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2.2 General Health Topics The world is becoming more and more in disorder and people's emotions are not being dealt with in any healthful or helpful way. The medical profession is actually aware also of troubles within its own ranks in being unable to handle successfully as many illnesses as they rightfully expected to be able to. There is a feeling of frustration amongst the more honourable and conscientious ones but they are tending to blame any sources, right or wrong. They have a vary strong feeling that governments and bureaucracy interfere too much and they are sure that a lot more results of a positive nature would come about if they could get themselves a freer hand. There is also a bit of self-seeking involved as well plus the natural desire of a specialist to handle his own "act" without interference from amateurs. So it is not all black and white and no-one is really all wrong/all right, so the situation is very confusing. To top it off, ego's and face saving have now got into the act on both sides and I doubt very much now whether much good will come from the whole uproar. In the meantime, the sick are suffering, and medical knowledge is being set back as doctors, in many cases are much too irascible to even consider looking at alternative medicine. (Refers to the Medicare dispute in NSW). The government may hold one or two thoughts about it (alternative medicine) but unless it can be used to bludgeon the specialists the government isn't going to go into it either. The best that alternate medicants can hope for now is a bit of peace while the battle rages elsewhere - but that doesn't get money for research, or recompense the ill who get their treatment from alternate sources. And so it goes. The best that most people can do now is to adapt a completely natural life style and try to remain well, or regain health through good light food/ liquids, exercise, fresh air, meditation, yogas, and spiritual thinking and habits. Sometime sanity will begin to return and if enough persons have achieved health without the specialists and government perhaps they will then begin to wonder and pay attention to the other forms of medicine - all of them, not just naturopathy, herbalism and so forth. In fact, reputable specialists would be more inclined to accept the real basics listed above, plus positive thinking etc., than they would acupuncture and so on. The very basic health living is necessary in any case as things worsen, so the more of you people in the know who can get yourselves in hand and then aid others as well, emotionally and spiritually, the greater service you will be doing for everyone (23:6.85) Question Cooking vegetables under heavy steam pressure is said to "kill" the vegetables completely, while light steaming does not. Is this true? Answer Dowsing and other "detection" devices are correct in that no life force is detectable, but the food is still nutritious. The point is one of timing - to steam cook with extreme pressure calls for concentration and a correct attitude. The food is prepared quickly (not with "haste"), with due attention of what, and why, one is doing; steaming is done "to time", not too long so that food is almost pulped, then it is removed to plates and table with due attention (respect?) and eaten. To steam at any length is not good for any foods, "life-wise", whether the steam is hard or gentle. In primitive or simpler times meat was generally "charred" on the exterior, to preserve the juices and life-force. Natives also used leaf wraps, earth burial etc., to improve on this "charring" and although some of these cooking methods were long, the very nature of the earth/vegetable surround, and the profound understanding between the peoples and the foods was one of a constructive preservation. Plants "know" their function when the preparation attitude is one of mutual awareness and the nutrition is present for the body to draw on. You have forgotten what food is for, have forgotten the mutual contract between Man's natural needs and the supplying of that by the plant spirit; it is no use to them to grow and die for no purpose; they were created to serve, just as humans were. Treat food with respect and awareness, and dowsing or Kirlian photography notwithstanding, the life-giving/preserving "manna" will be there as promised (by God). (27.7.85) Question Is cooking with microwaves better than other types of cooking? Are microwave ovens safe? Is it safe to use plastic dishes in them? Answer A microwave oven is safe if it is a good one, and if it is treated as it should be. It should be installed correctly, not just where it is more convenient, and the testing apparatus should be used. One does not linger around microwave ovens and they should not be used extensively, especially in small enclosed areas. Plastics, unless designed for that specific use should never be used in those ovens. People are misusing a potentially (long-term, admittedly) dangerous appliance, because it is a convenience they are careless. It is a convenience but must be used properly, with a healthy respect (if you wish to retain your health). Plastics also come under what I have just said about ovens. They are a convenience and also they do have a good effect on foods to be defrosted and cooked, they heat quickly with a minimum loss of nutrients. In any case you have them and they won't "go away", that's for certain, so use them properly, and get a very good one to begin with; not meaning it has all the features, but that it is very well made by a (oh dear, here's a quandary), by a reputable manufacturer. Well, alright, by the most reliable and reputable that you are aware of. And that is the closest endorsement you will get from me re the microwave ovens. (1.8.85) Glass and china; these are pure (natural materials). The present vessels especially intended for the ovens are alright when they are new or infrequently used/washed etc., but age and usage causes a weakening, and in much usage a deterioration in the vessels. Manufacturers etc., would scoff at this but this is a natural process in most materials; in synthetics the result can be, if not harmful certainly not