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Seven
Keys to Perfect Health Part I
When I first decided to publish this newsletter, the focus was on Free Energy
and how every household could have it. Going to an even deeper reason, however,
I must admit that my health is the really important reason. All of my suspicions
were confirmed when I heard Vice President Gore state that over 300,000 of
us die every year because of pollution (I am certain this figure is much higher
today).
There
is no part of our environment that is not polluted: our food, our water and
our air, both chemically and electro-magnetically. Since our most vital survival
element is clean air, and the biggest polluter is fossil fuels, I chose to
focus on that problem first. In spite of all the negativity surrounding us,
there are things we can do as individuals to promote a healthy, relatively
pain-free lifestyle.
Therefore,
I would like to share with you a few of the things I have learned over the
past 30 years that have caused me to make my health a major concern of my
life. The result of my studies and practices are these: at the age of 70,
I still hold down a full time job, have not lost a day's work due to illness,
nor have I been in a doctor's office or hospital, in over 30 years. I feel
good most of the time and I'm just as mentally sharp today as I was 50 years
ago.
Lastly,
I have cancelled my health insurance since I really have no need for it, When
I was young, maintaining health of the physical body never entered my mind.
As long as I feel good, why should I be concerned about health? But once I
entered my thirties, my reckless lifestyle and lack of concern for health,
began to bring problems. First it was Mononucleosis then Kidney stones. I
was gaining weight. My clothes didn't fit me anymore. It must either loose
weight or buy a new wardrobe.
Since
my budget was quite small in those days, I chose the former alternative. Amazingly,
loosing weight was not difficult for me. I'll share some techniques later
in this article. But my initial concern for my weight also forced me to place
attention, for the first time in my life, on feeling good. Although I've never
been concerned about living a long life, the quality of my life has been a
major focus during the last 30 years. It has been a constant process of learning,
adjusting my diet and trying new things. One thing I've learned is the sad
state of our national health care system. More and more of our citizens are
beginning to realize that our family physicians do not heal. They diagnose
an illness and prescribe a drug that will suppress the symptom.
The
root cause is completely ignored. Nine times out of ten the drug will create
new symptoms that must be suppressed by another drug. I once heard of a lady
who was taking 12 different expensive drugs at one point in her life. And
she still didn't feel that good most of the time. They call this health maintenance.
I call it disease maintenance. The root cause of illness will be another major
focus of this article -- getting to the root cause and attacking that. More
often than not, the remedy will be a change of diet and lifestyle. For many
people this will be difficult. But I will also share some easy guidelines
to follow in the area of self-discipline. Nothing has to be difficult once
we decide that it's not going to be.
Here
are the seven keys: 1. Drink More Water Several years ago, I attended a series
of lectures by a doctor who used natural methods for healing illness. Her
major focus was forming habits that will enable you to feel good all of the
time. Before each lecture she would ask the audience: What's the most important
ingredient in your diet. Because of her subsequent lectures, everyone knew
to call out: Water!!! The most beneficial practice you can do for your health,
she insisted, is to drink eight to ten (8 ounce) glasses of water every day.
Besides
being beneficial to overall health, it has also been known to keep the fat
away. It has been described as "the single most important catalyst in losing
weight and keeping it off." We all know how fresh and clean the air smells
after a fresh summer rain. We all feel much better ourselves after a good
bath or shower. It's even more important to keep our internal vital organs
washed clean. Our bodies know how to do this but only if it has enough water.
This doesn't mean just any liquid either. It means pure clear water. Water
is required to bring nutrients to the cells as well as to carry toxins and
waste from the body.
The
root cause of all illness is the buildup of toxins in some major organ in
the body. Without water it's impossible for the body to perform its natural
functions. This brings us to the second problem: finding a pure water source.
Water from your kitchen tap is far from pure in most cities. More than 700
chemicals have been found in drinking water around the country, and the EPA
has found 129 of these to be a serious risk to our health. Interestingly,
the EPA requires that municipalities test for only about 80% of these chemicals.
Consumer Reports conducted extensive research on the purity of specific kinds
of water. The conclusion: city water is the least pure of any sources in the
U.S. If you have well-water in the country your water is cleaner but far from
pure since pollution does filter into the water table. Bottled water is also
taken from springs or wells and still contains pollution, plus the plastic
containers also can impart toxins to the water.
