Health Through New Thought and Fasting

By Wallace D. Wattles

Book Overview

"Food is to the body what raw material is to the builder. The power which receives food, dissolves and changes it, and builds it into muscle and tissue, nerves, and brain, is the Lift Power which flows into us from the Infinite while we sleep. "If we give this Life Power the right food materials, and the right amount of it, it builds beautifully, intelligently, ever improving and refining it work. "If we give too little food material this Life Power builder within us is hampered in its work, just as any carpenter would be if the mill failed to deliver the necessary lumber for the work planned. The body stores enough material for a forty, or fifty, or sixty day famine, but not enough for eternal famine. Not yet, at least. "If we give too much food material, or not the right kind, it is at if the lumber dealer kept delivering loads of all kinds of lumber until the premises were covered with it. Imagine carpenters trying to build a house in the center of a lumber yard, with all kinds of timber piled about and more coming in with every revolution of the saw, and you will get a faint idea of the difficulties under which labors the builder which is you, when you pour in more food material than he needs. "And the danger of pouring in too much food is far greater than that of delivering too little. For the reason that too much food sets up a state of general inflammation throughout the body, which you interpret as a call for more food, when in reality it means there is already too much on hand. A baby suffering from indigestion acts ravenous. A grown-up stomach that is generating ferments calls for more, more, And soother meal piled in gives temporary relief, just as kneading more flour into a batch of bread dough gives temporary relief from ferment. "What world happen to the dough if you kept on kneading it down with more flour, a dozen, a hundred, yes, thousands of times. The result would be unwieldiness and poison.. The same thing happens in the continuously overloaded stomach, and throughout the overloaded body. "And no amount of mental or spiritual science will stop it, though it may retard the process, as cold retards the rising of your bread dough.. In this way you may put off the day of reckoning with an overloaded stomach and body, but that is all you can do. The death-poison will get you sooner or later." -Elizabeth Towne CONTENTS: Commentary by Elizabeth Towne: Chapter 1 - The Source of Work-Power Chapter 2 - Sleep Chapter 3 - To Use Sleep Chapter 4 - Scientific Living & Healing Chapter 5 - Mind Cures Chapter 6 - Nature and Development of Will Power Chapter 7 - The Living One Chapter 8 - New Light on Immortality Chapter 9 - Suffering in Sickness

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534720677
• ISBN13: 9781534720671
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

So simple

This book offers simple answers to those who are prepared to absorb them. Go to the quiet and listen to your body. First, you must learn to be still and listen. Good advice.

Excellent

I highly recommned this book to anyone who desires health in their life. This was an easy read. I could not put the book down.

True wisdom usually comes in few words...

I have read many books on diet and fasting, and do fast regularly. This book touches on the liitle known fact that fasting is a PRESCRIPTION for physical (not just spiritual) health. The body was designed to thrive on clean air, clean water, and a minimal amount of pure whole food (in that order). Just think about how long you can go without air (seconds, maybe minutes), before the body goes into a panic? Now think about water... (several days)? And food...? The body can live at least a month without solid food, and even longer on liquid food (raw juices and such). Wattles explains, in a somewhat scientific way, that fasting is not only desired for health , but required. It is required to recover quickly from illnesses and to maximize your lifespan. Not many books on the market will approach this subject as he has, and this book is a gem for my library.

Remarkale Book

This book is remarkable. I look at food and the way I eat differently. I also do all I can to stay aware of how my body regenerates itself while I sleep. The explanations are clearly explained and this book is easily read in a day. If you have diet issues I urge you to read this book.