club. Idwelt especially on Fletcherizing as a means ofgetting the good and the best out of food anddrink, and yet for little cost, and at the close ofthe lecture a dozen or more of the audienceasked me to demonstrate my point as above. Iwas happy to do this, and called for a pint of thechoicest still wine, with cordial glasses. Therequest caused a smile among some of my hosts
who were proud of being " one bottle " consumers.When the wine came I poured out half a
cordial glass as the portion I selected for myselfand recommended the same prescription for theothers, as a " starter." Then I breathed andsipped my delicious grape-juice, as I hadlearned to do from the professional wine-tasterson the Rhine, in Germany, and in the Burgundyregion, in France. The others did the same, andseemed to get unusual satisfaction from boththe boquet and the taste. What happens is this : You sense the wine by
means of the olfactories as you would breathe inthe odour of a delicately perfumed flower. Tasteis excited and becomes jealous of Smell. Yougive Taste a taste. Something more subtle thantaste ; a sort of aroma, so to speak, spreads overthe head. You feel the taste of the delicacy uparound the temples, and


. By
July
1992,
there
were
no
changes,
but
the
tumor
had
stopped
growing. Then
pus
and
later
blood
began
to
flow
from
the
breast. In
August,
a
sore
the
size
of
a
dime
formed
on
the
nipple. A
trickle
of
blood
began
to
flow
from
her. It
also
flowed
under
the
nipple. About
a
third
of
the
cup
suddenly
leaked
out,
then
it
stopped
flowing
on
its
own. The
daughter
brought
an
oncologist
from
the
hospital. He
said
something
was
wrong,
but
he
didn't
know
what. He
sent
me
to
the
hospital
for
an
examination. I
refused
to
go
anywhere. In
September
and
October
I
bled
often,
almost
every
other
day,
but
from
December
1st
it
stopped. Only
pus
oozed
out. Many
blisters
formed
around
the
nipple,
individually
and
in
groups. They
cracked
and
blood
and
pus
flowed
from
them
too.'Comment
and
recommendation:
Detached
cancerous
tissue
comes
out
through
the
skin
in
the
form
of
pus,
and
therefore
it
is
necessary
to
apply
poultices,
clay
cataplasms
more
often
in
order
to
accelerate
the
elimination
of
the
decaying
tumor
from
the
body. Shrinkage
of
the
tumor,
its
dischar ge
in
the
form
of
pus,
and
the
like,
are
good
symptoms
indicating
successful
treatment. It
must
be
continued
until
the
victorious
end. Under
the
influence
of
urinotherapy,
the
effect
finally
occurs
accumulation
effect. In
the
initial
period,
everything
goes
smoothly,
but
gradually
hidden,
deep-seated
pathology
begins
to
emer ge
from
the
body
in
thin
layers. At
the
same
time,
unpleasant
and
painful
things
happen
to
a
person,
which
must
be
overcome
with
firm
faith. This
is
the
only
way
to
get
rid
of
many
years
of
problems,
waste
and
pollutants
and
achieve
positive
results. If
you
go
through
the
7
cleansing
steps
before,
the
whole
process
overcoming
a
serious
illness
will
be
much
easier. Example:
"I
suffered
from
many
diseases
in
my
childhood. I
had
my
tonsils
removed
in
second
grade. I
was
diagnosed
with
rheumatism
and
my
joints
creaked
until
the
sixth
grade. I
had
a
sick
heart,
was
overweight,
and
was
constantly
ridiculed
by
my
peers. I
started
playing
sports
at
the
age
of
13. I
wanted
to
get
into
flight
school. My
dream
came
true. At
20
I
was
a
strong
and
healthy
bachelor. But
I
didn't
finish
school. I
developed
a
chronic
mental
illness
and
visited
a
psychiatric
hospital
every
year. They
gave
me
disability. From
the
age
of
25
to
30,
I
became
prone
to
the
flu,
but
I
never
took
medicine. I
was
convinced
that
the
body
had
to
help
itself. I
was
getting
into
crises,
but
I
want
to
live,
even
if
it
is
not
a
pleasure. His
heart
was
gripped
by
unimaginable
longing,
constant
worries
and
fears
took
away
all
his
strength. The
world
was
grey. A
year
and
a
half
ago,
my
teeth
started
to
bother
me. Three
had
to
be
ripped
out
and
replaced
with
a
prosthesis. When
I
learned
about
urine
therapy,
I
started
it
right
away. I
drank
urine
without
getting
used
to
it,
fresh,
middle
part
three
times
a
day,
suddenly
anodd
number
of
sips. With
the
help
of
the
compass,
I
oriented
myself
to
the
east. I
started
taking
the
first
urine
from
3
to
5
in
the
morning,
the
second
from
11
to
13,
the
third
from
17
to
19. I
did
not
use
urine
after
8
pm
until
3
am. I
didn't
do
the
massage. I
hid
from
those
around
me
that
I
was
engaged
in
urine
therapy. To
this
day,
no
one
in
the
family
knows. It
is
much
easier
to
have