helpful, depending on the state of health and genetic make-up/susceptibility of the persons using them. So natural products such as the glass, china and stoneware are best. (12.8.85) Question Is there a herb available which would help to control Candida Albicans? Answer There are two herbs, Rue and Patience, taken in equal parts. All of these fungus infections are a sign of an uncertain mind when they persist. I am speaking here of those who follow the healing methods, but to no avail. When the fungus appears it is because of some incorrect action of eating, dressing, living. Failure to budge the invasive action says that a new direction is needed besides that of medical treatment. What are you doing that needs to be changed? What are you not admitting or not accepting that needs to be looked at? Our physical bodies so often mirror the emotional or spiritual situation. And once a fungus or thrush takes hold it requires great persistence to dislodge it, the very same amount of persistence that it takes to change the cause. So the herbs prescribed are not being facetious, we are all of us the soil of God's garden, and patience, hope, faith, charity, are just come of his herbs sown within us to be nurtured and brought to full bloom. (1.12.85) Further to the discussions we have been having about the thrush/fungus infections is the fact that most people are not aware of the influences of their surroundings. Many homes have become such closed-in areas that a number of illnesses lurk within. Humans were the healthiest when their dwelling (and their work places) were simple; comfortable but bare of all but the needed items, plus a very few items of beauty or frivolity per room. I am not speaking specifically of germs as such, dust etc., gathering, but of the accumulation of vibrations - years of vibrations. Look to each area and picture the accumulation of positive versus negative vibrations of the memories, the emotional not just your own, or the family's, but the previous owners, creators etc. A room filled with this can gradually exert a fair amount of disharmony and it is not completely possible to "clear" such a room. Items need different treatment from that as the emanations are not "bad", as such, simply inharmonious to you, or with some other article present. So simplify your living quarters, love, want, and respect that which you have and harmony will be restored. Then the affected cellular areas of your bodies can restore harmony within. At first, to simplify can be difficult and traumatic and the "bareness" quite hard to adjust to but once you imbue that room and contents with your energies you will find beauty therein. Humans gather possessions about them for comfort, and comfort is good, but how much does one really need? So look to that, what is present should be useful and should be yours in every way, then harmony within and without will prevail. (2.12.85) Question Are the herbs "rue" and "patience" to be taken internally, in equal parts, or was that meant in a figurative sense i.e., to repent and patiently change? Answer Those herbs, taken several times in a day, are great cleansers and soothers. The equal parts are as small doses together or not as the palate and system finds most comfortable. These teas i.e., any herbal teas are an aid to healing. I do not feel that any will, of themselves, cure without the necessary mental stimulus of a determination to change and heal. In the very old, to old days most women 'studied on' the uses of herbs, or the knowledge was passed on to them, and they picked and prepared each plant condiment at the right time and in the right way. Even those who turned to "herbals" or "apothecaries" for the herbs did so in knowledge of the healing powers bestowed on these plants by God, or Nature, and took them in no light way. Today you all "pluck" the teas from a shelf somewhere usually, so the correct attitude in missing. (3.12.85) The majority of people have some sort of fungal infestation, and the treatment is really the over-all one used to restore a healthy balance. A mostly raw or lightly steamed diet of fruit and vegetables, some grains, some nuts, some oils, combined with fresh air, exercise, and water in and around one's body. A quick bathe once or twice a day in most beneficial. According to each individual's state of health, stress, environment etc., additional herbs could be subscribed, but it is really perseverance in right thoughts, right eating, reading materials, associates and so forth that will restore the balance. And if one says "but I haven't the time", for this item or that one, well what of the time they lose through lethargy or illness, out of sorts feelings or whatever? What of the time spent discussing one's illness, looking for cures etc. Those times were found, likely by curtailing a little of each other activity, so it can be done. As each frailty of the human system is found the practitioners are quick to make a cult of the cures, which is fair enough - but when an illness in widespread it is usually an illness of society itself, i.e., rushing about, unbalanced meals, neglected exercise and time for sun and water; no, use your money, time, and perseverance to right your own balances and all will be well. (4.12.85) Question Can the healing energy in the group be used to help somebody suffering an addiction, heroin for example? Would this reduce withdrawal symptoms? Would there be a gradual reduction of addiction or would the sufferer have to commit him/her self to "cold turkey", if only to show good faith? Answer The answer is that the healing energies can help, but how much depends on the condition of that person, and how enlightened they are towards their problems, their addiction, and the trials and implications of a cure. To "cure" the addiction completely requires patience and a willingness to take each day without anxiety for the future. To have to endure the wretchedness of an un-drugged withdrawal is not showing "good faith" so much as being the one way that some persons can handle the problem. If there is a psychological need to endure, then so be it, but there could be some alleviation medically to assist over the worst, the body has likely been abused