THEHOLISTIC HEALER

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TRUE HOLISTIC HEALTH KNOWLEDGE Dear Readers,
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IN THIS ISSUE Holistic Science, he touched all its aspects such as physical, mental,
emotional, social & spiritual. Generally all these aspects are not
1. From the Desk of Editor ................................................3
touched by Naturopaths in general.
2. Chance ........................................................................... 4 He will always be remembered by his following slogan “Health is
the first wealth. Don’t lose it, if you do, regain it naturally and
3. Health for All .................................................................. 8
spiritually.”
4. Raw Juice Therapy........................................................15 His life and writings as well as lectures will always continue to inspire
us. The following are some of his famous books :
5. When Nature Wants a Man!..........................................18 1) Reverence for Health
2) Rationale of Exercise
6. The Thirty Most Common Causes of Failure.............21
3) Musings on Vipassana
7. Fat Facts........................................................................23 4) American Health Scenario - 2003
5) The Universe within Us (Guj.)
8. Mental well being & Poise............................................25
6) The Body Speaks (Guj.)
9. Our body is the only real indicator of health............. 26 7) The Human Body : Nature’s Amazing Creation
The above books will always guide us on the right path of natural
living.

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CHANCE
If a man is alive and healthy the main reason is CHANCE.
If he is suffering from any disease at a given time, the reason
again is CHANCE. Whereas the genes that we inherit from
our parents are the ones that basically determine everything
in life including our capacity to live a healthy and happy life
or the capacity to suffer and die, the environment in which we
live plays a significant role as well. Every gene needs a
conducive environment to penetrate and produce its effect
(penetrance).
Man, like other animals, has an intuition, which guides
him accurately most of the time. In the present day world of
science, reasoning and logic, intuition is suppressed and
intellect is developed. Most of us believe that we live or die
because of science, doctors and medicines. For every ailment
from common cold to cancer, we rush to medicines and costly
investigations.
Interestingly, many common ailments are only transitory
and the body has an excellent repair process which corrects
most derangements and resets the machine for its
complicated task.
This should not belittle the massive advances made in
the field of modern medicine to make life enjoyable and to
cure diseases. We must admit that most microbial diseases
can be controlled now. Some childhood cancers, Hodgkin’s
disease and its related cancers can be cured. Palliative
surgical procedures are now available for most diseases
including spare part surgery. Notwithstanding all that, one
has to admit that doctors “cure rarely, comfort mostly but
console always.” A doctor today might laugh at a doctor of
AD 1897 and say that he was a quack and did not know most
of what we know today. A doctor in 2097 AD will certainly feel
that today’s doctors (1997) are only quacks. The only truth in
Rejoice in your body & your sexuality.
You are beautiful Inside & Out.
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Medicine for all times is that doctors always had and will
always have identical problems to deal with viz: disability,
fear of death and anxiety.
Medicine is trying to make life enjoyable and useful as
long as we live. A good look at history tells us that the only
disease we have been able to eradicate is smallpox. This was
done by preventive vaccination and not by any great
inventions in the filed of therapeutics or surgery. Even though
medicine claims to have done a lot in the latter two fields of
curative therapy the fact still remains that doctors have only
been able to palliate and not cure. There are glaring instances
of doctor or drug induced diseases which form a sizeable
segment of the sick populace today.
A glaring example is the capacity of certain measures to
postpone the onset of certain ailments or prevent sudden
death in younger population. If, as a result, the life expectancy
goes up, the population is exposed to degenerative diseases
of old age like (in the west) Alzheimer’s disease which takes
a heavy toll of manpower and money to look after these
unfortunate cripples. In short, many times the attitudes in
modern medicine seem to be shortsighted.
If one looks at the present scenario objectively, one gets
convinced that nature has good reasons to do what it seems
to do. Let us, for example, look at plague, a deadly disease
which literally wiped out large segments of the population in
Europe during the 17th century. The black death of London
and the near total annihilation of the population of Venice
during that period are examples. Plague disappeared from
Europe since the 18th century. Doctors and medicines did
not have a role in its disappearance. Nature made it impossible
for the black rat (Rattus rattus) to survive there because of
lowered temperature. The rate population of Europe now is
the white rate (Rattus novigenous), the latter has no capacity
to harbour the bacilli (Pasturella pestis) causing plague.
