 oxygen
saturation occurs after an exhalation. For most people, after four or five
days of practice, a drop of oxygen saturation below 94 percent can be
observed—a level comparative to the ef fects of living at an altitude of 2,500
to 4,000 meters.
Gently exhaling  prior to holding the breath reduces air content in the
lungs, al lowing a quicker buildup of carbon dioxide and eliciting a stronger
response. While  this reduces the length of time for which you can hold your
breath, i ncreased carbon dioxide has been shown to improve hemoglobin
concentration by around 10 percent compared to a breath hold with normal
carbon dioxide.
Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the blood can produce an even
greater c ontraction of the spleen, resulting in an increase in the release of
red blood cells and therefore the oxygenation of the blood.
Increased CO 2  in the  blood also causes a rightward shift of the
oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve. As described by the Bohr Ef fect, an
increase in carbon dioxide decreases blood pH and causes ox ygen to be
of floaded from hemoglobin to the tissues, further reducing blood oxygen
saturation.
Holding the breath on the exhale also capitalizes on the benefits of nitric
oxide by carrying the gas into the lungs rather than expelling it. By exhaling
and hold ing the breath, nitric ox ide is able to pool in the nasal cavity so that
when br eathing resumes, air laden with nitric oxide is inhaled into the
lungs.Incr ease Erythr opoietin (EPO) Naturally
As we have se en, erythropoietin, often known as EPO, is a hormone
secreted by the kidneys in response to reduced oxygen levels in the blood.
One of the functions of EPO is s timulating the maturation of red blood cells
in th e bone mar row, thereby increasing oxygen delivery to muscles. Breath
holding is an ef f ective way of st imulating the release of EPO, a llowing you
to fuel your blood with increased levels of oxygen and enhance your sports
performance. The concentration of EPO can increase by as much as 24
percent when the body is subjected to lower oxygen levels using breath-
hold exercises.
A cl ear example of the relation ship between breath holding and EPO
production can be found in those suf fering from sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is
a co ndition involving involunt ary holding of the breath after exhalation
during sleep. Depending on the  severity, the sleeper may hold their breath
from 10 to 80 seconds, and this may occur up to 70 times an h our. During
sleep apnea, the oxygen saturation of the blood with oxygen  can reduce
from no rmal lev els of around 98 percent to as low as 50 percent. These
reduced oxygen levels can cause an increase in EPO of 20 percent.
Of cour se, there is quite a dif ference between the condition of sleep
apnea and the p ractice of breath holding to enhance sports p erformance.
However, it is interesting to note the ef fect of breath ho lding (both
voluntary and involuntary) on the production of natural EPO. Increasing
EPO lev els allo ws the blood to  deliver greater amounts of ox ygen to the
muscles and is the natural equivalent of the illegal blood doping methods
discussed at the beginning of this chapter. The benefit of using breath
holding as a performance-enha ncing exercise is that, unlike sleep apnea,
conscious breath holding allows you to keep complete control over the
frequency and duration of each hold. And, unlike blood dopin g, the EPO
you produce using simple breathing techniques is free, ef fective, and legal.
The Importa nce of Movement for Simulating High -Altitude
T rainingDuring p hysical exercise or breath holding, a shortage of air is created. An
air s hortage is b est described as a hunger or desire to breathe, varying in
intensity from mild to moderate to strong. The intensity of air shortage will
dif fer de pending on the exercise or situation. For example, while practicing
the exercises in this book, the air shortage during sitting should  be mild or
tolerable wherea s the air shortage during intense physical exercise can be
strong. A  strong air shortage du ring physical exercise is beneficial during
training as it con ditions the body to tolerate extreme demands, and is often
popular among athletes as it presents a new challenge to pit thei r willpower
and determination against.
A stron g air shortage during physical exercise is more suitable for
athletes with a BOL T score of longer than 20 seconds. When your BOL T
score is shorter than 20 seconds, you must be careful not to hol d the breath
for too long as  it can cause a loss of control of your brea thing. It is
important that you are always able to resume calm breathing following a
breath hold. The shorter the BOL T score, the easier it is to lose control of
your breathing.
Please n ote that when creating an intense air shortage you may develop
a he adache as your blood oxy gen saturation decreases, but this should
disappear after about 10 minutes of rest. T ry to avoid overdoing the
exercises to the point that they bring on a headache.
Br eath Holding to Impr ove Respiratory Muscle Str ength
The respiratory center is located in the brainstem and continuously monitors
blood oxygen, carbon dioxide, and blood pH, using this information to
control the amount of air taken  into the body. When the body requires a
breath of fresh air, the brain sends a message to the respiratory muscles,
telling them to breathe. The diaphragm, which is the main breathing
muscle, moves downward, creating negative pressure in the chest cavity,
resulting in an inhalation. Following inhalation, another message is sent for
the diaphragm to move back to its resting position, causing an exhalation.
When the breath is held following an exhalation, the intake of oxygen is
halted w hile carbon dioxide accumulates in the blood. During this pause,
oxygen cannot enter the lungs, and carbon dioxide cannot leave thebloodstream. The respiratory center, noticing the change to blood gases,
communicates to the diaphragm  to resume breathing, and the diaphragm
contracts downward in an attempt to allow the body to breathe. However,
breathing cannot resume while the breath is held, and the brain begins to
send increasingly frequent messages to the diaphragm, causing its spasms to
intensify. Y ou can experience this by simply holding your brea th until you
feel a strong need to breathe. At first you will feel an isolated spasm of the
diaphragm, but this will soon be followed by more intense and quicker
spasms as the body attempts to resume breathing.
In essen ce, hold ing the breath until a medium to strong need for air
mobilizes the diaphragm, provides it with a workout and helps to strengthen
it. Whil e there are many products on the market aimed at increasing
respiratory muscle strength, bre ath holding may be the easiest and most
natural a s it can be employed at any time and actively directs attention to
the diaphragm. Improving respiratory muscle strength can be extremely
beneficial durin g exercise, especially when fatigue of the diap hragm may
determine exercise tolerance and endurance.
Br eath Holding to Reduce Lactic Acid
Just as injury p lays a role in limiting physical performance, mental and
physical fatigue can also prevent an athlete from pushing harde r and faster.
As U.S. Army g eneral Geor ge Patton wrote to his troops during W orld W ar
II: “ Fatigue makes cowards of u s all. Men in condition do not ti re.” And he
was righ t; endurance is relative to how well the body is prepa red, and the
onset of fatigue occurs when the body is pushed beyond the limits of
preparation.
W orking a muscle without suf ficient fuel generates lactic acid, and
while sm all amounts can be beneficial, acting as a temporary ener gy source,
a buildup of lactic acid creates a burning or cramping sensation in the
muscle that can slow down or even halt exercise completely.
Studies with athletes have dem onstrated that breath holding after an
exhalation deliberately exposes the body to higher levels of acid ity, thereby
improving tolerance and delaying the onset of fatigue during competition.In a team sport  like football, w here players are expected to m aintain
form an d concen tration during 90 minutes of intense activity, the ability to
push through or avoid fatigue can be instrumental to a team’ s success. I
recently worked  with the Galway women’ s football team, whose coach,
Don O’R iordan, was concerned  that the players were tiring during the last
15 minu tes of a game. When fa tigue sets in, muscles tire, work rate slows,
and in some resp ects there is a loss of interest and focus—a situa tion almost
guaranteed to hand victory to the other side. Breaking through the barrier of
fatigue can be as much about psychological resilience as physiological
endurance, and breath-holding exercises of fer a useful technique for
improving both.
In o rder to replicate the cond itions of a game,


 about their health until forced to bysome painful condition. If you are already sick there are a number of supplementsyou can take which have the potential to shorten the duration and severity of theillness, and hopefully prevent a recurrence.
The sicker you are, the more supplements you will require; as health is
regained, the dosage and variety of substances can be reduced. In chronic illness,megadoses of many nutrients are usually beneficial. Any sick adult should begin alife extension vitamin program unless they are highly allergic to so many thingsalready that they can not tolerate many kinds of vitamins as well. In addition to the
life extension program, vitamin C should be taken by the chronically ill at a dose
from 10 to 25 grams daily, depending on the severity of the condition.
Many people want to know whether or not they should take their regular food
supplements during a fast. On a water fast most supplements in a hard tablet formwill not be broken down at all, and often can be seen floating by in the colonicviewing tube looking exactly like it did when you swallowed it. This waste can beavoided by crushing or chewing (yuck) the tablets, before swallowing.Encapsulated vitamins usually are absorbed, but if you want to make sure, openthe capsule and dump it in the back of your mouth before swallowing with water.Powdered vitamins (Life Extension Foundation sells them) are well absorbed.
On a water fast the body is much more sensitive to any substance introduced,
so as a general rule it is not a good idea to take more than one half your regulardose of food supplements. Most fasters do fine without any supplements. Manypeople get an upset stomach from supplements on an empty stomach, and thesepeople should not take any during a water fast unless they develop symptoms ofmineral deficiencies (usually a pre-existing condition) such as leg cramps andtremors, these symptoms necessitate powdered or well-chewed-up mineralsupplement. Minerals don’t taste too bad to chew, just chalky.
The same suggestions regarding dosage of supplements for a water fast are
also true for a juice fast or vegetable broth fast. On a raw food cleansing diet thefull dose of supplements should be taken with meals.
There exists an enormous body of data about vitamins; books and magazine
articles are always touting some new product or explaining the uses of an old one.If you want to know more about using ordinary vitamins you’ll find leads in thebibliography to guide your reading. However, there is one “old” vitamin and a fewnewer and relatively unknown life extending substances that are so useful andimportant to handling illness that I would like to tell you more about them.
Vitamin C  is one of the first ones ever identified. If you are one of those
people that just hate taking vitamins, and you were for some reason willing to take
only one, vitamin C would be your best choice because it helps enormously with
any infection and in invaluable in tissue healing and rebuilding collagen. If I wasgoing on a long trip and didn’t want to pack a lot of weight, my first choice wouldbe to insure three to six grams of vitamin C for daily use when I was healthy (I’dtake the optimum dose—ten grams a day—if weight were no limitation). I’d alsocarry enough extra C to really beef up my intake when dealing with anunexpected acute illness or accident.
When traveling to far away places, exposed to a whole new batch of
organisms, frequently having difficulty finding healthy foods, going through timezones, losing nights of sleep, it is easy to become enervated enough to catch alocal cold or flu. If I have brought lots of extra vitamin C with me I know that myimmune system will be able to conquer just about anything—as long as I also stopeating and can take an enema. I also like to have vitamin C as a part of my firstaid kit because if I experience a laceration, a sprain, broken bone, or a burn, Ican increase my internal intake as well as apply it liberally directly on the damagedskin surface. Vitamin C can be put directly in the eye in a dilute solution withdistilled water for infections and injuries, in the ear for ear infections, and in thenose for sinus infections. If you are using the acid form of C (ascorbic acid) and itsmarts too much, make a more dilute solution, or switch to the alkaline form of C(calcium ascorbate) which can be used as a much more concentrated solutionwithout a stinging sensation. Applied directly on the skin C in solution makes avery effective substitute for sun screen. It doesn’t filter out ultraviolet, it beefs upthe skin to better deal with the insult.
