Quantum Life Journey Books & Sources

HEALTH:

Levine, Ph.D., Stephen A. and Kidd, Ph.D.,Parris M., Antioxidant Adaptation, Allergy Research Group, 1985

Comments by Steve Russell, co-founder of Quantum Life Journey:

Dr Levine’s book is increasingly recognized as one of the most significant contributions to science medicine in the last century. To this day Antioxidant Adaptation is considered the world’s leading treatise on free radical pathology (the study of disease caused by exposure to free radicals) with particular emphasis on the chemical sensitization as a degenerative process. In a nutshell, Dr Levine’s treatise in stark contrast to conventional medicine’s fixation with “germ theory” and symptom management, observes that the true fundamental causes of aging and disease  is exposure to free radicals and chemical toxins.

 This breakthrough and the understanding of health and longevity gives rise to the specific  health protocols advocated by Quantum Life Journey and other leading health practitioners which protocols not surprisingly, involve avoiding exposure to the agents which cause disease and premature aging in the first instance, and in treating the underlying cause of dysfunctionality rather than treating the symptoms.

The book that started it all! Steve Levine’s brilliant treatise on the role of free radicals on human disease and aging launched in 1985 was not only controversial but revolutionary at the time. The fundamental hypothesis of conventional medicine was challenged and Dr Levine’s insights clearly fueled the expansive growth of a deeper appreciation of the nature of the human manifestation. Dr Levine’s treatise is perhaps suitable only for readers with an extensive scientific background in the fields of bio-chemistry, quantum physics and orthomolecular biology. On the other hand, it might be impressive to have a copy of Dr Levine’s book lying on the coffee table, especially if it is autographed. He is one of the scientists who has made perhaps the greatest impact on the health revolution in our time. It is the principal mission of Quantum Life Journey’s Educational Programs to translate and to make available to real people in the real world the monumental contribution and vision of this great humanitarian.

It is the mission of Quantum Life Journey to translate and explain Dr Levine’s work to those persons not familiar with the scientific nomenclature and advanced biochemical understandings which would be required for a full appreciation of the enormity of his work. Of course, even if one were not able to fully understand Dr Levine’s work, it certainly could be impressive to have a copy of his book lying on the coffee table. What, however, would be more impressive than a copy of Dr Levine’s book, is the new YOU! which will manifest itself in the mirror within 30 days of adopting the Four Astonishingly Simple Steps to Vibrant Health, or perhaps even more importantly the quantum shift in the quality and depth of your life and the journey to an expanded capacity and a new deeply spiritual appreciation of the magnificent universe in which we live and the possibilities of redefining our role in that expanded reality.

An autographed copy of Antioxidant Adaptation is available through the Quantum Life Journey e-store.

Dr Levine’s work has been acknowledged by some of the most esteemed and recognized scientists of our time.

First, Richard A Kunin, M.D.,  Founder and Past President of the Orthomolecular Medical Society, and author of Mega-Nutrition  and Mega-Nutrition For Women comments that Dr Levine’s book explains all that we need to know about the role of oxidative damage (free radical exposure) in the genesis of disease. This field is especially important because the antioxidant defenses are vulnerable to specific nutrient deficiency and conversely, responsive to nutrient therapy. (It will be noted that this observation by Dr Levine led to the formation of Allergy Research Group, a worldwide recognized innovator in the formation and manufacturing of nutritional supplements and nutriceuticals which are a fundamental component of the Four Astonishingly Simple Steps to Vibrant Health.) Dr Kunin suggests that medical practitioners will want to become “familiar” with the mechanisms of oxidative free radical damage in order that their understanding of these mechanisms causing inflammation, immunity dysfunctionality, allergies, a host of degenerative diseases and premature aging , will facilitate their deeper appreciation of the methodologies and modalities which are available to facilitate the elimination of the sickness, suffering and disease that so unnecessarily permeates our society to the detriment of the quality of life of many of our citizens, and which also lead to widespread economic and ecological devastation.