Send love & Healing energy to everyone in your world.
You all contribute to the overall health of the planet.
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Story of AIDS is going on the same lines. The sudden
explosion of the AIDS bomb is only the tip of the iceberg. The
virus has been there in Central Africa for a long time confined
mainly to monkeys. A blood sample from a patient in one of
the large British hospitals who died of a mysterious
pneumonia in 1959 was kept frozen for future analysis. This
sample has now shown antibodies against AIDS virus. May
be AIDS will balance the world population for sometime and
disappear like plague did from Europe in the 17th century.
World population now stands at 5.7 billion, is supposed
to grow exponentially, doubling once in 40 years. If the present
birth rate is kept up and death rate remains static, or falls as
is hoped by politicians, the world population will double by
2040 AD.
As it is the total food produced in the world can feed (with
difficulty) the present population if all of us have the eastern
food habits. If all of us were to eat the western type of food
and the western calorie intake, the total food produced can
only feed about 3 billion mouths, leaving half the population
starving. The photo synthetic energy from the sun has been
used up to its maximum capacity and there is not likelihood
of our increasing the present quantum of staple food (rice,
wheat) produced in the world now. This leaves nature with
only one choice. Part of the population has to be decimated
for the world to go on. In this context the AIDS epidemic
assumes great significance. As we go on fighting bacterial
diseases, mysterious viral diseases show up.
It was in the year 1915 an American physician Theobald
Smith, took the scientific medical community by surprise,
when he propounded his hypothesis called the “Grimm’s
Law”. The latter, for the first time, brought into focus the role
of the body’s own defence mechanism. It stated that the
“severity of the disease is directly proportionate to the
virulence of the cause, but inversely proportionate to the
Welcome the blissful feeling of a good night’s sleep.
You’ll have pleasant dreams & wake up refreshed each day.
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resistance of the host.”
The idea of “host resistance” was a new light. Medicine
was under the spell of Robert Koch who, hundred years
earlier, had propounded his “Koch’s postulates” stating that
disease is due to a cause. Since the time of Theobald Smith,
and in the ensuing 70 odd years, the science of immunity has
opened up new vistas in health care. Thanks to the AIDS virus,
we have had phenomenal progress in the field of host
resistance in the last one decade.
The human body has its own intelligence department like
the CIA and KGB. It is always wise to get correct information
from these systems and act accordingly. I would like to call
this information the body language. This language has to be
learnt by everyone for one’s own benefit.
It is always better to respond to our body language and
see doctors only when it is absolutely necessary. Tall talk
about preventive screening of the “apparently healthy”
population has not been beneficial to society.
Although William Cullen, a great medical nosographer,
suggested that “all diseases originate in the human mind”
this aspect was not studied carefully for a long time. With the
advent of the new science of molecular biology we are now in
a position to study the effect of mental attitudes, like
happiness, sorrow and depression, on body functions. It is
now possible to see how the immune system (defence
mechanism) of the body is directly controlled by various
peptide hormones secreted in response to attitude of mind.
This is now proving the old Ayurvedic wisdom by modern
scientific methods. “ Tranquility of mind, equanimity,
forgiveness and looking after the welfare of others are the
ingredients of happy and healthy life” exhorted Sushruta
thousands of years ago.
The ultimate aim is to teach us to live a happy and healthy
life as long as we live and if possible, to live with and by
nature avoiding as far as possible medicines and doctors.
Rejoice in all the many wonderful new–advances
Prof. Dr.inB.
health &
M. Hegde
healing that we humans have created.
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HEALTH FOR ALL be possible to live with gusto, to have an appetite for work
and play which is equally keen, a generous fountain of
Health is the most important special index of the quality
energy should surge up within us and the exercise of brain
of life.
or muscle should be in the highest degree pleasurable.