I believe vitamin C can deal with a raging infection such as pneumonia as well
or better than antibiotics. But to do that, C is going to have to be administered atthe maximum dose the body can process. This is easily discoverable by a ‘boweltolerance test’ which basically means you keep taking two or three grams of Ceach hour, (preferably in the powdered, most rapidly assimilable form) until youget a runny stool (the trots). The loose stool happens when there is so much C
entering the small intestine that it is not all absorbed, but is instead, passed through
to the large intestine. At that point cut back just enough that the stool is only alittle loose, not runny. At this dose, your blood stream will be as saturated byvitamin C as you can achieve by oral ingestion.
It can make an important difference which type of vitamin C is taken because
many people are unable to tolerate the acid form of C beyond 8 or 10 grams aday, but they can achieve a therapeutic dose without discomfort with the alkaline(buffered) vitamin C products such as calcium ascorbate, sodium ascorbate, ormagnesium-potassium ascorbates.
Vitamin C also speeds up the healing of internal tissues and damaged
connective tissue. Damaged internal tissues might include stomach ulcers (use thealkaline form of vitamin C only), bladder and kidney infections (acid form usuallybest), arthritic disorders with damage to joints and connective tissue (alkalineform usually best). Sports injuries heal up a lot faster with a therapeutic dose ofvitamin C. As medicine, vitamin C should be taken at the rate of one or twograms every two hours (depending on the severity of the condition), spaced out toavoid unnecessary losses in the urine which happens if it were taken ten grams ata time. If you regularly use the acid form of vitamin C powder, which is thecheapest, be sure to use a straw and dissolve it in water or juice so that the aciddoes not dissolve the enamel on your teeth over time.
And this is as good a point as any to mention that just like broccoli is not
broccoli, a vitamin is not necessarily a vitamin. Vitamins are made by chemicaland pharmaceutical companies. To make this confusion even more interesting, thebusiness names that appear on vitamin bottles are not the real manufacturers.Bronson’s Pharmaceuticals is a distributor and marketer, not a manufacturer. Thesame is true of every vitamin company I know of. These companies buy bulkproduct by the barrel or sack; then encapsulate, blend and roll pills, bottle andlabel, advertise and make profit. The point of all this is that some actual vitamin
manufacturers produce very high quality products and others shortcut. Vitamin
distributors must make ethical (or unethical) choices about their suppliers.
It is beyond the scope of this book to be a manual for going into the vitamin
business. However, there are big differences in how effective vitamins with thesame chemical name are and the differences hinge on who actually brewed themup.
For example, there are at least two quality levels of vitamin C on the market
right now. The pharmaceutical grade is made by Roche or BASF. Another form,it could be called “the bargain barrel brew,” is made in China. Top quality vitaminC is quite a bit more costly; as I write this, the price differential is about 40percent between the cheap stuff and the best. This can make a big difference inbottle price and profit. Most of the discount retail vitamin companies use theChinese product.
There’s more than a price difference. The vitamin C from China contains
measurable levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, iron and other toxic metals. TheFDA allows this slightly contaminated product to be sold in the US because theRecommended Daily Allowance for vitamin C is a mere 60 milligrams per day.Taken at that level, the toxic metals would, as the FDA sees it, do no harm.However, many users of vitamin C take 100 to 200 times the RDA. The cheapform of C would expose them to potentially toxic levels of heavy metal poisons.The highly refined top-quality product removes impurities to a virtuallyundetectable level.
I buy my C from Bronson who ethically gives me the quality stuff. I know for a
fact that the vitamin C sold by Prolongevity is also top quality. I’ve had clientswho bought cheaper C than Bronson’s and discovered it was not quite likeBronson’s in appearance or taste. More importantly, it did not seem to have thesame therapeutic effect.
The distributors I’ve mentioned so far, Bronson, NOW, Cooper, Prolongevity
and Vitamin Research Products are all knowledgeable about differences between
actual manufacturers and are ethical, buying and reselling only high quality
products. Other distributors I believe to be reputable include Twin Labs, Schiffand Plus. I know there are many other distributors with high ethic levels but I cannot evaluate all their product lines. And as I’ve mentioned earlier, businessescome and go rather quickly, but I hope my book will be read for decades. I doknow that


ized water for normal drinking and cooking purposes. Even in warm
weather exercise, the greatest danger is that of dehydration, and the proper advice to ward it off
is to drink lots of plain water.
The scope of this paper is limited to answering whether low TDS water contributes to the loss
of minerals from body tissues, producing associated harmful side effects. The types of minerals
--e.g., calcium versus sodium, or hard water versus soft water--and the toxicity of minerals-
-e.g., lead, cadmium, brackish, or saline waters-- are not an issue in this report. Information
on the body's homeostasis mechanisms, community wat~r supplies with natural TDS less than
50 mg/L, historic use of distilled water with less than three mg/L TDS on board Navy ships,
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's response to this issue, and other evidence are
presented to demonstrate that the consumption of water with low levels of minerals is safe.
1 -ESTABLISHED DRINKING WATER STANDARDS
A review was conducted of the United States, Canadian, World Health Organization (WHO) and
European Community (EC) drinking water standards. None of them has minimum limits or
optimum levels of total dissolved solids. The U.S. recommended maximum level is 500 mg(L,
the Canadian guideline suggests less than 1,000 mg/L, and the EC maximum admissible
concentration (MAC) is 1,500 mg/L (for "dry residues").
The EC standards also list numbers for calcium (guide level of 100 mg/L) and magnesium (guide
level of 30 mg/L., and MAC of 50 mg/L), and a minimum for hardness (minimum required
concentration for softened water of 60 mg/L as Ca), and alkalinity (minimum required
concentration for softened water of 30 mg/L HC03-). However, there is no health criteria
documentation for these advisories. These levels are listed as aids to operation for water supply
systems, i.e., suggested parameters for laying down a passivating film of scale in municipal
distribution mains. Calcium, magnesium, hardness, and alkalinity conditions are not necessary
for judging the safety of drinking water. It is understood that the association of European water
suppliers, Eureau, is moving to exclude these parameters from the European legally enforceable
limits.
2 THE NATURAL CONTROL OF :MINERAL CONCENTRATION
IN THE HUMAN BODY
A better understanding of the effect of low TDS water on the human body requires a basic
understanding of the body's mechanism in this respect. Following is a description of the
relevant mechanism.
Homeostasis is the maintenance of static or constant conditions in the internal body environment.
This natural process controls the mineral (ion) and the water concentrations in the body fluids
within narrow limits inside and outside all the cells in all the organs and tissues of the body.
The kidneys are most important in maintaining constant ion concentrations (including sodium,
potassium, calcium, etc.) through elimination and reabsorption.
In homeostasis, three body fluids are involved: plasma (approximately 3/5 of the blood
volume); interstitial fluid (the fluid between cells); and intracellular (fluid inside the cells)." The
concentration of sodium ions is highest outside the cell and that of potassium ions is highest
inside the cell. When the osmotic pressure is high on one side of the cell membrane (high
concentration of ions) and low on the other side, water moves across the cell membrane from
the dilute side toward the other side to equalize the osmotic pressure. This phenomenon is
known as osmosis. [This is unlike reverse osmosis which occurs when outside pressure is
applied to the concentrated side, pushing the water back to the dilute side.] The normal
osmolality (concentration of ions) of all these fluids is about 300 milliosmoles per liter (mOsm/L
(-9,000 ppm).
Any changes from normal in ion concentration across the cell membrane is corrected in one
minute or less because water moves quickly through cell membranes. Thus, small changes in
osmolality from drinking purified water (0 to 100 mg/L TDS) are quickly brought to
equilibrium.
The kidneys control the overall concentration of the constituents of body fluids. It filters about
180 liters (165 quarts) of water per day, but over 99% is reabsorbed and only 1.0 to 1.5 liters
are eliminated as urine. If the osmolality of the fluid to be filtered by the kidney is lower than
normal (low solute concentration -such as low TDS water) nervous and hormonal feedback
mechanisms ca-q~~ the kidney to excrete more water than normal and thus maintain the ion
concentration iri,the body fluid to normal values. The opposite is true if the ion concentration
of the fluid to be filtered is higher than normal. This kidney homeostatic mechanism keeps the
body fluid osmolality normal. The osmolality of the fluid to be filtered by the kidney is
controlled to + 3% to maintain it at the normal level of 300 mOsm/L. The three basic
hormonal and nervous control systems triggered by abnormal ion concentration in the body fluids
to be filtered by the kidney are antidiuretic hormone (ADH) from the pituitary gland, aldosterone
from the adrenal glands, and thirst (as osmolality rise of about 1% causes thirst).
Because of these kidney control mechanisms, drinking one liter of water would cause the urine
output to increase about nine times after about 45 minutes (due to absorption of water in the gut)
and continue for about two hours. Thus, the concentrations of solutes in the blood and other
body fluids are quickly maintained by the kidney through homeostasis. These control
3 mechanisms keep the sodium concentration at ± 7%. Calcium secretion is controlled by
parathyroid hormone to + a few percent in the extracellular body fluid.
Also, saliva increases the ion concentrations during water intake. The concentration of sodium
chloride in saliva is typically 15 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L) or 877 mg/L; that of
potassium ion is about 30 mEq/L (1170 mg/L). As low TDS water is consumed, it is combined
with saliva which increases the TDS before it reaches the gut to be absorbed, (e.g., each one
milliliter of saliva can increase the TDS level in eight ounces of water consumed by about 10
mg/L).
Thus, based on the above highly credible and up-to-date textbook knowledge* it is evident that
consumption by a healthy person of low TDS water alone cannot cause unhealthy systems.
['Healthy person~ means free of disease, hormonal problems, etc., and not necessarily a healthy
diet.] Of course, homeostasis is maintained by diet as are other body functions. If homeostasis
is not maintained because of major diet deficiencies, disease, or hormonal dysfunction,
consuming low TDS water would be a minor (if any) factor in any observed symptoms. It is
apparent that disease, physiological dysfunction, or major nutritional deficiencies may cause a
"leaching'' problem, but not consuming one to two liters of low TDS water on a daily basis.
*Guyton, Arthur L., M.D. Textbook of Medical Psychology Eighth Edition, W.B. Saunders
Company, Philadelphia (1991).
4 LITERATURE SEARCH AND REVIEW
During the last 12 months, several literature searches have been undertaken to bring out studies,
reports, reviews, and related information that may be of value to reach conclusions that would
be scientifically supportable. These searches can be outlined as follows:
• Request of expert review by U.S. EPA, Dr. Lee T. Rozelle, and Dr. Ronald L.
Wathen of an annex (Appendix) attached to a report submitted to WHO prepared
in 1980 by two Russians, G.I. Sidorenko and Y.A. Rachmanin, on the general
subject of desalination.
• Letters sent out to various experts ·and informed parties, including inquiries sent
to the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. EPA, and U.S. Department of
the Navy.
• A comprehensive search of the Medline medical literature database for articles
related to low TDS water and homeostasis.
• A search of A WW A's W ATERNET database for articles with key words
describing low TDS waters and salt "leaching," etc. (No articles were found.)
• Review of published information regarding the levels of TDS in many public
water supplies.
A review of the literature has shown that there is very little information published in western
scientific literature that relates the consumption of low TDS water to physiological effects on the
human body. A report "Guidelines on Health Aspects of Water Desalination" prepared by G.I.
