> Ellie,
> I have a new sense of respect for you for responding to my
> disobediance with little defensiveness and much humanity. I've always
> been afraid of expressing my true feelings to authority figures, who,
> when challenged, usually defend their guruships and attending dogma to
> the death (always mine not theirs).
> It's refreshing to meet a prostelytizer who is open to challenge and
> who admits that her expressions (words) are not always perfect.
> No wonder you don't have a big following and Mainstream
> Science/Psychology hasn't embraced your theory. Ha! Ha! (To me this
> may be a sign that you're the real deal.)
> Thanks, too, for posting my poem. That made me smile. :)
> With affection,
> Maury

Dear Maury,
My only claim to authority is about the science and that the theory of
toxicosis is proven by research-- fifty years of my reserach and that
of many others--and it is upon this that the self-help measures are
based--and why they work. About how to convey these measures to others
and how to carry them out, I am only one who, by understanding the
simple biology, used these measures and found them to rapidly restore my
sanity, relieve me of all addictions, and bring me to that state of
normalcy that Janov describes as post primal. I make many mistakes in
conveying this and continually learn new ways of using the meausres from
others.

It's interesting that a number of people have been very excited about
this theory and then questioned it--you among them. I found an old
message from you saying you couldn't understand any flack I got, knowing
this was hard earned wisdom. I think that people doing this work have
times when they are detoxing (having detox crises, ie excitatory
sympoms, such as misdirected anger) and anger is being released (as
toxic amounts of neurochemicals). I think they are trying to rightfully
express anger at their parents and others in authority who made them
suffer. Sometimes this gets directed at me in the form of criticism of
the theory. I hope that no one ever feels guilty when this happens, if
so, I would send my usual response--guilt is anger misdirected
inward--hope it can be redirected. We are all innocent.

"Mainstream Science/Psychology hasn't embraced your theory." They have
been confronted--most acknowledge it's truth and then ignore me.

I'm beginning to get some nice respnses from prisons. Take a look at the
testimonials on my new earthlink site. And soon it will be up in five
languages. You may find dancing neruons speaking in Arabic.
Ellie

The Biology of Emotions article is on:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~clearpathway