Disease

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Conventional medicine, and even " alternative " medicine of all types,

teaches us that " disease " is exogenic, meaning its source is outside

of us, armies of microorganisms that invade and attack our body and

harm us—this is the contagion theory, aka germ theory, of disease,

and is the basis for the medical paradigm of using remedies and

therapies to mitigate or palliate symptoms—we are taught to consider

microorganisms and symptoms as a problem to be alleviated or gotten

rid of.

 

However, that is not how the body actually works! Bacteria and

viruses are present at the site of inflammation, sometimes

called " infection " , and so they are blamed as the causative agents

for the condition, which medicine considers dangerous, when in

reality they are innocent bystanders.

 

All " disease " is in reality endogenic, meaning it is caused by the

body. It is a condition instituted by the body, to rid itself of

toxic matter and to heal itself. Bacteria are allies in this

process, they are the garbage collectors in the body, they eat up

the cellular wastes which would poison us to death otherwise, and

that is the reason that the body allows them to live in the body,

because their presence in our bodies is symbiotic and vital. Viruses

are simply parts of dead cells, they happen to be the DNA strands of

bodily cells that have died, and are passed out with other bodily

wastes.

 

" Disease " is actually the process that the body uses to heal and

cleanse itself, protect itself. Disease takes the form of any of 7

identifiable stages, and more than one of these can be manifested in

the body at any time, though all disease is systemic, meaning the

entire body is involved. Some of these stages we would not even

think of as disease, yet they are all part of the progressive

remedial process.

 

The body is healing and cleansing all the time, no matter what. The

continual self-cleaning and self-healing is vital to life, and the

body does it as thoroughly as it possibly can. The body has a

homeostasis, and equilibrium--if the toxins coming in can be

eliminated smoothly and easily, the body does its cleansing and

healing without needing to do anything further. But when the influx

of toxins into the body is greater than ordinary elimination can

sufficiently get rid of, the body then institutes a condition of

extraordinary elimination. These are the 7 stages of disease--the

body's extraordinary elimination takes the form of whichever media

and form, in the body's infinite wisdom, the body knows is necessary

at that point to rid itself of the toxic overload.

 

When the body is continuously overloaded with toxins, as most of our

bodies have been, the toxic load of the body is so much more than it

can ordinarily eliminate, it needs to go further and further up the

line--each of these 7 stages is what the body must resort to in

order to try to deal with and rid itself of the increasing toxic

load which would otherwise kill it. So in the process of the body's

having to take more and more dramatic actions to prevent its

destruction from toxic load, the body must move up the 7 stages.

Conversely, in cleansing and healing, the body must move back in

reverse through the 7 stages. This is called " re-tracing " . The body

moves back through the different stages, when given the chance,

until it is clean and healed.

 

The first 4 stages are increasingly acute, the final 3 stages are

degenerative or chronic. Chronic, degenerative conditions must move

back through the acute stages on their way to healing.

 

We can see, for example how little children, who being so young have

not accumulated as many toxins yet, and whose bodies are strong and

vital, have such acute inflammations--the more acute the symptoms,

the more it shows the body's vitality in attempting to throw off the

toxic matter. They have acute cleansing and healing often and very

persistently, when given the SAD diet. Eventually, as the child

grows and toxic load increases and continues, the body begins to be

so overloaded with toxins that it must resort to ever-further, ever-

later stages of the disease process. The toxic drugs used to

suppress symptoms, as well as to kill the valuable bacteria in the

body, are also major sources of toxins which the body has to go to

ever-later stages of disease to deal with.

 

But remember that all stages of the disease process are remedial,

they are all instituted by the body, they are all the body's

desperate attempt to rid itself of toxins in order to survive and

heal itself.

 

Here, briefly, are the 7 stages:

 

1. Enervation. This is truly the first stage, the first sign that we

have that the body is overloaded. The body feels tired, feels

dragging around, feels less than vital. The body's communication

system, electrical system, is the nerves. All of the body's

activities, whether internal or external, are directed and

coordinated via the nerves. When the body is overloaded with toxins,

the neural system's functioning is impaired, and therefore all of

the body's activities are slowed and less efficient. This results in

smooth, normal cleansing and healing being impaired and slowed, and

there is a back up in eliminating toxins, and so the body seeks to

repair it. It therefore makes us feel tired, so that we will rest,

so that the body can be re-charged to function normally again.

