anybody "raw for G-D?"

[theresaann]

Hey y'all, I haven't posted for awhile. Went back "out" into the cooked food, almost anything goes world. *sigh*.

I am a spiritual healer and follow all the guidance I get (well, I TRY) and have been being told by "spirit" to go 100% raw, with low fat, for a good 4 years now. Ok, ok, I'm ready to do it....I think. Aaghhh! it's one thing when it's for a smaller waistline, and quite another when getting the message from "the big guy/gal", you know what I mean?

really, it's important for me to do this. I know it, but it's hard. I think the hardest thing is the social isolation. Anybody else raw for mainly spiritual reasons? I would LOVE to hear about your experiences. Thanks so much, and blessings! Theresa

[flutterfly]

We are all behind you. Go for it!

[kiwilime]

Hi Theresa, I wish I could say that I have a higher calling to go raw. This is something I struggle with b/c there is something inside me that is leading me down this path, but the voice is so subtle that I'm not sure what to believe at times. I even prayed the other night to let me know if this is right for me. In anycase, I just wanted to respond to the social isolation part. This is by for the hardest part for me. I know some of the tips and advice that other raw foodists give.....but I stilll haven't found a comfortable way to be social and on raw.

[CJB]

Theresa,

One of the big reasons I have chosen to go raw is for the spiritual aspect. I believe that this will help me to clear negativity and be able to maintain a higher spiritual energy consistently. I went raw for one week about 4 or 5 years ago. That week was the catalyst for my moving to a new city and completely changing my life. I wasn't ready for all the changes that were happening. It kind of freaked me out when I started seeing light differently...I could see a complete energy field around trees and plants that I wasn't even aware of. I was so glad to read on one of the other threads about other people who had had the same experience. Anyway, it has taken me until now to get to the place where I'm ready to make this change but I do think it will help me to develop faster in every aspect, including spirituality.

As to the social aspect...I don't think it has to be a big deal unless you let it be. I have known someone who is very alcoholic and that friend always talked about how difficult it is for them to be out socially and not drink. At first I thought they were referring to the fact that they would stick out or be seen as rude if they didn't drink. Later I came to understand that it was more about the fact that they wouldn't feel comfortable within their own skin without their drink, because when I was in social settings with this friend I was perfectly comfortable not drinking. So you go to dinner with friends and order a salad...so what?! I was going through much of the same thought process until I remembered the friend with the addiction. I realized that what I would really be missing was the anesthetizing aspect of the food, much like my friend with the drink. Yikes! That was an eye opener for me. All that being said, I am having to figure out what to do with invitations to larger events but I'm sure I'll figure it out. There has to be a way to do it elegantly.

I'd love to hear more about your experience on being guided to raw foods. Thank you for sharing that!

CJB

[Sweet lips]

In order for me to live the life that has purposed for me, I have chosen to follow the path that I believe God has called me too, and it is this lifestyle among other things. I see things falling into place because I am obedient.

Socially, it has not impacted my life at all - I have always eaten funny as some say, but there is really no isolation. You will see me write all the time, be a picture, reflect the life that you have been called too.

What is for you, is for you!

[maraw]

May I suggest that we are given our bodies by our Creator and sustainer of life. To honor that holy gift, it is our responsibility to care for our bodies in the best way we can. In the same way, our Earth is a gift, and it must also be treated with great respect. If we are to fulfill the will of our Lord God, then we must be spiritually, mentally, AND physically up to the task.

I admit that I first went raw to lose weight and get healthy - but then I began to realize that this is a lifestyle unique to other diets. It is, in a way, spiritual and pure.

Best wishes on your journey.
Anna

[rawgrrl]

I had been eating meat in very large portions for weeks, knowing that it wasn't good for my body, but somehow being unable to stop. A friend gave me a medicine bag which seemed to break the spell and I was able to fast for a week, after which I decided to become raw.

Except I had no idea what I was doing or how to do it. I didn't know what to eat. I could only picture that I had buy enough veggies for at least 8 salads a day because how else was I going to fill up? And I wanted to get organic veggies and I had no #*@! idea how I was going to be able to afford that.