a
watch
on
your
hand
and
a
collapsible
cup
in
your
pocket. This
is
quite
enough
for
a
person
to
be
able
to
practice
this
procedure
anytime
and
anywhere. So
I
continued
to
drink. During
a
severe
flu
epidemic,
I
only
languished
for
two
days. It
used
to
be
much
longer. For
the
first
three
months,
I
didn't
have
any
special
sensations,
I
just
started
having
regular
stools. After
about
three
and
a
half
months,
severe
pain
started
in
my
wrists
and
knees. I
had
such
pain
in
my
legs
that
I
didn't
know
how
to
proceed. Hemorrhoids
appeared,
sharp
pain
in
the
genitals,
cutting
when
urinating,
sexual
weakness,
terrible
pain
in
the
back
and
in
the
entire
spine,
cutting
in
the
abdomen,
pain
in
the
right
side,
under
the
chest
and
in
the
solar
plexus
area,
I
was
troubled
by
heartburn
and
pain
in
the
lungs
,
my
heart
throbbed,
my
throat
hurt,
my
right
ear
hurt,
my
teeth
started
to
hurt
and
I
was
shaking,
I
had
a
cold
all
the
time. All
kinds
of
pimples
and
blackheads
popped
up
all
over
my
body. I
developed
a
fungus
between
my
toes
and
in
my
groin. I
just
had
a
normal
temperature. (This
is
precisely
a
symptom
indicating
a
cleansing
crisis
and
not
a
disease
-
author's
note). All
this
lasted
a
little
over
a
month. One
problem
followed
another. I
called
this
period
"little
hell". At
the
same
time,
however,
I
felt
that
I
had
nowhere
to
retreat. I
found
in
myself
a
strange
coolness,
a
blind
faith
bordering
on
fanaticism,
that
everything
would
be
normal
again. I
continued
to
drink
my
own,
native
urine. In
addition,
I
began
to
wash
my
mouth,
throat
and
nasopharynx
with
urine
in
the
morning
and
in
the
evening,
I
took
a
contrast
shower
every
evening. I
still
do
that
today. I
was


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1 minute and slip of f the skins. Cut lengthwise in half and remove the stone. Canning Plums
See detailed canning information, Methods. 1. Pr epar e Equipment:  W ash and heat pint (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L)
jars, and  scald the lids, funnel, la dle and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step
by Step ). 2. Make a Light Syrup:  In a la r ge sauc epan, combine 1 cup (250 mL)
granulated suga r with 4 cups (1 L) water; stir until dissolved. Bring to a
gentle b oil over  high heat. Mak es 4–1/2 cups (1.125 L) syrup,  enough for
three or four 1-quart (1 L) jars of plums.Note:  Y ou  can use the same amount of apple juice or white grape juice in
place of the light syrup. 3. Pack plums into jars either hot or raw. Make a  Hot Pack:  A dd whole plu ms or halves to gently boiling syrup or
juice and boil fo r 2 minutes. Fil l hot jars with hot fruit and cooking liquid,
leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. Run a thin non-metallic utensil around
the inside of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more hot fruit or liquid, if
necessary, to leave a 1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. W ipe sealing edge of jars
with a clean, dam p, lint-free cloth. Position flat lids over the top s of jars and
hand-tighten screw bands. OR
Make a  Raw Pack:  Fill jars with w hole or halved p lums. Shake the jar to
pack fairly tightly. Cover with h ot syrup or juice, leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm)
headspace. Run a thin non-metallic utensil around the inside of the jar to
allow air to escape. Add hot liquid, if necessary, to leave a 1/2-inch (1 cm)
headspace. W ip e sealing edge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-free cloth. Position flat lids over the tops of jars and hand-tighten screw bands. 4. Pr oce ss plums in a canner:  U se a Boiling W ater Canner according to
the chart below. OR
Process plums in a Pressure Can ner following manufacturer ’ s directions for
steam pressure and time at your altitude.5. Cool, Label and Stor e:  L ift jars from c anner and place on a clean towel
or rack. Do not re-tighten screw bands. Let the jars cool to room
temperature. This may take from 12 to 24 hours. Remove and store screw
bands. Check lid seals ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by  Step ). W ipe and
label sealed jars. Store in a cool, dark place. s p i c e d  g o l d e n  p l u m  j a m
Masala is the Indian wo r d for a blend of spices. A masala may be ho t or
sweetly fragrant, gr ound fine or crushed. It is added at differ ent stages in
the c ooking pr ocess. Garam mas ala is the most common gr ound spice blend
and is usually ad ded towar d the end of the cooking time. Y ou can make your