 

2. Toxemia. This would be where one might feel polluted, or

just " bone tired " , exhausted, very cold and achy, where someone

might " feel a cold coming on " , or " feel a flu coming on " . These are

all sign that the body must have rest and sleep and be kept warm,

right away. Even before I'd ever heard of any of this, I'd noticed

that every time I got a " flu " , it was preceded by this kind of

experience. I discovered that I could avert the full blown " flu " if,

as soon as I got this feeling, I took a nice long hot bath, and went

straight to bed and slept. That's toxemia.

 

3. Irritation. This is the stage where the body is getting

overloaded with toxins to the point where it is must urgently get

rid of them or take drastic action, and the body eliminates it in

various sites extraordinarily--it may be through the sinuses, in the

form of sneezing, or through the skin, in the form of a rash or

itch, for example. We might also see increased mucus secretion, as

mucus is a transport medium for toxins, out of the body.

 

4. Inflammation. This is full blown, acute cleansing, from " mild " to

very acute, depending on the body's needs and according to its

wisdom of what will save its life. Remember that all " disease " is

the solution, the life-saving process, instituted by the body, to

rid itself of the toxins, which are in reality urgently threatening

the body's vitality, and in fact its very life. Inflammation

includes " colds " , " flu " , " allergies " , bladder " infection " ,

kidney " infection " , sinusitis, rhinitis, appendicitis, pancreatitis,

arthritis, bursitis, thyroiditis, and any other kind of " -itis " , or

any other condition where the body has inflammation or " infection " .

It is all inflammation, there is no such thing as " infection " . In

inflammation, the body " inflames " an organ, or the site of an

injury, wherever it is deemed necessary--it fills the site with

blood, lots of activity, heat--fever is REMEDIAL, the body steps up

the heat to help the healing and cleansing, fever is never harmful,

and the bacteria population increase to gobble up the dead cells and

toxins that are being eliminated. There is stepped up activity at

the site of inflammation--there is heat at the site, everything is

fast, the body is dramatically working to rid itself of toxins,

cells live and die quickly. It is also systemic, all healing

involves the whole body, and the fever which is the body temperature

elevated throughout the whole body, is vital as a part of the

healing and cleansing process.

 

5. Ulceration. This is the first stage of degenerative or chronic

disease. The body's toxic load must be eliminated, so the body takes

the dramatic action of destroying the cells of the different layers

of skin or membrane and tissue below, in order to make an opening

through which the body can push out toxins. These are like little

volcanoes, and include what we call ulcers, but also things like

canker sores, cold sores, pimples, acne, " herpes " , various chronic

skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and I think some of what

are referred to as STD's.

 

6. Induration. This is tumor formation, which is at this stage

considered " benign " . The body is so overloaded with toxins that it

cannot get rid of fast enough to keep it from killing the body,

through any of the previous stages, so it begins to make soft or

eventually hard cases in which to store the toxins, to keep it out

of the bloodstream and the vital organs. The body often puts these

tumors in the places which are the least important to its immediate

survival, such as the reproductive organs, but they can occur

anywhere in the body that the body in its infinite wisdom needs to

put them.

 

7. Cancer. Cancer is not the fearsome killer people are taught to

believe it is. It is simply another stage of the body's ability to

heal and cleanse us, the final attempt, quite dramatic. The body's

cells, probably specialized phagocytic cells, are used by the body

to ingest the toxins, which are saturating the body and so totally

exceeding the body's capacity to eliminate them fast enough, that

the body must resort to sacrificing large numbers of cells to ingest

and contain the toxins in order to keep them out of the vital organs

and the blood, in an attempt on the part of the body to continue to

carry on life in spite of the toxins. It is said, having been

observed, by even mainstream science, that when inflammation or

irritation have gone on too long at a site, it becomes cancer--they

are observing some of the stages of the disease process. Disease

never harms the body. Cancer, like any other stage of disease, is

remedial. Death does not come from disease, rather disease is what

the body uses to save it from death. Death comes from continuing to

increase the toxic load, by ingestion of toxins and subjecting the

body to toxins, including the huge toxic and enervating overload

from drugs, radiation and chemo, and such. After cancer, the body

has no more defenses left. It is the final stage in which the body

can still struggle against the toxic overload. Cancer is mistakenly

blamed for causing death, but in reality it is the continued

ingestion of toxins which cause death. Cancer is instead the

protection of the body against the toxins. The problem is

not " disease " . The problem is toxins, poisons. Disease is the

solution.