Secondly, Wolfgang Huber PhD., FAAAS, FRSM, FAIC, FNYAS, one of the world’s leading scientists, remarks: “Dr Levine and Dr Kidd have assembled a vast amount of relevant information and they present their complex subject with clarity and sequential logic. Thus the reader, whatever his or her discipline, can climb the mountain of present-day knowledge with comparative ease to enjoy the vista of an ever increasing understanding of the power and the danger inherent in oxygen as the staff of aerobic life.”

Similarly, Robert Cathcart, M.D., Orthomolecular and Orthopedic Physician and inventor of the Cathcart Hip prosthesis notes: “This book brings to life in an understandable form, the meaning of oxidation/reduction (redox) reactions and their importance in clinical medicine. It brilliantly presents the biochemical rationales for many of the clinical observations of physicians practicing in orthomolecular medicine and clinical ecology.”

Discover the answer to the mysteries of these debilitating illnesses
Comments from Steve Russell, co-founder of Quantum Life Journey:

With the exception of Dr Levine’s book, the astonishing and stunning (to use Dr Levine’s words) work of Dr Martin Pall, Professor at Washington State University is carrying on and expanding the understanding  role that  free radicals play as the fundamental causal agent (cause of) many of the 21^st Century’s “unexplained diseases” such as multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Epstein-Barr virus, lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome, post traumatic stress, etc. In fact, Quantum Life Journey highly recommends the inclusion of Dr Pall’s specific protocols for a period of thirty or sixty days, which, when used in combination with the Foundation Pak 2 , provides even long time sufferers of these nasty and unwelcome symptoms, new hope for the  return to a level of health they haven’t known since their childhood. Dr Pall’s work clearly has made a major impact on the health protocols advocated by Quantum Life Journey.

Explaining “Unexplained Illnesses” provides long-sought explanations for the properties of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), fibromyalgia, and posttraumatic stress disorder. This groundbreaking book examines common symptoms and signs; short-term stressors such as infection, chemical exposure, physical trauma, and severe psychological stress; why people are often diagnosed as having more than one of these illnesses, and approaches for treating the cause of each disease, rather than the symptoms. The book presents a detailed and well-supported mechanism (the NO/ONOO- cycle) that provides consistent explanations for many of the puzzling elements of these diseases.

At least a dozen scientists have proposed that chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity, and fibromyalgia must share a common mechanism; others have suggested posttraumatic stress disorder may belong to this group as well. This unique book provides explanations for their previously unexplained properties with more than 1,500 references to scientific literature, creating a whole new approach to therapy and treatment of these illnesses.

Explaining "Unexplained Illnesses" provides answers to these questions:

• how do short-term stressors initiate chronic illness?
• how does the biochemistry of the NO/ONOO- cycle produce chronic illness?
• how can the diverse symptoms and signs of these illnesses be generated as a consequence of their common biochemistry?
• why is there so much variation in symptoms from one sufferer to another?
• what are the principles underlying the NO/ONOO- cycle mechanism?
• how does the NO/ONOO- cycle provide explanations for a dozen previously unexplained properties of these illnesses?
• how might 14 additional illnesses/diseases also be caused by the NO/ONOO- cycle etiology?
• and many more

“A BRILLIANT TREATISE that brings us closer to a 'unified field theory' explaining the underlying causes and pathophysiology behind CFS, FMS, and many other poorly understood syndromes . . . and also closer to effective treatment! My thanks and appreciation to Professor Pall for his EXCELLENT AND GROUND-BREAKING work.”

“A STUNNING EXPOSE on what is surely a central thesis of chronic, unexplained and fatiguing illness; namely, that oxidative stress mechanisms hold the key to any holistic viewpoint. He writes as a truth-seeker and as a biological scientist with a well reasoned and well documented style. This book could easily mark the end of the beginning of a more complete understanding of this complex field which is a trillion dollar nightmare of human misery and bio-political inattention.”