enough already. The healing energies would be of the most benefit psychologically, preparing and strengthening the spirit; then moving on to give physical assistance, but there would be no miracles as such, there would still be need of perseverance and counselling. Further we cannot say, for the question does not specify any details. (6.12.85) Now is the most tempting times for your colds and blockages so you needs must see to the taking of your medication as and as often as your doctor has advised. One full cycle without debilitating illness and any damage to the lungs will be of enormous healing benefit. And the sooner the heavier medication can be dispensed with then the more healing power for your body. In so many cases the prescribed medication does not aid or assist the body's system to heal the ailment, it actually usurps the ability and leaves the bodily mechanism in abeyance at best, or actually stopped in its tracks. Obviously the mechanism has been weakened by the illness and/or improper living attitudes, so a strong external medication tends to overshadow and at times even paralyse the normal healing ability. This is not to say anything against artificial healing, tablets or whatever, which are better than nothing at all - at least you survive to at least learn to tend to your own health. I practised medicine many many years ago, and all of it is what you would call old-fashioned now. But we doctors then made up for our lack of miracle medications by an application of real doctoring, we "saw" our patients in depth - their lives and their psyches, and we were able to prescribe herbal potions and medicaments that went to the heart of the problem - easing situations before they worsened. We were able to prescribe from the heart, from the instincts of a healing gift, and our patients lived in spite of the lack of today's discoveries. It was, in fact, when doctoring began to be diverted (and today, perverted in many cases) to chemical healing, to shallow diagnosing, that I lost out, in my heart, to that profession. 1 chose to remain with the herbals and even to dig further into the healing world to discover what I was able of attending to all the bodies of each patient. I was not alone in this of course, being neither young nor too old there were many of my confreres who battled on to continue practising within their conscience. The very young eagerly embraced the new, the mechanistic, the old simply went along as they were and gradually faded into retirement. This is not to denigrate the practitioners of today - there is much demanded of them, more than mind can cope with at times. With all the advancements (and so many techniques and knowledge are beautiful to behold) the more each doctor must learn, must hold in his mind, must push into each day. That part is not good and although the specialising practitioners are necessary today, much of the patient is being lost in the transfer from here to here to hospital. There are better methods of handling this but too many in the healing profession are being hassled with the sheer numbers of ailing persons and they don't look deeply and caringly enough at each - nowhere in the world should any one person be looked at as a number, reduced to a cipher. So there was I, a successful man one year and an eccentric has-been after that. To some, that is; after the first shock, and shame and disappointment I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with some very advanced souls who soon enabled me to accept what was happening. Then my own growth and advancement began and in my due time I died a moderately happy person. But I was ready to pass on then, to re-incarnate when times were beginning to be more fortuitous for those of my leanings - which was wrong really, I should have wanted to remain and contributed more. That is what I didn't understand then, so it is alright, the next time around I shall hopefully remain on until I could do no more. Ah, how we reminisce. But I am pleased really, so much has been cleared away for me to see, we do our best and that is the main requirement. (5.5.86) The business of AIDS is topical enough, I should say. There are many theories as to how the virus was turned loose on your earth, and where. Several thoughts I could leave with you are about human behaviour - not just sexual but moral, ethical, humane, and so on. Wrong living sexually will eventually produce a reaction; the venereal diseases are one such. But there has been added the practice of using drugs, which does have an effect on the immune system eventually. Hygiene enters along the line, for unbridled lust, with the inhibitions further lowered, can bring about a lowering of cleanliness in many ways. Then there is the general life pattern of poor nutrition, life- style, and attitudes of thought. Enter also pollutions of all kinds, plus the lowering of the natural earth defences; and out of all this one could not really be surprised that such a ruthless virus has struck home in many, many, areas. It may, yes, result from forms of sexual behaviour; from native cultures; from wrong medical practises - not one of which, alone, would produce such a dreadful scourge. Oh, no, it is the sum total of many things, but if you examine them, you will see, surely, that the many causes are from negative behaviour, or the end results of negative behaviour. No one single cause can be blamed; and with the exception of those blameless recipients of the disease, the message is clearly telling the peoples of earth to be aware of what they are doing; what they are in the line of from other's actions; and loud and clear is being said to clean up your acts, someone else's acts, and in general to stand up and take responsibility and action over what is going on around you. AIDS can mutate again and again, and if it does then no one is safe. This is not to send you off with beating drum, to start reshaping the world; I am saying that no one area is at fault for the virus, and life habits in general need to be amended if the scourge of judgement, self-judgement, is to be avoided. As ye sow, so shall ye reap, collectively, eventually. (23.2.89)
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