The greatest need of the hour is how to attain and
This degree of health is seen often enough in young people,
maintain health and prevent disease, in spite of the odds
but thought it is sometimes enjoyed by their elders it is
facing us in the exacting artificial demands and tensions
not nearly so common as it might be. It is not sought after
of the modern civilized life. In the industrial age in which
by very many, because its possibility is doubted, others
we are living, it is difficult to evade a stereotyped pattern
are too indolent to bother about it, while some find too
of life which overlooks the importance of health
many obstacles in the way.
acquisitiveness though we know the indispensable fact
People in general give very little attention to health until
that neglect of the faculty of our being brings in its trail ill-
it is destroyed. Then they call in a doctor thinking their
health, disease and suffering.
responsibility has ended, the idea being that health and
Health is indisputably the most valued of all possessions
disease are largely matters of chance and that the
a person aspires for. Although it may be neglected
responsibility rests with the doctor. This is wrong thinking.
unconsciously, it is an inescapable fact that wealth without
No improvement in the health care system can be
health or happiness without health is incomplete. Hence
efficacious unless the individual assumes responsibility
the emphasis primarily on health even at national levels.
for his own well-being. There are substantial latent gains
The state of health implies much more than freedom
in health care education because those who accept
from disease, and good health may be defined as the
responsibility for self-care are healthier than those who
attainment and maintenance of the highest state of mental
are dependent on other to detect their ill health. For the
and bodily vigour.
old adage “prevention is better than cure” to fructify, every
A healthy body is attested by its functions being carried
person would have to study the art of right living.
out without discomfort, by the capacity for exertion
There are doubtless many factors and reason such as
appropriate to the age of the individual and without undue
pollution, adulteration of food, facing the stress and strain
fatigue, and by its possessing such reserves of energy as
of modern life which give rise to modern health problems.
are adequate to the ordinary emergencies of everyday life.
But these may be lessened by corrective commercial action
Thus in the healthy man or woman food is digested, blood
and by individual effort and care. Other methods of healthy
sent circulating throughout the body, the lungs aerated
living lie in consciously-cultivated habits, which are under
without any of its myriad functions obtruding itself on the
individual control.
consciousness. Similarly, a healthy mind is adequate to
such work as would reasonably be expected of it. FIGHT AGAINST MICRO-ORGANISMS
This is about “adequate” functioning of the body, a Micro-organisms are responsible for one-third of the
thing apart from “prime” adequate” functioning. It should world’s diseases. While many of the method of combating

Partake in physical activities. Walk briskly, take exercise classes, Know that it is normal & natural....for you to be drawn to healthy
swim, bike, run, you’ll love being on the move! food. Your body feels great.
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these may be allocated to the sanitary authorities, much
can be done by individual action. The first step being to
understand the nature of such or ganisms and of the ways
in which they should be eliminated.
A high degree of personal cleanliness as well as that of
the home should be maintained, the destruction of flies
and other insect carriers of disease, vigilant protection of
food should be carried out. Food which is possibly infected
should be sterilised, and antiseptics and disinfectants
should be intelligently used whenever and wherever
necessary. The Mosaic law of washing the hands before
taking food is no mere ceremonial, and not only in feeding
but while handing food the hands should be cleaned.
There are two sources of bacterial poisoning which are
responsible for a large number of not only minor maladies
and generally low conditions of health, but also of serious
disease, these sources are the mouth and the bowel.
FOOD AND DIGESTION
Related to these subjects, both as cause and effect,
are those concerning food and digestion. Because of the
fact that much of the food required is exported, that such
a large proportion of the population lives in towns, where
fresh foodstuffs are difficult of access and that there is so
much refinement leading to overcooking and use of
excessive spices in the preparation of food, that it has
become habitual for us to take improper food. There is too
little fresh food, and especially fresh fruit, vegetables and
dairy produce in the diet of many households.
In too many instances ill-health is due to insufficiency
of food. This comes about due to an unskillful choice of
food, and unhealthy and unattractive methods of cooking.
There are many cheap foods which are very nutritious and
which skill in cookery may make as appetising as more
When your friends or family members are having health issues,
be a good listener.
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expensive foods. A widespread knowledge of food values
and nutritional preparation would prove invaluable in
improving the health of the masses.
A common mistake among well-to-do people is to take
an excess of food. Good cooking helps the digestion of
food enormously, but it may easily tempt one to eat in
excess, and when this becomes habitual it brings serious
trouble in its wake. Good and balanced nutrition is the
surest safeguard against most of the preventible diseases.