“Has clearly demonstrated the weight of the molecular evidence regarding these targeted diseases: chemical hypersensitivities, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and post-traumatic stress, and that their causation and progression implicates redox imbalances, or in other words, electronic imbalances. His model is unique in explaining the overlapping nature of these diseases (comorbidity), and explaining why they were previously so difficult to understand, diagnose and effectively treat. Dr. Pall has integrated a massive amount of molecular/biochemical data (this feat is astonishing to me) in order to present a well crafted model, which should convince serious minded scientists and doctors that these conditions are strongly associated with reactive molecular fragments, oxidative species and that inflammation and immune abnormalities are the consequences. THE OPTIONS FOR THERAPY ARE INTRIGUINGLY VARIED, generally with attractive safety profiles. The political/environmental implications of this work are vast, and must be embraced for the health of all of us across the globe.”

“Dr. Pall has put together as INSIGHTFUL AND DETAILED view of a significant form of inflammatory biochemistry, in a manner that makes important contributions toward science-based treatment. . . . One can only hope that doctors and others with the sacred duty of care for the body/mind/spirit of another human being will read this book carefully.”

Recently released, and one of the most astonishing contributions to the fields of health and wellness is Martin Pall, PhD’s work explaining unexplained illnesses. In carrying out and further advancing the revolutionary work of Dr Levine, Dr Martin Pall - one of the guest lecturers of the Quantum Life Journey Educational Series- provides compelling evidence of the true underlying causes of the diseases of the twenty-first century including chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity, multiple sclerosis, and all the other symptoms that all too often diminish the quality of life for so many people. Clear and understandable to any reader, this book should be included in the library of every scientist,  contemporary health practitioner and all people seeking to have full access to all information regarding health and wellness so that they may make up their own minds and reassume responsibility for their own health and that of their loved ones.

Autographed copies of Dr Pall’s book are available through the Quantum Life Journey e-store.

Robbins, John, Diet for a New America, HJ Kramer, 1987

With the exception of Dr Levine himself, John Robbins has made more of an impact on the philosophies and mission of Quantum Life Journey than any other contributing author. John Robbins, who refused to accept the mega million dollar inheritance of the Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Company founded by his grandfather is not only a brilliant author, but a humble and spiritual humanitarian who has touched the lives of millions of people around the world with his books, his inspiring public presentations, and the work of the ecologically based Earth Save Foundation (founded by John).

If we treat each other another way, if we encourage and uphold our essential goodness and capacity for loving connection, we can nurture a society of people who are healthy and whole and whose lives will bring healing, peace, and joy to those they touch.

I believe that the real news on this planet is love—why it exists, where it came from, and where it is going. I believe that ultimately it is the love in our lives that underlies and makes possible our greatest healing and longevity.   

Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all have a choice to be either accomplices in the status quo or everyday revolutionaries. We have a choice whether to succumb to the cultural trance, eat fast food, and race by each other in the night, or to build lives of caring, substance, and healing. So much depends on that choice.”

Diet For A New America
by John Robbins
381 Pages

Comments by Steve Russell, co-founder of Quantum Life Journey

Like Dr Levine’s work, John Robbins’ 1987 publication of Diet for a New America makes it absolutely crystal clear about why people who seek vibrant health would want to minimize all proteins, particularly animal proteins, and would want to avoid all dairy products like the plague. This book includes ramifications such as the ecological devastations and economic costs of a leaf based diet both individually and for the planet at large. John Robbins has touched the deepest cord of humanity and spirituality and is truly an American hero in his own right!

 “From childhood on,” Robbins states in the introduction, “it was expected that I would someday take over and run what has become the world’s largest ice cream company –Baskin-Robbins. Year after year I was groomed and prepared for the task, given an opportunity to live the Great American dream on a scale very few people can ever hope to attain. The ice cream cone-shaped swimming pool in the back yard of the house in which I lived was a symbol of the success awaiting me.”

Robbins chose to reject that legacy in favor of helping to create a more stable environment for the Earth’s children. His monumental endeavor adeptly intertwines philosophy, wit, history, literature, science and facts – as well as his own intense experiences – and is summed up in the first chapter’s title: “All God’s Critters Have a Place in the Choir.”