Sidorenko and Y.A. Rachmanin of Russia in 1980 and submitted to the World Health
Organization contains an annex (Appendix), 6V2 pages long, reviewing work that has been
reported in the Russian literature. The present literature search did not unearth any official
translation of any of the articles cited in that annex. The annex concludes that consumption of
water with less than 100 mg/L disturbs the body's water/salt balance, promoting the release of
sodium, potassium, chloride, and calcium ions from the body of animals or humans, imposing
a stress on the mechanism of homeostasis, promoting changes in the gastrointestinal muscles and


believed her husband had given her that inferiority complex.
These lighter moments were a treasure for me. They served to drive
home Eykis’ message that it wasn’ t the big problems but the little ways that
we had learned to think, feel, and ultimately behave that made life
miserable for most people on Earth. She made me see clearly that none of
the big problems on Earth would exist were it not for the erroneous thinking
that seemed to infect almost all of us. And she hinted that part of her
package of gifts to me would be the opportunity for all of us on Earth to
change these big problems. But I wouldn’ t press her yet. W e laughed even
more at her descriptions of the multitude of people with phobias, who
blamed the things they feared for the fears themselves. She recalled an
uproarious afternoon searching elevators for speakers programed to scare.
She had not found any mountains with hinges; nevertheless she had still
heard people saying over and over, “Heights scare me.” She ended her
frustrating attempt to find the causes of those phobias with the conclusion
that people on Earth scare themselves and blame everything else so they
don’t have to change their incorrect thinking, which is really the cause of
their fears. This conclusion came only after her frantic search for what she
thought had to be the real causes of these phobias, in the light of her own
reality-only approach to life.
“Would you like to hear another of my discoveries?” she asked, breaking
a long silence during which we had both been lost in thought.
“I’ve come to the conclusion that most of the people on Earth participate
every single day in self-rejection exercises, and I know you have no self-
rejection lotion here, since I’ve researched the subject exhaustively.” She
seemed almost proud, like a little girl who had just received her first
straight-A report card.
“That’ s quite a conclusion,” I countered, wanting her to continue telling
me about her remarkable discovery.
“And furthermore, I know now exactly why they do it, although I was
really baf fled by this behavior at first.”
“Please fill me in on this discovery,” I said. “Don’ t hold back.”
“Well, it goes like this. Remember to correct me if you find any flaws.”
I agreed. I must admit I was anxious to hear what she had concluded.“People are trained, almost from birth, to dislike who they are. Y oung
children are somehow expected to gain a sense of self-esteem by being
force-fed a diet intended instead to produce self-doubt. Self-esteem is
revered on Earth, but only in books. Much lip service is paid to self-worth,
but it is seldom reinforced or even encouraged. Y ou believe that by
discouraging self-confidence in the young you will help them to grow into
confident adults. It is a mystery, but I think I have a handle on it.”
“Go on” I almost begged.
“You tell young people to learn to think for themselves, but you rarely
allow them to do it. Instead you provide them with an education that
discourages decision making at every turn. Y ou give them lessons on
becoming self-confident and then take away the very experiences that
would lead to that end. All day and all night in their homes your television
programs show them how to pursue the exact opposite of self-esteem.”
“What do you mean ‘the exact opposite’?”
“You tell them that sex appeal can be purchased by wearing the right
bluejeans, or by using a bottle of expensive perfume. Y ou show them
pictures all the time, of women acting like dolts, trying to please their men,
jiggling their bodies for attention, wearing the proper artificial fragrances
and getting the desired results, that is, approving looks from men; or
women who cannot contain themselves because a man smokes a particular
brand of cigarette or wears a specific after -shave lotion. Then you expect
them to grow into self-confident adults.”
“But self-esteem isn’ t discouraged on all fronts,” I protested.
“Maybe not, but the overwhelming emphasis seems to be on teaching
obedience rather than responsible thinking, on fitting in and conforming
rather than being independent and creative. Y ou make being an independent
thinker extremely dif ficult, particularly for young people.”
“But I saw a great deal of dependency and conformity on Uranus. Why
do you find it so disconcerting when you see it here?” I asked.
“Once again you for get our separate realities. On Uranus we have the
dependency diodes that we discussed in depth. Furthermore, with self-
rejection lotion as a necessary part of our existence, we simply have no
voice in the matter. But it’ s not like that here on Earth at all.”
I had for gotten about our separate realities. She was tied into those real-
world exigencies, and I didn’ t want her to go through that salt water/freshwater analogy that had made so much sense earlier. “You are correct,
Eykis,” I replied. “Please go on.”
“I can’ t figure out why so many of you resist independent thinking and
new ideas, when progress is impossible without them. Y ou make such a big
thing about progress and then do everything possible to stand in the way of
the only people who can bring it about—those who think for themselves
and aren’ t afraid of new ideas.”
“Don’ t you think young people need discipline? Shouldn’ t they learn to
respect their elders and how to get along in life?” I asked.
“The Earthling behaviors I’m describing have nothing to do with respect.
You can’ t respect anyone else if you don’ t respect yourself. Or to put it
more logically, on Earth your reality dictates that you can’ t give away what
you don’ t have. Moreover, you can never grow into a self-respecting adult
if you are learning to conform and fit in. If you are just like everybody else,
then what do you have to of fer?” she asked without expecting an answer. “If
you want young people to be disciplined, you must teach them from the
earliest moments of their lives to become their own parents. If you want
them to just get along, as you put it, then they’ll have no sense of purpose in
their lives, because that only comes from getting along with yourself, not
trying to please everyone else. Finally, the idea of respecting your elders
makes no more sense than the reverse, that is, respecting your juniors.
Respect is earned, and being older or younger is not relevant.”
“So what is your discovery, then?” I asked Eykis.
“I think I know why all of you seem so determined to teach self-
rejection. It’ s not because you don’ t have any of the self-rejection lotion we
use on Uranus. I think you do it to insure employment. I just can’ t find any
other reason.”
“Employment! How can reinforcing self-rejection have anything to do
with employment?” I asked.
“Designer jeans, perfumes with fraudulent claims of sex appeal in a
bottle, sprays for your breath, and soaps to win approval all have to be
invented, manufactured, sold, inventoried, demonstrated, and advertised
through an entire chain of specialized job titles. Similarly, all those social
workers, therapists of every description, clerks and bureaucrats who keep
the social services working are also being paid to do so. The endless array
of aspirin, tranquilizers, and medicine of every description to treat thoseafflicted with poor self-images also contribute a great deal to this economic
plan.”
She could have gone on with many more examples, but I interrupted.
“You sound as if it’ s a conspiracy to keep people neurotic in order to
maintain the economy,” I stated.
“That’ s what I find confusing,” she replied, unaf fected by my use of the
word conspiracy. “Neurosis keeps your system alive. When people think
like conformists, they all go out and buy the ‘right’ things so they can be
just like everyone else. It helps the economy when people are convinced
that they can purchase sex appeal, and many, many people benefit when
dependency and self-depreciation are encouraged.”
She was really convinced of the veracity of her theory.
“I find it hard to dispute,” I said. “But I don’ t really believe it represents
any deliberate ef fort. It may appear that way, but I don’ t think it was ever
intended as a ruse to keep employment levels up.”
“Whether or not it’ s deliberate is irrelevant. It is what is. The rewards for
conformity are omnipresent, be it Asia, Africa, Europe, or North America.
People are told how to think in the name of obedience. It doesn’ t matter
whether it’ s obedience to the state, your teachers, a business, or even your
parents, the end results are the same. Those with little or no confidence in
themselves, and no innovative ideas, become servants to those who give the
orders. Then those in char ge, who are equally af flicted with self-doubt,
conspire to create an entire society of unhappy conformists.”
She told me about people she had seen or read about, who victimized
others and defended their actions with “It’ s only my job,” or some such
easy excuse. She pounded her fist on the table again, saying, “People who
have been encouraged to be independent rather than conformist in their
thinking couldn’


 feinporiger
Kapillan)'1teme. Z. Elektroc:he.mie 55:684, 1951.
74. Scbmid, G.: Zur Elektruchc:mie feinporige.r Kapill1rs ysteme. Z.
Elektrochemie 56:35, 1952.
92 Water 75. Scberaga, H. A.: Protein structure. New York, Academic
Press, 1961.
16. Sokolow, A. P.: Experimentelle Untersuchungen Gber die Ele.k·
troly.e des WaS>crs. Ann. Ph)'1ik u. Chern. 58: 209, 1896.
17. Sollner, K.: The electrochemistry of porous membrants, with
particular reference to ion exchange membranes and their use in
mode1 studie!.o fbiophysicaJ interest. j. Macromol. Sci.-Otem.
A3:1, 1969.
78. Sonner, K., Carr, C., and Abrams, 1.: The suucture of the
collodion membrane and its electrical behaviour. JJI. The base
exchange propeni.. of collodion. J. Gen. Physiol. 25: 411,
1942.
79. Spiegler, K. S.: Transpon processes in ionic membranes.
Tran•. Fandty Soc. 54: 1408, 1958.
80. Staverman, A. j.: Non~uilibriurn thermodynamics of mem·
hrane ('II"'Ce!!~. Trans. Fand.ay Soc. 4$1.: 176. 1952.
81. Stern, j. R., Eggleston, L. V., Hems, R., and Krebs, H. A.:
Accumulation of g.lutamic acid in isolated brain tissue. Bio·
chem. ). 44:110, 1949.
82. Teorell, T.: Transpon processes and electrical phenomena in
ionic membranes. Progr. Biophys. Biophys. Chem. 3:305,
1953.
83. Teore:ll, T.: On osdllary uansport of Ouid across membranes.
Acta Soc. Mrd. Up.. lien. 62:60, 1957.
84. Teorell, T.: Transport processes in membranes in relation to
the nerve m«hani.sm. Exp. Cell. Res. Suppl. 5:83, 1958a.
8S. Teorell, T.: Rccd.ficaUon in a plant edt (Nitdla) in relation tu
elecuo-osmO<is. Z. Ph)'1. Chern. IS: 385, 1958b.
86. Teortll, T.: Oscillatory electropbOrt$iS in ion exchange mem·
branes. Arkiv Kemi 18:401, 1961a.
87. Teordl, T.: A biophysical analysis of mec::hanodectrical trans
duction. In: Loewenstein, W. (e<l.): Handboo k of sensory
physiology. Vol. I. Berlin-Heidelberg, Springer· Verlag, 1971,
p. 292.
88. Teorell, T.: Non-linear uanspon and oscillations in fiXed
charge membranes : some possible biulogicaJ impli<:ations. In:
Selegny, E. (ed.): Charged gels and membranes 11. Oordrecht,
Holland, Reidel Publ. Co., 1976, p. 205.
89. Wagman, D. 0., Evans, W. H., Holow, 1., Parker, V. B.,
Baily, S. t\1.: and Schumm, R. H.: National Bureau of Stan·
dards. Te<:hnical Note 270-1, 1965.
90. Weiss, L., and Levinson, C.: Cell electrophoretic mobility and
cationic flux. J. Cell Physiol. 73:31, 1969.
91. Weiss, L.: Biophysical aspects of initial cell imc.ractions with
solid surface>. Fed. Proc. 30: 1649, 1971.
92. Wdss, L.: Studies on cdlular adhesion in lissue culture. IX.
Elec:trophor ctic mobility and contact phenomena. Exp. O:H
Res. 51:609, 1968.