FRESH AIR AND SUNSHINE
In some quarters there is still a prejudice against the
open bedroom window, sinister properties are attributed
to the night air. But nothing could be farther from the truth,
as it has been proved experimentally that the night air is
freer from suspended impurities than the air during the
day. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that the chief
virtue of fresh air is the stimulation imparted by its
circulation about our bodies, and that one feels better in
purer air which is still than in stale air which is circulating
freely. Few people seem to realize how many hours they
spend in a bedroom and how unwholesome it must be to
have the circulation of air prevented by closed windows.
Draughts have a terror for many, but a free current of air
over the bedclothes cannot do any harm, besides the wider
the window is open the less the drought.
It ought to be commonly known that the healthy rays
of the sun do not make their way through windows made
of ordinary glass. The importance of the violet rays is a
comparatively recent discovery, but the lack of exposure
to them coupled with bad ventilation in a room and not
enough exercise undoubtedly explains the discounted
state of health of the sedentary worker and of the housewife
who rarely goes beyond her doorstep.
Provide a compassionate ear & offer advice only if asked.
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IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE
To most people games are more interesting than mere
walking and they do afford better exercise, but it should not
be forgotten that before taking up a strenuous game, a
sedentary worker should make himself first of all fit by a
course of graduated gymnastics or easier kinds of outdoor
exercise. Active men or women who find that there is no time
for games should supplement outdoor walking by exercising
in their rooms for a few minutes each day, the exercises
chosen being such that bring as many muscles as possible
into play and which move the joints as freely as possible.
For others the prescription may be different, they may
require more rest, and in particular a longer time in bed,
about seven or eight hours as a rule. In bed the muscles of
the body are allowed to relax properly, for it always requires
some muscular effort to maintain even a sitting posture,
the heart rate reduces and the heart gets more rest, and
the brain and other portions of the nervous system get time
for rest. To ensure a proper night’s rest, strenuous mental
work should not be engaged in just before bedtime.
It is often said that the best rest is a change of
occupation, and there is a considerable amount of truth in
this. Turning to a fresh subject of thought or a different
kind of manual occupation tends to prevent staleness and
fatigue, and a large volume of work may be achieved in
this way. Hence the health value of an absorbing hobby
for the leisure hours. But discretion must be shown in
pursuing such a plan in moderation, or the cumulative
effect of a variety of occupations may drain one’s reserves
of energy unduly.
The main clauses of the charter of health have now been
considered, and if they are understood and followed there
need be no fussy pre-occupation about the functioning of
Accept perfect health as a natural & normal part of your being.
Send love to every area of your body.
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the body. In many respects the body can be likened to a
machine. Its mechanism is intricate and delicate but it
differs from an ordinary machine in its inherent powers of
adjustment and control, in its powers of resistance to cause
of disease and its power of repair. The essential
components of the body are living cells, each of which
will put up a fight for life and comfort.
A sane balanced method of living affords this
commonwealth of body cells the best opportunity to fulfil
their destiny. A succession of fads in the matter of diet
and indiscriminate resort to drugs of one kind or another
only impedes and confuses the natural immune system. If
the body gets the right kind of food and a sufficiency of
oxygen, and is kept free from waste products by the regular
action of the excretory organs of the body, it is best left
alone. In exceptional circumstances a system of diet or
the action of a drug may become necessary.
HEALTH OF THE MIND
Many people go through their lives dogged by the
haunting fear of this or that disease. Fear has a depressing
influence on the body, and there are curious instances of
individuals succumbing to the very disease which they
dread - ‘That which I feared has come upon me.’
The notion of hygiene of the body is familiar to most,
but few people are so alive to the necessity of the hygiene
of the mind. The kind of ideas that form the content of the
mind is not a matter of indifference to the health of either
mind or body. Just as the body must be supplied with
wholesome food and be purged from deleterious
substances, so must the mind be supplied with sane,
healthy ideas and be cleared of such as are the opposite.
Thinking is not confined to the brain. The whole body
participates in it. The mind, especially the emotions are
Know that you can feel comfortable in all types of weather
conditions. Your health need not suffer when it’s very cold or when
it’s very hot.
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among the most powerful influences which affect the body.
Joy, sorrow, anger, fear and other emotional states may
exalt or depress bodily functions as quickly and as
powerfully as the most potent drugs or the most active
physical agents. The relation between the body and mind
is so intimate that if either gets out of order the whole
system suffers.