The
Consumer Reports book also covers the effectiveness of water filters. The
cheaper filter using only charcoal, remove some chemicals and sediment from
the water but also leave some in the water. One of the chemicals, which have
been shown to be cancer-causing is Fluoride. Many cities around the country
place this chemical in the water intentionally. Its claim of preventing cavities
has been disputed. Distilled water is one of the better choices, however,
whenever the boiling temperature of a pollutant is the same or less than the
boiling point of water, that pollutant is going to remain in the distilled
water. (To obtain a copy of the book, Is Your Water Safe To Drink? Get a copy
of Consumer Reports off your newsstand where you will find their address).
It appears that the best and cheapest way to get the purist water is through
one of the better filters.
The
cheaper, one-stage filters that you find in the discount houses will remove
some of the pollutants but far from all. You may pay $100 or more for the
better filters, but you know you have good water, which isn't the case with
cheap filters or any of the bottled waters. The filtering system that I have
installed in my home is called the BEV Water System. It has a six stage filtering
system including reverse osmosis and carbon filters. This system does the
best job of any filtering system I been able to find after having tried many
systems over the last ten years. (The BEV water System may be purchased from
Plexus, publishers of the highly recommended book Young Again by John Thomas,
1-800-659-1882 or 1885).
2.
Exercise The second most important thing you can do for your physical wellbeing
is exercise and it doesn't have to be strenuous or time consuming. I spend
about five minutes at a time, three times a day. I feel three types of exercise
are important for a well rounded program, and the total program requires only
15 minutes a day total. Stress is a major cause of illness. At the end of
my workday, every muscle in my body is tense quite often to the point of exhaustion.
One of the most important exercises I do takes place immediately after work.
Stretching those tense muscles is the quickest way to reduce their stress.
I
do a modified form of Yoga, then I lay down for a few minutes. I may drift
off and sleep for a brief period, but mostly, once I've done the exercises,
I'm no longer tired. I only spend five minutes on this exercise. An exercise
that is equally important is a form of aerobics. The up and down motion of
the body places gentle pressure on every organ in the body. This action and
the gentle pressure also acts as a pump for the Lymph system. The heart is
a pump that brings nutrients to the cells and carries away toxins. The lungs
pump oxygen to the cells and remove Carbondioxide. The cells deposit accumulated
toxins into a network called the Lymph system. The Lymph system has no pump.
The only way the Lymph system can remove toxins is through proper movements
of the physical body. Jogging, aerobics and rebounding (bouncing on a trampoline)
are some of the best methods for pumping the Lymph system. I do the rebounding
because of the potential damage to the leg joints on impact with a sidewalk
or floor. Every morning before I go to work, I do rebounding on a small trampoline
in my bedroom for about five minutes.
3.
Diet When most people hear the word diet they think about eating the foods
that contain all of the nutrients required to maintain the body's health.
This is only one aspect of diet. The second and most important aspect of diet
is eating foods that have the least amount of toxins or elements your body
can't use and will end up having to flush from the body. The fewer elements
you ingest that the body can't use and must flush out, the more energy the
body will have to use for pain-free physical activity. Unfortunately, most
foods today take more energy to process than is provided to the body by the
food being ingested.
Raw
fruits seem to give me more energy than any other food. It is easily digested,
plus it has its own enzymes to help with the process of digestion. As our
bodies grow older, they no longer produce all of the enzymes needed for the
digestion of the foods we eat. Most processed foods that we ingest are seldom
digested sufficiently enough to extract needed nutrients. The body spends
all of its energy trying to break solid foods down and then getting rid of
unneeded byproducts. Eating habits are often to blame for this. Many naturopathic
dieticians insist that 80% of the digestive process takes place in the mouth.
In order for the body to digest food properly, they say, it must receive the
food in a liquefied form.
This
is seldom possible without sufficient chewing. Occasionally, I will watch
patrons in a restaurant to see how many times they chew a steak or other solid.