 

The body is a totally self-cleaning, self-healing, self-repairing

system, and will always seek to cleanse, heal, and repair itself, to

the best of its ability, and will employ the process of disease in

doing so—that is the entire purpose of disease, and the symptoms we

experience are manifestations of that process.

 

When we cooperate with the body, in whichever stage the body is

struggling to cleanse and heal itself, the body can decrease its

toxic load, move back through the stages of disease, and ultimately

recover full health.

 

How do we cooperate with the body? The first thing is to stop

ingesting toxins, as thoroughly as possible. Drugs of any kind

including " natural " ones, cooked food, herbs, irritants, animal

products, food that is incompatible with the body. And inimical

practices, anything that enervates the body, such as stress,

overwork, medical procedures, anything that weakens or compromises

the body including diets, yes enemas too. When we " treat " symptoms,

when we seek to get rid of symptoms, that is going against the

body's efforts, and just foils the body's efforts to try to cleanse

and heal and further enervates and toxifies us.

 

We need to provide the conditions under which the body can function

without impediment, and which provide the raw materials of life.

This includes our optimal diet of fresh raw fruits, leafy veggies,

nuts and edible seeds, as close to the form as they come in Nature

as possible. This also includes sunshine, constant fresh air,

keeping the body warm enough, plenty of rest and especially sleep,

as much as the body may desire.

 

We need to fast, meaning total rest, eyes closed, water only, when

the body gives us acute symptoms and takes away our hunger. It is

only at these times that one should fast, and only for as long as

the body dictates--only until the return of hunger. This is vital

for the body to be able to accomplish its extraordinary healing and

cleansing efficiently and quickly, and must be done. There is no

substitute for this. Usually the extraordinary healing is

accomplished quickly, though occasionally the body may need to do it

longer. It is always recommended that fasting be done under the

supervision of a competent practitioner, particularly if one has

extremely acute symptoms, and if the fast is of any duration. And

it's important for anyone to know as much as possible about fasting

before undertaking it, especially " Fasting Can Save Your Life "

and " The Science and Fine Art of Fasting " , both by Herbert Shelton,

and widely available, including on amazon.com.

 

Further information about the process and stages of disease can also

be found in " Toxemia Explained " , the classic masterpiece by John

Tilden, M.D., as well as in the other works of Herbert Shelton, and

in the works of writers on Hygiene such as Dr. Bernarr, T.C. Fry,

and Dr.Virginia Vetrano, to name a few.

 

You can read " Toxemia Explained " in its entirety at:

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020103toxemia/02010301.

html

 

To discover the truth regarding the contagion theory, aka germ

theory, of disease, read the classic " Pasteur Plagiarist Impostor "

by R. B. Pearson in its entirety on-line! In some versions it has

been renamed " The Dream & Lie of Louis Pasteur " , and you can explore

the site for all kinds of great info on Bechamp and Pasteur:

http://www.whale.to/v/pasteur.html

 

You can read most of " The Third Element of the Blood " , by Antoine

Bechamp himself, at:

http://www.sumeria.net/bechamp/bechamp.html

 

You can read on line the entire text of " The Hygienic System, Part

II " by Herbert Shelton. The question of what constitutes a proper

and healthy diet has long been the matter of the greatest

controversy among holistic healers. It is still a matter of great

confusion among the public. Here is Shelton's thorough examination

of eating and foodstuffs. Includes the complete data on food

combining, feeding of infant and children, the digestive system,

etc.:

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020126shelton.orthotrop

hy/020126.toc.html

 

You can read on line the entire text of " The Hygienic System, Part

III " by Herbert Shelton, an exhaustive work on fasting and

sunbathing, recovery of health:

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/02012

7.toc.htm

 

You can read on line the entire text of " Natural Hygiene, Man's

Pristine Way of Life " by Herbert Shelton, a definitive work

detailing the difference between healing and the harmful curing

practices:

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020125shelton.pristine/

020125toc.htm

 

You can read on line the entire text of " Getting Well " by Herbert

Shelton, which teaches all about sickness and health:

http://www.gtwn.net/~genesis/gw/gw1.html

 

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