Proclaims Robbins: “Diet for a New America contains no dogmatic list of should and shouldn’t, but instead gives you information that will help you select and enjoy foods that day by day will make you healthier and happier. It tells you how to protect yourself against heart attacks, cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, strokes and the other scourges of our time. It tells you how to keep your body free from cholesterol, saturated fat, artificial hormones, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, pesticides and the countless other disease-producing agents found all too often in many of today’s foods. It shows you how you can enjoy eating food that leaves your mind and heart clear and unpolluted.”

What do Olympic athletes, teenage pregnancies, crime, heart disease, and Brazilian rain forests have in common? More than most people would ever guess, points out Robbins.

The author’s credentials are impeccable. Robbins gave up luxury and privilege in favor of promoting health rather than disease he says is promoted through the consumption of animal and dairy products.

Robbins spent more than seven years researching and writing this book, and it shows. Its attention to detail is not lost on the reader. The poetic and though-provoking quotes at the beginning of each chapter highlight the depth and scope of the content.

The word “Diet” in the title is a misnomer, I feel, if one is looking for specific recipes. Robbins intends it in a larger sense as a “diet” for the health of people, animals and the Earth.

Its appeal is broad: the preteen captivated by animals; mothers’ concerns for family health; athletes looking to improve performance; scientists seeking empirical evidence; and physicians questioning med school’s emphasis on pathology rather than prevention.

Gerry CoffeyHealthEducator/FitnessInstructor/Writer

Robbins, John, Reclaiming Our Health, HJ Kramer, Inc, 1996

In this blockbuster follow -up to the Diet for a New America, John explains in no uncertain terms how and why conventional medicine has pulled the wool over our eyes with the perpetuation of the vast myth which holds tens of millions of people in bondage and even more importantly offers the simple step by step guide utilized by Quantum Life Journey in the creation of its Four Astonishingly Simple Steps to Vibrant Health as a pathway to “embracing the source of true healing”.

What People Are Saying About
Reclaiming Our Health

"Reclaiming Our Health is excellent. It is beautifully written, and an outstanding example of patient empowerment."
- Bernie Siegel, M.D., author, Love, Medicine and Miracles

"John Robbins takes on the medical establishment in this rousing book. As a champion of women and children, Robbins writes with passion about the destructive influence of patriarchal medicine and points the way to a future medicine that integrates the best of conventional and alternative therapies - and that honors nature as the source of all healing."
- Andrew Weil, M.D., author, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health

"John Robbins reminds us that true healing is the return of the memory of wholeness. Gorgeously written, Reclaiming Our Health embraces healing with a perspective that includes us as individuals, societies, and the universe. A phenomenal book."
- Deepak Chopra, M.D., author, How To Know God

"In medicine, as elsewhere, a renaissance in higher consciousness is beginning to take hold in America, and herein lies our greatest hope for the healing and renewal of the Western world. John Robbins is one of the foremost evocateurs of the new American renaissance. In Reclaiming our Health, he helps us clear a path of illumination through a medical fog which has lasted for decades."
- Marianne Williamson, author, A Return To Love

"In this wonderful new book, John Robbins meticulously documents how and why the factors associated with true healing are often missing from the so-called health-care systems of our country. In a highly entertaining, personal, and accurate fashion, Robbins explains the history of our health-care system. This riveting story now needs to reach the widest possible audience if Americans are to awaken from the trance that is holding the state of their health hostage. Frankly, I'd make this book required reading for everyone in the country who has any decision-making power whatsoever about health. It's time that everyone in this country knew the truth about health and healing that is presented so eloquently and convincingly in Reclaiming Our Health."
- Christiane Northrup, M.D., author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

Comments by Steve Russell, co-founder of Quantum Life Journey:
John R Lee, M.D. has made a greater impact on women’s health issues than any other individual who has ever lived. His monumental work, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause, rattled the cages of conventional medicine and offered solutions and hope to tens of millions of women otherwise limited to the absurdly inadequate position taken by conventional medicine on menopause, hormones and the tragically paternalistic and systematic abuse of women’s rights. John Lee, a worldwide lecturer about the truth of the devastation of the massive proliferation of estrogen  mimickers in our environment and the devastating price paid by women “going along with the program” stands as an illustration of what one person can do to make a difference in his lifetime. John Lee tragically and unexpectedly passed away from a congenital heart condition on October 17, 2003, but his vision and his courage will live on through the hundreds of groups like Quantum Life Journey who recognize his knowledge and his recommendations and most of all, his genuine love for all humanity.This book is available through Quantum Life Journey’s affiliate, Amazon.com.

