I am a few months into my mostly raw, vegan journey, and I have never felt more vibrant, thriving, and connected to my true self and the earth... even with RSD. At this point, I am about 90% raw and adoring this food-as-medicine, both prevention and intervention, approach to chow (and I do LOVE chow)! My body is a temple, a divine endowment, and my occupation as keeper of this glory is to treat it with the same respect and compassion that I would treat anyone else I admire.
You see, compassion is a staple item for raw vegans. Compassion toward self, compassion toward others, compassion toward the environment, and compassion and nonviolence toward living things. The path of nonviolence cultivates compassion. Besides, do you really want to be ingesting an animal that was raised with and kept in horrible conditions taking notes while their soon-to-be-slaughtered comrades shriek as they wait to be dragged to their own death? Forget toxins! What about those stress hormones you are gobbling up?!?! Icky.
I slurped up an incredible juice today made of kale, spinach, and apple! Wowza! I felt like a kid in a candy store deciding which juice to order from the juice bar in a natural market I didn't even know existed. Jackpot!
Pain? Oh yea, pain... that is here today as well, but let's exit this post on the positives instead. Today, I did some yoga, meditated, layed in the grass barefoot with my pup, drank marvelous juices and ate lucious raw foods... It's only 4:46PM, and I have already had a remarkable day :-)
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Ahh, dear one... it's like you're my online angel, writing the messages that I need to hear so much.
Glad to hear about your raw journey; it reinvigorates my wish to continue my own raw journey.
My son's favourite 'green smoothie' involves frozen blueberries and spinach; I like to add a banana and a little cinnamon. SO GOOD.
And you are so right - your body fairly sings when you treat it to such vibrant goods from nature, bursting with glorious nutrients.
Bless you, dear internet friend. Your writings help me more than you know. :)
Love & Light
Lisa
Aloha,
I have been reading your blog for a few months now, but have yet to post. I am a fellow chronic-severe-killmenow-pain sufferer, so I feel your pain, literally!
On a good note,
My Doctor-parents new kick for the past two years is the RAW foods, such as you. My mother always makes a pudding out of avocados! It has avocados, agave nectar for sweetner, cocoa powder, and a couple other things, perhaps vanilla extract. I'm sure you could find a recipe on a RAW website. Anyway, I thought you might like to splurge on some of that. Have fun!
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