own garam masala or pur chas e one alr eady blended and gr o und. If you
make yo ur own,  you will know if you want to add mor e than the amount
called for her e.
MAKES 6 CUPS (1.5 L)
4 cups (1 L) yellow plums, sliced
1/2 cup (125 mL) fr eshly squeezed orange juice
2 tbsp (25 mL) fr eshly squeezed lemon juice
5 cups (1.25 L) granulated sugar
1 pkg (2 oz/57 g) fruit pectin crystals
1 tbsp (15 mL) garam masala spice blend (see above)
2 tsp (10 mL) gr ound nutmeg

1. Heat six 1-cup (250 mL) jars  in boiling water, and scald the lids, lifter,
funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 2. In a M aslin pa n or canning kettle, crush the plums using a potato masher. Add ora nge juic e and lemon ju ice and bring to a boil over m edium-high
heat, stirring frequently. In a bowl, combine sugar and pectin. Add sugarmixture, 1 cup (250 mL) at a time, stirring to dissolve after each addition. Add gar am masala and nutmeg. Bring to a rolling boil and boil for 1
minute. 3. Remove pan from heat and skim of f any foam. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-
inch (5 mm) headspace. W ipe r ims, top with flat lids and screw on metal
rings. Return jars to the hot water bath, topping up with h ot water if
necessary. Bring to a full rolling  boil and process jars for 5 minu tes ( Boiling
W ater Method, Step by Step ). 4. T ransfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Check seals, label and store
in a cool place for up to 1 year. a s i a n  p l u m  s a u c e
I’ve always wanted my own r ecipe for plum sauce—r eal Asian plum sauce. I t hink this is close to an authen tic Thai or Kor ean plum sauce. If you can,
try to locate an Asian food stor e  that sells tamarind. It is packaged similar
to dates. Be sur e to chop the flesh very fine because the small, smooth
tamarind seeds ar e very har d, a nd the only way to find and disc ar d them is
to chop the flesh fine. The sha rp citrus taste of tamarind is part of the
authentic taste of the plum sauce, but if you can’ t find tamarind, simply omit
it or substitute 1 tbsp (15 mL) grated lemon rind.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Heat three 1-cup (250 mL) ja rs in boiling wate, and scald the lids, lifter,
funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 5. F ill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. Run a thin non-
metallic utensil around the insid e of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more
hot catsup, if necessary to leave a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. W ipe rims,
top with flat lids and screw on m etal rings. Return jars to the hot water bath,
topping up with hot water if n ecessary Bring to a full rolling boil and
process jars for 10 minutes ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 6. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year. Use: I am add icted to enjoying this catsup with a good ol d-fashioned
breakfast—eggs, bacon, home fries, the works—but it is so much more
useful than that. It tops baked meat loaf and brings a real home-style
finish to  any dish with which co mmercial ketchup might be served. I have
not yet tried it to make baked b eans, but I do believe the originator of this
recipe, who claims that it is very nice with them. b l a c k  f o r e s t  m e a t  l o a f
This is such a r etr o, comfort r ecipe, but with an updated twist. Wher e our
mothers and grandmothers might have thought that adding half a cup of
commer cial chil i sauce to their standar d gr ound meat and onion  loaf was a
daring step, our dazzling, jewel-flecked gr ound turkey mixtur e is taken to
another level with the addition of Black For est Jam. It’ s easy and very tasty. 9- x 5-inch (3 L) loaf pan, lightly oiled, lined on the bottom with
par chment paper
Pr eheat oven to 375°F (190°C)MAKES 8 SER VINGS
2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil
1 cup (250 mL) chopped onions
1 r ed bell pepper, diced
1 small zucchini, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1–1/2 lb (750 g) lean gr ound turkey
1/2 cup (125 mL) fine dry br ead crumbs
1 cup (250 mL) fr esh or fr ozen corn kernels
1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped fr esh parsley
1 tbsp (15 mL) fr esh thyme leaves
1 tsp (5 mL) gr ound cumin
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 123was your childhood wherein you were preparing to be a person. The body is your adult life, which is organized and planned out in