Erasmus, PhD, Udo, Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill, Alive Books, 1986

Comments by Steve Russell:
Those of you who are able to attend any of the Quantum Life Journey presentations will note that the final slide in many presentations reads “May the understanding of health be the starship of the next generation, and may the worship of disease die with us.” Udo Erasmus, considered the world’s leading expert on fats and their significance in our daily lives authored the very comprehensive work Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill which explains in detail the crucial role that fats play in the maintenance of vibrant health. It is his life’s work which underscores Quantum Life Journey’s recommendation of carefully  increasing the good fats , which are sorely lacking in the diets of 90% of the American people, while avoiding the naughty fats which are otherwise so prevalent in the standard American diet. Udo’s work goes well beyond that of the world of fats and can be considered one of the most comprehensive and readable overviews of all aspects of health and longevity.

Saputo,M.D.,Len and Fass,M.S.W.,Nancy, Boosting Immunity, New World Library, 2002

Foss, Laurance and Rothenberg, Kenneth, The Second Medical Revolution, New Science Library, 1987

This fascinating expose of the limitations of  conventional medicine can perhaps best be understood by reviewing the comments of the world renowned Dr Larry Dossey in his work Space, Time and Medicine ,” Our orthodox models in medicine have come to the same fate as the models of the first scientific revolution: they are……..inappropriate to studies of the living. Just as the older physical models of the universe wrongly attributed causal and independent qualities to the universe, the current medical models impart the same qualities to man. And just as the clockwork picture of the universe that was dictated by these attributes was abandoned in the onslaught of new data, our mechanistic views of health and illness will give way to new models which, too, will be more consistent with the true face of the universe.”

This book will really tickle your fancy and never again will even the most entrenched traditionalist be able to withstand the creeping doubt that there is a vast world beyond the original limitations of yesterday’s medicine.

"Create a Holistic Treatment Plan"
Create a Holistic Treatment Plan is an essential guide for anyone who wants to assist in the emotional and physical healing of a client, loved one, or themselves. A holistic treatment plan—one that honors body, mind, emotions, and spirit—embraces the entire multi-dimensional human being. This book utilizes the mandala form, symbolism, and consciousness as a template for creating the plan.

Crisis Management for Family Caregivers: How a Holistic Treatment Plan Can Help You and Your Loved One Through Difficult Times

Frail and impaired, an elderly woman lies in a hospital bed waiting for a nurse. She thinks to herself: they don’t know the young girl who went to the prom; they don’t know the woman who was a dancer; they don’t know the feelings I felt for my first love; all they can see is an old lady in pain.

With a Masters in Social Work and over 30 years experience in both psychotherapy and energy medicine, Mary Jane Ridder understands her predicament. For years, Ridder, who is the Founder of Maja Holistic Health and co-founder of Quantum Life Journey, has been helping caregivers and those in crisis to create comprehensive treatment plans that are designed to address a person in his or her totality.

Holistic in nature, Ridder’s treatment plans include support for one’s mental, spiritual, and emotional needs – in addition to one’s physical needs – during a difficult life passage or crisis. “When our loved ones are lying in a hospital bed or experiencing a crisis,” she says, “we see them as they are in that moment, but each person is so much more than that. To create a successful treatment plan for that individual, we need to understand who this person is in their totality and take all of their needs into consideration.”

Key to one’s healing is the need to feel nourished. “In order for us to feel harmonious within ourselves,” she states, “we need to feel balanced physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally. When a loved one is ill or in crisis, it should be a caregiver’s responsibility to help that person re-achieve his or her sense of balance on all levels, which goes far beyond the need for surface cleanliness and medical attention.”

Using suggestions from her book, “Create a Holistic Treatment Plan,” provides support for caregivers and loved ones to help them create a holistic treatment plan.  Addressing the spiritual aspect, for example, one suggestion that Ridder puts forth is to have the individual take a Spiritual Inventory. Included are questions to stimulate self-reflection, such as:

• What instills a sense of awe and gratitude in you?
• What brings you peace in a crisis?
• How do you express your faith through rituals or traditions?