The count seldom goes over 10 chews. Is steak, or any other solid food, liquefied
after 10 chews? Probably not. That body is probably getting little or no health
benefit from its food. I am absolutely convinced that, if given half a chance,
the body will heal itself. It doesn't even need our help. All we must do is
get out of its way. First of all, this means stop putting all of that toxic
food into our bodies. If I have a chronic or serious physical problem, the
best way I know to assure a recovery is through fast or abstinence. There
are a broad variety of approaches to reducing food intake.
A.
A total fast or total abstinence except water for a day or more.
B.
A juice fast taking only juices for 10 days.
C.
The Apple vinegar and honey fast.
D.
The Lemon juice fast with maple syrup and cayenne pepper.
E.
A fruit fast eating only fresh fruit and raw nuts for 10 days.
If
I have chronic pain that won't go away, I do one of the above fasts for as
long as it takes to get rid of the problem. The cells in my body have never
failed me.
4.
Supplements Do the foods that we eat have sufficient nutrients to supply the
body with what it needs? Rodale, the leading advocate of organic gardening,
has conducted extensive research into the nutrients in today's foods as compared
to 50 years ago before commercial farming was introduced using chemical fertilizers,
pesticides and herbicides. Rodale has found that modern commercial farming
methods produce food that is grown in soils that are toxic and severely deficient
in the trace elements needed for healthy plants. When the vital trace elements
such as copper, boron, iron, maganese and zinc are absent from the soil, the
plants grown in such soil will be deficient in nutrients. Modern commercial
methods use chemical fertilizers that usually replace only Nitrogen, Potash
and Phosphorous. Organic farming methods usually do replace the trace elements
in the soil through various composting methods or using organic fertilizers.
Rodale
has shown that organic foods do contain many of the nutrients that are absent
in commercial produce. Many of the smaller commercial farms are beginning
to use organic methods because of the growing demand and the higher financial
return. The added benefit of organic produce is: little or no pollution. Organic
produce is the recommended alternative to supplements. Since many of us do
not have easy access to organic produce or cannot afford to pay the extra
cost, can use quality supplements extracted from organic foods. Supplements
produced in a laboratory often cannot be used by the body and in some cases
can actually be harmful. A good supplement produced from whole foods is highly
advisable.
5.
Clean Air When I visited Florida several years ago, I became friends with
a Naturopathic Doctor who had owned a chain of health food stores. Just before
we parted I asked him: if I were to read only one book on health, what would
he recommend? Without hesitation he answered " " by Dr. Hilton Hotema. Dr.
Hotema suggested that the most important thing we can do for our health is
deep breathing. He also suggested that we can exist without food. Of course
Jesus survived in the desert for 40 days without food, and more recently I
met robust young men who claimed they had not eaten for long periods of time.
The
more I hear it the more I begin to believe it. Dr. Hotema actually suggests
a program for a gradual transition leading to what he called breathatarianism.
Beginning as a meat eater, one can gradually give up meat and become a vegetarian
eating only fruits and vegetables. Seconly one would gradually give up vegetables
and eat only fruits. Thirdly one would give up solid foods and become a liquidarian.
Finally, they would give up even liquids and become a breathatarian. Needless
to say this would not b easy. I've reached the liquidarian stage twice in
my life and practiced it for 10 days. I did the fast merely to give the body
a chance to purge itself of toxins that build up over a period of years. Getting
back to the importance of breathing clean air, it is every bit as important
as any other factor, since without oxygen, we die.
Our
planet has less than half the oxygen in the air we breathe than we had 100
years ago. Thousands of acres of trees and forests are destroyed every year.
Ninety percent of them are never replaced by the lumber companies that destroy
them. Trees are a major source for oxygen. Burning fossil fuels, besides polluting
the air, remove mass quantities of oxygen. As most of us are aware, our beautiful
planet is in crisis trying to deal with our abuses. In spite of this high
level of pollution in our outdoor environment, our indoor environment is even
more polluted.
Pollution
inside of our homes has many sources: Bacteria from molds and mildew wherever
moisture accumulates in the home, chemical fumes from all detergents and cleaners
(unless you are using Miracle II products), air fresheners (can be highly
toxic), paints and solvents, cigarette smoke (contains nearly 1000 chemicals),
animal hair and dander, combustion of any fuel from your furnace, gas log
or wood-burning fireplace, fumes from paints or solvents, fumes pesticides,
and there can be fumes from your furniture, carpets and even the building
itself. Besides petitioning congress, there are things we can do to minimize
the effects of air pollution on our health. I usually keep a lot of plants
in my house in the winter time that help. Certain plants also help to remove
pollution from the air like, Golden Pathos, Philodendron and Spider Plants.