93. Wyllie, M. R. j.: Ion cxcha.n.ge membrana. 1. Equations for
multi-ionic p:>tential. J. Phys. Chern. 58: 67. 1954.
94. Zimmerman, M. H., and Brown, C. L.: Trees: structure and
function. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1971. X.
Corpuscular movement and
structural development
Effects of molecular and electric field forces
Part of the mutual attraction of biologic cells depends
on the presence of electronegative and electropositive
charges on their surfaces (12, 21, 36). Electronegati ve
charges dominate, causing cells to move to the anode
during electrophoresis. Mutual attractions of adjoining
cells take place at charge sites of opposite polarity.
Superimposed electric fields can influence this electro
static adhesion in a tissue (I, 27).
Red and white blood cells and platelets normally
repel each other by their negative surface charges (20,
37). They also arc repelled by normal vascular intima,
which is negatively charged (28, 29). Toxic or me
chanical injury to the intima can reverse its charge,
leading to deposition of blood cells on the injured
vessel wall (26, 30, 31, 32). These effects are consid·
ered, at least in part, to result from forces of electro
Static attraction and to constitute an important part of
coagulation.
In addition to electrostatic forces, so-called molecu
lar attraction and repulsion forces also influence cellu
lar adherence (as briefly surveyed in Chapter VIII).
The normal forces of molecular anraction between
blood cells are relatively weak. In organized tissues,
such as bone and muscle, these forces are relatively
strong (18, 35).
Forces of attraction and repulsion among neoplastic cells are often abnormal and considered an important
risk factor for tumour spread (22). This risk may even
be enhanced by certain anions, including heparin (2,
4, 10, 11, 13, 14, 34). The forces of attraction and
repulsion are therefore important for the behaviour of
cancers, e.g., metastatic seeding via the blood stream
and local spread into the tissues surrounding a malig
nant tumour ( 12). This and the following two chapters
will show experimentally in vitro how the effects of
molecular and superimposed stationaty electric field
forces compete to produce several of the radiographi
cally observed modifications of structure around tu
mours. A demonstration follows of how such effects
can be produced in vivo in the dog (Chapters XI, XIV)
and in man (Chapters XVI and XVII).
The radiograprucally observed structural changes
which have been described around lung masses are
caused not only by displacement of water. Very dis
tinct radiating structures, more or less linear, have a
different origin. In every living tissue there are various
kinds of nonorgan.iz.ed cells such as blood cells and
subcellular material such as fragments of dying cells,
macromolecules, etc. Electrical and molecular forces
influence their movements, qualitative transforma
tions and structural adaptation s to their environment.
Molecular and electrostatic forces 93 Fig. X:/. In vitro production of radiating sLructures, arches
and "A" and "B" zones. Light transillumination photo
graphs of a glass jar. An aluminium ball with a slightly irregu
lar surface (small protruding edges) is glued to the bottom
of the inside of the jar. The ball and aluminium foil ~ning
the inner surface of the ;ar arc each <.'Onnected by cables to a
Or. porenrial generatOr. J.iquid parAffin iS poured inJO the_
jar to the level of the nUddle of the ball. (a) Shorr circuit of
terminals. Dielectric semolina grains sifted onto the liquid
surface have arranged themselve s as a ring between the atu..
min.ium terminals. (b) Five second exposure during applica
tion of 1.5 kV pmemial. The semolina grains have started to
move in the clectric field. (c) Ten seconds later, the grains
arc: arrangc..-d in radiating structu.rcs around the ball wilh
preference for the protruding edges (electric field enhance-
94 Molecula.r and elecrrostatic forces ment). (Q) Ten seconds after c. Grain movements have
stopped


+ Blocked vascular
branches of VtCC
(t.g. by arteriosderos is..
vascular contraction.
compress ion by oedema
or haematoma)
Fig. XVIII: 7. Acupuncture: a self-driving electric system,
representing the basic principle of the proposed mechanism
of acupuncture. (a) An analogue of a BCEC system. The en
ergy is delivered by the potential difference s across the met·
al-elecrrolyte imerfaces and is channeli1.ed by two conduct
ing branches. (b) One branch is blocked,leading to interrup
tion of current flow. (c) The closed circuit is restored by the
Fig. XVIII: 7 d more closely approaches conditions
in vivo. The driving force is created by the tissue
injury potential to the left in relation to the normal
potential of the tissue to the right. Interstitia l spaces
and lymphatics connecting the abnormal and normal
regions join somewhere, corresponding to the external
cables of Fig. XVIII: 7 a-c. Some of these interstitial
spaces and lymphatics constitute what is probably a
preferential pathway for ions, corresponding to what
in acupuncture is called a "meridian". Blood vessels
(with their conducting blood plasma and insulating
vessel walls) connect both regions of tissue, but are
blocked. This prevents closing of the eloctric circuit.
Fig. XVIII: 7 d indicates the vascular block, e.g., by
arteriosclerosis, contractions of the vessel, or external
compression by a haematoma or oedema. After a nee-
330 Principles and consequences of BCEC'' '. \ Normal
.tiuue
' \ (;,. Preferential conducting
pathways (acupunctur iat•s
""meridiant"') ovet interstitial ~
lymphatic branches of
the VICC
The needle short circuits
the polarizing injured and
normal tlaauea and permits
ions to flow over lnttrttitial
and lymphatic branches,
thereby enhancing healing
introduction of an "acupuncture needle". Now redox reac
tions take place at the needle-electrolyte interfaces (x) in ad
dition to reactions at the electrode-e lectrolyte interfaces (not
indicated in the figure). (If) A model more close to biologic
conditions than a-c. The circuit is here activated by fluctuat
ing potential differences between an injured tissue and nor
mal tissue.
die is inserted through the normal muscle into the
injured muscle, it is easy to understand that closed
circuit ionic transports are restored over the conduct
ing "meridian", resulting in an enhancement of the
healing process. The restoration of this self-driving
system for ionic transport represents a remarkab ly
simple f9rrn of therapy explainable by the principle of
BCEC.
A more powerful but less "physiologic" principle is
represented by the driven system. It does, however,
contain many possibilities still unexplored, particular
ly apparent in the context of contemporary knowledge
of electrochemistry and electronic technology.
The general principle of the driven system is illus
trated in Fig. XVIII: 8. The principle, which may be
applied in any organ or tissue, is that two needle Fig. XV!ll:8. Acupuncture: a driven electrieal system is
created by an external electric power source connecting nee~
dies in Tissues I and II. Current flow is induced over parallel
vascular-interstitial branches or accessory BCEC branches,
such as ductal channels. The conducting media include
blood, intraductal scccctions, and pleural, peritoneal, cere·
brospinal and interstitial fluids. Self-driving and driven sys
tems should interfefe with tissue metabolism and nervous
regulation of tissue functions. Associated metabolic modifi
cations and levellings of tissue potentials may explain medi
cal effects of acupuncture.
electrodes connected to an external source of electric
power c.an promote or counteract spontaneous polar·
izationof the two needled regions of tissue. This sys·
tern permits the driving of ions and ergons (e.g., water)
in normal as well as in pathological tissues. The mode of
driving the system can be tailored for different pur
poses. The major practical problem of how best to do
it is still unsolved. The total amount of ionic trans·
ports can be varied ad libitum. Electrodes can be
positioned in any branch of the closed circuit, includ
ing in what are here called accessory BCEC branches
(e.g., ducts containing secretions, which are electrical
ly conducting), which in Fig. XVIII: 8 are coupled in
parallel with VICC (vascular-interstitial closed circuit)
branches.
In order to fmd such accessory BCEC branches and
to understand their function, we must ftrst look for
different tissue components of relatively low electric
conductivity (Table XVIII: I) and of relatively high
conductivity (Table XVIII: 2).
Given this rough separation, which is based on known
values of conductivity (Chapter XU), we may recog·
niu tentatively in organs those structural components
which possess the capability of creating preferential
pathways for closed circuit ionic transports. These
preferential pathways connect organs and also regions
and cells of organs. Table XVIII: 3 is therefore delib
erately incomplete.
Of the various components listed, each wiU function
when at least one single branch of the circuit is vascu
lar. To date, only single components ("x") or combi
nations ("xx") of arteries, veins and interstitial chan
nels have been studied so far, as indicated in Table
XVIII: 3.
Considering acupuncture as principally a way to''''
''Tissue I.---________...... : lflssuert
;'; Accessory BCEC branches~.
_;=.. --... ------... __ ~'.
I
• i
+
l·l+~r-i _...-
External electric p.ower source
create or enhance closed circuit transports in tissue,
other phenomena, hitherto unexplained, may also be
come understood. Local 311aesthcsia in acupuncture,
for example, may be induced as a levelling of the
electric potential of a tissue. ln either a self-driving or
a driven system, anaesthesia follows local changes in
metabolism, including nervous tissue elements.
Simple electrotecbnical analogues imply that a local
Table X VIIJ: l. Tissues and tissue compot~C~ts with electrically
"relatively good inJU/ating propern·esu
Matrix of ceU membranes
Fibrous tissue
Adipose tissue
Hyalin
Air
Matrix of bone
Vessel walls (except capillartes )
WaJis of glandular ducts?
Walls of tubular shape, e.g., gasuoinu:stinal and urogenital canab?
Table XVIII: 2. Bwlogical materials of "relatiwly good e<m·
ductivity"
lntracdlular fluid
Interstitial fluid
Blood plasma
Thrombi
Secretions
Peritoneal and pleural fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid
O:tmponents providing electrical conduction of ner\'eS
lmraarticular fluid
Urine, gastrointeS-tinal contents
Dqrading tissues
Principles and consequences of BCEC 331 Table XVIII: 3. Structural comf!OIUnlS with anlicipaud capability w /omt pathways of BCEC systems
(x) indicates components, (xx) combination of coms»nents gi\•cn preliminary exploration in this s1udy
Interstitial
spaces
Lymph ve=ls
Arteries
Vtins
Ducts of glands
Tubes (e.g., gastro
intestinal, uro
senital)
Bodily cavities
Cerebros.pinal
spacn
Ner\'es (axons) Inter-
stitiaJ
spa«S
X
XX
XX
sec tat Lymph
vessels An cries Veins
XX XX
X XX
XX X
decrease or increase of transported current may give
rise to undesired as well as useful effects. A local
change in density of current anywhere in a biologically
closed circuit might lead to anaesthes ia, or produce
pain or other undesired effects far away from the site
of the driving foroe for the closed circuit transports.
Clinical considerations which can not simply be under
stood by the known and accepted mechanism of re
ferred pain might be explained in this way. For exam
ple, degenerative alterations in the cervical spine may
not only give rise to pain in the distribution of an
affected nerve but also to symptoms of local peripheral
injury associated with pain, e.g., tenderness to local
palpation or active contraction of a muscle or muscles
(17).
I. Vesicles in the transmission
of nervous impulses
Impulses in nerves represent a particular type of
BCEC transport. Thus, closed circuit connections are
described between axons and interstitial fluid


  they  were  Free;  and  doing  that  which  no one  of
mankind  has ever  done  before;  calling  forth  the Power  of
Light  to supply  and serve  them,  and It has not failed!
