On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:14:26 -0800, carlo7 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The base cause of 'disease' is Toxemia.
>To rid oneself of disease is to to rid oneself of Toxemia.
>To rid oneself of Toxemia one needs a complete physiological rest.
>That means no 'input' till the 'output', the disease, crisis etc. is
>complete.
>A major part of physiological rest is relaxation, an effective way to relax
>is to close the eyes i.e. cease external stimuli. When external stimuli
>becomes less of an issue, a commensurate amount of Nervous Energy is
>conserved.
>The more Nervous Energy available the sooner the Toxemia is rid from the
>body.
>Hence closing the the eyes can be very therapeutic.
>-karl

  That's nothing new to me.  And I suspect nothing new to most people in
this discussion group.  I'm not disagreeing, only saying that it's an
oversimplification.  The Toxemia theory goes back to Tilden.  Old stuff.
I am familar with Tilden's writings and Shelton's writings and all that.