The greater percentage of liquid water of fruits and
vegetables is superior to the water of mineralizing tenden-
cies, for the reason that by virtue of an evolutionary life
the liquids of vegetation embody the intelligencies of
superiority, also by experiences in the realm of growth
which entertain eliminating tendencies the best of waters
do not possess.
Nature's process of distilling water can never be
equaled by scientific innovations, as nature has a chemi-
cal laboratory at its command that is guided by unseen
hands and directed by a mind which alone can claim
mastership. All else is mere imitation, full of error and
ignorance. If you need liquid pure and undefiled, take
fruits or vegetables in their natural state and you will
learn to glorify Him who has created and formed it so
wisely.
Whenever overcome by thirst we shall know we do not
exhale enough and that we inhale too short a current of
breath to induce oxidizing of the blood, consequently we
do not eat our food attentively and with discrimination.
The organism contracts consummative tendencies, creating
the thirst for liquids, which liquids, when taken, dampen
the consummation temporarily, but at the same time
create gases detrimental to organic action.
By abstaining from condiments, artificial sweets and
seasonings, eating only grains, fruits, vegetables and nuts
as nature furnishes them, we never thirst for water or
hquid of any form, as breath will fill the bill.
The truest and noblest effort of man is to outgrow the
animal and recognize the human; to conquer all the tend-
encies of brute nature. To this end our attention must
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be directed toward the generative action of the nervous
system at large, whose office is to manifest the operations
of the mind by inductive and conductive actions into the
muscular or expressing part of being and carry out the
desires of our innermost being. To insure such a process
one must adhere to the simplicity of that life which asks
by performance of hard labor for ''daily bread," even
tho it be "crumbs that fall from the rich man's table,"
and is refreshed by wine that flows from the "jug filled
with water." Living thus and working unselfishly, taking
interest in all things and using judgment in one's selection
of labor whenever nature demands change, observing as to
food ''each kind in its season" as "each season brings forth
its kind," we shall answer the purpose of life and may
safely look into the future before us.
WORK AND OVERWORK.
There is such a thing as overwork, which means work
performed in a position limiting the exercise of the body
and change of mind.
We never do too much work where we make a change
in occupation for the performance of some other duty.
We condemn ourselves if we look upon labor as the end
of things or the only means sustaining soul and body.
Under such conditions our labors become a burden and a
curse. The greatest of blessings come to him who per-
forms his daily work in the spirit of duty and honor.
Work is nature's means to exercise the body directed
by mind to insure satisfaction unto the soul.
All work of usefulness to the laborer and for the good
of all is the only means of salvation from th'^' curse of
ancestral tendencies, and the path that leadeth unto the
goal of final emancipation.
It rests the body and mind to frequently change attitude
in the performance of our labors.
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Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The greater percentage of liquid water of fruits and vegetables is superior to the water of mineralizing tendencies, for the reason that by virtue of an evolutionary life the liquids of vegetation embody the intelligencies of superiority, also by experiences in the realm of growth which entertain eliminating tendencies the best of waters do not possess.
Nature's process of distilling water can never be equaled by scientific innovations, as nature has a chemical laboratory at its command that is guided by unseen hands and directed by a mind which alone can claim mastership. All else is mere imitation, full of error and ignorance. If you need liquid pure and undefiled, take fruits or vegetables in their natural state and you will learn to glorify Him who has created and formed it so wisely.
Whenever overcome by thirst we shall know we do not exhale enough and that we inhale too short a current of breath to induce oxidizing of the blood, consequently we do not eat our food attentively and with discrimination. The organism contracts consummative tendencies, creating the thirst for liquids, which liquids, when taken, dampen the consummation temporarily, but at the same time create gases detrimental to organic action.
By abstaining from condiments, artificial sweets and seasonings, eating only grains, fruits, vegetables and nuts as nature furnishes them, we never thirst for water or liquid of any form, as breath will fill the bill.
The truest and noblest effort of man is to outgrow the animal and recognize the human; to conquer all the tendencies of brute nature. To this end our attention must
be directed toward the generative action of the nervous system at large, whose office is to manifest the operations of the mind by inductive and conductive actions into the muscular or expressing part of being and carry out the desires of our innermost being. To insure such a process one must adhere to the simplicity of that life which asks by performance of hard labor for ''daily bread," even tho it be "crumbs that fall from the rich man's table," and is refreshed by wine that flows from the "jug filled with water." Living thus and working unselfishly, taking interest in all things and using judgment in one's selection of labor whenever nature demands change, observing as to food ''each kind in its season" as "each season brings forth its kind," we shall answer the purpose of life and may safely look into the future before us.
WORK AND OVERWORK.
There is such a thing as overwork, which means work performed in a position limiting the exercise of the body and change of mind.
We never do too much work where we make a change in occupation for the performance of some other duty.
We condemn ourselves if we look upon labor as the end of things or the only means sustaining soul and body. Under such conditions our labors become a burden and a curse. The greatest of blessings come to him who performs his daily work in the spirit of duty and honor.
Work is nature's means to exercise the body directed by mind to insure satisfaction unto the soul.
All work of usefulness to the laborer and for the good of all is the only means of salvation from the curse of ancestral tendencies, and the path that leadeth unto the goal of final emancipation.
It rests the body and mind to frequently change attitude in the performance of our labors.