It was an up-and-down, step-by-step process. Beginning with me being raw for a couple of days and then passing by McDonald's with the fries singing to me. Oh, the heaven of double cheeseburgers...

I'd learn a little bit about being raw, reading bits here and there. I'd try a little something here -- maybe buy a blender, maybe try a recipe, maybe read a book, maybe get a plate of spaghetti and meatballs (don't laugh, relapse is part of the process) -- and it all came together slowly but surely.

I learned that I didn't need 8 salads a day. Or how to eat grains without cooking them. All these little discoveries built into the grand finale. A couple of months ago, spirit told me to go raw for two months. Two months? Hey! I could do that standing on my head!

About 6 weeks into it, I realized I'd been tricked. I wasn't going back to cooked.

All you have to do is ... to want it. To create a space for it in your life. To have faith it will manifest. And, I think, to heed the call of McDonald's when it's louder than your spirit. Each time I went back to meat, I found that the memory was quite different from the reality and it made the call to raw even stronger. So love those relapses. They are treasurehouses of experience.

[theresaann]

oh, yes, relapses are a great source of information. A psychologist friend of mine calls revisiting things or relationships that are toxic to us "trying on old coats". Sometimes we have to try on an old coat to remember why we said we didnt' like it anymore in the first place.

I can't comment on what another person's spiritual truth is or what's right for anyone else, I'm just saying that the message I'VE been getting is to go 100% raw and it really feels "not of this world". I know it's the path I'm meant to walk. For me it means really renouncing the material world and that scares me cause I am SOOOO attached to it (right now it's organic coffee in the morning, sprouted grain bread, pasta, eggs, organic butter, popcorn-not the worst things from a CONVENTIONAL viewpoint, but DEFINITELY not raw, no way). I really liked what you said, CBJ, about the social thing not being a big deal. You are so right-I make it a big deal!! THe problem is between my ears, not with society. Well, not the "problem" but the attachment. That was a great reminder. I am not powerless to anything, except disempowered thinking.

Thanks for your comments, everyone! It's so great to have a supportive forum for people to participate in to discuss such a heroic life path. I'm really grateful to have found y'all! Blessings!

[Healing1]

Theresa,
Blessings on this brave path Spirit has asked you to walk. Wow. I am so thrilled for you! I have been raw over 100 days now. I went raw for so many reasons, Spirit, lifelong joint and muscle pain, hormones... Everything everyone said was so good. I feel the same way. I have had my inner voice speaking to me about raw for about 20 years and slowly (with many years veggie, and high raw, and times of world eating) I woke up with a bang in April and I was raw. My family is amazed at my commitment, I am amazed at my commitment!

I have not fallen off the wagon, so I don't know if I would find it disappointing. I do know that my list of what I would find worth eating cooked gets smaller and smaller and most of the foods that I ate and enjoyed regularly don't interest me at all.
I have even learned to just enjoy the smell of some foods that I would not waste my body on eating (like when I walk by a good smelling resturant) or a waffle cone shop!
I learned some great receipes from Allissa DVD that got me started and stableized. The pasta and the pesto mushrooms are good standby's for me. I feel that getting a few good recipies under ones belt that satisfy really helps.
Welcome!

[Sweet lips]

In order for me to live the life that has purposed for me, I have chosen to follow the path that I believe God has called me too, and it is this lifestyle among other things. I see things falling into place because I am obedient.

Socially, it has not impacted my life at all - I have always eaten funny as some say, but there is really no isolation. You will see me write all the time, be a picture, reflect the life that you have been called too.

What is for you, is for you!

[sean lee]

Hello. .Going raw is great for me and who created all the fruit and vegetables, god did. So the closer we are to nature in our eating the better. I also strongly believe the bible and try to live accordingly. I shared on another thread from this site that Jesus made wine, fresh juice at the wedding of cana. Think about that.
Eating living foods makes me feel so much better emotionally and it was a brother who is a christian who told me about this way of living. Although the bible does say not to judge anybody in their food and drink.