Over
the years I have used a variety of air purifiers as well, but none that placed
oxygen into the air. Many of our appliance stores have the air purifiers alone.
Some of the air purifiers also generate ozone. I recently learned about one
air purifier that also puts ozone into the air. Electrical storms generate
ozone when lightening strikes. The chemical symbol for ozone is O3, meaning
it is made up of two stable oxygen atoms (O2) with one extra, less stable
atom. This extra atom will eventually break loose from oxygen and become an
ion. So this results in more oxygen in the air plus air-cleaning ions. Ions
are those particles that attach themselves to pollution particles making them
harmless. I have been testing this unit for several weeks now and have been
quite impressed thus far. The product I am testing is called Lightening Air
by Purity products (1-800-791-1992). Lightening Air creates a process similar
to that of Mother Nature when generating ozone. We all know what the air smells
like after a thunderstorm. My rooms are beginning to smell similar to this
since I've been using Lightening Air. We need oxygen because every cell in
our body will die without it. A number of supplements on the market are also
to making oxygen available to the cells.
One
of the best I've found is a liquid called Hydroxygen. I just put a few drops
in each glass of water I drink. This is another way of purifying your water
as well as getting more oxygen to your cells. I've decided to make Hydroxygen
available through Future Technologies. 6. Electro-Magnetic Environment Electromagnetic
pollution is a subject that this newsletter has covered in the past. But I
believe it is important enough to mention it again. Every function of our
bodies, from heartbeat to motor skills, is dependent upon very subtle electrical
signals from the brain. I am convinced that these very subtle signals are
being disrupted by all forms of electromagnetic transmissions for radio, television,
microwave, cell phone, etc.
I
am convinced that my body can heal itself if I give it half a chance. What
if I had cancer or heart disease, for example? Suppose the brain is alerted
to this problem and sends electrical signals to correct the problem, but those
signals are disrupted by a microwave or TV transmission? Maybe the signal
is distorted and gives the wrong message, or even destroyed completely. The
healing doesn't take place. I am also convinced that these transmissions are
causing the escalation of many of the serious illnesses the world is currently
experiencing. The electromagnetic field that surrounds our bodies is called
our aura. This is the only protection we have from the harmful energies around
us, since the natural energy of the earth has grown too weak and polluted
so that it offers little help. The practice of meditation can strengthen this
protection and is highly advisable for spiritual as well as physical health.
For the last 15 years Future Technologies has made the Clarus products available
to the general public that also offers protection. These are the products
that offer protection from many of these transmissions.
The
Q-Link, for example is designed to strengthen the personal aura. Other Clarus
products build an electronic protection dome around the home similar to the
electronic shield produced by the Starship Enterprise in the popular Star
Trek series. Many of the technologies used in this series are becoming a reality
today. This is what Future Technologies is all about.
7.
Attitude Attitude is being addressed last of all even though I am feeling
more and more that attitude may play an even more important role than all
of the above. I say this because of what I have read as well as my own personal
experience. Up until about 30 years ago, my attitude pretty closely followed
the way the masses view illness: If my body displayed certain symptoms, I
would take a non-prescription drug or call my doctor for an appointment. I
gave my doctor total responsibility for my health, and I gave my insurance
company or government the responsibility of paying for it. When I finally
realized that the people involved here are not always responsible, I began
to weigh my alternatives.
I
decided that I must learn more about the workings of my own body. After years
of study I learned that my body has all of the abilities, the functions and
facilities to achieve optimum health. I've also learned that every cell in
my body knows the function of every other cell in my body. It's encoded in
the DNA. This implies that every cell has a state of consciousness or awareness
of its environment. Every cell knows the job it must do to maintain the health
of the total system. This is a medically known fact. Each cell in our body
has a function whose life is dedicated to the health and preservation of the
whole community of cells, in a similar way that a colony of bees cares for
its queen. Have you heard about the people who have healed themselves after
being told that they have only three months to live?