Ladies  and  gentlemen,  in your  business  association,  if
you would  call  forth  the Power  of Light,  knowing  and
accepting  your  "Mighty  I AM  Presence"—as  the only  act-
ing Intelligence  in the world  of business;  you  would  see
how  quickly  you  would  reverse  all discordant  conditions
which  have  ever  been.  You  would  charge  all those  activities
with  the Power  of Light,  which  knows  no opposite.  It is
Invincible  in Its Onward  Movement,  toward  the Expand-
ing Perfection  which  It is; for It carries  away  every  discord,
drawing  it in and  dissolving  it, so far as your  individual
world  is concerned.
You do not have  to be failures;  you  do not have  to be
subject  to the conditions  you  see about  you!  If a thousand
people  were  in distress  about  you,  and you stood  alone  with
your  own  God  Presence,  the "Mighty  I AM,"  your  world
would  be filled  with  Happiness,  Supply  and Free  from  the
surrounding  conditions,  no matter  what  they  were!
That  is why  I say to you tonight,  earnest,  sincere,  Beloved
Students  of the "I AM":  Never  again  listen  to silly  human
gossip  which  says  to you:  "Why  don't  you apply  the Law" ?
Because  that  sinister  thing  wants  to discourage  you.  When
you have  proven  the Law,  which  you  will,  if you  don't  lis-
ten to human  gossip;  then  turn  and  hold  steadfast  to your
Presence;  and  one day,  those  critical  Individuals  will  crawl DISCOURSE  XXII  317
around  like  a whining  dog  at your  heels  and  say:  "Help
me"!  We have  seen  it done  time  and  again!
Some  who  have  hated  and  condemned  the Messengers,
have  been  compelled  to call to them  for help;  and  the Mes-
sengers  were  kind  enough  to give  it, after  the greatest  and
fiercest  condemnation.  That  is the Power  of Divine  Love
which  they  exert!  That  is the Power  of Divine  Love  in the
Blessing  they  send  forth  to mankind!  That  is the Blessing
which  all mankind  should  be giving  to each  other;  and
as you pour  the Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love,  Blessings
and Kindness  to each  other,  the Presence  and  Power  of
Light,  will  flood  you and  your  world  with  all the Perfec-
tion which  It holds  for you.
Remember,  as that  description  was  read  to you  tonight,
of My Service  to the Children,  with  all the Love  and  Kind-
ness of My Heart,  I say:  "Remember  'I AM'  THAT  Same
Being  rendering  you a little  less Powerful  Service;  for in the
numbers  here  who  are unprepared,  I cannot  do the same
thing  fully  which  I did for Bob  and Rex,  Nada  and  Pearl
and Those  who  were  there!  I can and  have  started  into  ac-
tion in your  world,  the same  Great  Light,  the same  Mighty
Activity,  which  according  to your  great  Love,  kindness  and
acceptance,  will  go on, and  on, and  on; in Its action  of the
Freeing,  Purifying,  Cleansing  Power  within  you  and  your
world.  Then,  one  day  not so long  hence,  you  will  begin
to see the Result  of that Purification  and of the Out-pouring
of the Light  of God,  the 'Mighty  I AM.'"
Each  day,  It will  surge  forth  more  and  more  powerfully 3o4  THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
thru your  body,  thru  your  feeling  world;  and  you will  then
see the Greater  Harmony  moving  before  you.  That  which
had disturbed  you  and  Individuals  who  had  obstructed
your  way,  will  move  out of your  world;  and  the Presence
of Life  will  move  forward,  producing  the Victory  of Light
for you!
I commend  you,  tonight,  to the Full  Glory  of God,  your
"Mighty  I AM  Presence.,,  May  Its Full  Power  of Action
take command  of your  mind  and  body,  your  world  of ac-
tion and  produce  Its Perfection  and  hold  Its Dominion
there.
I call  to the Higher  Mental  Body  of each  one,  to stand
guard;  and  see you  are wholly  receptive  to the Power  of
your  Presence;  and  that  you earnestly  make  the Call  which
will enable  Its Great  Power  of Life,  to surge  forth  and  give
you the Blessings  which  everybody  in embodiment  craves
to have,  even  the scoffers;  even  the doubters!  When  they  are
alone  within  their  own  chambers  or upon  their  beds  of
straw,  they  will  see that  their  scoffing  and  their  doubt
placed  them  on the bed of straw  and  privation.  It does  not
pay to scoff  at Life!  It does  not pay to criticize  and condemn
the Power  of Light  which  is offered;  for one  day,  man-
kind  will  want  It and  It will  be absent!
Beloved  Ones,  in pleading  with  you  to enter  into  the
Full Activity  of Life;  and  give  the co-operation  and  obedi-
ence,  which  are necessary  for the Greater  Release,  will  you
not give  that  obedience  joyfully  and  willingly?  I know  all
of you sincere  students  of the "I AM,"  will  gladly. DISCOURSE  XXII  319
Stand  unyielding  in the Great  Presence  of your  Life!  In
commending  you into  the Hands  of the Mighty  Activity  of
that Great  Presence  tonight,  and  in speaking  to your
Higher  Mental  Bodies,  I say:  "Bless  these  children  in the
human  form  with  such  Obedience,  such  Joy and Happiness
in their  feeling  world;  such  Harmony  maintained,  that
quickly  the Power  of Light  will  bring  into  their  experience,
the Evidence  which  satisfies  anyone—even  the most  skepti-
cal—of  the Povyer  of Light,  to set them  Free  and give  them
the Freedom  which  is their  due"!
I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XXII
August  21, 1938
OAKLAND,  CALIFORNIA
Out of the Glory  of all the Presence  of Life  holds  for
you tonight,  I greet  you  in the Name,  Power  and  the Sub-
stance  of Light.
Come  with  Me  into  Our  Great  Octave  of Light,  and
while  These  Words  are voiced  to you,  allow  Me to assist
you thru  the Power  of your  comprehension,  to realize  man-
kind  entering  the Gateway  of Freedom.  The  Power,  the
Glory  of all which  Life  has so long  wanted  to release  into
your  worlds,  is beginning  to have  the opportunity.
It does  not matter  how  much  you  want  a thing  brought
into physical  manifestation,  if you do not comply  with  the
Law  of Life  which  produces  it, still  you  do not have  it!
Therefore,  tonight,  It is My Joy to render


 cardiac death was linked  to a thin placenta at birth. Fetal  growth and
lifelong health can be strongly  influenced by the health of the placenta,
which requires continual adequate oxygenation through healthy breathing
during pregnancy.
ANXIETY DURING PREGNANCY AND AFTER
Anxiety in new mothers is common. As a woman takes on a new role and
new responsibilities, it could be considered an appropriate adaptive
response.33 However, some mothers suf fer with severe, invalidating anxiety,
depression, and other mood disorders in the period shortly before and after
the birth of their child. Hormone fluctuations can play a part, as can
psychological issues—perceived  or real challenges and fear— which mayincrease in the case of an unexpected or unwanted pregnancy,33 or when
assisted reproductive technology has been used.34
It is now genera lly acknowledg ed that new mothers are vulnerable to
postpartum depression, but the prevalence of anxiety disorders during
pregnancy has not been as wide ly studied. Many women experience new or
worsening anxie ty symptoms in the months before and after birth: 21% of
women have clinically significa nt anxiety during pregnancy, and 64% of
these women continue to suffer with anxiety after giving birth.33 Research
suggests that prenatal anxiety is a major factor in susceptibility to postnatal
depression. Untreated anxiety and depression, which often exist
comorbidly, can have a serious impact on the mother and baby.33 Anxiety
during pregnancy can contri bute to numerous problems, including
preeclampsia, more time off work, nausea, increased visits to healthcare
providers, spontaneous early labor and delivery, low birth weight, difficulty
breastfeeding, and a more difficult birth with an increased likelihood of
PTSD.
Pregnancy-related or postpartum anxiety can produce feelings of
constant worry, fatigue, nervousness, insomnia, mood swings, poor focus or
memory, hot flashes, nausea, and sleep disturbance. At its worst,
postpartum anxiety inhibits the mother ’s ability to care for her child,
causing conside rable distress and resulting in a sickly infant or even
infanticide.
There isn’t much information about generalized anxiety in pregnant
women and new mothers, although it is believed that anxiety is more
prevalent in postpartum women than in the general population. In one study,
between 10% and 50% of new mothers with anxiety also displayed
symptoms of depression.35 In another, 65% with generalized anxiety also
reported depres sion, panic disorder, or agoraphobia. It is believed that
generalized anxiety lasting more than six months may be more common in
postnatal women33 and that anxiety in new mothers is actually more
common than depression.35 It can be challenging to achieve a clear
diagnosis of anxiety during pregnancy because it is normal for women to
experience a certain level of worry at this time.36 Also, there is no data
about preexisting anxiety disord ers in women before becoming pregnant, so
it is impossible to ascertain to what extent anxiety is pregnancy related.Generalized anxiety disorder during pregnancy can present as
nervousness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, persistent “worry” thoughts,
muscle tension, and sleep distur bance. Due to the physiological changes of
pregnancy, especially hormone-induced hyperventilation, pregnant women
may be at greater risk for panic disorder. While there is research suggesting
that pregnancy may provide some kind of protection against panic
symptoms, the role of premenstrual hormone changes in panic disorder
suggests that fluctuations in sex hormones make new mothers more
vulnerable to anxiety and panic disorder.36 One review has confirmed this
increased susceptibility,37 and some researchers hypothesize that this may
be due to the sharp drop in progesterone after delivery.37
During pregnancy, progesterone levels are high. This supports the
pregnancy, but it also causes hyperventilation and a reduction in blood CO2.
After the baby is born, progesterone drops and CO2 rises, triggering panic
symptoms. Too much blood CO2 can cause panic attacks in patients who
have a high sensitivity to blood CO2, as the increase  in air hunger triggers
feelings of fear.38 Conversely, panic symptoms  can be triggered by
hyperventilation when blood CO2 drops to levels that are too low. The
important thing to understand is that by improving functional breathing
patterns, it is possible to normalize levels of blood CO2 so that they are
neither too high nor too low. It is also possible to reduce the body’ s
sensitivity to CO2 so that normal fluctuations do not cause panic-inducing
air hunger.
Panic symptoms include breathlessness, hyperventilation, chest pain, a
sense of choking or nausea, dizziness, and paresthesia (numbness and
sensations like pins-and-needles). All of these are also symptoms of
breathing pattern disorders.
The symptoms of panic attacks point to a correlation with poor
oxygenation and sympathetic activation. Cognitive function abruptly
declines, feelings of exhaustion occur, the patient becomes increasingly
anxious to prevent further attacks, and quality of life suffers. In pregnant
women and new mothers, the anxiety around future attacks can become
severe enough to cause agoraphobia and social isolation.33 There is also
evidence that anxiety in the mother during pregnancy impac ts on infanttemperament, producing babies who are more “difficult,” exacerbating
maternal anxiety and stress.34
During and immediately after pregnancy, women are also more
vulnerable to experiencing other mental disorders such as OCD and PTSD.
Left untreated, these problems can have a significant impact on the physical
and mental health of mother and child and other family members.33 For the
most successful results, resear chers recommend an integrate d treatment
approach in which medicines are prescribed alongside psycho educational
options, such as relaxation exercises and cognitive behavioral therapy.
There is no research into the therapeutic benefit of breathing exercises for
postpartum anxiety and depression, but a considerable body of research
does clearly indicate the link between blood CO2, sensitiv ity to CO2, and
these psychological disorders.