There are various methods propounded for the study
of the knowledge of oneself and of the mind in relation to
health, such as Metaphysical Science, Psychology, Yoga,
Philosophy, Theosophy, Occultism, Christian Science,
Vegetarianism, Hypnotism, Astrology, Faith, Prayer and
Meditation, Spiritual Healing, etc. Call it by any name, health
is the result of living in accordance with the laws that
operate in the mind, emotions and sense impressions, such
knowledge helps one to reveal one’s truest worth. The idea
that our own thoughts play a decisive role in health and
illness presents us with an enormous responsibility, one
which we previously delegated entirely to physicians.
Sickness in ancient times, was largely due to ignorance
of the physical laws governing health. Hippocrates,
popularly known as “The Moses of medicine,” in his time,
led the physician from the Egyptian darkness of magic and
superstition into the pronounced law of rational therapy.
In the modern world, sickness is more often the result
of ignorance of the laws governing the mental, emotional
and spiritual forces operating in people’s lives. In our efforts
to conquer externals we have failed to meet the challenge
of the internal existence. Prevention or the positive building
of health and mental hygiene should be the aim and object
of the Healing Arts, as positive health is the only true
prophylactic or means of immunity against disease.
– Dr. J. M. Jussawalla
Make an effort to change all patterns of criticism with respect
to yourself & others. Your mind, body & soul will feel the positive
results.
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RAW JUICE THERAPY
Juice therapy has been approved by scientists and
government. The Public and Health Service Laboratory of the
British Health Ministry has recently published a few important
results of juice diet. The report states that the sources of the
essential amino acids, the cell building factors, are destroyed
by heat and processing and not obtained in rheumatic,
degenerative and toxic states, Juices have all-round protective
action. Good results can be obtained with large amounts upto
one litre juice daily in treatment of peptic ulceration, also in
treatment of chronic diarrhoea, colitis and toxemia of gastro
and intestinal origin.
The high buffering capacities of the juices reveal that they
are very valuable in the treatment of hyperchlorhydria. Milk
has often been used for this purpose, but cabbage juice and
juices of carrot and grapes were far superior to milk for this
purpose. 100 grams of cabbage juice added to 250 grams of
carrot juice is the best remedy for gastric and duodenal ulcers.
A cocktail prepared by mixing the juices of carrot, cabbage
and spinach work wonderfully to decrease the excessive
gastric acidity.
Some details about the juices therapy are given below. It
is necessary to select the requisite quantity of fruits and
vegetables before extracting the juice. For example, one litre
carrot juice will not be available from one kilo carrots, two
kilos should be at hand before extracting juice from them.
Another important thing is that no sugar or salt should be
added to the juice. It should be taken alone.
During the juice therapy. no other food except juices
should be consumed. Complete physical and mental rest is
also a must during this period.
Seek out recovery options for any unhealthful addictions. Your
emotional & spiritual growth moves beyond these old limitations.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF RAW JUICES :
l Acidity : Juice of carrot, spinach, salad, sweet fruits like
grapes and citrus fruits like oranges and mosambi. A little
milk may be taken to get rid of the symptoms of acidity.
l Acne : Juices of carrot, water melon, spinach, onion and
grape.
l Loss of Appetite : Lemonated water should be taken in the
morning. A mixture of 2 parts of tomato juice and 1 part of
pineapple juice should be taken thereafter. Apart from the
juice therapy, this mixture may also be taken as an appetiser
half an hour before meals.
l Arthritis : Juices of cucumber, carrot, cabbage, coriander,
celery, apple, wheatgrass juice and coconut water.
l Bronchial Asthma : Juices of carrot, cabbage, celery, grape
and vegetable or mung soup. Goat’s milk is recommended.
Ghee and oil are contraindicated.
l Jaundice : Juices of orange, pineapple, grape, apple,
raspberry etc. Chewing sugarcane pieces is very effective.
Raisins can be used as an alternative for grapes.
l Impurity of Blood : Juices of cabbage, carrot, beet, spinach,
tomato, apple and lemonated water.
l Hypertension : Juices of carrot, grape, orange, sweet lemon
and wheatgrass. Complete physical and mental rest in
necessary.
l Skin Diseases : Juices of spinach, cucumber, carrot, garlic,
cabbage and coconut.
l Bronchitis : Juices of orange, sweet lemon, carrot,
pineapple, papaya and other sweet fruits. Mung soup is
quite effective. Starchy foods should be avoided.
l Anaemia : Juices of orange, mosambi, grape, apple,
tomato, beet, carrot, spinach, raspberry, Ripe bananas and
date fruits are also effective.
l Prevention of Cancer : Juices of wheatgrass, carrot and
grape.