Why
does one person survive the doctor's death sentence while others do not? Attitude,
and belief are the reasons. What is belief? According to Webster, it's a "conviction
or acceptance that certain things are true or real." This implies that you
are rejecting things that are not true or half true, like your doctor telling
you that you have three months to live. What would happen if you absolutely
refused to accept such a sentence, and you absolutely knew that your body
would heal itself if given the chance? I know the answer to this question,
because I've tested it and proven it for myself. This is the only way I could
know for sure. What is attitude? It's "a manner of acting, feeling or thinking
that shows one's belief or opinion."
If
I believe that my body can be healed of any affliction, then I will think
and act in the same manner. No fear or doubt will ever enter my consciousness.
Fear and doubt are the villains in his play. You get rid of them by giving
yourself the right experiences and avoiding he wrong ones. As I look back,
fear has been the bane of my life. Several years ago, I had to ask myself
this question: How many of the decisions I've made in my life are based on
fear? What fear are those decisions based on? I decided to make a list. Death
is one of the greatest fears, but there was also fear of pain, illness, criticism,
and fear of being wrong -- the list is endless. All through my early of religious
instruction in Parochial Schools, I heard the words:
"I
must have faith, because faith can move mountains." I would always think to
myself, "I'd love to have that kind of faith. How can I get that?" The answer
would usually be that "it's a gift: The Gift of Faith." Today I don't believe
we get anything for nothing. The question is: How can we earn faith? Many
years ago while taking the oral examination for my Master's Degree, I stressed
the importance of a proper attitude while communicating ideas. The head of
the department asked me: How do you change your attitude if it's not proper
for your message? Without even thinking, the answer came from deep within
me: Your thoughts create your attitude. Where you place your attention on
a minute to-minute basis determines your attitude.
I'd
been given the key to attaining the "gift of faith," but to actually achieve
it we must become aware of what we are thinking every minute of the day. All
too often I find my mind wandering off on its own to places I'd rather not
be. Unless I have my thoughts under control, I can never be truly free. The
fear of illness, pain, disease and death will always plague me for the rest
of my life if. Then I found a book called The Book of ECK Parables, Volume
II, by Harold Klemp. At the end of a chapter called "Change," " saw a list
of contemplations. Number three on the list read as follows: "The secret to
getting rid of fear is to open the heart center." Eureka! I've found the key.
But what is the hearth center, and how do I open it?
Over
the years I've wondered about my own true nature. I have these feelings called
emotions, and I have these thoughts that cause emotions. But how are these
three parts of myself linked together. After much study I learned that there
are physical parts of me called the Endocrine or ductless glands, and there
are emotional parts of me called Chakras -- sometimes called Spiritual Centers.
Most traditional medical practitioners do not recognize the existence of the
Spiritual Center, but most Naturopathic doctors rely on them in their practice.
The Naturopath will recognize the existence of another part of us that has
a profound impact on the health of our physical bodies. They also recognize
that the more subtle part of us called the Spiritual Center, communicates
the wishes of the inner self by impressing the physical part of us called
the Endocrine or ductless glands.
Scientists
have learned that these Endocrine glands influence -- or even control -- every
function in the body. So according to Harold Klemp's book, I can abolish fear
only by calling on that more subtle part of myself just like Alcoholics Anonymous
suggests to the alcoholic. So I set the goal of opening the Heart Center which
communicates with the Thymus gland located just above the heart in the physical
body. The only way I could think to do this was to place my attention at the
thymus when I do my meditations. But I was always taught to focus my attention
on the spiritual eye that lies behind and between the eyes. Ignoring my old
teaching, I began to place my attention at the heart center during my daily
meditation. I continued this practice for about a month, and, miraculously,
many of my fears began to dissolve.
One
of my greatest fears, speaking before a group, almost disappeared completely.
As I continued this practice, other fears no longer plagued me: fear of pain,
fear of illness and even fear of death. With all of these fears gone, wonderful
waves of love that I have never experienced before began to fill my heart.
These wonderful experiences eventually left me, but now I know one of the
barriers to that beautiful love experience: fear. I am also convinced that
fear has been a major barrier to optimum physical health. Whenever I am able
to relax and convince myself that the powers within myself do all the healing
without my interference, what I really know will happen, comes true.
Ed Leary