While a few studies discuss the hormonal implications of abortion and
miscarriage, there is nothing  in the literature to connect hormonal
fluctuations in abortive pregna ncy to respiratory health. In women who
suffer very early pregnancy loss, the luteal phase is shorter for the next few
cycles.39 Early pregnancy loss is also associated with lower levels of luteal
estrogen and progesterone. Heightened anxiety, depression, and insomnia
are, not surprisin gly, common after miscarriage. This is partly due to stress
and to fluctuati ons in sex hormones. A breathing practice would help
moderate hormone-induced hyperventilation during this difficult time,40
regulating important factors that influence sleep and mood.
Important: The breathing exercises in this book should not be
practiced if you are in your first trimester of pregnanc y. Practice
relaxation and work to gently  restore nose breathing. In your second
trimester, you may practice gentle relaxation, nasal breathing, and slow
breathing. Throu ghout your pregnancy, it is very important to approach any
exercises very gently. You should not practice any breath holds while
pregnant.
HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND THE BREA TH
Progestogens and estrogens combined in oral contraceptive pills have been
in widespread use since the 1960s. While much publicity has been given tothe potential side effects in terms of cardiovascular health, little research
has been done into the ef fects on breathing and the respiratory system.41
One 1979 study did find that women taking a progesterone-o nly oral
contraceptive pill had a significa ntly greater minute ventilation than women
ovulating normally, except when the control subjects were in the late luteal
phase of their cycle.16 This added weight to the idea that progesterone acts
as a respiratory stimulant, a theory that has since been confirmed.
In terms  of respiratory symptom s, a 1999 paper found no indication that
hormonal contraceptives influenced asthma severity in women with mild
asthma.42 In a 2001 cross-sectional study of the general population in
Copenhagen, no marked increase in asthma, asthma medication, wheezing,
or coughing on exertion was found in women using oral contr aceptives,43
although some studies showed that asthma symptoms were slightly
worsened by hormone replace ment therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal
women. In a 1995 study, researc hers found that women who had previously
taken oral contraceptives had a higher risk of developing asthma,44 in
contrast to a 2006 Australian study that reported a 7% decrease in adult-
onset asthma for every year of oral contraceptive use.45 A study of women
in North ern Europe again found the opposite—that oral contraceptive users
displayed a higher risk of developing asthma—but when examined
alongside body mass index data, it was unclear whether the hormone pill or
body weight was the primary factor in the asthma symptoms.41 A 2015
paper reported  that hormonal contraceptive use reduced asthma
exacerbations in nonobese women,46 while they increased the risk of
asthma in obese women.47
An investigation of bronchia l hyperactivity (BHR) show ed less
variability in symptoms over the course of the menstrual cycle in women


 the smallpox death-rate up to 358
(1919) and by 1921 it had increased to 642. When the people began to notice that the
vaccinated were the ones who suffered the worst from smallpox and flu (an after effect
of vaccination) they lost faith in it to a large extent and by 1927 the deaths dropped
down to 138 where it has been fluctuating every since.
In contrast to our diminished smallpox rate under optioned vaccination we have an
excellent example of compulsory vaccination in our (U.S.) dominated Philippine
Islands. In a 10 year period (1911-1920) 24,436,889 vaccinations were given which
resulted in 75,339 deaths. Before vaccination was introduced the highest death-rate in
the Philippines, even during epidemics was only 10 per cent of the population. After
many years of thorough vaccination and re-vaccination the death-rate rose to 74 per cent
which is the highest in history. In United States (1919) when vaccination was
indifferently accepted, the death rate from smallpox was only 358, while in the
Philippines (1919) under strict vaccination enforcement the death-rate from this cause
was 18,213. In 1920 in vaccinated Italy, the smallpox death-rate was 12,155 as
compared to only 508 in United States during the same period.
In spite of these cold facts and thousands of others like them, the promoters of vaccines
insist that vaccination has been a blessing to the world and has reduced disease. This all
goes to prove the old saying that figures can’t lie but liars can figure.
INOCULATE THE DOCTORS
Inoculate for small-pox
Inoculate for mumps;
Inoculate for typhoid
For colds and nervous slumps;
Inoculate with cow pus
And germs of every brand
Inoculate with monkey glands
To make us young again.
But one fine day the laity
Will move in self-defence
To inoculate the doctorsWith a little common sense.
—by a medical student, Winnipeg, CanadaCHAPTER 3
V ACCINATION HIT BY DOCTORS
It often heppens that the universal belief of one age - a belief which no one was, not without an extraordinary effort of
genius and courage could, at that time be free - becomes to a subsequent age se palpable an absurdity that the only difficulty,
then, is to imagine how such a thing can ever have appeared credible.---John Stuart Mill.
From  its  inception  down  to  the  present  time  vaccination  has  been  denounced  as
dangerous,  disease  producing  and  even  deadly,  by  all  thinking doctors  who  have
investigated the facts and have had the courage to voice them.
A few of these published statements from prominent doctors are presented here:
From Dr.  Alexander  Wilder,  Editor  of  the  New  Yolk  Medical  Times,  Professor  of
Pathology in the United States Medical College of New York and author of WILDER'S
HISTORY OF MEDICINE, we have this observation:
"Vaccination is the infusion of contaminating element into the system, and after such
contamination  you  can  never  be  sure  of  regaining  the  former  purity  of  the  body.
Consumption follows in the wake of vaccination as certainly as effect follows cause."
Dr. Walter M. James  of Philadelphia says:
"Vaccination does not stay the spread of smallpox nor even modify it in those who get it
after vaccination. It does introduce into the system, and therefore  contributes to the
spread  of,  tuberculosis,  cancer  and  even  leprosy.  It  tends  to  make  more  virulent
epidemics of smallpox and to make them more extensive. It does just what inoculation
did - cause the spread of disease."
        Dr. Kalb, Royal Examiner of Statistics  for Bavaria, states:
"Examination shows vaccination a complete failure. In this single year, 3,994 vaccinated
people  died  of  smallpox;  the  total  number  attacked  exceeded  29,000."  (All  were
vaccinated.)
Dr. L Hall Bakewell, Vaccinator General  of Trinidad said:
"I have very little faith in Vaccination even as modifying the disease, and none at all as a
protective in virulent epidemics. Personally, I contracted smallpox less than six months
after a most severe re-vaccination."
This doctor was in the vaccination business; his livelihood depended on it and he wanted
to believe in it. In Trinidad where vaccination was compulsory he had ample opportunity
to observe the full effects of it on a large scale, yet he voluntarily denounced the practice
as a failure.
        Dr. L C. Carter of London reports:"In looking over the history of vaccination for smallpox, I am amazed to learn of the
terrible deaths from vaccination, amputations of arms and leg., foot and mouth disease,
tetanus (1ockjaw), septicemia (bood poisoning), cerebro-spinal meningitis."
        Dr. J. C. Ward M.R.C.S. at Harrogate, (England) among many others confesses to a
change of heart on the vaccination question in this statement:
"I believed that vaccination prevented smallpox. I believed that if it did not absolutely
prevent it in every case, it modified the disease in some cases, and I believed that re-
vaccination, if only frequent enough, gave absolute immunity. Experience has driven all
that out of my head; I have seen vaccinated persons get smallpox, and persons who had
been vaccinated get smallpox, and I have seen those who had had smallpox get it a
second time and die of it."
Professor  Adolf  V ogt,  who  held  the  chair  of  vital  Statistics  and  Hygiene  in  Berne
University for 17 years said:
"After collecting the particulars of 400,000 cases of small pox I am compelled to admit
that my belief in vaccination is absolutely destroyed."
Dr. Charles E. Page  of Boston said:
"I have been a regular practitioner of medicine in Boston for 33 years. I have studied the
question  of  vaccination  conscientiously  for  45  years.  As  for  vaccination  as  a
preventative of disease, there is not a scrap of evidence in its favor. Injection of virus
into the pure bloodstream of the people does not prevent Smallpox. Rather, it tends to
increase its epidemics and makes the disease more deadly. Of this we have indisputable
proof. In our country (U.S.) cancer mortality has increased from 9 per 100,000 to 80 per
100,000 or fully 900 per cent increase, within the past  50 years, and no conceivable
thing could have caused this but the universal blood poisoning now existing."
Dr. Forbes Laurie says:
"I can add my testimony to the others... that  vaccination contributes to the great
increase in cancer.
GOVERNOR HAS SUSPICIONS
Hon. Percival P. Baxter, Governor of Maine  (1924) stated:
"Personally I have grave doubts as to the efficacy of modern serums and vaccines and
am convinced that commercialism has exercised a considerable influence upon some
phases of modem medicine."
Dr. William Howard Hay  of Buffalo, New York said:
"We have no proof of the boasted effectiveness of any form of anti-toxin, vaccine or
serum. The true figures on vaccination for smallpox have never gotten before the public,
though they can be seen in the files of the various departments of the Army as well asthe  government,  if  one  cares to  look  for  them.  If  the  record  of  vaccination  in  the
Philippines alone were ever to become a matter of general knowledge it would finish
vaccination in the whole country, at least among those who are able to read and think for
themselves. After three years of the most rigid vaccination, when every Philippino had
been vaccinated from one to six times, there occurred the severest epidemic of smallpox
that the Islands had ever seen, with a death-rate running in places to over 70 per cent,
and  in  all,  well  over  60,000  deaths.  Is it  any  wonder  the  public  is getting  a  little
suspicious of us and our vaunted'medical discoveries?'  The wonder to me is that there
are still millions of them willing to submit to vaccination and serum treatment."
Alfred Russell Wallace D.D. who spent many years doing research all over the world,
collecting data on both sides of the vaccination question had this to say:
"While utterly powerless for good, vaccination is a certain cause of disease and death in
many cases and is the probable cause of about 10,000 deaths annually in England, by
five diseases of the most terrible and disgusting character."
L F. Cornell, M.D., President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of New York said:
(1868)
It is my firm conviction that vaccination has been a curse instead of a blessing to the
race.  Every  physician  knows  that  cutaneous  (pertaining  to  the  skin)  diseases  have
increased  in frequency, severity, and variety


could simply refer toitas
permanent happiness. Before wegetinvolved inthesearch, astowhether there issuch a
thing, should we not want to understand the person that seeks this happiness?
Know Thyself!
Inorder toknow theseeker,Imust first know myself. Imust want toseehow my
mind works: why Ithink asIdo,react asIdo,andsoon.Nobook, noperson, regardless
ofhow intelligent, gifted orfamous canhelp me.It’sado-it-yourself process. Imustseeitformyself, first hand. Noother method thatIknow ofhasbeen found thatworks
unless Istep inthedirection ofknowing myself. IfIcanseethatmymind works asit
does, because ofmyconditioning, Ihave taken agiant step towards freedom andeven-
tualtransformation. Conditioning isthecause ofmybeliefs, mypatriotism, mypolitics,
myattitude towards others, andtowards theworld. Infact, Iamtheworld! Getting in
touch with thisknowledge ofmyself reveals why Ithink intheparticular way thatIdo.
Itexposes tomethebackground ofallmythoughts. Itenables metoperceive therea-
sons formyhurts, bitterness, jealousy,anddisappointments. Itreveals thesource ofmy
conditioning, which lies behind all my relationships.