preparation for your conclusion, which is the retirement and happy
ending. All of this organized thinking keeps you from living your
present moments. Living according to this plan implies a guarantee
that everything will be okay forever. Security, the final plan, is for
cadavers. Security means knowing what is going to happen. Security
means no excitement, no risks, no challenge. Security means no
growth and no growth means death. Besides, security is a myth. As
long as you are a person on earth, and the system stays the same,
you can never have security. And even if it weren’t a myth, it would
be a horrible way to live. Certainty eliminates excitement—and
growth. The word security as used here refers to external guarantees,
possessions such as money, a house and a car, to bulwarks such as
a job or a position in the community. But there is a different kind of
security that is worth pursuing, and this is the internal security of
trusting yourself to handle anything that may come down the pike. This is the only lasting security, the only real security. Things can
break down, a depression can wipe out your money, your house
can be repossessed, but you, you can be a rock of self-esteem. You
can believe so much in you and your internal strength that things
or others will be seen as mere pleasant but superfluous adjuncts to
your life. Try this little exercise. Suppose that right now, this second, as you
are reading this book, someone swooped down on you, stripped
you naked, and carted you off in a helicopter. No warning, no money,
nothing but yourself. Supposing you were flown to the middle of
Red China and dropped in a field. You would be up against new
language, new habits, and new climate, and all you would have is
yourself. Would you survive or collapse? Could you make friends,
get food, shelter and the like, or would you simply lie there and
moan about how unfortunate you were to have this catastrophe
visited on you? If you need external security, you’d perish, for all
of your goods would have been taken away. But if you have internal
security and are not afraid124 / Your Erroneous Zonesof the unknown, then you would survive. Security can then be re-
defined as the knowledge that you can handle anything, including
having no external security. Don’t be trapped by that kind of external
security, since it robs you of your ability to live and grow and fulfill
yourself. Take a look at those people without external security,
people who don’t have it all mapped out. Perhaps they are way
ahead of the game. At least they can try new things and avoid the
trap of always having to stay with the safe. James Kavanaugh in Will You Be My Friend? writes tellingly about
security in his little poem called Some Day. Someday I’ll walk away
And be free
And leave the sterile ones
Their secure sterility. I’ll leave without a forwarding address
And walk across some barren wilderness
To drop the world there. Then wander free of care
Like an unemployed Atlas. *
Achievement as Security
But the “walking away” to “be free,” as Kavanaugh puts it, is
difficult as long as you carry around the conviction that you must
achieve. Fear of failure is a powerful fear in our society, one incul-
cated in childhood and often carried throughout life. You may be surprised to hear this, but failure does not exist. Failure is simply someone else’s opinion of how a certain act should
have been completed. Once you believe that no act must be per-
formed in any specific other-directed way, then failing becomes
impossible. There may, however, be occasions when you will fail in some
given task according to your own standards. The impor-
*Los Angeles: Nash Publishing Corp., 1971.EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 125tant thing here is not to equate the act with your own self-worth. Not to succeed in a particular endeavor is not to fail as a person. It
is simply not being successful with that particular trial at that partic-
ular present moment. Try to imagine using failure as a description of an animal’s beha-
vior. Consider a dog barking for fifteen minutes, and someone say-
ing, “He really isn’t very good at barking, I’d give him a “C.” How
absurd! It is impossible for an animal to fail because there is no
provision for evaluating natural behavior. Spiders construct webs,
not successful or unsuccessful webs. Cats hunt mice; if they aren’t
successful in one attempt, they simply go after another. They don’t
lie there and whine, complaining about the one that got away, or