Know that you cannot control everything that happens in your
world, but you can control the choices you make about your health.
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l Coughs and Colds : Juices of carrot, radish, garlic and
soups of vegetables and mung.
l Teething Problems : Pineapple juice with a little lemon juice
added to it. (100 grams per day.)
l Beautiful Complexion : Tomato juice twice a day.
l Colitis : Juices of carrot, beet and pineapple. Carrot juice
can be mixed with other juices and taken. This mixture
should contain-carrot 70%, beet 6%, cabbage 6%,
cucumber 6%, celery 6%, coconut 6%.
l Diabetes : Juices of carrot, spinach, cabbage, celery, bitter
gourd and coconut water.
l Bright Eyes : Carrot juice.
l Kidney Stones : Cucumber juice is the best. Juices of apple
and carrot are also good. Green leafy vegetables are
contraindicated.
l Renal Diseases : Juices of carrot, spinach, cucumber and
coconut water.
l Headache : Juices of carrot, beet, cucumber, cabbage and
coconut water.
l Influenza : Mosambi juice or carrot juice.
l Insomnia : Juices of celery, lettuce, grape and apple.
l Pyorrhoea : Juices of carrot, spinach, wheatgrass,
cucumber and coconut. Maximum raw diet should be taken.
l Obesity : Juices of grape, pineapple, cabbage and water
melon.
l Peptic Ulcer : Juices of carrot, cabbage and grape with a
little milk.
l Menstrual Disorders : Juices of pineapple, grape and
raspberry.
l Undernourishment : Juices of carrot, spinach, beet, grape,
celery, cabbage, apple and coconut water. Milk, curds and
dry fruits are very good for weight gain.
– Kanti Bhatt & Manhar D. Shah
We have to learn let go on all planes and we can't do better
than begin with the physical.
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WHEN NATURE WANTS A MAN! How she goads and never spares him,
How she whets him and she frets him,
When Nature wants to drill a man, And in poverty begets him.
And thrill a man, How she often disappoints
And skill a man. Whom she sacredly anoints,
When Nature wants to mould a man With what wisdom she will hide him,
To play the noblest part, Never minding what betide him
When she yearns with all her heart Though his genius sob with slighting,
To create so great and bold a man. and his pride may not forget!
That all the world shall praise Bids him struggle harder yet.
Watch her method, watch her ways! Makes him lonely so that only
How she ruthlessly perfects God’s high messages shall reach him,
Whom she royally elects, So that she may surely teach him
How she hammers him and hurts him, What the Hierarchy planned.
And with mighty blows converts him Though he may not understand
In to trial shapes of clay which only Nature understands. Gives him passions to command.
While his tortured heart is crying Now remorselessly she spurs him
and he lifts beseeching hands With terrific ardor stirs him
How she bends but never breaks, When she poignantly prefers him!
When his good she undertakes When Nature wants to name a man
How she uses whom she chooses And fame a man
And with every purpose infuses him, And tame a man
By every art induces him When Nature wants to shame a man
To try his splendor out To do his heavenly best
Nature knows what she’s about. When she tries the highest test
When Nature wants to take a man, That the reckoning may bring
And shake a man, And wake a man, When she wants a god or king!
When Nature wants to make a man How she reins him and restrains him
To do the Future’s will, So his body scarce contains him
When she tries with all her skill While she fires him
And she yearns with all her soul And inspires him!
To create him large and whole. Keeps him yearning,
With what cunning she prepares him! Ever burning for a tantalizing goal-
Accept the challenges & responsibilities involved in taking care Release old, unproductive eating habits with love,
of your health & healing. Know that you are always supported by & find more positive ways to fulfill those needs.
life.
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Lures and lacerates his soul.
Sets a challenge for his spirit,
Draws it high when he’s near it.
Makes a jungle that he clear it,
Makes a desert that he fear it
And subdue it if he can.
So doth Nature make a man.