Tracing Our Conditioning
Wecome intotheworld, asababy,equipped tostart lifeasahuman being. Within
usareallthehuman characteristics andattributes which have been inexistence forover
twomillion years. Along with these, wealso inherit thetendencies andinstincts ofthe
animal. They goback andback, intothetimeless past, perhaps totheorigin oflifeon
earth. And, before that, to life in the sea, where it is possible that all life began.
Oursubconscious orunconscious mind contains theimages andmemories thatlead
toself-preservation, fear andviolence. These aregleaned from thelives ofourances-
torswho have preceded us.From themoment ofbirth, oreven before birth, webegin
togather knowledge through oursenses. Welearn byobservation, imitation andinstruc-
tion. Theconscious mind now makes itsappearance. Itbecomes evident thatboth sub-
conscious and conscious are one.
History andfurther study reveals thatinspite ofsome twomillion years ofhuman
life,and2,000 years ofreligious training, theanimal instinct ofeven thecream ofsociety
isstillthedriving factor.Inthecourse oftime wearecautioned toresist these animal
emotions asthey come up,andtosubdue them orcontrol them. Togetthismessage
across tous,weareinstructed invarious ways. Inreligion, forexample, weabsorb the
instruction through pictures, sayings, books andinplaces ofworship. Depending on
where wegrow up,inwhat partoftheworld, welearn about Jesus, Allah, Buddha and
soon.Sothat, atanearly agetheChristian child hasnodoubts about Christ being the
trueGod. Inturn, theMuslim boyorgirlwillthink ofAllah asbeing theonly God. And,
asamember ofaBuddhist family,theyoungsters grow upregarding Buddha astheMost
Compassionate One. Children ofother religions arealso brought upinasimilar way.
Thus, each child isindoctrinated with thefaith andbeliefs given tohimbyhisparents
andteachers. Asthey grow andmature, most ofthem stand ready tolaydown their life
forthese beliefs. Conditioning isnow well underway.Itgoes oninevery area ofour
lives, from birth tothegrave. Itcolors ourthinking andactions. Ittouches ourlives inso
many subtle andobvious ways. Itmotivates ourfeelings, ourpolitical leanings, ourway
of speaking, walking, eating, going to the bathroom, and even our dreams.
I Really Don’t Know
Aswegrow upwebegin totake astand onissues. Wegather afewfacts andfigures
andthen come toadecision. It’seither right orwrong, sohelp meGod. Ourdecisions
become more solid aswegrow older.Withsome ofus,wewrite them ingranite. We
become fixed asthestones onwhich they areinscribed. Wedefend andjustify them,
sometimes even totheend. Examples inanyfield could beused, butsince wemoved
intoourconditioning through religion, mentioned before, let’spursue thematter further.
Forinstance, some sayemphatically thatthere isaGod. Others, justasstrongly point
outthatthere isnoGod. Both cannot beright. Ifoneistrue, theother isfalse. Toseethe
truth, wearenotinaposition toaccept ordeny.Ifwedoeither,thatends theinvestiga-
tion. Tofind outforsure, Imust admit thatIdonotknow.Ireally don’t!Trueresearch
begins from there.About Listening
Now,how dowegoabout oursearch forthetruth? Much depends onhow weinves-
tigate, buteven more important is—how dowelisten? Saywegotoalecture ortalk. The
speaker says something. Immediately wetend toagree ordisagree. Or,wecompare him
with someone else, andwhat heissaying, with something wemay have read orheard.
Accordingly,wenodandshake ourheads. Throughout thetalkourmind continues to
talkalso. Have younoticed how themind iscontinually yakking with us?This constant
chatter ofthemind causes ourattention tobedivided between what thespeaker says and
what ourmind issaying. Ifourlistening istoputusintouch with thefacts, wemust give
ourentire attention towhat isbeing said. Inthisway,andthisway only,dowecome to
understand the speaker and what he is really saying.
Wefind ourselves agreeing ordisagreeing according toourconditioning. Listening,
thatisproper listening, demands thatwebeaware ofwhat isbeing saidwithout thebias
ofourconditioning. Inother words, being aware, without choice isnecessary togetthe
fullimpact. Imust neither agree nordisagree, asIlisten. Imust notjudge orevaluate
toanydegree. Imust listen, payattention, beaware, with mywhole heart, mind, body,
nerves, senses, everything!
IfIamable todothis, Iseethateventually mymind anditschatter slows down. I
listen andwatch mythoughts asthey pass through mymind, asIwould watch amovie.
Igreet each thought asafriend. Welcome ittomymind. Investigate it.Challenge it.
Question it.Pursue ittothevery end, without hurry oranxiety.Seeitforwhat itis,and
then letitmove on,pass away,drop dead, toreturn nomore. IfIamsuccessful infol-
lowing each thought from risetofall,Isoon begin totake notice aslowing ofthethink-
ingprocess. This entirely normal way ofhandling thought iswithin theability ofevery-
one. After aperiod oftime, perhaps several weeks, amonth orso,depending onyour
interest andattention, themind becomes silent. Thinking comes toanend. There isno
further chatter todisturb ourlistening andobserving. If,perchance, athought does enter
themind, seeitforwhat itis,treat ithospitably,andletitdieaway.These moments of
non-thinking will gradually lengthen. Theease ofdoing thisextends itself. This could
becalled astate ofpure listening, pure observing. Pure because there arenothoughts to
contaminate themind while itislistening andattending tothespeaker,orthesituation
at hand.
SofarasIknow,thisistheonly way tobeindirect touch with aspeaker.Itworks
effectively when used inanysituation orrelationship. Youdon’thave touseanyeffort
todothis. Ithappens byitself. There isnomethod orsystem tobring itabout. One
merely listens, watches, observes, becomes aware, gives hiscomplete attention tothe
thought athand, tothefeeling experienced, andnotices itspassing. Understanding our
thoughts leads tofurther understanding ofourselves. And, byunderstanding ourselves,
wecanbetter understand theother fellow.Eventually,thisculminates inaradical change
ortransformation within, which radiates outward, andextends toevery facet ofourlife.
Sothatthethings weareunhappy about, clear upintheprocess ofdaily living. Wedon’t
have tousewillpower,control oranytricky stuff.Pure listening andobserving without
thedistraction ofthought, puts usintouch, moment bymoment, with exactly what is
taking place.
There’s More I Must Learn
There’ salotmore toexperiencing mental andemotional poise. Imust find outwho
Ireally am.Imust discover thattheego, theself, the“I”isnotanentity,butmerely
mymemory.That thinking isgreat when applied toeveryday use,forsolving problems,
technical engineering, finding myway home, recognizing friends andfamily...but itgets
intheway when wewant toobserve


physical plane also improve the qualify of the mind.
The effects ofdifferent exercises upon thebody areextremely varied. Certain ex-
ercises develop great strength, others improve ourendurance, agility,flexibility,speed,
etc., butnooneexercise candoitall.Therefore, itisvery important thatourexercise
program be diverse enough to achieve all the benefits.
Ifdeformity istobecorrected, onecanlearn specific exercises which will aidin
correcting theproblem. Some ofthevarious deformities which benefit from corrective
exercise are:round orstoop shoulders, spinal curvatures, innomonate abnormalties, bow
legs, knock knees, club-foot, flatfeet, various organdeficiencies, etc.These types of
corrective exercises should only beperformed under thewatchful guidance ofaskilled
instructor.
Where aperson issuffering from some chronic ailment orrecuperating from acute
symptoms, exercise canplay animportant andvital roleinrestoring theindividual back
to health.
Atonepoint during thehistory ofman, ourancestors were forced toproduce great
amounts ofphysical exertion inorder tosurvive. Butascivilization hasgrown andde-
veloped, andwith technology creating more sedentary jobs, alargeproportion ofsoci-
etynow reaches maturity without experiencing agreat deal ofphysical exercise. Asa
result, America hasbecome anation offatandflabby weaklings, growing oldprema-
turely andsuffering agreat deal from theilleffects produced from physical inactivity.
Whereas more andmore individuals areleading sedentary lives behind adesk, others are
forced tooverwork their bodies, thus creating injuries. Along with thisimbalance, the
ever-increasing specialization inwork isleading tooveruse ofsome parts ofthebody
andneglect ofother parts. Asaresult ofthisimbalance within oursociety,some sub-
stitute forthework ofsecuring food, defending property,running from predators, etc.,
must becreated. Foritisnature’ swill thatwehave exercise. Nature will remove the
muscles andrender anylimb entirely useless thathasceased toexercise. Butifwebegin
tomake efforts inrestoring theintegrity oftheinactive body part, nature willonce again
restore what she originally took away.
Society today isgeared towards thedevelopment oftheintellect. Theprevailing feel-
ingtoday istoignore physical culturing simply bycovering itupwith stylish clothing
andgaudy cosmetics. However,weneed only toopen oureyes andcompare thesoft,
flabby,unshapely bodies oftheaverage adult with thefine symmetrical bodies ofthe
well-developed man orwoman torealize where true ugliness lies. There isnobeauty
orjoyinbeholding askinny,malnourished physique orafatbarrel-shaped torso thatis
theruleandnottheexception ofpresent daysociety.Weidolize thecreative, witty,and
intellectual giants ofoursociety,ignoring thefactthatthey areoften weak andsickly
individuals. Although weshould give credit tothese intellectuals fortheir achievements,
many ofthese people develop their mind while ignoring their body.Noonecangive his
best intellectual ability totheworld ifhisbody isnotfunctioning properly.Thethought
ofourworld leaders sitting around atable, smoking, drinking, andeating constantly
while deciding thefateoftheworld isextremely frightening. This human body ofoursisresponsible forcarrying ontheworks ofnutrition—digestion, assimilation, disassimi-
lation andexcretion ofwaste. Ifanyofthese functions areimpaired, thebrain, which is
the organ of the mind, is also impaired.
The importance ofkeeping thebody atahigh degree ofphysical perfection while
obeying allthelaws, rules andrequirements ofnature isofgreatest necessity.Ourfull
potential canonly beachieved when apowerful intellect isbacked upbyapowerful
physical body —abody where theorganandtissues arestrong andvigorous enough to
sustain the mind, even during its most strenuous activity.
Ashasalready been mentioned, there isanormal andinseparable relationship be-
tween themind andthebody.When there isanimbalance between these two, then the
potential ofboth suffers. Nature hasjoined them together inabond thatisintimate and
very delicate. Themind isdependent upon thebody notonly foritsnourishment from
theblood, butforthesensory stimulation itprovides through theeyes, ears, nose, skin,
andtongue. Nature hasinseparably harnessed body andmind together sothatthey pull
together in perfect concord. So long as they are allowed to do this, only good can come.
Theimportance ofexercise cannever beoveremphasized. Aspractitioners ofNat-
uralHygiene, youmust always make your clients aware thatcomplete health willnever
bemaintained without regular exercise. Many schools ofso-called natural healing spend
agreat deal oftime ondiet, vitamins, herbs, andtechniques ofbody manipulation, but
fewever deal with thevalue ofexercise. Perhaps itisbecause theconcepts andtruths
aretoosimple andnotesoteric orsophisticated enough forthese intellectually-oriented
approaches. Thephilosophy ofNatural Hygiene embraces thesimple truths oflife,and
recognizes thatlifeismotion andthatwesoon lose thatwhich wedon’tuse. Asthis
lesson progresses, wewilldiscuss inmore detail many ofthebenefits derived from exer-
cise. Thefactthatexercise decreases nervous tension, increases theclarity ofthemind,
leads tomore efficient useoforgans andsystems, produces more power,endurance and
flexibility, etc., makes it a very important component of the Hygienic system.