Following the questions are a list of activities that can foster spiritual expression for a person in crisis, such as: prayer; affirmations; meditation; connection with a ‘higher power;’ readings; journaling, and many more.

Says Ridder, “During a crisis, most people draw upon their spirituality through a practice of reflection, reorganization, and renewal that allows them to find solace and direction as they navigate this transition in their lives. Talking about, and addressing, a person’s spiritual needs is crucial to the success of a loved one’s recovery.”

To engage the mental aspect, Ridder offers such questions for reflection as:

• What are your personal strengths?
• Where do you feel a lack of power?
• What needs to go, and what needs to stay?

While it can be easy to fall victim to negative thinking in the midst of a crisis, Ridder suggests a variety of techniques – from biofeedback, to hypnotherapy, to guided imagery and relaxation, to many others – that can bring a person to a still point. “Once the mind is quiet, an individual can allow the inspiration that can help things to be different,” says Ridder.

Emotionally, Ridder encourages individuals to talk about whatever it is that brings them to a place of serenity and self-nourishment. Additionally, she encourages individuals to look in the mirror and make any kind of face. Then, upon self-inquiry, individuals are to ask themselves such questions as:

• Where do you feel this emotion in your body?
• How long have you been feeling this way?
• What other situations have triggered this? 

“It is important to recognize one’s emotions and embrace them, instead of putting a lid on them,” warns Ridder. “The emotional body carries the patterns for the way we respond to situations throughout our entire lives.” One suggestion, among many others, for supporting a loved one’s emotional needs is to watch comedies (inducing laughter), which dilates the spleen, stimulates glandular secretions, accelerates circulation, stimulates the pancreas, allows for deep breathing, and relaxes and reduces muscle tension.

Ridder understands firsthand the importance of creating a holistic treatment plan to address all of a loved one’s needs. When her own father underwent surgery for a brain tumor, at first she relied on the paid caregivers, the so-called “experts,” to know what would be best for her father. But something didn’t feel right.

“I would return to this house where eight children had grown up and where so many grandchildren had offered their joy and grace,” she says, “and there were so many stories in the walls. But now, this place was bereft of emotion. It was an empty, huge house because my father was not being emotionally nourished. There was a caregiver who would make sure he was clean and fed and took his meds, but I could feel that gap.”

To nourish her father emotionally, she would sit with him, have dinner and talk about her day (he couldn’t talk but he could feel and listen), or watch TV or look at photos that evoked warm memories. At times, she would also hold him to help him to relax and feel safe.

Ridder has discovered that organizing things for someone in crisis – and especially for an elderly person – contributes greatly to helping them feel a degree of predictability in their life. To give an individual an inner sense of order, she further encourages caregivers to tack a large monthly calendar on a kitchen wall and bring the individual to the calendar each morning. “Have her/him cross off the day that has just gone by so that he/she can now focus on the new day before her/him. This will also help them to see any appointments or activities that are listed on their calendar for that day,” she says.

“Different people need different coping strategies in order to feel at peace,” concludes Ridder, who also happens to hold a 2^nd Degree Black Belt in Aikido – a martial art that is based on a foundation of peace, love and harmony. “Just as the purpose of Aikido is to remind us that we are always in a state of grace, a holistic treatment plan can help a person in crisis to tune in with his or her own spirit to discover those things that will most help him or her come back to balance.  

Mary Jane Ridder’s book, “Create a Holistic Treatment Plan,” is designed to help those in crisis to be nourished in mind, body, spirit, and emotions as they go through their current life dilemma. To contact Mary Jane Ridder or find out more about how you can create a holistic treatment plan for your loved one, please visit: www.majaholistichealth.com or contact her at maryjane@quantumlifejourney.com.

Create a Holistic Treatment Plan is available as an e book at majaholistichealth.com or in a bound copy through Quantum Life Journey.  Mary Jane Ridder is available for consultation and treatment sessions at 520-419-7888.