have a nervous breakdown because they failed. Natural behavior
simply is! So why not apply the same logic to your own behavior
and rid yourself of the fear of failure. The push to achieve comes from three of the most self-destructive
words in our culture. You’ve heard them and used them thousands
of times. Do your best! This is the cornerstone of the achievement
neurosis. Do your best at everything you do. What’s wrong with
taking a mediocre bicycle ride, or going for an average walk in the
park? Why not have some activities in your life which you just do,
rather than do to the best of your ability? The do-your-best neurosis
can keep you from trying new activities and enjoying old ones. At one time I counseled an eighteen-year-old high school senior
named Louann, who was imbued with the achievement standard. Louann was a straight A student, and had been since she first set
foot in a school. She worked long tedious hours on her school work,
and as a result she had no time for being a person. She was a veritable
computer of book knowledge. Yet Louann was painfully shy around
boys, never even having held hands let alone dated. She had de-
veloped a nervous twitch which came into play whenever we talked
about this side of her personality. Louann had placed all of her em-
phasis on being an achieving student at the expense of her total de-
velopment. In126 / Your Erroneous Zonesworking with Louann, I asked her what was more important in her
life. “What you know, or how you feel?” Even though she was a
valedictorian, she was lacking inner peace and was actually very
unhappy. She began to place some importance on her feelings, and
because she was such an excellent learner, she applied the same
rigorous standards to learning new social behaviors as she had to
her school work. Louann’s mother called me a year later and told
me that she was concerned because her daughter had received her
very first “C” in a college freshman English class. I recommended
that she make a big production out of it, and take her out for dinner
in celebration. Perfectionism
Why should you have to do everything well? Who is keeping
score for you? Winston Churchill’s famous lines about perfectionism
indicate just how immobilizing the constant search for success can
be. The maxim “nothing avails but perfection” may be spelled
PARALYSIS
You can paralyze yourself with perfectionistic do-your-best nonsense. Perhaps you can give yourself some significant areas in your life in
which you truly want to do your best. But in the vast majority of
activities, having to do your best, or even to do well, is an obstacle
to doing. Don’t let perfectionism keep you on the sidelines avoiding
potentially pleasurable activities. Try changing “Do your best” to
simply “Do.”
Perfection means immobility. If you have perfect standards for
yourself, then you’ll never try anything and you won’t do much
because perfect is not a concept that applies to human beings. God
can be perfect, but you, as a person, need not apply such ridiculous
standards to you and your behavior. If you have children, don’t breed paralysis and resentment byEXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 127insisting they do their best. Instead, talk with them about the things
they seem to enjoy the most, and perhaps give some encouragement
to try hard in those areas. But in other activities, doing is so much
more important than succeeding. Teach them to play in the volleyball
game rather than sit on the sidelines saying “I’m no good.” Encour-
age them to ski, or to sing, or draw, or dance or whatever, because
they want to, not to avoid something just because they may not be
good at it. No one should be taught to be competitive, to try, or even
to do well. Instead, try to teach the lessons of self-esteem and pride
and pleasure in the activities deemed important by the individual. A child is easily taught the ugly message of equating his own self-
worth with his failures. Consequently he will begin to shun activities
in which he does not excel. Even more dangerous, he may develop
habits of low self-esteem, approval-seeking, guilt and all of the erro-
neous zone behaviors that go with self-rejection. If you equate your worth with your failures and successes, you’ll
be doomed to feelings of worthlessness. Think of Thomas Edison. If he’d used failure in any given task as an indicator of his own self-
esteem, after his first trial in which he failed he