Then to test his spirit’s wrath
Hurls a mountain in his path,
Puts a bitter choice before him
And relentless stands o’er him.
“Climb, or perish!” so she says
Watch her purpose, watch her ways!
Nature’s plan is wondrous kind
Could we understand her mind
Fools are they who call her blind.
When his feet are torn and bleeding,
Yet his spirit mounts unheeding
All his higher powers speeding,
Blazing newer paths and fine,
When the force that is divine
Leaps to challenge every failure
And his ardor still is sweet,
And love and hope are burning
In the presence of defeat.
Lo, the crisis! Lo, the shout
That must call the leader out.
When the people need salvation
Doth he come to lead the nation.
Then doth Nature show her plan
When the world has found-a man!
– By Angela Morgan
Be aware that the health issue that presents the greatest
challenge is also giving you the chance to grow, forgive, & love
yourself unconditionally.
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The Thirty Most Common
Causes of Failure
Let us turn our attention to some of the factors that cause
failure. Check the list and you will perhaps find here the cause
of any failure or temporary defeat, that you may have
experienced. The list is based upon accurate analysis of over
twenty thousand failures and it covers men and women in
every calling.
1. Unfavorable hereditary foundation (This cause of failure
stands at the head of the list. Bad breeding is a handicap
against which there is but little remedy and it is one for
which the individual, unfortunately, is not responsible.)
2. Lack of a well-defined purpose or definite major aim
toward which to strive.
3. Lack of the ambition to aim above mediocrity.
4. Insufficient education.
5. Lack of self-discipline and tact, generally manifesting itself
through all sorts of excesses, especially in sexual desires
and eating.
6. Ill health, usually due to preventable causes.
7. Unfavorable environment during childhood when
character was being formed resulting in vicious habits of
body and mind.
8. Procrastination.
9. Lack of persistence and the courage to take responsibility
for one’s failures.
10. Negative personality.
11. Lack of well-defined sexual urge.
12. An uncontrollable desire to get something for nothing
usually manifesting itself in habits of gambling.
13. Lack of decision-making ability.
14. One or more of the six basic fears.
15. Poor selection of a mate in marriage.
Give yourself permission to do absolutely nothing every once
in a while. When you do so, you’ll feel renewed vigour & energy.
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16. Over-caution, destroying initiative and self-confidence. FAT FACTS
17. Poor selection of associates in business.
18. Superstition and prejudice, generally traceable to lack of Fact-1 : 70% of advertisements - around 40,000 a year
knowledge of natural laws. are about FOOD.
19. Wrong selection of occupation. According to Time - “Ads. for high-fat, high-salt
20. Dissipation of energies through lack of understanding of food have more than doubled since the 1980s’,
the law of concentration resulting in what is commonly while commercials for fruits & vegetables remain
known as a “jack-of-alltrades.”
in short supply.”
21. Lack of thrift.
22. Lack of enthusiasm. Fact-2 : Although 64% of Americans are obese/over weight
23. Intolerance. only 30% realize they are too heavy!
24. Intemperance in eating, drinking and sexual activities. Fact-3 : 25% of all vegetables eaten in U.S.A. are French
25. Inability to co-operate with others in a spirit of harmony. Fries!
26. Possession of power that was not acquired through self- Fact-4 : 86% of kids who are obese, get that way before they
effort as in the case of one who inherits wealth or is placed are 6 years.
in a position of power to which he is not entitled by merit.
Fact-5 : For the first time in history, there are as many
27. Dishonesty.
28. Egotism and vanity. overfed, overweight people in the world, as those
29. Guessing instead of thinking. who are underfed, underweight.
30. Lack of capital. These facts relate to America - where obesity rates have
– Napoleon Hill
doubled and the percentage of roly poly kids have tripled.
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• Under exercising -little natural opportunity to use our
body-couch-potato is an American invention!
• There are no crash-diets, no surgical procedures and
stomach stapling, no pills that can take the weight off
permanently.
• Cellular satisfaction i.e. harmonious metabolic
functioning can only occur with lifestyle changes.
• Eating Prana (Energy) - Rich-Food is one small way to
enhance your health - instead of harming/clogging it.
Keep in touch with your Health Counsellor to keep the
weight off - permanently.