Exercise, asanintegral part ofHygiene, must beconsidered inwholistic terms.
Whatever forms ofphysical culturing weareinvolved in,itmust influence theentire
body inabalanced manner.Theweight lifter who engages only inthatactivity butnot
inanyother form ofphysical activities willhave highly-developed muscles butapoorly
developed cardiovascular system.
Inorder toinsure abalanced program ofphysical conditioning, three types ofex-
ercise must beutilized. These arecontraction, stretching, andaerobic exercises. Each
type isunique andprovides benefits notoffered bytheother two. Inproper combination,
these three types ofexercise willprovide theessentials fordeveloping astrong, healthy
body.
17.2. Effects Of Exercise On The Bodily Systems
17.2.1 Musculoskeletal System
17.2.2 The Respiratory System
17.2.3 Cardiovascular System
17.2.4 Other Systems
17.2.1 Musculoskeletal System
Like most animals, man isendowed with theability tomove inrelationship towhat-
ever situation arises, aswell astheability tomove different body parts inrelation toeach
other.Asaresult, wearecapable ofmaintaining various postures andcounterbalancing
theeffects ofgravity.Wearealsocapable oftransferring mechanical energytotheouter
world bydoing work aswell asbyabsorbing various mechanical effects. These skills
aretheresult oftheability oftheskeletal muscles totransform chemical energy intome-
chanical ener gy during their contractions.The human body iscomposed ofmany different individual muscles, each with its
own particular jobtodo.From afunctional point ofview,however,themass ofskeletal
muscles intheorganism may belooked upon asonelargeorganofmovement, which
constitutes about 40% ofourtotal body weight. Thereason forthisconsideration isthat
most activities, especially those connected with more vigorous activities such asathlet-
ics,aretheresult oftheintegrated activity ofnearly allthemuscles inthebody.Thus,
asHygienic practitioners, youshould develop exercise programs thatwillutilize allthe
various muscles. Aprogram thatincludes stretching, contracting andaerobic exercise
will fulfill this requirement.
Though theskeletal muscles function likeonelargeorgan, theinstantaneous distrib-
ution ofactivity iscontinuously changing astheindividual muscles arecalled intoaction
orreleased intopassivity,depending upon how ourcentral nervous system responds to
the particular activity.
Individual muscles, inmost cases, actasafunctional unitwith other similar muscle
groups. These groups areusually categorized asflexors,extensors,supinators,etc.In
most situations, itispossible todetermine oneorafew prime movers. These prime
movers arethen assisted bysyner gists andarecontrolled orstopped byantagonists that
areplaced ontheother sideoftheinstantaneous axisofmovement. Soeven though itis
anatomically possible todefine individual muscles, afunctional orphysiological subdi-
vision of the individual musculature is not possible.
The skeletal muscle ismade upofaseries ofdifferent sense organs: mechanore-
ceptors, thermoreceptors, pain receptors, etc.Ofthese, only themechanoreceptors have
been thoroughly studied. Thetwomajor mechanoreceptors arethemuscle spindles, sit-
uated inthecenter ofthemuscle, andtheGolgis tendon organs located within theten-
dons.
Allskeletal muscles inthebody aremade upofnumerous muscle fibers. Inmost
muscles


 a staple of the daily diet.
Thepurpose of“wilting” lettuce with water,heating orvinegar issomewhat nebu-
lous. Itcompletely destroys itsdelightful crispness, andtheuseofvinegar adds atoxic
ingredient. Theenjoyment ofwilted lettuce appears tobeeither ahabit, aperverted taste,
oraconcession todental ordigestive impairment, though itwould seem tocause more
problems than it ameliorates.
Iflettuce must bebroken down fortemporary adaptation todental ordigestive prob-
lems, alessdestructive method would betheuseoftheblender.Even though oxidationwould occur,atleast novinegar orwater would beadded, anddestructive heat would
not be applied.
Ifchicory,endive orescarole aretootough orunpalatable tobeused raw,they may
be slightly steamed and used as a cooked green vegetable.
Raw,crisp, juicy cucumbers areanexcellent addition tosalads—even people with
impaired digestions cantolerate them ifthey avoid overmature ones with largeseeds and
tough skins. Cooking would destroy their palatability and most of their value.
27.2.14 Seasonings
Allseasonings areunhygienic. Raw foods require noseasoning. Lightly steamed or
baked individual vegetables should require no seasoning.
When several foods arecutupandcombined intoacasserole, stew orsoup, weare
getting farther away from thesimplicity ofHygienic food preparation andthepleasant,
natural, individual flavors offoods. Itisthen thatweareconfronted with “seasoning”
problems.
Many people request recipes forsuch casseroles, stews orsoups, foruseduring the
transitional period toNatural Hygiene, tomeet thedemands oftheir families, forvariety,
andforspecial occasions. Such recipes aretherefore included inthislesson, with thead-
monition that they be used infrequently, and not as a regular part of the diet.
These dishes may be“seasoned” with parsley,celery tops, sweet bellpeppers. Toma-
toes may beused, sparingly,asseasoning fordishes which donotcontain anystarches
orstarchy proteins. Garlic andonions may beused asseasonings, ifdesired, ifcare is
taken toprecook them fortwenty minutes; thiseliminates theirritation ofthemustard oil
they contain. Donotusegarlic oronions asseasoning ifthey cause subsequent distress
oraftertaste, which they sometimes do.Ifyoudoseason with garlic oronions, usevery
sparingly.
Dr.Esser says thatoccasional, limited useofgarlic asaflavoring inthepreparation
of a cooked food, or rubbing it over a salad bowl, is harmless and inconsequential.
Vogue Vegebase isavailable inhealth food stores. Itismostly dried powdered veg-
etables, and, ifyoumust useaprepared seasoning, Vegebase ispreferable totheuseof
salt, pepper,orother preparations. Thesooner youcangetaway from theuseofallsuch
preparations (including Vegebase), thegreater will beyour progress toward theideal.
All seasonings, even the mildest, are irritants to some extent.
Itisalsoimportant toremember thatmost ofthesenses have aroleindigestion. See-
ing,smelling, touching andtasting thefood allhelp insending theproper signals forthe
secretion ofthedigestive juices, andtheir adaptation tothecharacter ofthefood. Com-
plicated mixtures offoods interfere with thisprocess andmake itlessefficient aswell as
digestive problems.
When wecompound theproblem byadding seasonings (perhaps required for“fan-
cy”recipes orbecause ofjaded appetites), thetrue taste ofindividual foods isfurther
disguised. Itthus becomes extremely difficult forthedigestive system tosupply secre-
tions thatcanadequately cope with these meals, anddigestion becomes inhibited and
impaired.
IfVegebase (oranyseasoning) isused, itshould beadded justbefore serving. Cook-
ing with seasoning tends to toughen the food.
27.3. Miscellaneous Recipes
27.3.1 Eggplant
27.3.7 Spanish Sauce
27.3.8 Company Squash
27.3.9 T asty Cauliflower
27.3.10 Spaghetti Squash with Sauce27.3.1 1 Rice
27.3.12 V egetable-Sesame Casserole
27.3.13 Zucchini Cheese Casserole
27.3.14 Lentil Casserole
27.3.15 Protein V egetable Chop Suey
27.3.16 Lentil Soup
27.3.17 Millet-Squash Casserole
27.3.18 V egetable Soup or Stew
27.3.19 V egetable Soup or Stew with Rice or W ild Rice (or Barley)
27.3.20 V egetable Soup with Potatoes
27.3.21 V egetable Soup with Fresh Podded Beans or Peas
27.3.22 Broccoli-Cashew Soup
27.3.23 Summer Squash-Sesame Seed Soup
27.3.24 Potato Broccoli Soup
27.3.25 V ichysoisse
27.3.26 Split Pea Soup
27.3.27 Beet Borsht
27.3.28 Buckwheat
27.3.29 V egebur gers
27.3.30 Beans
27.3.30.1 Soybean Casserole (or any dried beans)
27.3.30.2 Crunchy Soy Bean T reat
27.3.30.3 Soybean Loaf (or Garbanzo Bean Loaf)
27.3.30.4 Bean Soup (Dried Pea Beans, Navy Beans, Cranberry Beans, etc.)
27.3.30.5 Bean Pot
27.3.31 Rice Crackers
27.3.32 Clabber or Cottage Cheese
27.3.33 Desserts (If Y ou Must!)
27.3.33.1 Uncooked Fudge Brownies
27.3.33.2 Date Coconut Pie
27.3.33.3 Fruity Banana Coconut Cream Pie
27.3.33.4 Creamy Ice Fruit
27.3.33.5 Coconut-Carob Pudding
27.3.33.6 Coconut-Carob Ice Cream
27.3.33.7 Carob Ice Cream Pudding
27.3.33.8 Fruit Ice Cream
27.3.33.9 Carob Ice Cream
27.3.34 Party Punch
Note: None ofthese recipes arerecommended forregular use.Thefarther away we
getfrom eating plants asthey grow,thegreater thedestruction ofnutritional values
These recipes are provided as less harmful substitutes for conventional recipes.
27.3.1 Eggplant
Cookbooks often suggest soaking eggplant ordredging itwith salttodraw outthe
“bitter juices”. Donotsoak orsalteggplant.Iftheeggplant isfresh andnotover-mature,
itwillnotbebitter.Select small tomedium firm eggplants with shiny skin anddeep col-
or.Most eggplant isnottasty when eaten raw.Aspreviously indicated, very young sweet
eggplant may besliced andeaten rawasasandwich with fillings ofsprouts orother raw
vegetables. There aremany excellent cooked dishes thatcanbeprepared with eggplant,
and it is a favorite of many vegetarians who use cooked food.27.3.1.1 Eggplant Steaks
Slice inhalf-inch slices, spread outoncookie sheet. Run distilled water onslices so
they arequite wetonboth sides. Sprinkle Vegebase sparingly onboth sides. Broil lightly
onboth sides. Turnoffbroiler andletslices remain inhotoven about tenminutes longer
tobecome slightly more tender.Can beeaten plain asanonstarchy vegetable, orjust
dotted with butter before serving.
Or,ifdesired, putathick slice ofrawtomato (orrawsweet redbellpepper) oneach
steak andaslice ofSwiss unprocessed mild cheddar cheese. Leave inwarm oven until
cheese is just barely melting, or lightly brown under broiler.
Variation :Summer squash (cutinhalflengthwise) orturnips (thick slices) may be
prepared the same as eggplant steaks.
27.3.1.2 Easy Eggplant Casserole
2 medium diced eggplants (unpeeled) (dice in rather lar ge pieces)
2 medium tomatoes, peeled and cut up
4 strips celery, sliced
1/2 sweet pepper (red or green) diced
Vegebase (to taste) (start with one-half tablespoon)
Place allincasserole, addabout oneinch ofwater.Steam (covered) ontopofstove
about three minutes. Add eight ounces ofground cashew nuts (ontop). Bake uncovered
in373degree oven about 20minutes oruntil cashews areslightly browned. Ifeggplant
issofter than youlikeit,try(1)steaming ashorter time than three minutes or(2)brown-
ing cashew nut topping under broiler (instead of baking). Serves three or four.
27.3.1.