– The Health Awareness Centre
You are more than what you eat
All food that we eat must in the least, satisfy a few
conditions :
• It should produce mental clarity.
• It should not burden the body with toxins.
• It should be digested quickly without wasting a lot of
energy.
• It should not pollute or tax the earth.
Such food when eaten, provides real nourishment to the
body and heightens the amazing intelligence present in every
cell of the body. The highest quality foods are wholesome,
natural, raw foods. All nutrients are intact. The ‘Life-Force’ or
Prana is present.
–The Health Awareness Centre
Rest assured that Dis-ease in yourself or others is a powerful
teacher that helps you on your pathway of greater understanding.
Vital power is the curative power.
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MENTAL WELL BEING & POISE
Healthy people are happy people and further happy are
healthier than unhappy people. It appears that happiness
(which simply means having happy thoughts most of the
time) causes biochemical changes in the brain. This in turn
profoundly affects the body’s physiology. The brain
chemicals, through which thoughts are working are known
as neurotransmitters. At least 30 different kinds have been
identified in the brain tissue. The ratio of these
neurotransmitters to one another can change - according
to the mood. Thus, in effect, to “think is to practice brain
chemistry.” The chemistry influences hormone secretions
from various sites throughout the brain, such as the
hypothalamus and the pituitary, and these hormones then
carry messages to distant organs in the body.
Were it possible to accurately measure all the fluctuations,
stimulations, impairment and inhibitions caused by emotions/
thoughts we would fully understand the role and importance
of positive thoughts - or simply, happiness and poise.
Palpitations, blood pressure fluctuation, involuntary emptying
of bladder and colon, tearing of the eyes/nose, fainting,
trembling , blushing, sweating are some of the evidences of
the disturbances of organic functions that take place under
emotions. These are carried out by thoughts, working through
enzymes and hormones, vis-a-vis our food and environment
Severely disturbed thought has long been linked to
distortions in brain chemistry (for, there is no twisted
thought, without a twisted molecule). Likewise, happy
thoughts of all kinds lead to physiological changes that
lead to good health, because the neurotransmitters that
mediate them in the body have a stimulating effect.
What we are, is therefore governed by both our physical
inheritance and our mental disposition. So it’s our interest
to choose, both our thoughts and the food we eat. Emotional
and mental stability has an important bearing upon the
recovery and maintenance of good health.
– The Health Awareness Centre
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OUR BODY IS THE ONLY REAL

INDICATOR OF HEALTH
How well we feel and how good we look are indeed
intimately connected.
Our body is constantly giving US signals, in its own unique
language. Becoming Body-Aware means understanding and
decoding these Body-signs.
The signs in the questions ‘Is this you’ - (on the 4th tital
page) is one such body signage system. It's the Body
Language Way of saying :
A yes to 3 or more of these indicate :
• Thyroid Malfunction
• Excessive Weight
• Consumption of sugar, alcohol, coffee
• Stressful Lifestyle
Note : The Thyroid gland is one of the master glands of
the body. It is the supreme controller of all metabolic activities
within. It regulates energy production and oxygen intake. Both
the functions determine how we feel. An exhausted,
overworked or depressed thyroid can lead to all the symptoms
above, including weight gain. The solution is not just to lose
weight , reduce consumption of wrong foods or stress, or take
medication for thyroid suppression. The solution is to Add
more Energy to the body, so that the thyroid is not forced to
overwork. This can be done through the solutions listed below.
• Eat whole - Eat Fresh - Eat Natural

– The Health Awareness Centre

• Breathe Deeply - Breathe Consciously
• Sleep when you are sleepy.
• Feel alert and alive through regular exercise.
Remember : Medications complicate Health!
– The Health Awareness Centre
When you take breaks at work, walk briskly, exercise in place,
meditate, or read uplifting materials, only do things that nurture you.
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IS THIS YOU?
Cold hands and / or feet?
Constant Headaches?
Constipation,
Exhaustion, even after sleeping for hours?
Feeling cold all the time,
Taking ages to warm up?
Inability to sweat
Infertility
Lethargy in the mornings,
While feeling energetic at night?
Loss of outer third of eyebrow hair?
No desire for sex
Permanent heel cracks
PMT?
Swollen eyelids, ankles or hands?
Very dry skin and hair?
Yellow tint to skin?
– Dr. Gillian

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